i want to rebuild the middle class in california. i think governor bryan means well, he's -- brown means well. you know it's not that long ago we used to have the best schools in america here in california. but they're ranked 48th out of 50th. ft. i know we can turn this around. i didn't come from a rich powerful family. my parents were immigrants, i was a middle class kid. because i was able to get a good job and work hard i know we can rebuilt the middle class if we work hard and aim high. protect the water in the middle of california, and in the south, while balancing what is right for the north, and the water rights of the northern california rights holders it's going to take something like the proposition 1 that will be on your ballot. and by the way i hope people vote for proposition 1 that is the water bond. >> your time is up. 30 seconds neel kashkari on the water. >> i'm very concerned about the tinls. $25 billion for the tunnels. infrastructure projects take the bay bridge, many billions of dollars over budgets many years la

the california debate, the raise for governor 2014 from the studios of the california channel. your question next is to mr. kashkari. >> mr. kashkari, six years ago, banfornia voters approved a on same-sex marriage proposition 8. you were one of the 130 conservatives who signed a brief urging that the u.s. supreme prop 8. overturn how do you explain your position to the people of california who supported prop 8? >> i want the government out of our lives and like governor brown i thought that that law was wrong banning same-sex marriage. if two people want to get married that is between the two of them and god and god bless and i hope they have a wonderful life whoever they are. rebuilding the class. the government should stay out of our lives. i applauded governor brown and forattorney general exercising discretion in not fliesing the case which in the face of what governor brown said earlier today. appropriate discretion and i applauded him appealingthat in not the prop 8 ruling. i wish he could use the same discretion in fighting for poor minority kids in california. >> jerry

>> the california highway patrol will protect the rights of all california drivers and we are still foytingwith the obama administration to get a mark that we feel will not lead to discrimination. but the most important thing is so many people over a million people will be able to legally drive to work and that has been really a shock thing that we depend on labor but won't let them legally get to the job. we will not let the difference and it is a difference because the federal law requires an indication this is not good for federal identification purposes. it is only good for california. but that is a big thing. there were people who were getting arrested, taking kids to school, go together job site or going out to the farms. i think the big thing is california is empowering so many good hard-working californiaons and its really in the face of no action in washington, gridlock like we used to have in sacramento before i got there. places in shambles. we didn't have a water plan. didn't have pension reform. we had a huge wall of debt. we are getting stuff together and with respect to immig

the communities of los angeles long beach working with the california emergency and the homeland security recently visited almost $6,000 those are installed. this investment has made california early warning ready thanks to the commitment of the mayor and we're looking forward to seeing this happen across all of california. the economic impact of an earthquake optional the west coast will not only be affected by rather than the rest of the world. 5 of the 10 buses idiot along the west coast and the two busiest in the earthquake country the businesses depends on those could be tlaejd. shackle alert can help reduce earthquake losses but the system is not yet completely complete for this reason a technical plan was outlined to move shake alert into full operation providing are alerts to the public and businesses across the west coast states the plan calls for adding foreseen sources and strengthening data and rigorously testing the system. the plan lays out how the system will be managed in providing opportunity for private businesses carrying out this plan and plans in california require a

the partners are cal tech and uc berkley the california governor's office of emergency services and in the patrick northwest washington. together we're monitoring earthquake activity and able to provide critical tools to make our nation less vulnerable for loss of life due to earthquakes. the earthquake early warning system has been one the goals tennis sits inception now after work of investment from the generous foundation the u u u.s. g f with the state partners and individuals from the private sector have been able to develop the earthquake early warning that's been delivering earthquake warnings to test users for 2 and a half years the first time that's been successful in capturing earthquakes if california including the napa earthquake so we're really pleased that the staivengs is enthusiastically purring this we're pleased that the goals are to provide public alert thank you lieutenant governor newsom and; isn't that right pedia for moving it on and the mayor not only mayor ed lee here 90 in san francisco but mayors over the past years in san francisco that have

it was a relatively small studio at the california channel. anted to have a clean production there. kashkari campaign had not raised any issues about sitting until sunday when they informed us that the candidate not only didn't want to sit but would not sit. and that raised a lot of issues about fairness, about the way you shoot a television program. we continued to have discussions with them. they continued to say no way. and the media organizers, which was kqed, the "los angeles times," "telemundo 52," from l.a., and the california channel all got together and said, look, you're going to have to agree to the rules that we've been telling you the whole time, or we're going to cancel the debate. we gave them until the morning of the debate, thursday morning, and about two minutes before our deadline, they said, okay, we don't want to do it, but we'll do it. and that was the case there. so, yeah, it was an odd kind of play behind the scenes there. there was also a little tension, i think a nervousness when the two candidates came in the studio.

