District 1 Quận 1
—  District  —
Position in HCMC's core
District 1 Location in Vietnam
Coordinates: 10°45′43″N 106°35′41″E / 10.76194°N 106.59472°E / 10.76194; 106.59472Coordinates: 10°45′43″N 106°35′41″E / 10.76194°N 106.59472°E / 10.76194; 106.59472
Country	Vietnam
Centrally Governed City	Ho Chi Minh
Seat	47 Lê Duẩn Boulevard
Commune, wards	10 phường
Government
• People's Council
• People's Committee
Area
• Total	7.7211 km2 (2.9811 sq mi)
Population
• Total	204,899
• Density	27,000/km2 (69,000/sq mi)
Demographics
• Main ethnic groups	predominatly Kinh
Time zone	ICT (UTC+07)
Website	quan1.hochiminhcity.gov.vn

District 1 (Vietnamese: Quận 1) is the central urban district (quận) of Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam. With a total area of 7.7211 km² (2.9811 sq mi) the district has a population of 204,899 people as of 2010.^[1] The district is divided into 10 small subsets which are called wards. District 1 is where most of the city's administrative offices, embassies and big buildings are located. District 1 is the busiest district in the city with the highest living standards. Đồng Khởi street and Nguyễn Huệ boulevard in the district are the city's two main commercial centers. Đồng Khởi street is currently hitting its price record at $50,000 for a meter square in 2007.^[2]

History[link]

District 1 and the other seven districts of Ho Chi Minh City were founded on May 27, 1959. Before 1975, the first district only had four small subsets (wards) which are Trần Quang Khải, Tự Đức, Bến Nghé, Hòa Bình (named after major historical characters) and the second district had seven different wards which are Cầu Kho, Cầu Ông Lãnh,Huyện Sĩ, Nguyễn Cư Trinh, Nguyễn Cảnh Chân, Bùi Viện, Bến Thành. In May, 1976, the first and second district combined into the District 1 we have today.

Administration[link]

District 1 contains ten small subsets which are called wards. The different wards are: Bến Nghé, Bến Thành, Cô Giang, Cầu Kho, Cầu Ông Lãnh, Đa Kao, Nguyễn Thái Bình, Nguyễn Cư Trinh, Phạm Ngũ Lão, and Tân Định. Each ward has its own people committee and all ten of the committee are under the People's Committee of District 1.

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Demographic and geographical features[link]

District 1 has a population of 204,899 people over the total of 7,162,864 in Ho Chi Minh city, the largest city in Vietnam. The total area of the district is about 7.7211 km² (2.9811 sq mi), that makes the district a very dense area. The District's density is 26,538 inhabitants per square kilometre (68,730 /sq mi) very high comparing the Ho Chi Minh city's 3,419 /km² (8,860 /sq mi) and Vietnam's 259 /km² (670 /sq mi).

Relatively, District 1 is located in the middle of Ho Chi minh city. The District area is divided with Bình Thạnh district and Phú Nhuận district- Thị Nghè canal as border, and District 3- Hai Bà Trưng street and Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai street as border in the north, District 2 in the east with Sai Gon River as border, District 5 to the west- Nguyễn Văn Cừ street as border, and District 4 to the south- Bến Nghé canal as border.^[2]

Economy[link]

When Ho Chi Minh City was governed by South Vietnam, Air Vietnam's head office was in District 1.^[4]

Consulates[link]

Ho Chi Minh city is Vietnam's biggest and busiest city. A very large population of immigrants from all over the world is currently living and working there. Because District 1 is Ho Chi Minh city's central district, all of the consulates from other countries choose to locate here.

Bến Nghé Ward, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Đa Kao Ward, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé WArd, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Đa Kao, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Đa Kao, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Đa kao, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Đa Kao, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

Bến Nghé, DISTRICT 1, HO CHI MINH CITY

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Education[link]

Many of the best public schools in the city are located in District 1. Vietnam's system of private schools in general is still new and still are in the stage of developing.^{[citation needed]}
Kindergarten:

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Tourist sights[link]

Historical sights[link]

The Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica, the Saigon Opera House, the Central Post Office, the City Hall, Pham Ngu Lao street, the former Republic of Vietnam President’s Reunification Palace, Rex Hotel are some of the most famous historical tourism sights in District 1. Besides specific locations like those mentioned, basically every street in District 1 built and designed since 1946 was by the French. Most of the buildings constructed since the French colony era are still standing now, with most renovated recently.

Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica

Reunification Palace

Rex Hotel

Central Post Office

City Opera House

City Hall

Inner decor of the Central Post Office

District 1 Skyline from Saigon River

References[link]

Vietnam portal

v t e Ho Chi Minh City Urban districts Binh Tan Binh Thanh District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 6 District 7 District 8 District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12 Go Vap Phu Nhuan Tan Binh Tan Phu Thu Duc Rural districts Binh Chanh Can Gio Cu Chi Hoc Mon Nha Be

v t e Districts of Southeast Vietnam (Dong Nam Bo) Ho Chi Minh City Urban districts: Binh Tan · Binh Thanh · District 1 · District 2 · District 3 · District 4 · District 5 · District 6 · District 7 · District 8 · District 9 · District 10 · District 11 · District 12 · Go Vap · Phu Nhuan · Tan Binh · Tan Phu · Thu Duc Districts: Binh Chanh · Can Gio · Cu Chi · Hoc Mon · Nha Be Dong Nai province Bien Hoa  · Cam My  · Dinh Quan  · Long Khanh  · Long Thanh  · Nhon Trach  · Tan Phu  · Thong Nhat  · Trang Bom  · Vinh Cuu  · Xuan Loc Binh Duong province Thu Dau Mot  · Ben Cat  · Dau Tieng  · Phu Giao  · Tan Uyen  · Thuan An  · Di An Ba Ria–Vung Tau province Ba Ria  · Vung Tau  · Chau Duc  · Dat Do  · Long Dien  · Tan Thanh  · Xuyen Moc  · Binh Phuoc province Dong Xoai · Binh Long  · Bu Dang  · Chon Thanh  · Dong Phu  · Loc Ninh  · Phuoc Long Tay Ninh province Tay Ninh  · Tan Bien  · Tan Chau  · Duong Minh Chau  · Hoa Thanh  · Ben Cau  · Go Dau  · Trang Bang Binh Thuan province Phan Thiet  · Bac Binh  · Duc Linh  · Ham Thuan Bac  · Ham Thuan Nam  · Ham Tan  · Tanh Linh  · Tuy Phong

Eric Lee Mar 馬兆光
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from District 1
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2009
Mayor	Ed Lee
Preceded by	Jake McGoldrick
Personal details
Born	(1962-08-15) August 15, 1962 (age 49) San Francisco, California
Nationality	United States
Political party	Democratic
Residence	San Francisco, California
Alma mater	University of California, Davis
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Asian American Studies teacher

Eric Lee Mar (Chinese: 馬兆光; pinyin: Mǎ Zhàoguāng, born August 15, 1962) is a California politician, previously serving on the San Francisco Board of Education and San Francisco County Democratic Central Committee. In 2008, he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing District 1.

Biography[link]

Mar has worked as an associate professor at San Francisco State University since 1992. He teaches Asian American and Ethnic Studies. ^[1] As an associate professor, he mentored and supported hundreds of young people to become active in their communities and the political process.

From 1993-97, Mar was the Assistant Dean for New College Law School in San Francisco, where he taught a course on critical race theory.^[2]

Mar is a graduate of the University of California, Davis; he received his law degree from New College of California and is an inactive member of the California State Bar.^[3]

Mar has served on the Human Rights Committee of the State Bar of California and the Civil Rights Committee of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

Mar is a board member of the Chinese Progressive Association and a founding member of API-FORCE (Asians and Pacific Islanders for Community Empowerment) and the Institute for Multiracial Justice. He is a past executive board member of the Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. In 1999, Mar received the community service award from the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA). He is a former shop steward for Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 790.

In 2000, Eric Mar's house burned down and on the same day, his daughter Jade was born.^[1]

Political career[link]

In 1998, Mar was elected to the San Francisco County & Central Committee of the Democratic Party.

Eric has lived in the Richmond District for over 22 years with his wife Sandra Chin-Mar, a public school teacher. Their daughter Jade Mar is a 3rd grader at McCoppin Elementary School in the Richmond District. As a longtime community leader, Eric has led neighborhood and citywide efforts to preserve and expand affordable housing, to increase funding for parks and libraries, to improve services for youth and seniors, and to protect locally owned neighborhood businesses from unfair competition from big corporations like Starbucks.

After his house burned down in April, 2000, Mar was ineligible to run for Supervisor as he had planned.^[4] Instead, he ran for the Board of Education, placing second. As a Commissioner for the Board of Education he

• Co-authored with Tom Ammiano and led the campaign to pass Proposition H in 2004 which spends up to $60 million per year in funding to for school programs;
• Addressed fiscal corruption and mismanagement in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD);
• Created the Parent Advisory Council to the SFUSD, which strengthened parent, student and community involvement in SFUSD policy-making;
• Authored legislation on closing the achievement gap^{[citation needed]} and on fostering healthier and safer schools;
• Led to the creation of a model "green building" facility at Argonne Child Development Center in the Richmond District;
• Served on the Select Committee of the Board of Supervisors and Board of Education, which coordinates policy-making between city government and the school district.

