Thank you for a great Earth Day Celebration!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our 2018 Earth Day Celebration on Wednesday, April 18. It was great fun, and we are thrilled to build on this momentum. Do you feel good about having done something for the environment? We hope so!

For photos from the event, go to this Google album or this album on our SFLCV Facebook page.

We are working on our June election endorsements right now, so stay tuned for the formal announcement. Our research and interviews are designed to help you in the voting booth.

And yes, voting is right around the corner. Please make sure you are registered to vote. Mark your calendar for Election Day on on June 5!

We're working hard on voter education by that deadline — and here's how you can help:

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Thank you again for supporting the all-volunteer efforts of the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters. We support champions of sustainability and smart, effective environmental policy — for everything from the climate, to transportation, housing, energy, waste, public health, and biodiversity.

Thank you to our sponsors:
Amandeep Jawa
BART Board Director Nick Josefowitz
Yin L. Yin & Wilbert Sequeira Sandoval
Tim Chan
Eliet Henderson
Tony Kelly
Lawyers for Clean Water, Inc.
Kristina Pappas & Phillip Davis
Leah Pimentel for School Board
Supervisor Ahsha Safai
Assemblymember Phil Ting
Senator Scott Wiener

The Winner the Wild in Plein View

Thanks to all of you who came out for our fundraiser in October. We are very happy to present a small part of the winning piece of Nancy King and Mary Swanson: The Wild in Plein View. They brought 4 panels that (4' each) like the one depicted below, with 11 detail images which are about 3x3". The marvelously depict the wild that surrounds us here in San Francisco.

ART CONTEST: Biodiversity Isn't Just For Rainforests

I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO: Biodiversity Isn't Just For Rainforestsa Fundraiser/ART CONTEST for the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 at 50 Mason Social House

DETAILS: San Francisco is a wonderful combination of of urban and natural beauty which we love. Help us celebrate life in our favorite city by joining the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters on THURSDAY OCTOBER 20th at the 50 Mason Social Club for our latest "I Love San Francisco" Art Contest & Fundraiser.

Did you know that we in San Francisco live in the middle of a Biodiversity Hotspot? To highlight the fact that San Francisco ITSELF is in one of a handful of regions critical to protecting global biodiversity, the theme will be "Biodiversity Isn't Just For Rainforests."

In addition to the art contest (which you'll help judge!), there will be light appetizers and drinks, and of course local environmental activists and politicians. Join us & support our work!

WHAT: I LOVE SF Art Contest/Fundraiser for the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters WHEN: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 2011 - 7 to 10PM HOW MUCH: $10-$25 Sliding Scale OR BECOME A SPONSOR (free admission) WHERE: 50 Mason Social House (50 Mason St at Market Street in SF) WHO: You, the SFLCV Board, and many others! BE A SPONSOR: Please consider sponsoring our fundraiser at the Street Steward ($100), Neighborhood Protector ($250), or City Champion levels ($500). Sponsors will be publicly thanked at the event & will be admitted free (+1).

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CONTEST DETAILS:

• Any art, or writing or poetry that celebrates San Francisco, especially its biodiversity
• All art will remain the property of the artists & will be returned to them after the event. Their may be an opportunity to leave it on display at the gallery (details soon.)
• All contestants must inform the SFLCV of their INTENT to enter by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th at noon, via email or phone (info AT sflcv DOT org)
• All contest entries must be submitted to an SFLCV Board Member by SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16th.
• There must be at least 5 contestants for the contest to occur. If there are less than 5 contestants by the Friday, October 7th deadline, there will be no contest & no prize will be awarded.
• Any contest entry must be displayable or presentable at the fundraiser event on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th
• The prize will be an 8GB Apple iPod Touch awarded at the fundraiser. Depending on the number of entries and the number of attendees, there may be additional prizes & the contest may be broken into multiple categories.
• For more details fee free to email the SFLCV for more info (info AT sflcv DOT org)

ABOUT THE SFLCV: The San Francisco League of Conservation Voters is where the environmental movement meets local politics.

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Our mission is to promote environmental protection through active participation in the San Francisco political system and to enhance the integrity of that political system for all San Franciscans. As such, we promote conservation and protection of natural resources, environmental justice, and sustainability, as well as good government issues and political reforms.

Our primary means for achieving these goals are: Supporting legislation and candidates that promote our goals; Informing the voting public about such legislation and candidates. Lobbying public officials on behalf of such legislation; Creating such legislation itself.

