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TONIGHT, join us at the press conference –https://t.co/kjyhOA0hlI pic.twitter.com/iZIyk0WrO4

— Cheryl Davila (@CherylKDavila) May 24, 2022

Special discussion of the Healthy CA for All Commission report

Join Commissioner Carmen Comsti; health policy expert James G. Kahn; and Michael Lighty, president of the Healthy California Now coalition.

Click here to register and receive meeting information.

Co-sponsored by Physicians for a National Health Program-CA and Health Care for All

This healthcare advisory commission–led by the state’s top healthcare official with voting members appointed by the goveronor (8) and legislature (4)–recently wrapped up two years of study on the potential for creating a universal healthcare system using “unified financing”. (The term was not defined in clearcut terms, though single payer advocates interpret it to mean single payer financing, i.e., one entity collecting all monies and paying all bills.)

Read the final report. And tune in to hear panelists compare notes on the 106-page report and where it fits in to the ongoing push for single payer.

We need all allies on deck to join us for a rally next Wednesday at 12pm on the steps of City Hall as we urge @LondonBreed & BOS to prioritize the necessary & needed funding to get CART implemented!
Bring a sign (we will have some extras), a friend, & your voices!#getCARTrolling pic.twitter.com/8dslIQ4s1f

— Compassionate Alternative Response Team – SF (@CART_SF) May 20, 2022

You can grab the book from here: https://t.co/Ont3yfrPrR

If you need it, we can also give you a PDF copy of the book after you register!

— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 10, 2022

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Debt Collective hosts “Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay” Book Club –> REGISTRATION

NYT Student Debt Editorial, Annotated by the Debt Collective May 14, 2022

New Poll: Young Voters Want Biden To Cancel Student Loans For Everyone

by Zack Friedman may 19, 2022

The Failed Legal Case Against Student Debt Jubilee
John P. Hunt University of California, Davis – School of Law May 17, 2022

From ⁦@moms4housing;
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"Join us this Saturday – Moms 4 Housing will speak; Carroll Fife will share her plan to end homelessness in Oakland, and our friends at Care 4 Community will help you organize your neighbors to support this fight!" pic.twitter.com/LOjPjBeOp6

— marincountyconfidential (@marindatanow) May 27, 2022

Exciting as hell. Parents, teachers and supporters are planning to occupy Parker Elementary in protest of the OUSD closure. I think this came close to succeeding at Lakeview ten years ago, but in today's climate, I am predicting more parent/student participation. pic.twitter.com/9FBLxPO63t

— Trash Night Heron (@hyphy_republic) May 20, 2022

Just In;  People’s Park Berkeley is now officially signed onto the
National Register of Historic Places at the level of National significance.

Greetings Comrades
The university is now moving tent people out of the park, making the final preparation for
their final assault on our park.  There are several legal actions making their way through the courts
but we know UC will not be deterred by impending legal action.  Their Anchor House project in
being challenged by a legal suit that includes People’s Park and UC has already cleared the site.

We need to prepare for serious civil disobedience and are therefore asking each of you to extend
to your varied memberships an invitation to meet up at People’s Park this Saturday May 28 at 6 pm.
This will be first a community building by getting to meet fellow park supporters and then followed
by forming working groups to solidify all our strengths into the most effective defense of the park
possible.

We know each of your organizations is busy with its own mission and therefore some of you might
come on Saturday only to show solidarity.  We would deeply appreciate your presence.  Those of
you who have a few hours a week could make a difference in this struggle, considering the years
you have devoted to the cause of justice for all.

To receive an alarm when the assult of the park begins: text  SAVETHEPARK to the number 74121

Thank you,
joe liesner, People’s Park Council, People’s Park Historic District Advocacy Group
Info at: https://peoplespark.org.  and  htps://peoplesparkhxdist.org

Tia Wou, Fab 5 Freddy, Amir Soltani, and Stefan Forbes invite you a special one-night screening and Q&A at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco on May 28th at 7pm.

HOLD YOUR FIRE is a gritty 1970’s New York thriller about the longest hostage siege in NYPD history, like French Connection or Dog Day Afternoon, examined from deeply conflicting perspectives.

