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Rally To Protect Social Security 
Protect Social Security from being Privatize...
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 4:53pm 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
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
Nonviolent Revolution in the MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM The 35 year old movement for a nonviolent revolution in the mental health system has roots in the Bay Area. Be part of it! You can help plan the next popular summer seminar series for MindFreedom San Francisco Bay Area. Or if you can't attend, get on the list to hear about these: hms5@pacbell.net...
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 1:37am PST
Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 am
WHAT: Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHERE Charles Schwab office, 101 Montgomery St. @Sutter
(Montgomery Street BART/MUNI Station)
San Francisco...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:03pm PST
Consumer Advocates Will Not Proceed With Prescription Drug Bulk Discount Initiative Consumer advocates with Election Watchdog announced today that they had received from the California Attorney General the title and summary of their prescription drug reform necessary for circulation of a ballot petition, but have decided they will not proceed to collect signatures for the measure....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:00am PST
San Francisco: Billionaire World 
San Francisco now has 20 resident billionaires, up from 11 last year, according to a new report by Forbes Magazine....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 8:29am PST
San Francisco Bay Area Housing Crash Continues Under current conditions, a renter would be able to live in a house for 30 years, then buy that house outright with the saved principle payments, and have an extra $277,200 of savings on top of that: ($770 x 12 x 30). The renter comes out way ahead of the owner, and this doesn't even count the huge losses the owner will suffer as housing falls year after year for the next decade or more, just as in Japan....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 5:22pm PST
Radio PSAs for Reclaim The Streets (audio/mpeg 1.3MB) 60 second and 30 second audio PSAs for april 2nd Reclaim the Streets Community Mutiny....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 5:18pm PST
Oakland ACORN Alert Members of ACORN’s newest chapter, the Fruitvale Tenants’ Union, just
came off of an exciting drive that achieved several key repairs to
Apartment Buildings throughout January and February....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:49pm PST
Seniors, Survivors and Students struggle for Social Security (video/quicktime 10.7MB) On March 1st Students for Social Security joined in a demonstration at Sen. Diane Feinstein's San Francisco office urging her to hang tough and not compromise with President Bush in the fight to save social security. Two-minute QT movie. 11MB....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 3:29am PST
3/31: National Day of Action to Protect Our Retirement Across the country, unite to Protect our Retirement and tell Schwab: "Don’t Pick Our Pockets to Line Yours!”
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 a.m.
WHAT: National Day of Action for Retirement Security
WHERE: Charles Schwab office
101 Montgomery Street, SF (off Montgomery St. BART)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 12:27am PST
A Walk of Resistance Through Poverty, Homelessness and Homicide 
Low-income Youth and adults from five Bay Area neighborhoods write and produce their own film focusing on the violence, poverty and racism affecting their communities...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:40pm PST
California Group Blocks $7M Rate Hike Proposed by California's 2nd Largest Medical Malpr California Group Blocks $7M Rate Hike Proposed by California's 2nd Largest Medical Malpractice Insurer; Prop. 103 Prevents the DoctorsCompany's 5 Pct. Rate Increase...
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 9:25pm PST
disabled senior has lying hospital bills, needs help 12-21-04 a 65 year old disabled senior was coerced
and taken into Alta Bates and held there. the bills are about $1,500.00 now. he needs help to get his name off....
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 4:24pm PST
Muni's $729,000 hammer The Chronicle's Monday editorial "A timely fare hike" endorsing a
Muni fare hike is no surprise: we progressives know the right-wing California Hearsts are pro-business/anti-consumer and responsible for leading the war to grant downtown businesses tax breaks that are forcing the city's residents to assume the financial burden of balancing San Francisco's budget.
It is also no surprise that SPUR's Jim Chappell endorsed the fare
hike: the right-wing think tank is also aligned and...
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 11:15pm PST
Rolling Letter Campaign Targets Rep. Jim McCrery Making The News, The Rolling Letter Campaign Targets Rep. Jim McCrery!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 7:00pm PST
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