and i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. i can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. i'm a firm believer you've got to kick the door in and do what's right and be morale. and to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon >> now the other 13 that have it we'll have it restored again and certainly that's about a legal case but it's about more than a legal case it's about challenging the hearts and minds of people and that's where all of you come in. we won't be here if it wasn't for the community helping us change the hearts and minds of people throat this country. we had a great victory at the supreme court because where we will have equal marriage and it's struck from the ledger. now i can tell you that you'll hear some proponents talking about how they're to go and continue litigating this. we're ready to go back into court again and we'll figure out not only to have equal it here in california and we'll not rest until we have marriage equal it throughout this country (clap

make their way out of the area for the holiday we have learned that lieutenant governor announced gavin newsomill do bridge chain cutting and we'll be carrying that live. >> that is. >> san6g-Ñ francisco police station thanked a homeless man who came to the help of a police officer who was attacked. the reporter is live now with a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> well police here had trouble finding him, all they wanted to do was show appreciation by help being him get back on his feet. today they got their man. after four days of looking police finally found him. the 35-year-old was a wanted man as a hero. >> it happened monday evening just after 7:00. the woman causing trouble near 4700 block of mission. >> one officer responded to the report of a woman jumping up and down on the cars. >> the sargeant says the officer was alone and tried to calm the woman who is bigger than she s investigators say when trying to arrest her, the woman became agitated and aggressive. police say the woman then attacked the officer. the person had the officer in a choke hold. kind of beating the head into

it says here -- it was in the chronicle and it says "i know who killed your son, mayor gavin newsom said thursday and the da know who killed your son and the police know." this is in the article right here and it was told to me. these names are the guys that killed my son. i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are on my son's case down at bryant in his folder and these guys -- they know who shot my son. here are the names. i was given these names so how do you not know who killed my son? i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are the names of the guys and you have one of them and thomas hannibal is out there being a comedian out there and still living and i hear he's one of the guys that pull the trigger on my child and shot him 30 times. these are the names. why can't we do something? these guys are still running the street. i'm not here lying to you. go look at his folder. these are the perpetrators that killed my child. how long am i going to suffer? how long am i going to do

fast forward to 2010, i was proud at that time to ask mayor gavin newsom to spend a couple hundred thousand dollars to make sure we counted all members of our san francisco community. and who did we ask to step up to make sure that money was well spent? it was then our city administrator now mayor ed lee, adrian and folks behind us who made sure we were counting everyone who was a resident regardless of their citizenship. today we're talking about taking that next step. it's such a wonderful moment to be part of i think the celebration of who we are as a city, to be able to say now that we have gotten everyone here, we need to make sure that we get everyone through the immigration process so that they don't have to ever fear that they are not part of our body fabric, our city fabric, who we are as americans. and, so, i'm delighted to be part of this conversation and i'm delighted to represent a board of supervisors that has stood repeatedly for the idea that regardless of your citizenship you deserve a spot in san francisco. i serve on a board where over half of us are the sons and daughter

former mayor gavin newsom set aside february 22nd 2008 as dennis wu day. >> reporter: we're live in hayward where city workers are on strike. we'll tell you why they are so fired up and how an earlier confrontation turned nasty. >>> starting to feel like summer again. rosemary orozco will be here to tell you how long this had will last. >>> and ordered to return trophies. the charges of cheating in the america's cup. >>> the father of a 12-year- oldby accused of killing his 8- year-old sister does not believe his son committed the crime. >> i turned isaiah in. most people don't know it that. >> the 12-year-old has pled not guilty to charges he stabbed his sister leila to death at their home. police say the boy tried to blame the death on an intruder causing a span -- caughting a panic in the town. his urfather says he does not know how leila was killed but he does not believe his son was responsible. >> i was the first one in my house. i saw his demeanor. i don't think he did it. >> the 12-year-old remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court again next month for a hearing to set

