electorate in the state of california. they hired three academics, i was among them, to val late the voter mobilization work in southern california and the central valley try to motivate low propensity voters and to come up with a set of best practices as to what works with these populations. these are folks that normally -- political campaigns don't mobilize because the presumption is it's a waste of honey and they weren't turn out and vote anyway. at the time when this initiative was launched it wasn't clear that door-to-door efforts or the things we know work with other voters would, in fact, work with these communities. the good thing was that, yes, if you invite somebody in person or either by phone or on their doorstep to participate in the process, even if you're a low propensity voter, those voex will turn out. that's important to know for campaigns that this is something that needs to happen. we had interesting findings that, if you run phone banks. they ran phone banks in nine languages. they deserve a tremendous

the california republican party is in flux. we saw that with the defection of nathan fletcher this week, the san diego mayoral candidate, one of the party's rising stars. a california assemblyman who defected and said he's going to be an independent. that's blow to the party. that just shows what do republicans want? it's pretty unclear. they're down 13 points in registration to the democrats. at this point, the party needs money. it needs bodies. and yet it is losing some of its bricest esst brightest stars l nathan fletcher. that leaves the republican party in california in doubt. >> the open primary was to make both parties more moderate yet that's not what's happening. >> you're right, michelle. this is, i think, a concern among moderates and those who hope to see the republican party rebounce. the california -- the republican primary in june will only be open to republican registered voters. not to independent voters, unlike the democratic primary. that maieans the more conservate factions of the party will be running for p

referred to in total as the california commitment. as part of the national settlement, a monitor has been chosen for the country. i decided that in addition to joe smith, who was chosen as a monitor for the country, i wanted someone who was focused specifically on california. because of course, we are the largest state, we were hardest-hit. i wanted to make sure that promises made are promises kept. >> belva: there's a homeowners' bill of rights, you're trying to get that through the legislature, what are its chances? >> again, settlement covers three years and we need permanent reform in california and the rules to be changed. in particular for all those folks who are in the process of dual track, going through foreclosure, also trying to modify the loan and stay in the home. there are two systems not talking to each other. one simple fix is let's have one point of contact for that homeowner. that's one of the bills. the bills are about saying that we want to make sure that there are appropriate penalties for misconduct. and we have t

and [applause] the insurance commissioner for the state of california, the hon. david jones.] and your state senator in the state of california, mark little. an[applause] his colleague, state senator at leland neyeat. [applause] member of the california state assembly, fiona ma. [applause] and a majority of your board of supervisors are here, which is a good thing. [laughter] the president of the board, david chiu. [applause] the rev. of the board, sean elsbernd. [applause] and the three women that are always undying loyalty you in support almost everything you'd do, and i will introduce the three of them together -- jane kim, leah komen and carmen chu. [applause] mark farrell. [applause] scott wiener, member of the board of supervisors. [applause] eric mar, a member of the board of supervisors. david campos, a member of the board of supervisors. [applause] you have some other city officials who are here. you have, of course, the man who takes all of our money, the treasurer, jose camos. [applause] campos would like to be there one of these days. i am so focused on campos, he

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 whath

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

beautiful footage of the parks provided by california forever. o-part documentary celebrating the legacy of state parks and the importance of their preservation. airing in the fall and presented by kqed. that's all the time we have. thank you for joining us, and especially you, david, joining us from los angeles. and hope you do it off. visit kqed.org this week for more information on california forever, and on the rocks and the supreme court hearings on health care reform. also be used past segments and subscribe to our podcast. thank you for watching. good night.

. >>> that eventually up in the southern california. >>> he had to flee mexico during the mexican revolution because at the time pancho villa had ordered all foreigners out of northern mexico off so he had to leave with his wife and his baby daughter who also later became an artist. and he came up to san francisco to work on the pan pacific exploration exploration of and any found a home and send info so they worked at the pan pacific exposition for over a year and its many beautiful paintings for the california building at the exposition. >>> were going to see some of those and a bit after the break but basically this is the stations at the san affiliation that's one of the things that we will see and then talking about some paintings that he did for the pan pacific exposition >>> and then of course st. peter and paul beautiful church. we're going to take a short break and will be back with more and this time bring pictures. >>> beginning of the picture of his grandfather hector about aholt how old was he when this picture was taken? >>> it was taken to the end of this life 1949 about the t

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

through organizations like the california academy of sciences, having a platform of kqed public radio to put that information out there, to have a platform to display the works created. we took advantage of it. it is a planning grant. obviously, not all of the solutions are identified. we have 18 months to test out different programs, and test out this huge network of organizations and how they can solidify something like the hive learning network in chicago, supported by ongoing funding, incorporating not just a small group, but hundreds of partners throughout the city like this. which is one of our collaborators on the grant. we have 18 months to work it out. outcomes include the pilot projects, learning network, and the main library conceptual design, as well as online platforms that can be shared across san francisco and other cities working on similar projects. supervisor chu: i know that this is still in the planning stage, but on in terms of feedback, if we could do direct outreach to neighborhoods serving youth and organizations that may use the california academy of sciences

both the mtc and california transportation commission will be voting in april of this month -- this year. we need to do this today so that they can act later on. that explains the reason for the special meeting today. that is the summary of the item. it is an action item. i would be happy to answer any questions. i have my staff here to get into the details, if you would like. commissioner campos: thank you for the work you have done on this. i noted there has been a lot of coordination with the mayor's office, mta, as well as other regional partners, like the mtc. commissioner kim? commissioner kim: thank you. when i was curious, if we are recommending to make central subway the second priority for future rip funds, what is currently our first priority? it says the staff recommendation is to make the central subway a second party after the presidio parkway commitment. what is the current order of priority? >> thank you for the question. the order of priorities is shown on page five of your package. presidio parkway, central subway, and then caltrans downtown extension. but the proposed

