WHAT: Tenants and allies, rally against deceptive campaign and delivery of formal FPPC complaints
WHO: Campaigns from Alameda, Burlingame, Mountain View, Oakland, Richmond, and San Mateo.

Representing big landlords and sending misleading mailers to voters, the California Apartment Association (CAA) is running a deceptive campaign against renter protection ballot measures in cities throughout the Bay Area. The CAA recently sent literature that falsely claims the State Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) has taken a position on the 5 ballot measures for new rent control. Tenants will hold a day of action in protest of the CAA’s deceptive campaign calling on the CAA to stop using renters’ money to subsidize lies, and will release its formal FPPC complaint against the CAA.

Residents and renters from throughout the SF Bay Area are calling for common sense solutions to protect our communities & renters amidst the worst displacement crisis in recent history.

Help stop new jail construction in Alameda County!

Conscientious Projector Presents Book Party for “Nuclear Heartland”

“Nuclear Heartland Revised Edition: A guide to the 450 land-based missiles of the United States” edited by Arianne Peterson and our guest speaker John M. LarFarge of Nukewatch, an educational project based in Wisconsin which raises public awareness of nuclear weapons, reactors and waste.
Dr. Helen Caldicott states that every American should read this book, learn that under our farms and prairies are the ICBMs with nuclear warheads and take on the entities that imperil our survival. Much of the original content was by the late Sam Day who was most helpful to our SJC on past anti-nuclear actions.
www.nukewatchinfo.org

CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN!

Occupy Oakland

(Five Years Hence)

Walking Tour

Sunday, Oct 16^th, 1:00 PM
Oscar Grant Plaza
(meet up the steps at 14^th & Broadway)

Visit places Occupy happened and learn its history, or revisit and remember.

Oakland Commune, Foreclosure Defense, Shields, Scott Olsen, Kettling, Port Shutdown, Alan Blueford, General Strike, Anti-Repression, DAC, Strike Debt, Lawsuits, Move-In Day, Kali, FTP, Occubus, OLWA, Occupy the Farm, FTP, Einstein 4 Oakland… so much more!

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland.  On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome.

OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a participatory gathering of Oakland community members and beyond, where everyone who shows up is treated equally . Our Assembly and the process we have collectively cultivated strives to reach agreement while building community.

At the GA committees, caucuses, and loosely associated groups whose representatives come voluntarily report on past and future actions, with discussion. We encourage everyone participating in the Occupy Oakland GA to be part of at least one associated group, but it is by no means a requirement. If you like, just come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement.

General Assembly Standard Agenda

1. Welcome & Introductions
2. Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
3. Announcements
4. (Optional) Discussion Topic

Occupy Oakland activities and contact info for some Bay Area Groups with past or present Occupy Oakland members.

Occupy Oakland Web Committee: (web@occupyoakland.org)
Strike Debt Bay Area : strikedebtbayarea.tumblr.com
Berkeley Post Office Defenders:http://berkeleypostofficedefenders.wordpress.com/
Alan Blueford Center 4 Justice:https://www.facebook.com/ABC4JUSTICE
Oakland Privacy Working Group:https://oaklandprivacy.wordpress.com
Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity: prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/
Bay Area AntiRepression: antirepression@occupyoakland.org
Biblioteca Popular: http://tinyurl.com/mdlzshy
Interfaith Tent: www.facebook.com/InterfaithTent
Port Truckers Solidarity: oaklandporttruckers.wordpress.com
Bay Area Intifada: bayareaintifada.wordpress.com
Transport Workers Solidarity: www.transportworkers.org
Fresh Juice Party (aka Chalkupy) freshjuiceparty.com/chalkupy-gallery
Sudo Room: https://sudoroom.org
Omni Collective: https://omnicommons.org/
First They Came for the Homeless: https://www.facebook.com/pages/First-they-came-for-the-homeless/253882908111999
Sunflower Alliance: http://www.sunflower-alliance.org/
Bay Area Public School: http://thepublicschool.org/bay-area

San Francisco based groups:
Occupy Bay Area United: www.obau.org
Occupy Forum: (see OBAU above)
San Francisco Projection Department: http://tinyurl.com/kpvb3rv

The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting.

Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the city should run. They decide the city budget.

Democratic, community budgeting is a powerful step toward building strong communities, real democracy, and economic justice–and it’s being done all over the world.

The budget of the City Oakland totals more than $1 billion per year. Although part of the budget must be used for specific purposes, still over half of the budget–over $500 billion per year–consists of general purpose funds paid by the taxes, fees, and fines of the people of Oakland. The Mayor and the City Council decide the city budget, with minimal input from the community.

Working together, we will not only get a seat at the table–we will REBUILD the table itself. Participatory democracy is real democracy–join us to say: Local People, Local Resources, Local Power!

Liberated Lens Collective is a community media project based in Oakland, California. We share resources, skills and knowledge to tell stories that might otherwise remain untold. We believe that story telling belongs to everyone. We do not depend on mainstream media or an expensive film school: we empower ourselves to make our own images!

We learn by doing. We teach eachother. We work horizontally, and operate by consensus. We make films in a spirit of collaboration, inclusivity and solidarity, maintain a film equipment library for creative projects, organize free, at cost or donation-based workshops, and host film screenings. In May 2015 we organized the Films 2 The People Short Film Festival.

To be updated about what we do, join our announce mailing list: Liberated_Lens.announce@lists.riseup.net

To get involved, come to our meetings! We’re open and happy to welcome you, no matter your experience level. Sometimes, the meetings turn into creative workshops!

Support the Moore Family’s Fight or Justice! Pack the Courtroom!

The judge will give an update on his decision about whether to let the City of Berkeley dismiss Kayla Moore’s family’s wrongful death lawsuit.

We need to show up on October 17th to pack the courtroom to make it clear to the judge that we have NOT forgotten Kayla Moore, that her life and memory matter, and that we demand an end to racist, transphobic and ableist police violence!

We can’t let the City and BPD escape responsibility for Kayla’s death and the violence she faced, alongside so many Black, Brown, trans and disabled people who are harmed and killed by police violence.

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ABOUT KAYLA MOORE & HER FAMILY’S FIGHT FOR JUSTICE
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Kayla Moore was a Black trans women born and raised in Berkeley. She lived in the Gaia Building in downtown Berkeley. She was a published poet, and loved to cook, dance, and help people – her neighbors, friends and even strangers on the bus.

On Feb. 12, 2013, Kayla was in her home when a friend of hers called BPD to request a mental health wellness check for Kayla. Kayla had a schizophrenia diagnosis and her family and friends had called for help from the city of Berkeley before. But this night, instead of offering assistance, they immediately tried to take her into custody. Although they had no legal basis for arresting her, they wrestled her onto the ground. Kayla died face down on a futon with six police officers on top of her.

Over three years later, the officers involved have faced no consequences. This fall, the Moore family is taking the City of Berkeley and BPD to court with a wrongful death suit. But, the supposedly ‘progressive’ City of Berkeley is continuing to shirk responsibility for Kayla’s death by trying to have the Moore family’s case thrown out.

Show up MONDAY OCTOBER 17 at 9am in downtown SF to help show the judge that although the powers that be may want the case dismissed we, the community, DO NOT!

9:00am – Gathering with coffee and light breakfast
10:00am sharp – hearing begins (**line up early**)

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OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
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-CONTACT US to come to a meeting in Berkeley or about other ways to support

-EMAIL UPDATES: http://eepurl.com/b8MJnL

-ENDORSE our demands: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/justice-for-kayla-moore-endorse-the-demands

OccupyForum presents…
Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!!

Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue
on all sides of these critically important issues!

Defiant Haiti Needs Our Solidarity…
As the U.S. plots to steal
yet another Haitian Election

Over 200 years ago, Haitians rose and overthrew both slavery and colonial rule. Now, when the enemies of freedom and sovereignty are attempting to re-colonize and re-enslave Haiti, we need to act in solidarity with our Haitian comrades, in the spirit of their fierce resistance.