. >> if you're looking at why this building came to be, in many ways it also included mayor gavin newsomely, who really had an affection for this building. he saw the design. he saw the potential. he wanted to make sure that that building got built. and he said, do what you need to do, but please, if you can make that building work, we need to have that building in civic center. >> i happened to be at a green conference santa clara. he said you shouldn't cancel that project. can you work with us? michael cohen phoned me up the next day. can we cut $40 million out of this project? it was one person more responsible than any others, it's tony irons, was the architect that was responsible for the revitalization of city hall who came to my office and said, we cannot abandon this. we can't walk away from this project. we have an opportunity to really take a lot of our values and principles, particularly raising the bar as we did as a city on our green building standards, mandating the most aggressive green building standards for private construction anywhere in the united states. and showcasin

. >>> when the new span does open, gavin newsom will be there at the opening ceremony, as the acting governor. that's because governor jerry brown is due to be out of town for a family celebration. staff members say the governor made his travel plans when it appeared the bridge would not be opening on time. >>> now, at ktvu.com, we have a special section dedicated to the new bay bridge project. it includes closure information and some alternate routes to get around. you can find it under hot topics at ktvu.com. >>> president obama today awarded the medal of honor to a soldier from antioch. the army says staff sergeant ty carter's bravery helped save other soldiers when 300 insurgents and outpost of 53 americans. that was in october of 2009. it was one of the blooddiest battles of the -- bloodiest battles of the afghan war. president obama spoke to cartary -- carter's children. >> if you want to know what makes our country truly great and what a true american hero looks like, you don't have to look too far. you just j to look at -- you just have to look at your dad [ applause ] >> he'

. >> for years paulette fought for a reward in her son's case and gavin newsom established $250,000, and no takers. suspects were arrested in aubrey's murder, but released due to lack of evidence. they need witnesses to come forward. >> the building right there, you can clearly see. you can clearly see. >> you think somebody saw something from that window? >> oh yes. >> paulette was joined by other mothers whose sons killings are also not solved. she calls it the healing circle. >> this is my therapy. i would rather do this and then maybe, maybe one day i will get justice. >> she won't stop until she does. cornell bernard, abc news. >>> developing news tonight. a big question in the bay area will be answered tomorrow. that's when officials say they will decide whether the new bay bridge will open on labor day. a public hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. that's when the toll bridge oversight committee will vote on and announce the opening day for the eastern span. earlier this week federal officials signed off on a fix for cracked safety bolts. the scheduled labor day opening has been in j

. >> for years paulette fought for a reward in her son's case and gavin newsom established $250,000, and no takers. suspects were arrested in aubrey's murder, but released due to lack of evidence. they need witnesses to come forward. >> the building right there, you can clearly see. you can clearly see. >> you think somebody saw something from that window? >> oh yes. >> paulette was joined by other mothers whose sons killings are also not solved. she calls it the healing circle. >> this is my therapy. i would rather do this and then maybe, maybe one day i will get justice. >> she won't stop until she does. cornell bernard, abc news. >>> developing news tonight. a big question in the bay area will be answered tomorrow. that's when officials say they will decide whether the new bay bridge will open on labor day. a public hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. that's when the toll bridge oversight committee will vote on and announce the opening day for the eastern span. earlier this week federal officials signed off on a fix for cracked safety bolts. the scheduled labor day opening has been in j

gavin newsom signed off that and there is short fall in the comment and the black community sat back and allowed everybody else to grow. even in the budget cuts right now and the city has recognized the shortcomings, the development done in district 10, billions of dollars being pumped in how can you not take under consideration when you do the budget these important short coming in these reports. you might as well use it as a table mat. number two, i sat on a few board in the city. fob and executive board for affordable housing. i also worked in real estate for 10 years selling money. i am trying to figure out why i can't get black people in housing and why i got into community work. at the end of the day any investment, the investment dollars that we have that are city taxpayer members that pay taxes we're looking for a return. our return is the majority of our people have jobs. the majority of our people are not in jail. the majority of our people are productive. that's the return you want to see. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker please. come on up. >> hello. i am a

in the last years the port lead an intercity effort negotiated by mayor gavin newsom and spur to create blue green way and it's a new waterfront system as i described. like the embarcadero promenade the blue green way has a system to expand the area with the southern waterfront. midst the operations the blue green way enables the public to see the ships and deep vessel operations. it also promotes regional recreational employmentment from the bay area water trail. the development requires close attention to the needs of maritime operations and the cooperation of recreational water enthusiasts to maintain navigational water safety so the china basin park is probably the first of those that fits into that description and this one would be -- it was developed in 20zero -- 2000 and part of the plans for the development there and a featured space there. it reaches back to mission creek and there are water access points back up in here as there are at pier 52 boach launch which is a very popular facility and on certain days it crowds up and serves as one of the port's maritime functions and a

