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Green Focus Page Master Brave Riverside Couple Fight UpHill Battle Against Corporate Giants – See Page 10 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.
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