has been an honor serving in this capacity. one of the things that happened in playing this role is a reaffirmation of what an excellent staff we have here as an agency. it's been a pleasure to work with the senior staff, the staff; even though he is technically not here -- he has moved on -- i do want to acknowledge again jose luis moskovitz [sounds like] and what he has contributed to the agency and his influence and impact can still be felt. it has been an honor for me to play this role. and the thing about these roles i do believe that all of us here in this room have something to add; it is important that other people have the opportunity to play this role. i want to thank my colleagues in the staff, especially my own staff who has been staffing me on these issues of particular sheila jone hagan [sounds like] advising the public transportation issues for quite some time. it's been an honor and i look forward to working with all of you in a different capacity. with that i will open it up to any public comment on this item. >

and it's been an honor to work with you and i'm excited about the next phase. >>> supervisor weiner. good afternoon mr. president. christina it has been a really pleasure and and before that, that we worked together on various planning issues and one of the hard erst parts of politics is that there are a lot of people who may be have the attitude of if i disagree with you on this one thing that means that you know, that i have to think you are a bad person and i do not like you and i'm going to bad mouth and you we see that all across the political spectrum and one thing that i have always respected about you is that we have had some pretty significant disagreement and is but we have always been able to at the very same time agreed to work on other things and we partnered and got the restaurant planning code reform through and you were rail key part in working me to pooive that forward and articles ten and 11 and there were various thing that we were able to work on and i could go into your office and you were very straight forward and i know it's been a a tuff year four in a lot of w

it's never been difficult. it was an easy sell, so thank you very much. why don't we pick up items eight and nine together. >> item eight public comment. item nine future agenda items. >> so this is the opportunity for the public to comment on the jurisdiction of lafco not on the agenda and any future agenda items. >> eric brooks local green party and local grass-roots organization our city. since the love fest began i would like to continue it. especially on clean power sf members of the advocacy community we were looking at -- felt like down a barrel of the gun when we got to the september vote on this and we weren't sure what was going to happen and supervisor olague stepped in and we went to her on clean power sf we did not have to do any convincing. we were meeting with a supervisor that knew the issue well before we walked into her office and understood the issue of renewables and efficiency and all of it in detail and what that did it freed up the advocates to go to supervisors that had concerns and focus on them because we had you supervisor olagu

an era. >> guest: i think we lost significant things -- i should say lost -- you made the point that we have been talking about this for 20 years, we are style transitioning so those stations, those news networks still exist. but when we lived in an era, which we did in the '50s and ' 0s, and all the way up to the '90s where we as a society, wees a citizens, believed that if we watched the local news and then the national news, an hour or so period in the early evening, that we would have the information we need basically to be good citizens. and what we have lost by not having that is the authority that comes with gatekeepers. somebody whose job it is to sift through all the information that happens and all the things that happen in a day in a 24-hour period, and say, okay, what -- we're professionals, we are going to tell you from all this information what we think you should be paying attention to. so we lose that. and that's a nice thing to have. and we lose the fact that for the most part, at the height of the broadcast era, the vast majority of the american public was thinking about the sam

notification back that the planning department wouldf2 not make a 311 notification because an appeal had beeny the neighbor on the factñ m!,75 extension was granted to 30 days beyond your nexto%(ú0n hearing. we also filed an appeabh::zp" we filed an appeal just to preserve our rights. we got a e-mail from the planning staffer, acknowledged5hnnnp by mr. sanchez saying our appeal did not prevent the jt the 311 notification to4z however, his position was that the appeal by the neighbor did in fact prohibit him from sending out theeqb!6!Ñ 311 notification. i think that was an error. there's no reason that if one party's request for a hearing before you didn'teh 8hñ stop him from sending a 311 notification, that the otherpjpi? parties should have. let me give you anea5 example. if he had sent out that 311 notification right after the dr brought by the neighbor, then withinqíd! 30 days ofkl pz that appeal, which would be before your hearing, the neighbor would have made the dr appeal. and the zoning administrator could have ruled that he'll take that dr appeal he won't schedule the hearing before t

