so the pg & e's green tariff application has actually been ready for a california puc decision since late may of this year. and under senate bill 43, which was signed by the governor late last year, the california puc was to issue a decision on the green tariff in the month of july. that decision is still pending. based on the status of the application at the puc at this california puc i would estimate that we could see a puc green tariff launch some time in the spring of 2015. powers in regulatory affairs has been a party to the pg & e green tariff case since it was filed in the spring of 2012. consistent with the recommendations of the 2011 update on electric and resource plan we have supported the adoption of a green tariff program for pg & e for renters and others in san francisco that do not have access and cannot store their on-site generation have the anlt -- ability to support new program. we developed a program to support the development of renewable energy in california and san francisco that would be transparent and designed fairly and equitably and promote the development

these fertile lands he had feed the nation. california produces nearly half of america's fruits, nuts and vegetables, but without water, these fields because a dust bowl. the impact is widely felt. with nearly 430,000-acres left unplanted and the loss of 17,000 jobs, the drought is costing california $2.2 billion. for the nation, there will be an increase in food prices for years to come. >> if it's dryer, it's going to be a disaster the world has never seen before. >> what will you do then? >> it's scary to think about it. >> dry spells and droughts are common here. bringing water is an engineering feat. twenty reservoirs transfer water to the central valley through >> these images show just how depleted some of california's reservoirs are today. these all time low water levels can be seen from space. i visited nasa's propulsion lab where they track water availability. >> we will be seeing more of this in the future and not just california, but across the whole southwestern united states, a more prolonged drought could become the no norm

it's the busiest port of entry in california. st of what you see today wasn't there then because it was overrun by illegal immigrants. there was no fence, there were no lights, there were no cameras, so it really served as the focal point for everything that was wrong with our immigration policy. >> nunez said the measure tapped into public anger over illegal immigration. >> they had recently done a study at the cost of the taxpayers, and it was in the billions of dollars. so the idea was we needed to save california from this ongoing invasion from mexico. >> public outrage over illegal immigration was so strong that some democrats, including senator diane feinstein, who was up for reelection that year, started talking tough on border security. >> many nights, 3,000 illegal immigrants try to cross this border. our border patrol agents are outnumbered 60 to 1. >> one of the few california republicans who spoke out against prop 1878 was ron hunz. he challenged governor wilson in the 1984 primary, warning that anti-immigrant measures

teachers association and the faculty not only sf state. >> city colleges all the educators in california are supporting me because of my commitment to education the reason their supported me they know i will make education my top priority it's shameful we're 49 in california it's also shameful our california state system is there funded we have 20 thousand young people eligible to enroll in the indicating state system because the state didn't say have the money but as we talk about the education we talk about we need criminal justice reform and move away from prisons to use the money to fund our schools (clapping.) all right. well on that note let's talk about the states prisoner local realignment policy and it's prelims what should we do about the prison system supervisor chiu. >> i think you started the last one. >> okay. go ahead sorry. >> i think that san francisco has happened with realignment in the way it san francisco has handled that issue is a model for the rest of the country the fact is we have demonstrated we can have public safety in a jurisdiction and have fewer people in

activities report, a, status update on clean power sf program and b, status update on proceedings at the california public utilities commission. >> jason creed, lafco staff. yesterday we got the final staff version from the build out that is available to look at on the web site under the what's new section. at this point it's a very low bust large report, it's 190 pages in length but there is a nice shorter executive summary. i encourage everyone to look at it and get any comments or feedback to it. at this point we're trying to correct any errors in it, the consultants have put some of their feedback into it. i have a position of not intervening with the consultants' opinion, their opinion will be their opinion by the end of the day. i would like to get comments back by november 7 so we can bring it back to you in the december meeting which will be the final final, but i think pretty much what we have in the report will be in the final. the biggest problem and issue you will find is they have a hard time trying to figure out what an energy efficiency program looks like without knowing what the rat

