the answer is for the state board to adopt their current proposal. it will still give several years for those negotiations to continue before the standards are implemented. it is absolutely key. that is what this situation and this resolution allows. the final point is simply that environmental leadership means finding what is hard and possible and doing that. that is what we as a regent did to stop the bay fell and clean up sewage in the bay. we need to do it here with flows and we are here to move forward with the resolution. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a san francisco resident and taking some points from the sierra club. i will read them. the s.f. p.u.c. alternative focuses almost exclusively on nonflow measures such as habitat restoration and predator control this approach has been tried since 1995, but in the absence of adequate flows, it has failed and conditions have become worse , not better. .2, the loss of inundated floodplain habitat for juvenile fish is a leading cause of population decline, higher temperatures favour non-native sp

and the state board together's probably not a likely thing, necessarily, although the state will have to provide water quality certification for any core permit or any federal license that is issued there, so there will be a relationship there, and not sure how f.r.c. will deal with that, particularly if they're ready to issue the license and the state is not in a position to cite the plan. >> but this peer review model of the state model without f.r.c. >> we can take that up with the state water board. the state basically has now contacted modesto and turlock, requesting to see the back up for their model, so i think that's a good sign. it shows that they're interested and paying attention, and so there may be something that comes out of that in dialogue. >> thank you. >> mm-hmm. >> is there anything else? thank you, mr. ritchie. so we have a number of public speakers. i have a lot of cards here. so again, in the interest of time, that everyone gets an equal time to speak, we ask that you stick strictly to the chimes. first chime is the warning, second chime, end promptly. so i'm goi

and that is resolved that the san francisco board of supervisors urges the state water board to act at its november 7, 2018, meeting to adopt the current proposed update to the 2006 water quality control plan and further urges the state water board to allow sfpuc, other water agencies, and environmental and fishing groups to enter into voluntary agreements in a timely manner for consideration by the state water board prior to implementation of the proposed plan update. this language affects the desire for the state water board to act to adopt its plan update on wednesday, november 7th, while acknowledging that negotiations between the p.u.c. and other water agencies are ongoing. in the interest of ensuring san francisco takes a seat at the front of these issues, both as a water innovator and environmental leader, the new resolved clause recognizes the importance of having the n.g.o. community, including environmental and fishing groups, party to any resulting voluntary agreements. one other thought, which i say at risk of sounding a little n cynical about this matter, is at the end of

is taking a stand in opposition to the state water board. you would think the state water board is some radical group. it's not. its position is informed by the california department of fish and wildlife. you've got two state agencies in agreement that the delta and bay are drying, and the p.u.c. is saying we can't give up one drop. it doesn't resonate with the values of san franciscans, and i say that as a native san franciscan. i've been here all my life. again, to go with the sfpuc, basically embrace is taking the fish out of fisherman's wharf. we don't have salmon, that's for sure, if they have their way. it's just remarkable that i'm sitting here listening to others saying that the sfpuc is carrying water for the trump administration. we look to all of you as the back stop to the sfpuc, and we hope that you support the peskin resolution. thank you, supervisors. >> barry nelson with western water strategies and golden gate salmon association. we're -- and i would also like to support and thank mr. peskin for introducing his resolution. we

state board says, this is what we need from the fishery. let's back off from that and call it a compromise. >> commissioner moran: and the premise is that there is benefit in trying to re-create the stream flow of patterns, even though there is nothing natural about the stream at this moment. the other comment on that and i guess you are meeting with the n.g.o.s this week and the last meeting submitted a couple of list of additional water supply projects that were not on this list. i would be interested in knowing what that list looks like and what else they can bring to the table in terms of ideas. what does 100 m.g.d. look like? >> we can generate that. the math is easy. you can put numbers together. how realistic those are and how much will it take to accomplish them is a big part of the discussion. >> commissioner moran: they also provided some unit costs, as i recall. and it's easy enough to do the math. to say groundwater cost will cost this much. finding the groundwater is a bigger problem. >> in the material we submitted yesterday,

