Chris on the issues

Chris Jackson supports policies that put working families first.

• Access to Health Care
• Community Space
• Tenant Protection
• A Path to Home Ownership
• Transportation
• Economic and Workforce Development

• An Ally of Community Businesses
• Schools in District 10
• Public Safety
• Redevelopment and Land Use
• Budget Priorities for Working Families

Access to health Care

Access to affordable health care is a major issue in District 10. With a Sewage Treatment plant which handles 80% of the City’s waste, 2 Power Plants, and a Superfund site at the former Naval Shipyard all in the district, combined with a lack of readily accessible quality food options and healthcare facilities, District 10 has some of the highest health disparities in San Francisco. As a result, residents of District 10 have the highest rates of asthma, bronchitis, diabetes, heterosexual HIV cases and teenage STD cases in the city. Our next Supervisor must make access to quality and quantity healthcare a priority and Chris is committed to doing just that.

In District 10, more outreach and access centers are needed for the Healthy San Francisco program, as only 17% of members currently enrolled are from District 10, although estimates show that over 65% of District 10’s uninsured are eligible. As a Supervisor, Chris will work with the Department of Public Health and Human Services and community based organizations to promote public awareness of Healthy SF access centers in the district.

Chris is also committed to work towards an enrollment process, similar to many states’ “Motor Voter” laws, which will provide residents the option to enroll in Healthy SF when they are being processed for other Human Services such as General Assistance, Food Stamps and Cal Works. In addition, Chris will work with community organizations to push for a health clinic in the Shipyard Redevelopment project. [TOP]

Community Spaces

We do not have enough open community spaces in District 10. Chris wants to lead the charge in attracting and forming local farmers markets to the district, as well as working to ensure that those utilizing food assistance programs can participate in these markets. Chris is also committed to working with the Department of Public Works, Park and Rec department, and existing neighborhood beautification coalitions to create a comprehensive open space plan, focused on community gardens. [TOP]

Tenant Protection

Chris understands the community concern surrounding land use with respect to public housing- particularly in light of the high rate of eviction from the 1990’s Hope VI projects' "one- strike- and- you’re- out" policy. In the new Hope SF rebuild, Chris will fight for strong tenant protection and end the one strike policy to protect public housing tenants.

The rebuild of Sunnydale Public Housing and Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex do not currently have enough units to guarantee onsite relocation for all current residents. Chris is committed to ensuring that rebuilds of existing public housing contain enough onsite relocation units for all existing tenants. [TOP]

A path to Homeownership

District 10 has one of the highest rates of homeownership in the city, and the highest percentage of children in the San Francisco. While we are proud of this distinction, we can and should do more to promote affordable, family friendly housing in District 10. Chris wants to utilize the legislative process to promote special use zoning around housing development- and ensure that multi-bedroom affordable housing stock is built as part of the affordable housing requirement. Chris will also work to expand low to moderate income first time buyers programs such as the Mayor’s office of Housing down payment assistance plan. [TOP]

Transportation

With the recent and historic cuts to MUNI service in District 10, the relative distance between reliable MUNI corridors and basic community needs in many neighborhoods, and the lack of bicycle pathways to connect D10 with the rest of San Francisco, transportation needs in the district are as diverse as our population. Chris will work with advocacy and community organizations to craft southeast MUNI and Bicycle Master Plans, with a focus on increasing access to non-vehicle transportation routes for District 10 residents. [TOP]

Economic and Workforce Development

With a 40% unemployment rate in BVHP and a 20% unemployment rate in Visitation Valley, we need a systematic change in our economic and workforce strategy focused on real and sustainable job and local business creation.

Chris wants to see workforce development programs that conclude in paid employment. To accomplish this, he would shift our current workforce development strategy from workforce training to an On-the-Job-Training (OJT) model; providing job seekers with not only a resume item, but a paycheck. [TOP]

An ally of community businesses

As District 10 supervisor, Chris Jackson is committed to supporting the creation and expansion of local small businesses, particularly community grocery stores and other businesses targeted to the everyday needs of District 10 residents through targeted micro lending programs. Chris will also lead the charge in decreasing predatory lending and encouraging investment by residents in banks by instituting a community- based credit union to increase capital in our neighborhoods.

Chris wants to use the power of government to empower local residents. The City of San Francisco spends $ 2.4 billion annually in General Service contracts. To help create a sustainable and integrated local economy, Chris advocates strengthening our “Most Responsive Bidder” language to ensure that local small businesses can compete for these contracts. [TOP]

Schools in District 10

While Chris is troubled by the recent announcement of the closure of Willie Brown Elementary, he sees this as an opportunity to provide a model for fundamental change in how schools are built, managed and resourced for communities in need. Chris is leading the charge ensuring that there is a firm timeline on the rebuild of Willie Brown, with robust community involvement at every phase, and a focus on meeting the real needs of both the student population and the community at large. [TOP]

Public Safety

Chris will focus on front end solutions to our public safety issues. Chris firmly believes that the best way to stop a crime is with a job, and sees workforce development as a key public safety issue.

In addition to workforce development policies, Chris advocates for increased foot patrols to integrate the police force to the community and reduce crimes of opportunity. Chris will prioritize working in collaboration with the police force, local businesses and community organizations to craft a community-centered solution to systemic crime in our district.

Chris also favors advancing community-outreach efforts by the police force. This includes prioritizing multi-lingual officers, and increasing the number of, and access to in-language drop-in police centers so that non-English speaking or ESL residents can fully participate in the security of our community.

Chris wants to promote land use to improve public safety, working with the Department of Public Works and other agencies to add more street lights in the district, primarily in high crime areas. [TOP]

Redevelopment and Land use

With 6 major redevelopment projects scheduled to break ground in District 10 in the next five years, we have a responsibility to ensure that these projects create real, long lasting opportunities for working families.

Chris will prioritize community input around existing land use priorities, and push for neighborhood first planning. Chris is in strong support of closing the two power plants in District 10, and does not support the San Francisco General Hospital helipad.

At the Hunters Point Shipyard, Chris is committed to leading the development of a supplemental Environmental Impact Report to create zoning for health clinics, Land Trust/Co-Op housing and a real industrial working shipyard without delaying redevelopment. Chris’s priorities through zoning include expanded affordable housing and permanent blue collar jobs in the District.

Chris Jackson is committed to protecting and improving light manufacturing as well as Production, Distribution and Repair (PDR) zoning. 50% of San Francisco residents without a college degree work in the light manufacturing and PDR industry. These predominantly good paying jobs provide a living wage, health care and real support for working families. In order to maintain a diverse economy in San Francisco and particularly in District 10, we need to revitalize light manufacturing and PDR zoning as a real jobs generator for local residents. Chris is committed to leading the charge on this issue as a San Francisco Supervisor. [TOP]

Chris Jackson's Budget Priorities for Working Families

As current Budget Chair of the San Francisco Community College board, Chris Jackson has direct experience in crafting and navigating a municipal budget process, and will bring this experience to City Hall as a Supervisor. Some of Chris’s budgetary priorities include:

• Prioritizing and expanding child care and after-school Programs for working Parents
• Protecting Access to Health Care Services
• Retaining and expanding good-paying jobs as well as job assistance and career pathway programs
• Strengthening Public Transportation services to southeast neighborhoods [TOP]