we have faced this on the california constitution and the requirement that we read in the california constitution that an officer, even if elected, needs to take the oath of office the been ordered to assume the office. at such time, the oath of office is taken, the mayor has not vacated his current position, that is a statutory authority that we are relying on and looking at the cases that have been interpreted. with regard to the impact, our opinion is that the mayor retains his position and we don't see a vacancy yet. if the board was to take an action to designate someone had as the successor mayor, we see that action as an advanced determination, not as a final determination, and either this board or a successor board would need to ultimately take a final action to either ratify or to making the appointment at such time as a vacancy occurs. >> ratification potentially if something was decided upon today. hypothetically, if a different next tuesday. >> that is correct. -- hypothetically, if elected next tuesday. >> that is correct. hypothetically, if the mayor has vacated his curr

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

the gentleman from california. the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: madam speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california continues to reserve. the gentlelady from new york. . slaughter: madam speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. garegare a lot of talk here on the -- mr. garamendi: a lot of talk here on the floor about job killers. the affordable health care bill creates some 400,000 jobs. the repeal of it is actually a killer of human beings. some 40,000 americans die every year for lack of health insurance. that's the reality. repeal this bill and you're going to find more american dying. also, you're doing away with this repeal of the affordable health care act, of the patients bill of rights. i was insurance comssioner in california. i know exactly what the insurance companies will do if this repeal goes forward. they will continue to rescind policies. they will contie

those guidelines are generally in conformance with the second set, which is the california title 24, which is the state building code disability access regulations. the disability access regulations for existing buildings are found in the california building code and in your hand out on page 5 and 6. and this is directly out of the california building code chapter 11 b. section 1134 b, which talks about how one must provide disabled access to an existing building. for a new building, all elements of disabled access have to be provided in accordance with the code from beginning to ends there are no exceptions allowed. for an existing building there are exceptions and alternatives. i will briefly go through them but your specific question is is retroactivity triggered. disabled access at the federal level uppered the ada is triggered both by construction work you may be doing and also by something called readily achievable standards, this is the federal standard. if something even if you are not doing work, if you have a business you should be meeting what are called readily achieved be

in 2010, speaker progress was elected by his peers by the california state assembly. as someone who works for the legislature, it has been a thrill watching you rise to your leadership that i know our state needs right now. i asked phil to describe his college friend using three words. he said passionate, committed, just gets it done. that is more than three words. i do not know about you, but those are three solid words i am happy to hear describing one of the most powerful leaders in our state. i am proud to introduce the speaker of the assembly john paris. >> thank you. this week the governor unveiled a difficult budget with $28 billion worth of solution we need to find and somehow you are surprised that i wanted to leave sacramento? i am honored to be here. it is an incredible privilege to celebrate tonight with all of you this wonderful transition as you enter your next phase of public office. it is an honor to be a part of this process with you. phil and i have known each other a long time. we met when when we were both young students at uc berkeley. as we celebr

published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amounts of emission that we pump into the atmosphere and depending on whether and how much green house gas emissions can be brought under control, the report projects by the end of the century average temperatures in california will rise between 3 and 10 1/2 degrees centigrade. one of the most publicized impacts of global warming is a predicted increase in sea level. and here's a graph showing sea level rise in san francisco bay. now, i want to note one very important fact about this graph. it does not show predicted sea level rise. it shows how much the level of the bay has risen over the past century. since 1900, the bay waters have risen 7 inches. and we at bcdc have been monitoring this increase for decades and we have been especially concerned because ground elevation, particularly in the south bay, is sinking because of ground water extraction. so even if there's no sea level rise, we expect more flooding as the low-lying areas con

in the recent california assessment, we used three of these scenarios. or at least models that were based on those to guide us in assessing what might happen in the state of california in sort of a broad base of different impacts ranging from water resources to forest, human health, beeches, coasts, agriculture and so on. let's go on to the next one. okay this is kind of one of those tricky power point graphs and this is where i pretend i'm al gore. now we're taking longer point of view and these three traces here at the bottom is global temperature, surface temperature of the earth. this is made out from proxy records and we did not have thermometers a hundred and fifty years ago so this is reconstructed from sediments and ice ansisotopes and so forth and the top is co2, so this is in hundreds of thousands of years and it's interesting that you see this pretty remarkable sigh lick or cycles and this is the climate and other periods of earth history we would be huddled in a cave right now or something. the - one of the primary factors in causing this peri

