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affordable health care for all. we all have seen firsthand the toll crime takes on the victims, neighbors, merchants, and our community. bring smart policing by having the police walk the neighborhood beats, using technology and innovation to deter crime. we need to change city greenhouse gas emissions, generate green electricity, promote urban gardens, plant trees, conself water, zero waste by 2020. i am an experienced grassroots independent candidate that will bring real solutions to city hall. i seek your vote this november and want to hear your concerns. ♪ ♪
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>> hi, my name is malia cohen and i'm the current elected representative of the san francisco board of supervisors representing district 10. i'm one of five girls raised by my parents in the southeastern neighborhoods of san francisco. and i know the history of the difficult challenges that the southeast has faced as my family has faced them, too. however, what i see is what many residents see. neighborhoods that are unlike any other. contradict 10 is comprised of communities where people are familiar with each other, where families have lived for generations and where people look out for one another. i vividly remember being told by my grandmother and friend of my grandparents to work hard, get good grades, serve others and never forget where you come from. and to remember to help those coming up behind you. that's a large part of the reason i ran for district 10 supervisor four years ago, because i have a calling for
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public service. now, i'm proud to be a product of san francisco's public schools, a beneficiary of the public transportation system as well as the library system. this city made me and now it is my time to give back to the city and the institution that has given me so much. now, in my first four years on the board of supervisors, i've been proud to deliver for all of the neighborhoods inside the southeastern sector. i've been a community organizer, a small business owner, and a former city employee. my work experience in each of these areas has afforded me the knowledge and skills to spearhead legislation, advocate for important issues, and interface with diverse communities to move forward the policies that have a positive impact on our southeastern neighborhood. the most pressing issues facing our city are housing affordability, jobs, living wages and, of course, public safety. these issues are disproportionately felt in our
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southeastern neighborhoods. and in my first term on the board of supervisors, i have focused on crafting and supporting legislation that delivers pragmatic and tangible solution to these problems. in my first term on the board of supervisors i delivered for district 10 and residents of san francisco by championing the development of affordable housing for seniors and families, establishing a mediation program to ensure foreclosed victims have legal support, breaking ground on rebuilding public housing sites, opening new libraries and renovating parks, acquiring new properties for public open space in areas that lack adequate access to clean and safe parks. i've also spearhead landmark legislation to toughen regulations on guns and lethal ammunition to curb the violence. i've been tackling quality of life issues by toughening enforcement standards on blight and substandard housing, increasing the penalty for illegal dumping and reforming the city's regulations of scrap
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metal dealers. i've been busy creating and protecting local jobs and construction and the manufacturing industry and more importantly, securing funding to reduce domestic violence as well as increasing healthy food options and expanding language access services so that all of our residents can have access to city services regardless of the language that they speak. i've been instrumental in supporting programs such a free muni for youth and fighting to secure more funds for transportation, fighting poorly planned development projects and sponsoring legislation that gives residents more say in neighborhood planning by establishing a neighborhood land use committee, additional neighborhood notification requirements. i've coauthored legislation that provide a fair chance at jobs and affordable housing for individuals with the conviction history. this removes barrier for those reentering in our communities who want to be productive.
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i've championed legislation to support pay equity and participated in education campaigns to encourage more employers to evaluate their own policies to ensure that they are paying employees fairly. and i spearhead the investment of $50 million for pension fund to assist first time home buyer in our city. these issues that impact district 10 don't always generate front page news but they do make a real difference in the lives of residents in our city. and being an elected official isn't thinking about your next elected office, what it will be or how often you can get your name in the paper, but it's been about delivering for constituents that you serve and representing their interest above your own. and that is the approach that i bring to the san francisco board of supervisors. in my second term on the board of supervisors my priorities will be to continue to tackle housing, affordability, prioritizing the construction of new affordable housing units and fulfilling our commitment to rebuild public housing with
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a zero displacement policy, increasing public safety and bringing more living wage jobs to residents in district 10. ♪ ♪ >> hello, i'm tony kelly and i'm running for supervisor in district 10. i what born in st. louis hospital in the mission, lost my father and mother when i was a teenager and graduated from stanford on scholarship. i moved back to san francisco in 1989 to potrero hill in 1994, and since then i've been a small businessman living and working in district 10. now, district 10 has the city's biggest challenges, but also its greatest opportunities. we have vibrant diverse neighborhoods, yet the worst unemployment, infant mortality, and violent crime rates in the city. we have miles of beautiful waterfront, yet the worst management of open spaces, transit services, and public
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schools. we are part of one of the richest cities in the world yet city hall consistently cuts deals with big companies at the expense of our neighborhoods. we can and must do better. it's time for a change. and if there is going to be change at the board, if city hall is going to start paying more attention to the needs of the neighborhoods, it's going to happen in district 10 this year on this campaign. i have been a neighborhood advocate for more than a decade. i've served on task forces and advisory board to the mayor, the port, and the board of supervisors. this is the job i've been trained to do and this is the job we need to do. that's why i'm running to be the district 10 supervisor. when we look at homicide statistics for the bayview precinct, it's clear things haven't gotten any better in the past four years. we can't wait any longer to stop this epidemic of unemployment, crime, incarceration. this tragic cycle is bigger than any one person, but if any