the california debate, the raise for governor 2014 from the studios of the california channel. your question next is to mr. kashkari. >> mr. kashkari, six years ago, banfornia voters approved a on same-sex marriage proposition 8. you were one of the 130 conservatives who signed a brief urging that the u.s. supreme prop 8. overturn how do you explain your position to the people of california who supported prop 8? >> i want the government out of our lives and like governor brown i thought that that law was wrong banning same-sex marriage. if two people want to get married that is between the two of them and god and god bless and i hope they have a wonderful life whoever they are. rebuilding the class. the government should stay out of our lives. i applauded governor brown and forattorney general exercising discretion in not fliesing the case which in the face of what governor brown said earlier today. appropriate discretion and i applauded him appealingthat in not the prop 8 ruling. i wish he could use the same discretion in fighting for poor minority kids in california. >> jerry

the california constitution did not allow slavery. there is a big battle over what it's like and what it's not like because these are terms today in the sense to make it confusedly are asked to pick your race. i'm kind of all of the above. all of the above is not there. and the way the constitution wound up in terms of raising citizenship as they couldn't agree. if you are telling us nonwhites don't have rights, defining it. the u.s. law of courses common law. let a judge and jury decide. of course latinos agree, but they didn't trust away completely. they put in the post of nonwhites could be made citizens. they left the loophole open and provided for rights for married women. well come you have to understand california suddenly molded this discovery. california wants to come in and asked for permission in 185015 time in mexico does. california is admitted almost immediately. new mexico had away for 62 years before 1912. what made the difference? the court obviously. so when california aspirate missions, the slave states were in a not

>> the california highway patrol will protect the rights of all california drivers and we are still foytingwith the obama administration to get a mark that we feel will not lead to discrimination. but the most important thing is so many people over a million people will be able to legally drive to work and that has been really a shock thing that we depend on labor but won't let them legally get to the job. we will not let the difference and it is a difference because the federal law requires an indication this is not good for federal identification purposes. it is only good for california. but that is a big thing. there were people who were getting arrested, taking kids to school, go together job site or going out to the farms. i think the big thing is california is empowering so many good hard-working californiaons and its really in the face of no action in washington, gridlock like we used to have in sacramento before i got there. places in shambles.

a fact seminar alex pedia the senator of the valley and he authored senate bill 135 mandating the california will build an earthquake system by 2016. here hesitate (clapping.) thank you richard reminded me that will speak into the microphone. good afternoon and thank you, thank you, thank you so much for not only our work and xrrns in making the commitment to convene here at uc berkley for this year's gant to help us move the ball forward in california. in parts due to the introduction we're pitting this exhibitions in an concept my directed is from southern california including this community known as northridge we celebrated this year or recognized the 20th anniversary of the northridge earthquake this mayor in the san francisco bay area will age actress the that twooiblth i 25th anniversary of the other earthquake we're aware of that this is the tenth day anniversary of the napa quart the last reminder of the urgency for which we need to act in california to deploy an earthquake he early warning system to help electrical. that's our bottom line. you know, enclosing gloss to earthquake i a

we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the california line is mostly locals. the commuters in the morning, i see a lot of the same people. we don't have as tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have

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and as far as letters of support, there are none recorded with the california department of alcoholic beverage control. and the police department at this point, along with the alcohol licensing unit recommends approval of his business. okay, thank you very much. >> colleagues, any questions for lieutenant santos in no questions, and why don't we go on to public xhept. comment. >> we have at least one speaker card from michael nulty on this item, if there is any member of the public that would like to speak, come forward and you have three minutes. >> i have hand outs. the overhead please. the entertainment commission has adopted methods of acceptable out reach, i don't know if this committee has done that. and they are going through this process now. and i think that it is only prudent that you as dealing with permits may to be on the same page. and it only makes sense and i know that you muddle through and i appreciate that and you muddle through the beginning of your committee starting this committee, through trying to figure out what will be the acceptable ways of doing out reach a

