it culminated just hours before i was on my out as lieutenant govern and kamala harris in as the neworney general, we had to find a d.a. i realized i hadn't talked to my police chief of what he had in mind as a new district attorney. 10 minutes into the conversation, i knew he was going to be appointed, i knew he was a lawyer, didn't know if he had passed the bar. i said to my chief of staff, is that a requirement of a d.a.? lo and behold, he tells me he did george, you were given just 12 hours to make a decision and he made another not rash decision, but a thoughtful decision, used his instinct, his skill, used his leadership capacity and assumed the role as district attorney of this city. and the last year once again, he has demonstrated his prowess, his leadership skills, his courage and through that effort and work, built on the extraordinary legacy of kamala harris and the victims unit and the work on truancy and building his own reputation, bringing community courts into the districts and into our neighborhoods, distinguished himself so much so that the voters overwhelmingly ch

i am proud to say that i continued the work that kamala harris did, her homicide team. conviction rate is now at 91%. equally impressive is our results in sex crimes where we have an 89% conviction rate, and our gang unit, where we have a 100% conviction rate. this is important, because often, especially during the campaign, a lot of people use disparaging marks for the performance of the san francisco district attorney's office. in addition to this effort, we are tackling white-collar crime. we have created a corporate crime division to look into illegal behavior by companies. we have all seen the devastation that corporate crime can have, not just on our economy, but on the lives of hard-working people. we are committed to prosecuting aggressively. we will also be establishing a high tech crime unit to deal with those crimes. finally, we will continue to pursue cases where the public trust is violated by public officials. all these efforts are an important component of our efforts to make san francisco safe. every single day, the dedicated men and women of the distric

last january, he appointed him to replace kamala harris. >> this is a journey for me. >> reporter: he said his goal includes lowering the 77% better for this person. the department data systems prevent a overview of how well prosecutors are performing. >> we are navigating blindly here. this is the first time in 15 years where i come to work and i am not sure what we did the day before and i am not :compar >> he was a high school drop out. he said he chose mission high school for the ceremony tonight. >> my parents were poor. i was raised in a neighborhood similar to that where mission high school is. i want to take this opportunity to really highlight the desperate need that kids altern crime. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on his rise. he became a los angeles police officer back in 1978. before he left he was promoted to police chief and director of operations. and then police chief in arizona :to san francisco in august 2009 and appointed as san francisco district attorney last january. >>> police are investigating a bank robbery at a wells fargo bank. t

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kamala harris, a wonderful friend, one that i met telephonically initially as i was considering coming to san francisco. from day one, we hit it off. your support, friendship, and your endorsement meant a great deal to me. gavin newsom, there is not much i can say. i would not be here but for gavin. he offered me the opportunity to come here to be the chief of police. at the time when we worked together, i could not have asked for a better mayor. you were there to support, you never micromanaged. you provided the tools for me to get the job done. as we were talking about replacing a mutual friend, someone i supported greatly, because i believe she was the most qualified person to be the attorney-general in this state, we started talking, and the offer came up, something quite unexpected. frankly, i have to think about it. it was not something that i was ready for. but i cannot tell you, gavin, how much your support has meant for me, and obviously your endorsement in the election. to my right, senator feinstein was somebody that i respected for many years. when i was at the lapd, we wor

home and look at this stage where you have got two young brilliant leaders in gavin newsom and kamala harris and where you have three mayors, a present mayor, two of us that are getting a little long in the tooth. wait until that. and all of us here to salute the next district attorney of the city and county of san francisco. yeah, gavin mentioned george gascon's record, working up to assistant chief in the los angeles police department, taking a leave, getting a law degree and coming back. i guess he was in the department from 1978 to 1987, is that right? a long time. obviously well thought of. the city attorney of los angeles is here today to salute him. a very distinguished justice is here today in justice mow renault to give -- moreno to give him the oath of office. one of the things i learned over a lot of years, ladies and gentlemen, is nobody does anything by themselves. it's all a team effort. so the assistant d.a.'s that work with this new d.a., the judges that the cases are presented before, all of this is extraordinarily important. and i was very proud to support george gascon in

he replaces kamala harris elected the state attorney general. >>> san francisco city counsel will consider reducing its pension plan. mayor chuck reed and pete constant are behind the proposal which will be considered january 24th for san jose. pension plans for the mayor and councilmembers are separate for the ones covering most city workers. a plan to reduce those retirement benefits could go to a public vote. but that would happen in june. >>> you're going to have a couple of extra days to do your taxes. 2012 tax filings are now due april 17th, two days later than usual. april 15 is a sunday, and monday after that is emancipation day a holiday in washington, d.c. >>> expect to pay even more if you like the word organic on your carton of milk because there is a nationwide shortage. the "new york times" says the main reason is that the combination of smaller supply and an increased demand, the cost of organic grain and hay and cows has risen sharply. >>> a catch worth savoring off the northeast coast of japan. a blue fin tuna weighed in at 593 pounds. it went for a whole lot of money just

