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Call Rep. Pombo and ask him to co-sponsor HR 1102, the National Housing Trust Fund...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2003 9:46am PDT
1 hour doc on homeless eviction from East Bay landfill to screen in the landfill this Saturday at sundown with DJ's and bonfire!...
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2003 12:33pm PDT
San Francisco Supervisors Chris Daly's alternative to Care not Cash....
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2003 1:53am PDT
This is a groudbreaking essay that helped start the fight against AIDS....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 11:51am PDT
The Libertarian Party thinks it has the answer the homeless are in dire need of: elimination of all zoning laws, land-use regulations, growth-control measures, building codes, and rent control laws....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 11:43am PDT
Local Landlord Threatens Tenants With Demolition Crews, Partial Evictions, And The Threat Of An Illegal Occupation In Their Homes!...
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 11:36am PDT
Anyone But Newsom!
Grassroots campaign to vote out Newsom and proponents of Prop N...
Posted: Mon, May 19, 2003 12:43pm PDT
...increased police enforcement of so-called "quality of life" laws disrupted the relative safety found in the loose-knit community of campers and folks living in their vehicles in that neighborhood, and ultimately displaced an estimated 100 homeless people, leaving them at increased risk for hate attacks....
Posted: Mon, May 19, 2003 11:39am PDT
As disturbing as the case descriptions contained in NCH's report are, what is even more ominous is that homeless people have almost no protection against such cruelty. Poor people are not a protected class under federal civil rights statutes, and none of the current hate crime laws in the United States include or acknowledge hate crimes based on economic or housing status....
Posted: Mon, May 19, 2003 11:33am PDT
San Francisco Democrat Supervisor Aaron Peskin of District 3 is a good example of why you should never vote for any Democrat or Republican at any level of government. Peskin, like his Democratic Party, opposed the anti-homeless Prop N when on the ballot, but now that he thinks political winds are shifting, he supports it. Clearly, he has no principles....
Posted: Sat, May 17, 2003 3:21pm PDT
Prejudice In Oakland Against The Poor And Disabled Is Being Promoted With Use Of Tax Revenues & City Stationary By District 6 Councilwoman Desley Brooks!...
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2003 7:07pm PDT
ADAPT stopped traffic on busy Constitution Avenue, and on surrounding streets including an entrance to I395, for seven hours Monday to gain a meeting with U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2003 9:36pm PDT
100 from ADAPT Arrested at White House Demanding Apology from President for “Stolen Lives”...
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2003 9:30pm PDT
I just heard a debate on KQED between Dr Pablo Stewart and Chris Daly about Cash Not Care. While little new came up it was apparent that Dr Stewart had an agenda beyond reducing homeless deaths. I was struck by his references to SF as a magnate for the homeless and his unwillingness to condemn smear campaigns that by demonizing the homeless add to mental health issues. Is Stuart merely a hypocrite who wants to move homeless people out of SF rather than help them or is something else going on?...
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2003 10:34am PDT
Mayor Jerry Browns Uptown Project Is Being Challenged By A Plan Of The Coalition of Workforce Housing As Mass Evictions Target Low-Income Renters In Oakland!...
Posted: Sun, May 11, 2003 4:51am PDT
Contact the Board of Sups. Ask them to stop any Newsome initiative to get them to pass Prop N....
Posted: Fri, May 9, 2003 4:43pm PDT
The Politics Of Dumping The Poor Upon The Streets Of Oakland Are Grim And Unacceptable!...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 8:52pm PDT
Judge blocks Care Not Cash initiative...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 12:58pm PDT
DC Housing Authority Locks-Out Public Housing Residents from Community Meeting
- Threatens to arrest residents who expressed dissent at the meeting
- Removes all residents under age 18...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 12:12pm PDT
Who's buying, who's selling in the world of high-end real estate:
Minority Leader Livin' Large
The honorable gentleman from South Dakota....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2003 8:57pm PDT