mr. martinez at this time? >> i do have one question. excuse me. >> not so much with respect to the particular waiver for you, but in your letter, you said that it was your understanding that after the completion of your term that section 3.234 could be waived and i think that it is important for all of the members of such bodies to get an accurate understanding of whether a waiver is possible. so would i just like to know from whom you got that understanding. who talked to you? >> well, basically what happened is this is a new commission. >> and it does have, you know, seats with the particular qualifications and the one that i served in was for a architect with a background in historic preservation and so it does have particular qualifications and you know before i agreed to be on the commission i did have a conversation with marlina about the ethics aspect of this position and whether or not i would be able to continue to work and you know to what extent i would be able to have dealings with both the planning commission and the hpc an

mr. martinez in the office of voice. >> good evening, superintendent and commissioners of the board of education as superintendents my name is kevin and from the family support department and it is my pleasure tonight to recognize possibly the most popular and complimented person in my entire department and for those of you who know my department is massive and huge. and ramone gets compliments all of the time, but publicly it is about time that i get a chance to actually say this in public and on television to recognize them. and here is one example of the rave that got him this nomination. and but multiply this at least a couple of hundred throughout the year. ramone has been a true partner to us in the bay view, facilitating conversations between us and the office to arrive at common agreements to hold what is best for students at the center always. >> he always offers to show up in person, to facilitate communication with family and follows up on communication to make sure that everyone has the information they need. he is willing to strategying. he is willing to go beyond the formal job des

mr. martinez name is misspelled and it is missing a t. >> you are right, you are absolutely right. >> on page 4, in question 7, i guess that there is an under score that does not belong there between that and its. and then on page 5, the fourth paragraph, actually what happened was david pilpal a member of the public actually alerted us that the filers identified in draft regulations 3.1-500-1, 3.1500-2, and 3.1-500-3 were already in the other draft regulations. so, my suggestion is that we change the first sentence to read, after david pilpal alerted them that... identified in those drafts that regulations after on the third line, after 3.1-103-3, put a comma there and the commission agreed, and accordingly, blah, blah, blah. >> and... >> the action is taken because david made the suggestion that the commission found reasonable. >> yes. >> and so we just wanted to throw the credit his way. >> thank you. >> and then on page 7, in the paragraph under the motion the second line the word should be governmental conduct code. and that is all that i found. >> where is that? >> the last one was

mr. steiner in this case. it's way too early to form any conclusions. >>catherine:styner is due in court on june 10th. >>catherine: kron4's dan carmen in martinez. opening statements began today in the trial against one of the men charged in the gang-rape of a 16-year-old girl. it happened at richmond high school back in 2009. scene. it was the night of the homecoming dance, when prosecutors say at least seven men. and maybe as many as 20. attacked the girl. prosecutors say was was drunk and going in and out of consciousness during the attack. kron4's dan kerman has details on today's opening statements. >> in the test for dna on it that use condom, evidence was found. seamen for john crane and seamen for marcellus peters. >>dan: but defense attorneys say that does not tell the full story. peters attorney admits his client was at the scene but tries to suggest that his dna was blown to use a condom from somewhere else. peter is charged with rape, rape with a foreign object, and forciblelation. it'd that the victim herself will testify in this case. at the courthouse in martinez, dan carmen, kron 4 news. >>catherine: police of looking for four me

martinez. chair will now recognize the gentleman from alabama, mr. backus, first questions. >> thank you. let me address the two witnesses at the end of the table, and i think you know that i have advocated for comprehensive approach, and because i don't think we ought to have two classes of long-term residents. i even support a pathway to citizenship but i think it ought to be earned. and let me ask you about someone with two dui convictions. do you think that they have earned citizenship or do you think we ought to allow them to stay in our country? >> well, if we are talking about the senate immigration bill, which i think was reverendded easterly -- reverend earlier as allowing criminal offenses that were described here, as allowing those people to earn citizenship, that is not the case, and we wouldn't agree with that. i think that -- >> well, someone has two dui convictions, would you agree that they do endanger public welfare and safety and the lives of not only our citizens but of other undocumented people in our country? >> i think that offenses that endanger the public safety an

martinez. chair will recognize the gentleman from alabama, mr. backus for his questions. >> thank you. thank you. let me address the two witnesses at the end of the table. i think you know that i have advocated for a comprehensive approach, because i don't think we ought to have two classes of long-term residents. i even support a pathway to citizenship but i do think it ought to be earned. and, let me ask you about someone with two dui convictions. do you think that they have earned citizenship or do you think we ought to alou them to stay in our country? >> well, if we are talking about the senate immigration bill which i think was referenced earlier as allowing a number of very criminal offenses that were described here, as allowing those people to earn citizenship, that is not the case. and we wouldn't agree with that. i think that -- >> someone has two d dui convictions, would you agree that, they do endanger public welfare and safety and the lives of, not only our citizens but of other undocumented people in our country? >> i think that offenses that endanger the public safety an

mr. chairman, i want to thank durden for ms. being here. i have five kids. i want to thank ms. martinez for your words. and i think you and i -- i'm a little emotional. issue for important america. and when i see the tragedy that but i d to your family, also think about a broken immigration system that we're to ng to fix, and for us a nk that we cannot reach approach to immigration reform without local law enforcement, i mistake.'s a and i know you and i, ms. martinez, want to reach a common you need to what do. i think we have the same goal. ut my problem is i think it's unrealistic for you to think that we're going to have any kind of immigration reform some sort of participation from the local law nforcement without giving mr. crane the tools that he needs to his job. immigration law for 15 years and i had no idea you agents dealing with 40 million people. think about that. if you think about 5,000 agents 40 million people. that's why we have the problem that we have today. many why we have so eople in the united states illegally. and or someone to sit here say you cannot do your job because you do