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Party News

Green Party Voter Guide - June 3, 2014 Primary Election

Jun 3 2014
Here are the Green Party of California recommendations for the June 3, 2014 statewide ballot:

Third Consecutive Young Green elected to Napa Valley College Board of Trustees

May 15 2014
April Clary is the new Green Student Trustee

Green Party opposes AB2145, seeks to preserve Community Choice Aggregation

May 12 2014
Community Choice Aggregation is a tool to achieve substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions by increasing the use of energy efficiency and new decentralized renewable energy resources, and to stimulate local economies by creating living wage jobs and spurring healthy competition in the energy sector.

Why the Green Party opposes Proposition 42

May 11 2014
Grassroots Democracy is one of the Key Values of the Green Party. We take transparency and access to information about one’s government very seriously.

Green Party positions on Statewide Propositions - June 2014 Primary Election

May 11 2014
Vote no on Props 41 and 42

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

Help Get Green Statewide Candidates On the June 2014 Ballot

Dec 28 2013

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Press Releases

Press Release: Green Party supports Props 30 and 39, opposes 31 and 38

Oct 2 2012
The Green Party supports progressive taxation and addressing climate change and opposes austerity and deregulation that hurts the poor, the middle class and the environment.

Press Release: The Green Party of United States Nominates Dr. Jill Stein for President; Elected California Greens Speak on Coalition Building and Winning Elections

Jul 16 2012

Press Release: Jill Stein secures Green presidential nomination with California vote; Top Two Jungle Primary fails voters

Jun 6 2012

Military claim that Bradley Manning 'mentally unfit' echoes past bias against homosexuals, charge LGBT Greens, marching for alleged WikiLeaks source in Los Angeles Pride Parade Sunday

Jun 12 2011
Bradley Manning - WikiLeaks' alleged source - is a patriot who is, in part, being persecuted because of anti-Gay bias, according a Green Party of California organizer here preparing to participate in this Sunday's LGBT Pride Parade.

School board trustee takes side of teachers at State Capitol, warns long term cost of underfunding schools will be 'even more costly' and the answer is to tax the rich

May 12 2011
As teachers and students protest at the State Capitol this week, a Green Party school board member from Hollister, Ca. said today the state of California "has undermined public education through underfunding schools" and warned the long term costs because of that will be "even more costly." He said the answer to the budget crisis is for the "rich to pay their fair share."

Green Party of California joins occupation of State Capitol; backs move to pressure Gov, Legislature to balance budget off backs of millionaires, not the most vulnerable in state

May 9 2011
The Green Party of California Monday said its party members are joining and supporting actions by thousands of teachers, students and social justice activists here to "occupy" the State Capitol this week to pressure the Legislature and Governor to rethink their plans of hurting the most vulnerable in the state in order to balance the budget. The Green Party noted that the Capitol is bipartisan - Democrats and Republicans - in deciding to let the very wealthy go largely unscathed while the sick, poor, young and the elderly bear the brunt of proposed budget cuts.

Green Party of California General Assembly approves novel Tax Reform Plan calling for a 'progressive tax structure' based on 'personal responsibility'

May 5 2011
The Green Party of California General Assembly meeting here has approved a Tax Reform Plan for California which stresses a "progressive" tax structure calling for "personal responsibility" in the state tax code.

Green Party issues grim Earth Day reminder re: BP Spill, Japan nuke disaster; but state's environmental party also provides view of what is needed in the future.

Apr 22 2011
The Green Party of California has issued a grim reminder regarding upcoming Earth Day, calling for an end to "compromise" that has led to disasters like the BP oil spill and the nuclear tragedy in Japan and more effort to take positive steps to build a new energy infrastructure that is kinder and gentler to the planet.

Press Release: Green Party of LA recommends Winograd and Chamness in 36th Congressional District

Apr 19 2011
The Green Party of Los Angeles County announced today that it will recommend Marcy Winograd and Mike Chamness in the 36th Congressional District race on May 17th.

Green Party attacks latest billion-dollar budget cuts to poor, and elderly

Mar 24 2011
The Green Party of California attacked Gov. Brown's slashing more than $11 billion from the state budget late Thursday, calling the actions avoidable if only the Governor and the Legislature had "guts." Brown signed legislation approving higher community college fees, eliminating Adult Day Health Care, and cutting monies from welfare-to-work grants and First5 childhood development funds.

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