Libertarian Party of San Francisco
| Libertarian Party of San Francisco | |
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| General Information | |
| Jurisdiction: | San Francisco County, California |
| Status: | Active |
| Officers | |
| Chair: | Starchild |
| Secretary: | Jay Anthony |
| Treasurer: | Chris Mendes |
| Media | |
| Website: | Website |
| Facebook: | |
| Twitter: | |
| Meetup: | Meetup |
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, 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:
- Chair - Nick Smith
- Vice-Chair - Alex Mills
- Secretary - Ryder Meehan
- Treasurer - Rebecca Lau
As of January 2018:
- Chair - Nick Smith
- Vice-Chair - Rebecca Lau
- Secretary - Aubrey Freedman
- Treasurer - Jawj Greenwald
The following are the Libertarian Party of San Francisco officers as of April 2017:[2]
- Chair – Aubrey Freedman
- Vice-Chair – Starchild
- Secretary – Nick Smith
- Treasurer – Les Mangus
Other past officers and appointed positions
- Chair
- Chris Maden (2004?-2008?)
- Aubrey Freedman (2012?—2018)
- Marcy Berry
- Rob Power (2008-2012?)
- Starchild (1996-1998?)
- Jerry Pico (c 1995)
- George O'Brien (?-1994?)
- Vice-Chair
- Mark Read Pickens (c 1995)
- Michael Spadacinni (~2005?)
- Starchild (2017—2018)
- Ron Getty
- Secretary
- Nick Smith (2016-2018)
Jay Anthony
- Mark Valverde (c 1995)
- Treasurer
- Jawj Greenwald
- Les Mangus
- James R. Elwood (c 1995)
Chris Mendes Phil Berg
- Elections Director
- Anton Sherwood (c 1995)
- 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
- ↑ url=https://www.sf.gov/reports/november-2024/qualified-measures | title=San Francisco Department of Elections | access date=Sept. 27, 2024
- ↑ per message from Starchild to LPC EC as of that date