shackle out the largest earthquake drill in california history that long bell will instrumental the benefit begins shall i is marina pan dozen i'm mayor ed lee the mayor of the san francisco i'm down here with you on the great shack out to practice our safety in case there's a big earthquake and students if i may say this you have a whiff principle and great teachers here but i think the most important part i say that the students of marina middle school are the greatest students of san francisco i saw that i saw that directly i was in one of our classrooms today you are getting ready you are joining over 52 thousand students in the entire san francisco unified school district get ready for disaster and earthquake and our also joining some 10 million students across the state of california on t this great shakeout thank you yourself learning to do in your classroom what our learning to get ready for the first 72 hours our california strategist emergency services and pillow and fire they're here to support the fact you'll take the megs message back home to our parents and family and

also signed a bill regulating ground water pumping in the california. and they were the last state to do that. now that is a big deal in the central valley in particular. a story in the "new york times" how small touwns are running ou of water because farmers are putting straws in the ground basically z sucking out the water. >> and they had some victories and lost a few too. >> one of the big priorities was fracking. they would have liked to see a moratorium on that. the governor made it clear testifies he wasn't goi he wasn't going there. >> and also lost a ban on or kah wails and entertainment as well. also gun control. >> that was a big deal. obviously for people, what the bill does is allows family members to seek a restraining order to take guns away from family members they feel have mental health problems and guns. gun control advocates very happy. some law enforcement groups mixed and some gun rights are very unhappy. so this may wind up in court. >> saying it would violate the civil libtds. >> second amendment. >> right. >> look at the bill gov

will safe, for example, the california drivers license laws. you had said that you are not collaborating with the federal government; however, there are concerns in urity this country and california is not exempt from that. so if you could expand a little bit on some of the measures the state is taking for screening and vetting individuals for safety concerns. >> just as a city id, we went to this rulemaking process in terms of how to identify the person. a long we went through we are ing process, but operating under, i think, the rightful assumption that not every immigrant is a terrorist -- >> they are not all innocent, either. >> correct, correct, but the of folks here -- nothing would have stopped what happened on september 11. understanding that, i think we, in our departments, are doing everything we can to we identify the person, we know who the person of a nd it is kind challenge -- a balancing act -- how do we encourage folks and understand that a person seeking a drivers license, they want to identify themselves. able to take be their

next week is the global summit happening in southern california. me of our biggest partners are some of the biggest companies in the world. general electric, johnson & johnson, sprint, these are all companies that come to the table because they want to have a hand in helping shape the future and they see companies like echo that connor is doing as part of that. >> there's a severe gender gap in tech. women make up half of all in the country yet only 25% of the workers in science and computers. do you work to promote women in technology. >> absolutely. on a broad scale cairo spent many years developing a wide pipeline to develop the talent in the world but we also need more older women as examples of entrepreneurs we have a mentorship program and we actively recruit older wise female entrepreneurs that can help guide the next generation. >> we know about echo. what's some of the other products that you're excited about that will be demoed at next week's conference? >> sure we have everything from mind controlled robotic lenses. the next generation of

bob ross, the president of the california endowment. is one in a series of evening conversations that we have about issues of the day. typically health and civic-minded issues of the day. this particular conversation tonight is timely and compelling and powerful. this issue, the topic of this issue and the timing of it is interesting for me personally. it goes back 30 years for me when i was a practicing pediatrician in a clinic in camden, new jersey. 1984 is when crack cocaine hits the streets of urban america. and when some evil genius invented crack cocaine, it made cocaine -- which is an intensely addictive, intensely euphoric, short-acting drug which was previously not very available to low income people and low income families because it was too expensive -- but when crack was invented, the affordability of crack are, of cocaine went down from hundreds of dollars, a hundred dollars and higher to $5. and crack cocaine swept the nation and influenced the neighborhood that i practiced in seeing more premature babies and more infant m

when it comes to ada, and in which being a bus person, i am used to having to pay attention to the california ada, is that true for rail roads too or is that an indense where it is the federal ada that has to be done and california really has no discretion to or anything else? >> we have a series of conflicting requirements right now, we have the existing cpuc requirements that requires the set back in the platform and that is in direct conflict with what the fda requirements are and the federal requirements for the three inch gap and we have to go ahead and get that reconciled and get a waiver from cpuc in order to go ahead and construct those platforms, so that they will conform to the federal requirements. and fta will be providing some of the funding for the program, and the expectation, is that they will be looking for us to precisely meet that ada requirement. >> the federal requirement. >> yeah. >> and so the cpc, looks like you are anticipating you will have to say, and we will do that. >> and that is just, and we have to have the conversation with them if we have not had that convers

