, and he knows all about the california missions. he's our guest today on mosaic. andy, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. happy to be here. >>> you are quite the guy, and i don't want to say you're wearing your heart on your sleeve, but you do have a mission shirt on! >> we have these shirts on sale at our mission store, and all the other california mission shirts. >>> are they wash and wear? they dry nicely? >> yes. >>> andy, if there's one show i would want to have more time for, it's this one. you have so much to tell us. the california missions, you do pilgrimages to the mission. as present, the missions in california -- i'm from philadelphia -- kind of like independence mall in philadelphia. they are there and they are terrific and they are huge, but they get overlooked. >> right. >>> tell us about it. how many are there? >> well, the california missions, main thing to remember-- >> you're the curator. >> san francisco, been there since 2004. my claim to fame, the reason i would say bill justice hired me, not because i was

and the california department of public health. so, we have reviewed the navy's plan and determined that the remedies that are currently proposed for this parcel would be protective of public health and the environment. thank you very much. >> good afternoon supervisors. i am an engineer and geeolgist with the california regional water quality control board, aka, the water board. within the hunters point super fund program the regulatory role includes the protection of human health and the environment with a focus on water quality, such as the protection of san francisco bay, groundwater and state wetlands. the water board also serves as the lead agency for the clean up of petroleum pollution. we reviewed the proposed plan and considered the navy's preferred remedy in concept is quickly protective of human health and the environment. the elements of the plan for the landfill are consistent with the management of closed military and municipal landfills in the region. our agency, along with the other regulatory agencies will continue

now, before this trip to the states, it never been to california. can i share a secret with you? n a legal roadblock hundreds of miles to the ease stopping other americans from coming into the state of california as though it were a foreign country? and where does their jurisdiction and? long island? i just don't get it. anyway was unconstitutional. they didn't care about it. what they were doing was stopping and turning back anybody who looked like a non-employable. that is the word they used. how could you prove you weren't unemployable? you would reach into your pocket and pull out 50 bucks and if you could show 50 bucks at the old do remi to the border guard you might make it into the golden state of california where you'd assured to get a less than warm welcome anyway. so woody took a look at that situation and he said kind of a musical postcard to the folks back home thinking of pulling up stakes and coming out to california. maybe they had better think again. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] woody made it into the state of california and it was the

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

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

the university of california from the inception of nuclear weapons has been right there and. you see since day one has been in charge of researching designing and testing nuclear weapons and she some extent producing weapons every single nuclear weapon in cities arsenal was designed by university of california employee every nuclear weapon. from the days of the manhattan project in one nine hundred forty two the university of california has been involved through the science of its provision of scientists and their relationship to the university. in the late one nine hundred forty two z's site twitch is now will sell most lab was selected by the army for. a place to assemble the first time the ball that moved through the scientific problems associated with. the university of california was selected as the contractor to run the stuff that was considered important because the army needed scientists to leave their versity positions and come to a place that basically we know about. u.c. berkeley had built up an unparalleled scientific organization within the united states at the u

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.

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

community safe and that will hold the offenders accountable, and that really meet the needs of all of california. the governor took a positive for step by canceling the project to build a new death row. in his statement, the governor said that this is unconscionable, to spend money on death row inmates as we cut funding for the disabled. it is unconscionable to spend $1 on the death penalty at all when we are cutting a vital services in the state. if we cut the death penalty and save $1 billion, this money would be much better used on law enforcement and education. we need to keep working together to get this message to the governor, to ask him right now to take action to convert all of these death sentences. and we will build momentum and the support that we need to actually put this on the ballot and into the death penalty in california. this goes down to where we started this conversation, whether this attorney would pursue the death penalty. the d.a. should not be asked to change between life -- choose between life and death. we are the voters to have to take responsibility and take this pow

the california medical association is now calling for legalization, and the group adopted that position at its annual conference this weekend, becoming the first major medical group in the country to take that stance. at harbor side health center in oakland, patients claim marijuana can heal everything from arthritis to anxiety. he suffered a severe brain injury and says smoking marijuana keeps him from having seizures. >> seems to be good. i don't have any seizures and when i found myself not smoking, then i had a seizure. zlz but the proof of the medicinal value of cannabis requires more research which is one reason why the state's largest group of doctors is arguing for legalization. >> in the current situation it's called a category 1 which puts you in a category where you're unable to study it. >> the california medical association argues that marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol so science can prove or disprove claims made by marijuana advocates, including steve deangelo, harbor side's executive director. >> i'm 100% confident that as the cma and ot

this segment is brought to you by the california farm bureau federation. the people, the places, the unforgettable tastes of california will be back in a moment. >> ♪ hey, ah, hey, ah, hey, ah, hey, ah... ♪ >> welcome back to "california country." >> ♪ yahh ahh ahh >> the holidays are definitely time to talk turkey. this bird has been a staple on american dinner tables since the days of the pilgrims. in fact, ben franklin oved them so much, he wanted turkey and not the bald eagle to be the official united states bird. turkeys have a long history in the golden state. for more than 50 years, the diestel family has ranched in the peaceful foothills of tuolumne county. tim diestel has a hands-on approach to make sure his birds are at the peak of health. this is country living at its finest, a free-range setting, meaning the flocks have a chance to spread their wings and explore their surroundings. >> this is definitely home of the happy turkey. there--there*s no question. i--i don't think you could have a better, nicer setting for--for a turkey than this ranch