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so why does the state water board use unimpaired flow? one because it's really simple to understand the concept. it is not a complicated flow schedule, it's just 40% of unimpaired flow, which is what would be there if there were no dams and residenervoirs on the system. the general scientific literature supports the use of the nature flow regime as a reference for understanding functional flows needed to support and maintain native species and their habitat, so it's basically a generic approach to a river, and if -- if -- particularly if it's an unmodified river, it's a decent starting place to look at. but basically, what we see in the scientific literature, it's not generally supportive using an unimpaired flow approach in modified river systems, such as the lower tuolomne where specific river relationships have been developed. it's important we're talking about a lot of water one way or another in terms of trying to improve the tuolomne river, and we want to make sure we're making the most efficient use of that fishery while protecting

expertise of not only having run a school as superintendent and not having chaired a bipartisan state boardt hoping to write the law, the bipartisan mall every student succeeds act to replace the child left behind to give states the flexibility about meeting the learning needs of all. congratulations to the mesa county voters for passing last year to show that you value your public schools. i haven't taken a position on 73. there's a few initiatives i have taken position on because i feel strongly. this is one that is up to the voters. we have a plan to end decades of underinvestment and it will be the top priority for the general fund expenditures making sure every child in the state has access to preschool and kindergarten. walker is going to call that a radical idea. oklahoma has universal preschool and kindergarten. it's not radical for oklahoma so i think we deserve in colorado. >> mr. polis. >> each of you have a different vision of public education. you said you want to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on preschool and kindergarten for all colorado children. esther stapleton tal

in my ten years on the school board, i have gotten increasingly frustrated with the way that the state's charter law and the board of education ties the hands of local school boards it does not allow us to address the concerns that we heard from the malcolm x parents tonight. we are so strictly limited in how we can conduct the prop 39 process to offer safes to charter schools. there is no way to engage communities around that. and what results is that communities who are already feeling somewhat abandoned by us , suddenly find themselves having to share their space with another school with all the difficulties that that entails. that is just one example of how frustrating this situation is for a local school board member. i read recently that california is the second-largest charter authorizer after l.a. and this is the same start -- state of california that says that they celebrate local control and created the local control funding formula and the local control and accountability plan. it is just talking out of both sides of their mouth as far as i'm concerned. i am just tired of it.

republican diane harkey is the chairwoman of the state board of equalization. she served three terms representing the 73rd district and lives in dana point. >> democrat mike levin is also here. worked as an attorney focusing on predatory compliance in government affairs. served as executive director of the democratic party and lives in san juan. >> also joining us this evening is our pal alex who covers politics here at nbc 7. he will be joining us and asking the questions. >> so, you know a little bit about tonight. we will not be staging a traditional style debate. more of a discussion on a range of topics. our sole focus is to provide as much insight as possible about the candidates to you the voter in one hour. we will cover the big topics important to the district, but catherine, alex, and i will be posing questions that speak to leadership, priorities and also a q and a. and a lightning round to give you more information about these candidates. >> and we also wanted to hear questions from the voters. we will be checking in with our live debate audience an

welcome our candidates stood for the 49th district, republican diane harkey is a chairwoman of the state board of equalization. she served three terms in the california state assembly representative issa in the 73rd the 73rd district. she lives in dana point. >> mike levin is here. he is what this entry focus on environmental and energy regulatory compliance and government affairs. he has served as executive director of the democratic party of orange county and san juan capistrano. a key for bancaire. >> also joining us is our pal nbc seven alex. he covers politics at nbc seven and he'll be joining us in asking questions. >> we are not going to be staging a traditional style debate. more of a discussion on a range of topics. our sole focus to provide as much insight as possible about the candidates did you the voter in one hour. we will cover the big topics important to the district but catherine, alex and i will be posing questions that speak to leadership, loyalties,, priorities and we'll squeeze in some short answer q&a in a lightning round to give you more information about the candidates.

peskin introduced a resolution a week ago tuesday at the board of supervisors, urging his fellow colleagues to address the resolution to support the state water board's plan for 40% unimpaired flow. we have met with supervisor peskin. we continue to work with him on this issue. it's scheduled for the land use committee on monday of next week at 1:30 p.m. i believe. and we will be testifying and presenting to him as much as we can on what we've been doing in the voluntary settlement agreements without violating the confidentiality agreement. we will work with his office and the supervisors to keep them apprise of what is happening. there's a lot of activity going on in sacramento with the government's office and we've been involved in those discussion and continue to be involved in those discussions as they move forward to protect the river, its environment and water supply for the city of san francisco. i would be glad to answer questions regarding that. >> colleagues. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on the general manager's report at item 8b? i do have one speaker card. peter. >> thank you. >> peter. so, in the fall of 201

