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The Newspaper of the Green Party of California - January 2007 Nineteen Greens Elected to Local Office in ‘06 Elections

By Mike Feinstein, Member elected office after the November elec- tion. LA County County Council Among them 17 are members of city councils, three of college board of The November 2006 General Elec- trustees, nine of local school boards; tions featured sixty-two Green candi- five of rent boards; one of a transit dates from nineteen counties, running board, five on water boards; seven on for offices like Governor and U.S. Sen- planning groups/ community/ neigh- ate, down to local offices like fire, wa- borhood councils; and one fire board ter and planning districts. member, one hospital board member Twenty-three Greens ran in parti- and one community services district. san state and federal races and thirty- nine in municipal, county and special Richmond districts. Led by Gayle McLaughlin in Richmond and Jane Kim in San Fran- The highest office was won by Rich- ciso, nineteen of these thirty-nine were mond City Councilmember Gayle Gayle McLaughlin, seen above is the newly elected Green Mayor of Richmond, CA. She beat incumbent mayor Irma Anderson, who shamelessly accepted at least $110,000 elected (48.7%), including twelve of McLaughlin, who ascended to Mayor from Chevron Oil, Pacific Gas and Electric and other corporate interests in an attempt to the fifteen incumbents that sought re- only two years after being elected to silence the demands of the people of Richmond for accountability from its worst corpo- election. Eight other incumbents did the City Council – and stunning the rate polluters. not run, including one (Tim Fitzmau- local Bay Area political establishment rice, Santa Cruz City Council), that was in the process by defeating a sitting ees are Richmond residents, while the of Chevron's assault, machinations, lies prevented from doing so by local term refinery is notorious for pollution, and scare tactics,” said McLaughlin. limits. Democratic Party incumbent. health & safety violations. “We’ve learned in Richmond that one The combination of Green victories In terms of population (103,000) In the mayor’s race, Chevron went good way to defeat the flood of hit and retiring incumbents left at 50 the and significance, Richmond is one of far beyond simply funding the incum- pieces against a Green (or progressive) number of California Greens holding Northern California's most important bent, also funding more than twenty ‘hit candidate, is to uphold our principles, cities after San Jose, San Francisco, pieces’ on McLaughlin. Lacking any and at the same time invest everything Sacramento and Oakland. It is now 'dirt' on her, they simply accused her of we have in time and people, developing also the largest U.S. city ever to have a irresponsibility for wanting more taxes a long grassroots campaign.” Green Mayor (previously Santa Moni- from Chevron. Indeed, McLaughlin Indeed McLaughlin's campaign ca, pop. 90,000 was the largest). supported local Measure T, which started walking precincts nine months McLaughlin's victory against in- would have generated $8 million a year before the election. By early March, cumbent mayor Irma Anderson - who in Chevron taxes for Richmond's many volunteers were walking for "Gayle for brazenly accepted and spent $110,000 needs. Mayor" every week, non-stop, until from Chevron Oil, Pacific Gas and So Chevron wrapped Measure T November. It was exhausting but also Electric and other corporate interests around McLaughlin's campaign very productive. At the same time, true during her campaign - sent political (although she was not the Measure’s to her Green principles, she refused shock waves across the Bay Area by author) and attacked both her and Mea- corporate contributions, yet still raised highlighting the Green Party's organi- sure T with fury, three or four hit pieces $28,000. zational maturity and strong progres- a week. Chevron succeeded in defeat- It was this hard work combined sive values. ing Measure T 58% to 42%, as it had no with McLaughlin's positive reputation These values were a strong threat to organized campaign, and Chevron ex- in the community -- her great standing the Chevron Corporation, which owns ploited its weakness and a general con- on the City Council, the respect of her one of the largest refineries in the state fusion about it among the voters. colleagues, and the good policies ad- Jane Kim, above, won first place in a race in Richmond, and is also the city’s larg- On the other hand Gayle McLaugh- vanced in her short time in office -- that for 3 seats on the San Francisco School est local employer. However, only a lin won the election for Mayor, “in spite enabled Continued on Page 2 Board. very small percent of Chevron employ-

Green Party of California P.O Box 2828 Place In This Issue Sacramento, CA Stamp Annoucements...... 11 95812 Here Election Results...... 1 Green Media Campaigns a Success... 3 Napa Greens Against GMO’s...... 5 IRV Wins in Califoria...... 5 Opinion Pages...... 6&7 LA Greens Go To Jail...... 8 Fur Trade Protests in SF...... 8 Parsing Pombo’s Defeat...... 9 Petra Kelly Scholarship Awards...... 9 Riverside Greens In Life Struggle...... 10 Movie Review - The Good Shepherd. 11 Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 2 Nineteen Greens Elected in ‘06 Elections - Continued From Page 1 McLaughlin to withstand the attacks perience have not been able to find a A youth program director with the and win the election. She finished first way out of this kind of urban decline, Chinatown Community Development with 37.5% in a three-way race, 242 McLaughlin argues that for Richmond, Center, Kim’s grassroots campaign fea- votes ahead of the incumbent who had it is an imperative. “We must lead the tured numerous volunteers under 35 36.3%, followed by a third-place finish- city away from this nightmare that liter- years old, many even under 22. Bring- er at 25.7% ally bleeds its residents and frightens ing together youth with progressive ac- Of all the challenges facing investors,” she said. “This violence is tivists, parent advocates and immigrant McLaughlin and the community of her rooted in poverty, poor schools, unem- communities (in particular the Chinese- supporters, “there is not one more ployment, drugs, gangs and the habit of American and Korean-American com- pressing than stopping the endemic easy trigger retaliations.” munities) and enabled Kim to win with- street violence of this city”, she said. Seeking to halve Richmond’s street out key endorsements usually The roots of this violence lay in violence in half by 2010, McLaughlin associated with a school board win, part in the city’s long-term economic proposed combining community polic- including that of the Democratic Party. down turn. Richmond is a classic work- ing, a Richmond Youth Corps, mentor- One endorsement she did receive ing-class industrial city fallen upon ing for parolees, support for was the San Francisco Bay Guardian, hard times. During World War II, high-school graduation and support for which said “Kim, who runs a nonprofit many African-Americans migrated to local small business, along with region- after-school youth leadership program, Richmond to work at building "Liberty al cooperation with neighboring cities is on the top of almost every John Rizzo, above right, won a seat on the Ships" at the large shipyard. Many of to long-term recidivism around support progressive’s list for the board and for Community College Board in SF, replacing them were women, which is why this is groups, mental health counseling ser- good reason: she’s bright and articulate, incumbent Johnnie Carter. the site for the "Rosie the Riveter" me- vices, education opportunities and sup- has a vision for public education…. Kim replaces retiring Lipson on the morial today. portive housing. [She] not only understands the prob- Board, who was elected in 2002 but But that was sixty years ago. The A longtime activist from a Chicago lems facing the district but has some chose not to run a second time. shipyard has long since shut down, union family, McLaughlin was first real solutions.” For Community College Board, Si- leaving Chevron as the largest employ- elected to the Richmond City Council Kim’s main campaign issues were erra Club activist John Rizzo defeated er, but with few locals hired, and with on a shoestring budget campaign. At increasing general funding for SFUSD incumbent Johnnie Carter by 352 votes few opportunities overall for local jobs, the time, it was considered by some to through increased advocacy work with for third seat out of six candidates - the violence and a torn community are a be a big upset. Now she’s Mayor. And the city and the state; improving re- first Green to be elected to the College result. Even though other cities with while her campaign helped build the sources and staffing for middle schools, Board and the first College Board can- more resources and longer political ex- local Green Party, McLaughlin has and building stronger relationships be- didate since 1994 to defeat an incum- made it clear that she is there govern for tween the SFUSD and community- bent. the community, and that she’ll bring a based organizations serving students Rizzo’s victory wasn’t confirmed Green perspective appropriate for the and families. Green Focus for three weeks after the election, until community. "There are indeed many Kim was also endorsed by current the last absentee and provisional votes Editors: tones of Green,” she said, “and the Board of Education members Eric Mar, were counted – and at one point before- Green tone of the Richmond Mayor Norman Yee and the two Greens Sarah • Don Boring hand, Rizzo even fell behind by 100 will need to reflect the realities of our Lipson and Mark Sanchez, the latter a • Larry Cafiero votes. geography and people" Green in his second term on the Board. Both Rizzo and Kim ran on a plat- With Kim’s election together with an- Editorial Staff and form of fiscal transparency, a big issue other progressive Kim-Shree Maufa, San Francisco in both education districts. Board: the chances are now great the Sanchez Rizzo, who was well-known with • Linda Avilla-Pierra will selected as the Board’s next presi- Across the Bay in San Francisco, Sierra Club, added these issues: job- • Serge Balkanin dent, a post he’ll be seeking when the 29 year-old Jane Kim shocked the training programs to meet local job • Michael Borenstein new Board convenes January 9th. If city’s political establishment as she needs; special-needs programs for dis- • Steve Loebs elected, this could be one of the most swept to first place among 15 candi- advantaged students; clean energy tech- important positions an elected U.S. • Ellen Maissen dates for three seats for the San Francis- nology and training for green jobs; Green has ever held, given the number • Orval Osborne co Unified School District (SFUSD) targeting under-served parts of the