[SDCPJ] Fw: [OccupySD] Occupy Update 2011-01-06

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From: Raymond Lutz
Sent: Jan 5, 2012 9:50 PM
To: occupysd@citizensoversight.org
Subject: [OccupySD] Occupy Update 2011-01-06

MIC CHECK! -- MIC CHECK!

Occupy Update!

This report is BEST if you read the web version on your browser.

• Click here for web version: http://www.copswiki.org/Occupy/OccupySanDiegoEmailBlast2012Jan06
• Month-at-a-glance calendar: http://www.copswiki.org/Occupy/OccupySanDiegoCalendar

• Contents: Helpful Links -- News -- Upcoming Events -- Next 7 Days -- Take Action -- Featured Comments -- Media -- Event Details -- Announcements -- Legal -- Links and References

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HELPFUL LINKS

• Archive of all Email Blasts; OSD Media; OSD Events; OSD Announcement Archive
• New Occupy Wiki site; Prior OSD page -- We are migrating to the new page.

• Please help with monetary donations. Need a tax deduction for the tax year? Most donations are tax deductible!
  • Donate To Occupy San Diego: Official donations to the general fund (tax deductible). We now have a robust finance committee that tracks every dollar. Your contribution are very well spent.
  • Help OSD occupiers attend "Million tents march" in D.C. -- Still needs more funds to help with bus tickets for San Diego delegation going to D.C. See more info here
  • Donate To Citizens Oversight (tax deductible) for the legal defense fund and war chest, including RayLutz's fight against CBRE after his arrest registering voters at Freedom Plaza.
  • Donate for Bail -- We need donations to help cover bail for OSD participants who have been arrested.
• Send information or respond to this email blast to: osd-feedback (at) citizensoversight (dot) org
  Multiple team members are involved in creating the blast emails!
• If you have an event you want us to include, please use this submission form: Submit Event
• MORE LINKS here: OccupySanDiegoLinks

Three month OSD anniversary March from Children's Park to Civic Center Plaza! Press Conference before submission of Ballot Proposition. From left, Bryan Pease, John Kenney, Martha Sullivan, and Ray Lutz. The box is like the ones used in 1912 at the corner of Market and 5th Ave, prompting complete outlawing of political speech in San Diego. Occupy part of the Rose Parade. Typical corporate censorship: this did not get on TV. Full Size

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NEWS

• Occupy San Diego submitted a Ballot Proposition to the City of San Diego on Thursday and held a press conference, and delivered the proposition to the City Clerk, Mayor's Office, and City Council offices. The press conference was led by Martha Sullivan and included RayLutz, John Kenney, Attorney Brian Pease, and Canvass for a Cause representative Michelle "Jersey" Deutsch. Video will be available soon.
  • Very Important -- This will be on the agenda on Wednesday, Jan 11 (9a) at the City Council Conference room (Floor 12) of City Hall. Since it will be ON THE AGENDA, that means everyone who was arrested, cited or detained for "Encroachment" under SDMC 54.0110 should come to this meeting and SPEAK.
  • The day before (Tuesday) is the first City Council meeting of the year. Public comment is held after 10am and usually completed before noon.

• REPEAT: This is FREE SPEECH MONTH in San Diego!
  • Read about the San Diego Free Speech Fight in January, 1912
  • See Historical archive of events from 1912 protests which were BASED IN SAN DIEGO!!

• January 7th is the 3-month anniversary of Occupy San Diego! HUGE MARCH IS PLANNED -- Join us at Children's Park at 1st and Island for a march back into Freedom Plaza

• Stop corporate personhood is one of the "demands" frequently mentioned by occupiers. This initiative may sound good, but it seems like it might be a TROJAN HORSE. See The description by the Attorney General and the full text of the law here. It allows corporations to discriminate and limits nonprofits to 30% overhead, which is not always an appropriate limitation (museums, for example, typically have much higher adminstrative costs). It would be great if we had a proposition we could gather signatures for that deals with this issue, but it seems this probably is not it.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Unless noted, all events are at FreedomPlaza (AKA CivicCenterPlaza, 1200 3rd Ave. San Diego, Intersection of 3rd Ave. and B St.)
Unless otherwise noted, we meet daily as follows:

• 4 pm -- Finance Committee Meeting, Downtown Johnny Brown's, Mon. thru Friday
  • Each committee should send a representative to this meeting! Budget is currently being defined.
• 5:30 pm -- Committee meetings -- Each will schedule the days of their meetings.
• 7pm -- General Assembly (Civic Center Plaza)
  • *Saturday GA will be at 2pm.
  • GAs require 20 participants for a quorum.

