in california, over 1 million people have a conviction record, and one in five individuals have an arrest or criminal conviction. so we have to ask ourselves -- is criminal record reform an urgent priority for california? and if so, what is being done? and how can we go further? let's hear what our distinguished panel has to say. our first panelist is dr. steven richardson, a renowned author and professor of criminal justice at the university of wisconsin oshkosh. i have to say that dr. richards probably will not authorize this, but i am going to make a plug for the book he has written. i want to say he has written the book "convict criminology." another book called "behind bars." and "beyond bars." so check it out on amazon. we also have with us the policy co-director of the national employment law project. and eliza hirsch is the supervising attorney in the clean slate pride is at the east bay community law center. welcome, panelists. i want to tell the audience that while we are having this session, if you have questions, feel free to write them down, and the ushers will get them some

it's added jobs in record numbers here in california. and these are good-paying jobs. >> a lot of the people who are working out here stay at the hotels, go out to the restaurants, and shop in the stores show that really makes the local people very happy. >> not only do we have the wind farms but we have actually got manufacturing here for the wind turbines as well. so the wind companies are our biggest employers for the area. >> they are mass caraiding this as a jobs issue whenin fact, what it would actually do is undermine the most dynamic section of the economy because clean tech jobs are growing at a rate 10 times faster than the rest of the economy and this is the last time when you want to turn off the faucet for this portion of the economy. this is the future of california and really oil is the past. >> the oil companies, they have taken millions of dollars, poured it into prop 23 to trick us into saying "well this is going to create jobs" it's not going to create jobs, it's going to kill jobs. prop 23 is nothing but a job killing

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we are still waiting to hear from the top candidates in the races in california. when they come out to talk, we will bring them to you live. let's take a look at the numbers for governor. jerry brown declared the winner in this race. much earlier than most of us at the station expected. he was declared at 8:30 the winner, the new governor of the state of california. this will be his third time running as california. let's look live now at the pictures from oakland, where his headquarters have set up there. you see somebody there, but they are addressing the audience, trying to keep the audience entertained until jerry brown comes out to address his supporters. it looks like some young people on the stage, have some kind of a program as they wait for the new governor elect to come forward to address the supporters. we don't know whether or not meg whitman has already made that concession phone call to them. we'll be looking to hear what both of those candidates have to say. >> been following the lieutenant governor's race as well, a very tight race, gavin newsom spe

and i talk to us about changes in the law and some of the efforts being made in california right now, and where are we falling short, and what needs to be expanded as it relates to prior criminal arrests and convictions? -- >> talk to us about changes in the law. >> forest talked about the issue of discrimination against people with criminal records -- maurice. that mean we would not need these other remedies, but we are a long way off from that being the national standard, unfortunately. what i work with people on every day as cleaning their records up to the extent allowable under california law, so cleaning your record up to the extent allowable under california state law is really different from saying "clean slate." i feel like we are at best raising expectations unfairly because there is no clean slate in california, but we are trying to improve the laws that there are and expand them. actually, this session and assembly -- my coworker who works on policy in my office has been successful in working with community partners and putting forward ab 2068, and it is really a technical

not just these two schools, but every single public school in california. we want to make sure they have what they need to create greatness. [applause]. every kid has so much potential, and we need to make sure our society keeps that in the forefront of what ever we do. will this help the next generation? that's my watch word. we haven't got all the votes in, but it was good enough for government work. so looks like i'm going back again. as you know, i have the know how and the expense and all those other things i said. this time, of course, we have a first lady which we didn't have last time. i think that's going to be the real difference. [applause]. now look, i like the symbolism of the place in here because there were actually people camped in here and burning the ceiling and cooking their meals and now it is transformed into a beautiful venue for music. it is for the school, and the school is upstairs. i want people in california to know we might and we will have times that will be tough. how long they will last? a year? maybe longer. if we all pull tog

they have dreams like every other child in california. they should have that chance. always talking about states having the right to determine their own policies. in this case the governor signed it. they pass ad law that said the children thould have the tount go to college and get in-state tuition. the u.s. congress tried to pass a law to prevent that. they didn't do it right because they said they only applied to people who had laws tied to residency in the state. california has a system based on the number of years that you're in their high schools. that's what they're focused on. the supreme court of california has found this law has been upheld. why not let the folks go to college and get a college education, instead of trying to kick them out. >> kris, let me ask you to-up. a lot of states do this. texas does it. new york does it. if we disagree about it, isn't it a state's right issue, which conservatives should agree with? hey, if california wants to do it, they do it. >> i will answer that question. but let me respond to something. no one is kicking these st