the difference? old obviously. however, california was the free state by constitution. n california asked for admission, slave states were in an uproar because the admission was to upset the balance in the senate between free and slave states for the missouri compromise of 1820. because this had been part of mexico in the big issue during the compromise was the west have been free soil. the mexican constitution could slavery be extended? that was the whole debate. california came in as a free state. the compromise should've been slave territory, but we jumped the line. slave states are furious. they got that greatly enhance fugitive slave act. they got the popular sovereignty since states and territories thereafter would decide whether they would be free or slave rather than limited by the missouri compromise line. eventually the kansas by fax. basically it's a freeze it led to the civil war. the gold rush attracted tens of thousands of latino minors for mexico, central america and south america. tens of thousands. so the latin american immigrants arrived. they met, inte

in the context of what the broadside it makes sense you would be required to pay attention to california law as all of you are aware when you do not precede in the manner required by law our decisions are null and when the court finds you didn't follow state law he'd avoid our decision. i want to make the point for the record you, of course, are required to look at state law. i argued you believe that the question was directed to the city attorney was the board sees a direct conflict between state i city law what should we do. i understood although i was mistaken that the city attorney advised you to the extent you perceive a direct conflict between a state law and city law you should ignore state law and follow city law that's not correct. i think i must have understood what the city attorney said for reasons i've explained. you are required to look at state law and precede in that manner to the extent city law it in conflict with state law it's preempted. fm in my final mini want to briefly for the record make a couple of points on the merits. so my understanding of indicting can becau

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

what has been the role of california in the gardens and the american environmentalists? >> good question. california has always had an outside influence on and off just california but on the rest of the country and the rest of the world because in a sense it is so visual everything is bigger here in seminole valley and s-sierra and the thought of the desert. it's a landscape that is just powerfully iconic and it's also a climate that is release active. so you draw people here to live in the kind of splendor of nature. too many people come here and we get back into the same public that we already had. you can only run so far individually for you is a kind of, is our national trauma and obama quite large. it's also the case that environmental politics and environmental formation and rhetoric really matured into a form you from david brower in the sierra club and based in northern california. but modern environmentalism tickets shape probably here. then the second part of your questions about gardens, and i think the modern garden did emanate from california. it came out of

this is straight from the weather service in the southern california mountains. record heat, record power use on monday. good news, onshore flow for us we'll talk about when it may rain in a few minutes. >> paul, thank you. the middle of the worst drought in decades, california finally closing the tap on ground water. governor brown today signed a three bill package to require more active management of ground water. so other states have already been doing. unregulated ground water has led to sinking land and damage to aqua firs and the roads. the rain is certainly coming down in arizona. people are bracing for a torrential downpour. in arizona, it's very hard. residents gearing up with the sandbags ahead of tonight's storm. flash flood warnings are in effect up to 4 inches of rain in the forecast. mike telling us the destruction has bay area travelers in cabo tonight. >> it was saturday night. a joyous time for soon to be bride lea and zoni with pal and sisters adriana. hashtag #neverwanttoleave. this was monday. the no food. no water. no clean clothes. >> swept a

california. >> how dare you hurt the farmers in california. >> how the story unfolded internationally. >> are you storing food in these sheds? >> are we? >> and the sweeping changes. >> this came to light because of your sterling investigation. >> here is nbc bay area investigative reporter vicky nguyen. >> good evening and they think for joining us. in the next half hour we investigate how your food is handled from farm to table. tonight we show you how we uncovered the illegal action of the world's largest food distributor, sysco corporation. it started with a whistle blower. first more on the company at the center of our story. >> shares surging talking about sysco. >> sysco corporation is publicly traded company with annual sales of $44 billion in 2013. sysco provides food to more than 400,000 clients across north america. >> the good things come from sysco. >> after buying u.s. foods sysco corporation secured its foothold as an industry giant delivering food everywhere. from restaurants and hotels to hospitals and schools, sysco even supplies food for the diner here at nbc bay area. if you h

a tremendous amount of rainfall falling off the california coastline. this is what will be in our backyard, everybody getting a chance of rain thursday morning. the average rainfall for the entire month of september, not that much. san jose, san francisco, less than a quarter of an inch. santa rosa, less than half an inch. any rain in september is bonus rainfall and we will get it tomorrow. what we are getting is a mild and muggy night again. concord, 62, san jose, 62. san rafael, 60. big time storm system. there it is swirling and heading to the pacific northwest. two or three inches of rainfall up there. thankfully, the low is dragging the front with it. far northern california continues to get drenched tomorrow morning, by tomorrow night, the rain makes it here, the front makes it here and our best chance is late wednesday night through the morning rush coming up on thursday. as for timing, we will break it down for you with the future cast. cloud cover throughout the day wednesday. by 10:00, 11:00 at night, the showers begin to cross the golden gate.

