Tell your Members of Congress: Oppose MAGA's Greenhouse Gas Rule (use the Congressional Review Act)!
Given this past year of droughts, killer heatwaves, and the storms of El Niño about to break over us, environmental issues are of growing public concern. Even if Democrats are unable to pass JRODs in both the House and the Senate, it's important that they force Republicans to take a public stand on this issue.
Demand Strict Privacy Safeguards on SFPD Drone Policy (Deadline September 20)
Email San Francisco Police Commission during the public comment (deadline Sunday, September 20) proposed changes to SFPD drone policy to tell them the problem is that the new policy unlawfully expands SFPD’s power to use drones, invites invasions of privacy, chills First Amendment activity, and installs a weak data retention/sharing model.
SFO is under sanctuary policy! ICE out of SFO
San Francisco Supervisors have begun looking into the issue of the detention center at the airport. Please contact your supervisor to thank them and to ask them to tell the Airport Commission to make moves to defend the airport from violations of San Francisco Sanctuary City laws.
Tell Governor Newsom: Sign AB 2760: NO Shock Gloves in California
Tell Governor Newsom: Protect our lives in California, sign AB2760 in law. This groundbreaking legislation will ban electric shock gloves in the State of California until they are studied, over a 3 year period, tested, and proven safe and to save lives.
Stand Against the New MAGA Attack on Diversity and Equity
Before the MAGA regime can implement their discriminatory proposed rule, they are required to ask for public comment. Submit your thoughts and comments on this rule change before Nov 3rd!
Call Your Reps—California Must Uphold $26M Promised for Transgender Youth Healthcare
Voters approved $26M in funding for transgender care, in anticipation of Federal action to revoke that care. Call your reps now to make sure they make those funds available before that Federal action takes effect.
Tell State Senator Wiener: Protect Our Privacy and Pass These Priority Bills
Ask Senator Weiner to vote YES on AB 1542 and AB 2564.
Newsom: Make For-profit Utilities Prevent Forest Fires
Contact Governor Newsom to ask him to drop a plan he introduced in the legislature, right at the end of their session, to cut the cost of wildfires for profit-making utility companies.
Close the CEQA Loophole
Contact your State Assembly member to ask them to support SB 954, which closes a loophole in the California Environmental Quality Act that exempts new industrial development from CEQA reporting requirements.
Tell your Senators: Stand Fast! Filibuster the NDAA!
MAGA Republicans in the Senate may try to break the filibuster that has blocked the atrocious National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). So far, our own senators Padilla and Schiff have stood fast against the NDAA by supporting the filibuster but they are under intense lobbying pressure. We need to counter that lobbying by urging Padilla and Schiff to not only stand fast but work with other Democratic senators to do the same.
Save Your Right to Comment — and Your Public Lands (Deadline July 31!)
US Forest Service is proposing rescinding provisions of its forest management guidance. It also is undermining required public comment periods. Make a public comment now (by July 31)!
Tell your Senators: STOP THE CLARITY ACT
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill promoted as “crypto regulation” which actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. Tell our Senators to vote NO
Stand Up—Again!—for Federal Science Grantmaking (Deadline Aug 24, 2026)
Scientific integrity is under attack again. Make a public comment (by August 24)!
Remind our Senators: No Votes for Crypto Regulation Without Corruption Guardrails
Please call or write Senators Padilla and Schiff to let them know that you’re concerned about the CLARITY Act and you want them to oppose!
Support Transparency of ICE Detention Centers in California
Please contact Senator Wiener to urge him to support SB423 as one step to address and potentially resolve the difficulty of documenting the atrocities suffered in our ICE concentration camps.
Oppose Massive Pentagon Increase, Israel Scam, and SAVE Act
House Republicans plan to wedge the SAVE America Act into a new, 3rd budget reconciliation package alongside $67 billion for the Pentagon through the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by ~40% and give the Israeli army unaccountable and permanent funding. We need our representatives and senators to strongly oppose passage of any such legislation.
Tell Your Senators: Reject the KIDS Act - Protect Privacy, Safety, and Lawfully Protected Free-Speech Online
Our senators must reject the KIDS Act! The KIDS Act is a package of multiple Congressional bills, including the deceptively-named “Kids Online Safety Act” that we’ve opposed before. Now KOSA has been combined with other bad legislative deals to form this monstrosity.
Keep Elections Free and Fair: Join the Election Administration Corps!
You can directly and personally engage in election administration by:
Applying to become an election poll worker yourself
Applying to host a polling location on your property for a San Francisco precinct
Signing up to be an election observer for San Francisco’s Elections Department
Joining a national election protection program like ACLU’s Democracy Defenders
Public Comment by June 29: Tell the FCC to keep KGO-TV on the air.
FCC has issued a public notice forcing ABC to reapply for renewal of several ABC stations’ licenses to broadcast, as retaliation for ABC shows speaking out against Trump.
One of the stations affected is San Francisco’s KGO-TV. ABC and KGO are both owned by The Walt Disney Company. KGO-TV is asking for the public’s support.