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Obama Rocks the House in San Francisco Monday, September 10, 2007 : There were quite a few opening acts. Three hip-hop artists performed, a number of female campaign organizers told stories about their candidate from the South Side of Chicago, and Stanford Dean of Freshman Julie Lythcott-Haims worked the crowd into an absolute frenzy. But this proved no match for the noise that greeted Barack Obama when he finally stepped onto the stage....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 6:55am PDT
CNA/NNOC Opposes Latest Amended Version of Flawed Healthcare "Reform" Bill Before California Legislature Sunday, September 9, 2007 : The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee strongly opposes the latest amended version of AB 8, the flawed healthcare reform bill by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez. Hundreds of CNA/NNOC members will visit state legislators in the Capitol on Monday to express their strong opposition to the bill....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2007 6:54am PDT
UA in the Bay -- Bay Area Unconventional Action formed Because we support house parties, dance parties, theme parties and especially street parties, but NOT political parties. Because we do not expect the capitalists to capitulate without a fight. Because a government should fear its citizens and not the other way around. We announce the formation of UA in the Bay. The San Francisco Bay Area faction of Unconventional Action....
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 10:09am PDT
Will David Dreier Come Out Against Dirty Tricks Courage Campaign Calls on Congressman Dreier to Come Out Against Dirty Tricks
Chairman of Republican House Delegation Asked to Lead, not Pander...
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 1:15pm PDT
Perata and Migden Join To Stop Leno Bills Friday, September 7, 2007 : "I am disappointed by Mark Leno's challenge of a fellow Democrat with Carole's experience, accomplishments and skill,'' said Perata, who warned that all 25 Senate Democrats "will vigorously defend Sen. Migden. To get her, Mark must come over us.'' Senate Leader Don Perata, March 17, 2007 San Francisco Assemblyman Mark Leno is used to facing opposition from corporate and other special interests opposed to his progressive bills....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2007 7:54am PDT
BEACH IMPEACH III 
Saturday, Sept. 15th
1pm
Crissy Field
San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2007 11:44pm PDT
Tuesday Talks with candidates Lonnie Holmes and Josh Wolf Tuesday Talks is a weekly live streaming internet show that I've put together as part of my campaign for mayor of San Francisco. Each week between now and the election I hope to interview a different candidate for the position....
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2007 3:51pm PDT
Marijuana Dealers/Growers Offer Schwarzenegger One Billion Dollars August 6 -- A coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers has offered Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to solve the current state budget crisis. The group, calling itself Let Us Pay Taxes makes the offer through its web site LetUsPayTaxes.com. The offer comes at a time when the California legislature is deadlocked on a new budget and California has stopped issuing checks for vitally needed social services. Legislators are currently arguing over which programs will ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 4, 2007 3:24pm PDT
Protest Picket Against Punitive Privilege Resumes at Bookshop Santacruz Sunday 9-2 2 PM Activists will resume their picket of Vice-Mayor Coonerty, hiding in his Bookshop Santa Cruz. Coonerty refuses to explain how and why the city police continue to arrest homeless people for sleeping when such behavior has been outlawed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Also under investigation: Mayor Reilly's refusal to meet with homeless sleepers and Councilmember (and ACLU Board of Directors member) Rotkin's calling the cops to block a signbearer from going in to the ACLU meeting last ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 1, 2007 6:59pm PDT
Muslim-American Political Cartoonist Khalil Bendib Presents New Book at Berkeley Event 
An evening before flying to Chicago to speak at the 44th Annual ISNA Convention, Khalil Bendib unveiled his recently published book, Mission Accomplished, to a standing-room-only crowd of friends and neighbors at a small cafe in Berkeley.
His talk, accompanied by a presentation of cartoons from his book, explored what it means to be an anything-but-impassive Muslim American observer in a country off-track: an America which seems to be increasingly driven by greed, prejudice, irrationality,...
