leland yee authored the bill in 2005 and said he's optistic about today's ruling.ld be protected and parents should have the tool to keep them from the harmful effects of ultraviolet video games. supreme court justices seemed split in november when they heard the argument. some seemed hesitant to carve out the exception to the first amendment and others argued parents need help protecting their kids. well, they weighed in on the twitter page and one said this is not a -- this is a family issue, not a government issue. pardon me, nathan. peggy court on facebook says she believes children's lives have gone downhill because of violent video games. the u.s. supreme court will have the time say today. live in the newsroom, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> definitely interesting debate going on there. amy, thanks a lot. >> mike will have the final say in weather in this newscast. sir? >> we have low clouds causing 20-minute flight arrival delays in sfo. check out the flight tracker at abc7news.com. clouds are hanging around the bay and to the coast. keeping us in the 50s. 6

current senator leland yee. >> there were reports in the newspaper about various board members beinged. we were concerned about how the conflict of interest laws would apply to them. very specifically for foreign issues. perhaps there would be six board members who would be not able to bridge as a paid in a successor mayor selection and appointment process. we would lose quorum. we have to contemplate how we would then bring back quorum. i went to bed every night with it on my mind. i woke up with every morning. >> time was running out. there were no more meetings scheduled in november due to the holidays, and the board did not meet again until december 7. san francisco citizens again waited on the mayoral selection. >> we want someone who has the greater good of the people of san francisco in mind, not just business owners. >> i am here today

. >> reporter: senator leland yee and supporters that the supreme court had made a mistake. >> we have protected them from alcohol and cigarette ads and pornography could we got that lives on this level. >> reporter: the law would ban the sale and rental of videogames to minors. grand theft auto is one game that shows police officers being killed. >> videogames are a creative art form that deserve consumer protections. >> reporter: the entertainment software association saw this as a ringing endorsement of free speech and new technology. benjamin has been playing violent video games since he was 12p he says technology has made today's games more lifelike. >> it has to do with the parent and be able to explain to them, look, this is fake. >> reporter: video games already come with labels and this one has a "m" meaning for mature audiences only. the ruling does not change which games her 10-year-old son plays. >> the parent normally buys the game and they are supervising the child. >> reporter: >> is working on a revised bill. >>> cable boxes and dvr's account for powerdrains in househol

leland yee/senador de california sot:42;35 they were not really looking ellos realmente no protegierons intereses de nuestros ninos, sino los de la industria de video juegos que es multimillonaria, desafortunadamente la corte hoy decidio que estara de su lado. para este psicologo esto significa una sola cosa oscar cervantes/psicolog o sot:1:14:13 lo mas importante ahora va a ser la supervision de los papas, yaque la corte suprema no coopero, ahora es la responsabilidad cien por ciento de los papas1:14:22 lo cual no siempre sera tarea facil 51:18 los manejan mas los hijos a los papas o a escondidas los compran tambien 51:23... william rivas/tiene 11 anos de edad. sot:53;36 le piden al papa dinero para comida algo asi y lo siguen ahorrando hasta que tengan dinero para comprar el juego y escondido no le ensenan al papa 53:44 o algunas veces los hermanos los compran para ellos 53:49 59:53 yo pienso que si necesitamos un poco de ayuda por parte de la ley tambien que prohiba pilar nino 47:25 pero el senador yee se prepara para el contraataque, dice que en un par de semanas california tendra

but senator leland yee is here to welcome you. [applause] and a man who went to bed on saturday night, a cop with a badge and who woke up on sunday morning a new d.a., george gason. [applause] city attorney twice elected in san francisco, and usually without opposition, dennis herrera. [applause] a member of the board of education and from your administration, mr. newsom, hydra mendoza. [applause] the assessor for the city and county of san francisco, phil teng. the treasurer of the city and county of san francisco, jose cisneros. [applause] the public defender and the man that first whispered to george, you should be the d.a., jeff hadachi. one of the judges with whom we have worked for years, lilian singh. [applause] and of course the woman who was your lifeline from here to hong kong when you were trying to escape this awesome responsibility, rose pack. [applause] fire chief of the city and county of san francisco, joanne hayes white. and a man whose work as an architect in three or four administrations, a man that i got from t

high court heard arguments sponsored by leland yee. it was signed into the law by then governor arnold schwarzenegger and struck down by a federal appeals court. they are challenging the ban. >>> the family of missing nursing student michelle le is asking the f.b.i. to take over the case. the hayward police department does not have enough staff to work the case and they are criticizing the way it's being handled. they say officers didn't search le's apartment until four days after they disappeared and the evidence they collected is not getting priority. >> what we've got on this case, but what is frustrating the community they are having a difficult time. >> detectives have several leads but they don't want to make them public because they don't want to jeopardize the investigation. >>> today palo alto city council is expected to approve a package of permits and ordinances for stanford university's expansion. $3.5 billion project is the largest development in palo alto's history. it will modernize stanford office and add more than a mi

