the land run was a unique way of opening the public lands. since the 1860s, congress had a policy on the books called the homestead act, and the homestead act said that anyone who would move to the frontier on to public domain and would stay for five years and make improvements and satisfy all of those conditions, they would receive title to the land. because basically free land to encourage settlement. the west was searchly sett lset through kansas into new mexico, through arkansas, and so all of the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s. well all of this time, oklahoma is withheld from settlement at the ind yant territoian territo. the president started moving tribes out of the southeast, the midwest, out of the atlantic coast states and moving them to oklahoma until we had 39 tribes here. so from the 18-teens, one vast indian reservation as others are abolished and those lands opened. this one last island of aridable land that can be farmed and everyone wants it. where in 1889, there are no more tribes to bring in

and for them, the return to the land, the redemption of the land, was seen as part of a larger messianic scheme. now here, on the other hand, you have two other religious voices- the ultra-orthodox and anti-zionists- which do not, at least initially, did not see any messianic significance in the state of israel, nor in the redemption of the land. but they said, "that time will come, and we will know when it does come. but it hasn't arrived yet." most of them view themselves as living in exile within the land of israel. as a footnote, it's important to say that there are, though, maybe changes in their worldview, and they have shifted on the issue when- some of them have shifted much closer to the religious zionists. and then you have groups of religious zionists who are completely against- or completely reject a messianic interpretation of the significance of the state of israel- the significance of the state of israel is worldly, not religious. and the jews have a problem with existence anywhere else in the world, and the only place where we can have the dignity of self-defense and the

the land run was a unique waive opening the public lands. sint 1860s, congress had a policy on the books called the homestead act and the homestead act said anyone who had moved to the frontier onto public domain and would stay for five years and make improvements and satisfy all of those conditions they would receive title to the land. it was basically free land encouraged settlement. the west was virtually settled at least through the airiable lands. high plains, th southern plains through kansas and through new mexico and through arkansas and so argument the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s. well all of this time oklahoma is withheld from settlement from the indian territory. start in the 18-teens congress and the president started moving tribes out of old southeast, out of the midwest, out of the atlantic coast states, and moving them to oklahoma, until we had 39 tribes here. it's one vast indian reservation as other reservations are aboishled and those lands are opened. here is this one last island. farm t

this is part of the access to the land. this is to transfer the ownership of the land. this highlights the apartheid nature of israel. and they make a stand against the apartheid in south africa. he must end their relations with them, and -- >> the next speaker? >> can you please continue to slide show. i am here to commemorate may 15, 1948, which in palestinian history, is the catastrophe. i would like to bring the attention of the -- the israeli government as a way to move the palestinian government from their homeland. nearly 800,000 palestinians were uprooted across the world. 532 settle its -- settlements -- they began demolishing the homes of palestinian refugees to prevent the return. more than 125,000 homes were destroyed. israel destroyed thousands of homes throughout the west bank, as well as the refugee camps in jericho and the gaza strip. 18,000 homes have been destroyed in occupied palestinian territory, with 12,000 outstanding orders in galilee, to date. they use this as a means to harass and demoralize and confiscate palestinian land. the process of demoli

the land run was a unique way of opening public lands. since the 1860s, congress had a policy on the books called the homestead act. that said that anyone that would move to the frontier on public domain and stay for five years and make improvements, satisfy all those conditions, they would receive title to the land. it was basically free land to encourage settlement. the west was virtually settled, the high plains, southern plains, through kansas, into new mexico, through arkansas. all of the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s. all this time, oklahoma is withheld from settlement as the indian territory. starting in 18-teens, congress and the president starred started moving tribes out of the southeast, midwest and moving them to oklahoma until we had 39 tribes here. all of these indian tribes are sent here. it is one vast reservation as other reservations are abolished. here is one last island of land that can be farmed and ranched that's valuable and everyone wants it. in 1889, there are no more tribes to br

