By Adrienne Fong
ARTICLES
A. Chesa Boudin Won’t Run For DA Again In November…August 4, 2022
https://sfist.com/2022/08/04/chesa-boudin-wont-run-for-da-again-in-november/
B. Today, Ukraine bombed a Donetsk hotel full of journalists – here’s what it felt like to be there – August 4, 2022
https://www.rt.com/russia/560241-ukraine-bombed-donetsk-hotel-journalists/
By: Eva K. Bartlett
C Officials Decide to Pause Housing Construction at People’s Park – August 3, 2022
Officials Decide to Pause Housing Construction at People’s Park – NBC Bay Area
EMERGENCY ALERT: TEXT “SAVETHEPARK” TO 74121 to get on the list
D. ‘Ugly American’: Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit sparks pro-China protests – August 2, 2022
E. Explore: Almost 14,000 eviction notices served in SF public housing over 5 years – August 2, 2022
Explore: Almost 14,000 eviction notices served in SF public housing over 5 years – Mission Local
F. Failure to Disclose Evidence in Murder Case Led to Full Review of DA Brooke Jenkins’ Work Under Chesa Boudin
Failure in Murder Case Led to Review of DA Jenkins’ Work Under Boudin (sfstandard.com)
See event # 2
G. Nancy Pelosi’s Planned Trip to Taiwan Enrages SF Anti-War Activists – August 1, 2022
H. ‘I’m 61, and I’m going to be homeless for the first time in my life’: S.F. co-op residents face eviction on odd technicality – July 30, 2022
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/co-op-residents-eviction-technicality-17339584.php
See event # 1
4 PETITIONS
1. Stop Black displacement in the Fillmore!
SIGN: Stop Unfair Evictions of Black Residents in the Fillmore – Action Network
2. Tell EPA to Fully Restore State, Tribal, and Community Rights Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act
3. End U.S. Military & Security Aid to El Salvador & Central America
4. Amazon Could Be Giving Away Your Private Doorbell Footage to Police Without Your Consent.
Scheduled Executions for August ~ Click on names to sign the petitions
August 17, 2022: Kosoul Chanthakoummane in Texas
Kosoul Chanthakoummane has asserted that he is actually innocent since he was arrested for the murder of Sarah Walker in 2006.
First, know that Joseph Walker, the father of Sarah Walker, opposed the death penalty in this case and had reason to question whether prosecutors and police had the right suspect. Mr. Walker was not permitted to testify in the victim impact portion of the sentencing phase of Mr. Chanthakoummane’s trial.
August 25, 2022: James Coddington in Oklahoma
EVENTS
Friday, August 5 – Sunday, August 7
Friday, August 5
1. Friday, 10:00am, Stop Evictions at King-Garvey Apartments
In Person
King-Garvey Apts. Courtyard
Eddy & Pierce St.
SF
For more information contact prestonstaff@sfgov.org
RALLY AGAINST DISPLACEMENT
At least five long-term African-American residents there are facing eviction by property manager Kalco Properties. Some have lived at King-Garvey for decades, including Richard Henegan, who has lived in his home at King-Garvey for 54 years . Richard is facing eviction on August 10.
We are demanding that Kalco take displacement off the table and agree to meet with my office and resident representatives to resolve the underlying issues.
Join Supervisors Dean Preston & Shamann Walton, King-Garvey co-op residents and community
leaders to stop unfair evictions.
Info: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgw5nMhLSws/
2. Friday, 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Mothers On The March – Will be in front of DA Jenkins Office
In person
350 Rhode Island (North Building)
SF
SF MUNI # 22 Fillmore line
Stand up to say:
JUSTICE: YES
JENKINS: NO!
BREED & JENKINS:
BAD GOVERNMENT
POLITICS OVER PEOPLE
NO to HATE
in our
ASIAN, BLACK, BROWN
& WHITE COMMUNITIES
BROOKE JENKINS
LIES, LIES, LIES
DON’T BE FOOLED!
Since appointed district attorney by Mayor Breed, DA Jenkins has made 3-4 visits to SF Chinatown for ‘Stop Asian Hate’. She is pitting the Asian, Black, & Brown communities against one another which promotes more hate.
Many of the people she visited also worked in the recall campaign, as she did, of DA Boudin and some have supported the hate messages to Supervisor Mar.
Below are a few facts (If U want the complete list let me know)
Expose the truth about the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
LIE: “Chesa Boudin prosecuted only 14% of domestic violence cases.”
FACT: It’s a cherry-picked stat from a single quarter in 2020 (during the height of a COVID surge). The actual overall prosecution rate for domestic violence cases is 30.72%. In 2021, the rate was 36.71%; in 2022, it’s been 47.02%. By comparison, from 2011 – to 2019, the filing rate was 32.49%. (Source: DA Data Dashboard)
LIE: “A small business was forced to close because Chesa Boudin wouldn’t prosecute drug dealers.”
