sweeney said last week about emergency repairs. i went eight days without heat, five days without hot water. mr. sweeney indicated that it would be necessary, in order to make the repairs, that a replacement of the hot water and furnace would be necessary. that is not the case. when they finally bought a repair man in the, it took less than two hours to repair the hot water and furnace. i know mr. sweeney talked about the burden that it would place on the personnel staff of dbi in recouping the money, but we are not talking about that $60,000. commissioner murphy: thank you. >> i would just like to ask the question, the priorities, is it with the burden of staff, recouping the money, or does it have to do with the health and welfare of citizens? thank you. >> is there any further public comment? seeing none. item 4. update on process for repairing properties with life safety issues. >> good morning, a commission. -- good morning, commission. i will be addressing life safety and then the chief inspector has a presentation. to repair

a scathing report put out by a civil grand jury documents a long list of problems at camp sweeney. that's in san leandro. the troubles also pose a potential risk to the community at large. phil matier takes a look. >>> reporter: located in the foothills above san leandro, alameda county's aging and dilapidated camp sweeney for juveniles was built in the 1950s to house low level teen offenders. but today it's home to between 50 to 60 serious repeat and often violent offenders, a situation the county officials concede is unsafe and increasingly unworkable. >> this is a place that needs a programmatic and physical overhaul. >> reporter: indeed, a recent civil grand jury reported that they were appalled at the conditions that the county-run camp, likening it to a jail from another time, a jail we might add where the fencing is so old and run down that it's not unusual for the kids to just walk out and that has an alameda county supervisor worried. >> we are averaging even today about three individuals per month that are leaving those facilities. >> reporter: are you concerned about pub

one was state senator sfooeven sweeney. supporting the plan was a risky move.istie rewarded him rejecting every single of the democrats' proposal through a line-item veto. he said no to programs for the poor and for the disabled. he rejected programs that helps abused kids. he said no to aid for new jersey's struggling cities. he said no to financial assistance for students. sweeney was so shocked by his move he told the new jersey star ledger i wanted to punch him in the head. you know who he reminds me of? mr. potter from it's a wonderful life, the mean old bastard who screws everybody. sweeney plans to schedule a vote to override the governor's vetoes and hopes republicans will do the right thing. sweeney admits his language was over the top but, quote, the governor was wrong to hurt people. this is about taking money from poor people and putting it it ba back in your own pocket. i'll tell you what -- when we stop to fill it up. ♪ ♪ [ son ] you realize, it's gotta run out sometime. [ male announcer ] jetta tdi clean diesel. the turbo that gets 42 miles per g

sweeney and his senior staff. they tell me the only thing they can do is issue a notice of violation. they have no way to compel the landlord to make repairs. eventually, they go to a director's hearing and eventually they will be penalized. the penalty they have is nothing. in these three cases, they have not been penalized in any way. if they do not have the ability to force the landlord to make the repair, then we have to do something. we need to get legislation to do it. if you can do it, you have to direct them to do this. these are health and safety issues. these are not issues of [inaudible] this is health and safety. i aske you, how many days which you like to go without heat, when during that time the high temperature was 54 degrees? i am asking the commission. what is a reasonable time to repair no heat, or no hot water or electricity? commissioner lee: why don't we do this. this topic seems to -- why don't you have a seat and sit in on the next item and see what is being discussed. how we handle the not

tom sweeney. third place, amateur category. tom? >> third place winner goes to kblx.x. right. congratulations. congratulations. thanks, tom. >> go away. now second place, ladies and gentlemen. from triple-a. matt newcomer. all right, matt, who is our second place winner in the amateur category? >> our second place winner is the team from abc 7. >> abc 7 come and get it! couple of words? >> thank you so much. if you watch abc 7 at 3:00 p.m. um see this trophy on tv. >> ok, excellent. all right. and to announce the first place winner, mr. wes tyler of union square. wes? big mystery. who's the winner. >> by the process of elimination, it's koit! >> koit. mr. scotty bastopol for the third year in a row. love this city. thank you. >> runners up. the 47th not -- annual cable car bell ringing competition, no particular order, mr. trini whitaker. sullivan philips. ken lunardi. and joseph hsu. come up and get your trophies. thank the judges. [laughter] now it's time for what you've been waiting for, third place, ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. howard woo. again, they're

steve sweeney, the president of the iron workers union in new jersey if i'm not mistaken. >> theater. and runs the state senate. >> he said that. >> would,ed with governor christy to reform the pensions there, at the end of the day on health care, the unions did not want collective bargaining he says, they wanted better benefits written into law, embedded into the statute. so-- >> that would be a better way to go. >> for anyone who thinks that collective bargaining is a fundamental right of the constitution, even unions were ready to give it away for a better deal. >> all right, everybody. we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week for you. my doctor told me calcium is besabsorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. >> and now the ever popular time for our hits and misses of the week and james, you're first. >> well, this is a big hit to michele bachmann, stu. this is not necessaril