>> reporter: yeah, the state senator leland yee feels strongly about this, kristen. he is even accusing the supreme court of siding with the interest of corporate america. instead of the interest of children. >> i am rather disappointed today, by the decision of the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: in an effort to show his defeated law has broad support, lee provided representatives from the medical community and from law enforcement to react to today's supreme court ruling. declaring california cannot ban the sale of violent video games to children. >> we see a lot of them are enforcing targets. it's not in development of an industrial. we're concerned about this. we will stay involved. >> reporter: the bill enjoyed bipartisan support in the california legislature. the u.s. supreme court declared the law violates the first amendment with justice antonin scalia write manage the majority opinion. no doubt the state processes legitimate power to protect children from harm, but it does not include free floating power to restrict the idea may be exposed. they told us via

>> reporter: yeah, the state senator leland yee feels strongly about this, kristen. he is even accusing the supreme court of siding with the interest of corporate america. instead of the interest of children. >> i am rather disappointed today, by the decision of the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: in an effort to show his defeated law has broad support, lee provided representatives from the medical community and from law enforcement to react to today's supreme court ruling. declaring california cannot ban the sale of violent video games to children. >> we see a lot of them are enforcing targets. it's not in development of an industrial. we're concerned about this. we will stay involved. >> reporter: the bill enjoyed bipartisan support in the california legislature. the u.s. supreme court declared the law violates the first amendment with justice antonin scalia write manage the majority opinion. no doubt the state processes legitimate power to protect children from harm, but it does not include free floating power to restrict the idea may be exposed. they told us via

. >>> state senator leland yee says he is disappointed but not deterred against a court ordered vote banning the sale or rental of video games to children. >> the u.s. supreme court has decided that it's going to side with corporate america and wal- mart against our children. >> the law written by the san francisco senator fines stores $100,000 for selling violent video games. he says he may propose a new version of the law that might stand up to a first amendment challenge. >>> the worldwide diabetes epidemic just got even more serious. 10%over adults worldwide now have -- 10% of adults worldwide now have diabetes. ktvu's sign editor john fowler live in san francisco tonight and tells us it's almost all caused by one thing, john. >> reporter: and you can see it clearly here at the wharf area of san francisco, it is obesity. people say they know the family risks and the horrors of diabetes. >> my whole family is infested with diabetes. and my uncle got amputated from head to toe. >> reporter: they know high sugar, high fat diets contribute to diabetes. >> my family has it, it's just

state senator leland yee of san francisco authored a california law. it was then signed by then governor schwarzenegger in 2005. but later it was struck down by a federal appeals court. the law bars minors from buying or renting so-called ultraviolent videogames. free speech groups oppose it. >>> there is a clean sign of anticipation outside moscone center in san francisco. a lot of people up early this morning. >> you think? look at all those folks out there. hundreds of people all lined up ahead of today's opening of apple's developers conference. this morning apple's ceo steve jobs is going to make his first public appearance since medical leave. he is expected to promote icloud. it will provide users a spot on the company's servers to park your itunes library so they can quickly stream music to any apple device. it may also include movies and some tv shows, too. it's very exciting. jobs will likely unveil apple's next generation of software for the mac and for the company's mobile operating systems, as well. as you know, he has been sick and a lot

state senator leland yee authored the bill and scheduled a news conference to react to the decision. he says he is cautiously optimistic the justices will "help protect our children from the harmful effects of ultra-violent video games." federal judges struck down the law, declaring it violates first amendment free speech rights. lawyers for gaming industry says it's similar to the past misguided efforts to protect children from comic books, music and movies. attorney for the state of california, however, argued they should be able to ban video games like they restrict sale of pornography. the supreme court justices seemed closely split when they heard the argument in november. some argue that parents need help to protect children from violent games. others seem reluctant to carve out an exception to the first amendment. they waited to the last minute to decide this is the last day of their session. more than 46 million american households have at least one video game system. the industry pulled down around $18 billion last year. so a lot at stake today. what do you think? weigh in o

