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Proposed Tenderloin Housing Clinic Cut Amounts to Attack on Renters, Immigrants For the past twenty years, renters in San Francisco knew that if they faced wrongful eviction, they could turn to the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (THC) for free legal help. Yet now, Mayor Gavin Newsom wants to launch another salvo at low-income and working class people by cutting in half funding for this aid. Should this proposed cut become a reality, vulnerable tenants throughout San Francisco, including monolingual Spanish speakers, will suffer....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 6:49am PDT
FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, April 13, 2005...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 1:50am PDT
SF builder sexually mocks Mayor Local SF conservative Joe O'Donoghue hassles Mayor Gavin Newsom for siding with queers....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:22pm PDT
‘Don’t pick our pockets to line your own’: Nationwide Social Security actions hit Schwab i CHICAGO — “Privatizing Social Security may be good business for Charles Schwab, but it’s a bad deal for working Americans,” Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon told the multiracial and multigenerational crowd of 300 that overflowed the sidewalk in front of the giant investment firm’s office here. “The stock market is a gamble,” Gannon continued, “I’ve got a mother who is 83, a daughter who is 22 and I’m 52. Privatization puts us all in jeopardy.”...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 2:50pm PDT
Stealing Our Low-Income Housing HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson Is Making It Impossible For The Nation's Housing Authorities To Offer Public Housing!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 8:02pm PDT
4/10 7:30 a.m. Sunday Helicopters Terrorize Downtown SF At 7:30 a.m., Sunday morning, April 10, 2005, loud, noisy helicopters hovered illegally low over the Union Square-Tenderloin-Nob Hill workingclass apartment area for about an hour, disturbing the peace and threatening lives. This must be stopped now....
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 9:09am PDT
Action Alert: Support Parking Fees and Fines to Fund Muni; Survey Reminder As you probably know, the Municipal Transportation Agency Board
recently passed the MTA's 2006 budget that closed an approximately $55
million budget gap with a combination of fare increases, parking fees
and fines, and service cuts....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:18pm PDT
Newsom/Alioto-Pier Condo-Conversion Plan Defeated Tenants achieved a major victory today as the Board of Supervisors voted down legislation that would have allowed hundreds of owners of “tenancies in commons” (TIC’s) to convert their homes into condominiums. Despite massive mobilization amongst TIC owners and real estate speculators in support of the plan, the Newsom-backed legislation couldn’t overcome concerns that it could spark a new wave of evictions across the City....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 5:49pm PDT
Newsom Slashes Funding for Ellis Act Eviction Defense As Mayor Newsom pushes legislation to increase condo conversions and Ellis Act evictions, his Administration is also moving to deny legal representation to low-income tenants facing speculator evictions under Ellis. The Mayor’s Office has proposed a 40% cut in CDBG funding for the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, the legal organization providing nearly all of the free legal representation in San Francisco for those facing Ellis evictions. The Mayor appears to be retaliating against the Clinic’s vig...
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:45am PDT
Protest $40 million bonds, taxes for Shipyard homebuilding Community press conference 3pm Tuesday, April 5, on City Hall steps...
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 10:08pm PDT
Rwanda People with Disabilities KPFA 94.1 FM Sunday 6:30PM Sunday
April 3 at 6:30 PM on 94.1 FM or on the internet at
http://www.kpfa.org....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 1:15pm PDT
Hijacking the Christian Faith When a non-binding agreement was reached to help the more than one billion people who live on less than a dollar a day, Bush didn't sign it. It must have sounded like a bad deal for corporations, and we all know God is more interested in big business than in poor people....
Posted: Sun, Apr 3, 2005 7:24am PDT
4/5 SF Bd of Supes Votes on Anti-Rent Control Condo Conversion On April 5, 2005 at 10 a.m. (note early start), the Board of Supervisors will vote on an anti-rent control condominium conversion measure, Item 10 on the agenda, proposed by 3 good Democrats, Michela Alioto-Pier, Bevan Dufty and Sean Elsbernd. We need your phone calls & Emails opposing this now....
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 3:35am PST
America's Homeless Experiencing Longest Period of Recession America's Homeless...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 2:04am PST
Price indexing and Social Security A time bomb Private accounts have been the center of controversy in the Social Security debate, but the hidden time bomb is Bush’s proposal to change the way retirees’ starting benefits are determined. “Price indexing” is really a cumulative benefit reduction plan which would spell the death of Social Security....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 9:17am PST
Tenants Clash with Homeowners Over New Condo Conversion Legislation group of tenant advocates rallied on the steps of City Hall yesterday to oppose new legislation that would allow hundreds of owners of “tenancies in commons” (TIC’s) to convert their homes into condominiums....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 9:17am PST
3/31 in Fresno:
Press Conference Advisory: Local Leaders Support Affordable Health Care Press Conference Advisory: Local Leaders Support Affordable Health Care for All Patients...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 9:07pm PST
Alameda County hospitals, clinics pass Medicare, Medi-Cal muster after year under microsco Medical center in clear for fed funds
County hospitals, clinics pass Medicare, Medi-Cal muster after a year under the microscope...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 11:51pm PST
SF Supes to Consider TIC's Bypassing Condo Conversion Law Supervisors Hearing March 30, 1:00 PM, City Hall (Room 263)
Proposed Legislation Rewards Landlords For Evicting Tenants; Ellis Evictions Will Soar...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 12:54pm PST
Fight SF Condo Conversions: free fax action Reject Unlimited Condo Conversions in SF: Go to Local Impact and send a free fax!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 8:55pm PST
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