even abraham lincoln was criticized for the transcontinental railroad. but once california has experienced the joe i come on duty, and productivity of traveling rail, those critics will no longer be heard. so on behalf of the governor, i want to congratulate speaker pelosi, congressman miller, secretary lahood, near new some, chairman ford, and the new executive director come on this wonderful vacation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, david. the transbay project will serve nine counties including southern california sunday and will serve 11 the contracts that operators, including the east bay. representing the east bay is congress miller. congressman george miller may be best known as the house education committee leader. here at home, he has been a longtime supporter of the transbay project and the affordable housing component of the program. many of his constituents commute to san francisco daily, and we both look forward to the day that the commuters will arrive at a transit center. i want to thank congressman miller for his support over the years. [applause] >> than

the state. you have your act together, here in california. as usual, california is way ahead of the curve. everything has already been said, just about everybody has said it. i have said what i wanted to say. congratulations, california, to the governor, a delegation, speaker, you are in the catbird's seat because of the kind of leadership that you have in this state. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. now in is an overwhelming joy and honor that i introduced speaker nancy pelosi, who has been a role model and inspiration for me and come was women across the country. congressman pelosi has represented the eight districts in congress since 1987. speaker pelosi is in her second term as the speaker of the house of representatives, making history in 2007 to serve as the first woman of the house. job creation has been her top priority for san francisco. she has worked to transfer treasure island from the navy, work to clean hunters point, and transformed the transbay transit center into a multi modal facility. speaker pelosi provided the first seed money to the project which allo

even abraham lincoln was criticized for the transcontinental railroad. but once california experienced the joe i come on duty, and productivity of traveling rail, those critics will no longer be heard. so on behalf of the governor, i want to congratulate speaker pelosi, congressman miller, secretary lahood, near new some, chairman ford, and the new executive director come on this wonderful vacation. thank you. [applause] >>

the california public utilities commission authorized $2.20 billion on the program.s scheduled to begin deploying meters, smart meters, in san francisco on july 1 of this year. they have received since beginning deployment, in november of 2006, they have deployed a 6.6 million smart meters -- deployed 6.6 million smart meters, and 3.9 of those were installed in 2010. over 1300 pg&e customers filed complaints. there were complaints of largely in the bakersfield and fresno area. the california public utilities commission received so many complaints, and pg&e acknowledged some existence of problems, that they began independent investigation into the accuracy of the pg&e smart meters. the city, a out of concern over complaints that we have already been hearing about, a petition was said into the california public utilities commission and requested that they direct pg&e to suspend deployment in san francisco or to take a pause while the investigation was pursued, so rather than installing and having to take them out and put them in again if there were problems with the me

the first question coming from amy chance. >> california has set a record this day for the delay of our state budget, and there's no end in sight. what would you say to those who say that california is ungovernable? and if it wasn't, how would you end the gridlock? >> first of all, let me say thank you to the sponsors of this debate. i'm delighted to be here tonight. i want to talk to you about how we're going to put this state back together. we have one of the most dysfunctional state governments in the country. here's my plan. first, we have to get californians back to work. if we do not put californiians back to work and bring down our 12.4% unemployment rate, there's no way out of this mess. we have the third highest rate only behind michigan and nevada. did you ever think we would have the third highest unemployment in the country? i want to do that by enacting targeted tax cuts. we need to eliminate the factory tax so we can hang on to our manufacturing jobs. i want to stream line red tape so it's not so hard to do business in california, and have an economic development team that

speaker, and i thank the gentleman from california and the gentlewoman from california. i am proud to author this resolution today, to honor all of the at leets of the 2010 u.s. paralympic team. including my constituent, josh paul, the youngest member of team u.s.a. josh paul of new jersey is a remarkable young man, a real american hero and i am proud to recognize him before the united states congress and the american people. during the paralympic games and every day of the year paralympic athletes like josh demonstrate great american spirit, courage and achievement. i am proud we are able to work in a bipartisan fashion to bring this important measure to the house floor for final consideration. and i am proud of athletes like josh paul. josh was 10 years old when his father first took him to a sled hockey game at the bridgewater, new jersey, arena. soon after, josh began playing localy and showed so much talent that his team manager recommended that he try out for the national team. he took that advice and successfully made the team. now josh is on the ice 11 months out

i'm the best pension buy california has ever seen, okay? now, in addition to that, when i was leading the governor's office in the 1982 budget document, i said, hey, eve got a little problem here. you better think about creating a two-tiered pension system to lower the cost of state government. that was back in '82. the next three governors promptly ignored that. well, i have a pension plan. it's on my web page, jerry brown.org. what's it about? first of all, we're going to have to negotiate with different employee groups, raise ages, raise contributions. ear going to have to stop this thing where they take the last one year and spike it up and then they use that as the measurement for their lifelong pension. when i was governor, you used the last three years and you averaged them. somewhere down the road after i left they got rid of three years and made it it one. in addition, eve got a lot of abuses at the local level. i brought civil fraud yagainst officials in bell, california. i'm going to get that money back. we can get this thing done

