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All right. I have decided to uh run for reelection for a third term in the 18th assembly district. I was first elected in 1964. At which time I defeated a 20 year incumbent and I indicated to the voters at that time that I would give them

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the best kind of representation persons could get in the 18th assembly district. I think I've lived up to that premise. Some 15 major pieces of legislation that are now on the books of the laws of the State of California bear my signature in this session of

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the legislature. I have introduced a $2 minimum wage and a double uh payment for any overtime in order to do something about relieving the unemployment problems in the state. I've introduced a juvenile court inspections bill which I think would resolve the incident that occurred out of

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juvenile hall here in San Francisco, which incidentally is not in my district but a number of persons having an interest in that project do live in my district. I introduced uh also in this session of the legislature, legislation to establish a department of Conservation Education in

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the state Department of Education. The latter two bills were both passed in the last session by both houses. But, uh, Governor Reagan saw benefit to veto those bills and the vetoes occurred shortly after, uh, of the August incident. In regards to medic, I think I have

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been proven, uh, correct on my medic position and many of the other public statements that and positions that I've taken during the course of the last year. I think I have, uh a record worthy of consideration by the voters for the election. And to that end,

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I shall direct my campaign, Mr Suliman. There are 13 candidates running against you including a Jefferson Poland on you to walk in, man. I think so. I think that the kind of campaign which I will conduct and the reputation, the political reputation which I will put

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on the line cannot be matched by any person running for elective office uh in this area and certainly not in the 18th assembly district. I don't think either one of the other persons who have filed a notice of intentions and only a notice of intentions will

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have the kind of broad base appeal that my candidacy has had in the past and I hope we'll have this time. There are a lot of people in your district upset about redevelopment, especially Waco, what can you do for them uh in the state legislature? There's

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very little that can be done about the process of redeveloping in this state. However, there are some pieces of legislation that I have introduced uh that would do something about relieving the problems that persons suffer in redevelopment areas and that has to do with providing seed

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money for housing. I point specifically to the measure co-authored by Assemblyman Muni, who is a Republican minority leader uh from Tracy California that would provide for some self help in terms of building houses with that program available. I suspect that persons who currently live in redevelopment

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areas could in fact participate in redevelop in those areas in the manners in which they think they should be redeveloped. I've also introduced legislation or will introduce tomorrow, probably legislation that uh will have the effect of establishing an agency uh or giving persons within communities the

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opportunity to up on funds to establish an agency to compete with the redevelopment agency in terms of proposing plans uh and redeveloping an area and to evaluate redevelopment agency plans. Well, the polls also show that uh Mr Kels position with his own party is something less

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than what uh Governor Brown's position was with his own party uh in, in, in the last election year when he was a candidate for reelection. I think if Mr Y at the time had really put up a campaign and had really decided to run, he probably

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would have defeated Mr Brown in the primary. I therefore think that Mr Rafferty will not make the mistake Mr Yy did if he does in fact, come up on a one on one situation with Mr Kel and I think he will in fact defeat Mr Kelly.

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Uh not necessarily uh I'm still there. Uh And uh there are a few of other, you know, a few of the other fellows uh uh who are still there, who think that we have learned uh the techniques and who, who think that we can carry on

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even in Mr Don's absence. I think Mr Meyer's decision not to run uh would uh only give an opportunity uh for us to elect another Democrat from the 19th assembly district. Uh I suspect if Mr Myers had been the candidate, it would have been more difficult

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to re elect a Democrat in that area. Now, I think it will be easier to reelect a Democrat. I might add. Uh San Francisco has probably the strongest legislative delegation in Sacramento. Mr ran is chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Commerce. I chair the committee

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on government efficiency and economy. Mr Mosconi is a majority leader in the Senate. Uh Mr Burton, his own rules and ways and means and uh Mr Marks of course, has always been a reasonably able legislator and he has now been reassigned to the Little Hoover Commission.

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I think we have the strongest legislative delegation. And uh I think uh another Democrat from San Francisco, particularly of uh uh of, of the caliber of democrats who have filed a notice of intentions from out there will only add to that strength and I think everybody

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will recognize San Francisco has having the strongest set of legislators there. Would you like to, would you like to see Leo mccarthy take over that seat? Well, uh as I've often said in the past during my election year, I can find my campaigning and my comments

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and my support to people in the 18th, namely Willie Brown. Uh I don't wanna lose any friends by virtue of saying that uh Leo mccarthy or George Ellos or John o'connor from the 19th should be in fact be the candidate nor do I want to make

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any enemies. Uh I don't need any more. Thank you very much, gentlemen. You're always very kind to me.