i don't know. >> so assembly occupancies. the fire department has a state mandate to be an annual check. >> we had a question here >> does the fire department have a list of all the different assembly buildings with fire escapes that need to be looked at? >> no. we have a list of all the assembly, whether they know which one has a fire escape. we are obviously trying to discourage that. if you can imagine getting 50 people out would be tough. i said 10 or 15 years that was residential. for assembly, that's 20 years >> you might want to look at the golden gate theater has these enormous counter balance fire escapes that can handle an occupant load of hundreds of people and really wide and actually very low slope. but we do, we have in san francisco, we have assembly occupants and they check those too. >> the american club up here that has the same. fire escape. >> up above cafe nour >> does anybody regulate to see if they are working? >> no. in fact, the housing code for exterior buildings exempt one and 2 family buildings. th

general assembly that analysts predict could deliver up to one hundred fifty votes and recognition of a state but israel has been steadfastly opposed to what it calls a new one sided moves and sees the looming to. as a major threat to its security we are facing a diplomatic political tsunami and majority of the public is unaware of pekin september if the un does pass the resolution it would have made palestine as a full member with a territory that includes gaza all of the west bank and east jerusalem settled by hundreds of thousands of israelis and the recognition could also help palestine bring international pressure to bear on israel and even seek action against it and giving sanctions and support of un peacekeepers if need be all this has become the cause of grave concern for top israeli officials prime minister benjamin netanyahu has always emphasized caution and time before making steps and the negotiation process has to be negotiated agreements occur by good. by changing a distorting the street he's now said to be preparing an emergency proposal to be announced by the end of ma

i am proud to introduce the speaker of the assembly john paris. >> thank you. this week the governor unveiled a difficult budget with $28 billion worth of solution we need to find and somehow you are surprised that i wanted to leave sacramento? i am honored to be here. it is an incredible privilege to celebrate tonight with all of you this wonderful transition as you enter your next phase of public office. it is an honor to be a part of this process with you. phil and i have known each other a long time. we met when when we were both young students at uc berkeley. as we celebrate a new governor, here in california, i could not help but think that everything was new again. i thought about everything that we worked on together and how much they laid the foundation for his work in public life, hopefully, for my work in public life. one of the first thing we did together was to pass an american studies requirement, a graduation requirement, at berkeley, so everyone understood the strength of celebrating the diversity of the people of california. he fought for justi

in his you and general assembly address with carl alluded to in 2010 president obama address this issue head on saying i appeal to those nations who emerge from tyranny and inspired the world from south africa to eastern europe and south america. don't stand idly by, don't be silent. dissidents elsewhere are imprisoned and protested the beaten. recall your own history. part of the price of our and freedom is standing up for the freedom of others. in pursuing a partnership on democracy and human rights this it ministration has broad support from the seas to bear. first and obvious one. in the world this interconnected none of us can afford to allow gross violations of human rights to go and addressed. given the spillover and destabilizing effect of allowing repression to fester, long ago ceased to be viable to treat human rights conditions as the internal affairs of a sovereign state. over 60 years ago the u.n. charter and universal declaration recognized protecting human dignity at home is critical to preserving peace and security abroad. president obama has pressed for his pragmatic ca

i hope you can join me in supporting this assembly bill. thank you. president chiu: some house and call? without objection. please read the in memoriams. >> andy zang. bill lowenburg. president chiu: do we have any more business in front of this body? we are adjourned.

it is a state assembly bill. you need to take your good ideas and your eloquent speeches, put them together, and taken to sacramento and mature voices heard there. this commission has never -- i will also reiterate what the president said. this commission has never not granted a permit to any person that wanted to come here because of electronic dance music. we have maybe possibly never not granted a permit. we support street festivals. we support well-run the news. those venues have to have bathrooms. it is a lot in the city that water has to be provided. if you want to buy water, a bottle is good to cost you. -- is going to cost you. i love your passion. take it to where you can be heard. it is secretly to barrier views. it is on television. people are going to see it. you have to take it to the next step. i like the guy who suggested the education psa. that was great. there is nothing these events can do if a guy with drugs in his car and walked to security, and goes inside, and drops dead. all of a sudden, th

