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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Occupy Fresno group left their encampment at Courthouse Park and marched to Fresno Unified School District Headquarters. The movements stated goal is to represent the interests of the 99% of Americans who are not wealthy. They feel School Superintendent Michael Hanson is not among the 99%
Occupy Fresno Spokesman Michael Becker told Action News, "His salary is somewhere in the order of $320 thousand dollars somewhere in that range that puts him in the top one half of one percent of the income structure. From the point of view of Occupy Fresno he kind of exemplifies the attitude of the top one percent. We've got it great, we're making great money, we're asking everyone else to sacrifice but they don't step up and make a sacrifice themself."
Occupy Fresno members say teachers and students have borne the brunt of budget cuts. They called on the school board to cut Hanson's pay, along with the districts other top administrators. They believe a 25% pay cut would generate $10 ten million for classrooms. Becker and others called on board members to put a pay cut on the agenda.
Becker said, "Last time, will any of you put an agenda item on the agenda to discuss an administrators across the board pay cut to put the money back in the classrooms."
Board members did not respond.
"Well, thanks for nothing." Becker concluded.
Occupy Fresno Members say they will be back, making the same demand. We asked Occupy Fresno member Anthony Benjamin if he thought the administrators would take pay cuts. He said, "Of course not, it's going to be forced on them."
Hanson, and School Board members were advised by their legal counsel that they could not respond to comments made by the public on matters not on the meeting agenda.
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/10/19/2088524/occupy-merced-protesters-asked.html
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http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/
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GUEST OPINION: How SR ‘Occupy’ march won me over
Oct 22nd, 2011
At first, I had a negative view of the 99 percenters and the Occupy Wall Street movement. I’ve looked at the people getting arrested and wrote them off as some trust-fund yuppies who want to make a stir so they can tell their kids that they “really made a difference back in their day.” Occupy Stockton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpma-gwTsco&feature=related
Lodi CCR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuqlRcmmyPw
http://www.lodinews.com/news/article_300a1124-f504-11e0-83fb-001cc4c03286.html (this may be about Stockton but look where the article is coming from.) ...cal
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Statistics show that Stockton’s unemployment rate hovers at around 16.1 percent, whereas the state average is roughly 12.1 percent. The national unemployment rate is about 9.1 percent, according to the department’s statistics.
“If I could only say one thing today, it would be ‘Stockton, wake up,’” said protest organizer and Stockton resident Motecuzoma Sanchez. “(Stockton) is at the bottom of the barrel in terms of numbers. Our democracy has been hijacked. We need to accomplish something today.”
http://occupysantarosa.org/?page_id=86
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Wishlist
HUGE thanks to Amy for sending me this wishlist!
• open houses & shuttles: people willing to open their houses for showers & sleep shifts, & people willing to shuttle occupiers from City Hall to open houses
• bathroom shuttles: people willing to shuttle occupiers to accessible bathrooms during the night (gas money for this will be fully covered). Please start ASAP!
• coolers & bins for food storage, organization, & ease of movement
• downtown wifi & recharge stations – downtown offices, businesses, homes willing to allow occasional wifi access &/or recharging of cellphones & laptops
• non-dead car batteries for solar power storage
• cups, plates, bowls & utensils
• FOOD! & money for food – either direct dropoffs at City Hall or at Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave
• hand sanitizer
• trained & experienced consensus facilitators
• translators – especially Spanish & ASL
• contact with & mentoring from older, experienced activists – please tell us your stories!
• books & DVDs on economic issues, political & community organizing, consensus process, & anything else you feel is relevant
• small computer speakers
• permanent markers
• cardboard for sign-making
• pens & pads of paper
• plain tee shirts
• fabric markers & paints
• graphic design assistance
• silkscreened tee-shirts with Occupy Santa Rosa graphics
• massage chairs & masseuses!
• musical/theatrical entertainment & inspiration (drummers, guitarists, singers, clowns!)
• coloring books, crayons, bubbles & other kid-friendly items (no sidewalk chalk, please)
• card decks & games
Occupy Santa Rosa WISHLIST:
This list was brainstormed by a group of Occupy Santa Rosa occupiers and supporters after General Assembly on Oct 17. One supporter then compiled the list and organized it into 2 general categories – Survive (things we need now to keep the occupiers safe, healthy and effective) and Thrive (things to help the movement flourish and grow). Please do what you can, when you can. If you have any other creative ideas, please bring them to City Hall!OSR SURVIVE:
• water – new bottled water & containers to hold water• open houses & shuttles: people willing to open their houses for showers & sleep shifts, & people willing to shuttle occupiers from City Hall to open houses
• bathroom shuttles: people willing to shuttle occupiers to accessible bathrooms during the night (gas money for this will be fully covered). Please start ASAP!
• coolers & bins for food storage, organization, & ease of movement
• downtown wifi & recharge stations – downtown offices, businesses, homes willing to allow occasional wifi access &/or recharging of cellphones & laptops
• non-dead car batteries for solar power storage
• cups, plates, bowls & utensils
• FOOD! & money for food – either direct dropoffs at City Hall or at Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave
• hand sanitizer
• trained & experienced consensus facilitators
OSR THRIVE:
• PEOPLE of all shapes, colors, ages, & sizes, dressed in all types of clothes. Join us!• translators – especially Spanish & ASL
• contact with & mentoring from older, experienced activists – please tell us your stories!