City; • Sharon Peterson Board of Education. of students in the District and the size • Wes Rolley of its budget. Continued on Page 3 • Lisa Taylor • Cres Vellucci Insurance Commissioner Campaign a Resounding Success Design and Layout: • Don Boring By Larry Cafiero proposing a pay-at-the-pump auto liability insurance program that Website: Nine months, more than 10,000 would insure all drivers in Califor- • Pending miles and nearly 270,000 votes lat- er, the Green Party campaign for nia. Subscriptions: Insurance Commissioner can easily This campaign stood with chiro- • See Coupon, page 4 be deemed a success on many levels. practic practitioners, massage thera- We raised the important issues pists and acupuncturists in Distribution: in an Insurance Commissioner's race advocating that they should get a • Hugh Moore where the candidates for the two fair shake from an insurance indus- Contact: major parties -- a Democrat who try that is too quick to "cut and drug" Green Party of California talked more about his weight loss patients when non-invasive thera- P.O. Box 1632 than about policy, and a Republican pies would suffice. Merced, CA 95341 who spent $11 million of his own While our campaign may have 916-448-3437 money -- chose to trade barbs rather fallen short of what many would www.cagreens.org/greenfocus than discuss ideas. consider "the prize" -- leading the [email protected] Our campaign chose higher Department on Insurance -- our ad- ground. We repeatedly talked about vocacy on behalf of injured workers, Send Submissions and all the need for universal health care, on behalf of universal health care, queries or Letters to the Editor the urgency in fixing the bipartisan on behalf of insurance coverage for to: [email protected] alternative therapies and on behalf Larry Cafiero, pictured above is a father, or by sending regular mail to : workers' comp "reform" of 2004 husband, professional journalist and Co- now (if not yesterday), the unequiv- of consumer advocacy in the De- editor of this newspaper. Green Focus ocal necessity for consumer advoca- partment of Insurance, resonated c/o Green Party cy in the Department of Insurance, with people I had the privilege of It continues to this day, and I invite PO Box 74 and the need for alternative thera- addressing and meeting during the all who work toward achieving uni- Glendora, CA 91740 pies to be covered by a reluctant course of the campaign, and resonat- versal health care, true workers' No payment for articles. We insurance industry more concerned ed with voters who heard our mes- comp reform and true consumer ad- look for maximum of 800 with company profit than with the sage through the cacophony of vocacy to join the Green Party in words on Letters or articles public's well-being.Our campaign bipartisan mud-slinging.This cam- helping us realize these necessary for the paper. Must be Typed! brought innovation to the race by paign did not end on Election Day. goals. Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 3 Nineteen Greens Elected in ‘06 Elections - Continued From Page 2 collaborating with neighborhoods be- served for 18 years on the Berkeley married elected Green couple in the buildings, a “green purchasing policy” fore making decisions that affect them, City Council - the longest for a Green United States. and adding bio-diesel to the agenda for low-cost housing for students and so- City Councilmember in the U.S. and Nearly 19,000 renter households the upcoming Short Range Transporta- cially responsible investing of College second most for any Green officeholder are regulated under Berkeley’s Rent tion plan. funds. (behind David Conley, Board of Super- Stabilization Ordinance (rent control) In the field, she worked with nu- Helping Kim, Rizzo and other local visors, Douglas County, Wisconsin and Board. Several times over the past merous government agencies in adjoin- Green candidates, the SFGP mailed and {1986-2008}). 25 years since its inception, Berkeley’s ing jurisdictions to reduce the Rapid distributed over 20,000 slate cards be- In its endorsement of Spring, the rent control program has shielded tens Bus route time by 1/3, over the 14 miles fore the election. All Green Party can- Alameda County Green Party had this of thousands of city renters from dra- from Contra Costa College to Oakland, didates in San Francisco but one also matic, unexpected rent increases, in- by coordinating signaling, signage and benefited from the endorsement of the cluding, most recently, during the bus shelter plans. As AC Transit repre- Bay Guardian. Two Progressive Demo- dotcom economic surge between 1998 sentative to the Contra Costa transpor- crats - Chris Daly for Supervisor and and 2001, when rent levels across the tation sales tax re-authorization Kim-Shree Maufa for School Board, Bay Area skyrocketed. Green Rent (Measure J) drafting committee, she also benefited greatly from Greens sup- Board members intend to continue that successfully negotiated a significant port. protection. improvement in funding for local tran- sit, particularly in low-income and un- Sebastopol Oakland der-served communities. In her second term Kaplan hopes to The re-election of Larry Robinson to a Just south of Berkeley, Aimee Alli- increase use of bio-diesel fuels, venues third term means Greens in Sebastopol son came tantalizingly close to winning of sale of bulk AC Transit passes, (the will now retain a majority on the City an Oakland City Council seat, receiving Eco-Pass program), and expansion of Council until at least 2008, rejoining 46.6% of the vote in a spirited effort to “NextBus” energy-efficient LED dis- fellow Greens Craig Litwin and Sam topple incumbent Councilmember Pat plays at bus stops. Pierce on the five-member Council, and Kernighan, an establishment politician making it eight straight years with a backed by the Oakland Chamber of Yucaipa Green majority (Sam Spooner preceded Commerce and corporate real estate Pierce from 2000-2004). Dona Spring, above, was re-elected for the developer interests. Down south in Yucaipa in more Thinking globally while running fifth time as the City Councelor in Berkeley, Allison combined a focus on af- conservative San Bernardino County, locally, Robinson’s campaign web site CA and will have served continuously for fordable housing together with a com- Alan Drusys was re-elected to his began “In the coming years, auto use 15 years at the end of her new term. munity-based economic development fourth, four-year City Council term. By will be increasingly expensive, as will approach, that included better integrat- 2010 he will have served for 16 years - other forms of energy. We can begin to say: “Dona has chalked up a solid ing Oakland’s $30 billion/year port into the second longest for a Green City preparing now for that future by en- environmental record, opposing hotel the local tax base. She also campaigned Councilmember after Spring. couraging city-centered development development on the waterfront and pre- in favor of Measure O, which was which is less resource intensive and serving it as protected wildlife habitat passed by voters, that enacts Instant Oxnard provides the opportunity for people to space. She has been a leader in Run-Off Voting for Oakland municipal Berkeley’s actions to reduce its green- work, shop and play close to where they elections. This past November 2006 Oxnard City live. I believe that together we can house-gas emissions to be in accor- Hurt by a low turnout owing to a dance with the standards of the Kyoto Elections, Francisco Romero, a regis- imagine and create a sustainable fu- lackluster Democratic gubernatorial tered Green, ran for Oxnard City Coun- ture.” Apparently voters agree. accords. She worked to win account- campaign and to the fact that Oakland’s ability from UC Berkeley and the city cil alongside Jose Moreno for Oxnard Over the six years of Green majori- Mayor-elect Ron Dellums was already School Board Trustee. This election ty on the Council, Robinson already in the use and reduction of toxins, and elected in June and therefore not on the to decrease the flow of heavy metals campaign was launched under the slo- lists the following achievements: ballot, Allison’s strong progressive gan “All Power to the People-Organiz - adoption of a mandatory green into the storm drains. Ambient air emis- campaign nevertheless helped to trans- sions studies and tests in West Berkeley eand Participate!” building program form Oakland’s political landscape, in- The All Power to the People was a - a living wage ordinance were initiated by Spring. When the City jecting new progressive political Council voted to clear cut nearly 250 successful model of how grassroots - two city-driven affordable co- energy. candidates can mobilize community in- housing projects (one rental and downtown trees, Spring opposed the Oakland resident Rebecca Kaplan plan, insisting on a tree by tree survey to action by presenting an alternative one ownership) was overwhelmingly re-elected to the progressive platform, one that called - an affordable housing impact fee that saved over a hundred trees. This year, unlike others, Spring’s for living wage ordinance, clean envi- on all new developments ronment and equity on a local level. - a draft ordinance ( which I expect challenger was well-funded by business interests who hoped to defeat her. De- Although the candidates did not win, will be adopted early in 2007) to several highlights should be noted re- require photovoltaic installations spite this concentrated effort, she was re-elected with 71.2% of the vote. garding this effort. on all new construction In the two months that the All Pow- - the most fiscally responsible When Spring was first elected in November 1992, it was to the first of er to the People campaign was orga- (sustainable) budget of all the nized, the candidates were able to cities in Sonoma County; and three, two-years terms. Then in 1998, the city of Berkeley switched from two- successfully raise $8,000, about $4,000 - a commitment to reduce our mu a piece. These resources were utilized nicipal greenhouse gas emissions year to four-year City Council terms, and voters then re-elected Spring in for 400 lawn signs, 5,000 flyers, 2,000 by 30% (from a base year of 2000 brochures, a 30,000 piece Penny Saver by 2008); it now appears that we 1998 and 2002. Also in Berkeley, Green incum- insert, and 8 large banners. will reach a 42% reduction and The All Power to the People cam- save $25,000 a year in the process. bents Howard Chong and Cris Ka- vanagh were joined by Lisa Stephens paign also coordinated eight weekend and Pam Webster on the nine-members outreach campaign in which close to 40 And with the state of California different volunteers, the majority debating how it will meet its own more Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board - the most Green elected officials ever on a youth, came out to walk precincts in the modest greenhouse gas emission reduc- Rebecca Kaplan, above, was