work actively to defeat this attempt in the general assembly should it arise? would it -- what has the administration done and what are you planning to do? >> thank you. let me explain if i can come up process here. for a member of a new state to gain membership, two things have to happen. it has to be recommended by the security council, where we have a veto, and it must be agreed by two-thirds of the general assembly. if that issue were to arise, while i obviously would not want to address definitively a hypothetical, i can say with some high degree of confidence that the establishment that way of a state prior to the final status issues be resolved in the -- and direct negotiations would run counter to standing u.s. policy. there is not a risk of palestinian state being included in the un as a member state without the u.s. agree to that. ok? what we could face separately is the general assembly adopting a political declaration. that does not have the weight of international law, but would perhaps some other form of weight, political or symbolic. that they co

i hope you can join me in supporting this assembly bill. thank you. president chiu: some house and call? without objection. please read the in memoriams. >> andy zang. bill lowenburg. president chiu: do we have any more business in front of this body? we are adjourned. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i

the first session of the city assembly was held after the earthquake. and the assembly passed supplementary budget which will be used to support disaster victims and reconstruction. the mayor says that the city is no longer what it used to be so great resolution is required to. many schools were damaged by the disaster. this is a graduation ceremony at an elementary school in miyagiyo district of sendai city. the schoolhouse was severely damaged by the tsunami so yesterday the graduation ceremony was held at a different municipal facility. many of the students are still living at evacuation centers, but all of the students of this school were safe and all 27 sixth graders were able to graduate. ♪ this girl says that she really believed that there would be no graduation ceremony so she was very happy to have the ceremony. her mother says that she wants her daughter to grow strong. the move to encourage the survivors is spreading throughout japan. toyama city nursery school students hoisted the carp streamers. the carp streamers are hoisted to wish for th

i hope you can join me in supporting this assembly bill. thank you. president chiu: some house and call? without objection. please read the in memoriams. >> andy zang. bill lowenburg. president chiu: do we have any more business in front of this body? we are adjourned. policy. they did it voluntarily so their clubs not under any circumstances will these be considered for one night permit. i will fight whoever has brought this. you need to do some outreach. promo your role. i'm sure you've read these. you to have your own opinions about whether these are good for entertainment policies. of course, your conscious will be your guide. the ratio of 1-50 has been established of 1-100. this has been reached upon. this is an ownness economic requirement. number two, metal detectors, is this required and other similar spaces? no. number three, really, illegal you know that. this has to be struck immediately for all parties. four, this should be tied into a greater security policy for san francisco in areas where security is an issue and it needs to be communit

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i hope you can join me in supporting this assembly bill. thank you. president chiu: some house and call? without objection. please read the in memoriams. >> andy zang. bill lowenburg. president chiu: do we have any more business in front of this body? we are adjourned. so are you going out tonight? i can't. my parents say i have to be home right after work. ugh. that's so gay. totally gay. ugh. that is so emma and julia. why are you saying, "that's so emma and julia"? well, you know, when something is dumb or stupid, you say, "that's so emma and julia." who says that? everyone. announcer: imagine if who you are were used as an insult. >> good morning, volunteers. good morning. can everyone hear me? yes, good, good. this is really exciting for me. this is my very first project connect, and i and the new director, so i look forward to getting to know each of you. just today, we want to thank you for your help. there's no way this project would exist without you guys. you are the lifeblood for this program, and that just want to thank you from the bottom

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work actively to defeat this attempt in the general assembly should it arise? would it -- what has the administration done and what are you planning to do? >> thank you. let me explain if i can come up process here. for a member of a new state to gain membership, two things have to happen. it has to be recommended by the security council, where we have a veto, and it must be agreed by two-thirds of the general assembly. if tt issue were to arise, while i obviously would not want to address definitively a hypothetical, i can say with some high degree of confidence that the establishment that way of a state prior to the final status issues be resolved in the -- and direct negotiations would run counter to standing u.s. policy. there is not a risk of palestinian state being included in the un as a member state without the u.s. agree to that. ok? what we could face separately is the general assembly adopting a political declaration. that does not have the weight of international law, but would perhaps some other form of weight, political or symbolic. that they coul

you can bank on the effect of young people assembling together. it spans the history of time. i do. please unite with us and come together so we can fight against this. president newlin: at this time, i am going to close public comment. do any commissioners want to add their thoughts?

