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tv   League of Women Voters  SFGTV  October 5, 2024 10:30pm-11:01pm PDT

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hi, i'm david chu, your city attorney. years ago, i went to law school inspired by the fight for justice, which has shaped my entire public service career. first as a civil rights
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attorney, a criminal prosecutor, democratic counsel to the u.s. senate judiciary committee, and then as president of our san francisco board of supervisors and an assembly member in my first three years as your city attorney. i've stood up for san franciscans in many ways. i've held special interests accountable, including the opioid industry, who i made pay $350 million for flooding our city with dangerous drugs, big oil for its role in climate change and sea level rise, big tobacco for targeting new products to youth and rooting out corruption by public officials, city contractors and those who abused the public trust. i've stood up for consumers defrauded by companies, workers illegally denied millions of dollars of health care and sick leave, tenants living in dangerous conditions when slumlords ignored health and safety codes. fighting for our civil rights. i launched the legal alliance for reproductive rights after roe v wade was overturned to provide pro bono services to those
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seeking abortions, successfully defended our city's program, allowing noncitizen parents to vote for school board members. save laguna honda hospital to protect our most vulnerable seniors. and i'm working to protect our public safety by establishing a gun violence restraining order program to remove firearms from those who threaten public safety, petitioning courts to care for people with mental health and substance abuse disorders, and defending our city programs that address homeless encampments and provide shelter and services. i'm honored to be endorsed by the san francisco democratic party, as well as all organizations, labor unions, and elected officials who have endorsed in my race. please visit vote david show.com to learn more. and i humbly ask for your support and your vote. thank you.
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hi, i'm senator scott wiener. over the past eight years, it's been a deep honor to represent san francisco and northern san mateo county in the california state senate. over that time, i've authored 77 bills that have been signed into law. we have worked hard to make it easier and faster to build new housing in san francisco. and california. housing that we so desperately need at all income
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levels. we have worked hard to shore up and reform and improve our public transportation systems, including last year when i secured emergency funding that avoided severe service cuts at bart and muni and caltrain. working together, we have forced insurance companies to cover more mental health and addiction treatments for those who are in crisis. we have worked very hard to improve safety in our community, including legislation that i authored to crack down on auto break-ins and work that we have done to make it easier to prosecute people who engage in organized retail theft. and of course, we have worked very hard to confront climate change, an existential threat. we have profoundly increased our investment in clean energy. and last year i authored a groundbreaking law to require large corporations to disclose
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their carbon emissions. i have the honor of serving as chair of the senate budget committee and in that role, i have worked with my colleagues to protect funding for k through 12 public education and for the university of california and csu. we have been able to deliver funding into our local community to support critical projects. it is such an honor to represent this community in the state senate, and i would be deeply, deeply grateful for your vote. i'm yvette corcoran, a single mother of two school aged children and a registered nurse who served my local community for 25 years. moms for america supports my campaign for state senate. i believe that a solid
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education is the best remedy for a child's future success. as your next state senator, my primary mission is keeping us safe. i have worked to help increase penalties and prosecution of violent criminals. california must stop being a headquarters for criminal activity. the california state sheriffs association has endorsed my campaign for state senate. california sheriffs and i understand public safety must come first in a civilized society, we need to fully fund and support local law enforcement, thus keeping us safe. policy includes better support for first responders, crime victims and those suffering from severe addiction and mental illness. owning a home should not be out of reach for californians. as your next state senator, i will work to
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make living more affordable by reducing unfair regulations and taxation. gas, grocery and everyday expenses should not be a struggle for californians. former independent state senator and retired judge quentin kopp and the american independent party of california have endorsed my campaign for state senate. please vote for yvette corcoran to be your next state senator. thank you..
