Contacts: Bay Area: Mike Myslinski, 408-921-5769; Los Angeles Area: Frank Wells, 562-708-5425; San Diego, Orange County Areas: Bill Guy, 619-709-0028; Sacramento Area: Claudia Briggs, 916-296-4087; Central Valley: Dina Martin, 415-710-6794
Governor to Join Teachers at 11 a.m. San Francisco Event Saturday
BURLINGAME – Gov. Jerry Brown will join educators this weekend who are fighting until Election Day to protect both the financial future of California’s public schools and the rights of teachers to advocate for their students. Knocking on doors and making phone calls, CTA members in 25 cities will be asking their communities to pass Proposition 30 to stop billions in immediate school cuts and to defeat the deceptive Prop. 32. The governor will speak at a San Francisco news conference Saturday morning.
“This election is critical for our students and California’s future. Prop. 30 is the only ballot measure that will stop $6 billion in immediate cuts to our schools, colleges and universities,” said Dean E. Vogel, president of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association. “Prop. 32 is another deceptive attempt by powerful corporate interests to write their own rules and silence the political voices of working people in our state. When teachers can’t advocate, our students pay the price.”
Media are invited to a series of local news conferences and activities throughout the weekend. Vogel will hold news conferences in Culver City Saturday and in San Diego Sunday. CTA Vice President Eric Heins will meet with media in San Francisco and San Jose Saturday, and in Sacramento Sunday. Secretary-Treasurer Mikki Cichocki will hold a Salinas news conference Saturday and one in San Bernardino Sunday. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will be walking Santa Rosa precincts Saturday morning and then will hold a San Jose news conference Sunday morning.
At all locations, teachers and other community members on Saturday will be walking neighborhoods, knocking on doors and talking to voters. On Sunday, they will also be calling voters at phone banks that will be running at all locations. Here are details for weekend press events:
GREATER BAY AREA
San Francisco office, SEIU Local 1021, 350 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Media event:
Gov. Jerry Brown will join news conference with
CTA Vice President Eric Heins and Bay Area teachers at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Media should enter building on Kansas Street side, between 16
th and 17
th streets. Event is in Conference Room B. CTA contact: Mike Myslinski at 408-921-5769.
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Santa Rosa CTA Office, 2490 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Media event: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson will do precinct walking with local educators, 10-11 a.m. Saturday. Contact: Helen O’Donnell 707-328-4416. view in Google Maps
Salinas CTA Office, 928 E. Blanco Road., Ste. 100, Salinas, CA 93901
Media event: News conference with CTA Secretary-Treasurer Mikki Cichocki and local Monterey County teachers and Hartnell College students at 10 a.m. Saturday. Contact: Becky Zoglman 916-296-5271. view in Google Maps
San Jose, 4810 Harwood Road, Ste. 100, San Jose, CA 95124
Media events: Media availability with CTA Vice President Eric Heins at 4 p.m. Saturday; news conference with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson at 11 a.m. Sunday. view in Google Maps
Concord, 2177 Diamond Blvd., Concord, CA 94520
Media event: Media availability with CTA Vice President Eric Heins and local educators at 1 p.m. Saturday. Contact: Mike Myslinski 408-921-5769.view in Google Maps|
Foster City, 333 Hatch Drive, Foster City, CA 94404. view in Google Maps
San Leandro, Eden CTA Office, 14523 Catalina Street, Ste. A, San Leandro, CA 94577. view in Google Maps
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Culver City, 6095 Bristol Parkway, Ste. 100, Culver City, CA 90230
Media events: News conference with CTA President Dean E. Vogel and local educators at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Contact: Frank Wells 562-708-5425. view in Google Maps
Thousand Oaks, CTA Golden Oaks Office, 100 East Thousand Oaks Blvd., Ste. #124, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. view in Google Maps
Hesperia, 9329 Mariposa Road, #215, Hesperia, CA 92344.
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Lancaster, 1027 West Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93534.
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Monrovia, 1333 S. Mayflower Avenue, Ste. 150, Monrovia, CA 91016.
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Murrieta, 25114 Jefferson Avenue, Ste. B, Murrieta, CA 92562. view in Google Maps
Ontario, 3175-C Sedona Court, Ontario, CA 91764. view in Google Maps
Orange, 281 North Rampart, Ste. A, Orange, CA 92868
Media event: Media availability with CTA President Dean E. Vogel and local teachers at 4 p.m. Saturday. Contact: Bill Guy 619-709-0028. view in Google Maps
Palm Desert, 75084 Gerald Ford Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Media event: Media availability from 10:45-11:15 a.m. Saturday with Mona Davidson, president of Desert Sands Teachers Association; Richard Razo, president of Coachella Valley Teachers Association; and Mark Acker, vice president, Palm Springs Teachers Association. Contact: Jonathan Goldman 415-509-1654. view in Google Maps
San Bernardino, 430 E. Vanderbilt Way, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Media event: News conference at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with CTA Secretary-Treasurer Mikki Cichocki; CTA Board member Jose Alcala; Francisco Lopez of Inland Empire California Action Partnership; and Dr. Regina Stell, representing NAACP. Contact: Jonathan Goldman 415-509-1654. view in Google Maps
Santa Fe Springs, 11745 East Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670. view in Google Maps
Santa Maria, 2325 Skyway Drive, Ste. A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. view in Google Maps
United Teachers Los Angeles, 3303 Wilshire Blvd, 10th Fl., Los Angeles, CA 90010.
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San Diego, 5333 Mission Center Road, Ste. 200, San Diego, CA 92108
Media event: . Two days of precinct walking and phone banking; Educators will tour through San Diego in a double-deck, open-top bus beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21. Participants will wave campaign signs, sing songs and do chants throughout central San Diego, with brief stops in Old Town, Little Italy, the Harbor Front, Seaport Village, the Gas Lamp District, Barrio Logan, and Balboa Park. The final tour stop at San Diego City College, 1313 Park Blvd., will feature a news conference with CTA President Dean E. Vogel and CTA Board member Jim Groth on the steps of Building B, beginning at 2:30 p.m. view in Google Maps
CENTRAL VALLEY
Sacramento, CTA Natomas Office, 4100 Truxel Rd., Sacramento, CA 95834
Media event: News conference with
CTA Vice President Eric Heins and local educators at 11 a.m. Sunday. Contact: Claudia Briggs 916-296-4087.
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Ceres, 3900 Mitchell Road, Ceres, CA 95307
Media event: Media availability with
CTA Executive Director Carolyn Doggett and local teachers at 4 p.m. Saturday. Contact: Dina Martin 415-710-6794.
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Chico Masonic Lodge, 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico, CA 95926
Media event: News conference at “Camp Chico” with local teachers, fire and police representatives at 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Contact: Len Feldman 916-502-1820. view in Google Maps
Fresno CTA Regional Resource Center, 5330 North Fresno Street, Fresno, CA 93710
Media event: News conference and rally at 10:30 a.m. Sunday with CTA Executive Director Carolyn Doggett and local teachers, school employees, and police. Contact: Dina Martin at 415-710-6794. view in Google Maps
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The 325,000-member California Teachers Association is affiliated with the 3.2 million-member National Education Association.