and putting the pieces in place we report from the assembly site of the so you spacecraft on she fed you if you had a very strict group of congress first space flight. for workers stricken from sema facility are set to see the breach in one of the reactors using concrete pans officials say highly radioactive water has been seeping through the cracks in the pacific ocean un's top nuclear fishel has warned that the operation to solve the crisis at the site for the long. pants prime minister visited the congress and it's to boost morale among those working that authorities say they plan to run the twenty patients in the radiation was registered in secret as well as its american writer and commentator on japan. says the government is not doing enough to solve the crisis. of the biggest problems they are dealing with here is this whole thing is that left in the hands of the electrical company and in most large countries of the world eric if you had a problem of this seriousness you'd have to now the central government coming in with all the big resources at their disposal the army the nav

also to come for you on the program of putting the pieces in place with assemblies so you spacecraft don't show you want to mark the fiftieth anniversary of your diary first response. un's top nuclear official has warned that the operation to solve the crisis. facility will be prolonged three weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami situation i mean serious meanwhile japan's prime minister is set to visit the original city to boost morale among those working at the site workers have been using fresh water from a barge and its. reactors. to expand the twenty kilometer evacuation zone or the radiation was witness to forty kilometers from the facility american writer and expert on japan and its says the government is not doing enough to resolve the crisis. one of the biggest problems they are dealing with here is this whole thing is that left in the hands of the electrical company and in most of the large countries of the world i think if you had a problem of this seriousness you'd have now the central government coming in with all the big resources at their disposal the army th

and putting the pieces in place we report from the assembly side of the story spacecraft staunchly shuttle to mark the fiftieth anniversary occurrence of first space flight. the stricken from ashima facility are set to see the breach in one of the reactors using concrete japan's nuclear officials say highly radioactive water has been seeping through the cracks in the pacific ocean un's top nuclear officials has warned that the operation to solve the crisis at the site will be proved wrong. hands prime minister has visited the damaged facility to boost morale among those working there authorities say they don't plan to expand the twenty kilometer evacuation zone the radiation was registered forty kilometers from the facility. writer and commentator and alex says the government is not doing enough to resolve the crisis. of the biggest problems they are dealing with here is this whole thing is that left in the hands of the electrical company and in most large countries of the world eric if you had a problem of this seriousness you'd have now the central government coming in with all the big r

putting the pieces in place we report on the assembly site of some spacecraft launching. space exploration. un's top nuclear officials has warmed up aeration to solve a crisis at the stricken from the facility will be prolonged more than three weeks after a devastating earthquake and tsunami situation at the site remain serious while the parents prime minister is set to visit a. morale among those working at the site workers have been using fresh water from a barge they tested to try to who down the. authorities say they plan to expand the twenty ration. was registered with the conference from the facility american writer and expert on japan alex says the government is not doing enough to resolve the crisis. and one of the biggest problems they are dealing with here is this whole thing is that left in the hands of the electrical company and in most of the large countries of the world i think if you had a problem of this seriousness you'd have now the central government coming in with all the big resources at their disposal the army the navy the resources of this film comp

the last hurdle before a vote on the assembly floor.ibiotics. health experts ensure us that proper cooking will kill those germs. the f.b.i. has shut down three -- the three largest on-line poker sites in the u.s. charging the owners with bank fraud, illegal gambling and laundering. 11 people are charged including the owner of poker stars absolute parker and full tilt poker in order to circumvent laws, the f.b.i. says the poker sites relied on what's called payment processors. these processors created shell companies to disguise payments to the poker companies. the phony web sites included on-line flower delivery shops, pet supply stores and jewelry stores to handle credit card payments from u.s. customers. well, a check of the weekend forecast. >> it's not looking too bad. but not very unusual. we're getting used to this cooler weather. clouds around and favoring the north bay but we're going to see rain moving through the entire bay area. i'll tell you the timing on that in detail. the highs today and tomorrow coming up. >> also, if y

