matt haney says it's time to open more of them. >> right now, people are coming here because of our failures. because we have a situation where people are on the street using and buying. we have street level dealing. open air markets. i stopped to talk to three young men admitting being addicted to hero heroin. christine johnson is also running for district 6. supports expanding the home ward bound program which connects those already here with families in other cities. >> we connect them back and we provide so basically a bus or a plane ticket back to friends and loved ones. i can take care of them. >> we've heard from the politicians. what about the drug abusers, how would they solve the drug crisis in san francisco. let's find out. >> after he was done shooting up twice, i asked this 26-year-old from upstate new york what it would take for him to quit? >> what it boils down is finding the right program and like, having the willpower to really stick to it. >> despite several attempts so far, he's failed. as a recovering alcoholic, daniel knows what it's like to fail. today is his 71st birt

i also want to acknowledge my board commissioners, my coautho coauthors matt haney and emily merase, and shimon walton who signed onto coauthor this. i want to acknowledge ike kwon from the p.u.c., marry johnck from the arts commission, and lydia so from the arts commission. i also want at that thank reverend norman fong for being here, and the edwin m. lee democratic club who has carried his honor as well. this is a really special time for us, and we have so many other elected officials who wanted to be part of this because he was so instrumental in each and every one of us that are up here this morning, so we'll be acknowledging our city assess or-recorder, carmen chiu, the press of the board of supervisors, malia cohen, and our very own mayor of san francisco, london breed. so thank you all for being here and joining us this morning. and we couldn't do so much of the work that we do without the leadership at the helm, so i want to it is thank our superintendent of schools, dr. vince matthews, who's always been supportive, particularly for this transition and new name change for th

. >> my name is matt haney, and i'm running to represent district six on the board of supervisors. i live in the tenderloin. i was born and raised in the bay area. my grandparents are still here in san francisco, 90 and 89. i was raised with the importance of public service and instilled with the belief that i had a responsibility to standup and make my community better. i've spent my entire career serving the residents of san francisco. i've been an attorney representing people who were facing evictions in this community. for the last six years, i've been a member of the school board here in san francisco, including serving as the president and the vice president of the board. on the board i've fought for bill, bold solutions to some of our toughest problems. we're building teacher housing for the first time because teachers can't afford to live in san francisco. that happened when i was president of the board. we're building our first new school in 20 years, which i led the fight for in mission bay. i worked to extend science and -- computer science and coding education to every