sponsor petitions.ing majority are everyday people using the free petition tool to raise their voices. >> reporter: not all petitions succeed. recently elena of richmond, virginia, petitioned victoria's secret to make a special bra for breast cancer survivors like her mom debby. why did you decide to target victoria's secret? >> they're known for making pretty bras. i just wanted women like my mom to have that same experience that i've had. >> reporter: more than 125,000 people offered their names in support, but last month victoria's secret announced they would not be selling a survivor bra, believing that the best way to help was to continue funding cancer research. elena told us she may work with other companies that have seen her petition. 15-year-old julia bloom of waterville, maine, had a different experience with her petition. in her ballet classes and in school, julia listened to her friends compare themselves to the perfect images in teen magazines. when you photo shop a girl's picture in a mag

it's harder to get that petition circulated in the first place. it's going to be it more expensive and the people paid to get the petitions out there to get it out. that's a big incentive to the consultants and tack on extra legal text into the ordinance you're including and have to be included in the petition so making this a permanent change you're inviting that type of mawpz to occur over and over again. if you make it a temporary change at a minimum you have to think of the same thing that supervisor chiu thought about when debating this and the voter information pamphlet, unless you take a separate vote and debate like you're having today, is going to have this problem, so for this reason we think making this a temporary fix will help to discourage that mawpz and we are urging you not to do something that is a permanent fix. >> i have a question. so you're just setting up general parameters of things you want us to consider when makes a disismghtz you as a commission don't have a recommendation between the two proposals. >> we don't have a re

and 2011 to fewer petitions. the total petitions increased in fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 by 33 percent from same fiscal periods >> the budget changes that we are proposing for the necklaces two years are as follows the proposed budget represents an increase of 39 percent of $322,000. half of that increase is for salaries and mandatory friendly benefit increases. the proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 and 15 is about a 3 percent increase is >> i pledge allegiance to the flag and $89,000. three-quarters of that is for friendly benefits and a quarter of it is an increase in cola and salary adjustments. from is another prospective we have two positions an administrative law judge. the addition is in the process of filling the vacant council position with a spanish special condition person who will have the skills to communicate with an english and spanish to assess more of the community. the law judge is to be filled in the fall. the two years doesn't request any new positions. the budget is for more fte

he just signed the petition saying there ought to be an election. the conservative movement in wisconsin are going to use that list to retaliate against people from wisconsin for as long as they control state government. for what it's worth, state law says no sectarian or partisan tests based on race, religion or sex shall be exercised in the appointment in the employees of the system, but scott walker and republicans in wisconsin say screw that. if you signed the recall petition, you are blacklisted in the state from public service. a million people in wisconsin signed the recall petition against walker and apparently as long as republicans are running state government, that million people in wisconsin, one in every four registered voters in the state, will be blacklisted indefinitely. kind of pitiful, right? petty. the word you might be looking for is small. scott walker, small. but another republican governor elected in the same tea party way is actually giving scott walker a run for his smallness. get this. it's one thing to blacklist a million

superintendents proposal, approval of the material revisions to the life learning charter petition to reflect the change of governor ans structure whereas san francisco unified school district is the charter authorizer for life learning academy charter school which is set to expire on june 30, 2014, and whereas the board of directors of this will be the delancy street foundation on september 27, 2012 approved the change of governor ans of life learning academy charter school to the newly formed life learning academy non-profit public benefit corporation and whereas the charter school submitted request of an approval for the revision of the charter school's provision to reflect the change of the structure to the san francisco unified school district on february 13, 2013 and whereas the charter school specifically requested a revision to section i, the standing of the petition to be effective july 1, 2013 and include a supporting documentation of the new non-profit public benefit corporation and whereas pursuant to the sections 47605 and 607 they shall review and act on revisions to the

been posting flyers to try to garner petitions and they shifted blame onto the entertainment commission themselves saying they are corrupt and they had various articles written, for example the sf weekly about it being corrupt and they posted nice comments on their facebook page about us as neighborhood and the entertainment commission. they have not been very positive. >> thank you. i noticed that you highlighted something in orange, a highlighter. is that something that you would like to read to us? >> the date on the venue inspection is -- it's not soundproof except for the windows. the street part is not soundproof. standing on the roof on the mission street side of the venue you can hear the band play very clearly. >> have you tried to contact the owner? >> early on i sent letters to the owners of brick and mortar.com and never got any response. >> i don't believe i ever got a sponsor if i did it was yeah, we are working on it. >> thank you. next speaker. >> my name is lex, as soon as they opened i experienced some noise issues and i did try to work things out and talk with various