harry reid in nevada to barbara boxer here in california. but the louder cheer reserved for jerry brown. projected to be the winner. take video of him arriving here at the fox theater in oakland. lots of warm welcome for him. if he does go on to win, if he is confirmed, what a political fete for him. now into the 21st century as the oldest person ever elected to the governorship in california. now, it was a tough campaign all summer long. pretty much tied with his republican rival meg whitman throughout the summer but in the last few days he was able to stretch out a lead but jerry brown admits he has got a lot of tough work to do up in california saying california has to tighten its belt and live within its means. here is what some of what jerry brown has to say as he walks in. >> i think we waited for the right time and i think it has been very good and i think the message of an insider's mind -- insider's knowledge that's what i said. >> i think people know. >> reporter: so once again jerry brown projected to be the winner. he is the one w

>> like many of the cheese makers in california, it's all largely done by hand, although a vegetable istinct] culture is added to the pasteurized milk to give it the initial yogurt texture. the mixture is collected in cheesecloth bags and the resulting curds are left to hang in them for about 2 days. after that comes the fun part--kneading the cheese. >> look at that. it's like ice cream. but also this, the feel of this, you can't learn that overnight. it's something that comes with a lot of repetition. >> so you know how much to knead. >> yes. you know, and when to stop and when it's right or when it's been hanging for the correct amount of time. >> harley goat farms sells its cheese to specialty stores like whole foods, as well as restaurants and hotels, like san francisco's fairmont hotel and the ritz carlton. there's no shortage of customers tasting the different chses, including feta, fromage blanc, and snapping up the goat milk products like soap and skin lotions. this farm store helps to strengthen the direct relationship between farmer and consumer. and it ensures customers ke

it seems one of the key areas to implement is in the california environmental quality act. the planning and conservation league is hosting series of workshops across the state helping planners and community leaders integrate climate change in all the work they do, so i'd like to get your thoughts on that and specifically from jeff, when

fastest-growing ethnic group are latinos. >> reporter: who could make up new congressional districts in california depending on a who independent commission decides to draw boundaries. this could actually give -- >> give them more power. >> -- get more power to decide who stays in power in 2012. >> you can find more election coverage including the latest vote counts by clicking a tab on the top of our home page, ktvu.com. >>> the high court decided not to hear a case brought by former southern california republican assemblyman be the case had not yet gone through the appeals court in california and it's rare for the supreme court to review cases. some critics wanted elena kagan to refuse herself because she was white house was her general while the health care law was drafted but she says she never provided legal dissent about the laws. >>> university of california president mark yudof says raising tuition again is the only way to close the $1 billion budget shortfall. he proposed a tuition hike of 8% that amounts to $800 per student each year. he wants to expand financial aid. for students whose

i don't know that it's come up but there's evidence in the california proxy record in medieval times, two periods of extremely dry climate in at least, the california and nevada region - fit occurred today would totally reset the way we all sort of think about,hydrology, i think. [inaudible] no. your not listening to what the models are telling us. they are telling us there still is the range of natural variability in precipitation eventhough temperature is changing remarkably. evidently that did not get through. but that's what happens. the characterization of precipitation is not unlike today. not rain verses snow, but the total water volume is still looking a lot like the modern climate. >> let me take a crack at this. it's a great question. its the barrier that a lot of water managers face. on the,pa leo climate, side the the past will help me deal with floods and droughts properly deal with them. if we had a better since of this from tree rings in the 1920s we would probably make different assumptions on the colorado rivers. maybe we would not but it was information we did not ha

the energy commission is trying get another one in california. it's locating and measuring sites where we don't expect differences in the land use and really trying define really some of what's happening. the next one is maybe a little bit far out, but we're talking billions so for that kind of money, maybe we ought to support or look that idea of something out in space just like putting mirrors out there, something that can be taken down if necessary so reflect some energy back into space that we're not getting. >> thank you. brad has a comment. >> yeah, thanks. this whole question of data i think has or needs a very close look by the water management data. when you take the wrapper off of this you see it has lots of warts on it, let me talk about the,nrcs, in the west. i know you all have your own. but i saw a persuasive speech by randy who is quite properly convincing. changes all the way from stainless steel pillows to ten gallons and black pillows of this. vegetationle changes, the lesson here, i think in general and this applies to,usgs, and

