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just explain to me the following head that you took out, commit to college board, housing board, redevelop an agency, office of citizens complete -- why did we remove those? >> i do not believe they were removed from the code altogether. are you speaking to the part that says they need to file with the ethics commission? supervisor alioto-pier: page 4, it is one of the few changes that you all made. i am curious why. >> the first few pages of the amendment, roughly pages 2 to 7, and corporate question from the ethics commission. they wanted to be able to point people to something in the ordinance that says who needs to file with the ethics commission themselves, and who needs to file with the individual filing offices. in general, only department heads and boards of the commission file with a fixed commission. with respect to those particular agency heads, they are still required to fill out a form 700, but their move to a different subsection, as not being required to file with ethics. supervisor alioto-pier: with f.x.. ok -- ethics. ok. >> i apologize, i misspoke. supervisor alioto-pier:

every year, the college board, the college board's inspiration awards recognizes three public schoolshat have defied the odds and created vibrant college going cultures for students who faced tremendous economic, social and cultural barriers. b-school sherrie believe that our young people are more than capable, and when you have high expectations, they will rise to the occasion. at each of these schools, there are educators whose dedication and faith in their students is a testament to the success that we can achieve when we have the will and the commitment to bring about real change. these schools serve as models for the rest of the country. you can read more about them in your forum programs. today, you will have the opportunity-- tomorrow you will have the opportunity to hear from the students at each of the three award-winning schools and what is always a very memorable forum event for us. to set the stage for our discussion today, let's take a look at how the schools have managed to open the doors of higher education to all of the students that they serve. ♪ >> the college board

just explain to me the following head that you took out, commit to college board, housing board, redevelop an agency, office of citizens complete -- why did we remove those? >> i do not believe they were removed from the code altogether. are you speaking to the part that says they need to file with the ethics commission? supervisor alioto-pier: page 4, it is one of the few changes that you all made. i am curious why. >> the first few pages of the amendment, roughly pages 2 to 7,

"roadtrip nation" would also like to thank the college board for supporting this series. inspiring minds and connecting students to college success. "roadtrip nation" would also like to thank tourism new zealand for bringing the roadtrip experience to the other side of the road in new zealand. cheers to our kiwi mates! ♪ (female #4) people who just do day in, day out without questioning anything, where's the fun in that? you've got to get up every morning and love to do what you do. you've got to love it. (female #1) i think it's so amazing to meet someone who's completely original in thought. (female #2) i want to be consciously making decisions about my life. (su-yin) i never sat down and thought, "what do i really want to do?" (mariana) i need to discover myself. (male #2) it's not a horse race. this is a marathon. it's the journey that's really going to count. embrace it. ♪ oh! hula-hoops! can you just grab one? (mariana) we're entering the last week of the trip, 9 days till this trip is over. i'm not ready. i don't know, i just don't have the confidence in myself to g

my son, milton marks who is president of the city college board and his three children, his twins, will and theo and his son -- nathan. are you around? >> they're picking out books. >> that's important, more important than standing here. then i want to introduce abbey's mother, lenore and my friend walter. i like to say a special thanks to bruce oka but doesn't seem to be here but was a key factor in getting this library named after my son. i like to mention peter warfield who is not enthusiastic all the time but he does what he believes is important for our library. and you -- you are all very important, each one of you. because you love libraries, you love learning and you're here today to share the spirit of the richmond. and so as we initiate a new year for our city and our family, to support what is really one of the marks of our democracy, a library, the libraries and the schools are the most important parts of the establishing of theory of democracy in our children. so -- >> [applause] >> so please continue to be there with us and for us, and be the leaders that you are and encou

