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Lennar BVHP LLC rattles and sheds skin - Marcia Rosen submits her resignation Marcia Rosen the corrupt Director from SF Redevelopment Agency has submitted her resignation. Lennar BVHP LLC has met its match in total community support against the dubious ploys exercised every day by Lennar - breaking all laws and regulation and lying when found with its hand in the cookie jar. Like a rattle snake Lennar BVHP LLC continues to shed its skin - pretending to begin anew only to mess things up and swim in a cesspool of corruption....
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 6:59am PDT
Nurses Speak Out For Healthcare!! Healthcare Yes!, Insurance Companies NO! (audio/mpeg 2.8MB) 5 California Nurses Association members discuss medical system problems including real-life medical horror stories to convey that our health care system is broken and needs real reform now. The event, held at Centro del Pueblo in San Francisco July 14, is one of many organizing for State Senate Bill 840, the California Universal Healthcare Act. Listen to 5 MP3s from the 5 nurses who presented....
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 7:53pm PDT
Support Affordable Housing- Two More Weeks Gained We have gained two more weeks to advocate for affordable housing
instead of expensive condos and a Walgreens at Chavez and Mission!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 5:31pm PDT
Hunter's Point Asbestos: Comments on Fox reporting Last night the local Fox news channel reported that there is some controversy brewing over a construction site in Hunter's Point....
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 12:13pm PDT
Response to Terri Jones, manager of Santa Cruz Pleasant Care’s letter to the editor Response to Terri Jone's letter to the editor in the Santa Cruz Sentinel regarding his new management of Pleasant Care...
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 4:40pm PDT
Defend Health Care Justice in Sonoma County! Defend Health Care Justice in Sonoma County!...
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 8:08am PDT
Arrest Sparks Protest at McDonald’s 
Responding to the arrest of a handicapped homeless woman, who was attempting to use a bathroom at McDonalds, about a dozen protestors held signs and talked to the media in front of the restaurant today. The photo below is Sherri Williams, the woman who was arrested last weekend....
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 3:12pm PDT
Depart. of Public Works, SF Public Utilties Commission work with Lennar BVHP LLC The Department of Public Works (DPW) and SF Public Utilities Commission SFPUC) is busy working with Lennar BVHP LLC building roads, installing sewer tanks and pipes, and working on other infrastructure to accommodate thousands of homes. Both DPW and SFPUC have failed to follow the Precautionary Principle and are now responsible for any added pollution as a result of any infrastructure polluted with radiological elements, mercury, lead, asbestos, and so on....
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 8:32pm PDT
Pacifica Radio Network - Rocked by Discrimination Discrimination at KPFA...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 5:00pm PDT
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
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