i serve as the chief executive officer at the league of women voters in the united states. thank you for the opportunity to testify on voting rights and election administration in america. an issue of paramount importance to our organization. the league of women voters is nonpartisan, founded 100 years ago in 1920 by men who understood the importance of securing voting rights for women. the district of colombia with 764 local affiliates in every congressional district it outlawed racial discrimination voting and established procedures to protect equal access to vote for everyone. despite a long history of support for legislators of all political parties, in 2013 the supreme court overturned key provisions in the case of shelby county. since that decision politicians across country of past unnecessarily restrictive legislation and adopted practices that discriminate and disenfranchise voters of color and minorities whose first language is not english. making it harder for them to register and more difficult to vote. these restrictive legislative initiatives include an effort

as reducing fiction is in league of women voters this backing health howie is aims to empower female candidates and enable their participation in political life. in this realm with us she had women candidates are subject to political pressure from different political parties and they need fostering and protecting. them so even the government doesn't really take into consideration the principle of equality between women and men and he said if it were just despite the fact that we have highly competent and honest women in public life. whenever that graduate jeremy is that easy on the campaign trail she doesn't have any problem sitting with men in cafes and just us in politics but she's convinced that she is still a patriarchal society and thinks most people tend to vote for men rather than female candidates. and there's a sense here that the political parties campaigns and slogans calling for women's empowerment and participation are mere words many of the female candidates standing in 29000 fear their chances may be worse than in previous elections. in football by a munich were on a h

the league of women voters is nonpartisan, founded nearly 100 years ago in 1920 by women who understand the importance of securing voting rights for women. the league is active in all 50 states as well as the district of columbia with 746 local affiliates in every congressional district in our country. in 1965 the voting rights act outlawed racial discrimination in voting and established procedures to protect equal access to the vote for everyone. despite a long history of support, in 2013 the supreme court overturned key provisions of the vra. since that decision, politicians across the country have passed unnecessarily retistrictive legislation and adopted practices that make it harder for them to register and much more difficult to vote. these restrictive legislative initiatives include efforts to implement photo id requirements in states like texas, wisconsin, missouri and pennsylvania. the league pushed back against efforts to roll back early voting hours in ohio and we pushed back against efforts to roll back and eliminate pro voter reforms like same day registration in north caro

they form the league of women voters which is apt 100 years still going strong all across the country. they formed the draft of the equal rights amendment which has been not ratified after 96 years. it was introduced in 1923. they organize and use their newfoundir electoral power and organizational skills to oppose certain legislation in congress that they feel is a government overreach. they call it socialist, if that sounds familiar.e they accuse them of still supporting maternal health, legislation, other kinds of legislation. they evolved into the anti-communist activists of the mid-20 century. you may see them again working through training organizations, advocacy organizations and we see them coming into the mccarthy era and we see them again emerge in the 1970s and 80s as the eagle forum which was phyllis schlafly's organization. so, we have conservative women who have learned to harness their political power. and i thinkow the still see the product of that kind of organization. so, yes they did use. now stephanie pierson said she could not after fighting this for so long so sh

i'm shauna with the league of women voters of san francisco. league and sf gov tv i'm here to discuss proposition e. a ballot measure before the voters on tuesday, november 5. proposition e is an ordinance that would amend the planning cod to allow affordable housing projects. the planning code currently does not include specific zoning rules for residential projects dedicated to employees of the san francisco unified school district or the community college district. under proposition e, 100% affordable housing would be allowed in zoning districts except on property used for parks. would be located on lots that are 10,000 square feet. could not demolish or replace existing units. would be subject to less rules regarding size, ground floor height, density and other factors than other buildings. would allow limited amount of mix use to support the affordable housing. and would not be subject to any conditional use restrictions, unless the restrictions have been adopted by the voters. proposition e requires a review of proposed 100% affordable hou

i'm shauna with the league of women voters of san francisco. a long with the league and sf gov tv i'm here to discuss proposition e. a ballot measure before the voters on tuesday, november 5. proposition e is an ordinance that would amend the

