my favorite story about john is one that willie brown told me.said one of john's constituents lived a message and john called the constituent back. the constituent made her case. then she heard from john. at the end of the conversation, she called willie brown and said, i just got the worst conversation from john burton. he we -- he used words whenever use. and he said, you should be thrilled he called you back. [laughter] with that, i would like to introduce to you the honorable john burton. [applause] >> does anybody ever believe anything willie brown ever tells them? [laughter] i do not. anyway, thank you, mark. anyway, it is a pleasure and honor to be here as a guy who grew up in the sunset and spend an awful lot of time in the park. and have nancy pelosi in between john f. kennedy and martin luther king, jr., is not a bad place to be. i would like to say that. [applause] and that is, for those of us that follow hockey, that is a real hat trick, but 25 years ago, a little bit more, when we were involved in a congressional campaign. i think we

we have willie brown and gavin newsom to talk about same-sex marriage. >> gov. y brown says the state's budget deficit is much worse than expected. >> it is nearly twice the previous estimate that in january. he is blaming the federal government and the courts for blocking billions of dollars in cuts. he says past budget gridlock in sacramento has forced him to go to the voters. >> we can't fill the whole of this magnitude with cuts alone without doing severe damage to our schools which is why i am by passing gridlock in asking the people of california to approve a plan that avoids cuts to schools and public safety >> the governor is asking voters to approve a ballot measure in november that would raise income taxes 1-3% on higher earners. it would also increase the sales tax by a quarter percent. an update on the missing transit authority worker from tracy. he was found, he had died in a car crash. officers found his car down an embankment yesterday. officers confirm the car does belong to 63 year-old ray hassle. he was last seen on thursday leaving his job in s

with that, i like to invite former mayor willie brown and also the supervisors, please join us on thef the witness and of the signing of the proclamation for this year imposed a celebration of the asian pacific heritage month. and supervisor cohen, come on up as well. [applause] >> with that, it is official, asian pacific heritage month is on. thank you, mayor li and everyone that came out to help with the signing of the proclamation. they are the cumulative efforts of the asian pacific heritage celebration committee. please welcome the founder and chairman of the heritage celebration committee. you did not get to rest at all, come on back. >> thank you for being here. thank you for joining us. i know it is a little tough right now, but when you have a chance, look around you and look at the people sitting around you. you can see the diversity of our city. it is very diverse with over 50 ethnic groups, and how we can see the vibrant fabric of our communities, and i will take this opportunity again for thinking the whole of our members and elected officials bringing ideas together. we

senator feinstein, agnos, jordon, willie brown who may be joining us, with mayor newsom, and now with our great leader, mmirror -- mayor lee, i have had the privilege of working with these mayors. that would not be possible without the work of so many of you here. some of us were on a trip to liberia for our colleague who is newly deceased, but this was several years ago. he was being honored. there were a barrel -- building a library in his name at the african methodist episcopal church in monroevia, liberia. it was boiling hot. there must have been 18 or 20 speakers. everybody that got up named every speaker before him and everyone else in the room. one of the people got up there and said, to all of the

with that, i like to invite former mayor willie brown and also the supervisors, please join us on thef the witness and of the signing of the proclamation for this year imposed a celebration of the asian pacific heritage month. and supervisor cohen, come on up as well.

>> you can, if he does not mind. -- we still call you mayor. >> thank you, mayor willie brown. it is an honor to be with you on this occasion. it is very appropriate to name a facility after george and charlotte. san francisco is home for many important people, but none made as great a contribution to our country as george shultz. charlotte has given great service to our city and our state. i believe all year extend a great thanks to them for their great services to our country, to california, and to san francisco. i would like to complement our city for recognizing at them in this manner -- i would like to compliment our city for recognizing the - manner. thank you very much. [applause] that of mayor -- >> mayor lee, the time has come. join me and proceed to do the dedication of horseshoe drive, which has been dedicated by the opera house board in honor of george and charlotte schulz. mayor lee: it is my pleasure joining all of you to announce this dedication on behalf of our city, on behalf of the war memorial, dedicating this carriageway to be charlotte and george shultz way

day two, he had plot -- lunch with willie brown. on day three guitar chords him again. the decision was made to call the police. then we get our district attorney. they end up with tainted evidence. he has to strike a deal to get it out. that is done properly. and then passes on to the mayor. here again i believe we have the influence of willie brown where they were at supper with their wives. it he said that you would have to dismiss the mayor. all of this is to deprive the people of the decent sheriff who was the champion of the people. >> i respect how difficult this is going to be for you to make. the thing that is clear is misconduct. i hear people making accusations that have not been found dead. if a man loses his job because he makes a mistake, it is a poor day in america when the cycle of abuse is continued by depriving them and his ability to provide for his family. [applause] >> good evening. i work at san francisco general. my first meeting, wait for me. i do not even remember what we were marching for. wait for me. what a great guy. he has shown me what an

yes, willie brown, the fire chief, all these issues, and can he get the same treatment? what is with this man that everybody is going berserk about it. the other issue is an election. who is supporting honewho and te election? all these issues in our mind, please be fair and take it into consideration. thank you. [applause] >> i am here in support of his family. i worked very hard to get this man elected as sheriff. for you guys to try to reverse that, because this is a witch hunt. the mayor's guy did not win. he needs to admit this guy did not win and let the people in the jails who are going to suffer the most from not being where he was supposed to be, so i hope you relate take this into consideration and to dobecause o be honest, and you were put in here to be fair, and it should not matter who put you here. it is about fairness. [applause] >> my name is francisco, and i have known mr. ross mirkarimi for a long, long time. i have heard nothing about ethics in all of the deliberations and all of the questioning. the attorneys here, as is -- as if this is a perry mason

i would like to know when the willie brown model will be installed on polk street, north of broadway?>> the question, could you repeat the question? >> i would like to know when the willie brown model of newspaper racks are going to be installed on polk street, north of california? >> what is it? >> fancy new newspaper racks, the green ones. >> i think mayor lee and i share the desire of many neighborhoods to get more of these racks. i would like to turn it over to mohammed nuru from dpw over whether you know the timing for this section of polk street? >> thank you, good evening. as you know, we just finished installing all the racks in the downtown area. that was an agreement. gradually, we are working out agreements with the various neighborhoods. i cannot give a definite time, but i would say in the next three months or so we should have those up. [applause] >> is john here? i will give you the question. why are you putting through only 10 lateral police officers and 50 entry-level officers this fiscal year? 50 lateral officers better on the list would be more cost- effective. this