so rosenfield renewed his appeal for clemency.ever granted. as months went by it was not clear what if anything was happening. >> what is disturbing about the process is that it is secretive. >> but what he didn't know if this time it was different. the governor ordered a new investigation. just before christmas 2015 we were there when the call came from the governor's office. there it was, finally the words he had been hoping to hear year after year. robert davis was about to be set free. >> i am elated. just in time for the holiday. today is robert's mother's birthday. sandy, it is steve. set another plate for tonight's dinner. i'm going up to pick robert up. >> i think this'll be the last time i ever see this prison. >> amassed the final drive with the news both have dreamed up for all those years. those year. i'm just so happy. if it wasn't for that man fighting for me right there, >> i am elated. words cannot describe it. i am so happy. if it wasn't for that man fighting for me right there i wouldn't be out right now. this is

. >> san francisco bay science director john rosenfield says it is a lot more than that. >> salmon needold water to survive but the state water board refuses to enforce its requirements for cold river flow. a lot of salmon died. >> rosenfield said estate leaders are keeping the river flows too low and they're exporting too much water to southern california. >> the salmon fishing season was closed last year and the number of salmon that returned were still historically low. commercial fisherman and recreational boat operators are taking it on the chin. >> while juanes waits for the salmon population to recover, he is putting all his efforts into crabbing. >> since the season opened, i think i have been home probably 10 days since january. >> despite difficult times, he says he is not ready to give up on something he loves. >> eye fisherman so i will go until the ship sinks, basically. i am going all the way done with it. >>> ditching dating apps to search for love from up above. ♪♪ ♪ you've got a friend in me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ you've got a friend in me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ you just remember what your old pal sai

. >> reporter: but san francisco baykeeper science director jon rosenfield says it's a lot more thanlmon need cold water to survive, but the state water board refused to enforce its requirements for cold river flows and so a lot of salmon died. >> reporter: rosenfield says state leaders are keeping the river flows too low and they're exporting too much water to southern california. >> the salmon fishing season was closed last year and yet the number of salmon that returned was still historically low. commercial fishermen and recreational boat operators are taking it on the chin. >> reporter: while he waits for the salmon population to recover, he's putting all his efforts into crabbing. >> since the season opened i think we've been -- i've been home probably ten days since january. >> reporter: despite difficult times he says he's not ready to give up on something he loves. >> i'm a fisherman. so i'm going to go until the ship sinks basically. i'm going all the way down with it. >> reporter: he may consider taking other people out fishing on his boat as a tour to make some money and

. >> reporter: but san francisco baykeeper science director jon rosenfield says it's a lot more thaneed cold water to survive, but the state water board refused to enforce its requirements for cold water flows. and so a lot of salmon died. >> reporter: rosenfield says state leaders are keeping the river flows too low and they're exporting too much water to southern california. >> salmon fishing season was closed last year. and yet the number of salmon that returned was still historically low. commercial fishermen and recreational boat operators are taking it on the chin. >> reporter: while juanes waits for the salmon population to recover, he's putting all his efforts into crabbing. >> since the season opened, i think we've been -- i have been home probably ten days since january. >> reporter: despite difficult times, he says he's not ready to give up on something he loves. >> i'm a fisherman and so i'm going to go until the ship sinks basically. going all the way down with it. >> this is only the fourth time in history that all commercial salmon fishing in california will be closed

. >> harvey rosenfield, the founder of consumer watchdog says the insurance companies are intentionally forcing homeowners into the fair plan as a way of getting every homeowner in the state to pay the fair plan's losses. >> from our point of view, we see this as creating a scare tactic to create an opportunity for the legislature to bail the insurance industry out, by forcing every homeowner in the state to pay off the debt to the fair plan whether you are in a risky area or not. >> as wildfires grow in size, so does the cost of recovery. it is the cost that will eventually be borne by everyone, which means no one will be very happy about it. >> when it comes to buying a home, the way that real estate agents get paid commission is changing under recently settled a class-action lawsuit by the national association of realtors. kenny choi reports, that is raising questions about how it could impact the overall housing market. >> has been searching to buy a family home for the first time, learning a lot about the process along the way. >> you got to have patience. it is terrifying when you

however, consumer watchdog harvey rosenfield says. >> otherwise, all state and other insurance companiesre permitted to for the first time in california to use computer models that are secret, that are black box models that cannot be assessed by the public. if this proposal goes into effect, people's rates will go through the roof. >> we asked the california department of insurance about that claim. it issued a statement saying in part, quote, with climate change affecting every aspect of our lives, just relying on what we did in the past won't improve insurance choices for homeowners and businesses. we are balancing the urgent needs of homeowners with a need for transparency. sure that there's disaster resilience . meanwhile, congressman mike thomas and jared huffman today addressed the state's growing property insurance crisis. they talked about new federal legislation designed to support homeowners dealing with wildfires and other risks. it's all part of an effort to help homeowners protect themselves at a time when the threat of fires is real and growing in santa rosa, suzanne phan.

i took that to the controller ben rosenfield who agreed with the concept but pas-throughs had gone up even though property tax hasn't gone up and that put a hardship provision in the 2018 sea wall bond. when we came along with the affordable housing bond thankfully the voters passed by super majority of 70 percent just last month, this issue came up again and i wanted to solve the problem once and for all. it was my intention to do that before the march election, but it took a while to draft it and get a modicum of consensus, which frankly we don't have total consensus here, but-and hence, that is why this is before us today. it was my original intent to get it done before the march 5 election. we have here today the rent board, mrs. varner who has a presentation as well as jamie whittaker from the controller's office that would be tasked with actually doing the pass-through calculation. so, i don't know if there is questions from colleagues, if not should we start with mrs. varner? >> let's do that. good morning mrs. varner. >> good morning. are you able to see the presentation? >> y

if property tax rates are not going out, how can pass-through out and then controller ben rosenfielddidn't make sense but it was true. we had the sea wall on the ballot and made a last minute change to allow for hardships but that didn't deal with there general population of hundreds of thousands of tenants. as a result, when we were at this board of supervisors contemplating the affordable housing bond, i promised to solve it once and for all, that is this legislation and it does not change that solmonic concept of 50/50, but does change the way it is calculated and it is based on the tenant base year, so if there is no increase in the property tax rate from the tenant base year to after a general obligation bond is passed there is no increase to pass to the 10 want tenant and with that is in the recalculation rate. these changes take effect july 1, 2024. in discussion with the san francisco apartment association, wherein, i will correctly represent that we have by no way reached agreement on all things, i was impressed around an issue that particularly effect smaller landlords, not

if property tax rates are not going out, how can pass-through out and then controller ben rosenfielddidn't make sense but it was true. we had the sea wall on the ballot and made a last minute change to allow for hardships but that didn't deal with there general population of hundreds of thousands of tenants. as a result, when we were at this board of supervisors contemplating the affordable housing bond, i promised to solve it once and for all, that is this legislation and it does not change that solmonic concept of 50/50, but does change the way it is calculated and it is based on the tenant base year, so if there is no increase in the property tax rate from the tenant base year to after a general obligation bond is passed there is no increase to pass to the 10 want tenant and with that is in the recalculation rate. these changes take effect july 1, 2024. in discussion with the san francisco apartment association, wherein, i will correctly represent that we have by no way reached agreement on all things, i was impressed around an issue that particularly effect smaller landlords, not