I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the read more

I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.

We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be read more

We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be able to find an agreement without too much difficulty.

Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge read more

Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge project like the Bay Bridge retrofit.

If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.

If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.

There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've read more

There's a story every day in this place. Some of them are comical and some of them are tragic. I've had producers tell me they could do a sitcom about what goes on in this office.

If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be a caddy.

If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be a caddy.

Our long-range goal, once we get high-school students off the yellow buses, is to start looking at adjusting the bell read more

Our long-range goal, once we get high-school students off the yellow buses, is to start looking at adjusting the bell time of elementary schools. Then we can reduce the number of buses, and then we will see the savings.

Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well read more

Honestly, what drew me to the project was the quality of the script. It's a beautiful thriller, very, very well written, ... I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.

Twenty-seven points is a lot to give up in a half, not to mention in one quarter.

Twenty-seven points is a lot to give up in a half, not to mention in one quarter.