my name is chloe donnelly. i am a san francisco raver. it saddens me that we are criminalizing a community founded on love and a mutual perception of people music that creates duty between people. this does not understand the culture is about. i will keep it short, but the community is about a home. it is about being part of something. it touches my heart to see how many familiar faces came out to support tonight. if the strike to take these events away, as a community that spends our stance in our hearts out, we are not want to take it sitting down. -- that spends hours dancing our hearts out, we are not going to take it sitting down. >> i am a student and an aspiring filmmaker. i attend electronic events. i am a first-generation native. my dad came from the dominican republic. my mom came from panama. they met in a supermarket in the mission. i love this city. as a videographer, for the past year and a half these events have become a source of income for me. i have gained a great amount of experience, exposure, and have met a lot of gre

donnelly is it specifically within the -- not only is it within the seismic hazard study zone, it is the site of what we believe is the only fatal landslide in the history of san francisco. this is a map of maintained by the city. this was the flow of the landslide in 1942. it ended up with one fatality and three homes destroyed. three of the four lots traded by this project, this is on page 6 of the original appeal. the flow of the landslide is outlined in red. because this is such a dangerous landslide area, we have a code of regulations that was established to fulfill the mission of that act. requires mitigation to deal with any seismic hazards at the site. the regulations require independent review of the proposal by the lead agency. such a review has not been conducted. we have reviewed a report from an engineer as an exhibit b to our last letter to the board. that is attached as an exhibit b. he is making a presentation about what he believes is required under that particular law. the department requires that the mitigation measures that are now required for this project, the 1

tim donnelly says a definite know. >> i see the governor of no, no, no new jobs, no new ideas, nothing but taxes. >> reporter: it has centered around trying to round up the republican votes but the democratically votes are not solly there. >> leland yee says he is not an automatic yes vote so he needs another republican to cross over. >> it's a matter of legislators, so at the end of the day we need two-thirds. >> even if enough republicans support the tax vote, many gop lawmakers believe that californians.... >> i'm not scared with the voters because i believe the voters will vote this down, just like they did 65%. >> they want to put the budget up for a vote wednesday or thursday of next week. >> they declared a fiscal meeting at packed meeting in san carlos. transit meeting says there is ujt shortfall and it allows more leeway in changes. one proposal on the table is cutting weekend service entirely and during the week only trains running during peak commute hours. >> trains are background of the peninsula. >> i ride caltrain every day and so does my wife. we love caltrain. it will

assemblyman donnelly says he's a definite no. >> what i'm seeing is the governor who is the governor no no, no new jobs, no new ideas, about nothing but taxes. >>reporter: the talk has always centered around trying to round up the necessary republican vote but the democratic vote are not solidly there. state senator approximately yee san francisco democrat confirmed he's not an automatic yes vote. that just means brown needs another republican to cross-over. >> in the a matter of democrat and republican but legislators is at the end of the day we need two-thirds. >>reporter: even if enough republicans cross-over to support the tack vote many gop lawmakers believe california an will side with them as they did in 2009. >> i'm not scared of the voter voters. because i firmly believe the voters will vote this down. just like they did by over 65 percent on 2 year extension. >>reporter: leaders think there are enough support to put the budget up for vote wednesday or thursday of next week. in sacramento, 7 news. >>> san jose firefighters union and city worked out final details of a daily t

>>reporter: assemblyman donnelly believes lawmakers will support proposal because legislation that transfers some inmates to private correctional facilities is set to expire this year. >>> l coast guard honored a pair of genuine hero in alameda today. petty officer eric and former petty officer r a.m. u given the silver life saving medal this morning. this he were off duty in august of 2009 when they heard 14-year-old chris williams cry for help as he was being swept down the american river. they swam 300 yards to reach the boy pulled him to safety and administered cpr until he started breathing again. fichlt isn't if fate. it wasn't luck. it was if a choice about that these 2 men about rescued my son and that choice that they made it so instinctively is what makes them heroes. and i will be thanking them every day for the rest of my life. >>reporter: silver life saving medal oldest honored presented by the military. only a handful each year. they certainly deserve it. >> make sure you take a good look at the moon this weekend. it is going to appear about 10 maybe 15 percent larger than norm

