wildlife service, the fisheries service, the california department of fish and game, the california water control boarday area management district, and california department of transportation. negotiate and execute real estate agreements, financial assurances, and conservation easements related to acquisition as necessary for the project. negotiate and execute any construction agreements or memorandum of understanding with san mateo county related to coordination of the project. notwithstanding these already granted to the general manager, the general manager is not authorized to dispose of any real property in any manner without the approval pursuant to the charter section. implementation will include advertising for construction bids for the project and compensatory actions for the habitat. commissioner crowley: thank you, michael. >> the lower crystal springs dam is located at crystal springs dam and skyline boulevard. on your mouth, it is right here. -- on your map, it is right here. the project involves a hydraulic improvements. the specific improvements to be built as part of the project include

to adopt a new 2010 port building code, adopting the building code standard for that title 24 california board of regulations status pertinent to the port specific locations with topographical conditions. it will also conclude -- include our administrative procedures. so that we are able to process and permit applications and appeal to building code decisions. this includes a building code with a goal -- a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 20% below the 1990 levels by the year 2012. as stated in resolution 158-02 in the city's 2004 climate action plan. we will have a water conservation regulation, construction debris management regulations, and commercial ratings efficiencies concluded in the building code requirements. they will all be very similar to the san francisco building code requirements, which are more stringent than the state. the state pretty much addresses only new construction. we will include remodeling and construction that is not new. the schedule, we are working out at right now. engineering staff is meeting with our environmental specialists currently and we plan

example is a diesel regulation, the third recent example of this same regulatory body in california, the air resources board, overinflighting input to the computer models to get these regulations and this is a giant red flag because california voters go to the poll to suspend the first ever state implementation of the global warming treaty which will kill millions of jobs, and they claim they will centrally plan a green economy as the first in the world but it has been a train wreck throughout europe and this red flag tells the voters to remember it is not trust worth any. at bairm minimum -- a bare minimum, a go time to delay and review. >>stuart: we talked to the california people and we put this problem to them and they have this statement and i will quote directly from it. "this had nothing to do with faulty science or calculations. the equipment wasn't being used or had been sold due to lack of business." that's from the california air resources board, the spokesman there. now, that is their statement. they say it was faulty equipment. what do you make of that? it seems that a 340 percent overestimatio

. >> i am introduced sheehan and resolution supporting the california air resources board leadership to promote emission reductions for motor vehicles. i serve on the air quality management district which is a leader in insuring that the most polluted committees are prioritized. california has been experiencing a public health crisis due to poor health quality. air pollution causes severe adverse health impacts including asthma attacks, hospitalization, and premature death. there are many anbar militias that must be addressed such as kroger summers, force fires. san francisco has enacted a number of laws which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. there are also those that support integrated land use. the resolution supports the state of california this -- efforts to implement the policies and programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will also advancing public health, air quality, and the green and economy of california. resolution encourages the state of california and resources board to establish resources targets to incentivize the land use transportation planning. i

. >> reporter: the university of california board of regents took up an issue about a makeover to finance. >> we have to plan for the worst but hope for the best. >> reporter: a budget was passed that giveses the system $250 million more than last year but uc officials say operating expenses are skyrocketing as more staff layoffs and student hikes may be on tap for 2011, even as more aid is coming in. >> as fees have gone up, the percentage of low-income students have gone up. so the main sort of agency -- aingst is -- >> reporter: the panel is also pushing for more private fund- raising but dropped a controversial plan to charge different fees on different uc campuses, for now. >> they have a lot of social implicationses, political implications. i think when we saw that, students are willing to organize, student regular willing to come out and show their -- voice their concerns around this issue. >> reporter: still, no students attended this meeting and the commission unanimously passed the report without any public comment today. >> the more things are leveraged on students, the more th

>> none. >> reporter: why is the california board of pharmacy not involved? >> so in this case, you have a state law that allows marijuana to be provided pursuant to a recommendation. but under federal law, a pharmacy could not dispense that because it's a class one drug. >> reporter: meaning a street drug. so to avoid any risk of federal raids and prosecutions, both the pharmacy and medical boards turn a blind eye to pot dispensaries. so who is training budtenders? >> the only way people really do that now is going to oakster dam. >> reporter: so we did a little digging and found oaksterdam university offers a certificate of achievement from the science of cannabis to the chemistry of extracting medicines. but critics say they meet just once a week for 13 weeks. and if that student is a budtender, they can still work and dispense cannabis even while they are learning about the drugs. >> it absolutely needs to be regulated, absolutely. >> reporter: consider this. if prop 19 the initiative to legalize all of pot passes in november, budtenders could become the

one specific example of another agency that should be looking at climate change is the california recreation board that's responsible for protectg the central valley for flooding and it's particular striking they have done so in the delta where there's a lot of housing constructed and where they are now , we don't know the risk those communities would be in risk of flooding. are we building another katrina in the delta and are we doing so that increases the delta failure that has profound water shortage implications and we have them claiming yes climate change is real, yes, it has implications, but, no, they would not evaluate them. so being the reasonable people we are, we sued them. but we think it require as real analysis especially when agencies are making long-term issues with profound effects for public safety and we hope the courts resolve that rapidly and the legislature can do that as well. >> as far as regional exercises, i think i'm all for it. they do have their limitations but the way to improve these models and to understand their capabilities is to use them and try to confirm that t

