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Subject: Green Party Makes 2014 Statewide Endorsements
BE sure to read the italics for public bank under Ellen Brown for State
Treasurer CA.
Agnes


From:    "BC Macdonald" <omni at mcn.org>
Date:    Tue, December 24, 2013 2:35 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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http://www.cagreens.org/news/gpca-endorses-2014-statewide-candidates

NEWS ADVISORY

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, December 23, 2013

Contact: Luis Rodriguez: Mark Lipman (media contact) (424) 250-5309
info at rodriguezforgovernor.org www.rodriguezforgovernor.org
Laura Wells (510) 225-4005 info at laurawells.org www.laurawells.org
Ellen Brown (805) 217-3109 ellenhbrown at gmail.com www.ellenbrown.com/treasurer
David Curtis (415) 317-4002 davidscurtis at earthlink.net
www.votedavidcurtis.org
Michael Feinstein, GPCA Spokesperson (310) 392-8450 mfeinstein at feinstein.org

The Green Party of California Announces Its Statewide Endorsements for
June 2014

LOS ANGELES, CA -- On the heels of a record number of California Greens
elected in an odd-numbered year (20), the Green Party of California (GPCA)
announces its official endorsements for the June 2014 primary: Luis
Rodriguez, Governor; Laura Wells, Controller; Ellen Brown, Treasurer; and
David Curtis, Secretary of State.

In 2012, the L.A. Weekly named Luis Rodriguez one of the 60 most
fascinating people in Los Angeles, citing his history of art, activism and
'fighting his way through the mean streets of East L.A."

“This campaign is an imaginal poetic journey,” said Rodriguez in a
speech to the GPCA's recent state meeting in Santa Rosa. "But we also aim
to win."

"Winning is addressing poverty, justice and the environment," Rodriguez
told GPCA delegates. "Solutions come from aligning resources to meet human
needs, by providing livable and meaningful work or income, healthy and
clean communities and free quality health care for all. We must also
address the massive inequities of the criminal justice system, and ensure
arts, culture and expression outlets in every neighborhood."

Also solution-oriented, Laura Wells and Ellen Brown advocate "banking in
the public interest", to address the state's ongoing fiscal crisis and
infrastructure funding shortfalls, by establishing a publicly-owned state
bank for California.

"Our legislators pride themselves on balancing the budget, but they've
done it on the backs of the poor; by robbing Peter to pay Paul; and by
shoving a wall of debt into the future," says Brown, the GPCA's candidate
for Treasurer.

"There is another way to fund the state budget besides cutting services,
raising taxes and selling off assets. That's through a publicly-owned
state bank that generates new revenues for states, lowers debt costs for
local governments and public infrastructure, and creates new jobs and
spurs economic growth."

Wells adds, “As a State Controller who takes no corporate money, I will
stand up to the Wall Street banks with the intention of replacing them
with a State Bank for California, a bank that will partner with local
banks and credit unions, and provide good loans to homeowners, students,
and small businesses. We will keep the interest low, and keep it here to
invest in California, not Wall Street.”

In a crowed field for Secretary of State, David Curtis is the lone voice
highlighting the negative effects of the new top two primary system upon
democracy.  "Fair elections are when voters can vote for and elect someone
who represents their views. The Top Two primary takes us in the opposite
direction, by reducing voter choice and political voice, while increasing
the cost of elections. The Top Two should be overturned and replaced with
a system of proportional representation within multi-seat districts, so
that California's great diversity can have a real voice in the decisions
that affect them."

Under the new Top Two system, Green candidates must each submit at least
10,000 nomination petition signatures from registered California voters to
appear on the June 2014 statewide ballot. Previously the total was only
150. The GPCA will launch its signature drive upon the opening of the
filing period on Friday, December 27, and provide a link on its state
website where anyone can download and print the petitions and gather
signatures (www.cagreens.org/elections/2014).

"Despite the unnecessary obstacles to democracy created by the Top Two
system, we believe voters definitely want to see a Green alternative on
the 2014 ballot," adds GPCA spokesperson Michael Feinstein. "The Green
Party rejects the austerity approach in fashion in Sacramento and
Washington. Another California and another United States is possible, and
our endorsed candidates will carry forth that message in 2014.

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About the Green Party of California
The Green Party of California (GPCA) is guided by its Platform and the Ten
Key Values of the Green Movement: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy,
Social Justice, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community Based Economics,
Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and
Sustainability.

The GPCA distinguishes itself from and provides an alternative to
traditionally entrenched parties, including by accepting no corporate
contributions.

The GPCA is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS),
and through the GPUS to the Federacion de Partidos Verdes de las Americas
and the Global Greens.

Currently, 55 California Greens hold public office statewide.  Since the
GPCA's founding in 1990, 293 California Greens have been elected to public
office.

Stay connected with the Green Party of California
On Twitter: www.twitter.com/gpca
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/cagreens and www.facebook.com/groups/8071416222

Register Green. Run Green. Volunteer Green. Donate Green. Vote Green.




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