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one person must address it, it's the district 10 supervisor. my plan for safety in district 10 includes the following items. $10 million in emergency support for families and youth to prevent violent crime in district 10, a renewed commitment to community policing and community service. and filling the board of supervisors vacant seat on the reentry council. now, there's no question that san francisco also has to do a better job building affordable housing. progress there starts with supervisors who are independent from luxury condo developers. that's why i am not seeking or accepting any contributions from developers, big real estate interests or ellis act evicters to my campaign. developers would rather pay money and they'd rather do anything than actually provide affordable housing units in their developments and the city has been very happy to accept that for years and years while telling us that we can't build 30% affordable housing in our city. if we can't do that for the 60,
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70, 80% of us who need affordable housing, we are in deep trouble. the city's retirement fund is $19 billion, none of which is used to build housing in san francisco. it's invested in wells fargo and bank of america so we're investing in foreclosures with that money, but we're not investing in affordable housing with that money. we need to do that. here are some of the points in my affordable housing plan. a minimum of one-third for low and mod rated income household. immediate construction of all hope sf sites for the city's worst public housing and low interest loan for small businesses and families. i have also developed in-depth plans to address unemployment, the achievement gap in our schools, transit inequity, and public health threats in district 10's neighborhoods. as you may know, a child born today in the bayview can expect to live about 14 years less
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than a child born on russian hill. some candidates run for office to be something and some run to do something. i'm running to do something. i'm not a trained career politician. i'm not trying to climb that ladder. i'm not going to photo opportunities or try to decide which side of an issue is better for me. i have been a neighborhood advocate. that is my history, my values, and my commitment. that's why i'm committed to having office hours in the district every day of the year no appointment necessary. i am also commit today responding to every call or e-mail to my office within 24 hours. that's why i've been endorsed by former mayor agnes, supervisors avalos and campos, assemblyman ammiano, san francisco rising, the harvey milk democratic club, sierra club, potrero club, s.f. latino democratic club and neighborhood leaders throughout district 10 and san francisco. to learn more about me and my campaign, please visit my
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website, tony kelly 2014.com. thank you for your time and i would appreciate your vote this november. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm marlene tran, i'm running for supervisor in district 10. if you are a resident in our neighborhoods, you may recognize me sharing information with neighbors, attending neighborhood community meetings or translating for folks. this election marks a great opportunity for the people to elect a true grassroots leader and i'm ready to earn your vote. district 10 is the fastest growing district in san francisco with the most available land for potential housing developments and large capital investments such a the new candlestick park. we have diverse merchant corridors and thriving minority communities ranging from the
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asian pacific islander, african-american, and hispanic communities. in essence, we are a working class district fighting hard to gain a fair share of the resources in san francisco. and in contrast, we also have the highest rate of violent crimes, unemployment, environmental and health issues. but a drastic rate of our city's homicides are committed within our district borders. this is alarming and this has to be addressed. with 25 years of grassroots advocacy and collaboration with community advocates, i am the community leader who will stand with you to bring together community outreach, minority groups and coalitions to take back our streets. enough is enough. we will work with local law enforcement and join in district wide public safety programs with language based efforts. therefore, i pledge to work with our law enforcement and all stakeholders to stay focused on fighting violent and
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petty crimes within our district, and that is just one of my five points of focus to improve quality of life issues in district 10. as an educator for over 35 years in the san francisco unified school district and city college of san francisco, i understand the value of improving and impacting lives. i will be actively engaged with all stakeholders to make significant improvements in our low performing schools and support city college programs to benefit 80,000 san franciscans' education and community investment come hand in hand. ~ i will fight for neighborhood resource he to secure grants and build partnerships to encourage the frustrated workforce. from savings and day and evening teaching i became a small property owner in visitacion valley. however, given the he economic hardship i experienced in my teens, i fully understand the
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challenges low-income families face every day. therefore, i have been helping many of my former students and neighbors who are also renters about their housing rights. i am proud to be the only district 10 candidate to be endorsed by the san francisco moderates and the first choice endorsement from the small property owners of san francisco. to help our businesses thrive, i will be actively engaged with them to offer resource he, referrals and other business needs. given the fact the district 10 will be tied to the future of san francisco, housing developments is important ~. it is imperative that every thoughtful and careful planning processes be considered. as the supervisor, i will work with developers to build responsibly with the approval of community groups and neighborhood consensus. gentrification is happening so we must start the dialogue before it's too late.
