these 713 death sentences to life without possibility of parole, and a change would save the city california $1 billion in five years. 63% of the voters support this idea across the entire state. every region of the state had a majority of support. a majority of republicans and democratic voters support this idea. 63%, ready for the governor to take everyone off of death row. this is an important change from where we used to be on this issue, because for a very long time, politicians have been afraid to talk about reasons for ending the death penalty and this has been seen -- been seen as an issue that would run political careers, as the former district attorney has shown, the death penalty is no longer of liability and the voters are ready for candidates who will say that we need smart criminal- justice policy, to keep the community safe and that will hold the offenders accountable, and that really meet the needs of all of california. the governor took a positive for step by canceling the project to build a new death row. in his statement, the governor said that this is unconscionable, to s

>> more electric cars like this nissan lease may roll out of boardwalk auto under in redwood city california after environmentally conscious millionaires cash in their stock. the auto dealer is counting on it. >> we have been doing marketing through facebook for months now to increase interest and get boardwalk's name in front of the facebook employees. in anticipation of the ipo. >> it's not just cars, the ipo hype has been driving the local real estate market goo a frenzy -- into a frenzy. >> the market is really hot right now. >> caldwell banker vice president mike james the pending ipo along with wealthy buyers from other high tech companies is driving up prices and communities near the facebook campus. >> about 20% is what most people are calling but it's a day to day event. because there are still multiple offers on every house pretty much in palo alto in menlo park. >> means higher properties for home owners. county tax assessor mark church says the county expects to generate $3 million in property taxes from facebook alone next year as it makes improvements to its new campus. >> that

it's a hot seller as we found we went undercover to recent gun show at the cow palace in daly city california legal assault rifles were everywhere. and so were gadgets to release the bullet biden in case you don't have a struggle around. like a magnet. we bought one and try it out. so why isn't law-enforcement from an obvious loophole in the states can control laws? we put the question to the bay area police departments and a comment simmer the california department of justice even senator feinstein one of the strongest them to allow it added to the country told us she was " not able to participate. but at least one group in washington d.c. is watching the issue closely. and the bullet biden assault weapons then they open the ban base of it as a system in more josh chairman of the violence policy center says the bullet and marketing campaign is huge. >>> we're talking about mate mick every major assault manufacture america companies like bushmaster called smith and wesson and a myriad of others because it's been so effective that the last great market the end result is that california law enf

the show airs live from universal city, california on june 3. harry potter is joining kindle's lending library. on june 19e-book editions of the seven potter novels will be available to amazon subscribers on kindle. once a month members can download a book for free. sasha cohen showed up in character at the premier of the newcombdy "the dictator." he plays the ruler of the pick first -- fictitious republic. that's your eye on entertainment. teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. happy friday. i'm andrea roane. >>> we made it, yeah. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. here's monika santami. howard bernstein, my friend. >>> finishing on a good notoriety into mother's day. i'm sure you're with me, trying to catch my breath. weather wise beautiful. a little bit of a breeze at

in studio city, california.od, as you may know, almost completely democratic and particularly fond of this president. if you want to found smart tell your friends in 2000 they barack obama received $9.2 million from people working in the entertainment industry. in the same cycle hillary clinton brought in $3.5 million, and republican nominee john mccain earned $1.2 million. mostly, we believe, from jon voight, who at last check was the only conservative in hollywood. the president will hold another fund-raiser next week in new york city. with ricky martin. enough of the real news. let's huddle up around the water cooler to watch mitt romney challenge president obama to a good, old contest of outdoor sporting. romney says he may not be the best golfer in the world but by golly, he put a pair of water skis on him and look out. >> i don't think i'll play the president a round of golf but i'll be happy to take him to a water ski course. i mean, we have different skills and different interests and different hobbies.

