The C.L.A.E.R. Project
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
415-333-3017
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
Twitter: TheClaerProject
Media Advisory 6/19/09
*Sharen Hewitt, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, 707-696-7951
The C.L.A.E.R. Project is thrilled that First Lady Michelle Obama has chosen San Francisco as the starting point for her campaign to bring attention to the importance of volunteerism. The city of St. Francis is famous for its devotion to service and giving, and we are proud that First Lady Obama has acknowledged that longstanding commitment.
It is admirable that First Lady Obama is going to devote her time Monday to building a playground. However, we do wish the First Lady Obama’s would make an effort during her trip to recognize the countless numbers of volunteers working with San Francisco’s most difficult and disenfranchised populations. San Francisco, despite being one of the most beautiful places on earth, is a city plagued with homelessness, street violence, and a growing permanent underclass. There are individuals through this city that dedicate their lives to attempting to eliminate poverty and pain from the lives of the most indigent. These individuals deserve recognition from the First Lady of the United States.
The C.L.A.E.R. Project hopes the First Lady’s trip is filled with health, happiness, and illumination. We also hope she is able to become familiar with the issues that plague our city’s poorest residents, and bring those concerns back to Washington and effect real and meaningful change.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Support the San Francisco Public Defender's Office in this budget process
C.L.A.E.R. supports Public Attorney JEFF ADACHI as he fights for his office to remain operational. San Francisco's most poor and indigent population deserve QUALITY representation. Jeff Adachi's office has continually provided quality and care.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/25/EDCF18D3LT.DTL
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/06/25/EDCF18D3LT.DTL
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
C.L.A.E.R. Supports the Interim Budget and Asks for VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING
The C.L.A.E.R. Project
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
415-333-3017
www.claerproject.org
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
TWITTER: TheCLAERProject
MEDIA ADVISORY
*Sharen Hewitt, Executive Director, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, Policy Associate, 707-696-7951
In the face of despair we must intensify our efforts with a great sense of urgency. C.L.A.E.R. supports the interim budget because it addresses the immediacy of pain.
C.L.A.E.R. lauds the Board of Supervisors for recognizing the urgency of the issue, and for recognizing that there is no backfill for human life. The indigent and most-poverty stricken San Franciscans can take comfort during the month of July knowing that there will be no interruption in the services they so desperately need.
The interim budget, and the fantastic leadership of the progressive Board of Supervisors, provides hope and opportunities for violence prevention programs throughout San Francisco.
It is evident that the Board of Supervisors defines public safety in the same way that C.L.A.E.R. does. The Board clearly understands that poverty and violence are inextricably linked, and that you can’t combat one problem without attacking the other.
Increased public safety means paying special attention during the budget process to the following issues:
• Increased ex-offender services $100,000
• Expansion of victim’s services $250,000
• Eviction protection for at-risk families with an emphasis on the dwindling African American population $100,000
• Job training for female head of households $300,000
• Support for violence prevention programs that deal with stabilizing whole families systems, rather than just children, or mothers $325,000
• Expansion of legal services clinics located in public housing $75,000
• Expansion of childcare services for working mothers so that mothers can go to work with confidence and bring their family out of the depths of poverty $150,000
TOTAL ASK: 1.3 million dollars in VIOLENCE PREVENTION
C.L.A.E.R. is very concerned with this budget process, and would hope the process does not yield further polarization. However, in this moment, we must consider that the Board is attempting to provide leadership, and that leadership must be commended. As advocates for San Francisco’s growing permanent underclass, we feel confident in the Board and Supervisors, and thank them for making the most disenfranchised residents of the city a top priority.
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
415-333-3017
www.claerproject.org
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
TWITTER: TheCLAERProject
MEDIA ADVISORY
*Sharen Hewitt, Executive Director, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, Policy Associate, 707-696-7951
In the face of despair we must intensify our efforts with a great sense of urgency. C.L.A.E.R. supports the interim budget because it addresses the immediacy of pain.
