mayor willy lewis brown. let's hear it for him, please. >> good morning to each and every one of you. were you pleased with what i chose for london to wear today? doesn't she look good? that is outrageous, outrages. she reminded me that the outfit she is wearing was my age. (laughter). i didn't like that either. we are here, obviously, we do this always as the mayor says to remind people who we really are, and believe me we have been doing this for so many years. when i was first running for mayor. he said something about a fountain. i had no idea what it was. it was no fountain. it was offensive and what have you. there was a fellow working for me named ed lee. i said if you want to keep your job, you get that god damn fountain working. he went on to be the mayor and the fountain still works. there is a guy assigned to do nothing except make sure that water is running if i pass that fountain. i love that. that reflects the ingennowty of this -- ingenuity of this city. when donna shows up and gets out dressed

to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being underst

the total number of democrats running is 20, willie brown says that is just too many candidates. >> ate point you have to cut the herd you just can't have all of these nothings, so to speak, i don't mean anything personal about anyone. all i know is, if you can't win a state or have some unique reason why you are running, if you don't have an unlimited access to resources and money, if you do not have access to people who are talented enough to give you a advice or counsel you ought to get off of the stage. >> reporter: joe biden and bertie sanders leading the pack a recent poll shows harris right behind sayers sanders tied at 7%. a fund-raising number for january through march of this year tell a similar story although biden has not begun fundraising sanders is leading with $18 million, harris has 12 million followed by o'rourke. melissa kane, kpix 5. >> the president's reelection campaign said it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of the year which is a bit more than bernie sanders and harris combined. >> harris has released 15 years of tax returns in a move to help he

he has a photographic memory, but willie brown, the city will never be able to repay him. i wanted to bring up the notre dame fire in paris. you know, when they showed the firefighters who made a conscious decision to risk their lives to defend this structure, that tells you something about firefighters. it's one thing when you risk your life to save a human, but it's another thing when you risk your life -- and they were risking their lives to save this structure. i think it says a lot about the type of person that is a firefighter. that was quite remarkable, and it moved me when i saw it was happening. they weren't ordered to do it, they voluntarily saved most of it. so that was it. i wanted to throw that out there how wonderful that was. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. commissioner alioto veronese. >> commissioner veronese: thank you very much. commissioner hardeman reminded me of the fire in paris. that was an historical fire, something once in a lifetime we see, and i was wondering if they had needed or we had offered any resources to

we worked to turn around and name that centre after mayor willie brown. it's a little tiny safehaven. she went on to do so many things and left the clear project and went to the tinderloin and she brought me and sharon as others have said, she would call you up and ask you things, she would tell you what you were going to do. she called me and said, i started this programme where you'll sponsor someone for christmas. this is a family who doesn't have the money to buy their child a charges present. christmas present. i said, ok, tell me where to show up and that's what i did and that's what i did for a few years working for him. i have come to see what an impact it's made just having a present on christmas day. sharon was involved in so many things, you could go on and on for hours but the fact she dedicated herself and truly gave her life. she gave her life to this city and to the people that she was committed to. so it was a blessing. it was a true blessing to know sharon hewitt and i'm just honoured and i want to say that to her daughter and all of the

work that she did in public housing, getting people registered to vote and helping to elect mayor willie brown and for awhile, i would think that sharon was an exaggerator. i did. i really did. but i came to realize she wasn't expert rating abouexaggerating . she was involved in so many aspects of so many people's lives and she was telling the truth and used that truth in such a way to make positive change. the work that i was able to do with her was we built the first round and name that centre after mayor willie brown. it's a little tiny safehaven. she went on to do so many things and left the clear project and went to the tinderloin and she brought me and sharon as others have said, she would call you up and ask you things, she would tell you what you were going to do. she called me and said, i started this programme where you'll sponsor someone for christmas. this is a family who doesn't have the money to buy their child a charges present. christmas present. i said, ok, tell me where to show up and that's what i did and that's what i did for a few years working for him. i have come to see

