gentlemen how about ryan dance? love them. they already body. they their elementary school children as well as all the way

through high school. they're all volunteers. they live here in san francisco. thank you. see what i mean? five years old. giveaway giveaway. thank you, lion dance me. thank you for coming today. i'm jianyang a hero and i'm delighted and honored. to serve as your emc this afternoon. as i mentioned this is going to be a dynamite program. i mean, you're just going to be so uplifted as i am , so we will definitely hear from. of course, our brand new district attorney, brooke jenkins. yeah, we can have it loud and clear, loud and clear. and speaking of the jenkins family. i understand there about 100 of you in the audience, right? let's hear from you. and thank you for braving the weather. um, i'm from hawaii and

in hawaii. we say that rain is a blessing from the gods. so we are very well blessed. alright just start our program off. i'd like you all to welcome a dynamite singer. her name is flora hui. she just graduated from the university of san francisco. her degree was in biology and chemistry, really smart person and i'm going to ask you to all stand, please. okay. here she is. come on, everybody. jones. yeah. come on. thank you. yes. so as i

mentioned, you will hear from her personally. so thank you. thank you for coming. and then i'm going to ask you to please stay standing. please please, please stay standing because we're going to hear from flora. as i mentioned. she's a graduate of the university of san francisco and biology and chemistry really smart, but she's going to sing our national anthem. please give a warm welcome to flora. we. sounds kid. can you use. by the . songs the okay. who wants so pretty? only we held at the

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the. and the whole. fabulous. thank you. thank you. and now and yes, please be seated. please. thank you so much. i would all love for you to welcome a very gifted musical artist. his name is dani williams. and yes, he did compete in american idol. but he's on louisiana. but he's making his home right here in

san francisco here to sing the black national anthem, please welcome to the stage. donny williams. thank you. i brought my music with me. do it. yes. thank you. yeah. mm. lived every voice and sing. tell her button

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williams. you have lifted all of us. thank you. thank you. okay we're feeling really excited now. and so thank you. dani lifted our spirits today and now i'd like you all to please welcome to the stage. reverend ishmael birch. he is with the saint andrew missionary baptist church right here in san francisco. and he will lead us in prayer. so please welcome reverend birch. oh, what a day. what a day to pray. let the lord have his way. we thank god because he has answered our prayer. we prayed and we ask god

to give us a d. a as brook jenkins. amen. and let let me get you to understand for your consideration. i pray to jesus christ. but any other faith. that's in the in the building. today we recognize that and we do respect. whoever you worship and whoever you praise. amen. let us pray. our father in heaven. all wise and almighty god, it's again that we come. and we come thanking you, lord for hearing us when we pray. we lift you up and we give you glory, lord, and we want to thank you for the swaying in of our d a. d. a jenkins. oh, god. give her that script that she needs and when she's criticized or god be with him, hold the hand. we pray because we know you are god beside the heels in the world and reminded of solomon. oh god. when he was sworn in, and he became the great king that he was, and you asked him, you say, solomon,

whatever you want, ask, and i would give it and then he didn't ask for riches and silver and gold, but he asked you to give him understanding how the lead your people. give the a that give it an understanding. because she gonna stand for justice and she gonna stand for what's right. be with our we prayed walk with her when the violence are low, when, when despairs all around, walk with old guard and talk to him. we pray and we have forever will lift you up, lord and then bless the family blessed her husband and the children of god. keep them, strong lord because we love them, and we know that you love them, too. and then we thank you for giving us the san francisco. oh, lord, we need her in time. times like these, so we glorify your name. we lift you up. and we say thank you, lord. and when the rest of the world say what happened? we're going to say god did it. god did it. god did it. amen amen. god bless

god bless we're in. thank you so much for your blessing. and now to sing if i can help somebody favorite song by the way of the late martin luther king. today it will be sung by wanda holland green, who just happens to be the head of the hammond school right here in san francisco. please welcome. wander holland green. come on out. if i okay? and head help so.

