Schedule of Mayor Reid

Posted 12:48 PM by Mr Cheng
Tuesday, September 9, 2003

From:"Jim Reid"
To:"Scott Houston"
CC:"Alan Chu " , "Bart Kylstra " , "Dal Lorinc" , "A. J. Buchter Jr. "
Subject:501c3 paperwork
Date:Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:38:20 -0700

Scott.

I plan to ride MUNI at least 8hrs a day with Robert most of this week.

There is a mayoral debate Tuesday and Wednesday night this week.

I will be on Liberation Radio Thursday night 7 – 9:00 p.m.

I would like for you to spend the next few days reading the Nolo Press book on starting a California 501c3 Corporation.

The book has all the forms needed to file the paperwork.

There are web sites that will file the California paperwork for as little as $69.00.

We would need to have a Board of Directors meeting this month to bring life back to Habitat for the Homeless. The files with the Nolo Press book have all of the history of Habitat since 2000 when I build ShelterOne.

I would like to see a Board of Directors with Alan Chu, You, Dal, Robert, Bart Kylstra, perhaps A.J. Buchter, and I

I would like to have a B of D meeting next week to move forward with the paperwork.

If people like Danielle Steel are going to give us money, we need to finish this paperwork. The State paperwork will take three-months; the Federal could take six months if everything were done perfectly. The Nolo Press book walks you through every detail.

Let’s talk about this soon,

Thanks for being on the campaign team.

Sincerely,

Jim

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead

Monday, September 15, 2003 Victor Fund Training in Chicago

From:"Jim Reid"
To:DalLorinc@SFMayor.com, Signinstaller@msn.com
CC:wjcheng@yahoo.com
Subject:Victory Fund Training in Chicago
Date:Mon, 25 Aug 2003 11:04:37 -0700

Scott and Dal,
I would like for both of you to go to the Victory Foundation link and apply
for the Training in Chicago in September. Please fill out the on line form
and sent it in. IF James raises money this week I would like for the three
of you to go to this training, as it will give our campaign a strong
connection to the Victory Fund should we get into a runoff with Newsom in
November.
Participants in the Training do not need to be gay, but just to be working
on the campaign of an openly gay candidate for public office. The Victory
fund has endorsed Ammiano and Leal but if we get into the runoff and not
them, the Victory Fund will give us $100,000.00 in money and campaign
resources.
Please do this today and encourage James to make those calls that will get
us the money to go.

Thanks Much,
Jim

Posted 8:12 AM by Mr Cheng
Tuesday, September 2, 2003 SF Examiner, September 2, 2003, By Adriel Hampton

"How do you poll Jim Reid voters?" Roberts asked, referring to the carpenter/candidate who promises cheap, compact housing for the homeless. "They don't have phones."

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 Labor Day Voter Registration

Dear Matt Itelson:

My name is Scott Houston, Campaign Manager for the Jim Reid for Mayor Campaign Committee. I read the data compiled by Marsha Nye Adler and am aware of her organization of the UCSF Voter Registration program.

I would be interested to hear your thoughts on the idea of using one or all of our campaign vehicles and several volunteers to promote voter registration and community participation on campus and at many business locations around town.

Our campaign believes that with the help of one of our local radio stations like LIVE 105 San Francisco Alternative and the active press, we can reach more residents and give them the chance to have a voice in local, state, and national politics.

We are planning to use the services of one of our local businesses and many of our contributors to patriotically decorate the vehicles, giving residents a point of recognition to generate to. We would like to inlist the help of the student body by asking concerned students to assist us in registering voters and encouraging them to Get Out The Vote. We would very much enjoy seeing students learn the political machine first hand.

I think the upcoming Labor Day weekend would be a good time to kick off a multi-day event with a live feed on local radio, press coverage, and sponsor participation.

I look forward to hearing from you in the very near future with your thoughts on this. Thank you for your time, Matt, I appreciate your immediate consideration.

Sincerely,
Scott Houston
Campaign Manager
Jim Reid for Mayor Committee

Monday, September 8, 2003 David Binder joined Campaign Meeting

Gentlemen,

I have invited San Francisco’s finest pollster David Binder to attend out next campaign meeting to brainstorm with him a strategy for identifying voters in order to come in second in November. With four progressives in the race, dividing up the independents, center, and left of center votes, I believe that this is possible with only 15% of the vote or 29,000 votes.

We will be paying David for his valuable time so please come with some good questions to make this a productive strategy session.

This would be 6:00 p.m. at 116 Franconia Street Bernal Heights, Monday night. Dinner will be provided.

Please confirm that you can attend. A link to David’s bio is attached below.

http://www.db-research.com/DavidBinder.htm

Sincerely,
Jim Reid
826-6106

Posted 8:21 AM by Mr Cheng

Monday, August 25, 2003 Equal Press Exposure

Equal exposure would be of if there were only nine candidates,but when there
are 17 or more candidates everyone just gets a few minutes and little is said.
some balance needs to be found. I would vote for the audience to choose who
get to talk after a few minute intro by each candidate.
The Press sould just listen and take notes.
Jim

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Date:Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:16:52 -0700

Dear friends and neighbors:

As much as I know it sucks to get mass mail, this one is important. The consensus of the Jim Reid campaign believe the press also known as "The Fourth Estate", is not giving each of the mayoral candidates equal press, instead they print only what they see as news-worthy. Would each of you please do me a favor? Would you be so kind as to write an email to the San Francisco Chronicle demanding equal press coverage for all Mayoral candidates?

After all, in this, and all elections, you the voter have the right to know all of the candidates and their platforms. How can we make intelligent and informed decisions without all information. I mean, would you purchase a house if it was infested with termites and the seller told you this?

So please, demand all the information from your press. And remember, register to vote, and go to the polls on November 4. Be a part of your community, for United We Stand.

Thank you for your valuable time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Scott Houston, Campaign Manager Jim Reid for Mayor Committee

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Campaign Song ready.

The Campaing song is on the web site. this should get us very good Radio and
newspaper coverage in the first week in September.
Have your sons listen to it and give you their thoughts.
The song lyrics are on the web site.
Thanks
Jim

Monday, September 1, 2003 Live 105 Broadcast

Hi Ally,

My name is Scott Houston, Campaign Manager for Jim Reid for Mayor. You may remember a few weeks ago, we spoke on the phone briefly about the Mayoral campaign (I called to ask for the business ph. no.) and Jim's platform.

I'd like to know your thoughts regarding the Mayor's seat and the issues facing San Francisco. I would also like to pass an idea your way:

I've had the thought of doing a live feed (perhaps this Labor Day Weekend) at one of the local Safeway stores, or perhaps other public place, to promote Voter Registration - sponsored by the Jim Reid Campaign, and several other of our contributing groups.