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continuing on my efforts to provide job opportunities, i will seek to expand location of training in construction, computer science, learning, food and service industries and the technology sectors. everyone deserves an opportunity to be employed to support themselves and their families. i support building stronger transportation that work within district 10. our residents will lie heavily on muni so i will fight to aloe exciteving expanding serve is he. i will advocate alternative transportation through the dedication of increased bicycle lanes and shared lane bicycle markings. i will work towards securing better traffic signage, protecting pedestrians and support the walk san francisco. in closing, i have attended hundreds of meetings in our district and have the true support of a diverse constituency. i am the best candidate to unify all the neighborhoods and break the necessary grass root chains that district 10 needs
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to city hall as a supervisor. i'm marlene tran. i ask for your vote on november 4th. thank you. [music playing]everybody. >> my name is defied i supervisor david campos i'm a democratic to represent the eastern half of san francisco the journey that brought me started in 1985 it was in that year my parent brought me and my two sisters from guam guatemala in search for the american braem e dream we came undocumented with a hope to make a life it is because of what this country has done and my office is giving
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back i decided to enter politics because i believe that people like my parent a mom what was a janitor and my father that struggled they deserve a voice in government i ran for the board of supervisors to be a voices for the middle-income people that struggle i'm returning for the state assembly because san francisco as a crossroads it's a taildz have you a prosper san francisco that is wealthy in the country a san francisco where so many people not only low income people will working hard people middle-income are left behind we have the faster inequality in the country i believe that san francisco defers in sacramento to have a champion for regular people if i have been and i want
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to continue to be the champion i've worked to make sure that san francisco is affordable for families which is why i pushed to the free muni for the low income youth i've worked to protect the right of workers to are hewitt that's why we've worked hard to close a loophole that deprived thousands of workers of health care i've worked to improve a public education system working to improve the quality of admission schools to their our kids are is the same opportunity to achieve narrow potential we need to focus on the wearing that are being left behind the city has to do a better job of making itself affordable we have artist and people that have worked that can't afford to live here i ask
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you to join your campaign it is not only about david but it is not a assembly race it is a movement to take back san francisco is to the core principle that it is our different diversity is our strength we can't be a city that works if middle-income people can only afford to live here i sky to join the units and the teachers and hotel workers so many elected officials like tom to join us to take the city back we're a few days away from the election our vote matters to elect a person for the most progressive person the choice is here i stand for regular people and ask you to stand with me
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david campos and i'm defusing a campaign phenomenon the 7th go assembly strict to represent eastern san francisco after 6 years of serving always a wanting of our board of supervisors i'm running to bring an focus fetish and independent voice to delivery for all san franciscan i'm a son of immigrant parent that made great sacrifices so my brothers eye i and i can have a better life i went to law school and 18 years i moved to san francisco after falling in love with the city diversity our sense of hope i worked as a civil right attorney and served as a
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prosecutor and started a small business and at night and chaired a housing nonprofit in 2008, i decided to republic important office at that time when city hall was dysfunctional when be elected officials couldn't work together we've brought people together as a results by working with all sides i've passed legislation it create affordable housing for foster children to legalize in-law units for legal housing for free for people that face evictions we're facing more affordable housing around the city a few years ago we were in the midst a a great revision i championed policies that create 70 thousand new jobs $2,000 out of technology retail and manufacturers and health care and hospitality and you tourism
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today, we have a one of the lowest will unemployment rates i've been fighting to make san francisco more liveable we've told her nor funding for after-school program and changed muni policy to allow shortly and passed a right for parent and caregiver to ask for time off business putting things together we're delivering for all san franciscans now there's been opposition to creating jobs and affordable housing opposition instead of working to solve our challenges has dreaded e created division night not delivered for all san franciscans our campaign is about unit and certify it electing getting the results and a and a as we fast, no challenges san francisco has
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come along the way we'll have challenges we're in the moisture of a housing crisis making san francisco unaffordable for many families a are struggling to make ends meet and parents are worried about do education and we have a transportation system that lets our folks down we needed vitality resources from san francisco you're trying to decide who to send to our state capital of a legislation that's time especially ten times the size of our board of supervisors san francisco's lufrdz worked to delivery and we leader can build sxoens inform sacramento to deliver resources for san francisco for affordable housing for education and public transit as awe our first board present elected subsequently i've been effective for workers and
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families and tenants and small businesses and immigrant from every neighborhood in san francisco i'll continue to work around the clock to deliver i hope you can join the citywide in the bay area reporter and feinstein and lieutenant governor gavin newsom and school employees and janitors and the lgbt democratic club and democratic women in action and the committee and the league of conservation voters supporting me if you want to learn more visit vote david chiu.org and i ask you to vote on november 4th david chiu
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