re-elected to most marginalized areas of the commu- tion targets, how will Sebastopol reach legislative body in the state. the Alameda County Transit Bd. With more than 82% of the vote. This percentage was nity. The All Power to the People cam- its lofty goals? Robinson explains: The four Greens form a diverse slate - Chong is the Board’s incumbent the highest percentage win of any Green in paign volunteers knocked on doors on *We will meet this goal through a com- the US for 2006. over 4,000 homes and leafleted close to bination of photovoltaic installations on Chairperson and a UC Berkeley gradu- ate student; Kavanagh a middle school 10,000 literature pieces. as many city buildings as possible, con- Alameda County Transit Board, with The results were impressing. Fran- version of our diesel fleet to bio-diesel teacher, and long time Berkeley afford- 82.8% and 198,099 votes – the most able housing/rent control activist. Ste- cisco Romero’s Oxnard City Council and of our gas fleet to natural gas, an votes of any U.S. Green in 2006 win- bid ended with a third place spot and employee ride-sharing program and phens is a well known urban forest and ning their race. garden specialist, community activist close to 7,000 votes (about 17%) spend- new energy efficient HVAC systems. Kaplan serves as part-time counsel ing about 55¢ per vote, in comparison and president of her worksite’s trade for an East Bay civil rights law firm ,in union local; while Webster serves on to the two winning candidates which Berkeley order to have time and flexible hours to spent two to three times more per vote. the East Bay Ecology Center’s board of devote to her work on the Transit directors. Webster is also married to Board, and for the last two years she has In Berkeley, Dona Spring was re- John Selawsky, who is serving his sec- elected for the fifth time, since first not driven a car. In her first term, Ka- ond term the Berkeley Unified School plan obtained Board approval to con- being elected in 1992. At the comple- District's Board of Directors, the only tion of this new term, she will have tract for solar power for AC Transit Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 4 Green’s Use TV, Radio - Internet in ‘06 Election Green statewide, federal candidates run serious television, radio advertising campaigns; Strategy reaches many more voters than traditional campaigning

By Crescenzo Vellucci duction of the spots. Camejo may have been the first The resulting free media netted the Green Party state candidate for gover- Two years ago, when I first began campaign much, much more coverage nor to run paid television spots, but he working as a strategist and media rela- than the paid spots could do. But, the was not the first state candidate. Forrest tions advisor to Green Party political free coverage would not have happened Hill, who ran for Secretary of State, campaigns, I was told by a longtime if the paid spots hadn't been produced produced a series of radio and televi- Green – who was responding to my in the first place. The spots - a series of sion spots early in the campaign, run- plan to crank up a free and paid media them – focused on everything from the ning them in several markets. His plan – that Greens would never "do" war in Iraq, taxes, education, healthcare 30-second spot focused on how much a advertising campaigns. and gay rights to minimum wage, free Green could accomplish and that peo- "We're the Green Party. We do ta- elections, 3 strikes, death penalty and ple should vote for him. The ad showed bling," said this volunteer. My response immigrants rights. Hill running from the Capitol, to the was that tabling and flyering, as the Even the design of the spots used sea, to the valley – a somewhat humor- primary mode of running statewide or by the Camejo campaign was unusual. ous spot patterned after Paul Well- federal campaigns (as compared to very Each spot was just 15 seconds (the stone's free-wheeling ads. small/local campaigns) became passé usual campaign spot is 30-60 seconds). At least one other Green Party state about a century or so ago when villages candidate ran radio spots – on Air And the advertising plant was designed Jeff Kravitz, above, a Constitutional Law were rural and small. In other words, America and progressive stations state- Professor and Attorney of Sacramento used those flyer campaigns worked well for wide. Larry Cafiero, candidate for In- TV ads to effectively get in the face of pro- Thomas Paine in 1776 but would not in surance Commissioner, pointed out in war Democrats. His ads were creative, con- 2006. Greens, in short, have to change the ads that he was not "bought and paid frontational and brought the message straight to the voters. their methods. for" by the insurance companies and Progressives may complain about would be a consumer Insurance Com caught their attention. Kravitz's re- media coverage – or lack of it – but part missioner. sponse was: "It damn well better be of the problem is that we don't often act Still other statewide Green candi- inflammatory. Those ads are expensive like candidates or a political party. Of dates did produce spots to be shown on and a good friend of mine's son is in course we don't want to act too much the their websites and the internet. Iraq. I want him home now." like the corporate-controlled Demo- On the federal candidate side, Jeff Bob Vizzard, who ran a campaign crats and Republicans, but we can use Kravtiz, a law professor and civil rights for State Senate, and Jerry Fritts, run- the mass media to get the word out attorney running for Congress in the 5th ning for State Assembly, also put to- about what we stand for, and who our District (Sacramento), also used the gether radio advertising campaigns in candidates are during election season. mass media to his advantage. His ex- their Northern California districts with Beyond that, running real cam- tremely hard-hitting radio spots ran virtually no budgets. There were un- paigns, which include paid media in dozens of times on progressive talk doubtedly other Greens who ran radio, television and radio mediums – where stations, and his television ads ran close and maybe even television, campaigns most voters get most of their news, to 80 times on broadcast and cable sta- throughout the November campaign. according to polls – would give us in- Forrest Hill, seen above, ran very effective tions (including CNN, Headline News, Sometimes they produced spots but on- stant credibility with the news media and ‘smart’ ads on TV in the Bay area in ly featured them on their websites. his campaign for Secretary of State in ‘06. CNBC). and the public. Kravitz' television ad, again using Byron DeLear and Donna Warren That year, 2004, I managed to con- to give a sense of frequency that most the less expensive 15 second format to were among those that ran effective vince two Green congressional candi- campaigns can only achieve by spend- increase frequency, featured reverse media campaigns from Southern Cali- dates to run radio spots. Both did ing much more money. Yet, 15 seconds type on black screen with the words: forna. A person was hard pressed to not extremely well in the campaigns. is plenty enough time to express posi- "Nearly 3,000 US Dead in Iraq." He notice the presence almost every week This year, 2006, I worked with a tive, not spin messages mind you - to then added: "Rep. Doris Matsui has their of another appearance in the media number of Green Party state and federal the voters. blood on her hands," in reference to the somewhere of the DeLear campaign for candidates, who took it a step further, Among the points made by Camejo Democratic Party incumbent's record of Congress. And Donna Warren put to- not only running radio campaigns but in his advertising campaign was that voting to fund the war although she gether an extremely professional, mov- also television campaigns this election voters are "wasting their vote" if they claims to oppose it. ing and impressive politcal season. It was the first time, I've been voted for Democrat Phil Angelides for The dramatic-looking spot drew advertisement that appeared on her told, California statewide candidates, Governor other than Camejo because if criticism from hardline Democrats in website and in other locations across and maybe congressional candidates, they truly "wanted change" they would the district who said it was the Internet. ran television campaigns. vote for Green Party candidates. "inflammatory." In other words it While Green candidates did not spend the tens of millions of dollars Democratic and Republican party can- didates poured into advertising, Greens did, through a combination of creative production and targeted placement, managed to get their message to voters more than before. Peter Camejo, in his last bid for public office, spent a combined $7,000 on paid television and radio spots throughout California in his run for governor. The advertisements ran on progressive radio stations, including Air America, and on select broadcast and cable stations in the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento markets. Among the cable shows to run the spots were CNN, Headline News, MSNBC, Lifetime, HGTV and Black Entertain- ment Tonight. The idea of Camejo, a grassroots- driven Green Party candidate, running paid television spots became, literally, news. While we were finishing produc- tion work, three different television crews – including one which fed the story to 50 stations statewide – rushed over to do interviews and film the pro Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 5 Napa Green’s Foster Anti-GMO Nonprofit Organization