there will be more seniors living in san francisco than any other city in california. hopefully this will not just be a conversation about will lead to action and we have great partners here, the part of aging and adult services, human services agencies. also, bringing people here, along with community services, the senior action network. i am planning -- happy to be part of the conversation and will look for a solution. since we have the commission, i don't see the need to establish a task force. we should certainly look for some ways of how we can all collaborate better beyond what we already do. so, that being said, i would like to open the hearing with -- from a coalition of agencies services. >> good morning and thank you. i'm here representing the coalition of agencies serving the elderly. we're looking at the changing demographics of the city's population of seniors. the collaboration focuses on serving this population. members consider themselves real partners with the city and county of san francisco. we were closely on city departments to see what their plans

california department of finance. their growth rate of 1.5 percent is the fastest of the four biggest cities in california. >> 10 or 15,000 people per year is not unusual for san jose and we will continue to deal with that growth over the next four years. >> growth in neighboring communities help make the bay area a bright spot for california where overall growth has stalled due to the bad economy. but the bay area's biggest growth spurt is happening in morgan hill which has and adding about 200 new homes every year over the past decade. its growth rate of 2.3 percent is more than three times faster than the state as a whole. >> we move down here because morgan hill has that small-town feel. >> more relocated his business and family here and says the growth is under control and so far has not spoil the quality of life. >> we still have a fourth of july parade, and it is a more relaxed lifestyle. >> could one population that is not growing as the number of people with badges. police and fire in san jose. the same number of officers is policing about 200,000 people more then quit was back in 20 years ago when the population

city. california legal assault rifles were everywhere. and so were gadgets to release the bullied button in case you do not have a spare bullet around. >> it is literally a magnet. >> we bought one and tried it out. so why is someone forced and cracking down on what appears to be such an obvious loophole in the state's gun control laws? we put a question to bay area police departments and none would comment. simic the california department of justice. even a senator feinstein, one of the strongest and control advocates told us that she was " not able to participate ". but at least one group in washington d.c. is watching the issue closely. >> if these assault weapons are allowed to come to the state, then the california assault weapons ban does not exist anymore. >> they say the bullet but marketing campaign is huge. >> every major assault weapons manufacturer in america. bushmaster, smith and wesson, and a myriad of others. and the reason is that they're all focusing on bullet bonds is because the ban has been so effective, california is

union city and california patrol and as far as i'm told so far those outside agencies haven't been dealing with the demonstrators on the streets. >> much more peaceful protest took place in the mission district. about 200 people march add long mission street. there was a heavy police presence and the marchers chanted in favor of worker rights and urnled the obama administration to enact immigration reforms. right now in another part of san francisco pro testors occupying a building at turk and goff streets. vic lee is there. vick? >> there seems to be a minor skrimish that just broke up this, is a front of 888 turk street. police began putting up metal barricades. a captain told me they were doing that to protect pro testors from cars and there is a tense situation, police taking a stand here so they stopped all of the traffic here and so this is a, as you might see a standoff. it's owned by catholic archdiocese. we called them. they were surprised the building had been taken over again. and before this this was a festive occasion here there is a group of 2000 took over this building and h

. >> a nonprofit group is suing the city california for allegedly protecting bad teachers. the group is taking names at teachers tenure dismissal procedures and security based layoffs. >>erica: we do not have any rain to speak of but we do have some drizzle to contend with. a lot of fog has actually pushed inland. here is a look at your current temperatures. the good news is the fog should start to burn off as we head into the afternoon. future cast shows the by about 12:00 will hold on to the 60s along the coast filling into the '70s in squeezing out some eighties inland. as we advance the clock we will see more in the way of the low 80s expected around the bay. here is a quick with your extended forecast. we have a significant cool down as we head into tomorrow. we're still tracking a 10 percent chance of showers. >>justine: law enforcement in the north is telling us that this behavior is becoming a problem every single weekend. >> on monday night come in 18 year-old girl driving drunk was driving north on highway 101 across the overpass when she struck another car, injur

i do not know of any cities in california that extend hours beyond regulations. thank you. have a good day. >> linda chapman. >> i am glad some -- i am glad to hear so much interest about polk street. i want to address some of the things that came up lost time. i brought you copies of something related to lower polk neighbors. my greatest concern at present is the fact that are not representative of the community. as you heard from the merchant. he was in the meeting and 10 people voted. he talked to the other merchants in the area and found they were all completely opposed to it. what is the mitigation for this area? it will have huge impacts. $1 million to go to low or polk neighbors. i have a lot of concern about that. there was an effort made to form a cbd before. it was not -- approval was not voted. robert garcia did a lot of research as an advocate about what will happen to the tenants as a result. he learned that whatever was spent by the cbd would be passed through the rest of the tenants. how have they spend money? today they represent? one of the things you have

