(ATN) Political Phone Cards: AIDS TREATMENT NEWS - San Francisco Edition

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(ATN) Political Phone Cards: AIDS TREATMENT NEWS - San Francisco Edition

AIDS TREATMENT NEWS Issue #169, February 19, 1993

AIDS TREATMENT NEWS is publishing a business card with the most important phone numbers to call to support the AIDS community on federal, state (California), and local (San Francisco) issues. ACT UP/Golden Gate in San Francisco is publishing a similar card, and we expect other organizations to do so for their localities. People can carry these cards with them and call their elected representatives and other relevant officials whenever AIDS issues arise. Organizers can give out the cards with explanations of what issues are current and why it is important to call -- or set up a phone line and answering machine updated with taped messages explaining current issues and telling people how they can help. (For background, see "Political Action Proposal: Cultural Change for Electronic Grassroots Democracy," AIDS TREATMENT NEWS #168, February 5, 1993; also see "Clinton: Setting New Directions on AIDS, Part II," in this issue.)

To get several of the AIDS TREATMENT NEWS card (with phone numbers for San Francisco residents) send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

AIDS TREATMENT NEWS P.O. Box 411256 San Francisco, CA 94141

Or you can copy the information, which is reproduced below.

What if you have already called your representatives about an important issue, and want to do more? One way is to get your friends to call; start your own informal telephone tree. It is especially important for people in places like San Francisco to get friends and family elsewhere to call or write their representatives. In most of the country, politicians almost never hear from their constituents about AIDS, so they do not think it is important to the people they are being paid to represent. (Or they hear only from the forces of organized hate. For example, even in San Francisco, with over ten thousand AIDS deaths, politicians get calls and letters opposing AIDS research on the grounds that the disease is God's punishment for homosexuals.) When representatives have heard little or nothing from their constituents, even a few letters or calls supporting sensible policies can be very important. They know that every one who takes the time to contact them represents many more who also care about the situation.

Federal issues: (area code 415 if omitted)

White House comment line, 202/456-1111

Senator Barbara Boxer, 403-0100, 202/224-3553

Senator Diane Feinstein, 249-4777, 202/224-3841

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (SF) 556-4862, 202/225-4965

Rep. Tom Lantos (Southwest SF, & San Mateo) 342-0300, 202/225-3531

Or call 202/224-3121 (any member of Congress)

Legislative Status Office, 202/225-1772

California issues: (area code 415 if omitted)

Governor Pete Wilson, 703-2218 (SF office)

State Senator Milton Marks, 3rd District, 474-0308

State Senator Quentin Kopp, 8th (far West SF) 952-5666

Assemblyman Willie Brown Jr, 17th District, 557-0784

Assemblyman John Burton, 16th (West SF) 557-2253

San Francisco issues:

Mayor Frank Jordan, 554-7111

Board of Supervisors, 554-5184 -- especially

Angela Alioto (President), Carol Migden (Budget),

Kevin Shelley (Health), Barbara Kaufman

Health Commission, 554-2666


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