that's mark leno's district. right here, i'm no district. mark leno, i'm represented. >> there can't be a special election to replace these guys until they're officially out of office. >> reporter: mike sugerman, kpix 5. >> in the meantime, the state senate is providing the staff of leland lee out there in case a constituent has a complaint or needs some state service but as far as votes go, they're three down and not going to have sign of changing anytime soon. >> that is unfortunate. what about the new federal indictments that we're expecting? >> the feds filed a paper saying they get ready because there could be more charges. after a five year investigation like this with a lot of undercover operations in such a vast network, there are chances that there's going to be more charges leveled against and possibly new defendants brought in. the people i talked to don't expect big names to come in. usually they lead with leland yee and anything else we see is clean-up. >>> nancy pelosi said washington isn't what it used to be. i spoke to her at

that's mark leno. leland yee has been suspended by other state senators not the people who voted for him. so right now, between leland yee and two other senators who have also been suspended, roughly a quarter million californians have no voice in the state senate. >> it's kind of amazing and unprecedented that we have three senators being suspended and all of their constituents have to sit there and wait. >> reporter: wait for the next election, says kpix 5 political analyst melissa griffin-caen. big issues before the senate, rent control, taxes, schools. no one has their interests at heart and it's all so arbitrary. look at the design of districts. the red is district 8 in san francisco and the gray is district 9 and look at the difference. sometimes it's block by block and sometimes it's in the middle of the block. here's hour goofy it gets. i'm on edna street in the sunny side district. right now, i'm standing in leland yee's district, district 8. if i'm over here, i'm in district 9. that's mark le

i've received any awards with special recognition from the speaker of the house nancy pelosi and mark leno for our contribution to san francisco and hiring people from the community and providing wonderful, delicious southern desserts. our speciality is sweet potato pie sorry i didn't bring samples for everybody but the elliptic cookery has helped me to establish my business and keep it going since 2000. on a time-share base its hard sometimes when you have to share a table with two companies so if you're working in a space with them. so thank you very much for considering that project and you'll install a dump water in the new building and more storage we don't want to see a fight between the cookie manager and the pie criminalist lady. thanks i'm off to get my taxed done >> next time bring pie. >> hi i'm kate

. >>> mark leno introduced a bill that would have required kill switch technology on mobile phones to disable them when they are stolen but the bill failed last week. supporters say it could be reconsidered by the state senate next week. >>> temperatures warmed up today. back into the 70s. mid-70. upper 70s. tuesday temperatures into the 80s and upper 80s. maybe 90 degrees. look at the numbers today. warmer than yesterday. and saturday, last couple days have been in the 60s. now with the strong ridge of high pressure setting up, all the energy goes north and the winds clock around at the surface. winds clock around. that will warm us up a little bit. these are the temperatures outside your window. 73 walnut creek. 73 livermore. tomorrow night at this time, 80s. mid-80s. probably. temperatures teen 12 degrees warmer tomorrow. because the winds will shift around. san francisco international airport 32 miles per hour right now but the winds come north and northeast. it will get really warm, especially wednesday. big baseball game tonight, 7:00 p.m., 60 degrees. no fog. winds are light. n

housing that bill was treed and in our packet is a copy of the bill with a fact seat from senator mark leno that he expect it will be heard by a committee at the end of this month either april 24th or maybe may 7 we'll keep you apprised. and finally, i wanted to you heard in the budget presentation that filling staff positions we've got two new staff ray mom and dad lee and jeff white who commissioner singh remembers is a houser commission is returning to us after working with bank of america he'll be returning as as project manager on monday. we'll make sure to introduce them to you but we're excited to be staffing up that concludes my report >> thank you very much. lots of >> can i ask a question. >> sure, yes senator bill 1404 will pep help to build the housing obligation were we smiled a request with the department of finance that's pending they've asked a number of questions and certainly having state legislation, you know, putting this into state law obey helpful to us. >> thank you very much. next item. >> the next order of business is the commissioners questions and answers. >> any

