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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


==Executive Committee==
==Officers==
• Chair – Chris Mendes
• Chair – [[Starchild]]<br>
 
• Vice Chair – Jawg Greenwald<nowiki></nowiki> <br>
• Treasurer – Max Cranley
• Secretary – Richard Fast<nowiki></nowiki> <br>
• Treasurer – Trip Seibold<nowiki></nowiki> <br>


==History==
==History==


===Region Numbers===
=== Past Region Numbers===
San Francisco was Region 38 of the Libertarian Party of California in the [[Libertarian Party of California Regions|numbering system]] in which regions generally corresponded to counties.
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.


===Meetings===
===Past Meeting Locations===
* 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)
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 Officers===
 
As of January 2022:


===Past Executive Committees===
• Chair – [[Chris Mendes]]
• 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


As of January 2021:


• Chair – Starchild
The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2021:


• Vice Chair – Jeff Yunes
• Chair – [[Starchild]]
• Vice Chair – [[Jeff Yunes]]
• Secretary – [[Richard Fast]]
• Treasurer – [[Greg Michael]]


• Secretary – Richard Fast


• Treasurer – Greg Michael
The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2020:




As of 8 April 2017:<ref>per message from Starchild to LPC EC as of that date</ref>
The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2019:
 
* Chair - [[Nick Smith]]
* Vice-Chair - [[Alex Mills]]
* Secretary - [[Ryder Meehan]]
* Treasurer - [[Rebecca Lau]]


* Chair – [[Aubrey Freedman]]
* Vice-Chair – [[Starchild]]
* Secretary – [[Nick Smith]]
* Treasurer – [[Les Mangus]]
*
As of January 2018:
As of January 2018:


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* Secretary - [[Aubrey Freedman]]
* Secretary - [[Aubrey Freedman]]
* Treasurer - [[Jawj Greenwald]]
* Treasurer - [[Jawj Greenwald]]
*


The following are the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2019:


* Chair - [[Nick Smith]]
The following are the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of April 2017:<ref>per message from Starchild to LPC EC as of that date</ref>
* Vice-Chair - [[Alex Mills]]
 
* Secretary - [[Ryder Meehan]]
* Chair – [[Aubrey Freedman]]
* Treasurer - [[Rebecca Lau]]
* Vice-Chair – [[Starchild]]
* Secretary – [[Nick Smith]]
* Treasurer – [[Les Mangus]]
 
===Other past officers and appointed positions===
===Other past officers and appointed positions===
;Chair
;Chair
*[[George O'Brien]] (?-1994?)
 
*[[Jerry Pico]] (c 1995)
*[[Starchild]] (1996-1998?)
*[[Chris Maden]] (2004?-2008?)
*[[Chris Maden]] (2004?-2008?)
*[[Rob Power]] (2008-2012?)
*[[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)
Jay Anthony
*[[Mark Valverde]] (c 1995)
*[[Mark Valverde]] (c 1995)
*[[Nick Smith]] (2016-2018)


;Treasurer
;Treasurer
*[[James Elwood|James R. Elwood]] (c 1995)
*[[Jawj Greenwald]]
*[[Jawj Greenwald]]
*[[Les Mangus]]
*[[Les Mangus]]
*[[James Elwood|James R. Elwood]] (c 1995)
Chris Mendes
Phil Berg


;Elections Director
;Elections Director
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*[[Rob Power]]
*[[Rob Power]]
*[[Nick Smith]]
*[[Nick Smith]]
Jeff Yunes


;Other
;Other
[[Francoise Fielding]], ''Media Relations''<BR />
[[Francoise Fielding]], ''Media Relations''<BR />
[[Starchild]], ''Outreach Director''<BR />
[[Starchild]], ''Outreach Director''<BR />
[[Speakers Bureau]], ''libertarian speakers for classrooms or groups ''<BR />
[[Speakers Bureau]], ''libertarian speakers for classrooms or groups ''<BR />
[[Starchild]]


==External Links==  
==External Links==  

Latest revision as of 07:00, 28 September 2024

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.

Libertarian Party of San Francisco
Lpsf logo jaggies.png
General Information
Jurisdiction: San Francisco County, California
Status: Active
Officers
Chair: Starchild
Secretary: Jay Anthony
Treasurer: Chris Mendes
Media
Website: Website
Facebook: Facebook
Twitter: Twitter
Meetup: Meetup

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, 3rd floor Paley conference room). This schedule and location have been used since the late 2010s?

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. [1]

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).
  • Operating an outreach booth for two days at San Francisco Pride festival each year
  • Issuing voting recommendations on local ballot measures
  • Leaders speaking at local schools
  •  Hosting an annual panel discussion event (started out as a Tax Day event)
  • Periodically running candidates for local office
  • Publishing commentary on LPSF.org, principally about local political issues

Officers

• Chair – Starchild
• Vice Chair – Jawg Greenwald
• Secretary – Richard Fast
• Treasurer – Trip Seibold

History

Past Region Numbers

Under the past region-numbering system 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.

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 Officers

As of January 2022:

• Chair – Chris Mendes • 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


The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2021:

• Chair – Starchild • Vice Chair – Jeff Yunes • Secretary – Richard Fast • Treasurer – Greg Michael


The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2020:


The following were the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of January 2019:

As of January 2018:


The following are the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of April 2017:[2]

Other past officers and appointed positions

Chair
Vice-Chair
Secretary

Jay Anthony

Treasurer

Chris Mendes Phil Berg

Elections Director
Webmaster

Jeff Yunes

Other

Francoise Fielding, Media Relations
Starchild, Outreach Director

Speakers Bureau, libertarian speakers for classrooms or groups
Starchild

External Links

Address

2215 Market Street #6, San Francisco, CA, 94114

Former address: 520 Frederick Street, #17, San Francisco, CA 94117


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  1. ↑ url=https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/qualified-measures | title=San Francisco Department of Elections | access date=Sept. 27, 2024
  2. ↑ per message from Starchild to LPC EC as of that date
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