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1. Call to Order, determination of quorum 2. Open Forum/Public Comment on Non-Agenda matters 3. Information Item: a. Report from Public Works regarding OPD request for video footage. 4. Action Items: a. April 3, 2025 PAC minutes b. Annual Reports 1. Biometric Crime Lab (OPD) 2. ALPR/FLOCK (OPD) 3. ATF (OPD) c. Use Policies 1. OPD Community Safety Camera Systems (OPD) 1   To observe and participate in the meeting via Zoom, go to: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85817209915 r One tap mobile: 1 669 444 9171  78208

Please register in advance at https://bit.ly/SSS_CampusSpeech to receive your personal link to participate in this event online Join us for Suds, Snacks & Socialism as we discuss The Assault on Campus Free Speech. We’ll examine the repression of the Palestinian solidarity movements on campus, the Trump administration’s revocation of 1,500 student visas, and the important role student activism plays in the fight for Palestinian liberation. Lari Cursaro – U.C. Berkeley graduate student in Public Policy *Organizations listed for identification purposes only. Please help us celebrate our return to the Starry Plough by ordering … Continued

Sunday, May 4, 2025: 10:30am-12:30pm Pacific Time To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85175860127?pwd=bfZRQOSMuhX9Pfm4qhPMOZMrmE9Ohm.1 To join on the phone: Meeting ID: 851 7586 0127 Passcode: 580909 Call one of these numbers and enter the codes above: • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 669 444 9171 US   Speaker: S. Brian Willson in conversation with Gerry Condon On September 1, 1987, some of the most dedicated peace activists in the nation – including our two guests – were protesting outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station trying to block a Navy munitions … Continued

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The first 100 days of the second Trump administration has been filled with escalating attacks on immigrant communities. These past few months have been immensely challenging and often frightening but organizations like the ACLU along with supporters like you are fighting back from the courts to the streets. We are committed to standing up for our family, friends, and neighbors and to continue protecting our civil liberties for everyone! Please join ACLU NorCal for our monthly immigration update and call to action. We will update you on the latest from … Continued

We hope you all had an active and inspiring Earth Day, May Day, and Spring Rebellion. Our next Open House is this Saturday, May 10, at 11 am PT, 12 pm MT, 1 pm CT, 2 pm ET. Activists who participated in the Spring Rebellion will join us to talk about their local actions. We will also provide an overview of Non-Violent Direct Action in climate activism and brainstorm ideas about what activists need in this moment to fight climate collapse.   We hope to see you all there! Register Here for the May … Continued

Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.  All are welcome! For our May, 2025 meeting we will be reading the first fourteen essays in The New Possible: Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis (Barnes and Noble).  For our June meeting, we will read the remaining essays. 2020 upended every aspect of our lives. But where is our world heading next? Will pandemic, protests, economic instability, and social distance lead to deeper inequalities, more nationalism, and further erosion of democracies around the world? Or are we moving toward … Continued

Speaker: Bahman Azad To Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85175860127?pwd=bfZRQOSMuhX9Pfm4qhPMOZMrmE9Ohm.1 Meeting ID: 851 7586 0127 Passcode: 580909 Call one of these numbers and enter the codes above: • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 669 444 9171 US     The US/Israel are actively and overtly preparing for war on Iran. From their perspective current conditions may be favorable for an attack due to several strategic and geopolitical factors. Iran could be nearing weapons-grade uranium enrichment levels, but it does not yet have a nuclear deterrent capability. Additionally, regional instability—such as … Continued

David Swanson is the co-author, with Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin, of “NATO: What You Need to Know,” a concise, 200-page summary of NATO’s supremely violent, imperialist history. The North Atlantic Treaty signed in 1949 proclaimed its commitment to peace and the principles of the UN Charter, but “the real glue that brought NATO countries together was opposition to communism and socialism.” It was created not only to counter the USSR, but also to defeat European communist and socialist movements and crush revolutionary, anti-colonial struggles. At the time of its founding, Britain, France, Belgium, … Continued

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“Police Brutality” That is the name of  my book. I invite all who are interested to come to a meeting. We will discuss relations between the police and the people, the effects of police violence, and its relations to many other issues – like housing, the homeless, and the nature of free speech. I do not make a case for cahoots. What I analyze is the police culture that can be brutal, and think that it moves toward their own end goal. I analyze local videos, local witnesses, and the … Continued