. >> as a member of the community college board, we were able to cut the parking by half.we were able to do that because we had three bus stops. in district 10, you will never see the concentration of public transit. it is another unfunded mandate and buzz word to say "cars last." where is the grocery store? the fact of the matter is for us to get adequate grocers, we either go to walgreens or go to the 16th street safeway or tehe+iá>u? foodsco where you ct buy meat. it is a challenge to raise a family. you have to put in services first, public transit second, and then we can worry about cars. >> one reason why have the no. 2 endorsement from the sierra club was the we spend too much of our land and resources on cars. we have eight times the asthma rate. a shorter life expectancy year. we have to get serious about addressing that. it is literally killing us. we need to make public transportation and other alternatives more attractive. we need to redesign our routes. we need dedicated lanes for bicycles and transit. we need better to language and access services. we need b

really want someone -- i mean, we have a lot of broken promises, and as a member of the community college boardi talked about bringing city college closer to the community, and that is why we are expanding our city service program, by adding 200 glasses so folks can have access to of the -- to affordable, high-quality education. district 10 is at a crossroads. do we continue to be a place for working-class people in san francisco, where do we come a bedroom community, do we sought to attack our 40% unemployment rate? that is bangladesh style unemployment. do we start to attack back in a real way to create real jobs? do we even asked the question what type of jobs and what type of housing will we have in our district? those are the questions i will be asking. those are the questions i have asked. that is the kind of approach to government that i will take, that i have taken. please put your trust and faith in me. thank you. >> vote for me, and if you do not have to wait until november 2 because of early voting starts in less than two weeks. i want to thank everybody for hosting the form, especia

when people's incomes are looked at by the college board or the college institution, it is not a true reflection of what your income is. for a family like mine where i have five children plus a husband who went back to get a master's degree, the amounts of the debt that parents are caring is well over 40,000. every time we do the form, they totally disregard the debts, what you have to pay for living expenses, for your housing. as a result of that, they say you should be able to afford 40,000 educational expenses. we would have to live on the street and essentially stops eating in order to make that actually a reality. host: returichard vedder, your thoughts on that. guest: before we get to that, i was not advocating outsourcing. outsourcing is growing in all areas of our lives. as labor costs are lower in other countries, higher education entrepreneur worss mak at these places for more and more of their labor costs. i am not necessarily advocating that. the fast bucvaspa format is comd discouraging. in discourages many people from killing the format. it was complicated and hard to un

now even public schools are costing an arm and a leg, according to college board, berkley the first public school to cost you $50,000 a year. that's if you're coming in from out of state. it is expected they won't be alone long. check out 2008, 2009. only 3 schools cost that much. this year, there are 100. if you have young kids, start saving now. in 18 years, mike, tuition projected to cost you more than $394,000. that's per kid for a four year public school. >> i have two kids. >> multiply narcotics by two. 14 times the amount it costs now for the same education and that was public. for private, they are typically way more expensive. so this holiday season, the best gift may be putting money in college saving fund. isn't fun, but there's college at the end. if you opened a 529 savings plan, you probably have to open a new one. a check written to the child is owned by the child. that should go into custodial 529 account. how much can a relative give? they can give someone $13,000 before the gift tax kicks in. if feeling more generous, have the money, give up to a million dollars in lifeti

board of supervisors. my name is -- i am a city college student representative. with the vice president of finance. first of all i want to say thank you to the board of supervisors for giving us a chance to speak up about steve li on behalf of our students. and i want to say that this simply is one of our city college students. and who came here -- and he's a good person, honor student. just as every student in our school. he speaks fluent english and understands about the american culture. he is -- hung out with american friends. we do not see any reason why we say that he's not -- he's not american enough to stay in this country. that's why as a student representative of city college of san francisco, i would like to say on behalf of our students that we will be -- see the san francisco board of supervisors pass the resolution item 54. to support and stop deporting him back to peru. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak in support of mr. li. i'm a staff attorney with asian law caucus. i haven't had the opportunity to meet steve in person since he's been de