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wanda holland green. thank you. she is not just a brilliant educator, but she is a woman of song. and now. a very special treat for all of you. vice president kamala harris sent a letter to our district. attorney brooke jenkins, and you can see it in the back of your programs . it's right in the back of your programs. and to read at we'd like to welcome on stage brooklyn. brooklyn, jenkins. she is six years, young. she is brooks daughter. so if you'd like to read along with her. again. she's in the first grade, and she's a brilliant reader. take a look at the back of your programs. here's the letter and

please welcome. brooklyn jane cannons are she is does. hmm. dear this attorney drink it. i. hmm. dear district attorney jenkins. i send you my warmest congratulations on your recent election to serve. invest san francisco dish your attorney i am proud to watching. continue break the barriers serving as an example to other young women across the nation that their dreams can be realized. well you may be one of the first, but you

lose certainly not be the last. throughout your career. as a public servant, you have tackled tough issues such as enhancing public safety, where remaining committed to criminal justice reform. i took forward here. i look forward to hearing about your continued work on these issues. i hope you take tremendous pride in your accomplishments. i join your family, friends and community and celebrating you. as you take this oath of public service sincerely, vice vice president carmela here, it.

she maybe six years young, but she's getting ready to be president of the united states for sure. and now to administer the oath of office to brooke, please welcome, of course, the honorable united states senator alex padilla, plus i want to welcome on stage. no we're not gonna bring the husband. no. okay. this is live tv. everybody you know, we go with the flow. this is live tv. alright once again, i'm going to say please welcome the honorable united states senator alex padilla. thank you so much, but i feel like i've been set up. to follow brooklyn jenkins. one more random applause, please. great

job. great job. well good afternoon, everybody. it is truly a privilege for me to be back here in san francisco and in the beautiful herbs theater and to share with all of you, and especially you. this historic day. um a place with back with mayor breed. uh stay controller malia cohen and so many state and local leaders here for this very special occasion. and it is my honor. to administer the oath of office. for the 31st district attorney of san francisco, brooke jenkins. random applause. everybody. now the first time amendment brooke was. not too

long ago, and it was just across the street as we gather on another historic day in san francisco. historic for the nation. we gather with mayor braid and other group of officials at the time on the front steps of city hall to celebrate the passage in the senate. of the respect for marriage act. which finally cut ified. absolutely. which finally caught ified into federal law. protections for same sex and enter racial marriages in the united states. it was a fitting introduction. meeting brooke at an event marking a historic victory. to overcome injustice in america. and so when brooke

first extended the invitation for me to join her today, of course that was honored and humbled to play a role. in this chapter of san francisco's history. i'm also excited because brooke and i share a common bond. this past november. thanks a lot of you. i was proud to become the first latino elected to represent california in the united states senate. and we all know that, among other first we celebrate today. brooke jenkins will be the first latina and the second black woman elected as district attorney in san francisco. so in a city.

that it's not just diverse but a city where diversity is embraced and celebrated. and then a state that is not just diverse but a state where diversity is embraced and celebrated. we know that it can be frustrating times to see. lack of representation in government. at all levels, frankly. and as brooke can tell you and i can tell you it's especially concerning when such a large percentage of victims of crime are people of color. that's part of the reason why her advocacy her candidacy. and her swearing in today are both historic and important. because representation matters having a seat at the table matters, and brooks surely knows the weight of that responsibility. she is a

proud daughter of a black mother and a latino father. her father , an immigrant from el salvador , who is here with us today. but she not, hmm. but she knows what it's like to grow up. and a working family. raised by a single mom. she's had family members with the experiences on both sides of the courtroom. and importantly, sh knows what it's feels like for communities of color to not see themselves represented. and in turn. the promise of what a diverse multicultural democracy and justice system can and should be. that was a kid growing up in pacoima, california and the northeast san fernando valley. i remember what it was like for me. and from my sister and my

brother to walk past. drug deals. and gang violence. on our way to school. and what it took for our parents to organize with other parents in the community. to take our neighborhood back. what i learned from them. and their example is that if you want to make change, if you want to see change in your community, you can't wait for others to come around and do it. you got to stand up. you got organized and you gotta make the change. and i know that's why brooke got involved because she cares about those parents hoping for her kids to feel safe going to school and to thrive in education. or for the communities of color here and temperance tisco and beyond, who shouldn't have to worry about being targeted. because of who they are. throughout her career she had demonstrated commitment

