we have a california agriculture commissioner and cedars association where we work together to apply m the agricultural code of regulations and the businesses regulation code. in almost every county, in each county, the ccommissioner is assigned to look at the device. supervisor maxwell: parking meters? >> yes. the scales that you see at the farmer's market, that is sealed by staff. they test the skills to make sure that it is type-approved, and then they will seal it so that the consumer knows that if he is paying for 1 pound, he is getting 1 pound. that is part of my job. i get that question all the time, why do we have an ag commissioner of san francisco? >> i have beei have been here se 2008, and i am glad that you have an ag commissioner again. i am happy to be here. if you have any other information, please call me. i would be happy to speak with you in regards to any other questions you might have. supervisor maxwell: thank you. nice meeting you. public comment? >> hi good morning, supervisor mar. i'm walter. i mostly go to the flea market on sunday and i just wanted to say --

california agriculture officials say they've beaten back a potential moth infestation that has threatenedtry. traps are turning up only a handful of grapevine moths. early there were hundreds of moths in each trap. they were first detected in september 2009 after one grower lost his entire vineyard. $8 million have been spent on treatment and removal in california. a florida produce company unveiled a new vegetable with a twist. red celery. due to farm fresh foods showed off its celery yesterday. the company's been working on the red variety 20 years by breeding regular celery with a european heirloom variety. the company says it tastes and crunches just like green celery. the red celery will be test marketed here on the west coast starting deals 1st. kind of looks like rhubarb, doesn't it? >> uh-huh. >> preview of the rain headed our way. >> as we look at our radar it looks wet but the lower levels of the atmosphere not quite moistening up yesterday. rain in the morning. what about the afternoon? stay tuned. >> just off our coast refer an underwater park teaming with life. for the first

california. >> this is real. urban agriculture is a good vehicle to have, good healthy community, good food, good job. >> obviously i'm not going to be here on this earth forever. so it's my responsibility to come up with a succession plan to pass on what i've learned to others. >> gary tuchman, cnn. >>> i don't know if you've been following this story as closely as i have. i bet you have. can you believe the 33 miners have been underground in chile for 64 days. day 64. there are incredible news that's coming out of this camp hope. and cnn's carl pinhall is live down there. he's joining me now to talk me through some of the latest. including the question everybody has -- when could these guys possibly get out? >> that really is the only question on everybody's lips, brooke. what day and what time. we still don't know for sure. we know the drill is going to bust through where that tunnel where the 33 miners is, it's almost to the target. and the final countdown will start when the breakthrough comes, and then the experts here on th

two grants (agreements nos. 10-0347 and 10- 153) totaling $128,916.32 from the california department of food and agriculture (cdfa) to fund the pierce's disease control program for the period of july 1, 2010, through june 30, 2012, and the organic program for the period of july 1, 2010, through june 30, 2011. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good morning. you have before you two contracts from the department of agriculture. i am the agricultural commissioner of weights and measures. these are continuing contracts that we receive every year. the wind sharpshooter is a past that is extremely damaging to several types of crops, especially grapes. it devastated to machiavelli in 1986. obviously, we know that grapes are of major importance to the bay area. -- to macula -- temecula in 1986. the second contract that we have is the organic contract. that is also an annual contract. we conduct spot inspections at farmers' markets and at the producers, and we also register and others, which we have two in san francisco. we will carry this out with current staff. there is no other staff that is hired to do the work. supe

two grants (agreements nos. 10-0347 and 10- 153) totaling $128,916.32 from the california department of food and agriculture (cdfa) to fund the pierce's disease control program for the period of july 1, 2010, through june 30, 2012, and the organic program for the period of july 1, 2010, through june 30, 2011. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good morning. you have before you two contracts from the department of agriculture. i am the agricultural commissioner of weights and measures. these are continuingco

the president of salmon a, dedicated to restoring salmon population says california's increasing need for water, housing, agriculturethe resulting system of dams, has all but killed off the fish. >> the fish couldn't my great past these dams and even when we put fish ladders on the dams, the juveniles that were then spawned up stream, can't get through the lake that forms behind the dam. >> rosen field says the resulting low water, higher water temperature and increased delgado take pumping over the past 40 years as now put several native salmon populations on endangered species list. a list that could grow unless better water management is not implemented. >> the point is that they can tolerate a lot. we don't need to restore the rivers back to some pristine condition, but we do need to manage the rivers with care otherwise we won't have these salmon any more. >> i need your good questions, send them to me at cbs5.com. >> want 20 show your san francisco giants loyalty? adopt a cat with giants colors. the peninsula humane society is honoring the giants with a special promotion through october 31st, you can adopt a b