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state senator leland yee of san francisco authored the bill and then signed by governor schwarzeneggern 2005 but later struck down by a federal appeals court. it bars minors from buying or renting ultraviolet videogames. free speech groups oppose it. >>> and right now hundreds of people lined up outside moscone center in san francisco anticipating the opening today of apple's developers conference. >> it's 4:38, guys. here we go. this is a live picture. this morning apple's ceo steve jobs will make his first appearance since went on medical leave 5 months ago. the icloud will provide users a spot on company servers to park their itunes library so they can quickly stream music to any apple device. it may include movies and tv shows. jobs will likely unveil the next generation of software for the mac and the company's mobile operating system. they are already lined up. >> that's a huge appearance for the apple enthusiasts. so already lining up and we'll keep you posted on that. >>> 4:39. after a few raindrops this weekend, lawrence, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. i think the

the law authored by state senator leland yee of san francisco prohibits the sale of violent video gamesbay area's monty francis spoke with senator yee. >> reporter: the law was passed in 2005. but it never went into effect because it was immediately challenged in the courts. senator yee is hoping that the six-year-long legal fight will finally come to an end this week. the violent video game law makes it illegal for stores in california to sell excessively violent video games to anyone under 18. the industry argues the law violates the first amendment. in the past the supreme court has ruled there are certain limitations to free speech rights, for example, when it comes to laws preventing children from being exposed to porn grief. yee, who is also a child psychologist, says there are plenty of studies to show violent video games harm children. >> when you have these ultra-violent video games that are teaching kids how to kill and maim and hurt individuals and the technology that is used to train our -- what the officers and soldiers to hurt and kill the enemy and so on, the bad guys, we

one of the democrats that broke ranks and voted no was senator leland yee of san francisco. >> the budget will devastate further public education, the schools and children. another $3 billion worth of cuts. in addition to that, we're going to be looking at higher student fees. >> the u.c. and c.s.u. system would each lose $150 million. the state is anticipating an extra $4 billion in tax revenues but it has pitfalls, too. >> the anticipated revenue does not show up and turn up, we'll have additional severe cuts. >> after vetoing the budget two weeks ago, governor brown negotiated the deal with democrats because there is no tax increase. a simple majority vote was enough. not a single republican vote was needed. >> i think this budget right now doesn't go farther enough to really correcting the things that are wrong here in california. of course, i think it will be a relief to taxpayers if the actual tax is, if the taxes go back to what they were beforenine. >> temporary taxes are set to expire friday. state sales tax would drop by 1% and the vehicle lie sense tax would drop by -- license

into one senate district instead of two, setting up a potential battle ahead between mark leno and leland yee. that's an interesting one. but the other -- >> belva: the big news, i believe, what happened down in fremont? in the south? >> in fremont, it's a good example of ethnic communities that really participated in this process. the indian american community, the south asian community, pakistanis, afghans, indians, vietnamese, really participated in this process. and yet their community, one of the fastest-growing indian communities in the country, is not the largest, was split in half down in the south. they're very upset about that. this is just one of the places where these are not final lines. these are draft lines. and there's going to be a whole group of meetings still. people can still weigh in on this process. people think that can be changed. >> the changing demographics of california, we know there's a large increase of latino voters and residents in california. but is it still a state of identity politics? does it make a difference if all the indians are kept together in the fre

. >> the bill's sponsor, senator leland yee, says he and others will study the court decision and considerntroducing another big that will stand up to first amendment scrutiny. >>> a muslim woman from san mateo has filed a federal lawsuit against abercrombie & fitch claiming she was illegally fired for not removing her head scarf. she worked at the retailer suddency area a hollister store in hillsdale mall for four months. the 20-year-old says that no one at work had an issue with hijab until the company said it doesn't comply with the look policy. she was fired she said after she refused to remove it. they say "we comply with the law regarding reasonable religious accommodations. and we will continue to do so. we are confident when this matter will tried a jury will find that we have fully complied with the law." >>> at&t customers in san franciscan find out today if they will get better service. the board of supervisors is expected to vote on the company's proposal up to great its network in town. that vote was delayed over safety and aesthetic concerns about the four-foot-tall boxes tha

the same person also be glad to help you in california you've got a great ally in state senator leland yee he's passed a bunch of laws limiting the authority of schools to punish students for protected first amendment speech well you know a lot you can also always start a facebook page and organize students against us and i hope you'll take it as an opportunity to educate them about free speech issues.

