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"content": "\u003cp>From \u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/critics-aim-end-ranked-choice-voting-after-sf-mayoral-race-13571\">\u003cstrong>California Watch\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranked-choice voting was the cure for what ails American politics, boosters said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x3001.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x3001.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"ballot-being-cast-in-box-getty-300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47199\">\u003c/a>Now in use in four California cities, this new voting system was supposed to increase voter turnout, stanch the flow of special interest money and encourage high-minded, positive campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it didn’t play out that way in the biggest ranked-choice election yet – the 2011 San Francisco mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turnout was down, the worst in a competitive race \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/13/BAHP1LSSG9.DTL\">in about 35 years\u003c/a>, as the San Francisco Chronicle noted. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent soft money committees, financed by big corporations and labor unions, spent heavily, ducking the city's tough donation limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the campaign itself, challengers pounded away at acting Mayor Ed Lee. 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Some critics said it burdened voters whose native language wasn’t English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.asianweek.com/2004/12/24/rcv-the-asian-exclusion-act-%E2%80%94-or-inclusion-act/\">particularly harsh\u003c/a>, likening ranked-choice voting to the Chinese Exclusion Act, the 19th-century law that banned Chinese immigration into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so, even before the votes were counted this time around, proponents were mounting a defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the election, Rob Richie, executive director of FairVote, a nonprofit that promotes the system, distributed an e-mail arguing that ranked-choice voting was responsible for increasing the number of racial minorities on the Board of Supervisors from four to eight. He claimed the new system had made the city’s electorate more interested in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco voters also have grown more engaged in these RCV elections,” he wrote, using an acronym for the system. That’s because “far fewer voters now skip city races,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richie also distributed an opinion article by former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, who argued that the ranked-choice system had promoted “old-fashioned door-to-door politics and coalition building” in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics saw only record-low turnout and a barrage of hit-piece political ads, as Lee’s 10 main challengers tried to get some traction in the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an e-mail, critic Tony Santos, former San Leandro mayor, cited “the negative campaigning going on in the SF Mayor’s race” as proof that ranked-choice voting was oversold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was “a good deal of negative campaigning involving Mayor Ed Lee,” he wrote. “Recall, Fairvote states (ranked-choice voting) reduces negative campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tell that to Mayor Lee and his supporters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oddly, politics in Oakland may build momentum for repealing ranked-choice voting in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Oakland mayor’s race last year, the ranked-choice system allowed City Councilmember Jean Quan to overtake better-financed front-runner Don Perata. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_47181\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 248px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/BayBridge2.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/BayBridge2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BayBridge\" width=\"248\" height=\"140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47181\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justin Sullivan/Getty\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There have been a lot of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/30/photos-from-top-of-the-bay-bridge-tower/\">hoopla\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/08/30/photos-from-top-of-the-bay-bridge-tower/\">photo ops\u003c/a> around the construction of the Bay Bridge’s new \u003ca href=\"http://baybridgeinfo.org/projects/sas\">East Span\u003c/a>, scheduled for completion in 2013. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Sacramento Bee reporter Charles Piller this weekend threw cold water on the celebratory drive to completion with his \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/12/4050167/questions-raised-on-bay-bridge.html\">\u003cstrong>investigative piece\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> questioning the testing of the structural integrity of the bridge’s new Eastern Span. Caltrans has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/15/4055349/san-francisco-bay-bridge-tests.html\">fired two employees\u003c/a> over the scandal, but the Bee report seems to indicate this may be only the beginning. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can read Piller’s long \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/12/4050167/questions-raised-on-bay-bridge.html\">\u003cstrong>investigative report\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> here, or for a good summary, look at the edited transcript of Piller’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201111140930\">appearance yesterday on KQED Radio’s Forum\u003c/a>, after the audio of the show: \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\n\u003cstrong>Charles Piller\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re talking about a variety of problems. Falsified data is the most troubling. We know in at least three circumstances that data was proved to be falsified by a technician at Caltrans responsible for testing the foundations of a variety of freeway structures. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We also know there were irregularities in both the design and the testing of the Bay Bridge main tower. There is no evidence at this point that data were falsified associated with that tower, however, because the design and the testing concerns are significant, experts I’ve spoken to suggest a review be made of this tower to ensure its safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately the response from Caltrans has been mostly to assert that the structures, including the Bay Bridge tower, are safe, without providing evidence to suggest they’ve done the proper analysis to ensure that safety. