so what i'm saying is that we have some of these resources available. all we need to do now is correct the way they're configured. and that's going to happen with the expansion of food co. >> ms. smith? >> thank you. diane wesley smith. we don't have enough. we don't have enough in visitation valley, sunnydale, little hollywood. we have a lot of communities in district 10. i'm all for -- we need to partner with large businesses and we need to do it now. we really should be at the table now. we can't wait until november. through partnership, we can have in each district their own -- even a mini safeway or a mini food co-. i shop there all the time. they don't have to go somewhere else. so i say smart planning. i say we have to think big. we have a population unlike --

the likes of which we have never seen. we have not managed before. it needs to be on a large scale and it needs to be done spartly and we must -- every neighborhood in our district should have the ability to reach that location to shop. you can't come from patrero hill food co. >> thank you, candidates. we're right on time. well-done. let's go to our next question. an interesting question from one of the members of the audience. as district tensor, you are going to represent three growing neighborhoods we might have, some different and distinct areas in district 10. how do you intend to balance your attention as the supervisor? and let's start this time with ms. inea. >> thank you. that's a great question. i think the only way that the next supervisor can give appropriate attention to all or parts of district 10 is to create a functioning, regular

network of communications with deputies in every neighborhood that regularly report into the supervisor's office and keep the supervisor informed of what's going on, what the needs are, what the obstacles are. the geographically biggest district in san francisco. we are the most diverse. we have the most children and we are going to need to put a lot of investment in neighborhood schools to make sure that we serve our children. i think that as somebody who lived in all parts of san francisco, i have a great sense of the differing needs among the district, and i live right now at the cross roads of tremendous change, facing every type of change coming to our district. so i feel i'm well-suited to serve all corners of the district. i am going to depend on every sungle resident of district 10 to participate and communicate. >> mr. jackson? >> how i would answer this question is even though we live in different neighborhoods, we

oftentimes fail to see that we have parallel issues. and these issues are around affordable housing, appropriate job opportunities, and just creating safe neighborhoods. and i think that district 10 is one of the last remaining working class districts in san francisco where two carpenters, two plumbers, you know, two city workers can still live here and have a decent quality of life. and it's time for all three of our neighborhoods -- actually, probably 10 of our neighborhoods to actually get together and form one district 10 fission. we are not separate neighborhoods. we are one district and we need to unite around those three issues to really move our district four where we can continue to have a working class nabet. i will do that by working hard to have a district office, keeping district hours, actually attended all of our neighborhood association meetings and ensuring that everyone knows what's going on. putting all the content online.

it really needs to be one district vision. thank you. >> mr. kelly? >> well, there are examples about how we've done that. one of the first things i worked on was redistricting in 2002. where environmental justice in particular in bay view the district you see now, instead of the alternate proposal. that is the first thing i worked on, working with the neighborhood associations. and the rezoning in the past few years, i have built alliances. it is those type of alliances that are the only way to make things work. you work with the people and the people across the neighborhoods. that's why i have the support i

have in communities throughout the district. >> definitely, you are going to the alliance is to make something like that happen. what i would like to do as supervisor is have a community council form of regular community members of different backgrounds and areas, but throughout the district. i would not call it a blue ribbon committee. that lends itself to the idea that there's only a certain status of folks that would be involved. i think we need to have voices from every segment of the communities in district 10. i would like to at least make a quarterly of parentappearance. that is a way to keep in touch, and also allow me an opportunity to report what our progress is at city hall, and to report to me what some of the new issues

are on the ground that i might not be aware of at the moment. >> ms. morris. >> one of the great things that i did when i decided to run, i got on many community neighborhood yahoo! groups. you really get to know the heart of the community. what do the people want? we have a problem with vacant cars. i know we are excited about -- you read about what is going on in the community, and then you have a natural way of knowing. of course, attending meetings in creating the council will keep an ear into the community. having an open door policy at city hall, as well as having an office in the community, and an open line of dialogue through e- mailsg have an open dialogue on

