, and he knows all about the california missions. he is our best -- august today. you're quite the guy. i don't want to say you are wearing your heart on your sleeve, but you have a mission shirt on. >> we have these for sale in our gift shop, commission the lord. >> i have to ask you. are they wash and wear? >> yeah. >> if there is one show i would want to have more time for, it is this one. you have so much to tell us. the california missions, you do pilgrimage. the missions in california -- i'm from philadelphia -- are kind of like independence mall in philadelphia. they are there, and they are terrific, and they are huge, but they get overlooked. tell us about it. how many are there? >> well, the california missions, the main thing to remember -- i've been there since 2004. my claim to fame, the reason i was hired was because not because i was qualified and knew something about california missions, but in the year 1794, migrate, great emigrate grandfather was baptized in the old church when it was three years old. that church date

>> we're going to see a whole scale change in the landscape in california. the previous lines were drawn to protect the incumbents. they cut a deal so all the incumbents would get re-elected. almost all of them did with the exception of one in the last decade. now you have districts that are being drawn based on city boundaries, communities of interests, geographic constraints, long arms of things crossing over to pick up a little population of democrats. >> gerrymandering. >> gerrymandering. people remember what that is. that's going away. now what we're having is this pitch battle between the various communities of interest and ethnic groups, racial groups that want to protect their voting clout. when they want to be able to elect their representatives to congress, be you latino, african-american, the gay and lesbian community has their maps out. everybody has maps. >> what it all comes down to is, is it going to remain a democratic state? is it going to be more republican? who wins, who loses here? >> we're absolutely going to remain a democratic state bas

the california redevelopment association are parties to the suit which is part of the california state supreme court. >>> a wild high-speed chase ended with a woman so raspy it started on interstate 80 and continued -- woman's arrest. it started on interstate 80 and continued onto side streets. highway patrol officers closed in on the vehicle with a gunshot and eventually the woman is handcuffed and taken away. >>> there is word tonight that police have shut down a private elementary school because of allegations of child abuse. it is focused on the owner and principal of the school. no charges have been filed, and he is not in custody. they have identified several victims with complaints going back 15 years. >>> crimes against lgbt on the rise. >> reporter: assistant district attorney victor lined prosecute a -- prosecutes hate crimes. one attack happened here june 26. the victim suffered a broken jaw. >> we had one individual who assaulted a person he thought was gay with two large tree branches. >> reporter: according to an organization, incidences of hate violence was up in 2010 co

with respect to regulatory and legislative issues than, we need to have a decision from the california public utilities commission that will determine for us what our performance of bond requirements are. that is another financial draw on the program. it is an unknown. it is basically a method for calculating the amount of cca a provider or opposed to cover the cost if customer -- of customers abruptly returned to the utility in the event of a disorderly dissolution of the program. not an outcome we expect, but certainly one we need to prudently prepare for. that is an unknown number at this point. we're also continuing to support senator leno's guidance to the california public utilities commission on cost-sharing and holds utilities to a code of conduct. so that gives a broad overview. i will be returning. we will be returning to you on july 26 with the term sheet. we will be seeking authority from the commission to negotiate the contracts substantially within the framework that i have just described to you. and taking that to the board of supervisors for their consideration in augus

together, we can end the death penalty in california. [applause] >> thank you for having me here today. i would like to close by saying i have had the opportunity to view this issue from every point of view, having been the warden at san quentin state prison. i am absolutely impassioned about the fact that it is time to end the death penalty in this state. life without possibility of parole is the real sentence. hold people accountable and gives them the opportunity to change within the prison system, and they can give back by working within the prison system, giving restitution to family members and working on behalf of the state of california on a variety of projects that go on inside prisons. i also want to echo what the process said -- please join, please help -- i also want to echo what natasha said. talk to 10 of your friends, send e-mails, send letters. thank you. [applause] >> 1985, when i was sentenced to death for a crime i did not commit, i thought right away that this would be rectified. i was convicted of two different crimes

>> that is the california quail. >> coming up here, we had a little blustery theme. what is this area here? >> this is supposed to be the side view, the expense of the golden gate bridge. >> there it is. >> there are really beautiful elements of architecture still around, i would say that it gives that feeling over to the work. >> what are your hopes for it? >> that in a way it just becomes part of the area. i think it is starting to have that feeling. people utilize it. they sit and, and have their lunch and play on -- they sit and, and have their lunch and play on that -- they sit and come and have their lunch and play on it. just for it to be part of the neighborhood. that is my hope. >> is such a beautiful addition to our public art in san francisco. thank you for joining us. it was nice to meet you. and thank you for telling us about your beautiful mural. thanks for watching "culturewire." ++ >> i am the deputy executive director for the sfmta. i am pleased to welcome you to the celebration of the completion of the california and power line cable car projects, wh

the rest of my life in prison. i would ask myself if i would get caught. in california, half of the people who commit murder are not caught. we need to catch the people committing murder. this is what she means when punishment must be firm, if people get away with murder, they learn that they can and the community learns that they can. this is really the fundamental problem. we can do much better job if we were actually to replace the death penalty to life without parole and invest the money saved in solving homicides. every victim's family should have some justice. >> i wanted to ask you to perhaps tell the audience about the controversy related to the death qualified jury. many people did not realize that when we select a jury for the death penalty case, this is comprised of different members of the city. >> people look to california as we continue to send a lot of people to death row every year, with the highest number of new death sentences. people look at the state and they see how many people in california are moving away from the death penalty, who favor replacin

