Instructions:

1. There are 10 sections to this questionnaire. Each section corresponds with the 10 Key Values of the Green Party.

2. Each section begins with a written question and ends with several multiple-choice questions.

3. The multiple-choice questions are answered by checking the box in the
appropriate column to indicate which is closest to your position:
+ = Support / Agree / Yes
- = Oppose / Disagree / No
? = Undecided / Don't know / No opinion

4. The world is too complex to always break down neatly into yes/no/maybe choices, so feel free to clarify any answers to multiple
choice questions with a few words.

Candidate Name: Cesar Ascarrunz
Phone Number: 415-821-1156
Web site: www.cesarformayor.com
E-mail: ascarrunz@aol.com
Name of Campaign Manager: Sara Crow
Are you receiving public financing: No.
Signed voluntary spending limit: No.
2nd, 3rd endorsements for Mayor in 2011: Manor Advocates
Who did you support for Mayor in 2003: No one.
Major Endorsements:

1) Grassroots Democracy: What are your thoughts on Instant Runoff Voting, and District Elections? How have they worked to date? What
would you change in the future?

+ - ?
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Sub-government such as Neighborhood Assemblies,
Networks or District Councils
[ ] [ X] [ ] Some commissions should be democratically elected.
[ ] [ X] [ ] The Mayor should appoint all commissioners.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Residency requirements for elected officials should be strictly enforced.
[ ] [ X] [ ] Ethics Commission should be disbanded.
[ ] [ X] [ ] Ethics Commission meetings should be televised.
[ X] [ ] [ ] Ethics Commission should prioritize investigating
violations from well-funded campaigns.
[ ] [ X] [ ] My campaign accepts corporate contributions
[ ] [ X] [ ] My campaign accepts contributions from paid lobbyists
or related entities having any interest in City and County of San Francisco

2) Ecological Wisdom: Please outline your view of the major environmental and ecological issues facing San Francisco and your
proposed policies to address them.

+ - ?
[ ] [ X] [ ] I voted/would have voted to approve the EIR for
Lennar construction in the Bayview
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Phasing out diesel tour buses
[ ] [ X] [ ] Public Power
[ X ] [ ] [ ] CleanPowerSF (Community Choice Aggregation)
[ X] [ ] [ ] Found CleanPowerSF on hundreds of megawatts of
locally installed renewables/efficiency
[ ] [ X ] [ ] New runways in the bay at SFO
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Reducing or eliminating parking minimums in new
housing and commercial developments
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Congestion tolls on Doyle Drive
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Natural Areas Program
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Artificial turf on City-owned athletic fields

3) Social Justice: A) What is your assessment of homelessness in San Francisco, and what solutions do you propose?

+ - ?
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Project Homeless Connect
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Care Not Cash.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Community courts
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF's minimum wage law
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF's health care mandate
[ X ] [ ] [ ] SF's sick leave requirements
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Law against sitting down on SF sidewalks

B) What are your views on housing affordability, what public sector strategies have worked, which have failed, and what are your proposals?

+ - ?
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Impacts of all new development should be paid for in advance by fees on developers
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Community Land Trust
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Rent Control is too strong
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Elected Rent Board
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Amnesty for illegal in-law apartments
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Condo conversion is currently too difficult

4) Nonviolence: What are your solutions for SFPD accountability while making the streets safer?

+ - ?
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Prioritize SFPD enforcement of moving violations
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Support expansion of foot patrols
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Demand stricter accountability in future MOUs with
the SFPD
[ X ] [ ] [ ] The Board of Supervisors should be able to set
policies and priorities for the SFPD through legislation

5) Decentralization: What are your thoughts on the Kaufman Charter of 1996? Does it need revisiting?

+ - ?
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Bring the Housing Authority under the Board of
Supervisors
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Bring the Redevelopment Agency under the Board of
Supervisors
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Will you create formal district councils to advise
you?
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Two aides for each Supervisor are sufficient
[ ] [ ] [ X ] Charter amendment allowing voters to choose the
replacement of an elected official being recalled on the same ballot as the
recall vote

6) Community Based Economics: What economic policies, including taxation, land use from the Planning Department, and investment from the
Redevelopment Agency would you propose that would drive capital into our
communities and keep that capital here for residents?

