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No War No Warming Protest at Richmond Chevron Refinery (video/quicktime 50.3MB) Hundreds of people protested in Richmond on March 15th, 2008, to demand that Chevron stop stealing oil around the world while polluting our communities. The actions were in solidarity with the peoples, plants and animals of Ecuador, Nigeria, Burma, Iraq, Alberta and every other community exploited and poisoned by Chevron (Texaco, Unocal, etc!)...
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2008 12:53pm PDT
Ban the Box in Oakland! Speak out for equal employment opportunity for city jobs! Frank Ogawa Plaza, in front of Oakland City Hall
(14th and Broadway)...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 9:27pm PDT
A Plaintiffs LBAM Explanation As a former resident of Santa Cruz and a plaintiff against the Federal Government because of the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) spraying which took place there, I'd like to clarify a couple issues regarding how and why this program came about....
Posted: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 10:48am PDT
No On 98: Save Rent Control Convention in SF Tenants packed Koret Auditorim at the SF Library on Saturday, March 14, to learn about state Proposition 98, which would outlaw rent control statewide, and is on the June ballot. They also planned how to organize to defeat it....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 11:53pm PDT
UC Berkeley Cop insulting protester with Asperger's Syndrome (video/avi 18.4MB) UC Berkeley Police Officer Hernandez insulting protester (from UC Berkeley Tree Sit) who has Asperger's Syndrome....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 11:41am PDT
Direct Action and Rally: Chevron Richmond Refinery 11am Rally at Judge G. Carroll Park
W. Cutting Blvd & S. Garrard Blvd, Richmond
1pm Nonviolent Direct Action at Chevron Refinery
100 Chevron Way, Richmond
(Free shuttle buses will leave from Richmond BART and Point Richmond - 3rd St. and Chesley Ave - at 9:30am, 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM and 12:30 PM.)...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 11:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 11:56pm PDT
Will the “Dueling Ballot Measure” Strategy Work? Thursday, March 13, 2008 : In June, voters will decide on two sets of dueling ballot measures that each involve housing. At the state level, Proposition 98 would abolish rent control – while Proposition 99 would reform eminent domain. Locally, Proposition G would give Bayview-Hunters Point to the Lennar Corporation – while Proposition F would require a minimum of affordable housing development in that neighborhood....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 7:27am PDT
BioChem Spray Maker & Owner visits Monterey 3/13 Rally 
RALLY- March 13, Monterey Conference Center 1 Portola Plaza Monterey, @ Pistachio Conference. Come early and stay all day!
Stewart Resnick owner of Suterra the spray company is speaking at 8:45am on 03/13
Rally 9am-7pm...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 12:45am PDT
Oakland Rally and Press Conference Against Prop 98 The Greek Orthodox Church
4700 Lincoln Ave. (Oakland Hills)...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 10:45am PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 3:36pm PDT
UC Berkeley Students Engage in Service Over Spring Break in Oakland, SW Berkeley, and SF Thirty students from the University of California, Berkeley Alternative Breaks program will be participating in three student-led service-learning trips to Oakland, Southwest Berkeley, and San Francisco from March 14th-16th to learn about inequality, homelessness, and clean and sustainable environments....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 3:22pm PDT
Plan To Spray Toxic Biological Chemicals Over San Francisco Announced People of the world, the US Government is planning to poison more than two million people, in California, using an untested biological "pesticide" this summer. The chemical to be sprayed is classified by the EPA as a "pesticide" and the plan is to douse cities with this chemical designed to stick on everything for 90 days or longer....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 1:07pm PDT
Final Organizing Meeting for Rally and Direct Action at Chevron! 
Join Direct Action to Stop the War on March 13 for our final organizing meeting before the March 15 day of action at Chevron in Richmond....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 11:10pm PDT
CCOF Modifies Stance on Light Brown Apple Moth Treatment Program 
CCOF, one of the oldest and largest organic certification organizations in North America, announced a modified stance on the aerial spraying treatment program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). CCOF's new policy position revokes support of aerial application of the organically approved pheromones in lieu of diversified ground integrated pest management approaches. The new position statement approved by CCOF's Board of Directors is as follows:...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 6:33pm PDT
Attorney General Lets Down 14 Million Tenants: Refuses to Include “Rent Control” in Title of Prop 98 Monday, March 10, 2008 : Today, Proposition 98 will be sent to the printer with a ballot title that omits any reference to the fact that Proposition 98 prohibits rent control in California. Although Attorney General Jerry Brown acknowledges that banning rent control is a key feature of Prop. 98, the AG refuses to put the words “rent control” in the title of the ballot measure, a decision that has prompted outrage among California tenant advocates....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 8:05am PDT
Police report an officer accidentally killed 2 cyclists. No questions answered. 
Police in California report that an officer accidentally crossed the median and killed 2 cyclists Sunday March 9, 2008. An initial news report stating the "The group collided with the deputy's car" has been corrected. The news media are not asking reporting if the officer was given a medical/blood test....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 7:46am PDT
Affordable Housing Requirment For the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT FOR THE CANDLESTICK POINT AND HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 6:55am PDT
A Clear and Present Danger Letter to the Editorial:
3.7.2008
I highly urge the santa cruz city council and other local governments in monterey and san francisco bay area to direct their local police depts to protect and defend the people from the aerial chemical pesticide spray bombardment that is coming again in june, 2008, to our area....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 6:08pm PST
Support Laurel and Her Fight Against Cancer 
Dear Concerned Members of the Santa Cruz community,
Laurel Carlsen, a passionate fighter for social justice and dear friend, has learned that she has Hotchkins Lymphoma, a type of cancer, and will have to undergo nearly a year of chemotherapy. She is currently uninsured and will be unable to work during her treatment. Laurel recently graduated from UCSC in 2007 where she majored in Community Studies. She focused her field study on organizing workers at Walmart and was active in defending ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 10:23am PST
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