willie brown was mayor. i was in the middle of it all. right behind me and around me, they came up with this notion of the largest bond ever in the history of the city and county of san francisco. i was trying to figure out how i was going to deal with the supervisors and the mayor and everybody else. but one of the things about san francisco is that if there is a will there is always a way. if there is an interesting, there will always be a way to try and find avenues to help all of those individuals here in the city and county of san francisco. despite all of the differences, despite all the different interests, despite all of the political machinations you can imagine, which came together as a city and we passed that bond. in the history now is how do we move forward to provide the very, very best services for all those individuals here and those individuals who come? how do we honor the paths of those individuals who understood the importance of linguistic and cultural competence and all of those attitudes and values back there permea

i am in the office with mayor willie brown, who i still could not find enough mr. mayors to say his name. louise comes in to discuss the future of laguna honda hospital. she had just won this huge settlement with the tobacco company. she was the first of any local city attorney to join in that lawsuit. at the time, a lot of people were arguing tobacco companies would overwhelm us. there will be all of these freedom of information act. you should not do it. she stood bravely and did it. she said to the mayor, and i will never forget -- she said "we have this opportunity. we can either use this money to rebuild laguna honda or we can pass it away -- piss it away." that was the exact quote. [applause] before i bring her up, i have to ask one more question. almost all of you are residents of the state of california. where is the tobacco money from the state of california? it was much larger amounts of money because it was a whole state. do any of you know? it is just part of the hole in the state's budget. it went into the general fund. what do we have because of luis?

but willie brown predicts another outcome. >> i think david chu is the president of the board. and when the vacancy occurs, he will be the interim mayor. >> reporter: david chu did not want to go on camera, but he did provide a statement. my focus right now is helping to insure a steady transition of leadership in these unprecedented time. any interim mayor must prioritize providing basic city services and moving our struggling economy forward. keep in mind the interim mayor serves for only one year there is still a mayoral election here in november of next year. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. >>> police in santa cruz are looking for a man who reportedly assaulted a teenaged girl in a park this weekend. the attack happened at ocean view park around 6:30 yesterday morning. the 15-year-old says she was watching the sunrise on a park bench when a man fitting this description sat down next to her. she says she tried to leave after he asked her if she would perform a sex act, but says he grabbed her instead. after a short struggle she w

willie brown.plause] you will need him again, but please help me welcome send francisco assessor phil king, supervisor david chiu, carmen chu. [applause] supervisor eric mar, right here. [applause] public defender jeff adachi. it was just here. and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we all know that an event like this, with your help, also, we need the help of our generous sponsors, and please, indulge me if you will, for us all to recognize some great sponsors. then, i am going to say who they are, and we are going to give them while the applause at t

president, 1984, i'd ask -- i asked willie brown in sentences go to come here and run for mayor, and a couple of years later, he took my advice and became mayor. before he left, he found someone to cover his mistakes and anything wrong he did. he could not have found anyone weekly more than gavin newsom. we still have more homeless in the city. if we need to have a mayor, a new mayor for my city, he must show us what brand he makes to clean the city. we need another new tourist to come in. the tourists give $30 million if you do not remember every year to the city. now, the tourists coming make big trouble for the homeless who sleep outside city hall. ladies and gentlemen, we need to be strong. man or woman, does not matter who is going to be our mayor, but i agree with many of our supervisors that the city still has homeless, and many of them come from other states, other cities. we need jobs and taurus and to clean our -- we need jobs and tourists and to clean our city, and we need someone who has the courage to clean the mess that gavin newsom and willie brown left behind. thank y

phil matier and willie brown. >>> it is 6:52.s starting to line the streets of san francisco already for the big giants parade. [ applause and cheers ] [ inaudible ] >> we'll previous viewed parade preview the parade celebrations coming up. announcer ] dry, cracked hands? gold bond ultimate concentrated cream heals and protects like lotion can't. gold bond concentrated therapy. real medicine, ultimate healing. ♪ one taste, and you'll understand. delicious dunkin' donuts coffee. pick some up where you buy groceries. mm! america runs on dunkin'. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! the-minute election results on >>> we have given you the winners and losers in always election results this morning. but there are still several races too close to call. you can find up-to-the-minute election results on our website, cbs5.com. and we'll also have live reports

what better person to sit down and plan out the chess moves than willie brown. who has been in the center of all this from day one >> i have been in the center of this since day one >> you put gavin newsom on the board of supervisors and you were helpful with kamela harris. yes, you are in the center of this since day one. >> well, those are all truths. >> okay. >> let's talk about the interim mayor is this an opportunity or political suicide? >> it is an opportunity and it may be one that results in suicide if you are bright and understand how horrible thecan be in view of the fact there is no money. >> so the person that goes in what they are saying there is no money so if you are in there for one year which you are going to have to do is anger everyone make all the tough decisions and then everybody else will be running against you saying i can do better. >> the mayor says on the way out the door and everywhere now, i intend to leave a blueprint on how you address the issue of a looming deficit more than $400 million. if he does do that, and people simply wra

former san francisco mayor willie brown. we have a take on the election for her future. >>> the family of oscar grant will continue the fight to keep meheserle in prison back in oakland there is some relief the sentencing is over. yesterday, business owners took down the boards covering their windows to protect them from rioting thankful protests were contained. meheserle the former bart cop who shot and killed grant got the minimum 2 year sentence and credit for time served convicted of involuntary manslaughter in july. he will follow up with the department of justice to see if the shooting violated civil rights laws. >>> many of those arrested in friday night's protest are not even from the oakland area. 56 of them live in other cities some as far away as long beach and san diego. seven juveniles were arrested the youngest a 16-year-old. >>> also in oakland a double murder investigation under way after two member were shot sitting in a car. police blocked off the scene of yesterday's shooting on 8th street witnesses say th