FACT: That small business closed in September 2019 – before Boudin was elected, let alone sworn in. In response to a reporter’s inquiry, “Neither Safer SF nor Young disputed that Mr. Smith’s closed before Boudin took office, nor did they directly respond to characterizations that the ad is misleading.”
LIE: “He hasn’t prosecuted a single drug dealer, despite drug overdoses causing two times as many deaths as COVID-19.”
FACT: Under Boudin, the SF District Attorney’s Office has prosecuted over 1,100 narcotics cases, and has secured hundreds of convictions. (Source: SFDA Narcotics Fact Sheet)
LIE: “Almost half of San Francisco’s prosecutors have resigned”
FACT: Turnover in the office was the same in 2020 and 2021 under Boudin as in 2018 and 2019 under Gascon. Boudin has also recruited and hired talented attorneys from across the state including experts in their field and former prosecutors from San Francisco and other counties. (Source: SF HR Department)
Here’s the bottom line: The recall effort was about Chesa’s record, and they lied about San Francisco. Worse yet, they spent MILLIONS of dollars spreading these lies. Chesa Boudin is proud of his record dramatically expanding the number of Chinese and Asian staff in his office, increasing language access with a first-in-the-state policy, to require court-certified interpreters be requested for any victim who wants to watch their case move through the court system, and he’s proud of his record prosecuting and holding people accountable who victimize Asian elders.
All are welcomed
Host: Mothers On The March
Saturday, August 6
Anniversary of Hiroshima
3. Saturday, 9:00am, Virtual Rally & Action For Nuclear Disarmament
View online or archived at: August Rally – August Rally – Enlightened Films
Speakers and musicians include:
Pentagon planner and whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg
Nagasaki survivor Nobu Hanaoka
Russian peace and democracy activist Natalia Mironova
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab watchdog Marylia Kelley
And more
Info: August Rally – Enlightened Films
4. Saturday, 9:30am – 1:30pm, End Climate Chaos: 10th Anniversary of Richmond Explosion
In person
MARCH
9:30am @Richmond BART to Gate 14 @ Chevron
KAYAK
11:00am Keller Beach – site of February 2021 Chevron Oil Spill to meet kayakers coming on shore
Judge George Carroll PARK
12:00pm to converge with rest of community marching to Chevron’s main gate
GATE 14 @ Chevron
12:45pm Full group unites for mural and fencelines art
Saturday, August 6, hundreds of Richmond residents are coming together to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the 2012 Chevron Refinery Fire. We will be marching to Chevron to send a message that we REFUSE another 120 years of violence on our bodies, our communities, our air.
On August 6, 2012, a massive fire tore through the Chevron Richmond refinery, sending a huge plume of black smoke over West Contra Costa County. The fire blanketed neighborhoods in black smoke and the sky turned dark as the smoke blocked out the sun. 15,000 residents sought medical treatment, and many report developing long-term respiratory issues as a result.
In the aftermath of the fire, thousands of people mobilized to City Hall, demanding that our politicians and air regulators take real action to hold Chevron accountable and protect the health and safety of workers and communities. Investigators with Cal/OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board found that Chevron had ignored a decade of warnings about severe corrosion in the pipe that caused the refinery fire.
Host: Richmond Our Power Coalition
Info: End Climate Chaos: 10th Anniversary of Richmond Explosion : Indybay
5. Saturday, 10:00am – 12Noon, CCSF (City College of SF) Enrollment Kickoff with AFT 2121
In person
Meet by the Hidalgo Statue near the Church & 19th St entrance to Dolores Park
SF
Pick up a poster for your home, and then join CCSF staff, faculty, students, and others in distributing posters to the people of San Francisco.
The faculty union of City College, AFT 2121 is launching #CCSFintheCity, an art project enrollment campaign designed to remind San Franciscans of everything City College has to offer. From Biotech, Auto Repair, & Nursing to Firefighting, ESL, and Dance, City College is the largest and most accessible for new job skills, passions, & degrees in this city. And, best of all, it’s free.
Info: https://www.aft2121.org/2022/08/ccsf-enrollment-campaign-kickoff-sat-8-6-at-10am-in-dolores-park/
Sunday, August 7
6. Sunday, 12N00n – 2:00pm, Honoring Pan African Women’s Day and The Haitian Revolution in Black August
In person
Liberation Park
7101 Foothill Blvd.,
Oakland, CA 94605
Join the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) and its women’s wing, the All-African Women’s Revolutionary Union (A-AWRU) for its Pan-African Women’s Day celebration 2022 in collaboration with the Haiti Action Committe and the Black Cultural Zone
For More Information: 510.388.4022
