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DR-CAFTA Solidarity for activists in Costa Rica - Protest this week (audio/mpeg 3.9MB) Moises Montoya of the Freedom Socialist Part gives a brief overview of the coming Oct. 7 referendum vote on DR-CAFTA in Costa Rica and solidarity actions here in the Bay Area. A local solidarity protest/street theatre will be held at 5PM Wed. Oct. 3rd in SF at Powell and Market, sponsored by Globalize This! Details can be found in the Calendar section. (8:30)...
Posted: Sun, Sep 30, 2007 7:01pm PDT
Hillary Clinton Campaign Appearance in Oakland, 9/30/07: cellphone pix from outside event 
Hillary Clinton had a rally in downtown Oakland today, just a block from where Obama did back in March of this year. Several city streets were blocked off for her appearance at Clay and 14th. The crowd was probably about the same size as Obama's, maybe a little smaller -- perhaps around 10,000 people. As a sidenote, Obama has set up his California campaign headquarters in Oakland and had a kick-off celebration for that earlier in the day....
Posted: Sun, Sep 30, 2007 6:39pm PDT
HOPE Sues CDFA to Halt Aerial Spraying of Pesticide on Peninsula Cities 
Helping Our Peninsula's Environment (HOPE) sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) because they violated California's Environmental Quality Act. CDFA refused to prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) claiming they are exempt because it is an emergency. CDFA plans to aerially re-spray our Monterey Peninsula with Checkmate pesticides starting Oct 9th....
Posted: Fri, Sep 28, 2007 12:20pm PDT
Pro-Democracy Means Anti-Facisim 
Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress in San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Sep 28, 2007 11:17am PDT
Religious, Civil Rights, and Child Advocacy Groups Support Same-Sex Couples in Legal Battle to Marry Wednesday, September 26, 2007 : SAN FRANCISCO - In 30 amicus briefs submitted today to the California Supreme Court, scores of religious, civil rights, and child advocacy organizations, along with numerous California municipal governments, bar associations, and leading legal scholars, urged the court to put an end to state laws that deny same-sex couples the protections of marriage....
Posted: Thu, Sep 27, 2007 7:26am PDT
Milk Club Endorses Mecke for Mayor Wednesday, September 26, 2007 : The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club endorsed progressive mayoral candidate Quintin Mecke last night at its general membership meeting. The Club held a run-off between Mecke and incumbent Mayor Gavin Newsom, who had met with members to seek an endorsement, after no candidate got the necessary 60% at last month's meeting....
Posted: Wed, Sep 26, 2007 7:03am PDT
SF Bd of Supes' Litmus Test Vote Banning Navy's Blue Death Flights San Francisco Board of Supervisors, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton Goodlett (Van Ness and McAllister or Polk & McAllister), 2d Flr, San Francisco. Civic Center and Van Ness Muni Metro....
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:10am PDT
Ed Jew: The Britney Spears of Local Political Coverage Tuesday, September 25, 2007 : In the absence of a seriously contested San Francisco Mayor’s race, the local media appears desperate to come up with “political” stories. The Chronicle has sought to fill this void with nonstop and repetitive coverage of the sad saga of Supervisor Ed Jew. Like gossip columnists dependent on the latest Britney Spears embarrassment, Matier & Ross have turned their space over to Jew’s ongoing missteps....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 6:56am PDT
Schwarzenegger Addresses U.N. on Climate Change as He Plans Delta's Destruction 
The Governor today (9/24) spoke to the United Nations in New York City to challenge world leaders to "solve global warming." Meanwhile, the Governor is campaigning to destroy the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the most significant estuary on the West Coast, by building an environmentally destructive canal and more dams....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 3:41pm PDT
"Making a Killing in Iraq" comes to Santa Cruz - in more ways than one. 
The San Francisco Mime Troup had an outstanding show, but the topic of questionable government contracting reaches all the way from Afghanistan to Santa Cruz, in the form of city contractor Camp Dresser Mckee....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 1:17pm PDT
Where Impeachment is Taken Seriously ... The Streets of San Francisco Here is a good story from Counterpunch about Brad Newsham, Beach Impeach, Cindy Sheehan, a luke-warm Nichols, and a cold Pelosi office....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 11:22pm PDT
Zooming At You: Public Assembly Ban in City Parking Lots: 8:30 AM City Hall 9-27 
The Downtown Commission will be on the business end of staff and police "persuaders" come next Thursday September 27th, when the SCPD returns with thin stats to push through the Coonerty "Parking Lot Panic" Law. Listed below are the phone numbers of Downtown Commission members (City Hall doesn't have their e-mails for some reason). Call them and tell them to vote no or at least wait until we can get more public records....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 10:33am PDT
Interview with SF Mayoral Candidate Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai The Twenty-Two host Glenn Davis interviews Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, NSCA-CPT, a candidate for Mayor of San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 5:13pm PDT
Nude sunning in SF park? WHICH park?? Should all SF city parks become clothing-optional?
Or just one acre, in one remote location?...
Posted: Wed, Sep 19, 2007 8:04pm PDT
Mike Thompson on the Klamath River Salmon Die-Off (audio/mpeg 6.6MB) Congressman Mike Thompson of California's North Coast called for a congressional investigation in Vice President Dick Cheney's role in the 2002 salmon die-off at the Klamath River. Congress held a hearing on the matter and this is Thompson's response....
Posted: Wed, Sep 19, 2007 2:15pm PDT
Joe Alioto-Veronese starts campaign for the California Senate at Bayview Hunters Point Joe Alioto-Veronese started his campaign for the California Senate seat by visiting the Bayview Hunters Point - and began his campaign at ground zero at Middle-Point. Joe has been visiting the community and knows how much this community hurts. As a police officer he is fully aware of the problems, as the Police Commissioner he has done his best for the community. As a California Senator - we hope that he will being a breath of fresh air to this polluted community....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 12:40pm PDT
Peace and Freedom Party War Protestor Arrested Yesterday John Reiger, a member of Peace and Freedom Party, was among ten war protestors that were arrested at the office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui in Sacramento California. The protestors were part of a nationwide movement of anti-war protestors that oppose the Iraq war and congressional support for the war....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 11:38am PDT
Mass Resignations Should Trigger Radical Housing Authority Reform Tuesday, September 18, 2007 : San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has been widely criticized for requiring all of his Department Heads and Commissioners to submit resignation letters. But this action has an important upside: Newsom is now free to replace all of the current Housing Authority Commissioners with people who actually care about how poor people live....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 6:58am PDT
Black Sacramento For Obama 
The opportunity to leverage a great national movement that can empower local communities is at hand. How will Northern California embrace Senator Obama during Black History Month 2008?...
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2007 2:28pm PDT
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