torium on GM crops in Napa County, as By Erica Martenson they have already done in Mendocino, Napa, California Marin, Trinity, and Santa Cruz coun- ties. At that time, I hadn’t thought of As a consumer who is extremely starting a new organization; I was actu- concerned about genetically modified ally hoping that an existing organiza- (GM) crops and wanted to something tion would tackle the issue. about it, I found an ally in the Napa After approaching the Napa Sierra County Green party. The Napa Green Club and getting no support, I ap- party came to play an essential role in proached the Napa Green party, as a the founding of a new, non-profit orga- registered Green wanting the local nization, P.I.N.A. (Preserving the In- chapter of my party to do something Erica Martenson, left, speaks with the board of directors of the Carolyn Parr Nature Cen- ter concerning a moratorium on the growth of Genetically Modified Organisms in Napa.. tegrity of Napa’s Agriculture), to about this problem. One of the barriers educate the local community about the to getting support on this particular is- Napa Green Party, Lowell Downey and rations and regulate GMOs, P.I.N.A. is health, environmental, and economic sue is the fact that our mainstream me- Chris Malan, are P.I.N.A. members. working to have them regulated at the risks of genetically modified organisms dia has been silent about it, and even This month, when I was presenting be- local level to protect our local agricul- (GMOs) and to push for a moratorium people who are generally informed fore the board of the Carolyn Parr Na- ture and economy. It represents Eco- on the planting of GMOs in Napa know almost nothing about it. More- ture Center and before members of the logical Wisdom, because the GMOs County. The Napa Green Party has over, it’s a complex issue-- one that local Unitarian Church to discuss that are currently being unleashed into increased the exposure of P.I.N.A., and can’t be summarized in a few minutes GMOs and gain more community sup- the environment threaten our ecosys- P.I.N.A. has done the same for the Napa and one that is difficult for people to port for P.I.N.A. and its mission, I was tem, including native plants and native Green Party. By working together, we immediately wrap their minds around. asked both times how the organization plant habitats, beneficial insects, birds not only support each other’s goals but Therefore, it was a stroke of luck when got started. So, the Napa Green Party and wildlife, earthworms, and soil bio- also heighten each other’s presence in I walked into that Green party meeting came up in both of these meetings. ta. Lastly, it represents Sustainability, the community. and met Bob Moore, a family physician Likewise, recently, when the Napa because GMOs are not sustainable and For the past year, what started out who studied genetics and was informed Green Party hosted Peter Camejo dur- run contrary to the growing interest in as a curiosity about genetically modi- on GMOs and their risks, and who ing his gubernatorial campaign, Bob organic and sustainable agriculture, due fied crops became, as I learned more agreed that this is a serious problem that Moore mentioned all of the local orga- to the increased herbicide and pesticide about them, almost an obsession. the Napa Green Party should help ad- nizations represented that evening, in- use in which they result, the contamina- When I discovered that already four dress. cluding P.I.N.A., and all of us were tion of conventional and organic crops GM crops (soy, corn, canola, and cot- It was eventually decided that, al- there distributing literature. These are by GM pollen and volunteer seedlings, ton) have been widely planted in the though the Napa Green Party would examples of the synergy that exists be- and so forth. U.S. and have made their way into play an integral role, a separate organi- tween the two organizations, and I am The Napa Green Party has been instru- about 75% of our processed foods, and zation needed to be formed that would certain there will many more opportuni- mental in the formation of P.I.N.A. and that these crops pose irreversible haz- have GMOs as its sole focus. Conse- ties to support each other in the future. its effort to address the problem of ards to the environment, as well as a quently, Bob Moore (Napa Green Party P.I.N.A. is in line with several of the GMOs at the local level. There are serious health risk, I felt angry and Secretary) and I (Green Party member Green Party’s Ten Key Values. It rep- many more local organizations that are helpless. I wanted to turn these feelings and now on the Central Committee of resents Grassroots Democracy, as local working toward the Green Party’s Ten into action. Overwhelmed by the mag- the Napa Green Party) formed P.I.N.A. citizens have come together to address Key Values that our local Green party nitude of the problem, I believed that I The Napa Green Party was P.I.N.A.’s a problem at the local level. It also could work with and support, both to could at least act at the local level to first endorsement and is now listed with represents Decentralization. Because help each other advance these common inform others and to protect our local a link to its website on the P.I.N.A. the state and federal governments have goals and to publicize each other. Oth- agriculture by working toward a mora- website. In addition, both chairs of the refused to stand up to the biotech corpo- er Green parties can do the same.

IRV Wins in Oakland, Davis – Around US in Fall 2006 By Steven Hill, Director clearinghouse on electoral systems like For more information on the elec- vests in outstanding individuals and New America Foundation instant runoff voting. tion and Instant Runoff Voting go to policy solutions that transcend the con- The elections clearly affirm a grow- http://www.newamerica.net/programs/ ventional political spectrum. Headquar- SACRAMENTO, CA -- Instant Runoff ing trend toward Instant Runoff Voting political_reform. tered in our nation?s capital, New Voting (IRV), an idea advanced by the as a response to public frustration with The New America Foundation is a America also has offices in California New America Foundation to give vot- unresponsive and unaccountable gov- nonprofit, post-partisan, public policy and New York. ers more influence and more choices in ernment leaders. Instant Runoff Voting institute whose purpose is to bring ex- For more information about New elections, continued to gain favor in discourages negative campaigning and ceptionally promising new voices and America or the Political Reform Pro- California and elsewhere as four cities opens the process to candidates and new ideas to the fore of our nation?s gram, go to their website located at: strongly approved November 7 ballot ideas that may not be viable in a tradi- public discourse. Relying on a venture www.newamerica.net/california measures supporting the idea. tional winner-take-all election. capital approach, the Foundation in- In California, where San Francisco "Clearly there is strong interest became the state's first Instant Runoff among voters in political reforms that Voting city in 2004, voters in the cities open up the political system and make of Oakland and Davis approved the voters feel like their vote counts," said idea, which would allow voters to rank Lynne Serpe, Deputy Director of New their first, second, and third choices for America's Political Reform Program. office. Oakland overwhelmingly sup- "What was interesting about the four ported the measure by 68% of the re- victories for IRV was that they hap- turns, meaning voters will use Instant pened in four very different locations. Runoff Voting for all local offices in Oakland is a very diverse and working- November 2008. The Davis measure class city; Minneapolis is a liberal Mid- was an advisory recommendation. western city; Pierce County is mostly a Elsewhere, voters in Minneapolis rural county with large numbers of in- passed their ballot measure with 65% dependent voters; and Davis is a small- support. And in Pierce County, Wash- er, university town. Yet in every place ington, voters supported the move to Instant Runoff Voting provided a IRV for their partisan county elections unique solution to problems with repre- with 54% of the vote. sentative government and democracy." New America staff Lynne Serpe Instant Runoff Voting already is and Steven Hill played a key role as used in San Francisco, which on No- advisors to several of these campaigns. vember 7 had its third election using New America was joined by other orga- Instant Runoff Voting for local offices. nizations, including FairVote Burlington, Vermont elected its mayor Laura Wells, seen above, was active in organizing the victory for IRV that was handily (www.fairvote.org), a nonprofit, non- using Instant Runoff Voting in March won in the City of Oakland in November, 2006. Photo by Natalia Rogovin who is inciden- partisan organization that is the national 2006. tially Lara’s daughter. Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 6 Opinion Pages GPCA and the Green Revolution–Road To Nowhere? By Wes Rolley more shot at David Cobb and call us knows where we are going. As a a Green Revolution to begin in cowards for not taking on the Dem- result, we are spending a lot of time Morgan Hill, CA. California. There are so many ways ocrats. To top it off, they did not building roads to nowhere. We just in which a Green California would I often wish that I had the rhetor- even sign their name. Sheesh. went through an election cycle that be so much better than we have. ical skills of a Shakespearean char- Some will analyze the minutiae produced fewer votes for every Imaging what it would be like to acter. Who would not want the of registration numbers and try to statewide office than we had in drive down the San Joaquin Valley talents of a Henry V at Agincourt figure out why they are going down. 2002, the most recent off-year elec- and not to have to deal with the daily whose words about a “band of I think it is really simple. No one is tion. Something must be wrong and air quality problems. Imagine what brothers” are still in our vocabulary standing up and laying out a vision it is not just the fact that the Bush / would happen to education funding as are the memories of the victory of what a Green California would be Cheney / Rove Republicans were so if San Joaquin Valley schools did that they called forth which marked like. How would it be different? bad. It goes deeper than that. not loose 188,000 school days per the end of the era of mounted What might make it attractive? Maybe it begins with the fact year due to air quality caused illness. knights in armor. Why would anyone join this party? that we have abandoned our tradi- Imagine that we could lower health Others are experts at defining tional Green Party values in an ef- costs by improving air quality, be- Alas, I don't have that skill. the problems of the 'system' and fort to position the party as the most cause it causes 460 premature pontificate like policy wonks. I tend progressive of progressives parties. deaths of people over 30, 23,300 If I did, I would be calling for a to be that myself. I enjoy trying to There may be some areas of the state asthma attacks and 3200 cases of Green Revolution to start here in define how to get from here to there where it is possible to position the acute bronchitis in children every California. We have wasted so much and keep things running while we Greens to the left of the Democrats year. time and so much energy trying to do. I can sit here and discuss global and have some success. Kristine There are so many, many things figure out which Michael has it right warming and its effect on sustain- Keefer managed to poll almost as that this party could be doing were it that there is little time and energy able agriculture all night. But as the well as the Republican Candidate in not so bogged down with internal left to do much else. To top it off, it Cheshire Cat told Alice. If you don't her race against Pelosi. But that still strife and political squabbles. Keep isn't even Green Energy. know where you are going, then positions Pelosi in a very big middle that image in your head. This “band It really got to me when the only “any road will do.” That vision of her district. of