but state senator leland yee says make no mistake. >> in this situation, what we have is a redistricting commission that totally ignores the pivotal role that san francisco provides for the state of california. >> reporter: under the new map, state senator mark leno, district 3, and leland yee's district 8 would become a new district, number 4, extending from san mateo into marijn. depending on your address, that new district could mean no state representation until 2014. >> if in fact we lose one seat and if the seat remains in, as my district, then unfortunately, those individuals who senator leno has been representing, will in fact not have representation for that couple of years. >> reporter: oakland could reduce from three state assembly districts to two. congressman jerry mcneurony's oddly shaped district is sure to disappear, and richmond will by taken from miller and redrawn to lee. the new map could boost numbers in the democratic congress by four seats. when cbs 5 political analyst joe schuman says some incumbents could experience map migraine. >> because gathering those people

the high court heard arguments on the measure sponsored by leland yee from san francisco.he law by schwarzenegger and later struck down by a federal appeals court. free speech groups are challenging the plan. >> kristen: apple fans are on cloud nine this morning. in just a few hours, steve jobs will emerge from medical leave to unveil a new service that could changes the way users listen to music and download movies. i'm aim is live at the mos -- i'm is live at moscone center. >> they are here to see steve jobs. we were surprised there was something else. steve jobs is expected to be here to step out from his medical leave. he will present a service that allows to take your itunes library with you. you can access it on the go on any device. yes, fans say it's impressive. they can't wait to use it and they also got here yesterday for more than just a chance to see jobs. >> i got here at 4:00. i got here 8:00 last year. >> the atmosphere of being in line with these people is incredible. >> reporter: we heard a few fans that being in line is the experience they came for. fans

. >> reporter: state senator leland yee thanked supporters this morning. >> it is really important at this point in time in san francisco that you have someone that understands what is really important for the city. >> reporter: here in mid-june the candidates for san francisco mayor are collecting sings to get their names on the ballot. >> for me it is about talking about what my vision is not just over the next four or eight years but to make sure that san francisco is going to be a model for the 21st century american city should be 50 years from now. >>> most major candidates are current politicians. joanna reese is a venture capitalist. >> i know a lot about job creation. the only way we will get ourselves out of the budget deficit is if we keep and retain jobs? fridays. >> he met with voters in the sunset. >> i think they are tired trying to figure out why the parks are closed. i think they are tired of figuring out, you know, how much money they are paying for healthcare. >> board of supervisors president david chu opened his campaign headquarters. >> we are trying to keep jobs

. >> reporter: at a new conference this morning, senator leland yee clearly thought the supreme court had made a mistake. >> in the past we've protected them from alcohol and cigarette address and pornography. we felt this was at that level. >> reporter: lee introduced the state bill more than a decade ago. it would have banned the sale and rental of violent video games from minors. grand theft auto is a game that shows police officers being killed. others like postal ii allows players to go on shooting rampage. benjamin has been playing violent video games since he was 12. >> the line gets blurred. it's up to the parent to say, look this is a game. >> reporter: yee is vowing to continue his fight. he plans to revise the bill and shoot for another hearing within the u.s. supreme court. live in oakland, i'm tara moriyarti. >>> google is taking action against the lawsuit. the move comes after google was criticized by the way it collected personal data while mapping for its street view project. >>> lawyers are trying to determine who will defend james whitey bulger and also who will pay

one of the democrats who broke ranks and voted no on the main budget is senator leland yee of san francisco>> this budget is going to devastate further public education, our schools, our children. another $3 billion worth of cuts. in addition to that, we are going to look at the higher student fees. >> the u.c. and csu systems would lose $150 million. the state is anticipating an extra $4 billion in tax revenues but that has pitfalls, too. >> the anticipated re-knew does not turn up, we have severe cuts. >> because there are no tax increase, not a single republican vote was needed. majority vote was all that was needed. >> this doesn't go far enough to fix problems but it's of course a relief to taxpayers if taxes go back to what they were before 2009. >> the temporary taxes are set to expire on friday. the state sales tax would drop by 1%, and the vehicle license tax would drop by almost half. the drivers would have to pay extra $12 to register their vehicles. >> i do anticipate the governor signing the budget. we stood together, sat together at his bench yesterday. he backed the plan. >>