the board voted last night it should only be done as at >>> san francisco unified is changing the rules on students suspensions. the board voted last night that it should only be done as a last resort. however, teachers can still kick troublemakers out of class. those students will have to apologize. the move arose out of concern that the old policy had a disproportionate impact on minorities. for example, last school year, black students accounted for 50% of all sfusd suspensions but just 10% of the student population. >>> another big bay area school district is poised to make it harder for schools to suspend its students. da lin in oakland where the issue is on the agenda tonight. >>> reporter: teachers agree, suspending a student is the last resort. but they argue it's sometimes unavoidable. this third year oakland teacher says she had to suspend a student last year after the teen verbally abused her and disrupted class. >> i think being a teacher in general is tough. and i think, yes, being a teacher in an urban school is disproportionately difficult. there's less resources, more pe

at the time the board vote 12 to zero for the taxi medallion and color scheme permit for best cab.h the requester. you have 3 minutes >> just before we got started a preliminary matter i noted there's not a full panel of commissioners is it possible to be heard by the full panel? >> we have a young if anyone wants to pipe in we generally have a board policy if there's a need for a fifth commissioner we'll continue it until it commissioner has an opportunity to vote. my inclines is to go ahead and have the matter heard >> okay worth asking. good evening. i'm asking for a rehearing for appellant and best cab company. during the january 15th hearing i heard commissioner fung and commissioner honda ask whether sfmta would be treating the cab company differently and mr. murphy stood here and said no other medallion holder had so you get to move from his own color scheme to another color scheme and they were not treating him differently. the appellant says this is a misrepresentation of the facts and we were not prepared to creditor because we didn't have institutional knowledge as mr. m

the board. and i don't, i never asked her the question of whether or not she voted on the board for green for all during that time. >> because within that, just within that organizational structure, you could find yourself having a conflict of interest, undue influence on deciding should you take the contract, and is it something that we should do, and is it something that we should not do? and it just, generally, is a practice, and in different by laws, and differently for different non-profit and corporations and it is just a general, and often they do step down as an acting executive director when there is the opening at the ceo and the eeed level but usually they recuse themselves from voting during that process to avoid any undue influence or conflict of interest. >> and that may have happened. >> i would assume for these purposes, that she has the member of the board had the right to vote. and her membership on that board, in and of itself is not a conflict with her position at the puc and it was when, scoping a contract, that would eventually go to that board, that is where the primary con

scheduled next week or the week after soon toor get to the board and that is what i'm concerned about is getting it to the full board to be voted on because it is about capturing information in a time ly manner so we can provide this nnchgz to the public. what is the ballot measure going to do in terms of changing the face of development in the water front? that is important and iant to see data that shows that information and it takes time. for me it is a issue of time and since the city attorney said-this isn't break thg rules under the city terns advice that this particular resolution falls under either category. i just don't understand why we can't low it to be heard in land use sooner so we can get it to the board for a vote. that is qulaut i'm concerned about and scheduled for march 20 delays >> call the question >> at this time supervisor wieners motion to send this to land use committee is on the form. >> when do we vote? >> supervisor wiener? i. ye. no. avlose. no. bree. i. comps, no. president chew. no. cohen, no. ferrule. i. supervisor kim. no. supervisor mar. no. supervisor tank. i. there are 4 i and 7 no. >> is the

meeting we talked about the state board of education meeting coming up a few days after that and i was there testifying and i was wanting to sta say the board of education voted. i wanted to say this was a fantastic turnout by school board members and administrators from around the state. there were 370 speakers at the state board of education including the governor who showed up unexpectedly. that was a really, of that probably 300 of them were board members and superintendants and other administrators. it was quite a remarkable thing. this past weekend at the csba board of directors meeting thanked everybody but also said we know who are the leaders of the education in the state. even though they are all over the states. my thanks and admiration to all the board members and administrators who came to testify. thank you. >> commissioner maufas? >> thank you. i just wanted to announce the curriculum meeting is this coming monday february 3rd at 6 :00 p.m. in this room and the topics are after school for all and the pe waiver. >> i'm not going to be here. i'm going to be in washington d.c. through tuesday evening. i would like to be here when the curriculum co

