opportunity to appoint a controller because as each person can serve up to ten years and when ben rosenfield told me that he was cutting his terme a little short , i said, okay, ben, i'm going to let you get away with it. since you've been here for 16 years now, doing an extraordinary job for the city and county of san francisco with an amazing team. and so i want to say thank you, because what happened with this particular office is something that no one really knows. because they don't experience problems. and when things get handled appropriately , you don't even know who the controller is. and that's what's happened for ben in most cases, except for people who had to work with him in city hall and department heads and others. everyone knows how valuable this office is, but they also know that this office has a reputation for doing extraordinary work. and to give you some sort of understanding of that, that because we have both the department of public health and doctor grant colfax here, as well as the controller's office and during covid, we had such a difficult time in san francisco. t

opportunity to appoint a controller because as each person can serve up to ten years and when ben rosenfield told me that he was cutting his terme a little short , i said, okay, ben, i'm going to let you get away with it. since you've been here for 16 years now, doing an extraordinary job for the city and county of san francisco with an amazing team. and so i want to say thank you, because what happened with this particular office is something that no one really knows. because they don't experience problems. and when things get handled appropriately , you don't even know who the controller is. and that's what's happened for ben in most cases, except for people who had to work with him in city hall and department heads and others. everyone knows how valuable this office is, but they also know that this office has a reputation for doing extraordinary work. and to give you some sort of understanding of that, that because we have both the department of public health and doctor grant colfax here, as well as the controller's office and during covid, we had such a difficult time in san francisco. t

if approved, he would be replacing longtime city controller ben rosenfield. the controller is essentially the city's chief financial officer and plays a big role in overseeing the city's budget. >> like many cities across our country, i know that we're facing some challenging financial times ahead, but i really do believe in san francisco. i believe in the future of this city, and i believe in our ability to tackle these financial challenges. >> before wagner takes over the comptroller's office, he must be approved by the board of supervisors users. >> well, some showers have rolled through the bay area. once again, this is what it looked like near union square in san francisco. noontime today. plenty of people had those umbrellas out as they were grabbing some lunch or possibly doing some shopping in the area. the rain also coming down in the south bay. this is what it looked like on el camino real and los altos. so the people who were out and about there, many of them were moving quickly to get out of the rain. we go back to bill martin. i mean, it felt lik

. >> if supervisor approve him, wagner would replace ben rosenfield, who announced in november that her after 26 years at city hall. all the effort to recall oakland mayor shengtao is quickly turning into a war of words. and tonight we're hearing from one of the mayor's most outspoken critics. yesterday, the mayor's office addressed the recall effort, calling it a distraction and a quote, desperate attempt for relevance. the mayor's chief of staff has called the recall, led by called it a recall led by losers. former alameda county judge brenda harbin. forte helped launch the recall effort, and today she fired back, saying in a statement, quote, it's disheartening to witness the mayor's office respond in such a dismissive and callous way. in the meantime, the murder rate rises, businesses close, and we still don't have a permanent police chief. talbots, the full responsibility for oakland's decline with her incompetent leadership, her office's actions and remarks are offensive to everyone in oakland. end quote. >> so that process is getting more intense. obviously. so is the weather. w

and supervisors approve him, wagner would replace ben rosenfield, who announced in november that he would down this year after 26 years at city hall. >> nearly 10,000 people died from covid last month as the world saw surging cases. the world health organization is blaming holiday gatherings and the gen1 variant for those deaths. hospital admissions in december jumped 42% in nearly 50 countries, mostly in the americas and in europe. if you hadn't gotten the latest covid vaccine, officials say it protects against the gen1 variant, which is the most common variant right now. today marks 89 years since amelia earhart started a journey to become the first pilot to fly solo from hawaii to the mainland. on this day in 1935, she took off from honolulu and flew to oakland. she landed the next day, and a crowd of about 10,000 people welcomed her. two years later, an attempt to, in an attempt to become the first female pilot to fly around the world, her plane disappeared over the central pacific ocean in. set your timers right now, because a single day passes for the bottle rock music festival in n

if approved, he would replace long time city comptroller ben rosenfield. comptroller is the chief accounting officer and auditor for the city and county, and he plays a big role in overseeing the city's budget. like many cities across our country, i know that we're facing some challenging financial times ahead, but i really do believe in san francisco. >> i believe in the future of this city, and i believe in our ability to tackle these financial challenges. before wagner takes over the comptroller's office, he must be approved by the board of supervisors. >> coming up, a former school superintendent in marin county sentenced to jail for sexual abuse. >> also ahead, how an oakland community is remembering a woman who was killed by a hit and run driver this week, and the rain starting to sneak out of town. >> as we give you a live look outside on this wednesday night of downtown san francisco. chief meteorologist bill martin is back after the break with when the next big storm will hit look mom, i found one. oh, yeah, you did. but we need an atm from our ba

i had the privilege of working with two great controllers, ben rosenfield and before him, ed herrington, i learned a lot by watching them do the job. they both approached it in different way to see a certain extent but there was a core common denominator which was competence, integrity, independence, accountability and focusing on using data to improve through government services. i'll take that into my job. i'm aeg tore get to work and to work with the absolutely remarkable team in the controllers' office it truly is a special group of public servants. i would like to thank my colleagues at public health who have supported me through this process and over the years and with that, i will stop talking and i'm happy to hear thoughts from the board members here and answer any questions that you may have. thank you very much for the honor of being considered for this position. >> thank you so much. supervisor walton. >> thank you, chair ronen and thank you so much mr. wagoner for being willing to step up and move in a different direction. i know you already have a good job, so taking a leap

or if you know laurel and the mayor's office economic and workforce development or ted egan or ben rosenfield. we're all going to get it and we're all going to share it with each other. so there's no wrong door at this point. the most important thing is you get your feedback in. great. thank you. well let's see there. does anybody else have any? no questions. thank you very much, amanda, for coming tonight. oh, we need to take public comment, but i just want to appreciate how much work this is because i know there were many, many meetings and this is material that's very challenging , urging for people to engage with in the super abstract. and i think you really kind of honed it into something where people can kind of can give feedback and find themselves within the categories. and even if they gave feedback based on their own experience, i think that would be super beneficial. so i would encourage everyone to kind of consider where they stand, what this looks like, because perhaps you're not the only person that feels that way. so this is the opportunity to really be part of this process. so

i had the privilege of working with two great controllers, ben rosenfield and before him, ed herringtona lot by watching them do the job. they both approached it in different way to see a certain extent but there was a core common denominator which was competence, integrity, independence, accountability and focusing on using data to improve through government services. i'll take that into my job. i'm aeg tore get to work and to work with the absolutely remarkable team in the controllers' office it truly is a special group of public servants. i would like to thank my colleagues at public health who have supported me through this process and over the years and with that, i will stop talking and i'm happy to hear thoughts from the board members here and answer any questions that you may have. thank you very much for the honor of being considered for this position. >> thank you so much. supervisor walton. >> thank you, chair ronen and thank you so much mr. wagoner for being willing to step up and move in a different direction. i know you already have a good job, so taking a leap to another