working particularly with nea on dedicated staffing to move this work forward more quickly. the immediate next step will be competing the scope of work -- completing the scope of work and doing the structural engineering needed to inform the process. the board will approve a recommendation in the legislative change following sequence certification. to date they have only endorsed proposals because the critical piece is not needed. in order to deliver the plan that we have together, we have a comprehensive task force. this is very much based on our experience in december 2009 and may of 2010. it takes every division within the agency to make that restructuring successful. moving forward, we want to tackle remaining policy issues. not shown are the muni accessible services. they are a key part of the process that were left off the slide, which i apologize for. we work on providing direct support needed for this project, including identifying capital project managers and program managers for this work. so, the next key steps are the beginning of the environmental review, conduc

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[applause] yesterday we had the privilege of starting the day with the chairman of the nea. we were allowed to give a cuff overview to the chairman of the creative committee of san francisco. in a way we were also the warm- up act for the mayor. the chairman wanted to meet with the mayor. you had the chairman of the national endowment, connected to many grants and initiatives we were competing for. he decided to enter the larger meeting and join us. 15 minutes into that meeting i was starting to get worried because the conversation had not gotten to the talking points that the staff had worked on so hard. suddenly, an artist was revealed. he masterfully guided the conversation and spoke so eloquently about the importance of art in the city. by the time that the chairman left, hohe was totally convinced the sentences that would be one of the pilot cities.

we'll talk about that coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, investigating the latest in a string of sex crimes nea merritt. kiet do shows us a >>> a woman followed into her own home forced to undress. this afternoon oakland police are investigating the latest in a string of sex crimes near lake merritt. kiet do shows us a enabled on high alert. >> reporter: i bought some mace -- >> i bought some mace, some pepper spray. >> reporter: in the past few months neighbors say the quality of life near lake merritt has gone from bad to worse. >> i am afraid to walk to the store. if i see it getting dark, i'm not going out. >> reporter: the attack happened on the 1400 block of third avenue. a man followed a woman home from the store and came in behind her through the security gate. he forced her to take off her clothes but did not assault her and fled on foot. this is now the second sexual assault to take place here on third avenue. the first one happened back in september. now a disturbing trend is beginning to emerge. this most recent attack now pushes the total number of sexual assaults in the lake merri

one of the things that new nea does is a turn back service. it is not called a switch back. it is a schedule will turn back. some place short of the end of the line, you have a turn back, and this is increased service, and maybe it means during school hours, you do not need every bus going all the way down to the end of mission street. maybe they start down down, a little further up, and all of a sudden, -- maybe they start downtown. and then, sunday, you will have all four buses. but between now and then, you can do a lot of things to get started, and i am so pleased that supervisors are getting involved, because i have felt for some time that the way the line gets better is the people on line, and i do not ride the mission very often, people on the line get organized. but every line is very similar. supervisor avalos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am bob. i think there is a couple of things that need to be mentioned and a suggestion. you heard and saw in the powerpoint that there is se

one of the things that new nea does is a turn back service. it is not called a switch back. it is a schedule will turn back. some place short of the end of the line, you have a turn back, and this is increased service, and maybe it means during school hours, you do not need every bus going all the way down to

the any a, i am not quite sure. .he -- nea, i'm not quite sure the first scenario is realistic growth. the second scenario was states plans. there's very little that is scientific. on wna, a world nuclear association, 2100 to? how can anybody guess how many nuclear power plants we will have then? typically, these studies look at gdp growth and they project what electricity demand will be and they assign a percentage of that to nuclear. as my statistics professor told me, there is no truth. you have to see when the concrete is being poured to see what these countries will do. >> about the world nuclear association tables, if you go on there website, they catalog the nuclear reactors as operational, under construction, planned, and proposed. you can project out operational out when the licenses run and when they sort of fade out of service. you run into the issue of license extensions. in the u.s., they go beyond 60 years. reactors under construction only represent about 10% of operational reactors. it is a 10% of addition and they are most likely to get built but may be delayed a few y

breaking nea fire in walnut creek. firefighters are responding to a fire at a town home. this came into the newsroom within the last 20 minutes. it's a two-alarm fire near rocks see lane and oak park boulevard. there are no reports of any injuries at this point. it's a two-alarm fire west of 280. we'll go back to the story as needed throughout the next 30 minutes. >>> well, a landmark decision which overturned an earlier court ruling, a u.s. appellate court ruled that the obama administration can use federal tax dollars to fund human embryotic stem cell research. the decision overturns earlier court rulings and between those who favor and oppose stem cell research. dr. bruce is live in burbank with more. this is huge. it is huge and there have been some measures in california that causes a result at that time the governor schwarzenegger's decision to actually fund some of the research but research is held back on embryotic cells because they didn't know how long that would go on. we have been using stem cells from organs and umbilical cords for other treatment but when it