not only to demanding justice in all its forms, but to protecting the city and the people of san francisco. and i'm so filled with joy that she brings that experience and that energy and positive outlook to the city. and the county that deserves it so much. so brooke today with some big challenges ahead. for you and for us. i know that sam francisco is counting on you. california. is watching you. and i'm so excited. to see what's next. so congratulations. once again, ladies and gentlemen with that it is my honor to administer the oath of office. to your district attorney. approach jenkins. her husband, daniel. now come on up. daniel

joining brooke for these swearing in, please welcome husband, daniel. you know what you're doing? yeah. please repeat after me. i state your name. i broke jenkins do solemnly swear, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california and the constitution of the state of california against enemies against all enemies, foreign and domestic, foreign and domestic. i will bear true faith and allegiance that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. to the same. take this obligation freely. i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion

well and faithfully discharge and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter the duties upon which i am about to enter during such time as during such time as as the district attorney for the city and county of san francisco. as i serve as the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. ladies ladies and gentlemen. give it up, bro. she earned this . ladies and gentlemen, flowers,

flowers. please welcome our. san francisco. cisco district attorney brooke jenkin. good evening. thank each and everyone of you for being here. i did not get to this day alone. it was a result of a hard working team. and most importantly, you, the voters. san franciscans who made their voices loud and clear that they want a district attorney committed to balancing accountability with much needed reform and to serving you and this great city. thank you for entrusting me to do this job. it's an honor of a lifetime. i

want to thank senator alex padilla. for taking time out of his very busy, bicoastal schedule. to give me the honor of swearing me in tonight. it is hard to believe. that at this point in history, he is only the first latina. to represent our great state in the u. s senate. but i thank you, senator for being a trailblazer and for your service to this state and to this country. thank you. jan for being an amazing emcee tonight. i also want to thank mayor breed. and the elected and non elected members of city and state government who are here tonight. thank you for your support and your dedication. to representing san francisco and the state of california. thank you to the neighboring county d a s who i see that are here and

any judges that are in attendance as well. i also want to take this opportunity to thank my campaign manager j two who was here tonight. fearlessly ran her first political campaign and pushed me across the finish line. she really was the boss. and the many volunteers who made phone calls. text bank knocked on doors, held signs and walked with me through many, many neighborhoods in san francisco, and to those who donated and hosted house parties. thank you from the bottom of my heart. to my staff. both the executive team who i know is seated over here. to the many attorneys, paralegals, investigators, victim advocates staff who let me tell you make sure that we can present our evidence in

court every day. and everyone else in the d a s office. thank you for your dedication to this office into this city. you are the true champions of justice. last but but most importantly, i want to thank my family and friends who have stood by me and supported me through what has been quite the whirlwind of the past year. to my mother. who raised me. and showed me grit. perseverance and what true work ethic is. thank you. she retired from being a high school guidance counselor to be a full time grandmother to my children. she has offered my children love, guidance and stability through the many changes in mommy's career. to my husband. who is the most private person i

know. thank you for supporting me in this very public role. and to my children, brooklyn and judah. thank you for sharing mommy with san francisco. and for giving me the biggest hugs at the end of long and sometimes difficult days. a year ago. i could not have have imagined standing before you as the san francisco district attorney. it was a confluence of events that led not just me, but us to this point. unfortunately it was the downward spiral in public safety here in san francisco and where it collided with ideology that led our city to call for change. what everyone in this room and even those beyond it knew was that we did not have to compromise our liberal and

progressive identities for the right to feel safe. that accountability. could coexist with criminal justice reform. on july 8th. when i began this role , we all stood together hopeful. for building a safer and better san francisco. as a black and latino woman. i will be honest. i never pictured myself. holding this office or any other i was raised by a single mother, who was a 21 year old college student when i was born she was raised by a 21 year old single mother, who grew up in the segregated south as one of 11 children. my father born and raised in war torn el salvador was here on student visa. when my mother got pregnant. he ultimately returned to el

salvador after finishing his education. for much of my youth. i was keenly aware of working hard not to become a statistic. as so many children of color raised in single family households are often expected and perceived to be while my parents had little income little in common other than going to the same university, both of their families shared one core value. education. my grandparents and all salvador gave their children everything they had to allow them to receive a great education. for my mother's family despite being black. and in a small town in texas educated in segregated schools. education was key. my grandmother had brothers who are a doctor. a lawyer. a physicist. in a city councilman. she had. more than one sister that was a registered nurse. receiving their education from some of the