pleasing them by force the politicians to forge an agreement. >> for more on immigration proposals that have been put forward, i'm joined now from new york by an investigative journalist. thank you very much for joining me. no one has managed to tackle immigration reform in this country since look reagan. do you think i can do it? >> i think that there is hope that he can do it. having covered this issue as a journalist come at a surprising that there is a very little in terms of the deep broad issues. it is fascinating but the line was that is being used as to what is happening in 1986. we have to talk about this in ways that really go deeper. i'm quite disappointed in both of the proposals. >> would you talk to me about what mark found in texas? that fear that some americans have about immigrants. america is a nation of immigrants. you would think that a country that was founded on this would be opened to the idea of immigration reform. >> we actually have to look at this through the numbers. this is from the state of texas comptroller. what they found was that an undocumented immigrants contri

of talent and i've had the honor of working with vice chair avalos in the last two years and it's been an honor and pleasure to serve with him, and i think that he has all of the qualities, expertise, temperament, ability to do a great job as chair of this body, so with that in mind it is my pleasure and honor to nominate commissioner john avalos to be the next chairperson. >> and i second that. >> all right. are there any other nominations? commissioner avalos. >> thank you. and thank you for your confidence and i will accept the nomination and i would like to acknowledge your great work on the committee, on lafco and the commission, especially the approve of cleanpower sf which i see is one of the most landmark pieces of work, legislation that we have done in recent years at the board and at lafco together, and i would want to count on your work and expertise and your knowledge and serving as vice chair of this commission will be very helpful for me and the commission overall to make sure we have good continuity of your work so i would like to nominate you for vice chair. >> great. so w

they have been meeting for an hour. this has only been decided on in the last couple hours as they realize the severity of the situation. it is nine months since the group of rebel groups took northern mali, some with links to out-of. this is the heaviest fighting since nine months ago. they are pushing forward, and it is reported they have taken some 50,000 people, and that is moving to the center, causing deep concern among the security council. they had already had plans. they already authorized 30,000 african soldiers who are going to northern mali to try to sort out the situation. the first to you in planning team is due in the next two weeks or so. -- of first un planning team is due in the next two weeks or so. they will not be able to do anything until september because of the time it will take to get running and the extreme heat. they will not be able to fight until september, and that is where the security council faces a problem. there is little they can do other than issue a condemnation of the latest fightin

(woman) it's just been an amazing, amazing journey.e these people. ♪ and it's beautiful >>> representatives will number san francisco to look at current tv. the channel founded by al gore will be renamed. al jazerra says they will retain current tv employees for at least three months. >>> one of the bay areas most highly regarded high school coaches announced his retirement today. we are live in -- concord. if he has any say the program will will not be changed much at all. >> if i had to do it all over again i would do it all of it the same. >> that is all that i have known for 34 years. i enjoyed every minute of it. i could not of asked for a better career. ladouceur retires with. >> working 11 months for something, i mean, it lights a fire under you. >> in 1997, we watched he set a national record for consecutive wins with 63. the team went on to win one51 games in a row, not losing again until 2004. >> he creates an atmosphere and says we are in this together it, take care of yourself, make sure your fellow students and athletes ar

this has been such an unbelievable ride this year. all these guys came together early in spring and really believed in each other. we had an eventful year and we have romo being romo behind us, but this has been truly amazing and without you guys we wouldn't be here and you guys are by far the best fans in baseball and we got to all right that all this season and it's unbelievable and this next guy needs no introduction but we will give him one anyway. mvp posey. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. audience: mvp! mvp! >> thank you for me look looking around and seeing all the excitement and happiness on everyone's face you realize an accomplishment like this means more than just winning a game. this is about making memories with your family and friends to last a lifetime and i think we all know and believe that if you think something's achievable as long as you're willing to work hard enough for it and believe it can happen you can get it done and i just want to thank you guys for all your energy and excitement you bring to san franci

so it's been around and in practice for a long time. and basically what it allows is if an officer has a reasonable suspicion of that somebody has been involved in a crime, they're allowed to stop them. if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is armed, they can pat them down externally. they can't put their hands into a suspect's pockets, for example. and, but what bratton did, and for that practice -- those are allowed, and civil rights attorneys will say that happens, that's allowed all over the country. what bratton did in new york was a much more aggressive form of that. there was -- in heavy crime areas, drug market, open-air drug market areas. you had a very intensive use of stop and frisk. and it had -- there was a -- now, those drug market areas in new york were heavily impacted. now, whether they could have been impacted without stop and frisk is an open question. sociologists say. so, but bratton and other police advocates would say it was instrumental, but, again, that's an open question whether it was, how necessary that was. >> now, how much interacti

