Tell your Supervisor to vote NO on the Mayor’s new POA contract which harms City workers.
Read MoreVoting ends Nov. 3, but don’t expect results that night. The results will only be known after every vote is counted, and that will take days or weeks. Our Mayor and Board of Supervisor must stand by efforts to #CountEveryVote and stand by San Franciscans standing up for democracy.
Read MoreThe entire country is reckoning with the role of policing in our societies and police in our lives and our neighbors' lives—and yet Mayor Breed wants to give the SFPD another $43 million over last year's budget, while cutting other services. Call-in to the SF Budget & Approp's. Committee hearing and tell them: amend the budget!
Read MoreThe Board is considering lifting the curfew in San Francisco. It expires automatically on Saturday, but every day it continues is another day that police—including both SFPD officers and the officers from numerous other agencies that the City has brought in to enforce the curfew—will continue to use the curfew to repress both protesters and people going about everyday business. Call your Supervisor and tell them to lift the curfew
We support lifting the curfew, and several ISF members called in yesterday to register their support for ending it, but the measure failed to come to a vote. It was continued to Thursday.
Read MoreNancy Tung and Geoffrey Gordon-Creed have been nominated by Mayor London Breed to serve on the SF Police Commission. Their nominations have already failed Rules Committee - tell the full board to vote NO on them. And ask the Board to lift curfew.
Read MoreNancy Tung and Geoffrey Gordon-Creed have been nominated by Mayor London Breed to serve on the SF Police Commission. Tell the Supervisors on the Rules Committee to vote NO on these unqualified candidates.
Read MoreThe waiting list for shelter beds has consistently hovered above 1,000 people and the number of applications for affordable housing outnumbers the available units by multiple thousands. Almost every Supervisor claims to support Navigation Centers, yet they are only present in three out of eleven districts. Tell your Supervisor to support the Ordinance requiring a Navigation Center in every district!
Read MoreSupervisor Haney has introduced a ballot measure to create a commission to provide oversight of the San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).
HSH is one of the only city departments that does not have an oversight commission in place. Let’s fix that!
Read MoreThe Ordinance to implement SB 1045 was heard this Monday, May 13th in the Rules Committee, and in the vote was continued to next Monday, May 20th. Although it may fail in Committee,, Supervisor Mandelman plans to invoke a seldom-used tactic to force a vote by the full Board. It is imperative that you contact your Supervisor this week and let them know that you stand with the ACLU in opposing this Ordinance. Healthcare decisions must not be placed in the hands of the police.
Read MoreSan Francisco is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Ask your Supervisor and the Mayor to fund The Homeless Emergency Service Providers Association (HESPA), a group of 27 organizations advocating for a more robust safety net that can provide housing and emergency services for homeless San Franciscans.
Read MoreISF is supporting legislation that will put an end to secret government surveillance in San Francisco and give people the power to protect their privacy and civil rights. Ask your Supervisor to support the ordinance.
Read MoreCity officials are hearing too many complaints from residents who don't wish to be confronted by evidence of poverty and human suffering. They need to hear from you: tell your local lawmakers to prioritize the health, safety and fundament human rights of our city's 7,000 homeless people over the aesthetic concerns of the comfortably-housed.
Read MoreDespite opposition from a growing coalition that includes the ACLU, Senior and Disability Action, and the Coalition on Homelessness, Mayor Breed and Supervisors Mandelman, Brown, and Stefani plan to implement an expanded conservatorship program in San Francisco.
Read MoreA SF Budget and Finance Committee hearing will happen this Wednesday, Feb 6. Currently, there are no budget proposals on the table with funding for homeless families or youth, homelessness prevention, or community mental health. Ask the Committee members to fund Our City, Our Home for those who are most vulnerable in our city.
Read MoreWe've recently had two city hearings about racial discrimination against Black city workers, with hundreds of Black city workers sharing data and stories. We ask that you follow the lead of the group Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community - Justice 4 Mario Woods, and call for the City HR Director who has overseen this to be fired.
Read MoreSupervisor Haney has scheduled a hearing for 10am on Thursday, March 7th on the City’s response to homelessness in extreme weather. We need all District Supervisors to show up to this hearing and publicly acknowledge that the City’s ongoing actions are unacceptable.
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