Tell the Board of Supervisors - Ceasefire Now! dsasf.org/ceasefire

Supervisor Dean Preston’s resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and provision of humanitarian aid will be heard at the Rules Committee on Monday, January 8, 2023 at 10 am at City Hall. This is the final opportunity for public comment.

HERE ARE WAYS TO SUPPORT:

1. Come give public comment on Monday!

Monday, January 8, 2023 10am

City Hall Room 250

You can find talking points below!

2. Email the Board of Supervisors

Using automated template: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-the-san-francisco-board-of-supervisors-ceasefire-now

OR manually using the email addresses and example text below (section 3)

3. Live in any of these districts?

Call or email your supervisor ASAP and tell them to support the resolution without amendments.

“I understand that one of your colleagues is shopping around amendments that would go beyond calling for a ceasefire by calling for a specific outcome for the conflict and specific political structure for the region— something that should be led by the residents of Gaza and Israel. While some may agree with some of the items in the proposed amendment, they would make the resolution unnecessarily divisive and take the focus off of what needs to happen first: a ceasefire to allow for political conversations without thousands more civilian deaths. I urge you to respect the process that has taken place to gain consensus on this resolution— which was carefully crafted with the input from many different voices— and support it without that amendment.”

4. Sign up to lobby Supervisors in person

Email steering@dsasf.org to get connected with organizers planning constituent meetings with individual Supervisors at City Hall

5. Tell the DA to Drop All Charges #BayBridge78: DROP THE CHARGES — Action Toolkit

Pro-Palestine protestors are facing charges for their civil disobedience during APEC and for disrupting holiday capitalism. Join us in telling San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins: drop the charges against the Bay Bridge 78  and Christopher Husary NOW!

6. (Manually) Email the Board of Supervisors

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Find your supervisor - https://sfbos.org/ 

TO LINE: aaron.peskin@sfgov.org, ahsha.safai@sfgov.org, catherine.stefani@sfgov.org, connie.chan@sfgov.org, dean.preston@sfgov.org, hillary.ronen@sfgov.org, joel.engardio@sfgov.org, matt.dorsey@sfgov.org, myrna.melgar@sfgov.org, rafael.mandelman@sfgov.org, shamann.walton@sfgov.org, Board.of.Supervisors@sfgov.org

SUBJECT LINE: Vote YES to a Ceasefire

MESSAGE: I am writing today in response to the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Gaza, and voicing my strong support for Supervisor Preston’s resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, the provision of unrestricted humanitarian aid to Gaza, and urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass House Resolution No. 786.

In the month since this resolution was introduced, the death toll in Gaza has risen from 15,000 Palestinians and over 1,200 Israelis to 22,000 Palestinians, with 40% of the Palestinian deaths being children. Thousands more Palestinians are wounded or missing.

The war on Gaza stokes Islamophobia and antisemitism around the world, including in San Francisco. Failing to act in this moment puts the communities you serve at risk of harm from the rise in hate-driven violence. Our city will continue to be divided even further until there is peace and a complete ceasefire in the region.

The time to pass this resolution is now. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors must call for an immediate ceasefire to stop the mounting death toll. This will also allow life-saving aid, fuel, hospital equipment, medical supplies, and water into Gaza to address the tremendous amount of human suffering brought on by Israel’s relentless attacks on the Palestinian people.

Vote YES on the ceasefire resolution with no amendments. It is our duty to do all we can to stop the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and any further loss of life.

Other talking points

• In the month since this resolution was introduced, the death toll in Gaza has risen from 15,000 Palestinians and over 1,200 Israelis to 22,000 Palestinians, with 40% of the Palestinian deaths being children. Thousands more Palestinians are wounded or missing.
• Israel’s abhorrent siege on Gaza and ongoing apartheid regime endangers everyone in the region, including Palestinians and Israelis. An estimated 1.7 million Palestinians have been displaced from Gaza since October 7, 2023. A ceasefire is the most immediate way to protect against the further loss of all life.
• The siege on Gaza is part of Israel’s decades-long illegal occupation and escalating genocidal tactics has seen the highest child murder rate of any conflict in modern times. The UN World Food program has warned Gaza is at risk of mass starvation; hundreds of thousands of lives are at imminent risk without a ceasefire and without massive humanitarian relief.
• The war on Gaza stokes Islamophobia and antisemitism around the world, including in San Francisco. Failing to act in this moment continues to put the communities you serve, including our children, at risk of harm from the rise in hate-driven violence. Our city will continue to be divided even further until there is peace and a complete ceasefire in the region.
• In a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 68% of Americans and 75% of Democrats support the idea of a ceasefire. As one of the most Democrat-skewed cities in America, supporting a ceasefire should be an easy decision for this Board. San Francisco voters would greatly appreciate that their representatives on the board vote to pass this resolution and would surely hold them in high regard for taking this stance. We call upon you to voice your support for an immediate ceasefire.
  https://www.reuters.com/world/us-public-support-israel-drops-majority-backs-ceasefire-reutersipsos-2023-11-15/
• After Richmond’s 5-1 vote and Oakland’s recent unanimous passing of a ceasefire resolution, it’s time for San Francisco to join the Bay in a call for a free and peaceful future in Israel and Palestine.
• We need our government to put itself on record and immediately call for a ceasefire, and we need to make sure our congressional representatives hear our demands and feel the pressure of our voices.
• We urge you to stand with national, statewide, and local labor unions that have already called for a ceasefire, including ILWU local 10, IFPTE 21, UESF, SEIU 1021,UAW 2865, California Nurses Association (CNA), UAW International, and many others.