god bless you and god bless the state of california. god bless you (clapping.) ll, now we know why we're here (laughter) he was leading the battle, of course, we're here. thank you very much assemblyman i see demeanor hall. i want to mention a couple of other elected officials. supervisor kim is here and supervisor cowen and dennis is here. he was the supervisor he was a mayor of san francisco. and he's now our lieutenant governor he is the person here representing the k4ru6 branch of california i'm talking about our lieutenant governor and we know that is gavin newsom (clapping.) hell i was supposed to do the introduction eleanor what was that i've got nothing left (laughter) >> seriously i was about to walk away. you're welcome to come back and finish your speech. damn (laughter) that ain't right (laughter) i was trying to figure out how the hell we got here today. i got to thinking it make sense; right? this bridge brings people together and casts a big shadow. it's very, very expensive to maintain (laughter) and when theirs gridlock it's the first thing we co

board, not only just in california. the thing is california is leading the nation. many of you have heard of the terrible municipal bankruptcy in detroit which is the largest bankruptcy that has occurred in the nation. that bankruptcy was predictable, but it happened over time and it happened because of circumstances very similar to california. liberal democrats were in control for a long time. they did not use spending constraints. public employee unions controlled and dialect to various offices. the price was right with corruption. they got a lot of welfare into the city and ended up paying very high public employee salaries and have very high commitments to the public employee union pension funds. the city went completely bankrupt and is the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country. california led the way because prior to the jury the largest u.s. bankruptcy in the country was stockton here in california. stockton went into bankruptcy for exactly the same reason, for paying its public employees to much, for developing

is called the california performance review. among the other things with those it is of democrats michelle agreed to use to be the chancellor of the district of columbia's school system has an organization called students first and another one that we want to reform our schools. repaid teachers the top level of fourth graders are finishing 44th and 46 and 48. repair teachers at the top but the kids performed at the bottom. there is no accountability. texas does of better job to educate for a lot less. we need to learn from those moderate democrats with that meaningful standardized testing. you take standard test all the time but some people say we just have to take the test. it is meaningless and will not affect the ability to graduate. we should have a test you should take to graduate. and those should be used to measure the accomplishments of teachers and how teachers should be paid if they need training or if they are doing good and students are doing good they should be emulated in other places. that is a reform that is neede

port authorities officially recognizes the 4rg9 different group as a group within the california division of port authority. we have a formal resolution come ratings that day everyone involved particularly observer team from san francisco and our team sister port if across the bay oakland to thank you. a little bit out of order i recognize richard to hear from the port of oakland. welcome across the bay >> welcome and thank you very much for the warm welcome. good afternoon commissioner president katz be vice president adams and commissioners, i guess someone is missing and executive director mirror. port of oakland port of san francisco staff and members of the public. thank you very much for the warm welcome i'm the director of the ports division of environmental ports and planning. i'm also here, of course, on behalf of chris literally he will and from the president of our board and all the port staff both at our seaport and the real estate area and the labor and trade to thank the port of san francisco for our commitment and engagement and leadership on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and

the presiding officer: the senator from california. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate shall proceed to executive session. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of john b. owens of california to be united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit. signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of john b. owens of california to be the united states circuit judge for the ninth circuit, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. rolevote: vote:

[speaker not understood] the california red legged frog season would impact reproduction, drying leg masses, further decrease of the population. not only will this activity be environmentally damaging, but it would require regular maintenance that would be costly. there is an alternative which is why water levels high enough to dry [speaker not understood]. this alternative addresses [speaker not understood] the current proposal lackseses. i am grateful for san francisco's environmental leadership and believe we he should live up to this reputation by requiring [speaker not understood]. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hello, thank you for your time. my name is ron aloe michaels and i'm a resident of south san francisco on the border of pacifica. i spend a good amount of time in san francisco and have lived in this area for over three years. i wanted to thank you for your time to listen to the proposal for alternative considerations. i would like to craft consideration of all reasonable alternatives before proceeding with the pumphouse project in question. i come to you with