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when willie brown came, they changed the charter. before that, you have the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the city administrator who has power. now you know how that goes. so when you say you wonder why anyone would take that job, it is because someone twisted the wings of the city administrator. having done that, someone like edwin lee knows how to play the game. not only that, he delivers. this man, over the last year- and-a-half has brought a lot of those problems on track, dealing with a monopoly like pg&e. it is not very easy. so i wish him the best. he is a good friend of mine. i have access to him. i hope he brings a better sense of accountability and transparency, and that is a model, city employees. for those that do not live up to some standards, would just talk the talk but do not walk the walk. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker please. we have been joined by the executive director of the arts commission. >> good morning. i direct the arts commission, one of the few departments that do not report d

willie brown says that if we get the america's cup this is absolutely equivalent of getting not one butuper bowls. he says for the investment that you make we should probably get 300 to 500 million dollars a year for three years out of this thing. and the reason for that is that the america's cup, unlike the olympics or the world cup soccer match and all that stuff, the america's cup goes on for months and months and months. all kinds of preliminaries, all kinds of things going on. a lot of building has to be done to house these boats and the crews. the crews themselves are very large in number. they bring their families with them because they're there for so long. so a lot of people will move into the city. and then you have this specter of the city of san francisco being shown all over the world for week after week, month after month on all kinds of sporting channels and all kinds of things. so it's a tremendous opportunity for san francisco provided it is chosen. now, the question is is there a contender? to hear the america's cup people talk about it, the contender is some port city

all right, i would like to call willie brown, carmen, david, eric. come on up.williecarmen, eric, david! come on up! vicki, come on up! c'mon! volunteers, let's go! come on up, come on up, volunteers! members of the committee, come on up! members of the committee, anybody else? , opt! volunteers in the audience,, one of -- come on up! vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo! standup! come on! get out of your seats, everyone! stand up, stand up, stand up! come on! ♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area

i remember when willie brown went out there -- i will never forget. we had a big celebration. we had our first playground that was made accessible, and that was big national news. now, we have over 80 playgrounds that are fully accessible. 28 clubhouses, 19 rec centers. that is real progress compared to where we were just a few years ago. still not good. we talked about olmstead, and susan was right to bring it up. it is appropriate. ihss and home support services at what is going on in the governor's budget. i do not want to get too partisan or political, but it is pretty unconscionable that it is even on the table, these kind of cuts, but then again, not surprising with all the other cuts that are on the table. but you do not have to worry about those ihss cuts locally. they were not even part of the discussion, and now with the budget for all our shortfalls and challenges, we did not even begin to enter into that process to make sure we are providing the quality of care that people deserve with quality wages and quality benefits, so i just want to thank everyone for all the

former mayor of san francisco willie brown gives his take on the winners and losers, politics from this election. >>> freedom arrives for a british couple held by pirates for more than a year. the sudden new developments that put them on a plane out of somalia. >>> jim bernard, taking shape around the bay the only fly in the ointment, gusty winds. we will talk more about that coming up in your complete forecast in just a few minutes ,,,,,, >>> gusty winds in the hills, 20 to 40-mile an hour range by this afternoon feeling a bit off? the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. rachel chandler" arrived in mogadishu >>> a british couple kidnapped by somali pirates more than a year ago are free. paul and rachel chandler arrived on their way to kenya on their way to london. last year pirates boarded their 38-foot law in the indian ocean and since then people around the world have tried to release them. >>> kamela harris holds a razor thin lead in race for attorney ge

alioto was trying to land -- willie brown was assembly man. -- was an assembly man. he helped push that through late in the day. what it does, it exempts holy structures from containing -- from gaining a landmark status. that is why it got blocked. that is why only saint joseph's exterior, they were landmarked before this assembly bill. >> would you mind sending me some information about that specific bill? supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> i am a member of the board of trustees at the catholic academy. it is an independent catholic schools located in and serving primarily families of the western addition. we currently have enrolled 121 students, 96% are members of minority groups. the largest minority group is african-american. students, predominantly from low-income families with 50% having in come at or below the poverty level. we are to provide these children regardless of their -- by the best public and private high schools. the academy of the school building near fillmore. next door, they ellen and unused church building known as sacred -- they own