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hello. i'm sheriff paul miyamoto, a fourth generation san franciscan and the city's first asian-american sheriff. in my 28 years with the office, i have served every rank from operations and administration to investigations and special operations. i've always made the safety of our community staff and those in our custody and care my number one priority. as sheriff, i fought tirelessly to recruit more deputies to improve public safety. i launched operation safe streets, deploying deputies to patrol and help address the city's drug crisis while still supporting treatment for those suffering from addiction, including harm reduction, jail based treatment, and abstinence based residential treatment. i've worked to improve jail conditions by renovating facilities like our parent child visiting room and
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adding technology to improve safety for our staff and those in our care. i remain committed to protecting the rights of the incarcerated and providing opportunities for rehabilitation. under my leadership, the jail population has access to free tablets, free phone calls and video visits. as head of one of the nation's most diverse sheriff's offices, i introduced a bilingual name plate program that displays staff members spoken languages on their uniforms to facilitate better communication with the community, a first for emergency responders in san francisco. i managed to secure an 11% increase in budget to cover overtime costs and bolster recruitment and hiring efforts to meet challenges caused by low staffing levels. i continue to fight for more bodies worn cameras to increase department transparency. the sheriff's office is even responsible for introducing me to my wife, leanne, who i met on my first day on the job. i'm proud to have earned the support of not just her, but many leaders, including mayor london breed, senator scott wiener and district attorney brooke
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jenkins. i'm also proud of what we've accomplished during my first term, but the work is far from complete. i ask for your vote this november fifth to continue building upon our good work, enhancing safety and justice for all san franciscans. stay safe, be well, and take care.by. >> ph.d. >> my name is i'm a leader of the town in san francisco we try to provide japanese something we make like seaweed it creates like the many flavors we try to provide like more open japanese
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flavor as well as the james values like people get to experience in japan like a great ex. hi, i'm anna chang kramer and i'm the candidate for congress congressional district 15. i'm an immigrant from taiwan and the bay area has been my home since 1976. i have lived in san francisco, east palo alto, north fair oaks, redwood city, and san carlos, all cities in my district. after earning an mba from the university of santa clara, i built my career making funding available to build and maintain homes for families across the west coast and nationwide. in my public service roles, i served as the chairwoman of north fair oaks and as a member of the economic development advisory commission in san carlos. as the chief operating officer of
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mid-peninsula housing coalition, i learned how nonprofit, safe and affordable housing was financed, built and occupied. i will initiate a comprehensive solution to our homelessness that includes drug treatment and shelter. and included in the solution is my top priority of ensuring public safety to spur the economy and protect our small businesses and communities. i'm committed to finding real local solutions without relying on top down mandates from government. we need change in washington, not divisive politics. i will work to secure our border, reform immigration and stop fentanyl trafficking. a significant contributor to rising crime, homelessness and the loss of life. federal government expenditures should produce measurable results, not enrich special interest groups. a thriving economy is based on a free market system that does not rely on more taxes, regulation, borrowing and spending. i will listen to all my constituents, irrespective of political affiliation, with the goal of achieving safety, security and
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prosperity for everyone. i would be honored to serve as your u.s. congressional representative with integrity and dedication. please vote for me. ana chang cramer for congress. my website is ac cramer for congress.org. thank you. my name is bruce lowe and i am running to represent san francisco in congress. i'm a bay area native, a uc berkeley graduate, a business owner, and a jeopardy! champion i am yang and represent the generation who will one day inherit this country. i am a fresh voice who will fight for the interests of the community, as opposed to washington insiders who only have their selfish interests in mind. san francisco represents
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the promise of opportunity and of a new life that has attracted people for generations. from the 40 niners to immigrants like my parents, who came for a more free and prosperous future. i still believe in the promise of san francisco, but it can be hard to do so when issues like crime, homelessness and surging inflation make life bleak for the people of this city. history is my passion, and i both appreciate the unique place that san francisco has in the world and understand the grave peril that america is in right now. i will focus on finding common sense solutions that put people above politics. specifically, i will direct federal funds to ensure public safety, prevent intrusions upon our fundamental constitutional rights, ensure fairness for all in admissions and under the law, and promote peace without getting entangled in foreign conflicts. please visit bruce for congress.org to learn more. thank you and
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remember to vote bruce lowe for a brighter future. >> you're watching san francisco live with chris manner. >> today's s f f is - >> hi, i'm chris you're watching or imagining the city we have ivar satero director of sfo welcome to the show. >> go to the with you.
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>> thank you nice to see let's talk about how the airport as and the number of depreciations you're serving. >> yeah. it is really exciting we consult strong out the crisis and full swings with in carriers and poetry's and great dedications have a lot more to the mix and we have others we had talked about wonderful depreciations and people are loving that we're at with an hundred and 10 percent the precovid international position without the full recovery so we'll anticipating china but the recovery is excited to see how busy the temperance are those days. >> had renovation or expansion plans are currently underway?