• books & DVDs on economic issues, political & community organizing, consensus process, & anything else you feel is relevant
• small computer speakers
• permanent markers
• cardboard for sign-making
• pens & pads of paper
• plain tee shirts
• fabric markers & paints
• graphic design assistance
• silkscreened tee-shirts with Occupy Santa Rosa graphics
• massage chairs & masseuses!
• musical/theatrical entertainment & inspiration (drummers, guitarists, singers, clowns!)
• coloring books, crayons, bubbles & other kid-friendly items (no sidewalk chalk, please)
• card decks & games
2 thoughts on “Wishlist”
- I am a trained facilitator, mediator, and communication/conflict coach. I am willing to donate some time to help people have successful challenging conversations, teach groups basic facilitation, listening, and conflict resolution skills, and/or mediate. You can reach me through e-mail above or at (707) 236-8079. I’m planning to at least stop by tomorrow, Sat. so if you get this, let me know who to talk to. Blessings and solidarity, Lorraine
- Hi Lorraine! Thanks so much for replying. I can think of no particular issue that needs mediation right now (thankfully!), and we have no official facilitation committee or contact. We have rotating facilitators depending on who is present and interested each day – some have more experience with consensus than others, and we are committed to people learning these new skills. If you would ever like to come and spend some time with us and then facilitate a GA that would be a great way to engage with the movement. And if you want to offer a workshop we are a wide open space for that! Personally I think a workshop on listening skills would be great for us, but I am just one person. Approach anyone, ask around, join us!
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‘Occupy Santa Rosa’ demonstrators can’t camp at City Hall
Posted by Ted Appel in Cities on October 14th, 2011 tags: Millison, Occupy Wall Street, rally, Santa Rosa, Schwedhelm
The Occupy Santa Rosa poster
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Santa Rosa officials denied a request Friday from organizers of “Occupy Santa Rosa” to camp overnight at City Hall following Saturday’s demonstration, which is expected to draw as many as 1,000 people.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-protesters-evicted-oakland/story?id=14793381
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Anti-corporation demonstrators ignored an order to evacuate their encampment outside Oakland, Calif., city hall, continuing to occupy Frank Ogawa Plaza overnight and going about their business as usual this morning.
Music blared and dozens of more tents were erected in the encampment Friday night. It was hardly the scene one would have expected after city officials issued an order that protesters were to vacate the plaza by 10 p.m.
"We're here to address the issues that have been raised in terms of public health and safety -- graffiti, urination, vandalism and making specific requests as to what the need to do as to address those issues," Oakland city spokeswoman Karen Boyd told ABC News station KGO-TV in San Francisco.
http://www.foxreno.com/news/29551519/detail.html
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Eight 'Occupy San Jose' protesters arrested, one cited
Posted: 10:53 am PDT October 21, 2011
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Police arrested eight "Occupy San Jose" protesters and cited one early Friday morning at City Hall as part of a pre-planned operation.
Five people were cited for camping in front of City Hall, two people were cited for being there after 11 p.m., one person was arrested for scratching a police vehicle and a probation violation, and one person in a wheelchair was cited and released at the scene, police said.
The decision for the arrests was made by City Manager Debra Figone, police said. She recently met with her staff and Police Chief Chris Moore and expressed concerns about the health and safety issues associated with the encampment, according to police.
Police said there has been a build-up of trash and indications of urination and defecation near City Hall.
The arrests are misdemeanors, except for the vandalism, which carries a felony charge. Those arrested were booked into Santa Clara County Jail.
The operation -- involving 10 officers, two sergeants, and one lieutenant -- was carried out at about 3 a.m. to prevent the chance of interference by crowds leaving nightclubs in the city's downtown area, police said.
This was not the first time police have issued citations to the protesters. Officers have contacted the protesters four times in the last two weeks.
A neighborhood services crew responded this morning and collected tents and other pieces of property belonging to the protesters. The items were taken to a city corporation yard for safekeeping.
Five people were cited for camping in front of City Hall, two people were cited for being there after 11 p.m., one person was arrested for scratching a police vehicle and a probation violation, and one person in a wheelchair was cited and released at the scene, police said.
The decision for the arrests was made by City Manager Debra Figone, police said. She recently met with her staff and Police Chief Chris Moore and expressed concerns about the health and safety issues associated with the encampment, according to police.
Police said there has been a build-up of trash and indications of urination and defecation near City Hall.
The arrests are misdemeanors, except for the vandalism, which carries a felony charge. Those arrested were booked into Santa Clara County Jail.
The operation -- involving 10 officers, two sergeants, and one lieutenant -- was carried out at about 3 a.m. to prevent the chance of interference by crowds leaving nightclubs in the city's downtown area, police said.
This was not the first time police have issued citations to the protesters. Officers have contacted the protesters four times in the last two weeks.
A neighborhood services crew responded this morning and collected tents and other pieces of property belonging to the protesters. The items were taken to a city corporation yard for safekeeping.
http://occupysesamestreet.org/
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