despite repeated arrests he will likely reoffend. >> because it's considered a misdemeanor, it has cumulative effect. >> they will introduce a resolution on tuesday. he is calling for the d.a., muni and the port authority to come up with a plan that will put an end to the parking lot scam. one idea is ask owners to have gates and require tickets to enter and exit the lots. >> they are introducing on tuesday is non-binding resolution, he hopes it willvovl in into a city ordinance. >>> governor jerry brown has signed a landmark bill to inning gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender history into social studies classes in california public schools. the bill is first of its kind in the nation. they passed last week on largely party line group. in some groups says it exposes to students to subjects that some parents find objectionable. mark leno says it would teach students tolerance and be more accepting of differences. >> president obama has scheduled a news conference to talk about the status us of negotiations to increase the debt limit. it follows the fifth round of talks at the white house. th

authorities identify him as if the man with repeated arrest the da office says he will likely reoffend. >> we can only charge and prosecute for somebody the conduct they committed. this is petty theft miss demeanor charge and only carries a limited sentence. >> because the crime is considered to be a misdemeanor repetitively it's beginning to have a cumulative effect. >>reporter: supervisor pl will introduce a resolution on tuesday calling for the da, muni an the port authority to come one plan that will put an end to the scam. one idea eyes to the require parking lot owners to add gates that require a ticket to enter and exit the lot. >> we are on the cusp of being the host of the america cup which is going to be all over i think san francisco especially in the embarcadero port authority area. we really have to be prepared for that. >>reporter: what supervisor is introducing on tuesday is a non-binding resolution. he hopes it will eventually evolve into a city ordinance. live in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> thanks lillian. >> one man is seriously injured after dramatic accident in sa

and some number of those people are going to reoffend, and after that, there will be in jail for some period of time, and we will lecture the get revocation hearings before the court or whether not probation can intervene with them to find some other sanction other than jail for them, which is the overall hope, because this is another red to help manage the jail population. while the state figures sort of look good on paper, the look very well for the state, but as with most sheriff's department, we do not believe that their projections have much application to what may happen in the county jail. it is nice to know. it has given us an idea of how many people are currently on parole in the area and how many will transfer to post-release community supervision, how many do less than 30 days in the state prison when they get revoked. it is nice to know that stuff, but whether or not those numbers pan out, it is our belief that those numbers are understated. but we will nano. it is something we will monitor closely. certainly, we are aware of the fiscal restraints that the city and county.

. >> as long as the offenders remain on the street the more opportunity they'll have to reoffend. >> reporter: agencies are targeting violent offenders with a super jump-start war initiative. >> these have been on the list that needs to be apprehended. we made a decision to focus our resources collectively on getting it done. >> reporter: in june the city cleared more than 1,000 warrants and arrested 635 people. it was over probation violations, sex and gun crimes. it has been so effective the city is extending it for another two weeks. >> he was arrested for armed robbery with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. he was arrested 6/7/11. >> reporter: police will continue to focus on robbery, gun offenders and juvenile and domestic violence warrants. >> the program was funded through a $150,000 grant. additional $25,000 will fund the extension. >>> crime alerts in your community are now a click away. the city unvailed a new system to send alerts to your e-mail and text messages. we are making it easy to sign up. go to wjz.com and click on links and numbers. >>> a strange site today i

75% of those who complete and graduate from drug treatment courts around the country, they do not reoffend. in addition, when i think about it now, we got close to 2,500 drug treatment courts across the united states, working hard each and every day to impact on the inappropriate behavior, get people clean, sober, reunited with their family, taking care of their own children and being productive in our communities. >> i've been close to this our family, i got to tell you, what do you do with a good kid, in school, having trouble because of drugs, maybe coke, he has bad guys trying to push it to him all the time. how do you deal with those situations in your program? how do you keep the kid, 20 years old, in a bad crowd, trying to get off it. how's this help? >> well, if he's made contact with the law, if he's broken the law, he's going to land in somebody's courtroom and he's going to have to face the consequences for his behavior. i'll let judge russell take it from there. >> judge, how do you save this kid and keep him away from the bad guys? >> i think what's important is, what we work

. >> the longer the offenders remain on the street, the more opportunity they'll have to reoffend. >> eight agencies are targeting violent offenders with a warrant initiative. >> we're again focused on most violent offenders, ones that certainly have been on the list that need to be apprehended, but we made a -- a decision to focus our resources collectively on getting it done. >> in june, the city cleared more an 1,000 warrants and arrested 635 people. the squad served warrens for probation violation, sex and gun crimes. the summer jump-start program is proven to be so effective, the city is extending it for another two weeks, hoping to make an additional 100 arrests. >> he was under supervision for armed robbery with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. so he's a significant threat to public safety and he was arrested on -- >> he was arrested by a warrant squad on june 28th for armed robbery that occurred on june 6 of this year. >> police will continue to focus on robbery, gun offenders and juvenile and domestic violence warrants. >>> the program was funded through a $150,000 grant

he was released from prison in 1988 and reoffended that same year.gain in 1994 and shortly after that was picked up on a parole violation for drug possession. he's been in atascadero since 1997. he doesn't want us to show you his face. >> there's a lot of hype out there with this megan's law and this registration and these posters going up and stuff. that's all fine and dandy, but the public ought to be happy to know who's in their neighborhood. they need to worry about who they don't know in their neighborhood that's out molesting their children and raping their wives and daughters and sisters. >> the department of corrections released 300 to 350 sex offenders every month. that's an enormous number of people, and these are people that by and large have not been treated in any way for their sexual acting out. >> that statistic refers only to those released from california prisons. national rates for rape and sexual assault remains constant. at least 15 other states have followed california's lead and are locking up their sex offenders on indefinite p