steve sweeney, the president of the iron workers union in new jersey if i'm not mistaken. >> theater.uns the state senate. >> he said that. >> would,ed with governor christy to reform the pensions there, at the end of the day on health care, the unions did not want collective bargaining he says, they wanted better benefits written into law, embedded into the statute. so-- >> that would be a better way to go. >> for anyone who thinks that collective bargaining is a fundamental right of the constitution, even unions were ready to give it away for a better deal. >> all right, everybody. we have to take one more break, when we come back, hits and misses of the week for you. woman: saving for our child's college fund was getting expensive. man: yes it was. so to save some money, we taught our 5 year old how to dunk. woman: scholarship! woman: honey go get him. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then

the reaction from steve sweeney -- i wanted to punch him in his head. you know who he reminds me you have? mr. potter from "it's a wonderful life." that's what senator convenery called him. they're a longtime bipartisan allies. they put out a statement yesterday while saying wheel sweeney's comments were disrespectful, christie stands ready to work with him going forward. >>> the number of women in congress dropped for the first time in 30 years. whatever reason, the new york rising star, senator kirsten jill brand wants to reverse that trend. she joints us next. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >> he was a good-looking guy before, but with his hair now, it's just this newfound confidence and there's a glow about him you just can't match. >> announcer: hair club provides customized hair loss solutions based on your age and type of hair loss. with locations nationwide, there's a hair club center near you. >> what's important is how you feel about yourself and how you look, and if you want to look better and if you want to feel better about your

the reaction from steve sweeney -- i wanted to punch him in his head.e you have? mr. potter from "it's a wonderful life." that's what senator convenery called him. they're a longtime bipartisan allies. they put out a statement yesterday while saying wheel sweeney's comments were disrespectful, christie stands ready to work with him going forward. >>> the number of women in congress dropped for the first time in 30 years. whatever reason, the new york rising star, senator kirsten jill brand wants to reverse that trend. she joints us next. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile

. >> senator sweeney has done something that is very rare in public life today.erode just a little bit of the cynicism that public has about those in public life. because if i've given you a hypothetical that a president put forward on his proposal that he knew only a third of his caucus would support, you would tell me it was a movie script that would not sell in today's cynical world. >> well, that was before governor christy did a line-item veto. did he a bunch of line item vetos and this is what senator sweeney said after he read the bill. he said this is probably the most disappointing day that i've had as a legislator the entire time i've been here. to prove a point, he decided to hurt people in a very mean spirited way. then he went on to use the mr. p word. he called him lots of bad words. ruth marcus, you're from new jersey s this par for the course or a dialogue that maybe governor christy brought into vogue? >> i'm not just a jersey girl, governor christy and i share the same hometown. i have a little bit of problem with governor christy getting all ho

the reaction from steve sweeney -- i wanted to punch him in his head.eminds me you have? mr. potter from "it's a wonderful life." that's what senator convenery called him. they're a longtime bipartisan allies. they put out a statement yesterday while saying wheel sweeney's comments were disrespectful, christie stands ready to work with him going forward. >>> the number of women in congress dropped for the first time in 30 years. whatever reason, the new york rising star, senator kirsten jill brand wants to reverse that trend. she joints us next. you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >> hillo, efrp. i'm alex witt. here is what is happening. lawyers defending strauss-kahn are demanding that the manhattan district attorney remief himself from the case and let a special prosecutors take over. they accuse the d.a. of leaking damaging information about strauss-kahn's accuser. >>> a visitor was mauled to death by a grizzly bear with, the first's first death in or two man two decades snb they will seek a death penalty, charginging him with 19 counts of mur

ed sweeney is filling in as both the inspection -- director of inspection services and deputy director of code enforcement. supervisor chu: including your vacant position in the interim, how many deputy directors do you have? >> we have four. supervisor chu: there was a question posed to our office, and we were not able to figure out the answer. it was whether by charter, dbi was only allowed to have two deputy directors. >> that

