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textWhy NO Environmental Impact Report at Candlestick Point and hand acres to Lennar BVHP by Francisco Da Costa
Candlestick Point has land that belongs to the State - such as the State Park. Parking lots that belong to the 49ers. Other land that is private. The Stadium has a long lease and come under the jurisdiction of SF Recreation and Park. Alice Griffith the Public Housing belong the the Federal Government. Most of the land if landfill and prone to liquefaction. More to Global Warming - and of course the Big One....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 8:17pm PDT
calendarSave Rent Control Benefit by Gary Virginia
Metro City Bar 2124 Market St @ Church San Francisco 415 703 9750...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2008 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 6:17pm PDT
calendarUrgent meeting to save the Beach Flats Community Garden by
At the Beach Flats Community Garden....
Event Date: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 4:38pm PDT
textSustainable Water Cycles Workshop in Santa Cruz 4/4-4/6 2008 by Heather Flores
Sustainable Water Workshop: Methods for Saving Water, Time, and Money April 4-6 in Soquel, CA Taught by local Ecological Designers Heather Coburn Flores, Ken Foster, Lizandro Salazar and Lydia Neilsen....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 4:21pm PDT
textTraffic School For Bikes - An Editorial by Bicicleta Bandito
Santa Cruz, California has just begun a traffic school for "errant" bicyclists. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_8676416 Perhaps it's too early to venture an opinion on this but my instinct says this is a really stupid idea. Why? Well, for one thing, the reasons bicyclists get cited for traffic violations in the first place only makes sense if you accept the premise that roads are mainly for automobiles and bicycles are an equivalent technology....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 10:46am PDT
textAnti-Epileptics, Sex Hormones, Mood Stabilizers, Antibiotics Among Array of Pharmaceuticals in U.S. Water Supply by via Democracy Now
Monday, March 24, 2008 :Anti-epileptics were found in the drinking water of Southern California, a sex hormone was found in San Francisco's water, three medications and an antibiotic were found in the water supply of Tuscon, Arizona and a mood stabilizer was found in the water of New Jersey. And that's just to name a few. An exhaustive, five-month investigation by Associated Press has found the drinking water in at least 24 major American cities across the country contains trace amounts of a ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 8:11am PDT
textLife Denied: Nurses, Family of Sick Teen March on Health Insurance Company Tuesday by via CalNurses
Monday, March 24, 2008 : 17- year-old boy needs cancer treatment, PacifiCare denies Registered nurses, friends and concerned community members will join the family of Nick Colombo marching on the corporate offices of health insurance giant PacifiCare in Orange County this Tuesday to protest the denial of a life-saving cancer treatment for the 17-year-old, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announces....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 8:05am PDT
textArmy Recruitment Site Remixed by NoArmy.com
NoArmy.com, an unauthorized remix of GoArmy.com that tells the truth recruiters don't want you to know....
Posted: Sun, Mar 23, 2008 1:17pm PDT
textLennar Dream Team cannot escape from the scourge of corruption and wicked ploys by Francisco Da Costa
Michael Sweet the Chair of the SF County Democratic Party chose to violate decency. He is also on the drab SF Human Rights Commission - a good for nothing Commission that is dubious in nauture - more so when Virginia Harmon was Director. Micheal Sweet has been cooperating with Lennar's Dream Team - using the Democratic Party to push for an agenda that betrays the people of San Francisco. This nonsense must stop. In the mean time our children are dying - exposed to poisons by Lennar - a Rogue ...
Posted: Sun, Mar 23, 2008 4:39am PDT
textHuge Walkout by 4,000 Sutter RNs - A Dramatic Stand for Improved Patient Care by via CalNurses
10-Day Strike Underway Across Bay Area Friday, March 21, 2008 : Some 4,000 registered nurses began a 10-day walkout Friday at 10 Bay Area  hospitals operated by the Sutter Health chain in a dramatic protest over patient care conditions. More than 95 percent of the RNs struck the hospitals. Guaranteeing safe RN staffing at all times – especially ensuring that Sutter RNs are able to take rest breaks and meals -- is one of several key patient safety issues that is at the center of the dispute....
Posted: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 11:12am PDT
imageChevWrong M15 Part Two
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by Frijolita
Part two of three sets of pictures from March 15 2008, at the Richmond Chevron actions....
Posted: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 9:22am PDT
calendarStop the Closing of Buster's Place by Michael Lyon
SF City Hall Steps...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 11:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 5:33am PDT
textToxic fumes in Alameda by reader
Tonight there were horrible toxic fumes in the air when I got home around 8 pm....
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 8:45pm PDT
imageCalhoun Targets the Homeless
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by Mike Rhodes
Fresno City Council member Brian Calhoun is targeting homeless people with another unnecessary “quality of life” ordinance. Calhoun wants to stop homeless people from asking for money on street medians. In his introduction to the ordinance, Calhoun writes that “Fresno Police records will show that the panhandlers are most often alcoholics, drug addicts or have mental health issues.”...
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 5:46pm PDT
textProp F stands for Fairness while Lennar stands of Gentrification and Greed with Prop G. by Francisco Da Costa
One of the first elements one looks in a good Development plan is an Environmental Impact Report. Especially, if the area is prone to liquefaction, Cumulative Pollution, has many toxic hot spots, and in general has no sound infrastructure. Add to that lack of transportation and the other Quality of Life elements that are lacking with Prop G and its Bayview Jobs, Parking, and Housing ballot measure - and you have a recipe that is bound to fail....
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 5:18pm PDT
calendarFree Electronic Waste Recycling Event at Shoreline Middle School in Santa Cruz
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by Erica
Shoreline Middle School 855 17th Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 2:18pm PDT
imageForeclosure-driven reassessments, squatters & auctions: America's new real estate market
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by Monica Davis
Foreclosure continues to drive the US real estate market, as investors, squatters and local governments adjust to the new urban housing reality. Real estate auction specialists conduct mega-auctions, hoping to unload foreclosed properties before real estate prices drop further....
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 10:59am PDT
imageModesto Anarcho Discussion Forum (3/29)
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by Wingnut Willy
Calling ALL participants that have previously been involved in Modesto Anarcho actions or events.........This assembly isn’t just limited to these selected projects on this flier. These are just some mentioned. What we would like to see is other radical-anarcho like minded individuals to bring their idea’s to the table. What would you like to see happen in Modesto (surrounding area’s)? What is needed? Do you feel left out or ignored? Modesto Anarcho is yours as much as ours! Please come join ...
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 10:57am PDT
textPredatory Lending-White House Link Known by Spitzer by #
There are no coincidences and the predatory lending fiasco that is causing millions to lose their homes and many forced to live in shantytowns is no exception. Elliot Spitzer, better known for his interest in the 9/11 Truth Movement, was about to expose the White House connection to the predatory loan scandal when he was busted for a personal problem that only he and his wife could solve....
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 6:58am PDT
imageChevWrong M19 '08 part one
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by Frijolita
Part One - more action pics from the DASW Richmond Chevron Refinery action on March ....
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 11:27pm PDT
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