brothers” has a Revolution to start person responding to a post on my thing again. Yes, if I had the words of a and we won't do that fighting each blog used the space to take yet one I don't think that this party Shakespeare, I would be calling for other. IRV is a Green Movement To Be Reckoned With site of the Center for Voting and SLO City Mayor race, a center-left By Orval Osborne, Step 3. Educate the politically Democracy. You can learn all about candidate beat 2 center-right candi- active local groups such as League San Luis Obisbo IRV there. Flash animations show dates. The point is that IRV is not of Women Voters, Residents for IRV is a movement! Who would you how it works. There is the for the left, or for the right; it is for Quality Neighborhoods, local Re- have thought a numerical electoral model bylaws motion to implement majority voter intent. That is why publican and Democratic clubs, Si- process change could be so interest- it in any organization. Links provide the Motion Picture Academy uses erra Club, Rotary, Kiwanis, student ing, or so important? The Green you with legal, educational and pro- IRV. groups and clubs, etc. The Tribune, Party needs Instant Runoff Voting motional resources on instant runoff The San Luis Obispo (SLO) the major County newspaper, is per- (IRV) (also known as Ranked voting. Steven Hill, who tells this County Greens are developing a haps the most important entity to Choice Voting). Without it, we may story better than anybody else, has a campaign for the Mayoral race in persuade. (July 2007 to March 2008 be limited to votes of 1-5%. With new book out: “10 Steps to Repair the City of SLO to adopt IRV. We and continuing). IRV, Greens might get 25% of first- Democracy – An Owner’s Manual would work in a nonpartisan manner Step 4. Ask the SLO City Coun- choice votes. Then we would really for Concerned Citizens.” with all allies to achieve the goal. cil to put an IRV for Mayor initia- shift the debate! What can you do locally? At the tive on the ballot of November The problem that IRV solves is SLO Greens monthly meeting, I Step 1. Educate and recruit the 2008. If they refuse, consider if we this: whenever there are more than 2 made a presentation on IRV. The support of registered Greens. (Jan should circulate citizen petitions to candidates, voter intent can be be- folks who attended all said they un- 2007 to June 2007). get it on the ballot. (Spring 2008.) trayed by a plurality system. In other derstood IRV much better and Step 2. Recruit allies among ac- Further strategies: Would the words, one candidate can win, but would be able to explain it to others. ademia, especially Cal Poly profes- Cal Poly student body government not represent the majority persua- For example, in the 2006 SLO sors of Political Science, then other be interested in electing by IRV? sion. IRV ensures the winning can- City Mayor race, the winner of four departments. Also Cuesta College. didate represents the majority voter candidates got 45%. In the 1992 (Jan 2007 to June 2007). intent. The benefits of IRV include less negative campaigning and an end to “spoiling,” freeing voters to embrace 3rd Party candidates. IRV and ranked choice voting initiatives won big on November 7th: 69% in Oakland, 56% in Davis, 53% in Pierce County (WA) and 65% in Minneapolis (MN). IRV av- eraged more than 62% in jurisdic- tions of more than a half million people. Since instant runoff voting's groundbreaking win in March 2002 in San Francisco, IRV has won all eight of its ballots in cities and coun- ties. The wins in Davis and Minne- apolis marked the first ballot measure wins for choice voting, the proportional voting version of IRV, in a half-century. Please note: www.fairvote.org is the fantastically informative web Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 7 Opinion Pages Impeachment: Post Election Issue Number One By Mike Wyman, Green November 7 ballot, the impeachment Candidate for Attorney movement has resolved to make im- General State of CA - 2006 peachment the main issue for progres- sive America in 2007. Indeed, there seems to be a rush to see who will fill With the elections now over, the the vacuum of leadership on the issue question of the impeachment of George left by leaders of the Democratic Party. Bush and Dick Cheney now moves to To date, however, no formidable center stage. coalition of groups has formed to pro- Though Nancy Pelosi, the recently vide solid, independent leadership na- elected Speaker of the House is on re- tionwide to respond to the cry for cord declaring that impeachment is "off impeachment. the table," polls by Gallup and News- "We have lots of grassroots activi- week showed that 51% of the American ty, but no national coalition on im- people think impeachment should be peachment," explained Krissy Keefer, part of the national agenda. the Green Party candidate who ran for John Conyers (D-MI), the newly While Bill Clinton sold out American worker’s to NAFTA and the WTO and bombed Eu- Congress against Nancy Pelosi in the elected chair of the House Judiciary rope and the Middle East - starving hundreds of thousands of Iraqi kids; George Bush 8th district in San Francisco. has waged illegal wars, invaded citizen privacy, rolled back environmental protections Committee, has introduced legislation "The passage of Prop J shows that and repeatedly trashed the principles of the US Constitution, all the while laughing in the calling for impeachment hearings by a a huge majority want impeachment," face of his critics. select Congressional Committee (HR- Keefer noted. "We need to tie this going to war. They can just make up the elites of the country are already 635). It has 38 Co-Sponsors, including together. We need a national organiza- reasons. moving to quell it. "Moveon.org is now eleven from California. tion, but with a Focus on Pelosi, with "Bush is now detested by people trying to set this issue aside. They want A parallel resolution for impeach- sit-ins in her office, and the like." around the world," Spring added. "And cosmetic changes," she explained. ment (Assembly Joint Resolution 39 - "We need to get over the glamour the American people are disliked for "The recent resignation of Donald AJR39)has been introduced in the Cali- of her being the power person in Con- having voted for him." Rumsfeld and the less publicized resig- fornia Assembly by Assemblyperson gress," Keefer concluded. "This government is so bad, Bush nation from the State Department of John Koretz (D-Los Angeles). It is co- Across the bay, newly re-elected has lied so much, he has violated our Philip Zelikow (the executive director authored by Mark Leno (D-San Fran- Green Party City Councilor Dona civil rights, gone against some of the of the 9/11 commission) is about get- cisco), and has six additional co-spon- Spring (Berkeley- District Four) ex- most cherished principles that our ting rid of the bad apples so that the sors. plained why Prop H passed so over- country was founded on," she said. "He movement for change can be fooled Voters here in California passed whelmingly in her city. "When you has to go to jail; he's a mass murderer into thinking that change is in the ballot measures calling for impeach- have an enlightened and educated extraordinaire." wind." ment -- Measure J in San Francisco and group of voters, they will do the obvi- To build the pro-impeachment "Changing Congress creates the il- Measure H in Berkeley -- passed by ous thing that needs to be done to cor- movement, said Dona, "More commu- lusion of substantial change without the margins of 3-2 and more than 2-1, re- rect the disastrous direction that this nities need to do what Berkeley did," profound policy changes we need," spectively. (Both Cindy Sheehan and country his headed in," she said. "The and pass similar proposals. "There has Brouillet warned. "Only a groundswell Daniel Ellsberg appeared in Berkeley to course that Bush is taking is a disaster to be a grassroots swell to get rid of this from the public will get anything from speak in favor of Prop H when it was for the country and the world." "It is guy, to prevent this from happening in this Congress," she emphasized. first being considered for the ballot.) such an evil precedent that a leader can the future." City Councils in many cities in Cal- lie and start a war on the basis of these Carol Brouillet, the Green Party ifornia, including Fairfax, Oakland and Only the Greens lies, and attack a country that was not candidate for Congress in the 14th Dis- Sebastopol, have passed resolutions Have Officially attacking us. There is no self-defense trict (Santa Clara County) agreed that calling for impeachment. Called For here. This sets a precedent that no coun- there was a strong pro-impeachment Inspired by voter support for nu- Impeachment! try has to have legitimate reasons for desire in the country, but warned that merous impeachment resolutions on the Nancy Pelosi Has Betrayed Her Constituents! By Crescenzo Vellucci overlooked. We have the moral respon- evidence of criminality would be a be- terrorists on an unprecedented scale. It sibility to impeach. Failing to impeach trayal of their oath of office, the people is up to us, the people, to force our SAN FRANCISCO (December 8, will increase the likelihood that we may of this country, and our hopes for the elected representatives to recognize and 2006) The failure of soon-to-be House get someone capable of such crimes future. adhere to their duty and hold top offi- Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francis- again," Keefer said. "The Bush Administration has fla- cials accountable for their heinous co) to call for the impeachment of Pres- And, Carol Brouillet, the Green grantly violated our Constitution, crimes, that means impeachment," ident George W. Bush and members of Party candidate for Congress in the trashed the Bill of Rights, launched Brouillet added. his administration should be considered nearby 14th CD (Palo Alto), said she illegal, immoral wars, lied about mat- a "betrayal" of her oath of office, said believes Pelosi has a "duty and obliga- ters of utmost importance to the Amer- NancyPelosi’s San Francisco two former Green Party congressional tion to impeach the Bush Regime. Si- ican people. These people are, truly, Office can be reached at: candidates today. lence in the face of an avalanche of 415-556-4862 Pelosi, who has stated that im- peachment is off the table, should "call George Bush before the U.S. Congress to be fully investigated for high crimes and misdemeanors, including crimes against humanity from Baghdad to Biloxi," said Krissy Keefer, who op- posed Pelosi in November as the Green Party candidate in the 8th CD. Not only did Keefer receive 7.5 percent of the vote running an anti-war campaign with virtually no budget against an incumbent, San Francisco voters also approved Measure J, which asks their representatives to impeach Bush and vice president Dick Cheney. And, on Sunday, December 10th, San