goal of san francisco state. whether you are getting to san francisco state, you know of craft across 19th ave. we're working closely with rail operation and safety. and we look at this mark signals. we are also looking to get ideas from the neighbors who lived there. they have and vested interest in this. the next step is on the 19th avenue corridor and the project includes represent in the mca, the planning commission as a just completed the hearing. we know that we want to go at the review. the mta would have to be present to help answer questions about any technical analysis that went into it. if this is certified, what would be the next thing that we do as a city? to review and adopt the findings of the environmental process which will probably be this fall. then to really look at the corridor study. once they have the certainty, that gives us a real stable foundations to make that corridor study and that to your five not just a wish list but in reality. we work closely with the staff to make sure that the pl

denise why there is the chair of the journalism department at san francisco state university, where 600 students are studying journalism. next to her is mark adkins, the president of the "san francisco chronicle." next to him is dr. xena ibrahim. lisa frazier is the publisher of "bay area citizens." paul connelly is the senior vice president of the tcc group and he manages the challenge fund for journalism, one of the largest sources of grants for journalism. now on the back row, crank aaron is the senior director of the free press, a group working to increase government funding for the media. frank frankle is a journalism professor at stanford university. next to him is ron dellens, the mayor of oakland. he has served 14 houseyears. next to him is a former writer and publisher. he and embed the publisher. next to him is david calloway, editor in chief of marketwatch.com. next to him, sandy close, the director of new american media. she is also my executive editor and i get to hold the microphone up to her. let's begin the discussion. >> thank you. let's start with a question that is on

these young women are students at san francisco state university and the university of san francisco, and they practice every sunday morning -- that is called dedication. they have got beautiful costumes. you are going to see them perform with their props here, but they celebrate the bunjabi full dance and their culture, and i think it is a wonderful way of celebrating our heritage month. would you please give a warm welcome to six lovely students? come on, everybody. let's give them a hand. [applause] ♪ [singing in foreign language] [applause] >> , on, everyone. part of a fabulous -- com onee , everyone. weren't the fabulous? we are all here for these awards, the asian pacific american heritage award honors individuals and organizations who have made direct impact to their communities. the apa heritage awards are being presented in three categories. for individuals, we have awards for the emerging leadership and lifetime achievements, and the community organizations. we have the community impact award. 50 nominations were received -- 50 -- and top finalists in each category were subm

this is to park merced and san francisco state university. this is in the middle of the avenue. this moves us into the stock that would provide greater access for the residents of the park and greater safety for all of the user's including san francisco state. this would create a very important linkage that is missing in our transportation system in this side of the city. there are other advantages not only providing for stops that you can get off the new system but also the opportunities to create a landscaped front door to the city right here on 19th avenue. we also will be providing a zero to low emissions shuttle bus that will provide access from this unique and the bus stops that we are providing at the northern edge directly to the daily city parks station. this connects directly to the part. this is a very important linkage. in the interim, we will be using the same shuttle best -- shuttle bus. as was mentioned, this is a long-term project which took approximately 20 years to complete but we know the estimates that we have given you are actually conservative ones. we see

san francisco state right now has a shuttle to bart which is so near and so far. the shuttle from the school is that of the north and so if there is some way to get transportation throughout the neighborhood, that would be great. >> >> good afternoon. >> i run the san francisco housing action coalition and i have not had the pleasure of appearing here before. our interest in this project is as smart growth and urban and specially more solutions to housing and affordability. we have been following this project for the stickup live years and they're tremendously excited about it. we like the density and the better use of land. this is one that we don't see very often and i know how difficult ideas of increased height and density are on the west side of san francisco. this is a ground-breaking project. when we hear ideas being talked about about zero energy or water, this is outside of the type of projects we review which is something that we do, we review a lot of residential projects which have come before us. this is really innovative. i will freely confess when t

the family is asking for donations to the scholarship program at san francisco state university. e ret ma oilwi totr wco l wcote >>> we are finding out the deal that mark herd was offered. hp is now suing to block oracle from hiring herd. hp said he signed a confidentiality agreement. california courts usually allow employees to move freely. >>> there will soon be a movie about ronald reagan. it will be the life from the california native. it will be a lot different from the 2003 mini series which was said to be biased. the movie will be released late next year. >>> coming up at 5:00, governor arnold schwarzenegger is leaving the state and going to asia at the time when the state doesn't have a budget. the governor sits down with lawmakers before he goes. we will look at what the state is losing every day and what protesters are demanding and why he says his trip will bring more money. thank you for watching. have a great day.