they have seized the sweeney as radio center. is an anchor for a state run t.v. channel but live report was a moment of triumph for the young journalist but her moment of glory came with a price. i knew that they used access to break the dogs this patch has been left here as a reminder of those events. that night fountains of people resolve to stop the troops by acting as a human shield. in order for moscow said the troops were to fire blank shells. and get it was among the residents who protected the television center when the troops began firing and galileo was injured. yeah i think i managed to crawl away i thought that i had been able to get away from that town and have to roll my own and at that very moment my leg was caught between the caterpillar tracks and the sound came to holt. now the former bookkeeper has to use a wheelchair and receives a disability grant. freedom was worth that sacrifice i have no regrets and believe it's my destiny. fourteen residents of vilnius died sacrificing their lives for the few in his independence in one thousand nine hundr

they score nine in the 4th off shields, ryan sweeney homered for the first time since may 4th of last year. matsui amazing, he had fine runs batted in. the a's had a season high 17 hits. they win again. nfl he was supposed to be the 49ers starting center but bosh has elected toison with the giants. go >>> yes, the raiders reported to training camp without three players. hey, at least they have an optimistic head coach. >> let me tell you all something. i am not changing. i'm going to push the defense, the offense, the coaches, the fans, you. look at this place. we are -- i can't go drink the wine but i'm temperaturing you what a great place for us to be. >> sounds like he did drink the wine. >>> a praying mantis ate alive logan morrisonn who is now on the dl. at number four, this is only belong to maria who wins in three sets tonight. she advances to the quarters. cardinals and astros. take houston wins the game. santana struck out ten this afternoon against the indians and takes the angels first solo no hitter since the regan administration. prado and danny king will have the call. >

tonight camp sweeney is the subject of an investigation.inside. >> reporter: located in the foothills the camp was built back in the 50s to house low level teen offenders. today however its home for between 50 to 60 serious repeat and violent offenders, a situation that county officials can see is unsafe and increasingly unworkable. >> this is a place that needs an overhaul. >> reporter: a grand jury reported they were appalled at conditions at the camp, calling a jail from another time. a jail we might add where. >> the fencing is so old and run down it's not unusual fork the kids to just walk out. that has the sup soup worried. >> we are averaging even today about three individuals a month that are leaving the facilities. >> reporter: are you worried about safety? >> constantly. unfortunately across the state of california we are getting a much more violent population at an earlier age and we we are trying to catch up. >> reporter: then the camp with its overgrown weeds and sagging roof. look at what passes for a library, the baseball fie

sweeney, i am not the only one that has called to complain. there have been other complaints. the other thing, in the particular case of no heat for eight days, it was not until the seventh day that the landlord attempted to call a repair man. i called after 24 hours with no heat to dbi. how many days, when the welfare of residents are at stake? in the housing code, under the paragraph purpose, it says the purpose of the code is to provide for the maintenance of the minimum requirements for the protection of life, limb, health, property, safety, and welfare of the general public, owner, and occupants of the residential building. seven days without heat and no attempt to repair it. i understand the problem in trying to reimburse the city for the money expended, but i do not think a repairmen coming out and spending two hours is going to be an enormous charge. mr. murphy, last time indicated, it was a small number of landlords that were a problem. i agree with that. i have lived in rental units most of my life. this particular landlord, i have written letters to her and she does

ed sweeney is filling in as both the inspection -- director of inspection services and deputy director of code enforcement. supervisor chu: including your vacant position in the interim, how many deputy directors do you have? >> we have four. supervisor chu: there was a question posed to our office, and we were not able to figure out the answer. it was whether by charter, dbi was only allowed to have two deputy directors. >> that has been taken with the city attorney. the position for the code enforcement deputy director was a hired position, and we tx-ed a higher position down for administrative services director. those were actually budgeted at higher positions. we brought them down to a lower position so we would have a consistent management staff. supervisor chu: just the last question, what is the long-term plan for the interim director currently? >> we will choose a permanent deputy director -- right -- for both the positions. one is acting in from right now, and one is actually vacant. -- what is acting interim right now, and what is actually vacant. supervisor chu: thank you. i

ryan sweeney scores to make it 3-1. weeks is now hitting .452 since the all-star break.ottom of the 6th, nick swisher burns his old team for the second day in a row. a solo shot into the second deck. off rich harden. 12th of the year for swisher. but the a's got the run right back. former yankees, hideki matsui knows all about the short one in right, he hits one in the front row, career homer number 501 for matsui. 4-2a's. final chance for the yankees. tying run on third for robinson cano but bailey gets the homerun derby champ to ground out. the a's hang on 4-3 and end the 11-game losing streak against the yankees. >>> the yankees averaged over seven runs per game during the 11-game winning streak. but today, the a's held them to just three. they will have a chance to win the series tomorrow, with geo gonzalez on the mound. >>> the brewers are in town this weekend for a three-game series with the giants and it appears all is forgiven with the first baseman prince fielder. late in 2009, fielder angered the giants with his walk-off celebration where teammates went down li