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California Black Media and Historical Accountablity
May the spirit of the original Black Californians guide your behavior printing what is fit to print....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 12:15am PDT
Protests Got Rice to Beirut; Your Phone Calls Needed to Stop the Genocide
Condi Rice was finally forced to show up in Beirut today, instead of spending all of her time schmoozing with her fellow war criminals in Israel. This is from a Secretary of State who did not want to go to the Middle East as she claimed there was nothing for her to do. You phone calls to Congress are needed now to stop the genocide and you can read excerpts to them of today's news on attacks on civilians by Israel with our tax dollars, all war crimes. The war rallies only have a few hundr...
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 7:46pm PDT
Patients Protest DEA Raids in San Diego!!
DEA shut down all known storefront medical marijuana dispensaries in
the San Diego area on July 20th, 2006. Outraged citizens should
protest at their federal buildings at noon on Wednesday, or a day of
their choosing this coming week....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 4:41pm PDT
'Californina Grown' Agribusiness Battles in the Rodeo Arena
Worldwide attention continues in the “Agribusiness Battles of the Rodeo Arena’ where California land tenure, water rights and economic development seek a peaceful coexistence, historically where Black Agriculture is limited through law, administrative policy and terrorism....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 12:08pm PDT
"Making Art, Making Change": Catalyst 2006
Making Art, Making Change is a first-time conference to be held in order to highlight the multiple ways in which the varying art discpilines can be used as a catalyst for equity and social change. Held at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, audiences all-- especially youth, parents, youth educators, artists, and social activists-- are welcome! We hope to see you there!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 9:49am PDT
Maria Shriver Greeted With Suspicion in Watsonville
California First Lady Maria Shriver visited Watsonville's Farmer's Market this past Friday afternoon where she was met with skepticism....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 3:35am PDT
Anti-war Activists Gather to Protest Senator Feinstein's Uncritical Support of Israel
Green Party Candidate Todd Chretien and Peace and Freedom Party Candidate Marsha Feinland (both for U.S. Senate) join local Palestinian, Arab, and Jewish Voices for Peace-- and-- other Antiwar Activists to decry incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein's plan to lead a cruelly insensitive pro-Israel political rally earlier today.
Here are some photos of their protest....
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 6:48pm PDT
Injured Workers Speak Out on Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Several workers who had been injured on the job testified at a hearing in Oakland June 29 before the Division of Workers’ Compensation. The state is seeking to modify some of the ‘reforms’ enacted in 2003 which have had a severe impact on injured workers who face delays in medical treatment, denial of compensation, and a bureaucratic nightmare dealing with a system that is biased towards employers and insurance companies....
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 11:13am PDT
ASA CA Weekly Alert
City & County Hearings
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5) Tuesday, July 25th, San Diego: Patient Community to Demand the City
Council End the Raids!
6) Tuesday, July 25th, Folsom: City Council to Vote on Banning Dispensaries
7) Tuesday, July 25th, Oroville: Advocates to Encourage Butte Co. Board
of Sups to Adopt MMJ ID Card Program
8) Tuesday, August 1st, Redondo Beach: City Council to Vote on Extending
Dispensary Moratorium
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Court Support
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9) Monday, July 31st, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt...
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 7:59pm PDT
Community Media Advocates Influence California Telco Legislation
AB 2987 is rapidly moving through the California State Legislature. Thanks to advocacy from a variety of groups including the Alliance for Community Media, Western Region, the legislation is being modified to better serve communities and bridge the digital divide....
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 1:18pm PDT
7/21: San Diego MMJ Defendants in Court
Three defendants in the San Diego medical marijuana raids face
court hearings tomorrow, Friday, July 21st at 8:15 AM at the SD
Central Court House, 2nd Floor. They are Tony Amrine, owner of the
former Utopia Dispensary, and two of his employees, Riley Hoskins
and Amaro Jesus. All have public defenders....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 10:33pm PDT
DPF Upcoming Events and Resources
meetings, and conferences, and more...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 10:27pm PDT
Defending Patients' Rights - Important News Updates
lots going on all over...
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 10:43pm PDT
Lt. Gov. Candidate Proposes Prison Population Reduction
Stewart Alexander is proposing to reduce California’s prison population by 70 thousand, and says California should close one or more prisons, within the next two to three years, to cut cost to taxpayers....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:08pm PDT
SLO approved dispensary ordinance
Supervisors have approved an ordinance, by a 3/2 vote,
regulating dispensaries in unincorporated areas. It is
pretty basic and treats dispensaries in very much the
same way pharmacies are regulated....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 12:52pm PDT
Protest Banning Of KPFA Labor Collective Programming
The voice of local and state labor activism is being muzzled by listener sponsored Pacifica radio station KPFA. Next Local Station Board meeting: Saturday August 19, 2006, 11:00 AM at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley 1111 Addison/San Pablo near University Ave. Meeting is open to the public....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 3:16pm PDT
CA Peace and Freedom Party Statement on Workers' Compensation Scandal
The California state legislature has been investigating massive institutional malfeasance inside the California State's Division of Workers' Compensation. Injured workers are sickening and dying because of denial of just claims....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 2:21pm PDT
Children Will Foot the Bill for California's Prison Expansion
The compassionate and strategically wise parts of California's new prison plan are overshadowed by billions of dollars earmarked for new prison beds. The first victims of the state's shortsighted prison budget, writes NAM writer and editor Nell Bernstein, will be the incarcerated and, most vulnerably, their children. Nell Bernstein is the coordinator of the San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership, and the author of "All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated" (New...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 6:43pm PDT
SLO to vote on MMJ ordinance TUESDAY!
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors will be holding a hearing regarding
the implementation of a medical marijuana dispensary ordinance this coming Tuesday.
The proposed ordinance, approved by a unanimous vote by the county's Planning
Commission in May, places dispensaries in basically the same category as pharmacies....
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 12:16am PDT