i am fourth generation san franciscoian. you have a lot of people that live in san francisco that live in the sunny side and lived out here for years. as a result you have a real concern and care for just basic quality of life and community issues. i think that's our unique characteristic. >> strict 7 has reputation of being the conservative district. let's hear from the locals. >> i would say it looks to city government to provide more basic city services. it's a focus on the basics. and if that's more conservative, so be it. >> frequent midwest, anybodying that sfanz is to the left of anything in the country. it's relative. i think because there is is an older population out here in the past, it's been slightly more conservative. in general homeowners tend to be more conservative. because i think their properties taxes are being used for the bond issues and things that get passed. >> one of things i love about the neighborhood, as much as it changes the feel of ocean avenue and the general atmosphere is the çsame. you have

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they are collecting the toys that so many generous san franciscoians have collected. it's a couple of hours away from the last moment of your ability to donate. >> reporter: on the nights before christmas -- the night before christmas, the rush is on the beat santa's deadline. >> wonderful. >> reporter: the troy drive announced a couple of days ago they were short. so generous folks from around the bay area have responded to the appeal donating thousands of presents. most simply drive-by and drop off. >> i hope people do it for us if we were in that situation. >> reporter: drivers spent the day picking up gifts from folks who couldn't make it, taxi drivers. >> the best part was a lady on clement street. her hair in chemicals, the rubber thing around her and said marry christmas. i said thank you. that was a merry christmas. >> when you take out the dar gauge -- garbage -- >> reporter: he is accepting big donations outside. >> 7500 dollars. while continuing to take special orders inside. >> a barbie? >> he says it's a tremendous turn about to go from 30 years of giving

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. >>> another san franciscoian plans to run for mayor. phil tig plans to seek the office in next november's election. he wants to make the city government work more affectively. the field is already crowded with candidates including state senator ye and supervisor dufty. >>> u.s. likely to suffer a terrorist attack carried out by extremists radicallized in america's citys and towns. that's according to the country's top counter terrorism official. michael leader says the u.s. faces evolving threat from home grown terrorists who will one dayes andfully kill americans. he says although the u.s. thwarted some bomb attempts like the one at times square in new york city it's impossible to stop them all. the national oil spill commission will discuss the preliminary findings on what caused the gulf oil spill. officials will discuss options to prevent a similar catastrophe in the future. one day after the obama administration announced lit ban new drilling in the eastern gulf of new mexico for at least 7 years. interior secretary ken salazar say