By Adrienne Fong
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO PROTEST BROOKE JENKINS at Manny’s.
As you know the event was cancelled –
The pressure needs to be kept up….
Not back posting on a regular basis
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ARTICLES
A. Why Brooke Jenkins says SF DA can’t release Banko Brown shooting footage – May 8, 2023
Brooke Jenkins: SF Walgreens killing video can’t be released | Crime | sfexaminer.com
B. Cop City Protesters Face Felonies for Flyering as Police Repress Student Sit-Ins – May28, 2023
Cop City Protesters Face Felonies for Flyering as Police Repress Student Sit-Ins – Truthout
C. WATCH: The Missiles at the Heart of the Ukraine War – May 8, 2023
WATCH: The Missiles at the Heart of the Ukraine War (consortiumnews.com)
Ray McGovern
D. Parents Stand up to Telecom Giants + High Miscarriage Rates in Pfizer Trials: ‘This Week’ With Mary + Polly – May 8, 2023
E. Yellow Vest Protests Still Active in France – May 7, 2023
Yellow Vest Protests Still Active in France : Indybay
F. Reparations panel, in historic vote, proposes payments, reforms and apology for Black Californians May 6, 2023
Reparations panel proposes payments, reforms for Black Californians (sfchronicle.com)
G. Here’s why S.F. Mayor Breed is going on a weeklong trip to Israel – Updated May 6, 2023
Here’s why S.F. Mayor Breed is going on a weeklong trip to Israel (sfchronicle.com)
H. Over 500 Former Government Officials Are Now Lobbying for Defense Contractors – May 6, 2023
Over 500 Former Government Officials Are Now Lobbying for Defense Contractors – Truthout
I. Taking the Capitalist Road Was the Wrong Choice For Ukraine, Says Ukraine Expert – May 5, 2023
J. A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III – May 5, 2023
A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III (consortiumnews.com)
5 PETITIONS
1. Vote “No” on the Protect and Serve Act
SIGN: Vote “No” on the Protect and Serve Act | ColorOfChange.org
2. Demand that Congress Investigate and Limit the U.S. Military Footprint in the Pacific
3. Stop the Forced Relocation of Residents from Laguna Honda Hospital
SIGN: Petition · Stop the Forced Relocation of Residents from Laguna Honda Hospital · Change.org
See Event # 1 & 2
4. Save Laguna Honda Hospital, SF 120 Beds Close to Goal —Threat of 769-Bed Closure Looms
See Events 1 & 2
5. Tell Congress: Fake Meat Needs Safety-Testing, Just Like All GMOs!
SIGN: Tell Congress to Safety Test All Fake Meat! – Organic Consumers Association | Organic Consumers
EVENTS / ACTIONS
Tuesday, May 9 – Friday, May 12
Tuesday, May 9
1. Tuesday, 2:00pm, SF Board of Supervisors Meeting
In person and remote
In person
SF City Hall, Room 250 (elevator access)
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Place
SF
Remote Access to Information and Participation
The Board of Supervisors (www.sfbos.org ) and its committees convene hybrid meetings that allow in-person attendance, in-person public comment (prioritized before remote public comment), remote access (watch: www.sfgovtv.org ), and
remote public comment via teleconference (https://sfbos.org/remote-meeting-call).
Members of the public may also submit their comments by email to: bos@sfgov.org ; all comments received will be made a part of the official record.
PUBLIC COMMENT CALL-IN 1 (415) 655-0001 / Meeting ID: 2592 600 3768 # # (Press *3 to enter the speaker line
Agenda: AGENDA (sfbos.org)
Up for Vote
14. 221062 [Administrative Code – Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Certain Sheriff’s Department Equipment] Ordinance amending the Administrative Code to require Board of Supervisors approval of a policy governing the funding, acquisition, and use of certain law enforcement equipment of the Sheriff’s Department consistent with the criteria set forth in state law; and approving the Sheriff’s Department’s Use of Equipment Policy. (Sheriff
36. 230035 [Hearing – Committee of the Whole – Laguna Honda Hospital’s Strategy for Recertification and the Submission of a Closure and Patient Transfer and Relocation Plan – May 9, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.]
Hearing of the Board of Supervisors sitting as a Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 3:00 p.m., to hold a public hearing on Laguna Honda Hospital’s Strategy for Recertification and the Submission of a Closure and Patient Transfer and Relocation Plan; and requesting the Department of Public Health to present
Banko Brown – Supervisor Aaron Peskin to introduce a resolution requesting the District Attorney’s Office make all video and witness evidence available to the public.
2. Tuesday, 4:00pm, SF Health Commissions Laguna Honda Joint Conference Committee Meeting
In person
101 Grove St., Rm 300
SF
Masks required
Remote link: https://sfpublic.webex.com/sfpublic/j.php?MTID=m4688c3d7aa9eb6a48841378ce94c8f63.
