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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
California Right-to-Know Act Passes Senate! Bill sets national precedent for discussions of end-of-life care...
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 11:47am PDT
Take Back the Land Ceremony (video/quicktime 63.3MB) On August 7, 2008, in San Francisco, Poor Magazine and PoorNewsNetwork hosted a "TAKE BACK THE LAND CEREMONY and Give It Back to the Indigenous Peoples It was Stolen From."
Seven-minute QuickTime movie. 63MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 12:09pm PDT
Sins Invaild @ BRAVA Theater SF Sept 5th and 6th 8pm 
THEATER/SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE
Sins Invalid:
An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
Seven provocative artists from California to the US South strip taboos off sexuality and disability
in a groundbreaking evening of dance, erotic spoken word, and performance entitled “Sins
Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility.” Shows take place
September 5th and 6th at 8 PM each night at the Brava Theater in the heart of San Francisco’s
Mission...
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 8:19am PDT
Professor Releases Second Report Exposing the Fraud of the CDFA LBAM Eradication Program 
Glen Chase, a Professor of Systems Management, has released a second report identifying the CDFA LBAM eradication program as a fraud.
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AS A PDF BY CLICKING ON THE IMAGE BELOW:...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 11:37am PDT
Toxic Triangle, public hearing at Oakland City Hall Tuesday August 19, 2008 6pm Toxic Triangle - Public Hearing at the Oakland City Hall City Council Chambers on justice, environmental justice (Or the lacks thereof), housing and land justice for black, brown, and poor communities in the regional Bay Area. Bring your experiences and demands to join with the activists of Bayview, Oakland, Richmond and other local communities. Stop the pollution, brutality, evictions and land thefts. FREE and PUBLIC. See press release below....
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 2:38am PDT
Hunters Point Residents March in Hard Hats; Their Homes Have Become a Danger Zone For Immediate Release Contact: Jaron Browne
August 18, 2008 cell: (415) 377-2822
HUNTERS POINT RESIDENTS MARCH IN HARD HATS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEIR HOMES HAVE BECOME A DANGER ZONE
Residents charge developer racism as rehabilitati...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2008 8:29pm PDT
Aug. 21: Santa Cruz Beach Rally for a Better La Bahia Hotel Plan Union laborers, community reps, even La Bahia's neighbors want to upgrade the distressed Santa Cruz beachfront site with a hotel. But they all demand something better--and smaller--than La Behemoth currently being proposed by Barry Swenson Builder and the Seaside Company.
Thursday Evening August 21
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Santa Cruz Main Beach...
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2008 4:23pm PDT
California budget compromise takes from the poor, gives to the rich Saturday, August 16, 2008 :As state leaders negotiate over cuts in Californias state programs in order to resolve an anticipated budget shortfall of as much as $17 billion out of a $144 billion state government budget, it is increasingly clear that whatever compromise is arrived at between Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democrat-controlled State Assembly, the living standards of working families will be sacrificed in the interest of the very wealthy and the banks....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 8:32pm PDT
SF Food Not Bombs - A20 Protest Serving at city hall Over the past weeks we have seen our servings dramatically increase in size as our city continues to cut necessary programs for the homeless and low income residents. We are stepping it back up and will be holding a protest serving next Wednesday August 20th in front of city hall at our usual time, 5:45pm....
Posted: Sat, Aug 16, 2008 8:24am PDT
Take Action: Stop The Attack on Tenants in East Palo Alto! Take action for tenants in East Palo Alto....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 2:05pm PDT
Police and Feds Set Tone for Chronicle Attack of Sanctuary Ordinance Wednesday, August 13, 2008 : Carelessly referencing vague sources and leading with off the cuff remarks by law enforcement, the San Francisco Chronicle and reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken have published a series of damaging articles about juvenile immigrant offenders and the city's sanctuary ordinance. The implication in the series of stories that began to appear on June 29, is that violent felons and crack dealers are taking advantage of the City’s Sanctuary Ordinance and specifically a policy a...
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 7:14am PDT
City May Discontinue Kids’ Free Summer Lunch Program Tuesday, August 12, 2008 : For generations, students have complained about school food, calling it “mystery meat”. More recently, their elders have begun complaining too, as rates of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes reach new highs, and unhealthy school lunches are targeted as one cause. As Congress gets ready to debate possible changes to federal child nutrition programs, criticism of the byzantine structure of children’s meal program regulations is starting to be heard as well....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 7:09am PDT
Western Addition Displacement Reparations Bill Moves Forward Tuesday, August 12, 2008 : Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s legislation giving descendants of those displaced by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency from the Western Addition priority in obtaining affordable housing, passed the Land Use Committee and will go before the Board of Supervisors on September 9....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 7:09am PDT
Stanford Hospital Workers to Vote on Union 
On July 31, in a display of anti-union sentiment, Stanford barred union members from delivering a letter to their hospital administration. Supported by Assemblyman Ira Ruskin and Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, union members appealed to hospital management to bargain in good faith. This week an administrative law judge ruled that the union failed to proved to Stanford that it still represents the employees; they will vote anew on representation in September.
Photo courtesy SEIU-UHW...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 3:55am PDT
FOOD NOT BOMBS Special Event Protest @ City Hall! Between City Hall and Civic Center on Polk Street
(1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl)...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 5:45pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 4:07pm PDT
Money and Fear: The Politics of PG&E 8/11/2008: The lines have been drawn in the battle over California’s energy future – solar and clean energy, or just more of the same? It’s not difficult to tell who wants the status quo. Just look at who is funding the opposition to the Solar and Clean Energy Act (Proposition 7), the November ballot proposition that would quadruple the state’s output of solar and clean energy by 2025....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 7:48am PDT
Side walk chained off after 8pm in front of New Leaf downtown 
A store manager named Amber tells me "The store requested the area be closed because of undesirables hanging out and criminal activities in the area." That this request was supported by the Corporate Office. She suggested contacting her superior Sue, (831)425-1793, or the Corporate Office at 1121 Pacific Ave, SC, 65060 for further information. Please see documents included from public records request obtained by Robert Norse. Bob Patton member HRO...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 10:10am PDT
Attorney Jim Gottstein to join author Robert Whitaker on Sunday August 10 FRSC Interview Jim Gottstein, attorney in Anchorage, a survivor of Harvard Law School as well as psychiatric incarceration has practiced law since 1978 and represented Alaskans with mental illness in the Mental Health Trust Land Litigation from 1986 through its conclusion in 1997, resulting in a settlement valued at approximately $1 Billion. Most recently, Jim co-founded the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights whose mission is to bring fairness into the egal aspects of the mental health system, particularly...
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2008 8:41am PDT
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