Hi folks,
The Police Officers Association did an independent expenditure in District 6 that arrived today. That means that the GGRA, BOMA, and now the POA have all done independent expenditures against Chris and it is only September. There have also been 3 other mailers that simply blast him by an anonymous group called Concerned Citizens of District 6. There are also 2 anti-Daly websites and 2 Anti-Daly window signs. We need to redouble our efforts to ensure that Supervisor Daly can compete with the big money that is being spent in District 6.

Fundraiser for Supervisor Daly
Location: El Rio
3158 Mission Street
When: Thursday, October 5, 7:00pm
Support Chris Daly, have fun, and meet cool people

Today Governor Schwarzeneggar signed AB 1169, a bill increasing from 30-days to 60-days the amount of time California´s renters will have to move if their landlord issues a no-fault eviction notice. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Alberto Turrico and sponsored by the ACORN, Western Center on Law and Poverty, and advocates from the disabled community and senior groups.

A new poll of California Latinos shows a deep dislike of Governor Schwarzenegger. In this poll of 600 Spanish-dominant likely voters, the governor has higher disapproval ratings than President Bush, and is losing to his opponent Phil Angelides by 64% - 21%. Spanish-dominant Latino voters make up about 10% of the California electorate, with all Latinos now making up about 18% of the electorate as a whole.

To download a power point presentation of the poll, click here.

Share Your Concerns On Critical Issues with San Francisco Peoples’ Organization!
Elect New Board Members!
Let candidates know your concerns at the only progressive candidates forum in San Francisco! Co-Sponsored by Housing Justice.
Don’t miss out on this year’s keynote speaker - John L. Burton, former California State Senator and long time progressive!

Saturday, September 30th
9am - 5pm
St. Mary’s Cathedral Church
1111 Gough Street (@ Geary)
San Francisco
Visit our website for more details! www.sfpeople.org
Questions? Contact carolyn@sfpeople.org (415)552-SFPO

8:30am - 9am - Registration

9am - 9:10am - Plenary # 1 - Welcome from SFPO Board President Jane Kim

Join us for our community’s annual street fair!
2006 Castro Street Fair - 33rd Year Sunday, October 1st
11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Featured Entertainment — Women’s Stage

The 2nd Annual Toxic Women’s Stage (18th Street) features Marga Gomez, Afrodisiac, DJ Luna, JenRO and more! - More Featured Entertainers Brad Wolfe & The Moon, Bijo, Heklina, Cookie Dough Whoa Nellies, Varla Jean Merman, Putanesca (emcee), Finding Mercury, The Ethel Merman Experience and many more!

Visit the Country Western Stage and the Deep Tribal House Music Area. Also visit Sugar Valley, an outdoor art fair celebrating a diversity of style.

Fri., Oct. 27, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Race remains the challenge of the 21st century. White folks wonder why, despite good intentions, it is so hard to integrate their organizations/boards/lives. To live our values, there is work we have yet to do. Come together as LGBT folks and allies, white folks, and people of color, to experience and learn the Understanding Whiteness/Unraveling Racism Model because we have all been affected by systemic racism. Come to explore how whiteness as normative and white privilege may be creating barriers that we need to address in our own community.

I just finished watching The End of Suburbia: Middle-aged White Guys Talk About Oil (Actually, the subtitle is Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream, but every single person who speaks in the movie is an old white guy, except for the Iranian Minister of Oil, and he only has one line). I thought the film was a great example of how a mediocre film about a compelling topic can be pretty interesting.

Today was the day that every new teacher dreads. If a school is underenrolled, classes are merged or “consolidated.”

This means that less teachers are needed. The newest teachers with the less seniority are then let go-four weeks into the school year after all districts have hired.

Some lucky teachers get moved to a school that needs teachers. Others get long-term substitute jobs. Last year, one new teacher got consolidated out of an elementary school, was sent to a middle school and then spent the last semester in a high school. She left and got a teaching job with Hayward Unified School District this year.

Second, Join the Prop H campaign next Tuesday, October 3, at Noon at City Hall for International Tenants Day. The International Union of Tenants has issued a proclamation for the day calling for an end to unjust evictions and forced displacement, citing the worldwide trend of evictions for speculative and no-fault reasons. The IUT also calls on countries to adhere to international treaties which make housing a basic human right. Join us for a press conference on Tuesday in support of a Supervisor resolution backingthe IUT call for an end to evictions (International Tenants Day is actually 10/2, but we are timing this in conjunction with the Supes and to avoid Yom Kippur).

Mr. John St. Croix
Ethics Commission
30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900
San Francisco, CA 94102

September 29, 2006

Dear Mr. St. Croix:

We are writing because we believe that serious violations of San Francisco’s campaign laws are occurring in District 6. These violations include failure to properly report tens of thousands of dollars in electioneering communications and independent expenditures. Properly reported, these expenditures would trigger a lifting of the spending cap in that race. We request that you immediately order an investigation and lift the spending cap in District 6.