alan cranston, was the confidential secretary to mayor joel alioto, deputy mayor under diane feinsteinchief of staff for mayor frank jordan, as well as a deputy mayor for mayor arts agnes. he was a fire commissioner. he loved this city. i think we should give our regrets to the entire city but particularly, his son mckim. he will be so missed >> to like to do that on behalf of the board >> i would >> without objection college can we do this on behalf of the entire board? without objection, thank you >>[gavel] >> thank you supervisor. i do believe you mentioned heavily ross name >> i didn't mention haply? yes, heavily ross. absolutely >> the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor wiener >> supervisor speedy supervisor avalos >> for the agenda dating today diamond dave whitaker today >> thank you. supervisor campos >> i've a couple of items. the first item is an introduction. supervisor mar reference this item. actually a piece of legislation that builds upon the work that supervisor mar did a number of years ago starting in 2009 and leading to the passage of the family protection o

alan cranston, was the confidential secretary to mayor joel alioto, deputy mayor under diane feinsteinchief of staff for mayor frank jordan, as well as a deputy mayor for mayor arts agnes. he was a fire commissioner. he loved this city. i think we should give our regrets to the entire city but particularly, his son mckim. he will be so missed >> to like to do that on behalf of the board >> i would >> without objection college can we do this on behalf of the entire board? without objection, thank you >>[gavel] >> thank you supervisor. i do believe you mentioned heavily ross name >> i didn't mention haply? yes, heavily ross. absolutely >> the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor wiener >> supervisor speedy supervisor avalos >> for the agenda dating today diamond dave whitaker today >> thank you. supervisor campos >> i've a couple of items. the first item is an introduction. supervisor mar reference this item. actually a piece of legislation that builds upon the work that supervisor mar did a number of years ago starting in 2009 and leading to the passage of the family protection o

alan cranston, was the confidential secretary to mayor joel alioto, deputy mayor under diane feinsteinchief of staff for mayor frank jordan, as well as a deputy mayor for mayor arts agnes. he was a fire commissioner. he loved this city. i think we should give our regrets to the entire city but particularly, his son mckim. he will be so missed >> to like to do that on behalf of the board >> i would >> without objection college can we do this on behalf of the entire board? without objection, thank you >>[gavel] >> thank you supervisor. i do believe you mentioned heavily ross name >> i didn't mention haply? yes, heavily ross. absolutely >> the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor wiener >> supervisor speedy supervisor avalos >> for the agenda dating today diamond dave whitaker today >> thank you. supervisor campos >> i've a couple of items. the first item is an introduction. supervisor mar reference this item. actually a piece of legislation that builds upon the work that supervisor mar did a number of years ago starting in 2009 and leading to the passage of the family protection o

alan cranston, was the confidential secretary to mayor joel alioto, deputy mayor under diane feinsteinchief of staff for mayor frank jordan, as well as a deputy mayor for mayor arts agnes. he was a fire commissioner. he loved this city. i think we should give our regrets to the entire city but particularly, his son mckim. he will be so missed >> to like to do that on behalf of the board >> i would >> without objection college can we do this on behalf of the entire board? without objection, thank you >>[gavel] >> thank you supervisor. i do believe you mentioned heavily ross name >> i didn't mention haply? yes, heavily ross. absolutely >> the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor wiener >> supervisor speedy supervisor avalos >> for the agenda dating today diamond dave whitaker today >> thank you. supervisor campos >> i've a couple of items. the first item is an introduction. supervisor mar reference this item. actually a piece of legislation that builds upon the work that supervisor mar did a number of years ago starting in 2009 and leading to the passage of the family protection o

alan cranston, was the confidential secretary to mayor joel alioto, deputy mayor under diane feinsteinchief of staff for mayor frank jordan, as well as a deputy mayor for mayor arts agnes. he was a fire commissioner. he loved this city. i think we should give our regrets to the entire city but particularly, his son mckim. he will be so missed >> to like to do that on behalf of the board >> i would >> without objection college can we do this on behalf of the entire board? without objection, thank you >>[gavel] >> thank you supervisor. i do believe you mentioned heavily ross name >> i didn't mention haply? yes, heavily ross. absolutely >> the rest i will submit >> thank you. supervisor wiener >> supervisor speedy supervisor avalos >> for the agenda dating today diamond dave whitaker today >> thank you. supervisor campos >> i've a couple of items. the first item is an introduction. supervisor mar reference this item. actually a piece of legislation that builds upon the work that supervisor mar did a number of years ago starting in 2009 and leading to the passage of the family protection o

california senator alan cranston. former florida governor ruben askew, and the reverend jesse jackson. the des moines register hosted this 2 1/2-hour event and our coverage is courtesy of iowa public television. >> good afternoon and welcome to the iowa democratic debate, sponsored by the "des moines register." i'm james p. gannon, editor of the "register," and i'll be the moderator of today's debate. nine days from today iowa democrats will gather in precinct meetings across the state to begin the process of selecting the 1984 democratic nominee for president. the eight democrats competing for support in iowa are here with us today to dis

cranston. >> alan, there are those who are trying to make our vote on the august 1981 tax bill a litmus test as to whether or not we're real democrats. we lost the white house and the senate back in those days. do you feel less a democrat for supporting a change in the nation's economic policy at that time? >> no. but frankly i wasn't seeking the change that we got. i voted against kemp-roth every time we had a vote on, that 12 times. i voted for the final passage of the bill that had kemp-roth in it, we couldn't defeat it, because it had some good measures in it. like reducing the marriage penalty. like i.r.a.s. there were some good things that i thought outweighed the bad. as it turned out the deficit got totally out of hand because of that tax cut along with the huge increase in military expenditures. and i now think that tax cut was -- that vote was a mistake. but what we've got to do is look to the future. what do we do about what reaganomics turned out to be? and i think what we must do is restore taxes on well-to-do people not now paying their fair sure. we should close loopholes