facebook. people want to be connected to their leaders now more than ever. thank you. >> it is hard not to want to stand up. i'm the only district in canada it to have collected 1000 signatures to put my name on the ballot. i did that would be helpful folks in this audience. we all know that san francisco is a city of neighborhood. each neighborhood takes special pride. each one has a t-shirt. i can tell you that because i have bought them. in order to lead a district as diverse as district 10, you need to understand the neighborhoods and their very special characters, and honor those things. and then you have to find commonalities. the district has unique problems. many of them have to do with development.

all of us want a stifafe street. all of us want a job. let's find a way to have a common solutions. >> i'm tempted to ask a follow up. mr. smith. >> yes, steve brings up a good point. i travel all around district 10. there is a common thread that combines all. we always want to know --j" schools going to be open? are there going to be jobs? is there going to be adequate housing? that is what everybody wants. i do not care where you are from. we all need to have those same things. as a supervisor, i will fight to make sure we have those things. we all pay good taxes. we want the services that we moved here for, that we care about. @ñ know there will e

transparency. that is what a supervisor has to do to unite the community. they have to make sure that your voices are heard, that you get what you want, that you get what you pay for. that's what i need to do. that's what a supervisor needs to do. that is what i would like to do. thank you. >> thank you. i am an elected member right now. my district covers nine cities in three bay area counties. everybody wants your attention. with the nine cities, you have to figure out how those priorities are going to work. for me, it is easy. it is an open door policy. everybody's issue is important. how did you prioritize? you really do not. you find the commonalities. for me, having those nine cities that i had to deal with from berkeley to san francisco -- you are looking at very diverse populations. they all had one thing in

common. they needed their director to work with them on what ever the transportation issues are. the same thing is happening in district 10. big issues, employment, safety, health, resources for our next generation -- those are things that are common to all of us. we can work together on those things. thank you. >> ms. smith. >> i cannot use up my time picking up my signed. i agree up in all of the neighborhoods that are in district 10. the old guard has failed us. the old leadership has failed us. we will take some of the old and bring some of the new. the new minds must sit at the table. i went to a junior high school that no longer exists. the issues in portola are

different. they are talking about graffiti in portola. in dade you punters point, we're talking about different issues. i would separate and meet in different communities, and then we come together. we have a task force. and then we have one together. >> thank you. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen. when we look at the audience tonight, we are able to see exactly what the faces look like of district 10. we have people from different areas. . this is a perfect example of what a community district can look like. a group of concerned individuals coming together that are important to all of the

district. a few things that i would prioritize -- utilizing 21st century technology, leveraging one-to-one communication. i've been able to marshal support from folks within the women's community, the african- american community, the italian- american community, and folks from the lgbt community. that's what we need, a unified voice and a unified vision. no more can we stand to be polarized. thank you. >> once again, well done candidates. òt[lágnow we're really going tot you. we start this time with mr. jackson. what do you think can be done to address the unacceptably high rates of asthma in district 10 children, and the health problems caused by pollution? >> that is a great question.

we have our wonderful current supervisor here in the audience. i want to commend her leadership on beating the fight to close down the bay view hunters point power plant. those steps have been taken. the community leaders are also working to make sure they are closed. we have to continue to push for a land use issues. 258 bed hospital is being built. we need to make sure they provide enough charity care to provide access to health care in this neighborhood and in this entire district. the program that i was working on -- we need to make sure it is not cut and ensure that our residents who are uninsured have

access to health care. that's how you cut down the rates of health care, making sure that land use decisions do not adversely impact our decisions. >> mr. kelly. >> first, you have to make sure you keep district 10 together. we are together on exactly this issue. the biggest cause of the asthma rate here is the freeways. i've been advocating that we should take a serious look at seeing if we can anend 280. the city has proven that the one thing it can do well is to take down a freeway. we can maybe do the job here and would still have a boulevard that would serve mission bay. we need to get serious and invest resources in addressing the causes of pollution. we need more youth and family