the people of california are ready to end the death penalty. a couple of weeks ago we were able to do a poll on the question of the governor converting all of these 713 death sentences to life without possibility of parole, and a change would save the city california $1 billion in five years. 63% of the voters support this idea across the entire state. every region of the state had a majority of support. a majority of republicans and democratic voters support this idea. 63%, ready for the governor to take everyone off of death row. this is an important change from where we used to be on this issue, because for a very long time, politicians have been afraid to talk about reasons for ending the death penalty and this has been seen -- been seen as an issue that would run political careers, as the former district attorney has shown, the death penalty is no longer of liability and the voters are ready for candidates who will say that we need smart criminal- justice policy, to keep the community safe and that will hold the offenders accountable, and

rangers reopened the trail about noon today. >>> a northern california elementary school principal says he is innocent of accusations that he touched students inappropriately. bob adams spoke outside the courthouse in citrus heights with morning with his wife and daughters. adams is the principal and owner of creative frontiers. police shut down that school on monday saying at least ten current and former students have accused adams of inappropriate touching. >> i assure you i'm very confident that nothing inappropriate has happened. >> citrus heights police say adams is the focus of their investigation, but they have not given any indication of when or even if he will be arrested. >>> a community meeting is just getting under way in san francisco aimed at trying to ease tensions between police and residents of the bay view district. it follows last night's protest martha we followed live during this newscast in which demonstrators voiced their anger following this past weekend's deadly police shooting. ktvu's ken pritchard is live at the bay view opera house now live. >> reporter: i wa

scott shaffer, host of kqed public raradio's the california report. tom vacar, consumer editor for ktvu news. tom, first to you. what's the latest from washington? where do things change now? >> we've been sitting here longer than ten minutes so i'm not quite sure. i'll give you the big thing. this evening by a vote of 218-210 the house of representatives approve a republican plan and that would raise the debt limit by $900 billion initially then another $1.6 trillion sometime in early 2011, but it is all linked to a balanced budget amendment which, of course, the senate says is doa on arrival. and, in fact, they voted and basically said it's doa and on arrival. in the senate a democrat plan will be voted on tomorrow and the republicans in a sense are saying they will vote tomorrow to say it's dead before it even gets here. you can see these adults are really getting along with each other. but the reality of the situation is we are no closer to a deal. in fact, arguably, we're farther from a deal. for the last six days, the stock market has gone down 5

they fought all the way and won. >> what a day in san francisco. what a day in california. what a day for america. what a day for equality. >> the most extraordinary part of this is i support we had from the elected family. what cities would you have an entire board of supervisors and a city attorney who was ready to fight and had purposefulness. >> the supreme court's decision was final at june 16th at 5:00 p.m.. >> he married the lesbian couple at 5:01 p.m.. >> we expected that we would have a significant interest in getting married at city hall. >> we realized we were not staffed up to get licenses that people were anticipating. we definitely did not want people waiting in long lines. we wanted them to plan and invite their friends. know what time you're going to have your ceremony. >> we had to create an appointment system and let the people know ahead of time that on a given particular day, that's all we can accommodate. >> we appreciate they can make travel plans and know when they get here, their flight lands and we are going to get to them at 12 >> on june 16th, huge

the gentleman from california. mr. dreier: i didn't hear you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: i said members are reminded to address their comments to the chair and not to others. mr. dreier: i wi not only address you, madam chair, i won't point my finger at you as i address you. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. mr. dreier: let me say, madam speaker, that senator mcconnell has just minutes ago asked senator reid to bring the reid proposal to the floor of the united states senate and a decision has been made by senator reid not to bring the measure up. on at least three occasions senator mcconnell has asked since senator reid has said that his proposal is the only one that can pass both houses of congress, senator mcconnell has asked us to show what we l know and had a is there is not going to be a majority of support in the -- all know and there is not going to be a majority of support. we look forward to the discussions that will take place between speaker boehner, senator reid, leader mcconnell, leader pelo

they have to comply with the brown act or the california records act. if they follow those rules, they should be able to follow the sunshine ordinance rules as well. chairperson campos: they have the ability to go beyond what the brown act and public records act requires. they simply adopt the sunshine ordinance. there is something that confuses them from doing that. that would be one suggestion, whoever is listening from the cbd. that is a good idea. we could have that requirement instituted by the board of supervisors. the more uniformity there is, the better. >> what we try to do in our office is to train their staff and board members on the rules and regulations on brown act and the california public records act. i also try to attend all the different cbd's to make sure they are conducting them in the way that is compliant to those state laws. i think that maybe we could have another conversation about the implications of adding the sunshine ordinance, because there is a difference of opinion in the city attorney's office. chairperson campos: again,

that not only have provided this lovely backdrop for today's event, but they also provide the great california alliance service that has been running behind you. they also have been instrumental of ensuring continuous service even on buses along cable car lines during the shutdowns and communicating our plans to our customers, with a transport every day. i also want to thank the teams with the cable car project for their diligence in helping san francisco maintain these important -- maintain this important infrastructure. also i want to thank the hyatt regency behind you, garrett delhi chocolates, and all of sfmta staff for making this a success -- chirar -- ghirardeli chocolates. thank you. >> i believe we are going to have a ribbon-cutting ceremony now? >> 1. 2. 3. all right. [applause] ++ >> i am the deputy executive director for the sfmta. i am pleased to welcome you to the celebration of the completion of the california and power line cable car projects, which saw the california cable car line down for six months this year. in spring, the power lines were down for three different shut dow