and third of them could be laid off if the measure did not pass. >> the only local measure rejected was proposition f which called for a study on whether to drain it. and in yosemite national park. >> they narrowly banned the measure for sitting on sidewalks from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. >>> supporters said it would have reduced the number of street people who loiter in front of stores. opponents say it discriminated against the poor. >> you will find the up-to-the-minute p election results on the bottom of your screen. >> we have complete election results. look for the section right on the front page. >>> two ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana in colorado and washington. they say implementation of the bill remains uncertain since the ballotle measures directly contradict federal law. >> supporters of gay marriage are celebrating today. >> it passed in maine and maryland. >> more states could follow suit when all the ballots are counted. it is the first time the gay marriage measures have passed at the polls indicating a shift in major opinions. >>> this has moved down.

. >>> among the local measures is wanted in contra costa county. they are deciding if there should be a tax on sewed do. -- soda. a similar tax is on the ball hot in -- ballot in los angeles and if approved it would be the first of its kind. >>> in the count trip going to the polls a lot of races and issues are being decided and they would include both houses of congress and the house of representatives is up for reelection and 33 seats in the u.s. senate and 33 are up for grabs. they need four additional senate seats to take control and there are two hot button issues, washington state and oregon colorado could become the first state to release small amounts much pot. they will decide whether or not to legalize same sex marriage. it has been rejected in all 32 states that held popular votes on the issue. as the poles start to close on the east coast, you can go to our website and you can still find your polling place and a state by state break down of what is next. >>> a driver is being honored for his actions during the world series victory. he k

in the 9th district,dg2$v democt mcinnerney -- [ unintelligible ] >>> a local measure that got national attention richmond voters rejected tax on sodas and sugary drinks that would have funded school programs. city leaders are divided on the measure. >> tax on economically suppressed people, i've never been for this tax. >> we've run an education campaign the community is having a debate on this and that is wonderful. >> penny per ounce soda tax would have added 12 cents to every can of soda,. soft drink companies spent 2 1/2 million dollars to defeat it. >>> palo alto voters say no to measure c which allows three medical marijuana dispensaries and creates 4% tax. palo alto has banned dispensaries since 1987. [ unintelligible ] berkeley voters have approved a measure that targets panhandlers. measure s you see -- san jose voters are saying no to measure e which would allow more card tables for the city's two casinos. in berkeley the incumbent bates winning. >> we'll have up to the minute results throughout the morning. you can get real-time results at abc7news.com. we are sending out la

also on two local measurs. prop b, 195 million dollar general obligation bond measure earmarked to provide renovations and improvements to our city parks. one of the reasons why that is so important to us here in the council and also to the mdc, these renovations advance access in the facilities. this is the way that we get to renovate recreation centers and playgrounds and bathrooms and trails. it was

also on two local measurs. prop b, 195 million dollar general obligation bond measure earmarked to provide renovations and improvements to our city parks. one of the reasons why that is so important to us here in the council and also to the mdc, these renovations advance access in the facilities. this is the way that we get to renovate recreation centers and playgrounds and bathrooms and trails. it was important for our transition plan work to have this funding source. that was a successful outcome. one of the benefit of the bond measure is that these improvements that have been taken place, different recreation centers, it was more accessible disaster shelters. these rec centers are on the list of available shelter site. back in 2005 we first started the survey, a lot of them were not renovated and are not successful. as would go back one by one was added to the list. that has helped us a lot with the 2008 measure in going forward with this 2012 measure. prop c, affordable housing trust fund. as you know, when

voters defeating local measure f. this is the first part of the propos anal that would remove all the dams in the water system. more than 77% voted no on this one. of course we know the reservoir supplies most of san francisco's drinking water. measure a. this one passing with more than 72% of that vote. the $79 parcel tax is intended to help fund san francisco city college which is right now on the verge of accreditation. more than 70% of voters approving measure e. the city's payroll tax. with a tax on businesses gross receipts. >>> it is 4:51. we'll tell you if the cost of shopping in santa clara county is about to go up. >>> a clear live look at 101. this isn't the same view you'll get around the bay. we'll give you the big warning from chp coming up. >>> plus, it looks like richmond voters are saying no to a penny tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. we have a look of how this one is shaping up. >>> welcome back, everyone. a good wednesday morning to you. voters in santa clara county have approved a sales tax in

we analyze every local measure on the san francisco ballot, which until recently was a pretty formidable task. we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates continue to squeeze local budgets. increasing costs are forcing discussions about how we provide services. technology is requiring that we move more quickly than we have in a long time

