this city.hat is what we need to do in all of our cities. so thanks very much, general, for your leadership on this. thank you. [applause] i also want to thank again our honorary chair, the former secretaries. you have been such a great leader here. i want to thank you for helping us put this together. i know senator feinstein cannot be here, but again, your leadership is extremely helpful in guiding us and reminding us that we owe a great debt of gratitude to our armed forces in everything that we do in the city. i also want to thank our chief protocol officer for helping welcome all of the visitors and elected officials here as well. i also want to thank captain hardin again for an impressive ship we're on here today. you are occupying the very space that, in a couple of years, will hold the ships that will raise in america's cup 34. some of the 18 ships will be located right here. for now, this is a great occupancy of this particular pier, and i look forward to this afternoon when i have time

eight other city is possible. -- another city as possible. >> the league of women voters and sfgovtv has partnered to give you statements from 14 people running for mayor. >> i am david chiu, president of the board of supervisors. my story is not differ from the hundreds of thousands of san francisco not born here. i was born in cleveland, raised in boston, the son of immigrant parents who sacrificed so my brothers and i could receive a grade education. in my mid-20s, like thousands of san franciscans, i came to our city for the reasons whole world loves us. our diversity, our commitment to social justice. by worked as a civil rights attorney and criminal prosecutor to protect these qualities of our city. i delved into another part of what makes our city special, our innovation, are entrepreneurialism, and i founded and ran a small business for nine years. i decided to run for board of supervisors because for much of last decade, city hall was not as functional as it should be. i am proud that during my three years as president of our board, we are in a different place. our board of

we love this city. san francisco is one of the greatest cities in the world. we know it can be better. we need to jump-start our economy and create jobs. we know the community can be faster in a more reliable. we agree, yet if the politicians alone could solve our problems, we would not have them. what is missing is your voice at city hall. holding government and politicians accountable. we need to create the kind of government that forces the politicians to listen to us. not just during election season, but all year round. i know that we can do better as a city and change things about how we are running the city. that is why my campaign is organizing thousands of san franciscans every day. on our website, we had 100,000 hits. i would like to tell you more about how you can join me to change this city together. thank you. [applause] >> my name is leland yee. i want to be your mayor. i have experience and a proven record of accomplishment. 23 years, i have worked on the board of education, hoping to improve education for the board of supervisors in with in your

the city can only use this bond money to pay for and repairs city streets. it will improve lighting, sidewalk extensions, trees, and landscaping. renovation programs to increase safety, and add this traffic signals to improve muni service. the mayor and the board of supervisors have to approve the final project. this measure requires the approval of two-thirds. is the right here with supervisors got leaner -- supervisor scott wiener. why should we vote for proposition b? supervisor wiener: this is a bond that will address some of our basic and critical infrastructure needs it. we've seen this across the country for the last few decades a bank it will help with quality of life. it will help put people back to work. it addresses the infrastructure funds for our roads. to resurface our roads. basic maintenance. it also provide significant funding for work on our city bridges and overpasses and other infrastructure that is deteriorating and needs capital work, and also provides for eda acceptability. >> opponents of this measure have argued that these bonds shou

connects every corner of the city, a city that uses 100% renewable energy, a city that provides health care for every san franciscan. i have been representing the city for over 23 years. i kept my promises, and i have delivered results. i would be honored to be your mayor and honored to have your vote. thank you. >> election day is november 8, 2011. that is the last date to vote in person and the deadline for receipt of vote by mail ballots. for more information about the november 8, 2011 election, this it sfelections.org or>> of the s and sfg tv have brought to bring you statements by all four candidates for sheriff. >> my name is chris cunnie and i'm running for san francisco share of. i grew up in san francisco and i have been working to keep san francisco unsafe for just about my whole life. we're facing a critical moment for safety right now because of the progress -- a process call realignment that the state plans to send hundreds and maybe even thousands of prison inmates back to our city. that means keeping san francisco safe right now is going to require a lot of diverse skill

they are all over our city. annie chung, please come on up. >> mayor, thank you for including us in today's press conference. i read the "reader's digest" for december. they went around 16 countries and asked people one question. the question is whether the holidays are joyous or stressful. is where the united states placed? in the bottom two. -- guess where the united states placed? in the bottom two. at the top was philippines. india was at the bottom with 79%. the united states was close at 82%. thank you for giving out this message of hope today. under your leadership, this is going to change. we're going to make sure that all sentences against a field stressful or sad during the holidays will be able to get something they wanted this year or for their families. there will be enough gifts for them. it is because you are stepping up. you are asking san francisco to join you and give more this season. we serve 35,000 seniors a year. like everyone else, the line is getting longer. our funding is diminishing. in