the city. our organization has 800,000 members and 113,000 members in california. we urge the board to put aside the controversial and preliminary mitigated negative declaration for the pumphouse project. we further request that the direct the department to prepare an environmental impact report for the project. we are deeply concerned that the rec and park's judgment it would cause ecological harm that is not mitigated. the department prepared a mitigated negative declaration rather than environmental impact report. and as a result, no alternatives to this proposal were considered that means that none of us, you, the supervisors, the public, the commissioners have had an opportunity to review that accomplish the exact same goals the department has. which is to tree deuce aquatic vegetation. these options are less ecologically damaging and less expensive to i am metv. in fact, those appealing the mitigated negative declaration have submitted alternative to the department that preserves the ongoing availability of kwing and this alternative is better for the environm

state lover and the longest ever in the history of california (clapping) but i don't need to tell you the san francisco's and california's greatest sons went from a no brainier to one of california's biggest battles the naming of this bridge. it was indeed bavrm by fire. it was pure old school san francisco politics. it was classic willie l. brown junior. (clapping.) many local dignitaries may not recognize me. well, this is likely true since i proudly live and represent the good people of compton california and the surrounding areas of south los angeles but when alice the president of the naacp approached me honoring speaker brown i asked maimed brown how big will the sign be? quite honestly the first conversation was let's make it happen. bay area and media reports were be clever to figure out that compton was down the road if san francisco and why would a black boy be honoring this area. they began to quay what is a black man doing. the answer is quite simple. ladies and gentlemen, i stand before you to let you know that willie brown has impacted more people outside of san francisc

5% in the nation, 15% in california. minorities work together in coalition to get what they need, and they might find themselves trying to redefine what true political self-interest is. >> i'm glad you used the word minority because we need to clarify. in california and in six states, people of color, including asian americans, latinos and latin americans most impacted by this legislation are the majority of people in this state. so when we see legislation that tries to make our public institutions more equitable and diverse to reflect the population, it is simply responding to the needs of the population as it is. there is no such thing as a minority in the way that you -- and you defined it because now what you have is you have a very -- you said nuanced -- but we have a diverse set of communities in california that often come together, and i think the population is such now where we are at a juncture where we are -- the self-interest is the interest of what's best for the majority. >> supporters of prop 209 have a poin

but it did you the california administratored at the sfpuc do expect you to operate a community aretion ~ aggregate [speaker not understood]. i'd be happy to provide for you a copy of the memo that goes into more detail about these options because we did explore them, but we don't believe that we can pursue them at this time given the status of our cleanpowersf program. >> and wonder if there is a counter opinion to that, whether we can actually pursue them. we don't have customers, but we do have a framework for, you know, program. mr. freed? >> jason freed, lafco staff. i will not disagree with what ms. hale said. the one difference between the purchase, if i were moving this forward is actually go and talk with the cpuc if this was a good program, could we get money for the program if not addressing customers. one thing cpuc isn't able to do at this point, lafco could draft that letter on behalf of the board. as far as the cpuc is concerned, they have oversight over this program. [speaker not understood] could send a letter of inquiry to find out what the status is and how we could g

faculty association and the president of the california faculty association at san francisco state, and a tremendous leader that works behind the scenes in many ways to really empower women, students, and others in educational struggles throughout the state and in our city. she grew up in the boston area. you might hear that in her slight accent and she's here today with her husband rick claymore and friends from the outer richmond, karen mcnulty and others. she moved to the bear after college about the same time i did in the early '80s. ~ she's lived in the richmond for 30 years, and she's been a mom of a great daughter gabriella as well. [speaker not understood]. i draw strength and lessons from her by often watching her work. we first met in the '90s when we struggled to transform a college called new collectv to be more representative of the work force and lectures and teachers he and students as well and community ~. but i've seen how in the classroom at san francisco state in her classes where she is an expert in health equity, medical anthropology, human sexuality, and new soc

>> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top touristagnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to

the committee on page 22 of our report we point out that under the proposed contract between the california department of corrections and rehabilitation and the sheriff's department, the state will reimburse the sheriff's department for 56 inmates per day in the reentry pod not to exceed $6.42 million. however the sheriff's department estimates the average population of the inmates in the reentry pod will be 24, based on that the total estimated reimbursement for the sheriff's department about $2 million rather than the 4.2 million shown on table one on page 22. on page 23 of our report, the sheriff's department's total estimated incremental cost to,000 daily average population of 24 inmates in the city's reentry pod is $180,000 for approximately $5,000 less than the state's reimbursement of actually the city, if this is approved, the city will benefit to off set the city's general fund from the sheriff's department. that is because, supervisors, this refers to the incremental cost. there is a fixed staffing at the pod and there is no need with respect to this increase at 24 to in -- increa

and that was with this past week, up in sacramento and it was the california maritime leadership similar syposium and we started off with a commissioner's lunch and the director of the governor's office of business development was the keynote speaker and we were joined by representatives from or commissioners from i think every port in the state of california, okay land, stockton, and los angeles, and others, and we had the port staff that came and joined us as well, peter daily and jim, maloney and commissioner adams was there as well and included several members of the iowuu at the commission's lunch which was significant for everyone to break bread together. >> it was the best attended ever and had some really terrific presentations throughout the day. one of the keynote addresses was from leslie breakly the executive director from the america gateways and corridors and we had members of the core presenting and right of others and then that evening was when the port of san francisco received our award at a reception and included the members of the state legislature, and many of their

the first one is pictured here, the california red legged frog. i mostly want to draw your attention to the picture in the lower right-hand corner. that is the red legged frog egg mass. that's about a thousand eggs and a gelatinous mass the size of a grapefruit. that habitat there is largely open water as you can see so the sunlight can penetrate down to the eggs themselves. very little vegetation surrounding it. enough vegetation to attach the egg masses to, but not enough to shade it and crowd it. the san francisco garter snake is the other species of concern down there, also protected by the california endangered species act and federal endangered species act. it is illegal to harm these species in any way without a [speaker not understood] permit. it was admitted earlier the favorite food source of this endangered animal is the california red legged frog. so, to put this project in context, i'd like to give a little background. the property was transferred to the san francisco park and recreation department in 1917, and a requirement of that de

the golden state. goat cheese is increasing in popularity in california. d here at harley farms, they lieve in controlling all aspects of it, so that they get great taste and great quality. >> our secret ingredient is right here is in the grass that is grown in this wonderful soil. we are 2 miles from the ocean. so, that ocean air comes in and quite often it's foggy, especially during the summer and it brings in that foggy, salty air, which grows the grass that the goats eat and we consider that a secret ingredient. so, you see it on a lot of the menus all over the country now. even in cheese classes, a lot of the chefs are doing after- dinner cheese classes, which is great for small cheese makers like ourselves. this was so supported by the chefs. >> this segment is brought to you by the california farm bureau federation. sightseeing in california is a world tour of the chic and unique, all in one state. don't miss your exclusive tour when we come back. >> our dad used to say, when you work hard for something, protect it. >> that's why he got nationwide in

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only the industry of the type of private vehicles but also the regulation currently in police by the california public utilities commissions and how we as a local government can insure that we have common sense local regulations that really look at it and the wild west industry that sprouted up to 3,000 to 4,000 new vehicles on the street at key times in our city and i also wanted to say over the last seven years, uber type of private vehicles who are also called transportation network companies or tmcs, or also called ride shares have become extremely popular in the transportation choices in san francisco and beyond and in neighborhoods on the west side like mine i know that the history of accessing cabs have led to the people using more of their vehicles but as so-called, tmcs, moved away from the true donation based sharing of the economy model, there are growing concerns that their safety and accessibility policies are not sufficient, tscs have also provide a popular service, as taxis have left into the city and the residents complain to my office often about the taxi lack of responsiveness

