. >> dianne black, she is the state senator. she knows politics. she has been around. she is a former nurse. she has been able to use her medical background to appeal to the anti obama-care. she is somebody who is a mom and a grandmother, down to earth. a person that the voters can really relate to. >> i think the government is spending too much money. they are getting into places where we think they should not be. they are taking over health care, cap-and-trade. government stock, slow down, don't spend so much. >> brett carter is an unknown. he was a military man, he was be at issue and to win. all the seventh quarter, as anti edges and for the nomination. people were at attracted to his down-home appeal. he has been a very plain spoken. he does not to be seen -- he does not seem to be a politician. he is just your average joe, talking to everybody. >> i think the people of this district are tired of career politicians. they want some new faces in washington. i have an accounting degree. i am a veteran who will stand up to the special interest to are doing things that

speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein have stepped up in ways that you cannot fully appreciate until you are really out there and you know the story. they have done everything to leverage this with their colleagues. they have done everything to make this happen. again, a big round of applause for those two for their work. [applause] now, it is my privilege to introduce a number of supervisors. supervisor maxwell first. no one has lived through this -- the good, the bad, every election, the naysayers. all the folks who i thought were arguing for the status quo. i always save the windshield is a lot bigger than the rearview mirror. she was always looking out, as opposed to looking back. i want to congratulate supervisor maxwell. no one is filled with more pride and more fulfillment. no one deserves to be than supervisor maxwell. [applause] supervisor maxwell: thank you. thank you. thank you. let me just say that all that belongs to the community as well. yes, this has been a long time coming, but it has been worth all the time it took to get us here. along the way, what have we done? w

richard cochrane, nicole rivera representing nancy pelosi, we have a representative from the office of diannetive from jackie spear. we also had a couple of other elected officials such as bill king, the district attorney. i want to acknowledge that we have supervisor avalos, mura karimi, campos. >> let's give them a round of applause. [applause] >> we have the general counsel of ireland, germany, hungary, the russian federation, also mexico. [applause] >> also the consul of gillette -- chile and peru. [applause] >> i would like to call-up the mayor's deputy chief of staff. [applause] >> [speaking spanish] i want to welcome all of you here. [speaking spanish] hopefully you are enjoying yourself. i am here on behalf of mayor newsom. -- newsom. september and october are important times for us. this allows us to celebrate our culture and show the rest of the community here in san francisco what makes us so special. this is a great opportunity for all of us and many of you have exciting events happening. we are glad to have you with us tonight. i have that great opportunity to present one of our

this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen other works where a limb of this culture is on the floor but everything is very big and large scale. wha

dianne guerazzi, ktvu channel 2 news. a placer county woman osays she will go paragliding again. she and her friend were testing a new aircraft, but it doesn't climb high enough to avoid lines. she was stuck for more than two hours. >> that scared me. [ laughter ] ex-i'm going fly again. >> pg&e cut power to the lines and then grass valley firefighters used a chute to bring her down. asilions was not injured. >>> social security checks will probably not go up next year. the federal government is expected to announce this week because of very low inflation, there will be no cost of living adjustment. the decision is based on formulas set by law, but anyls say a lack of a raise will infuriate many voters just before the election. more than 58 million americans receive social security each month. >>> president obama tried to rally democrats. the president appeared at a get out vote rally in philadelphia. mr. obama is balloting the perception that democratic voters are apathetic and republicans will win big in the mid-term elections. >> our job is not yet done and the success of our

state of california to file treason complaints against 15 members of the 111th congress, including dianne feinstein, all of whom voted for the use of force in october 2002, which authorized the president to use force against me or anybody he wants as he determines necessary and created a dictatorship in the white house. you are all under oath to prevent the mass murder of people without due process, which is what an undeclared war is. you are under oath to defend the fifth amendment. you are under oath to prevent unreasonable seizures without due process. supervisor chiu: thank you very much. let me ask if there are any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment. seeing none, at this time, general public comment is closed. if we could now move to our 3:30 special commendation. the first will be offered by supervisor daly. supervisor daly: thank you. bruce has called his team a group of characters, podcasts, and misfits, and i think that is part of the appeal and part of why san franciscans have rallied around our giants -- characters, outcasts, adnd misfits.