In 2008 Mar ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for District One and won the election, defeating planning commissioner Sue Lee in November.^[5]Mar took office on January 8, 2009.

Controversies[link]

Eric Mar has been at the center of several controversies during his tenure on the San Francisco Board of Education. Mar was criticized by the Richmond Review for allowing local school children be bused across the city rather than to attend school in their neighborhoods ^[6]

AsianWeek newspaper criticized Mar for his support of closing down the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps in San Francisco high schools. ^[7]

Support of the San Francisco 8[link]

In 2008, Mar introduced a controversial resolution asking the state to drop charges against the San Francisco 8.^[8] The San Francisco Chronicle opined, “A police officer slain in the line of duty is a disgrace that needs an answer. Instead, the shotgun slaying of Sgt. John Young is getting the political treatment from four San Francisco supervisors more interested in rhetoric than healing justice.”^[9] The Chronicle also reported, “Quietly, even some of Mar's allies on the board have expressed dismay at the timing and substance of the measure.”^[10]

Acrimonious relationship with Arlene Ackerman[link]

The San Francisco Chronicle blamed Mar and two other Board of Education members for the tense relationship the Board had with former Superintendent Arlene Ackerman:

What (Ackerman) doesn't need is sniping and second-guessing from elected officials whose job is to set broad policies, not micromanage the superintendent's daily conduct. Tensions between school board members and superintendents come with the territory. But in San Francisco, those tensions had gone far beyond the limits of acceptability. Three board members in particular—Eric Mar, Sarah Lipson and Mark Sanchez—need to start working with Ackerman, not fighting with her virtually on a daily basis.^[11]

Beyond Chron, however, had a different opinion, placing blame instead with Ackerman:

At a September 2003 meeting of the Board of Education, Mar was among "three board members with whom Ackerman has locked horns said they remain steadfast in their objections to her management of the district, which they characterize as autocratic and unyielding to differing views."^[12]

The Examiner and Chronicle have been shameless propagandists for Arlene Ackerman. To their credit City voters saw through the smokescreen. If Ackerman had any respect for what public votes mean she would have quit after the November 2004 election because that is what the voters were saying when they rejected the candidacies of Heather Hiles, David Weiner and Coach Kane. Instead she stuck around to complain about commissioners city voters chose to re-elect...[claiming] she represents the "silent majority."^[13]

Mandatory anti-war rally[link]

In 2003, Mar, along with School Board members Sara Lipson and Mark Sanchez, floated a resolution to establish a district-wide anti-war rally in protest against the pending U.S. invasion of Iraq and to create a peace curriculum. Ackerman and other board members objected to the resolution calling it one-sided and for taking students out of school to participate in the rally. "The proposal failed but a watered-down version that passed the board called for a day of on-campus public discussion about the possibility of a war in Iraq.".^[14]

Criticism by African-American community[link]

Mar was criticized by members of the African-American community after he gave an interview to a Chinese-language newspaper in which he said Ackerman's attitude toward Asian-Americans would be considered in the board of education's yearly evaluation of her performance. Ackerman is an African-American. Cedric Jackson, president of the San Francisco Black Leadership Forum, condemned Mar's actions as "unacceptable, irresponsible, intolerable behavior."^[15]

Ban on toy giveaways with kid's meals[link]

Mar was the chief supporter of a law to ban restaurants from including toys unless the meals were nutritious, for instance they reduced sugar, fat and sodium content, and included fruits and vegetables. Mar said he intended the measure as an incentive for restaurants to sell healthier meal choices. This legislation was passed on an 8-3 vote despite Mayor Newsom's disapproval and veto. ^[16][17]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mar's campaign site

v t e Current members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors President: David Chiu     District 1 Eric Mar District 7 Sean Elsbernd District 2 Mark Farrell District 8 Scott Wiener District 3 David Chiu District 9 David Campos District 4 Carmen Chu District 10 Malia Cohen District 5 Christina Olague District 11 John Avalos District 6 Jane Kim See also: San Francisco City Hall  • Government of San Francisco

Richard Alan Bosetti (born August 5, 1953) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1976 to 1982 for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics.

Bosetti was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 7th round of the 1973 amateur draft and made his major league on September 9, 1976. In 1979, Bosetti played in all 162 games for the Blue Jays, and in the same season led all AL outfielders in putouts, assists, and errors. During his time in the big leagues he is on record as stating it was his goal to urinate in the outfield of every baseball stadium in America.^[1] He was released by the Oakland Athletics on September 6, 1982, at which point he retired.

After his baseball career, he returned to his hometown of Redding and became involved in local business and politics. In 2006, he was elected to the Redding City Council, and Bosetti has also served as mayor of Redding. He coaches the Simpson University baseball team^[2] and is currently running for the California State Assembly, District 1.^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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