the college board said if all of all of the sections on the s.a.t., the essay section is the most predictiveto try to write a lot more tomorrow. >> yes. >> we have more tips on how to get a higher s.a.t. score on our website, abcnews.com/gma. >>> and when we come back, how far would you go for straight hair? we're going to show you the story behind this picture. ♪ yummy, yummy, yummy, i got love in my tummy ♪ ♪ and i feel like... [ female announcer ] kellogg's wants to make kids happy one tummy at a time. because 9 out of 10 kids don't get the fiber they need, that's why froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops have 3 grams of fiber in every yummy bowl. they're the cereals your kids love and the fiber their tummies love... which makes for a whole lotta happy. froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops, an oh-so-good source of fiber. kellogg's® makes fiber fun. let's raise a glass to cookies just out of the oven. to the morning bowl of cereal. and to lactaid® milk. easy to digest and with all the calcium and vitamin d of regular milk. [ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk. c

>>reporter: each conference is keen to have successful, commercially attractive colleges on board...andrecently, some schools have switched allegiances...but the sec hasn't changed its membership since 1991...happy enough with its colleges' strength.... >>reporter: lsu last won the national title in 2007...but even though these players are performing at the highest level now...few will make the step up to the nfl... >>alleva: we have 100 football players and i would say that maybe 5 to 8 of those get a chance to play each year in the nfl. but they don't all make it. >>jong: very few of them will make it to the next step up to the pros. >>walker: very few. it's miniscule. miniscule. >>reporter: for some, leaving all the attention behind is hard to take...even harder if you've wasted a scholarship worth around $15000 a year.... >>shepherd: they drill us every day. i like to say that even though we see our older peers, we see the people that have come before us and we see some fail at that, you know...don't get their education and football is done...and then they're in the hole. >>dworaczy

. >> you went to one of the great historically black colleges, part of you, mtv and the college boardsrogram but surprised some students there. you went in and gave a guest lecture. what was that like? >> that was fun. i got the surprise from the students at howard university in washington, d.c. we talked about issues of civil rights and social justice particularly as they pertain to the struggle for black americans to get a quality education throughout the years. and we had a great discussion. it was fun. >> you said something interesting there. you said avoid the soft bigotry of low expectations. what did you mean by that? >> yeah. i was actually stealing a quote from former president george w. bush when he was talking about education reform. part of the obstacle we have to overcome is sometimes we expect too little from kids from poor neighborhoods and from the wrong sild of the tracks. we expect them not to do well. and if we expect low things from them, then usually we'll be rewarded with that kind of result. but if we expect high things from them and we put the systems in place t

. >>> it's an increase that some say threatens to price many families out of california colleges. the board of trustees will take a final vote today to increase tuition by 15.5%. if approved, undergraduates would have to pay an extra $654 next fall. tuition would top $4,800 a year. students are expected to protest at the committee meeting in long beach today. meanwhile, the uc president is calling for an 8% increase in fees. >>> president obama is in south korea this morning to attend a meeting of the world's top 20 economic powers. he arrived in seoul several hours ago for the g20 summit. south korea's the third stop on the president's four-nation economic and good will tour of asia. he visited indonesia yesterday, his home for four years when he was a child. that part of the trip, though, was cut short so air force one could avoid a cloud of ash caused by an erupting volcano. >>> 5:05. let's check in with weather and traffic. and tracy is going to talk about our weather out there. >> good morning. yeah, we got some rainfall that moved in last evening. and also extended throughout the fore

. >>> it's an increase that some say threatens to price many families out of california colleges. the board of trustees will take a final vote today to increase tuition by 15.5%. if approved, undergraduates would have to pay an extra $654 next fall. cal state tuition would top $4,800 a year. students are expected to protest at the committee meeting in long beach today. meanwhile, the uc president is calling for an 8% increase in fees. >>> a new contract means a.c. transit will not have to cut service again next month as planned. an arbitration agreement led to the three-year deal for a.c. transit drivers and mechanics. this new contract includes paycuts, new work rules, and one less holiday. it's expected to save $38 million over the next three years. >>> let's get another check of our weather and traffic. let's start with elizabeth to see how the commute is shaping up. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning, ladies. yeah, let's go out to chopper 5. they are live near the dublin interchange. westbound 580 not too bad so far. i just checked the drive time from the altamont pass to 680, it'