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

the conflict of interest we have a case some point that interprets the san francisco charter when dianneeinstein was the mayor and she vetoed a mere -- and measure where it was undisputed that she had a conflict of interest. the court found that the mayor's participation was legally required and she was glad to be. notwithstanding the existence of a conflict. whether the mayor has a conflict or not, we find that based on the ruling from the california court of appeals that the mayor's participation and busy til process is legally required and under the rule of necessity, you may do so. >> thank you. i will defer to supervisor campos. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for that explanation. i'm trying to understand what the implication of the ruling as because it seems that what you are saying and i imagine that that is intent of the memo and sent the nature of the interest does that matter and come direct or close to the interest is in terms of any economic benefit that they may or may not get from a decision that under the rule of necessity the mayor has the authority to veto legisl

service commission and the first latina named to the san francisco human rights commission by mayor dianne feinstein. in 1974 she was a member of the civil service commission and she cast the deciding vote to integrate women into the san francisco fire department. [applause] but she wasn't done there. she was the first latina to win a citywide election in san francisco without first being appointed to the position when she won her seat on the san francisco board of education in 1990. after her re-election in 1994, she served as vice president and then president of the board. she is a latina with the longest administrative tenure at city college of san francisco, having served as dean of the mission campus for 17 years. so please join me in recognizing dr. del portillo. [applause] >> our next honoree is nicky trasvina. [applause] the end of all education should be service to others. this quote inspires nicky trasvina, community activist, student advisor, supervisoror to counseling for many latinos. nicky was inspired by the fine example that her parents and brother demonstrated as high-leve

second thing, dianne feinstein confirms boxer was on board for the plan to move more water to the centraly and senator feinstein is the chair of boxer's campaign. finally if you would like to seat interviews in their entirety, go to www.abc7.com. >> president obama boarded air force one after raising more than $1.8 million. the president is in the middle of a four day campaign swing hoping to boost the fortunes for democrats in tough races. he appeared at a campaign rally at the university of southern california in los angeles on behalf of brown and boxer. the latest abc news poll shows the race is tightening up. republican meg whitman took her campaign to silicon valley t-shirt shop with mayor michael bloomberg. she says he is one of best examples of a successful business career to step into service. >> all the candidates are talking about the economy. 23 states reported a drop in the unemployment rates but california was not one of them. our jobless rate held steady at 12.4%. job markets remain weak throughout the country. the good news the number of bay area jobs grew last month by 380

. >> senior senator, dianne feinstein and showed a solid their support for the barbara boxer. arm in arm, the toward a manufacturing company in the san jose. expa expan after federal money with a stimulus bill. after opponent, fiorina has referred to as a failure. with an eight. game, the political cover on a shot in the arm from a national support with $3 million for more advertising. >> now, she says that she is going to put her own party. >> boxer was criticizing the ad of fear refinishes for to go up against the republican party when it is wrong. >> she is not supported anything different than the republican leadership. >> she refuted the similar claim that barbara boxer is " utterly bipartisan. >> a been on a 500 pieces of republican legislation, passed 1000 provisions of mind that an and acted. almost each of been done with a republican. >> there's no secret that she is in a cart race. the more mud slinging before next tuesday. -eight difficult race. >> maureen kelly. she is in a difficult race. >> and with a well 5:00 p.m. hour. than all online sports or going to put up

ouand we have president miguel, commissioner said dianne, commissioner olague, -- commissioner sugaya. before you is public comment on matters which are closed. the opportunity to do so would only be -- this would only be on number two on your color certification of the environmental impact report been the ones is, a time closes and we call the item, we will have no more testimony on this item. >> if you have looked at in the agenda, you will know that item 33 is also on the fairmont hotel. please speak to this specific agenda. please speak to the particular agenda item. there is public comment on the won closed item and that is a certification of the eir itself. >> let me announced that the north light cord is set up for overflow. q. can hear the proceedings from the space. if we call your name, we will give you time to come up. >> after you have finished speaking, then you can finish and it go and then people will be will to come up. this will move the hearing along a little faster. i will call three or four names at a time. if you will line up on my left, your rate. -- your right.