the climate has a 70% climate match to california, great for us. ant the enemies to be preadapted to the hot dry summers and cold damp winters. >> in pakistan he found a parasitic wasp species. >> what we see under the scope with the camera and the video screen is biology in action. >> she is laying app egg now. >> that's what she's doing. >> the egg is laid. what's to that lar va. >> the egg will hatch. the wasp lava will scrape away at the belly of the citrus. >> the parasitic wasp weakens and kills its host. >> the female is chewing the circular hole in the head region. even though it's followed out, it provide application. >> reporter: this adult is basically chewing its way out of a carcass. >> that's right, an empty carcass. like something out of the exor sis, like spinning a head. here she comes, she's popping out. this is like the alien scene in "alien", eating the host from the inside out. she is done. cleans herself off. straitens out the wings, and then -- straightens out the wings and she takes off. >> releasing the wasp would be a natur

the gentleman from california. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i yield three minutes to my friend and colleague a member of the committee on armed services, the distinguished gentleman from colorado, mr. lamb born. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. lamb born: i rise today in strong support of the mckeon antidepressant to authorize the training and equiping of appropriately vetted members of the syrian opposition. i believe that chairman mckeon has crafted language which strikes the appropriate balance between giving the president the authority he hasst requesting while also ensuring that congress maintains oversight of our efforts to combat isil. however, let me be clear. we are only here today because of president obama's weak and failed leadership. my criticism of the president is not about party politics or about his style of leadership, but -- but is based simply on his failed foreign policy. syria is a case study in obama's failed policy he drew an arbitrary red line and spectacularly failed t

the gentleman from california, mr. mckeon, reserves. the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi, is recognized. . mr. garamendi: i yield five inutes to the gentleman from the foreign relations committee, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding to me. my colleagues, there are only bad choices left in syria and iraq, but in my opinion, the worst choice of all would be to do nothing. this is an attempt to do something. i want to commend chairman mckeon. i rise in strong support of the mckeon amendment, which would authorize and train and equip mission for the vetted moderate syrian opposition. again, the worst choice would be to do nothing. this is an attempt to do something. it's urgent that we do it now. every day we wait is a day longer isis gets stronger and the opposition gets weaker. now, i think it should be plainly stated that this is a separate issue from aumf. this is separate. this is talking about aiding and abetting the vetted syrian opposition. now,

much kudos to all the local authorities throughout california working very closely in calculation with the state and conversely with our federal partner early on they came together and the white house has been on this president obama has been out here himself so see the impact of the event and they've been forthcoming with resources they e very rapidly i want to appreciate their effort our our emergency operation centers the state and regions we're holding weekly calls with our operation areas to be able to get that input that feeding that information of what's happening on the ground to act very rapidly to and i judge trial those become greater a challenges and particularly the ones running out of water they're a heavy loss. the governor was working with the legislation schematic and moving forward with emergency drought legislation it includes over $21 million in rental and housing assistance through the housing development. much of that is already been looked to individuals and families that have been disbecause of the drought and $15 million of drinking water fund to the control bo

. >> how dare you hurt the farmers in california. >> tonight how the storyunfolded internationally. >> are you storing food in these sheds? >> are we? >> and the sweeping changes across the food industry thinking came to light because of your sterling investigation. >> here is nbc bay area investigative reporter vicky nguyen. >> good evening and thank you for joining us. in the next half hour, we investigate how your food is handled, from farm to table. tonight we'll show you how we uncovered the illegal actions of the world's largest food distributor. sysco corporation. our reports resulted in a landmark settlement to better protect public health. it all started with a whistle-blower who wanted to but first, more on the company at the center of our story. [ closing bell ] >> shares surging, talk about sysco. >> reporter: sysco corporation is a publicly traded company. >> sysco. >> sysco. >> sysco. >> the food service distributor -- >> reporter: with annual sales of $44 billion in 2013, sysco provides food to more than 400,000 clients across north me. >> the