i graduated from san francisco state and it was creative writing within the english department. i was taking a class much like this. writers on writing and a writer came to speak to a group of young writers the first writer who came was a poet. and i was i fell madly in love with language. i think that's why i'm probably conscious with the writing process because i began with the foundation of language, which is poetry for me. it made me aware of how to use language. not to over use language. you know things like that that aspects of it. i talk a lot about the writing process for a lot of reasons because i think that if you tell what it really means to be a writer people will think oh , it's not -- i think to a large extent you all think we run with the bulls. you know and you think we are sitting in cafes and i can never write in a cafe because i would watch people too much. how can you sit in a cafe and write a novel? we all have our process. i think the interesting things to talk about is the process how you do it because we all do it differently. i don't run with the bulls o

state, very liberal, right? it is against the law to have intercourse until you are 18 years old. but i just ask you this, this is san francisco, let me ask you this -- how many of you have smoked pot? [laughter] i ask this of my students every semester. how many of you have sexual intercourse before age 17? in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to take my university's 15,000, and going to take my students, and we're going to march down to the police station, and they are all going to confess to having sexual intercourse before age 18. my point is there is no escape anymore. it is not just a criminal records. i really feel sorry for our children and grandchildren. we are telling -- felonizing recreational drugs, felonziinizg recreational sex. i go into prisons, and in interviewing lesbian women who are 19 and 20 years old who get 20 years for having sex with a 17 year-old. she's 19, she 17, she got 20 years. that is what is coming to. in this country now with mandatory minimums, with these damned sex loss -- sex is illegal, guys. next, they are going to start arresting

award category are the asian-pacific islander wellness center, the asian student union, the san francisco state university, the california dragon boat association, and the state workshop. >> now, it is my pleasure to announce that the recipient of the 2010 apa hedge award in the community impact category is -- ready? the asian and pacific islander wellness center. [applause] founded in 1987 as a grass-roots response to the hiv/aids crisis in the asian and pacific islander community, whose center is a health services and education, research and policy organization, his mission is to educate, support, and power and advocate for asian and pacific islander communities, and particularly, for those living with or at risk for hiv/aids, as the oldest american not as profit that focuses on api communities are and how and a teddy services, the organization has been effective in putting innovative and holistic and effective programs and services in place and programs that benefit all communities. in addition to help and counseling services, the organization has lost numerous innovative initiatives to figh

community were the asian american studies and ethnic studies faculty, several professors from san francisco statei treasure the less ons they gave me as an -- lessons they gave me. i bring my daughter, jaidon with me to everything, and her friends, jamie and vincent because i want them to feel proud of their heritage, but not in an arrogant way. it is a way of building unit so we share solidarity with other communities as well. thank you so much to everyone here, the parents, teachers, sponsors, and everyone for putting this on this year. thank you. [applause] >> hi, my name is carmen. i want to thank you for being here tonight. i want to thank everyone for being here, and the numerous commissioners and city leaders. i want to say that on behalf of the board of supervisors, the three of us are very pleased to be here to celebrate with you. i know that oftentimes david and eric talk about being confused for one another. i am sad to say that i have been confused for one of them, too. it has been a big pleasure for me to work with other colleagues who are also representing the asian american communi

our group was actually started many years ago by professor john irwin, who was at a san francisco stateniversity for 30 years. john recently passed away. john, even after he retired in 1995, for nearly 15 years helps me to organize the convicts criminology group. there is now 30 of us. we are all ex cons, ph.d., and professors at different universities. because i'm a convicted felon, i should say i went to federal prison for nine years. >> [inaudible] i came to a public forum, which included a lot of attorneys, to try to rectify these matters. >> [inaudible] >> i am here. i will be outside for five minutes with this information. [inaudible] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> continue, dr. richard s. -- dr. richards. >> [inaudible] >> we love the excitement. this is all intentional. >> i'm happy to be in san francisco, and that kind of brings me to the point i want to say. this morning, we were in the courtroom, and we have lawyers, public defenders talking about legal cases, talking about the roles they play. what i think has been lost here, and maybe even th