disallowing projected charters the opportunity to have the charter proposal appealed to the california state board of education. consistent the board's fiduciary duty, all financial transactions, rent, fees and lease holds for the charter school, shall maximize the revenue available to the district and further be it resolved, because one purpose of california's charter law is to encourage the use of different and innovative teaching practices, the staff shall conduct an audience of the petitions to assess whether the programs contribute to the innovation educational offerings. the board of education is asked to reduce the number of different systems, and therefore, charter is to join, either in part of joining the usfsd, or by voiding the charters and becoming operated schools, the superintendent or dezzing iny. >> ok. thank you. >> we have quite a few people that are going speak on the item. [reading of names] [reading of names] so you are all -- please state your name so i can check you off. two minutes each. and then just be mindful of the clock. we now have a clock to tell you when it's windin

as a committee report and the reason for the urgency is that october the 30tg prior to when the state board will consider the bay delta plan update on november 7th. we have no board beyond novembe. and just by way of background, i do want to say with all due respect to the p.u.c. that i think the state water board has been quite willing to compromise. this process has been going on for 10 years. it is based on the best available science. we know that our fisheries are crashes and san francisco, as i said last week at the board of supervisors, should not go the way of the los angeles department of water and power as they behaved badly for decades in and around saving mono lake. san francisco needs to do its part. quite frankly, i am really concerned about the footsie being played with the irrigation districts of turlock and m mow s toe, that donald trump made as a political matter, not a science or environmental matter, he wants to reject the u.s. fish and wildlife services recommendations as it relates to increasing unimpeded flows through the bay for the health of the estuary. i will save

the state board further directed efforts with a strategic plan to highlight goals around student achievement and seeks to engage school districts in a partnership with the state to address the historic gaps in achievement. with the passage of essa we now see the federal government as a strong partner in supporting us to execute on this vision and to address the achievement gaps in our state. essa has allowed us to better align federal program news our state system which would not have been possible under no child left behind without significant waivers. in early 2015 nebraska submitted an application for a waiver before we knew essa would become law. under our state law we were already planning to classify schools and invest more concentrated support in those schools that were identified most needed of assistance to approve. and that would have not been allowed under nclb but essa gave us a road map to move that vision toward. today we could move forward in establishing long-term goals but working on key strategies to achieve them. our long-term goals include redeucing the percentage of stud

they chose me to be the vice chair and chair of the board to represent all the kids and our state. hool boards and superintendent doesn't mean they are not political. but they are definitely not partisan. i was proud to start a charter school. host: we have been talking about how to pay for education. let's talk about how to pay for transportation. as you know, there are two ballot measures for transportation. proposition 110 would increase sales taxes to raise $767 million a year, allocating 40% of the money to local governments. proposition 109 would issue up to three point $5 billion of bonds to fund specific projects. most of which is on the front range and require the legislature to find $260 million a year to pay back the bonds for the next 20 years. what proposal if either would you support and why? rep. polis: i'm strongly against 109 which walker will to you why he supports. it creates a debt for the state. further indenting western colorado. it will lead to reductions in our funding for education. with the state, there is a recession to be devastating to every other budget

i've run schools and served on the state board of education. we have a plan to end a decade.i'm running because coloradans are tired of getting ripped off on healthcare costs, whether it's prescription drugs or insurance. we have a 100 day action plan to help save you money so you have more of the end of the month to enjoy the colorado that you love. we are going to take on the loophole in tax subsidies and tax code to pass the savings along to you in the form of reducing the tax in colorado families. i'm running for governor because i have a background in business creating hundreds of jobs in the private sector and empowering other entrepreneurs to succeed. i won't colorado to be a statewide success story no matter where you live in our great state. >> mr. polis. >> thank you to both a few candidates. we appreciate your remarks tonight. i think we learned something. and we think the grand junction daily sentinel, colorado mesa university, rocky mountain pbs and the moderators '-end-single-quote you in the audience tonight. we hope that this is giving you information that wil

to accomplish that after the state water board plan might be enacting, we may need 9,000-acre of new storage, 2 1/2 times hetch hetchy reservoir or water supply projects to deliver 100 million gallons of water a day or ability to move that water around. so specific projects that we're working on, which would allow us to deliver roughly about 3 million gallons of water a day, doing potable reuse with silicon valley clean water, wastewater treatment facility at redwood shores. that could produce 6 to 12 million gallons a day, with water being blended into crystal springs water reservoir. part of the water would be potable. the reservoir expansion doesn't have a number next to it because it's a facility that would work with one or more of the projects to help to make it a reality. we do desalination. that's the next item. that could range from 9 to 20 million gallons a day over time. and, last, san francisco eastside purified water, potable reuse of walter. and so in total, those range from 28 million gallons a day. and some are preliminary. some are advanced. i have to keep reminding m

as you know, with virginia it is state board of elections. ut it is also local elections, local officials connected with what is happening on the ground. i don't want a single point in it is a n where i think that all, the local governments have the ability to understand the to manage it properly, to make sure we understand what is going on, sure they are accountable i would rather have somebody in he state of virginia accountable for an election system that works where i can go them.m and talk to what's happening with ballots, how does this machine work than saying this is a federal agency and somebody from the federal agency isn't even here. is that local connection that i think makes individuals much assures untable and that the sglenry can -- can have a better understanding of how the system works. origins of to the this nation. it has worked. hen there's been threats, the federal government has a role to identify the threats, let's get nformation to state and local governments about how to combat the threats. but ultimately the accountab

