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Plan Bay Area Adopted Under the Cloak of Midnight – Literally!
At their meeting of “July 18”, after several hours of listening to public comments, the joint Executive Boards of ABAG/MTC started the voting to determine adoption of Plan Bay Area — at around 12:15 am. Although some public comments at this meeting were positive, most used terms that ranged from “unconstitutional” to “abomination.” However, the
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PRIDE 2013, AND LIBERTARIANS WERE THERE!
Another Pride Celebration has just gone by and we were there. A collaboration of Outright Libertarians, Golden Gate Liberty rEVOLution, The Libertarian Party of San Francisco, and The Libertarian Party of Alameda made our exhibitor booth happen. We are grateful for the hundreds of visitors who stopped by our booth, to take the Word’s Smallest
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WHAT YOU COULD DO TO PROMOTE LIBERTY
What secret sauce could be used to entice San Francisco voters to try libertarianism? Libertarians consider this a challenging recipe, since the City is a bastion of progressive politics. However, as a third party, forever battling the Twin Goliaths, we are no stranger to challenge. Therefore, LPSF is continuing the outreach campaign started in earnest
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Countercultural Entrepreneurial Renaissance vs. Big Government Gentrification
Walking into Adobe Books, an old-fashioned neighborhood bookseller located down the street from me in the Mission at 3166 16th Street, feels like walking into a time warp. It’s one of a dwindling number of stores in the area with a real bohemian look and feel to it. It would be a real shame for
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Plan Bay Area Update
What are Unelected Folks Serving YOU Here!? Plan Bay Area is a blueprint developed by the Association of Bay Area Government s (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), designed to implement high population density areas along public transit corridors, ensure income diversity in these high-population areas, and implement strict environmental restriction to decrease
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Candidate Recommendations for the November 6, 2012 Elections
With no Libertarians seeking local office this year, the LPSF is not formally endorsing any candidates. However, we have made a few recommendations in races where one or more candidates appear to be significantly more pro-freedom (or in some cases perhaps less anti-freedom!) than their opponents. First and foremost, we proudly recommend a vote
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Recommendations for State and City Propositions
Prop 30-Temporary Taxes to Fund Education-NO. California is already the sixth highest state in taxes. By taxing everyone with a ¼ cent sales tax increase and also the wealthy with higher personal income tax rates, California will encourage consumers and companies to move to other lower-tax states. Instead, the state should balance its budget by
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PROPOSITION G
DECLARATION OF POLICY OPPOSING CORPORATE PERSONHOOD. Opposes artificial corporate rights and giving corporations the same rights entitled to human beings. Maintains that the Constitution and Bill of Rights are intended to protect the rights of individual human beings(“natural persons”). Maintains that United States Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United vs the Federal Elections Commission (January
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PROPOSITION F
WATER AND ENVIRONMENT PLAN: This voter initiative was placed on the ballot by the “Restore Hetch Hetchy” group. It calls for development of a long-term plan for creating a “more sustainable water system,” which would include development of local, as opposed to Hetch Hetchy, water sources. It also calls for a plan of water recycling,
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PROPOSITION E
GROSS RECEIPTS TAX: This amendment to the Business Tax Regulations Code creates a new business tax based on gross receipts, and replaces the current business payroll tax gradually over 5 years, beginning in 2014. Businesses with gross receipts of less than $1 million annually will be exempt from the gross receipts tax. Rates will vary