definitely, i think we are a very compassionate city and just continue to extend the compassion to the homeless community. >> what is happening with crime in your district? how do you think the police department is doing to address the issue of crime in district 10? >> statistically, we have a lot of crime. homicides, there were two in the last week in my district. i am vice-chair of the public safety committee. safety and how we define safety, not just in terms of crime, but over a public safety, is something that is very important and one of my priorities. what i would like to see is more of a community policing approach. maybe engaging more the community. that includes organizations like safe, which is a neighborhood- based organization. neighbors get together and they're watching the streets, giving information to the police department. think about taxicabs. they are all over the city. they can be the eyes and ears of the police department if trained properly. we can also better utilize the sheriff's department. it has the same training as members of the police department. i think

it is a compassionate city. and yet, we have a lot of people suffering. as a parent, i feel privileged to live in this district. i think some energy and intelligence and creativity needs to be applied to the problem of how do we ask those of us who have more, especially those who are in the forbes 400 list, billionaires'. and when i mainly here is about tax cuts for entities. when it is appropriate, sure, give a tax break. it is also inappropriate time to ask those who have the means to -- it is also an appropriate time to ask those who have the means to share. we want the city to look good. we wanted to be a fun city to live then. it takes money for us, and it takes money for everybody who lives in the city. not just those of us in district two. i would ask for those on the budget could talk more about the need and what we could do. if the mayor would make a commitment to study this problem, and how can we get more resources applied so that budgets -- the budgets of all of the department are not so impacted? >> i'll try. it's a great question, a huge que

and any chance to put another dispensary into the city that's going to deliver a compassionate option for chronic pain patients and survivors, yes, let it be. thank you. president olague: thank you. next speaker please. save your applause. >> good afternoon. my name is jimmy bullar -- president olague: speak into the mike, sir. they will pick you up. >> yes. i am a patient and art director in life. i take cannabis because i have prostate problems that doctors cannot solve and i am here to say that grass roots is an amazing place for patients to start with. we are not drug addicts. we are not drug dealers. we are not crackheads. you look at me and i am a normal person and most people who goss go to grass roots are like me, normal people, who need their medication. and i used to live close to grass roots -- >> you're going to turn that off, right? or you're going to go out. one of the two. thank you. >> i used to live close to grass roots nine years ago and i would have never even gone close to that location and i have to say that since i have been going there the last couple of years,

that is why we need city government to be as innovative and compassionate as the people of san francisco. the best argument we could make today is to make sure that every day we are making government work better. the most progressive thing we could do is to make our city government work faster, fairer, and smarter pour every san franciscan today. that task, however, is too important to lead to us in city hall alone. we need your help. we need to be sure to engage the entire population to identify those problems, to help fix them, and most of all, to hold all of us in government accountable for all of the services we promised to deliver to you. and only by engaging our entire community can we make sure that we have a solution, innovation, and that we have the ideas that will solve the myriad of problems we have been san francisco. i am more confident now than ever, by using technology, that we can achieve our goals. i want to thank you all for being here today and for your support. thank you also to the speaker and mayor lee for supporting us here today. thank you. [applause] >> and what

compassion, why are you not being compassionate to people of color, people from different countries, who are trying to do hard work and be the ambassadors of this city? [applause] why? the city of san francisco deserves to have an answer, and this is also a violation of your rules and regulations, and maybe i should read it out loud, because you do not know how to read. beginning in 2010 and every calendar year thereafter, the sfmta should hold a meeting to determine if the fees should be increased or remained unchanged. ok, what are you breaking your own law? what are you breaking your own regulation? -- why are you? there is the comptroller's report that says what to do. there are gas prices going up every day. these drivers may have hybrids, but they are paying more for it, and you do not care about it? i was quoted in the paper that if you pay drivers more money, you get better service. i will say it again and again. why are you throwing these people under the bus, so to speak, you know, and not taking care of them? you have your own problems. i feel sorry for deputy director hayashi, because she has to go out and collect money to help pay for m

cities are scattered around the capital. where is the hope? it resides in the getting and a compassionate nature of its people. over the weeks we met heroes everywhere. a woman who started a clinic by herself when she saw there was no medicine in her city. a man who helps his neighbors rebuild houses after work for nothing. a young girl who, even though she lost her mother, sings songs of healing. in a tented city, we met a 35- year-old woman, who is a nurse at the only clinic in the city. she provides relief for all the people there. before the earthquake, she and her husband were part of the small middle class, and they lived in a home with two children. her house was ruined in the earthquake, and like others, she was forced to move her life to a can. she was happy and relieved, knowing her whole family had survived. as she said, we made it out pretty good. my kids are still here. during that first month living in the displaced city, she met 74 kids who have lost parents. they were orphans wandering the city alone. she knew she must do something. these kids could not grow up wanderers. she bought a tent next

cities are scattered around the capital. many churches and homes have yet to be rebuilt. so where is the hope in this haiti? it is in the giving and compassionateeople. over the week, we met here as everywhere. a woman who started a clinic herself wenches other was madison -- medicine in her tented city, a young girl, who, even though she lost her mother in the quake, was helping. in a tented city, we met a 35- year-old woman named lucienda. she is a nurse and provide relief for all of the people there. they live in a home with their two children. her house was ruined in the earthquake, and like others, she was forced to move from light to a tent. but she was happy and relieved, she said, knowing that her whole family has survived. as she said, "we made it out pretty good. my kids are still here." but she slowly met 74 kids who have lost their parents. they were orphans, wandering the city alone. she knew she must do something. these kids could not grow up wonder worse. -- wanderers. so she built a tent next to hers where they know live, and she calls all 74 her children. and they call her mom. her husband told mate note that he thinks she is c

cities are scattered around the capital. many schools, churches and homes have yet to be rebuilt. so where is the hope in this haiti? it resides in the giving and the compassionatenature of it people. of its people. over the week we met heros everywhere. a woman who started a clinic by herself when she saw that there was no medicine in her tented city. a man who helps his neighbors rebuild their houses after work for nothing. a young girl who even though she lost her mother in the quake sings songs of healing around her community. in a tented city that serves over 20,000, we met a 35-year-old woman named lucinda. lucinda is a nurse at the only clinic in the city. she provides relief for all the people there. before the earthquake she and her policeman husband were part of haiti's small middle class, and they lived in a home with their two children. her house was ruined in the earthquake, and can like others, she was forced to move her life to a tent. but she was happy and relieved, she said, knowing that her whole family had survived. as she said, we made it out pretty good. my kids are still here. but during that first month living in the displaced city, lucind