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2/26: 3rd Annual West Coast Student Summit on Hunger and Homelessness
The National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness is very excited to announce our 3rd Annual West Coast Summit, the elite training ground for students working on the West Coast to end hunger and homelessness....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 5:59pm PST
Mental Health Groups Warn Against Relying Solely on 'Effectiveness Research'
Mental Health Groups Warn Against Relying Solely on 'Effectiveness Research'...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 11:30am PST
TODAY - Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee Meeting
TODAY - Please attend the Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory
Committee Meeting #8
When: Today, Thursday February 24th
Time: 6:00 pm
Where: SFCTA's offices at 100 Van Ness, 25th floor....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 10:29am PST
Leno, Peskin Push to Stop Speculator Evictions
Board President Aaron Peskin will introduce a resolution today to put the Board of Supervisors on record in support of AB 781, which prevents speculator evictions under the state Ellis Act. Peskin's action follows a dramatic North Beach press conference last Friday (ignored by the Chronicle) where Assemblymember Leno was joined by victims of speculator evictions from across San Francisco. Opponents to the bill argue that protecting the city's rental housing stock is anti-homeownership, and ma...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 10:07pm PST
Stop Speculative Ellis Act Evictions: FREE FAX
Stop Speculative Ellis Act Evictions. Go to Local Impact and take action to support crucial Ellis Act reform....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:12pm PST
Social Security Calculator- [Click here to see benefits]
The Republicans Have Gotten Down & Dirty To Terminate Social Security And Dupe The Young Into Gambling Their Retirement Funds With The Profiteers On Wall Street! Take A Moment & Click On Link Below To See How Privatizing Social Security Would Screw You Out Of Your Determined Retirement Benefits!...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 7:29pm PST
UC workers are paid so little that they depend on welfare to get by
First the governor proposed a rule change that could eliminate lunch breaks for California workers. Now, if a new report about the University of California is correct, it seems lunchroom workers themselves are paid so little at UC campuses that many of them qualify for nine public subsidies for the poor, including food stamps and public housing....
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:35am PST
Schwarzenegger Threatens California State Teachers Retirement System
Four big squares marked “vacant” sat alongside photos of remaining board members on the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) web site this week. It seems the squares’ former occupants (two Republicans and two Democrats) had the nerve to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to privatize pensions of all new state workers, including teachers, into a 401(k)-type system starting in 2007, and his proposal to shift onto local school districts the state’s contribution t...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:29am PST
¡Stop Raising the MUNI Fare! Rally on Wednesday
It's not fare that working class people and low/no income families have to pay more money to ride MUNI. Join our event to demand that the Supervisors do not approve the fare hike.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2:00pm, on the stairs of City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 5:51am PST
The Nations Domestic Programs At Risk
As The Bush Administration Tries To Lock In The Multi-Trillion Dollar Tax Cuts To The Rich Into Perpetuity, The Nations Domestic Programs Are Being Quickly Dismantled!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 10:12pm PST
first meeting of Homelessness Task Force in Arcata
Thursday, February 17, was the first Homelessness Task Force meeting in Arcata.
Police, Media, local politicians, scapegoat unhoused individuals to justify repressive legislation....
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 4:48pm PST
6000 more to go: Assessing San Francisco’s Homeless Count
When the number of homeless General Assistance recipients fell from 2497 in May 2004 to 697 in January 2005, nobody should be surprised that the number of homeless persons in San Francisco has apparently declined by 28% since 2002. Both sides of the Care not Cash dispute argued that it would reduce the number of homeless welfare recipients, and everyone was proved right. But there remain nearly 6000 homeless persons in San Francisco, and the city must create new options for housing them....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:57am PST
SF SOS Launches Lies at Leno
SF SOS is at it again. After its hate-filled mailings against Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval caused Senator Dianne Feinstein and GAP founder Don Fisher to leave the group, SF SOS has now set its sites on Assemblymember Mark Leno. SF SOS leader Wade Randlett sent a mass e-mail yesterday attacking Leno for allegedly sponsoring a bill that “would create a five-year waiting period for anyone who buys a home and wants to live in it instead of renting it out.” Is there no limit to the group’s lies?...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:54am PST
How to die in an SRO hotel
Exiting from San Francisco's Tenderloin district....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:21pm PST
Rescue Muni Meeting Today at 6
sorry to be posting this so late, but the announcement on their email list today was the first thing i had seen about this meeting...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 4:14pm PST
2/18: Come out for Leno's Ellis Act Press Conf. this Friday, S.F.
Assembly Member Mark Leno has introduced legislation which will require
that landlords own a property for 5 or more years before they can do an
Ellis....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 3:57pm PST
Newsom is lying
The reports about the homeless numbers dropping is a lie....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:49am PST
Social Security – CRISIS or Political Propaganda?
Here we go again, the President of fabrication, CRISIS, and fear mongering.
What virtues! It is time for “we the people” to pay attention to the facts, not
rhetoric. The Bush propaganda extravaganza is corrosive to Democracy.
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Where are the morals and values of a President who would fabricate and deceive us
AGAIN? Oh what a web we weave when we practice to deceive....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:55am PST
McDonald's Settles Landmark Trans Fat Lawsuits
"The excellent legal settlement reached between McDonald's and BanTransFats.com and in the class action on the same matter is a perfect example of how litigation can motivate food companies to change their practices for the better....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 12:15am PST