. >> jean kwan insists her initiative is the right strategy. there is mark matthew was details of the news conference today. >> there is is the first time we've had a chance to talk to jean kwan. while away it's revealed her plan, her 100 block initiative was based on faulty information. a study found violent crimes are more wide spread and not just concentrated in the areas identified bit mayor. >> good afternoon. i understand you have questions for me. >> the mayor began admitting she made a mistake. and and there is information about murders and violent crime being concentrated in a 100 block area of the city. and there is responsibility for repeating it many times. >> and i probably should take more time to analyze and read it myself. i didn't. >> there is a strategy that is a good one. she's now saying 100 blocks referring to particular areas of oakland rather than specific blocks. >> we think we have a right to the right plan. it's the right team. >> and the mayor says it's showing results. but the fact is that violent crime, murder, rape

now mayor jean kwan is on damage control. kwan has been under fire for months about the 100 blocks public safety program, a public analysis group challenged city hall earlier this group saying the crime numbers just didn't add up. the theory is that 90% of oakland's shootings and homicides occur on the saix 100 streets, but the city wouldn't identify the areas or release the raw data prompting further criticism surrounding the plan and surrounding that plan in secrecy. today the mayor apologized taking full responsibility, but she still defends the program. >> many of these neighborhoods have, for decades, been dealing with ongoing violence and homicide rates, and that is the issue we're trying to address. we think that we have the right strategy, the right plan, and, quite frankly, the right team. >> kwan appealed to the community to support the city's anti-violeolence efforts sayinge police can't do it them stfls. >>> they're among the rock stars of team usa, the gymnasts. this week in san jose they'lling competing for a sp

. >> the mayor of oakland is defending her crime fighting initiative, jean kwan admits she was wrong but insists this is the right strategy. mark matthews is live to explain why. mark? >> this got heated today. the mayor back from a trip having tochl plain how this statistic is based on faulty information. just back from brazil this, is the first time the mayor addressed the controversy that blew up in her absence. the fact the initiative for fighting crime is based on faulty information. >> i probably should have taken more time toan lies the data. i didn't. >> this turns out murders are spread out over a greater area. mayor kwan stands by the strategy for police enforcement in certain parts of the city. this now identifies top 10 area autos there are limited resources. we have to do the best with what we have. >> assistant chief says crime is up for the year but has been trending down for the past few months. >> that is why it's important for us to stay the course. >> critics contend there are other crime-fighting strategies. gang injunctions and curfews. >> people know this plan a

. >> mark: four months, oakland mayor jean kwan has been bragging about her 100 block the initiative. the thing about that is that it is not accurate. crime is a lot more widespread. >> mark: the mayor announced that the 100 block fall into the most violent areas in the city and as a result she will push forward. >> we think we have the right strategy, the rights plan and the right team. we plan to see shootings and homicide slowdown. >> mark: so far this year the crime has not decrease it is actually up 20%. >> darya: according to the state department of education 76.3 percent of students graduated high school statewide in california and that is up 1.5% since 2010 and dropout rates went down 2% students learning english were the most improved population. a bill making it easier for school district to fire teachers due to misconduct has failed. it would have allowed the schools to dismiss teachers instead of leaving the decision to special disciplinary commission but only in the case of violence or sexual or drug offenses. but the bill failed after heavy opposition from the teachers'

jean kwan admits she was wrong about the crime statistics but still insists it is the right strategy. abc 7 news reporter mark matthews explains why. >> reporter: just back from a climate conference in brazil this is the first time the mayor has addressed the controversy that blew up in her absence. the fact that her 100 block initiative for fighting crime is based on faulty information. >> as mayor i should have taken more time to analyze and read the data myself. i didn't. >> reporter: it turns out that murders and other violent crimes are spread out over a much greater area of oakland. but mayor kwan stands by her strategy for concentrating police enforcement in certain parts of the city. the map now identifies the top ten areas rather than the top 100 blocks. >> so when we have a limited resources we have to do the best with what we have. >> reporter: the assistant police chief says crime is up for the year but has been trending down for the past few months. >> and that is why it is important for us to stay the course. >> reporter: but the mayor's critics contend there are other c

. >>> oakland mayor jean kwan may have to pay out of her own pocket.en with police procedures during the occupy oakland presses. >> a judge agreed to the city's plan to complete overdue in additions. >> he might fine the city. and fine the mayor if the investigations are not done within a year. >> statute law prevents any illegal action of wrong doing. >> of julian assange is beyond their grasp as he holds up in he can with a door. >> ---he can door. >> he took -- ecuador. he said he is seeking asylum. and they are considering the arrest. he is wanted for questioning in sweden over two sexual assaults by his former volunteers. >>> president obama now acknowledging the european be be be be economic situation. the president expressed confidence to fix the financial troubles. >> he said cok needs to fix and boosting job creation and economic growth. he pressured them with parts of the jobs agenda that has not advanced through congress. >> they view mitt romney as being out of touch compared to president obama. it shows it leaves romney. 40% below. >> and

that is the threat of facing oakland mayor jean kwan.e may fine the city and mayor if oakland misses its depd line for overdue international affairs investigations stemming from "occupy oakland" protests. if the city doesn't finish up the investigations within a year, state law prevents any legal action against officers found of wrongdoing. the city says it will likely spend $750,000 to farm out some of the work to outside investigators. >>> happening now also in oakland, parents continue to risk arrest to save an elementary school from shutting down. live pictures there of a campful of protestors camping out in the campus since last friday. lakeview is one of five oakland school campuses slated to be closed by the district. police have warninged protestors that they are trespassing and must leave. so far police have not acted on that order. >>> nine hours until the official start of summer begins. it's a nice day for that. >> 17 hours of sunshine. all right seeing that over the golden gate bridge. good morning to you in san francisco an

the campaign to recall oakland mayor jean kwan is all but over.o gather enough signatures. critics are unhappy with the mayor's handling of the crime problem. >> we're at the alameda county fair, things are looking good and we will see more sunshine through the afternoon. i pressure is sliding east. the trough will help cool down the temperature's the next couple of days. low 80s well inland, '70s inside the day and '60s towards the coast line. towards the weekend we will cool things down. i think more significant warming as we head towards the middle of this next week. we could see temperatures moving back into the '90s. >> happy friday. we have a bit of a slowdown out of marin county with a broken- down vehicles southbound 101 just past the golden gate bridge. things look pretty good heading into san francisco after that. we were seeing foggy conditions along the golden gate bridge but it looks like it has lifted just a bit so it is not bad as you head through there. give yourself some extra time, limited visibility through there. slight delays

. >>> oakland mayor jean kwan might have to pay out of her own pocket if the city fails to meet police internal affairs investigations. this from the occupy oakland protest. a judge has agreed to the city's plans for completing dozens of overdue investigations, but warned that he might fine the city for missing deadlines, and could each fine the mayor themselves. >>> the oakland city council has approved a $1 billion deal to turn the city's former army entice a logistics and warehousing center. the deal paves the way for developers to transform the base into a state of the art facility that manages the flow of cargo in and out of the port of oakland. the project is expected to bring thousands of jobs to the city. construction on that warehouse is not scheduled to start, though, until 2015. >>> well, we didn't see a whole lot of action last night during the ethics commission hearing of suspended san francisco sheriff, but next week could be a different story. that is when we expect the sheriff himself to begin to testify, again in front of the ethics commission. the sheriff could be kic