. >>> a san francisco state cheerleader is facing charges accusing her of embezzling $20,000. she was elected coach of the gators cheerleading club and served as the treasurer. she helped herself to team money and used it to pay her rent, buy food and finance a las vegas vacation. she has pleaded not guilty to 29 felony counts including grand theft and embezzlement. she has been released from custody and will be back in court september 30th. >>> one of california's pristine places will be looking even better. coming up details on a facelift for a national park. chief meteorologist bill martin will tell us how toasty we will get. >> yosemite national park is getting a makeover. it concludes sunday with a fastball and thousands of years in the lepers are expected to volunteer -- lovers are expected to volunteer by picking up trash. >>> here in the bay area we're not talking about warm, we are talking about hot. >> there will be some heat friday into saturday. air quality will not be that great. the winds right now are pulling out of the west, southwest and what will happen here

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. >> san francisco state has bout and (inaudible) and over state you have neighborhood that is livingn a neighborhood that is elderly. and you have a new clash of cultures. and that's an interesting mix to get çtho different people to get along. >> there is a strong community push to do a lot of work around lake (inaudible). it's a simple matter on the surface to bring the water levels up. a lot of communities involved from golf courses and uses of the west side bay. and my predecessor did a lot of work and got a lot of parties to come together and sign a agreement. what we have seen the result of those agreement system water level coming up. and that part is on rise and doing the right thing. >> what you pÑsee now is a good story, it's a happy story, the lake is at a level not seen since mid80's. when we got involved in 2000 the lake was getting worse and declining and looking on track to be a mud flat. what we learned it's a manifestation of the aqua under it and there were a lot of areas pumping out too much water. more than it could recharge. the surface paths for the lake and th

. >>> a former cheerleading coach at san francisco state university faces criminal charges after allegedly embezzlingous thousands -- embezzling thousands of dollars from the school. prosecutors say she used the money for her own rent, clothing and vacations. paul chambers is in san francisco with more. paul? >> reporter: julie, in about 45 minutes, the cheerleaders will perform at a pep rally behind men ott campus. this comes after the former cheerleader faces charges for allegedly stealing from the squad. this video shows cheering from last year. the district attorney's office says the money may have been used for herself. >> she paid for rent, food, entertainment and also went to las vegas and paid for some of the expenses as well. >> reporter: he goes on to say that ashley nicole haley is accused of taking almost $20,000 from the cheer threading club. haley also served as the squad's treasurer to help pay for cheer camp. >> the cheer threading camp never got the money that the cheerleaders gave to the defendant and they never got the uniforms they paid for. >> 17 members of the squad c

our group was actually started many years ago by professor john irwin, who was at a san francisco stateversity for 30 years. john recently passed away. john, even after he retired in 1995, for nearly 15 years helps me to organize the convicts criminology group. there is

our group was actually started many years ago by professor john irwin, who was at a san francisco stateversity for 30 years. john recently passed away. john, even after he retired in 1995, for nearly 15 years helps me to organize the convicts criminology group. there is now 30 of us. we are all ex cons, ph.d., and professors at different universities. because i'm a convicted felon, i should say i went to federal prison for nine years. >> [inaudible]

i work in congress and public agencies. 15 years ago, i started working at san francisco state universitypublic administrations department. i have students now working in the garage way as a result of my teaching. i started san francisco community power to close power plants and help working-class 'efamilies cover their utility bills and create jobs. i took over the potreto view, and i have been marshalling along a neighborhood newspaper of which we can all be proud. might impact is probable. it is written in utility bills people get every month. it is written in the fact that people get trained for the jobs they have for wages they were paid. it is written in the fact that the hunters point power plant has closed and the potrero plant will close. i work with many of the people in this room and with tens of thousands of residents, and i want to continue that work, and you can have faith that if i am elected supervisor, i will be effective at -- outcomes that you want. thank you. >> when i wrote my candidate statement, i put dare to dream of -- dare to dream that you complainant, someone w