A call to discuss a book, with an open Q and A “Police Brutality” An analysis of the culture of the local police in the US By Steve Martinot Police Brutality discusses the current police culture in America and how it affects our lives. Steve Martinot will discuss his book, followed by an open Q&A. Discussion will also be about current matters,  such a the new community formed around objections to Elon Musk’s financial rioting; how Trump presents himself as having a “Royal Mind;” and the meaning of recent plainclothes … Continued

Speaker: Anthony D’Agostino To Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/87388824824?pwd=QTWNvr8cGeGo1ZDW7x9Y8W0sDaNxRc.1 Meeting ID: 873 8882 4824 Passcode:  042428 Call one of these numbers and enter the codes above: • +1 646 931 3860 US • +1 669 444 9171 US       Anthony D’Agostino is a diplomatic historian, emeritus of SF State University, and has written 5 books, along with many articles and reviews over the years, on the history of international politics, with attention to the Russian revolution, Soviet politics, the Gorbachev period, and the fall of the Soviet Bloc. The last book … Continued

Join us on Sunday, May 18th for a community-wide rummage sale! What better way to reduce, reuse, and recycle while supporting an amazing cause? 🥳 This will be a family-friendly event with food, music, and crafts alongside tons of awesome, gently used items. All proceeds will go directly to the beneficiaries surviving genocide. 🧤We will have new and vintage furniture, art supplies, pet supplies, outdoor gear, tools and construction supplies, music and audio gear, and more. ☎️CALLING FOR DONATIONS: If you have items to donate to the sale, please bring … Continued

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Federal Court Hearing on Berkeley Homeless Union (BHU) v City of Berkeley lawsuit See https://berkeleyspeaks.org/unhoused-in-berkeley/ 3:25-cv-01414-EMC – Berkeley Homeless Union et al v. City of Berkeley et al Motion for Preliminary Injunction To enter Judge Chen’s virtual courtroom, please click the link below: https://cand-uscourts.zoomgov.com/j/1619911861?pwd=TjVma1lnMlJlNHR3ZE9QMkFjNkFndz09 Webinar ID: 161 991 1861 Password: 912881 For important information and guidance on technical preparation, please see https://www.cand.uscourts.gov/zoom/. All cases are being heard via the Zoom Webinar link above. Federal District Court Judge Edward Chen. will hold a hearing on the suit to prevent sweep of 8th and Harrison … Continued

Celebrate Judi Bari Day, May 24 May 13, 2025     The Bay Area IWW invites you to join them in commemorating Judi Bari Day (May 24th) to honor their late comrade and fellow worker.  Judi Bari was a revolutionary ecologist active in Earth First! and a member of the IWW.  Her story is detailed here, here, and here. Background: Just Before noon, on May 24, 1990, while driving through Oakland, Judi Bari and her comrade and fellow Earth First! / IWW member Darryl Cherney were nearly assassinated by a bomb placed under Judi’s … Continued

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Right now, ICE agents are ramping up operations inside immigration courts across the country. On Friday, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice released a press statement alerting us that court buildings in San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento have seen ICE agents asking people for their names and IDs, and even coordinating with ICE attorneys inside the courtroom to try to get cases dismissed, just to arrest people as they walk out. This aggressive tactic is a direct threat to due process and justice, putting families and communities at risk. While this is a terrifying development … Continued

Right now, ICE agents are ramping up operations inside immigration courts across the country. On Friday, California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice released a press statement alerting us that court buildings in San Francisco, Concord, and Sacramento have seen ICE agents asking people for their names and IDs, and even coordinating with ICE attorneys inside the courtroom to try to get cases dismissed, just to arrest people as they walk out. This aggressive tactic is a direct threat to due process and justice, putting families and communities at risk. While this is a terrifying development … Continued

Demand Health not profit! Join nation-wide rallies May 31 for universal health care.  Get for-profit corporations out of our health care! ­National Single Payer has called a National Day of Action for May 31, 2025. In San Francisco, between 11 am and 1 pm, we will rally at Harry Bridges Plaza (Embarcadero and Market) and then march to the BlackRock offices (Howard and First). Here are two flyers for the SF action: one-page and palm-size Visit the Action website to: Listen to featured interviews with long-time activists Kay Tillow (Labor … Continued