We're planning to use the services of some of our local business to patriotically decorate one or all of our vehicles -- the main one called: The San Francisco Voter Van. Then set up at a to-be-designated location with several volunteers on hand to register San Francisco voters. We believe this will generate good press coverage, gain listener support for your radio station and your daily show while pulling customers into the chosen location via broadcasts from your live feed. The major message we would like to send is that it takes the population of the city to change the way things are. This being accomplished by taking a stand to make a decision on election day.

Your station was the first to come to mind because Live 105 is my personal favorite. Second, you are San Francisco's Alternative station and Jim Reid is the Alternative candidate for Mayor. While others talk about doing something about homelessness and the upcoming MUNI fare increase, Jim Reid is doing something about it. He built the smallest house and is the only candidate to ride MUNI everyday to tell riders about the fare increase and tout his message about a better San Francisco for everybody. As well, he has written lyrics for, had music written, and produced a recording of a rock song called Who's Gonna Help Us.

I wanted to give you first choice for an exclusive spot at the preview of the San Francisco Voter Van and live first shot at premier of the new song. The possibility for commercial success for the KITS sponsors, our sponsors, and the chosen commercial location (possibly one of your sponsor's locations) along with the press coverage alone is worth the consideration of this idea. Ally, I would greatly appreciate your consideration of this idea and I would hope it may be something you might enjoy participating in. You may reach me on my cell at: 415-595-1828.

Again, thank you for taking the time to chat with me on the phone, and I hope to hear from you very soon. There are 72 days left until our local election, as well, there are even fewer day until the recall election.

Sincerely,
Scott Houston
Campaign Manager
Jim Reid for Mayor Committee

Posted 8:45 PM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Saturday June 14, 2003
Bart,

I appreciate your long and loyal involvement in the campaign and I would like for you to continue working on special projects that will help us win this campaign. I will take full responsibility for gathering the voter signatures on the ballot measure and my signatures in lieu of the filing fee.

If Jack Davis is going to continue to work on our campaign, he will work full time gathering voter signatures on MUNI Metro platforms.

I would like for you and Alan to begin to screen volunteers that we will move into our volunteer housing. I have three volunteers Dal, Nicky, and Sam Larson who would be the first three candidates. I would like for you and Alan to interview, approve, or disapprove the candidates that we send to you. We will only send you volunteers who have demonstrated that they can collect 100 signatures a day. They will all be clean and sober. Most homeless people smoke and we will send them to Dr. Cheng for the acupuncture treatment before they move into the volunteer housing. I want our volunteer housing to be a supportive environment where the residents help each other stay off drugs including nicotine.

Any volunteer who gets a hundred signatures a day, we will house them overnight in ShelterOne, then move them to be screened by you and Alan.

I want nine full time volunteers on MUNI Metro platforms starting next Friday when our MUNI Signature cards arrive. I will stay on the Metro four days a week starting next Tuesday until the July 24th deadline for Sigs in Lieu. I need your help in staying focused on this important task.

Thanks for being a loyal friend.

Sincerely,
Jim Reid, the next mayor of San Francisco.

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Posted 8:45 PM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Next Mayor Jim Reid's Weblog or SFMayor Blog
Every Monday 6pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Remote supporters can dial in.
Every Wednesday 6pm, Volunteer Night. 6pm at Campaign Office, 1155 Market St, Costco pickup dinner served.
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 San Francisco Mayor Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Headlines saying "Jim Reid elected San Francisco Mayor!!!"

Posted 8:42 PM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Next Mayor Jim Reid's Weblog or SFMayor Blog
Every Monday 6pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Remote supporters can dial in.
Every Wednesday 6pm, Volunteer Night. 6pm at Campaign Office, 1155 Market St, Costco pickup dinner served.
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 San Francisco Mayor Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Headlines saying "Jim Reid elected San Francisco Mayor!!!"

Posted 8:41 PM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Next Mayor Jim Reid's Weblog or SFMayor Blog
Every Monday 6pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Remote supporters can dial in.
Every Wednesday 6pm, Volunteer Night. 6pm at Campaign Office, 1155 Market St, Costco pickup dinner served.
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 San Francisco Mayor Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Headlines saying "Jim Reid elected San Francisco Mayor!!!"

Posted 8:38 PM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Next Mayor Jim Reid's Weblog or SFMayor Blog
Every Monday 6pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Remote supporters can dial in.
Every Wednesday 6pm, Volunteer Night. 6pm at Campaign Office, 1155 Market St, Costco pickup dinner served.
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Saturday June 14, 2003

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 San Francisco Mayor Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Headlines saying "Jim Reid elected San Francisco Mayor!!!"

Posted 11:40 AM by Mr Cheng

Recuring Schedule
Next Mayor Jim Reid's Weblog or SFMayor Blog
Every Monday 6pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Remote supporters can dial in.
Every Wednesday 6pm, Volunteer Night. 6pm at Campaign Office, 1155 Market St, Costco pickup dinner served.
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.
Start Wednesday, May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August.

Saturday June 14, 2003
Bart,

I appreciate your long and loyal involvement in the campaign and I would like for you to continue working on special projects that will help us win this campaign. I will take full responsibility for gathering the voter signatures on the ballot measure and my signatures in lieu of the filing fee.

If Jack Davis is going to continue to work on our campaign, he will work full time gathering voter signatures on MUNI Metro platforms.

I would like for you and Alan to begin to screen volunteers that we will move into our volunteer housing. I have three volunteers Dal, Nicky, and Sam Larson who would be the first three candidates. I would like for you and Alan to interview, approve, or disapprove the candidates that we send to you. We will only send you volunteers who have demonstrated that they can collect 100 signatures a day. They will all be clean and sober. Most homeless people smoke and we will send them to Dr. Cheng for the acupuncture treatment before they move into the volunteer housing. I want our volunteer housing to be a supportive environment where the residents help each other stay off drugs including nicotine.

Any volunteer who gets a hundred signatures a day, we will house them overnight in ShelterOne, then move them to be screened by you and Alan.

I want nine full time volunteers on MUNI Metro platforms starting next Friday when our MUNI Signature cards arrive. I will stay on the Metro four days a week starting next Tuesday until the July 24th deadline for Sigs in Lieu. I need your help in staying focused on this important task.

Thanks for being a loyal friend.

Sincerely,
Jim Reid, the next mayor of San Francisco.

