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Economic Benefits of a Living Wage in the City of Santa Rosa Amy Badger, Elizabeth Munoz- Martin, Demi Gray, Austin Barcus, Blaze Carter, Brooke Santander, Crystal Mendoza, Sara Gong, Jeffrey Robinson...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2018 1:59pm PDT
HUD’s attack on the poor in the Bay Area must be rejected by Congress HUD Secretary Ben Carson wants to triple the rents on some tenants, and raise from 30% to 35%, the share of a household’s income that it must pay in rent. Additionally, Secretary Carson wants to add more work requirements on those receiving assistance in HUD’s housing programs!...
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2018 2:55pm PDT
Tobacco: A Thriving Known Killer The leading cause in preventable death is thriving today. This is how and why the tobacco industry continues to be successful....
Posted: Mon, May 7, 2018 1:39pm PDT
Fluoride in Foods, Beverages, Water Poses Health Risk, Experts Say Unnecessary fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies has greatly contributed to the creation of a critical mass of fluoride ingestion which is messing up chlidren's teeth for which dentists charge a hefty fee to cover up. Dentists are profiting from fluoride over use....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2018 3:29am PDT
The Homeless Youth Epidemic is Growing: What are the Solutions to End it? This article is about how not having adequate housing affects students in the classroom and how California needs more low-income housing so that students have an adequate space to live and complete homework assignments....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2018 1:32pm PDT
Once again... People's Park needs your support The foliage in People's Park is thinner this year. Another tree is gone, and various bushes and shrubs have disappeared. UC Berkeley has further whittled away at the park, and a new press release from the UC states that development plans are to be revealed after this academic year ends....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2018 10:03pm PDT
National Alliance of HUD Tenants Denounce Ben Carson's Housing Bill Elected leaders of the national US tenants union today denounced the housing bill proposed April 25 by HUD Secretary Ben Carson as a “vicious and cruel” assault on the poorest of the poor!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2018 3:12pm PDT
Pesticide Use Near Record High in California, Monterey Numbers Concerning Use of cancer-causing fumigant pesticide on the rise for Monterey strawberries...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2018 3:36pm PDT
SF Tenants Continue Fight To Save Homes From Demolition The Midtown Tenants Association and supporters gathered at SF City Hall today to continue their fight to save their homes from demolition by the city....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2018 11:40pm PDT
Vehicular Profiteering Downtown Will Punish the Poor and Drive Away Customers Santa Cruz City Council is set to rubberstamp increased parking fees, new parking meters, a two-hour "Move Along" vehicular law, "no vending from vehicles", and a "no vehicles above 6' in height" requirement along Pacific Ave. and adjacent streets at its 1:30 PM wesession tomorrow. It's item #18 on the so-called "Consent Public Hearings" section of the agenda....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2018 11:40pm PDT
Homeless regulations will affect People's Park community Newly proposed regulations on the homeless will substantially affect the People's Park community. Berkeley city council is holding a special meeting to codify new city legislation to place restrictions on sleeping and stashing gear on sidewalks....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2018 1:10pm PDT
Discrimination of Persons With Disabilities Individuals are discriminated every day due to their disability. End this now, it's simple....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2018 10:02pm PDT
Progressive activist Gale McLaughlin April 15 book signing event Sunday, April 15, between 4 and 6 P.M., at the Bobby Bowen Progressive Center 2540 Macdonald Ave. Richmond, CA 94801...
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2018 2:14pm PDT
Dismantling Toxic Masculinity: What We Must Do We need to dismantle toxic masculinity and build a generation of men who aren’t afraid to openly discuss their emotions....
Posted: Sat, Apr 7, 2018 11:56am PDT
Alameda P.D. Arrest Man For Refusing Microwave-Pulsing Meters on His Kids Bedroom Wall Christopher Rabe, a 39-year resident of Alameda and father of two was arrested on Thursday, March 29th at 10:30am after peacefully standing in the way of Alameda Municipal Power (AMP) meter installers outside his apartment complex on Pacific St.
Rabe was held in Oakland Jail for 10 hours, and released after posting bail. He is being charged with 498(B)(2) (theft by meter tampering) despite the fact that clearly his intent was to prevent the smart meter installation, and represent the othe...
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2018 8:02pm PDT
Signature gatherers for anti-rent control petition charged with fraud linked to CAA Reportedly, a Utah couple is expected to appear soon in the San Mateo County Superior Court for arraignment on charges of election fraud for faking signatures for a petition meant to block renter protections from taking effect in Pacifica during 2017!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 29, 2018 6:47pm PDT
New ACLU Charges Allege Pregnancy Discrimination Against Dockworkers at West Coast Ports Policies Block Women from Higher Wages and Union Membership...
Posted: Thu, Mar 29, 2018 9:54am PDT
How Dentists Manipulate Legislators to Get Fluoridation Mandates Passed Adding unnecessary fluoride chemicals into public water supplies is harmful to health. Politics, not science, keeps it going. Profiteers include legislators, corporations, organized dentistry and others - not those forced to drink fluoride-laced tap water and eat and drink restaurant and supermarket foods & beverages made with fluoridated water without their knowledge of fluoride content. Yet, there's no dispute that a little too much fluoride damages bones and children's teeth....
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2018 5:14am PDT
Please debunk this alleged evidence-based chemtrail website "Lab Tests and Health effects" is the title of a webpage allegedly backing up claims that "chemtrails" are for real. Topics covered, include: Shocking Phoenix Air Quality Test Results, Chronic barium intoxication disrupts sulphated proteoglycan synthesis, Lab results from snow and rain water samples that were taken during very high Chemtrail activity in North Carolina; and much more....
Posted: Sat, Mar 24, 2018 2:22pm PDT
5 Questions on Tax Justice Tax justice must be created and tax avoidance stopped to fight inequality and poverty. Apple paid 0.0005% tax on its profits in Ireland - merely 50 euros on a million euros profits. Like all of us, corporations profit from public goods financed by tax funds. Corporations profit but give nothing back. Developing countries lose $100 billion every year and Germany 30 billion euros....
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2018 10:24am PDT
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