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No on Prop D! Pissed Off Voter Guide Release Party!!

Join SFLCV and others at the League of Young Voters' Pissed Off Voter Guide release party. SFLCV is co-sponsoring the event so come on down. The event is Friday night at Gestalt Haus on 16th street in the Mission (3159 16th Street), just a couple blocks from the 16th street BART station. October 23rd at 7-10pm

Why does SFLCV oppose Prop D?

In short its two things: we don't think ads and signs make a neighborhood a better place, and it's bad government. Complex planning code does not belong in the ballot box.

Art Submissions Please. Celebrate Your Urban Environment. 7.21.09

Our deadline  has been extended through this weekend, July19th. Our next fundraiser is Tuesday, July 21st at 111 Minna. The theme is "Celebrating Our Urban Environment" and we want your art there to celebrate it.

CONTEST DETAILS:

* Any art, or writing or poetry that celebrates San Francisco, especially its urban AND natural environment * All contestants must inform the SFLCV of their INTENT to enter via email or phone (deep AT sflcv DOT org/ 415 255 6257) * All contest entries must be submitted to Amandeep Jawa (SFLCV Preisdent) by Monday, JULY 20th. * There must be at least 5 contestants for the contest to occur. If there are less than 5 contestants by the JULY 10th deadline, there will be no contest & no prize will be awarded. * Any contest entry must be displayable or presentable at the fundraiser event on TUESDAY, JULY 21st, 2009 * The prize will be an 16GB Apple iPod nano awarded at the fundraiser. Depending on the number of entries and the number of attendees, there may be additional prizes & the contest may be broken into multiple categories. * For more details fee free to email Amandeep Jawa (deep AT sflcv DOT org)

The winner will be judged by the fundraiser attendees, so we hope you bring as many friends as you can.

Join us for a Wildflower Walk (Sat, Mar 28th)

It's that time of year when San Francisco's natural parks are bursting with native flowers!  As part of San Francisco's participation in the worldwide Earth Hour event on Saturday, March 28, SFLCV and the Recreation and Park Department's Natural Areas Program invite you to a naturalist led wildflower walk on Bayview Hill, one of the city's most amazing and little-known ecological gems. Bayview Park is a 43.9 acre natural area with sweeping Bay views, including of Candlestick State Park and stadium.  The park supports perhaps the most diverse assemblage of plants and animals in the natural areas system. Its grassland has some of the most beautiful wildflower displays in San Francisco. Other plant communities in Bayview Park include coastal scrub, eucalyptus and oak groves, and the largest Islais cherry population in the city. On a sunny day you are likely to encounter western fence lizards, California alligator lizards, or one of many non-poisonous snakes, such as the San Francisco garter snake, Pacific gopher snake, or Pacific ring-neck snake. Red-tailed hawks are often seen soaring overhead. Great horned owls rest in the notches of trees during the day, and woodpeckers can be heard hammering for an insect snack.

Date: Saturday, March 28 Time: 10:30-12:00 Place: Bayview Hill. We will meet at 10:30 the park entrance at the end of Key Avenue. Please note that the walk to the top of Bayview Hill can be somewhat strenuous, and a gardener's truck will be available to provide rides to the top for attendees requiring assistance.

More information: Bayview Hill, including wildflower images SF Recreation and Park Department's Natural Areas Program SF Earth Hour

Slow Food and Sunday Streets

Two great events are coming up that are near and dear to the hearts (and stomachs) of us here at SFLCV: Slow Food Nation

Aug 29-Sep 1. Celebrate and eat sustainable, just and delicious food in the Great Meadow of Fort Mason in San Francisco.

Sunday Streets

"On these Sundays, a four and half mile route stretching from Bayview to Chinatown along the Embarcadero will be open to physical activity. This route will be closed to traffic and allow for biking, walking, jogging and physical activity of all kinds." Come join us!

San Francisco Going Dark

March 29th, 8pm to 9pm, the lights will be going out. Join thousands of your Bay Area friends, neighbors and businesses and millions of people around the world to make a bold statement about climate change. Find out more.

Fundraiser & Contest

Our 2nd annual fundraiser was a lot of fun, for which much thanks goes to all the wonderful artists who submitted work, and a great singer who performed. Here's the top 3 winners of the contest:

More photos can be found here.