when the head of the league of women voters, which is a nonpartisan group, has her own name stricken from the ballot republicans, we are in serious trouble. proceeds from the bulliesf the maga hat at trump rallies to the head of this iseme court, disenfranchising voters and being lawless. it's a problem. there is a long ugly history in the united states of exclusion from voting of , thething from poll taxes jar of jelly beans from a long time ago. more recently, it's quite disturbing in contradiction of the voting rights act. there are a number of states that have passed restrictions. things like which id is acceptable, in texas you can show an acceptable form of id. card, but an unacceptable form was your student id. those tools are being used. whenis administration, former attorney general jeff sessions was in control of the department of justice, they scaled back everything from their preclearance which went before the courts. that changed administratively and judicially. there have been a number of -- enforcement has been downscaled. everyone should be able to vote and encouraged

on behalf of -- [applause] >> moderator: on behalf of myself, the league of women voters of san francisco, and our partner organization, our thanks to the candidates for participating. and if all have been to the forums before, this is not a hard job. we're not easy here in san francisco. and thanks to each of you for taking the time to inform yourself about your choices on november 5th. vote like your life depended on it. and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. let's give them a big round of applause. [applause] - >> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be

i'm ashley, and i'm with the league of women voters. i also participate on the bias working group, the detention working group, as well as the harassment working group, so i have a firsthand experience on exactly where we stand on these reforms, and i want to speak to the transparency and accountability issues that have been raised both by supervisor haney as well as many members of this public. and i really ask the board to look into the relationship with hillard hines, and the reports they're producing and how neither the community working groups are gaining access to their recommendations or their insight to shaping this process, nor are they publicly available. so it's currently outside of my pay grade to request these reports, but you certainly can as the boards. i also appreciate that the national best practices -- that hillard hines is promoting for this procedure as really just the gold point, but i want to remind the use of force, san francisco police department set the best use of practice. so i think it's encouraging that we

it's one of the reasons why i've been calling for nonprofit organization like the league of women voterstually host these debates in a way that actually serves the interests of voters, not the profit, the profit-bearing corporate interests of the corporate media. >> tucker: i couldn't agree more. so just for our viewers who maybe haven't followed this, when wee say you've been attackd by "the new york times" and cnn, it's not attacks like they are saying your health care plan is too expensive. they are saying that you are working for a foreign power against america's interests, that you are a traitor to the country. "the new york times" piece essentially said that. what is this about? >> this is exactly what happens to those like myself who are trying to end this regime change war in syria, who are calling for an end to our country's policy being the world police, bring about an end to these regime change wars. this is something that's not just happening to me. you know, when they are issuing these smear attacks, really what they are doing is smearing anyone who is calling for an end to

association, the san francisco human rights commission, members of neighborhood associations, the league of women's voters, the collective impact, in this list is not all-inclusive. those are just a few. here's where we are in terms of overall progress. i will frame this in terms of the work and then try explain it in more detail what this really means in terms of what we're doing, the actual work itself. as of mid-october, we have 343 recommendations in various levels of progress. as you see on the slide, it is broken down into where those various stages of in progress works it. there are five steps in our implementation and approval process, and they are as follows in progress means the san francisco police department is actively working on the recommendation. external review means the recommendation has been submitted who has been submitted -- has been submitted to review the work. external validation means the recommendation has been submitted to the california department of justice for review the initials r.f.i. is an acronym for request for information and that means that the recommendation has been

and the league of women voters for having us tonight. >> okay. [applause] >> mr. lamb. >> hello. hello. my name is ryan lamb. i'm running for district 5 supervisor. a little bit about me. i emigrated to here in 2003. my professional history includes, i was a former political journalist, a high school tutor and also a former businessman. and the reason i'm running today is for three points that i'm really, really passionate about. and that's maintaining the cleanliness and safety of district 5, having -- fixing our affordability crisis and i promise a decrease in homelessness. and fighting for local businesses to mr. a strong economy -- to build a strong economy, where the american dream is a reality and it's true. that's me, ryan lamb. >> thank you very much, mr. lamb. ms. o'mara. >> i'm go to try to be really quick. 60 seconds isn't really long to introduce yourself. but ready, set. so, hi, everyone. my name is nopulo o'mara. i'm the mother of children, whom i have raised and co-parented in san francisco. this is my first neighborhood in sunset. i lived here for eight years and

i am with the league of women voters. differentat it from a angle, seeing if this is an option for the people who are perhaps emotionally attached to the electoral college. what happens if we just get rid theinner take all and states adopt -- hey, if it is 60% republican, 40% democratic, that is your electoral thing. and if you cannot reach the ofeshold -- is the threshold 200 70 in law? can we not change it? is that an alternative option? >> that is a really good question. again, my fellow panelists have constitution, article one, giving the states the power to decide how the electoral college is given for each state. 48 states have the winner take all system. awardates have decided to it some other way. so it will be going back to the states, whether it is a national compact, determining what is the best way and the most democratic process of awarding electoral colleges, so that way citizens living in the state will have their voices heard. just a majority number. >> there actually are several lawsuits underway right no

