i am currently a student at san francisco university in global science. as a daily passenger myself, i consistently see the struggle for most used in my district. some drivers have the hard to let them slide, others do not. people have to get off the bus because it cannot afford the cost. they are kids. their only response to a should be given on the bus safely, -- getting to school safely and doing their homework. they are unlikely to be able to afford these extreme fares which keep rising. [applause] >> i may use commissioner and also the chair of the city services. the commission has talked about this and support of free muni. the youth have to go to school. it does not work. adults, they have a job. it is your legal responsibility to go to school. some have to break the law to go to school and learn and do our duty. that really doesn't work like that. this affects all of us. >> i would like to ask for us to have these passes. >> i have friends who asked me for money and i am supporting free use passes. >> hello. >> i think that kids should have free m

randy is a graduate of college track oakland, a graduate of san francisco state university with a degree in civil engineering and randy was instrumentally involved in planning this entire building. you'll hear randy's story in a little while. round of applause for randy. and so with that, i would like to invite mayor lee up. thank you. mayor lee: thank you, omar. and thank you, everybody, for coming to college track. what a wonderful, wonderful name and a beautiful goal. you know, i don't know if you know this, during my college years i worked for this program called the upward bound program and i did that for about 3 1/2 years. during those years in the 1970's, it was about just persuading parents to let their kids try to get a college education. what we didn't know at the time, for, particularly, low-income kids, and kids from challenged neighborhoods, was there was a lot more than just persuasion at work. there was a lot of dissuasion going on with our kids, a lot of distractions. and over the years old, working with programs like college track and bridge to success, we learned a few

i am currently a student at san francisco university in global science. as a daily passenger myself, i consistently see the struggle for most used in my district. some drivers have the hard to let them slide, others do not. people have to get off the bus because it cannot afford the cost. they are kids. their only response to a should be given on the bus safely

i am a student at san francisco university. i urge you to vote yes on this legislation. i would like to begin by applauding first resort by providing so many free in time the services to women facing unintended pregnancies. i agree such clinics are very voluble, particularly when we as women are based on assault on our reproductive rights across the country. first resort can offer services to women that are vital and relieve the load on places like planned parenthood but to offer abortion services. i would, however, point out the severe discrepancies between what some of the public comments in support of this ordinance have said about first resort and what first resort portrays the self as offering. many of the employees and supporters have given statements that are in direct contradiction to what many women have reported about their experience with the organization. there was a man earlier who spoke about google searches are being used as evidence saying this ordinance is too broad and not viable. i am 21 now, which is an age pretty common for women facing an unintended

his encouragement meant so much to me but sadly during my freshman year at san francisco state university, he passed away at 89 years old. the morning before the funeral, our old next door neighbor told me he was glad i was in college and he said that in their time you didn't need a college education to be successful, you just had to be smart and follow instructions. he went on to say that young people today do not realize how important it is to get a college education. through the rest of college, i faced challenges such as being homeless. the house i was raised in in oakland was foreclosed on and my father was -- i stayed with my father for a while and that didn't work out but college track was there for me in my time of need, not only helping me get into college, but helping me graduate from college. they offered me a hardship scholarship which allowsed me to live on campus. college track has helped fill the void of my great grandparents and they have become my family. i originally got the email to come here from david and i was busy putting together a bid for the presidio, helping out

. >>> extra police are patrolling the san francisco state university campus today after the assault on an 18-year-old student. they say it happened at the towers resident hall last friday. the victim told police that she got separated from friends heading to a party at that dorm. a guy who seemed friendly called to her from and open elevator saying he could take her to the party. they went to an upper floor and he raped her inside an empty dorm room. >> it seems like how the guy said it though, he was so confident, you can come with me, i know where you are going, that was kind of weird, she should have said okay, well you -- i don't know why she went with him. i can't say, i don't know, i wasn't in that situation but that is frighting. >> the woman who attacked here is described as an 18 to 22 mixed race male with short hair. police are advising people heading to campus parties tonight to travel in groups. >>> it was ten years ago today the u.s. invaded afghanistan. since the invasion began 9/11 mastermind osama bin laden has been killed, and the taliban have been forced out of pow po

she attended san francisco state university in 1971. she became a student teacher and has fought for at the studies while earning degrees in economics, a process that is, and social work. getting her degree, she met her husband. they have raised four children in the mission. in the 1980's, eva and other mission community activists to join together for the san francisco voter education and registration project. she'd been organized the great boycott committee. she served as regional manager and a spokesperson of that organization until 2002. in 1988, the ufw co-founder was brutally beaten here in san francisco by a police officer. as a leader, -- there is a happy ending to this story. after a three-year effort, she worked diligently with the college and to ensure justice for delores and to ensure there was a change in the san francisco police department policies regarding police reaction to legal social protests. in 1994, she organized the cesar chavez street coalition. to change the name of army street to cesar chavez street. she led a