I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO: Celebrating our Urban Environment

I LOVE SAN FRANCISCO: Celebrating our Urban Environmenta Fundraiser/ART CONTEST for the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters

TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2007 at 111 Minna

DETAILS: San Francisco is a wonderful combination of urban and natural beauty which we love. Help us celebrate life in our favorite city by joining the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters on TUESDAY JULY 31st at the 111 Minna art gallery for our Second Annual "I Love San Francisco" Art & Fundraiser. The theme will be "Celebrating Our Urban Environment." In addition to the art contest (which you'll help judge!), there will be food and drinks, and of course local environmental activists and politicians. Join us & support our work!

WHAT: I LOVE SF Art Contest/Fundraiser for the San Francisco League of Conservation Voters WHEN: TUESDAY, July 31st, 2007 - 6:30-10:30PM HOW MUCH: $10-$25 Sliding Scale OR BECOME A SPONSOR (free admission) WHERE: 111 Minna Art Gallery (111 Minna Street btw Mission & Howard on 2nd St in SF) WHO: You, the SFLCV Board, and many others! BE A SPONSOR: Please consider sponsoring our fundraiser at the Street Steward ($100), Neighborhood Protector ($250), or City Champion levels ($500). Sponsors will be publicly thanked at the event & will be admitted free (+1).

CONTEST DETAILS:

• Any art, or writing or poetry that celebrates San Francisco, especially its urban AND natural environment (photography, multimedia, installation, etc etc)
• All contestants must inform the SFLCV of their INTENT to enter by FRIDAY JULY 20 at noon, via email or phone (deep AT sflcv DOT org/ 415 255 6257)
• All contest entries must be submitted to Amandeep Jawa (SFLCV President) by FRIDAY, JULY 27st, 2007
• There must be at least 5 contestants for the contest to occur. If there are less than 5 contestants by the JULY 20th deadline, there will be no contest & no prize will be awarded.
• Any contest entry must be displayable or presentable at the fundraiser event on TUESDAY, JULY 31st, 2007
• The prize will be an 8GB Apple iPod nano awarded at the fundraiser. Depending on the number of entries and the number of attendees, there may be additional prizes & the contest may be broken into multiple categories.
• For more details fee free to email Amandeep Jawa (deep AT sflcv DOT org)

Help Defeat Richard Pombo

Green Drinks for McNerney

When: Tuesday, September 5th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Varnish Fine Art, located at 77 Natoma Street between 1st and 2nd
Streets in San Francisco.

Jerry McNerney is the Democratic candidate in California's Eleventh Congressional District, which begins just on the other side of the East Bay Hills. He is running against Rep. Dick Pombo, America's top wildlife villain and one of the 13 most corrupt politicians in Congress. Jerry McNerney stands for integrity: truth about Iraq, common sense about public finance and healthcare, protecting the environment, and support for education and jobs in Congressional District 11.

This will be a special opportunity for you to meet Jerry and contribute to his campaign. The first 40 drinks are free, but bring your checkbooks to help Jerry unseat America’s top wildlife villain!

September 5, 2006
05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Venue Information
Varnish Fine Art
77 Natoma St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

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Big thanks!

Many thanks to all those who came out for the fundraiser, and especially to our sponsors. We'd also like to thanks the artists who brought their work out to show what they loved about our City, and still more thanks to our great DJ: Chris Galvin. Turned out to be a fine little success. Next year, we hope we can make it even finer. We hope you all had a good time. More thanks and praise here.

You're Invited

Here's the first "official invite" to our March 20th Fundraiser.

Clean and Green City Summit

The Clean and Green City Summit was an interesting event. Looking back on it, I'm not quite sure what it accomplished -- other than the obvious networking potential. It started off a little odd, with a clown group trying to poke fun at the whole effort, with only occassional success. The Mayor gave a decent speech, supervisors gave awards to worthies in the community. I attended workshops on Community Benefit Districts, and one on how to keep plazas attractive. The former was more practical, with two community leaders sharing there own experiences of starting a CBD (and the many challenges that lie therein). The most inspirational thing from the whole day, was the presenter representing Mayor Daly's office and showing off what the city of Chicago has done and is planning to do. As one member of our city government exclaimed, "we have a lot of work to do!"

Celebrate Our Urban Environment - Save the Date (3/20/2006)

We'll be holding a fundraiser on March 20th, at 111 Minna in San Francisco. This is out FIRST "I Love San Francisco: Celebrating Our Urban Environment" Fundraiser. CONTEST

Enter our "San Francisco The Beautiful" Contest and you could win an iPod! Just enter an artistic creation (any medium: short story, poem, photograph, video, etc) that represents what you love about San Francisco's urban environment and you could win an iPod Nano - more details to follow!