. >> reporter: california's increasing need for water for housing and agriculture and the dams has allut killed off the fish. >> fish couldn't migrate past these dams and even when we put fish ladders on the dams, the juveniles that were then spawned up stream can't get through the lakes that forms behind the dams. >> reporter: the results low water, higher water temperature, and increase delta pumping over the last 40 years has now put several native salmon populations on the endangered species list. a number that could grow if better water management is not implemented. >> they can tolerate a lot. we don't need to restore the rivers to pristine condition, but need to manager the rivers with care or we won't have them anymore. >> i need your good questions. send them to me at cbs5.com. >>> baseball's final four is finally set. details coming up. termine the fall the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,00

california is our largest agricultural state. >> i think we have had opportunities. employers are allowing this to happen. they need to be responsible. in this unfortunate that the congress does not have the guts because everyone is a word about reelection to make changes. >> our next question comes from the bill. how the stand on privatizing social security and why? >> this another example of what they call it lenders hit and run campaign. i never once ever said as interested in privatizing social security. there was a gentlemen in iowa the went on and on. he mentioned something about privatizing social security. it is all about spending. >> we need to fix social security. the washington insiders are in their racing that trust fund. i will do everything to make sure that is there for every item one if i am elected. >> we have plenty of time to do the things we have already done. there is plenty of opportunity to do that. they do not let it scare you. it is there till 2035. we will continue to what it carefully. it has been a great thing it will turn up to be a good

our marijuana has become the number one agricultural product in california. >> reporter: hamilton recently organized a first-ever meeting of reclusive pot growers and public officials to look at the impact of legalization. >> my main goal was, we've got to start talking to the shakers and the movers and we've got to let them know were ready to have let them know we're ready to have open honest discussions, as much as we can, without having the federal government throw us in prison. marijuana is still listed as an illegal substance by the federal government, which is why so many of the pot farmers came to the hidden valley's of humboldt in the first place. used to be marijuana was only a small part of the economy in humboldt county. lumber and salmon industries provided most of the jobs. then the timber industry depleted most of its inventory; saw mills closed, and now the salmon beds are covered with silt. today, the residents count on marijuana for their economy. local economists estimate pot contributes more than $500 million to the county's $3.6 billion economy. and those dollars don't

also in california, particularly in their agricultural areas in the central valley they have been tappingnto groundwater. one of the places that you can go, it has already been in the central valley of california, particularly on the western side. how about reusing water? the supply of water in the world does not grow or diminished. it changes through cycles. one of the cycles is based on the properties that we put it through. after the water has been used in a variety of ways, can it be treated in a way that can be reused? we will be looking at that first as a sheer matter of necessity. but this is an incredibly intensive process. there is a desalinization plant going out of sight of san francisco, another one in san diego. these are possible engineering solutions but they are extremely expensive, even more than the economic expense it takes tremendous amounts of energy. host: we are talking felicity barringer with, who recently wrote that perhaps 9.5 million people in the lower colorado river basin depended on the water supply in the late 1950's, today more than 28 million people. joe,

what might happen in the state of california in sort of a broad base of different impacts ranging from water resources to forest, human health, beeches, coasts, agriculture and so on. let's go on to the next one. okay this is kind of one of those tricky power point graphs and this is where i pretend i'm al gore. now we're taking longer point of view and these three traces here at the bottom is global temperature, surface temperature of the earth. this is made out from proxy records and we did not have thermometers a hundred and fifty years ago so this is reconstructed from sediments and ice ansisotopes and so forth and the top is co2, so this is in hundreds of thousands of years and it's interesting that you see this pretty remarkable sigh lick or cycles and this is the climate and other periods of earth history we would be huddled in a cave right now or something. the - one of the primary factors in causing this period or rough period is the fact that there are orbital properties of the solar system and planets resolve around them and in this case the exintrinsicty of the earths budget that changes and that goes, it has about a hundred thousand year per

california about the little fish. >> glenn: i know. >> can they water their agricultural -- >> glenn: wait. not there.ed in arizona. it's zero scape. you are bringing water in to arizona. you don't need -- a lot of people move there for alg algergies. stop bringing trees and things that aren't indigenous there. but in california you can't grow food because it inconveniences the fish. >> right. >> glenn: right. >> this is why, this is why you go to jail if you destroy an eagles egg. and you are protecting if you destroy a baby in its mother's womb. animals over people. >> glenn: i never thought of that. you do. if you destroy an eagle's egg you go to jail. >> that's -- >> higher up than man. birds are higher up than man. in public policy, we'll project other things more than protect man. no question about it. everything has to serve the earth. but everything has more value than man does in the other policy. >> glenn: do you realize -- this just occurred to me. this is how i think. we have been putting this show together for a while. it just dawned on me. do you realize how much trouble you're in and i'