. >>> attorney general kamala harris is refusing to sign a proposed settlement between states and the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over deisn'tive foreclosure practices. -- deceptive foreclosure practices. the nation's five big banks are on board but harris says the deal is inadequate because it would limit her ability to pursue her own civil investigations into mortgage misconduct. in the meantime, the bay area foreclosure rate is down by 16% overall since the end of 2010. >>> tonight, an american aid worker kidnapped in somalia is safe. that is thanks to a daring rescue of an elite team of special forces. the seal team 6 completed a covert raid to free two hostages last night. just moments before the president delivered his state of the union address. the same u.s. navy seal team that killed bin laden bub rescued jessica buchanan and her danish coworker. u.s. officials say they killed nine pirates in the gunfight and freed the aid workers held hostage for three months. both will soon be reunited with their families. president obama didn't mention the raid in his state of the un

i suspect that he is -- he will await the opportunity and besides kamala harris doesn't leave for a fewrs. >> on sunday you're going to emcee along with senator dianne feinstein ed lee's inauguration. >> that is correct. >> is that why they call you a power broker or is it just because you're available? >> just because i'm available. available and i can, you know, be programmed. i can be programmed. you have no idea how important that is when you're emcee. your emcee can screw up, mispronounce the names, miss the timing, don't understand the sensitivity of the crowd... i been doing that so many years that that's how i am. >> frank, grace, have either of you emceed events? i have done it. he is right. all of a sudden somebody hands you a list of names and you have no idea how some are pronounced. >> he was like a standup comedian out there. i was impressed. >> i was just with a crowd of friendly folks. >> he actually does crack -- if he can't pronounce half the names, he stops the list and starts making jokes. [ laughter ] >> exactly. >> that's the way to handle it. >> yeah. when you don

he replaced kamala harris, elected the state's attorney general. >>> san jose council will consider reducingir own pension plans in an ongoing effort to chip away at the city's budget deficit. a proposal will be considered on the january 24th meeting. pension plans for the mayor and councilmembers are separate from the ones covering most of the city workers there. a plan to reduce those retirement benefits could ends up going to public vote this coming june. >>> and we are going to find out more today about plans for this year's mavericks surf contest. organizers plan to hold a public meeting today. the meeting will deal with public safety, some other issues related to the contest. they plan to keep people off the nearby beach this year and charge admission to watch the surfers on big screen tvs. opening ceremony planned tomorrow afternoon down at half moon bay. surf is acoming. >> should be a nice day. >> yeah, 70? maybe not there but it's warm. >>> hey, the time now is 5:50. the only thing keeping them from drowning was a cooler. how a fishing trip turned into a very dramatic rescue. >>> a

the same is true for kamala harris, who i work with as martha coakley in massachusetts. who are going to town on this. and here's the issue, alex. foreclosures don't have to happen at the rate they're happening. you have people like mitt romney talking about kind of flushing this all down the toilet. the reality is that these servicing banks are incentivized to foreclose. that is, the banks that service this debt, they have an incentive to foreclose. it used to be the bank that held the note didn't want to foreclose because they didn't want to be in the business of holding real estate. well, these are being paid a fee for service. they're taking money from the borrower and passing it through the to the lender, and they're incentivized to foreclose. we've got to fix that. >> given the broad gop rhetoric with not interfering with business interests and leaving government alone, is there any impetus for greater action to be taken if we see a republican in the oval office? >> well, you know, i don't know. i think you'll see -- i don't think you'd see much of any investigatio

a spokesperson for the district attorney says the office of the california attorney general, kamala harris, will be handling the investigation to avoid any kind of conflict of interest. >>> police have not released the information on how many arrests were made at the 49er game. but they say a fan assaulted two police officers on the upper level of candlestick. police used pepper spray on the man. he was arrested. an officer and another fan were inad vertently -- in add -- inaddvertantl -- inadd ver tantly -- inadvertentl got injured. >>> in all, it was kind of a painful way to end a dream season for 49ers' fans. -- neck year? next year. >> next year. >> there's always next year there's always next year. >> yeah, the fans say that sting from being that close it will last for a while. but they are still proud of the tale already looking ahead to next season. >>> 7:35. well, there's new snow in the sierra. it's the first big snow of the season and more is on the way. reporting mike desalle is in blue canyon with a look at the conditions up there. it looks like you are almost buried in snow. >

gascon was apointed po to -- appointed to that coast to replace -- to that post to replace kamala harrisbe celebrating with an inauguration ceremony this evening at san francisco's mission high school. >>> this sunday will be one year since the deadly shooting rampage in tucson arizona. congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, who, as you know, was seriously wounded in the head, she will be at the vigil and so will her husband. she was meeting with with constituents at a supermarket last january when she was shot. the suspect is still in federal custody. while the event is called a candlelight vigil, participants will receive glow sticks instead of kandals -- candles. >>> a fire started around 7:00 last night and neighbors captured it on a cell phone video. five people including three babies were trapped. a grandmother saved it them by throwing them in the arms of a neighbor. firefighters say the crews and everyone worked as a team so everybody made it out okay. >> i'm so proud of these guys right now. i honestly believe we saved five lives tonight. >> the red cross is assisting. >>> the fire