SPONSORING

Please consider sponsoring our fundraiser:

• Street Steward ($100)
• Neighborhood Protector ($250)
• City Champion ($500 and up)

Sponsors will thanked publicly in invitations and at the event.

Again, details to follow. Questions? Please email deep -at - sflcv.org

Checks may be mailed to SFLCV, 937 Valencia St., SF CA 94110-2320

San Francisco Clean and Green City Summit , Wed Feb 15, 2006

This summit features experts on cleaning and greening, interactive workshops, inspirational speakers and a vendor gallery. The Summit is presented by the Mayor's office, DPT, SF Clean City Coalition and the Recreation and Park Department.  The summit will be held on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at the San Francisco County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30p.m. The summit is free of charge, however, advanced registration is required. Space is limited.

More information here: http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfdpw_page.asp?id=36859

There is also an evening event "A Green Valentine with the Mayor" Feb 14th, 5-7pm at the South Light Court of San Francisco City Hall.

Gordon Price of Vancouver and Astrid Haryati will be speaking on "Building a beautiful, safe & sustainable public realm in Vancouver and Chicago."

"Forgotten Mid-Market"

Tonight, Jan 25th saw the opening of this new exhibit of Mid-Market street photographs, "Forgotten Mid-Market". The photos document some of the history of this section of Market street from the 30s through the 60s, showing bustling streets, huge signs, blinking lights, tons of transit. It's a sad thing to see how far it is fallen. In many pictures, it is hard to see that it IS the same street. Perhaps the one thing this exhibit was missing was modern day comparison photos from the same or similar vantage points. The only concrete similarity is the lampposts have remained the same, almost everything else -- it seems -- has changed.

The question is what are the lessons we can or should draw from this? How much was the construction of BART to blame, versus the 1967 "beautification" law, versus the decline in movie ticket sales, and the failure of theaters on "the Big White Way"?

Most painful of all is to see that Market used to have 4 lanes of transit! One could say of course that much of that moved underground, but how much quicker would the above ground MUNI buses be if that were still the case. Car traffic seems similar to the present, the only other change is that the sidewalks seem larger now. But if there are few people to walk there, what's the point of that!

There is now pressure to turn over Mid-Market to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.

The exhibit is sponsored by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, photos pulled from private collections, and is showing through February 17, 2006.

Red Ink Studios is at 1035 Market Street (Wed-Sat 12-4, Thu 2-8).

Shaping San Francisco

This spring CounterPULSE is hosting a monthly lecture on San Francisco's history, both natural and political, from union history to the question of whether SF could feed itself. See the lecture schedule for more details.

Endangered Species Day (Feb 26 in San Mateo)

Sunday February 26Time: 10 a.m. till 1 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

Come join with scientists and conservation organizations to learn about endangered species in San Mateo County.

Where: At Woodside Town Hall near the corner or Woodside Road and Whisky Hill Road.

What: Endangered Species Lecture and Field Trip. Sequoia Audubon, Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve and California Audubon host a lecture and field trip to learn about endangered species in San Mateo County. Ask local experts questions and share insights about the possible changes to the Endangered Species Act. Then come along on a field trip to Edgewood Natural Preserve to observe critical habits first hand. Learn about what you can do. Where: At Woodside Town Hall near the corner or Woodside Road and Whisky Hill Road. With a field trip to follow the presentation at Edgewood Natural PreserveSpeakers will include:

• Julia Bott, Executive Director the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation
• Sarah Matsomoto, Field Director, Endangered Species Coalition
• Claudia Eyzaguirre, Chapter Coordinator for California Audubon
• Lee Franks, Founder/Program Director Sequoia Audubon Bird Conservation Program
• Stuart B. Weiss Ph.D., Consulting Ecologist, Creekside Center for Earth Observations
• Toni Corelli, Rare Plants Member at Large, California Native Plant Society

Why: After 30 years of serving as the safety net for wild birds, plants and animals on the brink of extinction, the Endangered Species Act is under attack. What is at stake in our community? Learn about the importance of the ESA and what you can do to help prevent extinction.

For more information contact

Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve (866) GO-EDGEWOOD or info01@friendsofedgewood.org http://www.friendsofedgewood.org/ 

Sequoia Audubon Society (650) 529-1454 or office@sequoia-audubon.org http://www.sequoia-audubon.org/