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We're Number 1!
Fresno has the highest concentration of poverty of any large U.S. city....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 8:30pm PDT
SF & Cal Props: No on A,B,F,H & Yes on I; No on 73thru78; Yes on 79&80
There are 9 San Francisco Propositions and 8 California Propositions on the November 8, 2005 ballot which mandate your immediate attention and your vote. You still have time to register & vote by mail....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 6:31pm PDT
Don't Just Vote
a call to action that extends beyond the false democracy of the American electoral system...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 6:07pm PDT
SF Village Voice (audio/mpeg 14.2MB)
Live interview on Environmental racism, local and global implication of radioactive contamination. Lauren Moret, former president of the Association for Women Scientists Maurice Campbell, Director of Community First Coalition, anchor on KPOO Radio "Connecting the dots" Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 2:48pm PDT
Execution Alert - Three Men's Dates Set
The Attorney General has announced it will be seeking execution dates in three California death penalty cases.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams - December 13th...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 9:20pm PDT
Proposition 76’s Potential Impact on the CA State Budget (audio/mpeg 6.2MB)
A Teleconference on October 11 for Reporters, Editors, and Columnists...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 3:08pm PDT
CSULB Students Ripped off by Marketing Company
"Brailsford & Dunlavey is not a polling company, interested in providing an unbiased sampling. They are a facility planning company that profits from providing “market and financial analyses, architectural programming, business planning, referendum management, and other pre-implementation services” for moving the construction process to fruition. On their website, www.facilityplanners.com, Brailsford & Dunlavey states, “B&D equips clients with the data and tools needed to navigate confid...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 2:08pm PDT
Supreme Court Declines to Consider Saving Stan "Tookie" Williams
The U.S. Supreme Court has now rejected Tookie's appeal to investigate the racism and discrimination at the heart of his case, as well as Tookie's innocence issues....
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 12:10pm PDT
California to put e -voting to the test
McPherson has said that paper trails — printouts that voters can see to confirm their electronic ballot choices — don't meet the legal definition of a ballot and don't provide independent ballot verification for visually handicapped voters. He has opposed legislation requiring local elections officials to count the paper trails in 1 percent of their voting precincts as they have been required to do for paper ballots for 40 years....
Posted: Sat, Oct 8, 2005 2:27pm PDT
ASA Weekly Alert
*1) ASA Files Suit Against Three Cities with Dispensary Bans
3) October 10th, Auburn: City Council to Vote on BANNING Dispensing
Collectives
*5) October 11th, Mountain View: City Council to Discuss Regulating
**Medical Cannabis Dispensing Collectives...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 4:01pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Signs AB 405: Bill Protects Kids from Exposure to Experimental Pesticides
KIDS & TEACHERS ARE NOT LAB RATS!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 2:44am PDT
Chicano Artist Promote Healthy Diversity
Chicano artists “paint their own reality” by promoting multiculturalism and healthy diversity....
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2005 11:57am PDT
The Alameda County Green Party Voter Guide (For Arnold's Special Election) Now Online
NOTE: The GPAC Voter Guide will be mailed to all 16,000 registered Greens in Alameda County during the week of October 10-16. Copies will also soon be available at libraries, coffee shops, and other commercial locations in Oakland, San Leandro, Alameda, Fremont and Berkeley. If you want to pick up a copy, or can help us with distribution, please call the GPAC office at 644-2293....
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2005 8:16am PDT
Campaign Update: Statewide Vigils Coming Up, Our Efforts Continue
1. NOVEMBER 16th: Statewide Vigils
"Light the Way To A New Juvenile Justice System"...
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 11:09pm PDT
Bringing Home The California National Guard: A Code Pink Campaign
Our campaign is gaining momentum! The cities of Santa Cruz & Berkeley have joined San Francisco in adopting the Resolution; Oakland, Sebastopol, Fairfax and maybe Petaluma should be on board in October. Loni Hancock, our Berkeley Assemblywoman, has introduced the Resolution AJR36 to the State Assembly, prior to their recess September 8th. About 22 legislators have co-authored AJR36 - we need about 23 more and aim for a vote when they reconvene in January 2006....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 1:31am PDT
NORML 68th Year of Marijuana Prohibition
Commemorating America's 68th year of Marijuana Prohibition
NORML Releases Most Comprehensive Analysis Of State-By State Marijuana
Penalties and Launches The New 'NORMLcast'...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 10:19pm PDT
10/8: Campo, CA: Action Against the Minutemen
La Tierra Es De Todos Coalition and other groups call on
brothers and sisters everywhere to join us for a weekend at
the border in Campo, California to denounce and protest
the “Minutemen†and to support immigrant rights and human
rights for all migrants at the border...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 9:50pm PDT
Reports on chicken rescue in Santa Cruz and vegetarian cooking on radio
DawnWatch: "Pets or meat" on chicken rescue in Santa Cruz, and a vegetarian "Perspective" on SF radio 9/27-10/5/05...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 1:47pm PDT