{"id":26466,"date":"2023-05-16T14:52:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=26466"},"modified":"2023-05-16T14:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:52:42","slug":"articles-petitions-events-for-tuesday-may-16-thursday-may-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/05\/16\/articles-petitions-events-for-tuesday-may-16-thursday-may-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Articles ~ Petitions ~ Events for Tuesday, May 16 &#8211; Thursday, May 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Adrienne Fong<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not back posting on a regular basis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please include<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<strong>Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is \u2018child friendly\u2019<\/strong><\/em><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>These are JUSTICE issues!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>***<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>ASL interpretation<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Let me know if your event needs this service .<strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please post your actions on Indybay<\/strong>:<em>&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12\">https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/calendar\/?page_id=12<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&nbsp;See Indybay &nbsp;for &nbsp;other listings of events<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ARTICLES&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A. Biden\u2019s Death Penalty Inaction Is Unacceptable&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 May 16, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2023\/05\/16\/bidens-death-penalty-inaction-is-unacceptable\/\">Biden\u2019s Death Penalty Inaction Is Unacceptable &#8211; CounterPunch.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B. Banko Brown video is horrifying\u2014as is the response of the district attorney&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 May 15, 2023<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-48-hills wp-block-embed-48-hills\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"j7QCHIHsnk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/48hills.org\/2023\/05\/banko-brown-video-is-horrifying-as-is-the-response-of-the-district-attorney\/\">Banko Brown video is horrifying\u2014as is the response of the district attorney<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Banko Brown video is horrifying\u2014as is the response of the district attorney&#8221; &#8212; 48 hills\" src=\"https:\/\/48hills.org\/2023\/05\/banko-brown-video-is-horrifying-as-is-the-response-of-the-district-attorney\/embed\/#?secret=PYB6cZ5ryt#?secret=j7QCHIHsnk\" data-secret=\"j7QCHIHsnk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>See Event # 4<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<em>Will be posting a list of other articles from yesterday later today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C. On 75<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 May 14, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2023\/05\/14\/18856064.php?fbclid=IwAR11aPgsFV6qSymv0ldVK-pXLURDLDUeEr_Yt68TVl_8wDhgqlZuXXqKEfI\">On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D. Peace march held in Okinawa to call for removal of all U.S. bases&nbsp;<em>\u2013 May 13, 2023<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/ajw\/articles\/14907199?fbclid=IwAR1bbeaL20FgZFysyg4HTuVI0Dj1QdpKtKb4wtuXxWh2hY5ZU7cyvOhiMZs\">Peace march held in Okinawa to call for removal of all U.S. bases\u3000&nbsp;| The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E. Africa Rising: Nkosi Mandela on South Africa Resisting Israeli Apartheid&nbsp;<em>\u2013 May 12, 2023<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9SWbhJcWlXU\">Africa Rising: Nkosi Mandela on South Africa Resisting Israeli Apartheid &#8211; YouTube<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F. Sudan\u2019s crisis and the hidden hands of the IMF&nbsp;<em>\u2013 May 11, 2023<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/peoplesdispatch.org\/2023\/05\/11\/sudans-crisis-and-the-the-hidden-hands-of-the-imf\/\">Sudan&#8217;s crisis and the hidden hands of the IMF : Peoples Dispatch<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">G. DA Jenkins drops charges against officer who shot Jamaica Hampton&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>&#8211; May 11, 2023<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2023\/05\/da-jenkins-drops-charges-against-officer-who-shot-jamaica-hampton\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Mission%20Local&amp;utm_campaign=0cfb8612ab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_05_12_11_26&amp;utm_term=0_-0cfb8612ab-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&amp;mc_cid=0cfb8612ab&amp;mc_eid=a5479e1995\">DA Jenkins drops charges against officer who shot Jamaica Hampton &#8211; Mission Local<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>H. Affordable housing is critical infrastructure, and the city needs to invest now&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u2013 May 9, 2023<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/48hills.org\/2023\/05\/affordable-housing-is-critical-infrastructure-and-the-city-needs-to-invest-now\/?fbclid=IwAR1RwnhugjBogkwrdLRs1wtb1awr5vvOFNHFM2wnbb9cW2CQcoK5VrK8WMQ\">Affordable housing is critical infrastructure, and the city needs to invest now &#8211; 48 hills<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3 PETITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Urge your members of Congress&nbsp;to support The Palestinian Children and Families Act today!