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Michael Moore, RNs, Doctors and Patients Join June 12 For Landmark Legislative Briefing Michael Moore, RNs, Doctors and Patients Join June 12 For Landmark Legislative Briefing, Rally, ScreeningOn“SiCKO” and Push for Guaranteed Healthcare...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 9:24am PDT
Statewide Organizing Needed to Pass Ellis Act Reform Tuesday, June 12, 2007 :Last week, housing advocates couldnt muster the 21 votes needed to pass SB 464, which would curb speculator evictions under the Ellis Act by limiting its scope to landlords who owned the property for at least 5 years. Not even reducing it to three years was enough to overcome opposition from the real estate industry....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 8:42am PDT
Prison expansion is doomed to be a monumental and expensive failure On April 26, Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nuñez and the Democrats in Sacramento betrayed the people of California by passing Assembly Bill (AB) 900. In secret meetings with Schwarzenegger they decided to spend $7.5 billion to build 53,000 more prison beds....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 7:01am PDT
July 2007 Laborfest Calendar of Events This is the schedule of 2007 Laborfest events. This festival was established to commemorate
the 1934 San Francisco General Strike....
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 12:24pm PDT
California Considers Numerous Drug Policy Bills Thursday, June 7 : 2007 is a busy year in the California legislature for drug policy issues, even beyond the re-authorization of funding for Prop. 36. Among this year’s measures were bills that sought to increase the base fine for marijuana possession, increase penalties for methamphetamine possession, place Salvia divinorum on California’s Controlled Substances Act, and implement steroid testing programs for student athletes....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:29pm PDT
Overdose Prevention Bill Advances to Assembly Thursday, June 7, 2007 : Wednesday, June 6, 2007Last week, the California Senate voted 39-0 in support of a lifesaving overdose prevention bill. SB 767, authored by Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles), would offer protection in certain cases for doctors who prescribe naloxone, a drug that can be used to reverse heroin overdose....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:28pm PDT
Ellis Act Reform Delayed in State Senate Friday, June 8, 2007 :Senate Bill 464, the bill to reform the Ellis Act by limiting its scope to landlords who have owned the property for a certain number of years and sponsored by Assembly member Mark Leno and State Senator Sheila Kuehl, has failed to garner the 21 votes needed to pass. The bill appeared to come within a single vote of passage, only to have San Jose's Elaine Alquist switch to a "no," killing any chances for passage this year....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:09pm PDT
Fishery Scientists Renew Appeal to Save Delta Smelt Two highly respected fishery biologists have notified the state and federal governments that immediate action is required to save Delta smelt, in addition to the minimal actions the agencies have already taken....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:53am PDT
ACLU Applauds State Senate Vote to Restore Public Oversight of Police Monday, June 4, 2007 :ACLU Applauds State Senate Vote to Restore Public Oversight of Police...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 7:56pm PDT
Support the Healthy Pets Act! Call your assembly members California...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 3:06pm PDT
ACTION ALERT: Urge Lawmakers to Support Four Crucial Bills We need support for four crucial EQCA-sponsored bills that
will come up for a vote in the Assembly and Senate next week....
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 9:07am PDT
UC Custodians Win! On May 22, 2007, after a year-and-a-half of organizing and mass actions, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara custodians declare victory, winning substantial wage increases! Also part of the equity fight, UC Irvine groundskeepers win their in-sourcing campaign! The custodian pay equity campaign helps push UC to settle additional increases for AFSCME low-wage workers statewide – marking a step toward statewide equity in our contract....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 7:51pm PDT
East Bay Animal Advocates June 1, 2007 eNews East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
Info@EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org
http://www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org...
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 11:44am PDT
Medi-Cal's Share of Cost Does Not Match the Montly Housing Costs Medi-Cal policy is imposing a share of cost that is unrealistic. Many Medi-Cal recipients are not on welfare but are offered assistance from the government because they make too much money to qualify for welfare but not enough to pay for health care costs. As a result, they must contribute to their healthcare by paying for a portion of the cost of the services they receive. The calculated amounts of share of costs for a family or individual do not consider the monthly housing costs in Calif...
Posted: Tue, May 29, 2007 11:01pm PDT
ASA CA Weekly Alert 5-25-07 *Weekly Round Up*
1. Ed Rosenthal Rally/Trial Update; Riverside Raid Update; Tod Mikuriya: A Memorial
*Take Action!*
2. It's a Holiday Weekend: Petition Your Communities!
*ASA Chapter and Affiliate Meetings
*3. Tuesday, June 5, Sacramento: Sacramento ASA Meeting
4. Thursday, June 7, San Mateo: San Mateo ASA Meeting
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City and County Hearings
*5. Tuesday, May 29, Fairfield: Fairfield City Council to Vote on Dispensary Ban
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Court Support*
6. Tuesday, May 29, San Francisco : E...
Posted: Sun, May 27, 2007 1:03pm PDT
Born to Drum Women's Drum Camp 2007 
Drum by the ocean this summer!
Calling women who want to drum, whether you are new to drumming or experienced there is a place for you at the Born to Drum Women’s Drum Camp! In the evenings teachers will demonstrate their instruments and perform, and we will have drum circles available all night....
Posted: Sat, May 26, 2007 8:44am PDT
University of California Custodians Win! On May 22, 2007, after a year-and-a-half of organizing and mass actions,
UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara custodians declare victory,
winning substantial wage increases!...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 11:24pm PDT
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