Badlands resolution introduced by Sup Dufty
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SF Board of Supervisors to Pass Resolution Condemning Badlands Discrimination and Urging Penalties “To the Fullest Extent of the Law”
Board members and community leaders hold press conference at 1pm on City Hall steps
June 14, 2005 – Exactly one year to-the-day after complaints about race- and gender-based discrimination by SF Badlands owner Les Natali were first filed with the City’s Human Rights Commission and with other City and State agencies, the SF Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution “commending the San Francisco Human Rights Commission for its findings of discrimination at Badlands and urging relevant agencies to impose penalties to the fullest extent of the law.” Shortly before the vote, several members of the board and community leaders will appear at a press conference to speak on the issue.
The Board of Supervisors resolution, introduced last Tuesday by Supervisor Bevan Dufty with the unanimous support of the full board, commends the HRC for its work, states that "the Board of Supervisors condemns the discrimination at SFBadlands..." and "urges the City Attorney and all agencies with regulatory authority over SF Badlands and Mr. Natali's other establishments, including the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, to consult the Commission Finding and to impose penalties to the fullest extent of the law to ensure accountability for discrimination."
Who: Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, and Sophie Maxwell (confirmed); Ross Mirkarimi (tentative)
Joey Cain, Director, The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee
Michael Goldstein, Board, The SF People’s Organization; former President, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Robert Haaland, SEIU Local 790
Thom Lynch, Director, The SF LGBT Community Center
Bob McMullin, Director, The Stop AIDS Project
George Smith and Lisa Williams, Co-Chairs, Lesbians and Gays of African Decent for Democratic Action
Zwazzi Sowo, Chair, LGBT Black Rap
TBD, The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
What: Press conference to announce a unanimously-supported Board resolution condemning race- and gender-based discrimination by SFBadlands owner Les Natali, per the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s April Finding
When and where: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 1PM on the steps of San Francisco City Hall
For more information about And Castro for All; for a copy of the City’s Finding of race- and gender-based discrimination at SFBadlands by owner Les Natali; or for a copy of the Board of Supervisors’ resolution, please visit www.andcastroforall.org
SF Board of Supervisors to Pass Resolution Condemning Badlands Discrimination and Urging Penalties “To the Fullest Extent of the Law”
Board members and community leaders hold press conference at 1pm on City Hall steps
June 14, 2005 – Exactly one year to-the-day after complaints about race- and gender-based discrimination by SF Badlands owner Les Natali were first filed with the City’s Human Rights Commission and with other City and State agencies, the SF Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution “commending the San Francisco Human Rights Commission for its findings of discrimination at Badlands and urging relevant agencies to impose penalties to the fullest extent of the law.” Shortly before the vote, several members of the board and community leaders will appear at a press conference to speak on the issue.
The Board of Supervisors resolution, introduced last Tuesday by Supervisor Bevan Dufty with the unanimous support of the full board, commends the HRC for its work, states that "the Board of Supervisors condemns the discrimination at SFBadlands..." and "urges the City Attorney and all agencies with regulatory authority over SF Badlands and Mr. Natali's other establishments, including the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, to consult the Commission Finding and to impose penalties to the fullest extent of the law to ensure accountability for discrimination."
Who: Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Chris Daly, Bevan Dufty, and Sophie Maxwell (confirmed); Ross Mirkarimi (tentative)
Joey Cain, Director, The SF LGBT Pride Celebration Committee
Michael Goldstein, Board, The SF People’s Organization; former President, the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club
Robert Haaland, SEIU Local 790
Thom Lynch, Director, The SF LGBT Community Center
Bob McMullin, Director, The Stop AIDS Project
George Smith and Lisa Williams, Co-Chairs, Lesbians and Gays of African Decent for Democratic Action
Zwazzi Sowo, Chair, LGBT Black Rap
TBD, The Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
What: Press conference to announce a unanimously-supported Board resolution condemning race- and gender-based discrimination by SFBadlands owner Les Natali, per the San Francisco Human Rights Commission’s April Finding
When and where: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 1PM on the steps of San Francisco City Hall
For more information about And Castro for All; for a copy of the City’s Finding of race- and gender-based discrimination at SFBadlands by owner Les Natali; or for a copy of the Board of Supervisors’ resolution, please visit www.andcastroforall.org
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