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District 6 Supervisor Jane Kim. Photo by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

February 17, 2011<\/p>\n

Supervisor Jane Kim has, fairly or unfairly, come under fire from progressive circles in recent weeks. Some are questioning whether the District 6 supervisor is able to exercise political independence following revelations former Mayor Willie Brown contributed<\/a> $5 thousand to an independent expenditure benefiting Kim\u2019s candidacy.<\/p>\n

And in the first test of her political independence since her swearing in to the Board of Supervisors in January, Kim supported the appointment of Richard Johns<\/a>, the husband of Willie Brown Institute Executive Director Eleanor Johns, to the Historical Preservation Commission despite claims that Johns is not qualified<\/a> to serve as a historian on the commission.<\/p>\n

And while the city faces a $350 million budget deficit, Kim has also been criticized for supporting a payroll tax exemption for Twitter, Inc.<\/a> to discourage the social media company from relocating to Brisbane.<\/p>\n

To address these issues and concerns in more detail, Fog City Journal was granted an interview with Kim.\u00a0 The following is a transcribed excerpt from the interview:<\/p>\n

FCJ: There\u2019s a perception out there that you are not able to exercise political independence and much of that perception was generated after it was revealed Willie Brown contributed $5 thousand to your campaign via an independent expenditure. Can you address this?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cThe same people that criticized me during the campaign are criticizing me now. So that perception was there before I got onto the Board of Supervisors, and it\u2019s propagated by the same set of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ:\u00a0 Brown’s independent expenditure surprised a lot of people, particularly progressives.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cIt was a surprise to me, too. I didn\u2019t know about it. I didn\u2019t ask Willie Brown for funding for our campaign. I certainly didn\u2019t know anything about an independent expenditure. The IE that came out on our behalf was a fraction of what was spent for Debra Walker and Theresa Sparks, so the fact that people thought that a small donation buys my politics, I found very interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd nothing to be said for the number of developer dollars that went to both of my opponents which we didn\u2019t accept during the campaign \u2013 nobody thought that was a big deal. I\u2019m not really quite sure what the difference between developers and Willie Brown are in terms of their interests and certainly a ton of them funded the Debra Walker campaign \u2013 progressives didn\u2019t kick up dust about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: The perception is is that your benefactors are Willie Brown and Rose Pak.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI honestly don\u2019t have anything to say about that because they haven\u2019t asked me for anything \u2026 except to come to the Chinese New Year\u2019s parade. Besides being invited to events, I\u2019ve never been asked for anything by them. If people have evidence of how my votes have been influenced by them, then people should bring that forward. But to simply say, \u2018oh, we saw them at your event and therefore you\u2019re going to do whatever they say,\u2019 I think that\u2019s a huge jump. A lot of people go to a lot of people\u2019s events. I don\u2019t think Rose (Pak) played a significant role in our campaign, but that was my perception.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Did Rose Pak help raise money for your campaign?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cNot that I know of. I would say 80 percent of the donors \u2013 I could be wrong about this \u2013 I could call personally on my cell phone right now, and the fact that people think that I can\u2019t fundraise that amount on my own, to me it\u2019s a little insulting. I worked really hard to raise that money for our campaign and other people helped us with fundraising. I\u2019m not aware of Rose actively campaigning for our campaign fund.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Do you sense there may be an expectation of voting a certain way on issues that are important to Rose Pak?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cNot that I know of.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: For example, the Central Subway Project.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI\u2019m already supporting Central Subway. I was supporting that before I knew who Rose was.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: And Willie Brown? Is there any implicit expectation that you will vote according to how Rose and Willie would want you to vote on issues important to them?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI don\u2019t event know what they want. I feel like Steve (Steve Jones, SFBG City Editor) is telling me what they want but no one has ever approached me of what they wanted. So I\u2019m not aware of any future things coming forward. No one has warned me of anything. Again, I just want to know the evidence that people have of all these supposed ‘string pulling’ that\u2019s going on instead of just assuming that they are my own independent decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Can you explain your support for the payroll tax exemption for Twitter?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cThe basic concept is that, if you\u2019re a company that\u2019s growing in San Francisco and you want to invest, put your company in Mid-Market \u2013 it\u2019s an area that already has infrastructure and large commercial retail that is vacant \u2013 we will give you a tax exemption on new jobs that you bring to the City. So whatever current jobs you have, you continue to pay payroll tax on that. So Twitter will continue to pay what they are currently paying every year for the next six years if they move to Mid-Market.