Sunday, June 15, 2003 Volunteer Housing grand opening, can accomodate 16 to 32 full time volunteers.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Sunday, June 22, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of Simply Help

Sunday, June 29, 2003 Big Parade Campaign. Two booth reserved near Asian Art Museum and End of parade. collect 30,000 signatures, campaign song, toilet.

Monday, July 7, 2003
Start Tuesday, May 27 for 5 weeks signature collection for Habitat for Homeless, require 10,000 signatures by July 7, 2003.

Tuesday, November 4, 2003 San Francisco Mayor Election Day

Wednesday, November 5, 2003 Headlines saying "Jim Reid elected San Francisco Mayor!!!"

Posted 10:50 AM by Mr Cheng

Friday June 13, 2003
Angela,

Would you commit your time on setting up Habitat for the Homeless as a 501c3? I will take responsibility for gathering the voter signatures for the ballot measure and my sigs in lieu. I have assigned Jack Davis to collect 100 signatures a day and nothing else. If he does this, we will have 2,100 signatures just from him. I want to add one volunteer a day to work with him on MUNI platforms, so that by a week from Monday we will have one volunteer on each of the nine Metro underground platforms.

I will begin this coming this Tuesday to ride the Metro from embarcadero to West Portal and back from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and ask the people that I give my MUNI campaign cards to, to seek out one of our volunteers, and sign our petitions. If we only do this signature gathering strategy and move these 9 volunteers to the Pride parade site the last Saturday and Sunday of June, we will succeed in getting the needed signatures for the Homeless Housing ballot measure.

After the July 7th deadline for qualifying the ballot measure, we will focus the 9 volunteers on 17 days on the Metro platforms, getting the sigs in lieu we need to beat Gavin Newsom¡¦s voter signature numbers. Newsom¡¦s goal is to gather 20,000 voter signatures. Our goal is to gather 30,000. This could actually put us in second, not third place if we pull it off.

Angela, I would like for you to become the Executive Director of Habitat for the Homeless. We would need to have a new Board of Directors meeting and ratify new documents and file the paperwork over the internet ASAP. I would propose to invite the following people to be on the Board of Directors: Bart Kylstra, Alan Chu, Mai Kai Lee, Mabel Lee, and Dalibor Lorinc. I should not be on the Board, because I could do more for the organization as Mayor if I am not a member.

I have talked to a patron who wishes to remain anonymous, who will give us $5,000.00 as soon as we have filed the paperwork and another $2,500.00 a month for a year. This would pay for our volunteer housing and we would then have the foundation for moving ten former homeless people into ShelterOne units in neighborhoods as soon as March of next year. We could have our volunteers work full time to get the Shipyard measure passed so that we would have a site, to build and store ShelterOne units until we move 2,000 of them out into the neighborhoods in the next four years.

We will get very good press coverage in the coming months and in the televised mayoral debates, if I can say that our campaign set up the infrastructure to rehabilitate and house 2,000 homeless people over a four-year period. This is something concrete, not just talk and plans like the other big-name well-funded candidates are doing. AND we are doing this WITHOUT spending any taxpayer money. This will be a powerful statement in the debates. It will win the election for us.

I appreciate your help with our campaign and look forward to a long business relationship and friendship with you.

Sincerely,
Jim Reid, the next mayor of San Francisco.

Posted 10:34 AM by Mr Cheng

Thursday June 12, 2003
Alan,

Thanks for your hospitality. I have discovered that Chinese and other Asians are generally very good and generous people. They will be a big part of my administration as mayor. And we are going to win this election. In the future, I will bring my own food so that I don't have to take yours. Thanks again for your time.

I will have Dalibor Lorinc, Dal for short, call you this morning about coming over to meet you and have coffee. He the handyman who is working on my house. He has been working for free on doing carpentry projects on my house, ShelterOne, and the Gem truck all because he was homeless and stayed in ShelterOne for a week and is working to own one in the future.

He is a great guy and I hope to motivate two dozen such men and women to work full time on my campaign in the next six months by offering them temporary housing and the opportunity to work to own a ShelterOne house when I am mayor. This will motivate them to work six days a week on my campaign doing anything that is needed to get the vote out. Twenty full time motivated volunteers are better than the 100 part time volunteers that Ammiano has or 500 part time paid volunteers as Newsom has.

So far I have motivated three people to work full time on our campaign by providing them with temporary housing and the hope of permanent housing. We will to do this for 25 people before the election is over. When I move out of my room, I will have two volunteers living in my room, two in the guest room that Dal is finishing, and two in ShelterOne.

I plan to win this election and I need for everyone to help until it hurts.
Thanks Much for your help Alan.

Sincerely,
Your friend, Jim Reid, the next mayor of San Francisco.

Posted 10:30 AM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

With the cost of tobacco, the average homeless person smokes the equivalent of their first and last months rent on a small apartment each year. Candidate for Mayor Jim Reid has three volunteers who have agreed to try to give up smoking for six months in exchange for first and last months rent on a small apartment or as the down payment on a ShelterOne house should Reid be elected mayor in November.

The volunteers have agreed to put the $3.00 a day that they spend on a pack of cigarettes into a special down payment fund for six months with the agreement that Reid will add $500.00 if they are still clean of their nicotine addiction after six months. Reid has arranged with a retired acupuncturist and a student of Acupuncture to treat the volunteers?daily using acupuncture to alleviate their addiction to nicotine. If his program is successful and Reid becomes the next mayor of San Francisco he will fund a program to offer free acupuncture treatment and an opportunity to buy a ShelterOne house for any San Franciscan who wants to kick the habit and is committed to staying clean.

This is good news for the city budget and bad news for the tobacco companies.

Posted 10:25 AM by Mr Cheng

Tuesday, June 10, 2003
Contacting millionaires already promised $500 donation checks to mail in the donation ...

ShelterOne, the smallest house in San Francisco, is sleeping two former homeless people and one soon to become homeless person.

The tiny house, a 21st Century version of the 1906 earthquake shacks, designed by building contractor Jim Reid as the ideal house for one person, is today sleeping three people in a quiet hillside San Francisco neighborhood.

These three men have volunteered to help Reid be elected the next Mayor of San Francisco after visiting ShelterOne. Jack Davis has become Reid’s volunteer coordinator. Davis an experienced business manager fell on hard times in Nashville and become homeless for over a year.

Dalibor Lorinc, veteran of the Navy, seaman, handyman, and plumber is maintaining ShelterOne, Reid’s two electric campaign vehicles, and planning to remodel and maintain the seven room flat Reid plans to use to house ten volunteers later this month. Lorinc plans to oversee the construction of thousands of ShelterOne housing units to be built at Hunters Point shipyard once Reid is elected mayor.