best hbcu historically black colleges. in this country like howard and tuskegee. i watched my mother who left college when i was born. return and finish her degree when i was 10 years old, spending many nights in a college classroom with her much was expected of us, despite whatever circumstances life threw at us. well i knew that i wanted to become a lawyer. i never intended to become a prosecutor. it never crossed my mind. being black in america. you don't under any circumstances trust law enforcement. or the criminal justice system. you see, it's brokenness up close and personal. it was a loss of justice for me that led me to this critical role eight years ago. and i don't mean a loss of justice as a victim of crime. or as a family member of someone

accused of a crime. but rather the loss of my son justice that took me down this path. i had no idea. when we chose his name. that justice would become something that i would fight for daily as a prosecutor, and now as your district attorney. i truly believe that through justice's death, i was called to do this work. but at this point in time. to fight for those who need and deserve justice in this criminal justice system. to provide just results. in cases for both victims. defendants. in our overall community. as prosecutors. we serve a core function in this city and county. the function is to promote public safety and to ensure that outcomes in our criminal justice system are fair and appropriate. this is a duty and obligation that we must not forsake. when i was sworn in after my appointment, i outlined

priorities very openly. which included doing everything in our power. to stop the open air drug markets. that are plaguing our city working to address violence that was targeting our api community particular, particularly the elders. as well as institute and maintain important reforms in this system to decrease disparate treatment of people of color, especially in this system. over the past six months, we began to make considerable progress in restoring accountability for drug dealing in san francisco. i immediately revoke 30 excessively lenient plea offers in cases extended by the previous administration restored guidelines for access. thank you. restored guidelines for access into our rehabilitative

courts that were being filled up by drug dealers and not people who needed treatment for their substance abuse issues. we have filed motions to detain in custody. egregious drug dealers in 16 cases, something that has never been done before in san francisco. but we also didn't have so many overdose deaths before now. since i took office, we were presented with 428 drug dealing cases by the san francisco police department up from 257 in the same time period the previous year. we filed 379 of those cases. almost double that of the same time period the previous year. these are critical numbers that we did not achieve on our own. and so i must thank the san francisco police department. for their hard work on this issue. and i

want to take a moment to truly command chief scott, who had to rush off to the police commission meeting. and his department for their partnership. for the first time in a very long time, our agencies are working together collaboratively in the pursuit of public safety. as an office. we've made tremendous strides. we lost 60 prosecutors in a matter of two years before i took over, not only has experienced been restored to our management team i have. i am most proud of the level of diversity that our management team reflects both in race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age and life experience. of our eight criminal division chiefs for our mothers, which is the first. we? we created a

vulnerable victims unit, which now handles violent crimes against elders, which mainly have impacted as we all know the elderly asian community. our victim services division is broadening its reach by engaging in more outreach to communities in san francisco and developing culturally responsive trauma, informed services for our victims and communities. but in addition to prosecution, we have also been focused on continuing to pursue much needed criminal justice reform. one of my earliest policy announcements was that we would maintain a policy of not seeking cash bail. while we will always uphold our responsibility to advocate for public safety. we must acknowledge the desperate and discriminatory impacts of previous constructs within this system. for the past six months.

we have argued to keep dangerous offenders off the street without having to use this discriminatory tool. we have also continued. to continue the work of the innocence commission. i was thrilled to appoint a new member from our office who was working diligently with the commission to enhance the help and access that those who need who are seeking relief from wrongful convictions. moving forward. there is much more work that we need and plan to do when i visit the tenderloin, the mission and every single neighborhood and you all know i'm everywhere in this city. we must continue to hold those who commit crime in san francisco accountable and improve conditions all around our city. we must continue to

make it clear that this culture of lawlessness is no longer tolerated here. property crime car break ins, catalytic converter thefts, retail theft will continue to be a focus of our office as we work closely with the police department and community stakeholders to combat these issues. but our focus for the future does not end with prosecution. we must invest at the da's office and uplifting the community. reducing gun violence and the associated trauma that comes with it. must not only be a focus for the d a s office but for all of our city partners. we must work