. >> reporter: the union also cites numbers from california board of equalization that suggests thathe golden state could be inhaling in excess of $1 billion a year in those tax revenues. >> shepard: they could use the money. who are opponents saying now? >> reporter: well, opponents say the whole thing is really a hoax on the voters of california. we're talking about police chiefs and former drug enforcement officials. they're actually urging attorney general eric holder to get ready to take court action if prop 19 passes. they claim there won't be any taxes collected because it would be violation of federal law. >> the problem is nobody is going to be paying taxes because nobody is going to want to be admitting that they're committing a serious federal criminal violation and doing so. i believe the proopponents of prop 19 either know that or they are smoking something. >> reporter: and attorney general eric holder's office says he is going to take a wait-and-see attitude as to whether to do anything about prop 19. but they're watching it. >> shepard: anita vogel, live in los angele

resolution encourages the state of california and resources board to establish resources targets to incentivize the land use transportation planning. i want to acknowledge that the department of the environment has really been a leader throughout the country had and i know that we want to see ourselves as the electric vehicle capital of the u.s.. with all these different efforts, i hope to be supportive of the air resources board and i encourage support for my colleagues as well. thank you. >> colleagues, today i am proposing a number of ways to address issues that have resulted around tour buses in san francisco. my constituents complain about sightseeing buses including those that are idling too long, blocking traffic, and using loud amplification systems. we recognize the importance of tourism but too many people have had their quality of life negatively affected by tour buses and at this time there's further. regulation. we have worked with the mta, the police department, and other agencies to find solutions for these problems. and attracting much a station which will restrict the use of am

on behalf of the california high speed rail authority, board members who are here today, our new ceo, we join in celebrating this great day and accomplishment. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. now, representing the state of california on behalf of governor schwarzenegger is david crane. he is the governor's economic adviser. i want to give a special thank- you to the state of california for transferring the land that made all of this possible. [applause] >> thank you, maria. as a supporter of high-speed rail, i can guarantee you governor schwarzenegger would love to be here today, but he is in sacramento focused on the budget reforms that are needed to protect the funding for precisely the kind of infrastructure that we are celebrating today. he sent me here instead. not least because he knows i am a standard disk in who commutes to work to sacramento by rail, but also because he knows that the sustainable economy of the 21st century simply cannot be built without 21st century transportation systems, such as high-speed rail, and 21st century transportation terminals, such as

. >> i am introduced sheehan and resolution supporting the california air resources board leadership to promote emission reductions for motor vehicles. i serve on the air quality management district which is a leader in insuring that the most polluted committees are prioritized. california has been experiencing a public health crisis due to poor health quality. air pollution causes severe adverse health impacts including asthma attacks, hospitalization, and premature death. there are many anbar militias that must be addressed such as kroger summers, force fires. san francisco ha

>> we have spent the last four years working with the california inner resources board on many regulationshave. the one that is last in this proposition is called the truck-bus rule that doesn't fall under the auspices of ab-so we have so much expense and coming it is very difficult for us to try and manage these costs. we certainly can't pass them along to anybody. we are trying to spread these costs over a little more extended period of time. >> tell me about this, the bus-truck rule. i want people to understand what it means. >> the truck-bus rule, tying that what they call the off-road rule, where people look the trucks and look at emissions coming through the stack. it mandates us to have 2007 engine standard and 2010. the technology and work that has been done on that has been dramatic. we're forced to do that, we're going to go through with it and complete that. at the same time, coupled with especially on proposition 22, there is a greenhouse gas regulation, five key elements of that. those are additional costs where we would have to take our trailers and retrofit them with devices

i believe this board of appeals as presently constituted is unqualified to act upon the appeals brought before it. there are serious questions as to whether california state law is applicable. the board hides behind attorney- client privilege to avoid answering this question. they simply say that the qualifications are listed in the charter, which essentially requires nothing other than a warm body. without a basic level of understanding about the intricacies of the matters before it, the matters of the board are totally dependent on the recommendations of various agencies. the board of appeals in becomes nothing more than a rubber stamp for those recommendations. -- the board of appeals becomes nothing more than a rubber-stamp for those recommendations. i do not think the members of this board have the courage to discuss publicly and allow public comment on their qualifications. one of the things that i have come to appreciate about several of the boards here in the city is that absolute power corrupts absolutely. if someone does not agree with what you do, who do you appeal it to? you. if someone disagrees with a recommendation made by the city, w

