Please call Speaker Pelosi / Congresswoman Speier TODAY, and insist they NOT authorize inclusion of the Hyde Amendment in the current HHS appropriations bill, because it discriminates against low-income women, by denying them equal access to healthcare!
Read MoreWe must ramp up the pressure on Speaker Pelosi to abandon her Big Pharma handout and support HR 1046 instead! Please call Pelosi’s office today and insist she rescind support for this back-door deal with the pharma industry and the Trump administration!
Read MoreAsk your House Representative and Senators to support the Raise the Wage Act. Also, ask them to support the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which prohibits unfair forced arbitration agreements, bars retaliation against workers for refusing to arbitrate work disputes, and allows employees to collectively organize regarding work disputes.
Read MoreOn May 1, Trump requested billions of dollars in additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security, including over $1 billion in funding to expand detention (yes, more cages), hire more ICE and CBP agents, and accelerate deportations.
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 MoreUrge your senators to pass HR.2175 and resist any attempts by republicans to eliminate recovery aid for Puerto Rico.
Read MoreTrump's Bureau of Land Management wants to open up public lands in nine California counties to fracking and oil and gas extraction. Please voice your objections via public comment on the BLM website by June 10.
Read MoreFor far too long, we the people have allowed corporate lobbyists to determine health care policy and pricing. It's time for us to step up and demand that our elected representatives take our interests into account over insurance companies, HMOs, and the American Medical Association.
Read MoreLast year the California state legislature passed SB 100, a critically important bill to protect our environment and limit climate change. SB 386 effectively guts SB 100 and has already passed the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.
Read MoreTrump and his Republican accomplices have signed a new NAFTA agreement (NAFTA 2.0 or USMCA). This agreement is now before both houses of Congress for ratification under "Fast Track" rules that prohibit all amendments and prevent a Senate filibuster. It is another pro-corporate anti-people scam.
Read MoreCongress now has a version of the report, but it must continue to push to get the FULL report and all underlying investigatory evidence. Barr also put his heavy thumb on the scale, improperly making the determination that the evidence did not establish Trump obstructed justice.
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 MoreSubmit your comment to the EPA by April 17th opposing the weakening of mercury protections. Then, share your comment with your MoC by phone or email.
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 MoreAsk your MoC’s to support and promote the economic justice bills currently in the House and Senate
Read MoreAsk your Senators to fight against SR 50, which will expedite the debate over judicial nominees, allowing Trump and McConnell to pack the courts.
Read MoreTrump and the Republican leadership are proposing to slash healthcare spending while launching a legal attack aimed at completely eliminating Obamacare. Our four MoC are united in fierce opposition to this two-prong attack on our healthcare. We need to let them know they have our support so that they hold firm without compromise.
Read MoreTell State Senator Scott Wiener not to remove patient protections from expanded conservatorship law
Read MoreAttorney General Barr's brief summary and conclusions are an inadequate response to the questions and issues Mueller was ordered to investigate. Congress and the public deserve to see the entire report and its underlying documents.
Read MoreStop the appointment of fossil fuel industry shill David Bernhardt to head the Department of the Interior.
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