and, you know, the last few hundred feet of the landing. so, we're having breakfast, and we knew gene was out flying helicopter. all of a sudden, the door opens, and in walks cernan. he is absolutely covered with soot. he's got scars on his face. we said, cernan, what happened? he had been flying the helicopter over the river which was absolutely calm that early in the morning, like a mirror, and he had been distracted by something or other, because he was looking at the land instead of the water, and he flew that helicopter right into the water. nosed over, blades all over the place, tail, rotor blades all over the place. fire because the tanks -- the gas tanks, or saddle tanks on that dinky little chopper, they split. and there was fuel all over the place. cernan is going down like this. and, of course, being a good navy-trained pilot, he knew how to cope with, you know, being under water, so he got out and he swam to the top and realized he was in fire, so he splashed around like this and took a deep breath and swam a while and came up an

this is part of the access to the land. this is to transfer the ownership of the land. this highlights the apartheid nature of israel. and they make a stand against the apartheid in south africa. he must end their relations with them, and -- >> the next speaker? c

the land run was a unique way of opening the public lands. in the 1860s, there was a homestead act. said anyone who would move to the west and -- they would receive title to the land. it was basically free land to encourage settlement. the high plains, the southern plains, through kansas, into new mexico, through arkansas and so, all of the land around us is settled, in the 1860s, 1870s and into the 1880s, all of this time oklahoma is with held from the settlement as the oklahoma territory. starting in the eighteen teens, they started move thing indian tribes. so it's just one vast indian reservations and other indian reservations are abolished, there's this one little island, in 1889, there are no more tribes to bring into the territory. but yet there's one parcel right in the middle of the indian territory that's unassigned so it gets it's name is unassigned lands. today it goes from roughly from still water on the north to norman, oklahoma in the south, from shawnee on the east, to elreno on the west. it's about six counties of oklahoma. not owned or settled by any other ittian t

now the fertile land is being cultivated by dozens of laborers. the cooperative plans artichokes' and beans, which are then processed in the farm's factories. the mayor says there's hardly any unemployment in the village. >> we are proud of what we have achieved. we have always been day laborers, but what we're doing now is our work. >> i had a regular income here. that is the most important thing during a crisis. >> the cooperative has also funded construction in the village. 350 homes have been built using income from the farm. no one here has to worry about repaying mortgages or bank loans. rafael lives in one of the houses and pays an extremely low rent. the land and materials were provided by the community, but he had to help build it himself. >> it is really unbelievable. many seasonal workers could never afford to live in a house like this, but we pages 15 euros a month here. it is great. >> but is this a model village? some say not. we meet up with a town councilor, just one of two opposition councilmembers. he says the villages brand of so

big parcels. 1893 the biggest of the land runs just on the kansas border was open by land run. 100,000 people made that run. the old lands in the southwestern part of the state, all of this was open by lottery. this time they realized land runs were not working. they put their name into a hopper. the fifth homestead goes to john smith and they celebrate when they get their land. then with the five civilized tribes there are so many members of the tribes generally the land is divided in several. the indian people get their individual lands. by 1906 the process is completed. and in 1907 oklahoma becomes a state. this is a land of contrast and diversity and for a historian like me and i have been studying oklahoma history for 32 years, 18 books i never cease to be amazed at the pieces of this puzzle that fit together at odd and unique ways that make oklahoma unlike any other state in the union. >>> stay tuned as american history tv features. you're watching american history tv on c-span 3 mpt >>> in october 2011, the national archives and the cia historical review program co-hosted a symp

congress sets a date for the land. april 22nd, 1889. high noon. on that day, 50,000 people lineup around the borders of the territory and at high noon, the cannons go off and the flags go down. 50,000 people rush for free land. about half go to the farms and the other half go to towns. such as stillwater and norman. thut gut ree that night, every part and parcel of the unassigned lands is claimed by somebody. these are towns grown in one day. they 10,000 people that night. only a handful. so the land run was this experiment in a way to settle the american west. was there cheating? yes. were there people who came in early. yes. were there court cases? yes, they would drag on for almost a decade. and social darwinnism and the farmers who may have been the farmers in their communities, if they had a wagon both of those philosophies of government and part of the american west was settled. and it's taken away from indian tribes and put into the public domain. the federal government and the other tribes are picked off one at a time. some big parcels, 189