Franciscans held a giant "impeachment rally" at UN Plaza. "The war in Iraq, the botched re- sponse to Hurricane Katrina and the erosion of the Constitution cannot be Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 8 Greens Choose Jail in Civil Disobedience at Hotel Strike By Linda Pierra Avila, their musical support to inspire the LA Greens crowd. Labor leader Maria Elena Dura- zo gave an impassioned speech de- In one of the largest civil disobedi- scribing working conditions and what is ence actions ever recorded in Los An- at stake for the hotel workers. (Mr. geles history, thousands looked on in Morello and Ms. Durazo were later support as over three hundred individu- arrested along with the hundreds of als were arrested, including five Green other participants, including clergy Party members representing the Los members from Clergy and Laity United Angeles Greens and the Arroyo Seco for Economic Justice, and elected lead- Greens. The protest, which took place ers like Judy Chu, Paul Koretz and on Sept. 28, 2006, was to bring atten- Richard Alarcon.) After a blessing tion to the untenable working condi- from a clergy member, we were off, tions of workers at luxury hotels on chanting our upbeat slogans and deter- Century Blvd., just east of the Los An- minedly marching arm in arm. Around geles International Airport. The hotel 6:00 PM two pre-assigned groups of workers are mostly immigrants and protesters peacefully sat down in the earn 20% less than hotel workers in Los middle of Century Blvd. In front of two Angeles County as a whole. Many of of the hotels. Linda Pierra Avila, left, of the LA Greens, Eric Einem and Terra Little of the Arroyo Seco Greens are seen here before the start of a protest that lead to their incarceration. them live in the surrounding communi- Wearing signs proclaiming "I am a ties of Lennox, Hawthorne, and Ingle- human being" in both English and a makeshift booking station. There, we sunlight and trees, to have agency over wood, where one in four residents lives Spanish, Eric Einem and Tera Little were photographed and "labeled" with our own actions, soap to wash our below the poverty line and 40% of chil- (from the Arroyo Seco Greens) and I our names on chest-sized stickers. We hands and privacy when using the toi- dren come from poor households. were assigned to the group that sat were then placed on buses and waited let! Miguel Aguilar and others from the Motivated by the need to address down in front of the LAX Hilton, while hours for the police to decide where union were there to greet us, as were my this social injustice, participants were Patrick Meighan and Derek Iversen they were going to take which arrestees. friends from the South Central Farm, recruited from various community or- (from the Los Angeles Greens) were Later came the personal searches some of whom were also arrested in ganizations, college campuses and reli- sent to the LAX Westin where they sat and more long hours waiting in various solidarity with the workers. gious groups. After coordination and and did not move. As we all awaited stark cold holding cells. At 2:00 PM A few weeks later the Los Angeles planning with with Los Angeles Green our impending arrests, Green support- those of us taken to the Van Nuys sta- City Council passed an ordinance, sub- Patrick Meighan, Marx Gutierrex from ers in the crowd like Denise Munro tion were each given a wool blanket and sequently signed by Mayor Villaraigo- the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Robb, Julie "Wave" Melen and Chris assigned to a bunk cell. Every fifteen sa, mandating the hotels along Century Economy (LAANE) made a presenta- "Guido" Devcich, really bolstered our minutes or so a guard came to call the Blvd. to pay their workers a living wage tion at a meeting of the Los Angeles spirits and and that of others facing next arrestee, emphatically slamming of $10.64 an hour! I believe our collec- Greens. Marx explained the upcoming arrest. the barred steel doors in the process, tive action gave the elected leaders the plan and encouraged us to participate. Clergy members ceremoniously jolting us from any slumber that may courage to do the right thing. The in- Those who agreed attended non-violent blessed and broke bread and shared it have been anticipated. With uncertain- convenience of being arrested was civil disobedience training sessions pri- with those of us about to be arrested. ty about when we would be released, worth it! Justice is served when the or to the event, one of which was lead The police took their positions; a unit and only Fox News to watch on TV poor are lifted out of poverty and the by the inspirational civil rights veteran of mounted police strode past; then the (can we claim this as cruel and unusual wealthy are called to accountability. Rev. Jim Lawson. sobering moment came and the arrests punishment?), many of us used the op- We are grateful to Patrick Meighan for The rally and subsequent action, began. One by one, individuals were portunity to share and bond in sister- creating the working relationship with organized by UNITE/HERE and told they were in violation of Penal hood. After about 18 hours in LAPD LAANE to make this happen. We can LAANE, kicked off at 5:00 PM with Code 409, failure to disperse, placed in custody, the last of us to be released all be proud that the Green Party has Tom Morello and Ben Harper lending "flex" plastic handcuffs, and escorted to were very happy to see friendly faces, taken a stand for such human rights! Greens Urge End to Holiday Fur Sales, Charge Cruelty to Animals By Crescenzo Vellucci Fur coats are rare, but fur trim has "Our hope is that other stores will The San Francisco Green Party was found its way into many products pur- stop their sale of furs and follow the the first organization to endorse a pro- SAN FRANCISCO (December 5, chased by unsuspecting consumers. lead of the fashion retailers of con- posal to ban the sale of fur in San Fran- 2006) Banning the sale of all animal fur Although many major retailers science and courage, including J. Crew, cisco in 2001. About 2,000 postcards is a social justice issue that would save have, after decades of battles with anti- Nordstrom, Ralph Lauren, and Ann supporting this ban poured into the of- the lives of animals, reduce pollution fur activists, reduced or even stopped Taylor. The continued success of their fices of San Francisco's supervisors and end exploitation of workers many selling fur, many prominent retailers businesses will show the world that about the time that former SF Supervi- of them children, according to Green including Bloomingdale's, Neiman human beings can ensure and improve sor Matt Gonzalez, who supported and Party activists here in Northern Califor- Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue contin- their own material life without hurting promoted the ban, ran, and narrowly nia who are asking holiday shoppers to ue to promote fur. other living beings," added Chi. lost, for SF Mayor. shun the product during the holiday season. The Green Party of California is the only state political party that has a plat- form plank specifically calling for an end to animal fur sales. And, fur traders are increasingly raising their fur in Third World Countries and hiring chil- dren to slaughter fur-bearing animals, including rabbits, dogs and cats, ac- cording to the Animal Advocacy Work- ing Group of the San Francisco Green Party. "We deplore the factory-farm con- ditions under which animals are raised and then killed, and we deplore the experience of these exploited children, who are told that the only way to make a living is by inflicting terrible pain and violence against other living beings," said Chin Chi of the Greens' animal advocacy group. Animals, said Chi, are gassed, have their necks broken and electrocuted so their fur can be used on coats, lingerie Animals such as this skinned rabbit, above, are gassed, poisoned or have their neck’s broken in order to bear fur for commercial hu- and even fake eyelashes for actresses. man use. The Animal Advocacy Working Group of the San Francisco Greens have taken strong action against such practices. Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 9 Parsing Congressman Richard Pombo’s Defeat paign, most of it on media buys and By Wes Rolley, Green Blogger mailers. Morgan Hill, California My PomboWatch blog was not the first to take on Pombo. In 2003, No one expected that Richard Scott Restivo started a site called Pombo would be the sole California “VotePomboOut.com”. Eventually, Representative to lose their seat. He we had three other blogs devoted to was a 7-term Congressman, a the 11th CD. The most active was rancher in a district with a strong SayNoToPombo PomboWatch fo- rural constituency, a Republican cused on what he actually did, or did with a 6 point Republican advan- not do. SayNoToPombo gave a day tage, the Chairman of the House by day running commentary on the Committee on Resources. campaign, especially the Democrat- Yet, when it was over, he had ic Primary which was a battle be- been soundly trounced by Jerry tween a netroots candidate and the Mc'Nerney, a liberal Democrat from DCCC. the suburban edge of the district, a SayNoToPombo became the wind energy consultant who strug- news center for regarding meetings, gled to build a business, a political anti-Pombo demonstrations, can- novice, a man about whom Bay Ar- vassing schedules, fund raising din- ea Democrats said “he can't win.” ners, etc. They even managed to Pombo was confronted with a per- capture a Pombo volunteer event on fect storm of opposition: changing a cell-phone camera, embarrassing demographics, activist Greens, a when no one showed up. growing Latino involvement, envi- Organizations like the Defend- ronmental groups with money to ers of Wildlife could not coordinate Environmental naysayer, obstructionist and Bushco stooge, Richard Pombo, above was soundly defeated in his bid for relection by a liberal Democrat strong on environmental spend on media and a grassroots with the McNerney campaign but concerns. movement that Pombo never really everyone could feed information to understood. I will describe what the blogs and the blog owners could, ers in San Joaquin County, they end- paign's focus, Greens should not happened from my personal view- and did, coordinate their activities, ed up with over 10,000 new voters take the back seat to anyone. point of a dedicated blogger deciding who would take on which of which nearly 6,000 were Latinos. There is no area of the State (PomboWatch) and try to determine issues. We also found that it was Most of them continued to register where environmental issues are if it has meaning for the GPCA at very effective to help mainstream DTS. A significant portion McNer- more important than the San this point in time. reporters develop a story and then to ney's 10,000 vote margin, came Joaquin Valley. It has some of the My first hint of a growing Re- use the blogs to amplify