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Trash Orchestra to Defend Drummers from SCPD The market drummers are being harassed by police again. In January, the community spoke and acted out to prevent our town from becoming as flavorless as Carmel. We will defend the drummers from police harassment and we will win again....
Posted: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 11:58am PDT
Good news for E. Palo Alto tenants 
The East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Board held an Appeal Hearing on 27 August 2008, and ruled in favor of the tenants.
More good news: during the first week of September a judge denied Page Mill Properties' request to withhold evidence from East Palo Alto, which the city needs to legally challenge rent hikes.
Photos by R. Robertson...
Posted: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 3:32pm PDT
Blueshirts Erase Drum Circle: New Ban on Public Assembly Near Farmer's Market Police established what apparently amounted to a public assembly dispersal unit in Parking Lot #4 Wednesday September 3rd from noon to 6 pm. Musicians, dancers, observers--all who've regularly gathered in this space for the last ten years were ordered to leave....
Posted: Fri, Sep 5, 2008 6:25pm PDT
Rich Swig and Ramon Romero from the SFRA help Lennar re-arrange their fiscal woes. Some months ago the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) tried to help Lennar get a $25 million dollar grant from the State of California. Lennar was told to go take a hike. Lennar has been declaring bankruptcy left, right and center all over the United States. Lennar, technically has been given the opportunity to develop the entire Hunters Point Naval Shipyard. It has NO money - but is trying to use the little equity it has to garner money - creating fake Limited Liability Companies and...
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 9:32am PDT
Sit-In at Slum Landlord's Office Pt. II 
More from East Palo tenants, Youth United for Community Action, and the Raging Grannies
September 2, 2008 Sit-In and Demo at Page Mill Properties in downtown Palo Alto
Top photo: The Rally Continues Outside the Building...
Posted: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 12:53am PDT
Police Brutality On the Streets and in the Court: Deiss Pre-Trial 10 AM Wednesday Sept 3 Donna Deiss Yovino, represented by attorney Ben Rice, will be at a Preliminary Hearing 10 AM tomorrow either in Department 1 or Department 2 at the County Courthouse at 701 Ocean St. Sgt. Christian LeMoss broke her arm in what witnesses describe as an egregious and excessive use of force on May 9th at the Three Tree Lot out on Westcliffe Drive. Donna invites supporters to attend. There have been other serious incidents of police violence reported recently....
Posted: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 10:38pm PDT
Sit-In at Slum Landlord's Office Pt. I 
Sit-In at Page Mill Properties Protesting Rent Control Violations by Landlord Utilizing Legal Loopholes
Top Photo: Sitting-In/Standing-In at the Office
Page Mill Properties is located in downtown Palo Alto and manages properties in East Palo Alto....
Posted: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 7:34pm PDT
Bay Area Katrina Commemoration Draws 200+ 
On the heels of media announcements that Hurricane Gustav could hit the Gulf Coast with devastating effects, Bay Area activists rally to demand a halt to ethnic cleansing and disaster capitalism on the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 8:38pm PDT
Diane Feinstein is pushing for a stadium on Hunters Point on land prone to liquefaction. Senator Diane Feinstein is pushing for a stadium to be built on land prone to liquefaction - on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 11:31am PDT
San Francisco Fumbles: MARIAN RESIDENCE CLOSES! (video/quicktime 41.1MB) San Francisco, the city that frequently gets it right, really got it wrong here. The Marian Residence for Women is closed and there are no plans for the City to take up the slack....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2008 5:40pm PDT
Speak Out on 45th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech 
With endless wars, job losses, and erosion of civil liberties pushing the American dream farther out of reach for the vast majority, San Jose residents spoke out for grassroots empowerment and alternatives at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library on August 28, 2008....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2008 5:29pm PDT
Don’t Pick up the Soap! 
This is Boston Woodard’s latest article from inside the Prison Industrial Complex. Boston is in Solano State Prison, near Vacaville. This article address a new California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) policy of condom distribution in the prison....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2008 10:51am PDT
FOOD NOT BOMBS Protest Serving @ City Hall! City Hall @ Civic Center (Polk St. & Grove St.)...
Event Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 5:45pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 1:49pm PDT
Keeping Santa Cruz Weird: Coonerty Gets 'Hammer of Justice' Award from Local ACLU 
If the Santa Cruz chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is trying to "Keep Santa Cruz Weird", then Ryan Coonerty was a fitting recipient for the "Hammer of Justice" award during their annual fundraiser at Long Marine Lab on August 24th. Coonerty is the mayor of Santa Cruz and either an owner of Book Shop Santa Cruz, or merely an employee of the bookstore, depending on which side of his mouth he is talking out of. His actions since becoming a Santa Cruz City Council-member in 20...
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 12:21pm PDT
March in Commeration of Hurricane Katrina 10am: Rally at Powell and Market, SF. 11:30am: March down Market. 12pm, Press Conference in front of Lennar's headquarters on Market between 1st and 2nd. 1:30pm: Oakland City Hall lunch at 14th and Broadway. 3pm: March down Broadway to Oakland Police Department. 3:45 Rally in front of O.P.D. at 7th and Broadway....
Event Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 10:56pm PDT
California Hotel tenants receive favorable ruling Corrupt Oakland Nonprofit Housing Organization (OCHI) Is Once Again Stopped From Dumping The Poor Out Of Their Housing At The California Hote!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 11:57pm PDT
Neighbors and Labor Rally Against La Behemoth; Change to Zoning Law 
On August 21st, workers and Santa Cruz community members rallied in front of La Bahia protesting a variety of issues, including the ratio of unionized labor during the reconstruction and then operation of the new hotel. Neighbors, particularly those that live on First Street, are upset that the proposed project exceeds the current legal height limit and because the site is not zoned for such a large building. Other people want to preserve, rather than destroy, the historic landmark built in t...
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 8:51pm PDT
STOP La Bahia Expansion and Takeover! 
On August 21st, 2008 labor unions, community leaders, politicians, and residents came together to protest the La Bahia Expansion. The City of Santa Cruz and the Seaside Company want to expand the La Bahia Hotel into a 74 feet tall hotel/conference center right next to the beach. This building will hurt and harm the environment, and on top of that they are trying to build the hotel with non-union workers and later staff it with non-union employees....
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 8:08pm PDT
Santa Cruz McDonalds Attacked In the early morning of August 25, three windows were broken and a surveillance camera knocked off the roof of the Ocean Street McDonalds in Santa Cruz, California....
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 4:42pm PDT
Privacy Rights Violated By EBALDC Theres no relief from the the on-going violations of tenant's rights by nonprofit housing developer East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), occurring at Effie's House!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 7:21pm PDT
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