controller and the elections director see really in extra costs and the costs you would see are those that would be associated with any enhanced voter participation in any election and that s a good thing. we also want to make sure we re protected against fraud. in learning from the other eight states and the district of columbia in how they have enacted this we believe we re well poised technologically and administratively to make sure there will be no added costs and fraud. thank you. if for more information, please visit the league of women volters web state at sfvotes.org and remem there are seven members of the health service board which oversees the city s health service system. the health service system offers medical and dental benefits to officers, employees, and retirees of the city, the school district, and the community college district. currently four of the seven members of the health service board are elected by beneficiaries of the health service system.
san francisco is the only city in the country without a single part time driving the inability to require overtime, that will free up dollars that can be plowed back into service and that will benefit all drivers and even if you don t ride muni, having an improved muni certainly benefits the san francisco economy and infrastructure. up next, we ll speak with an opponent of proposition g. now i m here with mr. irwin lum of the transport workers local 250 a and an opponent of proposition g. why do you oppose proposition g? i think first of all there is no question that muni is not functioning properly and needs major improvements but i think proposition g does nothing to improve service or fix immuney. the prop ontse fix muni. the prop ontse say it will but it does nothing to make the service more efficient or even make management more coonlt accountable. within the agency we have a bloated, top-heavy layer of management who is ineffective, not accountable and basically
believe it s our job to do everything web to try to enhance participation in our election system. eight states and the district of columbia over the last eight eight years have adopted same-day voter registration and all have demonstrated that there is real added value and benefit, no debt riments, no negatives for increasing and encouraging, motivating soter interest and registration. 3% to 7% is the average voter turnout. that s important to san francisco because we have a lot of participation but in the last 10 elections 37% has been the average. that s pretty low considering the expense we often afford in administering these elections. so with the proof of the other states that have shown all the positives, we went to the secretary of state s office and our own director of elections to make sure would this work well for san francisco and the answer is thumbs up. so i m happy we ll pursuing this. i believe california will follow suit but good for san francisco for being
voting on on november 2. proposition g is a measure that would eliminate the current method of determining union operator measures by a set formula and instead use collective bargaining agreement and binding arbitration and make additional changes to the rules for m.t.a. employees. i m here with san francisco supervisor dufty: san francisco sean else bernd. can you tell me why you support this pop proposition? sure. right newspaper they are the only group of city employees who have their pay set by charter. by taking the guarantee out of the charter we will ensure a fair and even playing ground when we negotiate contracts and that is to the beven the riders. it is not fair in a climate like this. we raise fares, cut service, yet our drivers because of the charter received a 5.5% pay raise. it s just not equitable and we need the change. ok. if proposition g were to pass how would it impact san francisco citizens? it will impact san francisco citizens by improvin
currently is 13.5%. it s projected to increase to nearly 30% in the next five years. the city cannot sustain these pension costs. a yes vote on proposition b will send a clear message to public officials that the obligations in the future must be addressed today. thank you. thank you, mr. weber. and thanks to you the viewer. i hope this conversation has been informative about proposition b. for more information check out the league s web site at sfvotes.org and be sure you in 2006, san francisco voters passed a declaration of policy that the mayor should appear at least monthly at a board of supervisors meeting. 56% of the voters favored the measure. 44% rejected it. in 2007, the voters defeated the proposition to change the charter to make the mayor s appearance mandatory with 51% of the voters against the measure and 49% in favor. proposition c asks voters to reverse their 2005 decision. proposition c is a charter amended that would require the mayor to appear in person