the assembly floor. >> a bold robbery in a hair supply store. the owner posted the video on youtube. they broke in hair davas, breaking down the front door and shattering windows. they sell hair from india that is used to make weaves and extensions. >> the search underway in san jose for two vicious pit bulls that killed a dog and severely injured her owner. >> right, animal service officers said people came forward with leads and even more people came forward concerned about the situation. but so far, the dogs responsible for the attack hadn't been found. >> dawn marshall is worried what happened to her could happen to her again. she was trying to protect the husky mix early thursday morning and the injuries were so severe he would be put down. >> i would be concerned for a small child and they would go after them. >>> and people using the park said pit bulls and pit bull mixes are responsible for scares. one woman told us about an encounter with same two dogs. >> they had me cornered. >> i had a maul dog and i had to put them in the trash can

when the time came for her to assemble her creation she was amazed. >> all of the muscles, everything lined up. it was a miracle. stuck it on there, it was all perfect. it was totally god ordained. he directed my hands. >> brenda calls the structure lam of god from texas to new york city. the sculpture can be seen at cross roads community church in oklahoma. >> easter to me is important. it is him being god all over the place coming out of the grave and being alive and healing us. it is just knowing no matter what goes on around you that you were always loved by god. the peace of god surpasses all understanding. his love is even so much more. i don't have words to express it. >> that is beautiful t. creative power of god flowing through one of his followers. wait until you see what is next, powerful resurrection story told in a way you have never seen before. >> at a young age joe castillo discovered his gift for art when he became a christian, he used it to share christ. >> joe uses a different tool to tell the stories, he uses sand. take a look at the easter story like it has never

i spoke with willie brown, assembly speaker, and asked him about obama's reelection, where he picked up 2.5 to $3 million. willie said he will need it. a billion-dollar campaign. is that real? a billion-dollar campaign? >> absolutely. he is going to raise a billion dollars. he raised 750 million when he was not the incumbent president. >> that seems like an obscene amount of money. >> it is. >> for a guy in office for four years he shouldn't have to resell himself to the american president. you run on your record. >> you run on the record you intend to make. you don't understand. your record is never perfect. >> according to the latest cbs poll, his record among american people is sinking. we have a disapproval rate in his economy. 60 ps disapproval in the economy. >> you don't really under these circumstances win an election based upon necessarily how you performed. you win an election based upon the comparative qualities between you and your opponents. and in this case he has no opponents. >> as of yet. we've got the donald trump. we have michelle bachman, sarah palin, mitt romney.

he was joined by the assembly member. it became a very vigorous discussion. ultimately, the bill passed out. that committee had been -- they had a number of members that resided entirely within santa clara county. going in, we have a feel for how that might turn out. the recommendation to the management here, and the city and county representatives, is that as this bill continues through the assembly and goes through appropriations, we need to jump ahead and start working the senate transportation committee, so they do not wait for that activity. that committee is not welcoming for northern california and has very few representatives, but does have knowledgeable chairman. i think that he will give us a fair fight. we have our work cut out for us on this measure. we thought that we had some sympathy going in the committee in terms of reaching consensus in the legislature. ntc was very vigorous in its support for the bill and were able to convince the folks that it was an isolated pocket of resistance within the region. so, that was all that took. supervisor el

. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researcherspeople have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process, they rank their top groups which are then merged into a master list. >> performers are judged on stage presence, costumes, and innovation. >> the four programs are created around an exciting and dynamic range so the soloists and groups selected each weekend will have enough dynamic range to be a society overall to are experience. >> hundreds of dancers from different countries need each other, compare stuff, and make new friends. this has resulted in new cross- cultural collaborations'. >> one of the extraordinary things is that it really only happens here in the san francisco bay area. all of the dancers that we are presented -- presenting are from the area. they

it's cleared the assembly appropriations committee.le before a vote on the assembly floor. in the newsroom, leigh ann melendez, abc 7 news. >> the f.b.i. has shut down the three largest on-line poker sites in the u.s. charging the owners with bank fraud, illegal gambling and money laundering. 11 people are charged including the owners of poker stars, absolute poker and full tilt poker. in order to circumvent laws connected to on-line gambling, the f.b.i. says the poker sites relied on what's called payment processors. they created shell companies to disguise payments to the poker companies. the phony web sites included on-line flower delivery shops, pet supply stores and jewelry stores to handle credit card payments from u.s. customers. well, change is on the way! lisa has the forecast. >> yeah, not a big change today. more like tomorrow. but i've been hoping the shot would -- isn't that gorgeous? right sandwiched in between the low clouds, the bay bridge. isn't that gorgeous? so we have the stratus out there and above a lot of sunshin

today, he is a lawyer and also the 28 assembly district member. but when we interact with people or we need people, we do not know what is going to happen, why we came together, or what that result is going to be. some people are going to be sharing -- this is a long road where we are at today. i do not want to go too much into my history because my kids are here and i do not want them to know everything about me, but today, we try to present a different way of life for them. the first time that i indulge in substance use, i was 8 years old. i was released from prison in 1989. pretty much lead that type of a life. i had the opportunity to go back to school, and i got my master's degree, and i'm the director of the indian health center, but through all that time, i was walking the spiritual path -- actually, the creator put me on the spiritual path because i could not do it myself. again, we do not know why we are here. we do not know why we do these things. all we can do is be thankful for what we have and what the future holds for us. i want to t

she took off her fake belly at her school assembly.nly her parents and faculty and friends were in on the secret. >>> little girls, pretty dresses and pure joy filled an oakland warehouse today. >> i like white. >> volunteers handed out dozens of new easter dresses to deserving families. girls twirled with joy and parents thanked doers. this is the first dress give way way since mother wright passed away. >>> five elephant seal pups are back where they belong. the role that humans played in the happy homecoming. >>> will your weekend be wet? there may be spring unless parts of the bay area. he'll be here with your forecast. you can watch all of our newscasts on your computer. we are streaming live at www.ktvu.com. >>> five elephant seal pups are back in their natural home tonight. workers in caramel released the pitches back into the ocean. the center says it rescued the pups shortly after birth and now they are strong enough to fend for themselves. a lot of sunshine down there in caramel and here it is not too bad. >> a few high cloud

the assembled journalists wanted more details. they pressed bernanke on how lonhe plans to keep interest rates so low. >> it suggests it would be a couple of meetings before action but unfortunately, the reason we use this terminology is that we don't know with certainty how quickly a response will be required. therefore, we will do our best to communicate changes. that would depend on the economy. >> bernanke said he expected growth to be slower than originally forecast. growth in the first quarter was under 2%. he did highlight the positive developments in the job market. all in all, a convincing performance from bernanke. perhaps because he has special coaching before the conference. >> good news for the idaho industry, volkswagen shares have rallied after they posted a record first quarter. they said demand from emerging markets will boost sales and earnings for the rest of the year. >> volkswagen plants are working at full capacity. many of their suppliers are short of supplies following the disaster in japan, but not falls f

that is what we did with a.b. 57, to the chairs of both transportation committees in the assembly and the senate, to our entire legislative delegation. and through our legislative advocates, to all committees, with the legislation is heard -- where the legislation is heard. so far, we have had a legislative advocate participate and give testimony at the meeting that happened last week on monday. the committee actually approved the bill on a 13-0 vote, which i think reinforces your concern that we need to be very active to express our position. supervisor campos: i would simply urge you to be as active, as aggressive as we can be. i know that assembly member ammiano has paid a lot of attention to the issue, and the board has made it clear where we are. just a matter of making sure that our voice is heard. >> i think it is really important that this be perceived as the city and county of san francisco, not just the transportation authority. it might not hurt to have the mta take a position and express it on that as well. we will be as active as we can. supervisor mirkarimi: the needs to