mr. gascon, and i joined him when he moved over to the d.a.'s office. joining the office on his request, because i think we really have a unique perspective, having worked on the defense side and on policy issues, and i can attest that he is undertaking a wholehearted effort to really bring some reform to the criminal justice system on many fronts, this being one of them that we are evaluating. i hope that you as city and county residents will see in our work that we really take some efforts that will reform. anybody that has participated in the criminal justice system for any length of time knows that it does not work from whatever and will you are looking at it, so the question is how do we make it better? we hope to engage all of you in that. we are starting neighborhood courts, and a lot of efforts that we hope to engage the city and county in supporting us and looking at ways to move away from the over incarceration of people and look at ways to reform their behavior. the efforts we have undertaken when george was appointed to the position -- jeff

mrs. harris's office and city public safety officials. jose ses -- cesnaros our d.a. george gascon. jeff, the public defender, many conversationse conversationsen:the sheriff, juvenile probation chief. office of citizens complaints. joyce hicks. edit harringto harrington. edit harringto harrington interim chief, thank you for your wonderful service being interim chief. a number of members of our police command staff. certainly the police commission. mr. mazuko i want to thank you for a very thorough job in presenting to me the best candidates the commission could produce. it has been an amazing time to work with you and the commission, so, thank you, joe, and others on the commission. thank you very much. [applause] >> our police officer officer association president. gary, it is time to get quiet and go to work. thank you. our police public employee groups. i want to acknowledge greg's son neglect is here along with a very good friend wendy. thank you for joining us as well today. [applause] >> as i said earlier, good close advisors continue to work with me. former mayor willie bro

mr. huntman's about. i don't have that za d.a. at that information, other than what i've read. i think for me it's important for me to meet these folks, it's important for me to sit down with them, it's important for me to see them interacting with the people here and the others that i've mentioned, i've met them all and seen them all interacting and i have a food dwoo -- i have a good feel for them. >> how does that process work? how often are you hearing from these various candidates? i knowou

d.a. says the use of lethal force on mr. cairn was a lawful response to his aggressive action towards the officer. the case is now considered to be closed. >>> this morning, police in the north bay are searching for the getaway car they say is linked to a deadly stabbing. police say they believe the driver and passengers, the white pontiac grand am with license plate number 3ulg274 maybe armed and dangerous. officers say the white sedan was seen chasing an suv in san rafael yesterday evening just after a plan was found stabbed on wood street. police say the deadly stabbing may have been gang related. >>> people living in one of san francisco's trendiest neighborhoods are keeping a watchful yipe these days. the marina district is a dining and shopping destinatiodestinatn the past two months the area has seen an uptick in crime. store and home burglaries, daytime holdups and an armed robbery of a woman are some of the crimes that happened recently. store owners and people living there are now taking action. >> someone next doo

d.a., george gason. [applause] city attorney twice elected in san francisco, and usually without opposition, dennis herrera. [applause] a member of the board of education and from your administration, mr. newsom, hydra mendoza. [applause] the assessor for the city and county of san francisco, phil teng. the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco, jose cisneros. [applause] the public defender and the man that first whispered to george, you should be the d.a., jeff hadachi. one of the judges with whom we have worked for years, lilian singh. [applause] and of course the woman who was your lifeline from here to hong kong when you were trying to escape this awesome responsibility, rose pack. [applause] fire chief of the city and county of san francisco, joanne hayes white. and a man whose work as an architect in three or four administrations, a man that i got from the board of supervisors years ago, he became deputy chief of staff and then chief of staff under mayor newsom, steve koba, chief of staff. and as always, you're in good hands of public safety, but only if there is a police chief, and there is one here, the acting police chief, jeff godong. [applause] the controller, a

mr. bailey. bailey's brother calls the case a slam dunk. >> i underand it that it is the attorney's job to defend everyone, everyone has a right but it is just ridiculous. >> the lawyer says the d.a. trying to demonize him by showing the jury videos of this liquor store vandalism and a secret police recording where he laughs about bailey be the shot in the head. bailey's admitted shooter. lawyers for the bakery associate accused of driving the murder getaway car told the jury to ignore every word of it. he told the jury mr. broussard is a stone cold murderer, somebody that almost does it for sport. in a plea deal, broussard will serve 25 years fo. outside the court his lawyer couldn't may why broussard would have wanted bailey dead. >> who knows why he did. i don't know if he did it because he thought it would score him some points. >> bailey's family wants justice to be served. >> everybody has a mother, you know, and so you know, even bays. i spoke it his mother. she is a nice lady and that is her son regardless. everybody is affected. >> reporter: the jury could begin deliberations next week. cecilia vega, abc 7 news. >>> cal trans is making good progress tonight on a key elem

mr. d.a., i am asking you, truly consider leaving the death penalty along. let that be in god's hands, what that person goes through or deals with. there are too many flaws in our system that we cannot control and we cannot trust a man. i am asking you to consider that, to take the consideration of that. the question we did not answer was it one of these guys were in this and that was executed by a prosecutor that had evidence that was clearly convincing that that person was innocent, what would you do? that was a simple question to me. that was not a tricky question. it was a straight up question dealing with innocence and the prosecutor doing something that was considered murder or attempted murder. you could answer that. you faded around that question, and to me, that is enough to make me think you should consider not dealing with the death penalty and joining in the fight to abolish the death penalty. we went to illinois, and i was with another group. we would go from state to state that have the death penalty and go to legislators and everyone asking th