At that time around clement street. We call the Richmond District the New Chinatown in the 1980s at that time. Just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering San Francisco in the 1980s as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. I worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the Mental Health center in the richmond area Multi Services in the 1980s, and i was also a staff are at the Chinatown Youth Center i was also a staffer. A lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. Most recently, i have been teaching at San Francisco state. I ran the immigrant Rights Coalition in the city in the 1990s for several years. Im also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. Why did you choose to live in San Francisco . Supervisor mar a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most excitin
Dont squander that. We wanted to be a healthy mix that reflects the cultural history of the southeast part of the city. What are your thoughts on how the city can deal with the budget issue . We are in a very difficult time financially as a country, as a state, as a county. We have a multimilliondollar deficit. What i see is we have competing priorities. Ok. Theres a whole host of non profit and Service Organizations that provide a service and a social safety net for people. If people are not able theyre not making money to get on calworks, or they get on aid, we cut that aid, that has an adverse affect on a population that needs it. I would like to see the city continued to move in a direction where we are prioritizing when it comes to our budget, our budget strategy. I was fortunate enough to be named to the budget i was not fortunate enough to be named to the budget committee. I will exercise my voice to guide us through this precarious system. I think we need to have a serious conv
Tell us how this Program Began 20 years ago. The Program Began 20 years ago. Our founder was an environmentalist and an activist and an artist in the 1970s. She started these street sweeping campaigns in the city. She started with kids. They had an exhibition at city hall. City officials heard about her efforts and they invited her to this facility. We thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. Since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. How has the Program Changed over the years . How has the program what can the public has an artist engage with . For the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. Over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. Conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. That has really expanded the program out. It is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here.
Welcome, supervisor. Thank you for joining us. Tell us about your background where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. I am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. Very proud of that. I am also a born and raised district 2 residents. I grew up close to the palace of fine arts. My parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. I went to Grammar School at stuart hall in district 2. I went to high school in st. Ignatius. Im a very proud wildcat. I went to college at Loyola Marymount college in los angeles. I had a scholarship to play baseball down there. Ended up going to ireland and getting a masters degree at University College dublin. Came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. Spent three years in philadelphia. Came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney down at palo alto. I left after about three years and became an investment banker he
Hello. Welcome to meet your district supervisor. We are here with supervisor farrell from district2, which includes the marina, pacific heights, st. Cliff, and the neighborhoods surrounding the presidio. Supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. We will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. Welcome, supervisor. Thank you for joining us. Tell us about your background where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. I am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. Very proud of that. I am also a born and raised district 2 residents. I grew up close to the palace of fine arts. My parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. I went to Grammar School at stuart hall in district 2. I went to high school in st. Ignatius. Im a very proud wildcat. I went to college at Loyola Marymount college in los angeles. I had a scholarship to play baseball down there. Ended up going to ireland a