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We did a close review of 50,000 testing documents, memos, personnel files, and evaluations of Caltrans data associated with bridge testing. We found many of their responses are directly contradicted by their own testing documents. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We found that structures all over the state of California were tested by an individual, Duane Wiles, known to have falsified data on at least three structures. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also failed to validate the function of the test instrument, a complex precision instrument that requires daily verification of its proper functioning in order to provide reliable data. Since he didn’t do that on the Bay Bridge and on many other structures over a period of years, there are experts who believe it calls into question the validity of the test results. In many cases he gave a clean bill of health to structures that were tested improperly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a couple of other really troubling aspects that I’ve been hoping Caltrans can respond effectively to but haven’t so far. One is that the portions of the Bay Bridge Tower foundation tested by Wiles were not tested with a second testing technique that could have allayed many of the concerns associated with those piles. For some reason Caltrans did not test those piles that he was responsible for with a second testing technique. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Secondly, the technicians at Caltrans including, Mr. Wiles, for years and years did not save the raw data files associated with their tests. These are the most important part of determining whether other fabrications took place. So what Caltrans is asserting is that no other fabrications took place, but they don’t have the data files that could validate their claims. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans also claims a very thorough investigation was made once the first falsification was found in 2008, so that the tests were evaluated very carefully by their own internal investigators. 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None broke out of single-digit percentages, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caleb Ng, a Chinese-American who voted at City Hall, said he didn't cast his ballot based on ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about race; it's about who can best do the job,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District Attorney, Sheriff Results\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appeared the city's other top elected positions — district attorney and sheriff — would also be decided by the ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Former police chief George Gascon was winning his bid to keep his seat as district attorney with more than 44 percent of the vote. David Onek, former head of the San Francisco Police Commission, was trailing with 23 percent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime Sheriff Michael Hennessey is retiring after three decades of wearing the badge and City Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading the race with 38 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State Watches SF's Pension Reform Propositions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California municipalities watching closely, San Francisco voters showed strong support for a measure to overhaul the city's pension plan for local government and public safety workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday's election supported Proposition C, which would increase contributions by workers and raise the minimum retirement age for some to save $1.3 billion over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a competing measure that would extend the retirement age even further to save $1.7 billion, was losing by roughly the same two-to-one margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C was supported by Mayor Ed Lee. Other support came from the city's supervisors, business groups and the public employee unions. Proposition D was opposed by the unions and backed by public defender and mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pension reform is an issue in cities throughout California as cities struggle to meet the financial commitments to their retirees. San Francisco faces a $4 billion obligation over the next decade for tens of thousands of current and former employees under its current system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's 2009 civil grand jury study of the system said the \"pension and health benefits enjoyed by San Francisco retirees are unsustainable.\" The economic downturn hit the pension fund hard and required the city to increase its payments to meet its legal obligation to its retired workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the plan also has been seen as too generous, especially in a down economy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee's formal election or that of any of the several other Asian-American candidates on the ballot would symbolize a milestone for the city's Asians, who make up a third of the population but have traditionally been underrepresented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other contenders for the distinction of becoming the city's first Asian-American mayor included Democratic State Sen. Leland Yee, Adachi and Board of Supervisor President David Chiu. None broke out of single-digit percentages, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caleb Ng, a Chinese-American who voted at City Hall, said he didn't cast his ballot based on ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's not about race; it's about who can best do the job,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District Attorney, Sheriff Results\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It appeared the city's other top elected positions — district attorney and sheriff — would also be decided by the ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\">Former police chief George Gascon was winning his bid to keep his seat as district attorney with more than 44 percent of the vote. David Onek, former head of the San Francisco Police Commission, was trailing with 23 percent.