her career includesh speech and communication at san francisco state university, city jt san franciscod new york university. she is a4#ñju(uq trainer in public speaking, presentation, and media skills. two&2y candidates for assessor recorder. mr.hne ting is with us this evening and will answer questions you submit1si as wells questions that have been submitted to the league of women voters website. he answers will not be . you have many important decision@bd make on november 2. this will give you an opportunity to be heard. xçylet's begin. welcome. o8÷first question, what is your which raises real property transfer tax for properties ÷>> i supported proposition just like the supported the proposition two years ago that raised theu a certain level. ,a>> has the department been abe to handle alli=t the requests fr reassessment of property due to falling property values? >>é)q we did a couple of things. 7xnour constitutional goal is to fairly and accurately assess property by the end of the fiscal year. the obligation to reduce property2y÷ values, to equalize them to what the tax value sh

these young women are students at san francisco state university and the university of san francisco, and they practice every sunday morning -- that is called dedication. they have got beautiful costumes. you are going to see them perform with their props here, but they celebrate the bunjabi full dance and their culture, and i think it is a wonderful way of celebrating our heritage month. would you please give a warm welcome to six lovely students? come on, everybody. let's give them a hand. [applause] ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> , on, everyone. part of a fabulous -- com onee , everyone. weren't the fabulous? we are all here for these awards, the asian pacific american heritage award honors individuals and organizations who have made direct impact to their communities. the apa heritage awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, we have awards for the emerging leadership and lifetime achievements, and the community organizations. we have the community impact award. 50 nominations were received -- 50 -- and top finalists in each category were subm

her career includes teaching speech and communication at san francisco state university. the city college of san francisco. and new york university. she is a corporate trainer and public speaking, presentation, and media skills. >> this year, we have one candidate for public defender. the candidate will answer questions you in the audience segment as well as questions that have been submitted to the web site. the answers will not be timed. you have many important decisions to make on november 2. this form will give you an opportunity to be heard. let's begin. >> i am very honored to be here. >> what are your thoughts on death by lethal injection and california's future related to the death penalty? >> it may not come as a surprise to you that i am very much opposed to the death penalty. if there is a lesson that we have learned, the death penalty in california, and for that matter, the indicted states, it has been a failure. we don't have a fair and objective way in order to determine who gets the death penalty. that is one of the fundamental problems with it. if you look

i work in congress and public agencies. 15 years ago, i started working at san francisco state university a public administrations department. i have students now working in the garage way as a result of my teaching. i started san francisco community power to close power plants and help working-class 'efamilies cover their utility bills and create jobs. i took over the potreto view, and i have been marshalling along a neighborhood newspaper of which we can all be proud. might impact is probable. it is written in utility bills people get every month. it is written in the fact that people get trained for the jobs they have for wages they were paid. it is written in the fact that the hunters point power plant has closed and the potrero plant will close. i work with many of the people in this room and with tens of thousands of residents, and i want to continue that work, and you can have faith that if i am elected supervisor, i will be effective at -- outcomes that you want. thank you. >> when i wrote my candidate statement, i put dare to dream of -- dare to dream that you complainant, someon

i am a professor at san francisco university. i am also a founder of a technology firm. i am also on the board for women in science, technology, and engineering, with the purpose of educating women to get into the industry of science. above all, i am an immigrant, which is the hardest thing i have done in my life. forget about the other things that i have done. all these connections make you who you are. being, on this commission has been a privilege and an honor for me. it is something that is very close to my hard and my whole purpose had been not only to be here and let people know how difficult it is to be an immigrant, as to improve the quality of life for them. but also, wringing my community, the iranian-american community into the larger american community. because we are relatively new immigrants, we live and hang around with iranians, but we need to make sure that they are part of another larger communities, irish-americans, chinese americans. i will give you a couple of examples and then i can open up to questions. one that i am really proud of, in 2006, we go

