sandra hernandez and your colleagues. i of course want to thank all the amazing nonprofit social service providers and immigrant rights organizations that have been part of the fabric of why i'm so proud of san francisco as a city that welcomes and protects our immigrant communities. and i also want to take a moment and thank all of you. you're taking pictures of us because i think behind us represents the diversity of our city. but we are looking at you. if you actually looked among yourselves, this room effects the diversity of the world. san francisco, we were built by immigrants. the presence of our city is successful because of the vitality of our immigrant community. and we know the future of san francisco rests with the future of our immigration and i am grab community. so, i want to thank you for being part of this. ~ immigrant as adrian mentioned in the late 1990s, the first time i set foot in city hall was when i was working as an immigrant rights attorney. working on the fact as you know our immigrants, our non

sandra hernandez and tessa rivera, [speaker not understood], senior program officer for immigrant rights and integration, walter and alise fund, also known as the haase senior fund. pam david, the wallace alexander gabode foundation, stacey ma and thomas, concerned with immigrants and refugees represented today by felicia barto, deputy director. also present today are commissioner canali vice-chair of the san francisco immigrant rights commission, city librarian, luis herrera, [speaker not understood], and clementine of the african advocacy network. so, let me provide first of all just a little bit of background on the initiative. in 2008 while serving as city administrator, mayor ed lee created the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs, one of the first such offices in the nation. the intention was to better communicate with and engage our city residents while providing opportunities for meaningful participation and particularly for under served and vulnerable communities. in 2009 the city had the pleasure of collaborating with business community and philanthropic partners fo

sandra hernandez is an advocate, a physician of philanthropic leader, a role model and definitely a ground breaker ~. she's the former director of san francisco department of public health and nationally renowned expert on health care and nonprofit sustainability. dr. hernandez. (applause) >> well, good morning, everybody. thank you, adrian. i want to appreciate you, mayor lee, supervisor chiu, and really all of philanthropic partners that are launching this extraordinary pathway to citizenship in san francisco. the san francisco foundation for over 60 years has held very central to its core mission the notion that we need to engage every citizen, every resident in order to make our democracy better. and all of the philanthropic organizations that are part of this pathway initiative likewise believe that our democracy is better when everybody is included in it. the san francisco foundation is proud to be a leader and investor in this necessary work, bringing together the deep commitment of all of our immigrant communities, their partners, to assure economic mobility, education, health care

today the family of sandra coke is mourning her death after the coroner confirmed the body is hers. her ex-boyfriend is being questioned in connection with her death. jodi hernandez has the story. >> reporter: today the worst fears of sandra coke's friends and family were confirmed as oakland police released the identity of the body found in vacaville just four days ago. the coroner's office has identified the woman as sandra coke. >> reporter: it's the news sandra coke's friends and family have dreaded getting. but police have now confirmed the body found last friday in salano county was indeed that of federal investigator sandra coke who disappeared more than a week ago. >> we're extremely limited regarding information that we can share with the media and the community at this particular investigation. >> reporter: police say coke's former boyfriend, parolee randy alana, remains a person of interest in the case. tonight we're learning more about alana's violent past. not only is he a high-risk sex offender convicted of kidnapping and rape, he was also charged with two murders in the 80s. according to court documents, one alleged victim was found with a claw ham

sandra coke. we confirmed a man is being questioned as a person of interest in this case. coke and that man had a relationship more than 20 years ago. let's bring in nbc bay area jodi hernandez following the story in berkeley now with the latest. jodi. >> that's right, raj. sources confirm that the parolee and sandra coke indeed had dated more than 20 years ago. we are told that he recently moved back into the area and that sandra coke was trying to help him turn his life around. now that very same man is being questioned about her disappearance. this 'tis the parolee, police have identified as a person of interest. in the disappearance of sandra coke. nbc bay area learned 56-year-old randy alana, a high risk sex offender with a violent past including rape and kidnapping convictions is being held on a parole violation. and is now being questioned in the case. sources also say, alana and coke dated more than 20 years ago. >> we are encouraging them to follow every lead possible. >> coke's family says police aren't sharing much about their investigation. they say all they know is that police are following up on leads. >> i understand why it is the police don't want to say much

this morning crews searching for any sign of sandra coke turned attention to a rural area in vacaville where they found a female body this afternoon. jodi hernandez joins us live from solano county. police have not yet identified that body? >> reporter: they have not. and last check the body was still where searchers discovered it, in a heavily wooded area off this roadway behind me. we are told oakland homicide investigators and crime scene investigators are still on the scene processing it for evidence. it could be some time until we know if the body is indeed that of federal investigator sandra coke. >> we can confirm a body has been located. the body is a female. we are awaiting official confirmation on the identity of the body. >> reporter: after spending the day searching several areas of solano county looking for sandra coke, the oakland woman missing since sunday, investigators made that grim announcement this afternoon. search teams found a female's body in a heavily wooded area in vacaville. not far from interstate 80. >> shortly after they began their search, they did in fact locate the body of a female. that sne

sandra has? alana declined to answer most of our question, at times putting down the phone and burying his face in his arms as he asked for privacy to grieve. in dublin, jodi hernandez nbc bay area news. >>> it's a sign of the times. the police department is trying to prepare organization in the event of a campus gunman. they are teaming up with police departments in the county to implement a new protocol called run, hide, defend. today's session was designed to train officials from schools, youth centers and libraries on how to implement this plan. >> if an active shooter does come on their campus or facility, we want them to be able to have a plan to protect not only themselves but protect the services, protect the youth that are actually attending their program. >> the protocol is what it sounds like. the first option is to run away from a shooter if possible. the second is to barricade yourself and hide. the third is to defend yourself if possible without putting yourself in harm's way. >>> well, a big change in the federal government's war on drugs. and bay area marijuana sis pencerys are celebrating. scott budman has the details. this could really change the e