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As A Society We're Always So Quick And Able To Spend Money On Lawyers For Someone For Incarceration, But We Don't Make The Corresponding Commitment To The Preventative Components Of It.

I've Run For Office, And I've Stood On Street Corners, While People Walked By Me And Didn't Want To Talk To Me, And Did Not Think I Was A Credible Candidate. And Then Four Years Later, I Was Nearly Elected Mayor Of San Francisco, So I Know What It Takes.

I Really Am Disappointed When I Run Into People Who Are Angry I'm Leaving Office.

This Idea That Once You Get Into Politics You Are Now Signed Up For Lifelong Duty Being In Elective Office, Makes A Fundamental Error - And That Is Believing That The Only Way You Can Hold Progressive Views And Implement Them Is In Elective Office.

Certainly Other Things We Can Do, We Gotta Promote After-school Employment, Give Kids An Opportunity, Raising The Minimum Wage Was Part Of That, We Can't Expect That Young People Are Going To Feel They Can Make A Living Out There For Such Low Wages.