could you explain to me the purpose of the brick and mortar petition in the neighborhood? >> we found out about the hearing five days before. i found it -- one of our neighbors informed me that they are going to be holding an actionable hearing. which was not told to me. i had to call them twice and e-mail them twice. if you look in my package you can see where they respond. i don't see yeah, you do have a hearing. we made a petition so we can meet with 30 different neighbors. we talked about the issues. did we try to raise the temperature by getting people there? to be honest i was concerned there was a commission hearing that was discussed with my neighbors and i wasn't informed that it was going to be held . did i panic? i absolutely did. >> i have several questions. so why didn't you, several of the neighbors that were here said they came to you and expressed their concerns initially and reading through the briefs they were met with a stonewall and that's being nice actually. >> i would say we are on our fifth round of sound proofing. anyone involved with sound, it's n

[speaker not understood] and a separate online petition in opposition with 8 38. [speaker not understood]. the commission recently adopted a policy determining a approximate concentration of formula retail uses in similar neighborhoods that extends from octavia boulevard to castro street. [speaker not understood] recommend approval of any project that brings its concentration of subject property to 20% or greater. although the commission had discretion to approve or disapprove the project. retail uses with commercial frontage within 300 feet of the project site which results in an existing formula retail concentration of approximately 20%. and the project would increase this concentration to 36%. the neighborhood is also already well served by three locally -- local [speaker not understood] restaurant. [speaker not understood] at 136 church and [speaker not understood] at 235 church. and the project would also be detrimental to the neighborhood by occupying a formula lot. [speaker not understood] signage that would attract the local character of the upper market n

just the stats here and then the guy who was getting the petition he was the undercover guy.ative guy. wasn't serious what he was saying about. about 16 students were interviewed in 45 minutes. 11 out of the 16 signed the petition to listen in to ask -- to nullify the constitution when it comes to fox news and you say? >> i am not surprised by this at all. the left. >> 11 out of 16? >> academia culture and news media bunch of college kids? are you kidding me so far left. the results don't scare me but what scares me some of them with the exception of one kid there saying that's a bridge too far for me. you know, throwing out the constitution. >> bill: there were two students who walked away. >> with those two exceptions everybody else seemed ready to throw the first amendment out of window. dangerous for america. >> bill: out of the 16 three students actually told the undercover guy you are out of line. >> of course, he would be out of line in fact if obviously he was a phony. he wasn't telling what he really thought. we don't know that all those students are liberal. i mean

in place, hearing of the petition, but that is not going to happen. for so many different reasons. that it's hardly worth considering at this point. there is a risk, but i think it's a tiny, tiny risk. >> on the phone, dean johnson, our legal analyst here. and before we let you go, why do it so soon? why not just wait a couple of weeks, let things subside? there are so many opponents to gay marriage. millions of californians who voted against gay marriage, why let them gel get married at this point? >> the 9th circuit's original opinion was strong and clear. they found the situation that had been created in california to be offensive to equal protection of the law and i think the 9th circuit was frustrated as were many people in california, that this could not go ahead, so they decided to exercise their discretion and take the risk that there might be another legal hiccup down the road and seeing how small that risk is, they felt it was worth it. >> from a legal point of view, are you surprised? >> i am. usually, the federal court, the appellate court

as i read it, the prop 8 proponents can now petition on the issue of standing and say, look, we really do have business before the court. we really can represent the issues here. those hearings have to be filed within 25 days of the opinion. and although they are sometimes heard, they are almost never granted. >> we had you on our morning show this morning and you said today's theme would certainly be all about state's rights and that's really what both ruling ares come down to referring to the doma ruling as well. in regards to prop 8, what is the take away from today's no standing ruling you and also what's next? >> the no standing ruling essentially means that it's as if the supreme court hearing and the ninth circuit appeal never happened. the ninth circumstance skit now instructed by the supreme court to dismiss the appeal because nobody there had standing to argue the appeal. that means the original trial court's decision remains in effect but that doesn't bind anybody but the parties who are actually there in the trial. >> we are hearing a lot of couples across the country sayin

now a group of former investigators are petitioning the national transportation safety board to reopen the probe saying the original report was falsified. was the plane accidentally shot down by the u.s. navy conducting a nearby exercise or was it a terrorist attack? we will speak with the filmmakers behind a new documentary on the crash including former cbs news producer kristina borjesson. meeting of into this news executives and said, why are recovering as? one guy goes, [indiscernible] i said, i don't know what it is, but it is not a straightforward thing. there is something going on here. there was this silence. ofas looking at this sea white shirts and i turned around and left. i was like, my god, my goose is cooked. and it was spread across a victory for the radio movement. the fcc will soon begin accepting applications for hundreds of new low-power fm radio stations in october. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. talks between the u.s. and taliban are now in limbo just one day after they were annou