. >> for years paulette fought for a reward in her son's case and gavin newsom established $250,000, and no takers. suspects were arrested in aubrey's murder, but released due to lack of evidence. they need witnesses to come forward. >> the building right there, you can clearly see. you can clearly see. >> you think somebody saw something from that window? >> oh yes. >> paulette was joined by other mothers whose sons killings are also not solved. she calls it the healing circle. >> this is my therapy. i would rather do this and then maybe, maybe one day i will get justice. >> she won't stop until she does. cornell bernard, abc news. >>> developing news tonight. a big question in the bay area will be answered tomorrow. that's when officials say they will decide whether the new bay bridge will open on labor day. a public hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. that's when the toll bridge on aounce the openingill vote day for the eastern span. earlier this week federal officials signed off on a fix for cracked safety bolts. the scheduled labor day opening has been in jeopardy since the problem wa

one politician, who is trying to work behind the scenes, is gavin newsome. his message is basically what you said. you both can be rock steady in your positions and you can go on and hammer, but the public is going to be mad at both of you if this thing really happens. >> that is certainly the case. we're going to ask randy about it in the next half hour. why can't you just fire everybody and bring in new workers or start hiring replacement workers in the meantime? a lot of subjects to cover here in our next half hour. >> but many others won't go to work at all. that's what we're going to be talking about, how they're going to try to prevent gridlock if this happens. time is running out on the >>> and what went wrong at this power plant demolition in the central valley. coming up. female narrator: female narrator: closed captioning brought to you by sleep train. wishing you and your family a fun-filled summer. having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna

in may 2008, san francisco opened the office of small business, under the leadership of gavin newsom, under the urging of our small business leaders. the mayor heard there was a need for the community to have a small office to help the needs of our small businesses in san francisco, help them understand and navigate the complex structure in getting a business opened within the city and county of san francisco. initially, primarily, we were going to be about helping you understand licensing and permitting requirements, but, really, shortly after we open our doors, we understood that we were also, as a government entity, a place for people to come when they want to know about loans, about writing a business plan. where to go to do that, where to go to get assistance. we are also a resourced. when we do see people in our office, many of them are a year or two out from even opening their business, so we will ask them what their credits for is, have they done their business plans, do they know what they're capital needs are going to be, how much money they have, how much money they are goi

please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness around bullying. and it's a question i guess that requires, has bullying gotten worse or have we gotten better to begin to recognize it? >> hard to know. tom and the president refer to as far too often as a rite of passage. we certainly are seeing evidence in ways that i don't recall, the levels of violence, the vitriolic violence, it's not just coming from the back of the school, it's coming at home, social media, you are inundated with it, the effects of it. we also certainly there's been an evolution of what we should tolerate. for me, for example, very early on in the administration i had the privilege of meeting with carl hoover walker's mother. he would have been 11 years old on t

back in 2009 then mayor gavin newsome to the light of all of us had introduced that we ought to really establish some guidelines to open up our city's data. and in the year later, the board, less legislation, the first open data legislation in san francisco that made us cutting edge throughout the country, the first to come out and say to everybody in the public, to people who wanted to create businesses, wanted to look at the city with kind of an open invitation to involve themselves with what the city had. and part of that really neat understanding was that we were holding onto so much of our own data in our own silos with our own very focused obligations that we had, and not realizing that if we had released that data to the public, we could really allow them to help us create even more efficient government, along with some very good entrepreneurial efforts that are reflected in today's announcements and some of our partners that are here today. so, three years later, after announcing this and after doing the first generation of open data legislation, open sf is still a very vigorou