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Free Screening-Katrina Survivor Documentary "Down but not Out" (3/25) 
Free Screening- Katrina Survivor Documentary "Down but not out"
2940 16th st #207 San Francisco
Saturday, March 25th at 5pm...
Posted: Mon, Mar 12, 2007 10:11pm PDT
Regional Black Farmer Forum ~ Senator Obama Supports Black Farmers 
Come and support Senator Obama Oakland Rally, Black Farmers are an endangered species in the California Food and Farm community. Poor health outcomes directly related to the lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in our communites can be changed in the 2007 Farm Bill....
Posted: Mon, Mar 12, 2007 4:44pm PDT
Fresno Homeless Win Another Round in Court 
Homeless people in Fresno are standing up for their rights. A hearing in federal court today ended in a victory for homeless people and one more step forward in their struggle for justice. Through his attorney, Will Kempton, the director of Caltrans, asked for the court to dismiss the charges against him. The court refused to let him off the hook. The photo below shows a Caltrans bulldozer actively destroying a homeless encampment. The story about today’s court hearing is below....
Posted: Mon, Mar 12, 2007 3:46pm PDT
Food Not Bombs Presentation in Santa Cruz (3/19) 
A Food Not Bombs presentation by Keith McHenry...
Posted: Sun, Mar 11, 2007 4:41pm PDT
CitiApartments/Skyline Tightens Grip on S.F. Apartment Market The San Francisco Business Times reports today that the ever-expanding Lembi real estate empire added another 15 apartment buildings to its portfolio in February. This brings the number of San Francisco apartment units controlled by CitiApartments (aka Skyline Realty) to 6152. The investor groups controlled by the Lembi family paid $137.6 million for the properties, which are located throughout San Francisco. The purchases renew questions as to the impact Lembi’s increased control of the San ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 10, 2007 8:18am PST
People Paddle for AIDS (4/15) On April 15, 2007, 20 AIDS service organizations will have individuals kayaking on the bay to help the fight against AIDS. Paddlers will start from the South Beach Marina turn around at Cupid's Arrow, paddle to a turn in McCovey Cove and paddle back to South Beach Pier 40! The event will end with an awards ceremony and live music....
Posted: Fri, Mar 9, 2007 10:37am PST
Land Use, small contractors, blue collar workers and good citizens of San Francisco. Land Use ordinances affect everyone in San Francisco. In recent years, ever since Sophie Maxwell has been on the SF Land Use Committee as the Chair - we see fake Resolutions, which try to become faulty Ordinances and adversely impact decent citizens living in San Francisco. Impact adversely small building contractors that work hard to make a decent living, who pay taxes, create jobs, and help our San Francisco economy. Young families and young people can no longer afford to live in San Franci...
Posted: Fri, Mar 9, 2007 9:09am PST
San Francisco Housing Rights Committee Opposes Federal HUD Security Cuts 
Press conference on the steps of City Hall followed by Budget Committee hearing....
Posted: Thu, Mar 8, 2007 1:41pm PST
Supes Question Housing Authority As George Bush declares war on low-income housing, budget cuts are affecting public housing tenants in San Francisco where it hurts the most. At various apartment buildings for senior and disabled tenants, the local Housing Authority has eliminated 24-hour security – while the City’s most vulnerable tenants are afraid to leave their apartments. Supervisor Chris Daly called a public hearing at yesterday’s Budget Committee to review the Housing Authority’s finances, and demand answers from Exec...
Posted: Thu, Mar 8, 2007 8:10am PST
Tenant Group Helps Save Berkeley Housing Authority At An Extra Cost Of "$500,000 to $1 million per year," Berkeley Should Be Able To Keep Local Control Of It's Housing Authority!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2007 1:31pm PST
San Francisco Homeless Numbers Fall to New Low The number of homeless single adults receiving welfare in San Francisco fell to 333 in December 2006, its lowest total ever according to data released on March 5 by the Mayor’s Office and SF Stat. This compares to the 2175 on the rolls when Care not Cash began in May 2004. Where did the 2175 go?...
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2007 9:30am PST
Radical Mental Health/Anti-Psychiatry comes to the Central Valley the Wingnut's Liberation Project (WLP) has been in construction (piece by piece) since Oct. of 2006 now. Nobody is claiming any credentials &/or claiming any "professionalism" here. Just another average working class Joe/Joan that suffers from Depression (without giving it a Conventionally Institutionalized Label) & has years under there belt fighting addiction(s)/Substance Abuse(s).
I quess you could say that the DIY (Do It Yourself) Culture & Autonomous practicing communities is what sp...
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 5:41pm PST
The first Annual Homelessness Awareness Day at UC Davis The Homeless Awareness Day at UC Davis was inspired by the death of
Jesse Newberry, a 24 year old youth who died by being hit by an Amtrak
train around Freeborn Hall near the UC Davis campus. Activists took
the idea of a homeless awareness day to the Associated Students at UC
Davis and the Associated Students went to work on a senate
resolution....
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 3:40pm PST
Alice Griffth Public Housing - the truth. Who is help the poor? Alice Griffith Public Housing has been targeted - to remove poor folks and make room for some vested interest. Behind the scene are Lennar Corp, Communities of Opportunity (COO), Mayor Gavin Newsom, the SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) and sell outs mostly Black the likes of Sophie Maxwell. Time will tell but it will not be easy to fool all the people all the time....
Posted: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 4:17pm PST
Opponents of Muni Discounts Miss the Point Supervisor Ed Jew made a rookie mistake in the way he approached disagreeing with the proposal to provide discount MUNI passes for 18-24 year olds. The Examiner’s veteran columnist, Ken Garcia, has no such excuse....
Posted: Sat, Mar 3, 2007 9:23am PST
Homelessnes Marathon in Fresno Audio of event Chapter One (audio/mpeg 13.8MB) Audio of the Homelessness Marathon in Fresno. Each audio link is 30 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Mar 2, 2007 8:23am PST
Assemblyman Mark Leno Announces Major Fee Reduction for State Medical Marijuana ID Card Fee increase reduced to $66, down from $142...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 2:38pm PST
NCPCs (SNITCHES) Are Behind Oakland Housing Authority Lawsuit Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council (SNITCHES) Are The Driving Force Behind Recent Lawsuit Against The Oakland Housing Authority!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 3:46am PST
Why are there so many undercover cops at Homeless Connect? Undercover police abound throughout the event state witnesses...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 8:37pm 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
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