Transcripts For LINKTV Democracy Now 20151028 : comparemela.

Transcripts For LINKTV Democracy Now 20151028

This is an artist ive been teaching at city college i feel that Small Business could be gridlock helped by you know having more to help them we have some right now behalf murals in chinatown and a perp organized physician on grant avenue that helps tours of visitors to go to the shops many best in chinatown are a Small Business they have to most of Owners Limited english they only way to do it Small Business and i try very horde harrods to listen to them and see warehouse needs as well as chinatown that is really the heart of business. clapping. thank you very much mr. President wesson kin. I will start by having the government start cleaning up the streets their filthier than any time la declared a state of emergency and puts hundred millions into homelessness and do what supervisor campos is doing on our ballot prop j to give landlords and commercial businesses tax incentives if they enter into long term lease with businesses. Ms. Up tilly chang and then mrs. Pressing kin and sxheeshgs weve received a lot of questions from the people in the audience and online theyre concerned about schools and homelessness people on the street what specific thing will you do to keep the families in San Francisco. I think this is a chronic issue im a teacher and he taught grade school introduce clerk erica Major College and childcare is the number one care for women women with children have a hard time living in San Francisco were not Hermosa Beach to keep teachers in San Francisco theres a problems are housing, of course, nobody can afford to live in San Francisco now even with a big salary ill say women problems is mostly younger women in childcare and a lot of seniors including myself that you can we need need to have anymore spirit all issues i hope for that childcare and women and also monolingual speaking chinese. clapping. thank you. So i think housing is the fundamental issue relative to families taking a here what the stay has to do is increase the percentage of what we call inclusionary housing the city requirement about how much middleincome and e matrix and Affordable Housing people are to build on the when i was on the boards it was 15 percent now it is 12 percent the number is going down we know that after prop a of last year the Developers Like forest city and pier 70 are willing to build upward the thirty percent the middleincome and mirrored income folks in San Francisco this takes independence and that takes experience to stand up to the Development Community that is making plenty of money and still built housing with a higher percentage of middleincome housing it the politicians stand up clapping. so i think we all agree that housing is an issue weve not built developments in district 3 hopefully talk about housing as a separate issue and homelessness and streets cleaning are separate were working on all those things also for families transportation is a big issue and Pedestrian Safety i hear a lot about were working very hard on improving the intersections especially around schools but for me parks and libraries ive spent the last 20 years working on george and the north Beach Library and pool can we stop the time are were going to try to control audience. I appreciate you being courteous this is not polite and people are hit the ground running about libraries and playground ive spent 20 years not gnaws im a politician not because i got paid quite the opposite the families and seniors needed a place to play and swim and read and so i think that done probable the most for the families district over the past decade or so i cant wait for jody to open i hope to see you all later clapping all right. Our next question mr. Pressing kin and supervisor christensen and ms. Tilly chang. Lets talk about homelessness and what the city should wish doing about that. So i think Everybody Knows the numbers in the 6 and a half years ive been out of the office those numbers are increased remarkably there are in district 3 alone this year over last year a 27 percent increase i salute the mayor and mr. David i didnt in the Navigation Center in the anybodys in district 9 those needs to be expanded geographically and put your money where your mouth is the city of los angeles declared an emergency and doomentsdz hundred Million Dollars when i left office in 2009 it almost 9 billion we have the resources to address this and the resources to have more meth by these at the general and more nurses in the shelters and we have a place to be during the day not just shelters at night clapping. so when mr. President wesson kin come out of office of budget for homeless serves were slashed paurl because of the recession and the number of homeless have gone up but weve seen a huge mitigation in our district 8 hundred more people in the bay area so the number of Homeless People remains statistic but a lot of are in our district doesnt used to be here before i have 3 more people from the dunst doing connects with Homeless People and connecting them to services increased outreach from the Police Department and also wade through the thicket of services to try to figure out how to consolidate and streamline those so were providing Better Service at the lower costs i do agree we needed to put more money into housing and some case for permanent housing clapping. i want to talk about there is Homeless People in San Francisco chinatown especially they came out at portsmouth square the park is distancing used by the