western regional board of operation hope and on the executive campaign of the advisory board of the united negro college fund. joyce completed her tenure with at&t in 2007 and afterwards was an executive to the oakland chamber of commerce where she collaborated with artists and community leaders on the champions of humanity monument to extend a commitment from oakland to humanitarian values and actions. joyce was someone who was noted because she was an african- american woman at a very high level of corporate leadership in san francisco, and i think she really did great work, and she conducted herself with grace and elegance. i want with knowledge that she is survived by family members war in -- warren and allen taylor, and unfortunately, in her later years, she met the love of her life, lindsay allen. lastly, an in memoriam for michael woolford. in his last year of nursing school was the year that harvey milk was assassinated. just as he was coming out and realizing he was, he realized that he needed to be in san francisco. he easily settled in with a nursing job at ucsf that he loved and living in du

the san francisco school board recognizes the support of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and the asian-pacific american community. the community has called, emailed, and written over 500 letters to senator feinstein and speaker policy asking a speak out against deportation. unless the dream act is passed by congress, all deportation of immigrant children should be stopped. unless the dream act is passed, steve li should be released from beo remain in the u.s. until the deferred action plan. and that senator boxer offer a bill. i did want to read the entire resolution because i am not sure if everyone is familiar with the story. at this time, we are calling for public speakers. please line up. >> i will go. i am sorry, i forgot to actually do public comment for the superintendent's proposal. my apologies for that. we will the that after this reading. we have three public speakers. >> i am a faculty member at city college of san francisco. steve, as you have heard, was a graduate of the san francisco unified school district. an en

he's worn out his welcome here in college park and the liquor board is saying so. >> let me ask you, chief, at this point, that is not the only bar in the cool will park area. >> right. >> have you had trouble with other bars like this? >> reporter: the -- . >> the thirsty turtle was not the only problem and not the only problem here. it's the primary problem, though. we do integrity tests of all the other bars as well, and what we found is that our underage students refused submission and without coming in, they can't be served. i have to say that other bars appear to be in compliance with local code and state law. >> what is the purpose of tonight's hear something. >> the purpose is the result of a letter i sent after a stabbing that occurred a few weeks ago here where underage students were served and they were intoxicated, they got into a fight and a number of them ended up being stabbed. this is to determine whether or not the thirsty turtle should continue doing business in college park. >> as of right now, they won't be allowed to serve liquor after voluntarily surrendering th

the san francisco school board recognizes the support of the city and community college, including his mentor, professors, classmates, law caucus, and the asian-pacific american community. the community has called, emailed, and written over 500 letters to senator feinstein and speaker policy asking a speak out against deportation. unless the dream act is passed by

board which oversees the city's health service system. the health service system offers medical and dental benefits to officers, employees, and retirees of the city, the school district, and the community college district. currently four of the seven members of the health service board are elected by beneficiaries of the health service system. the remaining members are appointed. all aboard members serve a five-year term and elections of the four elected members occur once a year in four years out of five so that the terms of these members are staggered. these elections are conducted by mail. proposition f would amend the city charter to reduce the number of health service board elections to two elections every five years instead of four elections every five years. a yes vote would make this change. a no vote would not. please visit the league of women voters website at sfvotes.org to get all of your voting information. early voting is available weekdays at city hall from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. if you don't vote early, make sure to votete >> hello, my name is katie with the league of women voters of san francisco. i'm here today to discuss proposition g, a measure that san francisco citizens w

later this morning, the state's liquor control board and governor plan to meet after nine college studentshospitalized after drinking four loco. >>> still ahead, a massive crackdown in our area to get people to follow the rules of the road. >>> right over here. you can't make the right turn from the center lane. >> and police are not one of the targeting driver. pedestrians need to look out too. we'll show what you happened when those police officers left the area. >>> cool temperatures across the area. probably need a jacket as you run out the door. i'll have the details on that and julie wright has a look at your on-time traffic coming up in just a couple of minutes. [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. [ younger brother ] oh, do you want it? yeah. ok, we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light... ...buttery and flaky... this is half. that is not half. guys i ha