C.L.A.E.R. lauds the Board of Supervisors for recognizing the urgency of the issue, and for recognizing that there is no backfill for human life. The indigent and most-poverty stricken San Franciscans can take comfort during the month of July knowing that there will be no interruption in the services they so desperately need.
The interim budget, and the fantastic leadership of the progressive Board of Supervisors, provides hope and opportunities for violence prevention programs throughout San Francisco.
It is evident that the Board of Supervisors defines public safety in the same way that C.L.A.E.R. does. The Board clearly understands that poverty and violence are inextricably linked, and that you can’t combat one problem without attacking the other.
Increased public safety means paying special attention during the budget process to the following issues:
• Increased ex-offender services $100,000
• Expansion of victim’s services $250,000
• Eviction protection for at-risk families with an emphasis on the dwindling African American population $100,000
• Job training for female head of households $300,000
• Support for violence prevention programs that deal with stabilizing whole families systems, rather than just children, or mothers $325,000
• Expansion of legal services clinics located in public housing $75,000
• Expansion of childcare services for working mothers so that mothers can go to work with confidence and bring their family out of the depths of poverty $150,000
TOTAL ASK: 1.3 million dollars in VIOLENCE PREVENTION
C.L.A.E.R. is very concerned with this budget process, and would hope the process does not yield further polarization. However, in this moment, we must consider that the Board is attempting to provide leadership, and that leadership must be commended. As advocates for San Francisco’s growing permanent underclass, we feel confident in the Board and Supervisors, and thank them for making the most disenfranchised residents of the city a top priority.
Friday, June 12, 2009
The C.L.A.E.R. Project Calls for Nuclear-free world
The C.L.A.E.R. Project
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
415-333-3017
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
Twitter: TheCLAERProject
Media Advisory 6/9/09
*Sharen Hewitt, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, 707-696-7951
The C.L.A.E.R. Project stands in strong support of the appointment of Representative Ellen Tauscher as the leading advisor to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on nuclear disarmament. We are assured that Representative Tauscher will act swiftly, alongside President Obama, in eliminating nuclear weapons and ensuring that the United States becomes a non-nuclear weapons state.
The first step to ending widespread violence in our streets is to end the threat of widespread violence in our skies. The United States currently has a stockpile count of 5,736 active warheads. The United States has more than active warheads of India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea combined. The United States can’t possibly attack the violence that permeates every aspect of our society without first holding ourselves accountable for the violent weapons of mass destruction that we refuse to completely eradicate.
C.L.A.E.R. implores President Obama and Representative Tauscher to work towards a nuclear-free world.
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
415-333-3017
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
Twitter: TheCLAERProject
Media Advisory 6/9/09
*Sharen Hewitt, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, 707-696-7951
The C.L.A.E.R. Project stands in strong support of the appointment of Representative Ellen Tauscher as the leading advisor to President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on nuclear disarmament. We are assured that Representative Tauscher will act swiftly, alongside President Obama, in eliminating nuclear weapons and ensuring that the United States becomes a non-nuclear weapons state.
The first step to ending widespread violence in our streets is to end the threat of widespread violence in our skies. The United States currently has a stockpile count of 5,736 active warheads. The United States has more than active warheads of India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea combined. The United States can’t possibly attack the violence that permeates every aspect of our society without first holding ourselves accountable for the violent weapons of mass destruction that we refuse to completely eradicate.
C.L.A.E.R. implores President Obama and Representative Tauscher to work towards a nuclear-free world.
The C.L.A.E.R. Project Responds to the Homicide Rate and Budget Cuts
The C.L.A.E.R. Project
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
Twitter: TheCLAERProject
Media Advisory 6/10/09
*Sharen Hewitt, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, 707-696-7951
This week the San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office proudly proclaimed that the homicide rate in San Francisco has dropped dramatically in 2009. Last year at the end of May there had been 45 lives lost in San Francisco. At the close of May this year there was a total of 20 homicides in the city, and while this is a vast improvement from last year, even one death in our city as a result of gun violence is unacceptable.