department of control and the san francisco public health department and the california public health department and all the water board agencies are working in partnership with us to make sure that when the island is transferred we can be readily assured that the clean up is done to the allowable standards by regulators so everything we're documentation on treasure island is transparent and we'll hold public meetings our stakeholders can attend you can look at on the website and we believe in exactly what we're doctoring this is a development that's gone to transcend maybe 20 years when it's done treasure island yerba buena is the next designation in the bay area. we realize we are strategically located so we're not only looking at roads and transportation our goal is to try to alleviate the heavy traffic about that the bay bridge by spelling your last with the board of transportation so we're in the right communication with tilly to come up with a vibrant of plans that will help us to envision that 5 to 10 years if now we should be able to pass the bay bridge and be able to travel a

military and the california national guard. >> this follows an nbc bay area investigation highlighting the alleged sexual assault and subsequent termination of a member of the guard. now military women across the country are responding. >> chief investigative reporter tony kovaleski has the story. >> reporter: members of the national guard in other states say that jessica brown is not alone. military women saying they know what it is liked to be raped and forced to end their careers. >> we completely understand what she's gone through. we've been there. we've been pushed to the brink of death and it's not her fault. >> you can heal from this. >> reporter: three experienced military women responding to our regards about master sergeant jessica brown. >> i just wanted to stop. >> reporter: that was back in 2012, brown described in front of our cameras, her memories of a retaliation following a sexual assault. >> leadership has been told and they don't do anything about it. they throw it under the rug. >> reporter: the california national guard says it investigated the claims but the clai

[gavel] >> next item. >> item 17 is a resolution adopting findings under the california environmental quality act, including the adoption of a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and a statement of overriding considerations related to the peninsula pipelines seismic upgrade project in san mateo county. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 18 is a resolution authorizing the department of the environment to apply for a $250,000 grant from the california strategic growth council to create the biodiversity action plan, for the period of july 1, 2014, through june 30, 2015. ~ action plan. >> colleagues, can we take this item same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted. [gavel] >> next item. >> item 19 is a ordinance amending the planning code, zoning use district map zn01, to provide for eligibility to sell transferrable development rights for property at 133 - 135 golden gate avenue (st. bonafice church and rectory); and making environmental findings, and findi

but these are the california champs. no. those aren't the california champs.a champs. well. slaytor! slaytor! hey, kid, tell your coach to come on over here, will you? how you doing, sy? morrie, what's with the mix-up? there ain't any. we brought in another team. the first team didn't show up. they're standing right behind you. where the hell is their coach? coach's right here. hi, morrie. i'm mike leak. i've heard a lot about you. now...now just-- wait a minute, fellows. here, have a beer, morrie. morrie. come here a minute tell el paso to go home. they just got here. morrie, morrie, listen to me. look at this, the morning paper. these kids come out here to win the prize for their friend. that's a good story. people like good stories. i want this team, the team in the paper. it shouldn't be such a big thing, huh? catch you in the dome, morrie. that who we're playing? guess so. i knew they'd be wimps. i thought they were sending us bears, not pygmies. just shut your cruddy mouth, ya rednecks? make me, little man. hey, cool it, man. we'll get them later. come o

at the end we worked there the california terminals we worked that reduced the revenues, however, in subsequent years it will provide more revenues. the port based on the approval here today and the contract going going forward the terms of the agreement are in the staff report it's one it's 10 one year periods that's reluctant yearly. i'm here and the contractor is here for questions you may have >> so moved. >> any public comment? seeing none. commissioners >> yeah. i have to speak to this i'm supportive of this. this is something that's good for us and also the maritime administration this is one of the duties i know chip and i'll be there next week in his office i'm supportive this is something we should support and it's good to have him in our backyard it's producing revenue so i ask the commissioners to support this >> thank you peter. why does the rent decrease in the first year >> we calculated a rent package that is is for year one and two and begged them to take the 5 year term the rates will go up in the subsequent years we were faced with a 40 periods of time differential

research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have been doing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it