two budget bills that would do away with the state's 400 redevelopment agencies and give the money to local governments. the california redevelopment association are parties to the suit which is part of the california state supreme court. >>> a wild high-speed chase ended with a woman so raspy it started on interstate 80 and continued -- woman's arrest. it started on interstate 80 and continued onto side streets. highway patrol officers closed in on the vehicle with a gunshot and eventually the woman is handcuffed and taken away. >>> there is word tonight that police have shut down a private elementary school because of allegations of child abuse. it is focused on the owner and principal of the school. no charges have been filed, and he is not in custody. they have identified several victims with complaints going back 15 years. >>> crimes against lgbt on the rise. >> reporter: assistant district attorney victor lined prosecute a -- prosecutes hate crimes. one attack happened here june 26. the victim suffered a broken jaw. >> we had one individual who assaulted a person he thought was gay with two large tree branches. >> reporter: according to

the city redevelopment agency completes. the $11.4 million started in 2008, and are finishing up just as redevelopment agency fights to survive. the california redevelopment association filed a lawsuit with the state supreme court arguing the budget deal eliminating the 400 redevelopment agencies is un constitutional. >> this is an illegal way to go about doing something, what they're doing is redirecting money. at the end of the day, where money goes is the issue. >> the state argues legislature created redevelopment agencies in 1945 and has power to eliminate them. the deal closing a $27 billion short fall relies on $1.7 billion inappropriate tax revenue that was allocated to redevelopment agencies and now, must be spent on schools. >> the question is can they continue business as usual. >> the agents are responsible for projects ranging from the tech museum to affordable house goinging from a staff of 90 people to just eight today. if nothing changes it will cease to exist altogether on october 1. >> we're just going to proceed until we can. and hopefully, a lawsuit prevails and we can come back, slowly. >> because clocking ticking the lawsuit seeks to block chang

the week of california cities and the california redevelopment association, both of whom have claimed the bill is in conflict with prop. 22, which the voters bus last year. -- passed last year. it prohibits the state from diverting funds from local development. there's an interesting discussion to be had over the coming months about the impact going forward. the governor did sign that legislation jan 29. it is effective immediately. the city has until november 1 to make a decision about the alternative measure. the next thing i wanted to mention -- as you know, there are couple of ballot measures the board has based on the ballot. i sent a memo to staff, just reminding all of us the measure is on the ballot. staff is not allowed to use sudeep resources or spend city time -- to use city resources or spin city time. we can certainly -- and we have often been i asked -- to provide our analysis of the ballot measure, as long is it is impartial and does not advocate one way or another. one measure that is of interest to you, the proposal to prohibit demolition of 15 or more units on a sing

the national league of cities, as well as the california redevelopment association, have indicated strongly their attorneys have strong opinions that that was not legal. >> [inaudible] you said many times that you would not be running again for mayor. have you changed? with all of these campaigns asking you to run, what is your position? >> i tried not to pay too much attention to the people who have been starting the campaign to ask me to run. to the extent that i read and see it, i do appreciate that many people support what we are doing and how we are doing it. i enjoyed a lot of support, i think, not only internally from the government, but i think there are lot of people that agree with me. therefore, they believe that should automatically translate into my riding. there are two issues. -- running. i like that people are in joint what we are doing. it is much better than, you are a failure, get out of here. for me, the personal choice has debate with an understanding of why i came to do the job and under what circumstances. it is a personal choice that i had. i never wanted to be a pol

the state's efforts to dissolve redevelopment agencies. >> redevelopment allows people to work, to take that away is ludicrous. >> the league of california cities and the california redevelopment association filed the lawsuit on monday. >>> state budget cuts are forcing san francisco's superior court system to lay off 200 staff members in the next 60 days. ktvu consumer editor is reporting. >> reporter: frank, if justice delayed is justice denied, we are surely live in the state of denial. with 40% of its staff soon to be gone, san francisco superior courts already at a snail's pace may become paralyzed. that's where organizations such as jams are sure to grow. >> right now it may be one of the few options that's going to get people to resolve their problems if a reasonable -- in a reasonable amount of time. >> reporter: retired judge james warren is now a neutral arbitrator med yater for jams -- mediator for jams. >> according to presiding judge feinstein, if you file a complaint today you're going to get a trial date in 2016. in mediation, you can get your matter resolved in a few months. >> reporter: though mediation and arbitration still involve lawyers and evidence they're far less f

the state of california. california redevelopment association and league of cities says stwhait is trying to do violates proposition 22 passed by 61% of the voters and makes it illegal for state to seize or redevelopment dedicated to local governments. the improvements at the civic center may be the last big project they ever complete. the $11.4 million started in 2008, and are finishing up just as redevelopment agency fights to survive. the california redevelopment association file aid lawsuit with the state court arguing the budget deal is unconstitutional. >> what they're doing is redirecting the money. at the end of the day where money goes is the issue. >> the state argues the legislature created redevelopment agencies and has power eliminate them. the complex deal that closed a $27 billion budget short fall relies on $1.7 billion inappropriate tax revenue that was aloe indicated to redevelopment agencies and now must be spent on schools. >> this issue here is can the state continue business as usual? the legislature said no. >> the san jose is responsible for projects ranging from the tech museum to affordabl

front and center the california redevelopment association and the league of california cities even as the governor was being applaud ed for signing the budgt day early, they say they're going to file a lawsuit to challenge the budget that requires redevelopment agencies to send more monies to schools and local government. they say that money is supposed to help cities create jobs and entice company gross and expand so they can grow their econo economies. at least 50 cannot afford to go along with the budget plans. they'll have to lay off dozens of employees. >> what they've done is an extortion scheme where they say if you don't give us "x" amount of dollars, then we're going to abolish you and take the money anyway. so what they laughingly referred to as a voltaire payment is anything but a voltaire payment. it's a compulsory payment in order to continue carrying out local economic activities and it's brazenly illegal. >> reporter: opponents say this directly violates proposition 22 where they did not want the state to use redevelopment money to plug budget holes but budget backers a

the league of california cities and the california redevelopment agency association, excuse me, as widely expected filed a lawsuit this week challenging the segment of the state budget deal that calls for either eliminating local redevelopment agencies or relocating a lot of their money up into sacramento so it can be pushed out for other purposes. they say that this budget plan basically violates prop 22 which the voters just approved last no as a barrier against the state using local funds to balance its budget. the state, of course, feel s differently. the state senate president protem said this is perfectly legal, we're balancing redevelopment with public priorities including education. the brown administration's finance department said that prop 22 only dealt with a very narrow issue of what the state can or can't do with property tax increment money and it didn't address this broader fundamental question of whether redevelopment agencies should even exist. redevelopment agencies are different things in different places of the state. they have a lot of different functions from helpin