amos brown and our commissioner, and dorothy smith. the department of hope. he gets me moving. we also have our hud folks. it always takes a village to put one of these things together. there is also -- there are other partners we have. i'd really appreciate your help and your willingness to do this. -- i really appreciate your help and your willingness to do this. i would like our staff to raise their hands or stand up. i saw all the shop -- saw alicia and barbara smith. my friend back there who is trying to go unnoticed, my favorite custodian is back there. he keeps the place under wraps for us. it really takes a country of folks. what i am excited about, -- a cadre of folks. i really do not like to talk, but today, i am talking the law. these are the things that make me get up every day and go do work. we get something accomplished that is absolutely great. it is exceptional. i will not do any dancing today. i've done that before. i am not to going to dance today. we could not do it without all of you. we cannot do without the folks helping us. i want to mention one other gr

amos brown and housing commission, complete violation of federal law, state law, and local law. where do go to make these complaints? i looked at some of these issues today, jurisdiction enforcement. as you go forward, the solution i would like to propose is, and give staff to the sunshine commission and said that a two- tiered process where they can handle some enforcement with some financial sanctions. if things require greater review, that could go to the ethics commission. thank you. >> good afternoon. let me say -- i want to thank you for getting together, finally. and attempting to

amos brown is on the board that passed the resolution in support of gay marriage rights. saw stand he says that tries to separate religious views from religious rights. >> this does not mean that this state -- this nation -- any faster. you must marry the person of same sex. >> comes just as controversy over gay marriage rights has caused deep divisions in african-american movie. >> goes against many african- americans that oppose gay marriage. >> six out of 10 oppose gay marriage as a principal and rooted in the african-american church. >> ap or african persons decide to support recently taken the stand in support of gay marriage rights. it's about time for the black community to have a deep dialogue. >> i think it's a good step. i think it long over new that it's being addressed. >> dr. brown said but supports it as a civil rights issue and question is whether others will agree with him come november. reporting live in san francisco ktvu channel 2 news. >> students plan to hold a vigil tonight to push for a minimum wage hut. the ordinance will raise the minimum wage fro

amos brown and housing commission, complete violation of federal law, state law, and local law. where do go to make these complaints? i looked at some of these issues today, jurisdiction enforcement. as you go forward, the solution i would like to propose is, and give staff to the sunshine commission and said that a two- tiered process where they can handle some enforcement with some financial sanctions. if things require greater review, that could go to the ethics commission. thank you. >> good afternoon. let me say -- i want to thank you for getting together, finally. and attempting to work out your differences. you need to focus again on what the goal you are seeking to date is and that is getting citizens the right to public records. citizens having the ability to participate in open meetings. i was not here for the entire discussion. there were a couple of points that were mentioned. first of all, i do not think anyone from the task force has ever suggested that you would not have the ability to hear issues. the problem has been, you have never had -- i am sure you have rea

you now we've got a number of dignitaries here with us today of course and i chairman reverend amos brown our vice chairman miss marion sayas and then our commissioner dorothy smith our former commission on the old again my buddy bevan dufty from the department of hope who has been engaging me and helping me move myself along whenever i need to kick start or get a little down on myself he gets me moving we also have our hud folks here molina and justin thank you very much for your help because it always takes a village to put one of these things together it's not simply something that we do there's also other partners that we have here we have chief greg sure and his wonderful police force i see commander eileen poindexter captain mannix i saw back there in the back i really appreciate your help and your willingness to do this of course i'm just going to have all of our staff that had something to do with this to just kind of raise their hands or stand up i think i saw in her staff and modernization barbara smith and twyman who's one of the resident man area managers and others who have h

. >> reporter: besides sound and scripture, reverend amos brown talked about same-sex marriage. the pastor said he sides with the president and more importantly with the higher power. >> reporter: at his church, some are a little surprised by this kind of revelation. >> even though we don't believe in it as christians, people have a right to do whatever they want to do and be happy. >> reporter: reverend brown says he wants to make it clear that he does not perform same- sex marriages in his church. >> let us be just as jesus was. >> reporter: on the morning talk show circuit, democrats defended the president. >> there's no political calculus in this because it's not as smart, if he's going to do it from a political point of view it does not make sense. >> reporter: but there's no gray area when it comes to marriage, say posers. >> everybody agrees in this country as a legal union marriage has to have the definition of one man and one woman. >> reporter: at third baptist they believe. >> reporter: in san francisco, lorane blanco. >> i have no doubt that in your lifetime libertie