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me this is our dialogue around business tax reform as well. I think that most of us agree that the payroll tax is not the best way to tax businesses because it discourages job creation \u2013 which is something we want to see happen – and so I would like to see us move to a gross receipts tax model on commercial rental and I think that\u2019s a good direction to move in.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: If a gross receipts measure proposal passes on the ballot, would Twitter\u2019s payroll exemption expire?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cYes. This is not a tax exemption on future taxes or tax reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: On Richard Johns\u2019 appointment to the Historical Preservation Commission, did you know that his wife, Eleanor Johns, is the Executive Director of the Willie Brown Institute?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI found that out after the Rules Committee hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: How did you vote for Johns at the full Board?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI voted for him yes at the Board and yes at Rules Committee.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Your progressive colleagues have indicated Johns was unqualified for the post.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cThey said he was qualified but they didn\u2019t know if he was the best person for the job. I felt the same way. I thought he was qualified. Did he fit perfectly under the definition of historian? I didn\u2019t think so but our City Attorney said that we had discretion\u2026 We asked supervisors if there were concerns around Mr. Johns and there wasn\u2019t so we went forward and supported his nomination.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: And you\u2019re okay with your vote on that?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cHe\u2019s one member out of seven on the Historical Preservation Commission. I think he cares about historical buildings. I think he\u2019ll be a good member.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: On the Pledge of Allegiance, do you believe in God?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI do believe in God, I don\u2019t think it should be in the pledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: What are your thoughts on the state of progressivism in San Francisco?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI think a lot remains to be seen and I think what we saw was ten years of really strong activism in progressive electoral politics which is really important in setting a strong foundation for us right now. There\u2019s a lot of work that was done around housing, around a more equitable budget process that were huge successes. We saw Healthy San Francisco, we saw paid sick days, we saw local hire \u2013 I think those are some of the key legislations that we were able to pass in the city that now even moderates claim as successes. So I think the key now for the next ten years is what are the next steps for progressives? How can we address job growth? How can we continue to deal with a shrinking budget that helps fund services that make our city more equitable, and how do we continue to kind of evaluate how development happens in this city?\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Have you thought about ways of raising revenue, targeting the rich in San Francisco, to pay more of their fare share?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI think revenue generation is something progressives have always tried to take a leadership role in and we have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: If the Falun Gong were to apply for a permit for next year\u2019s Chinese New Year parade, where would you be in terms of support for that?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI have no opinion on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Why?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t have an opinion on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: Do you remember the issue when it flared up in 2006 and 2007?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cYeah, they violated rules of the parade. They weren\u2019t allowed to leaflet and they did, so they weren\u2019t allowed to participate again in the parade. That\u2019s my understanding of the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: They are a peaceful organization. Shouldn\u2019t they be allowed to participate in a parade in a country that supports freedom of speech?<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about Falun Gong and try not to get involved. I don\u2019t think this is an appropriate issue for elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n

FCJ: This issue was brought before the Board before.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK: \u201cI know and I think it was inappropriate. I thought it was inappropriate for [Supervisor] Daly to bring this forward. This is an international issue. There\u2019s a lot of politics involved, China with Falun Gong; there\u2019s a lot of different opinions in the Asian-American, Chinese-American community. I think this is something that needs to be worked out in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Luke Thomas is a resident and voter in District 6. In the interest of transparency, he provided photography services to the 2010 campaigns of Jane Kim, Jim Meko and Debra Walker.
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