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The Fresno CVPPAC Endorses Blong Xiong for City Council 
The race for the Fresno City Council District 1 is between Blong Xiong and Scott Miller. The Central Valley Progressive PAC is supporting Blong Xiong because he is somewhat better on several critical issues to the progressive community than his opponent. Xiong is a moderate and supported by most organized labor and progressive groups. Miller is a Republican backed by the Chamber of Commerce and many business interests....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 9:22am PDT
Forrest Hill: Shatter Barriers and Give Power To Citizens 
Electing Forrest Hill, an openly gay man running for California Secretary of State, "will help shatter the litmus test of heterosexuality that has prevented highly qualified citizens from attaining the highest state-level political offices."
Electing Forrest Hill, the Green Party candidate for California Secretary of State, will also help put "the power of the Initiative back in the hands of citizens."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 7:14pm PDT
Support Aimee Allison for City Council in Oakland There is just over a month until the November
elections. Please join me in supporting Aimee Allison
for Oakland City Council. I will be volunteering a
Aimee Allison's headquarters every Sunday from Noon to
5PM at 3208 Grand Avenue, next to the Grand Lake
Theatre (phone # is (510) 277-0182, other volunteer
opportunities are below or call to help in other ways,
www.aimeeallison.org)....
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 2:52pm PDT
Big Oil Throws Down Against Proposition 89 
The oil giant Chevron has begun funding the effort to prevent public financing of political campaigns in California....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 2:09pm PDT
Madrigal, Rotkin, Kenyatta Face the Norse on FRSC Sunday Council members and candidates Tony Madrigal, Mike Rotkin, and Simba Kenyatta will be grilled and fileted on Free Radio Santa Cruz Sunday September 24th starting at 9:30 AM 101.1 FM. Chef Norse invites your cooking suggestions at 831-427-3772....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 8:57am PDT
California Propositions: Billions For Special Interest When Governor Schwarzenegger ran for office in 2003 he promised to work for the people of California and not for the special interest, now in 2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the champion of special interest groups. The 2006 bond and tax package, presented by the governor and the state legislature, is the worst package ever offered to California voters in the state’s history....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 9:44pm PDT
Press Release: Arena Tax Opponents Respond to Yes on Q&R Press Conference Here's the response to today's Yes on Q&R Press Conference from Sacramentans Against the Arena Tax....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 7:49pm PDT
Outdoor movie fundraiser for Charlie Brown for Congress! Dolores Park (20th/Dolores)...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 10:56am PDT
Sacramento Organizations Announce Opposition To Arena Tax A diverse coalition of groups including the NAACP, LULAC and La Raza Network announced their opposition to the Arena Tax on Tuesday, September 19, at Cesar Chavez Park....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 9:36am PDT
Bayview Referendum Invalidated City Attorney rules petition gatherers must carry huge legal volume in addition to a pen......
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2006 5:04pm PDT
California Propositions: Billions For Special Interest When Governor Schwarzenegger ran for office in 2003 he promised to work for the people of California and not for the special interest, now in 2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the champion of special interest groups. The 2006 bond and tax package, presented by the governor and the state legislature, is the worst package ever offered to California voters in the state’s history....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 7:01pm PDT
Poll shows voters want Peter Camejo in upcoming debates A poll released today revealed that 44 percent of those voters polled responded "yes" when they were asked if Camejo, the Green Party gubernational candidate, should be in upcoming debates....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 2:11pm PDT
Berkeley Director Determined to Bring Light to Voting Rights Once Screening at a Time Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and hailed as "powerful" and "engrossing," director Ian Inaba's searing documentary feature American Blackout will open September 15 for engagements in San Francisco at the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinemas and in Larkspur at The Lark Theater....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 11:28am PDT
Update on the Santa Cruz City Council Race 
If you haven't found it yet, you should really check Bruce Bratton's online newsletter every week. He always has his ear to the ground and does a great job covering local politics. His website is: http://www.brattononline.com...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 10:51am PDT
American Blackout Opens In San Francisco American Blackout, directed by Berkeley filmmaker Ian Inaba and produced by the Guerrilla News Network, is one of the must see documentaries of this year. The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival opens at the San Francisco Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema and the Larkspur Lark Theater on Friday September 15th 2006....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 10:30am PDT
Sundance Award- Winning Documentary American Blackout Opens In SF Friday Sept. 8th "Engrossing, fast-paced, stylish... a powerful examination of voting
rights in America." -Sura Wood, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"…a provocative look at black disenfranchisement in the 2004
election." -David Halbfinger, NY TIMES
"…a muckraking indictment of … the systematic disenfranchisement of
African American voters…" -Kenneth Turan, LA TIMES
American Blackout gains unprecedented access to one of the most controversial and dangerous politicians in
America and examines the contempor...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 1:45pm PDT
Protest two-party monopoly on debate On October 7th, the California Broadcasters Association will sponsor the
one and *only* debate in the California gubernatorial election. Featured
will be the two wings of corporate poltiics, Schwarzenegger and Angelides.
All other views will be excluded, including that of Janice Jordan, the only
woman in the race....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 10:35am PDT
Many November Ballot Measures Unlikely to Spark Controversy Yesterday, Beyond Chron detailed the ballot arguments submitted for half the measures for this year’s election cycle, revealing a strong effort by progressives to push forward their agenda. While there appears little opposition to this effort, some major players are sidling up to the table, and fights will take place. The second half of the ballot measures, however, could be a long list of snoozers. With the exception of an attempt to get the Mayor to appear regularly before the Board of Supe...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:42am PDT
Community Leaders Play “Arena Roulette” To Determine Proposed Arena’s Actual Location Want to play "Arena Roulette?" Anyway you spin, this game amounts to a "Wheel of Misfortune!"...
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 4:34pm PDT
Newsom –Chronicle Relations Have Frayed After going all-out for Gavin Newsom during the 2003 mayoral race, and providing fawning coverage of the Mayor in 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle’s honeymoon with Mayor Newsom appears over. After two years of uncritical coverage, the Chronicle claimed on August 28 that Newsom was “missing in action.” The paper has also blamed the Mayor for Chronicle-invented problems at the Department of Building Inspection. Why has the Chronicle changed its tune? One reason is that the Newsom press office ...
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 8:17am PDT
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