interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his

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interim police chief jeff godown. thank you for being here today. [applause] now on with the program. when phil told me he invited the speaker of the california state assembly to swear him in, i looked at him and said, are you kidding me? the governor is introducing his budget that we, sessions that week, there is no way he is driving down to san francisco for you on wednesday night. but it sure enough, here i am. i am not sure that bill asked me to introduce him, more so as payback for being the naysayer. we are so happy to have you here. i get to call you john, because this was before he became speaker. i first met john in 2008. bill said to me, my college friend is in town running for a board office in l.a.. we found ourselves having breakfast one morning. i thought, we are going to spend the entire breakfast talking about his candidacy, who was going to win. this is too much for a saturday morning. but sure enough, at one point, he stopped talking about the campaign and just started playing with our daughter isabella, who was two at the time. at

the police chief's job is going to be handled on at least an interim basis by assistant chief jeff godown. there's going to be police not crazy about the entire selection process. we're going to hear from them about a half hour from right now. from the hall of justice, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, just under two hours from now, president obama will lead the nation in a moment of silence from the victims of a tucson, arizona, shooting rampage. hours later the 22-year-old suspect accused of trying to assassinate congresswoman gabrielle giffords and killing six people will be in court. outside the tucson hospital doctors are optimistic about gifford's condition. >> came to the safe way and started shooting. >> calls to the 9-1-1 give a sense of the chaos as a gunman opened fire outside a safeway grocery store in arizona. six people were killed and 14 others wounded at the event for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. gerald lee loughner is in federal custody and faces murder charges. loughner is scheduled to make ani anish -- an appearance in court today. they found an envelope with

. >> the jeff godown is acting chief. one more note. george gascon is san francisco regs first latino district attorney. live at city hall, lillian kim, abc-7 news. >> alan: surgeons gave their prognosis for congresswoman gabrielle giffords today, and they believe she is going to make it. the arizona democrat was shot point blank in the head yesterday. jared loughner was charmed with attempted assassination of a member of congress, and investigators seized evidence suggesting loughner planned his attack. and members of congress met to discuss security issues. for more on the shooting, here's t.j.winnick. >> reporter: representative gabrielle giffords is in a medically drug induced coma, her prognosis still unclear. many are calling it a miracle she even survived the point blank gush shot to her head. >> if this is off by an inch ', it could have been a very different scenario. >> reporter: of the 14 survivors shot, giffords remains in critical can. six victims lost their lives, including federal judge john roll, giffords' aide, gabe zim

jeff godown, assistant chief, takes over the reins of police chief.alling the selection brilliant but police commissioner jesus is in the chronicle as saying she cease conflict of interest problems and calls the pick really messy. regardless, we have a new d.a. here in san francisco, george gascon, and he'll be on the job in just a couple hours. live in san francisco, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thank you very much. it's just about 5:37 now. at 1:00 this afternoon, gavin newsom will take the oath of office as lieutenant governor in the state capitol. his father william newsom will administer it. the older newsom is a state appellate court judge. the board of supervisors will take a final vote as the appointment of ed lee as interim mayor. lee will fill the remainingier of newsom's term. naming its new police chief as early as next month. rob davis retired the end of lost october. our media partner has learned acting chief chris moore remains one of the fewer than ten candidates still being considered. he and the others are expected to be gr

gascone right-hand man he brought with him from los angeles, jeff godown will now be the acting chief>> i believe the command staff in place today is capable, and i believe that it will take the department to the next step. also, i don't plan to be very far. i'm looking for a different relationship between the d.a.'s office and the police department and i think that will be one of continuous collaboration and continual development of policing in san francisco. so i'm gone but not completely gone. >> this is my last act as mayor of san francisco. as for the mayor, he calls this decision one of his biggest and best ones, and he now leaves office with a heavy heart. >> i want to just thank all of you for the privilege of a lifetime. this has been an honor unimagined, and i am grateful for this moment in time. >> reporter: mayor will be sworn in as lieutenant governor tomorrow in scrak cra men toe. in the meantime, the pick of the next chief will go to the interim mayor to be, ed lee, as well as the police commission. ann? >> linda, any inside discussion right now whether the interim chie

