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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi officially kicked off his campaign for mayor on Friday at the Verdi Club. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

September 19, 2011<\/p>\n

Striking a theme of integrity, character, independence and honesty, Public Defender and mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi officially kicked off his campaign Friday vowing to represent the interests of the people of San Francisco.<\/p>\n

With a star-studded line up of guest speakers that included former State Senator Quentin Kopp, Public Defender Chief Attorney and former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez, Chinese for Affirmative Action chair and former California Department of Education Superintendent Henry Der, Deputy Public Defender Anne Irwin and SF Bayview publisher Willie Ratcliff, Adachi told an audience of as many as 300 supporters at the Verdi Club, \u201cWhere I want this campaign to be different is that we have to make the case that it\u2019s time to elect a person who isn\u2019t afraid to stand up against special interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy is the consideration for what\u2019s best for the people always comes in fifth, sixth or seventh, after what\u2019s best for me, what\u2019s best for the people that are in this room, what\u2019s best for people in city government, what\u2019s best for the city family \u2013 and that is something I have witnessed at City Hall again and again and again,\u201d Adachi said.<\/p>\n

Adachi said the city\u2019s spiraling pension costs are the reason why summer school programs have been cut \u201ctwo years in a row.\u201d It\u2019s also the reason why interim Mayor Ed Lee is advancing a $250 million roads maintenance bond on the November ballot because the City is essentially heading towards insolvency and cannot afford such routine expenditures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a $6.6 billion budget and for two years in a row we cut summer school for 10,000 kids because we didn\u2019t have $1 million to help the School District pay for it. That\u2019s not leadership,\u201d Adachi said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need merit-based decision making,\u201d Adachi added. \u201cNot political favoritism. Not the powerbrokers who are in the room. We need leaders who are not going to be led by the nose. We need leaders who are not going to be afraid to work in collaboration to reach honest decisions and honest solutions,\u201d Adachi added.<\/p>\n

Adachi was, of course, referring to deep-pocketed development and corporate interests, powerful labor groups and those politically connected individuals, namely Chinatown powerbroker Rose Pak and former Mayor Willie Brown, who are able to skirt lobbying and campaign election laws while enjoying privileged access and influence over their hand-picked water carrier, interim Mayor Ed Lee.<\/p>\n

Such coddling of elected officials by special interests manifests itself in the eyes of observers as a silent form of insidious corruption, Kopp said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy concern is municipal corruption,\u201d Kopp, a former Superior Court judge, said. \u201cIt\u2019s silent for the most part. It is insidious. I will vote for Jeff Adachi because he is a man not just of principle and integrity, but also of honesty. I will be assured that some of the sleazy deals that are just now being exposed will not reoccur in our City government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kopp was referring to political corruption he encountered first hand while collecting signatures for a June 2012 ballot measure that aims to open up the city\u2019s garbage collection to an open, competitive bidding processes<\/a> as well as a backroom deal with police and firefighter unions that managed to strong arm Lee into sponsoring legislation exempting members from increased pension contributions for two years if Adachi\u2019s pension reform measure, Proposition D, passes in November.<\/p>\n

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Former State Senator and retired judge Quentin Kopp.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWhen Jeff becomes mayor, he will not be beholden to special interest groups, moneyed interest groups, to the City Hall good old boy network,\u201d added Deputy Public Defender Anne Irwin. \u201cJeff will have one loyalty – and only one – and that is to the people of this great city.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if it makes him unpopular, even if it loses him a lot of friends – if it\u2019s the right thing for us, the people, he will do it.\u201d Irwin added. \u201cWhether you live in Seacliff or Hunters Point, Jeff will be loyal to you. Whether you live in the Marina or the Tenderloin, you will be Jeff\u2019s client and there\u2019s no better place to be than as Jeff\u2019s client.\u201d<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Deputy Public Defender Anne Irwin.<\/p><\/div>\n