senator dianne feinstein joined boxer at a south bay solar plant and praised her record on environment and her role for creating green jobs in california. >> we have right here in the valley, right here and all across california, the innovation, the work force, we have so many pluses. we have to be the country. we must not settle for number 2 when it comes to clean energy. >> the latest "l.a. times" polls shows boxer leading carly fiorina, 47% to 41%. if you are voting by mail, you only have until wednesday to get your ballot in the box to ensure it arrives by november 2nd. election officials say those that arrive on the 2nd or those delivered at a polling place are not counted until later in the week. >>> san jose is moving millions of dollars out of bank of america because of the bank pea foreclosure processes. city council members accused bank of america of widespread illegal seizing of homes. they called on the attorneys attorney general and they along with the fbi have launched an investigation. earlier, bank of america put a freeze on foreclosures but have since lifted it. >> our

boxer was joined by her democratic colleagues senator dianne feinstein beat she is running for a fourth term and reiterated the state law to lower green house gas emissions. her opponent says legislation could end up costing the state jobs during a tough economy. >>> a noisy rally called attention to one of the hot button issues. it allies -- outlaws sitting or lying on city sidewalks. >> reporter: people on both sides are fired up and even if prop l passes it could be brought down if proposition m gets more votes. they were hoping to persuade passersby to vote no on prop l. opponents gathered for a gospel rally in the mission district today. >> we have to say no to prop l. >> reporter: it would've been sitting or lying on public sidewalks between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. >> public spaces, this is where they exist, where they reside. >> the idea that it would be legal to set a chair out in front of her apartment or hotel -- illegal to set a chair out in front of your apartment or hotel seems ridiculous. >> reporter: police cannot force someone to move unless there's a formal complaint.

in 1980, dianne feinstein asked me to come on the commission because there was blood in the film more -- blight in the fil lmore and hunters point area. plus, in the hunters point area, they refused to come under redevelopment because of what happened in the western addition, and i've worked with the president of the naacp to ask the people of the hunters point area to come alec to the redevelopment. they finally agreed to come under the redevelopment, and right now, we have the last ship yard out there, and i thank the board of supervisors for passing that measure, and i would like to be around to see that be done. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you, commissioner. colleagues, any questions? supervisor mar. supervisor mar: i wanted to thank you for your leadership not just within the labor movement and the international longshoremen and lieberman unit for over 64 years, but also, your effort to fight against displacement of low-income people throughout the city, and i wanted to say that i respect and appreciate that history, but also, i know you are a great father, grandfather an

nummi closed their doors here at this plant and we're about three hours away from tesla's ceo and dianne feinstein being here to unveil the new factory. we got here a little early to give you a first look. >> this is gonna be the home for the model-s, the first electric car built from ground up as an -- from the ground up as an electric car. >> reporter: this will seat five people and have a battery range of about 300 miles. the plant it will be built is here in fremont. tesla officials say the model-s production is not expected to begin until 2012. but some of the equipment needed is already on site. currently there are around70 tesla workers that have been hired. some are former nummi employees but as production continues, the job growth is expected to grow to 500 people. >> we'll hire a fraction of what nummi had. at production we're gonna ramp up to a few hundred employ employees. >> reporter: over the next few months, the plant will have a makeover of sorts with a lot of construction going on to make the product. tesla is keeping the left jeff machine as well as bringing in new item

. >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein and her granddaughter took in the action. all afternoon the stadium was awash in emotion, as the padres took an early leave, prompting steve perry to rally the players and the crowd with a rendition of what else? "don't stop believing." for a moment it seems like the giants might come-from-behind in the 9th, but it was not to be. >> of. >> i'm not really happy now. >> i'm sad, but there is still hope. you can't be too upset. >> reporter: today's loss may serve to only heighten fan anticipation, which is already at a fervorred pitch. >> we have been here since about 8:45 in the morning. >> since barry, it's been a life-long struggle to make it to the top. >> reporter: this father and son duo say win-or-lose, they will savor these games. >> with we were going to stay until they wrapped it up. so if we have to stay until monday, we'll stay until monday. >> reporter: and hope is stringing eternal. the giants take on the padres tomorrow, same time, same place. >>> keeping our fingers crossed. coming up in about 15 minutes, fred in

included't is an insert on letters from dianne feinstein, both as mayor and u.s.ector+q. we sent the executive director of rda nsthis letter, august 8, 1990. here are someç excerpts for yor edification. on may 9, 1984, mayor feinstein wrote to the@ v@Ñsupervisor and mayor, i havea long history with the redevelopment plan and agree that the particular side has always been considered set aside for recreational and o. space." january 24, senator, she wrote to gerald green, then director francisco planning department, "as a former mayor, i have long history with the redevelopment, and concur y,with those who believe this space was intended for recreation and open spaceteÑ." for the port to some its nose to groups and residents along the corridor is notgrñ only irresponsible, but borders on true arrogance -- for the port to0mñ thumb its nose. it is not toot and recognize the serious concerns of your neighbors. we encourage=c you to do so. commissioner fong: thank you. i have never crossed the street golden gateway center. 'di have made a statement here. i have probl