we know that the california legislature passed a resolution authored by state senator mark leno requesting that calpers divest from russian securities. so, this is not an issue isolated to san francisco. this is an issue broadly impacting the lgbt community in this city, in this country, and around the world. we cannot sit back while russia continues to marginalize our lgbt brothers and sisters. so, colleagues, i want to thank you again for holding this hearing, and i will now ask that jay hewitt, executive director of the san francisco board retirement system address the committee. thank you for being here, mr. hewitt. >> thank you. members of the committee, supervisor wiener, good morning, my name is jay hewitt. i'm the executive director of the san francisco employees retirement system. we have provided to you -- we have been asked by supervisor wiener's staff to provide a written response to his october request that we refinalize divestment from the russian system that the portfolio currently has. i will update that as of today. those holdings have been reduced from 37 million down to

mark leno passed 29 to 1 bipartisan vote. the resolution was co-sponsored by equality california and the national center for lesbian rights and it was coauthored by 16 senators. senator mark len owe made a similar request at the state level stating, we hope this resolution will bring greater attention to what russian president vladimir putin is doing in russia and encourage other states to follow our lead. this is classic scapegoating, a did despotic ruler [speaker not understood]. it can potentially lead to genocide. color our world with pride is the theme of the san francisco pride parade in celebration which is just 82 days away. our event will be focusing on global issues. lgbt people in uganda, russia, nigerian, cameroon and latvia are seeing criminalization of gays largely due to american evangelist scott lively who has traveled to these countries for years to encourage governments to sanction gayses. with close to 7,000 votes cast for grand marshals and honorees in san francisco, recently, scott won the pink brick award

and sponsored by the senator mark leno and he would give san francisco renters protection and he would also require they own a building for at least five years before invoking the ellis act. they are cracking down on short- term rentalels which currently bands them and they are renting them out to make some else from cash. and they are now facing fines on the grounds of illegally trying miss locate the sounds over the weekend. they found the sound twice and experts say it was consistent with those who come with a data flight recorder. >> it is so important to try and get another transmission and we need to continue until there is absolutely no chance that the devices are still transmitting. >> here is the problem, the batteries are only designed to last 30 days and we are now passed the 30-day mortgage so there are concerns they may have died. they held an all night vigil in beijing marking one month. it has taken its toll as you can man -- imagine. relatives have spent days waiting to hear what happened. we are just desperate sad and everything. >> many of the family members say with

mark leno is opposed by the big four national wireless carriers and a host of other business interest groups, which argue it would hurt innovation. but supporters of the bill have suggested that the cellphone companies and insurers are opposed to the bill because those industries profit from an underground phone trade the c-e-o of general motors will be in the hot seat today on capitol hill. mary barra faces increased scrutiny over failing to recall millions of vehicles until the deaths of more than a dozen people. barra has only led g-m for three months. she'll answer questions about defective ignition switches to the failure of airbags deploying. and why that information wasn't shared until last month. the automaker apparently knew about the problem as early as 2001. today marks the beginning of a new quarter on wall street. u-s stocks closed out a choppy first quarter with gains yesterday. here's a look at the closing numbers. the dow gained nearly 135 points. the nasdaq rose 43 points. and the s and p 500 was up about 15 points. futures point to more gains this morning. opening be

the legislation by san francisco center mark leno is opposed by the big four national wireless carriersnd a host of other business interests groups which argue it would hurt innovation. but supporters of the bill will have suggested that the cell phone companies and insurers are opposed to the bill because those industries' profit from an underground on trade. yet another recall from general motors to report this morning this one dealing with the steering a glitch. 1.3 million cars are being recalled because of a problem that can affect the power steering. the models affected include 2010 or earlier models of the chevrolet malibu malibu max chevrolet h h r saturn aura saturn i am and pontiac g six. dealers will replace the power steering free. this move adds to the $6.1 million recalled by gm since february. >>: this recall comes as the ceo of gm heads back to the capitol hill today to answer questions about failing to reca vehicles for defective ignition switches in their back problems until more than a dozen people were killed in crashes. mary barra has only been ceo of gm for three m

