to worry about panels falling in on me?> hopefully not. >> hopefully not. >> if you have a good contractor, they'll do their due diligence. they'll do their homework. it's better for the industry if everyone does their homework and does the calculations to make sure the system is going to last 20 years, 30 years. >> that is another question. what is the lifetime of the system? do you have to have the solar panels replaced periodically? >> no, actually the solar panels last a really long time. there are solar panels in operation from the 1950's and the 1960's. the inverter is a piece of hardware that has a lifespan between 10 years. they usually warranty between five and 10 years. that may need replacement down the line. the solar panels will last a good long time. this is what we have intalked here at british motors. what we have, there is no moving parts here as we are talking about. you have a tempered glass cover covering the cells themselves and an aluminum frame. each one of these little blue frames is the solar cell.

this panel is going to be incredible. it really is. we have a superstar panel and, of course, a superstar moderator that i'm very honored to introduce, and that's judge lee baxter. and judge lee baxter is retired now from the bench, although you would never know it. and she's enjoying a new career as a photographer, is a great photographer. but during the time that she was on the bench in san francisco, we had the opportunity to try cases in her court. and she was somebody who represented fairness to everyone. and i think some of the ideals that we talked about in the last panel really were embodied by the way that she ran her court. and at the end of the day it was always about making sure that whoever appeared in her court and before the court walked out of there feeling that they had their case heard and their concerns heard. so, again, judge lee baxter, retired from the san francisco superior court bench. [applause] >> thank you for your kind words. i have been away for a while, but i certainly enjoyed my time on the bench, particu

we have three action-packed panels. our first panel celebrates the 50th anniversary of a novel that really defined american justice in the 1960's and that's "to kill a mockingbird." and many a lawyer was motivated by atticus finch in his closing argument in that case which in many ways represented the civil rights movement that was to come and it already begun. we have best-selling authors. we have a real-life atticus finch, tony serra, who is here and has motivated so many of us to do what we do. our second panel looks at abuse of power, abuse of power and how it happens and why it happens and most importantly what we can do and need to do to prevent it. whether it's a prosecutor or a judge or a defender render ineffective assistance to counsel or a police officer violating constitutional rights. this is not something we can tolerate, yet it happens each and every day. and our panel is going to delve deep into the issues that we're seeing not only here in the bay area but throughout the country and throughout the world

rows and rows of 11 foot tall solar panels. >> aliens landed in the field.'re inside of a[ hiddis fence. >> the land is owned by sonoma÷ú valley unified school district a cording toÑizv phillips and neighbors, the panels went up without warning andmy without input. >> iym feel violated. i feel like our neighborhood has been violated. >> first thing we did is looked and identified areas that we could put the solar panels in. >> the deputy superintendent says there are a number of reasons the district put the panels at schools. >> we're looking to obviously save funds. to be more green and look more energy conscious. >> saying the project will save the district $26 million over next 25 years. and phillips says the district's savings are the neighborhood's loss. >> we were not aware that this solar field was going to go in at all. >> the school district claims there was notice given about the project and plenty of time to voice concerns at a public hearing in january. >> what notice was there for that meet something. >> well... for all public meegts we post i

but in this panel, nobody has mentioned the governor. what role leading the governor of california should have? >> i think you have to remember who the governor is. i love jerry. [laughs] i clearly think of the wildfires and the earthquake that the governor has a role that is pretty critical for mobilizing the r and maybe resources outside the region. let's think about an earthquake. the kind of earthquake we're all theory in the bay area could also take out the levees, which would disrupt the water system for a lot of northern california. i would have to think twice. i mean, i think that the governor has to rally the state resources, but the governor may have multiple disasters on his hand, so rallying as overall resources to take care of what is probably going to be a multi- city, multi-issue kind of disaster, because it may be search and rescue and fires in san francisco and oakland, but it could be water supplies throughout the rest of the state. it could be later-after-later in a major disaster, and i think the state is going to hav

this panel is going to be a panel on government executives and the regional will of cooperation. i have to tell you, in july of 2003, i was actually working for mayor willie brown. haley barber talked about leadership and decision making. this was a mayor that really provided leadership and made strong decisions and helped out in running the city with of those attributes. in 2003, under mayor brown, i got involved in something crazy called the table top exercise. at that time, again, former secretary of state george schulz had come back from new york and asked about getting the military together with san francisco civilian forces to talk about disaster response. the general was on the telecommunications division at the time, heading up the telecommunications information services. we decided we would put the table top information together. i want to say one thing, off topic from this panel. 2003, i met a gentleman named randy smith. he was with the planning division. randy was the first person who gave me an education on tabletop exercises. from 2003 onward, he has been involved i

dan at the i team shines a little light on a battle over solar panels. is. >>reporter: when ann philips walks to get her mail. she's reminded of what she crud to see. >> beautiful, beautiful view. >>reporter: but now this is her view. rows and rows of 11 foot tall so already panels. >> alien landed in the field and so they are keeping them there inside this hideous cyclone fence. >>reporter: land is owned by the sonoma valley yawn fight school district. according to philip and her neighbors the solar panel went up without warning and without their inpu input. >> i feel in violated. i feel in like our whole neighborhood has been violated. >> first thing we did we lacked at every campus and identified those areas that we could put the solar in. >>reporter: deputy school superintendent justin free says there are a number of reasons the district put solar panel at the schools. >> we are looking to obviously save fundsment to be more green and be more energy conscientious. >>reporter: he says the project will save the district 26 million dollars over the next 25

a government panel met on monday to discuss threats. they had securing emergency power sources and seawater pumps used to cool reactors. the panel called on utilities to increase the number of police and to stock up on protective clothing at plants in order to step up security. it also says computer system controlling nuclear plants should be separate from outside networks on to protect them from cyber attacks. the chief cabinet secretary told the panel that the crisis at the fukushima plant could have been triggered by terrorist atax, not just by natural disasters. >>> this wraps up this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us.