hall and city staff as a model to foster partnerships between and our neighborhoods and city government. it is a model we have been working on for a couple of years in district 3. i hope to replicate it to out san francisco fairly soon. >> we are out of time. thank you so much for joining us today on sfgtv "meet your district supervisor." we have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪ ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is designed to educate san francisco rig franciscoht choice voting. today we will learn what it is and who is elected using this voting method. we will also talk about with the ranked joyce l. looks like and how to market correctly. finally, we will see how the ranked joyce voting process works and to you an example of an election using ranked choice of voting. so, what is ranked joyce voting? in march 2002 san francisco voters adopted a charter to implement ranked choice of voting, also known as instant runoff voting. sa

you to pick no. 1 city can of this task force number one -- secant is task force number one -- citybis task force number one ♪ supervisor kim: thank you, mr. paulson. >> i am here to speak on behalf of mr. watkins because he is a great candidate. he has donated time has passed the years taking patients to the cannabis hospices because they cannot get out. he also picks them up so they can have their medication or whatever. i was totally against this because i have nothing to do with cannabis. i did not think it was true that it did what it does for people, but i am totally a believer now, because it does. it helps people feel better, helps them get through what they have to get through because it helped him. it was the only thing that kept me sane when i had to deal with what i had to deal with with him. it kept me from going crazy. i am here on his behalf, and i think he would be the greatest for this job. thank you very much. one more thing -- he has no problem getting in because he comes here three times a week every week. supervisor kim: thank you, mrs. watkins. any other public

we need to look at what we do as a city and was services we offer. we have 26,000 city employees. our payroll and fringe benefits for city employees accounts for over 60% of our budget. if we are not willing to look at that issue, i do not think we are going to solve -- i know we will not solve our long-term financial issues. that, to me, is the biggest deal. second, it is about job creation. jobs are not just putting people back to work, which i think is the highest priority, but it is all the ancillary benefits we received, whether it be payroll taxes, an increase in property taxes. people who live and work in san francisco also shop at local restaurants, so shop at the local retail stores. it is a huge economic impact in san francisco. in my opinion, it is getting our costs under control but also promoting economic development so we have a financial engine that will continue to promote us year after year. >> what are your ideas on dealing with the issue of homelessness in san francisco? >> i am one that thinks mayor newsom did a great job thinking proactively about what we need

you know how valuable city parking spaces are, we have wars within city government around who's parking spaces those are. but to signal a big culture change, one that we felt was important to our future of the city in reducing cars, we made it our own goal to reduce our own city fleet and begin with that commitment first. so we did it, we did it with everybody's cooperation, m.t.a., city administrator as well as our purchaser to create that green car showcase. but we also realize there are many parts of the city as david mentioned that don't have ready access to public garages. so it was for us a challenge but one that we were very enthusiastic to try to pilot with city car share, and that is to get it into our most congested residential areas, like russian hill and the area. so this is one of at least five spots that are happening and in fact around this area we're going to begin here first because we have a lot of residential support for this as well. and i look forward to the other six spots that we have already identified, have been under planning discussions with our city administr

we did this in other cities in the u.s. and we will be in that other big california city, los angeles, in a few other days. thursday, and -- thursday and friday. and i was convinced quite easily about the use to have these kind of work shops in l.a. but i thought san francisco, there's so much going on already. we had leah and for almost nine months in amsterdam and chairman david chiu and others for a week. and there is such great organization here and there are so many ideas. there are so many professional little here already about bike infrastructure and the future of biking. but it will come down to implementation and it's perhaps a bit like riding the wiggle. you have to push hard and hopefully we might be a sort of additional support, a sort of small electricity motor for you to push your -- up that hill. and it will come down to implementation and leadership and it's great to have a sort of down to earth approach during these two days. working in teams on i think three important places in town. market, mid market. th

that the city is facing right now. the mayor, the way the process works, the mayor introduces his budget, the first part on may 1 at a the second part on june 1. then it gets handed off to the board of supervisors. this single most important issue is the budget. whether your concern is homelessness or transportation, parks, public health, fundamentally, it all comes down to how much money we have and how we are going to spend it. and looking forward, unfortunately, it is getting worse. the amount of money for spending is far outpacing the amount of money that is coming in. and getting our hands around that and how we're going to bring that into line is the biggest challenge. >> this is real reform. this is a real proposal that every single san franciscan can be brought to support come november. it is also important note, as much as we see real reform and a tattered million dollars to $1 billion over the next 10 years, that is also real sacrifice, real dollars from our public employees. >> i am trusting myself into what