the california fig advisory board says fresh fig consumption has increased by about 60% as a new generation discovers that each fruit is a bundle of goodness. >> they also are very high in b vitamins, and, of course, they have potassium, which most fruit does. but they're--of all fruits, they're right up there at the top with nutritional value. >> the chefs who were serving fig bread pudding were raving over how versatile figs are to cook with. >> so, from my end, they add texture, color, and just a very subtle flavoring. >> figs are believed to be one of the earliest fruits in the world, and were introduced to america around the 1500s. >> and our real goal, though, is now to spread out the demand, introduce more people to figs, fresh figs especially, to get a new group interested in such a, you know, fabulously healthy fruit. >> and judging by all of the peop who came to the fig festival, thousands of california figs will be enjoyed by generations to come. charlotte fadipe, "california country tv." >> hi. my name is john toulze. i'm the executive chef of the girl and the fig and the fig ca

. >>> if you're watching on nbc 739 in san diego, california, take the board out of board games. head to it secret lives of games to explore games from around the world at the san diego museum of man. that's your pacific event of the day, page. >> that sounds like fun. >>> now here's an early look at this morning's early headlines and entertainment. fear took the box office this weekend as "paranormal activity 2" set a record for the biggest-ever opening for by horror film. more than doubling its expected take, "paranormal activity 2" earned $41.5 million passing the $40.6 million taken in by the previous record holder last year's "friday the 13th" remake. the sequel reportedly had been made for as little as $1 million, took in over $20 million on friday alone, its opening day. not bad. last week's winner "jackass 3d" took in $21.6 million in second. in just two weeks this jackass film has made over $87 million, already outearning its two predecessors. the action comedy "red" which debuted second in the shadow of "jackass 3d" held up well this weekend, slipping to third, but earn

also president of the homeowners' association at california street, which represents 91 apartments, approximately 200 individuals. and also on the board of directors at 1177 california st., which has to wonder 50 apartments and close to 300 residents. -- which has 250 apartments and close to 300 residents. this has been explained to us by folks at the vermont at several occasions. our hoa's realize this is going to be a disruptive event for a number of years, but we think it will advance the quality of life on nob hill. nob hill has become steadily more residential over the past few years, and going to a motel we think will be beneficial. we think the residential presence will also be beneficial to the hill. president miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is stephen captain. i have been a resident of non- hill -- nob hill since 1972. i have lived within a block of the vermont for the last 20 years. we can all agree that the knob hill hotels have experienced that loud sucking sound as guests have increasingly elected to say in south of market hotels. the proposed project addresses these economic realities and hel

have got a risk of strong storms down to the southwest, rain extending all the way to the california-nevada board if. plenty of sunshine from the rockies down to texas and back into the southeast where temperatures are going to be chillier than usual.ch >> we have improving conditions from yesterday, but we are still going to keep a couple of rainshowers and the forecast as we head through the day to day. we head through the day to day. >>> now to the american couple who allegedly were attacked by pirates on the mexican border. first here's nbc's janet shanlian. >> reporter: they knew each other since high school and had a passion for adventure. but 29-year-old tiffany hartley and her 30-year-old husband david could never have imagined how a sightseeing trip on jet skis could change their lives forever. last thursday the couple ventured out on to the falcon lake reservoir in south texas. >> we were about five minutes away from that place, coming back towards the united states and they were accosted by mexican pirates. >> did you see anybody? >> there were three boats, and they cam back looking at

a report in the "san francisco chronicle" finds pollution estimate made by the california air resources board were too high by 340%. the board says pollution has dropped in recent years. that's because the economic downturn is forcing trucks off the road. but independent researchers blamed a faulty method of calculations. >>> in oakland, vandals have again damaged part of this memorial to the victim of the 1991 oakland hills firestorm. you see how they cut eight bronze rods there? they represent the charred treat left behind by the fire. someone also did this kind of thing a few years back, as well. the theory, it's the same. the thieves are probably trying to sell those rods as scrap metal. >> to me, this is like kind of dancing on the graves of the fire victims. it's unconscionable. and it's very difficult time for us to try to raise money to replace the substantial amount of damage that was done to this sculpture. >> the vandals also bent some of the over rods probably trying to break them off. the damage is estimated in the thousands of dollars. >>> in just about an hour and a half, the g