Calling Adachi \u201ca champion of the underdog\u201d while continuing on the theme of political corruption, Der said, \u201cIn this city we still need fighters for the underdog because the political establishment has a way of cajoling, corrupting, and buying off people so that the power can stay within their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turning to the smear campaigns advanced primarily by police and fire unions, Der said it is \u201creally unfortunate\u201d that Adachi is being \u201ccastigated as anti-union\u201d for his leadership on reforming San Francisco\u2019s unsustainable pension system.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe knows this city has a lot of problems and Jeff is the one person who is courageous enough to have rung the bell early on,\u201d Der said. \u201cWe cannot and should not tolerate this characterization that he is anti-labor. He is not a Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin. He is not trying to break the backs of unions. What we need to do in this city is to be responsible and to share the pain of trying to make government work and to be responsive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor those highest paid civil servants, they should absolutely contribute more to their pensions. They can afford it,\u201d Der added, referring to Proposition D\u2019s sliding scale pension contribution increases.<\/p>\n

Drawing a parallel between Adachi\u2019s stinging defeat in 2002 of former Mayor Willie Brown appointed Public Defender Kimiko Burton and this year\u2019s race for mayor, Der said, \u201cLike ten years ago, when Jeff ran for public defender, he\u2019s running against an anointed prince in this election. We have a lot of princes and princesses. They smile nice. They can go to the opera. They can go to the symphony. They can go to the baseball game. But at the end of the day they need to be able to stand up and fight for folks who need protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

In that race, Adachi defeated Burton\u2019s $1 million war chest with a meager $250 thousand. By contrast, Lee\u2019s campaign is being funded in large part by unlimited, \u201csoft money\u201d independent expenditures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cJeff Adachi is the person with the smarts, with the conviction, with the track record that he is going to stand up to some of the most powerful interests in this city and be the reformer that we need in City Hall,\u201d Der concluded.<\/p>\n

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Chinese for Affirmative Action chair and former California Department of Education Superintendent, Henry Der.<\/p><\/div>\n

And if there was any doubt that Adachi, who entered the mayor\u2019s race on the last day to file, will win in November, Gonzalez said, \u201cLet me assure you because I\u2019ve seen the numbers of how San Franciscans view Jeff Adachi. They view him very favorably despite the criticism of his pension measure. This is a city that likes Jeff Adachi, and he can win this contest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a man with vision,\u201d Gonzalez added. \u201cThis is a man who will fight the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Public Defender Chief Attorney and former Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez.<\/p><\/div>\n

More Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n

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SF Bayview publisher Willie Ratcliff said, "Let me tell you, black people love Jeff Adachi. Jeff will help the people here and he\u2019ll stand up, he\u2019s got guts. You don\u2019t believe it? Just ask the police department, and you can also ask the labor unions who used to have high percentage of people in the labor movement. But then they got greedy and got in bed with big business who didn\u2019t care about anybody else. Now they don\u2019t have no power and that\u2019s what happens when you don\u2019t treat people right.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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Willie Ratcliff at the microphone.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Willie and Mary Ratcliff.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adachi and wife, Mutsuko.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jeff Adachi with his Mum and Dad who prepared a feast of succulent sushi for all whom attended, and family friend, Lois.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Musical entertainment was provided by 70s retro funk band, Funk-Shun.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Former Harvey Milk Club President and indigent defense attorney David Waggoner said he's supporting Adachi because Adachi has "proved he is a defender of social and economic justice."<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jeff Adachi and Quentin Kopp.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Brother Clint emceed the event.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Criminal Defense Attorney Eric Safire.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Eric Safire with North Beach man about town, Robert Amil.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Attorney Whitney Leigh with his easy on the eyes +1, Adachi and former CBS TV Editorial Director Anne Lawrence.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Erin Haney and filmmaker Kevin Epps.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"

SFBulldog publisher h. Brown gets his grove on with Hope Johnson, Daniel and Becky Cohen.<\/p><\/div>\n

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h. Brown with Dance Mission founder Krissy Keefer and Becky Cohen.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Adachi poses for a photo with Funk-Shun.<\/p><\/div>\n

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