amos brown. jackson, mississippi, got involved when i was 15 years old. let me say quickly to the young people. don't glorify the civil rights movement. only 3% of the black churches, according to a study that was done were involved. it was just a handful of ralph abernathys, so let us stop glorifying the civil rights movement. because many of those churches told us, don't come in here with that civil rights message. we are dealing with the gospel. that's reality check number one. number two, in 1901, the president of arkansas baptist college delivered the commencement address and said there's too much crime in our community. and you young men must not make the street corner your resting place. 1901. 1820, when j. mercer langston left virginia and went up to your state, madam chair, you know what was said? a black brother said, we came from virginia to ohio thinking this would be the promised land, but the only door that was opened to us was the prison door and the penitentiary door. as long as we got this white privileged mentality in this country, and w

. >> reverend amos brown is the president of san francisco's naacp and pastor of the third baptist church. >> i am supporting the president. he has made his decisi it'sand o get on with dealing with the things that matter. >> brown thinks the president showed a great deal of courage. the reverend does not and will not perform smeaks smeaks marriage, his personal choice. sunday he will tell his pary insures what a christian is. >> it is justice for people who happen to be gays or lesbians to be treated fairly and have equal protection under the law. it is merciful for us to be kind to people who are different. >> sunday sermons will likely touch on the president's declaration. some pastors worry about black voter backlash. >> there will be some that will absolutely turn against him. and we -- because, again, we hear it happening as we speak. >> reverend brown says no one religion has the answers for everyone. >> we live in a nation in which we have freedom of religion, and freedom from religion. >> a recent poll found that pack in 2008, 67% of african-american voters opposed same-sex marri

amos brown in san francisco said that while he doesn't preform same sex unions, he does agree with the president on the issue. >> the internet a major blayer in elections, the president and romney are using massive amounts of user data from places like facebook to get the edge. rum. >> reporter: from candidates using youtube to extend the reach of their ads. to the question is, what will be the disruptive technology in this cycle? >> the killer app of the campaign is data. >> reporter: sam was the chief blogger behind the president's 2008 cam pin pain. this year he said candidates who can figure out the best way to use it'll have the i'm. >> the ball campaign built an e-mail list of 13 million people. that list is definitely still that high if not higher. they are also got around 25 million on facebook. another -- you know ten million i believe on twitter. that is a massive amount of data. >> reporter: and they are calling on the tech community to help sort through that. january was a product manager for chro me. he left during the 2008 election. >> if you typed obama.com into your bro

. >>> reverend amos brown is the president of san francisco's naacp and pastor of the third baptist church. >> i'm supportive of the president, he made his decision and i think it's time to get on with dealing with the things that matter. >> brown said the president shows a great deal of courage. reverend will not perform same sex marriages, his personal choice, but he will tell a -- what marriage is. >> it's justice for people who happen to be gays or less by answers to be treated fairly under the law and have equal protection under the law. it is merciful for us to be kind to people who are different. >> some pastors worry about black voter backlash. >> there would be some that will absolutely turn against him, and because again we hear it happening as we speak. >> reverend brown said no one religion has the answers for everyone. >> we live in a nation in which we have freedom of religion and freedom from religion. >>> a recent pugh research poll found back in 200867% of african-american voters oppose same-sex marriage. this april that number dropped to 49%. abc7 news. >> carolyn: presid

. >>> reverend amos brown is the president of san francisco's naacp and with the baptist search. >> i'm supportive of the president, he made his decision and i think it's time to get on with dealing with the things that matter. >> brown said the president shows a great deal of courage. reverend will not perform same sex marriages, his personal choice, but he will tell a christian what marriage is. >> it's justice for people who happen to be gays or less by answers to be treated fairly under the law and have equal protection under the law. it is mercy less treat people differently. >> some pastors worry about black voter backlash. >> there would be some that will absolutely turn against him, and because again we hear it happening as we speak. >> reverend brown said no one religion has the answers for everyone. >> we live in a nation in which we have freedom of religion and freedom from religion. >>> a recent pew research poll found back in 200867% of african-american voters oppose same-sex marriage. this april that number dropped to 49%. abc7 news. >> carolyn: president obama's historic