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The '''Libertarian Party of San Francisco''' is a county organization of the [[Libertarian Party of California]]. The city and county of San Francisco are contiguous, with a unified government, so unlike the other county parties in California, the LPSF is directly concerned with a single municipality. | The '''Libertarian Party of San Francisco''' is a county organization of the [[Libertarian Party of California]]. The city and county of San Francisco are contiguous, with a unified government, so unlike the other county parties in California, the LPSF is directly concerned with a single municipality. | ||
===Meetings=== | |||
* The LPSF meets the 2nd Saturday each month, 3-5pm (currently as of December 2022 meeting at main SF library, corner of Grove and Larkin streets, by Civic Center BART station[[Libertarian Party of San Francisco Meeting 19 January 2019|,]] 3rd floor Paley conference room). This schedule and location have been used since the late 2010s? | |||
==Activism== | ==Activism== | ||
The LPSF filed several ballot arguments against local measures in the November 2024 election: | |||
• Proposition A (school bonds) | |||
• Proposition K (closing the Great Highway) | |||
• Proposition H (firefighter pensions) | |||
• Proposition I (nurses and 911 operator pensions) | |||
The arguments (limit 300 words) against Propositions H and I won the lottery held by the San Francisco Elections Department, and were published in the Voter Handbook mailed to hundreds of thousands of registered San Francisco voters. As the official opponent of these measures, the LPSF also got to submit rebuttals (limit 250 words) to the proponents arguments in support of Propositions H and I. <ref>url=https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/qualified-measures | title=San Francisco Department of Elections | access date=Sept. 27, 2024</ref> | |||
Some of the main activities of the LPSF circa 2018 include: | Some of the main activities of the LPSF circa 2018 include: | ||
* Filing ballot arguments each year to be published in the San Francisco Voter Handbook distributed each election to several hundred thousand registered San Francisco voters (some free arguments selected as official ballot arguments by lottery, others paid arguments typically costing several hundred dollars each, based on the number of words). | * Filing ballot arguments each year to be published in the San Francisco Voter Handbook distributed each election to several hundred thousand registered San Francisco voters (some free arguments selected as official ballot arguments by lottery, others paid arguments typically costing several hundred dollars each, based on the number of words). | ||
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* Publishing commentary on [https://lpsf.org LPSF.org], principally about local political issues | * Publishing commentary on [https://lpsf.org LPSF.org], principally about local political issues | ||
== | ==Officers== | ||
• Chair – [[Starchild]] | • Chair – [[Starchild]]<br> | ||
• Vice Chair – Jawg Greenwald | • Vice Chair – Jawg Greenwald<nowiki></nowiki> <br> | ||
• Secretary – Richard Fast | • Secretary – Richard Fast<nowiki></nowiki> <br> | ||
• Treasurer – Trip Seibold | • Treasurer – Trip Seibold<nowiki></nowiki> <br> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Region Numbers=== | === Past Region Numbers=== | ||
Under the past region-numbering system [[Libertarian Party of California Regions|numbering system]] used by the Libertarian Party of California, in which regions generally corresponded to counties, San Francisco was Region 38. | |||
San Francisco was part of Region 4 in the earlier 20-region numbering system. | San Francisco was part of Region 4 in the earlier 20-region numbering system. | ||
=== | ===Past Meeting Locations=== | ||
Past LPSF meeting locations have included Round Table Pizza on Geary Blvd. (upstairs meeting room), Cybelle's Front Room Pizza on 9th Avenue, another pizza restaurant a short way away across the street from Cybelle's, Alex Mills's apartment in Noe Valley, Starchild's apartment in the Castro/Mission. | |||
===Locations Used for LPSF Events=== | |||
Past locations used for LPSF events have included the offices of Clickup on Howard Street, a basement room at the main library (Hispanic/Latino room?), the home of Richard Winger in the Marina, the apartment of Rob Power in SOMA, Freedoms Forum Books, 1800 Market Street (taken over by the city government and given to the LGBTQ Center), the home of George O'Brien, Vince Miller, Anton Sherwood, and Mark Valverde in the Richmond district, | |||
===Past | ===Past Officers=== | ||
As of January 2022: | As of January 2022: | ||
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• Chair – [[Chris Mendes]] | • Chair – [[Chris Mendes]] | ||
• Treasurer – [[Max Cranley]] | • Treasurer – [[Max Cranley]] | ||
• Secretary – AWOL* | |||
• Treasuer – AWOL* | |||
*Only came to meeting at which they were elected, never attended any subsequent meetings; not formally replaced until next annual election | |||
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• Treasurer – [[Greg Michael]] | • Treasurer – [[Greg Michael]] | ||
The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2020: | |||
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* Secretary - [[Aubrey Freedman]] | * Secretary - [[Aubrey Freedman]] | ||
* Treasurer - [[Jawj Greenwald]] | * Treasurer - [[Jawj Greenwald]] | ||
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* Secretary – [[Nick Smith]] | * Secretary – [[Nick Smith]] | ||
* Treasurer – [[Les Mangus]] | * Treasurer – [[Les Mangus]] | ||
===Other past officers and appointed positions=== | ===Other past officers and appointed positions=== | ||
;Chair | ;Chair | ||
*[[Chris Maden]] (2004?-2008?) | *[[Chris Maden]] (2004?-2008?) | ||
*[[Aubrey Freedman]] (2012?—2018) | *[[Aubrey Freedman]] (2012?—2018) | ||
*[[Marcy Berry]] | *[[Marcy Berry]] | ||
*[[Rob Power]] (2008-2012?) | |||
*[[Starchild]] (1996-1998?) | |||
*[[Jerry Pico]] (c 1995) | |||
*[[George O'Brien]] (?-1994?) | |||
;Vice-Chair | ;Vice-Chair | ||
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;Secretary | ;Secretary | ||
*[[Nick Smith]] (2016-2018) | *[[Nick Smith]] (2016-2018) | ||
Jay Anthony | Jay Anthony | ||
*[[Mark Valverde]] (c 1995) | |||
;Treasurer | ;Treasurer | ||
*[[Jawj Greenwald]] | *[[Jawj Greenwald]] | ||
*[[Les Mangus]] | *[[Les Mangus]] | ||
*[[James Elwood|James R. Elwood]] (c 1995) | |||
Chris Mendes | Chris Mendes | ||
Phil Berg | |||
;Elections Director | ;Elections Director | ||