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DPF Event Cancelled, Plus Upcoming Events 9/29 DPF meeting in SF has been cancelled. more events below...
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 12:23am PDT
Action Alert: Just two more days for Governor to decide on AB 606! Just two more days and counting!!! Governor Schwarzenegger has just two more days to decide whether or not he will sign or veto AB 606 (Safe Place to Learn Act) and do his part to help make schools safer and more supportive for LGBTQ students and straight allies....
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 11:44pm PDT
Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act Becomes Law! Nation’s first law addressing use of panic strategies signed by California Governor...
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 11:21pm PDT
Tomorrow: Participate in Emergency Response Actions Statewide! WHO: Patients and supporters sick and tired of federal intervention in
California
WHAT: Protest against Federal Raid of California Healthcare Collective
WHEN: Friday, September 29th at 12 Noon
WHERE: DEA offices & federal buildings statewide, including Los Angeles,
Modesto, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco & Santa Ana (see
below for addresses)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 5:30pm PDT
Cops Keep it Gangsta The Central Coast Gang Investigators Association (CCGIA), having just come off of a major training in San Jose this summer, is an association that formed in 2001 to train law enforcement officers in techniques of apprehending gangs throughout the state. In 2004, their existence became known to the public due to a surveillance job gone wrong in San Jose that involved Agent Michael Walker, a CCGIA board member, in the shooting death of Rudy Cardenas....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 8:58am PDT
Proposition 1A Does Nothing to “Rebuild” California Governor Schwarzenegger and the Democratic legislature have placed five measures on the November ballot in an effort to rebuild California’s infrastructure (Propositions 1A-1E.) The measures are being sold together as a “package deal” to bring $37 billion for transportation, housing, education and flood prevention, and a joint campaign called “Rebuild California” is leading the charge. Schwarzenegger and Angelides support all five measures, as do Senators Feinstein and Boxer, the Chamber of C...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:21am PDT
California Nurses Plan to Turn Tide Against Schwarzenegger Approximately 30 activists from the California Nurses Association gathered in front of the Fairmont Hotel yesterday to protest a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser that Arnold Schwarzenegger was holding inside for his re-election campaign. Waving signs in support of Proposition 89 (the Clean Money Initiative that will provide public financing for California campaigns), the protesters vowed to challenge Arnold every step of the way as he shatters all campaign fundraising records. Over the next two wee...
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 7:37am PDT
Alert: Joe Fortt's Trial POSTPONED The federal trial of Joe Fortt, which was scheduled for September 26,
2006, has been postponed until further notice...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 10:25pm PDT
ASA CA Weekly Alert 7) Tuesday, September 26th, Fairfield: Solano County Board of
Supervisors to Review Implementation of State ID Card
8) Tuesday, September 26th, Santa Rosa: Sonoma County Board of
Supervisors to Vote on New Plant Guidelines & Dispensary Ordinance
10) Monday, September 25, San Francisco: Michael Aldrich & CHAMP Hearing
in US Tax Court
11) Tuesday, September 26, Fresno: Joe Fortt Trial before Judge Anthony
W. Ishii in U.S. District Court
12) Wednesday, September 27th, San Francisco: ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 3:15pm PDT
Forrest Hill: Shatter Barriers and Give Power To Citizens 
Electing Forrest Hill, an openly gay man running for California Secretary of State, "will help shatter the litmus test of heterosexuality that has prevented highly qualified citizens from attaining the highest state-level political offices."
Electing Forrest Hill, the Green Party candidate for California Secretary of State, will also help put "the power of the Initiative back in the hands of citizens."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 7:14pm PDT
Big Oil Throws Down Against Proposition 89 
The oil giant Chevron has begun funding the effort to prevent public financing of political campaigns in California....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 2:09pm PDT
California Propositions: Billions For Special Interest When Governor Schwarzenegger ran for office in 2003 he promised to work for the people of California and not for the special interest, now in 2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the champion of special interest groups. The 2006 bond and tax package, presented by the governor and the state legislature, is the worst package ever offered to California voters in the state’s history....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 9:44pm PDT
Universal Health Care Passed:Schwarzenegger Promises Veto Senate Bill 840 was passed by California Legislature and would give all Californians health care, but Gov. Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto the bill....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 10:46pm PDT
DPF Action Alert The issue of lethal injection will be a hot topic in the media next week because U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel will be holding public hearings on the issue of lethal injection on Sept. 26th-29th in San Jose, CA....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 10:08pm PDT
California Supermarket Posts Foster Farms Cruelty Notice Foster Farms spends approximately $11 million on company marketing annually, TNS Media Intelligence reports. Over the last decade, courtesy of Foster Farms, Californians have come to know two madcap chicken characters, known ironically as the “Foster Imposters”. While the California poultry producer wastes money on frivolous advertising, animal welfare is unswervingly compromised. After a two-year hiatus, the “Foster Imposters” campaign is returning to television at the end of September....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 5:35pm PDT
Governor Schwarzenegger May Act Today on Bill to Restrict Chaining of Dogs! As you know, keeping dogs chained — or "tethering," as it's sometimes called (http://www.helpinganimals.com/ga_chained.asp) — is cruel because it deprives these highly social pack animals of proper socialization and often leaves them unable to reach whatever shelter, food, and water they've been provided. The dogs grow aggressively protective of their tiny spaces and often attack children (http://www.helpinganimals.com/ga_chained_summaries.asp) and other people who come near them. A piece of ...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:28pm PDT
Declaration of Peace Actions, Sept. 21 - 28 
The Declaration of Peace is a nationwide campaign to establish a concrete and rapid plan for peace in Iraq. Join the movement to Declare Peace!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 12:40pm PDT
EBAA Joins Lawsuit Against Cruel Pork Producer In kids’ movies and cartoons, and in our popular imagination, piglets scamper on green grass under blue skies and, like all the animals “down on the farm,” share tender moments frolicking with their mothers and siblings....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 5:00pm PDT
ASA CA Weekly Alert 5) Tuesday, September 26th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
6) Wednesday, September 27th, Oakland: East Bay ASA Meeting
7) Thursday, September 28th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting
19) Thursday, September 21st, Oakland: The San Francisco Bay Area
Premiere of /Waiting to Inhale/...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 12:51am PDT
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