services. we need to look for further opportunities to get people out of cars. and we need to address this. we need people out of their cars. >> i agree with the throat examination of the transportation needs of the district. that would tell us whether or not taking out one of the freeways would be a viable plan. there needs to be a study that shows the particular matters coming from the freeway corridors that might be leading to an increase in asthma rates among our children. as well, with the development projects that are coming into district 10, development should have community hubs of

shopping, cumin and health care services, so people do not have to travel across town to get services. that way we improve our environment. we do not have to depend on muni the same way. we need to take protective steps. >> ms. morris. >> unlike everyone up here, i am a social worker. i deal with this in poor communities. it is not only as much that is affecting areas in district 10. it is diabetes, hypertension, and blood pressure. we need to make sure we have adequate mobile outreach programs. asthma is also correlated with being poor. when you know that, you know that these people need our reach, especially in the bayview hunters point and the portola

housing projects, as well as tackling the environment issues. it is no wonder that we have a disproportionate rate of asthma. we need to tackle the environment issues, but we also need to have more of the on the ground community outreach to deal with it. >> thank you. >> mr. moss. >> i started san francisco community power in 2001. i was placed on the tax forsk fe in 2002. i will help close a plant this year. i'm on the task force that has a book that air toxins in district 10. if you look at the map of for the pollution is, it is in district 10. it comes from the freeway. the city of san francisco has

adopted an ordinance that all new developments has to be built in a certain way. everyone who lives in the district right now, including my daughter who has respiratory problems, is not protected in the same way. that's not acceptable. you can see exactly where the holes are. there are not even walls between some of the house is in the district and the freeway. that is unacceptable. it has to be addressed. >> mr. smith. >> yes, thank you. in 2007, i worked with the department of environment because i cared about asthma. i helped san francisco converts the entire city fleet of diesel vehicles to biodiesel. my passion is the environment. i want to continue that path to clean up the environment, to make sure that the air that we

breathe is as healthy as possible. i worked with the department of environment also on their green building or a dance. any vehicles used in construction that are at use for more than 20 days have to use a cleaner burning fuel. those are very important developments. i think we need to continue that. as supervisor, that will be one of my priorities. i want to make sure that the air we breathe, our access to health care, and all those other things are part of our everyday lives. the freeways are not coming down any time soon. we need to do something to be proactive. thank you. >> thank you. a lot of what we're looking at in district 10 is not new. asthma has been there for years. what most folks do not realize -- those people that were working there were bringing these contaminants home. we see mesothelioma on the news now.

the bottom line, that type of disease is something i've known about since the early 1970's, primarily because my family worked at the shipyard. they all died from it. the problem has been here for awhile. the problem is continuing, not just because we have the freeways, but when you think about -- this problem is going to keep coming as long as we allow 30 industry into district 10. -- dirty industry into district 10. i know we have waste-water plants there now. this bio-solids plant -- time is up. thank you. >> thank you. >> ms. smith. >> i grew up in the housing projects. in the course of one week, we were getting up at least once a

week taking one of my brothers to a hospital because of an asthma attack or a bronchitis attack. we live right there. we did not know. when we needed health care, we had to go to 101 grove street. if we were lucky, we would go to san francisco general hospital. there needs to be an objective solution. the solution to asthma needs to come from an objective body. i have been following this for almost five years. this is how i got involved. we thought it was lennar. they worked with us. we got the monitors. a lot of people still shows to work in that environment as opposed to starving to death. we need an objective body. it can be done through partnerships. thank you. >> ms. cohen. >> not too long ago last year, i

was doing volunteer work. i had the unfortunate experience of winninwitnessing a young gird an asthma attack. that had an impact on my mind. this young girl was gasping for air. she had a look of fear in her eyes. she was able to be stabilized and she is healthy now. i tell you this story -- the impact of not knowing what to do when an asthma attack is happening. we need to be smart. we need to have the education out there when it comes to asthma related remedies, as well as access to quality health care. i would continue to support held the san francisco. i would continue to support the work that is being done right now in sunnyvale -- in the housing development program. they are targeting asthma between the hours of 2:00 and

