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Eric speaks on various issues concerning District 9, San Francisco.

Housing
The Chamber of Commerce and the Tenants Union agree. The Chronicle and the Bay Guardian agree. So do the polls in each Supervisorial District, the San Francisco Planning Department, The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development, the Symphony and your local garage band. San Francisco has an acute housing crisis. > more . . .

The Jobs-Housing Balance
State law requires San Francisco to plan for housing and affordable housing, as does our City law. We need to attain a "Jobs-Housing Balance" so that we can bring people and jobs together. > more . . .

Violence Prevention and Public Safety
I have successfully run programs that increased community safety at affordable housing sites, and I have given this subject much thought. > more . . .

Economic Development and Small Business
Small Business is not only the "employer of first resort" for most people entering the workforce, both youth and immigrants, it is also often the anchor of safe and stable neighborhoods and key to everyone's way of life. > more . . .

Quality Education
As School Superintendent Carlos Garcia told the Chronicle, "I dont think schools can fix everything. We can have after-school programs and all kinds of things, but kids still have to go home, and they need good homes to go home to." to everyone's way of life. > more . . .