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime Sheriff Michael Hennessey is retiring after three decades of wearing the badge and City Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi was leading the race with 38 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State Watches SF's Pension Reform Propositions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With California municipalities watching closely, San Francisco voters showed strong support for a measure to overhaul the city's pension plan for local government and public safety workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of the voters in Tuesday's election supported Proposition C, which would increase contributions by workers and raise the minimum retirement age for some to save $1.3 billion over the next decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition D, a competing measure that would extend the retirement age even further to save $1.7 billion, was losing by roughly the same two-to-one margin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C was supported by Mayor Ed Lee. Other support came from the city's supervisors, business groups and the public employee unions. Proposition D was opposed by the unions and backed by public defender and mayoral candidate Jeff Adachi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pension reform is an issue in cities throughout California as cities struggle to meet the financial commitments to their retirees. San Francisco faces a $4 billion obligation over the next decade for tens of thousands of current and former employees under its current system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city's 2009 civil grand jury study of the system said the \"pension and health benefits enjoyed by San Francisco retirees are unsustainable.\" The economic downturn hit the pension fund hard and required the city to increase its payments to meet its legal obligation to its retired workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the plan also has been seen as too generous, especially in a down economy. At the time of the grand jury's report, San Francisco had a list of 900 retirees receiving more than $100,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recent examples that have driven the need for reform home are a transit operator, who earned $105,000 annually under the plan, and a nursing supervisor who retired with $202,000 a year and former Police Chief Heather Fong, who retired at 53 with $264,000 per year in yearly benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to requiring employees to pay more, both new plans would change some retirement ages and the years of service needed to qualify for benefits for police, firefighters and other city employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition C described it as a consensus measure endorsed by diametrically opposed groups — business and labor unions — to achieve real, if not dramatic, savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They argued that Proposition D would be ineffective because it would be held up by legal challenges because it lacks a requirement for employee contributions to be reduced if the pension fund recovers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;line-height: 13px\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium\">\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 24px\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco voters will elect a mayor using ranked-choice voting for the first time today. As KQED's Matthew Green writes below, while the system has its avid supporters, \"a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have gone the extra mile in trying to simplify their explanations of how ranked-choice voting works. The San Francisco Department of Elections has even resorted to using smiley and frowny faces in its RCV guide. Ensuring, of course, that at least a few voters will mark their first choice by drawing a grinning circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Matthew Green does everything short of using hand puppets to make it simple for you \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/08/ranked-choice-voting-explained-one-more-time/#explain\">below\u003c/a>. But before you read his explanation, a few quick \"don'ts.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark more than one candidate in an individual column\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46317\" title=\"frownymorethan\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownymorethan-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark the same candidate more than once\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46318\" title=\"frownysame\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And for God's sake, don't \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000_Florida_results#Palm_Beach_County.27s_butterfly_ballots\">accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46320\" title=\"BALLOT\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(That's a joke. You can't really do that. He's one of a few dozen people \u003cem>not\u003c/em>on the San Francisco mayoral ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ranked-Choice Voting Explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by Matthew Green, KQED\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45043\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45043\" title=\"rcv-demo-ballot-400x400\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400-300x300.gif\" alt=\"Ranked-choir voting demonstration ballot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranked-choice voting demonstration ballot (Courtesy SFGov.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, San Franciscans choose their next mayor through an electoral process called ranked-choice voting (RCV). Also known as \"instant run-off voting,\" voters will pick three candidates (instead of one), and rank them in order of preference, eliminating the need for a separate runoff election. Although this is not the first time San Francisco has employed this system (RCV was first used in 2004 for a board of supervisors race and again in the 2007 mayoral race, when Gavin Newsom was reelected with 72% of the vote) it is the first time the city is using it to decide a competitive mayor’s race that has a large candidate pool. And many are waiting to see how well it all works out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, RCV has its discontents; some candidates stand to benefit more than others, and a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic. Last year, the system survived a court challenge alleging that it violated voters’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest issue at play is that you no longer need to be the top vote-getter in the first round in order to win the election; instead you need the most-combined first, second, and third choice votes. And that significantly changes the calculus. Factor in that there are a grand total of 16 candidates running for mayor this year, and you’ve got yourself a pretty thick electoral swamp to wade through.