The irresistible momentum of Haiti’s non-stop mass movement — with tens of thousands in the streets almost daily for many months — forced annulment of 2015’s fraudulent elections. An entirely new election was set for October 2016 (now postponed due to Hurricane Matthew). But the U.S. Embassy and their allies are still scheming to block Haiti’s most popular political party, Fanmi Lavalas, and thwart the popular will. After being excluded since the 2004 US military coup, Lavalas was finally able to run candidates again, headed by Maryse Narcisse for President. Huge crowds all over Haiti turned out for Dr. Narcisse, former President Aristide and their grassroots campaign.

Come hear the incredible story of how this resilient people is rising up and upsetting the diabolical plans of the imperialist power to the north. And watch the heart-breaking 16-minute Film, What’s Going on in Haiti? — live footage of massacres by the US/UN military force still occupying Haiti — 12 years after the US coup that ousted and kidnapped President Aristide ­­­­ and the people’s unbreakable will to resist.

Presenters:

Pierre Labossiere, Co-founder, Haiti Action Committee; Board member, Haiti Emergency Relief Fund,

Dave Welsh, S.F. Labor Council delegate; Member, Haiti Action Committee

Haiti is dealing with a devastating hurricane and worsening cholera epidemic. At the same time, the Haitian people are rising up to resist the wealthy elite and their foreign backers.

Announcements will follow. Donations to OccupyForum to cover our costs are encouraged; no one turned away.

Lise Pearlman, retired judge and legal expert, will speak about her new book American Justice on Trial at the bookstore, which outlines how the defense during the Huey Newton murder trial worked to lessen racial bias in jury selection and put into place legal and cultural precedents that still affect American jurisprudence, criminal law, and race relations.

On the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, Pearlman’s new book American Justice on Trial: People v. Newton compares the explosive state of American race relations in 1968 to race relations today with insights from key participants and observers of the internationally-watched Oakland, California death-penalty trial that launched the Black Panther Party and transformed the American jury “of one’s peers” to the diverse cross-section we often take for granted today. The book includes comments from Newton prosecutor Lowell Jensen, pioneering black jury foreman David Harper and TV journalist Belva Davis, as well as from Huey Newton’s older brother Melvin Newton, former
Panthers Kathleen Cleaver, David Hilliard and Emory Douglas. It also includes comments from civil rights experts including Bryan Stevenson, Barry Scheck and John Burris. This book complements the nonprofit documentary project
of the same name for which Pearlman is co-producer/co-director on behalf of Arc of Justice Productions, Inc. http://www.americanjusticeontrial.com/

Lise Pearlman appeared in Stanley Nelson’s acclaimed 2015 film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution as the country’s leading expert on the 1968 Huey Newton death penalty trial. Her first history book, The Sky’s TheLimit: People v. Newton, The Real Trial of the 20th Century? (Regent Press, 2012) won awards in the categories of law, history and multiculturalism. Pearlman was an undergraduate in the first class that included women at Yale University when Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale was tried for murder in New Haven. She then moved to the Bay Area where she attended Berkeley Law School and then clerked for California Chief Justice Donald White before practicing law in Oakland. From 1989-1995, she served as the first Presiding Judge of the California State Bar Court. Pearlman has spent almost all of her adult life in Oakland where the Newton trial took place and where she still resides.

Reece Jones: Violent Borders

                            RALLY AGAINST ABUSIVE MANAGEMENT

Union Shop Stewart Angela Bibb-Merritt is being
threatened with a law off by the U.S. post office.
Angela has been a participant in Occupy and would
sometimes inform union members at her job site
of activities of Occupy.

Please join the rally to protest for our sister
Angela.  She has been active in the occupation
of Staples which was threatening the lay off of
postal employees.  She was also a supporter of
the Federal Reserve Occupation.