The City College of San Francisco Music and Theater Departments have launched this petition to protect $88 million currently dedicated to complete construction of City College's Performing Arts Education Center (PAEC). The petition asks the California State Legislature for a one-year extension on $38 million in state bond funding and calls on the CCSF special trustee and interim chancellor to respect the will of the voters of San Francisco, who approved two bonds for CCSF totaling $50 million. Almost $20 million has been spent on the Performing Arts Center (PAC) to date, The project, which has won both state and national awards for design and sustainability, is now shovel-ready. The petition to support completion of the PAC has already been signed by writers, actors and musicians including Laurie Anderson, Danny Glover, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and many others. Join us in this effort by signing this effort and asking lawmakers not to give up the PAC!! For more information, please contact Madeline Mueller, chair of the CCSF Music Department, at 415-239-3641 or [email protected]. Visit the CCSF Music Dept website for more information at www.ccsf.edu/music.

In 2010,I was ruled disabled by the Social Security Administration and am collecting Social Security Disability. On January 3, 2012, I was placed into the NYC shelter system because of my lack of housing. Since this time I have applied for numerous apartments. The response is always that do not have enough income to meet the minimum income guideline requirements., although, I have been told that I receive a substantial amount for disability. Because of this hindrance, I have been in the Shelter System for almost 2 years with no way out. I feel as though I am a prisoner doing time for a crime that I did not commit. I hope that by changing this law, it will afford people with disabilities and limited income a chance for decent affordable housing.

Los Angeles is desperate for a convenient open tranquil nature inspired park. Some positive changes will transform the State Historic Park in 2014 into an incredible oasis of trees, a large water wheel donated by UCLA, ancient artifacts and water will be funneled over from the L.A. river! However, the State Historic Park is committing to 9-10 commercial concerts per year in order to finance the park. This is a densely populated area with old communities such as Solano Park see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solano_Canyon,_Los_Angeles Lincoln Heights and HIghland Park are not far from this park either. As well as all of the Downtown L.A. communities including Chinatown and Little Tokyo. The strategy to include large commercial concerts trashes the local environments, the grounds of the park and wildlife irreparably. There is a better way. Please support the park by signing this petition to stop 15,000 - 25,000 attendance commercial concerts. We are calling on the Governor and the State Park system to eliminate large commercial concerts in support of smaller local community inspired concerts and other events. This Historic State Park serves 3.82 million L.A. residents. The State Park system's mission statement, "To provide for the health, inspiration, and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the State's extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation." No where does it say we support trashing of the environment in favor of money.

I have personally experienced this due to having cancer and not being able to be sick and work. So I have had to pay larger deposits and except crappy places to live based upon my credit status all because cancer does not discriminate.

Our access to Pine Grove is now completely blocked which is where we load and unload children, elderly parents, groceries, etc. We are now forced to do this in a tow zone on Addison. Ironically Addison is deemed unsafe for the cyclists. The stop sign is obstructed and the station is 10 feet into a tow zone. All Divvy locations in the 46th ward except one are by commercial enterprises and the one residential site (not yet installed) is at the back of a building not disturbing privacy. Let's advocate for appropriate, safe locations for Divvy.

The YMCA in Maury County is scheduled to close on December 31st of this year. I do not understand why your members weren't given this news well before this so we'd have a chance to do one or more fundraisers to help keep this YMCA open. The YMCA is the only source of exercise for both my husband, who is disabled from a car accident, and my son, who has Down Syndrome. The therapy pool there is the only one in a 30-mile radius. This will also greatly effect the large population of disabled and elderly, not to mention those who need it to recover from various injuries. On top of that, the YMCA is a major source of community in our area and its closing would greatly effect the area in more ways than we can count. There's got to be a way for the members to keep the YMCA open - even if a few services have to be canceled temporarily.

There has been a surge of homeless families for many different reasons ranging from fire to foreclosure. Someone needs to start opening family oriented shelters so families can stay united instead of torn apart. I have always realized this and now I have the tools to ask for help to save families from this ordeal.

Companies throughout the U.S.A throw away 40% of the nation's food each day-- hotels, grocery stores, restaurants, etc. pile food into the garbage. Meanwhile, U.S. federal tax dollars in the 2012 fiscal year added up to $74.6 billion in food assistance (aka "food stamps" or "EBT"), while California state taxes paid $6.8 million-- this does not include county provisions-- which vary. The reason businesses aren't legally able to give away excess food (if a restaurant meses up an order or a package gets damaged at a food store) to hungry individuals in need, & that furthermore they lock their dumpsters to prevent "theft", is that they can be held legally accountable if that person gets sick. For this reason, food industry workers (at restaurants, hotels, grocery stores) often reluctantly throw away food (sometimes large amounts) while looking out their business windows only to watch others begging for spare change to eat. Removing this liability from companies his will help take the strain off of churches & charities who give everything they have & still fail to provide nutritious foods, & are often now suffering from "Donor fatigue" themselves. This petition seeks to alleviate & end a blatant injustice.