collaboratively with community based organizations. on the ground to restore hope to the lives of our youth who are struggling to see their piece of this american dream. public safety is not simply accountability after a crime is committed, it starts with preventing crime before it ever happens. the truth is. reform does not mean doing away with laws or even their consequences . reform is not lowering or eliminating expectations for those who come from underserved communities or disadvantaged backgrounds. to do so. would perpetuate the very oppressive outcomes that people purport to want to prevent. if i expect you

to be a criminal and consistently convey that expectation. there is a higher chance that that person will live up to that expectation and become a criminal. we must not reduce our black and brown communities. to these stereotypes instead. we must level the playing field so that all members of our community can maintain that hope of achieving the american dream. hope is what pushes people forward without hope. people have nothing to lose. in this office. i strive to restore hope hope for those who would become disillusioned with the system that has failed to be a true advocate for victims of crime and to fight for justice hope for a system that no longer disadvantages people of color as victims or defendants. hope. for those who

have struggled not simply to give up on san francisco to close up shop as a business owner. or to pack up their house and leave as a resident. hope for those in the tenderloin and soma, who every day have to walk through and past what most would consider unlivable conditions. i have hope for san francisco and our future. my hope is that when you walk away tonight that you carry with you a renewed faith in the leadership of san francisco that we will build a future great city. to be what it can and should be. the place that i want my children to grow up and be proud to have been born and raised in a safer and better san francisco for everyone. thank you.

brooke jenkins. one of the great leaders of our great city. thank you for your service one more time. let's thank her. one more time. and now. to conclude our program and you're gonna love this performance by the way by dwayne wiggins. he is the founding member of the group. tony. tony tony, if you remember very popular group, soul and rhythm and blues band from

oakland, california, and there's still touring after 35 years, everybody now, once they are done with their fabulous performance, we're going to invite everybody to a reception in the green room upstairs. there you can personally thank brooke. personally, she'll be there. as well. her family so please remember that directly following this performance, we're going to see everybody upstairs in the green room, but first to conclude our program. help me. welcome to the stage. dwayne wiggins of tony! tony tony, let's hear it. what's up frisco from across the

water open in california. one of us he's loving happening. jenkins. we're gonna change it up for you. i know for sure. but you in position is going to be a lovely day. come on, people. come on, y'all. this is the bay area where i just came from atlanta. come on, don't act like that. come on. sit clap your hands. evening. hey. because it's so right. your hands this key. said it's alright clap your head eating. all right. come on, y'all. let's do it. been mourning. in the

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for letting us celebrate this. this glorious moment. i wish but jenkins. happiness to wish you. okay don't do no stress. california baby best. come on. come on, y'all breaking. thank you for letting us be us. patrice wiggins mp all my partners. all my folks love tony! tony! tony, let's go.

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you're watching san francisco rising with chris manners. special guest is david chu. hi i'm chris manners and you're watching san francisco rising the show that's about restarting rebuilding and re imagining our city. i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the

city and county of san francisco , and he's here today to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against

thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in front of city hall if there's a bus accident if there is an incident involving the san francisco police department, we defend those matters. we also bring lawsuits on behalf of the city and county of san francisco, where most famous for litigating and obtaining the constitutional right to marry for lgbtq couples have sued gun manufacturers, payday lenders, oil companies, you name it, who are undercutting the rights of san franciscans and the city and county of san francisco. so now moving on to the opioid crisis. i understand you've had some success in court, um, dealing with manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies. could you elaborate a little bit on that for us, so the opioid industry and by that i refer to the legal industry that prescribes pain pills. um over years. uh, deceived americans and resulted

in literally thousands upon thousands of deaths and tragedies that we see on our streets every day when it comes to the addictions that folks are experiencing. many of the addictions really stemmed from what happened over a decade plus period where the prescription pain industry marketed prescription pills in ways that were false. we were one of thousands of jurisdictions around america that brought a lawsuit against the opioid industry. but we've had a particular set of successes that others have not. ah we initially brought a lawsuit a few years ago against every part of the opioid supply chain, and that included manufacturers, distributors and retailers, including pharmacies over the course of four plus years. a number of these corporate defendants settled with us. we've as of this moment brought in over $120 million of cash and services. to the city to help address the root causes of what

