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Walgreens & Luxury Condo Plans protested in SF Mission District -- Pt. 2 (video/quicktime 56.4MB) Joseph Smooke tells how BHNC accomplished just what MAC is starting today -- and the proof is right across the street on the opposite corner of Mission & Cesar Chavez. Four-minute QT movie. 56MB....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 4:57pm PDT
Mayor Autry, Stop Hurting the Homeless 
A protest was held in north Fresno today to call attention to the homeless situation in this community. The protestors were attempting to get the attention of mayor Alan Autry, who they say has not fulfilled his promises to improve the lives of the over 8,000 homeless people in Fresno....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 2:53pm PDT
City Cuts Psychiatric Beds – Taking the “Public” Out of Public Health Friday, July 13, 2007 : This year’s budget process has taken the public out of public health. Both in terms of encouraging an open, public debate about how best to serve the health care needs of the people of San Francisco, and the harm that is being done to the public’s health. One case in point is Health Director Mitch Katz’ proposal to “save” $130,000 by shutting down 14 locked psychiatric beds at S.F....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:47am PDT
As garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers Friday, July 13, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities this week. On July 2, just two days after the previous contract expired, Waste Management suddenly locked out 500 workers represented by Teamsters Local 70 at facilities serving Oakland, Emeryville, Castro Valley, Hayward and several other Alameda County co...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:34am PDT
Leland Lee Helps Healthcare Insurance Bosses Get Away With Profiteering San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee helped HMO insurance mogols prevent regulation of rates. Apparently Yee is more interested in protecting insurance company profits than the the healthcare costs of the people of San Francisco and California....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 4:24pm PDT
Walgreens & Luxury Condo Plans protested in SF Mission District (video/quicktime 48.7MB) Site at Mission & Cesar Chavez contested by Mission residents.
Week of protests opened July 9th with rally and speakers. Three-minute QT movie. 49MB....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 10:06am PDT
Supes Move on Wi-Fi Plan, But Will it Bridge Digital Divide? Thursday, July 12, 2007 : After Supervisor Aaron Peskin said he was willing to compromise on the Mayor’s Wi-Fi proposal, the Budget Committee met yesterday to assess the proposed contract with Earthlink to install antennas on utility poles throughout the City. At the meeting, Peskin said that Earthlink must agree to the following to get his support: (a) a shorter contract term, (b) the City’s “right of first refusal” after the contract ends, (c) faster free service, (c) stronger privacy contr...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 7:38am PDT
RNs Call on Legislature to Reject Insurance-Based Reform - Nurses Urge Democrats to Stand Up to Insurers Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : The California Nurses Association today announced its opposition to a merged healthcare bill that combines previous legislation by Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Senate President pro Tem Don Perata, and urged California legislators to take a strong stance against the health insurance industry. A CNA representative spoke in opposition to the merged bill, AB 8, at a hearing today of the Senate Health Committee....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 6:57pm PDT
12 Arrested in Protest of Luxury of Condo Development (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND POLICE FACED OFF IN SAN FRANCISCO’S MISSION DISTRICT TODAY IN AN ACTION OVER A CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT LED TO 12 ARRESTS.
5 min. mp3 sound file, script transcribed...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 6:47pm PDT
Graduate Students Rally at UCSC to Defend Health Care 
On May 17th, graduate students, who are also teaching assistants at UC Santa Cruz, held a rally and sick-in, along with other employees, to let the University of California know that we are sick of attacks on our health care. Hours after the demonstration at Kerr Hall, Lisa Sloan, Dean of Graduate Studies, announced that next year's Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP) will maintain the current level of coverage. This victory was achieved in combination with an email campaign to UCS...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 3:01pm PDT
Housing Charter Amendment Should Wait Until February Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : At yesterday’s Rules Committee, Supervisor Chris Daly submitted a Charter Amendment for the November ballot that would annually dedicate two-and-a-half cents for every $100 in property tax revenue to affordable housing. This would come out to about $33 million a year – i.e., what the Supervisors had appropriated for affordable housing this year, only to have the Mayor simply refuse to spend the money....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 7:25am PDT
Teaching Assistants Fight for Workload Protections at UC Campuses 
On June 12th, teaching assistants and other members of UAW Local 2865 held a grade-in at the Baytree Plaza at UC Santa Cruz as part of a statewide action to highlight our demand for better protections against excessive workload. The action was successful and turned out over a thousand TAs, readers, and tutors across seven UC campuses. The willingness of Local 2865 to take action around important issues is a vital part of negotiations.
In the bargaining session that took place June 18th a...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 7:19pm PDT
Community Rallies Around Alternative for 3400 Cesar Chavez Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : One of the criticisms of affordable housing activists is that they don’t provide viable alternatives to developer plans. But at the former Kelly-Moore Paints site at 3400 Cesar Chavez, the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC) and Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center (BHNC) have teamed up to create what they say is a practical alternative to a condominium plan currently under appeal by the Board of Supervisors....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 8:45am PDT
Lennar’s Dust Cloud Leaves Hunters Point Residents Upset Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Yesterday, the Board of Supervisors’ Land Use Committee heard emotional testimony about dust and asbestos at the Hunters Point Shipyard, where the Lennar Corporation – under contract with the Redevelopment Agency – has excavated rock to build a massive condo complex. Health Department representatives were on hand to assure that, despite an admitted 3-month gap in monitoring, an excess in asbestos levels and Lennar’s non-compliance with dust abatement, the exposure was...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 8:45am PDT
Mid-Market PAC Set to Suspend Activities Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : It has been clear for some time that the Redevelopment Agency would not be taking over San Francisco’s Mid-Market neighborhood. On July 11, the Mid-Market Project Area Committee will formalize this reality by voting on whether to “suspend Mid Market Redevelopment Survey Area and Redevelopment Project Planning,” and to set up a new community planning process in its place....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 8:44am PDT
Success Blooms at the Renaissance Garden Project 
You may have heard of our new project, "The Renaissance Garden Project" from the media and word of mouth. The Garden Project started when U.C.S.C. students responded to a call for help that Renaissance High School (R.H.S.) students sent out about the lack of nutrition they were receiving at school; students felt unhealthy....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 4:25pm PDT
Muni Charter Amendments Offer Different Solutions Monday, July 9, 2007 : Everyone agrees that Muni is struggling, but not everyone has the same solution. In 2005, voters rejected Proposition D to reform the Municipal Transit Authority (MTA) – despite the unelected body having just passed a fare hike and service cuts that adversely affected low-income riders. Now two Supervisors who both supported Prop D have each submitted a Charter Amendment for November, with widely divergent solutions....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 6:26am PDT
Planton to oppose expen$ive condos + walgreens & retake it for affordable housing! 3400 Cesar Chavez St, corner at Mission St. (Old Kelly-Morre site)...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 11:24pm PDT
Homeless Woman Arrested at McDonald’s 
A homeless woman in a wheelchair was arrested and given a citation because she needed to use a bathroom....
Posted: Sun, Jul 8, 2007 1:07pm PDT
Pleasant Care Corporation Nursing home saga continues New information on the bankruptcy, negligent deaths, and possible closures of Pleasant Care nursing homes, specifically Santa Cruz Pleasant Care....
Posted: Sat, Jul 7, 2007 5:56pm PDT
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