The third man Sam Larson is about to loose his small apartment because he and his roommates are unemployed. Reid and Davis met Larson on a Fulton Street bus a week ago and told him about their plans to build tiny houses that people like Larson could afford to buy. Larson has volunteered to work full time to gather signatures on Reid’s Hunters Point Homeless Rehabilitation Center; ballot measure.

Reid has a dozen other clean and sober homeless people or soon to be homeless people who are willing to work full time on his campaign if Reid can put together the financial resources to lease the Haight Street flat that he has in mind. The monthly rent of the large flat is $2,800.00 and Reid would like to house ten people, two in a room. Reid plans to offer housing for a year for any clean and sober volunteer who will work full time on his campaign. “These hardworking volunteers will be the first in line to have an opportunity to work to own a ShelterOne of their own once I am mayor.?Says Reid.

Reid said to Jack Davis this morning that the press should see these tree men sleeping in this tiny house; one in the bunk, one in the rocking chair, and one on the floor.

Posted 3:47 PM by Mr Cheng

Monday, June 9, 2003
Contacting dozens millionaire donars for more $500 donation checks referral ....

Los Angeles millionair patron Polly fly over to San Francisco to meet next Mayor Jim Reid and visit Shelter One ...

6pm to 8:30pm, Campaign Committee Meeting, Ms Lee's house ... Remote supporters can dial in.

Why Jim Reid should become the mayor of San Francisco? Go to sfpolifix.com

Posted 8:44 AM by Mr Cheng

Saturday, June 7, 2003 Visit Chinatown (tentative).

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Subject: Special notice from homelessinhuntington Welcome Cheng!

Wow!!I just read the seven nights in hell ,about the mayor hopefull. What a trip!!I can relate with him on alot of his views, the lottery system in bigger citys, that the so called "coalitions" and other advocates should get out of the way and let us build decent shelters, quit worring about money and polotics (as if that were possible!), that each person could be one paycheck away from being homeless, Like Jim I hate litter, I see it every where, the wine RIGHT BESIDE A DUMPSTER, shit blowing down the plaza, the disrespect for nature or the well being for others let alone ourselves. BEING HOMELESS IS HELL, it robs us of our dignity and our self worth, that is if we beleive the lies the caretakers are feeding us. I like the idea of 10,000 homeless men from sacramento to washington dc, to camp and build shantys on the white house lawn, the idea of the street sweepers and how many millions of dollars the citys spend while able bodied men do nothing but panhandle and drink.

We had a plan to try to finance our own "safe haven"here in Huntington, to make it part of our stay to clean several city blocks in the city. It was great to see this in print, especialy in a large city like sacramento. We are a small river town that is run by old money, old ideas,yes,old people.The young are bored, the old say if they would only behave. The youth here feel traped, misunderstood, like they are living in rut, and a very deep rut at that. This town bucks at change, at getting to the heart of the matter. Just look away while the town drunk(s) piss and shit in your door way. Huntington is a magnet for people who have given up. The little house storie in time magazine may be part of the solution, along with alot of hard work. In oregon, they have a tent city, my goodness, we are in WEST VIRGINA! Wild & wonderful,that is if you have somewhere to sleep at night!! Why dont we have a tent city? Dont know....old money, old polotics,yes,no room for the young to spread there wings and hover, let alone fly.so,yes,if i were in california,i would vote for jim reid.And if some one is reading this now and is confused,please go to the previose message and read" SEVEN NIGHTS IN HELL It's long but it's an experience!!!!

-Supporter from Huntington WV

Sunday, June 8, 2003 We need to pay for many things that will get us better name recognition with voters.

Large campaign signs with the photo of the candidate as they use in New York City and European elections $1,900 for 1,000 full color signs. Chinese language signs, $1,000 for 500 signs. 20,000 - $5.00 raffle tickets $850.00. 10,000 folded black & white fliers $1,000.00 10,000 small Jim Reid for Mayor window signs - $2,000.00 Food and cigarettes for signature gatherers $1,500.00 10,000 Chinese language campaign cards $351.00. Etc, etc.

Can you arrange a $10,000 loan to the campaign so that we can get through June and give us the tools to gather the needed signatures before the windows close on signature gathering on the ballot measure and the Sigs in Lieu?

We are getting behind the other candidates because we have little money in our checking account. ... We could move ahead of her in the next month if we had only $10,000.00

People come into our campaign office everyday and ask us if we have any campaign literature and we give them our small business cards and tell them to go to the internet. We tell them that we have no money to print literature as the well-funded candidates. ...

Posted 7:25 AM by Mr Cheng

Friday, June 6, 2003

I will have Jack Davis get a list of 600 SF Realtors, 200 small Architects, and 200 Building contractors to Jerry Renville today so they could do some fundraising calls talking about how ShelterOne and larger yet small housing units could help their business and that they should contribute to Jim Reid for Mayor. We have phone numbers for all theses people.

Posted 8:09 AM by Mr Cheng

Thursday, June 5, 2003

Our campaign has little money and we need to think of creative ways to compensate our volunteers, most of whom are homeless, for their efforts to gather signatures two efforts.

5 valid signatures = Hot dog, chips, soda 25 valid signatures = a pack of cigarettes 100 valid signatures = a MUNI Fast Pass 500 valid signatures = a cell phone with air time 5,000 valid signatures = Housing for six months 10,000 valid signatures = Housing for twelve months 100,000 valid signatures = a ShelterOne house

Any volunteer who will gather voter signatures to put my name or our housing measure on the ballot will get my diligent effort to find permanent housing for them. Today I did some research in the internet on Danielle Steel. I plan to write a letter to her and hand deliver it to her home in Washington Street later today along with our campaign video and our ballot measure. I hope that she will meet with me and offer to host a house party for all of her friends and acquaintances, so that I can realize my dream of housing ten dedicated volunteers for a year until we can build them a ShelterOne house. Stay tuned.

Posted 6:11 AM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, June 4, 2003

The San Francisco Business Times called today to ask my opinion of Mayor Brown's plan to build housing at the Shipyard. I said that it was a bad idea because it excluded 70% of the people who live in San Francisco from owning housing built at the shipyard. I told him that affordable and workforce housing are unaffordable to the vast majority of us who live and work here and that I thought that is was a bad use of public land. The story will appear in two weeks.

Posted 1:26 PM by Mr Cheng

Tuesday, June 3, 2003 Dr. Cheng deliever another $1,100 donation checks to Mayor Reid.