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

a milestone for the project and california. last month on a less than great note, the professional engineers filed a lawsuit against the california transportation commission in regards to this agreement and reaction by the city to approve it. the agency issues responsible for the lawsuit denying allegations of improper procedure, be it worth mentioning that the issues in the lawsuit were worth mentioning back in may when they were considered by the commission and still approved of in the entry of a public-private partnership processes by 8-3 in a vote. we are confident that we will resolve this issue in a timely manner. the vast majority of the unions have been very supportive of the project in the process. they see it the way that we see it with major opportunities expanding for infrastructure in california through the introduction of capital into the area. whether it is european or any other place, the firms working on the project are american firms that have worked with us before. despite the misleading statements, this proje

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 do you see metropolitan, integrating climate change into their analysis? >> good question, except i'm the moderator. >> that's an excellent question and that's what we wrestle with, how to incorporate it into a type of analysis where, yes we can see more constant variables in volatility and we don't know how things will be driven. certainly we see things warmer, but as the models it could be more snow melt and perhaps we have not been able to confidently say what all the impacts of it are. but it is something we have looked at. we are going through - every five years we have an integrated resource plan we update and the following year after that, we try to up date our urban water management program and the next cycle is suppose to have a chap

it has been presented by the northern california chapter of professional journalism. they've asked me to express thanks to tonight's panelists. thank you for being here today. [applause] thank you to the audience as well. give yourself a clap, making it on the tuesday evening from work or whatever. we would also like to thank the san francisco public library from -- for sharing this facility, the crew from sfgtv, thank you for joining us. we wish you good news in everything that you do. [applause] >> thank you very much for joining us tonight. i would appreciate it if folks would move into the lobby for conversation. >> this morning, everyone, and welcome to the 2010 s justice some of. there must be justice. i want to begin -- to the 2010 justice summit. there must be justice. i want to begin by welcoming you. i am a public defender here in san francisco, and i will be overseeing the first part of the program today. we are going to be talking about something is called ordinary in justice. if you look if the word, it says, an unjust act, and within the criminal justice

the making. how a catastrophic storm system could overwhelm california. turns out the big one could be a flood. >> right now storm track remains to the north. not so >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> the push to get more electric cars comes with a rule. will the money be spent on paying for more electricity to charge your car? and as abc 7 explain there's is an effort to make an exception. >> california's tiered-rate system put into place to discourage high energy use making state more green. the more you use, the higher the raift a study says that means californians will end up paying highest costs. and this shows a volt increasing a electrical usage by 60%. accounting or charging at night at off peak rates, it will be higher than else wr. rates are 35% higher than national average. and there is dan cam onsays the perd yu study is premature. >> california has been working through california energy commission and board on a sis tomorrow to make the state ready for electric vehicles and that involves charging sent centers to bri

i'm dennis newhall for "california country." >> that concludes today's tour of the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

this segment is brought to you by the california farm bureau federation. people, the places, the unforgettable tastes of california will be back in a moment. >> ♪ hey, ah, hey, ah, hey, ah, hey, ah... ♪ >> welcome back to "california country." >> ♪ yahh ahh ahh >> the holidays are definitely time to talk turkey. this bird has been a staple on american dinner tables since the days of the pilgrims. in fact, ben franklin oved them so much, he wanted turkey and not the bald eagle to be the official united states bird. turkeys have a long history in the golden state. for more than 50 years, the diestel family has ranched in the peaceful foothills of tuolumne county. tim diestel has a hands-on approach to make sure his birds are at the peak of health. this is country living at its finest, a free-range setting, meaning the flocks have a chance to spread their wings and explore their surroundings. >> this is definitely home of the happy turkey. there--there*s no question. i--i don't think you could have a better, nicer setting for--for a turkey than this ranch righ

the few. it will misses and go down to southern california. as high pressure builds in and as the pattern changes. it doesn't always happen. usually that's what is taking place. so patchy fog sun and clouds. yes sun and clouds. foggy morning ed today and tomorrow for some. it looks dry. will definitely have to deal with some ofthat fog. there will be sun. in fact, this is one of the patterns we probably get a little warmer weather toward the coast. santa rosa and napa 39. palo alto 45. concord-livermore 44. 30s up in eureka. cold air all the way down to las vegas. there is yesterday's system as it goes down to nevada. the next one coming down. as it does high pressure will build in. big system out there but it's heading north. dry today. patchy morning fog. some of that will be thick. partly sunny. forecasted highs in the 50s today. we will go 51-55. we get a little sun earlier. the trend is for no rain. thick fog will be popping up north bay and east bay. that looks like that will be the forecast for the next couple of days. >>> startling accu