it's worth pointing out that the case that came out of california in which a state court has struck the california ban on same-sex marriage written into the constitution the referendum and it comes up to the supreme court in the supreme court allows the state court decision to stand but on burying narrow grounds that do not apply to any of the existing same-sex marriage bans throughout the country. the court basically said we are allowing the california state court decision to stand which means in california the same-sex marriage ban is overturned that our decision does not affect any of the many same-sex marriage bans around the country so it was a very narrow careful decision and if they were forced to confront the issue, if they are facing a congress that is hostile to the idea of legalizing same-sex marriage absolutely would be afforded by congress. >> host: what is it about the house of representatives? >> guest: glad you asked. this is another thing that seems to indicate how these incentives written into the constitution seem to have an effect even if people don't realize that th

tomorrow afternoon. >> before arriving in san francisco, the president was in southern california and designated 350,000 acres as a national monument, protecting it from development. we'll have a live report from san francisco where the president is hosting a fundraiser tonight. >>> the minimum wage is set to increased. starting july 2015 the minimum wage jumped to 10.30 an hour. city councilmembers approved the plan last night. a second reading of the proposal is scheduled for later this month. >>> the state attorney general as opened an independent investigation related to the deadly pipeline explosion. e-mails were obtained showing the probe is focused on the california public utilities and the communication with pg & e. >>> the blue angles roared across san francisco today. it was the second day of practice for this weekend's air show and tense of thousands are here foughtier -- tens of thousands are here for the event. it caked off with the parade of navy ships. >> reporter: san francisco has had an off and on love affair for three generations, and now it appears that love affair

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the permit for ride sharing is the first deal for a california airport. san francisco-paced sidecar specifics operations to me begin at sfo in 30 days and the airport is in discussions with rivals uber and lyft. >>> now the weather forecast. there is rain. >> meteorologist mike nicco is in the elements. good morning, mike. >> good morning, to you, we are at the ferry building where we have been dealing with drizzle but nothing steady or heavy so far. that doesn't mean that could not be happening in your neighbor. a look at what is going on with live doppler hd and give you an idea of where the wet weather is falling this morning. i had driving in from the east bay this morning and you can see how scattered this shower is so 65 or 70 percent of us are dealing with light rain and showers this morning whether it is on the peninsula, to pacifica, coming in that way, we have many others that are going to receive just enough rain through the valley and to the altamont pass, it will make the ground slick. i am sure leyla gulen has been telling you to slow down. i

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>> particularly the state level. california is exhibit a, it is just the charge has clash with each other, as the prison numbers went un, support for higher education, and it is a question now i think of policy makers and the voters say where do they want to be a generation from now do they want to continue to build, or do they want to instead build college classrooms. >> we will be back with more inside story, on al jazeera america, after a short break, when we return, i will ask my guests whether being ready to accept a marginally higher rate of some crimes can be leveraged against the huge cost of keeping someone behind bars. a cost benefit analysis, stay with us. we are back with inside story. california's proposition 47 this time on the program, a proposal on the ballot dui that would drop a group of crimes from the felonies to million dollarss. bringing along with that lighter penalties. ray schubert do you oppose this for all these on the list or just some of these that you see danger in. >> i think all the crimes they h

. >> item 15 contract renewal for the california department of health care services mental health services for the period july through june 20th 2015. >> same house same call, this resolution is adopted [gavel] ~ >> next item. >> >> [speaker not understood] and a 55 year lease and access license to the friends of the geneva office building and power house for the rehabilitation and use of the building and power house for cameron beach rail yard. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to thank supervisor farrell for co-sponsoring this legislation and for his actual reaching out to folks on the geneva office building board. that will be that partnership that is starting will be very helpful as will this lease disposition and development agreement will be for enabling the fund-raiser to actually have documents to show that we're making progress on the permitting for the site. so, excited to have your support, colleagues. thank you. >> colleagues, can we do this same house same call? without objection this resolution is adopted [gavel] >> next item. >> item 17 is a resolut

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we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard abo