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California Propositions: Voters Beware Today voters need to beware when going to the polls to vote because much is at stake. Voters need to study the propositions and read their Official Voter Information Guide; and for those who will not, they need to vote no to spending their hard earn dollars and the future savings of our children. Voters should not be persuaded by expensive TV commercials because those commercials are more expensive than what we can realize....
Posted: Tue, Oct 24, 2006 8:50am PDT
Why I’m Voting NO on Prop 86 Proposition 86, the Tax on Cigarettes Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute, deserves a vote of NO on November 7. And here’s why I’m urging a NO vote....
Posted: Mon, Oct 23, 2006 7:38am PDT
The Real Truth Behind the Berkeley Honda Workers Resolution Want the truth? Read on and learn about democratic process......
Posted: Sun, Oct 22, 2006 3:23am PDT
KPFA's Election & Green Sunday Ballots for KPFA's Local Station Board (LSB) election have been sent to listeners....
Posted: Fri, Oct 20, 2006 6:25pm PDT
Saturday Action Against the Diamond Trade Watch the Public Service Announcement to learn about the National Day of Action Against the Genocidal Diamond....
Posted: Fri, Oct 20, 2006 12:31am PDT
All Out for October 28! 
As more and more people die in Iraq the U.S. threatens to open a new pre emptive war on the Korean Peninsula....
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 9:10pm PDT
Building a Radical and Strong KPFA The candidates of the Concerned Listeners for KPFA -- who have been endorsed by Angela Davis, Krissy Keefer, Kevin Danaher, Pratap Chatterjee, Michael Eisenscher, Aimee Allison, Sharon Cornu, and many other activists and leaders -- pledge to bring civility and consensus-building to the board, and will work hard to expand KPFA's signal in Northern and Central California, increase its audience, and strengthen its community ties....
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 8:25pm PDT
Vote For Working Class Party On California Ballot-It Stands Up Against Imperial War Peace and Freedom Party is the only working class socialist party on the ballot in California.
One of it's candidates needs to get at least 2% in this election cycle to stay on the ballot.
Make sure you vote for P&F to keep this alternative on the ballot and to have a voice
for working people and against imperial war....
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 12:11pm PDT
News Updates, Action Alerts, and Patient Meeting Hello again medical marijuana supporters, there's a lot going on right
now in the movement, so here's your chance to catch up!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 11:04am PDT
10/21 Statewide CA Peace&Freedom Party Labor Conference Labor and the trade unions will be the focus of a state wide meeting of the Labor Committee
of the Peace and Freedom Party. It will be held in San Francsico on 455 Golden Gate St on
Saturday October 21...
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 6:55am PDT
New database on money and politics MAPLight.org launches today! (11/17/2006)....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 11:45pm PDT
URGENT NEWS ADVISORY: LET FORREST HILL DEBATE! 
Protest Forrest's exclusion from SF Debates!
Dr. Forrest Hill has called a press conference for tomorrow (Wednesday October 18, 2006) at 1 pm to protest his exclusion from the San Francisco Chronicle's debate. Dr. Hill has asked that everyone let the media know that it is no longer acceptable to discriminate against third party candidates.
People living in the Bay Area plan to go to KPIX-TV to 855 Battery St. in downtown San Francisco at 1 pm tomorrow, October 18th, to carry signs and...
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 7:05pm PDT
California Governor in Trouble With Latinos A new poll of California Latinos shows a deep dislike of Governor Schwarzenegger. In this poll of 600 Spanish-dominant likely voters, the governor has higher disapproval ratings than President Bush, and is losing to his opponent Phil Angelides by 64 percent to 21 percent. Spanish-dominant Latino voters make up about 10 percent of the California electorate, with all Latinos now representing about 18 percent of the electorate as a whole....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 5:48pm PDT
KPFA Elections Debate Issue #2 - Program Director or Not What should be the appropriate program management structure for a listener-sponsored public radio station?...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 4:45pm PDT
DPA Wins Fight on Medical Marijuana Expenses in California The decision, written on behalf of the California Department of Health and Human Services (DHS), made clear that DHS policy is to permit reimbursement of medical marijuana claims for patients who receive public assistance from that agency....
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2006 11:13pm PDT
The old regime's legacy at KPFA The slow motion takeover of KPFA began in 1992 and reached its climax in 1999. During those years, the highjackers recruited assistants, trained proteges and created a culture which permeates the station to this day. It's the background of today's ongoing struggle at KPFA's Local Station Board (LSB)....
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2006 6:19am PDT
Bay Area's "Best of Veg 2006" - Vote Now! 
Survey Highlights Great Vegetarian Dining in the San Francisco Bay Area
Bay Area Vegetarians' surveys community to find outstanding vegetarian dining opportunities in San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. Supporters may vote through November 15th for their favorite Bay Area restaurants, and also be eligible to win prizes....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 3:10pm PDT
Abortion may be legal in California -- but that doesn't mean you can actually get one. ....The number of abortion providers has been declining nationwide. The Alan Guttmacher Institute, the foremost clearinghouse for abortion information in the country, found that more than half of the US hospitals that provided abortions in 1982 had stopped by 2000. The institute also documented an 11 percent decrease in the number of abortion providers in the United States between 1996 and 2000. In California the decline was even greater: a 19 percent drop during the same period. Today, 41 pe...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 10:48am PDT
No On 85: Beyond the Issue of Choice Here in San Francisco, fear about the local success of a ballot measure which attacks a woman’s right to choose is low: San Francisco has long been a haven for pro-choice supporters. However, Proposition 85 has a fundamental flaw which overrides an individual’s position on abortion, and everyone should be talking about it. Proposition 85 only affects those citizens who coincidentally are the only citizens with cannot directly impact the vote’s outcome: those under 18 years of age. The voice o...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 10:46am PDT
Attorney General Backs Tenants Against Anti-SLAPP Chicanery In a legal case with significant implications for San Francisco tenants, Attorney General has filed an amicus brief in favor of tenants fighting Ellis Act evictions at Lincoln Place in Los Angeles. The brief addresses a major issue that has been proceeding under the radar screen in San Francisco: landlords attempting to use the state Anti-SLAPP statute to deny tenants the right to contest Ellis Act evictions. The law against “strategic lawsuits against public participation” was designed to pr...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 10:43am PDT
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