About The Greens

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Green Party of San Diego County

The Green Party of San Diego County (GPSD) is the organization entrusted with the duty to facilitate the activities of Green activists within the County of San Diego, California. Recently reorganized in January 1999, the new GPSD is currently focused on building its active Green membership to prepare for major electoral campaigns and community projects planned for beyond the year 2000.

The GPSD is not just one group but actually a confederation of Green organizations, registered voters, and activists in the San Diego County Area, affiliated with the Green Party of California. See the Green Party Structure for details.

GPSD County Council meetings are usually held on the second Friday of each month at 7 pm except for each third month when Council meetings are held immediately following the GPSD General Membership meeting. All interested folks are invited to attend (meeting location may vary -- please check the Green Calendar for the latest info).

• Green Party Structure

• Green County Council

• Green Locals and Clubs

• Committees and Working Groups

• Green Party Email Lists

• About the GPSD Logo

Green Party of California

The Green Party of California was formed in 1990 when more than 103,000 forward-thinking visionaries changed their voter registrations to "Green". The Green Party of California stands on two legs: one in electoral work (initiatives, referenda, and candidates), and one in community projects and grassroots social-change movements that are compatible with the Green Vision.

The Green Vision, based on the Ten Key Values, can be roughly summarized into five categories:

• Ecology and Earth Stewardship.
• Social Justice and Livable Communities.
• Peace and Nonviolence.
• Democracy and Electoral Reform.
• Community-Based / Ecologically Sustainable Economics.

Details of the Green Party positions on various issues can be found in the Platform of the Green Party of California. Some platform highlights include:

• Converting California's economy to long-term ecological sustainability.
• A livable wage and the right of all workers to organize.
• Ending corporate welfare.
• Universal health care, including holistic, integrative, and mental health.
• Ensuring reproductive choice for all women.
• Increased educational funding, while allowing local schools to innovate.
• Increased funding of recently curtailed assistance programs to sustainable income levels.
• Affirmative action programs and an end to immigrant bashing.
• Proven bilingual education programs, and increased language training for all students.
• Decriminalizing drug use, and funding of proven treatment programs.
• A moratorium on prison construction.
• Ending the death penalty.
• Replacing winner-take-all election systems with proportional representation.
• Campaign finance reform to reduce the influence of money in politics.
• Ecological sustainable land-use: urban, rural, agricultural.
• Preserving old growth forests.
• Promoting and protecting organic and family farming.
• Increased public transit.
• Ending nuclear power. Supporting renewable energy: solar, wind, and biomass.
• Taxing pollution, non-renewable energy and waste, rather than labor.
• Protecting children and youth from discrimination and exploitation.