+ - ?
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Legislation limiting formula retail
outlets/chain-stores
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Conditional Use permit required for big box stores
[ X ] [ ] [ ] The biotech payroll tax break
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Municipal broadband
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Local hiring requirements should be enforced
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Conversion of some golf courses into soccer fields
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Prop 13 limits on tax increases should apply only to residential properties

7) Feminism: Do you believe women are underrepresented in city government? If so, why do you believe this is the case? Is this a
bad thing, and if so, what would you do to remedy the situation?

+ - ?
[ ] [ X ] [ ] The City should help SFUSD provide child care for
children of working parents
[ X ] [ ] [ ] The DPH should provide reproductive health services
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Require parental consent for minors seeking an
abortion
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Require parental notification for minors seeking an abortion

8) Respect for Diversity: Tell us what you believe are the best and the worst aspects of San Francisco's diversity. How would you try to
protect the best while trying to change the worst?

+ - ?
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Multilingual government and education
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Undocumented immigrants should have equal access to
education and health care
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Non-citizen residents should be able to vote in all
local elections
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Full rights for transgender persons
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the ethnic
diversity of San Francisco
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the political
diversity of San Francisco
[ X ] [ ] [ ] My campaign reflects the diversity of San Francisco

9) Global and Personal Responsibility: What are your thoughts on the City (e.g., the Mayor's office) taking positions on state, national and
international issues?

+ - ?
[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government cooperating with the PATRIOT Act
[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government cooperating with ICE
[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government should boycott Arizona until policies are changed
[ ] [ X ] [ ] City government should boycott Israel until policies are changed
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Fleet Week and the Blue Angels flyover
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Business taxes are too high
[ ] [ X ] [ ] In a severe recession, environmental regulations
should be suspended to create jobs
[ ] [ X ] [ ] SF should take a position on offshore oil drilling
outside CA

10) Sustainability: What does the Transit First City Charter provision mean to you? How has Transit First fared in recent years, and how would
you enforce that Charter Provision if elected?

+ - ?
[ ] [ X ] [ ] MUNI should be funded greater levels and be free to the rider
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Downtown Transit Assessment Tax to support MUNI
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Citywide Transit Assessment Tax to support MUNI
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Higher residential construction along neighborhood
transit corridors, which may include raising height limits by two to three
stories.
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Diversion of money set aside for seismic retofit
projects into a solar energy incentives program
[ X ] [ ] [ ] State law change that lets bicycles treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs
[ X ] [ ] [ ] I ride MUNI, bicycle and/or walk instead of driving on a regular basis
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Bus Rapid Transit on Geary
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Allow residents to park on the sidewalk without
getting a ticket, unless their neighbors complain
[ ] [ ] [ X ] I agree with the recommendations in the Peak Oil Task Force Report
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Congestion pricing for parking
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Power more City vehicles using corn-based ethanol
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Power more City vehicles on plant or animal fat-based diessel produced using factory farm agriculture
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Residents should be allowed to park in the street in front of their own driveway for free
[ X ] [ ] [ ] Oppose expanding parking meter hours to include later evening hours and weekends
[ ] [ X ] [ ] Remove parking spots and car lanes to create
dedicated bike and bus lanes or wider sidewalks

Your positions on selected current and past Propositions:

[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2008 Prop 8 (Limit on Marriage)
[ ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop AA (Local VLF)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop D (Non-citizen voting for School Board)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop E (Same-day voter reg)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop L ("Sit/Lie" ban)
[ X ] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop M (Foot Patrols)
[ ] [ X ] [ ] 2010 Prop 19 (Legalize Marijuana)
[ ] [ ] [ ] 2011 Prop C (Lee pension reform)
[ ] [ ] [ ] 2011 Prop D (Adachi pension reform)