seniors and families sros and so they have to clear out somehow so the certificate of appropriateness chase them out in chinatown you have homeless monolingual chinese i do support mayors the recent the Navigation Center thank you. So we should do more in chinatown. clapping. thank you. All right. Our next question the said or done is sdmooishgs ms. Take the opportunity and mr. Pressing kin whether about San Francisco as a sanitary city. As aaron has tutored us 24 out the Central America politics in 1980 i certainly think we need to clarify the communications from our sheriffs to immigration but i really think that all the news to date to a sanitary of the shooting of poor kate steinle reed really is an administration question in a funny way tracks to homeless and car break in no way that Juan Francisco lopez a schizophrenia should have been brought to the city only not to be prosecuted and released into our streets with no income it was American People all automobile burglary to the firearm in in his possession a lot of administrative questions while we debate how best to have to sheriff communicate with investigations i. I had thoughts about the Police Officers leaving their guns in their cars it didnt happen if at the lock up the guns probably this person would not have gotten the guns to shoot so i other people surprised to see that the immigration officers and sheriffs and federal government Work Together this problem because we are hosting a lot of asian immigrants illegal from latin countries that is a complicated question and he would like to see more cooperation and more communication between the different agencies. clapping. so it goes without saying that Kate Steinles murder is a huge tragedy for this city as supervisor christensen said surveillance city policy actually came from the days of Dianne Feinstein at the behest of the Rothman Catholic arching dies during a period of time there was death squads in Central America and people fleeing Police Terror in cities around the south western part of this countrys adopted those laws if you were on the boards i will be gwen a panel the criminal Justice System exerts have communications there that policy that comes from a good place that i may need to be updated at the dawn of the 21st century weve been told by prosecutors that is the cause of Kate Steinles death it a little bit more complicated than that. The orders is ms. Tang and mr. Pressing kin and sxooishgs. What steps with you take to improve the inlaw unit legislation and would you support American People amendment to insure those are protected from airbnb homeless what steps would you taken to improve the inlaw units legislation and would you support an amendment to insure those new unit will be protected from becoming Airbnb Hotels and first of all, i support inlaw units as far as what steps to take it is tenants and the city hall because this is another very hot issue right now on airbnb and inlaw unit is part of it especially we have a dense population in chinatown and north beach and so on something that we have to look at it and ill not jump to say well, we should be able to convert inlaw units roadway. Thank you for the question ms. Jennings i authored a decade ago a secondary unit law unfortunately political time couldnt get past a 6 to 5 vote the www. Drnpa. Org lunch breaks in inlaw units walk in units and im delighted my successors david chiu and supervisor christensen and supervisor wiener were able to take that legislation off the she felt and get it passed having said that, that make no sense to create those units and allow them to become airbnb hotel rooms if you were on the boards i would have opposite side and voted for on amendment not to be used as shortterm rentals and an amendment not converted to condominiums those were meant to be Affordable Housing by design and i acknowledge that sxhooishs was able to subject them to rent control we were 90 in my day not do but if they can be turned into shortterm rentals clapping. were calling those things inlaw units but more likely to happen some of the big apartments rooms made for Storage Space whatever will adds those as existing apartment buildings their green and built into need buildings and more assessable and theyre going to be reynolds it means we can add potentially thousands of units of housing in our district in a position not to put the big burden of a highrise in the distributed the important thing here right now under excited law a person that owns a building and added one of the units is not allowed to rent that unit for airbnb it is not allowed now because only people who live in an apartment or house are allowed to rent it short term so if a landlord has the agreement with the tenant they want to rent out their couch that might happen but not rent out as stand alone units under the law clapping. next question well begin with mr. President wesson kin and supervisor christensen and ms. Take the opportunity and bus stops require the pears to cross who lines of traffic how will you make it easier for people to use. Is that a question about business or making traffic isles easier to assess. Take it anywhere and relative to the market i agree with dedicating it to travel it make sense hopefully the city will stand up to the tmc and turn it both a an uber marketplace as to travel it is about making sure that you have adequate timing for crosswalks snaelz and if people are saying there is not accurate timing letting let me or the mta know those can be adjusted. The good news a list last time 4 dozen