We’re relying on our friends to share this trailer, and with it Dr. Harvey Schlossberg’s message of conflict de-escalation, radical empathy and deep listening across the racial, cultural, and religious divides in our country. America must learn to “hold our fire” – in fact, our fragile democracy may depend on it.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams just released a video endorsing our campaign: Every police officer in America needs conflict de-escalation training.
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NATIONAL SHOWTIMES TO SHARE WITH FRIENDS: holdyourfiredoc.com
NY, LA, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, New Orleans, San Diego, Cincinnati, Columbus, etc
HOLD YOUR FIRE

PREMIERE: TORONTO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BETTER ANGELS AWARD
METROPOLIS GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER, DOC NYC
SCREENINGS: NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER, CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS, PALM SPRINGS FF, BLACK MOVIE HALL OF FAME

Stefan and Fab 5 Freddy on Fox

As the imperialist warmongering by the US, NATO and the EU against Russia has recently escalated into a proxy war in Ukraine, a revolutionary party, “The Revolutionary Workers’ Party” (DIP, Devrimci İşçi Partisi in Turkish), has taken an unflinching anti-imperialist stance that distinguished it from most organizations and groupings on the Left. In this session, we will discuss the role of Turkey as a NATO ally in this war, and the strategy revolutionaries in the NATO countries should take towards the war. We will talk about Turkey’s involvement not only in Ukraine as a NATO country but also its involvement in Syria, Iraq, and contradictorily, its relationship with Russia in the context of imperialism

Our speaker is Burak Sayın, a militant member of The Revolutionary Workers’ Party (DIP)
For more info, see our webpage, icssmarx.org

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NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to:

occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net

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 for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. 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. (Note: we tend to meet at 3:00 PM during the cooler months from November to early March after Daylights Savings Time.)

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 six years, since October 2011! 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

Welcome & Introductions
Reports from Committees, Caucuses, & Independent Organizations
Announcements
(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

You can grab the book from here: https://t.co/Ont3yfrPrR

If you need it, we can also give you a PDF copy of the book after you register!

— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) May 10, 2022

When the California Public Utilities Commission came out with a plan in December to make installing rooftop solar unaffordable, our huge outcry forced them to back down.  But their new proposal is pretty much the same, so we need to do it again (sigh).   Details on the old and new plans are here.

The plan would continue to impose a “solar tax” on customers with rooftop solar and slash the payments they get for electricity they generate — this time described in slightly different language and with a more gradual implementation schedule to make it seem more palatable.

When they made the original proposal in December, more than 150,000 people submitted comments to the CPUC and Gov. Newsom, along with over 600 nonprofits, cities, schools and elected officials and most major newspaper editorial boards.

We need to rally again to save solar!

***ASAP: Call Governor Newsom at 916-445-2841.
His office is open Monday-Friday from 9 to 5. Say your name and where you live, and something personal.  Here’s a suggestion:

“The CPUC’s latest rooftop solar announcement is a non-starter for me. California should not be taxing solar energy, period. We need more solar, not less. Please show leadership now.”

***June 2, 11 AM – 3 PM: Don’t Tax the Sun Rally – CPUC Offices, 505 Van Ness, San Francisco    Look the CPUC in the eye and tell them what you think in person!  Organizers will kick it off with a rally on the steps of the CPUC, and then help you sign up and speak directly to the CPUC. And, of course, refreshments!    RSVP

Call the CPUC Public Comment Line
Dial remotely into the CPUC meeting on June 2nd to tell them to drop their latest Solar Tax.  Sign up here.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:
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Relevant Agenda Items:

5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – DVP – Apricot 360 database
a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy
6. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Annual Reports (Automated License Plate Readers, Cell-Site Simulator,   Biometric Crime Lab, Forensic Logic/Coplink, GPS Tag Tracker, ShotSpotter, Live Stream Camera, Mobile Fingerprint ID,   Unmanned Aerial Vehicles/Drones)
a. Review and take possible action on the annual reports
7. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – DOT – Mobile Parking Payment System
a. Review and take possible action on Impact Report and proposed Use Policy

Screening of a documentary film about the occupation of churches by sex workers in 1975 in France which International Sex Workers day commemorates. Readings from Prostitutes Our Life which documents powerful words from sex workers on strike then. Connecting that historic action with present day organizing against violence, poverty, racist enforcement of the prostitution laws and discussion.

Today marks 2 years since Sean Monterrosa was murdered by Vallejo PD. Tonight there is a candlelight vigil @Justice4Sean – 1050 Redwood St. Vallejo, CA @ 7PM. Sending so much love to the Monterrosa’s from out east. ¡#SeanMonterrosa, presente! ❤️🕊 pic.twitter.com/fnig4qmDu0

— Talia (טליה) Moore (@tal_moore) June 2, 2022

“I’ll do a concert from my living room, livestreamed on Twitch and other platforms (just click the link when the time comes and I’ll appear), archived afterwards.”