if he took it and your friend was not picked, and of story. >> for maxwell bought determination to delay the voting, one thing she wanted to do was to make sure she could find a consensus candidate. >> the next week in december, the board met again for the last in the meeting of the board. still without a mayor selected or even nominations made. time was running out on the current board, but december 14 seemed like a rerun of december 7, with supervisor maxwell again making a motion to continue to the last board meeting in early january. >> colleagues, i ask that we continue this item. i think we have three weeks to have somebody floating out there for that amount of time is not going to be to our best interest. it will give us an opportunity to really think about, in the next few weeks, what is ahead of us. it allows the board to step back and take a breath and wait this heavy decision that we were just about ready to make. >> there was no one lined up. that was one of the most fascinating and frustrating things about the process. no one knew what was going to happen. everyone was askin

thank you, supervisor at maxwell, for your tireless leadership on this issue. we cannot done it without you, without the board, but the mayor's office, and we look forward to working with you to make this very successful. tim, thank you. on behalf of the board, a certificate to commemorate your opening. and let's open. hopefully i am the last. [applause] >> thank you very much. that is very, very fantastic looking certificate. thank you. it is very, very kind of you, very smart. we're delighted to be here. i am going to wait to make one final announcement. i will make one or two ladies in this room very happy when we do, and then we're going to open the store. the announcement is that we will open our silver avenue store in the first quarter of 2012. [cheers and applause] >> get along, dave. let's sell some groceries. let's open up shop. congratulations. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> hello, and welcome to the department of elections right choice voting instructional video. it is part of the department of elections right choice voting outreach campaign and is desig

. >> and the extraordinary public service award goes to supervisor maxwell. she is a native of san francisco, and she was elected to the board in 2001. she served until 2011. this affected everything from land use, to children and families. including a residential water conservation ordinance. congratulations, supervisor maxwell. >> good afternoon, everybody. this is me. people have been asking me, what are you doing now? i am thinking about things that i want to think about. you take it for granted, but i don't anymore. i want to thank the status of women, and all of you. i want to thank all of the people that are in this room that worked with me. thank you, it is collective leadership. you're certainly a part of my team. thank you all. [applause] >> i asked if i could do this one because it is pretty darn important to me. this is the community leadership award. she was a young woman from hunters point that said, most kids in this community who don't believe they will live to see their twenty fifth birthday. she was gunned down at the age of 23, celebrating

one year and a half ago, supervisor david chiu and malia cohen, along with former supervisor sophie maxwell, and the police department, commissioners, including commissioner joe marsh, we met with various members of the community. particularly, district 11 and district 10, talking about violence on our sambar . the community, including a number of resident groups, had appealed to us to come up with some better ideas on how to keep the community safe. being the public safety was the number one concern among everyone, particularly during the very tense situation that occurred a year and a half ago, and as we deliberated within the city administrator's office, we concluded community policing had to take an additional improvement, if you will, by embracing what the community wanted to see. particularly on the muni lines, in areas where there might be isolation that occurred in those areas, subject to activities that would end up being -- resulting in violence. after several months of meeting with this idea, we met with members of the community that said, if you hired from our area and if we use

here is the full list along with lakeview, they are shutting down lazear, maxwell and santa fe elementary schools. there are more than 900 students who attend those schools and tonight parents will be there to speak out about the closures. it could save them more than $2 million and oakland has declined in recent years. parse at lakeview worry about the consequences of shutting these doors -- parents at lakeview are worried about the consequences of shutting these doors. >> now i will have to go outside and now there will be over crowding in the schools. >> reporter: last night the principal at lakeview met privately with parents to explain possible closures and that school board meeting is expected to begin at 6:00 this evening on mcarthur boulevard, allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. >>> berkley college students are planning on going ahead with a bake sale and originally the group intended to sell cookies and cup cakes, minorities would pay less than whites. they call it contrary on affirmative action. they will not sell the baked goods at different prices but they do plan to have a sign

i would like to welcome former supervisors over the maxwell. she and i did the original brown working together. she says she remembers something a lot about me, but does not remember what it was, which is probably good. i want to welcome the chair of the bayview project committee. [applause] i think we were a bit slow off the mark, so let us please have a round of applause for the mayor, city attorney. [applause] i never thought i would have to do this -- where is he? how i would like to welcome alexander, our broker. i would like to welcome the president of the board, david chiu. [applause] i would like to welcome malia cohen, -- sorry, she is not here, but her staff is here. she has been a great supporter. i would like to welcome emily, a school board member. [applause] i would like to welcome rev. townsend and were really is whopper. i would also like to welcome michael for his assistance. anyhow, what i would really like to do -- it had been an awful long time since we agreed to do this project. i want to thank the mayor's office for their