. >> let's go the other camp, meg whitman's campaign in california. that's where robert liles has been stationed in universal city all night long. robert you were telling me last time they are waiting this out, they haven't conceded anything. >> cautious optimism, that's what they are calling it here. while that celebratory jubilation sweeps oakland here in universal city there seems to be this cautious optimism after pete wilson who is currently meg whitman's campaign chairperson took to the stage telling the crowd that meg whitman is unwilling to make any decision at this point. in fact he is saying that she will not come down to the ball room. why? he is saying because that is because the secretary of state web site is down, the web site is responsible for certifying the vote, we're going to go back to investor rebrown at this moment who has now taken the stage. let's hear what mr. brown has to say. >> thank you very much. thank you. so, thank you everyone who has helped in this campaign, there is a lot of people that labored, volunteers, a lot of p

his rival though, able maldonado is in southern california. e trails right now but you have more on his reaction to those numbers. >> lieutenant governor for now able maldonado is in orange county in irvine. lloyd lacuesta is there now, and lloyd i understand you have mr. maldonado with you. >> no, ken. i just talked to him and hopefully we'll try to get that tape back up again because he had to leave. but now we do have the tape. here's what the lieutenant governor had to say about the closeness of the race tonight against gavin newsom. >> i've always known that i'm running against a person who ran for governor, who stopped running for governor then ran for lieutenant governor. i knew that was going to be a challenge. but i feel comfortable where we're at. i still think we're going to win this thing. >> any thought that it's going to be a challenge at the end of this. >> i hope that at the end it'll be decisive enough he won or the other person won and we can move forward. i'm not in the business of these really tight races. but you never know

leadership, john boehner, was out there saying the american people have spoken, well, california is 1 out of 8 votes ins country, and california spoke in its own way. all the statewide offices from lieutenant governor gavin newsom to it looks like attorney general kamala harris. there were some shockers there all the way down. and i this all had to do with the mood of the california voter, much different from the rest of the country. our unemployment is big here, but environment, immigration, social issues matter to people. >> it's so interesting that there really wasn't, other than steve cooley, who may or may not win for attorney general, no real significant candidates from southern california. i mean, they were all -- the winners and almost all the candidates on both sides are from the bay area sxm from san francisco. >> that's absolutely right. and we talked about jerry brown, who had his first press conferences this week, and really took a very centrist approach, saying we're going to get in there, we're going to fix this budget, the democrats may not like it, they're going to be sitting on some h

instead of closing at 8:00 as scheduled. >>> ballot problems had election workers out in california puttingin overtime as well. they were forced to use rubber erasers to remove smudges from mail-in ballots. they say the extraneous marks from printer toner were throwing off the optical scan ballot reading machines. >>> in other political news this morning, president bush writes in his new memoir that he considered dumping dick cheney from the ticket in 2004. mr. bush said making such a change would have demonstrated that he was in charge. cheney had also become a lightning rod for criticism from the left and the media. but in the end mr. bush said he realized he could trust cheney and decided to keep him as vice president. >>> now the other big stories of the day. that terror plot involving cargo planes is now raising some troubling new questions about a fiery u.p.s. plane crash two months ago. martha raddatz has learned what was on that plane when it went down. >> reporter: it has always been a mystery. now even more so. the 747 u.p.s. plane took off from dubai on september 3rd. just 25 min

marijuana, the proposition in california went down. we just learned this. e mentions in real-time, actually spiking on the issue. one more example of how people weigh in almost immediately on facebook. you see 296 mentions in 1 minute. one example of how facebook was able to track the election. david muir, abc news, asu. >>> there was another lasting image from election night last night. one democrat who held on to his seat could not contain himself. >> here's something you don't see often, colorado congressmang he was doing cartwheels. >> he was excited. we'll be right back. ♪ [ female announcer ] keurig has over 200 varieties of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. ♪ keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. [ female announcer ] so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. ♪ because it is. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. all you expect from the number-one recommended detergent by dermatologists. all free clear is free of dyes and perfumes. and has powerful stainlifters to help get your whole wash cl

we have one of the lowest unemployment rates of any of the 50 counties in california. we lead the state in almost every category. with the most aggressive green building standards. with the most aggressive alternative fuel program, etc.. we know it works. without taking too much time because we have a lot of speakers coming up, let me try to distill this. this is not democrats or republicans. it is about people coming together. one issue we all come aroutogetr around is the issue of jobs. the state and employment rate is 12%. this is exactly the conversation we need to be having. is not as a celebration and announcement of 2500 jobs and the down payment on that because of what tom and others are doing. if you put $1 billion into a coal plant, he will generate about 870 jobs. if you take that same $1 billion into a nuclear plant, you can generate more than 1500 jobs. it is a little bit better. if you put into solar, it is 1900 jobs. if you put in to win, it is 3300 jobs. here is the game changer. if you want to get serious about jobs and the construction and building tra

