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Marriage Update- More Ways 2 Contact the Governor
We've just heard that the Governor's Capitol office phone lines are jammed with your
calls. Below are more phone numbers to contact the Governor in his district offices....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 5:09pm PDT
Your help needed NOW to pass SOLAR bill
Your immediate action is needed to help pass the Million Solar Roofs bill, SB 1 (Murray). Please make a personal phone call to Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez's office right away. 916-319-2046. Tell him to "Get the job done! Pass SB 1. Don't let solar power be derailed by partisan politics "...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:51pm PDT
GOVERNOR VETOES LBGT FAIR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN BILL
With only vague comments, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB
866, authored by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) and
sponsored by Equality California, which was designed to prevent discrimination
against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals in political
campaigns. This was the first of many bills Equality California sponsored this year
to make it to the Governor's desk....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:46pm PDT
KQED's Forum Hosts Torture Advocates, FEMA, Homeland Security, Almost No Progressives
KQED and Forum, radio supporting voices to the right of the US State Department....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:23pm PDT
9/11 EVENTS! This Weekend Around the Bay Area
A lot of excellent events around the Bay to choose from....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 2:19pm PDT
Only two days left to help bring California's National Guard Home
We have only two days to get it out on the floor and passed by the full Assembly
before they adjourn for the year on Friday....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 12:41pm PDT
Urgent Request for Faith Leaders
We need as many people to sign this letter as possible by 5pm Today, Wednesday September 7th!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 12:37pm PDT
California's Legislature Makes History by Passing Equal Marriage Rights Legislation
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE MAKES HISTORY BY PASSING EQUALITY CALIFORNIA'S EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Governor Schwarzenegger Faces Decision That Will Likely Become Key Part of His Legacy...
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 11:34pm PDT
CAL lawmakers send marriage bill to Governator
BOTH houses (Senate and Assembly) of the California legislature have narrowly passed the Leno bill to legalize same-sex marriages. Now Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has three choices: (a) sign the bill; (b) veto it; or (c) allow it to become law without his signature....
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 10:01pm PDT
NCLR Call to Action- We Need You Now!
The California Assembly is on the verge of passing
AB
849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage
Protection Act, sponsored by our partner
organization, Equality California. This vote could
occur today or tomorrow....
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 4:47pm PDT
Protecting The Most Vulnerable: Stop Human Experimentation In k-12 Public Schools!
Children & Teachers Are Not Guinea Pigs!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 2:53pm PDT
Action Alert: Gov. Schwarzenegger Plans to Veto Puppy Sales Bill
...
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 2:24pm PDT
My email about Forum hosting Bush / torture advocate John Yoo
Please make it your business to pressure local media as our government spins further and further out of control....
Posted: Tue, Sep 6, 2005 12:00pm PDT
Visions of an Alternative Energy World
The 2005 Solfest in Hopland, CA: Sights to inspire and provoke changes in American energy habits....
Posted: Sun, Sep 4, 2005 2:56pm PDT
Join the No on 73 Campaign for Teen Safety!
Proposition 73, an initiative that would require parents of teens to be notified 48 hours before an abortion, is on the November 8th Special Election ballot. While all parents rightly want to be involved in their teenage daughters' lives, good family communication cannot be imposed by government....
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2005 11:36pm PDT
Public Hearing Wed Sept 7 will extend isolation torture - the power of a crowd is needed
The California Department of Corrections (& Rehab what a joke) has called for public comments this one day only on extending ad seg (the hole) review times from 30 days to 90 days for some offenses and even to 180 days for other offenses. It means more time in the hole and it especially punishes the mentally ill and children as they are cut off from phone calls, visits and canteen, we are talking about increased isolation torture at stake...
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2005 10:47pm PDT
Update from ADC
1) CANCELLED EVENT: Gaza Reflections La Pena 7 Sept. @ 7:30
2) ACTION ALERT: Please call your State assembly member and demand that they support SJR 10- civil rights resolution....
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2005 6:19pm PDT
USW Interview's Pelican Bay SHU prisoner
The following interview gives a first hand account of the arbitrary use of long term isolation in California prisons. There is a large movement that has declared the SHU to be torture and they will be building that struggle at the upcoming Unlock the Box conference in San Francisco on October 8, 2005....
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2005 11:16am PDT
Green Party Calls Solar Legislation A Human Right
Green Party supports solar legislation, calls
'green energy' a 'human right' and backs
labor livable wage demand for workers...
Posted: Thu, Sep 1, 2005 9:48pm PDT