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. >> local measure that got national attention, richmond voters rejecting tax on sodas and sugary drinkswould have funded school programs 2/3 of voters said no. city leaders are divided on the measure the penny per ounce soda tax would have added 12 cents to every can of soda. soft drinks companies spent 2 1/2 million dollars too defeat that measure. >>> look at that fog this morning. we'll have traffic and weather together, next. another look at a foggy picture this is the san mateo bridge traffic looking okay here. we'll get sue to talk about the traffic and mike with your full forecast. >>> sunrise over the low clouds and fog if you were up at 2600 feet that would be a gorgeous sight since you are not we tried to bring it to you. today we are going to have temperatures with cloudy and foggy conditions this morning in the 50s as we head towards noon we will see a slow reveal of sunshine 50s coast low to mid 60s bay and inland high clouds and sunshine away from the coast mid 60s to 70 by 4:00. next three days, even more interesting temperatures are barely making it out of the 50s shower

. >>> local measure that got national attention richmond voters rejected new tax on sodas and sugary hat would have funded school programs, no to measure n city leaders are divided on the measure. the penny per ounce tax would have added 12 cents to every can of soda. >> soft drink companies 2 1/2 million dollars to defeat that measure. in palo alto voters say no to measure c which would allow three medical marijuana dispensaries in the city and create a 4% tax on them. no 62%. palo alto has banned medical marijuana dispensaries since 1997. berkeley voters approved a measure that+y8e7 targets young panhandlers sitting on sidewalks in the city. >> looks like san jose voters are saying no to measure e would allow more card tables for the two casinos, no leading by 16% would it allow total number of card tables in the increase from 98 now to 120 eight next year and 158 in 2014 -- >> other percentages we need to be focused on. percentages, odds for seeing fog this morning and maybe showers in the day head. >> temperatures coming down. >>> absolutely. as we look around live doppler you can

one of the local ballot measures getting national attention is the soda tax in niche monday -- richmondif the taxes are approved, they would be the first of their kind in the country. >>> ktvu.com can help -- can help you with last-minute research. >> you can follow the election results as they come in tomorrow right here on ktvu starting at 4:00 p.m. and on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. >>> the east coast continues to recover from superstorm sandy with less than 2 million people without power. but election officials will not keep voters from the polls tomorrow governor christie says voters will be able to kat additional -- to cast additional ballots reform. >>> it's back to school and work for millions of people in new york and new jersey for the first time since the storm hit. it's still a difficult commute by car with gas in short supply. this is the way traffic looked at the lincoln ton. there are more than 400 possible cases of prows gouging. a loaf of bread -- price gouging. a loaf of bread -- a love of bread $7. >>> rosemary will be back in six minutes. >>> new video just in as

late not because of the presidential election which ended early but because of prop 30 and our local measures. >> this election had something for everyone. there's no question about it. nationally the winners besides the obvious with president obama winning, democratic party. why? for its ability to capture the line share of ethnic minorities and women. 93% of african-americans, 71% of latino, 70% of asian americans. these are huge majorities that voted for obama. women number more and vote more than men gave obama that 55-45 margin of victory. he cobbled together these amazing groups. losers, the republican party for its inability to go beyond the increasingly narrow base of middle-aged and older white men. also the extreme right wing of the republican party which stressed the right to live, the right to life i should say under any circumstances and almost contempt, if you will, for the poor as noted in romney's infamous 47% remark. republicans in general may not hold these views but the fact is the extreme wing of the republican party took center stage and made it comparatively easy for dem

other local measures including taxes in soda in richmond a penny per ounce.t would be the first of its kind in the nation. berkeley voters will decide whether to approve a ban on sitting on sidewalks intended to keep homeless off the streets. over in alameda county, a tax on the ballot would supply funds to the oakland zoo for animal care and various upgrades. >> the weather is beautiful. so no excuses. >> if i were running for office i would win in a landslide. >> we'll see you in a week. >> in a couple of days maybe not. [ laughter ] >>> today another gorgeous day outside. mostly clear skies around the bay area. how about that? over the bay this morning, looking good so far. you know what? that ridge of high pressure going to bring us one last day of possible record-breaking temperatures and then we'll start to cool things down. temperatures all over the map right now a chilly 47 with patchy fog. visibilities down to three- quarters of a mile in santa rosa. 60 in san francisco. and 56 degrees in oakland. high pressure dominating our weather the last couple

