1998 California General Election Political Party Statements of Purpose
	Green Party

The Green Party's principles are expressed in our 10 Key Values: Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Decentralization, Community-Based Economics, Feminism, Respect for Diversity, Personal and Global Responsibility, and Sustainability.

We advocate:

• 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, funding proven treatment programs.
• A moratorium on prison construction.
• Ending the death penalty.
• Replacing winner-take-all election systems with proportional representation.
• Campaign finance reform which reduces the influence of money in politics.
• Ecologically sustainable land-use: urban, rural, agricultural.
• Preserving old growth forests.
• Promoting and protecting organic and family farming.
• Increasing 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.

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA
1008 10th Street, #482
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 448-3437
E-Mail: gpca@greens.org
Web Site: www.greens.org/california/