January 4, 2010 - Monday
*Board of Supervisors - Public Safety Committee
When: January 4, 2010 - Monday
10 a.m.
Where: City Hall, Room 250, San Francisco
What: Items off agenda:
Reimbursement to City for Dignitary Security Provided during Campaign-Related Travel by Elected Officials
San Francisco's public safety conditions on citywide crime levels (continued to call of the chair)
Members: David Chiu, Ross Mirkarimi, Michela Alioto-Pier
Information: 554-4445
*San Francisco 2010 Census Kickoff
When: January 4, 2009 - Monday
Noon to 2 p.m.
Where: City Hall, San Francisco
What: Rally and Information Fair. Entertainment, refreshments and census activities.
January 5, 2010 - Tuesday
*San Francisco Board of Supervisors
When: 2 p.m.
Where: City Hall, Room 250, San Francisco
What: Items off agenda:
- Just cause eviction protections for Residential Tenants, Extend to Non-Rent Controlled Units
- Sponsors: Avalos; Campos
- Residential Ordinance Prohibiting Owner Move-In Evictions of Households with a Child under the age of 18, except by an owner moving in with a child and except where the owner only owns one unit in the building. Sponsors: Mar; Chiu
- Reimbursement to City for Dignitary Security provided during campaign-related travel by elected officials. Sponsors: Mirkarimi; Campos; Avalos and Daly
Local 2's Big New Year Action
When: January 5, 2010 - Tuesday
4 p.m to 5 p.m.
Where: Local 2 Plaza (next to Four Seasons Hotel) Market Street, between 3rd and 4th Street, SF
What: Join Unite Here Local 2's first Big Action of the year as they organize to win a new and fair contract. Affordable health care is at the heart of the contract fight for 9,000 San Francisco hotel workers. Newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Unite Here international president John Wilhelm will be there in solidarity.
*Rincon Hill Neighborhood Association
When: January 5, 2010 - Tuesday
6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Where: Infinity's Club Lounge, 333 Main Street, San Francisco
What: meeting:
- Embarcadero YMCA's Strong Communities Campaign.
- Discussion regarding new park on the southeast corner of Harrison and Fremont Street (333 Harrison Street, beside Bridgeview).Dr. Isabel Wade and Corinne Woods will facilitate the discussion.
Source and Information: rinconhillneighbors.org
Potrero Hill Democratic Club - California Majority Rule
When: January 5, 2010 - Tuesday
7 p.m.
Where: Potrero Hill Neighborhood House, 953 De Haro Street, San Francisco
What: California is the only state in the nation which requires a 2/3 vote for both revenue and budget. Just one sentence will fix that: "All legislative action on revenue and budget must be determined by majority rule". That, in its entirety, is the ballot proposition for November 2010 submitted to the Attorney General by UC Berkeley Linguistics Professor George Lakoff. Sonoma State University Philosophy Professor Teed Rockwell of theCA Majority Rule campaign will speak about bringing sanity back to the state legislative process.
Information: phdemclub.org
January 6, 2009 - Wednesday
San Francisco Board of Supervisors - Budget and Finance Committee:
When: January 6, 2010 - Wednesday
11 a.m.
Where: City Hall, Room 250, San Francisco
What: Items off agenda:
- Mayor's Proposed Mid-Year Budget Reductions
- Annual Review and Approval of the FY 2010-2011 Board of Supervisors/Clerk of the Board Annual Budget Guidelines (continued)
*San Francisco Police Commission Meeting
When: January 6, 2010 - Wednesday
5:30 p.m.
Where: City Hall, San Francisco
What: Item off agenda:
Chief's Report - update on significant policing efforts by Department members. Presentation of the Department's 3rd Quarter 2009 Document Protocol Report
Information: 415-553-1667
January 7, 2010 - Thursday
*San Francisco Board of Supervisors - Rules Committee
When: January 7, 2010 - Thursday
10 a.m.
Where: City Hall, Room 263, San Francisco
What: Items off agenda:
- Appointments to Workforce Investment Community Advisory Committee
- Appointment to Veterans Affairs Commission
- Medical Cannabis Task Force - Ordinance amending the San Francisco Administrative Code to establish a Medical Cannabis Task Force to advise the Board of Supervisors on medical cannabis issues. Sponsors: Campos; Mirkarimi, Avalos and Daly
*State Budget Action: Rally & Press Conference
When: January 7, 2009 - Thursday
11:45 a.m.
Where: State Building, McAllister @ Larkin, San Francisco
What: Tell Governor Schwarzenegger that we need a California Recovery Plan that creates jobs by investing in health and human services, provides a strong net to help Californians survive and thrive and that brings home more federal dollars.
Information: kkruckel@communitychange.org
*Spur - Web 2.0 and the public press - Andy Nash
When: January 7, 2009 - Thursday
12:30
Where: SPUR, 654 Mission, San Francisco
What: Andy Nash will discuss Web 2.0 shorthand for Internet applications that rely on users to generate contents- has the potential to transform transit systems and operations, while also enabling the general public to collaborate directly with public agencies.