office of the district attorney to renew its current agreement with the california victim compensation and government claims board, an agent of the state of california, for a revolving fund in the amount of $75,000 to be used to pay for verified funeral/burial, relocation, crime scene clean-up, and other emergency loss expenses for eligible homicide victims for the period of july 1, 2014, through june 30, 2017. city clerk: sf 61234 >>president david chiu: same house same call? this resolution is adopted. item 7. city clerk: item 7: agenda7.140922[accept in-kind gift - vera institute of justice - prosecution and racial justiceprogram technical assistance - $408,654]sponsor: breedresolution retroactively authorizing the office of the district attorney to accept an in-kind gift of prosecution and racial justice program technical assistance valued at $408,654 from the vera institute of justice for the grant period of january 1, 2014, through june city clerk: sf 71234 >>president david chiu: same house same call? this resolution is adopted. next item. city clerk: item 7:

speaking of partnerships thank you to the california transportation state bryan kelly for leading the transportation and caltrain staff to tour san francisco's project last prei was pleased to join with the mayor and supervisor mar to receive the ferry building we began a tour of the embarcadero freeway roadway with its trolley service along the sidewalk and we toured the transit center that will provide transit access to replace the access from the last facility and we've going to move forward. the group continued along market street to learn will the car sharing and bike sharing as well as the van ness bus rapid transit they finished the site of the two freeway parcels that will provide one thousand units of housing 50 percent affordable housing. looking this is transforming the city to be more liveable and sustainable there are addresses to our landscape thank you to all the leaders for participating in this productive day we'll not be meeting in august due to the next recess and the next is the 23rd my public comment on item 3 >> you can just come in up you don't need to raise you

what's behind the bounceback for california >>> even with holes in the walls and books spilled out on the floor, schools demonstrated how safe they are during an earthquake. public schools in california have to adhere to seismic codes but not private schools. san francisco wants to change that. the cost for some would be huge. lyanne melendez is live to explain what's at stake here. >> reporter: this public school building is perhaps one of the safest buildings if there were to be an earthquake. now the city of san francisco is not sure it can say that about all private schools and it's important that they know because in san francisco 24,000 students attend private schools. that's one-third of all students in the city. here's a public school recently upgraded. a concrete wall has been attached to the bricks. and cross bracing helped reenforce the building structure. >> i'm confident that in an earthquake life safety, which is what earthquake codes are all about, we would fair very well. >> reporter: but private schools have not been required to undergo any kind of seismic retrofiting

with that, this meeting is adjourned. [ gavel ] >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets 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 t

current version of the draft, there is still a criteria that refers to criminal threats defined by the california penal code and while the police officers know what that means, i don't think that the average parent will understand what is covered by that and so our suggestion is to spell that out a little bit more to explain, the threats of the great bodily injury. and other than that, we are very grateful that a lot of the feedback that we gave was incorporated into the policy and, we think that it is a lot stronger now, in preventing unintended consequences of people being afraid to contact police for help,, if they knew that there would be an automatic referral to the child protective services >> thank you. >> one last thing, that you may want to know about it, and especially commissioner, melara, there is a referral card that we are going to put together with the packet that the officers have to hand for our victims when we go to a scene, explaining exactly what is happening as far as the cps referral, and i have given that card, that referral card that we are looking at to the occ, to marian

office of housing and community development to submit an application and related documents to the california debt limit allocation committee to permit the issuance of residential mortgage revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $375,000,000 for 1500-1580 mission street; authorizing and directing the director to direct the controller's office to hold in trust an amount not to exceed $100,000 in accordance with cdlac procedures; authorizing the director to certify to cdlac that the city has on deposit the required amount; authorizing the director to pay an amount equal to such revenue bonds; approving, for purposes of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended, the issuance and sale of residential mortgage revenue bonds by the city in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $375,000,000; authorizing and directing the execution of any documents necessary to implement this resolution; and ratifying and approving any action heretofore taken in connection with the project as defined herein, and the application as defined herein. ~ mission street. >> okay, thank you. >>

the california science team will be racing and celebrating claudia's birthday. and later today we'll be honoring jonathan foley, the new director of indicated -- academy and sciences. he's been hitting the ground of the academy and i want to thank general manager quan for keeping us informed of the great thngs happening at the academy as well. thanks to director greg farrington. the last one, this coming friday is the chinatown north beach college campuses citizenship day and i will be with -- who i taught many years ago to honor citizenship and fair and just pathway of citizenship for everyone. this day of celebration began 30 years ago in the 80s during the immigrants rights movement to celebrate the success of our immigrant families, city college and other students and all instructors for all of their hard work. please join us friday morning from 10:30 to 11:30 as well. the rest i will submit. city clerk: supervisor wiener. >>supervisor scott weiner: thank you. colleagues, today i'm introducing legislation regarding streetlights. we held several major hearings