San Francisco Libertarians,

In just five minutes, you can save the Phil Berg for Congress, District 8, campaign $20.  If you're registered to vote as a Libertarian in San Francisco's 8th Congressional District (i.e. your Congresswoman is Nancy Pelosi), you can download and print Phil's petition in lieu of filing fee, sign the front and complete the circulator information on the back, and mail it to Phil.  His filing fee is reduced by over $20 per signature he turns in.

You can download the petition here:

http://lpsf.org/Berg2010InLieu.pdf

After signing and filling out the circulator information on the back (you MUST serve as your own circulator before mailing the petition back to Phil, or he cannot use your signature), mail it (paper mail only, no email or faxes) to:

Philip Berg
557 Sanchez Aveune
San Francisco, CA 94114

LPSF's Richard Winger has once again gotten published regarding the top-two primary proposal, this time in the SF Bay Guardian:

California voters will see a ballot measure in June 2010 seeking approval for a "Top-two Open Primary" system. The measure would make it far more difficult for Californians to vote for any candidates other than incumbents and their best-funded challengers. It would also make it even easier for incumbents to get reelected.

SF Weekly recently ran an article with the subheading "Spend more. Get less. We're the city that knows how."  Sounds like something we'd write here on LPSF.org, but it's an honest-to-goodness article printed on lots of dead trees...

"Despite its good intentions, San Francisco is not leading the country in gay marriage. Despite its good intentions, it is not stopping wars. Despite its spending more money per capita on homelessness than any comparable city, its homeless problem is worse than any comparable city's. Despite its spending more money per capita, period, than almost any city in the nation, San Francisco has poorly managed, budget-busting capital projects, overlapping social programs no one is certain are working, and a transportation system where the only thing running ahead of schedule is the size of its deficit."

Read more...

We encourage Libertarians who can make the time commitment to apply for the new Citizens Redistricting Commission:

"Every 10 years, after the federal census, California and every state in the country - must redraw the boundaries of its legislative and State Board of Equalization districts to reflect the new population data. How these boundaries are drawn affects how people are represented. Previously, these boundaries were drawn by lawmakers, but when voters passed Proposition 11 (the Voters FIRST Act) in the November 2008 general election, that responsibility transferred to the people in the form of a new Citizens Redistricting Commission."