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#StopTheSweeps Board of Supervisors Hearing
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors met for a hearing during a special meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services to discuss the city response to homeless residents during storms, on March 7th. Representatives of city agencies who defended...
DSA SF Chapter Statement on Proposed National DSA Bernie Sanders Endorsement
San Francisco DSA Calls on the DSA National Political Committee to Defer the Question of Endorsing Bernie Sanders to the 2019 National Convention and Reject the Previously Approved National Independent Expenditure Campaign Overview On February 19, 2019, Bernie Sanders announced...
DSA SF supports the Anchor Union
Listen to the interview with Anchor Union organizing committee member Patrick in Report Back, the DSA SF podcast. The collective power of a union is the strongest organizational tool that workers can use to shift the power balance in a...
DSA SF Endorses Dean Preston for D5 Supervisor
At our February meeting, DSA SF voted to endorse Dean Preston for Supervisor in District 5 because of his consistent, unwavering work in tenants rights, affordable and social housing, and the many projects we’ve taken on together in San Francisco....
No Monster in the Mission Public Hearing
?Listen to the report back on the public hearing from DSA SF co-chair Shanti Singh in the DSA SF podcast Report Back. ? Thursday, February 7 members from the Plaza 16 coalition packed the San Francisco Planning Commission’s hearing for...
DSA SF statement against US backing of coup in Venezuela
The US White House’s statement supporting Juan Guaidó’s illegal government in Venezuela is another example in the long historical line of the US meddling in the affairs of Latin America. The Trump regime, largely backed by two major American political...
CPUC Emergency Meeting Protest
Listen to the report back on our new podcast: Report Back. Today members of DSA SF as part of the #NoPGEBailout coalition protested the California Public Utilities Commission’s emergency meeting to approve $5.5 billion in private funding for PG&E’s bankruptcy...
Women’s March 2019
There were 600 marches in different cities this year. The theme this year was the “women’s wave” to celebrate the 127 women elected to congress. In San Francisco, the rally was co-hosted by Planned Parenthood, and about 60,000 people turned...
Welcoming New Steering Committee Members
In a special meeting in 2017, the chapter voted to expand the steering committee from 5 seats to 7 seats. We held elections for interim seats during our January 2019 general meeting. We welcome Matt McGowen and Ash Perry to...
DSA SF Endorsements – November 2018
As the largest socialist organization in San Francisco, DSA SF is proud to be selective in our electoral endorsements. We don’t endorse in every race, and we consider endorsement only if a significant number of members express interest. Campaigns undergo...