. >> his second in command, jeff godown will become acting chief of police. >> i'll continue to go with the plan the department has put in plan the last couple months and i don't see big hiccups or problems with the transition. >> he said he'll continue to do work that gascon started during his 18 months as police chief. >>> a pilot killed after a plane crashes in contra costa county. what went wrong. a possible change on the golden gate bridge. the plan to save millions by getting rid of your cash. >>> and use your debit card at the gas station? the money mess it caused one bay area man, how not to get "hosed" at the pump. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? buh-bye... call me. the sacramento delta today

gascon's right hand man he brought with him from los angeles, jeff godown it will now be acting chief. >> i believe the command staff that is in place today is capable and i believe that they will take the department to the next step. also i don't plan to be very far. i'm really looking for a different relationship between the d.a.'s office and the police department and i think that will be one of continuous cooperation and continual development of policing in san francisco. so i'm gone but not completely gone. >> this is my last act as mayor of san francisco. >> reporter: as for the mayor, he calls this decision one of his biggest and best and he now leaves office with a heavy heart. >> i want to just thank all of you for the privilege 6 a life time. this has been an honor -- of a lifetime this. has been an honor unimagined and i am grateful for this moment in time. >> reporter: the mayor will take the office of lieutenant governor tomorrow in sacramento. the job of finding the new police chief there will now fall on the police commission and new interim mayor when he is sworn in. >>

. >> reporter: gascon's former los angeles police colleague jeff godown is the new interim chief.here will be no national search for the chief. >> i have a desire to roadway main on the san francisco police department in what capacity somewhere down the road i don't know. we will see what happens. >> reporter: the san francisco police commission and the newly appointed mayor ed lee will meet nice later this week to search for a permanent chief. >>> time now 6:34 in san jose a body found in an suv is believed to be connected tonight club. it was parked on@street -- it was parked on 12th street yesterday morning. there was a shootout at the next callly nightclub. a third man is in the hospital now with life threatening injuries. >> right now anything is possible. we need to figure out who was the aggressor. who was trying to flee. it could be either. the names of the victims have not been released yet. there are three to four suspects. the motive is still under investigation. >>> in san francisco a search continues for three men who police say used broken bottles to attack two other

. >> interim police chief jeff godown says he hasn't reflected what happened just when his boss was swornn as d.a. he was a detective at the l.a. police department. both he and gas scones had been disciples of william brandton. the computer crime tracking system chief gascon brought to san francisco. it was the centerpiece of his crime-fighting stregs strategies and he wanted godown to enter here. last year he promoted godown to assistant chief. the interim chief has no illusions about his job. my goal is keep it moving in the same fashion which the police has done. >> still goes down as on outsider. the union wantss new chief to be one of its own. >> they'll understand the i hadio singsies of our membership and things that make us different from most police departments. >> godown says the union does not have to worry. i said i would not put my hat in the ring for the full-time position. he just asked me not to do it and i told him i wouldn't. >> gascon explains his reasons for the request. >> for any other that want to coon seed to this, not any other advantage. >> that was abc 7 vic lee

jeff godown was given the interim police position after george gascon was appointed interim districtttorney on sunday. he was a long police detective before he was hired by gascon. godown is considered an outsider and wants the new police chief to be one of his own. >> they'll understand the idiosyncrasies of our membership and the things that make it different -- >> i told the police chief i would not put my hat in the ring for the position. he just asked me not to do it and i told him i wouldn't. >> godown said his priorities are to get it is a sores for his officers, schedule classes and begin security for the 2013 america's cup. >> governor jerry brown today begins the difficult process of selling his first budget which he knows come complete with something for everybody who hate. big cuts in higher education got most attention when he unveiled the plan yesterday but that's not the only area taking big hits. the other areas affected. >> eric, it's tough to swallow but governor jerry brown says he found a way to eliminate $12.5 billion in state spending. it sets mandatory copays a