has made not only in the state of california, city of san francisco, but the entire country.ht now the caucus which is led by congresswoman judy chu right now has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in the congress. one of the first things we want to say is that was a young man that was the first member of the sikh community and we want to make note of that. the re-establishment of the white house initiative on aapi by president obama was another accomplishment. let me tell that you president obama's cabinet has dr. steven chu in energy, gerrie locke is now the very first asian american, chinese american represented the u.s. as ambassador to the republic of china. so we have a lot of accomplishments. it was not by accident, my friend. everyone one of you know you work hard and all of these things were done on purpose. i just want to let you know that we also can bose twice as many asian americans on federal benches and those of us who understand the impact of the supreme court and what it can do or undo, we know that having asian americans on the federal bench is the l

he'll be in redwood city, california, where people will pay 250 bucks a ticket to hang with the presidentow, he heads to palo alto where 20 guests will pay more than 38,000 bucks to dine with the commander in chief. meanwhile, vice president joe biden continues to hammer mitt romney for his days at bain capital. >> your job is to promote the common gud. doesn't mean the private equity guys are bad. they're not. >> the obama campaign is denouncing language congressman jim clyburn used on this program yesterday. >> there's something about that enterprise that i have a problem about. there's something about raping companies and leaving them in debt and setting up swiss bank accounts in corporate and businesses in the grand caymans. i have a real serious problem with that. >> in a statement, an obama campaign spokeswoman says, quote, we strongly disagree with the congressman's choice of words, they have no place in this conversation. but we do believe that mitt romney should come clean about his record as a corporate buyout specialist. >>> and senate democrats looking to jack up airline fees.

but we have more of those programs in san francisco, really, in any other city in california. we also have a small business commission. that is unique. the folks who are here, who have been supporting small business for many years are the reasons why san francisco's small business community has a voice in ways that other cities and businesses in those cities do not. i think we have, in san francisco, the benefit of a lot of good resources here, some of which are here because of federal funds, some of which because folks in this room have been an advocate for small business. we are hoping the impact of tight budgets all levels still allows us to have the tools we have been able to use for small business. it is an important piece. >> [inaudible] >> there have been a cut in the budget. he wanted to know how that would cut the sba program. >> now we are getting into arcane budget discussions. the 2012 budget does slate a couple of sba programs for cutting. it also talks about cuts comparing next year to prior years, when we were the beneficiaries of stimulus funds, jobs act funds.

are cities in california. that affects the health of millions of people. so california has a special place under the clean air act because of that fact and because their programs in many ways are more mature than the federal programs that came first. california can set standards for emissions from vehicles and other states can opt in or out. this administration came in to a war where california wanted to set greenhouse gas emission standards in addition to all the other emission standards they set and had been denied the opportunity because we now have given california the opportunity to do that because that means cars are becoming more efficient. 12 or 13 states joined california in wanting to do that. and then we made national standards that harmonize california standards but the rest of the country. so under this president for the first time ever, we have one national set of standards that move us towards doubling our fuel efficiency. 55 miles per gallon, and a huge decrease in carbon pollution at the same

. >> san francisco is the largest city in california to enforce this safety initiative. >>> bay areary workers are planning a rally later today to protest stalled labor negotiations. workers got on buses at the pleasanton headquarters of safeway. they plan to join other workers from lucky, safemont in downtown san jose. the workers say they want a contract that includes good jobs and affordable health care for both employees and retires. >> fog and low clouds caused big delays at sfo this morning although the problem is easing as the day goes on, there were a i rifle delays as much as 2 1/2 hours. that's because sfo instituted the traffic management plan cutting the rate of landing in half. the average delay was down to 24 minutes but the earlier arrival delays did push back later departures using the same planes. >>> well, finally, some sun for most of the coast. a little bit of fog holding on in the city and san mateo coast and the santa cruz coast but there are lots of breaks now, a lot better than the last couple of days. inland has been sunny but the wind has been cranking up. i

