{"id":2582,"date":"2011-01-13T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2011-01-13T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T17:33:09","slug":"time-for-progressives-to-move-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2582\/time-for-progressives-to-move-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for Progressives to Move On"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tommi Avicolli Mecca<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 13, 2011<\/p>\n

The drama is over. For now.<\/p>\n

Ex-mayor Gavin Newsom, in collusion with ex-mayor\/Chron columnist Willie Brown and Chinatown wheeler and dealer Rose Pak, has had his way. Like the petulant child he is, he delayed his swearing in as lieutenant governor and pushed through his temporary successor (City Administrator Ed Lee) and then placed Police Chief George Gasc\u00f3n in a vacant district attorney\u2019s office. Former DA Kamala Harris moved on to Sacramento.<\/p>\n

A worst choice there couldn\u2019t be. Gasc\u00f3n is “not philosophically opposed to the death penalty” and campaigned heavily for sit\/lie, which now makes it illegal to sit or lie on a sidewalk. Gasc\u00f3n is a bad fit for San Francisco, something the voters will hopefully realize by November when they go to the polls.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco District Attorney-select George Gasc\u00f3n.<\/p><\/div>\n

But it\u2019s finished. The Gav is safely installed in a useless state office where hopefully he can do no more harm (unless Lee decides to keep Newsom\u2019s old staff and advisers). And if Brown and Pak have access to Room 200, then the Gav\u2019s bad legacy is likely to live on.<\/p>\n

The Board of Supervisors is what is it. No use dwelling on it. There are a few good folks left. Hopefully, they still have the fighting spirit now that the fiery Chris Daly has departed. Hopefully, he\u2019ll follow through with his promise to stay involved in local politics.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s work to be done.<\/p>\n

The biggest battle to be fought this year is over a new budget. With the city facing a deficit nearing $400 million, the Board and the interim mayor must be made to understand that the poor and working-class cannot bear the brunt of the inevitable cuts.<\/p>\n

Start practicing the mantras now: Absolutely no cuts to services for the poor and working-class. Let the rich and the corporations pay their fair share.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s proposed budget will be a test of Ed Lee\u2019s commitment to the poor and working-class. By rejecting Newsom’s budget agenda, Lee will\u00a0 show whether or not the former civil rights and tenants’ activist can be a force for progressive social justice and political independence.<\/p>\n

The fight over where to get the money to fill the deficit will show us what the new Board is made of — loyalists to the rich, or fighters for the common folks. I\u2019m not taking bets.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s an election in November for a permanent replacement for Lee and Gasc\u00f3n. It\u2019s not too late to be thinking of progressives who can win those seats. A cast of thousands may well run for mayor (many names have already been tossed into the hat). Probably not as many will enter the race for DA.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s the everyday issues that progressives need to be working on, such as displacement and gentrification in working-class neighborhoods (the Bay View and Mission are priorities), the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots, eviction prevention, the rights of tenants in public housing, police abuse and violence, unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness, poverty, etc. The list is endless.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s time for a progressive confab?<\/p>\n

Not a talk fest. No speeches by politicians or celebrity activists. No hours of arguing over lists or composing manifestos. A gathering to talk about what needs to be done and how it\u2019s going to be done. A recruitment meeting. A place to sign up to call a board member about the budget or organize a demo against sit\/lie.<\/p>\n

An action-oriented conference: we came, we signed up, we went out and did the work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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