since 2010 the port has been an incredible partnership and promoting our youth stewardship program and our program and we have the inaugural class and kids products of this neighborhood and learning environmental education. they are getting paid. it is work and helping to steward the land and learning leadership skills and i want to name a couple of folks from that program. kimberly who runs the vote tear programming and zoey and brenda from green acres. where is brenda? she's not here and carolyn from the port who we have worked incredibly close with. [applause] just to conclude there has been a lot of talk about team lately. chris bochy said it yesterday and the mayor said it yesterday and this morning. this is a team and great things happen when we work together and looking around the room there are so critical members of the team and putting our parks and rec and open space, the quality of life for san franciscans ahead of self and that includes the port. it includes department of public works. it includes public utilities commission and the local unions and the park alliance and f

been a victim of bullying under that circumstance. so we worked with the school district. we don't focus on the criminal prosecution of the specific bully. that's an important element and we work with our partners in local government on that, but our focus has been on the system's issues, of working with the school superintendents, working with the school districts to create a culture of inclusion, to create a culture where people can be accepted for who they are. we've seen bullying in the context of kids with disabilities, kids who couldn't get off the bus because they were getting beaten up on the bus. the bullying of kids who are lgbq, that's probably our biggest growth area. these are kids who are being bullied because they are different. and in suburban minneapolis we saw quite literally over the course of a two year period, we saw 6 or 7 kids who took their own lives, six or 7. we can't get those lives back, tragickly, but we can redouble our efforts to be sure no one else has to bear the unspeakable. we see the bullying of latino kids, of african american kids, we see bullying in so many shapes and forms and i've seen it across the country

elsewhere in syria, there has been renewed violence in several areas. an area has been shelled. this video appears to show an air strike. the u.n. says donors have helped them raise more than $1.5 million for refugees. 100,000 people have already fled the violence in syria. the number could reach more than 1 million by june. there is also concerned about 2 million syrians who have been internally displaced by the conflict. i moon called the situation in syria a catastrophe that is growing by the day. a figure stands at 700,000. an ambitious target of $1.50 billion, a figure that is a surprise to some u.s. officials that it was met. >> to be able to provide to syrian refugees better protection, that your assistance in relation to shelter, food, health. >> the $1.50 billion the u.n. and ask for is just for the next six months. that is the largest amount they have ever need in u.s. history. there is no end in sight for the problems in syria. they may have to have another conference like this in a matter of months. the progress raised for raising humanitarian funds is a conflict or t

. >>> plus, there's been an arrest in the murder of an 18-year-old shot and killed in a bus stop in d.c. what friends are saying about the man who is now in custody. >>> and this video has been kept under wraps for months, until now. the punish frment the man yielding a bat inside a local day care. >>> tonight our deep freeze continues for a fourth straight day. this second round of winter weather moved in at the height of the evening rush, creating so slick spots on our roads. more than 100 accidents across the commonwealth of virginia. we have team coverage tonight. chief meteorologist doug kaemerer tells us what to expect overnight but we begin with erica. >> the snow is still on the ground, so, it's not melting. what does that mean for you tonight? it you are in for a very cold and slick night on the roads. the temperatures have dropped and people have noticed. >> it's cold. >> reporter: that and the fact that it started to snow again today and fast. beautiful, fluffy, shimmery, even. but mother nature's picturesque view send snow plows into overdrive just before the rush hour commu

melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a partnership between our partners in the u.s.orney offices and our partners in state and local government. when i think about the hate crimes cases and the other cases i've done, i've made friends for life with local law enforcement officers, with local da's and local community leaders who have been our eyes and ears. when i look around this audience i really appreciate the fact you have all the ingredients of reform and improvement. i have had the privilege of serving in the federal government, as melinda described, i've had the privilege of serving in state government as a state cabinet official back in maryland, i've had the privilege of serving as a local elected official and governor -- once a local elected official, always a local elected official. what i learned from that is partnership is what it's all about. if you want to confront the most vexing problems, you have to bring people across an ideological spectrum, you have to include the business community, you have to include our nonprofit, our faith leaders. that's how

thoughts i've had for the past couple days, and i just want to say one thing is that it's really been anonor and a real privilege to be able to serve as a dnc vice chair for the last nine years. the first step was because you voted me in, and that was an incredible process, because the very first meeting that we had on that, on that process was i came with just my business card, and i didn't know it was a full--blown process. full will- blown process. serving 40 years, in the beginning with howard dean, before that with terry mcauliffe and after that with tim kaine and now with my colleague, debbie wasserman-schultz. it's been an incredible journey for me as a person, but it's been a growing, um, experience for me as a person and as a policymaker. i want to let you know that when president obama was first elected into office, it was one of the most incredible moments, almost unbelievable. but standing in front of the podium in chicago that night in grant park i saw people crying. i knew why they were crying. it wasn't out of grief, but out of joy. and they were all folks over 50 years ol

