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Viewpoints: Top-two primary system is eliminating diverse political expression

May 6 2014
Opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee written by Green Party spokesperson Michael Feinstein

Green Party on AB 2351 - Good Start, But More Needed to Fix Top Two

May 2 2014
Bill needs to address high filing fees/signatures-in-lieu requirement; cost of ballot statements, re-establish general election write-in voting

Green Party candidates Laura Wells & Jena Goodman to speak at UC Davis Law Third Party Forum

Apr 7 2014
Students seeking electoral alternatives invite Green Party

GPCA position on AB1170 - Oppose Unless Amended

Jan 13 2014
Bill must contain remedy for negative effects of Top Two on smaller parties

Another Young Green elected to Napa Valley College Board of Trustees

Dec 11 2013
For the second straight term, the Napa Valley College Board of Trustees will have a Green Student Trustee - this time its Alex Shantz.

Fairfax Town Council approves Green sponsored resolution in support of urgent international rescue of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility

Dec 5 2013
Green councilmembers Larry Bragman and John Reed co-sponsor resolution

GPCA endorses Jill Stein CA tour, September 15-21, 2013

Sep 15 2013
Jill appears in Petaluma, San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles.

Information for Greens seeking GPCA endorsement for statewide office in 2014

Aug 22 2013
The Green Party of California will consider endorsements for a Green candidate in each of the following 2014 statewide offices, to appear on the June 2014 primary election ballot: Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Superintendent of Public Education. The process will include: 

Its Good Government: How & why California's elections code should be amended to compensate for the negative affects of Proposition 14 on the state's smaller, ballot-qualified parties – negative affects voters were never asked if they wanted

Jul 9 2013
By Michael Feinstein,Spokesperson, Green Party of California Executive Summary: Proposition 14, passed by the voters in the June 2010 primary, has had profoundly negative effects upon California’s smaller, long-standing ballot-qualified parties: 

Panel: Greens in Government - How to Govern as a Green, Saturday evening, June 22, Napa

May 28 2013
Come hear elected Greens, including Richmond Green Mayor Gayle McLaughlin - the highest elected Green in California.

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Press Releases

Gov. Brown accused of offering 'false choices' about budget, asked if he supports 'human needs or tax breaks for huge corporations' in letter from Green Party state official

Mar 17 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown was accused of offering "false choices" to Californians about the state budget by an official of the opposition Green Party of California, who went on to ask the governor if he stands "with us for human needs, or will you instead stand for continuing tax breaks for huge corporations and the very wealthy?"

Environmental watchdog, with family in Japan, says U.S. must 'examine' posture toward nuclear power; insists alternatives safer and more economically viable

Mar 15 2011
GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO (Mar 15, 2011) A Green Party environmental watchdog - whose wife's entire family resides in Japan - said today that it is "inevitable that the United States must re-examine its own posture regarding not only the future of nuclear power, but also the management of the 104 nuclear power plants already operating" in the U.S.

Green Party of California sympathizes with Japanese people, expresses concern for safety of California, supports dismantling all nuclear power plants and shift to 'greener, safer power sources'

Mar 14 2011
The Green Party of California Monday expressed its "deepest sympathies" with the people of Japan after last week's earthquake and tsunami disaster, and the possible nuclear catastrophe that may engulf Japan and parts of the rest of the world - including California, which may be one of the first mainland states to be effected by radiation from a Japanese meltdown.

Green Party throws political muscle behind statewide UC student protests, compares actions to young people's role to overthrow of dictator in Egypt

Mar 2 2011
Green Party of California officials this week threw their political muscle behind statewide student-based protests Wednesday at UC and other campuses against continued hikes in fees and tuition.

Green Party of California supports public worker protests in Wisconsin, California and other states; Greens urge more 'pushing back' to preserve workers' rights

Feb 24 2011
GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO - In response to the Wisconsin protests - and sympathetic actions in California and other states by public employees this week to preserve their rights to collective bargaining - the Green Party of California affirmed its support for unionized public workers across California and nation.

Green Party of California backs protests at Sen. Feinstein's home and office, urges investigation of mistreatment of accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning

Feb 15 2011
GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO - The Green Party of California this week said it supports actions - including pickets at her office and home - to pressure U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein to investigate human rights violations against accused WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, who is charged with leaking information about U.S. war crimes and failed foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Green Party warns Brown that, like Egypt, the "have not's" can only take so much; Urge Governor to fix financial crisis by taxing the wealthy as they do the rest of us

Jan 31 2011
GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE SACRAMENTO - The Green Party of California warned Gov. Jerry Brown today - minutes before he gives his "State of the State" address - to not go down the same path as ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger by trying to solve California's financial crisis on the backs of workers and the poor.

Gov. Brown asks for ideas, but Green Party wants to know if he'll listen to 2 ideas to save the state: Oil severance tax and fixing 3-Strikes law

Jan 31 2011
Will Gov. Jerry Brown - who "said" he wanted ideas - REALLY listen to ideas that could save working families money and help California recover from its financial crisis, asked the Green Party of California Monday night after the governor gave his 14-minute State of the State address.

VIDEO RESPONSE TO CA GOVERNOR BUDGET: Governor Fails to take advantage of 'historic opportunity' to fix state budget; continues trend of balancing budget on backs of workers, poor while protecting wealthy special interests

Jan 10 2011
Gov. Brown missed an "historic opportunity" to fix California when he announced his budget Monday, and continues the trend of balancing the state's finances on the backs of working families through increased "regressive" taxes for vehicles and sales while allowing the wealthiest off the hook, said the Green Party of California.

Gov. Brown missed mark in his inaugural speech, charges Green Party gov candidate; CA poorest should not be asked to shoulder more austerity

Jan 4 2011
Gov. Brown's inaugural speech Monday was far off the mark, asking the poorest in state to shoulder more austerity even while the wealthiest in the state get wealthier, charged 2010 Green Party of California gubernatorial candidate Laura Wells.

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