state senator mark leno coming in to talk about the latest budget negotiations will we in fact have a deal this week. we are going to look at your home state of wisconsin. >> a battle there. >> will it effect california in the months and years to come. first to the top of the news this morning. two days after the massive earthquake and tsunami in japan police estimate the death toll could top 10,000. nearly 740 people have still missing, survivors are struggling the find food and water. meanwhile, as michael reports, the japanese government is scrambling to prevent a nuclear disaster as well. >> reporter: residents are being tested for radiation exposure after an explosion at a nuclear power plant in northern japan. officials say at least two reactors at the complex are in jeopardy of melt down and low levels of radiation have already escaped more than 200,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile area a complete melt down could pose a major health crisis. the plant was damaged by the most powerful earthquake in japan's history and the devastating tsunami that followed. new video

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

the bill introduced by san francisco state senator mark leno is similar to one vetoed by governor schwarzenegger. opponents say the measure targets children for sexual brainwashing. >>> been awarded so tonight for someone who shot and killed three sheep -- there is award out tonight for someone who shot and killed three sheep on a vineyard. six other sheep are missing. the owner is offering a $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >>> how the sierra snowpack is playing a key role in shaping state priority. >>> and san francisco city leaders are under fire. a new plan could bring the controversy to a close. >>> we are winding down at this hour with relatively mild temperatures. getting you a live look at the bay bridge where we had mostly clear skies and some of us still sitting in the 60s. we will hit 80 tomorrow, coming up. >> developing news to report where police with bomb detecting dogs are searching an amtrak train. police tell us that someone phoned in a bomb threat at about 5:30 p.m. when the train arrived at the station, police clear the train of its 13 passengers. police are

. >>> the measure written by openly gay state senator mark leno is similar to one the governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed back in 2006. >>> david stevenson is live in san francisco with a group of demands the neighborhood says twitter needs to meet to even the playing field. >> reporter: the plans to move twitter into this new building does not do enough for the community. >> reporter: protesters outside twitter san francisco offices this morning said a tentative tax break deal for the tech company doesn't give the city enough back end return. the deal is aimed at convincing twitter to relocate to this building in the blithed mid- market business. they want twitter to donate used equipment to donations. commit to community programs. >> i don't blame them for asking as much as they want to see what we can do. at the same time i need to also measure what twitter can do. >> reporter: the twitter deal prompted online game maker zinga to tell officials it might vacant its current san francisco office. san francisco supervisor ross this afternoon proposed a two yearlong city moratorium on

state senator mark leno joining us now live. the question, will there be a special election?'ve got approximately a $26 billion problem. the governor's proposal is to resolve it with about half in deep and painful, serious cuts. the other half by maintaining 2010 tax rates for another five years. to do that, we need to get to the ballot. and to get the tax measures to the ballot, we need a 2/3 majority vote. it means with a 2/3 threshold. the minority is in control. that would be the republicans. >> we can talk deadlines, but most of them go out the window. you have a state law that requires the 131 days to get this election going in june. that's already passed. do you think if there's a vote tomorrow or the next day that we're actually going to get somewhere on this? >> i think as i'm told, that if we do get our work done by tomorrow, that we can still make the first tuesday, june 7 ballot. if we go much longer, it may push it to june 14. another complication is congresswoman jane harman is retiring. the governor wanted to consolidate that election with the special june meas

at this time, senator mark leno has introduced legislation so turn back what governor schwarzenegger did, and we are hopeful that governor brown will agree to allow localities to determine whether we want to be able to collect the vehicle license fee. i want to thank the wide spectrum of co-sponsors that we have for this measure that i think reflects the full diversity of this board, assuming that this change is able to happen up in sacramento, i think here in san francisco their support from the business community, from the labor community, and really the entire political spectrum here in san francisco, that if we were to collect the fee that had been in place for 50 years, we would have an additional $50 million for transit activities and all of the other activities that our city government is involved in. so i would urge you to support this resolution and hopefully sacramento will do the right thing. supervisor elsbernd: can we have a roll call? [roll call] >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this resolution is adopted. madam clerk, could you read the in memoriams today? >> toda

the state senator mark leno introduced this bill this month which aims to give homeowners more noticeefore a foreclosure happens. as well as give them more rights when violations happen in the loan modification process. foreclosure victims shared their stories at the st. louis bertrand church this morning. one mother of six explained how her bank sold her home despite the fact she was working with them on a loan modification plan. >> this all came to a screeching halt last fall when one day i came home from work and there was a notice pinned to my door telling me to vacate the premises in three days. bank of america had sold my house at auction while i was in the middle of loan modification proceedings. >> this bill would also impose a fee of $20,000 on a foreclosing party in order to offset the economic impact of foreclosures on cities, counties, school districts and the states. >>> oakland police officers lost all their hair today, but it was all for a worthy cause. opd officers sat patiently and watched as their heads were entirely shaved. it was all part of a st. bal drik's founda