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DESCRIPTION:Green Party officeholders will appear on a “Greens in Government” 
 discussion panel on June 22nd, 2013 at 7:30 PM at Slack Collective Studios, 
 964 Pearl Street, suite B, in Napa, California.\n\nLocal winemakers from 
 People's Wine Revolution will be serving wine: 
 http://www.pwrwines.com/.\n\nThe following Green Party officeholders will 
 appear on the panel:\n\nGayle McLaughlin was elected mayor of Richmond in 
 November 2006. Richmond is the largest city in the country with a Green 
 Party mayor. As mayor, McLauhlin has been an advocate for social and 
 environmental justice in Richmond. As mayor, she encouraged increased 
 economic development by promoting worker-owned cooperatives. She 
 successfully lead efforts to make Richmond a sanctuary city to instruct 
 police to reuse working with ICE on raids against undocumented workers. 
 And, she worked to provide Richmond residents with the opportunity to use 
 renewable energy sources for their energy needs by establishing Community 
 Choice Aggregation in Richmond.\n\nBruce Delgado was elected Mayor of 
 Marina in 2008 and won his bid for reelection in 2012. Delgado platform 
 advocates for living wage jobs, making Marina seen as a green university 
 town, and affordable housing particularly for students and seniors. He also 
 lead a successful campaign in support of Measure E which established an 
 Urban Growth Boundary.\n\nRenée Goddard was recently appointed to the 
 Fairfax Town Council on April 3rd 2013. Goddard is a part of a Green Party 
 majority which has been maintained on the Fairfax Town Council since 2009. 
 She has lived in Fairfax for 18-years and is a teacher, environmental 
 consultant, activist, and mother of two. Goddard is a board member on 
 Sustainable Fairfax where she serves as Zero Waste project coordinator. The 
 Zero Waste project is working toward making Fairfax Zero Waste by 2020. Her 
 goals as a Town Concilperson is to focus on transit oriented development 
 while maintaining Fairfax as a model for participatory democracy.\n\nJesse 
 Townely has served on the Berkely Rent Stabilization Board since 2008. 
 Mentored by Berkeley City Councilmember Dona Spring, Townley was appointed 
 to the Disaster & Fire Safety Commission in 2003. He worked with many local 
 Greens & clean election advocates to implement Instant Runoff Voting which 
 finally arrived in 2010. Towenly was reelected to the Berkeley Rent Board 
 in November 2010 and his current term as an elected official ends in 
 November 2014.\n\nThe “Greens in Government” panel is being organized 
 as a part of the Green Party of California General Assembly Plenary, which 
 will also take place in Napa on June 22nd and 23rd. The General Assembly 
 consists of Green Party delegates from counties throughout California and 
 is the highest decision-making body within the Green Party of 
 California.\n\nFor more information regarding the “Greens in 
 Government” event, please email napacountygreenparty@gmail.com. For more 
 information about the Green Party, please visit the state website at 
 http://www.cagreens.org/.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/24/18737325.php
SUMMARY:Greens in Government panel
LOCATION:Slack Art Collective:\n964 Pearl Street, suite B, in Napa, California
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/24/18737325.php
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