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== Fox News Incident ==
== Fox News Incident ==
When asked to comment by a [[Fox News Channel]] correspondent on 13 July 2015 over the murder of [[Kate Steinle]] on the streets of San Fransisco by Fransisco Sanchez, an [[illegal alien]] whom the city shelterd as part of it's "[[Sanctuary City]]" policy, Supervisor Wiener gave the following response: "Fox News Is Not Real News", refusing to answer the question and shutting his office door in the media's face.<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/14/fox-news-is-not-real-news-see-what-happened-when-fox-reporter-confronted-san-fransisco-officials/ ‘Fox News Is Not Real News!’: See What Happened When Fox Reporter Confronted San Francisco Officials, The Blaze, Jul. 14, 2015 11:10pm]</ref>
When asked to comment by a [[Fox News Channel]] correspondent on 13 July 2015 over the murder of [[Kate Steinle]] on the streets of San Fransisco by Fransisco Sanchez, an [[illegal alien]] whom the city shelterd as part of it's "[[Sanctuary City]]" policy, Supervisor Wiener gave the following response: "“Fox News is not real news, and you’re not reporter. I talk to real news only. Fox News is not real news”.<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/14/fox-news-is-not-real-news-see-what-happened-when-fox-reporter-confronted-san-fransisco-officials/ ‘Fox News Is Not Real News!’: See What Happened When Fox Reporter Confronted San Francisco Officials, The Blaze, Jul. 14, 2015 11:10pm]</ref>
Also, when asked if he was upset that [[President Obama]] didn’t reach out to the Steinle family, he answered, “Fox News is not real news.”", refusing to answer the question and shutting his office door in the media's face.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/14/oreilly-continues-push-for-kates-law-sees-reporters-scolded-by-sf-officials/ O’Reilly Continues Push for Kate’s Law, Sees Reporters Scolded By SF Officials, Briebart.com by Ian Hanchett14 Jul 201]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:48, 15 July 2015

Scott Wiener
File:Head Shot Pink.jpg
Member of the
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
from District 8
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2011
MayorGavin Newsom
Ed Lee
Preceded byBevan Dufty
Personal details
Born (1970-05-11) May 11, 1970 (age 54)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)San Francisco, California
Alma materDuke University
Harvard Law School
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
WebsiteSupervisor Scott Wiener

Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970)[3] is a Democratic Party politician currently serving on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 8.[4][5] Wiener serves as chair of the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee, and as a member of the Budget and Finance Committee.[6] He also serves as vice chair of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, represents San Francisco as a commissioner on the regional Metropolitan Transportation Commission and represents San Francisco as a director on the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board.

Early life and career

Wiener was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in southern New Jersey, the son of small business owners. He graduated from Washington Township High School, received his bachelor's degree from Duke University, studied in Santiago, Chile, on a Fulbright Scholarship, and received his law degree from Harvard Law School. He clerked for Justice Alan B. Handler on the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

In 1997, Wiener moved to San Francisco to work as a litigation attorney at Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe. In 2002, he went to work as a deputy city attorney under San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera.[4]

Before running for the Board of Supervisors, Wiener served as chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. Issues he has worked on since being elected include working with David Campos to support ensuring low-cost access to Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV; he has announced that he himself takes the drug for this purpose.[7]

San Francisco Supervisor

Wiener was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on November 2, 2010, carrying 42.4% of the vote in the first round of ranked choice voting.[8] After the two lowest candidates were dropped, Wiener won election with 18,239 votes, or 55.4%, over the second place finisher, attorney Rafael Mandelman.[8]

Wiener was re-elected on November 4, 2014 on the first round of ranked choice voting, carrying a large majority of the vote.[9]

Transportation

Wiener has focused much of his policy work on San Francisco's public transportation, He has criticized the lack of investment in transit in San Francisco, and has advocated for additional funding measures.[10] His proposals include changing the transit-impact development fee[10] and a ballot measure to tie Muni funding to population growth.[11] The latter measure, Prop B requires 75% of increased funding to improve Muni reliability and 25% of the funding to improve street safety.[12] Prop B was passed on November 4, 2014.[9]

Wiener has also encouraged increases in the number of taxis in San Francisco[13] and has supported expanding access to car-share programs.[14]

In 2013, the full Board of Supervisors passed Wiener's legislative package to streamline pedestrian safety projects.[15] The legislation included creating a centralized Street Design Review Committee, making it easier for developers to implement pedestrian safety projects as gifts to the city, and amending the Fire Code to provide more leeway for sidewalk extensions.[15]