his petitions have forced the white house to respond.ighly unlikely this one is going to work. let's face it. snowden probably would not want to get anywhere near washington. civil liberties groups are a bit concerned we the press are spending more time talking about snou den than the nsa. they're concerned the whistle-blower is getting more attention than the revelation of the biggest domestic spying program in american history. facebook holds its first shareholder meeting ever at a hotel in millbrae. publicly held companies, companies that sell stock have to have a meeting once a year. we do expect protests outside the westin hotel as environmentalists are upset with facebook founder mark zuckerberg. his political action committee called forward u.s. has bankrolled several political ads for conservative politicians like this one for lindsey graham of south carolina. senator graham supports sucker berg's push for immigration reform. so zuckerberg's group helped him fund his ads supporting his opposition -- his support to the excel keyst

and i don't see grounds for such a petition in this case. so i think we're safe saying that same sex marriage is going to go ahead. >> nationally now, there's still plenty of states that don't allow this. is this going to be a domino effe effect? >> i don't think so. it's whether the federal constitution guarantees the right to harnl. that will have to be litigated. and that's the only weapon that people who live in states where sam sex marriage is right now banned have. they're going to have to bring that issue to the supreme court. >> in california people against this in terms of percentage, 10% chance, 50% chance of overturning any of this? >> i don't think this is going to be overturned. a final decision by the united states supreme court is about as final as it gets. even though an imaginative lawyer could come up with an idea for another stay to be in place, that's not going to be the future as far as anybody can tell. >>> well, this historic week against dentally happening during gay pride weekend. >> reporter: everybody is abuzz with

they received that petition and you're quite right, if we give them the petition and there's new evidence, which there is, they have to reopen the investigation and have to reanalyze it. we did follow that path. that's a legal remedy that is required by law they follow and we are hoping that they do. along with this documentary, which at the end of the documentary you will see family members, eyewitnesses and former crash investigators all sign that petition. >> so tom, the ntsb did exhaustive investigations on this. there was a parallel fbi investigation as well. i'm having a tough time understanding how you, this many years later, 17 years later, has evidence of radar that no one else has had or saw fit to look at up until now? doesn't this sound preposterous? >> well, exhaustsive. quite the contrary. an exhaustive investigation, what you do, you call the witnesses to testify. not one eyewitness was ever called to testify. not one. the fbi identified 670 eyewitnesses to this crash. and the fbi wrote a letter to the ntsb days before their hearing saying please don't ask any eyewitnesss t

from harassing petitioners who want petition-prone people to not sign petitions. okay, i'm signing off now. >> today's supreme court decision concluded congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting nine states mostly in the south to federal oversight. the court however, did not invalidate section five of the act. now, this is the section which requires areas that have a history of discrimination under the old section 4 formula to get preclearance for changes in voting procedures such as relocating a polling place or redrawing electoral districts ding ding, ding. although section five survives, it will have no actual effect unless and until congress can enact a new statute to determine who should be covered by it. what could be easier to understand than that? joining me for a heated discussion, i'm sure are my esteemed panel, joining us is democratic strategist, the great basil smikle, former adviser to president clinton, the brilliant richard socarides and dean obeidallah political comedian extraordinaire and creator of the dean's report.com. i t

i, the standing of the petition to be effective july 1, 2013 and include a supporting documentation of the new non-profit public benefit corporation and whereas pursuant to the sections 47605 and 607 they shall review and act on revisions to the charter school petition and be it resolved that the board of education of the san francisco unified school district shall approve the revision to the charter school's revision set forth by the requirement of law. >> thank you. >>vy no public speakers signed up for this item. are there any comments from the board? >> commissioner wynns? >> thank you. >> i have some questions. i am wondering this charter which i have always strongly supported in part is our support has been based on our partnership of the delancy street foundation and there is no explanation here of why this is being done, further, it gave (inaudible) and found out that the staff does not know to ask the question or to wonder about some of the synergystic activities that have been done with the treat and so i am a little, and i kind of like to know more about this if possible. >>