the fin. california's legislature passed a statewide band on the harvesting in california, the bill is now waitinghe signature of governor jerry brown. >> at one time thought royal to be able to eat a fin of a shark. but i think the world has changed. >> reporter: activists are not waiting patiently for change to occur. >> the population is getting decimated. they are going to go extinct in our lifetime if we don't do something now. >> the proposed shark fin ban has touched off alarm in the chinese community. some restaurant owners say shark fin soup is an important cultural dish. >> they are saying that in california over 70% of chinese are in support of this bill, but they actually talking to maybe 1 or 200 people. >> carl says his opposition to the bill isn't to save soup. it's to save sharks. >> we said why don't we ban the whole shark. so that if you truly are trying to save shark let's do it. this doesn't even save one shark. >> chan says the bill allows fishermen to sell everything but the fins. rebecca lee says that's because shark meat sells for around $4 a pound, while the fins can fetch

days of the manhattan project in one nine hundred forty two the university of california has been involved through the science its provision of scientists and their relationship to the university. in the late one nine hundred forty two disease site which is now also almost was selected by the arm for. a place to assemble the first of all of the work from the scientific problems associated with. the university of california who was selected as the contractor to run the stuff that was considered important because our meat needed scientists to meet their university positions they have come to a place that basically we know about. u.c. berkeley had built up an unparalleled scientific organization within the united states at the u.c. radiation laboratory where sureness over warrants was the director of there was the most cutting edge research in the country all the types of science that eventually led to the development of nuclear bombs and clued in theoretical forms of physics that shia robert oppenheimer was one of the premier scientists in the country in regard to you had oppen

the first is regarding the negotiations with the california pacific medical center. recently i and many of our communities havexperienced a osparency and ua communications. i am requesting a hearing to provide the mayor's office with an opportunity to update the board of supervisors and also the workforce development to refresh and update us where the negotiations are around the community benefit and where they stand. secondly, i am joining, i am introducing an ordinance that amends the planning code to prohibit the use of customer operated checkout systems in stores where alcoholic beverages are sold. i would like to thank supervisor john avalos and david chiu for being co-sponsors as well. this is a common-sense measure that requires anyone to a new purchases alcohol to buy face- to-face. it is a simple step which is required of tobacco, spray paint, and some cold medicine. it will make it harder for miers' -- miners -- minors and intoxicated persons to get alcohol. this protects the public health. recent studies by ucla and san diego state show that self checkout m

the difference is in the california building code. i can also give you tips on how to choose and specter appeared first of all, the program has an inspector's knowledge of the california building code, and the reason why that is so important is because you have to comply with both. the california billing code is enforced when you get a building permit, and forced by the local building requirements. it says all new buildings have to be totally accessible. it also says that new buildings when you do an alteration course have to be accessible when you do a project. there's a big difference between a big project and a little project. a big project is going to be not as accessible as a new building, but a smaller project actually has a smaller level of access required in the california building code. you might think that because you got a building permit that that means that everything is good and you are complying with the ada, but it is actually the difference in the building code because its is even if you have an existing building and h

the major industry is. our problem in california and any given time. the regions are in most cases the wealthy business elites who are in some cases c.e.o.'s of major war profiteering multinational corporations. you see a lot of regents who are in charge of big media companies military industrial firms real estate for arms is really like a circle at the top that kind of dominates the. goings on the circles generally composed of the. chair of the regions in the past year the president and a few of the executive officers. the current chair of the board of regents is richard bloom. richard is someone who i see as a very conflicted individual on one hand he has a free tibet bumper sticker on the back of his b.m.w. he has said on several occasions that he is a passionate advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons on the other hand he was deeply invested in the your ass corporation and corporation both of whom received construction contracts to rebuild iraq after u.s. imperial forces leveled that country on the other hand richard blohm is the chairman of t

the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn't do it without the good folks in the mayor's office of neighborhood services. what i'd like to do now is strue -- shall truce -- intro duce tanish hollins from the mayor's office of neighborhood services. >> good amp, family. happy black history month. could we hear it one more time? [applause] >> we are so honored to be here. we look forward to this every year. it's a hall mark event for the city and county of san francisco. an opportunity to reflect on the many, many contributions of african-americans in this city and how each of us has changed the gee graval and cultural landscape of this city. how fitting that we celebrate black history month today, which is also the same as lunar new year and also an opportunity -- opportunity to reflect on the diversity of this city and how happy we are to be in a city which is so inclussive. so without forth delay i would like to welcome you on behalf of mator's office of neighborhood services. mayor lee will be joining us later. with the invocations, we woul

it reflects something i heard a colleague to say at a recent meeting of the california transportation commission, and that is, these days it takes a village to build a project. we seem to need so many friends to provide some funding. a couple of key points here, the federal amount, including a variety of acronyms that i will not try to remember all of, the public land site way is the first one. the public priority program. there is the upp, the urban planning program. these were all grants that were obtained by the transportation authority. even though these are federal funding, the ta was the lead in obtaining all of the funding. the american recovery reinvestment act provided a substantial amount of funding through the state. the state highway operations and preservation program. again, prop k provided a substantial amount, a little over $32 million for phase one. as i mentioned, the funding agreement we're asking for approval today is needed as part of the documentation for phase two. there it two agreements. one with the bridge district of the golden gate bridge district, authorit

welcome, and thank you for joining us at the beautiful living room for the california academy of sciences. i am the environmental policy adviser for mayor lee. we are very excited today to be making an announcement about a major carbon reduction milestone that san francisco has met. to make that announcement, i would like to introduce mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much, everyone, for being here today. i have some great announcements about milestones for our city's efforts, our city's historic and present efforts to reduce carbon emissions, something that all of us, the department of environment, our city, working with agencies like muni and non- profit organization partners and community advocates, as well as our state and federal government. today, i have two specific announcements. but the one that is exciting to me that i think is probably the most advanced progress that we made in the city, something that began with my predecessor, gavin newsom, when he was mayor did of the last time he made an announcement about the car been emissions reductions that we had, h