.>>> kpix 5 at mayor willie brown if there's a such a thing as exoneration and politics. when it comes to these investigations. >> i'm telling you if you have to say i've been exonerated, 90% of the people have no idea what you mean. anytime you use a word with that many symbols in it, so to speak, you've got a problem. you've got to keep it really simple. so don't say exonerated. say i've not been charged. >> came over was the thing. >> is a game over? >> even adam schiff says even if it is not criminal we have to expect more from the president for not being a criminal. there are ethical issues here. >> he advised that trump is running for reelection. as far as he concerned, it is over. game is over because now, adam and all of us who are democrats have got every day, try to keep stirring the pot. we don't have the investigation that might be coming. we have investigation that is gone. and nobody got indicted except the cats that pleaded guilty and are in jail. it is not a bad arrangement. >> for democrats. >> he lost a huge platform. every day he woke up and railed agai

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saturday, april 6, there's a public safety town hall meeting that will be taking place at willie brown middle school from 10:00 a.m. to noon. you'll be able to hear from supervisor walton and just what the overall safety plan is in district ten. actually after that from 12:00 until 4:00, there's a war against guns march taking place starting at the bayview district opera house. >> president hirsch: yes, commissioner dejesus? >> commissioner dejesus: we went on this cesar chavez march and made our presence known. >> president hirsch: okay. next item. [agenda item read]. >> president hirsch: anything from the commissioners? yes, commissioner dejesus? >> commissioner dejesus: so i think i talked with commissioner hamasaki, yes, and -- i was talking to jennifer fredenbach regarding the presentation on the hsoc -- >> healthy streets -- >> commissioner dejesus: yeah, healthy streets operations, and they'd like to do a similar presentation. they do have a presentation from u.c. berkeley researchers that they did provide to the board of supervisors, and so i was wondering if we could schedule

on march 7th 1999, metallica was inducted into the san francisco hall of fame and willie brown proclaimed day the official metallica day. it is among to be one of the most artistically innovative, the recipient of 15 grammy awards, the san francisco tiffany presents more than 220 concerts and presentations annually, and it -- in its home of davies symphony hall, the bay area, entering nationally and internationally. the san francisco music director has led the orchestra to new heights for the past 24 years and is constantly pushing the boundaries of what a symphony arcus truck and be in the 21st century. now another surprise. with us here today, please welcome to the stage from metallica, and from the san francisco symphony these amazing artists. [applause]. [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] >> it is way past my bedtime. we have a question and answer period with our performers for that first show. once again, let's hear it from metallica and the assistant -- and the san francisco orchestra. my question is to larsen. i have to ask you, what does it mean to play back in the bay area, and specifically her

. >>> phil and i asked former mayor willie brown about what he sees are the difference between democraticdidates for president. >> a question on the democratic side. already, one of the first issues is whether or not the boston bomber should be aloud to vote? i mean, where is this democratic primary going? is this going to be about beating trump or out doing each other on whatever pop issue pops up? i don't one of the good things about biden entering the race, he will be the shield to stop people from continuously running toward bernie. the business of allowing the boston bomber to vote was a bernie deal. because bernie brought that up. nobody in his right mind would put that in the mix if you are trying to win the presidency. you may have the philosophy that you have a criminal record and you are in jail, you ought to be able to vote. but you don't say that when you are trying to get somebody from indiana to vote for you. are you kidding me? >> sometimes in the bay area we see where there is a lot of politicians, on policies, is that the differences between the candidates start lacking s

former california greg davis, formal state senator john burton and former san francisco mayor willie brown jr., among many others. he was a mainstream for many political complains. and civic causes. what i loved most is the way he brought positivity to the work and people around him. i will miss running into him here at city hall or out in the field where he could outpace anyone out there volunteering or canvassing. francisco is survived by his wife of over 50 years, ivy shae and his son thomas su-shae and alexander shae and daughter, as you know is francis shae who is also an equally energetic workhorse in the community. so i believe both leo, thomas, and francis are here today in the chamber. i want to thank you for sharing your father with us. our hearts and prayers are with your family during this time. not supervisor peskin. >> thank you, president. i wanted to add my words about francisco. i met him in late '90'snes's ins restaurant on washington street, upstairs with the chinese club would meet and a few years later i ran for supervisor, when was one of the first folks to support me