we're talking about. but a few months ago, we had a really historic verdict against the pharmacy, walgreens and their role walgreens was responsible for literally over 100 million pills, flooding the streets of san francisco over a period of years where they flouted federal law that require them to track where they're pills were going to. they had a what? what we refer to as a phil phil phil. pharmacy culture where folks would bring in their prescriptions, and the pharmacist would just fill them without checking why someone was coming in multiple times without checking why certain doctors were seen a 100 fold increase in the number of opioid prescriptions that they were prescribing. so we had a historic judgment against walgreens recently, but it's been a very intense lawsuit. and we know that will never bring back the lives that we have lost to opioid addictions. but it's critical for us that we get the resources that we need. maybe

one other thing i'll mention because it's often confusion. a large percentage of folks who are addicted to street level drugs say heroin or fentanyl started their addictions. with painkillers, opioid medications that were prescribed through doctors provided through pharmacies and so literally the suffering that we're seeing on our streets was caused by the opioid industry over many, many years and has created the significant crisis that we are dealing with right now. right right now moving on. i understand after the recent supreme court ruling, striking down robust as wade that you've put together an organization that's designed to help mm. provide free services to people who are both. seeking abortions and providing them can you tell us about the organization? sure so, um, before the dobbs decision came down, but after we learned about the leak from the supreme court about the draft that suggested the decision

would be as bad as it has turned out to be, um, i reached out to leadership from the bar association of san francisco because we knew that if that decision came down there would be tens of thousands of patients around the country as well as providers whose legal situation would be in jeopardy. women doctors, nurses who could be subjected to lawsuits who could be arrested who could be prosecuted, particularly in red states? 26 states where rights are being rolled back or in the process or have already been rolled back because of the dobbs decision. so we put out a call to lawyers all over the bay and frankly, all over the country, and as of this moment there have been over 70 law firms that have answered our call to be part of the legal alliance for reproductive rights who have committed to reviewing cases and providing pro bono assistance to patients and providers who are at legal risk. we also are looking at potential cases that these lawyers can bring against various states. in these areas

that are looking to deprive women and patients and providers of their of their rights. um it is a very dark time in america, and i'm really proud that that barrier attorneys, the legal community care have stepped up to answer the call. it's very important that's great. so now the non citizen voting program that was passed by voters just for school boards has faced them court challenges recently, but it was in place for the most recent election that we've had. how do you see that situation panning out? in fact, it's been in place for now. five school board elections. um so a little bit of background in our san francisco schools over one out of three kids. has a parent who is a non citizen who doesn't have a say in the election of the policy makers that dictate the future of our san francisco public schools, and so over a number of years, there has been a movement to allow immigrant

parents to vote in school board elections. few things i'll mention about that is our country has a very long history when it comes to allowing immigrants to vote. from 17 76 for 100 and 50 years until after world war. one immigrants were allowed to vote in most states in our country on the theory that we want to assimilate immigrants in american democratic values and institutions, and it wasn't until an anti immigrant backlash in world war one that that sort of ended. but in recent years, um cities across america have allowed this to happen. in fact, at this moment, believe there are over a dozen cities that have voted to allow non citizens to vote in a number of context. now, this is particularly important in our schools just given how challenge our schools are, and given that we know that when we engage more parents in her school system, regardless of their citizenship it helps to lift up our schools for all parents. and so in 2016 the voters of san francisco past

about measure that allowed this to happen. unfortunately earlier this year, there were conservative organizations that came to san francisco to bring a lawsuit to try to overturn this , and i should also mention it is obviously the perspective of our office and our city that this is constitutional. nothing in the constitution prohibits non citizens from voting. and in fact, there's an explicit provision in the constitution that allows chartered cities like san francisco when it comes to school board elections to be able to dictate the time and manner of those elections. and so, uh, we are involved in litigation on this issue. there was an initial ruling that was not good for us that essentially said at the trial court level. we shouldn't allow this. um we appealed it up to the appellate level. the appellate court made an initial decision to allow this past november election to proceed as it has for the last previous four elections. we're going to be in front of that