>>reporter: but yesterday republican assemblyman donnelly told abc he's a definite no. >> what i am seeingrnor who is the governor of no no no, no new jobs, no new idea, nothing but taxes. >>reporter: republicans say that tax extensions amount to tax increase and they have all pledged not to raise taxes. doing so could cost them conservative voters and if the govern moves too far towards courting the republicans, could lose support among democrat. >> that's the art of politic the. to find the middle zone that will attract enough votes that we reach two-thirds. >>reporter: governor brown says it is about it to take the tough medicine now and get the state back on balanced footing. we can all expect a big dose of politics next week. senate and assembly take up the governor's proposals. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> all right from the art of politic to the art of forecas forecasting. spencer is here now with what could be a wet wean. >> it could be. art and science we mate add. >> yes here we good. partly wet weekend but won't start off that way. here's live view from the high definition su

thomas donnelly is the director of the aei center for defense studies. we are going to go slightly out of order. for those who have not been here recently we used to have a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have kept to that tradition. i apologize to the panelists. our panelists with each give a presentation and we returned to the floor for questions. we have been doing it differently lately. i hope you will enjoy the change in format. if you do not, i am sure you will not hesitate to tell me. we've done a more interactive style that we call "meet the press" style. i am going to bounce back and forth between the speakers and audience in a more question and answer style. that is what you should expect. that is how we will do it. we will open up the floor to questions later. mike i told you i was going to hit you first and ask about the situation on the ground. how do you see the military operation unwinding? do you see the international community coming together with a clear goal? is it a problem that we have the smallest coalition of the willing we hav

and finally tom donnelly, the director of arts center for defence studies. to confuse everyone watching the panel, we're going to go in slightly different order. for those who have not been here recently, the way we always used to do evince is that we had a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have kept to that tradition. i apologize to our panelists. and in our panelists would each give a presentation and we would turn to explore questions. we have been doing differently lately. i hope that you will all enjoyed the change in format. if you do not, none of you will hesitate to tell me. we have a more interactive style. we call it meet the press style. i am going to do my best. he would go back and forth between our speakers in between our audience and speakers, more question and answer style. that is how we are going to do it. we will open up the floor to questions toward the latter part. mike, i set you up. i told you i would hit you first and ask about the situation on the ground. how do you see this military operation unwinding? do you see the internationa

tom donnelly and in his briefing repeatedly made a reference that it is the goal of the united states to pursue its own unilateral policy, separate and aside from the u.n. actions, to present gaddafi with choices. and pursuant to gaddafi leaving, the way he put it. just for the sake of clarity, 4 colonel gaddafi's clarity, for my clarity, the world's a clarity, what are the choices that you want gaddafi to see that he has? >> there are a series of choices. again, this is not -- and the president and secretary made it clear this is not the outcome the united states or any of our partners socked -- sought. after the security council resolution 1973 passed, we gave the gaddafi regime an opportunity to declare a cease- fire. they did, but they didn't. we saw actions on the ground that belies that statement. there was another opportunity where he had a choice, and he made the wrong choice, he chose poorly -- to quote a famous movie. what we are trying to do is convince colonel gaddafi and his regime and associates that they need to step down from power, that they are de-legitimized, having

and finally tom donnelly, the director of the center for defense studies. think what we will do to confuse everybody watching the panel is that we will go in a slightly different -- out of order. for those who have not been here recently the way we always used to do event is that we would have a set piece and i would talk a lot. i have get to that tradition. [laughter] and i apologize to our panelists. our panelists will of -- what each give a presentation and then return to the floor for questions. we have been doing it a bit differently lately and i hope you all enjoy the change in format. if you do not come i'm sure none of you will hesitate to tell me. we have done a more interactive style. we call it "meet the press." we will do our best to bounce back and forth between our speakers and eventually between our audience and our speakers in a more question and answer style. that is what you should expect. that is how we are going to do it and we will the floor to questions toward the latter part. mike i set you up. i told you i was going to hit you first