On Monday the San Francisco Examiner reported that while crime has decreased all over the city, tensions remain high in Sunnydale as gang activity escalates. And in Sunnydale, while the homicide rate has decreased, the number of non-fatal shootings hold steady. Additionally, the rate of robberies, property crimes, and automotive thefts are all up from last year.
We can’t let these promising numbers convince us that the fight against violence is over. Five months does not a year make, and with summer and the depths of a recession right around the corner, San Francisco will undoubtedly see an escalation in street violence.
This escalation in violence needs to be mirrored by an escalation in funds for community based organizations. C.L.A.E.R. knows that the city’s pocketbook is bled dry. However, an increase in funds to high crime neighborhoods translates to a decrease in violence, a decrease in the drain on public services, and increased workforce development and economic stimulation through jobs and job training programs.
C.L.A.E.R. calls upon the Board of Supervisors, and specifically the Budget and Finance Committee, to take a serious look at the positive impact of non-profits that focus on geographically isolated areas like Visitacion Valley. These non-profits pick up the city’s slack, and are increasingly important in times of economic recession.
A non-supportive vote on the budget as it stands is vote for equality, fairness, and the end of a permanent underclass. We must use this budget process to hold up a basic and common value respective to all human beings that the preservation of human life must be the most preeminent issue of the day!
1099 Sunnydale Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94134
www.theclaerproject.blogspot.com
Twitter: TheCLAERProject
Media Advisory 6/10/09
*Sharen Hewitt, 415-724-4797
*Laurel Moeslein, 707-696-7951
This week the San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and Mayor Gavin Newsom’s office proudly proclaimed that the homicide rate in San Francisco has dropped dramatically in 2009. Last year at the end of May there had been 45 lives lost in San Francisco. At the close of May this year there was a total of 20 homicides in the city, and while this is a vast improvement from last year, even one death in our city as a result of gun violence is unacceptable.
On Monday the San Francisco Examiner reported that while crime has decreased all over the city, tensions remain high in Sunnydale as gang activity escalates. And in Sunnydale, while the homicide rate has decreased, the number of non-fatal shootings hold steady. Additionally, the rate of robberies, property crimes, and automotive thefts are all up from last year.
We can’t let these promising numbers convince us that the fight against violence is over. Five months does not a year make, and with summer and the depths of a recession right around the corner, San Francisco will undoubtedly see an escalation in street violence.
This escalation in violence needs to be mirrored by an escalation in funds for community based organizations. C.L.A.E.R. knows that the city’s pocketbook is bled dry. However, an increase in funds to high crime neighborhoods translates to a decrease in violence, a decrease in the drain on public services, and increased workforce development and economic stimulation through jobs and job training programs.
C.L.A.E.R. calls upon the Board of Supervisors, and specifically the Budget and Finance Committee, to take a serious look at the positive impact of non-profits that focus on geographically isolated areas like Visitacion Valley. These non-profits pick up the city’s slack, and are increasingly important in times of economic recession.
A non-supportive vote on the budget as it stands is vote for equality, fairness, and the end of a permanent underclass. We must use this budget process to hold up a basic and common value respective to all human beings that the preservation of human life must be the most preeminent issue of the day!
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
TODAY IS THE DAY FOR SB 585!
Today is the third reading in the California State Senate of SB 585, a bill to ban the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Cow Palace, introduced by Senator Mark Leno.
The Cow Palace is located across the street from the Sunnydale housing projects, an area plagued by shootings for the past two decades. This year Sunnydale has seen two homicides as a result of gun violence. Both of the victims were under 21 years old. We must end the paradox and take action!
It's time to call our Senators and tell them to VOTE YES ON SB 585!
Don't know who your Senator is? Visit this website: http://192.234.213.69/smapsearch/framepage.asp
MAKE THE CALL!
The Cow Palace is located across the street from the Sunnydale housing projects, an area plagued by shootings for the past two decades. This year Sunnydale has seen two homicides as a result of gun violence. Both of the victims were under 21 years old. We must end the paradox and take action!
It's time to call our Senators and tell them to VOTE YES ON SB 585!
Don't know who your Senator is? Visit this website: http://192.234.213.69/smapsearch/framepage.asp
MAKE THE CALL!
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