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0SIGN:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaceaction.org\/get-involved\/alert-palestinian-families-and-children-act-hr-3103\/?emci=0423824b-e9f0-ed11-907c-00224832eb73&amp;emdi=069952c0-36f3-ed11-907c-00224832eb73&amp;ceid=122506\" target=\"_blank\">Action Alert: Palestinian Families and Children Act (HR 3103) &#8211; Peace Action<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Stop the Next Pandemic Before It Starts!&nbsp;Tell Congress to Pass the Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;SIGN:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.organicconsumers.org\/page\/52385\/action\/1?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=engagingnetworks&amp;utm_campaign=OCA+SWP+-PM&amp;utm_content=OCA+SWP+-PM\">Ask Congress To Support The Gain-of-Function Moratorium Bill! &#8211; Organic Consumers Association | Organic Consumers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Everyone deserves a living wage! Sign your name to demand an end to the subminimum wage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;SIGN:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/everyone-deserves-a-living-wage-sign-your-name-to-demand-an-end-to-the-subminimum-wage\/?source=group-social-security-works&amp;referrer=group-social-security-works&amp;redirect=https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/ssw-onefairwage&amp;link_id=0&amp;can_id=4d8abb95a7895a1648b41bfa1ad2bb3b&amp;email_referrer=email_1916905___subject_2430706&amp;email_subject=end-the-subminimum-wage&amp;refcodeEmailReferrer=email_1916905___subject_2430706\">Take Action! (actionnetwork.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EVENTS \/ ACTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tuesday, May 16 \u2013 Thursday, May 18<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 16<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Tuesday, 12 Noon, Fund CART Now! (Compassionate Alternative Response Tean)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SF City Hall (Steps)<br>1 Dr. Carleton B. Goodlett Pl (Polk St. steps)<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get CART Rolling; Fund CART Not COPS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CART is the alternative to police when resolving street concerns with unhoused community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join the CART campaign and community advocates in DEMANDING that the city funds CART<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need a better way to respond to situations involving unhoused San Franciscans. CART, which stands for Compassionate Alternative Response Team, is a program that would divert non-violent 911 and 311 calls regarding homelessness to a team who is specially trained to de-escalate conflict and connect people to services and support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem? Mayor London Breed refuses to fund this effective solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The League of Women Voters of San Francisco has been part of the CART Coalition for several years. LWVSF supports CART because of our commitment to public safety for all and our advocacy work on community safety. CART is about a future of care, not criminalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&#8217;s the problem?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been two years, and CART has yet to be funded or implemented. Instead, the city has come up with a different street response that would be operated under the Department of Emergency Management, called the Community Response Team, or CRT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CRT is certain to be a failed response and is another misuse of city dollars. Worse yet, CRT as it is currently structured will lead to additional harm and trauma towards unhoused community members, which is the exact opposite of what our city needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lwvsf.org\/home\/f\/sf-must-fund-cart-the-compassionate-response-to-homelessness\">https:\/\/lwvsf.org\/home\/f\/sf-must-fund-cart-the-compassionate-response-to-homelessness<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Tuesday, 12 Noon, Virtual Press Conference \u2013 CURB RE Prisons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online registration:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZAqde-upz0jHtzYlAoVxGfKI0SPvQ1Vc8li#\/registration\">Meeting Registration &#8211; Zoom<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prep for&nbsp;Governor Newsom to release his May revision of the state budget<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to be sure to get our message out as part of this process to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Continue to push for prison closure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demand fewer dollars go towards the prison system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Tuesday, 1:00pm-3:00pm Update on Laguna Honda Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online zoom:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign-statistics.com\/link_click\/GIoTllCMFt_rkg8P\/53beffaca799c798ebbd9bcc5fa1a489\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>s:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/86465752525?pwdTzh1YVh5SE9mdWkzdjI2clZrVEczdz09\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting ID: 864 6575 2525; Passcode: 465295<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact Dr. Teresa Palmer, 415-260-8446,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:teresapalmer2014@gmail.com\"><strong>teresapalmer2014@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>San Francisco Gray Panthers presents a panel of concerned people providing updates on the Laguna Honda Hospital emergency, only three days before the federal Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is scheduled to begin closing the huge nursing home and sending hundreds of frail and indigent residents to dangerously understaffed for-profit nursing homes out of San Francisco County. Out of 56 residents similarly evicted last July, 12 