>> i am very encouraged in your remarks today, that you're interested in revisiting city policy. there have been various times when that was looked at. there was a rfi that looked at policies and suggested some tweaks. even following that, there were a couple of things that i wanted to clarify and remind folks about. there was an awful lot of out reach that miss miller and i had done for the first rfp, and for the second, and at least in terms of expression measures, had done a lot. that is in large part of the cold call that i made to the origination from constellation, having conversations with potential suppliers, some who responded, some who did not to this rfp. in response to some of those, one reason i am encouraged by your remarks, i had some frank discussion with those suppliers. some had more or less misgivings with the ability to reach all the goals we were seeking. so out of that, our staff, following the issuance of the rfp, were working on the items that ms. hale described. how would the city do it on their own? how would the sfpuc do it? we have done some analysis,

public who are watching, we have asked the city attorney's office to draft a charter amendment so that we can bring the item to the voters so that we revisit the 1932 ordinance so that we really make sure that the city and county of san francisco and its rate payers have the best deal possible, and we will be talking more about that. to the extent that there are so many questions about this deal, including the very important question of the port's role -- and i'm sorry, but i've not seen any documentation that satisfies in terms of a proper response, a full response to what the board is saying. i think we need to look at the issue, and as the newly elected share of the local agency formation commission, under state law, it has served a function, and one of the functions is to study these kinds of issues. i will be submitting in the very near future a request that we ask for a study to review this issue so that we compare what we are doing to best practices relative to the rest of the bay area because we really want to make sure that we do what is in the best interests of ratepayers. i think we owe ratepayers' that. if that requires slowing

revisitize their downtowns. pleasanton said it would upset their scenic city. the meeting is tonight at the tracy transit station in tracy. >>> today several properties will be transferred from the redevelopment agency to another city agency. they want to maintain control of the redevelopment fund in case the governor moves forward with his plan to get rid of california's redevelopment agencies. there's a meeting tonight at 6:00 in city council chambers in pa noelle. >>> meanwhile, let us talk to -- who are we talking to? christina, yes, good morning. cold, cold out there. >> let us get who we are talking to right this morning. good morning to you. you are always right in my book, scott mcgrew. and hey, if we get this forecast right, i'm going to be very, very pleased. because it looks like places like livermore, where it doesn't usually snow, danville, you are included in this equation, i think we'll see some snowflakes on your city floor as we head through this weekend. we've got a really cold system on the way to the bay area. and the timing looks just right

city spend $760,000 pushing for injunctions in court. >> and we believe they're criminalizing our youth, profiling our youth, leading to harassment of the communities. >> we cull come people to revisit what they've done, go to skoochl we have a program allowing them to get out of this injunction. >> and a lawyer for the men named says many are wrongly accused and that 15 of them have not been arrested within the past two years. >> there is more at 5:00. coming up, brain wave activity in babies. >> and dry tomorrow, then... a cold canadian storm coming in here on thursday. it brings rain and very low snow levels by the week's end. i'll talk about that coming up. >> and there are not after your cars or tires. why they're eyeing a certain tytytytytytytytytytytytytytytyty >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> a fiery mess on the dunbarton bridge today. a van and a big rig blocking all lanes more than two hours. the big rig caught fire, no one in either vehicle was hurt. >> and farm worker groups joined assemblyman in calling for governor brown to reverse a state decision allowing the use of the pesticide. after a three-year study regulator as proved the use in s

since his earlier ruling, the state has revisited its lethal injection procedure and built a new chamber. >>> tonight, the oakland city on an industrial scale. the plan envisions allowing five new dispensaries with their own farms off site plus more farms linked to four that already exist. >>> today the government will release a report on sudden unintended acceleration in toyota cars. it is the product of a 10 month investigation and a key question is whether the cars have faulty electronics. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,,,,,,,, ♪ [ male announcer ] not all steel is created equal. not all manufacturing processes are created equal. not all engineering standards are created equal. which is why not all luxury vehicles are created equal. the hard way means never taking short cuts. the hard way is how lexus inspires absolute confidence. this is the pursuit of perfection. see what it takes at lexus.com/thehardway. >>> good morning. tapping the brakes on southbound side 680 near mission boulevard. the left lane blocked. you can see traffic really backed up through that area. give. wind advisory for

revisited if voters don't approve an extension of tax increases proposed by governor brown. glenbrook middle school and holbrook elementary both in concord are still scheduled to shut down. >>> the santa clara cityto take away redevelopment money. the city's counting on $40 million to help finance a football stadium for the 49ers. the governor has proposed seizing redevelopment money to reduce the state's budget deficit. >>> stay with us, a look at traffic and weather right after this. ,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about this event. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. it w