Willie Adams

Commissioner, San Francisco Port Commission

We identified Adams’ voice at 14 meetings.

14 of 15transcribed meetings with their voice identified

8.8min a meeting at the Port Commission, at least

7 of 7present at roll calls through Aug 11, 2026, from the clerk

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Two clips, newest first

Willie Adams · Commissioner · Port Commission · Nov 18, 2025 · 3:03:10
“Those that were against, you know, everybody can be judgmental. Nobody wanted it in their neighborhood, right? You know, anybody could wind up homeless, but some people wouldn’t want that.”
Willie Adams · Commissioner · Port Commission · Mar 10, 2026 · 3:02:36
“Or tech companies come in to think that they can run the port. That’s not their job to run the port. I can see them partnering, but I think we have to remain autonomous and have control over the Port of San Francisco because it’s under the Burton Act?”

Issues Adams raised, by number of meetings

Homelessness2 meetings

We count who raised an issue, not which side they took.

Every roll call

Present at 7 of 7 roll calls at the Port Commission, roll call through Aug 11, 2026

From the clerk’s own record. We don’t compare members on it.

PresentExcusedAbsentOldest first, 1 square per roll call

Absent 0. Nov 18, 2025 to Aug 11, 2026. The clerk’s record covers 7 of the 16 meetings we hold, through Aug 11, 2026.

Official roll call, from the clerk →

Neighborhoods Adams named

2 places Adams named in meetings

Lines where Adams named the place, read by two AI readers that both agree it means that place. Each dot plays the newest one; brighter means named more often.

San Francisco

Bayview Hunters Point 1 time
North Beach 1 time

Places are drawn at the centre of their own boundary in the city’s Analysis Neighborhoods file (DataSF (City and County of San Francisco)). A dot says the place was named, not where Adams was or what was said about it.

Meetings

Every meeting where we identified Adams’ voice

14, newest first. The date opens the meeting; the time plays the video at Adams’ first remark.

Sep 15, 2026Port CommissionDevelopment and land use · Business and economic development11.4 min1:22:06
Aug 11, 2026Port Commission8.5 min20:38
Jul 14, 2026Port CommissionBusiness and economic development9.8 min1:05:30
Jun 9, 2026Port CommissionBusiness and economic development10.4 min1:19:24
May 12, 2026Port CommissionBusiness and economic development9.9 min25:30
Apr 28, 2026Port Commission0.1 min50:43
Apr 14, 2026Port CommissionArts, culture and libraries11.7 min37:35
Mar 10, 2026Port CommissionDevelopment and land use11.4 min1:25:18
Feb 24, 2026Port CommissionBusiness and economic development8.1 min40:45
Feb 10, 2026Port CommissionBudget and spending16.3 min30:54

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Jan 27, 2026Port CommissionBudget and spending6.5 min34:54
Jan 13, 2026Port Commission4.9 min26:49
Dec 9, 2025Port CommissionCommendations, ceremonies and memorials13.6 min1:18:31
Nov 18, 2025Port CommissionHomelessness · Arts, culture and libraries9.5 min1:37:40

How we identify who is speaking · blind check, pooled across five cities: of 340 commission lines drawn, 260 right, 4 wrong, 1 unclear, 75 couldn’t be judged

A meeting missing here means we couldn’t attribute the voice, not that Adams was absent. Claude and Gemini each read every transcript with that day’s roster. A voice gets Willie Adams’s name only when both agree and a code check finds the name said on, or just before, their turn. Voices our transcripts merge with someone else’s are never attributed, so every count here undercounts what Adams said. For commissions, of 340 lines drawn, 260 were right, 4 wrong and 1 unclear, and the checkers couldn’t judge 75. We have since removed the voices behind 64 of those lines (3 wrong, 0 unclear, the rest we had already held for other reasons). Of the 276 lines we still publish, the checkers could judge 228: 226 right, 1 wrong and 1 unclear (90% lower bound 0.97). They couldn’t judge the other 48. The check is one sample pooled across the five cities, not of Adams or of San Francisco alone.