finally some bright young man over in the corner said, hey, the landing radar is working, but it's locked up on infinity. have them pull the switch, reset it, see if it works. so, we pulled the circuit breaker, put it back in, and sure enough, the landing radar came in. shortly after that we got cleared to land, and it's sort of a, man, that was close kind of routine. as soon as we pitched over, there was beautiful picture just the way i had seen it hundreds of times from the scale model. came on down. made a very, very soft landing. as a matter of fact, soft enough so that even though we landed on a slight crater like this, the uphill leg didn't crush like it's supposed to. we had crushable material on the landing. so, you know, it was slight right wing down. perfect landing. shutting off the switches, and ed mitchell turned to me and said, alan, what were you going to do if the landing radar had not been working by 13,000 feet? i looked at him and i said, ed, you'll never know. >> well, there you were -- >> i would have gone down. >> of course. >> oh, yeah. i'd come that far. you see, e

of the total arable land in uruguay, 27% is formed by outsiders. in paris white, 37%. aos, 41%. in liberia, 67% is under foreign control. in congo, 6%. more has been promised to the investors. theoretically, all of the country's agricultural land. in addition to private investors, more and more for an estate funds are buying land to keep up with demand in their own countries. the contracts are signed with governments. the people affected are seldom compensated. new guidelines put forward by the fao would end such practices. they would give small farmers more input and recognize land ownership rights. the guidelines are non-binding, but they could raise the pressure on investors. >> if they do not stick to the guidelines for the criticism will increase. this will minimize their chances of additional foreign direct investment in other countries. >> but that could have a negative effect on more than the investors. developing countries need funding and no help from abroad. all participants would benefit from their contracts. >> as we just saw, it is especially parts of afri

they owned 90% of the land captured for the new state of israel.

the land run was a unique way of opening the public lands. since the 1860s congress had a policy on the books called the homestead act, and the homestead act said that anyone who would move to the frontier on the public domain and would stay for five years and make improvements and satisfy all of those conditions, they would receive title to the land.ically free l encourage settlement. the west was settled through the arab land, the high plains and the southern plains and through kansas, through new mexico and through arkansas, and so all of the land around us is settled in the 1860s, 1870s, and into the 1880s. well, all of this time oklahoma is withheld from settlement as the indian territory, starting in the 18 teens congress and the president started moving tribes out of the old southeast, out of the midwest, out of the atlanta coast states and moving them to oklahoma until we had 39 tribes here. so, from the 18 teens, 1892, all of these indian tribes are sent here. it's this one vast indian reservations as other reservations are abolished

develop the land. >> we're concerned that in the long term the university is not committed to keeping this land as agricultural space and history has shown it has shrunk from 104 a. down to 10 a. and we're worried that the rest of the 10 a. will be developed so we are committed to staying here until we can be assured that it will be preserved as agricultural land >> uc-berkeley leaders say they do want to work with the occupied protesters. they had a face-to-face meeting with them last thursday offering to share the land but protesters did not want to make a decision. as of yesterday uc-berkeley officials say they're still waiting for a response. leaders say they did not get a response as we had hoped and expected last night so we were disappointed and at this point we will need to evaluate other options to ensure that research can go forward. like we said, when we arrived we saw about 30 people still camped out here. we spoke to one who says they're willing to negotiate and that is the plan for today. we will follow this to see exactly where did the negotiation will go. >> uc-berkele

better than 70% of the land is either federal, state and tribal landed. it's creating an incredible challenge in terms of maintaining healthy forests and in terms of the fire threat. mr. burke was noting a bit about water quality issues. if these time of pak pact been if you look at what happened after some of the big fires in colorado to the denver water should, the costs are as strom om call. in denver they're relying on water from other parts of the state to be clean and healthy. when the trees burn and the soil a birched, it couldn't have tree kpend -- >> would it be accurate to say we do not follow to eso they would healthy for us. so would literally -- when we're talking about protecting our water, protecting our watersheds in the midwest weeks have maybe 12, 14 inches of rainfall that comes in a total year. it's in the best interest of this country rng the environmental protection agency, our states and nation to actively man and these forests. >> there's no question. i would actually ask the kwong and this committee to even take a look at could we