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how’d this all begin? Well, San Franciscans voted on it (ah, the irony!). In 2002, residents approved Proposition A, effectively amending the city’s charter. The RCV system’s actually been used in smaller San Francisco elections since 2004, but never for such a high-stakes contest. It used to be you just voted for one candidate, and if no one received over 50% of the votes, a December runoff election was held, and the winner was then determined by whoever got the most votes. RCV will now be used to elect all of the city’s major elected positions, including members of the Board of Supervisors. But with Election Day just a few weeks away there still seem to be a whole lot of voters out there unfamiliar – or just flat out confused – with how RCV works. So, here’s our best stab at explaining the rules of the game:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, a quick preview of what the new ballot looks like. A good mock-up is available at San Francisco’s Department of Election’s site. The basic format is fairly simple: Three side-by-side columns (first-choice, second-choice and third-choice). Each column includes the names of all 16 candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1: An Even Starting Line\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFrom the pool of 16 candidates, you pick your first, second, and third choices. (Note: you don’t have to pick three; if you want, you can just pick your first-choice, or your first two choices, etc. It also doesn’t do you any good to repeatedly pick your first-choice three times – it’ll only be counted once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any candidate gets more than 50 percent (50% +1) of first-choice votes, that candidate is automatically elected. Game over. But, if no one receives that majority, we go to the second round.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So just for kicks (and because puppets are more fun than politicians), let’s pretend we’re observing a heated mayoral race on Sesame Street (Just ignore that streets don't typically have mayors, or the fact that the candidates are made of felt and fur.). There are four candidates running, and a total of 24 voters casting ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cookie Monster (the clear frontrunner, of course, well loved for his oratorical gifts and promises of free pastries to every supporter) gets 10 first-place votes. Oscar the Grouch gets 8 first place votes (with strong support from the waste management industry and a large contingent of the generally disgruntled). Big Bird gets 4 first-place votes. And poor, impetuous Grover gets only 2 first-place votes. Since no one got more than 12 votes, there’s no clear majority, but we do have our first loser … so we move on to Round 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 2: The First Elimination\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGrover, the candidate with the least amount of first-choice votes, is outta there! But (and here’s the part that seems to trip people up the most), for the two voters who picked Grover as a first-choice, their second-choice votes still count. Here’s how:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the voters who chose Grover picked Oscar as a second choice. So that vote goes to Oscar (who now has a total of 9 votes). The other voter in Grover’s small fan club picked Cookie Monster as a second choice. So, that vote goes to Cookie Monster (who now has 11 votes).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of Round 2, here’s the tally:\u003cbr>\nCookie Monster: 11 votes\u003cbr>\nOscar: 9 votes\u003cbr>\nBig Bird: 4 votes\u003cbr>\nStill no clear winner (because there still are three candidates standing), so onto Round 3 we go!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 3: The Deciding Moment\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThree candidates left, and Big Bird’s got the least amount of first-choice votes (only 4), so that oversized avian is done! Now, we look at the second-choice votes of those four voters who picked Big Bird as their first-choice. Remarkably, as it turns out, all four of Big Bird’s second-choice votes were for Oscar! That means that Oscar picks up four more votes, giving him (or it?) a final tally of 13 votes to Cookie Monster’s 11 votes. And thus, that grumpy, trash-dwelling green dude is the new boss in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O.K., so in the San Francisco mayoral election, things might not be quite that simple (and all the candidates are probably going to have noses). But, hopefully this example does illustrate how a candidate can viably receive the most first-choice votes and still lose the election. Because there are 16 candidates in the real race, that same elimination process keeps going until one candidate emerges with the most votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key to understanding the RCV instant runoff process is remembering that the number of elimination rounds is determined by the number of candidates running. So, in the case of San Francisco’s mayoral race: there are 16 candidates, thus, 15 elimination rounds to determine a winner. In the Sesame Street scenario, there are a total of 4 candidates, requiring three elimination rounds to determine the winner. Just think of it as last man/woman/puppet standing. Take a look:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1\u003c/strong>: Four candidates on the ballot with a total of 24 votes cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. Monster O. Grouch B. Bird Grover Total votes\u003cbr>\n10 votes 8 votes 4 votes 2 votes 24\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 2\u003c/strong>: Three candidates standing; Grover is eliminated and his votes go to Cookie Monster and Oscar. Remember that all 24 votes still count, but some have just been transferred to other candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. Monster O. Grouch B. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don't mark the same candidate more than once\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46318\" title=\"frownysame\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/frownysame-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And for God's sake, don't \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000_Florida_results#Palm_Beach_County.27s_butterfly_ballots\">accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-46320\" title=\"BALLOT\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/butterfly-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(That's a joke. You can't really do that. He's one of a few dozen people \u003cem>not\u003c/em>on the San Francisco mayoral ballot.