the city needs to recommit ourselves to the values that our city was named after. st.rancis believed in compassion for those who have less -- had less than others. those of us with opportunities have to give back. part of that entails taking care of the most important among us, the folks who have need, including our homeless. >> let's talk about the transportation situation in your district. you mentioned that transit could be better. how is parking and traffic? is there enough muni service now? >> you are talking to the one member of the board that does not only car. i get around my district by muni, bicycle, or hailing a cab. our transit system is truly challenge. our bosses are late one out of four times. -- our buses are late one out of a quarter times. they're still not as clean and safe as we'd like. we can do better and investing in our muni system. we need more taxicabs on the streets. is difficult to obtain a cab. i support the concept of centralized taxi dispatch systems so you know who you can call to get a cab. i am a big believer in pedestrian bicycling as

>> my wife and i have raised seven children in the city and is not a family friendly city. we have to change our attitude. what can i do? i would streamline the committee process to allow local small businesses to really get to work they implored the middle -- date employed the middle class. we have to reduce the red tape, unnecessary fees, and hidden costs associated with jump starting small businesses. in 2002, i came up with a program called hope, homes and surfaces go beyond the reach of middle-class workers that allows landlords to voluntarily sell their apartment as these units. people get a piece of the rock. they can invest in san francisco, the city gains through taxes, and the people abroad and with home ownership. it is a program that will keep the middle and blue class workers in san francisco, and that is what i was do as mayor is try to reinstitute it. thank you. >> the key to keeping families in san francisco revolves around three complimentary things -- jobs, housing, schools. 60,000 sent franciscans have moved here over the last decade, many of them young w

the city. i am not sure we have a good idea of what the city is falling to do around these public spaces. the 99.9% of this resolution and the comments about banking institutions and foreclosures -- i think we have a large structural issue to contend with. i wanted to make sure i told you that so it is not misconstrued, or the vote is not misconstrued in any other way. president chiu: thank you. i want to thank everyone in this room, who i know has been thinking very hard about the events of the last few weeks. i want to thank all the members of the public who have been engaged in these very important discussions about our community, our country, and the inequalities we have today. i appreciate the comment about the 99.99%. i want to say that having visited the joseph herman plaza cite a number of times, i have been very impressed by the conduct of the individuals involved in this movement. i certainly think that what happened last week in oakland was deplorable, and was absolutely praetexta wi

and we have two cities that are top of our bike use. the city of gronig and the city of

we draw our inspiration from being a diversity, a beautiful city to live in, and an international cityit is a place where people come to discuss and nurture new ideas. we are important people, always working to make things better. it is in that spirit that i want to talk about our efforts on central market. i made revitalizing central market a signature economic development initiative, and the keystone is the central market payroll tax exclusion. the payroll tax exclusion incentivizes companies to both invest in midmarket and create jobs. i want to recognize supervisor kim and board president david hitchiu for their work with me. this is part of a broader strategy that includes redesigning the street and sidewalks for the better market street initiative. that is a streetscape overhaul that will result in a more attractive, walkable, and business-friendly corridor. the project is in its planning phase right now, and it will be implemented from the ferry building two octavia boulevard in 2015. and the street is -- when the street is

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the retail heart of the city. we're here to let you know we thank this legislation is laudable, eliminating plastic and single use bags from the waste stream to protect the environment is a good goal. we support the charging for the check out bags as long as the money stays in the hands of the retailers. i was here however to propose some amendments. one which i understand has been taken care of in the amendments before you today. i was going to suggest that this favorite blue bag that gives rise to a great gift wouldn't look great a one-inch reusable language on it. so, glad to know that's out of the legislation. also wanted to propose that there might be an exception at the check out level for bulky items, such as bedding and garment bags. and finally would reckmeand that the effective date to begin would be january 2013 giving retailers the chance to use their existing inventory, re-design check out bags if they need to and find new suppliers the needed. thank you very much. >> good morning supervisors. i want