I tell anyone who is complaining about the past that what happened or didn't happen in the past is history and that we cannot change history. History is to learn from not to dwell on. Power is in the now. Today is full of opportunity. We need to plan for tomorrow based on the lessons of the recent past. Our campaign committee will plan a strategy to get 20,000 voter signatures in lieu of the filing fee to run for Mayor and twenty thousand voter signatures on our Hunters Point Shipyard Homeless Rehabilitation Center ballot measure.

Posted 12:29 PM by Mr Cheng

Monday, June 2, 2003 Jack Davis back from 4 day Compaign Training with Victor Fundation.
Weekly Campaign Committee Meeting at 6pm.

The campaign song needs to come from the ideas and passions that are on
the SFMayor.com web site. Thoughts like building housing for homeless
people, building housing for working people, building an extraordinary
public transit system.

The Home at Hunters Point Campaign

Here are a few thoughts. One VERY important happening will be in
September when the City will implement the MUNI Fare increase of 25
cents a ride or $10.00 a month increase in the Fast Pass cost. It could
be a powerful moment for us to release the song to the radio stations
the same week that the fare increase goes into effect. This could be
September first. Half of the people who live in San Francisco ride MUNI
and half of them vote. Some line like "Improve MUNI service...NO FARE
INCREASE" would be a good thing to be in the song.

This would not need to be in the song released for the Gay Parade
because is will not be an issue then and we should save it until
September.

Words, Words, Words:
Follow the lead.Vote for Jim Reid
Improve MUNI service.No fare increase

House the homeless, house the workers, house us all.
He sees your xxx
He hears your xxx
He feels your xxx

Action - Courage - Integrity were John F. Kennedy's campaign theme
words and they could apply to Jim Reid

Posted 10:43 PM by Mr Cheng

Saturday, May 31, 2003 get some one to work on thousands T-Shirt with Mayor Reid's Chinese name.

...Contributions are not tax deductible. We may not deposit your check without
your name, address, occupation and employer and may not accept cash,
cashiers checks or money orders. You may contribute up to $500, and spouses
and domestic partners may each contribute $500, even if the accounts are
controlled by the same person. Separate legal entities (businesses and their
owners, partnerships with same general partner, parent companies and
subsidiaries, etc.) may each contribute $500. Your total contributions to
all San Francisco candidates running in the November 2003 election are
limited to $1,500. Contributions may be accepted from all sources, other
than foreign nationals, persons negotiating City contracts, and persons who
have received a contract, land use variance, grant, tax abatement, etc. from
the City which Supervisor Newsom approved. *Checks cannot be deposited
without employer, occupation, and physical street address (p.o. boxes not
accepted)....

Sunday, June 1, 2003 Joey and Alan Chu work on Volunteer Housing. Bart on Mayor Debate video tape. Mabel Lee on Chinese text of business card and T-shirt. Del, new volunteer, become Shelter One Manager. Jack, new volunteer, becomes Campaign Office Manager.

Posted 1:22 PM by Mr Cheng

Friday, May 30, 2003 Working on Ballot measure so we can began gathering signature.

Names, money and the law BY ADRIEL HAMPTON Of The Examiner Staff

...A $20 donation is suggested. ?Dark horse candidate Jim Reid may [xxx] make mayor, [that] he makes for great copy. A photo essayist with a national audience follows the maverick builder as the establishment press passes on by. ?

Posted 10:46 AM by Mr Cheng

Thursday, May 29 to June 1, 2003 Campaign Training, Washington DC Victor Fund Foundation, $400, Bart, Jack and Joey. at Oakland Hotel. total 20 people will attend.

..... According to Dr. Hung-Hui Cheng, chair of Chinese Community Committee of Jim Reid for Mayor, mayor Chinese newspapers all reported The Rally of Ballot Measure in front of City Hall on 5/27/03.

There were huge photos of Mayor Reid and over 30 supporters wearing "Jim Reid for Mayor" and "Habita for the Homeless".

So far, next Mayor Jim Reid is the most popular mayoral candidates in San Francisco Chinese Community, including Chinatown. He has met
hundreds of Chinese leaders and shake hands with thousands of Chinese in dozens of Chinese gathering.

His campaign promises of "increase bus in Chinatown" and "build automatic parking deck" and "moving homeless off street" have won the
heart of the majority of Chinese American.
.....

Posted 1:23 AM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 May 28 for 8 weeks signature collection, require 6,000 but target 30,000 signatures, 3rd place in August. Mayor Reid bus tours full time with volunteers.

Low-budget mayor bid gains band of homeless volunteersBY ADRIEL HAMPTON Of The Examiner

.....For the past couple weeks, dark horse mayoral candidate Jim Reid has added a little bit of grassroots politics into the mix, organizing a brigade of volunteers from the army of homeless and marginally housed folks who wander the streets by day and bed down on them by night.

Early Tuesday afternoon, a line of people spilled out of Reid's tiny campaign headquarters across from U.N. Plaza, waiting for a free volunteer lunch and a raffle for new backpacks and sleeping bags.

Most wore t-shirts proclaiming "Jim Reid for Mayor" or "Habitat for the Homeless." The latter shirt, based on Reid's new ballot proposal to house the homeless at the former naval shipyard at Hunters Point, features a small house with a picket fence sheltering a raggedy homeless man with shopping cart from the driving rain -- inside the house, the sun is shining.

Most of the volunteers had moved down from a noon press conference at the steps of City Hall, where Reid and about 30 supporters began gathering signatures to put a declaration of policy on the November ballot. Middle-aged homeless men, Chinese Americans and a couple transgender women listened to Reid outline his quest to put low-cost housing on the Hunters Point land, where city officials currently plan a new neighborhood of homes for working-class and upper-income residents.

"House the homeless first," Reid said, after waiting 10 minutes for fresh megaphone batteries. Reid, a general contractor by trade, two years ago built a fully functional 10-by-10 home and compares his new initiative with the way The City took care of its poor after the 1906 earthquake, housing them in thousands of cottages in San Francisco's southeast corner.

Now, Reid and his volunteers must collect nearly 10,000 valid signatures from registered voters by July 7 to put the plan on the ballot. He plans to buy monthly Muni passes for the most dedicated signature gatherers.

Jack Davis, Reid's volunteer coordinator, calls the little house that Reid built, Shelter One, the solution to homelessness for a wide segment of the indigent population. Obviously, he told a reporter, people who sit around talking to themselves need services -- but many able-bodied men just need a place to shave and clean daily so they can hold down a job.

Charles Maxwell, who's lived on Social Security in San Francisco's cheap hotels for the past year, loves that Reid is a tradesman with an answer. Maxwell had collected 11 signatures around City Hall.