. >>> and san jose voters have rejected measure e which would have allowed more gaming tables at the city's two casinos. there was no local organized opposition to measure e but some groups outside the city campaigned against it suggesting more gambling could lead to more crime in the city. >>> a late campaign comeback is being attributed to the defeat of proposition 37. the measure which would require special labels on genetically engineered food was rejected by 53% of california voters. cbs 5 reporter elizabeth cook explains why the initiative suddenly lost momentum. >>> reporter: i'm elizabeth cook in whole foods in san mateo on prop 37. now, a month ago yes on 37 was leading in the polls among likely voters by 60%. today they admit they were outspent by their opponents. the no on 37 campaign spent close to $37 million more than their opponents, mentioned that money was spent on ads on television that had been flooding the airwaves leading up to the election. some of the big name companies including monsanto, dow and pepsi-cola contributing to the no on 37 campaign. the yes on 37 campaign say they are not giving up. th

hundreds of local ballot measures on the big talk, even across the nation, was in richmond, where the very first national -- very first tax on the nation in soda, anti-obesity measure went down in flames. it fizzled big time. you know, 60%, 70% said no. richmond does not want to be singled out for the fat people's tax. they don't want it. oakland zoo tax went down. no money for the critters, i guess. alameda transportation tax on the cusp, fire tax went down, huge amount. four, five fire stations are going to close. in the biggest part of the county starting in january. and in berkeley, it is still legal to sit on the sidewalk. voters said, no, we're not going after the homeless. >> what about the berkeley mirrors race? >> mr. tom bates survived the ranked choice voting effort to try to have a replica of what happened in oakland when don perotta lost. the big question, tom bates loved ranked voting, would he love it after? he's still a fan. >> what about the top test of the top two primary system and redistricting in the pete stark race? where a lot of people thought 20-term dean of t

of course, real estate is local, but measured as a nation, sales and prices are picking up. existing home sales rose 10.9% in october compared to a year earlier. that was stronger than expected. it's the 16th straight month of year-over-year gains. median prices were also up, climbing to $178,600. all this as home sales ticking up, number of homes on the market going down, dropped to just over 2.1 million homes last month, the fewest number of existing homes on the market for sale in almost a dekachlted megan mcgrath knows this data well. with us tonight at the naz. megan, first of all, does the relatively few number of homes threaten any pickup in housing? >>. >> well, it's an interesting dynamic we're seeing now. we're hearing from realtors is that they think that sales are actually depressed a little bit because of this lack of inventory. that buyers are getting frustrated that they are not finding enough homes in the mart so we actually think it could be depressing sales a little bit testimony should be helping prices. and hopefully that will bring more inventory on to t

and while the presidential race was the big draw voters show local issues did matter. voters passed measure d which involves raising the minimum wage. 59% approved it, while 41% rejected it. minimum wage will be increased by $2 bringing it up to $10 an hour. this measure was developed by san jose state students and pushed by labor groups. they argue low wage workers needed a better wage living in an affluent measure. another measure that was approved is measure a. 56% of people voted for it while 44% were against it. its passing means for the next ten years the sales tax would increase by one eighth of a percent to 8.5%. this is estimated to raise $50 million annually for county services such as law enforcement and public safety. it would also go to public health and social services. >> i voted against that one. i think like they can probably do a much better job with what we have right now. you know, i know things are tough all over but everybody needs to tighten their belt. i'm not so sure the county shouldn't have to do that as well. >> reporter: a measure that was rejected was measure e

. >> one controversial local bay measure is richmond the soda tax. it is one penny on sugary drinks. and the sports drinks and the beverage that contains high caloric sweetener. that does not pertain to melt. >> 60 of these students organized the measure they argued both sides of the soda attacks. weeks' practice the and rehearsing both agreed that obesity is a real problem. they are not old enough to vote but they are hoping to sway independent voters. >> i believe that we help for our obesity levels to be reduced. i cannot think of putting a tax is going to be the solution a specially when the tax is not precisely going to be going to fight obesity. >> water is always cheaper why don't they just buy water. >> those people that debated this forecast for the people that had the best argument for or against the so that tax. the group of students that receive the most will be declared them rende f. >> reggie kumar, kron 4 they will be-declared the winner. >> extraordinary steps of the super storm sandy residents will be able to vote. ballots were deliv

now races in local races measure s voted down there, the second time this has been defeated. >> oakland parcel tax did not come wupt two thirds neat needed to pass. >> voters rejected hotly contested soda tax and south bay san jose voters approved an increase in a city's minimum wage, you can see totals here. abc 7 news talked with some students creating this initiative. >> daniel works in the san jose state university bookstore for $8.50 an hour. >> last chance over tuition. i don't know. maybe being able to go out with friends and not having to worry about how much i'm spending per week he didn't know it but a group of students created measure d. the group vowed inspiration meeting near the statue of john carlos ask tommy smith. >> if you believe in something, you can succeed, we're saying that we felt we deserve a living wage mayor chuck reed says he likes the idea of people making more money but is concerned about surveys showing employers unable to pay higher wage saying they'll slash hundreds of workers who will then are no job at all. >> we're facing a budget short fall of millio

