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progressive to be interim mayor, and then stayed there for another term. the great thing about being in term mayor is to get to run as an incumbent. the fact that the progressives could not get together to get somebody into office as interim mayor in their own self-interest was very surprising for a lot of us. >> what happened in the last month in city hall was an incredible show of democracy that was part policy, part politics, and it all came together, and more than anything -- not just from a reporter's perspective, often was this? but there was a public interest as well on what w...

continue to be the best city and the united states and the safest city in the united states. -- to the best city in the united states and the safest city in the united states. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you so much for this wonderful words. he is right. we have been very busy in his district. he makes sure we do it right. it is a pleasure to have leadership like we have in the mayor and the president of the board of supervisors to support us in many ways. i am looking for victor. he is always out there helping us with disasters. we're almost at the end. i want to a...

today when we signed the mid market tenderloin tax legislation today, it was labeled the twitter debate. yesterday i introduced for the first time, we are the only major city in the united states that tabblingses stock options. i introduced a bill to eliminate that. we continue to keep that cycle of technology, other companies that are here today, that they continue to be here tomorrow and then next -- the next facebook, next twitter starting today in san francisco continues to be here and provides long-term jobs for our city. what we heard the other day at the first meeting of our t...

relationships with other people. i think those are beneficial for young people. i am excited to see these services come into my district. >> what are your thoughts on the city's economic development. are we on the right track? >> we need to do what we can to create the conditions for attracting businesses here. i am not necessarily in support of doing away with our payroll tax to attract businesses -- to give a payroll tax exemption for new hires is not a good policy. changing from a payroll tax to a gross receipts tax, where it is not based on the number of employees you have and ho...

as well on what was going on in san francisco government. we take it for granted a law that there is a city government here. this was something that brought people together. you heard people talking about it at the cafes, park playground, people who do not always pay attention. in that $0.10, it was the best thing we could have done for city government, even though it was a little bit messy. it was a lot of fun and an eye opener. it got people interested again. >> good evening, and welcome to the 31st annual mfac awards. [applause] hello, everyone. i am your mc tonight for the good ...