. >> state senator mark leno introduced legislation that would require land loads to own a building for five years before using the ellis act. the bill will be heard in committee next week. >>> it was a narrow escape for a man walking his dog in oakland. this 50-foot oak tree came crashing down just missing that man. it smashed three parked cars and snapped a power line on eloquent -- el dorado avenue. >> i heard crackling and turned around and saw the transformer blow and tree come down and got inside as quick as i could. >> the rain saturated the ground and weakened the root system. on monday, this 80 foot redwood tree in berkeley shattered into pieces when lightning struck. fortunately, no one was hurt in either incident. >>> let's bring in jeff ranieri with the look at the details and totals from the storm and maybe sunshine ahead. >> yes, we did want to set the bar for the entire month of april. we usually average one to two inches of rainfall. to show you how much we had in a week's time to compare, what you can see in one week we've seen totals that well surpass that. st. helena

the bills author mark leno of san francisco blames the powerful cell phone lobby for the bill's failureill probably be reintroduced later this spring. >>> the state of california is struggling to raise money to buy an early warning system foret quakes. it's already used in countries all over the world. >>now the usgs gave people more than a minute notice last week that a 7.2 quake was coming. a news anchor you see him there. he was able to announce on the air the quake was coming. the early warning could allow trains to slow down or just stop for people to get off of elevators and for the police to clear traffic from a bridge. >> you have sirens that warn people that eminent danger was coming it could save lives. >> early warning systems are also in place in japan, taiwan, romania, turkey, italy, and china. building the system here in california would cost $80 million but so far only $187,000 has been set aside. if the funds are raised in time the system could be ready for 2016. >>> a rare and playful new baby is on display in northern new mexico. look at that. the new baby a cross betw

senators mark leno and jerry hill will take over portions of the eighth district. >>> a san jose citybacked mayor reid's pension reform plan, has changed his mind and is asking others to do the same. the councilman is proposing the city council revisit measure b, that was approved by voters june of 2012. since passing the sustainable retirements and compensation act, it's difficult to find and retain people, especially in the police department. >> we are having a tough time employees staying here and attracting new talent. there's a number of components looking at from retire minutage to recrewel rate to disability retirement issue on the public safety side. >> hoping to discuss the changes to measure b during the council meeting next tuesday. >>> two stories of survival to tell you about. the first, this man, 25-year-old abraham finklestein was found alive one day after he vanished while snowboarding. authorities say he spent most of the time walking until he came upon a house and was able to call his family. he was taken to the hospital for minor frostbite. >> the second, this man,

senator mark leno is proposing labels posted at the point of sale that would clearly state if chemicals were used. >> you as the consumer will have the information you need to make the choice that you desire to make. >> reporter: but for now, consumers who want to go chemical-free will have to ask a lot of questions. after all, it's a choice you could have to live with for a very long time. now, furniture makers actually have until 2015 to comply with california's new fire safety standards. meanwhile, several large furniture sellers we spoke with say they welcome the idea of signs or labels indicating which couches contain flame retardant and which don't. and remember, if you have a consumer problem call us at 888- 5-helps-u. >> you were saying to us that this is going to be a big advertising point. they are going to make a big deal out of it. >> i'm sure those who are selling chemical-free couches will let you know about it but keep in mind there's going to be a huge stockpile of old couches with chemicals that people are going to have to sell out so you'll probably find people being a

. >> we're going to talk to the state senator, mark leno about the opposition from the industry on that bill. >> also we're going to be taking a look at proposition 13. you remember that? it's the big tax bills in california, but we're going to look at what polls say about possibly changing it and why lawmakers are so resistant to it. >> all right. let's get right down to it. your easter forecast, right now let's take a live look outside in the transamerica building. blue skies on this sunday morning. great day for easter egg hunts. taking a look at the currents, we have the lows in the 40s. concord 51. coming up we're going to take a look at our seven-day forecast. partly cloudy with a little patchy fog, nothing to worry about. mostly sunny, warmer temps. if you plan on going surfing, i want you to use caution. there's a high surf advisory. >> all right. >> we're going to get to our seven-day forecast and let you know there is a hint of rain, actually a possibility of rain in the forecast but not today. >>> it was a scary situation for passengers aboard a united airlines flight bound f