but just a stone's throw away from california's capitol city, you will find all of those adjectives describe another central valley city-- the agricultural oasis known as courtland. here along the delta, farming once thrived as 49ers came searching for riches during the gold rush. and now it's up to people like tim neuharth to keep that history alive by farming the land that has given him and his family so much. >> so the family's been here since 1848 here on the delta. came out here for the gold rush and found gold elsewhere. found out that there was a market for fruit to feed everybody, and grain and all of that. cherries were a big thing here at one time, asparagus was a big thing here at one time. but now it's involved. pears are still a major pear growing region here in the delta. >> tim, along with his wife and 2 sons and 81-year-old mother all care for the most recognizable crop along the delta these days--pears. he has around 50 acres of them, growing mainly bartletts and what's being harvested today, golden russet boscs. both of whh thrive in this rich agricultural land. >> it's the soil. this is the delta. the delta's got treme

what might happen in the state of california in sort of a broad base of different impacts ranging from water resources to forest, human health, beeches, coasts, agriculture and so on. let's go on to the next one. okay this is kind of one of those tricky power point graphs and this is where i pretend i'm al gore. now we're taking longer point of view and these three traces here at the bottom is global temperature, surface temperature of the earth. this is made out from proxy records and we did not have thermometers a hundred and fifty years ago so this is reconstructed from sediments and ice ansisotopes and so forth and the top is co2, so this is in hundreds of thousands of years and it's interesting that

california history. it's just one more way that the hearst legacy is living on through the land and agriculture that haven part of this famous family for generations. >> i thought it might ruin it for me when i took over running the properties and--you know, because i'd be down here all the time working. and then when i got here, i realized that this job is kind of the best of all worlds because i can't tell whether i'm working or playing. >> welcome back to "california country." >> aancient chinese proverb promises, "eat a peach, live forever." and even to this day, the peach tree is still revered as the tree of life, which is a perfect metaphor for what peaches do for chef michelle polzine: breathe new life into her ever-evolving dessert menu here at the range restaurant in san francisco. from tarts to cakes and even ice cream, she believes every peach deserves its day in the sun and a place on her menu. >> this variety is a sun crest peach, which is kind of an old-fashioned variety. it's super fuzzy. a lot of the--a lot of varieties are hybridized to be less fuzzy, but these are kind of--these are lik

also in california, particularly in their agricultural areas in the central valley they have been tappingo groundwater. one of the places that you can go, it has already been in the central valley of california, particularly on the western side. how about reusing water? the supply of water in the world does not grow or diminished. it changes through cycles. one of the cycles is based on the properties that we put it through. after the water has been used in a variety of ways, can it be treated in a way that can be reused? we will be looking at that first as a sheer matter of necessity. but this is an incredibly intensive process. there is a desalinization plant going out of sight of san francisco, another one in san diego. these are possible engineering solutions but they are extremely expensive, even more than the economic expense it takes tremendous amounts of energy. host: we are talking felicity barringer with, who recently wrote that perhaps 9.5 million people in the lower colorado river basin depended on the water supply in the late 1950's, today more than 28 million people. joe, de

and have a temporary guest program for certain industries like agriculture and hospitality to have the workforce that we need for californiat is a balanced plan and i think it will work for california. >> so illegal immigrants could be part of the guest worker program, is that what you are saying? >> absolutely. so if you are a worker who is working in the agricultural or hospitality, sign up for the temporary guest worker program and be here to work legally on a temporary basis and pay taxes and be a part of the system, but it is a temporary guest worker program. >> never allowed to stay permanently and become u.s. citizens? >> you know, certainly my view is, until we can convince americans that we can stop illegal immigration, americans are not ready to talk about anything else. we have the federal government who has failed in their obligation to stop illegal immigration h into this country and prove to americans we can get this done and then take up the other issues, but first and foremost, get our arms around an increasing problem. and everybody is concerned about it on both sides of the aisle. >> where is the issue of

england, -- i live in a tourist town that is basically our biggest industry + agriculture right on the coast of california. prices are already very high and they were going higher. i have heard in england and hot spots that have something written into the deed that you have to stay in three years, that's it, unless illness, or your job would overrule that. i do not understand why something was not done all over our country in that case. i saw how was ridiculous. in the long run, i could see how it was going to hurt everybody. orlando,'s hear from florida first. you are involved in a foreclosure? caller: yes,help, help, help. i my small-business owner in orlando, florida. i am a retired military man and my wife when a small settlement and shared with lottery winners. bankamerica quotas and we switched from suntrust to bank of america. once we got there, we build this business here but business is not upside down. we owe a balance of about $94,000. the problem is, we have a sale for the business and when the bubble burst, the new buyer could not afford to pay the taxes when the bubble burst. she said she is

