the capss initiative has moved on to amy brown. there are -- i will make a mild disagreement with you, director, in terms of i think there are these three or four things that we have asked webic to do -- asked the bic to do that rightly remain with the building inspection commission. these are as i see it, some black and white building issues that are technical in nature. there were four recommendations we recommended. first was to enact the post- earthquake repair guidelines. one of the main reasons that i want laura up here with me -- i'm the liberal arts major, and i'm not the engineer. laura is the engineer, and she understands this stuff, so when you come up with the technical questions, i certainly want her here. the second request was the bic cards some standards for retrofitting, that that would be -- we all want to encourage people to do voluntary retrofitting. they will then know that if they conform to those standards on their retrofitting efforts, that they will not be asked down the line to come and redo the work they

really want to commend you for your efforts and pushing forward on this and working closely with amy brown's office. commissioner wynns: i have a couple of questions about this. what's the cultural college center? is that the park? i would love to know how that became a college center. that used to be eight children's center. my other question is more about our properties. i am not clear about how we got them. the one i have a little bit of concern about this 150 otis. i think that is the bill -- the building that we were getting revenue from for a while. do you know about this? >> to the best of my knowledge, the five properties that we are actually quick deeding to the city, if we ever knew -- owned them, it was a long time ago. if those properties were ever used for anything other than the public use, it would revert back to us. it has made it difficult for them to move forward on financing. the one at the otis site is scheduled to be a veterans' homeless shelter. all of those sites have a long and hopefully a good potential history as a police station, a fire station, and hopefully will

that executive director now resides with amy brown, and she and i have had some productive and substantive talks about how to move that forward now that she is our city administrator. we are going to be convening folks, including people who participated in capss, but also, these w

amy thank you. >> governor brown is set to announce his new budget on monday and it is almost certain to include deepcut to state spending. today the governor announced major cut to his own office. saving more than 7 million dollars in total. the plan includes returning 84 percent of the govern's transition fund. 84 percent. eliminating the secretary of education position all togethe together. cutting the governor's washington, d.c. staff. also the press communication staff will be trimmed. and limb naiingt the office of the first lady. but at the same time as all of this there is word of a potentially costly problem looming now with the state apartment kuwaited computer system. we have more on that. >>reporter: california is the birth place of technology with some of the world best products invented rate here. but somehow that i hope ovation stopped short of sacramento. >> would think we would have access to the best and brightest people. having to do with information technology. >>reporter: state auditor this week warned governor brown about california's latest effort to modernize the computers and

brown's proposed cuts to higher education. u.c. regents meetings are offering warnings and seeking solutions. amys live with details. >> kristen, it's tough to imagine what the reaction on this campus will be. these students have already been outraged by the cuts they've seen and apparently they haven't seen anything yet. u.c. president mark yudoff. he says the situation is dire. he says the budget proposal will force them to go deeper. they have to cut the number of students that could come here, cancel building reservations and even, yes, raise tuition. >> the truth is however we cannot cut our way into growth while the efficiencies and initiatives now takes a greater urgency, it still won't be enough to bridge the gap. >> the board of regents meeting at u.c. san diego is to discuss how to cut $500 million. that's how much governor brown says the u.c. will lose in state funding. president yudoff wants their own plan to deal with the governor's cuts. he listened to their ideas and he will propose his own cuts in march. amy holyfield. >> it's 4:35. stanford has submitted a revised proposal to the

amy hollyfield, "abc 7 news." >>> the vote is non-binding, it's up to the new board of supervisors which will be sworn in today and they will cast their final vote on tuesday. >> jerry brown is expected to announce a budget on monday including deep cuts to state spending. he recently announced cuts to his own office in order to save seven million dollars. it includes returning 84% of the governor's transition funds, eliminating the secretary of education, cutting the washington, d.c. staff and eliminating the office of the first lady. but there is word of a costly problem with the state's computer system. >> california is the birthplace of technology with some of the world's best products invented right here. but somehow the innovation stopped short of sacramento. >> you would think we would have access to the best and brightest people having to do to deal with information technology. >> they warned brown about california's latest efforts to modernize its computers. $1.6 billion project that started in 2006 is four years behind schedule, $300 million over budget and top two project leaders just quit. >> we have significant concerns about how successful this project is goi

amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the san jose city council has joined more than a dozen other cities across the state to try to protect redevelopment funds before the state stops funding them. governor brown defended his plan yesterday to city leaders who don't like the idea of the state taking $1.7 billion of redevelopment from them to offset social programs. the funds help revitalize neighborhoods and provide jobs. the supporters of brown's plan say the state needs new priorities. >> we should provide every student in california with a 21st century education. >> it was the hole in the doughnut a few decades ago. were it not for redevelopment, you wouldn't have had all the development, all the jobs there now. >> governor brown is inviting local officials to bring their ideas to him. but the head of the california league of cities says cutting redevelopment funding is an extreme proposal and he vows to fight it. >> in contra costa county, parents will now have to wait until february 8th to find out which three schools the mount diablo school district decides to close next year. they had a packed meeting fighting to keep their boards open. they are going to shut down three schools on a lis

amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> last night's vote is non-binding. it's up to the new board of supervisors which will be sworn in today. they will cast the final vote on tuesday. governor jerry browns set to announce his new budget monday and almost sure to have deep cuts. he announced major cuts of his own office to save $7 million. the plan includes returning 84% of the governor's transition funds, eliminating the secretary of education, cutting the governor's washington d.c. staff, also the press and communication staff and eliminating the office of the first lady. but now there's word of a potentially costly problem aluminuming with the state's computer system. >> california is the birth place of technology with some of the world's best products invented right here. but somehow that innovation stopped short of sacramento. >> you would think that we would have access to the best and brightest people having to do with information technology. >> the state auditor this week warned governor jerry brown about california's latest effort to modernize its computers and the problems associated with it. siscal, the $1.6 billion 12-year project that started in 2006 is four years behind sc

amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> last night's vote is non-binding. it's up to the new board of supervisors which will be sworn in today. they will cast their final vote on tuesday. governor jerry brown is set to announce his new budget on monday almost assures deep cuts to state spending. the governor announced major cuts to his own office to save $7 million. the plan includes returning 84% of the governor's transition funds, eliminating the secretary of education, cutting the governor's washington d.c. staff, also the press and communications staff and eliminating the office of the first lady. but now there's word of a potentially costly problem looming with the state's computer system. nanette miranda has more. >> california is the birth place of technology with some of the world's best products invented right here. but somehow that innovation stops short of sacramento. >> you would think that we would have access to the best and brightest people having to do with information technology. >> the state auditor this week warned governor jerry brown about california's latest effort to modernize its computers and the problems associated with it. siscal, the $1.6 billion 12-year project