these are the busiest streets in the city. if you go to the streets with lots of car traffic, those areas are just popular. they don't seem as busy or successful. these are the streets that are thriving. whether they are doing it just with paint, some of them are simply paint, or if you are doing it with full separation, that is the way that we need to be moving on many of our streets. if we are to reach the 80-year- old, the grandparents, will need this kind of infrastructure. this is our goal. when these folks are not making a conscious choice. it is just about what is the best way to get the little guy to preschool. it is mindboggling at how the verse the number of users were. you don't have an image of bicyclist. you have an image of people, and sometimes they ride a bike. i hope we will learn a lot from that and steal it, but they are not shy about their love of bicycling. this is the 10,000 by a station in front of the central station and in the center of amsterdam. you see the amsterdam of the viking posters all over th

i would want to make sure that we're really truly making city hall and city government and accessible to all. >> ms. gordon. >> to what. this message -- this question is for tony hall. regarding the san francisco century policy, the city has been very strong in defending the rights of undocumented immigrants to live here in san francisco. would you advocate changing it, and if so, would you expect your police department in your human services agency, the sheriff's department, although that is is every elected official, adult probation department, juvenile probation to change the way they're handling the issue? >> yes, you heard me stay in the opening statement that goes with the only candidate that would put an end to a century city. it is not that want to deport people. it put public safety in jeopardy. and the first responsibility of the mayor -- is this thing on? here we go. the first -- there we go. the first responsibility of an elected official is protect the safety of the citizens. i am not after reporting. i do not want to deport people, but i want to know what they were accus

i am qaeda stacey from the city attorney's office. we recommend the continuance of these items because of the recent case law. a recent court of appeals' decision ruled that the city's permit and requirement for the medical campus facility and federal lobs makes it illegal to distribute or possess marijuana. the city at issue with long beach -- the court of appeals addressed the permitting scheme in long beach and the city could limit where medical campus dispensaries are located but could not permit the dispensary from either the authorizing ordnance or this scheme. and this decision is different from the other californian ports and how they address this question, no other published california description as addressed the local permitting requirements as part of the regulation for these dispensaries. several jurisdictions in california are concerned that long beach has appealed this decision to the california supreme court. we expect the court of appeals decision would have no effect on the supreme court and their review. if they do

we believe that as a result of those complaints, the city has a stronger controls in place, city resources are used more efficiently and it is part of what helps us governed the city. specifically, we received and investigated claims by city contractors that initiate lawsuits by the attorney's office. we have investigated and discovered improper management and human-resources practices. these have resulted in improvements to process, termination of employees and other disciplinary actions. we have investigated and received complaints and employees' conduct inside business on ticity time. unauthorized use of vehicles. and lastly, other of allegations involving over time used by city managers and employees. and you for your attention today. i would like to thank the civil grand jury for the report. while we disagree with some of the tone and the findings, a think there are recommendations that we are working to implement that will improve the effectiveness of the program. supervisor campos: thank you for your presentation in your response to the work. one of the things i have asked is that m

as the city. so far, the only advice that we have about your potential liability is dealing with official statements, not these other documents. i would like to keep that discussion between the liability of the city and yours as board members. orange county, this is the first major enforcement action that goes back to 1996. you probably know a lot of the details in this. some of these are reflected on slide 13. in short, the argument was that the board itself new and what the investment strategy was in the county and the county was very defendant on that strategy and repay investors. for they were borrowing short and invest in long in claims of arbitrage. this is the only advice that we have directly speaking to your responsibilities for board members. a public official might not authorize disclosure. once again, recklessly the concept of -- the cannot approve something that will be wrong. it does not mean that each one of you must read the official statement that you approved what the report says

and most importantly, those that rely on city services. on this roller coaster during this last deadly -- sadecki, it is important that we end this decade with about the same size work force as we started with two we have grown enshrine fairly dramatically several times over the course of the decade. unfortunately, this chart also indicates that we're spending more as a city during this past decade. at moments in time where the demand for most of our services or less, because we tend to grow during times of economic prosperity and ensuring in harder economic times when demand and services for the city increases. we have errors alignment of expenses and demand. -- we have reversed alignment of expenses and a man. this is a challenge that the city has been working to improve in recent years. in 2009, the voters approved proposition a, which put a host of new planning procedures in place. a lot of us worked on that measure. my shop, president chiu, supervisor mirkarimi, supervisor avalos, several members of the prior board, and the prior mayo