died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Myrna Melgar, SF Board of Supervisors District 7 (where LHH is located); Committees: Budget &amp; Finance, Land Use &amp; Transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pat McGinnis, Executive Director and founder of California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Elliott Lewis, Co-chair Tenderloin People&#8217;s Congress, Community Organizer; Ph.D Industrial Organizational Psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Paradoxically, CMS insists on LHH\u2019s closure and dispersal of its residents as part of its plan to re-certify and reopen LHH and start readmitting residents. CMS paused resident dispersal following community uproar over last July\u2019s deaths, but as of now (5\/15\/2023, 8:15 AM) CMS has given no indication of extending that pause past the scheduled May 19 closure and resident dispersal, even though Laguna Honda has largely met CMS\u2019s schedule of mandated requirements for recertification<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laguna Honda is also threatened with losing 120 beds because of CMS beds-to-bathroom ratio regulations for new hospitals, which technically covers LHH because it is being recertified. Laguna Honda is only 15 years old and has spacious individual rooms, but some are connected through short corridors to common bathrooms. LHH should easily qualify for a waiver, but as of now CMS has given no indication that it would grant such a waiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>San Francisco Gray Panthers insist&nbsp;upon no bed cuts, closure or evictions at Laguna Honda, and more nursing home beds, mental health and substance use treatment, and supports and home care services to all San Franciscans who need it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/campaign-statistics.com\/link_click\/GIoTllCMFt_rkg8P\/06571922a3f8dd6c319569d7c7856632\">https:\/\/panther-gray.web.app\/c&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See Event # 8<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Tuesday, 6:00pm \u2013 Balloon Release \u2013 JIUSTICE FOR BANKO BROWN<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walgreens<br>825 Market St.<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirmed with an organization by phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Tuesday, 7:00pm \u2013 9:00pm, Down with Biden\/Trump Persecution of Immigrants! No Human Being is Illegal!&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revolution Books Berkeley<br>2444 Durant Ave<br>Berkeley, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don\u2019t have an immigration problem, we have an imperialism problem. This SYSTEM Must Go!<br><br>Why are hundreds of thousands of desperate people at the US\/Mexico border seeking to come to the US?<br><br>Is it because the US is the greatest country in the world? Or is it because they are seeking to escape horrible violence, crushing poverty and environmental disaster \u2013 caused by a global order which the US dominates and enforces?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why has Biden continued the policies of mass expulsion of immigrants started by Trump? (Trump expelled hundreds of thousands, Biden over 2 million.)<br><br>Should people escaping inhuman conditions be seen as \u201ccriminals\u201d and \u201canimals\u201d? or as human beings, our brothers and sisters?<br><br>Why will it take a revolution to put an end to the inhuman treatment of immigrants, and why and how would a revolutionary society welcome immigrants?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2023\/05\/12\/18855989.php\">Down with Biden\/Trump Persecution of Immigrants! No Human Being is Illegal! : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 17<\/strong><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Wednesday, 4:00pm (PT); 7:00pm (ET), U.S. Hands Off Korea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Webinar registration:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_UPGsIoHxQHqfVJq1x7gS5g#\/registration\">https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_UPGsIoHxQHqfVJq1x7gS5g#\/registration<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;United States has conducted another round of \u201cWar Games\u201d with the South Korean military.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is clearly a threat to the North Korean government.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, the South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol, has recently visited the U.S. where Biden told him that the U.S. will keep a nuclear submarine in Korea and Yoon Suk Yeol made threats of acquiring nuclear weapons that could be aimed at North Korea.&nbsp;&nbsp;This escalation is part of the general aggression and militarization of Asia that is aimed at provoking a war with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speakers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>K. J. Noh:<\/strong>&nbsp;Author Archives, journalist, political analyst, writer, and teacher specializing in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sara Flounder:<\/strong>&nbsp;Member of UNAC Administrative Committee, Coordinator of the International Actions Center who will be speaking from China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Riley Seungyoon Park:<\/strong>&nbsp;Nodutdol for Korean Community Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NO WAR GAMES!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NO NUCLEAR SUBS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NO SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Host: The United National AntiWar Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nepajac.org\/unac_051223.html\">unac_010923 (nepajac.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, May 18<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Thursday, 4:00pm, SF Emergency Demonstration in Solidarity with the Haitian People<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person \u2013 meet at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SF UN Plaza<br>355 McAllister St.