it as soon as from this effort. worst air pollution in the nation. It publican opposition to Pombo came it came out. Had the blogs broken Ultimately, Pombo lost for rea- has significant problems with water in December, 2005 when picked up; these stories first, the major papers sons that lay in his own character. usage and a Delta with failing le- the phone and Pete McCloskey in- would not have touched it, but this Late in the The Washington Post vees. It also has a growing, Latino troduced himself. His first objective way, it worked well for all. Greens labeled Pombo's campaign as one of voter base that is deliberately stay- was to find another Republican to need to learn how to exploit this. the 10 worst run of any incumbent. ing away from the major parties. run against Pombo. When his fa- The last piece was the growing Samuel Anderson, Manteca City Recent work by the Public Policy vored Republican declined to run, involvement of Hispanic voters. Council Candidate, wrote in a Institute of California showed that McCloskey did as he always had Even before the immigration rallies Stockton Record blog that “he sort Latinos feel more strongly about the done, thrust himself into the fray, last spring, the Hispanics of the dis- of got the idea that he was above the environment than the average Cali- established a residence in Lodi and trict were disillusioned with Pombo challenger and lost due to the 'Club fornia voter. Greens need to take announced that he would run against and his vote for HR 4437. When Rub' mentality and good'ole boys advantage of the convergence of Pombo. Pete McCloskey marched at the clicks (sic) over here.” these two trends and devote serious Early in 2006, the Sierra Club head of the March 2, they started to There are a number of things energy to organizing in the San and Defenders of Wildlife decided register voters as DTS so that they that Greens can learn from this. The Joaquin Valley. From Stockton to that Pombo, environmental enemy could vote for Pete in the Primary. environmental issues were a major Fresno to Bakersfield, this valley is #1, was vulnerable. They made him That fact never changed. When Mc- part of this campaign. The Republi- ready for a Green Revolution. a target and started to build an orga- Closkey's Revolt of the Elders Com- can media machine is still trying to nizational plan to defeat him. They mittee fed $50,000 to the Clean downplay that fact. When environ- spent over $1.5 Million on the cam- Water Action Project to register vot- mental issues become the cam- Los Angeles Greens Launch Petra Kelly Scholarships By Erin Schmidt & Lisa Taylor, The scholarship's inaugural win Both Hernandez and Bowyer attend- treasurer. ners were Rumeisha Bowyer and ed Los Angeles Greens' events over The group plans to throw an Los Angeles Greens Carlos Hernandez. Bowyer graduat- the summer, sharing their stories annual party to continue funding The Los Angeles Greens ed from the Los Angeles Center for with local Greens while learning the scholarship each year. The late launched the Green Party Petra Kel- Enriched Studies and is currently more about the Greens and what we Petra Kelly stated, "Greens are nei- ly Scholarship thanks to a generous attending Cal Poly Pomona. An avid stand for. ther left nor right--we are in front" -- donation from one of our members. basketball player, she served as a In addition to providing these by helping the next generation of Honoring the inspirational German coach and mentor to younger play- outstanding students with extra leaders attain their goals, the Los Green Party cofounder Petra Kelly, ers, as well as breaking the gender funds to help with the costs of tu- Angeles Greens are living up to her international peace and environmen- barrier in her community's basket- ition, computers, and books, the Pe- words. tal leader, and cultivating a new ball league. tra Kelly Scholarship allows the Los generation of young activists, the At King/Drew Magnet High Angeles Greens to share with the More info at losangelesgreens.org scholarship awards $500 each to School, Carlos Hernandez sought to young people of Los Angeles the two students graduating from the allay the racial and cultural conflict Ten Key Values. "As a former Los Los Angeles Unified School Dis- in his community by serving as Di- Angeles City Council candidate, I Subscribe to trict, to offset college expenses for rector of Assemblies and peer medi- hope the Petra Kelly Scholarship Green Focus the coming year. To highlight the ator. He hopes to continue building will inspire young people, especial- fact that the Green Party strives for dialogue among Los Angeles' many ly women, to consider running for See the Backpage gender balance, the recipients are diverse groups while attending the office some day," said Denise Mun- For Details one male and one female. University of Southern California. ro Robb, the Los Angeles Greens' Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 10 Riverside County Couple Stand Firm Against Corporate Power These two dedicated Jojoba farmers are in the fight for the long term against a giant refuse dump in the desert that is LA County’s wet dream solution to the crass values of consumerism, over consumption, and the evil mentality of a use and dispose society run amok. have continued a legal battle against By Don Boring these fascist forces for at the last 29 Donna and Larry Charpied are years. They (Donna and Larry) deserve about as Green as Green gets. Not only our full financial support," Reutter said. that - they are walking their talk. Mov- These two determined Green war- ing from Santa Barbara to Eagle Moun- riors are in this thing for the long haul. tain in 1982, the Charpieds' original While the Charpieds are still in debt intention was to grow JoJoba beans in over $20,000 and living a subsistence the harsh environment and raise a cash lifestyle in the desert, the media has crop while honoring the earth and liv- taken notice of their plight to a certain ing in the joy of a pristine desert wilder- extent. In a recent (December 9, 2006) ness. But soon, plans by corporate AP article by Noaki Schwartz which America and local, regional and federal was picked up by the Washington Post agencies served to radicalize the couple and many other local newspapers and propel them on an unexpected life across the country, Donna shared that, course as environmental activists. "If that dump comes to fruition, civil These people have lead the battle, disobedience will kick in... and people at their own personal great expense, will be laying on railroad tracks." spending money they don't really have Donna is the Executive Director of and going into debt in a 29 year battle the local group Citizens for the Chuck- walla Valley (CCV) that she and Larry Larry and Donna Charpied seen at right are the two unlikely yet determined to save Johusa Tree National park and heroes of this story who are now in need of financial support from others. If you the desert communities from the ruin of co-founded. CCV is now part of the can help in a small or large way, please send donations for their legal defense a proposed dump that would receive Center for Community Action and fund to: Desert Communities Protection Campaign at the address listed below. upwards of 20,000 tons of trash from Environmental Justice (CCAEJ), a Riv- Los Angeles County everyday for the erside based non-profit organization, For two decades, the Charpieds of PBS host of California Gold, Huell next 100 years. The devastation that and Donna has recently become is the have devoted untold time, personal fi- Howser in Twentynine Palms. the dump would bring to this relatively Director for CCAEJ's Desert Protec- nances and energy to the preservation These two crusaders for environ- pristine place is foremost on Donna and tion Campaign. Tax deductible dona- of the California desert. They have fos- mental justice deserve the support of Larry's minds. tions could and should be sent to this tered partnerships and created a stron- the Green rank and file. If you can According to Donna, one of the CCAEJ. ger public awareness of the issues. contribute even $20 to their campaign it biggest threats to the environment Donna & Larry Charpied moved to Larry and Donna have raised funds would be greatly appreciated. Larger would be toxic leachate (or garbage the Eagle Mountain/Desert Center com- with events such as Rockin’ for Joshua sums of money however; to offset their juice) created from decomposing trash, munity in 1982 to research and develop Tree Concert which featured the leg- outstanding debt of over $20,000 in dump operations using massive quanti- jojoba. A renewable resource indige- endary Eric Burdon; Donna ran for legal fees would be an ideal way for a ties of water, and rain water escaping nous to the area, jojoba produces an oil County Supervisor in 1998 to bring Green Angel to STEP UP and create containment and polluting the precious that is nearly identical to Sperm Whale light to the Eagle Mountain issue; they joy and value, while spearheading a under ground aquifer. The dump would oil. This is one case where the Endan- are challenging the Metropolitan Water new round of legal appeals to slay the pump 5,000 tons of air pollution in the gered Species Act helped to create an District plan for an Upper Chuckwalla corporate giant once and for all. region that currently boasts of clear industry. Importation and slaughter of Valley “Water Storage” Project that Please send relief to: Donna blue skies. Over 100,000 tons of air the Sperm Whale was banned, the would pump the Pinto Basin’s under- Charpied, Director CCAEJ - Desert pollutants would have been generated Sperm Whale was placed on the endan- ground water supply into the Colorado Communities Protection Campaign, today if the dump’s opposition hadn?t gered species list, and jojoba is a direct River Aqueduct, are members of the Center for Community Action and En- stepped in. The increase in the predato- replacement. In the early 1980’s, at the Coalition to Save Shavers Valley, and vironmental Justice, PO Box 397, Des- ry bird population which would in- behest of Congressman Al McCandless much more. ert Center CA 92239. Please write crease the likely hood that the (Rep from Palm Springs, CA) Con- Donna and Larry Charpied have "Eagle Mountain Dump Lawsuit" or prehistoric Desert Tortoise would be- gress included jojoba on the nation’s been named the recipients of the 2005 similar language in the memo portion come extinct. "These are among rea- List of Strategic Agricultural Materials. Minerva Hoyt California Desert Con- of the check. You can talk with Donna sons to preserve and protect the natural Congress has establish this list to en- servation Award. This prestigious or Larry at: (760) 574-1887 and see environment of one of the crown jewels courage the research and development award is presented in recognition of the them on the web for more information in the National Park System that Larry of critical