ed lee and his staff, with our san francisco police department, with my former colleagues sophie maxwell now working with malia cohen, the community came together to put forth an idea of putting an incredible chondria of young, diverse, linguistically-proficient individuals -- the men who women -- the men and women who stand behind me -- to make sure our families, seniors, and young people are safe. this is the type of best thinking that we have when the private sector and public sector and nonprofit sectors come together. i want to thank other local nonprofits that have been working for years to think of creative solutions to be a part of this. when we come together, we are at our best in the city. i could not be more pleased to join the mayor and my colleagues, supervisor cohen, all of the city officials, the chiefs in being able to talk about a program that should hopefully make us say for decades to come. we will keep working. we all recognize that this program is only one part of other programs that we need to think about here. we need -- we know that the south is part of the city n

that was convened by supervisor maxwell. but that task force consisted of community-based organizations, advocates, residents, the business community, experts on affordable housing. if this is going to be a 20-yr initiative that is going to have an impact on one neighborhood, it could have an impact on other neighborhoods. the impact will be on one neighbor could. this will be on the social and the physical aspect of that. we are going to have very important government principles that we are going to develop over the next 20 years. what we did is we develop those principles, which i will share with you later. in addition to building desk, we wanted to make sure that there was an appropriate structure as well. we located this initiative within the mayor's office of housing. this is in partnership with the housing authority and the redevelopment agency. because there is a physical and human aspect of this, we are trying to it change the lives of this as well. we worked with several different service organizations as well as ag

the five schools on the chopping block for 2012 are lakeview, lazear, marshall, maxwell park, and santae. they are all elementary schools. the big reason for making the list include low test scores and declining enrollment. a final decision on the closures is expected by october 26. >>> starting today, many bay area students will get the tools they need to succeed and they will get it for free. this is all thanks to a group of vallejo teachers. they spented 15,000 of their own money to donate 2,000 bags. now they filled them with school supplies and books for kids in need. the popular program began three years ago after the community was hit hard by the recession. >> more of our kids losing their homes, more of our kids' parents losing their jobs. we saw the reality in our classrooms and figured out a way to get supplies in their hands. >> those donation will be handed out from 3:30 to 6 p.m. today. wednesday and thursday all at different locations each day. if you would like more information, go to our website, cbssf.com. click on "links and numbers." >>> the bay area needs to clean up

lakeview lazear, marshal maxwell park and santa fe elementary schools. last night principals met privately with parents and parents are worried about over crowding and after school care. >> we are worried if we will have a place for these kids. if you want them at other schools set up before and after school programs for these kids because some of these schools don't have them. >> they will safe an estimated 2. $4 million. >>> president barack obama continues his west coast campaign swing in denver after a star studded fundraiser in hollywood. the president walked onto the house of blues to address his supporters. guests included danny devito and john black. he asked them not to get tired but instead generate new enjoy. he will return following his denver event. >>> mountain view event came the same day gop leaders visited facebook headquarters in palo alto for a discussion with other invited guests. >> they are taking a more active role, actually having candidates come as well as becoming more politically involved. facebook swarmed a pack apparently. >>

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the superintendent's plan includes lakeview, marshall, maxwell park and santa fe elementary. alan wang reports from a meeting filled with frustration. >> the superintendent says oakland unified has 101 schools, but it only needs about 70. closing five schools and consolidating eight others could save millions. >> what does the district want for our kids? are they going into 35-kid classrooms now? is that what is happening? >> larger classes on the way. the small school philosophy is not working because smith says 17% of students are not passing the high school exit exam. nearly half are african-american. >> that's not okay. we are stretched way too thin. we have to figure out how to better use our resources. >> 35 charter schools in oakland. that's why our public schools are under enrolled. >> some had concerns about integrating k-12 into one school. others said they don't have cars to travel to the new schools of their choice. one parent tried to throw another school under the bus. >> according to documents on the restructuring website, at the have a higher percentage who li

