it would require the california transportation commission to come up with a comprehensive plan to guide decisions about both high speed and conventional rail by 2014. a judge has tentatively ruled that the state controller cannot strip workers oh you have their pay because he believes they didn't balance a budget on time. john chung overstepped his authority. he said he was operating under prop 25. the judge ruled he used his own interpretation of the law and his own calculations to determine that the budget was not balanced. >>> former political consultant launched his long-shot campaign for president today. >> fred who? >> this new campaign video was briefly pulled off youtube because it shows two men kissing. he's openly gay. he said it's not easy to find acceptance as a gay republican in california. >> a lot of the conservative groups have excluded me. >> he plans to run the campaign ad in southern california. >>> apple had a big day on the first day of trading following yesterday's earning reports. it jumped almost 9% to close at $610. the rally follows strong i-phone and i-pad sal

director's report, this is one of five projects were we have to have a vote by the california transportation commission. this is the first priority and i think that we will get there. and we want to work with the mass transit authority. the federal transit administration -- all of these requirements will go away. and the project will be delivered in a timely fashion. >> i appreciate the work that has been done on this, and hopefully we can get this to the conclusion. this is actually the seven projects, and the redistricting will be in district 7. >> what you have just mentioned, we will have to struggle with later on, when the board will mess up all of the coding adjusted. a couple of districts, a couple of projects that are very old, from the 2008 lifeline funding cycle. the delays of the state economy and the state financial issues have the bond sales -- police was not going to be of long duration. but the access improvements -- this should get construction funds. these are both simple but important projects, dealing with access improvements. one thing -- when dealing with the uncertainty of the con

. >> a california transportation commission report last year assessed the state needs roughly $350 billione or maintain our current system which is why dan salazar things we shouldn't mess with the gas tax. >> $2? not worth it. if they do, what's that going to do to the highways and bridges that need be fixed? >> the savings is attractive. >> we can cap the tax, any savings is a good thing for everybody. that's a step in the right direction. >> critics point out they $20 billion transportation bond that voters approve in 2006 runs out in two years so money for roads will become more scarce. the gas tax proposal goes for the transportation committee on tuesday. >> ama: next week doral drive will close to traffic for the entire weekend. this is the portion of the drive that it will shut down. this is how it will look once the first tunnel opens to the public after next weekend. until the project is finished in 2015, cars will share the tunnel separate bade moveable barrier. doral drive will be closed from 8:00 p.m. friday until 5:00 a.m. monday april 30th. >> alan: in san francisco, parents,

. >> a california transportation commission report late last year says the state needs $350 billion to rehabilitate and maintain our current system which is why they are saying, we shouldn't mess with capping the gas tax. >> what are we talking $2. if they do, what is it going to do with the highways and bridges. >> the savings is attractive. >> it would help anybody right now. i think it's a step in the right direction. >> critics pointed out $20 billion that voters approved out runs out for two years so money for roads will be more scarce. it goes before the senate transportation committee on tuesday. nannette miranda, "abc 7 news". >> terry: there is a report this morning that pg&e knew in 1989 about a leak on the same pipeline that caused the deadly san bruno gas explosion. memo describes a leak about a faulty seam weld nine miles south where the disaster occurred. it was turned in last month. well after the investigation. the company denies the leak occurred along the seam. that would have required an inspection of all 51 miles of that pipeline. >> san bruno scorched glenview neig

>>reporter: california transportation commission report late last year assessed the state needs roughly 350 billion dollars to rehad a bill date or maintain our current system. that's why he thinks we shouldn't mess with capping the gas tax. >> talking 2 dollars? not worth it to me. if they d do, what's that going to do to the highway and bridges that need to be fixed. >>reporter: savings though is attractive. >> cap the tax any favor is good for anybody. that's step in the right direction. >>reporter: critic point out 20 bill dollar transportation bond that voters approved in 2006 runs in and out 2 years. so money for roads is even more scarce. proposal goes before the senate transportation committee on tuesday. in sacramento, abc 7 news. >>> moment ago we showed you the traffic mess on i 80 in sacramento because of the carjacking but we also had traffic grid lock in the bay area today for different reasons. series of crashes ground traffic to halt on san mateo bridge early today. look at this the folks just stuck. backed up traffic on the bay bridge as well for hours. l amy explains h

execute with conditions and memorandum of understanding with the california high speed rail authority, metropolitan transportation commission, and six other local and regional entities to establish a funding from work for a high-speed rail early investment strategy for a blended system in the peninsula corridor. this is an action item. >> good morning, chair avalos, members of the committee, the deputy director for capital problems with the committee. i will be presenting the item that begins on page 51 of your package. this past week, on april 12, the high speed rail authority approved the revised 2012 business plan. one of the major components of the revision to that would be a corporation of a concept dubbed blended operations in which a high speed rail system would be coordinated, including coordination with new elements of construction, with the regional and commuter rail systems. in the particular case of the peninsula, that would be caltrain. this was a concept developed jointly by caltrain and the san francisco high speed rail working group over the past year, working in cooperation with high-speed rail authority as

execute with conditions a memorandum of understanding with the california high speed rail authority, metropolitan transportation commission, and six other local entities to establish a funding framework for an early investment strategy for a blended systeon the peninsula corridor. supervisor campos: thank you. colleagues? public comment? and seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, safehouse, same call? same house, same call. item 12. >> item 12, update on authority projects in the district's two and 10, and information item. supervisor campos: thank you. this is an informational items to talk about county transportation authority projects that are taking place in districts the two and 10. we can turn it over to our chief deputy. good morning. >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: hold on the double-microphone. >> thank you. deputy director of planning. "highlights. -- a quick highlights. district's two and 10, and we have staff from multiple agencies here to answer questions. next month, we will do presentations on the district's three and nine. for the benefit of those watching, there is a lot of information. the