just as george christopher served his time as a steward of the city, just as willie brown did the same, there will be many that, behind me. it is my hope and expectation that 25 years from now, 50 years from now, mayors will be celebrating the success of sister cities. hopefully, to the extent possible, reminding those who are assembled, that it all began here in 2010, in the city of san francisco. let me once again welcome all of you. thank you for your strong support. let me also recognize how proud i aml[l" that i will be bestowg symbolically and substantively the key to our city on behalf of the citizens of san francisco, as i did to his majesty in april 2004, when i had the privilege of doing the same, for the first time, as the newly sworn mayor of san francisco, when his majesty came to our city. that was a thrilling experience for me. anyone who knows his majesty knows his formal side and gets to learn about his informal side, and the human side. he is an extraordinary person. i mean that. i have had the occasion to meet with him on multiple occasions and i enjoy his perspecti

we get back to this law, which is the state law willie brown past years ago. i understand the frustration of the community. i am a catholic. i understand the tension going about my school. i understand the frustration, but i think we need to deal with facts. a lot of this is the law. whether it is a piece of furniture or the historic nature of this building, and we would love to have the dialogue with the city attorney and whoever else, because that is where this really belongs. we apologize for the upset this has caused, but i would really like to get this conversation back on target. you need to understand the work the catholic academy is doing for the kids in the western addition and the inner city of san francisco. >> you do have young people from the western addition? >> we do. they are here to address you in. i have grocers. they are 60% african-american, 20% hispanic. the families pay $15 to $100. we're using every penny we have to help these families educate their kids. we are not putting money into bricks and mortar. it is not happening. >> next speak

where is willy brown? blacks are lreavin g -- leaving this town. i want to know. blacks are leaving this town. who is in control? thank you very much. president chiu: the public comment at this time has to be focused on either the motion directing the board of supervisors to promote the process for nominating a successor or to the amended motion that the board convened today to take public input and discuss the process by which the board may exercise its jurisdiction. if we pass his motion, we will sit in another committee for additional public comment on this item. >> i want to commend the supervisors that have come forward. -- that is the kind of quality to take this to the public and present it. they are trying to intervene because they are throwing tantrums. i am disgusted constantly when you see the papers slandering our elected officials calling them ridiculous names and i commend the you have taken on the big business of the city of moving forward and not waiting until january. i support you. let's keep the discussion. president chiu: next speaker. >> i wan

where is willy brown? blacks are lreavin g -- leaving this town. i want to know. blacks are leaving this town. who is in control? thank you very much. president chiu: the public comment at this time has to be focused on either the motion directing the board of supervisors to promote the process for nominating a successor or to the amended motion that the board convened today to take public input and discuss the process by which the board may exercise its jurisdiction. if we pass his motion, we will sit in another committee for additional public comment on this item. >> i want to commend the supervisors that have come forward.

. >> reporter: former mayor willie brown did not return our calls on whether they would make a bid forhe spots. >>> police have arrested a 50- year-old poll worker on charges he stole the dozens of ballots -- he stole dozens of ballots. carl bradfield nicholas took ballots from a ballot counting machine and officers took him into custody early this morning to they have not recovered the ballots. he was charged with three felony counts including burglary and election code violations. >>> the federal reserve announced a new ad today that will bite out of $6 million worth of treasury bonds and they hope it will further stimulate home sales and businesses will expand. some analysts fear that the move will do little. >> stocks closed with a modest high today. the nasdaq gained 63 quarters of a point but analysts said the federal reserve decision to buy bonds was about what investors expected. >>> facebook is on its way to collecting $1.3 billion in ad revenue according to the san francisco business times. that is almost double what they spoke to kim cashier. -- took in last year. facebook h

us in the studio along with cbs 5 political insider phil matier and former san francisco mayor willie brown to talk about that and other issues. >>> there is a battle in moraga over plans to open a dollar tree discount store. the bargain store would take over some empty retail space at the reels shopping center. opponents say they are concerned about quality control and consumer protection. supporters argue there is something else behind all the ruckus. >> they're snobs. >> oh!! >> well, they are. they are -- i know a few of them. that's how i know. [ laughter ] >> we do not discriminate on who comes into this town based on the services offered. but we do discriminate on retailers that sell hazardous and dangerous products. >> the town council gave the project the go-ahead on wednesday night. >>> time to gear up for holiday shopping and it's going to be a record year. fedex expects to move nearly 16 million packages on december 13, the company's busiest day of the year. the prediction is 11% higher than 2010. getting a little nervous thinking about that. >> have you started your christmas s

individuals who deserve credit have already been mentioned, the deputies in the attorney's office, mayor willie brown, who encouraged how we were to use the dollars mr. parker and his team of the visionary architects, larry funk who is sitting over there. he is a hero. [applause] larrym, from the beginning you had a dream of what the new laguna honda should look like, and you stuck with the passion and dedication to make that dream a reality. the city hall family, the laguna honda staff, the department of health, the commission, the department of public works, the art commission, john thomas from the department of public works. i could go on forever. but the individuals who all made this the possibility are on the laguna honda honor roll. but i truly believe that the greatest degree of thanks and goes to the people of san francisco, who from the start, from our early beginning of history, have said yes. we want a laguna honda. other communities across this country and even in the world do not have a public hospital devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. we do. and when we talk about putt