"I like the way he has it all laid out," Maxwell said.

Tony Simi, who read about Reid and came out to support him at the signature-gathering kickoff, is a retired INS worker who's lived in The City 20 years. Simi is sold on a permanent housing solution for people on fixed income like himself.

"I was really edified by it," Simi said.

While volunteers headed down to the campaign office for lunch and took away election materials by taxi, Reid went over to a group of Chinese Americans who were protesting for neighborhood schools and against District 4 Supervisor Fiona Ma.

"I know how to do a recall petition," Reid, who once tried with little success to start a campaign to recall Mayor Willie Brown, told them. He said they should work to put their plight into the form of a ballot initiative, government by referendum. Across the street, another supporter checked out the engine on Reid's one-person electric car.

While City Hall workers and reporters passed by with just a glance, the streets bustled, the little campaign grew.

Posted 11:01 AM by Mr Cheng

Tuesday, May 27, 2003 noon Rally with 60 volunteers at steps of City Hall with homeless T-shirt collect 20,000 signatures ballot measure for Hunter Pointers Ship Yard Navy to city. (Joey) Will get 500 homeless volunteers with Jim Reid for Mayor sign at City Hall behind Mayor Reid (Jack).

Detail of HUNTERS POINT SHIPYARD HOMELESS REHABILITATION CENTER; DECLARATION OF POLICY can be seen at Jim Reid for Mayor Weblog

Posted 12:08 AM by Mr Cheng

Monday, May 26, 2003 1-3pm Official Campaign Committee Meeting will be held at 870 Market Street, Rm 622. We will be picking the key up from Ste. 559. Mai Kai Lee and Dr. Cheng will be there as well, in addition to Mayor Reid, Bart Kylstra, Alan Chu, Joey Hodges, Jack Davis. The meeting lasted for 3 hours.

Get another 48 T-shirts for volunteers.

Campaign Committee Meeting Agenda

Dr. Cheng
Alan Chu
Jack Davis
Joey Hodges
Bart Kylstra
Mai Kai Lee
Jim Reid

May 25, 2003, 1-3 pm
870 Market St., Conference Room 622

Fellow committee members:

This is our first official campaign committee meeting. I will make suggestions here how I believe it should function. We will come to some consensus tomorrow as a group how it will function from that point forward.

We will begin by discussing and revising the short campaign strategy document attached to this email. The online calendar is our long-term organizing tool, along with the budget. Our weekly meeting will drive our short-term planning. Each of us will bring a list of things that we believe need to be accomplished in the next week. We will then put all the lists together and divide them among ourselves. At the next meeting we will go over the lists and check of those that have been accomplished and then produce a new list for the following week. My list includes:

Telephone in office, then DSL
Gem keys arrive, get it functional
Current photo of Jim at portrait studio
Order large-format printer
Set up telephone fundraisers
Volunteer, supporter, contributor database format
Add 20 volunteers to database every day
Deliver volunteers to rally on Tuesday
Checklist for rally
Contact voters on bus
Organize ballot initiative
Attend functions
Campaign legal and ethical paperwork
Campaign office hours
Victory Fund training
Content and look of campaign material
Enter important events on online calendar
We will also decide on ongoing responsibilities for each committee member. This will become part of the campaign strategy document.

The committee will make all major decisions, decided by a simple majority vote. This includes internal strategy and how the campaign is presented to the outside. This includes any promotional material. We need to present a consistent message. Step-by-step we will make good progress.

Bart Kylstra
(415) 385-4508

The tortoise won the race.

Get attention however you can, then reel them in with substance, then talk about being mayor. Focus on issues of voters (homelessness, housing, transportation, and economy), nothing else. Do not let the agenda change for any reason. 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration, the tortoise approach

Maximize Strengths
Vision, Charisma
Courage, ingenuity
Speaking ability
Cubicle
Flexibility
Minimize Weakness (or flaunt and ask forgiveness)
Seen as Don Quixote
No organizational experience, micromanage, looses focus, never held political office
Bankruptcy, Ethics
Rather be dead and right?
Self-talk may be disconcerting to others
1st tier of strategy
Bus, Bus, Bus (business cards)
Continue getting interest of the press
Campaign headquarters as meeting place, nucleus
Organize people that are then interested
Web site to capitalize on interest of press, voters, and volunteers
Fundraising (ask for help, ask for help, video, Mr. Cheng, telefunding)
Consistent graphic look and message (stock photos)

2nd tier of strategy

Circulate among leading policymakers and organizations
Bus advertising signs
Ballot measure taken over by Joey Hodges
Register voters
Door-to-door, targeted cards
Gem Billboard
Sparrow placement

3rd tier of strategy

Critical Mass
Important milestones:
6/29 Gay parade
Signature in lieu deadline
Ballot measure deadline
Talk with David Binder, remember successful models: Chris Daly, Willie Brown, Jesse Ventura, and anti-models Tom Ammiano, Angela Aliota?

Campaign Tools:

External communication and organization tools:
Web page
Database (volunteers, supporters and contributors)
Telephone and email
Internal organization tools:
Two page strategy, organization document
Calendar online (http://www.calsnet.com/jim_reid)
Short term “to do” list from committee meeting
Monthly budget
“Wish List” budget
Campaign organization:

Fundraiser, Wunjei Cheng
Set up and support telephone fundraisers
Continue getting large contributions from donors
“Take care” of past and future contributors

Volunteer organizer, Jack Davis
Add 30 volunteers, potential supporters to database every day
Responsible for delivering volunteers and supports to events, election
Organize so office open all day

Campaign manager, Bart Kylstra
Maintain Campaign strategy documents
Organize campaign meetings

Treasurer, Alan Chu
Understand legal and ethical requirements on campaign
Maintain financial documents
Maintain campaign paperwork

Candidate, Jim Reid
Provide leadership for the campaign (lead by example)
Direct contact with voters (primarily bus)
Attend functions

Ballot Initiative, Joey Hodges

Mai Kai

Administrative Assistants, Paul

Campaign Committee:
All strategy and tactics approved.
Short-term “to do” list.

Posted 8:29 PM by Mr Cheng

Sunday, May 25, 2003 Setup SFMayor Weblog by Mr. Cheng

Postcards from the fringe with Jim Reid by Hank Donat at Heart of the City

Letter to the Editor:

Hank Donat's interview with Jim Reid was a revelation, and a change in my thinking about Jim. His is the most brilliant civil idea proffered to the Citizens of this City in decades. What a project to be completed! San Francisco needs this so that we all have fair reason to feel important again.