materials that the United leadership and perseverance of this tal- at: www.ccaej.org If you can assist fi- and I have spent the last 20 years fight- States currently depends upon from for- ented couple in leading the campaign to nancially in a meaningful way to this ing this damned dump," says Donna. eign sources. Jojoba could be used as stop the Eagle Mountain dump, a pro- effort, please feel free to call and speak Donna and Larry are troopers. They bio-diesel for the oil recovery from the posed massive garbage dump that is with Donna or Larry personally about have stood firm against the County of seed is superior to any other oil crop. proposed to be built in the arms of what needs to be done most at this Los Angeles, Riverside County, the The Charpied’s CCOF certified organic Joshua Tree National Park. The presen- moment in time. All serious efforts to IRS, the Bureau of Land Management, farm has been recognized world-wide tation ceremony was held at the home help are appreciated. PR hacks who have spread lies and in the industry. dis-information about them in their own community and even Federal Drug Agents who have investigated their Jo- joba farm when rumors were circulated that they might be growing marijuana to support their legal fight against the gambits of the corporate/governmental alliance that is hell bound and deter- mined to solve LA County's trash prob- lem with a dump at Eagle Mountain. Chuck Reutter, an activist organiz- er and former candidate for the State Assembly in Riverside County suggests that Donna and Larry deserve the full support of the Green and Environmen- tal community not only in California, but from across the country as well. "These two folks have done what few if any people do in America today," says Reutter. "They have stood up single handedly against the Feds, Corporate America, their pack of PR and Legal hounds, educated themselves as lay persons on how to file suits in court and Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 11 Announcements Editors Note: We are offering the announcement section of our paper News: Campaigns and Candidates Working in this and future issues in order to make known upcoming events, pro- listed candidate in another political par- are about an hour and can be shown in grams and deadlines of importance CCWG County Contacts ty's primary for partisan state office. order or separately. For more informa- Needed for the GPCA. 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The Good Shepherd (2006) can YOU say 911? Thanks to Dave Directed by Robert De Niro Emory from ‘For The Record’ for the Starring Matt Damon, Angelina background material on how the flight Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy school operators got into the US. See Dave Emory’s blog on the Internet at: Blanchard, Billy Crudup Robert De http://ftrsummary.blogspot.com/ Niro, Keir Dullea, William Hurt, Further, I pity the minds of the poor Timothy Hutton, Joe Pesci young saps that watch this movie and and others. think that the Bay of Pigs invasion was caused by a COWARD and TRAITOR Writing credits (WGA) or LOOSE LIPS in the CIA. Again,... Eric Roth (written by) my understanding of history and if you check, your research will bear this out Alleged plot: A historical (fiction?) too - The Bay of Pigs went bad because look at the birth of the CIA in 1939, Kennedy wouldn't order AIR SUP- through the Bay of Pigs incident in PORT for the invasion force because he felt it would leave too much of a US 1961. With fictional characteriza- The Good Shepherd: Starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie, playing in theaters near tions of members of the Skull and finger print on the event. you and available soon on DVD. Bones Society of Yale University. All the DRAMA and the double dealing, complicity to murder, political physical blood father or an imagined lived a lonely existence in fear, dread Review By Don Boring assassinations and all that is pretty image of the god of his understanding and resentment for 25 years as her hus- much well characterized but as I left the and all the while is experiencing bliss. band went for to save the world for This movie is largely DISINFOR- theater I kept asking myself what the Then in a moment of reflection and then democracy, but I thought she was very MATION. It suggests that the CIA and REAL MESSAGES were in this movie. soberness he looks at the intelligence credible. I had never seen her in any by implication the BUSH family was It GLOSSED OVER the role of the CIA officer and tells him the plain truth. movie before, but I thought she did a NOT TIGHT with the NAZI's prior to in overthrowing popularly elected left- "The USSR is nothing but fresh great job. Great acting all the way and during WWII which by many his- wing governments (of which there were paint on a rusty infrastructure and will around and even though the movie was torical standards is a lie. so many instances we would be hard rot from the inside." too long, I was so rapped up in it I didn't In addition, the IMPLICATION of pressed to list them here)while centering And in an homage to the MK-Ultra bail midway through for a pee break. this movie is that the CIA was NOT the whole thing as a power trip parade program (in reality run by the CIA in Which is unusual considering how complicit in letting NAZI's into the US around the issues of what it would be the 50s - dosing unsuspected citizens much of that ill elixer Diet Coke I drink. after the war when again, as a matter of like to be a major player at CIA in its with LSD) the guy jumps out the win- For intrigue and a look at duplicity historical record - many low level NA- days of inception. As a thrill ride and dow 6 floors to his death. run rampant, as a general hose job on ZI's were brought into the US after the adrenalin rush for the geezer crowd or Frankly folks... After the first 12 Skull and Bones Society at Yale and for war. How do I know? For one... again... a cerebral look at how cool it would be minutes I think I pegged the movie the acting I give the movie 5 stars. The historical record bears this out the to be a 'real' James Bond for the young correctly! Smoke - Bullshit and Mir- Personally, I would nominate the CIA ran several front groups through set IT MIGHT BE ENJOYABLE. Any- rors. Total Disinformation! And unfor- poor sap who was dosed with the LSD the administration of Richard Nixon one, however, with a social conscience tunately - ripe material with which to do for some sort of Academy accolade (actually some still exist today) that from the boomer generation will proba- a cerebral blow job on the rube minds myself. Check it yourself, it was a encouraged and 'arranged' for even war bly leave the theater feeling that they of America. defining moment for the movie in so criminals to enter the US after the war, were 'slimed.' And while I am not accusing him of many ways. during the 50's and yes... even til 9/11, I actually laughed out loud at one being an agent of the CIA nor complicit As for historical accuracy I give in 2001. point during the movie. Matt Damon's in writing a script to dis-inform the 1 Star. For a rewrite of history I take my How do you think the German air- character has turned an alleged Russian rubes of America on the true history hat off to the insidious bastards that plane pilot trainers from the Florida Spy and low and behold they bring in and roots of the CIA, I don't think Rob- wrote the script. Flight schools and Mohammad Atta got the 'real' person whose identity this fel- ert De Niro could have done a better job Your mileage may vary. If this re- into the country to pull of 'the act so low had assumed and they beat him of doing just that - even if he was on view has intrigued you... Go see it. As I nefarious we can not ask any meaning- senseless and then with Matt Damon's their payroll. said It does a great hose job on the Skull ful questions about it.' permission they dose him with LSD. At Angelina Jolie by the way was and Bones Society. As the movie These German Culture associations which point the guy starts entering a panned generally in the media as unbe- bombed. in theaters... It will be on DVD are still extant today and like I said... rapture state either reaching out to his lievable in her role as the wife who soon! Green Focus Newspaper of the GPCA Page 12 The Ten Key Values of the Green Party in English and Spanish Grassroots Democracy - Feminism - Replace the ethic - Develop participatory ways to of dominance and control with Debemos actuar en la sociedad Comunidad control the decisions which affect cooperative ways of relating to humana con el entendimiento estructuras de trabajo para our lives. each other. de que somos parte de la fomentar la propiedad para los naturaleza, y aprender a vivir empleados y la democracia en Social Justice - Create a system Respect for Diversity -Honor el trabajo, al mismo tiempo que which promotes equality and cultural, ethnic, racial, sexual, se establece una seguridad dignity for all. religious and spiritual diversity, del planeta.

Nonviolence - Develop alterna- ideals, the dignity of the Democracia de Bases - y los ingresos. tives to current patterns of individual, democratic violence at all levels. participation and liberty and participatorios que nos alienten Feminismo justice for all. a controlar las decisiones que Ecological Wisdom - Operate nos afectan la vida. our human society knowing we Personal and Global are a part of nature, and learn to Responsibility - Learn from Justicia Social Respeto por la Diversidad live within the ecological and and be of genuine assistance un sistema que promueva la -Respeto a la diversidad resource limits of the planet. to grassroots groups in all parts igualdad y la dignidad de todas of the world. las personas. religiosa y espiritual, volviendo Decentralization - Move power a los ideales compartidos de and responsibility away from Sustainability - Act not for the No Violencia - Encontrar larger and more distant short range narrow interest of alternativas para erradicar los institutions toward individuals and one country or group of people, patrones actuales de violencia a communities, with the goal of a but for the collective future of todo nivel, y al mismo tiempo justicia para todos. decentralized, democratic the entire planet. eliminar la injusticia y sentido de society. impotencia que conducen a la Responsabilidad Personal y misma. Global - Debemos aprender de Community-Based Economics los grupos de base del resto - Redesign work to encourage - Transferir del mundo y ser de verdadera employee ownership and el poder y la responsabilidad de ayuda para ellos. workplace democracy, and instituciones grandes y lejanas establish basic security for all and a los individuos y comunidades, Sostenibilidad - Pensar en a fair distribution of wealth and siendo la meta eventual una income. planeta entero, no en los descentralizada. estrechos intereses de corto

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