california's back to work. making sure that we hold on to manufacturing. but making sure that the agricultural industry thrives as opposed to having tremendous challenges. >> the corresponding question is that you have longstanding ties to labor organizations in the state. how will you be able to remain independent are the issues of state worker pay? >> when it comes to pay, it mix traders, union members, there -- i am the only governor that he to go to the excessive pay raises of all of the state employees. not once but twice. i was the first governor to call for the two-tier pension system. unions, yes, they have their problems. what about business over here? business with the folks who are lobbying in washin the federal regulations cut back, they had deprived the turning generals of their power to protect people from fraud and abuse and we lost 11 trillion dollars because of the abuse of the practices on wall street, the mortgage lenders, countrywide. as attorney general, we have been suing those people. i if this is something about our teachers and the people who clean bedpans and possible

california's unemployment rate is at 12.4%. in september, nearly 63,000 jobs were lost. non- agriculturentinues to exceed the national average which is 946%. >> san jose is going to cut back the city-owned vehicles. for 9.6 percent is the national average o >> and this could save the san jose millions of dollars. >> now, san jose is looking at these city-owned vehicles. right now, police cars, fire and other are left behind. most of them, not all. a new city audit has 144 police, fire, up employes could take her home at night. some as far as modesto. and to reduce that number by 90. they could save $600,000. public safety officials of that first responders to go directly from home, to emergencies. but it is a perk. and with $41 million budget deficit again next year the policy passed to change. and san jose, rob fladeboe. the meg whitman took her campaign to the south bay and also endorsement from michael bloomberg. >> in this race, she is really the only answers for fixing the states' physical crisis. she has ownshown commitment to bipartisan, and " treat this population like grown-ups

believes in excess of 70,000 jobs could be created here in california, that union in particular is talk about jobs like grocery store workers, agriculturerelated jobs, those are jobs, they say with pensions and health benefits attached to them, bill? bill: there are heavy hitters warning that the initiative has a lot of problems. who are they and what are they saying? >> reporter: there are, most notably, a group of police chiefs and some former national drug enforcement officials, nine former administrators of the dea, drug enforcement agency, have put together a letter to eric holder, urging him to take a look at this, and, to be prepared to look at having it overturned if it passes out here, because in their view it would be a clear violation of federal law, which bans the sail of illegal drugs like marijuana, robert bonner, former dea administrator in particular, tells us, he believes the people behind prop 19 know this, and he says they are committing a hoax on the people of california, trying to tell people of california that there will be tax revenues raised and he wants to get the message out there and, it is an interesting deba

agriculture or hospitality. i did not think the arizona law was right for california. it was divisive and be caught up in the courts and i have a better plan. we have to solve this problem. it is one of the major challenges facing california and i think i have a great plan to do it. [applause] >> mr. brown. you are the chief law- enforcement officer. why should not businesses be held responsible and pay a penalty if they continue to do so? >> this is a federal government responsibility. almost every police chief i know does not want to be in the business of [unintelligible] i have signed agreements with the federal government so those illegal immigrants who are arrested, their fingerprints are sent back to washington to my office and if they are illegal, they are subject to deportation. the biggest problem, we have millions who are here illegally in the country and california. there in the shadows. is she going to deport them or will we leave them there? we need a comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level. i support that. without a path to citizenship, we h

agriculture or hospitality. but i've been clear from the beginning that i didn't think the arizona law was right for california. it was divisive, it will be caught up in the courts, but we have to solve this problem. it is one of the major challenges facing california. i think i've got a great plan to do it. [ applause ] >> mr. brown? you're the chief law enforcement officer in california. why should not businesses be held responsible for the hiring of undocumented workers and pay a penalty if they continue to do it? >> this is good, but this is a federal government responsibility under our constitution. and almost every police chief i know does not want to be in the business of raiding businesses. that's what the immigration service is for. i as attorney general have signed agreements with the federal government so that those illegal immigrants who are arrested, that their fingerprints are sent back to washington through my office. if they're illegal, they're made subject to deportation. the biggest problem is we have millions of people that are here illegally in the country and in california. they're in the s