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ranked-Choice Voting Explained\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>by Matthew Green, KQED\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_45043\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-45043\" title=\"rcv-demo-ballot-400x400\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/10/rcv-demo-ballot-400x400-300x300.gif\" alt=\"Ranked-choir voting demonstration ballot\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranked-choice voting demonstration ballot (Courtesy SFGov.org)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, San Franciscans choose their next mayor through an electoral process called ranked-choice voting (RCV). Also known as \"instant run-off voting,\" voters will pick three candidates (instead of one), and rank them in order of preference, eliminating the need for a separate runoff election. Although this is not the first time San Francisco has employed this system (RCV was first used in 2004 for a board of supervisors race and again in the 2007 mayoral race, when Gavin Newsom was reelected with 72% of the vote) it is the first time the city is using it to decide a competitive mayor’s race that has a large candidate pool. And many are waiting to see how well it all works out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, RCV has its discontents; some candidates stand to benefit more than others, and a variety of opponents have cried foul, calling the system too complex and undemocratic. Last year, the system survived a court challenge alleging that it violated voters’ rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest issue at play is that you no longer need to be the top vote-getter in the first round in order to win the election; instead you need the most-combined first, second, and third choice votes. And that significantly changes the calculus. Factor in that there are a grand total of 16 candidates running for mayor this year, and you’ve got yourself a pretty thick electoral swamp to wade through.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how’d this all begin? Well, San Franciscans voted on it (ah, the irony!). In 2002, residents approved Proposition A, effectively amending the city’s charter. The RCV system’s actually been used in smaller San Francisco elections since 2004, but never for such a high-stakes contest. It used to be you just voted for one candidate, and if no one received over 50% of the votes, a December runoff election was held, and the winner was then determined by whoever got the most votes. RCV will now be used to elect all of the city’s major elected positions, including members of the Board of Supervisors. But with Election Day just a few weeks away there still seem to be a whole lot of voters out there unfamiliar – or just flat out confused – with how RCV works. So, here’s our best stab at explaining the rules of the game:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First off, a quick preview of what the new ballot looks like. A good mock-up is available at San Francisco’s Department of Election’s site. The basic format is fairly simple: Three side-by-side columns (first-choice, second-choice and third-choice). Each column includes the names of all 16 candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Round 1: An Even Starting Line\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nFrom the pool of 16 candidates, you pick your first, second, and third choices. (Note: you don’t have to pick three; if you want, you can just pick your first-choice, or your first two choices, etc. It also doesn’t do you any good to repeatedly pick your first-choice three times – it’ll only be counted once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"explain\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any candidate gets more than 50 percent (50% +1) of first-choice votes, that candidate is automatically elected. Game over. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46146\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_whalley_snaps/4393786682/in/photostream/\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-46146\" title=\"oceanbeach\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/oceanbeach-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean Beach. (Photo: Andrew Whalley)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Have you heard about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/ocean-beach\">Ocean Beach Master Plan\u003c/a>? The San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association (SPUR) is facilitating a coordinated effort among multiple agencies to create a \"sustainable long-range plan\" for San Francisco's shoreline. Why do we need a plan? 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(Note: Mr. Prete did some work for SPUR previously.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edited transcript:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What led up to this plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In large part this is a project that goes back many years through multiple permutations of task forces and projects under several different mayors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been people who are concerned that no single agency is responsible for Ocean Beach. The belief is that too many agencies are responsible for too many things and they don't always talk to each other or pull in the same direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a lot of people who care about Ocean Beach have been trying to get everyone on the same page and create a way forward, something everyone can live with even if they don't get everything they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Explain what agencies are involved with Ocean Beach. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beach itself is part of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/07/ocean-beach-master-plan-envisions-big-changes-for-great-highway/\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a> (GGNRA), from the O'Shaughnessy Seawall in the north, opposite the beach chalet that you walk up to to get to the Cliff House. Everything to the west, the sand side, is GGNRA, down to the wet sand of the beach. On the other side of that seawall is the parking, which is city property. So the city manages and is responsible for the parking lot, but if you go down those steps, you're on federal property. Those are the two main agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC has a great deal of infrastructure that is at or near the beach. There's a major sewage transport tunnel that lies under the Great Highway, which feeds the oceanside water pollution control plant at the south end of Ocean Beach. That's city property that is operated by the SF Public Utilities Commission, but the responsibility for maintaining infrastructure like the road and the oceanside water pollution control plant is all done by the SF Dept of Public Works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition there are responsibilities that overlap. The state Dept of Fish and Game, for instance, enforces fishing regulations. