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Karen Dawn on disaster relief "no pet" policies DawnWatch: Washington Post op-ed by Karen Dawn on disaster relief "no pet" policies -- 9/10/05...
Posted: Mon, Sep 12, 2005 10:29am PDT
Rent Control Rehab for the Well-Heeled Property values have risen an average of 425% in California since 1980 and 115% in Los Angeles since 2000. If you have the means, escape the "perpetual tenant syndrome" and enter the rent control rehab program before it's too late....
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2005 10:17pm PDT
Long-term outlook good for freedom; 2006 scary. Time favors tolerance of queers, as elder straight bigots die off; while tolerant straight youths (18 to 34) age (and thus get more interested in voting).
Meanwhile 2006 could be bad or good in California;
and looks grim in most other states....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 9:42pm PDT
entries accepted now for artist activist 2006 calendar Peace Arts Xchange (PAX) is now accepting submissions for its 2006 calendar. The theme is displays of dissent in public. For example "freeway" signs, front yard displays, or, events such as the "Eyes Wide Open" exhibit. Please submit by Sept. 15, 2005. Inquire at for entry form....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 5:02pm PDT
Million solar roofs - SB 1 fails 
So much for the Blue-Green alliance (if it ever really existed): This is not over - the sun rises every day....
Posted: Sat, Sep 10, 2005 7:07am PDT
FEMA to halt debit cards, use bank deposit The federal government's relief agency said Friday it will discontinue its program to distribute debit cards worth up to $2,000 to hurricane victims, two days after hastily announcing the novel plan to provide quick relief....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 9:01pm PDT
Interview with SHU prisoner MIM is waging a campaign to abolish the Security Housing Units (SHU) in the California prisons. These torture units house prisoners labeled as "gang members" including many who are active organizers helping others to fight for their rights, those who fought legal battles, and others targeted by guards as "troublemakers." The prison collects evidence against prisoners, using informants. Then, during closed-door hearings where no self-defense is allowed, it routinely convict...
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 4:54pm PDT
JOIN US SEPTEMBER 11 AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA MINUTEMEN IN CAMPO, CA 
Join the Human Rights Coalition of California against the RETURN OF THE CALIFORNIA MINUTEMEN. Jim Chase, California Minutemen Founder has announced a Border Watch to begin SEPTEMBER 11, 2005. Join the Human Rights Coalition of California and other human rights activists at the VFW in Campo, CA to protest the racism of the Minuteman Project....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 1:55pm PDT
Wireless World: Rehnquist's legacy Rehnquist was a tool of the technology industry....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2005 1:23pm PDT
California Grand Juries Lock Up Witnesses In San Diego, a federal judge ruled yesterday two activists must
stay in jail in an effort to get them to testify before a grand jury
investigating arson and a controversial speech from two years ago....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 11:21pm PDT
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER TO VETO EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS LEGISLATION Not even twenty-four hours after our historic victory when our families went to sleep dreaming of equality, we are extremely heart-broken and disappointed that the Governor has chosen not to lift the burden of discrimination for hundreds of thousands of loving and committed families....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 9:41pm PDT
Urge Governor to Sign the "Wal-Mart Accountability" Bill Assembly Bill 89 (Horton) would begin to hold those corporations
who don't provide healthcare for their workers accountable. The
bill would require the state to collect the names of companies
like Wal-Mart that abuse public programs by forcing taxpayers to
pay for health care for their workers....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 9:27pm PDT
Hero on screen plays coward in life Will the real "girly-man" please stand up?...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 8:04pm PDT
Governor will veto same-sex marriage bill Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, under growing pressure from his conservative supporters, promised Wednesday to veto the gay marriage bill passed less than a day earlier by the Democrat-led Legislature....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 6:53pm PDT
Marriage Update- More Ways 2 Contact the Governor We've just heard that the Governor's Capitol office phone lines are jammed with your
calls. Below are more phone numbers to contact the Governor in his district offices....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 5:09pm PDT
Your help needed NOW to pass SOLAR bill Your immediate action is needed to help pass the Million Solar Roofs bill, SB 1 (Murray). Please make a personal phone call to Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez's office right away. 916-319-2046. Tell him to "Get the job done! Pass SB 1. Don't let solar power be derailed by partisan politics "...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:51pm PDT
GOVERNOR VETOES LBGT FAIR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN BILL With only vague comments, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed AB
866, authored by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/Daly City) and
sponsored by Equality California, which was designed to prevent discrimination
against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) individuals in political
campaigns. This was the first of many bills Equality California sponsored this year
to make it to the Governor's desk....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:46pm PDT
KQED's Forum Hosts Torture Advocates, FEMA, Homeland Security, Almost No Progressives KQED and Forum, radio supporting voices to the right of the US State Department....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:23pm PDT
9/11 EVENTS! This Weekend Around the Bay Area 
A lot of excellent events around the Bay to choose from....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 2:19pm PDT
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