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

this time is the rug pulled out from under many of california's incumbents. a lot of them are deciding it's a convenient time to retire. >> are you keeping track of what impact this has chaired by congressman dreier. if the democrats regain the house this year, one would presume she would be next in line to take over as the chair of the committee. if the republicans keep the house, who takes over? >> that's a good question. i wish i had that off the top of my head. but slaughter is actually trying to figure out where the lines are going to be. because new york is kind of the state in this mix to embark on redrawing its lines. there are any number of ambitious new york lawmakers waiting for an opportunity to move up. but slaughter is certainly hoping the democrats can take back the house so she can become chair. >> i know you're focusing on the house but the announcement that olympia snow is stepping down. she a self-described moderate republican. prassed from president obama. he doesn't send out statements with republicans retiring but he did so yesterday with

the development of this, in may 2010, the california transportation authority approved phase two of the presidio parkway project. that is a public-private partnership, a contractual agreement between the department of transportation and private sector concessionaire to design, build, maintain, operate the entire presidio parkway facility. that is a 30-year agreement. on january 3, 2011, caltrans awarded the agreement to the selected bidder. their name is the golden link concession air. setting the terms for golden link to design and build phase two of the project and to operate and maintain with a total cost of over 30 years net present value $488 million. as you know, the first phase of the project is being delivered by caltrans in the traditional design and build and is ready to open. subsequent to executing the p3 agreement, caltrans, and today, and ourselves determined some of the planned funding would not be available as originally expected. that is what is in attachment #one, a short -- three items. $20 million in redirected federal earmarks that were identified by mtc at the time

the san francisco public library much the california cultural arts program and we couldn't do it withoutood 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 would like

it's the >>jackie: we are paying a lot more in california. $4.50 is the average in california. a new poll came out and two- thirds of people say they disapprove of the with the president is handling gas prices. this could have implications on the elections. hough >>darya: welcome back. we're focused on the weather. we're waiting for the rain. here is a live look at north star. it is very quiet. >>james: and a winter storm warning is set to take effect in tahoe. it will remain in effect throughout most of the day on tuesday or at least the morning hours. that is when they expect most of the rain to fall. in stockholm, leaving sulfureous of our offer anywhere from 5-10 in. expected to fall. for look for more rain in the snow for wednesday. this could extend well into the weekend. we have a series of storms coming to the bay area which means snow for the sierra. >>justine: here is what we are watching right now in the newsroom, live pictures out of indianapolis. do people died when a school bus hit a part of the bridge. here is some of the new information we just learned. the bus d

. >> we will take you on an extraordinary trip inside of the california hospital for the criminally insane. >> we treat people. we do not cure anybody. >> how do they keep more than 1,000 patients under control? should we lock them up and throw away the key, or is there a better way? >> i don't think that we should stop trying. this is somebody's son that we have here. >>> it is a dilemma that judges are facing all across the country, what to do with people who have served their time, but clearly remain a danger to themselves and others. in california the answer is often a state hospital. it is a sometimes temporary and often permanent home to more than 1,000 violent murderers, rapist, and men who have agreed to psychiatric treatment. they have agreed to let cameras in to observe what it is like to live and work in one could easily be one of the most dangerous places in the country. only miles off of the central coast of california and quietly nestled among wineries and rolling hills is atascadero state hospital. beyond this unrestricted entrance lives some of the most violent and dangerou

and for that, she relies on the hundreds of dairy farms that call california home. of those farms is the giacomazzi family dairy in hanford. for more than 100 years now, they've taken care of the land and the countless number of dairy cows they've had on the farm, all in an effort to supply healthy, wholesome milk to people across the nation. >> it is my responsibility as a dairy farmer to not only produce a very-high-quality product that has amazing nutritional value, but also to do it in a responsible way. animals as part of our family in addition to being part of our business, and so our values require us to treat them with respect and make sure they're taken care of. >> in addition to caring for his animals, dino has won numerous environmental awards for his conservation efforts at the farm. he says for him, being a dairy farmer isn't a job or a career, it's a lifestyle, and as a multigenerational d@iry farmer, it's a lifestyle he hopes to continue well into the future. >> well, i think i have somewhat of a responsibility to my family's legacy. i'm the fourth gen

you've been doing these investigations all across the state of california. st people. however, there's a few bad apples in the basket, and that's the ones that we're trying to weed out. >> what message do you think this will send? >> hopefully for the retailers that we have not gone into, they'll get the message that we're out here doing this and that they need to straighten up their act, clean up your act and treat their retailers and customers with respect and honesty. >> chris, we would all hope they would clean up their act, but in the meantime for lottery players, how do they avoid having tickets taken? >> there are a few things folks should do. first off, check your tickets yourself. you can do that online for many games and scan your tickets yourself in the store. many states have automatic scanners that scan the tickets for you. most importantly sign the back of your ticket as soon as you buy it. that's the best way to ensure your ticket will not get stolen by anyone. >> chris, thank you.