The mayor believes the city of San Diego should get its fair share, but we want to work cooperatively with the county. It's going to factor pretty high on our priority list.

The mayor plans on meeting with them and introducing a piece of legislation.

He thinks that it's not proper for the mayor to be seen viewing a game from the city box.

It will go a long way toward maximizing the potential of the convention center expansion of 2001.

It's not like we're so far back that we're not competitive.

This is not a control issue; it's a facilitator issue. We've agreed that the Mayor's Office would be the spokesman on the status of discussions. The team deferred to our office so that we make sure we're sending out the same message.

This is going further than Jeff (Bowman) expected.

We felt comfortable that the ultimate goal (of getting the records released) would still be achieved. We don't believe that there was a material change in the process.

We're trying our level best because the mayor believes in the work the shelters are doing to transition people into permanent housing. The more time they have to spend in a stable environment, the more successful they are.

We can't piecemeal policy, so the mayor thought it was the right thing to do.