Information: spur.org
*Swearing in ceremony for City Attorney Dennis Herrera
When: January 7, 2009 - Thursday
4 p.m.
Where: City Hall, San Francisco
What: Swearing-in ceremony followed by reception in North Light Court, City Hall
A celebration for Alex Randolph and Alfredo Pedroza
When: January 7, 2010 - Thursday
6 p.m.
Where: Medjool Restaurant/Lounge, 2522 Mission Street, San Francisco
What: A celebration for Alex Randolph and Alfredo Pedroza, for their tireless dedication and commitment to the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (MONS).
RSVP: Kirsten.Macaulay@sfgov.org
*Student Assignment Redesign
When: January 7, 2010 - Thursday
6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Drew Elementary School, 50 Pomona Avenue, San Francisco
What: The San Francisco Board of Education is changing the way students are assigned to schools for 2011. Learn about the options under consideration and share your questions and ideas.
Information: sfusd.edu/studentassignmentredesign
January 10, 2010 - Sunday
*Off-ramp from northbound Highway 101/Doyle Drive to southbound Highway 1/Park Presidio Blvd. will be closed in order for construction of the new roadway to begin. The ramp will remain closed until 2013.
January 11, 2010 - Monday
*Federal Court Accepts challenge of Prop 8
When: January 11, 2010 - Monday
8:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
What: Ted Olson and David Boies are challenging proposition 8's federal constitutionality and believe that it should be repealed.
*South Beach/Rincon/Mission Bay Neighborhood Association Meeting - Public Safety
When: January 11, 2010 - Monday
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: South Beach Harbor Services Building (between Pier 40 and At&T Park)
What: Learn about safety issues along the South of Market waterfront neighborhoods and how you can get involved in a community patrol group.
Information and Source: rinconhillneighbors.org
January 12, 2010 - Tuesday
SPUR - The world's great streets
When: January 12, 2010 - Tuesday
12:30 p.m.
Where: SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco
What: Discussion with David Alumbaugh, acting director of Citywide Planning and manager of the Planning Department's City Design Group and Andy Varat, manager for the Better Streets Plan.
Information: spur.org
*Alliance for a Better District 6 - 10th Annual Meeting
When: January 12, 2010 - Tuesday
6 to 8 p.m.
Where: 201 Turk Street, Community Room, San Francisco
What: Election of officers, awards ceremony, door prizes, refreshments. Open to the public.
Information: 415-820-1560
*Board of Education Meeting
When: January 12, 2010 - Tuesday
6 p.m.
Where: Irving G. Breyer Board Meeting Room, 555 Franklin Street, First Floor, San Francisco
What: Election of new President and Vice-President.
*LGBT Forum on Sutter CPMC
When: January 12, 2010 - Tuesday
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Where: Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, San Francisco
What: Forum sponsored by Harvey Milk Democratic Club and SF Pride at Work/HAVOQ. Discussion regarding Sutter CPMC planning to downsize St. Luke's and build a new hospital on Cathedral Hill. Come hear city politicians, healthcare policy experts, community members, nurses, tenants, and healthcare workers discuss the plan.
Information: info@milkclub.org sfpridework.org
January 13, 2010 - Wednesday
*Organizing locally: Using new media to win
When: January 13, 2010 - Wednesday
6 to 9 p.m.
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter Street, San Francisco
What: Join Netroots Nation for a discussion on the role online and offline activists can play on comprehensive immigration reform. Jenifer Fernandez Ancona will moderate discussion. Panelists include Paul Hogarth, activist Bobbi Lopez, Christopher Punonghayan and Favianna Rodriguez.
Information: bit.ly/3VyfGy netrootsnation.org/node/1357
*City Lights Bookstore - David Hilliard and Fredrika Newton
When: January 13, 2010 - Wednesday
7 p.m.
Where: City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco
What: New release of classic collection of Huey Newton's writings and speeches "To Die for the People". Foreword by Elaine Brown. David Hilliard and Fredrika Newton will speak.
Information: citylights.com
January 14, 2010 - Thursday
*SPUR - The Parking Problem: Balancing local needs with regional needs.
When: January 14, 2010 - Thursday
12:30 p.m.
Where: SPUR, 654 Mission Street, San Francisco
What: Discussion of how we can resolve tension between local needs and regional aims. Redwood City Downtown Development Coordinator Dan Zack and Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Valerie Knepper and Doug Johnson
Information: spur.org
*Commonwealth Club - Kamala Harris
When: January 14, 2010 - Thursday
5:30 p.m.
Where: Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco
What: Kamala Harris, District Attorney for San Francisco will discuss her book "Smart on Crime: Elevating the discussion in our City, State, and Nation". $18. non-members
Information: tickets.commonwealthclub.org
*Martin Luther King Celebration - I Have A Dream - Labor Breakfast
When: January 15, 2010 - Friday
7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Where: ILWU Local 34, 4 Berry Street, San Francisco
What: Join San Francisco Labor Council in celebrating the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. to the American Labor Movement. $35. per person. Information and to make reservation: Shelley Bradford Bell sbb@sbbglobalcommunicaitons.com
January 18, 2010 - Monday
Martin Luther King Day
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