although the treasury employees will the think of them has one the independent union option obviously the nea is independent but one of the group's our work with and canada back in the late 1980's affirm the typographical union was providence wide 145 civil wars was printed in one of their shops in one of the communication energy paper workers and in quebec during that period i was struck how much more on the ball the unions were with competing federations and contracts were a shorter duration you did not have to wait three or five years to leave or petition and workers got the phone calls returned and they work with the stewards and bargaining because they knew if they go to a third federation there was hopping around which they lack in many contexts today in a variety -- denigrated in demonized from the lookers liberation movement. >> i want to put to him in a plug for the international woman's day for a small foundation i am involved in and one of the things that we do is provide funds to hire women organizers for a period of time so check out the website and read about us of how we come i

the three-larm fialarm fire nea union square at the franciscan towers. about 20 people were hurt including four taken to a nearby hospital. the trash compactor on the first floor caught fire, sending flame and smoke up the trash chute and throughout the building. >> the jury has the barry bonds perjury case in their hands. they did not call a single witness. live in san francisco with more on today's big news. blap >> reporter: the judge looked at barry bonds and said mr. bonds, you have the right to testify, do you understand and he nodded. she gave him another opportunity by asking if it was his intention not to do that. he nodded again. outside it's more than the jury ever heard or will hear for barry bonds in the courtroom. after 10 days of testimony from two dozen witnesses for the prosecution, bonds's attorney rested their case without putting anyone on the stand, especially bonds himself. william keene who defended travis grant said the defense must feel confident that the prosecution did not prove its case. >> also not putting on witnesses doesn'

, nea, asÍ es, decenas de cuers encontran en 8 fozas, en la mÁs grande se encontraron 43 cuerpos. cuando pasan por nuestro paÍs hacia loestas unidos. el presidente calderÓn ya ndenÓ los hechos y pidió a la secretarÍa de investigaciÓn que se acelere con la identificacÓn de las vÍctimas. hace algunos dÍas el gobierno de mÉxico refrendÓ rminar con las amenazas y garantizar los dechos de los inmigrantes. >> comisiÓn nacional de los dereos humanos y se pronunciÓ soe estos asesinatos, quÉ han dicho? >> asÍ es la comisiÓn ya inició una queja ante los homicidios. >>vamos a continuar atentos a esta noticia tan trÁgica. muchas gracias por tu informaciÓn en vivo desde la ciudad de mÉxi. >> ahora bolivia la policÍa lanzÓ chorros de agua y gase lacrimÓgenos para controlar una marcha de trabajades que terminÓ en violencia en la paz. marcha fue para rechazar el aunto un 10 % en los salarios de un determinado sector de trabajadores. >> en perÚ la onoÍha experimentado un florecimiento durante una dÉcadahay incertitumbre. sin embargo, los beneficios econÓmicos no han llegado a todas partes del paÍs

they get $1.67 billion per fiscal year and $34 million of the $780 billion in nea recovery act. >> ink we have been in very good shape because the whole nation understands that energy is a big problem. a couple of years ago, gasoline was front and center and it was in people's radar screens that we had to do something with energy that was more dependable. >> i believe in this new industrial nation -- industrial revolution, america's workers can lead the world. >> without a doubt, the projects are better forre the environment and community. >> you have deep thoughts and write papers. census and engineers are coming up with new ideas that will translate into technology and into jobs. >> however, mr. hanley has a different believe. >> it will probably not immediately impact your daily life. but it is the kind of research for defense that will not help it, but makes something worth defending. >> it is arguably the center of the surrounding area otherwise known as oakridge. if the center of the city disappeared, the economy would suffer, lives would be affected dramatically. >> we have ov

the nea spoke about it last week. so i think unions are beginning to adjust to a climate that some of us have tried to advocate, say when you do with policy. i have worked with la raza on this around the country. we have been able to see it shift i think to some of the unions that were inflexible three years ago to now saying themselves there must be accountability but it must not be where we have an anti-teacher or a demonizing the teacher. i think sometimes people have used accountability as a goal to demonization of teachers and union busting. i don't think that is the solution neither. >> so we see the examples, have only janet? >> i think so and i would agree that those common elements that we all aspire to and i think that is true for the teachers as well as many of us who are advocates for the highest quality in education is accountability and i think as long as we are all committed to effective teachers in the classroom and making sure that we have ways to hold them accountable, and to engage, all the stakehol

the nea spoke about it last week. so i think unions are beginning to adjust to a climate that some of us have tried to advocate, say when you do with policy. i have worked with la raza on this around the country. we have been able to see it shift i think to some of the unions that were inflexible three years ago to now saying themselves there must be accountability but it must not be where we have an anti-teacher or a demonizing the teacher. i think sometimes people have used accountability as a goal to demonization of teachers and union busting. i don't think that is the solution neither. >> so we see the examples, have only janet? >> i think so and i would agree that those common elements that we all aspire to and i think that is true for the teachers as well as many of us who are advocates for the highest quality in education is accountability and i think as long as we are all committed to effective teachers in the classroom and making sure that we have ways to hold them accountable, and to engage, all the stakehol