Events

This month's agenda will include:

• ­planning for healthcare advocacy,
  
• the upcoming County Council elections in November and
  
• the 2010 elections.

Green Party of San Diego County monthly meetings are held at the Joyce Beers Community Center, 4065 Vermont St. San Diego, CA 92103 (across the street from Trader Joe’s).­

­Join the Green Party and International Socialist Organization to determine what advocates of true healthcare reform can do to take power away from insurance companies and put it back in the hands of doctors and patients.

Your input and participation would be greatly appreciated. 

This meeting will be held at the City Heights Recreation Center, 4380 Landis Street (at Fairmount).­

Help us show Representative Davis and constituents that what we want is single payer universal healthcare, not some watered-down “reform” of the insurance system. We have a list of questions for constituents to ask and signs to hold. ­

This town hall is at the Spring Valley Branch Library, 836 Kempton Street, Spring Valley, CA, 91977.

Please ­RSVP to events@sdgreenparty.org

­­This Saturday, the State Bar of California will hold its annual meeting at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego.

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The Hyatt's owner, Doug Manchester, contributed $125,000 to the "Yes on Proposition 8" campaign, which after its passage, denied the fundamental right to marry to same-sex couples across California.

The CA State Bar plans to return to the Manchester in 2011!­

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DETAILS
Saturday, Sept. 12th
11:00-2:00 p.m.  (during the Swearing-In Ceremony)
Manchester Grand Hyatt on the waterfront in downtown San Diego­

RSVP to events@sdgreenparty.org if you would like us to provide you with a protest sign.

­­­­­­Stevenson Canyon in Clairemont is a beautiful urban canyon with lots of habitat for wildlife. San Diego Canyonlands (formerly Sierra Club) has been removing invasive plants, mostly palm fronds, which block and erode the streambed through the canyon, preventing normal flow of water out towards the bay and creating a fire hazard. Invasives are also a problem because they replace native plants which provide food and shelter for birds and other wildlife. ­

For this event, make sure to wear long pants, sturdy closed shoes, gardening gloves and long sleeves if possible.

­­­This is part of the 25th annual California Coastal Cleanup, which started out just cleaning up beaches but now does 80-90% of its efforts inland, since tracing where the trash and blockages occur is one of the best ways to insure clean and healthy coastal areas. The California Coastal Cleanup is part of a worldwide effort which last year had a total of 400,000 volunteers! There are over seventy sites in San Diego county alone. I Love a Clean San Diego, which coordinates the overall effort, has provided water, some snacks, and free giveaways.

Email us at ­events@sdgreenparty.org to help cleanup Stevenson Canyon.