college out of reach for most people. >> reporter: in april the university board of regents approved a 3% hike. after a four-year freeze. >> o'malley denied any suggestion there was a bait and switch in his campaign. the point is, he says, maryland remains a remarkable bargain. >> going forward, i hope we can find the consensus necessary to keep increases to a minimum sort of 3% inflation increase. if we do that, we will continue to make our state a state that's -- where college is becoming more affordable rather than more expensive compared to other states. >> at the west hyattville metro stop in maryland where a mother was caught off guard. she pushed the stroller into the train. >> doors closing. >> the doors close. the train took off with the baby, leaving the mother on the platform. >> we were left here with this little infant baby in a stroller. >> people were aware of the situation, including myself, were absolutely traumatized. we could not believe what was happening. >> reporter: while on the train, witnesses say several people huddled around the strrl to protect the baby. during the s

board. >> right. >> they're in college. [laughter] >> yeah. it's just like the sitters; right? >> room and board, and if you get and you still, if your family -- not only do you pay nor time for whatever, and then of course, the kinds of laws that are, you know, heavily weighted in certain communities for minor offenses and so on, not to speak of, but i was interested in your book because i'm not sure i understand fully that separation -- well, the implication is that there's a difference -- well, there is a difference between vengeance and justice. >> uh-huh, uh-huh -- >> but justice itself has some pleasant consequences. we have to assume that if we want justice for some bad activity by a bad person, we want punishment. we want restraint. we don't want rehabilitation, and that assumes that there is something called the other. there is a stranger that your neighbor or the criminal, so-called criminal is some other thing, is an other. now, i was thinking along those lines when i was trying to figure out another area that is of great interest to me and has always been, but i've n

college bar surrendered its license last night. the move came moments before the hearing with the prince georges county liquor control board.ar has been a problem spot for police lately after four people were stabbed last month. according to police, bartenders also served alcohol to minors. >>> a reminder for you that food drive 9 is underway. it's an easy way for you to help people this thanksgiving season. some of you received plastic bags in the mail, and we need you to fill those bags up with nonperishable food items. boy scouts will pick up the bags on saturday, or you can take your donations to a safeway store. all of the donations go to the capital area food bank. >>> and it's a wonderful organization. >> yeah. everybody is doing a great job with that. we have been doing this for year and we hope you will help us help them. >> please, please, open your heart. >>> what a beautiful day today. >> what a contrast to what was going on this day in 1987. remember that day. >> no. what happened. >> the famous veteran's day snowstorm. >> oh, my goodness. >> it is interesting. look at these cars moving. kids didn't get home at

board of supervisors. my name is iai and i'm with the student council of the city college of san francisco.ld like to thank supervisor mar who introduced the resolution of steve li and president chiu, supervisor mirkarimi and supervisor avalos for co-sponsoring item number 34. as a student who graduated who has -- to be a nurse. and by serving back to the community after his graduation community after his graduation as a nurse.

the liquor control board in washington state meets today and may ban the caffeinated malt beverage. nine college students were hospitalized last month after drinking it at an off-campus party. >>> san francisco has decided to ban toys in some fast-food kids' meals. tuesday, the city's board of supervisors voted 8 to 3 for the ban, sparked by concerns about childhood obesity. it requires fruits or vegetables to be served with kids' meals and bans toils in meals with too much salt or fat t. takes effect in december of next year. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" stocks in asia were mixed this morning. ashley morrison is new york with much more on that. good morning, ashley. >> good morning, betty. some asian markets got a boost on the dollar's strength. japan's nikkei rose nearly 1.5% hitting a four-month high while hong kong's hang seng lost nearly 1%. >>> today wall street gets third quarter earnings results from general motors. tuesday stops slipped from the start and never got back. >>> more than 21 million taxpayers will be happy to hear of at least one agreement on capitol hill. leaders from both