Tell the Golden Gate Bridge District: Drop the restitution claim against protesters for Palestine!
Email the Golden Gate Bridge District Director by 5:00pm on Thursday 9/25.
districtsecretary@goldengate.org
Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I am calling/emailing to urge the Golden Gate Bridge District Board of Directors to immediately drop the restitution claim against the Golden Gate 26.
Background
From #DropTheResty:
On Tax Day, 2024, the people now known as the Golden Gate 26 (“GG26”) were arrested for protesting the use of SF tax dollars to fund the genocide in Palestine. They allegedly stopped traffic for a few hours on the Golden Gate Bridge - their banner: “Stop the World for Gaza”. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins responded with 44 trumped-up charges per defendant, including false imprisonment, and added serious felony conspiracy charges for eight of the GG26. Most of these have since been dismissed.
Now, the Bridge District Board is demanding the GG26 pay a staggering $162,554—a supposed toll revenue loss. This is a politically charged and unprecedented move. In 2021, the Board took no such action against anti-vaccine protesters, even after their demonstration injured five people. This case is the first time in the Golden Gate Bridge’s history that the Bridge District has sought restitution for a traffic disruption, and their selective use of restitution against the GG26 raises serious concerns about anti-Palestine political bias.
We’re asking people to email the Golden Gate District Secretary by 5 PM on Thursday, 9/25, to ask that they drop the restitution claim. See the script here.
#DropTheResty is also encouraging people to call-in to the hearing on Friday, Sep 26, or rally in person. See the event here.
Call (415) 569-6446 at 9:45am to be let into the 10am meeting.