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, land and he had seen a distant fire and the next morning columbus is on deck and sees land and he had offered the king, the king and queen, offered a prize to the first person to sight land and columbus then asserts that it is me, okay? the lookout last night was seeing something imaginary. i saw land. not the most generous fellow. it is october the 12th. columbus day. there is land. there is land. it is one of the great moments in history. did you have a question? >> no. >> guess what? columbus had estimated that he had sailed how many miles from the canaries at this point? >> 2,000. >> roughly 2,400 miles. he was on the right latitude, right? got to be the out islands. it's got to be the out lying islands of the indies, must be, because it fits the calculations, right latitude, right distance, it is the indies, incredible moment in world history completely misunderstood by those participating, but an incredible moment and then comes the landing, of course, and i love all the depictions of columbus landing. you can imagine swords and decorations worn and put on the fanciest he clothe

uc spokesman says researchers need access to the land by mid may. occupy the farm took over the gill track located at marin and san pablo avenues. they want the land to be used for urban farming. >>> today is the deadline for the city of oakland to submit a plan for completing police internal affairs investigations stemming from last years occupy protest. a judge issued the order last week after a federal monitor released a report critical of the departments handling of the protests. an agreement reached after a 2003 police misconduct case requires oakland to complete internal affairs investigations within 180 days. city leaders say police lack the manpower to do so and looking to contract out several investigations. >>> it's coming up on 4:39 we want to check in with sal. >> pam, happy monday. i know it's one of your favorite days of the week. good morning, to you. good morning, to everybody. we are starting off well. there is one problem southbound 101 at university sounds like a car may have hit a deer in that area. other than that let's go to the

police have chained the gate leading into the land known as the gill tract. they allowed protesters to leave but not return. however, protesters were just hopping the fence to get back inside. protesters we spoke with did not want to give their names. >> we have the land. u c has been demand that go we leave the land in order to negotiate but we are calling their bluff. >> reporter: the unfortunate says it has been difficult to negotiate with the protesters because they have not one clear leader and one thing is not negotiable and that is who controls farming on the land. >>> the list of possible witnesses was released in the last half hour for former sheriff ross mirkarimi's trial. >> mayor ed lee, his wife, i willian ya lopez and the woman who took the video of the crying lopez, the mirkarimi's family neighbor. the ethics board is expected to meet again may 9th. >>> the security and exchange securities are looking into a $2 billion loss by the nation's largest bank. j p morgan chase lost $2 billion. the bank ceo says it was due to a risky portfolio designed

the men had -- i'm supposed to talk about land, remember? the men had to know their territory, too, but not the same species, not as many, and they had to learn animal behavior and what they brought into the family, food, budget, was based upon that. it wasn't a matter of memorizing plants like a modern botanist, so if the men were behind, it was only in a relative sense, and it's not meant to be sexist. division of labor, remember. all right, these were people living in a world where there were no draft animals. these aren't much use for that. neither are deer or elek. you can contain them, but you can't domesticate them. if you don't have that, you're nate going to have wheeled vehicles. and for regional regions, they had no iron tools, much less steel. no wheel transport, instead, if you wanted to haul a lot of people for a lot of distance, you had to use canoes. and the canoes were dugouts, not birch bark, it's farther north where you get birch, these were heavy canoes and it meant a lot of hard work. i have expounded on that before. when

it was just after 6:00 this morning when at least a hundred uc police officers moved on the land where protesters had set up plant and set up crops. nine people were arrested. two of them refused to leave the property itself. the others refused to disperse. >> they came through as a line, snatching people, things, anything in the way, forcing us to the front gate here. >> reporter: the occupy the farm camp was set up three weeks ago to promote urban cropping on this university- loned land. a university spokesman told me they were open to the possibility of sharing the land and tried to negotiate with protesters. >> while we're dispointed that the occupiers sealed to take yes for an answer, we are relieved there are no injuries or complications. >> reporter: work crews used heavy equipment to clear out items left over as protesters here vowed to continue to fight for a farm on this site. >> i live here. my kids go to school down the street. i want them to learn about how to grow food or gannicly, naturally, without chemical help, without engineering help. >> reporter: now that the land

