[SFGP] Greenzine: Voter Outreach this weekend, Stein/Ware in San Jose next week

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October 18, 2024
GREENZINE
SF Green Party Weekly News and Events

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Dear Greens,

    The Green Party's Presidential slate, Drs. Jill Stein and Butch
Ware, will be in the Bay Area on Oct 25 for a fundraiser hosted by the
USAMPAC and co-hosted by a number of different organizations endorsing
the Stein-Ware campaign, including the Green Parties of Santa Clara
and Santa Cruz Counties.

See details and reserve your seat HERE: https://www.jillstein2024.com/sanjose
October 25, 2024 at 5:30pm - 9pm
Signia by Hilton, 170 S Market St. San Jose

    In SF, we mailed out our endorsement slate card, and we're
currently finishing edits to our Green Voter Guide with explanations
behind all our endorsements.  If you can help us pay for the mailing,
please click the "Donate" button on our website!

    See voter outreach events for our endorsed campaigns and
candidates, listed after the endorsements, and join us at our last
monthly members' meeting of 2024 next week!

    Our endorsements are on our website and listed below:
https://www.sfgreenparty.org/endorsements/108-november-2024-endorsements
    
Mayor: Aaron Peskin (#1 ranked choice), Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 ranked choice)
D1 Supervisor: Connie Chan
D3 Supervisor: Sharon Lai
D5 Supervisor: Dean Preston
D7 Supervisor: no endorsement
D9 Supervisor: no endorsement
D11 Supervisor: Ernest "EJ" Jones (#1 ranked choice), Adlah Chisti (#2 ranked
  choice)

District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh
Board of Education: Matt Alexander, Laurance Lem Lee, Virginia Cheung
College Board: Alan Wong, Aliya Chisti
BART Board: no endorsement

Local Ballot Measures:
 * NO on A - school bonds without accountability on which projects will be funded
 * NO on B - bonds for various City construction projects
 * YES on C - create Inspector General under the Controller's office to investigate corruption
 * NO on D - eliminating many City commissions and further empowering the Mayor
 * no consensus on E - task force to create future ballot measure to eliminate City commissions
 * NO on F - allows retired police to work for 5 more years and get retirement pay plus salary
 * YES on G - rent subsidies for low income seniors, families, and people with disabilities
 * no position on H - lower retirement age for firefighters
 * YES on I - retirement credits for nurses and 911 operators
 * NO on J - more mayoral control over public education funds
 * NO on K - environmentally damaging park next to Ocean Beach
 * YES on L - ComMUNIty Transit Act (Greens gave an early endorsement and are helping gather signatures to put this on the ballot)
 * NO on M - business tax reform that would kill Prop L
 * NO on N - first responder student loan forgiveness fund
 * YES on O - protect abortion rights in SF

State Ballot Measures:
 * NO on 2 - pay for school maintenance through bonds rather than state budget
 * YES on 3 - repeals Prop 8, the CA constitutional prohibition on same-sex marriage
 * NO on 4 - water bond with funding for logging, ranching, and biomass-based fuel
 * NO on 5 - makes it easier to spend public bond money on private luxury housing
 * YES on 6 - reduces coercion of forced prison labor
 * YES on 32 - increases minimum wage
 * YES on 33 - allows more rent control
 * NO on 34 - attack on AIDS foundation
 * YES on 35 - tax on private insurance plans to fund Medical
 * NO on 36 - war on drugs, longer jail sentences for nonviolent crimes

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What:  Voter Outreach at Potrero Festival
Where:  20th and Arkansas Sts, Potrero Hill
When:  Sat, Oct 19, 11 am - 4 pm

Join us to talk to voters and hand out slate cards at the Potrero Hill
R&B Festival!  Email cc at sfgreens.org if you can help.
More info: https://potrerofestival.com/

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What:  Voter Outreach on Haight St
Where:  Haight and Fillmore Sts
When:  Sun, Oct 20, 12 - 5 pm

Join us to walk up and down Haight St to do visibility for our
endorsed candidates and pass out our slate cards.  Email
cc at sfgreens.org if you can help.

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What:  Green Party members' meeting
Where:  2973 16th St, #300, SF (note new location!)
When:  Wed, Oct 23, 7-9 pm

Agenda:
* Introductions - 5 min
* Upcoming voter outreach through the election - 30 min
* Planning election night celebration - 30 min
* Planning upcoming Green Party events:
  holiday party / election review on Nov 20, "new members meeting" in
  Jan ~ 45 min

Every 4th Wednesday the SF Green Party meets to discuss issues of
concern, listen to interesting speakers, endorse events, plan outreach
and more!  Everyone welcome.  All meetings are wheelchair accessible.
To make a presentation or gain the SFGP endorsement of events and
issues, please contact our SFGP County Council at: cc at sfgreens.org

Mask policy: Masks are currently optional indoors, for both vaccinated
and non-vaccinated people.  We provide the option for SF Green Party
members and invited candidates to participate in our meetings via
Zoom, so email cc at sfgreens.org for info on how you can join us
virtually.

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What:  Upcoming events for Aaron Peskin (#1 endorsed for Mayor)
Where:  SF
When:  next week

Join Greens who are campaigning to make Aaron Peskin our next
Mayor!  We'll be at various campaign events, listed on the Peskin
campaign's events calendar, below:

https://vote.aaron2024.com/eventcalendar

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What:  Upcoming events for Dylan Hirsch-Shell (#2 endorsed for Mayor)
Where:  SF
When:  next week

Here are upcoming events in support of Dylan Hirsch-Shell's Mayoral
campaign:
https://www.dylanforsfmayor.com/events

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news at sfgreens.org.  Messages to a mailing list will be rejected.


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