Hey Berkeley, Marin, and Oaktown residents . . .

To all residents of Berkeley, Oakland, Marin, Daly City, etc . . .
Are you hoping for a HUGE surge in the homeless populations in your cities? If not, I suggest you either make a monetary contribution or time commitment to help out the No on N (care not cash) campaign in SF against Gavin Newsom’s plan to force all the homeless out of the city by taking their GA money and only leaving them $50/month to live on.

And for residents of SF . . .
Are you hoping for the homeless population to get FAR more aggressive on your corner? If you’d rather not have them chasing you down the street instead of just holding out their hand and asking for money, I suggest you help out the No on N campaign. Homeless will be virtually like prisoners of the state with only $50/mo. and nothing to lose, so who knows how far their aggression will go? What difference will there be between a prison and an institution where we put them after we’ve taken their cash? Not much to lose for them . . .

For your reading pleasure . . . 2 lies from the N campaign:
1. "The New England Journal of Medicine has found that cash-only systems cost lives."
After a phone call to the NEJM, we discovered that they had made no such claim, and that Newsom has been using the Journal's trademark logo without their authorization - which, of course, is illegal.
Ouch!!

2. "Proposition N will guarantee services"
Nothing in this initiative guarantees services. It simply cuts poor people's income to underwrite the services they now get for free. The expected savings -- which may or may not be used for services -- is actually based on the assumption poor folks will flee San Francisco. If they don't leave, the City would only realize savings from the 40% of shelter residents that are CAAP recipients.

More of the lies exposed at: http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/08/144088.php

Contact http://www.nomorehomelessness.org to see how you can help!!