state senator mark leno is set to unveil a bill that would give local governments the ability to raiseehicle license fee. >> good morning, everyone. it is friday, february 11th. i'm jenelle wang. >> say that again. >> it's friday, i'm jenelle wang, thanks for joining us. (laughter) >> thank you. today could be the biggest protest yet against egyptian president hosni mubarak. it's been, as you know, packed in cairo's square and mubarak's announcement yesterday angered hundreds of thousands of protestors who want him to step down immediately. emily schmidt has the latest. >> it's day 18 in cairo. people are gathered in the square for what they vow will be their biggest gathering yet and there's news that military leaders have held an important meeting about all that's unfolding. but the protestors it's like day one, the first day after demonstrators thought they had forced their president to step down. for that reason much of thursday there was joy and relief. >> our dream came true and whatever we had been fighting for since the 25th of january is now being realized. >> the crowds gathe

. >> and now famous klepto cat, he has been on leno and letterman, >>> welcome back. happy monday, looking out from the camera on sutro tower and the city of san francisco. chilly out there right now, nice day today. changes are on the way. mike nicco will be along to explain that in just a little bit. >> start today, commuters that use a clipper card must have a minimum of $5 or added on to existing cards. riders were taking advantage of the feature with $2 minimum to cheat agencies. they can still by single or round trip tickets at vending machines. >> we showed you a story about a prolific thief, has video shot during one of his heists. sings then he has become more notorious. crime reporter vic lee looked to see if he has changed his ways. >> remember dus t789, cat neighbors called klepto. he is now a household name. >> two weeks ago, dusty was our cat. now dusty's people. >> it all happened after we featured this cat burglar in our story two weeks ago. his owners figure dusty stolen about 600 items in three years. he leaves home at night and returns with his loot

state senator mark leno has a plan to raise money for local governments through vehicle license fees. nannette miranda explains how it would work and who is lined up against it. local governments have been having a tough time funding services like public safety and social programs. now, state senator mark leno wants to give the authority to raise vehicle his yens fee, better known as car tax to, keep programs going. if it becomes law, two-thirds of the board of supervisors must approve, then a simple majority of voters need to okay it we're just giving a tool to counties they don't currently have in the middle of the worst financial crisis in 80 year autos california car owners are temporarily paying a higher car tax to help the state weather the crisis. it's now just over 1% of the vehicle's value. under senator leno's proposal, counties could nearly double the rate up to 2% and keep the difference. say you have a honda accord and pay $230 a year, your county could increase that to $400. republicans are lining up against it. >> we don't need to raise taxes to solve our problems, ther

state senator leno will raise money for local government through vehicle license fee. approximately we are now on how it will work and who is already lined up against it. >>reporter: local government have been having a tough time funding services like public safety and social programs. now state senator mark leno wants to give counties the authority to raise your vehicle license fee better known car tax to keep programs going. if it becomes law two-thirds of the board of supervisors must approve putting the tax hike on the ballot then simple majority of voters in the county need to okay it. >> we are just giving a tool to counties they don't currently have in the mid of the worst financial crisis we have seen in 80 years. >>reporter: california car owners are already temporarily paying a higher car tax to help state weather the financial crisis. it is now over 1% of the vehicle value. under senator leno proposal counties could nearly double the rate up to 2% and keep the difference. say you have a honda worth 2 20,000 dollars. you currently pay 230 dollars a year. the

also state senator mark leno coming in. >> how they play the game of chess over there in sacramento and the latest overnight developments from egypt let's start there. the military leaders there have dissolved parliament and suspended the constitution that came within the last hour. that meets two key demands of protestors, people are streaming back into tahrir square not in the same massive number as last week. earlier the army tried to restore order removing tents, cars are moving through the area, into downtown cairo as they dissolved parliament, military leaders said they will run the country for six months or until presidential and parliamentary elections can be held. they are formling a committee to amend -- forming a committee to amend the constitution and set rules for a popular referendum to endorse those. >>> meanwhile obama administration is trying to figure out the composition of the military council in charge. who is in charge? who is handling diplomacy. >> one american official said it is something to figure out on pecking order, the first high level contact since mubarak'

he's a represent of senator mark leno's office. b.j.ssion is here. stewart. from the public library. and pete fitzsimmons and tannish col -- hollins and camille dawkins. camille is over here. without camille and tannish rkt , none of this happens. so let's give them a round of applause for their wonderful effort. the society's primary mission is to enlighten, to inform, to inspire and to empower. we achieve that mission in a variety of ways. almost always in partnership with others. through our current partnership that trevor spoke to with the finance -- kinsey foundation shall the san francisco public library, and the california council of the humanities, we are now hosting an incredible exhibition of art and artifacts from the kinsey collection, the kron -- that chronicles the story of people of frick desnent america. if you haven't done so you owe it to yourself and particularly to your children to visit and see this important exhibit which is at our library in the frake american -- african-american art and culture complex at 762 bol

senator leno earlier this week introduced the legislation to make the change that would be required to allow san francisco and other localities around the state to decide for ourselves whether or not we should bring our vehicle license fee back to the 2003 levels that have been in place for 50 years. i want to thank supervisors wiener, avalos, elsbernd, and mirkarimi for your co sponsorship, and i ask my colleagues for your support. i also had two in memoriams for two great artists that recently passed. the first was jack baker, a constituent of mine on nob hill. over the weekend, the san francisco police department found him the victim of a tragic homicide. he was someone who was very well liked by my constituents. he had mural work in our local neighborhoods. he was a very quiet, peaceful man, and i know that there are many neighbors who are grieving today and hoping for justice with regards to jack baker. i also had a second in memorial for another wonderful artists and arts educator, dan kristen, who passed on after a short but intense battle with pneumonia. he was someone who coul

senator leno is an interloper. it is ok, because he is going to bring us a lot of money. together, we want to make this presentation to the executive director, the new head of laguna honda. i have known her for years. she is small in size, but she carries a wallop. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody.

senator leno is an interloper. it is ok, because he is going to bring us a lot of money. together, we want to make this presentation to the executive director, the new head of laguna honda. i have known her for years. she is small in size, but she carries a wallop. thank you very much. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. it is not often you get to say the words "your tax dollars at work" with a smiling face, but san francisco is smiling today. [applause] supervise a eslbernd call me months ago to find out when the ribbon cutting would be, knowing the pride celebration was coming. he wanted to make sure there was a cycle of other activities, planning the ribbon cutting. i want to thank you, a supervisor, for doing that. i am curious if we are going to cut a red or a pink ribbon this afternoon. major newsom -- mayor newsom has recognized all the individuals who helped bring us to this proud moment. i remember clearly when we were all on the board of supervisors together. we got news from the federal government that the open wards and conditions of laguna honda, no 144

senator leno in passing the performance an incentive act, what that said was, used the evidence, what science out there that works in integrated reentry practices. if you do that, we will reward the counties that are successful by giving you money, $29,500 for those highest performing counties for not sending the population to the state level. i am happy to report, adult probation, we were one of the areas where we have success and were able to reduce the numbers we are sending to state prison by 20% in a single year. so we will receive that money back to reinvest in support of the probationers. what the larger message was hyper --, use science, the thint are there. that is the problem when you ask why is the result -- the recidivism so high for the parole? it is because there is not a court in and system of care. the problem begin and end in the community and solutions must, too, but we have a bifurcated system. there is much wisdom in the realignment proposal to basically join the two systems together. you received efficiencies as well as improved services. speaking from over 26 yea