Agenda: Edward A (sf.gov)
Suggestions to testify: SF GRAY PANTHERS (panther-gray.web.app)
Info from Gray Panthers SF
3. Tuesday, 6:00pm, Justice For Banko Brown – Balloon release
In person
Walgreens (outside)
825 Market St. (nr. 4th Street)
SF
Wednesday, May 10
4. Wednesday, 1:30pm, Tell the Supervisors we MUST invest in affordable housing!
In person encouraged! RSVP & for updates: Tell the Supervisors we MUST invest in affordable housing! (google.com)
SF City Hall, Rm 250
1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl
SF
We have an affordable housing crisis, and the money to solve it.
This hearing isn’t to have a vote, it’s a place for us to make our voices heard, and pressure the government to do the right thing.
Info: SF Tenants Union
5. Wednesday, 5:00pm(PT); 8:00pm(ET), “We Don’t Buy It,”
Register online: Meeting Registration – Zoom
Millions in private U.S. dollars fund illegal Israel settlements, settler violence, and the expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. It’s time we stop it.
JVP is launching “We Don’t Buy It,” a new national consumer boycott campaign aimed at cutting off the flow of money into Israeli settler organizations. The campaign will focus on products and businesses owned by the Falic family, one of the biggest private U.S. funders of Israeli settler colonialism and Palestinian dispossession.
The Falic family profits off of the cosmetics, wine, and fashion industries, as well as, most prominently, their Duty Free Americas airport retail chain. They use their profits to donate millions of dollars to so-called Israeli “charity” organizations, which literally build the infrastructure for illegal settlements. These right-wing organizations incite anti-Palestinian violence and further ethnic cleansing, and also push a disgusting anti-LGBTQ agenda.
It’s no surprise that at the same time, the Falic family is funding a racist, supremacist, homophobic agenda here in the U.S. The far right in the U.S. and Israel doesn’t just share racist values — they literally share funders. By cutting off Falic family profits, we slow the flow of money into far-right organizations in both places.
Every consumer dollar we put in the Falics’ pockets becomes part of the fortune that funds ethnic cleansing. It’s time to turn off the tap and say We Don’t Buy It! We refuse to spend money that finances the destruction of Palestinian homes and lives.
From Jewish Voice For Peace
Thursday, May 11
6. Thursday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm, Ending Solitary Confinement and Advancing the Rights of Disabled Incarcerated People
Online will be livestreamed on:
FB: https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityRightsCalifornia/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DisabilityRightsCA
ACCESSIBILITY: Live Caption and ASL Interpreter Available
Join Disability Rights California for a conversation on ending solitary confinement in prisons
and centering disability with experts Michael Saavedra and Professor Jamelia Morgan.
This conversation will unpack Professor Morgan’s research on disability and solitary confinement and Michael’s experience advancing the rights of disabled incarcerated people, both through his litigation conducted from solitary confinement and through his participation in the pivotal hunger strikes at Pelican Bay State Prison.
Host: Disabity Rights California and partners
Info: #HumanRights: Ending Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Centering Disability : Indybay
7. Thursday, 4:30 (PT); 7:30 (ET), U.S. Women Need What Cuban Women Have: Socialism
Online registration: Webinar Registration – Zoom
Hear speakers on: Cuba’s New Family Code, healthcare, reproductive justice, housing, education, trans rights, climate change and more.
Video footage featuring Federation of Cuban Women.
Sponsor: Workers World Party’s Women and Gender Oppressed Caucus
Info: https://iacenter.org/2023/05/07/thurs-may-11-webinar-u-s-women-need-what-cuban-women-have-socialism/
Friday, May 12
8. Friday, 6:00pm – 9:00pm, The Big Oil Resistance Tour, in Oakland
In person
Tickets: The Big Oil Resistance Tour, in Oakland with Bill McKibben – Action Network
– Scroll down the page to get tickets
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Governor Newsom is talking tough on Big Oil and trying to stop them from fleecing us at the gas pump. But, we need him to truly move California beyond fossil fuels once and for all – by ending neighborhood drilling, halting all new fossil fuel permits, and supporting a full, coordinated, and just transition off of fossil fuels to give workers and communities clear timelines to plan.
Join frontline community members, organizers, and movement leaders for a dynamic evening in Oakland to learn what Governor Newsom must do next to protect our communities and our climate and to join the broad-based movement that we’re building to demand action. Featuring:
· Alfredo Angulo (Communities for a Better Environment)
· Cemre Gonen (Youth vs. Apocalypse)
· Cesar Aguirre (Central California Environmental Justice Network)
· Chirag Bhakta (Food & Water Watch)
· Isabella Zizi (Idle No More SF-Bay)
· Jennifer Esteen (SEIU 1021)
· Michelle Mascarenhas (Movement Generation Justice & Ecology Project / Sierra Club)
· Shoshana Wechsler (Sunflower Alliance)
· Lu Aya (The Peace Poets)
· And, longtime activist, author, and co-founder of organizations like 350.org and Third Act – Bill McKibben!