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our keynote speaker is and was the first "lady lawyer" in california. it's true. because when she decided that she wanted to become a lawyer, there was one problem, the law in california didn't allow it. and so she had to change the law, which she did. she also wanted to go to law school right here at hastings college of law but they had a policy that said only men could go do that law school so she sued hastings college of the law and she changed that and she was the first woman to attend hastings law school. and when she got out of law school, there were no jobs. no jobs. because no one would hire women. so what did she do? she became a criminal defense attorney because that was the one place where it didn't matter and she fought harder than a man and that was good enough for her clients and she became one of the top criminal defense attorneys and she practiced right here in san francisco. she also began advocating to change laws. so she changed the law that used to be that in criminal trials throughout the trial you were shackled. you were actually shackled and

this is the 2010 california building code, mechanical code, energy, and so forth. every three years, the state adopts a new code. by law, we are required to use the state code, and we are given authority to amend it based on local conditions, climate, topography. we have done this many times over the years. excuse me come up to 1984, we had our own code. since that time, we have had to take state coach, and by law, we have six months to make local changes and bring them toward to have an effective date of colon with the federal code. in doing your code update every cycle, we develop a code of cycle adoption plan, schedule, and i will point out, we are always on a tight timeframe because the city only gives us six months to make changes. that might be ample time for other jurisdictions, but we have to take the code to through the various subcommittees. i know some of you attended those hearings. we then had in-house staff comment, review, analysis, we have to bring it to the full board, mayor, mandatory 30-day waits -- so we are just always on a tight time frame. of

this third generation farmer insists the world's best figs are grown right here in california's central valley. >> i think a lot of the chefs, many you saw today at the fig fest, really have taken on figs as a product they can really work with in their restaurants. it's a new--it's an old product that's new again. it kind of has that exotic, kind of mysterious reputation now. it's very good. people are trying to start using it in different applications. i think it's going well. >> some of the figs will be sold locally at farmers markets and other market stands. but most are being packed to be shipped tohe east coast--places like new york, chicago, and philadelphia, where there's a diverse ethnic population. california is a world leader when it comes to dried figs, providing about 20% of the world's figs. the golden state normally produces about 22 million pounds of dried figs every year and about half as much fresh figs. >> it's a very versatile fruit. it can be used in cooking. it can be used in pastries. it works with savory foods. it works very well with cheese. >> he says california

resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program and a statement of overriding considerations related to the crystal springs/san andreas transmission upgrade project, part of the water system improvement program for the improvements to the regional water supply system, otherwise known as project no. cuw37101, including the mitigation habitat actions at two sites in san mateo county; and directing the clerk of the board of supervisors to notify the controller of this action. >> good morning. i am a project manager with the assets puc. i will give you a brief presentation on items one and of the vote. the project we are talking about is the san andreas transmission system upgrade. this is part of the program. the main objective is to increase and improve the seismic and deliverability of the facilities. the crystal springs and san andreas system provides for emergency and supplementary water supply for the san francisco peninsula by moving water from the various reservoirs and feeding into

the california mortality has tripled from 5.6 per 100,000 to 16.9 per 100,000. -- cannot be with us because he is in washington d.c. and he is looking to reduce complications. this identifies the need for acute care services for pregnant women. whether this is intensive care, surgical support, laboratory, and services are critical for protecting mother and child. there are higher rates of multiple just asians. it is unacceptable and unsafe to transfer these patients across town for emergency or critical care services. i am full -- i am in full support of community-based medicine. they could not keep up with the technology or maintain the staffing. our patients are cared for at our california campus unit and we have the resources, tools and support to maintain the health and safety. we will continue to do so in a new facility. thank you. >> thank you. >> i am one of the owners of cocoa cocktails. i'm here to acknowledge and thank the california pacific medical center for working with me and my staff. i need to take this opportunity of this if they have not settled. we have at this time no op

i am also a member of the california network of mental health clients and the sentences go network. i have a long history of mental health treatment. i am 69. i started when i was about seven. i have been institutionalized, shocked, treated with medication. when i got to california where there was openness and a sense of freedom with the presidential system, i was taken in. i began to meet my peers working to change the conditions in the system. i also met for-looking providers and legislators who wanted to change aulos -- the laws. we hope we have come up with the money to the friendlier and more welcome services for people are welcomed and do not feel that they have been coerced and forced into treatment. i know that everyone has a serious and real concern for their family member. i have a son who had his first break. the treatment he received has him terrified. he does not want to go back. there are a lot of people who have this kind of response. they become afraid. that together with their illusions that are not all treatable with medication is very difficult. i do not think we a

that is a bit lower than the california national average. about half are in general and half are at private facilities. that includes st. francis, langley-porter, and cdmc. member is likely to drop in the future. -- this number is likely to drop in the future. i like to make things simple and

. >> coming up on "california country," meet some of the folks responsible for adding a little zest to our lives. then, what a chef wants, this man will find. tag along with us as we go on a produce pursuit in northern california. then, meet a farmer who is surrounded by his favorite things--his berries and his brothers. finally, think starting a vegetable garden is hard? our expert has advice to get you started and on your way to a homegrown meal in no time. it's all ahead, and it starts now. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> so we all know that california is king when it comes to growing citrus. and when it comes to growing lemons, no one is bigger than this ventura county farm. and with over 7,000 acres of lush lemon trees, limoneira isn't just the biggest lemon grower in california, but in all of north america. based in santa paula, the farm is a testament to what hard work and determination can do. foundi fathers nathan blanchard and wallace hardison first bought the land way back in 1893 and named the ranch limoneira, which means "lemon lands" in