Over his tenure as a Supervisor, Wiener has advocated against widening streets.[16] In 2014, this led to a public disagreement with the San Francisco Fire Department around street design at new developments at Hunters Point and Candlestick Point.[16] The Fire Department sought to widen streets in these developments to be 26 feet wide, which is 6 feet wider than the legal requirement.[17]

Housing

In 2011, after a string of fires caused by arson in the Castro district, Wiener authored legislation allowing residents temporarily displaced by fires or natural disasters to rent other apartments at below-market rates.[18] Previously, landlords willing to rent out apartments to tenant on a temporary basis could not offer lower rents without locking these rates in at that rate under rent control.[18]

In 2012, Wiener passed legislation encouraging the production of student housing while restricting the conversion of existing rental stock to student housing.[19] That same year, the Board passed legislation to allow the construction of residential units as small as 220 square feet, known as micro-apartments.[20]

In 2014, Wiener introduced two measures to allow the construction of new in-law units in San Francisco: the first allows units to be built within the Castro neighborhood [21] and the second allows owners of buildings undergoing seismic retrofit to add in-law units.[22]

Nightlife and Culture

Early in his first term, Wiener requested a study of the economic impacts of entertainment and nightlife, a big issue in his first campaign.[23] The study, completed by the San Francisco City Economist, found San Francisco nightlife generated $4.2 billion in economic productivity in 2010.[24]

In 2013, Wiener authored legislation to make it easier for businesses to get permits for DJs, and to offer a new permit to allow for live music in plazas.[25]

Public Spaces

Another of Wiener's policy focuses has been providing additional resources for parks, including supporting the expansion of park patrol in budget negotiations.[26] Wiener also authored legislation to purchase a parking lot on 24th Street to turn it into a public park.[27] In 2013, the Board of Supervisor's passed Wiener's legislation to establish closure hours for San Francisco's parks, citing a need to combat vandalism and illegal dumping.[28]

In 2012, the full Board of Supervisors passed Wiener's legislation making public nudity illegal at unpermitted events.[29] Wiener stated that he felt the issue was "lose-lose" for him, "But this is what local government is for—to respond to the issues affecting citizens where they live." [30]

Wiener has also been active in promoting and regulating food trucks. In 2013, Wiener's legislation establishing guidelines for San Francisco's food truck industry was passed by the Board of Supervisors.[31]

On the Budget Committee, Wiener has advocated for adding funding for maintenance and safety in San Francisco’s parks and other public spaces.[32] He has also been involved in efforts to increase funding for city street resurfacing[33] and maintenance of street trees and park trees.[34]

PrEP Use and HIV Issues

In September 2014, Wiener announced in an online essay on the Huffington Post that he was taking Truvada, a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) that reduces the risk of HIV infection.[35] Wiener stated that he disclosed his usage of PrEP in an effort to reduce the stigma around taking the HIV prevention medication. Wiener also cited the need for more awareness and expanding access as other keys for making PrEP successful.[36]

As a member of the Board’s budget committee, Wiener has advocated for HIV/AIDS services, especially around restoring lost federal funds. [37]

Soda Tax

In 2014, Supervisor Wiener introduced a ballot measure that would place a two penny per ounce tax on the distribution of sodas and other sugary beverages to fund healthy choices in San Francisco.[38] The measure, which was also sponsored by Supervisors Malia Cohen, Eric Mar, John Avalos, David Chiu and David Campos, aims to reduce soda consumption and increase programs to combat the rise of diabetes and other related diseases in San Francisco.[39] The endorsement list for San Francisco's sugar beverages tax, Prop E, featured all of San Francisco's local state legislators and many health organizations,[40] but the measure did not reach its 2/3 goal for passage in the November 4, 2014 election.[9] Despite the American Beverage Association spending over $9 million to defeat Prop E,[41] the measure garnered 55.6% of the vote,[9] or about 10 percentage points below the threshold for passage.

