Next month is the mayoral election in San Francisco.
Last night I attended a forum in my neighborhood that included most of the candidates, and I brought along a camera in case anyone else would be interested. The topics included homelessness, needle exchange, affordable housing, rent control, labor, and why Gavin was not there of course, but then looking deeper we can see things about our government, our society, and our elections.
The forum was hosted by the Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Council (HANC) in our local library. The candidates that attended were:
Josh Wolfe
Lonnie Holmes
Quintin Mecke
Ahimsa Porter Sumchai
Harold Hoogasian
Michael Powers
John Rinaldi
Wilma Pang
George Davis
Harold Brown
These candidates represent a variety of opinions. See this article in the Fog City Journal from August that goes into more detail about the candidates. I'm simply going to let them speak for themselves in this raw unedited video.
A quick view of the inside of the room.
You can download the first 10 minutes here.
The video is here. It's a bit large at 800MB, and certainly not the best video! I'm sure there are better ones out there somewhere.