the biggest target market for the pesticide is california's strawberry, nut and flower growers. e lawsuit claims the state improperly cut off public comment on the use of the pesticide and failed to evaluate the health risks. >>> some cancer experts call ate real break through. a simple blood test that can spot cancer before it starts and tell immediately if the treatment is working. medical giant johnson & johnson today announced it will soon begin clinical trials. john is here now to explain. >> reporter: an early test, it spotted prostates, co although rectal, breast and lung cancers, and researchers say it should work on any tumor, poemly revolutionizing diagnosis and treatment. like cancer itself, treatment is often a matter of chance. a new non-invasive test could take guess work out of the cancer equation. >> the more we know about cancer, and finding ways to stop it, that's fabulous. >> reporter: long before any of us get a cancer tumor, cancer cells circulate in our blood. scientists say a new test can scan billions of blood cells and find a single cancer cell. johnson &

with us today, the ceo and president of the california independent -- iso. >> thank you very much. of course, this is a historic day. the plant is historic, and shutting the plant is historic. on its own face, this plan has been far art of date. more recently, it has actually provided a security cushion for san francisco, should anything happen outside of san francisco. but the the brassiere to replace the plan with other alternatives that would make the city more secure, more reliable, with much less polluting options, which is all the special projects that have been put in place for the last two or three years. first, transbay cable, an incredibly sophisticated technology that provides part of that supply, and the re-cabling of pg&e, and i want to thank everyone who worked very hard to make that technology work over the past year and have the cable in operation. and also pg&e, who really were also very hard -- worked very hard to replace all the cables, and now, san francisco has a reliable secure supply. really, there are people that i want to thank. first of all, the mayor talke

>>> california's new governor celebrates his return to the office that he left 28 years ago today. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. a generation ago, jerry brown championed fiscal restraint and he is california's governor once again. >> i, jerry brown -- >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend. >> the ceremony lasted less than an hour. thousands attended including arnold schwarzenegger. supporters threw a party and this evening was the official reception. ken wayne is live from the latest event. >> reporter: jerry brown is spending his first night as the new governor in sacramento after hosting a reception at the california state railroad museum. jerry brown didn't give a speech or talk to reporters. the new governor worked the crowd at an invitation only event that drew about 4,000 people. one of the questions on the minds of many here is how he will deal with the state's budget deficit. one vert says he is the only one that could get it done. >> jerry is a great politician. if anyone is able to convince people what needs to be done it is j

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the last california water plant did a much better job of acknowledging the issue of climate change but not yet adequately took action. we're beginning to work now on the next one and the intention i believe, is there will be a more deeper analysis and i look forward to that. next slide. this is a graph, and i want to say couple of things. this is from a study that a coleague of mine did on impacts of changes on colorado river. we looked at climate general circulation models from hypo thetic there's a lot of information and this is a small piece of that. this shows frequency and volume of uncontrolled spills which is basically meaning floods. these are percent changes of flow on,x factors. 10, five, ten, twenty percent changes on flows. those are plausible in colorado. the,y axis is number of years in which we get plugs out of records. 78 years. there are two things to catch from this. one, is first of all, the vulnerability of the relative moderate increase of flow in the colorado. a ten percent increase in flow. changes the number of years with uncontrolled spills, floods, from six ou

>>> california's new governor celebrates his return to the office that he left 28 years ago today. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. a generation ago, jerry brown championed fiscal restraint and he is california's governor once again. >> i, jerry brown -- >> do solemnly swear. >> that i will support and defend. >> the ceremony lasted less than an hour. thousands attended including arnold schwarzenegger. supporters threw a party and this evening was the official reception. ken wayne is live from the latest event. >> reporter: jerry brown is spending his first night as the new governor in sacramento after hosting a reception at the california state railroad museum. jerry brown didn't give a speech or talk to reporters. the new governor worked the crowd at an invitation only event that drew about 4,000 people. one of the questions on the minds of many here is how he will deal with the state's budget deficit. one vert says he is the only one that could get it done. >> jerry is a great politician. if anyone is able to convince people what needs to be done it is j