the bill is authored by mark leno san francisco democrat. >>> san diego family on the way home aboard a navy ship after a dramatic rescue on the pacific ocean. the kaufman family here their sailboat lost steering and a 1- year-old got sick on the boat just two weeks into what was going to be a trip around the world in that sailboat. national guard team out of the moffett field assisted the coast guard, which says the family won't be billed for the rescue. >> it's a dangerous business but it's a business that we're obligated to keep americans safe and we'll continue to do that. >> the baby girl was last reported in stable condition. >>> is it a prank? protest? vandalism? someone tipped over at least four smart cars in san francisco's bernal heights all of the incidents happening within 10 blocks of each other. one witness heard a crashing sound and laughter as the pranksters sped off. >>> this morning firefighters are still at the scene of a three-alarm fire that burned three homes. it started yesterday afternoon on mossbrook circle in west san jose. kpix 5 reporter kiet do is on the s

the bill sponsor mark leno blames corporate influence for the defeat. the senate will take it up again next week. >>> lots of bay area tech workers are about to get a big chunk of change. google, apple intel and adobe have agreed to pay $324 million to settle a class action lawsuit. the suit laid out some strong evidence. >>> these four companies with intuit, pixar and lucasfilm were accused of a wide-ranging wage fixing and nonsolicitation agreement that prevented them from hiring engineers and employees from each other. >> so they will pay up and some 64,000 engineers from those companies will share in the settlement. >>> in developing news, investigators in southern california are trying to figure out what caused a school bus to go out of control. it turned into a nightmare for students. the school bus crashed against a tree in anaheim. the driver was trapped and was freed. he is in the hospitals along with two children, all in critical condition. nine other children have minor injuries. we don't know what caused the crash. >>> also in developing new

money is one reason mark leno suggests fellow state senators may have refused to go along with the bill to make mandatory kill switches to make cell phones use less when stolen. >> unfortunately the city which, just stating the fact here, makes tens of billions of dollars annually replacing lost and stolen phones and makes $8 billion annually selling you and me insurance. >> reporter: senator jim bell a democrat says he voted against the bill because he did not want to lock into law the kill switch technology. he says he is also concerned about women's safety. >> i received a lot of comments from battered women centers. they had concerns about the privacy issue and to be able to prevent somebody from stalking. >> reporter: the concern is an abuser could kill his partner's phone putting her in danger. san francisco d.a. george gascon citing an epidemic of cell phone crime has become a national advocate for mandatory kill switches. >> the problem with the current state of affairs is that even if you and i are using a kill switch technology on the phone, the thieves out there know that mor

the bill's sponsor senator mark leno blames corporate influence for its defeat. but the senate will take up the issue one more time next week. >>> happening right now in vallejo, people are actually lining up for a free dental clinic. kpix 5's cate caugiran is live at the solano county fairgrounds. cate, the clinic doesn't open for another half hour. >> reporter: that's right, frank and michelle. it doesn't open for another half hour but i want to show you this line. these people have been here some since 9:00 last night. i just spoke with one woman who drove all the way from sacramento just to take part in this clinic so you can really get a feel for how important this event is to people here in solano county and throughout the bay area and northern california. right now i'm joined live with a volunteer with the clinic dr. ken wallace. thank you for being here. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. what's happening here today? >> well, we have the fortunate ability to be able to treat probably about 2,000 people this weekend doing dental services.

stay center mark leno has legislation in the legislature that would require kill switches on all tabletld in california. the buses on fire. >>: with one or two words to tell me what the bus hit. >>: memo both agencies have them in relations off aspects of the crash. crews also checking visibility or land scott rates kron4 news. conditions in walnut creek. fairly mild as we head into the rest of the day. oakland hitting a high of 66 and mainly '70s. tomorrow. tuesday and pass that slightly warmer weather partly cloudy skies into the middle of next week. 749 is the time right now. >>george: the second crash at oregon expressway has been clear from the traffic lanes of the back of remains. this is our long hot spot this morning. we've been on the same much lighter than usual from downtown san jose of the palo alto is running at 23 minutes. so that's only about 8 to 10 minutes higher than it should be. still if you want to avoid that completely you could use interstate 280 because it is completely cleared. lead to next look at the ride through san francisco. when all one and the northbound

