In this issue:
Following up on October: Noncooperation training with Bay Resistance
Small Businesses Under Threat In California — Our Solidarity Is Their Defense
SF Mutual Aid is strengthening anti-ICE efforts
Stand Against MAGA Shutdown Bullying, Defend SNAP
San Francisco’s Nation-Leading Campaign Financing and Disclosure Laws Are At Risk
Thank City Hall for Voting to Fund $3.5 Million for Immigration Legal Defense Services and the City’s Rapid Response Network
Next Tuesday is Veterans Day
Yes, that SFHSA letter you got is real
Boycott Airbnb until they pay their taxes
Want to help us do this work?
Upcoming events: Find them on our Events page!
Last night, we had an exceptional series of victories.
We passed Prop 50. We took Governorships in NJ and VA. We held the PA Supreme Court. And the progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani became the Mayor of NYC. Overall, voters substantiated a Democratic, and progressive, blue wave in a broad repudiation of Trump and MAGA.
These victories will help us protect our communities from authoritarian power-grabs. And it sets the stage for our fight in 2026 and beyond.
We couldn’t have done this without our amazing volunteers. Our fantastic ISF Prop 50 team held canvasses every weekend for weeks, our flyering volunteers posted flyers, our direct action team held a successful No Kings mobilization, and so much more.
And we couldn’t have done this without you. Thank you for volunteering with us, for voting, canvassing, phone banking, postcarding, and for getting the word out.
Last night, we won. And we need to keep winning. So let’s get to work.
Join our upcoming General Meeting on Sunday, Nov 16 at 2 PM at 683 Florida St. Space is limited, so RSVP soon! We hope to see you there.
Following up on October: Noncooperation training with Bay Resistance
On the heels of a very active October, Bay Resistance is continuing to hold trainings and events to strengthen our communities against fascism. They have two non-cooperations coming up, one for SF and one for Oakland.
Much of the curriculum has been adapted from the Freedom Trainers, whose learnings come from decades of research on authoritarian regimes, and countless trainings in this country and abroad.
The meetings will cover:
Authoritarian playbook and countering it
Practicing the tactic of noncooperation
How to start putting this into practice with your base
Strategizing and next steps in the Bay
Sign up for the San Francisco Noncooperation Training here.
Sign up for the Oakland Noncooperation Training here.
Small Businesses Under Threat In California — Our Solidarity Is Their Defense
The campaign to protect vulnerable workers across San Francisco from violent raids by federal agents and strengthen solidarity among merchant associations and chambers of commerce is gaining momentum — but it won’t continue without your help!
Researchers at the UC Merced Community and Labor Center found that during June 2025 alone, large-scale immigration raids in Los Angeles and other urban areas caused a 3.1% drop in statewide labor participation, meaning roughly 465,000 fewer Californians reported working that week. This wave of raids included dozens of operations across small businesses like carwashes, restaurants, and clothing shops, particularly in Los Angeles and Central Valley agricultural hubs. Other urban areas may soon follow, and San Francisco is a potential target.
San Francisco is home to approximately 7,000 storefront businesses and 35 Merchant Associations, and we need more people power to reach them all. Your participation can make a real difference.
Join a one-hour volunteer canvassing training to prepare for outreach in neighborhoods across SF. You’ll learn how to register small business owners for a free, confidential legal rights training — focused on what to do during federal agent raids, workplace protections and rights, and the legal responsibilities of business owners.
Please register for a one-hour volunteer training session. Sessions are offered:
Once you are trained to canvass, you are welcome to canvass on your own, with a trained buddy, or join Jobs With Justice's weekly canvassing team events, held every Wednesday in a different location. For more information and to join the team, please email [email protected].
Invite your family, friends, and networks to take part. Help connect Merchant Association members to the Jobs with Justice Solidarity Campaign — and build a movement to protect our communities. Please have your contacts email [email protected] to find out how they can help keep SF’s small business community safe and strong.
SF Mutual Aid is strengthening anti-ICE efforts
SF Bay Mutual Aid is organizing people into small mutual aid pods to strengthen anti-ICE efforts. These pods are peer-led groups rooted in trust, care, and collective action. Each pod typically has 4-20 members who meet regularly to share resources, support one another, and take action together. If you’d like to join a pod in your area, visit joinapod.org.
On CalFresh? Yes, that SFHSA letter you got is real
If you’re on CalFresh, you’ve likely worried about whether you’ll get your food assistance on time due to Trump’s shutdown.
One bit of good news: The USDA, sued by California and nearly two dozen other states, agreed to fund half of the SNAP benefits they’re supposed to in response to a court order. So even if your assistance may be delayed and reduced, you’ll have something.
Another bit of good news: Prior to the USDA’s announcement, Mayor Lurie announced that, in conjunction with a nonprofit run by one of his fellow billionaires, the SFHSA would send out letters to CalFresh recipients in the City with a link to request a grocery gift card to help bridge the gap.
You may have already received your letter. It comes from the City and County of San Francisco Human Services Agency, in a different envelope from what CalFresh communications normally come in, but it is real and legitimate and you have until December 31 to request it.