. >> closed session actions of february 4, 2014, the board of education by a vote of 5 ayes to absent maufas and wynns adopted the expulsion of one student. >> and five ayes and two absences approved the enrollment of a student who was expelled by his former school district and a grievance, and usfnumber, 1314-17, the board of education authorized a settle the by a vote of five ayes and two absent, maufas and wynns to which the district will make the specified salary payment to 7 classified bargaining unit members, cumulative totaling $9,302.74. less fees and withholding in exchange for a dismissal and the release of all pending or possible claims relating to the employee's claims. and in a matter of pmverses san francisco unified school district, case number n2013050168, the board of education, by a vote of five ayes and two absent, maufas and wynns give the authority of the district to pay up to the stipulate you lated amount in the matter of sd verses san francisco unified school district, case n2014010612, the board of education, by a vote of 5 ayes and two absent, maufas, wynns,

in november the board voted unanimously to drop the apache mascot because it is offensive to native americans. this follows months of meeting with staff, students and native american representatives and will keep the red and white colors. >> heartbreaking story from marin county. when things appear to be looking up if a little boy fighting a rare form of cancer, his father unexpectedly passed away. now the community is pulling together to help this young family. here is that story. >>> the initial crisis was traumatic enough: last month four-year-old boy was diagnosed with a rare cancer that attacked his muscles and was stage four. he began chemotherapy which rocked the family, his sister, mother and father who was an evening near retrieving data from hard drives at this company. he came back to work for a couple of days when zeke was coming back and he had a smile on his face and you knew it would be okay. >> on sunday morning, days after his son returned home from the first round of chemo, he died in his sleep of a heart attack at only 43. >> not describable. >> his role was to keep everyth

in november the board voted man mussily to drop the uh patchy mascot at the end of the school year because it is offensive to native americans. the school will keep the red and white colors. >>> a heartbreaking story out of marin county. just when things appeared to be looking up for a little boy fighting a rare form of cancer his father unexpectedly dies. john alston has their story. >> ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> the initial crisis was traumatic enough. last month 4-year-old jeke -- zeke was diagnosed with a rare cancer that attacked the muscle. he started chemotherapy which rocked their whole family. his father was an engineer retrieving data from hard drives at this novato company. >> he came back to work for a couple days when zeke was going to come back. he had a smile on his face and you can see the pride and see that things would be okay. >> reporter: then on sunday morning, days after zeke returned from chemo, ron died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack. he was just 43. >> his role was to keep everything calm and stable. >> the entire west marin community is stunned.

in november the board voted man mussily to drop the uh patchy mascot at the end of the school year because it is offensive to native americans. the school will keep the red and white colors. >>> a heartbreaking story out of marin county. just when things appeared to be looking up for a little boy fighting a rare form of cancer his father unexpectedly dies. john alston has their story. >> ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> the initial crisis was traumatic enough. last month 4-year-old jeke -- zeke was diagnosed with a rare cancer that attacked the muscle. he started chemotherapy which rocked their whole family. his father was an engineer retrieving data from hard drives at this novato company. >> he came back to work for a couple days when zeke was going to come back. he had a smile on his face and you can see the pride and see that things would be okay. >> reporter: then on sunday morning, days after zeke returned from chemo, ron died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack. he was just 43. >> his role was to keep everything calm and stable. >> the entire west marin community is stunned.