specific areas the panel was here in early october to conduct the review. the preliminary findings they shared with us were very positive i'm happy to report. the panel was very impressed by our procedures and processes as well as the overall execution. they were pleased with the way the projects were executed in did offer some constructive recommendations we will certainly follow up on. the final report of the panel will be available in mid december, and we have asked the chairman of the panel and professor at stanford to give you a presentation on the findings there that will be done in january. i wanted to end my presentation as usual, a giving you the ability to look at the work taking place there. the installation of the pipeline is progressing very well. we have weeded de 7.3 miles of the 10.35 mile -- pipeline installation. construction activities there are 63% complete. but this is a project we have some in queues -- some issues with contaminated groundwater. we are well ahead of schedule, so i don't expect that to impact final completion of the pro

i understand there was a good panel this morning. these are issues that are conflicts, and they require continuing dialogue. the law is not perfect. the law is always evolving. it was an honor also to be with the other panelists here. i think that the issue of the death penalty is one that obviously is right -- ripe for us to bring this back to the voters. i think there is a great deal of evidence today that speaks to the problems of wrongful convictions. i think we all understand what the factors are. we know there is a problem with wrongful convictions -- convictions. there is certainly a problem with prisoner treatment, and there is a problem with closure to the victims as well as the financial costs. it is up to all of us collectively to talk about how we deal with this and create a more profitable policy around dealing with very serious crimes, and i welcome the opportunity for having been here today. thank you very much. [applause] >> jeff adacci has a few closing remarks. >> i am a public defender. >> good afternoon. i am with

it is nine panel antennas and two gps antennas and associated equipment panels to be placed on the five-story kaiser building, the north side building, facing gary -- geary. is it necessary? the testimony will raise different questions. i know there are worries about cumulative impact of public utility poles to the other buildings and other efforts that have a cumulative impacts. i also want to thank the residents of the richmond district, who will speak about whether these are necessary, desirable, and compatible for the neighborhood. i know we have a board of supervisors 1996 document. i think the supporters for being thorough in their efforts. i know the guidelines give us some guidance to place antennas in preferred spots, and also examples of limited preference sites, and even other areas that are not favored. but i want to acknowledge this is a hospital. there are three other large antennas, panel antennas, in the near vicinity, on st. mary's hospital, close to presidio, and another on the beacon storage building on geary. i still have a hope that the appellant and the parties will sit

this is the third and final panel for those of you who have stayed. this is going to be an incredible discussion. leading the panel, this is the chief attorney of the public defender's office, matt gonzalez. >> let me talk about how we decided to have a panel as part of this year is just a summit on the death penalty. san francisco is often known for being a large city, in this case, we have a unique history with the death penalty. during his reelection campaign of 1999, terrence hallohan said that they would not seek the death penalty for any offense in san francisco. he was reelected by a close margin a few years later, and she took the position that she would not bring any death penalty case. and she was reelected with the same conditions as part of the reelection campaign. harris was elected to be the state of the new general, and gavin newsom elected george gascon to be the district attorney. when asked his position on the death penaltiy, hy, he said he wouldn't rule it out. this raised a lot of concern among opponents of the death penalty who th

we have introduced a few panels but we have two other panels to introduce to you.dhalia lithwick a contributing editor at "newsweek" and slate where she writes supreme court dispatches in jurisprudence as has been a guest for "the new york times" op-ed page. and the distinguished lecture in lawn tractor of a forum on law, culture and society at the fordham law school and himself offers several highly-regarded author so i will turn it over to david. >> i want to add my congratulations to john. was one of those literary minded astute judges who picked the confession as a book and was much deserving this award. it was a stiff competition but i think all the judges agreed and we had our conference call and went over the books in detail, the john's book rhett -- rose head and shoulders above the books. there is a book eminently greeted both terrifically entertaining and deals with substantive issues in a way i think that makes everyone or should make everyone who reads the book think about it. in a shameless plug, the next event john and i will be end in october next ye

the big thing here is why they still exist listen to the panel about how to chew your charter and run so certain two thousand want to extend we knew that every year including two thousand and ten the question is whether this group it has fundamentally conservative pro corporate point of view is really kind of matching up its rhetoric with right there obama administration wants clearly they've got something that the obama administration thinks is of value because they renewed them and they still exist so. you know it's interesting too i want to go to you know we've got a lot of coverage here on this show in terms of what secretary of defense leon panetta has been saying when he calls this a doomsday mechanism because trigger michael into a fact and there's so much concern over our safety in america that you never really hear about the fact that it's probably going to get better and it's probably going to hit and shins and you also didn't hear that at the latest g.o.p. debate at c.n.n. house which is focused on foreign policy here something and it romney had to say. this is talk about w

the panel, it's always interesting when you're tapped to do a panel like this and you wonder if it's going to fit are all the pieces going to work together? i think you all guys touched on very important issues that really speak to this issue of whole community. so i want to give you guys an applause and really thank you for taking the time to be here today. i also because i know some of you out there kind of want to acknowledge some people and some of the things that they've done i think that are very important contributions. nancy ward over here was my colleague in the state for a lot of years and has now been -- with fema for 10 years? and i got to tell you, nancy really did a lot to push forward funding for planning in the bay area when they were overlooking us and looking at the other areas in the country. because of her efforts we have now had a pretty steady stream of funding coming through. also want to acknowledge mike deyton in the state for this as well. but we've done i think some of the best regional planning in the country here in the bay area. and i have to -- in the i