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text2/18: Come out for Leno's Ellis Act Press Conf. this Friday, S.F. by fotografa
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
textNewsom is lying by a US citizen
The reports about the homeless numbers dropping is a lie....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 7:49am PST
textracial incident by me
caltrain station...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 2:12pm PST
textThe Message of Mary Jesus by louis bettencourt
The suicide of Mary Jesus was a prophetic warning, written in blood and death, that rent hikes and evictions destroy the lives of the poor...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 12:45am PST
textNew Roseville Food Not Bombs by community
a new chapter of Food Not Bombs started yesterday in Placer County....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 12:04pm PST
videoFight for Social Security (video/quicktime 34.2MB) by Kazmi Torii
Workers and seniors protest against privatization of social security. Eleven-minute QT movie from Jan. 18, 2005. 34MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 12:03pm PST
textNo Muni Fare Hike by Joe Blue
Press Release re: protest at City Hall 2/11/05 11:00 AM...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:39am PST
textThe MUNI Disaster: Inequity, How We Got Here, and How to Get Out by Beyond Chron (reposted)
Michael Burns began a full-court press yesterday to get his proposed MUNI budget passed, meeting with several members of the Board of Supervisors to request their support. MUNI representative Stuart Sunshine told the Chronicle they’re “looking at a balanced way to share the solution” to their current budget crisis. Yet Burns’ proposal balances the budget squarely on the backs of the working class, raising the yearly cost of a Fast Pass $109 and only upping the yearly cost of a residential par...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 9:39am PST
text2/11: Seniors, People With Disabilities to Tell Governor Schwarzenegger: 'Have a Heart!' by Quality Home Care Coalition
Hundreds to Deliver Signed Hearts, Photos Representing Those Who Will Suffer From Governor's Proposed Cuts to Home Care...
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 1:12am PST
imageHonoring Our Covenant of Compassion with Homeless People
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by Tiny/PoorNewsNetwork
Religious leaders, Houseless folks and Advocates meet to tell the truth of the racist, classist legislation, Care Not Cash...
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 1:20pm PST
textHousing Clinic Marks 25 Years of Improving Tenants’ Lives by Beyond Chron (reposted)
It was 25 years ago this week that the Tenderloin Housing Clinic opened its all-volunteer office. Nine months later Ronald Reagan was elected President, ushering in over two decades of federal backtracking from greater social and economic fairness. But today, Tenderloin residents, residential hotel tenants citywide, and low-income and working-class tenants across San Francisco enjoy far greater legal protections and better conditions than in 1980, countering the nationwide trend. This is the ...
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 6:44am PST
textUpholding Social Security: Labor targets Schwab by PWW (reposted)
SAN FRANCISCO — The labor movement and community organizations took on the financial institutions backing Social Security privatization as they held noontime demonstrations Jan. 26 in San Francisco and Boston to protest Charles Schwab and Co.’s leading role in trying to open up the system to Wall Street. Demonstrators in the two cities carried signs saying, “Don’t Pick Our Pockets to Line Yours!” They handed out fliers calling Schwab’s backing for the privatization scheme a conflict of intere...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:57pm PST
imageNurses Protest At Governor's Super Bowl Party
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by la indy (reposted)
A small but out spoken group of activists from the California Nurses Association staged a protest outside the gates to the governor’s Brentwood estate today. The protest was held today at the mansion in response to the governor’s lavish Super Bowl party planned for tonight....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 11:44pm PST
textPlanning Commission Says Yes to Unique Affordable Housing Project by Beyond Chron (reposted)
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 5-0 Thursday night to approve a 56 unit affordable housing project designed to provide apartments for current SRO tenants. The project at 785 Brannan, to be owned by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, will house tenants whose incomes are too low to qualify under the city’s inclusionary housing law. The Commission hearing revealed much about class and racial attitudes in today’s San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 8:30pm PST
textSuper Bowl Party at Arnold's...Nurses, Patients, Students, Disabled Protest at Gov's Home by Californians for Justice
When: 2 PM, Sunday, February 6 Where: 12989 Chalon Road/ Corner of Mandeville Canyon Road & Chalon (North of Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles)...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:13am PST
imageMuni Fare Hike?
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by Bill Carpenter
Not a good idea! Seven-minute QT movie. 30MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 11:50pm PST
text2/4: Stand for Peace in the Streets of SF by C.L.A.E.R. Project
Last year, SF passed Oakland as the homicide capital of the state with 88 deaths. This year there are at least 8 and possibly 10 homicides in SF. The majority of these violent acts happen in the low income, African American and minority communities....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 8:13pm PST
textMTA Hearing TODAY concerning Muni Budget by Rescue Muni
TODAY at 4 pm, the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Board is meeting to discuss the FY 2006 budget and proposals to eliminate an estimated $55 million deficit. Fare increases and service cuts, as well as increases in parking fees and fines, have been proposed....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 1:49pm PST
textDirect action against the attempted MUNI fare hike in 1993 by Kevin Keating
Here's an article about an effort that might have played some role in defeating the attempted fare hike on MUNI in 1993:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 9:41pm PST
imageSTOP THE MUNI FARE HIKE
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by Bernie
A rally ,called by the Coalition For Transit Justice, was held Monday, 1/31/2005 on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to protest the proposed Muni fare hike. ....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 5:27pm PST
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