we do that in california. civil local police chief has to sign-on if you want to conceal and carry a weapon. third, background checks are conducted on everyone. we must get people to help that they need. finally, one way to talk about today to you about today is something that i have been pushing for years. it has to be front and center in this conversation. we must utilize all the law enforcement tools at our disposal. 300 million weapons are in our country today, sometimes spread out on the streets. so we can figure out a way to reduce that.

condition the failure to provide a usable telephone jack and telephone wiring as required by the california civil code and, 4, making environmental findings, legislative findings and findings pursuant to california health and safety code section 17958.5. >> good morning, commissioners, good to see you all, nick pagalato on behalf of commissioner mar. >> in 2001 commissioner mar called for a hearing on issues affecting our most vulnerable residents. because this sector of our community is growing not just city-wide but specifically in residential hotels we thought it was timely to try to address some of the challenges that these residents face. we have been working very closely with a group of stake holders, particularly sro activists, the mission sro collaborative, the city sro collaborative, sro families united and the senior action network. they came together and produced a report in 2011 that outlined many of the issues that both seniors and people with disabilities are facing in residential hotels. it was presented to us in this hearing and along with a report, they produced a set of concrete

>> i graduated from the university of california berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. i started with the department of public works in 1984. in 2003, i was asked to come to san francisco public utilities commission to take the meat on the program. i'm responsible for all the large capital projects for water, waste water, and power. it's about $12 billion of capital projects. we have a lot of projects. our water system improvement program, 80 products that span seven counties. we have a staff of about 400 city employees and about 500 consultants. puc is really embracing technology. we wanted to make sure we really had a system that would elevate all issues so we could address them in a timely manner. as you know, time is money. we have a construction

civil rights fight. >> reporter: cnn, pasadena, california. >> let's bring in our legal guys. avery freedman in cleveland, ohio. and richard hermann, new york criminal defense lawyer joining us from las vegas. richard, the supreme court has choices of cases it could take here. it decided to take these two, doma and proposition 8. why do you think they took these and not others? >> you know, after this election, this issue is so ripe for the supreme court the jurisdictions are so split in their laws, many states recognizing same-sex marriage and performing same-sex marriages. some states not recognizing them. this is the perfect scenario for the supreme court to step in and ultimately make a ruling. there are over 1,000 cases, joe, in which federal laws are impacted by marital status.

we do that in california. civillocal police chief has to sign-on if you want to conceal and carry a weapon. third, background checks are conducted on everyone. we must get people to help that they need. finally, one way to talk about today to you about today is something that i have been pushing for years. it has to be front and center in this conversation. we must utilize all the law enforcement tools at our disposal. 300 million weapons are in our country today, sometimes spread out on the streets. so we can figure out a way to reduce that. so what i call my in the meantime strategy, we have to keep our schools safe. when our children and grandchildren are at school, we have to have faith that they are safe. look at what we have here when we come into the building. all of our families breathe a little easier. so i'm introducing a bill that will protect our children at school. the first one is actually a violence against children though that i wrote a long time ago. it is called school safety enhancement act. it wo

civil liberties union. records obtain bid the aclu of northern california show sheriff greg ahon received bids for the drone back in august with the stated purpose of intelligence gathering and surveillance. >> we have nothing yet on paper that will bind the sheriff impose written and personal safeguards and mechanisming to prevent public abuses. >> to think we would go an use an unmanned aerial system for civilian surveillance is inaccurate. >> reporter: ahern says the surveillance would be used primarily for search and rescue. a vote is now expected early next year. >>> president obama appears to be winning support for his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy to help deal with the so called fiscal cliff. ktvu's rita williams reports on

[applause] >> i graduated from the university of california berkeley with a degree in civil engineering. i started with the department of public works in 1984. in 2003, i was asked to come to san francisco public utilities commission to take the meat on the program. i'm responsible for all the large capital projects for water, waste water, and power. it's about $12 billion of capital projects. we have a lot of projects. our water system improvement program, 80 products that span seven counties. we have a staff of about 400 city employees and about 500 consultants. puc is really embracing technology. we wanted to make sure we really had a system that would elevate all issues so we could address them in a timely manner. as you know, time is money. we have a construction management information system. it is a great tool to help us address construction and make it successful, as it is today. cmis is one of the first major tools we put in place. the next one is the san francisco online invoicing, where we are now working with the contractor and consultant to have them submit their invoices o

california national guard. i'm one of the airmen and soldiers, almost 21,000 strong, that answers the governor's mission. it's available to all civil providers out there and emergency responders and it is in california the substantial or the equal of many third world countries in terms of military force that can be applied to a disaster. >> i'm lynn wilder, i'm the emergency management coordinate roar at san francisco general trauma center and i'm also representing the san francisco council of emergency partnership which is the group of emergency management coordinators from each of the hospitals throughout san francisco who mead regularly with dph and dem to plan and prepare for our medical response. >> as rob mentioned earlier, one of the primary reasons for the medical exchange is to get an understanding of the capabilities, what can the military bring and what are some of the challenges that we as civilians are going to face when we have this large number of casualties. so what i'd like to hear from our civilian panelists is what were some of our observations about the capabilities the military demonstrated down at moffatt >> i