we have been engaged in conversations with the police chief since the last board vote and we were hope in all he would reconsider and actually make some amendments that you passed at the last board meeting where this came before you. he did give us some occasions that indications that he would be working with you through the resolution in some internal ways. here today speaking on behalf of coleman advocates as well as other yutd -- youth groups in the process we are going to try continue the battle to ensure that you put back in the resolution that the police chief wasn't comfortable in signing. i want to thank you for your hard work and look forward to a positive relationship. thank you very much. >> thank you, laura fair. i'm a statewide elective with statewide council and would like to thank you for all the work with the council and we are disappointed that the chief did not agree to the amendments that were very strong and we were very appreciative of the board for taking those extra steps to try to make certain that happened. we are verien encouraged that he is very much committe

i think what happened is the board voted then to because of severe budget cuts to cut all of summer school and credit recovery options and the city camen and generously helped us fund. what we've seen through these strategies i think we should have brought our updated list on who is on track to graduate in 2014. we are actually so close. i was completely shocked. i was sort of blown away myself because many of us saw the thousands of students on track not to graduate and i was freaked out because we knew it was a higher bar. but what we've discovered and i think we'll have new numbers because we are just calculating our last term. that more and more students are on track to graduate through these credit recovery options and we are meeting our goal so close of graduating all students with the graduation requirements. this has been a great collaboration between the city and the hard work of our school district and also uc and in your department. thank you. >> thank you. actually my office did send in the numbers for this year's seniors class to graduate through 2005. this combines both the s

the board voted yesterday to ask for a 10% reduction in water starting immediately. the crickets manager of watt -- the districts manager of water operation says the storm has helped but it will take five more big storms to make sure reservoirs are in good shape come september. >>> in washington, d.c. they introduced a drought relief bill to counter ones passed. it will grant $300 million in emergency aid and require federal agencies to do all they can to boost water supplies. the house bill focuses on lifting environmental restrictions to allow more water to be pumped from the delta. president obama is scheduled to visit fresno an friday to discuss federal efforts to respond to the drought. the ground is drying out the trees and branches are still dropping around the bay area creating a safety hazard. a massive branch from this 40- foot tree fell yesterday morning. city workers say they can't keep up with calls for service and budget cuts have forced the department to make stafng cuts. they say there are just five arborists available in san francisco to monitor 105,0

the board voted and issued our report. the presidentd before his speech with our recommendations. >> i think that is where alan -- ellen wants to pick up. ask your board got constituted and mete at a very opportune time, right in the midst of the snowden, who put a huge spotlight on several important surveillance programs. , asof them is section 250 you mention. your board came out with a 238 page report last month. theuld say it is arguably most extensive analysis of the legal underpinnings and the ,tility of the 250 program which is, as most of the public now knows, a program where the msa collects metadata, data about phone calls of americans, and puts it in a database, to search through them when they have a suspected terrorist's phone number, to search for links to that number and detect plots and networks. your board came with the conclusion and recommendation that the program was illegal, did not meet the statute that it was based on. you also recommended it rightore and -- and out outright, should stop operating. pr

in november the board voted man mussily to drop the uh patchy mascot at the end of the school year because it is offensive to native americans. the school will keep the red and white colors. >>> a heartbreaking story out of marin county. just when thingsbeto be looking up for a little boy fighting a rare form of cancer his father unexpectedly dies. john alston has their story. >> ♪ i got the eye of the tiger ♪ >> the initial crisis was traumatic enough. last month 4-y jeke -- zeke was diagnosed with a rare cancer that attacked the muscle. he started chemotherapy which rocked their whole family. his father was an engineer retrieving data from hard drives at this novato company. >> he came back to work for a couple days when zeke was going to come back. he had a smile on his face and you can see the pride and see that things would be okay. >> reporter: then on sunday morning, days after zeke returned from chemo, ron died in his sleep from an apparent heart attack. he was just 43. >> his role was to keep everything calm and stable. >> the entire west marin community is stunned. to be fine. he

the diversity of our country. >> today board members will vote on a new mascot for vallejo high school. veral decades ago they adopted the apache. some felt it was offensive. back in november, the board unanimously voted to change it but never picked a new one. >>> entertainers and athletes hope that the weather will cooperate for the pro am golf tournament. >> one big name definitely not going to be there. >> one big name is, he just teed off here, that's why i had my head to the right to make sure there was not -- whoo, it just went over our head, that was ray ramano teeing off. that went right over our head. that was the actor and comedian that just teed off. this is part of the celebrity challenge here at the first hole of the pebble beach golf course. you see the guy in turquoise is darius rutger singer and song writer. this was the scene moments ago. you have a lot of regulars here this year. andy garcia, darius rutger, ray romano, but no bill murray, no george lopez, and bill murray not invited for the second year in a row. >> without bill murray and george lopez, that leaves you