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are some concerns being addressed in the Master Plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the big challenges Ocean Beach is facing is what will happen if sea levels rise, as it appears they're going to do. We're seeing some erosion, especially on the south end of Ocean Beach, that could be attributable simply to singular storms. Those have caused some major problems, including the closure for several months of the southern extension of the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in addition to those singular events, there is the likelihood that the sea level is going to rise, and when we get large storm surges, they're going to have a greater impact than they have now. So the question is what is the impact going to be on the beach? Are we going to have a nice sandy beach, or in order to protect some of these things like the Great Highway and the sewer transport tunnel and the water pollution control plant, are we going to have to install large seawalls or something like that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does the plan put forward some suggestions on this? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does. One of the important ideas presented under the draft recommendation for the Ocean Beach master plan would be to reroute that southern extension of the Great Highway that was closed, around the backside of the zoo so that it no longer passes to the west of the water pollution plant, but instead goes around the other side and connects with Sloat Boulevard. So southbound traffic on the Great Highway would no longer go past Sloat and around the water plant to Skyway Blvd around Lake Merced, but instead would turn east on Sloat and meet up with Lake Merced Boulevard to west of the zoo. 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It's so large, it encompasses the beach from north to south and it plans for several decades, so it's hard for people to get their minds around .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I have heard from some readers who are concerned about the Great Highway in particular. I got email from a reader who wondered that if there's ever a need for emergency transportation out of SF, where are the residents of Richmond and Sunset going to go? How do they get out of the city if they're not going north over the Golden Gate Bridge or east across the city? If they need to go south, how do they get there? The surface roads we have there are not designed to handle a great pulse of traffic like that. The Great Highway is in this reader's opinion a necessary artery out of the city for those residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the questions is: can we maintain the Great Highway there no matter what we do? Is the ocean going to make a decision for us if we don't make one through the master plan now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It seems like the sand dunes already make a decision about that with great regularity...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly. The Great Highway is closed frequently for the removal of sand. One thing I often hear out here is people questioning the wisdom of creating a highway out here in the first place. At the time it was built, this part of the city was largely sand dunes still. I find a lot of people in particular are perplexed that anyone would think to build a four-lane road on top of sand dunes. They are not surprised when the road is overtopped by blowing sand or it's closed when too much sand is on the road. They kind of shake their head and wonder why the road is there in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR's plan kind of acknowledges that and moves the traffic from the Great Highway southbound lanes and puts two lanes, bidirectional traffic, on the east side of those, where we have northbound lanes now. it acknowledges we have a lot of blowing sand, and that we need to blunt the impact of major storm events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what is SPUR's function? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR is a convener and a coordinator for the master plan. The reason they're there, according to SPUR, is that they have a lot of contacts in the agencies. They know the players already, work with city agencies, and they are a non-partisan organization. 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The belief is that too many agencies are responsible for too many things and they don't always talk to each other or pull in the same direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So a lot of people who care about Ocean Beach have been trying to get everyone on the same page and create a way forward, something everyone can live with even if they don't get everything they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Explain what agencies are involved with Ocean Beach. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beach itself is part of \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2011/11/07/ocean-beach-master-plan-envisions-big-changes-for-great-highway/\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a> (GGNRA), from the O'Shaughnessy Seawall in the north, opposite the beach chalet that you walk up to to get to the Cliff House. Everything to the west, the sand side, is GGNRA, down to the wet sand of the beach. On the other side of that seawall is the parking, which is city property. So the city manages and is responsible for the parking lot, but if you go down those steps, you're on federal property. Those are the two main agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC has a great deal of infrastructure that is at or near the beach. There's a major sewage transport tunnel that lies under the Great Highway, which feeds the oceanside water pollution control plant at the south end of Ocean Beach. That's city property that is operated by the SF Public Utilities Commission, but the responsibility for maintaining infrastructure like the road and the oceanside water pollution control plant is all done by the SF Dept of Public Works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition there are responsibilities that overlap. The state Dept of Fish and Game, for instance, enforces fishing regulations. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are some concerns being addressed in the Master Plan?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the big challenges Ocean Beach is facing is what will happen if sea levels rise, as it appears they're going to do. We're seeing some erosion, especially on the south end of Ocean Beach, that could be attributable simply to singular storms. Those have caused some major problems, including the closure for several months of the southern extension of the Great Highway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in addition to those singular events, there is the likelihood that the sea level is going to rise, and when we get large storm surges, they're going to have a greater impact than they have now. So the question is what is the impact going to be on the beach? Are we going to have a nice sandy beach, or in order to protect some of these things like the Great Highway and the sewer transport tunnel and the water pollution control plant, are we going to have to install large seawalls or something like that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Does the plan put forward some suggestions on this? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It does. One of the important ideas presented under the draft recommendation for the Ocean Beach master plan would be to reroute that southern extension of the Great Highway that was closed, around the backside of the zoo so that it no longer passes to the west of the water pollution plant, but instead goes around the other side and connects with Sloat Boulevard. So southbound traffic on the Great Highway would no longer go past Sloat and around the water plant to Skyway Blvd around Lake Merced, but instead would turn east on Sloat and meet up with Lake Merced Boulevard to west of the zoo. (\u003cem>Interview continues after the graphic\u003c/em>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/OBMP_keymoves_20111029.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46157\" title=\"oceanbeachchangesSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/oceanbeachchangesSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"451\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>These are big infrastructure suggestions. How do people feel in the neighborhoods around there feel about them? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's a really good question. I think in spite of the fact that potentially there will be some major changes, a lot of people aren't paying a lot of attention to the plan, or if they are it's not coming through in terms of the voicing of opinions. That in part is due to the scope and scale of the Ocean Beach Master Plan. It's so large, it encompasses the beach from north to south and it plans for several decades, so it's hard for people to get their minds around .\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But I have heard from some readers who are concerned about the Great Highway in particular. I got email from a reader who wondered that if there's ever a need for emergency transportation out of SF, where are the residents of Richmond and Sunset going to go? How do they get out of the city if they're not going north over the Golden Gate Bridge or east across the city? If they need to go south, how do they get there? The surface roads we have there are not designed to handle a great pulse of traffic like that. The Great Highway is in this reader's opinion a necessary artery out of the city for those residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But one of the questions is: can we maintain the Great Highway there no matter what we do? Is the ocean going to make a decision for us if we don't make one through the master plan now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>It seems like the sand dunes already make a decision about that with great regularity...\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exactly. The Great Highway is closed frequently for the removal of sand. One thing I often hear out here is people questioning the wisdom of creating a highway out here in the first place. At the time it was built, this part of the city was largely sand dunes still. I find a lot of people in particular are perplexed that anyone would think to build a four-lane road on top of sand dunes. They are not surprised when the road is overtopped by blowing sand or it's closed when too much sand is on the road. They kind of shake their head and wonder why the road is there in the first place…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR's plan kind of acknowledges that and moves the traffic from the Great Highway southbound lanes and puts two lanes, bidirectional traffic, on the east side of those, where we have northbound lanes now. it acknowledges we have a lot of blowing sand, and that we need to blunt the impact of major storm events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what is SPUR's function? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR is a convener and a coordinator for the master plan. The reason they're there, according to SPUR, is that they have a lot of contacts in the agencies. They know the players already, work with city agencies, and they are a non-partisan organization. They do advocate for some things but they're not an interested party in Ocean Beach directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are next steps? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR is in the process of gathering public input on their draft proposals. They are going to take that public input into account to see if they are on the right track. They will come back with a revision later on, with the goal of having a completed plan in Feb, 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How can people give feedback to SPUR? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The email is oceanbeach@spur.org.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anything else? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's important to note that when SPUR first started this process, they expected to have one plan addressing changes to 2050. Now they've taken in a suggestion from the Surf Rider foundation – which has its own plan for addressing Ocean Beach. So they will still plan to 2050 but make a reassessment around 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_46050\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 194px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/kellyslaterSM.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-46050\" title=\"kellyslaterSM\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/11/kellyslaterSM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly Slater at Rip Curl on Tuesday. (Photo: Scott Shafer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, legendary surfer \u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/11/kelly-slater-surfing-world-championship.html\">Kelly Slater appeared to win a record 11th Association of Surfing Professionals world championship\u003c/a> at the Rip Curl Pro Search at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. As the LA Times puts it, \"in 1992, Kelly Slater became the youngest surfer to win a world championship. In 2011, the 39-year-old surfing legend became the oldest surfer to win one.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the ASP released a \u003ca href=\"http://www.aspworldtour.com/2011/11/04/asp-admits-calculation-error-prematurely-crowned-2011-asp-world-champion/\">statement\u003c/a> announcing that a calculation error led the organization to crown Slater the champ before he'd actually won, and laying out scenarios under which Slater can still take the crown. \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nREVISED 2011 ASP WORLD TITLE SCENARIOS:\u003cbr>\n- If Kelly wins either Round 4 or 5 (one more heat win) in San Francisco, he will confirm his 2011 ASP World Title.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>- If Kelly fails to win another heat in San Francisco, Owen must win this event to send the 2011 ASP World Title race to Hawaii.