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Doc's Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans
Doc's Clock
2575 Mission Street
(Between 21st and 22nd Street)
San Francisco, CA
94110...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 9:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 11:01am PDT
Fun Next to the Farmer's Market Today!
The smiling struggle to keep Santa Cruz merry will continue at Parking Lot #4 today, around the usual time (3:30 PM) with food, fun, and fascist oversight. Bring your frisbees and friends....
Posted: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 8:59am PDT
California Black Farmers host Allensworth Celebration in Washington D.C.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the entire California Congressional Delegation will celebrate with pride the renaissance of Black Farmers in California, embracing our unique California Grown legacy. California Black leaders will come together in our nation's capitol during the Congressional Black Caucus, Annual Legislative Conference to bring the past, present and future in a week activity towards "Embracing the Promise, Realizing the Vision."...
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 10:14pm PDT
Plainclothes Cop Walking Pacific Avenue
A plainclothes police officer was walking up Pacific Avenue on September 23rd. The plainclothes officer and the officer in uniform spent several minutes talking to another individual outside the Tampico near the Metro Center. Both the plainclothes police officer and the uniformed cop took photos of me after I took their photos....
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 3:10pm PDT
OHA passes plan to dispose of 1,615 public housing units
The Oakland Housing Authority Voted On The Scheme To Dispose Of 1,615 Public Housing Units, Which Will Result In The Displacement Of 3,385 Mostly African-American Low-Income Renters From Oakland's Public Housing!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 11:48am PDT
Save Oakland's Public Housing! September 22, Press Conference & OHA Board Meeting!
Join Housing Activists On Monday September 22, At 1619 Harrison St., Oakland, To Opose The Plan To Dispose Of 1,615 Public Housing Units!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 4:48pm PDT
Press release from the tree-sitters 9/17/08
Dear Friends of the Oak Grove,
Yesterday, tree-sitters held a press conference in front of the remains of Memorial Oak Grove, and Dumpster Muffin read the following statement to the cameras. We thought you might be interested in checking this out.
- Friends of the Oak Grove...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 2:33am PDT
Park-ing
Rethinking public spaces, activists convert roads in to parks....
Posted: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 1:35pm PDT
EBALDC employee steals from recycle bins at Effie's House
EBALDC one of Oakland's largest nonprofit housing organization is taking it's tenants to the cleaners!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2008 10:05am PDT
Two Arrested Near Farmer's Market, But the Beats Continued On
On September 17th, two people were arrested in Parking Lot #4 alongside the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market. Police lined Cathcart Street displaying batons and a riot control gun, but quickly drove away, while seditious beats emanated from the drum circle below the trees. People continued to play music, share food and enjoy their time in Parking Lot #4 without further disturbance from the police or fencing....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 8:50pm PDT
Drummers Arrested at Wednesday Farmers Market
As I arrived to the Wed. Farmers Market, at 3:45pm, I observed an escalating situation.
Drummers increasingly upset that one of their members was being targeted and pulled away from the drum circle. Drummers and supporters followed the police. A second drummer was also arrested as the police called backup and used significant force on the individuals under arrest....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 8:07pm PDT
Drum Circle Challenge
City fascists try for third week in a row to shut down the farmer's market drum circle....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 12:24pm PDT
San Fracisco does not get it with Lennar but San Diego surely has shafted corrupt Lennar.
The Marriot chain of hotels has decided not to have any dealing with the corrupt Lennar Corporation that the City and County of San Francisco has embraced. Marriot has decided that it will pull out and have nothing to do with building thousands of rooms - in one of the largest developments in San Diego. Good for San Diego. Linked to this project - many heads are falling. Where ever Lennar makes its appearance - corruption is rampant....
Posted: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 7:15am PDT
Tenant Describes Landlord Negligence
An East Palo Alto tenant describes safety issues resulting from landlord David Taran's negligence at apartments owned by his company, Page Mill Properties. While tenants suffer, the exchange of legal challenges continues between the City of East Palo Alto and the landlord. Recently the city obtained a court order to compel Page Mill to produce documents it has denied city attorneys in a case that has tenants and displacement watch observers eagerly awaiting an outcome.
Report by R. Roberts...
Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 11:33pm PDT
Keeping Public Spaces Public
In parking lot #4 at Cedar and Cathcart--the lot next to the Wednesday Farmer's Market. At the traditional spot used by the community drummers for the last 10 years under the trees....
Event Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 2:18pm PDT
Crime on the streets of San Francisco affects Quality of Life issues.
Crime on the streets of San Francisco is on the increase and most people in authority seem to have no answer. So, what is Mayor Gavin Gavin Newsom and his cronies doing about this dire situation?
His recent ploy - the crime seems to come to our City from outside - by some sort of osmosis!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 7:25am PDT
Oakland plans to abandon the poor in public housing
Oakland plans to dispose of 1,554 families from public housing, with 3,885 people including children. City officials and nonprofit housing organizations are sitting back in silence as this impending disaster unfolds!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 8:06pm PDT
Santa Clara Fairgrounds Risk Privitization by Catellus Corportation
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors are recommending that Catellus, a $40 billion development corporation based out of Colorado, buy the SCC Fairgrounds to develop into residential housing, which would constitute the largest land sale in county history....
Posted: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 10:03am PDT
When the Big One strikes - is San Francisco Office of Emergency Services - ready?
When the Big One strikes - San Francisco must be ready. As things stand - the San Francisco Office of Emergency Services - talks the talk but cannot walk the walk. When the Big One strikes there will be a lots of finger-pointing and stuff like that. It is amazing to hear - folks that - purport they are "experts" talk foolishly - with no real plans, no empirical data, no captains in place linked to some hubs, quadrants, or centers in the various neighborhoods - that must be geared into action ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 14, 2008 9:21am PDT
Hypocritical Landlord Refuses Court Order
East Palo Alto Landlord Will Not Turn Over Critical Documents
Page Mill Properties says that they should not have to submit crucial documents to the City of East Palo Alto, despite a court ruling. The landord/investor's lawyer said that CEO David Taran is only trying to protect the tenants' privacy. One tenant who is working with others to have his rent restored to legal levels called that argument "the height of hypocrisy"....
Posted: Fri, Sep 12, 2008 6:49pm PDT