Fox News Incident

When asked to comment by a Fox News Channel correspondent on 13 July 2015 over the murder of Kate Steinle on the streets of San Fransisco by Fransisco Sanchez, an illegal alien whom the city shelterd as part of it's "Sanctuary City" policy, Supervisor Wiener gave the following response: "“Fox News is not real news, and you’re not reporter. I talk to real news only. Fox News is not real news”.[42]

Also, when asked if he was upset that President Obama didn’t reach out to the Steinle family, he answered, “Fox News is not real news.”", refusing to answer the question and shutting his office door in the media's face.[43]

References

  1. ^ Knight, Heather (December 30, 2010). "Scott Wiener's persistence pays off in District 8". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  2. ^ Bajko, Matthew S. (August 13, 2009). "Political Notebook: Spanjian tries to break gender barrier in D8 supervisor race". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved November 19, 2012.
  3. ^ "Scott Wiener, District 8, Castro - San Francisco Supervisor Candidate Profile". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help) [dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b Knight, Heather (December 30, 2010). "Scott Wiener's persistence pays off in District 8". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  5. ^ Joshua Sabatini (December 27, 2010). "Scott Wiener no stranger to city politics". The San Francisco Examiner.
  6. ^ "Chiu names Farrell as budget chair, Wiener as head of land use," Marisa Lagos, City Insider, 12 January 2011.
  7. ^ Barro, Josh (September 17, 2014). "San Francisco Official Says He Takes Truvada to Prevent H.I.V., and More Gay Men Should, Too" (The Upshot blog). The New York Times.
  8. ^ a b "Official Ranked-Choice Results Report November 2, 2010 Consolidated Statewide Direct Primary Election Board of Supervisors, District 8". San Francisco Department of Elections. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b c d "SFDOE Results". San Francisco Department of Elections.
  10. ^ a b "Misconceptions Fuel Non-Profit Opposition to Crucial Muni Funding Reform". Streetsblog SF. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "Supes Approve Wiener's Population-Based Transit Funding Measure for Ballot". Streetsblog SF. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ "Transit gets a boost from election results". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. ^ "Supervisor Scott Wiener Hails Plan for More Cabs". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Plan to boost car-sharing at new housing". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ a b "Board of Supervisors Unanimously Passes Wiener?s Ped Safety Reforms". SF.Streetsblog.org. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ a b "Fire Departments are standing in the way of good street design". City Lab?. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  17. ^ "Supervisor Scott Wiener steps up heat on S.F. Fire Dept". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  18. ^ a b "Board of Supes Gives Initial Approval to Tenant Displacement Legislation". SF Appeal. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  19. ^ "Board Restricts Ability to Convert Rental Housing". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  20. ^ "S.F. Supervisors Back Micro-Apartments". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ "Board Restricts Ability to Convert Rental Housing". San Francisco Magazine. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  22. ^ "Idea would allow new in-law units during seismic work". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "Wiener proposes economic study on nightlfe". San Francisco Bay Guardian. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ "San Francisco Nightlife Generated $4.2 Billion in 2010: City Finally Embraces Industry". Huffo Post San Francisco. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ "Proposal makes it easier for businesses to host DJs". KGO ABC 7. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  26. ^ "Supervisors wrap up budget negotiations early". 'San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  27. ^ "San Francisco poised to purchase land, make new park in Noe Valley". 'San Francisco Examiner'.
  28. ^ "Supes vote to close S.F. parks midnight to 5 a.m." 'San Francisco Chronicle'.
  29. ^ "Scott Wiener naked ban passed in San Francisco". ABC Local News. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  30. ^ "Scott Wiener on San Francisco's Ban on Public Nudity". BusinessWeek. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  31. ^ "New San Francisco food truck regulations approved". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  32. ^ "It's Down to the Wire for San Francisco's Budget". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  33. ^ "Street fight is brewing over San Francisco's Road Repair Bond". San Francisco Examiner. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  34. ^ Wiener, Scott (July 18, 2011). "Maintaining San Francisco's Trees". Huffington Post. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  35. ^ "Coming Out of the PrEP Closet". Huffington Post”. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  36. ^ "San Francisco Politician Goes Public With His Choice To Take Anti-HIV Drug". National Public Radio”. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  37. ^ "Lee to Restore All HIV/AIDS Funds". Bay Area Reporter. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  38. ^ Colliver, Victoria (February 1, 2014). "United front in S.F.'s war on sodas, other sweet drinks". San Francisco Chronicle. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  39. ^ Knight, Heather (November 30, 2013). San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Experts-back-nanny-state-health-efforts-5022777.php. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  40. ^ "United front in S.F.'s war on sodas, other sweet drinks". Choose Health SF. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  41. ^ Steinmentz, Katy. "Big Soda Fights Bay Area Tax Proposals". Time.
  42. ^ ‘Fox News Is Not Real News!’: See What Happened When Fox Reporter Confronted San Francisco Officials, The Blaze, Jul. 14, 2015 11:10pm
  43. ^ O’Reilly Continues Push for Kate’s Law, Sees Reporters Scolded By SF Officials, Briebart.com by Ian Hanchett14 Jul 201

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