we understand there has been some movement there in capitol hill. >> with the asian stock markets due to open in about an hour, there has been a little bit of movement here. the house is trying to vote on a bill that was passed in the upper house of the senate in the early hours of new year's day which avoids the fiscal cliff. the house has a problem because many members of -- are unhappy with the deal. what is happening at the moment is that the speaker of the house of representatives, john boehner has basically given his republican membership to choices, either to go ahead and vote on an amendment to the senate bill passed in those early hours, or to go for a straight what they call up and down vote which means members vote as they see fit. the feeling among democrats is that there are enough republicans and house to join with them to make sure it passes so that president obama can sign it into law. we are waiting to hear what kind of vote and if there will be a vote. they convened here this morning at about midday. that is now seven hours ago. i think what we are seeing as about seven hours of printin

the pace of that recovery also has an impact on rates so we have been spending time with the board on those issues, so our adoption of the not to exceed rates at our commission may slip a little bit. we're also working -- what is the timeline to get those approved. >> the actual approval was to happen at our commission on february 12 and i think it might slip to march, early march instead of early february. >> so we need the rate fairness board make a determination before the puc board. >> yes. we like for them to be comfortable to provide advice to our commission. we are at the same time pursuing our polling of customers with those not to exceed rates, with that mix of resources to see -- to test the customer comfort with the overall program offering. we won't have those results as quickly as we thought we were going to have them so that is another factor, and they're interested in knowing what the results of that polling effort is, and we've certainly told our commission that we won't bring the not to exceed rates to them until we have that comfort level up. >> when you say "polling

(woman) it's just been an amazing, amazing journey. these people. ♪ and it's beautiful >>> new at 10:00, a candlelight vigil in the south bay where people were demanding better treatment for women in a country that's half a world away. cara will -- cara liu is live from sunnyvale where the people called for justice for a rape victim in india. >> reporter: nearly 100 gathered tonight at the sunnyvale hindu temple to light candles and remember a 23-year- old university student who was killed. >> these people did such a horrible crime i don't know what to say. >> this is not just a case of -- this is a big question mark on the security and d ignity of every other girl in our society. >> reporter: people here joined those in india calls for justice. >> i have two daughters. i feel so angered and upset because if it happens to my daughter then what will be the fate. >> this is not just one incident but there are incidents like this every single day. and this is what needs to be addressed. it's the culture of silence and shame. things need t

remain a buyer of the market, but i've been shifting around my portfolio and that's because this has been an unbelievable move to the upside. we're in earnings season. it's been very strong so far. ibm tonight and google tonight. we're going to be talking about those in a few minutes. those numbers were spectacular. the reason i'm starting to shift things around, i'm taking off stock positions. volatile tills are very low. that givens me an opportunity to be there and take that risk off the table, try to put that capital back in the pocket and wait until we see, because i do think we'll see a pull back. >> what are some of the stocks you are using the replacement strategies? >> research in motion. almost everything but apple. >> take a look you a futures too. we're watching the news have an impact on the qs, probably on the s&p 500. in terms of the bull case, tim, i know you watch the transports, the fifth consecutive -- >> west side highway. the douw is -- we're here. you've got this confluence, which people will say is a great place. i would look at a lot of things that, to me, we're getti

it's been an extremely difficult year, but we now have a renewed sense of faith in our legal system. heir appeal. their legal options would have been pretty much exhausted. paul is part of their legal team, and we spoke earlier. paul, first off, a big day, obviously, for you and the family as well. i want to get your reaction to this news. are you surprised by it? i know you hoped for it, but did you expect the supreme court would take this on? >> we were hopeful that the supreme court would take the case, but you have to understand when you're asking the supreme court to take a case, the odds are literally 1 in 1,000 they'll take a case. so we were confident throughout, but we were, i have to say, pleasantly surprised that the court took the case. >> when you look at the indian child welfare act which has been on the books for a long time, what was the intent? what was it intended to protect or do? >> well, it was intended to address a very serious problem, which was, you had a number of children being born on indian lands, on reservations, who were being kind of systematically given