the petition for his pardon was created on sunday at a white house website that allows petitions for various issues. he received more than 34,000 electronic signatures in one day. says snowden is a national hero and should get a full pardon. the obama administerministratio defended t defended the program. >>> you take some hard knocks at the top of a sport like bicycle motorcycle bmx are official olympic event. japan's best rider and best medal hope is a young girl. she has won the title in her age group for two years in a row. >> she's -- this girl is 14 years old. all she ever wanted to do was race bmx. she has made a name for herself for her powerful jumps. they're as strong as those of much bigger males. >> translator: it's fun to pull off a big jump or clock a better time. that's really why i ride. >> sae has been on a bike since before she remembers. she started racing bmx in her brother's footsteps. by age 4 she was practicing on racetracks. she won race after race in local competitions after entering elementary school. she then started racing internationally. she has three wo

those petitions are frequently made but almost always denied. >> reporter: prop 8 supporters have 25 days to make that request. if it's denied, gay marriages in california will likely resume in late july. but there is still confusion, specifically, federal benefits for same-sex couples. >> the supreme court has said if you are married in your state, then you get all the federal benefits under doma. but they don't say what is your state. is it the state where you are married or where you now reside? what happens if one state recognizes the marriages and another does not? >> reporter: it appears that the tides are shifting when it comes to states allowing same-sex marriages. >> 13 states and 93 million people. it has momentum. >> reporter: so does lieutenant governor gavin newsom who first approved gay marriage in san francisco nearly a decade ago. >> he has been at the forefront of the issue for more than a decade. he is the real thing and people don't forget. not just who is there now, but who was there back when and gavin newsom has been looking for a position and clout as lieutenan

the petition is from a group called alliance -- freedom. they are saying that marriages started too quickly. the group says opponents still have 21 days to appeal the rulings. >>>coming up, we are going to talk about how same sex marriages could be a start for more benefits in california. >>> ,,,, ,,,,,,,, hitting the roads. >>> all right, the hours are ticking away and it looks more and more likely that bart is going to be on strike tomorrow. two unions making this decision and that means thousands more cars are going to be hitting the roads. >> and we are seeing the new car app that's going to be helping. >> reporter: this is a flash back to 1997. the bart strike threw thousands of commuters into long lines and crowded roads. this commuter is ready to pack her car with commuters and make extra cash. >> i can see laura's picture and i know she is in the general area. i can contact her through the app so it's not like i am standing in a line. >> reporter: this rider is finding a ride share. >> if you stood on your street corner in your neig

the petition already has more than 100 signatures. the petition began after a driver in an suv hit and killed 55-year-old len ernest as he rode his bike on the taylor street overpass of highway 87 on monday. the driver of that accident has not been found. >>> police in three peninsula cities are on the hunt this morning, all looking for the same man. police say that man right here, 20-year-old melvin bell ard is responsible for a string ofburg there is happened in april. he broke into three homes in belmont in just a matter of minutes. then police said he broke into a loam in san mateo. that time, a woman came home and surprised him. he took off in a white chevy mall bound spotted by hillsborough police. the suspect still had stolen items from his car as he raced up 280. the car was later found in san francisco with about $30,000 worth of stolen goods still inside. >> his time will come, i'm sure, especially doing so much like that you can only get lucky so long until everything catches up with you. >> investigators say bellard lives

as a in fact, 6 thousand people signed this petition. this is not a click line on here petition. there's been a discussion a continuing discussion on the credibility and status of a world-class garden francisco only be established for a fee. many of the gardens are private gardens. they're free in portland and boston to name a few. the fees have been reduce for residents and non-residents is this a metric for a world-class garden. it must pay. the resources are there it's a matter of will and choice thank you. >> good afternoon. supervisors what a marathon my heart is just practically breaking. hearing it like that. obviously a top priority is services for families, for homeless. the thing that are supposed democracy is supposed to provide for the people. i'm here to talk about the project. people homeless families; right? they're going to be turned away. it should be free for everyone. and it should come from parks and rec. there was proposition n you know, i was a single mother i was glad to have a rent control apartment. at 75 i'm lucky to have a room there. my income wouldn't

it's called a petition for rehearing. they have 25ka[÷ days within wh to file that petition and the case is not really considered final until those 25 days lapse. but the court can extend or short than time if it wants to. >> do you think that's going to happen if losers come forward and do that? >> knowing my prop 8 supporters, i would guess that petition for rehearing is probably already written and i think they are going to fight this to the very last maneuver that they can think of. >> one of the options the indicate would be dismissed. if that happened, what's next? >> if the appeal is dismissed, then essentially the ninth circuit ruling stands. there is another possibility that the case would be dismissed for lack of standings, saying the prop 8 supporters had no business in the federal courts. if that -- if that happens, then the logic says that the original district court decision stands which is of course a broad constitutional decision but it has no real binding effect on any other court. either the state or the

