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Recycle Your Electronics in San Francisco

by derek, posted to California / San Francisco / Us

Need to get rid of your old electronics but not sure how to do it in an evironmentally responsible way? Green Citizen provides some information on how to do it. If your in San Francisco they have a local drop off.

Yes on Prop 89, A Covert Takeover of the Government by the People

by derek, posted to California / Opinion / Our Government

There are not many things that absolutely everyone can agree on and the appropriate responsibilities of a democratic government is no exception. But I believe one of our government’s responsibilities that we all can agree on is making the machinery of democracy work, in other words supporting the fundamental processes and logistics that allow a […]

PARK(ing) Day, September 21

by derek, posted to California / News / San Francisco / Urban Planning

The Rebar group is doing another PARK(ing) Day in San Francisco on September 21. They’re looking for volunteers to help set it up.

“Please join us as we transform parking spots into PARK(ing) spaces: temporary public parks in areas that need open space – enlivening the streets and improving the quality of urban human habitat.”

Clean Elections is on California’s November Ballot

by derek, posted to California / News / Our Government / San Francisco

California is on it’s way to becoming the third state to enact Clean Money/Clean Elections campaign finance reform. Prop 89 qualified for the November ballot. I’m excited. It seems everyone is pretty much in agreement that our current method of financing public campaigns gives corporations and those with money a much bigger voice than your […]

Berkeley, California will vote on Bush Impeachment

by derek, posted to California / News / San Francisco

Berkeley, California will become the country’s first city to place a referrendum on the ballot to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

BERKELEY / Bush impeach resolution on ballot / Council, with overwhelming support, OKs measure

Arnold is Numero Uno

by derek, posted to California / Our Government / Video

Here’s a video I found of Governor Arnold smoking a fat joint and, my favorite, wearing a shirt that says “Arnold is Numero Uno.”


My friend was a flight attendant for Universal Studios and said whenever she had to fly […]

Publicly Funded Elections Becoming a Reality?

by derek, posted to California / Our Government / San Francisco

The idea with publicly funded “Clean Elections” is that politicians should spend their time listening to their constituents instead of selling tickets to $200/plate dinners to pay for their campaigns. The current system seems so obviously flawed that it’s a wonder that we have it at all.

Supporting democracy is our goverment’s main function. So […]