her only ugly they're good and all city council that old california city council adopted an ordinance this week banning the sale of firearms and ammunition from all businesses prior to the council's decision it's been a huge debate the city about second amendment rights however gun control activists flooded public hearings on the issue which ultimately influenced city council members the way it's supposed to work across the country cities and communities are plagued by needless gun violence that could be prevented if lawmakers simply stood up to gun rights in quotes organizations like the n.r.a. and large gun sellers like wal-mart this time the communities all across america followed in the halls with sticks the bad south carolina indiana and colorado according to a new report by the center for public integrity lawmakers in all three of these states have exempted alec the corporate lobbyist front group american legislative exchange council from state lobbying registration and disclosure laws that means in all three states alec can spend millions of dollars pushing corporate friendly p

. >>> los angeles is about to become the third big city in california to ban plastic grocery bags.y'll follow san francisco, santa monica, they'll be phased out over the next 16 months. shoppers will have the option to buy paper bags for 10 cents each. environmental activists as you know have been pushing for this to keep those bags out of the ocean and out of the natural world. >>> up next here tonight, the stars still packing the house after all these years. >>> we live, of course, in a culture obsessed with youth, but thankfully that does not apply to the broadway shows this season. because many of the people who are packing them into the theater are stage veterans to put it mildly, who seem to be reversing time while we watch from the audience. our woman on broadway tonight is nbc's chris jansing. >> it's been 55 years since james earl jones first set foot on a broadway stage, and now at 81, he's back. playing an energetic former president in "the best man," alongside 86-year-old angela lansbury. >> very nicely put. >> this play i look forward to every day. >> far beyond the ty

. >> particularly in the city of california, not only are people behind the curve on fracking, but governments are behind on fracking. there tend to be few state regulations about fracking. north dakota is probably more hip to it than california. >> texas as well. and there's regulations around fracking but it is evolving. the epa is giving signals there will be federal regulation and mandates coming, but they're not here yet. right now, states are regulating the issue. most states have a governing body around oil and gas, not as far as texas, they have been doing it a hundred years there, even north dakota is trying to evolve their issue. these state organizations are doing the best they can with fracking. we have the frack act in texas, and that requires disclosure of frack fluid. we are disclosing what goes in the chemicals. we are working hard as an industry to remove them, make them water based or food grade safe so you could drink them if you want to. that is probably happening as we speak, it is probably a year or two away before the additives are ready for trial use. >> here is what i

seven of the 500 companies, which does not sound like a lot, but it is far more than any other city in california, which has 53. the nearest in california is los angeles with four. we also have more headquarters in chicago and philadelphia, and, of course, indianapolis, jacksonville, cleveland, pittsburgh, and a myriad of cities. the other thing that is important is that because of the emphasis on climate control and sustainability, there will be an interest in people living closer to where they worked. i commented on the book the great in version that is very interesting. the thesis is that people are choosing to live in center cities again throughout the world, and this has been happening for quite a while. i think all these things are moving at the same time, and providing the space, and very attractive space for business, will attract more companies of all sizes, but particularly larger companies, many of which are also already here in san francisco but do not happen to be publicly traded like bechtel and levis and others, which are large companies, but do not qualify under the 500. i think t

other cities in california have exercised their ability under the state health and safety code to define an efficiency unit in this way. i.e., at least 150 square feet. san jose has the standard, santa barbara, santamaria. in addition, perhaps if greater significance, new york city and seattle both have the same definitions. other urban areas with challenges around creating housing that's affordable to residents. san francisco has a desperate need for housing at all income levels, in particular income levels that are not high income. particularly in workforce housing, housing for students, for seniors, for transition-age youth and other populations. this legislation would promote affordability by design it would reduce construction costs that would be passed on in the form of lower rents and this can be done without any public subsidies. the units would be an attractive and affordable option for people who were just entering the workforce, for students, formally homeless people and others who do not require a lot of space. these units also could support a growing national and internation