finally, we needed temporary guest program in california that allows people to be here on a temporary basis, working in all kinds of areas for agriculture and hospitality. i did not think it was right for california. one of the major challenges facing the united states, i think i have a great plan to do it. [applause] >> you are the chief law- enforcement officer of the state of california, why should business is not be held accountable >> businesses should, but this is a federal government responsibility under the constitution. almost every police chief that i know it is not want to be in the business of raising -- trading businesses. as attorney general i have signed agreements with the federal government so that those illegal immigrants that are arrested, their fingerprints are sent back to washington to my office and if they are illegal, they are deported. the biggest problem is that we have millions of people that are here illegally in the country and california. they are in the shadows. what will we do about it. is she going to deport them? we need a comprehensive reform that the federal level. without a path that citizenship, we

california. the unemployment rate is 12.5. some communities, like african-american community, people would celebrate that because it is much higher. >> in some communities, not just african-american communities, but in some of the agricultural communities and central valley communities, it is as high as 25% or 30%. we know that does not count people who have simply given up looking for work. at the same time, and something that has been a little bit of an issue in the governor's race, the folks at the top are doing fine. with 16 billion years in san francisco, up from 12. the very well in california have benefited tremendously from the bush tax cuts. this is a very wealthy state. san francisco is a wealthy city. this is a state where under arnold schwarzenegger we have had a series of cuts only budgets. we of decimated the public sector by maybe $18 billion-$20 billion over the last four years, money that us to the went to health care and education and social services and into things that actually create jobs like infrastructure improvements has been decimated. at the same time, the people at the top have been doing just fine. in a sense you have two california's bread that of the rich and that of the rest of us. it is a hu

agriculture or hospitality. i have been clear from the beginning that i did not think the arizona law was right for california. it will get caught up in the courts and i have a better plan. we need to solve this problem. it is a major challenge facing us in the united states and california. i think i have a great plan to do it. >> mr. brown? you are the chief law- enforcement officer for the state of california. why should business is not be held responsible for the hiring of undocumented workers? >> businesses should. this is the federal government's responsibility under our constitution. almost every police chief i know does not want to be in the business of breaking businesses. that is what immigration services are for. as attorney general, i have signed agreements with the federal government so that those illegal immigrants who are arrested then have their fingerprints said to washington and are subject to deportation. we have millions of people here illegally in the country and in california. they are in the shadows. what will you do? are you going to leave them there or deport them? we need a comprehensi

agriculture or hospitality. i did not think the arizona law was right for california. it was divisive and be caught up in the courts and i have a better plan. we have to solve this problem. it is one of the major challenges facing california and i think i have a great plan to do it. [applause] >> mr. brown. you are the chief law- enforcement officer. why should not businesses be held responsible and pay a penalty if they continue to do so? >> this is a federal government responsibility. almost every police chief i know does not want to be in the business of [unintelligible] i have signed agreements with the federal government so those illegal immigrants who are arrested, their fingerprints are sent back to washington to my office and if they are illegal, they are subject to deportation. the biggest problem, we have millions who are here illegally in the country and california. there in the shadows. is she going to deport them or will we leave them there? we need a comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level. i support that. without a path to citizenship, we h

california? >> you know, i am very proud that i have received the endorsement of so many in the hispanic community and so many in the agricultural community. the reason i believe i have received their endorsement and their support is because they understand that you have to deal with the most pressing problems in front of us. the most pressing problems are we do not have a secure border. senator boxer vilifying people in arizona doesn't help with that. we do not have a guest -- >> we have to move on to senator boxer with a question about immigration as well. >> senator boxer, you have the opportunity to answer because it's true that in 2007 you cut the key vote for the amendment that -- the guest worker program and you said you oppose it because it would provide a pool of cheap labor. you repeated that in your meeting with us and it will take jobs from american workers. ms. fiorina says your vote killed a chance to pass comprehensive immigration reforming. your response. >> my response is very direct. the temporary worker program that my opponent supports and that i opposed was so draconian that one of the newspapers said it was

california. >> i am proud that i have received the endorsement of so many in the hispanic community and so many in the agricultural community. the reason i believe i received their endorsement and support is that they understand that you have to deal with the most pressing problems in front of us. the most pressing problems in front of us are that we do not have a secure border. senator boxer vilifying people in arizona does not help. we do not have a guest worker program that works. our state depends upon it. >> we have to move on to senator boxer with a question about immigration. >> you have the opportunity to answer. it is true that in 2007 you cast the key vote for the amendment that phased out the guest worker program. you said you opposed it because it would provide a pool of cheap labor. you repeated that in your meeting with us out "la opinion -- at "la opinion." ms. fiorina says your vote killed the chance to pass immigration reform. >> my response is directed the temporary worker program that my opponent supports and that i opposed was so draconian that one of the newspapers said it was indentured servi