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: Paul Currier
Phone Number: 415.571.1583
Web site: http://MayorCurrier.com
E-mail: paulcurrier@me.com
Name of Campaign Manager: None yet - I am running a grassroots peoples campaign and do not get endorsements or cash so far....
Are you receiving public financing: No. The qualifications for public money are beyond the reach of non-professional politicians.
I am black balled by the local Democratic Party, and the Bay
Guardian Crew do not appear to like me or my views. I must not be
Stalinist enough for them. I accepted the campaign limit but I am
not taking public money. Jeff Adachi is not the only one in this
situation, although he claims to be. I know of three other
candidates who also accepted the funding limits and do not take any
public money. If you look at who qualifies for public money, they
are all wealthy with jobs.

Signed voluntary spending limit: Yes.
2nd, 3rd endorsements for Mayor in 2011: My Second Choice is Terry Baum. My Third Choice is Jeff Adachi.
Who did you support for Mayor in 2003: Matt Gonzalez.

Major Endorsements: None. I fill out the questionnaires, but do not expect any endorsements. When I tell the Democratic Clubs I am
here for "Regime Change" that does not sell support. I am 100%
about Regime Change. We must throw the Pimps out of City Hall. Our
City & County is being run by Organized Crime - lead by Willie Brown
and John Burton, and includes all the Supervisors. The theft of
public property from the People of California is the biggest felony
scandal to hit California since the Los Angeles Water Project.

1) Grassroots Democracy: What are your thoughts on Instant Runoff

I supported it. I am still in support to give the little people a
chance. More importantly, we need to organize all of San Francisco
and more, as we now need a People's Power Revolution to set our
Local, State and Federal Government back on track. The Corporations
and Banks have robbed our whole nation. I see our County as the
only place to fight back, and that is why I am running for Mayor.

Voting, and District Elections?

I support District Elections to keep a foot hold in politics for the
little people - as is - even with District Elections, the Political
Royalty run our town.

How have they worked to date?

Only So/So. We still can not get people off 95% apathy.

What would you change in the future?

Keep District Elections - and add four more districts. We need a
people to Supervisor Ratio that is smaller.

+ - ?
[+] [ ] [ ] Sub-government such as Neighborhood
Assemblies, Networks or District Councils
[+] [ ] [ ] Some commissions should be democratically
elected.
[ ] [-] [ ] The Mayor should appoint all commissioners.
[+] [ ] [ ] Residency requirements for elected officials
should be strictly enforced.
[ ] [-] [ ] Ethics Commission should be disbanded.
[+] [ ] [ ] Ethics Commission meetings should be
televised.
[+] [ ] [ ] Ethics Commission should prioritize
investigating violations from well-funded campaigns.
[ ] [-] [ ] My campaign accepts corporate contributions
[ ] [-] [ ] 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.

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

+ - ?
[+] [ ] [ ] Project Homeless Connect (good start for 24/7 wrap around city services as part of immediate quality housing as a right)
[ ] [-] [ ] Care Not Cash.
[+] [ ] [ ] Community courts
[+] [ ] [ ] SF's minimum wage law
[+] [ ] [ ] SF's health care mandate
[+] [ ] [ ] SF's sick leave requirements
[ ] [-] [ ] 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?

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

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

+ - ?
[+] [ ] [ ] Prioritize SFPD enforcement of moving
violations
[+] [ ] [ ] Support expansion of foot patrols
[+] [ ] [ ] Demand stricter accountability in future
MOUs with the SFPD
[+] [ ] [ ] 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?

+ - ?
[ ] [ ] [ ? ] Bring the Housing Authority under the
Board of Supervisors - (I will use Eminent Domain to convert the
SFHA to Community Owned Land Trust Coops owned and regulated by
those who live there. We do not need either the Mayor or the
Supervisors telling the new owners what to do with their new owned
coop housing. People can take care themselves. I am for "A Piece
of the Pie for All" - not Pie in the Sky BS.
[+] [ ] [ ] Bring the Redevelopment Agency under the
Board of Supervisors
[+] [ ] [ ] Will you create formal district councils to
advise you? I support Community Congresses and assistance in
funding choices by the residents of the neighborhoods.
[+] [ ] [ ] Two aides for each Supervisor are sufficient
[+] [ ] [ ] 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?