the board voted to change the mascot but didn't pick a new one. >>> 6:40. to sochi cut short for one olympic athlete. new details about shaun white's decision to drop out of one of the events. >> look at new video showing shoreline of sochi. along the black sea. almond. a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of u.s. snowboarding. >>> it's morning for us here in the bay area, but right now, the sun has set in sochi, as we count down to the start of the winter olympics. >> now that the sun has sunk into the black sea, the round the clock work under way to make sure the olympic host is ready for the influx of athletes, dignitaries and spectators about to descend into olympic village. one of team usa's most recognizable athletes withdrawing from an event. >> janelle wang with new details about shaun white's big announcement. good evening. >> reporter: the sun has just set here in sochi, just a couple of hours ago snowboarder shaun

the state board of equalization is considering cutting the gas excise tax. it would drop about 3.5 cents per gallon starting july 1st. every little bit helps. the board had vote on the cut later this month. >>> one last practice before the chinese new year's parade in san fransisco. the west portal school in part of the parade for the last 25 years. parents volunteer their time to help with the students' dance routines. >> really brings together our community. the people of san fransisco, and it's -- those sorts of values that we want our kids to leave with that they understand what it means to be part of the chinese american community and be members of san fransisco. >> we want to see your photos of tomorrow's chinese new year's parade. go to our website and scroll to the bottom to upload your pictures. >>> robert ron jones hung out with an investigator who is searching for cheaters. >> the technology is unbelievable. >> reporter: common cupid shooting arrows into cheaters. this time from the comfort of his office computer. >> we can track people legally. >> reporter: helping jilted lovers get answer. >> usually it's a spouse. >> reporter: he does it by secr

the board members voted down all three projects. y would not rule out another project for the lucas museum. a spokes person is looking at all options. >> george lucas believes this museum is a gift to families and the future. he is anxious to develop this museum. he like the rest of us were surprised after four years he has to consider another site. >> with the golden gate convervancey and wrns studio, they will pursue collaboration with them. no word on who will fill the 8- acre space. >>> an jose state university has detailed a hazing of a 17- year-old african american by his dorm mates. according to school policy they responded appropriately. the alleged hazing may have continued for so long because the victim and witnesses failed to come forward. there was criticism toward the university president that he was slow to respond when it came to light. >> i already had conversations with them on changing protocols. i will be informed in a more timely fashion. >> students, faculty and the community will meet and preupon vent it from ha

the meters. >>> follow-up for you. board members will vote on a new mascot for vallejo high school. students and parents have been conflicted ever since. some native-americans say the mascot was offensive, others did not mind. others, back in november, the board unanimously voted to change that mascot. they didn't pick a new one, though. >>> officials will hold a meet on how to deal with california's drought. the army corps of engineers and national conservationists plan to high height how state and federal agencies work together deal with the worst drop in california's recorded history. action has been taken. usda giving $20 million to california farmers to help keep them in business. >>> department of official and wildlife will extent the closing of rfe rivers in response to th drought. the department want the dmoigs extend it through april. a spokesperson says the closures are unprecedented. >>> turning to our microclimate forecast. live look at downtown san jose. things are calm. that could change if two storms expected to bring a lot of rain, much-needed rain, across the bay are

in november the board voted to change the mascot, but they didn't pick a new one. >>> call it yogurt fight to get chobani into russia. >>> counting down the hours to the opening ceremony in sochi. live look at medal plaza in the center of olympic park. we talked to janelle, on the right you see where the torch is going to go. this is where the medal ceremony's going to take place. security tight around there. white house officials keeping a close on eye on what's happening. president obama briefed by topped a advisers yesterday. assured the appropriate steps are being taken to assure the safety of americans na behind the scenes, nbc working on giving viewers coverage no matter where they are. for the first time the network will broadcast more than 1500 houred of olympics coverage online nbcolympics.com. it's there so people can watch through tablet or smartphone. >> probably been our hardest because of the challenges of getting all of the equipment into russia, getting through customs, getting across the oceans through all of the different airports. it's a real challenge. >> get deta

