Supervisor 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.
Read MoreAsk Asm. Chiu to introduce state laws that protect Californian undocumented immigrants.
Read MoreClimate change is an existential threat to California and to human beings in general. California is one of only a few states that does not tax oil extraction, and meeting our climate change goals will require serious investment. Let's tax the problem to fund the solution.
Read MoreAsk your Senators to vote NO on William Barr for AG.
Read MoreAsk your Representatives to introduce and support the Yemen War Powers Resolution.
Read MoreThank your MoC’s for standing firm against the Trump/Republican border wall.
Read MoreWe can’t have the Democratic leader of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee in the pocket of the oil, gas and coal industry.
Read MoreUnlike in criminal proceedings, there's no right to legal representation in immigration court, even though it can (and does) lead to deportation.
Read MoreThe Gann Limit is one of the barriers that makes it impossible for California to fund single payer health care. Now is the time that state legislators are putting together their bill packages. It's time for California to move past Prop 13-era restrictions on our state and local government.
Read MoreSF recently passed a number of tax measures (the Prop C's and Prop G) by majority vote, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation is suing to overturn them in court.
Read MoreNegotiations on the last “must pass” legislation of the 115th Congress are taking place behind closed doors and we the public will only learn of poisonous policy riders that get added at the last minute. Our MoCs must stand firm.
Read MoreThe House is setting key agenda items right now for 2019 and for the 2020 campaigns. We want strong democracy reform and a Green New Deal.
Read MorePlease submit a comment to the Department of Education to oppose the rollback of Obama-era guidelines to Title IX that will make it harder for students to report harassment and assault
Read MoreThe Violence Against Women Act was included in a defense and health spending bill passed last month. However, it was only granted a short-term reauthorization until Dec. 7. This new version contains language about letting law enforcement officials take weapons from domestic abusers who can’t legally own them, and significantly increases funding for rape crisis centers.
Read MoreCongress has a choice to make. Right now, Democrats have two options on the table: help pass a full year of funding for DHS with at least $1.6 billion for the wall and enforcement, OR refuse to pass anything but a funding bill that keeps the government running and has no new funding for the wall and enforcement. They should make sure Trump’s shutdown showdown strategy is not rewarded with the building of his costly, unnecessary wall and instead pass a funding bill with no new funding.
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