best to make sure we are working with our school district, community college, with our san francisco state university, and with private donors, a program i called bridges to success, which we are working closely on with dcyf, school district, school board, to make sure that we not only encourage people to go to college, but when they begin in the experience, that we support you when you are there. that you go all the way to succeed in your degree. as i told you on youth advocacy day -- and i would tell you again to the parents. there is literally a $1 million difference in someone that does not have that college degree and someone who does when they get their first job, and future jobs. i think in san francisco, it will be more than a million dollar difference because of the very good salaries that the private industry and public industry pay. if you have a college degree, you can get a good living. it will be expensive for you to have your own home here in the city as well. so with all of that, we want to embrace, and i want to thank the parents, siblings, family supporters here tonight, to share in

. >>> police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl on the san francisco state university campus. it happened one week ago at the towers residence hall where we will find ktvu's claudia wong with how the attacker lured the victim -- claudine wong, with how the attacker lured the victim. >> reporter: this is the crime alert that is now posted when you come in and out of the building. take a look on the door, you'll see the white poster sign there, letting people know what happened to this 18-year-old victim. here is what we know, it's between 8 to 10 on friday night. the victim who is not a student, came with friends to the towers to go to a dorm party, but the group was not sure exactly where the party was inside. so they are talking about it and the victim believes that the suspect overheard them. the man called out to her saying, "i know where you are going and you can come with me." she said she thought he was friendly enough going into the elevator with the suspect. as doors were closing, they asked her where she was going. she tried to leave that elevator, but the sus

. >> reporter: this doctor from san francisco university likes the idea of online therapy but believesd be combined with in-person sessions. he also warns it's not for everyone. >> if you have a very high risk client perhaps somebody who is severely depressed and is suicidal, it might be easier for you to pick up on cues if you are in the room with them. >> reporter: another concern, credentials. experts in telemedicine say it's all too easy for someone without the proper qualifications and licenses to offer services from far away. >> you would want to see the type of training they have. you want to make sure that they are licensed, of course. and you also want to as a good consumer explore what type of therapy that they offer online. >> reporter: it's also critical any therapist you're considering is licensed in your state like paul silverman, one of many mental health professionals who expects to see more patients on the screen in the coming years. >> all right. keep in touch. >> . >> does insurance pay for this? is it validated through insurance? >> reporter: if prescribed by a doct

16-year-old lanicia worthington and the second 19-year-old janice keel, a student at san francisco state university studying to be in the fashion industry. the third victim whose identity has not yet been confirmed at this point, woe heard it is 23-year-old joshua alford and we're told he worked at the wearhouse here and his girlfriend is six months pregnant. the three other individuals who were fired at, after the party, were treated at a nearby hospital. they sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. but police are still trying to figure out what caused this violence here at the party. it was a party that didn't have proper licensing. and they're trying to figure out if perhaps alcohol was involved. and we have heard reports that a friend of one of the victims may have gotten into an argument with one of the victims prior to the shooting. so police are trying to put together all of the puzzle pieces at this point. no information is being released at this point about the suspects. back to you. >> thanks, christie. and starting today, calls to pacifica police are going to take the long way to get the

i am a full-time student at san francisco state university and a full-time member of occupy sf. i am not sure if the commission is aware of how the situation down on sunday, so i would like to give you a brief run through. it appears i

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition to what others have shared. i think it is absolutely inspiring that the woman's movement in 2011 in san francisco, at least, is sharing a sponsorship of policy-making endeavors and the arts. i am telling you, we have to codify and our values. we need a policy to do that. we don't just need a people's movement, we need to codify. the arts brings a heart, they bring healing. there is not a person in here who has not been harmed or harmed themselves in some way. we have all lifived. the arts steel and inspire. -- the arts heal and inspire. i want it noted that all of us have to do this if we want to inspire our youth to keep on moving on. keep on moving on. thank you to all of you, the sponsors, the other binarhonore and most especially i feel really blessed i am the first to be honored for this community activist board. norma was remarkable.

next to him is an assistant professor of broadcast and electronic media at san francisco state universitynext is the managing editor for local news at -- i'm sorry. he is not at yahoo!, right. he is editor-in-chief of patch.com, a division of aol that provides news to specific communities. very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journalism

we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offering

i am a full-time student at san francisco state university and a full-time member of occupy sf. i am not sure if the commission is aware of how the situation down on sunday, so i would like to give you a brief run through. it appears that it was going to rain. it was exceptionally dark when we set up tents and tarps over top of those structures, over our food, medical, and communications area. midway through the day, maybe a 11:00 or 1:00, we had officers come through and explain that we were not in compliance referring to one person's personal attention. the structure is what the vendors in the area of use that have been there for years without permits, a voter- protected squatters. the issue monday was a result of the sf pd tearing down and breaking our easy-ups. when we went back to pick them up, they were rendered unusable. as the night went on, the sergeant came through at around 10:15. if we talked with him numerous times and had supervisor avalos on the phone at the same time. on numerous occasions, sergeant tom was unaware of who above him had issued the order for him to