. >> reporter: the contract to be voted on by the board of supervisors tomorrow morning. it would limit the number of hours the d.a. can hand out and provide a stream lined process to track time off. >> now it's going to be open and transparent. >> reporter: max is the president of the government attorney's association. the union for district attorneys, public defenders and child support services. >> it will eliminate the ability of department heads to abuse the system. >> reporter: he is talking about the contract that the union has with the county that puts the ceiling on the number of admin leave hours given to attorneys. last year we exposed jeff rosen directed time sheets be altered. changing hundreds of hours of sick leave to admin leave to allow attorneys to bank time off to use or cash out later. >> i'm sure if not for those stories there would not with a cap on administrative leave in the contract. >> reporter: the extra admin time was said to make up for a 5% bonus the attorneys lost during budget cuts. >> how is it fair to everyone else who had to make cuts. th

the board voted to hire a consultant. i mean what did go wrong? >> there is a combination of things. if you are allowed to strike and the other side is not allowed to bring in workers. how will you work things out. there is no reason to come to an agreement. second of haul, management came in with a team that was moved to cut the wages. you don't need an consultant. this is political cover. everyone made mistakes you bring in an outsider. the question is whether they come up with the solutions or this is going to be another report that says we need to work harder. >> save yourself and rewind that part of the show. >> we'll take that okay. >> and kick starter just put users on emergency notice. what they say may have been compromised. ,, ,,,, ♪ ♪ ♪ told ya you could do it. (dad vo) i want her to be safe. so, i taught her what i could and got her a subaru. (girl) piece of cake. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. the popular crowd-funding website's security is being compromised an e-mail went out yesterda users stating usernames,

and who are really excited that this is coming before the board, for our final vote, we want to most definitely say that we are excited to see that the school board is committed to dealing with issues of achievement for african americans, and this is the first step of transforming the culture of the school district and it is the one that all students know that no matter what happens they will be supported and successful. and so hopefully we have your support today and you will vote and you will work with the community and parents to insure that this resolution, becomes a new culture in sfusd, where all students with be successful. thank you very much. >> i am here for many of the organization and programs and i am here to speak about why, safe and supportive school resolution, is the right way to go, because, it basically gives us back our right to an education. and because, you can't learn anything if you are not in school and i mean there is always, the life lesson, right? but i mean at the same time it is not giving us lessons it is giving us the opportunity to think that it is oka

vote on the dollar a year lease deal after the board'srman david samson said he did not intend to vote on the contract. david samson was present at the vote that day. he voted yes, but now two years later, he's saying actually he never intended to vote in the first place. he would like to retroactively recuse himself from that vote, please. two years later. in a letter to david samson on wednesday, the port authority general counsel told mr. samson, quote, i have concluded that you intended to recuse on that matter. through clerical inadvertence, your recusal was not noted. clerical inadvertence. i'm going to get that tattooed in latin on my bag. a spokesman did answer to the bergen record yesterday. but today she responded to the newspaper by providing that letter, the general counsel's letter which says essentially the vote in question never happened. it's not like a divorce, more like an annulment. just never happened. the port authority's general counsel says he now intends to, quote, correct the board's minutes to reflect david samso

i'm dee dee workingman pr the board of directors voted for having this ordinance we're the only chamber of commerce that has taken this position we want to thank supervisor cowen for helping us with this and help draft the ordinance. we were able to get input both on larger companies. we're comfortable with the language and the intent of the ordinance. our interests primary were were to get qualified applicants into the jobs and enable the position to be filled. we didn't want this to be cumbersome that you set people up to fail all along the process to be hired and there is something that makes them unsuitable weighing we've advocated this early so it will happen after the first interview and we're graltd about that. everybody we worked with all the companies and biz businesses were clear they were comfortable. many don't have this provision on their application but this was a given the box would come off. we didn't want o l s c to be second guessing the decisions that the employers make whether or not the civil action was an issue. it was the timing that the employer can you couldn't