polls close just moments ago let's run through the top races in california as we wait for the results to come in and of water for the race to replace arnold scored snigger, jerry brown who's going for a third term as and republican meg whitman who spent $160 million of as we look at the race for lieutenant governor and republican incumbent mall and the not note is from southern california. he is the republican in the race and the democrat in this race san francisco gavin newsome is going for is for statewide office. in the race for attorney general between two big california district attorneys both going to there for statewide office. pamela harris vs. loss angeles the day steve. >> the latest on the national scene the big question will the democrats remain in control of the house and the senate or the republicans take control of both houses. that's all the latest the democrats held to under 53 seats taking up the majority republicans with major wins on the east coast 145 confirmed wins for them so far. if 92 only for the democrats are projections are in. that the republicans will tak

his rival though, able maldonado is in southern california. e trails right now but you have more on his reaction to those numbers. >> lieutenant governor for now able maldonado is in orange county in irvine. lloyd lacuesta is there now, and lloyd i understand you have mr. maldonado with you. >> no, ken. i just talked to him and hopefully we'll try to get that tape back up again because he had to leave. but now we do have the tape. here's what the lieutenant governor had to say about the closeness of the race tonight against gavin newsom. >> i've always known that i'm running against a person who ran for governor, who stopped running for governor then ran for lieutenant governor. i knew that was going to be a challenge. but i feel comfortable where we're at. i still think we're going to win this thing. >> any thought that it's going to be a challenge at the end of this. >> i hope that at the end it'll be decisive enough he won or the other person won and we can move forward. i'm not in the business of these really tight races. but you never know

raw milk or against it, raw milk is at the center of a battle that has been brewing for decades in california and once again is heating up. as seen on this security camera footage in late june with guns drawn, a private raw foods club was raided in southern california. the target? bottles of raw milk and blocks of raw cheese. the fda won't discuss the case saying it is an open investigation but raw milk advocates say there is a bigger issue at stake. the freedom to choose what to eat or drink even if public health experts say it is risky. >> i would say that if there was going to be anything banned it should be raw milk that is consumed just as milk. >> the choice would be mine. i don't understand why they are trying to do away with a food product. it is not a drug. this is milk we are talking about. >> reporter: adding fuel to the fire, a proposed new law that would give the fda new regulatory powers. >> well, the fda has been pushing for quite awhile to have greater control over the food products that humans are consuming. >> reporter: they fear these new regulations will drive raw milk dai

two great leaders who are the heads of two of the most progressive legal organizations in california. the first is arturo gonzalez, the president of the bar association of san francisco. arturo is one of the top trial lawyers in the nation and he's a partner at morrison forester. we've had the pleasure of working with the bar association for -- over the past 20 years to provide services to people who can't afford lawyers when the public defender is not available and so we're very pleased to have arturo here on behalf of the bar association. thank you. [applause] >> thank you. three days ago in one of the most closely watched supreme court cases this term, graham versus florida, the united states superior court forbid the sentences of a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide crime. they found such a sentence is consistent with basic principles of decency. i'm proud to say that my firm was co-counsel for the juvenile in this case and wrote the brief for the juvenile in the court. this decision gives our clients, terrance graham, who had received

senate race in california. party, senate candidates marco rubio in florida and rand paul in kentucky came out on top and and republicans have also picked up several governorships from democrats. in south carolina, republican state representative nicki haley has become the state's first female governor and democrats picked up one from republicans with jerry brown elected governor in california. meanwhile, the golden state's referendum to legalize marijuana went up in smoke. they rejected prop 19. and voters in rhode island voted to keep the original name, the state of rhode island, and providence plantations, despite a movement to drop providence plantations due to the association by some to slavery. and california's referendum to voter rejected proposition 19. and this comes to us from the international space station. thanks to a 1997 texas law, the astronauts were able to cast their ballots in local elections via secure e-mail from 220 miles above earth. >>> and from the space station, not getting in the way o

in demand. i even tried cases throughout california, denver and new york. but something deeply concerned me about the problems in the criminal injustice system. i began to challenge the practices right here in san francisco where they were not only shackling prisoners but they were putting them in a cage like you see at the zoo and i took that case on and i won. i was arguing that the presumption of innocence did not allow this barbaric treatment. i also worked to improve conditions in prisons separating juveniles from adults and even getting women as mate rons for women prisoners. but as i tried more and more cases i became convinced that the only way we could have equal and fair justice systems was to provide lawyers for the court. i called them public defenders. >> mrs. clara shortridge fultz who was introducing her proposed law on lawyers for the poor here at the 1893 chicago worlds fair. >> thank you. the recommend disof many of the evils of -- remedies of many of the evils nice the appointment of a public defender. for every public prosecutor there sho