a california man is released after spending two and a half years behind bars in iran. >>> and body on board. a california woman drives around with a corpse in her car for ten months. this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, october 22nd, 2010. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> long-time news analyst juan williams says he stands by the comments that got him fired from national public radio. williams said monday he gets nervous when he boards a plane and sees people in muslim dress. williams is a regular contributor to fox news, where he just signed a new multi-year contract. last night on fox's bill o'reilly show williams said he doesn't understand npr. >> they take something totally out of context like one word or one line and forget the fact here i am engaging you bill o'reilly, right, we're having an honest discussion, this is what america should be, people having a real debate -- >> as ben tracy reports, williams' comments set off a firestorm of criticism and debate. >> when i get on a plane, i got to tell you, if i see people who are in muslim garb

the california resources board has adopted as a goal for california a requirement that 1/3 of our electricity use be from renewable energy. i have a plan that reaches that goal. 20,000 megawatts by 2020. when you stop that requirement as she's advocating, you create uncertainty. you create doubt for investors. secondly, another part of ab-32 is the low carbon fuel standard. that incentivizes biofuels and other substitutes for oil. and that -- we don't want to pull that incentive back. by the way, the people who are crying are two oil companies in texas and a big conglomerate, a petrochemical conglomerate. they're putting up the money. they don't want to deal with it. one said, my god, they're going to use less oil in california. you bet. we're going to use more california sun and more california wind. and we'll get it done. [ applause ] >> let me answer that for just a second because he didn't answer the question that you asked which is what is he going do about the 97% of the jobs that are going to be hurt by ab-32. there was a provision in this law which was such the right provision. in tim

. >>> the california medical board today opened a hearing to suspend or revoke the license of dr. michael company rafah -- michael kamrava. he also nadya suleman conceive her children. he implanted an unheard of number of embryos into suleman violating national standards of character and endangerering her health and -- endangering her health and the health of the babies. >>> some members of congress want to increase the federal minimum wage to $10 an hour. they are touting the idea as an economic stimulus. ktvu's carol hahn reports from our washington bureau. >> reporter: the argument for raising the minimum wages is that people who make more spend more, specifically $5.5 billion more. that's how much economists estimate consumers racked up in new spending after the federal minimum wage went up to $7.25 last year. >> what better way to stimulate the economy than to just make sure that people get a fair wage for the work that they do. >> reporter: a recent poll of more than 3000 registered voters by the public religion research institute found that 2/3 of those surveyed supported r

big changes could be coming to university of california campuses. the board of regents is has starred reviewing recommendations from a special commission. they are suggesting that the uc find ways to help students graduate in less than four years. another possibility is raising the cap on a number of non- resident students. the state budget passed last week gives the uc system $250 billion more than last year. however, officials say expenses keep going up. which means layoff and student fee increases may be necessary for the next school year even as more -- even as more financial aid is being found for low-income students. >> the main aingst is it hurts middle class family, umer middle-class families more than poor families, ironic as that teams. but everyone is gonna have to sacrifice. the recents could decide whether to raise student fees for the fall of 2011. >>> a lot of the time i would contemplate suicide because -- no one accepted me. >> in general kids feel very stressed out because there's so much pressure to do well especially in communities as mari

i am also the founder of small business california new mexico on the board, and i have had the opportunity to speak to small businesses across the state and country about this phenomenal program. most of the businesses i talk to ask why they did not have something like that in their area. but i have also had the opportunity firsthand to use the program. i hired an individual that i needed a claims person. i was shorthanded, and i did not have the wherewithal to hire somebody, and i hired this incredible woman who has come in, and i will continue to employ her, but just to give you a story, this literally happened just this week. on monday at 3:00 a.m., she had a child. at 11:00, she called my office and said she would be in tomorrow. we told her that that was not necessary. [laughter] but it shows the dedication, and i am also pleased to say we are providing full benefits, so she has her sick leave and medical, but she has done so much for my company. one of the things that is not talked about on this program, obviously, is the benefit to the employer. it is a benefit to the individual, bu

. >>> the medical board of california is holding a licensing hearing for the octo mom's fertility doctor to determine whether his license should be revoked. a state attorney said the doctor implanted nadia with a dozen embryos. she claims he planted six and two split. fertility specialists say he endangered the health of the mother and her babies. the hearing should last two weeks. >>> listen to this, coffee, tea or wine at starbucks? if you are seattle bound, beer and wine are now on on the menu at at renovated starbucks. the idea is to test whether they can serve a crowd looking for a mellow afternoon. they will go on sale just after 4:00 in time for the happy hour. >>> stay here with us. when we come back, an update on the breaking news story we are? woman: who are we? chic, modern, daring dinner-party hosts. that sounds dangerous, maybe we're more the traditional sunday brunch set? i'll expect slippers and a cocktail to be ready when i get home from work. point taken. how about... peaceful, quiet cottage in the country folk? now that's us. spend over 2500 dollars on a new kitchen and