Sincerely,
Rob Tackes

P.S. Hank Donat's writing style brought this very interesting saga alive. Its true to me that Jim's Hunters Point plan is earth-shattering in its potential for making S.F. great again Hank balanced that idea with the more obvious element of the mayor's race. Wonderful .

Contact 70 volunteers to show up on Tuesday's Rally at steps of City Hall (Jack)

Invite Realtors to the Open House of Shelter One (Jack)

Posted 5:08 PM by Mr Cheng

Saturday, May 24, 2003 $7,500 check arrived and cashed into Campaign Committee Account, according to Tracy
Bart, Jack, Joey,
I appreciate each of you agreeing to attend the Victory fund training. This intense four-day workshop will introduce you to campaign professionals who have won campaigns in the past. It will provide the three of you the opportunity to work together as a team to plan a fictitious campaign that we can apply to our campaigns. I would like to join you each night after the training so that we could brainstorm our campaign based on the information that you gained that day.

I am going to ask our financial patron Wunjei Cheng to make a $1,200.00 tax-deductible donation to the Victory Fund Foundation in our name so that the campaign can benefit from the training without using our limited resources.

I look forward to this long weekend of learning campaign skills and putting it into practice in our campaign.
Perhaps we could recruit some of your fellow students to participate in our campaign.

Thanks again for your time in doing the training.

Sincerely,
Jim Reid

Posted 9:49 AM by Mr Cheng

Friday, May 23, 2003 Joey Hodges working on building new Housing Committee and recruit committee members to obtain corporate donation and over $500 donation to the Shelter One Housing Project. Joey will chair the committe while co-chair Fund Raising committee for the moment. 12:30pm Campaign Ethics Meeting at City Hall, Jack Davis and others will attend.

[Jim Reid in] Mayoral Maneuvers by BY ADRIEL HAMPTON Of The Examiner Staff
..... In other homelessness and ballot news, mayoral candidate Jim Reid, he of the smallest house in San Francisco, on Tuesday begins a signature gathering campaign to put a statement of policy on the ballot. Reid's statement would give a voter mandate to create a housing and services depot at the Hunters Point Shipyard for all The City's homeless. Additionally at the shipyard, Reid wants to expand the artists' community, develop a 2007 World's Fair and a hydrogen car assembly plant and -- whoa! -- a floating red light district. ... Reid, described by one astute politics watcher as "not a kook, but kooky," has a team of homeless and nearly homeless volunteers ready to collect the pen marks he'll need. One new campaign volunteer, Jack Davis (no relation) of Nashville , is testing out Reid's 10-by- 10 prototype affordable home, Shelter One in Bernal Heights, as a housing model for the nation. .....

Posted 8:29 AM by Mr Cheng

Thursday, May 22, 2003 sfmayor.com will be switched to new much more powerful website hosting.
Working on Ballot measure so we can began gathering signature Wednesday May 21 for Shipyard where we want to to build Shelter One for homeless. Publish legal notices in newspaper.
12:30pm Mayor Rreid, Bart, Jack Davis, Joey Hodges attend meeting at Department of Election about ballot signature collection.

Coalition for the Homeless visited Campaign Office.

Posted 9:55 AM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, May 21, 2003 .
[Next Mayor Jim Reid] at Raucous Vets Forum by BY ADRIEL HAMPTON Of The Examiner Staff

....Jim Reid's dozen volunteers in bright colored t-shirts have dominated the show Tuesday night at the Swords to Plowshares mayoral forum...

......Reid, with a group of volunteers, got props from Alioto and Denny for his Shelter One proposal to house worthy homeless individuals in tiny, cheap homes...

....Reid pledged to teach the homeless how to do plumbing, electrical and sheetrock to get jobs and build their own homes, calling for an effort like the housing of survivors following the 1906 quake.

"We haven't burned to the ground," Reid said. "But we have no money."

He criticized Newsom's Care Not Cash homeless plan, like the rest of the candidates emphasizing that services and housing are not adequate and long shelter stays are intolerable....

Posted 10:17 PM by Mr Cheng

Tuesday, May 20, 2003 10am Joey Hodges and Jack Davis will meet at Library and got all the phone numbers of the donar list from US reference database. Joey will divide the list and email to fund raising committee nation wide for telemarketing volunteers to do tele fund raising.
6:00 p.m. Swords to Plowshares mayoral Debate in Herbst Theatre in the Veterans building across from City Hall. We need
people to wear T-shirts and pass out signs, cards, and ShelterOne raffle
tickets. Call for details or just show up. Jack Davis and Ms Lee will organize dozens volunteers to show up with T-shirt and sign.

Posted 12:37 PM by Mr Cheng

Monday, May 19, 2003 2pm Mayor Reid meet with Joey, newly join volunteer serve as co-chair of Fund Raising Committee and discuss strategy on fund raising through donar list obtain from Ethic Commission last Friday.
6:00pm Campaign Team weekly meeting, introduce Jack Davis and Joey Hodges to the committee. Work on tomorrow Mayoral Debate issues. 9pm Huan-Ching Liao brought in $500 donation check to be sent to "Jim Reid for Mayor Committee". 11pm Jerry Renville from Sauk Rapids MN also join fund raising committee; Jerry had extensive telemarketing experience.

Posted 1:46 AM by Mr Cheng

Sunday, May 18, 2003 Bay To Breakers We need volunteers who are willing to walk the full route wearing a Jim Reid for Mayor T-shirt and/or carry a Jim Reid for Mayor sign. Bart and Mayor Reid $40 per person recruit volunteers Jack Davis will prepare volunteers
Get more decoration and signs for campaign office.

Posted 1:40 AM by Mr Cheng

Saturday, May 17, 2003 Green party campaign training 9:30am to 3pm 533 Sutter St Bart and Mayor Reid attend, 75 spaces.
6pm Invited Annual Dinner Party with National Political University Alumni Association, accompanied by supporters and Dr. Hung-Hui Cheng, Chair Chineses Community Committee. The dinner party had close to 1,000 attendents with hundreds of Chinese Community Leaders came from San Francisco Bay Area, including almost all Chinese leaders from major organizations of San Francisco Chinatown. Major Chinese media like World Journal all reported Mayor Reid's visit. The sponsor of the Dinner party who had had lunch with Mayor Reid weeks ago, spended 15 minutes to briefly introduced Mayor Reid to all the attendence. The dinner ticket was $50 per seat.