. >> maxwell says city officials and police dropped the ball and that little was done. but said there is a good excuse to begin enforcing the law. >> i don't know how important it is. the importance is that ball needs to be picked up. >> and there is police say they're making arests around the area and say that the liquor store there is a magnet for a lot of crime. by law, people cannot loiter around a liquor store but police tell us that they have to be hold. the owner rz v.to tell them there are people loitering. otherwise, they cannot act. the city attorney was neither confirming nor deny they're investigating conditions around that store. >> and oakland passed an ordinance giving officials there power to hold liquor stores accountable for chronic criminal activities. and officials told us of the 250 store that's sell alcohol they've identified 50 as phone shall problems. >> and there a man died and two people wounded after a shooting near childrens' hospital on 52nd street around 11:20 this morning. and no arrests have been made. the shooting forced childrens' hospi

because maxwell noticed fearsome fighters and brilliant swordsman and its reputation they still build on today. your enemy is very dead i think. you don't have to have blood to be trained by these guys but it certainly seems to help you coordination. i guess life that are three once more. very good. perhaps my own weapon might transform my fencing skills. so of course is absolutely part of the make up. somewhere else in the city where you can find. a my trainer was happy to point me in the right direction. underlay has been working as a blacksmith since he was a teenager and is the only person in the city who makes damascus steel a material that's created some of the world's finest so will. the push to start with you bring several different kinds of steel together. the pieces are in a certain way under welded together at high temperatures to go as soon as it turns white hot this means of the temperature is just right however once that happens you can begin to flatten it out just make sure you've got plenty of energy. hammering. to compress the layers of all in and steel and it's. a bi

former supervisor sophie maxwell. we have the vice president, but commissioner, the fire commissioner, linda richardson, the director of treasure island, the former commissioner carol, the city administrator, amy brown, the first woman in that position. the city purchaser on the mayor's staff. if i miss you, please see me. we would be happy to announce she. thank you for joining us today. [applause] >> i would also like to thank our table sponsors and all of our incredible volunteers. thank you for all of the hard work putting this together. [applause] now we're going to start our awards presentation. the organization of the year award goes to the family violence prevention fund, esther is the executive director, and the family violence prevention fund, a quick description, works to prevent violence within the home and the committee to help those whose lives have been devastated by violence, because everyone has the right to live free of violence. for more than three decades they have work to end violence against wome

the schools on the chopping block are lakeview, lazeere, maxwell, marshal and sash -- and santa fe. this list goes into effect this year. the school board will review the list tomorrow but a final decision is not expected until october 26th. >>> it's day vau ju in washington -- deja vu in washington. hears what's holding up congress. >>> and rosemary will be here for a look at the workweek weather. >>> and they are back in the united states. hear what shane bauer and josh fattal are saying about their two years in an iranian prison. >>> another budget standoff is underway in the nation's capital. lawmakers have until friday to pass a short-term funding measure to keep the government running. craig bosswell is in washington with more on what's holding up the deal. >> reporter: the senate is scheduled to vote later today on their own version of a bill to fund the government. the democratic-led senate rejected a house republican- backed bill last friday. >> they were trolling for votes for almost -- maybe more than 24 hours, to try to get enough votes to satisfy the tea party. >> repor

maxwell and santa fe in north oakland bring the total to fifrn. t the district says it's declining enrollment. >> san jose has the same number of students. they have 50-odd schools. stockton has exactly the same number of students we do, 38,000, they have 30-odd schools. conversely we have 101. >> reporter: three weeks ago when kaiser elementary appeared on a preliminary list of schools to close, parents waged a campaign to keep it open. it now appears their efforts paid off. it and four other schools are off the list. >> we feel great. we feel great but again we're concerned about the process moving forward. we know the ousd is planning on closing more schools. we want to make sure there's input and transparency. >> reporter: the closures affect 1,000 students here in oakland. this will be discussed at tuesday's school meeting. >>> president obama's expected to visit the bay area tomorrow to raise millions from his silicon valley supporters. today the president spent some time on the golf course with a bay area favorite, president bill clinton. f

take deko ---las primarias en la lista son marshall, burchalter, lakeview, santa fe, kaiser, lazear, maxwell park y sobrante park.. ---las secundarias son frick y claremont ---el distrito alega que esta decisin no es final ya que la lista podra reducirse o expandir.. cu ---caotica, es la forma en que la policia de san jose describe el numero de llamadas de auxilio que recibi ayer... take vo ---el departamento ha sufrido severos recortes de personal y el jefe del sindicato de los agentes ha expresado su preocupacin por la seguridad, no solamente de la comunidad, sino tambien de los policias... ---ayer, dos personas fueron apuÑaladas, incluyendo un niÑo de 11 aÑos, y ese tipo de llamadas requieren que todas las patrullas disponibles acudan para evitar que la situacin se salga de control, por lo cual tienen que desatender otras llamadas... ---durante los pasados dos meses, un total de 105 agentes fueron ya sea despedidos o transferidos a otros departamento s del orden... cu ---la policia de oakland colocara agentes encubiertos para combatir la prostitucion en esa ciudad especialmente en la zona