the price paid by phyllis wheatley brought her from her pagan land. to the people, pagan or outside the city, countryside would mean something different from heathen. there are two classifications in filani. one is the city, town or other group are called herdsmen, country folk. so she's from the country. that's what she's saying. and the region of west africa that she came from, pagan means she was from the country, she is not city folk. she was from the country. so they brought her from the countryside. brought her from the countryside. not pagan. wheatley is part of the pre-existing network. born in the educated, civilized, west african region where timbuktu was a strong influence. she comes to north america. she is brought to north america, enslaved. suffering on the cross of america. price paid. and she would say, 'twas mercy brought me from my pagan land, taught my benighted soul to understand that there is a god, that there's a savior too. once i redemption neither sought nor knew, some view or sable race with scornful eye, their color is a diab

thghmecareot angeofoi some of the best agricultural land in the world.ce developed, it's almost impossible to return in the chicago area, rmers are not the only ones alarmed by the rapid growth. margot brown is concerned that traic like is cod soonon its w developtis goi to benly ones h liat tf lifearengo.owowmy go and ity of lif e gointoap cod soonon its w narrator: devethe irony is the threats to margot's quality of lifemy go is created by other people just like her. she and michael used to live in schaumburg, brown: whate n mao that was space, peace and quiet,nd ud d pretty much everything i need is at my fingertips. thic d people want peace and quiet, along with shorter commutes and continued access to the conveniences of modern life. edmonds: everybody is convenience-driven. and we want to have everything at our fingertips. u're seeinthis migration and the eating up of these areas by development, that's undeniable. it's not that we've created it; we're taking advantage of the demand. narrator: and as demand increases, john pihl is feeling closed in.

there is $10 million to buy the land to give the port back $14.70 million to buy the land from the port. there is these in lieu , transfer fees that will result in about $100 million. president chiu: and what is the present value of that? >> depending on what cap rates you use, the whole thing comes to about $15.70 million, so land that is valued at eight is being purchased for 15.7, and we are spending another millions to give support to back so they get the same, about 30,000 feet of land. the 27,000 feet they have now. this is a subject that is probably best addressed in the finance committee, and we would be glad to do that, so i do not want the clock to run against us, and we will answer any questions regarding the eir. president chiu: which i appreciate, and the process that you have chosen to move forward, which is the same with other projects, we have legislative hearings at the budget committee and land use to go through these issues so we could understand them in the overall context of the entitlements you're asking for. you're asking us to provide you with many, many exceptio

some left the land, a lot of them are on the land, and uc reps were invited but no one has shown up. >> food justice and equity for all people. >> this meeting's focus is the future of the farm, known at gill tract, uc berkeley owned parcel of land used by the college of natural resources. >> we're not here to get raided and have it be a spectacle. we are here because we want this land preserved as a ag land. >> cal insisted that's what it's idea for but demonstrators don't believe it. the moved in, put up tends and started farming, and to make access easier, they built a ladder and slide as police and security stood by. yesterday occupiers got an ultimatum. leave the farm and taken a meeting or risk prosecution. the only thing that left the farm today were tents and sleeping bags. >> anyone with gear, it all came out. >> the uc has been focusing too much on the encampment. it's been clearly a consensus issue for them and the researchers so as a symbol of good faith we're removing our encampment. >> an important first step. we declare -- with a few dozen untrained and uninvited guests

the university offered to include protesters in on talks on how to share the land. he says the door for the negotiation is open however it wants to remind protesters that this land is meant for university research that requires university supervision and because of liability issues they cannot just simply let them farm on this land on supervised. however we spoke with protesters about university research, or designated research and they have roped off those areas and have been communicating with protesters to make sure that they are not interfering with any of that. the only thing that sharon, at this point, from what we gather, is frustration that university leaders say they're not hearing from profs and god doesn't want to make sure that they are using the land for what they believe is proper purpose which is farming. as far as an imminent rate or anything like that, we don't know of any of those happening. when i spoke to a university official he says that they are considering other options. i ask him to elaborate and he says he would not elaborate on what that is