this item is approval of a lease between the city and the city college. it will allow the city college to maintain and control with certain provisos for a term of 75 years. it is estimated the cost will be approximately $12 million over the term of the lease. it is reflecting much in liability -- the city college accepts that responsibility for the 75-year term. there is the gateway that you saw in the rendering. social and entertainment areas with a vending and retail uses that include a molehill vendors or a farmer's market. supervisor mar: mobile vendors like food trucks? >> likely in conjunction with farmers' market to activate the plaza. it is anticipated the plaza will be completed in 2015. this is consistent with motion 17775 of the plan that was adopted on december 4 of 20,000 -- in 2008. it was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2009. the sfmta approve the process in their resolution. and the board of trustees has unanimously approved this as well in a meeting on june 20, 2011. the apartment -- the apartment found it consistent -- all of thes

that continues to be an interest of this city. in prop c, have done several things to fund our liability to health-care obligations. there will be a quarter percent per year required of employees and matched by the city for active employees. that is all in prop c. in addition, we're hopeful some of the changes in prop c as to what we provide in retiree benefits, will likely reduce our costs going forward, as well. also, start attacking the unfunded liability. for example, under prop c, people who left the city before the improvement of the pending health care coverage availability -- people left the city but when on to other careers will not be receiving the benefit which was improved after they left. there is a fairly significant savings associated with that. i do not believe that contemplated by the civil grand jury. we have a fairly controversial change in the structure of the health service board, which we think will yield savings. it's very hard to say how much. by having more balanced decision making bodies on the board, we

many folks who live in the city and our city employees are renters, for example. in addition -- so the police, i will point out, have just shy of 25%, at 24.7% residency in san francisco. went looking at it from a first responder perspective, i think it is reasonable to include san mateo in the analysis because of the difficulty of going over bridges or needing to be a swimmer. if you add cent potato, we're pretty close on 55%, i would say, accessibility of our police force it to san francisco in the event of a disaster. >> for me, the idea is two-fold. one is to especially think about our police officers, firefighters, and sure of speed up their part of the first responder group, but they're also part of the daily living in san francisco. to me, i think it is amazing to me 75% of our police force lives outside of the city. i think that is a really big statistic. but when you think about first responders and disaster, actually those s and the tally of folks that can come overland is a good thing. -- those san mateo folks that can come over land is a good thing. >>

welcome to city hall, everyone.pleasure to welcome all of you here to the seventh annual philippine-american celebration heritage month. counsel general, thank you. mayer brown, thank you very much. i know you are out there somewhere. board president, thank you for being here as well. i am is so happy, because we have a lot of things to celebrate. and i want to first and foremost thank one of the people that i have had a chance to work with, and i think she is a proud member of the filipino-american community here in san francisco, and that has been my chief adviser on families, children, education, and of course she is the president of our school board. hydra mendoza, thank you. thank you for being here. [applause] you know, as we celebrate filipino history month, we recognize the filipino history that is inextricably a part of our city's history. and during the historic struggle that we kept seniors -- remember those years where we stood on an alliance to protect our senior residence of the international hotel. we

as i said, we are an integral part of the city. we love the city. it has been part of the very fabric of ucsf for years. it is with great pride that i welcome the candidates. with that, i would like to introduce the president of the san francisco beat of voters, patricia mcgovern. [applause] >> good evening. welcome. my name is patricia mcgovern. we are dedicated to the active and informed participation of all citizens and government. we take stands on issues. our work is made possible by its members and volunteers. for more information, visit our website. for further information about candidates and election issues, visit the web site, www.smartvoter.org. we want to thank our co- sponsors, 87, but this government television, kqed, and cincar daily. we are being screened live and will be broadcast tomorrow evening, october 6, at 8:00 p.m. on it -- public radio. it will be also repeated numerous times on san francisco government television, cable channel 78. tonight you will hear from candidates for mayor. [trsfreads names] they will have a chance to

that is what the city really needs, somebody who knows the city, knows what the city is all about, what the city wants. has got the kind of discipline, the kind of 7 to 9 scheduled to make it happen. he has already set an example, and we are all looking forward to a hold term of this with him. ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a great pleasure and it is my distinct honor to introduce mayor edwin lee, mayor of san francisco. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. thank you, josÉ, for that wonderful rendition of our last meeting. i want to welcome all of you here to san francisco, i want to welcome all of you self-help movement folks, local transportation experts, individual that have dedicated your lives. i want to thank you for occupying san francisco this morning. i know i'll get questions there this afternoon. i wanted to be here this morning to welcome your conference, to know that you have a mayor here at greatly appreciates your self-help movement. we have had hours -- prop k -- and we have had many discussions about those. especially with dpw, how to balance that money to make sure