projects of changes were making in the district to try to improve Pedestrian Safety a great new crosswalks broadway in front of the lady shay almost finished the mta has adjusted the timing on california and bay streets were working on those you if you know of intersections let us know good news a lot of new buses coming online not only empower efficient and cleaner but much easier to board and walk around weve dune dawn the lines in the district youll start seeing those thats one of the happy things were making improvements youve some of you noticed bulb outs on columbus to try to improve Pedestrian Safety on it street. clapping. for seniors crossing streets very did the times say adjusting the signals to allow more times for seniors to cross the street as far as Market Street in the more traffic i really like the ideas of having Market Street the way it is because it allows less traffic will have betterment to cross street. Thank you all right. The next order is supervisor christensen, ms. Tang and mr. Pressing kin has to do with is kink of San Francisco what will you do to help city college as for accreditation so keep to open and viable for everyone that wants to attend the accreditation in 2013 to come to compliance supervisor christensen. We can vote alex ralph onto the College Boards working hard to improve the conditions we know how important it is many of us aware of the struggles that took place when city college tried to expand to chinatown and there was a lot of controversy about where that was going to be mr. Sanchez plaids we have a supplement facility for that college instead of a single building it sufrdz from mass we saved one building but city college took it in the shorts ive been pleased to see the reports that things have stabled financially and likely the college will put out in one piece im glad for the limp that put it better on track clapping. well, i city college especially ocean campus a constant struggle i see a lot of teachers that are frustrated with the accreditation i want to see that city college has an easier time getting through this crisis it is really demoralizing we teachers and students so it is very, very hard i just cant say how much it real effects the faculty and students clapping. so first of all, ill commends on the other hand, our District Attorney Dennis Herrera and make sure our City Attorney has sufficient resources second of all ill do what i the fourth was champion prop a for sufficient funding including huge over experiencing in all instances back in the day when they wanted to knock down columbus and replace that with units when city college was michael the stakes and finally, theres voted for the person in a f d the faculty of city college and this is mike clapping. thank you. All right. Our next question in the orders is ms. Take the opportunity and mr. Pressing and supervisor christensen some people expressed San Francisco is a announcement park and other cars that go around do you have any thoughts and comments ms. Take the opportunity. I do forgot San Francisco number one industry is tourism we may not last week the busses but money coming in so i really have a lot of ideas about how to have a greener industry tourism is number 17 billion and i pioneered this issue on grant avenue and portsmouth square it attracts to going to shops only very little but i think it is something dont forget from the 1950s the arts and so much rich cult and might want Cultural Community we should look at it and see if we can promote the arts the green industry. The disney lands im worried about were outline worried about not about segues for photographers about losing our artists and losing our are curled deceptive our economic diversities about the increases evictions in this district a about the also have artists ill sxham the requirement that a space is required for nonprofits and for artists it is high time that San Francisco lead in if direction it is high time we protect the people who make that such a vibrant community im worried about that being a december necessary land everyone is super rich and an interesting place to live in are forced out clapping. a so im going to try to stick to answering the question how can we modulate the tourists to our district i hear about that a lot as a i said we provide bettered transportation and try to reduce the trips it is better we need to control the buses my predecessor chiu took steps weve investigated to try to keep the busses off the smaller residential streets safety not only for us but for them we have a new Ambassador Program that is taking place at the foot of lamc barred people during the day to keep unblocked roadway and take care of their valuables and programs to me e telling people not to leave valuables in their cars so far as the nonprofits were adding nonprofit space in the district and my time is up thank you. clapping. well, lets talk about housing for the next question ill explain why were to go be mr. President wesson kin and supervisor and ms. Take the opportunity so two things so well start with one please explain happens to prevent to be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars eviction please explain Farmers Market ellis act evicts. My track reader ive had 2005 pieces of legislation about a bosses were aimed at protecting the tenants similar legislation speculators around the ellis act if you use an ellis act eviction youll not be eligible to condo our property in the next 10 years this saw a large reductions in

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