5:00. thank you. >> thank you. many wonderful ideas. i have a few more. one is to address the air traffic that flies over district 10. i applaud your success, the anti helipad team. the planes in to be lower and lower and more frequent. i would renew the effort. i've also worked to keep truck traffic out of residential neighborhoods as much as possible. and where it is unavoidable, to make sure there are buses. truck idling is a problem i would like to assist some of my fellow activists with.

it happens a lot in commercial corridors and residential neighborhoods. i have supported funding for the southeast health center, and plant more trees. >> thank you very much. now on to our next question. we will begin with mr. kelly. this question comes from your moderator. it is widely felt that the district 10 seat might determine the balance of power on the board of supervisors between progressives and moderates. if you are=> tom, i do not think you know me all that well. [laughter] i am clearly on the progressive side of the aisle. when you work in the neighborhoods, you do not find that many grassroots conservatives. the reason for that, i believe, once you work in the neighborhood for a number of years, you find out where the ideas are that are better. it so happens that sometimes that is a little liberal for people.

then again, ideas that were liberal or even communist a few years ago are, now. using our city reserves to create a new credit market to get out of this recession. one state of the union has that right now, north dakota. they have the lowest unemployment rate in the country. how radical of an idea is it if it actually works? that is the kind of thinking i would bring to the board. that is why i have supported progressive supervisors. >> i suppose i would be on the side of the progressives as well. that said, i believe thi have te ability to create a consensus. i've demonstrated that. not only in the endorsements i've received, as well as

endorsements from the firefighters. on two different sides of the spectrum sometimes, or most of the time. what that the show is that i have the ability to create consensus. most of my stances are probably more progressive than more moderate stance is. >> ms. morris. >> i coin myself as the kitchen table politician that came to the election. a person who saw something wrong, and something that needed someone like me. it was whoever had a good idea that would make the people in my community better. a good idea to make my parks better, and the air that my child breathes. we are too hung up on titles. we see that in our congress. we also see that in our state senate. a good idea is a good idea.

i'm not in any category. that is not the canada. i'm running. i'm running for the people. whatever the people want that will best serve district 10, that's what i'm for. >> thank you. mr. morris. >> i'm on the communities site. i'm on the city's side. if you do not identify yourself, somebody identifies you for you. been helping lower class families lower their utility bills. i run the neighborhood newspaper for the longest serving neighbor newspaper in san francisco. i am raising my family in san francisco in potrero hill. unfortunately, in san francisco , we tend to want to label people one way or another, and it blocks us from making solutions. i hear people saying they want the same things.

i have not met any conservatives in the city. i have met people who are raising their families, who want to have a job, and want a clean and safe environment. i think we need to get beyond labels. we need to get action and get things done. thank you. >> mr. smith. >> outside of san francisco, they look at this place as 47 square miles surrounded by reality. i would probably lean more towards the progressive side. i've been endorsed by supervisor campos. i am a pragmatic person. the citizens of district 10 and the citizens of san francisco want somebody who will do something that is based in common sense, that is based in reality, that is going to get things done. k֖)xthat is not done based on y

ideology. as i said, i am a pragmatic person. i want to do what is best for the residents of district 10. and the rest of the citizens of the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. i guess when you do not label yourself, other people will label you. the media loves to label me because i'm an elected official. i am just a common-sense public servant. not a politician, a public servant. it is what the people need and what the people want. i've built consensus here in san francisco. i was able to build consensus as the president of the taxi commission. i've built insistencconsensus oe board. i bring results, not anything else. it