san francisco, california. approximately one year ago i atened a california -- attended a california women's league workship. it was at the university of california san francisco. and the purpose of the workship was to demystify the process for women, specifically, to enter into the board or commission appointment slolingts in san francisco. -- slots in san francisco. so i made a personal commitment that i would do my home work and research what was available in san francisco. i identified three opportunities that were of interest and the assessment appeals board was one of three. the other was the judge pro tem program through the san francisco courts. this opportunity had seats available so i decided to pursue this opportunity. i am a licensed attorney here in san francisco. i attended the university of santa clara law school. i worked full-time that time at a public health nurse for the city of burkely. i was also a single parent. but prior to that i also attended the university of san francisco and studied nursing. so i'm very familiar with the city. in terms of my professional career, i work for a very large federal executive a

denise why there is the chair of the journalism department at san francisco state university, where 600 students are studying journalism. next to her is mark adkins, the president of the "san francisco chronicle." next to him is dr. xena ibrahim. lisa frazier is the publisher of "bay area citizens." paul connelly is the senior vice president of the tcc group and he manages the challenge fund for journalism, one of the largest sources of grants for journalism. now on the back row, crank aaron is the senior director of the free press, a group working to increase government funding for the media. frank frankle is a journalism professor at stanford university. next to him is ron dellens, the mayor of oakland. he has served 14 houseyears. next to him is a former writer and publisher. he and embed the publisher. next to him is david calloway, editor in chief of marketwatch.com. next to him, sandy close, the director of new american media. she is also my executive editor and i get to hold the microphone up to her. let's begin the discussion. >> thank you. let's start with a question that is on

at and t park tonight at the center of san francisco universe. join the gang if you can't afford an average ticket. >> it's a rent check its been a lock time since this baseball historian saw the passion. >> it's an mazing electricity that is crossing over age, color, religion, socioeconomic standing autos not as if giants haven't been to a world series before. they have, many times. but it's been a tortured past. there is the recent world. the giants were five outs from victory against angels and got no closer. >> and got taken away from us. and in 1962, bottom of the 9th, two on, two out. there is a deliver. as if you did not know, san francisco giants have never won a world series. in 1954, the new york giants did. >> never take anything for granted. team this makes fewest mistakes and clutch hitting certainly helps. >> this means that after today, talk means nudging when fans called lefty odoule's all morning that, is talk. today the real games begin. two teams vying for the teams. >> i think the city goes wild. >> as if it hasn't already. fr

we are working now with the university of san francisco. we believe there will be a partner on this issue. we will resolve leadership training for police officers that will begin at the entry level, and it will continue training for each rank. there will be also additional training that will be rank specific. sergeants would get training, and captains and above. an exciting opportunity for us. we're going to be partaking in this with the new orleans police department and the manchester police department in the u.k. the justice department is basically funding mess with the intention of creating model blueprints for police leaders around the country. i think it is a tremendous opportunity for the san francisco police to permit to be at the cutting edge in the development of personnel training. that is a year and a half program. at the end of the process of those two particular projects real been selected, i think we're going to have an incredibly -- an incredible opportunity to move forward with training at the san francisco police department

san francisco foundation. she served as the director of public health for the city and county of san francisco. she is an assistant clinical professor at university of california san francisco school of medicine and she maintains an active clinical practice at san francisco general hospital in the aids clinic. we could not be more and more happy to recognize these two incredible honorees tonight. thank you. [applause] >> i just have to say these are two i my heroes. i have to take the opportunity. our next award is an award that will be presented by jonathan, the executive director of the mexican museum. [applause] >> welcome, jonathan. >> our next honoree may be the most known latino face in the u.s., and his name is benjamin bratt. [applause] >> if that ain't hyperbolic. >> i can't help it. for more than 20 years, benjamin bratt has successfully spanned a career in both film and television, including two critically acclaimed films for which he received a screen actors guild award. he is best recognized as detective ray curtis on nbc's "law and order." please welcome benjamin bratt. [applause] >> we thought it was very important tonight to recog