The GOP's latest assault on our courts is scheduled for Thursday, February 7th, when Senate Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham has scheduled a hearing for FORTY extreme judicial nominees for lifetime appointments. Ask your Senators to block these appointments.
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 MoreA budget deal is in the works and it contains concessions to Trump, ICE, and DHS. House Democrats need to stay strong and do the right thing.
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 MoreS.1 is a collection of four hard-line, right-wing bills that will make it far more difficult to negotiate peaceful diplomatic settlements to the long and bloody conflicts that continue to roil the Middle East.
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.
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.
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