and less likely to reoffend. >> the new prisoners will be those who have committed nonserious, nonviolent, and nonsexual offenses. >>> less than two weeks before our country maxes out its credit, california is making contingency plans in the event that congress fails to strike a debt deal. why a federal default could mean a huge financial headache for california. >> reporter: for some california members of congress the consequences of letting time run out on the debt clock are serious. >> america will become a dead beat nation. >> reporter: the threat of a federal default is prompting officials in sacramento to rush out and get a $5 billion loan to have cash on hand in case the nation crashes. already the state faces more hurdles to get a loan. it faces higher interest, so if uncle sam goes into default. taxpayers may have to cough up more cost to keep the state running. >> if the cost of borrowing goes up, you would have to go to another place to pay interest. >> reporter: a federal default could also mean delayed federal payments from medicaid, education and infrastructure problems. bay

undergone a probation sweep this week for four days because of half of all probationers end up reoffendingccording to police. so in this four-day sweep they found 28 probation violations. they made 17 arrests. they took in 7 guns and a whole lot of drugs. now, the whole community is still raw after the killing of a man named brother john who would go out and feed the homeless. he was shot and died on wednesday night. we'll take a look at that crime and some reaction from the police chief and the mayor coming up. >> okay, anne makovec, thanks, live in oakland this morning. >>> san francisco police say they have recovered the weapon a seattle man allegedly used in a gun battle with officers. it happened in the bayview a couple of weeks ago. a neighbor led them to the pistol that police say belonged to this man, kenneth harding. ballistics show this is the gun that killed harding. police don't know if he shot himself on purpose or it was an accident. >>> it's a silicon valley murder case that's been incomplete for ten years. the victim's body was never found and the main suspect is dead. shar

they do not reoffend.addition, when i think about it now, we've got close to 2,500 drug treatment courts across the united states working hard each and every day to impact on the inappropriate behavior, get people clean, sober, reunited with their family, taking care of their children, and being productive in our communities. >> martin, i've been close to this in our family. i've got to tell you, what do you do to a good kid, who's in school, having trouble, because he's on drugs? maybe coke, and he's got bad guys trying to push it to him all the time. >> yes. >> tell me how you deal with those situations? how do you keep the kid at 20 years old, in a bad crowd, that's pushing the stuff at him, and he's trying to get off of it. how does this help? >> if he's made contact with the law, if he's broken the law, he's going to land in somebody's courtroom action and he's going to have to face the consequences for his behavior. i'll let judge russell take it from there. how do you save this kid? >> what we work

. >> as far as 1988 officials labeled him a time bomb for likelihood to reoffend.ding to the report probation officers failed to follow up incidents on drug use and took two months to question him in 1989 after three co-workers raised concerns about him he pled guilty to kidnapping dugard in 1991. he's serving 431 years to life. >> this weekend we'll hear more about the kidnapping captivity and freedom in her own words. >> it's an abc news exclusive airing this sunday this, morning diane talked about the incredible spirit. >> jaycee dugard come as cross poised and strong recounting how she survived the unimaginable. >> i can't imagine being beaten to death. but... you can't imagine being kidnapped and raped. you know? so... it's just you just do what have you to do. to survive. >> the now 31-year-old was only 11 when phillip and nancy garrido abducted her. they kept her locked up in their antioch area backyard where early on, she was often chained to a bed. agents came to the home 60 times, each time not realizing she needed to be saved. >> during the time of capti

it a public safety issue, to help ex-cons find steady jobs and housing so they are less likely to reoffendsay many felons are written off out the gate an discriminated against simply because of their criminal record which could be decades old and not at all related to the job they are trying to get. and, at a recent public hearing, rental property owners worry that if made into a protected class, many would seize the opportunity to sue them. >> some ex-cons will make this a business, going from apartment complex to apartment complex, getting denied for whatever reason, and then filing a nuisance lawsuit. >> and employers worry if they will end up wasting a lot of time and resource, interviewing someone for a job, only to come to find out, the person is not a good fit precisely because of their criminal past, and they say they deserve the right to get the information right away, if not later. bill: how would it be applied, claud claudia? >> reporter: it would get rid of the box on application forms, that asks whether the person has a criminal record. landlords and employers would have to co

and if you remember th controversies over the permit for reoffending the deepwater chilling, a large part of the demonstration to meet these requirements was to demonstrate that they have this deep water containment capability. selected those two groups develop that they have the capacity of side effect. take the assessment was at that point granite but permitting. >> that had the capacity. we have 90 we have 90 a, almost 90 days the pouring thereally thing mostoncerning. mr. chairman, i do think they've learned a tremendous amount from this process. the united states is benefited dramatically a production of oil gas from the polls. any the oil and gas for our economy, jobs and growth. i hope that we will be able to continue it. we have learned from how to remediate me think we've learned how to use top if it ever were to happen again and frankly should not have happened the first time. but i do believe we have the pability now to shut it off. hopefully the gulf coast area is ready to go forward in the future. we want to fix their economic problems that have been severe and will want