• See Event list (below) and Occupy San Diego Calendar for all upcoming events. But mark your calendars now for these!

• OSD Contingent in D.C. on Jan 17. (Bus leaves Jan 13 and returns Jan 25.
  • Updates to Road2Congress:
    • Occupy Phoenix is showing us support at the greyhound station: http://www.facebook.com/events/265918793471457/
    • Three people from Occupy Phoenix are going to join the bus with us.
    • Occupy DC is having an Occuparty after #J17 events at Mcpherson Park.
    • Warmer weather is expected in #J17
    • Round trip plane ticket is approx. $280.

• Concert fundraiser at World Beat Center featuring Liquid Blue on Jan 20. You know how great the last fundraiser concert was... this will be even better.

• Jan 14 - Occupy So Cal Meetup in Long Beach.
• Feb 4 -- Occupy San Diego County Strategy Meeting
• Feb 10,11,12 -- "Occupy" the Democratic State Convention in San Diego
  • Consider this outreach. The San Diego County Democratic party has endorsed Occupy San Diego, and I believe has been endorsed by the Progressive Caucus of the State Democratic Party.
  • There will likely be an Occupy Caucus started within the Democratic Party at this meeting.
  • We will NOT be co-opted by any partisan group!

• May 1 -- General Strike. Mark your calendars now!

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NEXT 7 DAYS

• (This list is automatically generated from the topic: Common.Occupy San Diego Events )

06 Jan 2012 - Fri

• (5p-7p) FB Event - A teach-in at Civic Center Plaza facilitated by Loren, Holly & Saharai will focus on the concept of consent, it's relation to patriarchy, rape culture, and how it can be used to create a sex positive culture for ALL people.
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

07 Jan 2012 - Sat

• (11a-1:30p) Ocupemos El Barrio/ Occupy the Hood Outreach Outing at Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Ave Ocupemos El Barrio- Outreach Outing
• (11:30a) Reflection meeting FB Event
• (4p) Our "J07" three month anniversary march from Children's Park at 1st and Island to CivicCenterPlaza.
• (12p-2p) OccupYRCorner in Clairemont - Stand w/Signs and handout info at Balboa & Genessee FB Event
• (2p) GA Meeting at Civic Center Plaza
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

08 Jan 2012 - Sun

• I.W.W. Free Speech Movement in San Diego in 1912 -- The 100 year anniversary of this event is coming up! Time to have occupy sites around the country converge on San Diego to commemorate our rights.
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

09 Jan 2012 - Mon

• (12p 3p) Occupy Chula Vista Corner Meetup! at East H Street and Otay Lakes Rd., Chula Vista
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

10 Jan 2012 - Tue

• (10a) - City Council Meeting -- First meeting with public comment available this year!
• (8:30p) Occupy San Diego Riders Summoning all riders! Meet at the CivicCenterPlaza. Bring your beautiful selves and your revolutionary spirits.
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

11 Jan 2012 - Wed

• May have a table at the Homeless Connect event at GoldenHall. (Under Discussion)
• (9a) San Diego City Council Rules Committee meeting to consider ballot proposal submitted by Occupy San Diego to amend SDMC 54.0110 to include an explicit exemption for free speech rights. Please note: This is ON THE AGENDA, and therefore, we can have speakers on the topic. CALLING ALL PEOPLE hit by 54.0110 with inappropriate arrests, citations, or detentions, to come to this meeting and let our voices be heard!
• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

12 Jan 2012 - Thu

• (9p) http://www.occupylights.org -- Flicker lights for a full minute in solidarity with occupy wall street. #occupylights #OWS

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