i'm currently a freshman at san francisco state university. and i just graduated from galileo high school last year. >> congratulations. >> when i was in high school i used to take the 19 bus to get to school and i also took the 30 stockton to get from school to chinatown where most of my friends went to volunteer. the economic recession has made a lot of my friends' parents, have their hours cut from their jobs making it hard to find the money for their bus passes. this is a bad time because the price for youth passes has gone up 110% in the last two years. i know some people who aren't buying bus passes because it costs too much for their families. free muni would make sense because it -- because youth already using munis to get to school. this is why we need to have free muni for youth now. because it would help young people get to school. and get to parks and get to places to volunteer. this won't help me personally because i'm already 18. but i know it impacts the younger generation of students. and i think it's important to speak up for

of health care in this country, the rest of the country is following the lead of san francisco in moving toward universal health care. this piece of legislature and insurers san francisco continues to lead the way on the issue of health care -- this piece of legislature insurers san francisco continues to lead the way on this issue of health care. president chiu: any discussion? roll-call vote. >> [roll call] president chiu: why don't we proceed to the vote -- you want to rescind -- why don't we restart at the vote. i'm sorry i did not see you on the roster. why don't we finish the vote and we can rescinded if you want -- >> [roll-call ] there are six ayes and five nos. president chiu: this ordinance is finally passed. >> i want to say why i am supporting this particular piece of legislation. i think it's most consistent with the legislation enacted five years ago and is an effective way of closing the loopholes of disproportionately impact of low-wage workers who live in district 10. thank you for bringing this to our attention. this has been an extremely difficult and often times contentious measure. i

. >> reporter: san francisco state university political science professor lee says ranked choice voting is a flawed system. he points to mayor quan who won her seat without having the most votes. >> i think a lot of people wonder if she really won the election. >> that's not right in a democracy. >> reporter: brown served for two terms. >> rank choice voting is a terrible system. it was put in place for those who knew they could not be the majority. but they knew they could create enough confusion among the voters. >> reporter: critics of ranked choice voting says there's already a movement underway to get rid of it. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on how ranked choice voting works. if no candidate receives the most votes. first the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated. in this case candidate b. then voters will have their votes transferred to the second choice candidate. if not the process continues of eliminating candidates and then redistributing votes. >>> bay area weekend is here and one thing that's going to stick around are the very cold

. >> reporter: san francisco state university political science professor lee says ranked choice voting is a flawed system. he points to mayor quan who won her seat without having the most votes. >> i think a lot of people wonder if she really won the election. >> that's not right in a democracy. >> reporter: brown served for two terms. >> rank choice voting is a terrible system. it was put in place for those who knew they could not be the majority. but they knew they could create enough confusion among the voters. >> reporter: critics of ranked choice voting says there's already a movement underway to get rid of it. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on how ranked choice voting works. if no candidate receives the most votes. first the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated. in this case candidate b. then voters will have their votes transferred to the second choice candidate. if not the process continues of eliminating candidates and then redistributing votes. >>> bay area weekend is here and one thing that's going to stick around are the very cold

san francisco has a problem too. a tree fell near san francisco state university.t blocked traffic near holloway and 19th until crews could clear it. >>> in sunnyvale a large tree came down in the middle of bluejay drive near homestead this morning. crews removed it quickly for commuters. >> the weekend is going to be fabulous! >> there's been a lot of debris in the bay area and roads still continue to see showers. hi-def doppler picking up some pretty impressive cells making their way toward alameda, san leandro and into the oakland area. watch out if you get caught under one of these. this will bring heavy downpours and traveling that treacherous outside today. still looks like things are going to be more scattered now throughout the day although should pick up again this afternoon with the possibility of some thunderstorms. thursday partly cloudy and we should begin to dry out as we look toward friday and the weekend looks fantastic. high pressure building in. those temperatures returning to the 70s and 80s. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >>> westbound 580

. >>> police in san francisco state university said they are doing extra patrols tonight after a report of a sexual assault. police say the attack happened last friday night inside a room at the towers residence hall. the 18-year-old victim was visiting campus to attend a party with the friends. police say the attacker lured her into an elevator and that's when she says he attacked her. >>> a south bay pastor says he wants to put vacant houses to good use. the solution to homelessness which may include breaking the law. >>> two state parks in the bay area are spared from closure. the agreement that will keep them open. >>> the rain has left for now but the cold air has been left in place and tonight's overnight lows are going to get about as cool as they've gotten this season. i'll tell you how cool they've gotten tonight. storewide! unlike other stores, we don't make you come back to save. get up to $20 off with no exclusions! we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. >>> a suspected car thief is on the lose tonight following a chase that ended in alameda. this video of th