-- >> this is the petition and it's to chrysler and the department of transportation to ask for the recall. >>reporter: crash survivor janelembring is taking her one- woman movement to a fairfax dealership in hoping to get some answers about her mother's 2004 jeep grand cherokee, one of the more than 2 million of 19 neuroto 2003 jeep grand cherokees and 2002 to 2007 jeep models that she wants to be recalled. >> i'm janel embring. >> we can speak inside. >> i have a couple questions with you. >> inside. >>reporter: she met with this dealership. he was willing to talk to janel, but not to us. >> i have two things to talk to you about. >>reporter: during their closed-door meeting: >> chrysler is standing firm that they will not do the recall. >> i just know when i get a recall i do them. any questions about the recalls you need to address it to this gentleman here. >> okay. >> all right? i'm not answering any questions about any recalls. >> i'm just finding out what jeep owners can do if chrysler does not recall. really there isn't anything we can do. >> i can inspect your vehicle to m

sign the on-line petition. anyone that comes in there is going to clean up that location but the lease was locked up over a year ago by chipotle and so, you know the potential other restaurants since then have not had an opportunity to vie for it and i hope that you will make the right decision for the neighborhood and disapprove this proposal. >> are there any additional speakers for public comment? >> if not, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini? >> well, thank you, very interesting discussion. i have a few thoughts on this issue a number of things that were pointed out and there are a few comments that this would be the formula retail and the signage will be like everything else and the project sponsor made it clear that it is understated and custom built squ not be in the same mode as all of the other chipotles i think that is an important issue for me. it seems to be understated and there is another speaker that talked about the parking and the parking existed since it began and chipotle is elim

you put a petition on change.org what do you want people to know?g freddy mac who sold it to us to remediate our situation and create policy changes it cost $50 but $50 our family's life is not worth $5o it suggests that we should have that test taken. >> may i suggest, you need a killer attorney they all work on commission. so you don't have to put money out and someone who specializes in hazardous waste. they sue and make their living that way. >> freddy mac put out a statement... barbara what do you recommend for people out there? >> it's just not true. they are on the hook because they had title to the property. they have rights despite the fact they did not have the home inspection because the state and federal laws that govern that. they should go after those guys. >> we will put the link to your petition on our website. in interprets for folks thinking of buying a place there's stuff people don't look to inspect. >> not everybody thinks they will have a meth lab down the street but the three biggest killers in neighborhoods, all over, the num

here on ralston avenue, a resident started this petition, after his friend was hit by a car. ralston avenue in belmont is frustrating for pedestrians. >> the cars are speeding like lightning. >> for drivers, ien watted to get in, nobody would let me in, i ended up having to pay $250. >> for cyclists who roll out of bike lanes and into traffic. ralston is a busy thoroughfare. lanes come and go, speed limits rise and fall. >> i fell backwards and she fell forward. >> a driver hit mara and her daughter in february. they were not in a crosswalk. >> i was very nervous for her, and i was nervous that other cars were going to come as well. i knew their speeds down ralston, so both of us jumped up immediately and went to the sidewalk. >> the incident hit too close to home for mike swoyer. >> it's not a family friendly road at this point. >> he started a petition, urging the city council to fix the busy stretch fast. hundreds are signing on and they have ideas. you. >> give me a bike line i get out of their way. you get where you need to go. >> there's a crosswalk right there with bli

sign the on-line petition. anyone that comes in there is going to clean up that location but the lease was locked up over a year ago by chipotle and so, you know the potential other restaurants since then have not had an opportunity to vie for it and i hope that you will make the right decision for the neighborhood and disapprove this proposal. >> are the

warfield, did you have no indication that the petition made no indication there was any redacting of any of these aders, you never knew of that. and i understand that it is the white instead of a black it could be pink and purple. >> and it is a black line or something. and or something, that were visible, but with the photo copies as i think that you saw there. the only indication was that if you knew to put two and two together, and see that there was a line. and even if there was visible, a label for the line you could not tell was anything placed or not placed there. >> and no one said anything. >> that is why and i remember being very upset as i say when i was handed the photo copies which looked like what i had received electronically and i said, would i like to see the cards and so miss sharon page, richie left the room that she had me in a conference room and disappeared for quite a while, returned with a stack of cards. and those cards now because you could feel them even if you were blind, you could see that there were i don't know, what you call those, i don't think that i