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ASA CA Weekly Alert
It's a new year, and there's still a LOT going on in the medical
marijuana community. Between meetings, hearings and protests, there are
opportunities to support medical marijuana throughout all regions of
California. It's time to make our voices heard!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 7:17pm PST
Official Report: CYA to Blame for Recent Death
The Inspector General just
released a report confirming what youth and families have known all along: Joseph
Maldonado didn't have to die -- Chad's prison guards failed to save his life....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 5:21pm PST
Anti-Abortion Ads in BART?!?
Surely you've noticed by now; these ads were prominent on each of ten train cars at 3 p.m. in downtown San Francisco today....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 3:21pm PST
Call Joe Nation TODAY--Bring home our National Guard from Iraq!
Can you take 30 seconds to call Assemblyman Joe Nation's office today and ask him to
support State Assembly Resolution AJR36, to bring our CA National Guard from Iraq?
It would really help our grassroots campaign....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 2:13pm PST
Call for Volunteers - Stop San Diego from Suing the State over Prop 215!
On Tuesday, January 10th, activists in San Diego will be protesting
before the board meets and testifying at the meeting. We are calling on
Bay Area activists to volunteer at ASA's Oakland office on Monday to help mobilize
patients and advocates in San Diego....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 1:07pm PST
1/12: Press Conference/Rally to Stop The Execution of Clarence Ray Allen
Press Conference/Rally to Stop The Execution of Clarence Ray Allen
Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:00 PM
The California State Building
Van Ness and McAllister
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 1:47am PST
Industrial Hemp To Receive Hearing in California Assembly next Tues
NORML is pleased to announce that Assembly Bill
1147, an act to legalize the licensed cultivation
of industrial hemp, will receive a committee
hearing and vote this coming Tuesday....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 11:09pm PST
YOU Can Help Put Executions on Hold!
Now is the time to tell your legislators to put executions on hold by supporting the "California Moratorium on Executions Act" (AB 1121) which would halt all executions while the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice is investigating the problem of wrongful conviction and the administration of the death penalty in California....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 10:53pm PST
IDA - Bay Area Events
- Gopher Gardening at Ocean Beach This Saturday
- IDA's Undercover TV Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
- Attend Effective Advocacy for Animals Workshop in San Francisco This Sunday
- Help the Wild Parrots - Urge SF Supervisors to Protect Landmark Trees
- Compassionate Cooks' January Cooking Class: "Healthy Resolutions - High Flavor, Low Calorie"...
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 8:24pm PST
Help Stop Napa Vineyard from Killing Bears for Eating Grapes
Vineyard owner Paul Maroon has had four bears and two mountain lions officially killed by federal trappers because he says they destroyed fences surrounding his property, ate his grapevines and threaten his staff's safety. Instead of shooting the bears, Maroon could have simply used electrified fencing. Please ask your State Representative to revise the depredation permit policy so that vineyards are required to build electric fences before a permit is issued to kill animals....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 12:27pm PST
The Million Dog Wall Project
A Virtual Wall of One Million Dogs Photographs on the Internet to highlight Animal Rights...
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 5:57am PST
No clemency hearing for condemned man
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ruled out a clemency hearing on Wednesday for the state's oldest death row prisoner, who is scheduled to be executed on January 17 for ordering three murders while serving a life sentence in prison....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 9:51pm PST
GSA Network News: January 4, 2006
1. GSA Leadership Training (Santa Cruz & Palm Springs)
2. Sylvia Guerrero is Back!- Apply for Winter/Spring Speaking Engagement (Bay Area)
3. Queer Youth Advocacy Day! Sign up today!!!
4. Re-Register your GSA today - get new resources & keep informed!!
and more...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 9:48pm PST
After 'Brokeback Mountain,' the Deluge: Gay Escort Predicts a Rise in Clientele
The film "Brokeback Mountain" is released nationwide and in England this week, and PNS contributor R. Hagen, a male escort and writer in West Hollywood, predicts it will unleash a deluge of repressed feelings among closeted men. Hagen has a degree in engineering....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 9:01pm PST
A World Beyond Capitalism Conference Volunteer Meeting! Solidarity!
A World Beyond Capitalism 2006 Conference, The Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference Invites the public to a volunteer meeting. All our welcome! http://www.aworldbeyondcapitalism.org...
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 5:26pm PST
Governor faces clemency decision in another death penalty case (Clarence Ray Allen)
Schwarzenegger said Friday he would not hold a public clemency hearing for Allen, but he could hold a private clemency hearing, as he did for Stanley Tookie Williams, who was executed last month....
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 11:57pm PST
Biodiesel Bulletin
Temporary Waiver Granted for B2 Requirement in Minnesota
Two Weeks Left to Register for Biodiesel Conference
Biodiesel Projects Funded Through USDA, USB
First Biodiesel Plant a Reality for Indiana
World Energy Wins Platts Energy Distinction
Bonnie Raitt Raises Money for Biodiesel Outreach in Tennessee
Biodiesel On and Off the Clock: Willamette Valley Vineyards...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 10:14pm PST
DPF News and Events
oops, missed the one that was today...check their website for subscription info, then you can post their announcements :)...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 9:46pm PST
Minutemen associated with Keith Gilbert
Remember way back in April when creepy paranoids Jim Gilchrist and Chris Simcox, fabricators of the Minutemen Project, fooled the laziest mainstream media outlets into marketing a couple hundred ignorant, cranky crackers as the vanguard of a bold, new movement of polite vigilantes concerned about immigration issues? In the dominant discourse, the Minutemen’s disavowal of racism went unchallenged. Even the impotent Governator, trying to hustle some California far-right brownie points, felt com...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 6:11pm PST
EBAA Announces Foster Farms Week of Action Across Northern California
Jan. 5th begins seven days of compassion at Costco...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 4:00pm PST