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TOBACCO & CARS: SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE IMPORT CAR SCENE
Breif Indroduction to the Import Car Scene and the fight against big Tobacco companies by holding events free of thier presence....
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 3:16pm PST
News Flash: Berkeley's Section 8 Tenants To Subsidize Landlords
HUD Funding Shortfalls Result In Berkeley's Poor Being Made To Subsidize Wealthy Landlords!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 12:25pm PST
Bayview Hunters Point file suit against San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA)
It has been some months now since we filed a suit in Sacramento against the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (SFRA). One Gloria Young the Clerk of the Board from City Hall is named. Of course the main culprit is Marsha Rosen who has done a lot to adversely impact thousands. Time will tell. Other called to question Sophie Maxwell, Dennis Herrera, and Aaron Peskin....
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 7:09am PST
Stop the Manhattanization of Telegraph Ave
Faith Presbyterian Church
49th and Webster
Oakland...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 6:05pm PST
Oakland Planning Commission Hearing
Oakland City Hall
Frank Ogawa Plaza
(14TH Street Between Broadway and Clay)
Hearing Room One...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 5:47pm PST
Portable Toilets for Fresno Homeless? (video/x-ms-wmv 10.7MB)
Fresno City council member Jerry Duncan today made a formal request to the City Manager’s office to put portable toilets near the homeless encampments in the downtown area. The lack of facilities has been a significant problem for both the homeless and business owners. Hear Duncan’s proposal in the 3 minute video clip (below)....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 3:42pm PST
Poverty gap in US has widened under Bush
The number of Americans living in severe poverty has expanded dramatically under the Bush administration, with nearly 16 million people now living on an individual income of less than $5,000 (£2,500) a year or a family income of less than $10,000, according to an analysis of 2005 official census data....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 10:53am PST
Susan Leal from SFPUC falters into a cesspool of a series of inept decisions
Susan Leal is NO engineer but she heads the SF Public Utilities Commission and is paid over $300,000 a year plus perks. Under her ineptness, the Hetch Hetchy project that had four major pipes bringing water from Hetch Hetchy near Yosemite has been reduced to 3 pipes. We have yet to attend to the 900 miles of sewer pipes and over 1900 miles of clean water pipes - all over 70 years old and leaking, all over San Francisco. How can the SFPUC drinking water be clean when the pipes that bring it to...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 6:24am PST
Stop the Manhattanization of Telegraph Ave
Two important upcoming meetings on PLANNING & ZONING in north Oakland: Wednesday, February 28th and Thursday, March 1st...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 1:31am PST
TEEN AIDS FIGURES - Why the CDC cover-up?
Why is there a CDC cover-up of the fact that 'AIDS' among teenagers in America is COMPLETELY non-existant after all the scare stories and billboards proclaiming it was epidemic?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 11:55pm PST
49ers should stay away from Candlestick Park and the surrounding pollution
49ers should stay away from Candlestick Park and the surrounding area it is too polluted. It has been for many, many years. The City and County of San Francisco and Mayor Gavin Newsom should clean up the area. Complete, with the State Park near by that was once a garbage dump site. The near by Yosemite Slough that is full of PCBs. The Shipyard that is a Superfund Site. When it rains the Parking Lot surround Candlestick Park floods - much of the water - polluted....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 6:37am PST
Bad Conditions at Tenderloin Playground Keep Families Away
“The new children’s playground is a jewel in the heart of the city’s Tenderloin district, traditionally one of San Francisco’s densest and toughest neighborhoods. Children growing up in the neighborhood are often faced with having very few safe, open space areas in which to play. Turk-Hyde Mini-Park will help alleviate the problem by offering youth an enclosed, modern play area…” - Press release by SF Rec. & Parks Dept., 2001...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 6:27am PST
Diabetes Prevention Program Aims at Saving Lives
Diabetes is a deadly disease which plagues the Native American population. The Diabetes Prevention Program aims at saving lives through modifications in daily living habits that can prolong or prevent the onset of this insideous disease....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:03pm PST
benefit concert to build houses in mexico
Saratoga Federated Church
20390 Park Place
Saratoga, CA, 95070...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 31, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:38pm PST
Developer Russell Shaw Hit With CEQU Requirements For Oxford Valley
For a few years now, Russell Shaw has been trying to build about 26 luxury homes on fragile watershed acerage in San Rafael, that contains significant Miwok archeological sites. He recently withdrew his initial plan and submitted a single home construction plan on the Oxford Valley site that many in the neighborhood viewed as an attempt at skirting CEQA requirements....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 2:56pm PST
Health Reform: Turning from the Solidarity Principle
Neoliberal economic and labor market policy, stagnating working income and continuing mass unemployment have withered the extent of employment paying into social security.. The next crisis of health insurance is pre-programmed....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:44am PST
World, Cuba Aid Bolivia in Flood Disaster
La Paz, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is waging a long drawn out battle against the El Niño weather phenomenon and its human and economic consequences....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:24am PST
1st Annual Homeless Awareness Day at UC Davis
Dear Readers,
This article is about an event activists and college students are planning at UC Davis for Feb 27th, 2007 at noon at the MU on the quad. Students and anti-poverty allies are putting together the 1st annual Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Day. The day has the goal of educating students at the UC Davis campus as well as community members about the needs of the homeless population as well as those who are impoverished in the Davis community. At the event we will have a rally co...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 1:44am PST
Take Action for Health Care in California!
1. Day of Action for SB 840 – Universal Health Care Act of 2007
2. San Francisco Forum on Health Care, February 23, 2007
3. Women LEAD – Women’s Voices in the Health Care Reform Debate...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 10:23pm PST
Poor People Gonna Rise Up!
The Homelessness Marathon put a spotlight on Fresno and the way this city treats its homeless residents. The story that follows is about a one hour panel that was held during the event. The Homelessness Marathon was 14 hours long. The photo below is from the first panel, which included Cynthia Greene, Joanna Garcia, Pamela Kincaid, Jeremy Alderson, and Alphonso Williams. Jeremy Alderson is the host and producer of the Homelessness Marathon. The guests are all a part of a lawsuit against ...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 1:41pm PST