court soon. stay tuned. we'll see what happens. it was good to hear that the city was able to reach a settlement with the center for medicare and medicaid services are meant laguna honda could still operate. how did you manage to reach that agreement? it was not an easy conversation . just a little bit of background. so laguna honda has been an incredibly important institution in san francisco for 150 years, taking care of our most vulnerable patients are frail, very elderly patients, many of whom are at end of life. and a few years ago, there were some issues in that hospital. some violations of rules that we very much want to make sure don't get violated. there were folks that weren't using proper ppe, who are bringing cigarette lighters into the facility, who might have brought some contraband into the facilities. we have zero tolerance for that and have made that very clear. we self reported some of these violations to the federal authorities. and unfortunately from our perspective, they took the very disproportionate step

of ordering the closure. the permanent closure of lugano, honda. problematic on a number of reasons. first and foremost, there are just no skilled nursing facility beds not just in california but around the country. after their order came down. we literally were putting 1000 calls a day to skilled nursing facilities around california and around the country and could find nowhere to move the 700 patients that we had had in the gonna honda but just as disturbingly as we were forced to start moving some of these patients, a number of them died. there's a concept in medicine known as transfer trauma. when you move someone who is that frail and unfortunately, folks folks died and we were at a point where we were five weeks away from the deadline for the federal government. that they had provided to us to close the facility. so uh and we have been trying for months to get the federal government to reconsider their action, so i was compelled to bring a lawsuit on behalf of

the city and county of san francisco and very pleased and appreciate that we were able to come to a settlement whereby transfers will be delayed at least until next year. we're going to have at least a year of funding. to keep the facility open, and hopefully we can get back up on our feet and ensure that no future violations occur because this is an institution that has to stay open for the good of these patients. quite right, quite right. so finally, congratulations on winning an important public power service dispute with pg and e. um why is it important that the city's rights as a local power provider maintained well, so san francisco has been a local power provider for decades. we are fortunate to have access through our hedge hetchy hydroelectric system to provide electricity to a number of providers, particularly public recipients of that. and unfortunately, pg any has used its monopoly when it comes to private electricity

to try to stop that, and to block that, and from our perspective, they violated federal law in adding literally tens of millions of dollars of expenses to san francisco and institutions that we're trying to ensure um, public power infrastructure. put years of delays on our ability to do this, and so we had to bring a number of appeals in the federal commission. ah we were successful in those appeals, and there was a decision recently that basically held the pg and e could not use its monopoly to unfairly delay or add tens of millions of dollars of cost. to the city and county of san francisco, as we are trying to move forward with our vision of public power. clearly pgd has not been able to serve not just san francisco but northern california. well we all know that with the wildfires with its bankruptcies, with all the issues that they've had, we think there is a different model to move forward on and we are grateful to the court. and

providing a ruling that allows us to move forward. well thank you so much for coming on the show. i really appreciate the time you've given us here today. i appreciate and thanks for your thanks for your questions. thank you. well that's it. for this episode, we'll be back with another one shortly for sf gov t v. i'm chris manners. thanks for watching. yeah. >> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids. >> say hi. hi. what's your favorite? the carrots. >> the pizza? >> i'm not going to eat the pizza. >> you like the pizza? >> they will eat anything. >> yeah, well, okay.

>> sfusd's meal program right now is passing out five days worth of meals for monday through friday. the program came about when the shelter in place order came about for san francisco. we have a lot of students that depend on school lunches to meet their daily nutritional requirement. we have families that can't take a hit like that because they have to make three meals instead of one meal. >> for the lunch, we have turkey sandwiches. right now, we have spaghetti and meat balls, we have chicken

enchiladas, and then, we have cereals and fruits and crackers, and then we have the milk. >> we heard about the school districts, that they didn't know if they were going to be able to provide it, so we've been successful in going to the stores and providing some things. they've been helpful, pointing out making sure everybody is wearing masks, making sure they're staying distant, and everybody is doing their jobs, so that's a great thing when you're working with many kid does. >> the feedback has been really good. everybody seems really appreciative.

they do request a little bit more variety, which has been hard, trying to find different types of food, but for the most part, everyone seems appreciative. growing up, i depended on them, as well, so it reminds me of myself growing up. >> i have kids at home. i have six kids. i'm a mother first, so i'm just so glad to be here. it's so great to be able to help them in such a way because some families have lost their job, some families don't have access to this food, and we're just really glad to be

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