[applause] and the city attorney and one of my lawyers, john russo. [applause] oakland. from the board of education, emily mores. [applause] and i could go on and on with the -- mr. mayor to be of the people who are here celebrating with you on this very historic occasion. and it was all made possible by this fine collection of people to my right whom i've introduced by name and now let me ask the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, a man who chaired the historic meeting where the vote count was done without the assistance of our folk who normally count votes which is kind of the way i prefer to have votes counted in elections. you get better results. the president of the board of supervisors, david chiu. [applause] president chiu: good afternoon. so mayor brown, i want to tell you the score of the game upstairs. two numbers. 11 to zero. [applause] this is an historic moment for san francisco. and i want to first start by thanking my colleagues at the board of supervisors. we may not -- please clap for them. we may not always agree. but on this great man

. >>> oakland city attorney john russo is the leading candidate for city manager of alameda. >> we are very excited about this process we have had in interim for the last two years. now is an opportunity for us to basically fulfill a commitment we made to the community. >> recently he has been at odds with oakland mayor jean quan. they met in closed session to work out details of the employment offer. >>> now to a story you will only see here on two. an oakland landlord could face jail time if she does not face problems the tenants say are making them fix. dozens of people say they have been living with bugs, broken windows, and sometimes no water or gas. the city of oakland says the owner has ignored requests to make repairs for years. now a judge says she can't collect anymore rent until repairs are made. >> what we have to do is hit her where it hurts. stop her from collecting rent. >> gardener will now have to pay $75,000 in fines. the ruling also requires her to pay relocation costs for people that want want to move. >>> a call for an unusual name change for a troubled san francis

but john russo said -- and he made that promise last year and he made good on that. don't want just a gang injunction to quell violence in north oakland but in east oak land too. in fact this week a judge is hearing arguments and is considering improving a gang injunction that scale is much larger, a huge 400-block radius, 40 individuals and this week we have heard testimony, not only from the police officers who work in these gang task forces on the oakland police department but we have heard from the sister of one of the named plaintiffs javier contaros who still says i'm not in a gang. so those who are supporting of a gang injunction approach, which, by the way, limits behavior, can't own a gun, can't meet, can't be out after 10:00. those kind of activities. they have to be concerned about community safety and over time it shows a moderate -- in cities that have gang injunctions in place, a moderate decrease in violent crime. on the other hand, those who are opposed to gang injunks and we have seen prote- -- protests in oakland all week with people saying there ar