. >> any items removed, none, and seeing any items severed by the board for discussion and vote? >> yes. roll call, and the vote will take place under section 0. item h, none tonight, and board members proposals none, request to speak regarding general matters? i have three speakers lined up tonight. and let's see. yes. and i have the fabulous thompson and the equally fabulous virginia marshal and jackson, and two minutes each, please, ladies, thank you. >> president fewer and vice president murase, congratulations and superintendent carranza and everyone present, last but not least, sister ester i am the president of the san francisco alliance of black school educators which is a grass root organization that looks at the number one priority of the african american community in terms of education. i do have a calendar of our events for 2013, 14, and i will have those passed out to you. i want to indicate that there is one correction on here. and we will be having our scholarship and retirement banquet on may first, the superintendent has a very important meeting with the administr

the san francisco chronicle reports the board voted on thursday to hire a consultant. unions went on strike over the summer and then again in october. >> how could we forget? >>> in other headlines around the bay, a bit of shock for neighbors in the height asbury district, where a large treetopled over by waller street and cove. and more than a ton of illegal shark fins were seized by state wildlife officials in san francisco. they were taken from a wearhouse on howard street. michael wong, the owner of the wearhouse, was cited. investigators say he was selling the fins to restaurants which violates california law. some of the shark fins were being sold for around $200 a pound. >>> a school district in napa is offering money to try to find whomever burglarized a school. a laptop and other items stolen from a classroom at the river school on old sonoma road between the 7th and 9th of this month. now a reward of 500 bucks. for information leading to an arrest and conviction. anyone with information is asked to contact knapp police. >>> you could say that true romance nev

the board voted unanimously to remove that priority development tag from strawberry. obviously, there are still a lot of issues involved here but don't be surprised if more development fights around the bay area are now going to feature water resources as a key sticking point. linda yee, kpix 5. >>> prosecutors say a 3-year- old napa girl was beaten to death by her own mother and her mom's boyfriend. the details came out during today's hearing for sarah krueger and ryan warner. they both pleaded not guilty to murder and assault charges. investigators say the two stuffed kayleigh slusher's body into suitcase and then stored it in a freezer for several days before deciding to flee. they are due back in court in april. >>> more troubles for "covered california." tonight, federal security experts say the online health insurance market place had a security flaw for three months. the agency that oversees the development of the exchange noted the concern in an email last month. "covered california" blames the problem on computer processing errors and denies it had a security

so while the feds board of governors votes on every important monetary policy decision, the board rarely votes on issues like whether to settle enforcement actions. last year the fed reached its largest settlement in history, $9.3 billion with mortgage servicers affecting more than 4 million families but it was the fed staff that worked out that arrangement and the fed board didn't even vote on it. so two weeks ago congressman cummings and i sent a letter to you recommending that the fed change its rules so the board would have to vote before any major settlement. do you support such a change? >> senator i think you have raised very important questions about this and i do think it is appropriate for us to make changes and i fully expect that we will. >> so in principal support what we've asked for in this letter that is clear and concrete evidence that the board is supervisory and regulatory policy? >> it is completely appropriate for the board to be fully involved in important decisions -- >> and voting is a good way to do that. >> and i fully intend to make sure that we are. >> thank y

we can make significant progress in march >> any idea when it will actually be finalized and the board will vote on it? >> i would hope, i would hope at some point in march but i am not sure, yet. >> any other questions? >> comments? >> any public comment on the executive director's report? >> commissioners, ray hartz, director of san francisco open government, there are two items that i would like to discuss, item two where we see that everyone has finally learned the sunshine ordinance to you is a pointless exercise. i will look at these from month to month and i see the number one again and again and i will be honest with you that i can't help but wonder if it is just one complaint that you let sit there and they get hit by a bus and make it go away. the second is item 7 where i would like to ask a question, what do you train the city employees about the responsibilities and i may be incorrect in what i just heard from the executive director, but what he said was if the city employees file statements of economic interest and they commit perjury and lie there is nothing that you can do about i