<br>SF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March to SF Federal Building&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haitian Flag Day marks the day in 1803 when at the Congress of Akaye\/Arcahaie the formerly enslaved by the French vowed to create a sovereign nation that they called Ayiti\/Haiti rather than maintain any links to France. Today, while foreign powers occupy Haiti, this call for sovereignty remains as relevant as ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation in Haiti today could not be more dire. The unelected and illegitimate US-backed prime minister Ariel Henry remains in power despite continuous mass protests demanding his ouster. Journalists, clergy, peasant-farmers, students, workers and others raising their voices in protest have been met with beatings, incarceration, rape, assassinations and mass killings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trotting out the familiar argument that \u201cgang warfare\u201d is the root of Haiti\u2019s problem, the US and Canada are ramping up funding and training for Haiti\u2019s notorious and corrupt national police force,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mronline.org\/2022\/10\/20\/haitians-intensify-protests-against-foreign-military-intervention-while-us-seeks-authorization-for-international-mission\/\">&nbsp;including sending tactical and armored vehicles<\/a>. As they did during the notorious<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nlg.org\/report-the-lasalin-massacre-and-the-human-rights-crisis-in-haiti\/\">&nbsp;Lasalin massacre<\/a>, police, security forces and affiliated paramilitary forces terrorize opposition neighborhoods, most recently Bele, murdering and sexually assaulting residents, kidnapping, wrecking homes and accelerating land grabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We demand:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Stop the massacres. Stop using our tax dollars to fund the brutal Haitian police and affiliated death squads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop supporting the Ariel Henry dictatorship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stop attacking and deporting Haitian refugees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support the Haitian people\u2019s struggle for liberation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>End the occupation. Sovereignty and self-determination for Haiti&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Info from Haiti Action Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Thursday, 4:00pm, Rally To Stop The Laguna Honda Discharges<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In person<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>375 Laguna Honda Blvd across from Forrest Hill Muni Station<br>San Francisco<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defend Laguna Honda Hospital-Stop The Discharges &amp; Murders Discharges = Death<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Working People Need To Unite For&nbsp;Our&nbsp;Public Hospital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discharges = Death<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite mass opposition, Newsom\u2019s Department of Public Health, Secretary of Health &amp; Education Xavier Becerra and SF Mayor London Breed\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Department of Pulblic Health and Health Commissionn Board are allowing the&nbsp;patients to be terrorized again by threatengng to discharge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>them on May 19. 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City refuses to ask for an exemption that would allow Laguna Honda to have three patients to a room and also to allow the many patients who are waiting for care at the hospital to be admitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead they are playing games with the&nbsp;workers, patients and their families to threaten even more discharges and deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Colfax and the Board of Health Commission Dan Bernal, who is chief of staff for Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi gave the go ahead for the discharge of patients which led to their deaths.&nbsp;Some were driven to homeless shelters. These discharges were death sentences and to&nbsp;threaten similar discharges and deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is an emergency in our private nursing home care&nbsp;system. The homes are run by billionaires with little to no oversight have &nbsp;terrible working conditions for the residents and the workers. The Newsom administration and the Federal government are demanding that the patients and residents be pushed into these homes where much of the care is substandard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We need to demand that Newsom and Becerra along with London Breed be held accoutable for this travesty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No bed cuts,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No closure and No evictions,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reopen admissions, and provide, in safe and appropriate locations, mental health and&nbsp;substance use treatment and supports and home care services to &nbsp;all San Franciscans who need it.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initiated By United Front Committtee for A Labor Party<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Info:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indybay.org\/newsitems\/2023\/05\/12\/18855993.php\">Rally To Stop The San Francisco Laguna Honda Discharges Defend Laguna Honda Hospital : Indybay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis Please include&nbsp;Accessibility and ASL info in your events! 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