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>> great. a lot of exciting programs we suspected some that have the work because of crescent trail he now we're back in full spring or swing and finished the harvey milk terminal one and talk about setting a standard in passengers traveling and it exceeded any exceptions to finishing harvey milk terminal one and now knowledge on another terminal that's one of the last terminals to receive the 70 patch focuses on the passengers expense and west torrential has will kicked off and now taking the next four and a half years to 34re89 34re9 and have a lot of the investment structure and part of on $11 billion investment over the 5 years to seven years and $8 billion and $3 billion in the extra and excite to implement a
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new wastewater treatment plants and we'll be able to reuse the water at ivar satero director of sfo and next the question is san francisco san francisco international airport is well common for the opportunity. >> could you debilitate on those a little bit. >> we set aggregate goals we set the zero goal this is the zero net energy greenhouse gas emissions and zero water and we have had that as one of the permit values for over a decade and exciting to see our entering use is down by 4, 3, 2 , 1 percent if 2012 our water use is detain 20 percent and is greenhouse gas emissions is down thirty percent and that is about the investment we made and the quality of facilities we build
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and reduces the entering consumption and heating and cooling those things when we make those investments what is that commissioner vietor that benefits the environment when we design and plan the buildings is really exciting and wonderful to see little success we're having. >> i think about the future and skuntd fuel and we building that since 2018 to show the leadership in the advancement of constitutional aviation and 70 will be the airport for the fuel of any airport in the world this year and next year and so that's a huge workforce at 70 but undoubtedly has an impact over the regional xhivengz and just facts as you, you know, we are the latter jock center in san mateo county we have 40 thousand people at 70 and we contribute
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about 40 board of appeals to the regional economy about one hundred and fifty thousand job is rely on the successful operations of our airport it is really a tremendous interest rate to our economy and about the operations and construction programs and you'll talk about the investment we've been investing in the facilities for so many years i've been here 3 decades and under construction that whole time almost and the job addition for the contradiction program is meaningful for well paying trades work and intifrmz has on a priority and this year with our interns yesterday over one hundred interims supporting the team we're a perspective of the support we get the the labor that is available to 70. >> that's great. >> so finally what advancements will be for the
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passenger experience and operations, you, know, many people for those of you who don't know the history of this is a long alter 70 and in father 1959 we had jets and the disruption that has happened are particularly with uber and lyft wiper the first airport to permit their precautions $50 billion and with the taernlz with the technologies like automatic. >> what an experienced for people going to the check lines and our dependant cure system the bag system the lath technology and the first in the u.s. so have an independent carrier system and 0 now you hinge with the notification it is really tremendous particle as we develop a new facility but, you know, for us too about our operation and unfor the future
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there is exciting new development happening we have recently implemented a ground based agree mansion system that is technology improves the arrive rate of airport and allows for which the development of arrivals that benefit community by higher elevations and offsetting over the water we invested in that that noise and quality of life but also, you know, for the delays details delays are a community by the people when cooler weather and traffic comes in after midnight we're investing in our familiarity and investing in the operations we have our airport integrated operation system underway with technologies to give us much better especially realtime awareness and auto operations and embarcadero to
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adjust our operations to address congestion, you know, roadside congestion and checkpoint congestions gives us much better awareness and other things we can talk about that are existing wall but taxis an noopgs 234506gs we or working with the industry on this that might look in the 70 and preparing for the future of air taxis and one of our big initiative to engage the broader region in the developments we have to have policies that address the air taxis innovation we are conducting with berkley transportation center and engaging the industry and engaging decision makers and the region in helping to develop policies will give us a framework for addressing the air taxis that's a step for the next
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several years. thank you. ivar satero director of sfo for sharing the information for san francisco international airport we appreciate the time you've given us and thank you. >> we'll be back with another one i'm chris thank you for >> i'm paul. i worked at sfgov for 3 years now. >> as a cylinder kid i was in photographer, i went to college for broadcast journalism. early on i paintd and enjoyed art. artists other most interesting people i interviewed. they have an interesting take on life and how they see the world. i mean, i find it inspiring. you know to talk to them and
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show case their work. >> it is hart to be a full time artist anywhere. there is thousands of them and you can only name one or two in the country. the biggest challenge was i did not finish college because the department change and i had got an internship my junior year. i really like today the nbc affiliate and i hung out with the photographers and the editors. and about 2-1/2 months into it than i offered me a job as an editor. this is great. i went to the new department and said, i will not do you know the afternoon classes for my senior year and he said, well, you know, we can't give you the degree then. so i dropped out and started work. but i did finish. what i would tell the younger
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audience this has a passion for multiple things is -- you know stick with it, because it is not going to work out t. is first people are going to discount you and -- get in your way, but you gotta believe in yourself. >> my name is steve, i'm the executive director of hol hol city farmers market. i've been with the market for about 12 years this. market was started in 1991 by a couple of people that knew this was a food desert, there is a lot of liquor stores, and there was a need to be able to buy fresh food. we have a two-part mission.
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first part is to support small and medium size farmers. the founders had the foresight to put the farmers in charge. most markets are run by associations that make the decisions for the farmers. our farmers make the decisions for the markets and it's very unique to us. the second part is make produce affordable to the people that live in the community and this community as you know is one of the lower income communities in san francisco. you'll find that some of our farmers will sell their produce here than they do at other markets that they go to. it's special and the neighborhood needs that so much because we provide that service for them. i think rewarding part for me is when i started the market i start today do out reach in the community to try to convince them to eat healthier and visit
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our farmers market. i would go to the sros and give talks. some of the people that i initially spoke to, i got them to come to the market and i still see them today and it always warms my heart when i feel that i have done some good and affected some other people's lives positively. there is nothing more than reward than that. i want to thank city hall to produce food will come and join our market. this is a city for every one. we should treat each other with kindness and empathy and all of those great things. there is plenty of love, plenty of resource to see go around. come enjoy downtown.
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you played a critical role during the pan dem and i can worked keep residents informed. adapted to changing situations that allowed our residents to engage and participate in government. thank you for 3 decades of informing and inspiring and connect the people of san francisco as the voice that >> >> >> >> >> >> we are so excited to be here with so many of our leaders from far and wide that you will hear from in just a moment. to finally do something that we should have done a long time ago is open up t