Rezoning of the south Rt 16 from Lapham Road to Blackley Road. In the town of Aurora. To Inspire economical Business Growth. By creating Jobs in the comunity and improve the income revenue of the town of Aurora

We, the undersigned, do not condone the intense brainwashing by our media and congress to frame the current threat by government to take food away from the one in four American children who already suffer hunger, and the chronic disabling effects of hunger, as a notion that belongs in the domain of Republican-Democrat viewpoints. The threat of increasing hunger in populations who already don’t have enough food to eat, is not one of political viewpoint, but instead belongs in the domain of child abuse. When a parent neglects to feed her children, we do not consider this her ‘viewpoint’; we call the child abuse hotline and get the child into a setting where the child’s basic needs can be met. Were a parent to keep a child so hungry that the child suffered pain, headaches, nausea, and couldn’t concentrate in school, we would all be outraged at the sadistic level of abuse. Our government, knowing almost a quarter of American children are suffering this level hunger, taking away what little food these families have, is an act of child abuse of the most devastating and sinister order. Clearly, funds are not the issue, as we somehow have $50,000 per year per (healthy) inmate (more for those needing medical attention) to imprison individuals who resort to stealing, but somehow are supposed to buy the brainwashing that we don’t have monies to provide $4.50/day for our poorest persons for food stamps. In addition, economists estimate that every dollar of SNAP benefit, adds $1.79 of economic benefit to the community. More than 80% of SNAP households have one or more members employed, with 87% of recipients living in households with children, elderly, or disabled persons. The more children get sick from hunger the more the low-wage earner has to take off from work resulting in job loss. Due to the economic crash, between 2007 & 2011 unemployment increased by 96% & SNAP by 70%. The average time on SNAP is 9 months as families find their way out from beneath the poverty line. We will not participate in condoning cutting programs that feed those suffering hunger as one of political party affiliation, and here join in calling it out as the child abuse (also elder abuse and abuse of the disabled) it is. We demand and here petition that our Senate and House of Representatives immediately stop the abuse and treat the epidemic of hunger in this country caused by the economic recession, as the national emergency it is, and respond as we do with the national emergencies caused by hurricanes, earthquakes, etc., by pouring funds into correcting the situation, including by creating jobs, including by using monies from our Defense/Homeland security coffers. That is, doing whatever it takes to fulfill our obligation as adults, our intrinsic role as guardians of the children, to see to it that our children have food to eat.

My family lives down Seminole Woods and has noticed the lack of street lights and sidewalks down this road. I have 6 siblings, and 5 of them are younger than me. It is a safety hazard for when the sun goes down and families go on bike rides or play outside that drivers may not see the families or the children outside and could possibly get severely hurt.

My Name is Stephanie Stanhope. I am the mom to Autumn Brooks Grandma to Jade Javen and Aaron. My grandson Aaron passed away on June 27 2013 from unknown causes. The Phoenix Police left my grandson laying on the apartment floor for more than 6 hours while they tore the apartment apart looking for Aarons Breathing Machine. The following day after CPS had only saw an apartment created by this illegal search places my grand children in there custody in a non family members home stating family couldnt have them. In July taking Dependency custody and giving Neglect on Aaron based on supervision. Aaron and my daughter Autumn had been up until 3 am that morning. As Aaron was taking a nap Autumn napped to. When his granddad came home for lunch he noticed Aaron wasnt breathing began cpr called 911. CPS has stated in court documents Aarons cause of death "positional asphixiation" to date Aaron cause and manner of death is pending in the Science Lab in Phoenix Arizona. The only other reason cited for removal of my Grand kids is my Daughter is Unemployed. So watch out America the government can take your kids for not having a job in the mess of an economy the government has them selves created. MY GRANDKIDS ARE NOT NEGLECTED NOR ABUSED IN ANY WAY BY THERE PARENTS AND IN FACT CRY AT VISITS TO GO HOME. IT TOOK ME A MONTH OF WAITING FOR CPS TO FINALLY RUN MY INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO VISIT MY GRANDKIDS. PLEASE HELP ME PUT THIS FAMILY BACK TOGETHER . SIGN MY PETITION IN MEMORY OF MY ANGEL AARON BROOKS.