. >> reporter: until she received a phone call fr the state anatomy board. the ashes she buried were not her husband's. what? what are you talking about? >> reporter: they told you the ashes they gave you were not your husband' >> exactly. >> reporter: he died from a.l.s. likeeoore than 900e a year, he donated his body to science to the maryland sta anatomy board for research. in many cases, the state agrees on deliver the remains back to the family. >> when he decided to do this, to science in ndmaryla, did you all expect would you get h remains in an organized fashion? >> exactly. otherwise he would never have agreed to this. >> reporter: she was not the only one affected by the errors. after internal memos from the maryland dartment ofealth which oversees the state anatomy board. e new director in july alerted officials on a serious inventor controlproblem. and potential fraud. including a case that closely matches carmen's. it says a former employee a produced body for cremation and gave those cashes to the nor's family. but the actual remains didn't arr

state board for the directed efforts were a strategic plan of highlights specific goals and seeks to engage school districts in it partnership with the state to address these gaps in achievement. essa we nowsage of > see the federal government as a partner to adjust the achievement gaps in our state. essa is better allowed us to integrate programs into our state system which would not have been possible under no child left behind. nebraska submitted an application for a waiver before we knew essa would become law. under our state law we were already planning to classify schools and invest more concentrated support to those schools that were identified for most need of assistance to improve. this would have not been allowed in that fashion under leaf -- essa gave us a roadmap to move that vision forward. today we can move forward not only in establishing our long-term goals for working on key strategies to achieve them. our long-term goals could reducing the percentage of students, including students in each subgroup, who were not sufficient in math, reading, and science, by 50% over

when our state board of education wen all know who they are, decided to call the black panthers, but not the klu klux klan a terrorist organize. it just seemed to me to gary, that the rage that you captured from the civil war forward in white rage has something to do with your find pgz or conclusions in your newest book, one person, no votes. can you descrus whether it did or not? >> carol: absolutely. in fact, "one person, no vote: how voter suppression is destroying our democracy" emerged out of white rage. when i was going around the country and giving talks on white rage, and i'd get to the last chapter, how to unelect a black president, and there was a section in there on voter suppression because one of the things about obama's victory is that he brought to the floor from his incredible grassroots ground game in organizes 15 million new voters to the polls who were african american, eggsian american, young and poor. [applause] and the wave of voter suppression laws that we saw really emerging particularly suafter the shelby county v holr decision specifically targeted those gro

recently, the state board of education issue essentially told the governor they would not follow the executive order. who is in charge of the executive branch? in chargeor should be of the executive branch, but you're right, the governors usually on their second term, on their way out the board, the one in the office, i am asking for authority to hire and fire the hea not to be ad bads guy,, but to create accountability and structure we're used to in the private sector. until we get that, you will continue to see what has happened to the department of health. it is a shell game. nobody is held accountable. they never get caught. they are happening over and over again to the end of the day, this is about delivering services. my vision is for us to be top 10 in payment conditions. this is about executing and delivering services at the end of the day. that's what we have to have that authority, or otherwise they just spin the governor in a circle, they spend the legislature in a circle. it is just not the right accountability and structure in our state. mr. edmondson? do you think the s

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. >> reporter: 'scarmen late husband brian donated his b ty maryland state anatomy board to advance medical research. when the state returnedin brian re carmen buried them, alongside family. more than a year later, she received ag disturb call. the remains she buried were not her husband's. >> i said, so who are the ha remains i buried? he said, ma'am, i have no idea. >> reporter: an internal memo obtained by the i-wam shows the man in charge of the program warned of a serious inventory control problem at the state in another instance, a donor's hes were mistakenly buried at the state-run cemetery instead of returned to the family. the state health department oversees the anatomy board and is investigating how manes othe famiould be impacted. >> it's a terrible thing, and we're trying to get to thett of what happened. >> reporter: coming up tonight as part of our full invest iation, why the state dealing with so many more bodies than it used to in years pastt' and w being done to prevent future mix-ups in this sensitive program. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >>> back to our expl

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