rights advocates and the california charter of the women the legal aids society and san francisco political committee and the asian law caucus and the california teachers association and nursing association the national union of local 21 i know there are a number of individuals in the audience who are here to physically come in support of this legislation and ask them if they can stand so we can acknowledge all the individuals here in support of this legislation thank you very much thank you. >> let me say that as you recall out of respect for my colleagues who wanted additional time to consider this piece of legislation i voted in the continuance of this law since that time the commission on the status of women held a hearing and spoke to the human rights commission that didn't have critiques about the ordinance this morning we met with our city administrators for the departments under her leadership can chiropractor to implement the law and if you pass this law today, we'll begin a long process that did not have contractors submitting equal pay reports until the ended of january 2016 we must first challenge an advisory committee to hold he several public meeting

speaker not understood], the asian law caucus, the bay area equal pay collaborative, the california teachers association, the california nurses association, the national union of health care workers and [speaker not understood] employees international. i want to make one point, that in response to a comment from the san francisco chamber of commerce, i will be here by making a motion to add the following language on page 5 line 24. and i quote, "the city will not disclose any information contained in the equal pay report that qualifies as a trade secret or proprietary information." the concern that was raised to us by the san francisco chamber of commerce -- and we welcome the feedback -- is that there might be proprietary information that they do not want to see disclosed as part of the report or as part of a government records request. the language that i move to include in the ordinance addresses that concern. i want to just end my remarks by noting a couple of points that have been raised. we introduced this piece of legislation more than a month ago. there has been actually a lot of me

the incumbent is backed by the california teachers association. marshall tuck on the right side of the screen is a newcomer. he is a charter school advocate from los angeles. this became a referendum on the political power of the california teacher's association which is one of the biggest forces in california politics. the result? about $30 million between the reformists and the teacher's union. yes. an interesting race. and one that a lot of democrats are watching because if it goes one way, they will go that way. if it goes the other, they will stay the way it is. >> interest. interesting. >>> since we are talking about schools, let's check out a few ballot measures in solano county. vacaville school bonds looking like they will move forward. yeses seem to have it with 61%. noes with 39%. in vallejo, there need to be a two-thirds vote in order for measure e to pass. this is for the vallejo school bonds. 28% of precincts reporting. the yeses seem to have it with 59% of the note vol lowed by knows at 41%. >> a few california counties are debating

and i have to tell you, politicians across the state are watching this one because if the california teachers association doesn't win this one, it could thank change the ee division in sacramento. >> that's a lot of money. >> reporter: but it pales compared to what's being spent on another initiative. this is the lawyers versus the doctors. we are talking about proposition 46. and it is basically got everybody slamming each other over the idea of malpractice, whether doctors should be tested for drugs and whether you should have to go to a database before you issue certain prescription medicines. let's listen to some of the sounds you have pummeled with in recent weeks. >> it's all about big insurance companies in california who don't want to pay victims anything for the death of a child or stay-at-home mom or when someone's maimed. they get a loophole in the law an outdated law that allows them not to pay these victims. and it's very unfair. >> the clinic i work at asian health services where we treat indigent patients in oakland we are against it because it takes money out against the care. >> reporter

25 years he's been the world language department head and sfusd mentor attentive hiss his other replenishment is vice president of the california association japanese language teachers and college board moderator and the japanese teacher board men and the japanese-american board member what's important is what happens in the classroom he uses a various streaming and curriculum with the students the one thing i appreciate he want his students to be lifelong japanese learns and involved in the community with our students and one of the highlight one the highlights is with our japanese how shall students they've raised over $13,000 and those funds were given to the students there in japan after the earthquake without further ado i'm mr. melberger pleased to introduce the teacher of the award year winner (clapping.) >> okay good evening superintendent carranza and president fewer and also board of education commissioner my name is teddy teach japanese at george washington hayes valley high school i'm honored to be here and receiving the award actually i'd like to thank the commissioner for her attendance this september at the school mr. hines was a pioneer about educati

the criminal is. tucker? >> thanks. a group of california teachers is suing cta, the california teacher's association.dues for political things. they have no right to spend their money on candidates they disagree with. >> hi, thanks for having me, tucker. >> you have been in the union for decades in california. for the viewers not from california, i think it's the biggest union in the state. you have watched your dues go to things you disagree with. have you complained about it? >> yes, i have, tucker. here in the state of california teacher's rights are being trampled on. we have no right. we are forced, as a condition of employment to pay the fees. i started complaining about that immediately at the beginning of my teaching career as i watched, as a student teacher, i watched as an older teacher with tenure, which gave her permanent employment was treating her little first graders horribly. it was horrible to watch. no one could do anything about it. i started complaining right away. i was bullied and shunned. i became a union rep and complained to the union officials. they bullied me as well. that'