We are moms, grandmas, sisters, voters and taxpayers. We are fed up with the corruption of democracy by wealth inequity & corporate power. We Occupy. No one.
We are mothers, grandmas, sisters, wives and single women, professional women, unemployed, underemployed, overworked, neighbors, friends and regular, middle-class, middle-aged women. We vote, we pay taxes, we buy, we work, we create. We want our democracy back from Big Money. We are fed up with the concentration of income, wealth and political power in the top 1% of our society. Each of the dedica
06/07/2025
BOOM. THIS is what persistence and determination looks like, by hundreds of grassroots activists working at all levels of government and with elected officials acting on behalf of the people -- like Senator Barbara Boxer, at-the-time Representative Ed Markey and many city council members.
Women Occupy San Diego was a proud co-founder and member of the Coalition to Decommission San Onofre.
05/20/2025
More unsheltered residents are trying to evade detection due to camping bans throughout the County ...
"The Regional Task Force on Homelessness separately reports a 3 percent spike in people accessing homeless services during the past federal fiscal year. The more than 23,000 people who received services is more than double the 9,905 counted during this January’s homeless census.
"The gulf between those two numbers drives home the reality that the point-in-time count represents a minimum snapshot of the region’s homeless population."
Annual Census: Homelessness Down 7% Countywide For the first time since 2020, the region’s annual census shows a year-over-year decline in homelessness across San Diego County. The Regional Task Force on Homelessness, which oversees the annual […]
05/18/2025
"Under the law, bidders need to set aside at least 25% of proposed residential units for affordable housing, meaning deed-restricted units rented to low- and very-low-income families making 80% or less of the area median income."
Which is currently $92,700 for an individual, up to $174,800 for a Family of 8.
https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/sdhcd/rental-assistance/income-limits-ami.html
San Diego preparing to put downtown’s old Central Library on the market The vacant, historic property at 820 E St. is slated to be offered for sale or lease, pending City Council approval.
03/15/2025
Next up in Tour: Nestle March 21-28 for its Baby Milk & Bottled Water sins: https://ethicalconsumer.org/food-drink/continuing-controversies-nestle
03/08/2025
114th Anniversary of International Women's Day, March 8th. ROAR!!!!!!!
10/25/2024
MUST READ!
"The U.N. report shows that Beijing has drawn level with the European Union in terms of historical responsibility — both the bloc of 27 and China are responsible for 12 percent of all carbon dioxide emitted between 1850 and 2022. (The United States remains far ahead of both, accounting for 20 percent of historical emissions.)
"In general, the G20 — which comprises industrialized countries such as the EU and U.S. as well as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia — were responsible for 77 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.
"In stark contrast, all 55 African Union countries accounted for just 6 percent."
World on track for catastrophic 3 degrees Celsius warming, UN warns Current plans and policies will lead to global temperatures rising between 2.6C and 3.1C this century, a new report finds.
Deadline to Register to VOTE in CA is tomorrow, Monday 10/21/24, Register ONLINE HERE: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration
You need to Re-Register if you've Moved (in CA) or changed your Legal Name.
You can also check your Voter Registration status HERE: https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/
10/09/2024
13 years ago, Freedom Plaza was born as Occupy San Diego filled the dead Civic Concourse with LIFE and the true spirit of Democracy. This village remained for 4 days, until then-Mayor Jerry Sanders unleashed "Encroachment" on us -- setting the stage for the deadly "cleansing" of Unsheltered San Diegans started by in 2016 before the MLB All Star Game.
Thank You to Lori Saldaña for this historic photo.
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