Stand Against MAGA Shutdown Bullying, Defend SNAP
The budget shutdown is now in its second month. Democrats are fighting to restore the trillion dollars that the MAGA Regime stripped from our healthcare funding and to require the wannabe king to obey the spending laws that Congress enacts. They have already shrunk domestic spending to its lowest level in modern history by targeting climate, health, housing, education, science, and the poor, while at the same time further enriching the obscenely wealthy with lavish tax breaks and pumping vast new funds into the military, mass deportations, and corporate welfare.
To bludgeon and coerce Democrats into surrender, the MAGA Regime is creating an artificial hunger crisis by denying, delaying, and blocking legally-authorized funds for SNAP benefits (food stamps) that 41 million Americans rely on to feed their families. As Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the lead Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, put it: “They are willing to hurt people at the bottom while they take care of their friends and priorities.”
We say "Enough!"
We call upon our Members of Congress to hold fast to democratic principles and basic human decency by using their "power of the purse" to resist MAGA Regime extremism.
San Francisco’s Nation-Leading Campaign Financing and Disclosure Laws Are At Risk
San Francisco has one of the strongest public financing matching funds programs in the country. But the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Rules Committee plans to vote soon on misguided "streamlining" proposals that would severely weaken the program plus other proposals to repeal important disclosure laws.
Supervisors Connie Chan, Chyanne Chen, Jackie Fielder, and Shamann Walton oppose these dangerous proposals. In addition, they all support legislation to pass California Clean Money Campaign's Good Government counter proposal, backed by California Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of San Francisco, and Indivisible SF to instead strengthen expenditure limits and make them more workable.
We must stop these dangerous proposals from weakening San Francisco's nation-leading campaign finance and disclosure laws by encouraging the Board of Supervisors to pass the Good Government expenditure limit proposal instead.
Contact your Supervisor on the Rules committee and tell them: vote NO on the Ethics Commission’s “streamlining proposals”.
Thank City Hall for Voting to Fund $3.5 Million for Immigration Legal Defense Services and the City’s Rapid Response Network
In last week’s newsletter we shared that multiple Supervisors were sponsoring an ordinance that would allocate an additional $3.5 million from the city’s reserve fund to the rapid response hotline and legal services for immigrants. We are happy to report that City Hall voted to allocate these funds for legal defense services. We are grateful that our Supervisors stepped up to meet the moment and support our immigrant community.
Let City Hall know we appreciate their efforts.
Call your supervisor to thank them for taking action to bolster San Francisco’s immigrant legal defense funds and rapid response networks.
Next Tuesday is Veterans Day
Some of us have served in the military, and the rest of us honor those who have served our country. Many of us have family members and friends connected with the US military. We thank them for their service.
Just last month, Trump was threatening to use the US military to scare Americans and suppress peaceful protests. He’s backed off for now, so we get to rest while we can, while maintaining our vigilance.
For soldiers who are worried that Trump will again order them to threaten Americans’ First Amendment rights, we suggest checking out the resources from Do Not Turn On Us.
Tell Airbnb they need to pay their taxes—and you won’t book there until they do
Indivisible SF supports the Airbnb boycott. Until they stop their greed, we’re booking elsewhere. Sign on here.
San Franciscans want a city where all of us can thrive, and tax revenue from businesses located here are crucial to funding a budget that benefits all of us.
Yet the billionaires at Airbnb are aligned with Trump and MAGA, NOT with San Francisco values. Airbnb’s co-founder, Joe Gebbia, is working with DOGE to cut vital services to benefit the ultra-wealthy. Locally, Airbnb is suing the city, refusing to pay the $120 million in taxes they owe, leading to large cuts to services right here in San Francisco. Airbnb’s business model is fueling the housing crisis, using loopholes to take hundreds of units off the market, converting them to “boutique hotels” to avoid short term rental regulations.
Indivisible SF has joined with a coalition of unions and community organizations calling for an economic boycott of Airbnb. Now, individuals can join the boycott. We’ll use our economic power to pressure Airbnb to stop their lawsuit and pay their taxes. Join us to create a flourishing future for all San Francisco residents.
Read more on the Airbnb boycott website.
Want to help us do this work?
We will plug you in where your skills can do the most good to resist this administration.
If you would like to join and do important work with us, we welcome you! Currently we are in need of volunteers to help with the following:
Making artwork for our calls to action, blog posts, and other projects.
Maintaining our website, newsletter, and Zoom account.
Posting our events to Funcheap, Indybay, Broke-Ass Stuart, and other local blogs.
Maintaining our social media platforms including Mastodon, Bluesky, TikTok, Meta, and more.
Joining and building out an on-the-ground flyering team. We’re looking to distribute information on our events in the real world. We want people who can print and post flyers around their neighborhood. It’s a great way to get your steps in.
Publishing our newsletter with MailChimp on Newsletter Night (Tuesdays at 5 PM).
Making short-form videos to help educate people on our topics in an accessible way.
Tracking federal, state, and local legislation and working with our state and local legislatures and Mayor Lurie.
No experience is needed; we will train you and provide everything you need. If you would like to help us, please contact us at [email protected].