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2007 9:27am PDT
Judge Keeps Prop H on the Ballot Friday, August 31, 2007 : Yesterday’s court hearing on Proposition H reminded me why voters are so cynical of our judicial system. In recent years, judges at the San Francisco Superior Court disqualified two citizen-led ballot measures – the Anti-Demolition Ordinance and the Bayview Referendum – on dubious technical grounds. But with Prop H, Judge Peter Busch upheld Don Fisher’s Downtown Parking Initiative despite false statements of fact in the petition language, and actual declarations by c...
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2007 6:45am PDT
Milk Club Stays Out of Mayor's Race ... For Now Wednesday, August 29, 2007 : The Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club failed to endorse any of the Mayoral candidates at its general membership meeting last night, after no candidate received the necessary 60% for an endorsement. But progressive challenger Quintin Mecke and incumbent Mayor Gavin Newsom were the top two vote-getters, and the Club will reconsider a Mayoral endorsement at its September 4th PAC meeting....
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:34am PDT
SF Mayors Miss New York City’s Main Lesson Wednesday, August 29, 2007 : After traveling to New York City earlier this year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began promoting a local version of the “Community Court” he had observed in Brooklyn. Newsom’s attempt to apply NYC programs to SF is part of a long tradition. In the 1980’s, San Francisco underwent a high-rise development boom known as “Manhattanization.” In the 1990’s, Mayor Frank Jordan sought to replicate Rudy Giuliani’s criminalization of homelessness through his “Matrix” pro...
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 8:34am PDT
Schwarzenegger Twists the Knife and Pours Salt in the Wound Tuesday, August 28, 2007 : As if the state budget process wasn’t brutal enough, Arnold Schwarzenegger used the “blue pencil” last week to make even further cuts in social programs – to the tune of $700 million. After the legislature went along with cuts in public transportation and drug treatment, Arnold took another $55 million out of mental health treatment for the homeless – effectively castrating state law....
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 7:26am PDT
Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition meets with Mike Honda's District Director 
The Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition and friends met with Meri Maben, Mike Honda's District Director, on August 27th in Campbell, CA....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2007 8:51pm PDT
Honda Hounds (Last Friday of the Month at Pruneyard) 
Does Mike Honda (CA-15) represent you? Honda Hounds meet at Honda's office, 1999 S. Bascom, Suite 815, in the Pruneyard the last Friday of every month at 4pm....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2007 7:27pm PDT
Chicken John Fundraiser 2nite / Media activist Josh Wilson Explains 
La Casa Verde in the Mission at Alabama and 25th street throws an urgent fundraiser for Chicken John's Campaign, who has 24 hours to raise enough money to receive matching funds from the California State Assembly. Festivities begin 6:00pm. Sean Hayes performs. And read longtime Bay Area media maker ( i.e. KUSF ) Josh Wilson's highly-informed plea for Chicken's ART of politics (originally posted at the SF_Indie indie rock list)....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2007 3:44pm PDT
California Republicans seek to rig 2008 presidential vote Monday, August 27, 2007 :In a transparent effort to rig the outcome of the 2008 presidential election, the California Republican Party has launched a petition drive to place a referendum on the ballot in June 2008 that would split the state’s huge bloc of electoral votes rather than awarding them based on the traditional winner-take-all formula....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2007 8:37am PDT
California Budget Obscenity Greetings. Governor Arnold made it back into town from his global jaunts to sign the (late as usual, thanks to the GOP) California state budget. The result should make everybody involved ashamed of themselves, if those folks ever felt any shame....
Posted: Sun, Aug 26, 2007 9:31am PDT
What Will Progressives Do About the Mayor’s Race? Friday, August 24, 2007 : As Gavin Newsom’s 13 opponents gather tonight for the second weekly “minor candidates” forum, how will progressives deal with the Mayor’s race? None of the challengers have a chance of winning and few can wage a strong campaign, but most are running on a progressive platform. Supervisor Chris Daly and BART Director Tom Radulovich have endorsed Quintin Mecke, but none of the other elected officials I spoke with are ready to get behind a candidate....
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:20am PDT
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