the legislation by san francisco center mark leno is opposed by the big four national wireless carriers. supporters of the bill have suggested that the cell phone companies and insurers are opposed to the bill. >> we're still attracting rain. the yellow is indicating more downpours. light rain to parts of martinez and concord. the north bay is getting rain as well. we're also seeing scattered showers up to the north farther north towards napa. a again, but it is born to be a wet morning as you head into work or school. we're looking at show horse picked up especially for the afternoon. we will see more numerous showers in the form of thunderstorms. tomorrow we have a potential showers otherwise we are becoming partly cloudy. for rest of us we have a chance of rain for thursday and friday but the weekend is looking good. futurecast 4 shows a 6:00 a.m. we are expecting the shores to stick around. we may see downpours once again. >> by lunchtime, we are expected showers to pick up in intensity. they will be more widespread. you can see as it is closer, it is really going to be wed outside.

he will testify at a hearing on the ellis act reform bill that's sponsored by mark leno.e san francisco renters protection from eviction under the ellis act by el estate -- by real estate speculators. it would require an owner to own a building for five years before invoking the ellis act. >>> the city right now bans rentals that are less than 30 days unless the host has a permit. some people are renting out spaces in their homes to tourists to make some extra cash. now, people who went out spaces on websites like air b and b, they are now facing fines, even the possibility of eviction on the grounds of illegally running a hotel. >>> chick-fil-a is hoping to become a major player in the fast food world by tweaking their image and menu. today, the company rolls out a new healthy grilled chicken line specifically targeted to the trend-setting millenial generation. they are hoping to revamp the socially conservative image. research shows it's not popular among young consumers. the ceo set off a lot of negative publicity by condemning gay marriage. in the past mott, he said h

the bill's author, mark leno, blames the powerful cell phone lobby for the bill's failure. proposal will likely be reintroduced, though, later this spring. >>> if you thought listening to barney's "i love you" song was torture, try listening it for 24 hours straight. ♪ i love you ♪ you love me ♪ we're a happy family . >> that's enough. [laughter] >> according to a report in the huffington post, music torture has become a common practice for the cia. ever since it began the program following the terror attack. this among is one of 11 songs reportedly favored by the cia for its interrogation program. experts say the process breaks down a prisoner's brain and body function which could lead them to talk. some of the other songs the cia reportedly uses -- >>> 7:27. desperate to be reunited. the new information about the teenaged stowaway and why he was so determined to find his mother. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where and k-9s are searching for two armed men. we'll tell you what this means for people who live in the neighborhood and tell you why the men are considered s

it has one state senator starting in january which it will be district 11 which is represented by mark lenok the bills are dead and gone. one of the bill that's was trying to get through is another gun control bill. his former support remembers wondering now why when he was busy with missile launchers and that's a bad thing. >> that indictment is on our web site if you want to read it. we'll be talking to you tuesday to find out what happens in court. >> we'll be right back. >>> a mountain lion has been spotted in san mateo. it was along 280 near hayne road. it has been said from the sheriff's office. they have given us tips to pass along if you come face to face with a mountain lion. stay put, face the animal. make noise and try to appear bigger. >> family has filed a lawsuit against a teen accused of hitting and killing a father and hout who were riding their bikes. the accident happened two years ago on treat boulevard. and it is reported that the 19 year old david rosen and his parents are being sued for negligence add wrongful death in the death of the father and daughter. rosen was dr

leno. david jumped to cbs bringing his hall mark top ten list with him. >> we don't have the timing down. probably in a year or so. sometime in the not too distant future. in 2015, for the love of god, paul and i will be wrapping things up and taking a hike. >> reporter: after nearly 6,000 shows on two different networks, when he steps away, david letterman will end the longest late night hosting run in television history. >> i just want to reiterate my thanks for the support from the network, all of the people who have worked here, all the people in the that it eric all the people on the staff, everybody at home, thank you very much. what this means now is that paul and i can be married. >> reporter: cbs has not indicated who letterman's replacement will be. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >>> well, the president and ceo of cbs, leslie moonves issued a statement on letterman's decision. he said, quote, for 21 years david letterman has graced our network's air in late night with wit, gravitas, and brilliance, unique in the history of our medium. it's going to be tough to say good-bye. >>>