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No on 98, Yes on 99 Rally At Civic Center Opponents of Proposition 98 rallied at Civic Center Park in San Francisco today to urge people to vote against the measure, which would outlaw rent control and other tenant protections statewide. Today is the first day voters can cast their ballots in the June 3 state election....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2008 5:36pm PDT
Protect rent control, print out a No on 98 sign 
Prop 98 will end rent control throughout California....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2008 1:03pm PDT
Direct Action Training: Preparing for Democratic and Republican National Convention Protests! 
Zami Co-op
807 Laurel St....
Event Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 12:26pm PDT
Prop 98 can provoke a city-wide rent strike in San Francisco, and elsewhere.. Housing activists have absolutely no plan to effectively confront the passage of Proposition 98, which will abolish rent control statewide....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 12:22pm PDT
St. Anthony's Foundation in SF ending many valuable programs. 
At least 40 employees of St. Anthony's Foundation http://www.stanthonysf.org will be getting their pink slips, and hundreds of clients will be without services.......
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 11:15am PDT
Raj Patel speaking on Global Food Politics Cody's Books, 2201 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley...
Event Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 10:13am PDT
Hospital Security Officers Launch Statewide Strike To Protest Unfair Labor Practices Tuesday, May 6, 2008 :
Oakland, Calif.—Hundreds of security officers responsible for protecting patients and staff at Kaiser medical facilities throughout the state launched an unprecedented three-day strike today to protest unfair labor practices by employer Inter-Con Security....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 8:01am PDT
Coalition on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice meets 3:30 PM at City Council Chambers (5/5) Activist Lloyd Ellis of the Coalition For a County Dialogue on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice called Free Radio Santa Cruz yesterday and announced that the Coalition will meet today, Monday, May 5th, at 3:30 PM at 809 Center St. at Santa Cruz City Council Chambers. The Coalition is concerned with documenting and publicizing cases of discrimination, as I understand it. It involves non-profits like the UN Association, the Resource Center for Non-Violence, and the Inner Light Ministries as...
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2008 11:25am PDT
The Best 2008 Activist's People Search Resource Guide Seek & Yee Shall Find! Welcome to the Best 2008 Activist's People Search Resource Guide! Your Free Information Source About People & The World You Find Yourself Living In!...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 11:37pm PDT
Oaxacan Perspectives on the Binational Struggles of Mexican Indigenous Migrant Communities (audio/mpeg 18.6MB) On April 24th and 25th, Centolia Maldonado Vasquez and Bernardo Ramirez Bautista, Oaxaca-based members of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations, gave presentations in Greenfield and at UC Santa Cruz on indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S. and its impact in the communities of origin, the current political situation in Oaxaca, the role of women in the movement for social justice in Oaxaca, and current challenges of indigenous governing community institutions in Oaxaca.
Audio r...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 5:01pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Now Working For CDFA. LBAM Spray, CA. Summary: Governor Schwarzenegger allies himself with law-breakers CDFA against the people of California....
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 3:02pm PDT
News Flash:Lakireddy Bali Reddy Prison Release - Prakash Reddy in VIOLATION If Prop 98 passes, Bay Area renters would lose their rights to the likes of Berkeley multi-millionaire slumlord, child molester, pedophile, kidnapper Lakireddy Bali Reddy, who was released from prison around a month ago! Prakash Reddy is already in violation of his sex offender registration terms, and is missing!...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 8:18pm PDT
Earth Day Lite- inSanity Cruz! Editorial The City sponsored Earth-Day Celebrations were pretty lame.
In a parking lot!
BUT, there's some great celebrations coming up- in our Central Park....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 7:08am PDT
santa cruz guerilla gardening projects the title is somewhat self expanatory, there are projects underway and others that could happen. imagine vacant lots growing beautiful, useful flowers and other plants. its just a sows throw away! looking to connect with likeminded individuals....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 2:09am PDT
Homeless Improve Their Lot 
A new homeless encampment is being built in downtown Fresno that includes a sense of community and homes that are built to last. A Fresno Police Department representative says that evictions may begin soon....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2008 4:13pm PDT
May Day Protests in Arcata 
A report on May Day protests in Arcata....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 4:39pm PDT
Stop the new Hway 1 bridge! Article in today's metro discusses city plans for new bridge....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 9:54am PDT
Rally To Stop Polluting Power Plants In SF! Mon, May 5, 9-10am, SF City Hall Polk St Steps Though nearly every major environmental and social justice group has voiced strong opposition to the building of new fossil fuel power plants in San Francisco, next Monday, May 5th, our Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will outrageously seek permission to build a polluting natural gas power plant in San Francisco within the next year. Worse still, if approved, this plant will be built in our most environmentally damaged and vulnerable neighborhood, the Bayview Hunters Point. Meanwhile, new...
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 9:49am PDT
Freedom Man - All Charges against dropped against Jason Paschal Jason Paschal, an African-American tarot card reader, has successfully ended a 9-month battle to beat charges against him--after he called the Santa Cruz police last summer to complain that a patron of O'Neill's Sports Shop on Pacific Avenue called him a "nigger" and spat on him....
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 2:19pm PDT
The Ride of Silence (5/21) 
Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/20 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
Who: cyclists especially, but also runners, and others who legally share the road
May 21, 2008, 7pm
• to mourn those cyclists already killed by motorists
• to raise awareness (among motorists, police, and city officials) of cyclists on the road
• to have motorists know we only want to share the road we ride on
• to show th...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 6:24pm PDT
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