WAS THAT HE TO THINKS THAT MEANS
THERE MIGHT BE A BRIGHTER FUTURE
AHEAD IN CALIFORNIA.
WE WANT TO CHECK
IN QUICKLY
WITH MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON TALKING
ABOUT MEASURE L WHICH LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GOING DOWN IN DEFEAT.
YOU
KNOW ON THIS MEASURE L
WE
HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO
SUPPORTED IT, J AND ANGELIQUE
AND ALAN AND STEVE AND RICK.
THIS IS A DISCUSSION THAT NEEDED
TO HAPPEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME
AND I AM PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT WE RAN, WE DID IT ABOVE
GROUND AND WE TOOK THE HIGH ROAD
AND GET IT THE SACRAMENTO WAY.
I KNOW IT IS LATE -- LARRY CARR
IN DISTRICT EIGHT I THINK IS
GOING TO WIN SO LET'S GIVE HIM A
SHOUT OUT AS WELL.
YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY RICK.
LET ME TELL YOU WHERE I THINK
THE BALLOTS ARE.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN 29,000 500 VOTES SO
FAR --
29,500 VOTES SO FAR, OF
THOSE VOTES, 15,000 HAVE VOTED
NO WHICH IS ABOUT 56% AND 12,000
HAVE VOTED YES WHICH IS ABOUT
44%
SO THAT MEANS THAT 30,000 VOTES
HAVE BEEN CAST OF AN EXPECTED
100,000, SO ONLY ABOUT ONE THIRD
OF THE VOTES ARE IN.
SO YOU GUYS CAN BREATHE.
TAKE TEQUILA SHOTS.
[APPLAUSE]
SORRY, SCRATCH THAT.
REWIND.
PASTORS PRAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
HERE IS WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO
HAPPEN, THAT OTHER 70,000 VOTES
LEFT, YOU'RE WITH ME.
WE NEED TO WIN 52% OF THOSE
VOTES AND THEY WIN THE
DIFFERENCE AND WE THINK IF THAT
GOES DOWN, THEN WE END UP
WINNING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE
BALLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN CAST ARE
THE EARLY ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
THAT IS USUALLY A DEMOGRAPHIC I
DO NOT DO QUITE AS WELL IN.
WE BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY THAT BY
GETTING PEOPLE OUT THE VOTE
,
KNOCKING ON DOORS AND PHONE
CALLING ALL OF OUR EFFORTS COULD
BE THE DIFFERENCE.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE WITH A
HEAVY HEART.
THERE ARE STILL 70,000 VOTES.
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN REALLY COUNTED
VOTES TODAY.
YOU HOW IT SAYS SOMETHING LIKE
50% HAVE BEEN COUNTED, WHAT IT
IS SAYING IS 50% OF THE
PRECINCTS HAVE COUNTED SOME OF
THEIR BALLOTS AND 44% HAVE
COUNTED NONE OF THEIR BALLOTS.
THAT MEANS THERE IS A LONG WAY
TO GO, 70,000 VOTES.
WE TO WIN ABOUT 52%.
YOU KNOW SACRAMENTO, WE ARE USED
TO MAKING COMEBACKS.
YOU KNOW THEY COUNTED
OUT,
COUNTED US OUT WHEN ANAHEIM TRY
TO TAKE OUR TEAM AND WE STOOD UP
AND FOUGHT FOR OUR TEAM AND THEN
SEATTLE TRY TO TAKE OUR TEAM AND
WE MADE ONE HECK OF A COMEBACK.
I'M EXPECTING THE SAME THING
HERE IN SACRAMENTO, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT.
VOTE YES ON MEASURE L.
[APPLAUSE]
MAYOR KEVIN JOHNSON
ADDRESSING HIS SUPPORTERS HERE
--
THE MAYOR IS TELLING EVERYONE TO
DRIVE SAFELY AS THEY LEAVE, BUT
MAINLY TELLING ON THERE ARE
70,000 VOTES LEFT AND THEY ARE
NOT READY TO CONCEDE THIS RACE
YET EVEN THOUGH IT WILL BE AN
UPHILL BATTLE AT THIS POINT
TRYING TO GET 62% OF THE VOTES
STILL REMAINING.
THE MAYOR IS TELLING THE CROWD
TO PRAY AND TO STAY HERE AND
CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE BUT
THEY'RE HOPING FOR A VICTORY