2008 election
Yes on the Measure VV Event
Dateline:
10/15/2008
Over 50 students, parents, bus riders, and people
representing community and faith organizations gathered at the busiest bus hub
in 
y to bus riders.
If passed by voters in November, Measure VV will fill the gap in AC Transit’s operating budget – preventing service hikes and major budget cuts. If Measure VV doesn’t pass, then the consequences could be devastating to AC Transit’s over 200,000 daily riders- many of whom have no other transportation option and include youth, seniors, working people, and people with disabilities.
Listen to KPFA Wendall Harper's report on the event click Here or listen to KCBS' Bob Melrose click Here
AC Transit Fare Hike Depends on Passage of Prop V-V
Dateline:
10/16/2008
AC Transit
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS) -- Voters in Alameda County must decide whether to double and extend a property tax that feeds money into public transportation.
The AC Transit board of directors believes it can avoid raising discounted fares for students and senior citizens if voters pass Measure VV.
The measure would raise a parcel tax that funds the agency from $48 to $96 a year, and extend its life another 6 years to 2019. It needs a two-thirds majority to pass.
Critics complain the transit agency has already squandered much of the money from the original property tax on expensive diesel-powered buses.
Click the link below or to listen to KPFA's Wendall Harper's report click Here:
Listen KCBS' Bob Melrose Reports
Statements Stricken from AC Transit Challenger’s Ballot Statement
Dateline:
09/04/2008An Alameda County Superior Court Judge has taken the first vote in the 2008 local general election, ruling that certain portions of AC Transit At Large Board challenger Joyce Roy’s submitted ballot statement were either false or misleading, and ordering them removed.
Judge Frank Roesch’s ruling last week was in response to a lawsuit filed by Alameda County resident William Rowen. Rowen was represented by Oakland attorney David Stein, while Roy represented herself.
Roy, a retired Oakland architect and public transportation advocate, is challenging AC Transit Board President Chris Peeples for Peeples’ At-Large board seat.
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East Bay local agencies ask voters for money
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08/21/2008East Bay voters face a double-edged ballot on Nov 4.
At the same time they pay more at the pump and the grocery store, cash-strapped local public agencies are asking for money, too.
Of the 58 local ballot measures on Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano County ballots, a third propose new or extended taxes totalling more than $750 million.
Nearly half the measures raise funds for schools either through bonds repaid with property taxes or parcel taxes.
The largest is a $500 million parks bond for the East Bay Regional Park District. A handful of cities seek cash to pay for new police officers, street repairs and library services.
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Senate Improves, Approves High Speed Rail Bill
Dateline:
08/09/2008Yee amendment helps protect main line of bullet train from SF to LA.
SACRAMENTO – The California Senate on Thursday approved Assembly Bill 3034 to rewrite the $10 billion bond measure set to go before the voters in November to build the state´s high speed rail system. AB 3034 improves the business plan and provides greater public oversight of the high speed rail construction. At the request of Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), the bill also includes a critical amendment supported by most high speed rail advocates and environmentalists to protect the main line of the bullet train from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim.
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The 2008 Elections: What does it all mean and why should we care?
The Center for Political Education Presents:
The 2008 Elections: What does it all mean and why should we care?
Carl Bloice, writer with the Black Commentator, and MK Nguyen from the League of Young Voters (aka League of Pissed Off Voters) will kick off this provocative and fresh discussion
Monday, January 28th, 7-9 PM
2857 24th St., Galería de la Raza at Bryant in San Francisco
wheelchair accessible*
In the context of war, economic and ecological crises, and changing political terrain, the elections will undoubtedly have implications for the next period.
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