funding, that is supporting capital projects, and for instance 2006 we did not have local hiring for our bond measure. 2011 half a billion dollars worth of work. i want local hiring so that we pay for it. our people that live here should benefit from it. >> all right. thank you. all right. now we're going to come to the candidate's closing statements but i want to remind you if you haven't registered to vote you still have time. please urge everyone to register the deadline is october 22nd and if you moved you need to register again. we're going to do the closing statements in reverse alphabetical order and to the candidates please remember you have -- you got that one right, one minute each. mr. yee we will begin with you. >> i am norman yee and running for supervisor and lived in the district for 27 year scption my two daughters grew up and i am running because i want to grow our economy, make our streets safer and keep our families here, and have been on the school board as a president for eight years now and we turned the school district around to improve test scores and more fiscally accountable

so you can click on the local measures, be a you can read through them measure a and all different measures voting for for or against. now, back to the propositions which is is a very controversial complicated part of the ballot this time around a lot of people feel maybe a bit intimidated. on this website, you have the propositions listed here. we have a number of very complicated ones that you can read through. all the four and against arguments are here. who rnt to repeal the death penalty is one of them. proposition 34, you click on that and you are going to get the summary prepared by the state attorney general and you're going to see the fiscal impact and you can see where the money is coming from. who has contributed to this campaign and who has contributed against the campaign. you can read through both the arguments for and against the proposition and you can see also who is for and against each proposition. so again, the it can be complicated but there's a site to go smart voter.org to read through this and get whatever you need to know on your ballot. the big message today is, ge

we have a look at local ballot measures which have a broad impact.e s which appears to be passing. measure s bans sitting or lying on sidewalks or commercial districts from 7 in the morning to 10 at night. city ambassadors will be out there encouraging offenders to just move along if they find people sitting or lying. if that fails, police will write up a $75 citation which can be worked off through community service or counseling sessions. right now, we have a look at that. the measure s and voting yes, 51% there against 49% voting no, with 94% of the districts in. so that one looks like it will likely be passing. >> now moving on to richmond's measure n which would have made richmond the first city in the country to impose a tax on restaurants and businesses that sell sugary drinks. will likely fizzle. businesses will be charged an extra penny per ounce on drinks sweetened with sugar. the soda drinks. measure incourages the city counsel to spend the money on programs to reduce childhood own beesty. there you take a look at our leaderboard. 32% of p

i also do not agree that under this measure that locally there will be additional moneys available for treatment. i noticed in the list of supporters for senator leno's measure, it's heavily supported by people in the treatment community. i think that that's great because we all understand that treatment does work. treatment in these forms of addiction will help these people get on track because they are broken. i think there is a general understanding among the prosecution community that that is the case, that treatment is the goal. but in my mind and in the minds of the majority of the d.a.'s around the state, the current state of misdemeanors and with our county jails being overcrowded, no person sentenced to a misdemeanor offense is going to do any jail time whatsoever. if they don't have jail as an incentive to engage in treatment, then there's nothing there, other than their own will to finally do something about their addiction. >> let me just ask you as a follow-up, what do you say, then, that the only thing -- if you're saying that currently being charged with a felony is goin

local and global research observations." and we were very, very pleased that we were able to find an acronym, milagro, that not only fit the themes of our measurementunited states, including nasa, the department of energy, and the national science foundation. mexico city is an ideal location for milagro's megacity resrch. surrounded on three sides by mountains, pollutants become trapped within the city. molina: there are many reasons for selecting mexico city. first of all, mexico city is one of the largest megacities. it has about 20 million people. it is in a tropical latitude, so it's representative of many of the future megacities, which will be in asia, in africa. mexico city is at a high altitude and the solar radiation is very strong and the photochemistry, it is very reactive. and of course, what we hope is that what we learn from mexico city, it will provide insight for us so that we can use that insight and understanding and apply it to other future megacities. narrator: while many previous studies revealed a great deal about pollution within mexico city, what happened to the pollution after it left the city and what its effects were on t

still ahead on "today in the bay," we will take a closer look at some of the local races and measurest you'll see on this year's ballot. political analyst larry gerston is sitting down next to me. we'll break it down coming up. >>> here in the bay area, we have hundreds of local races and ballot propositions in the general election. some with considerably more consequences than others. for some of those races we go to nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston. earlier we talked about the big picture and now we want to talk about some of those smaller races that are at stake here in the bay area. >> there's a lot at stake. you begin with the big chunk of land. we're talking about 13 congressional seats. six state senate seats. 17 assembly seats will be touched on in this area. that's a lot. not to mention there will be combinations of mayoral and city council races throughout the area including berkeley, oakland, san francisco, san jose, fremont. that's just to name a few and county supervisors and other countywide races. we have a lot of stuff going on. we have all kinds of parcel