+ - ?
[ ] [ ] [?] Legislation limiting formula retail outlets/
chain-stores I support access but not market take overs by
Corporations. I prefer Coops and will encorage those financially to
compete with the Chains. My New Public Owned County Bank will fund
our New SF Public Owned Community Development Corporation - designed
to fund Coops and Worker Collectives, Small Businesses and deliver
Angel Funding to our new Internet Startups.
[+] [ ] [ ] Conditional Use permit required for big box
stores
[ ] [ ] [?] The biotech payroll tax break
[+] [ ] [ ] Municipal broadband I will put City Owned
Fiber-optics into every Home, Hotel Room and Place of Business in
San Francisco and remove the "Last Mile" block to Giga-bit
Networking to all of San Francisco. I believe the Internet is a
Public Utility and I will assure all of San Francisco access and end
the Digital Divide.
[+] [ ] [ ] Local hiring requirements should be enforced
[+] [ ] [ ] Conversion of some golf courses into soccer
fields
[+] [ ] [ ] 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?

Organize Crime embedded in the Democratic Party is responsible for
failure to deliver equal access to all races, sexes, faiths, and
people from the LGBT Community due to discrimination. We need to
break up the Old Boy Networks, even if they are operated by the Old
Girls - IE Feinstein, Pelosi and AIPAC. I find the Wallenberg
Democratic Club egregious in this area.

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

+ - ?
[+] [ ] [ ] Multilingual government and education
Most of my grandchildren are multi-ethnic.
[+] [ ] [ ] Undocumented immigrants should have equal
access to education and health care San Francisco can deliver
documentation.
[+] [ ] [ ] Non-citizen residents should be able to vote
in all local elections
[+] [ ] [ ] Full rights for transgender persons
[ ] [-] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the
ethnic diversity of San Francisco
[ ] [-] [ ] Boards and commissions now reflect the
political diversity of San Francisco
[+] [ ] [ ] My campaign reflects the diversity of San
Francisco As an enlightened elder white guy - I answer with Humor
here and mean it. I am beyond the old-idea politics that
marginalize any one and everyone.

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?

+ - ?
[ ] [-] [ ] City government cooperating with the
PATRIOT Act I believe in Local Control.
[ ] [-] [ ] City government cooperating with ICE I
believe in Local Control.
[+] [ ] [ ] City government should boycott Arizona
until policies are changed
[+] [ ] [ ] City government should boycott Israel until
policies are changed
[+] [ ] [ ] Fleet Week and the Blue Angels flyover I
like the show. We are part of America.
[ ] [ ] [?] Business taxes are too high I support
a Progressive Gross Receipts Tax and Oppose Payroll Taxes.
[ ] [ ] [?] In a severe recession, environmental
regulations should be suspended to create jobs

My proposal for our Public Owned Community Bank will end Depressions
as we know them under the Federal Reserve System. The FED engineered
the Great Depression that began in 1929 and they are at it again. We
need our own Bank and we may need our own currency as well.

[+] [ ] [ ] SF should take a position on offshore oil
drilling outside CA Everyone should oppose offshore oil drilling
all over the world.

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?

We need a full redesign of MUNI. We have seven systems layered over
the years, which all served to bring workers to the Financial
District. Those Corporations who were there - are gone. We need a
whole new system - with greatly expanded new subway services, light
rails and whole new bus route applications. There is no reason not to
be able to get from anywhere to anywhere within SF within 30 minutes.

With the new Bank I propose, we do not need bonds forward to fund a
total re-do of MUNI now, no matter the price. We can afford it - if
we have our own Bank.

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

Your positions on selected current and past Propositions:

[ ] [+] [ ] 2008 Prop 8 (Limit on Marriage)
[+] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop AA (Local VLF)
[+] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop D (Non-citizen voting for School
Board)
[+] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop E (Same-day voter reg)
[ ] [+] [ ] 2010 Prop L ("Sit/Lie" ban)
[+] [ ] [ ] 2010 Prop M (Foot Patrols)
[ ] [ ] [?] 2010 Prop 19 (Legalize Marijuana) We need
to decriminalize all Scheduled Substances. 19 did not go far enough.
[ ] [-] [ ] 2011 Prop C (Lee pension reform)
[+] [ ] [ ] 2011 Prop D (Adachi pension reform)