phil matier and i asked willie brown about the presidential candidates. is there enough room for all of them? >> at some point you got to cut the herd. you can't have all of these nothing so to speak and i don't mean anything personal about any one of them. all i know is if you can't prove you can win a state if you don't have some unique reason why you're running, if you don't have an unlimited access to resources and money, if you don't have access to people who are talented enough to give you advice and counsel. >> now more on that tomorrow morning at 6 a.m. right here on kpix5. >>> authorities aren't taking any chances ahd this weekend officials are beefing up security for the famous marathon, about 7 thousand law enforce. officials will be on duty and e to attend monday's big event. it marks six years since three people were killed and hundreds more injured when two bombs went off near the finish line. >>> and fisher price is now recalling all models of that popular rock and play infant sleeper. since 2009 more than 30 infant fatalities occurred in t

willie brown has a single choir taught about a security guard, balboa has two taught by a math teacher. overall programming is inconsistent, nonsequential and fails to begin students on a developmental pathway. because of inequity inaccess, many freshman show up day one, having never sung in a choir or seen sheet music, furthermore, this means east side middle schoolers lack the vocal requirements to have a vocal try out in the vocal art does. every secondary site needle sequential vocal and instrumental music. use the 2.3 million to fund sequential programming. thank you for taking a deeper look into what i've experienced as a serious miss on behalf of vapa and the district. [applause] >> good evening. i'm peter goverton. elementary music teacher for 31ers i can't. i grew up in pre-prop 13. i saw the diversity of culture respected in music, art, dance and drama programs sequentially all the way from kindergarten, and i was happy to march with tom ammiano on prop h. i was thinking it was going to come back, and 76.8 million, and it has never come back. i want to tell you, i've never he

he just completed the open space for the city's master plan, and i was working for willie brown at the time. he came to me and said, would we sponsor -- would we sponsor the candlestick state recreational area to be made a state park? it was just open space at the time. we took it to the legislature. the guy who was director of the parks informed us there was no place for urban parks in the system, if you can imagine. anyways, that was while -- he got his comeuppance. >> it was the first of many. the other thing that alan had came up with was this idea of having a lot more parks and trying to get parks in high need to neighborhoods, which were the minority neighborhoods, especially a category called waterfront hilltops and other spaces. we met for a year and dorothy's living room. we were coming up with an idea to create a special tax tax set-aside called the open space fund. that is how that came into being we went on the ballot, and it didn't pass the first time, and i was very surprised because it did not pass in most of the high needs neighborhoods, so i went out and i had context

. >>> we asked former san francisco mayor willie brown, what is the story with joe biden?> obviously, you grabbed the name already. it was provided by trump. the fact that biden is in the race is a relief for all of us who are democrats. we have been praying to get him in there to offset the appearance of bernie, and it ought to happen beautifully. the two of those old guys going at each other is just going to make it wonderful for people to judge for, lahore is, they can't wait. >> we will have more on that tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock right here on kpix5. >>> cooper revealing new details ahead of its public debut. the san francisco bay ridesharing service says it plans to sell 180 million shares. the opening stock-price expected between $44 and $50 per share. the company is being valued at between 80.$5 billion and $91 billion, lower than previous estimates. they also revealed that paypal plans to buy $500,000 in stock. they will go public in early may. >>> meantime the san francisco- based work messaging platform slack is taking the next step in filing to go public. it

. >>> phil matier and i asked san francisco mayor willie brown about the fight on the molar report. >> you are dealing with political reactions by politicians to a political situation. there is no way you could've expected them to do otherwise. they would have considered it not loyal to their party if they did anything to make bill clinton's life any more difficult than it was. >> the grounds for doing it, the reason they gave for why they voted against making it public as they said the president should get a sneak preview. you get to look at it for 24 hours or more and maybe even write a rebuttal and include that with the report. that was their argument. and nobody, not even republicans are asking for that this time around. >> you said you could not expect politicians to do that. so it's hypocrisy 101. >> absolutely. understand that, keep in mind that's who i am. i am a politician. through all 85 years of my life, including the ones i didn't even know about. and so, my reaction, in any situation, usually starts with, how does it affect my friends, my relatives, and my party? then i s