i am with the league of women voters. i am going to ask this coming at it from a different angle, seeing if this is an option for the people that are perhaps emotionally attached to the electoral college. what happens if we just get rid of winner take all and we tell -- the states adopt -- hey, if it is 60% republican, 40% democratic, that is your electoral thing. and then if you cannot reach the threshold -- is the threshold of 270 in law? can we not change it? is that just an alternative option? brianna: that is a really good question. panelists havet been mentioning the constitution, article one, section two, gives the states the power to decide how the electoral college is actually given for each state. you have 48 states have the winner take all system. two states have decided to award it some other way. essentially it would just be going back to the states, whether it is a national compact or some other way, to determine what is the best way and the most democratic process of awarding electoral colleges, so that way

when the head of the league of women voters, which is a nonpartisan group, has her own name stricken the ballot republicans, we are in serious trouble. proceeds from the bulliesf the maga hat at trump rallies to the head of this iseme court, disenfranchising voters and being lawless. it's a problem. there is a long ugly history in the united states of exclusion from voting of , thething from poll taxes jar of jelly beans from a long time ago. more recently, it's quite disturbing in contradiction of the voting rights act. there are a number of states that have passed restrictions. things like which id is acceptable, in texas you can show an acceptable form of id. card, but an unacceptable form was your student id. those tools are being used. whenis administration, former attorney general jeff sessions was in control of the department of justice, they scaled back everything from their preclearance which went before the courts. that changed administratively and judicially. there have been a number of -- enforcement has been downscaled. everyone should be able to vote and encouraged to v

pam berg with the women league of voters. and coming at it from a different angle and see if this is an option for people emotionally attached to the electoral college. what happens if we just get rid of winner take all and we tell, and the states adopt, hey, if it's 60% republican, 40% democratic that's your electoral thing and then, if you can't reach the threshold, is the threshold of 270 in law? can we not change it? is that just an alternative option? >> well. >> thank you. >> that's a really good question. i think you know, again, as my co-panelists have been mentioning that the constitution with its article 1, section 2 clause gives the states the power to decide how the electoral college is given per state. so you have 48 states that decided winner take all. two states decided to award it some other way. so essentially it would be just going back to the states whether it's a national compact or some other way to determine what is the best way, what is the most democratic process of awarding these electoral colleges so

i'm shauna with the leaving women voters of san francisco. along with the league and sf gov tv i'm here to discuss proposition d, a ballot measure before the voters on tuesday, november 5. proposition d would impose a business tax on commercial ride-share companies for fares generated by rides that start in san francisco. currently the city of san francisco does not impose a business tax on fares charged by commercial ride-share companies, such as Über and lyft. these companies provide car rides for fare and range shared rides where each passenger pays a separate fare. typically, rides are requested using on online platform to connect drivers with passengers. the proposed tax is 1.5% on a shared ride fare and 3.25% on a private ride fare. the city would impose these taxes on fares charged by these company until november 5, 2045. passenger rides in zero-emission vehicles would be subject to a 1.5% business tax until september 21, 2024. the city will deposit the tax revenues, estimated at $31 million annually, into a traffic congestion mitigation fund to spend for t

firefighters, san francisco chronicle, the league of conservation voters, the lgbt democratic club, planned parenthood california action fund, the san francisco women's political committee, united food and commercial worker 64, local 21 and many more. we've achieved real results together, but there is so much more to do and we're just getting started. join us at www.vote and don't forget to vote on november 5. >> i'm ryan lamb running for district 5 supervisors supervisor of san francisco. i emigrated to the bay area in 2003. growing up and being educated in san francisco convinced me how lucky we are to be living in such a beautiful place. but in this decade several issues have grown serious, such as the littering of needles on the streets, homelessness and on and on. it seems to me that our government is making many very wrong decisions that may poorly discern the true interests of district 5 residents. so much so that i've concluded that city hall is moving in the wrong direction and statistics agree with me. i'm running because i am committed to solving my top three priorities for district 5. number one is ensuring the cleanliness and safety that