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>- If the race goes to Hawaii, Kelly must advance out of one heat to confirm his 2011 ASP World Title. If Kelly fails to advance through a heat at Pipeline, Owen must also win this event to stay in the 2011 ASP World Title Race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>- If Kelly fails to advance out of another heat this season, and Owen wins in San Francisco and Pipeline, the two will tie at best of nine, eight, seven, etc. events, and the 2011 ASP World Title will be decided in a “Surf Off”.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I talked to Mark Lukach, associate editor at our news associate, the Ocean Beach Bulletin, about just what occurred and what it means. Here's an edited transcript of the interview:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What happened\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals) announced it had made a miscalculation and that Kelly Slater, although he did in fact win his heat on Wednesday, did not tally enough total points over the course of this year to officially clinch his world title. So he's not yet the world champ; he still needs to win one more heat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contest started with 36 surfers and is now down to 12. Slater still has two more heats he gets to surf in, guaranteed. It still looks extremely likely that he will become world champ.\u003cbr>\nBut the question is will he do it in San Francisco or will he do it at Pipeline, in Hawaii. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rip Curl Pro search changes locations each year. In the past it's been in Mexico and Portugal. It's never been here before. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How you win the world championship\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 11 events throughout the year, and they tally up all your points based on how you did at those events. If you hit a magic number, you become the world champ. Right now there's an Australian guy named Owen Wright who's in 2nd place and is pretty far behind Kelly. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order for Kelly to not win, Owen Wright needs to take 1st place in SF and also 1st place at the next event at Pipeline in Hawaii, in about a month. And Kelly Slater would need to lose everything he surfs from here on out. The possibility of all that happening is really slim. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Slater's dominance\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=kelly+slater\">Kelly Slater\u003c/a> is already a 10-time world champion. The closest surfer behind him has won four world championships and a couple of guys have won three. It further cements how incredibly dominant he is. Not to mention the fact that he's 39 years old. For the same guy to keep doing it over and over again over a 20-year span is really exceptional. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A San Francisco treat\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was really cool to be at the beach and see San Francsico support Kelly Slater. It's so novel to have a high-caliber surf competition at Ocean Beach in the first place, and then to have the opportunity for Kelly Slater to make history there was even more exceptional. It would be kind of a bummer if it turns out this whole thing was mistaken and he loses two heats and has to go win in Hawaii. That would be a real loss, because there was something really cool about him winning on our beach here in the city.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Read Mark Lukach's Rip Curl recaps at the \u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/\">Ocean Beach Bulletin\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full statement from ASP:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>ASP Admits Calculation Error Prematurely Crowned 2011 ASP World Champion\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ASP has admitted that, due to a calculation error within its rankings’ system, the 2011 ASP World Title has yet to be officially decided and that Kelly Slater (USA), 39, was prematurely awarded his 11th ASP World Title on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our rankings’ system is designed to split tie-breaks based off of seed points,” Renato Hickel, ASP World Tour Manager, said. “Kelly (Slater) and Owen (Wright) tied at best nine of 11 results, so we went to best eight of 11 results and the system gave it to Kelly based off his higher seed position. We were operating under that assumption and created the ASP World Title scenarios based off of that. This was a mistake. In the end, we’re responsible for this and should be held accountable. We apologize to our fans, the surfers and to Owen and Kelly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moving forward, Slater must win one more heat, either at the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco or at the following event at Pipeline in Hawaii to confirm his 2011 ASP World Title. For Wright to remain in the hunt, he must win both the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco and the following event at Pipeline in Hawaii.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>REVISED 2011 ASP WORLD TITLE SCENARIOS:\u003cbr>\n- If Kelly wins either Round 4 or 5 (one more heat win) in San Francisco, he will confirm his 2011 ASP World Title.\u003cbr>\n- If Kelly fails to win another heat in San Francisco, Owen must win this event to send the 2011 ASP World Title race to Hawaii.\u003cbr>\n- If the race goes to Hawaii, Kelly must advance out of one heat to confirm his 2011 ASP World Title. If Kelly fails to advance through a heat at Pipeline, Owen must also win this event to stay in the 2011 ASP World Title Race.\u003cbr>\n- If Kelly fails to advance out of another heat this season, and Owen wins in San Francisco and Pipeline, the two will tie at best of nine, eight, seven, etc. events, and the 2011 ASP World Title will be decided in a “Surf Off”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow morning at 7:30am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, Stop No. 10 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title Series, will be broadcast live on Fuel TV, Livestream.com and live.ripcurl.com\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfline, official forecasters for the Rip Curl Pro Search San Francisco, are calling New NW swell will build through the day on Friday and be strongest in the afternoon, with solidly overhead surf. Those waves fade throughout Saturday, although the morning will still be fairly solid. Our next swell will move in over Sunday afternoon and will be strongest Monday and will be a little smaller than the Friday afternoon swell. Variable onshore wind will prevail over the next few days, although there will be periods of light wind and relatively clean conditions.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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