Posted 9:03 AM by Mr Cheng

Friday, May 16, 2003 9:00 P.M. Jack Davis, Chair of Volunteer Committee fly to San Francisco from Nashville TN.
meeting with volunteer Joey Hodges today at 11:00 at the campaign Office. I called and spoke with him for half an hour last night.
Working on Ballot measure so we can began gathering signature Wednesday May 21 for Shipyard where we want to to build Shelter One for homeless.
We got lots of volunteers, over 100 volunteers, with several extra ordinary candidates with resumes submit with extensive polical campaign experience.

Posted 7:59 PM by Mr Cheng

Thursday, May 15, 2003 Ms Lee will call up dozens of volunteers to prepare for May 20 Mayoral Debate.

Posted 7:46 PM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 Small office, big ideas BY TIFFANY MALESHEFSKI Of The Examiner Staff

Photos of next Mayor Jim Reid and Supporters on The Examiner

Wednesday, May 11, 2003 POLITICS, Making Book on City Hall S.F., mayoral hopefuls make a run for the roses By Michael Yaki of San Francisco Chronicle
..........
Only Reid, who has shown a gift for publicity through his "mini-house" solution for the homeless and his marathon MUNI ride, has any chance of being this race's Sarava (the longshot in the Belmont who upset War Emblem's chance for a Triple Crown last year). Odds: 70-1, the same as Sarava's.
..........

Posted 12:18 PM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 work on Campaign Housing to accomodate dozens of full time volunteers. Work on Bus tour and meet voters.
....
we need to simplify and focus the campaign message and tactics. We have to distill the
message and repeat it over and over again with every means of
communicating with the voters: the press, the campaign headquarters,
direct contact on the bus, public appearances, both formal and informal,
meeting with policymakes, etc. Then immediately we have to focus 99% on
execution, not thinking and planning. We know what we have to do, now
we have to do it. I am sure we can have a big impact IF we do this.

I have a meeting with Jim at 6 discuss and implement.

Bart Kylstra

Posted 11:13 PM by Mr Cheng

Wednesday, May 14, 2003 work on Campaign Housing to accomodate dozens of full time volunteers. Work on Bus tour and meet voters.

Thursday, May 15, 2003 Jack Davis, chair of Volunteer Committee fly to San Francisco from Nashville TN.

Sunday, May 18th Bay To Breakers We need volunteers who are
willing to walk the full route wearing a Jim Reid for Mayor T-shirt and/or
carry a Jim Reid for Mayor sign.

Tuesday, May 20, 2003 6:00 p.m. Swords to Plowshares mayoral Debate in
Herbst Theatre in the Veterans building across from City Hall. We need
people to wear T-shirts and pass out signs, cards, and ShelterOne raffle
tickets. Call for details or just show up.

Wednesday, May 21, 2003 (tentatively scheduled) Tina Bow (founder) and Serena Dow (exec director)
fly from Los Angeles to meet Mayor Reid to discuss endorsement of

Posted 11:10 PM by Mr Cheng

Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Noon at 1155 Market Street across from UN Plaza;
our Campaign Kickoff on the sidewalk in front of our Small Campaign Office.
Lunch provided. Flower baskets sent by Mr. Cheng, Rosa (AGA Warehouse), Polly (Polo Tour), Tracy (Toyota) ...

Posted 9:28 PM by Mr Cheng

Monday, May 12, 2003 at 2pm, Mayor Reid, Bart (drive) and Alan Chu; Ms Lee, Dr Cheng, Xizhe Wang (drive) and wife are going to visit Rosa's warehouse at Hayward CA. There will be warm welcoming from all the employees and many donation checks collected to be present to Mayor Reid.

Friday, May 9, 2003 Mayoral candidates react to ruling by The Examiner.
....
Jim Reid, the official opponent of Care Not Cash last November, said the measure would have hurt the homeless.

    "I don't want money to go to drug users or alcohol, but there were actually homeless people who use their money responsibly," Reid said. "I think if we built a shelter system and housing, Care Not Cash would be irrelevant. Housing is the problem, not food or clothing. You could get fat living homeless in San Francisco."
.....

Monday, May 5, 2003 S.F. mayoral wannabes leave some wanting more by San Francisco Chronicle
.....
MEANWHILE, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: In the world of big-name, big-money and big-idea politics, San Francisco mayoral candidate Jim Reid is one man who is definitely thinking small.

One hundred square feet, to be exact. That's the size of the Lilliputian house (complete with bed, bathroom and kitchenette) that Reid is promoting as a cure for the city's homeless problem.

And when it comes to small, Reid doesn't stop there.

The other night he pulled up to a debate in the Mission District in a one- passenger, lime-green, fully electric Sparrow.

"It's what you get when you mate a VW and a Harley -- and check out the license plate," Reid said after pulling into about a quarter of a parking space.

Mayor O3.

"And that's where I intend to be when this is over."

....

Friday, April 25, 2003 Rich New Jersey man adopts S.F. candidate by The Examiner

While mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom might have the local market on homelessness solutions cornered, San Francisco homebuilder Jim Reid is suddenly the darling candidate for a network of homeless "bloggers" and their benefactor, Wunjei Cheng.

    Cheng, a New Jersey resident and UC Berkeley graduate, found out about Reid and Shelter One, the mayoral candidate's 10-by-10-foot homeless housing solution, earlier this month. Since then, Cheng's been networking with Bay Area family members and friends to form a fundraising committee for Reid. Already, Reid has opened his campaign bank account with three $500 checks, and more are in the mail.

    "I've already bought like 10,000 Spanish-speaking business cards thanks to this man," Reid said. "He really believes in me, and I like this."

    Reid (www.sfmayor.com) also plans a fundraising committee meeting on Monday, after which he will print 10,000 Chinese-language campaign cards to hand out on Muni.

    His story is also up on the TheHomelessGuy.net, the online journal of a Nashville homeless man profiled in the national media.

    Reid, who in the past few weeks has cut back on his 40-hour weeks of riding Muni buses to focus on the fundraising, says he hopes Cheng and his friends can help him stop worrying about money. In an e-mail to his sister in the East Bay, Cheng wrote that he thinks he can raise $100,000 to help Reid win.

    Cheng, a property owner who works on Wall Street, runs a Web log (http://homeless123.blogspot.com/) -- participants on the web log are called web loggers, or "bloggers" -- devoted to helping the homeless. Besides the simple solutions offered on the site, Cheng also helps homeless people in the New York area relocate to small towns with cheap housing and blue-collar jobs.

    Reid now hopes homeless people in Nashville will build an inexpensive home for the homeless based on the Shelter One prototype that sits in his Bernal Heights backyard.

    "The Internet is an incredible tool," Reid said. "I'll bet you we get Shelter One on the cover of Time Magazine in a couple of months."