the office of civil complaints investigators complaints against san francisco police officers and makes policy recommendations on san francisco police department polices. in california, law enforcement agencies must have a procedure to investigation complaints by members of public against peace officers. the occ serves that purpose for the san francisco police department. our office is staffed by a diverse group of civilians who have never been san francisco police officers. the office has a 35-member staff, the majority of whom are investigators. and the balance of staff consists of attorneys and support staff. what we do is we conduct investigations to find out what happened. we follow the evidence by interviewing the person who brought the complaint, the involved police officers and civilian witnesses. we have subpoena power to compel testimony and obtain evidence. we also obstain additional

civiles de la persona, la demanda fue imprescindible para el anuncio. >>> otro factor que inclinÓ la balanza, la aclaraciÓn que hizo la procuradora de california del programaunidades seguras. >>> (hablan en inglÉs). >>> ella dijo que constitucionalmente, las agencias locales de policÍa no estÁn obligadas a cumplir, su participaciÓn es voluntaria. >>> los cambios no entratarÁn en efecto de inmediato en cÁrceles de los Ángeles, seÑalaron que faltan lineamientos para decir que solo los inmigrantes que cometieron delitos mayores sean entregados a agentes de inmigraciÓn, en los Ángeles, jaime garcÍa, univisiÓn. >>> en momentos que se avivÓ el debate de la importancia de la reforma migratoria, se informa que hay un millÓn menos de

we do some sort of civil support emergency response system every three days in california. we support the governor, mainly law enforcement and the fire services here in the state. we tend to do more emergency missions every year than any of the 53 states and territories combined. so, we have quite a bit of experience. with that experience has come a wealth of relationship building that's key to success and any disaster response is being able to work with the inter agency. we're in a unique position because in addition to my federal responsibilities for commanding both the army and the air national guard, i also serve as a member of the governor's cabinet and with that i work on a daily basis with all of the other state level assets and resources, cal ema, cal fire, the highway patrol, health and human services and all the other state entities that would respond to support local authorities. we have a full-time liaison officer embedded in cal ema that works there 7 days a week, 5 days a week to continue to develop and build that relationship. we exercise regularly at all lev

today, california voter approved ban on same sex marriage in what could result in a landmark civil rights ruling. the justices will exam the u.s. appeals decision in february that found proposition 8 unconstitutional. today, san francisco's city attorney says a shift in public opinion about same sex marriage since proáp prop 8 passed a few years ago. >> i could think of no other case to take up if it is going to take up a case, is this case. coming at a particularly optune time. >> reporter: the supreme court agreed to look at a new york case that found the federal defense marriage act denies legally married same sex couples the benefits. our coverage continues with patty lee live in san francisco with reaction from two key players and one couple that remains in limbo, patty? >> reporter: today's announcement caught a lot of people from off guard, same sex couples hoping to wed to pioneers briefly legalized it in the city. >> reporter: tom picked out items for his wedding to his lifelong partner but they have not set a date. they are waiting for the supreme court to make a decision on gay

the california national guard has air and land assets that are substantial and can be rapidly deployed to assist the civil responders in their mission to move people, to get things set up, to establish common security. it's a partnership that really needs to happen and is natural. the governor controls the california national guard, he can make forces appear very rapidly in support of a regional disaster, a local emergency or wherever they are needed, and transportation, communication, security logistics capabilities that come to the table really augment the medical care that's being provided in the disaster scene. >> like colonel ingels, i was impressed by the robust, defined chain of command and a large response capable of being produced. however, in an overwhelming disaster things don't always go as planned and certainly our experiences in combat has showed us there and prior experience with disasters have outlined that even though there's a well-defined system of response it doesn't always work out. what i defined yesterday was that logistics problems may get in the way and interfere with medical surg

california dream this region has own legs. and streets erupt at the country's most violent outbreak of civil unrest not once but twice it's also the home of america's two most infamous african-american. rips in the bloods is bloody forty year feud is taken by times as many lives as the long running sectarian conflict in northern ireland and whose devastating body count continues today. but in south los angeles. life wasn't always this way. in the one nine hundred fifty s. three friends from south l.a. ron byrd become us grew up reaching for their piece of the american dream. the most significant thing was when i went to join the boy scouts good boy scouts of america. my mother taking up to the scout to be good your robert plant where the original bill if one thousand nine hundred thirty three to nine hundred eighty three parked in our neighborhood right there so i go up there to join the boy scouts my mother did not the scout master. it was nice but it tells my mother well i don't know what some parents might object because it was a white troop. to say be prepared to do a good turn daily the scout is is trustworthy loyal frien

california but remember also in california stockton is one of the biggest ever bankruptcy's by city they first went bankrupt and we were there really broke and speaking of civil wars they've got all sorts of violence there but in a closely related action bond insurers who are responsible for the death of stockton california filed papers in that city's bankruptcy case denouncing calibers efforts to be treated differently from other creditors because stockton has continued to make payments to calipers while halting payments to some bondholders it on member or after the cold war russia had a fire sale in those. jets and i mean those supersonic jets why doesn't the paul singer some of these private equity guys you know arm themselves with jets like the stingers and go after those pensioners come on paul up your game vulture capitalists just can't use the courts anymore commit mass slaughter paul where you know we know you're good for it i'll be back i don't know what do i buy slaughter in america to make back twenty cents on the fifteen cents he invested that's the bedouin to make and finally know all the bond and finally know all the guarantee was more egregious