anotg problem is thenefficient way the cleared land is being used. mon farming and grazing method here requires the farmer to cut tousands ofirm spe,it dry.llit set by farmers during the dry season to release the nutrients from the vegetation. but the soil's productivity disappears, sometimes in one or two years. it forces settlers to abandon their land and cut more forest elsewhere. because this requires more land all the time, it is a form of extensive agriculture. it's called "shifting," "swidden" it's practiced inany s or "slash-and-burn" cultivatio until the forest runs out. this land waabandonedby sgs a few years earlier. the sight of new trees led chris uhl to a surprising and controversial revelation. l:whenirst started woing wn here, wasn'a ssse,t was abi woulveed thats e of lan i reallyhought that the and yet, if u look over here woulha stayed sort ofded oll yeit's clearly going backntrest. this is really a surprise for me. digiatort co back.alme ret wgiofand begano in oure that gyoknow, maybese systems art as as i had exctedan ifact, ae sot

the protesters are free the university will convert the land to commercial space. their meeting with the university tomorrow. several people paddle out to jr. seau's home to pay tribute to him. the 43 rolled former star committed suicide on wednesday. seau's family revisits its decision to donate its brand for research. the family is talking to a group of simone elders before making a final decision. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell albert pujols did something today he has not done all year. >>> the giants get their first leg of the first-place dodgers and los angeles. the look and a disappointing homestand with momentum. wishing the giants went on willie mays 81st birthday. there's the game winner giants went 4-3 and even their record at 500. a three run blast on a five run inning he drove in for the a's win 9-5. albert pujols his first home run as an angel. it came in his 111th @ bat they beat the blue jays 4-3. ricky fowler cleanse his first pga title at quail hollow. he wins his second victory this season his second career win at talladega in the final minute carmel ant

they live from donations and agriculture on the surrounding land. i of the monastery loses that, too, then it will have dire consequences for the monastery [applause] existence. without these lands, the monastery will not be able to survive over the long term. >> the disputes were triggered by surveying work. the legal proceedings are attracting attention in europe. politicians have expressed concern about religious freedom for christians in turkey. legally, the situation for syrian orthodox christians has improved in turkey in recent years. in this church complex, children are taught in aramaic, the ancient language jesus is supposed to have spoken. up to the 1990's, such christian religious instruction would have been illegal in turkey. >> we can maintain this instruction only thanks to donations from europe. the turkish state merely tolerates us. the foreign donations cover the costs of printing our school books. >> today, more and more syrian orthodox christians are returning to their homeland and building new churches. gabriel return from switze

the agency said the crops that endured the most damage were corn, cotton, grain sorghum, pastor, range land and tobacco. >>> just when you think grain prices -- when prices can't go any higher, they continue to climb. >>> ag values increased 20% in the first quarter of 2012. although and, just to the east illinois is climbing rapidly with a 20% increase. >>> kansas city also released its quarterly report and it shows that cropland by his claimed more than 20% for the second year in a row. >>> nebraska prices saw the biggest jump in the first quarter of 2012, and nearly 39% we're non- irrigated. >> those are the headlines. >> take you. crop watch this week takes us to the south where it ranges from too much moisture to not enough. siegel said from plainview texas sent us this photo. if planting cotton and picking up a test for measuring the week. just a few days earlier because of rain, anywhere from one-3 inches but if they are still well behind in soil moisture. and he's done a barnes and neil virginia said nearly 2 inches of rain thursday night washed out the sweet potato peeled. republis

of the bureau of land management. as the city is land locked by public lands and fastest growing city in the country for much of the 1990's, this legislation was amended to allow the city to purchase additional federal lands to ensure the city of mesquite could continue to grow and prosper. in 1999, congress passed the latest amendment with the specific purpose of providing land to construct a commercial airport and to provide more room for commercial and industrial development to again meet future demands for a rapidly growing tourism industry. in 2002, the u.s. fish and wildlife service issued an opinion which promulgated certain terms and conditions associated with the land sale. a key term contained in the opinion is the mandate that the city participate in the development and implementation of a habitat conservation and recovery plan and a monitoring and mitigation plan along the virgin river. in response to this opinion, congress made a technical amendment to the act within the clark county conservation of public

but they are not trying to block researchers from accessing the land as well, they say. >> we've made all the arrangements necessary for the university to be able -- the researchers to be able to come in and put in plots and the university to bring in their tillers. we're counting on the assurances by the researchers that we've been in communication with that they won't disrupt our crops that we put in. >> occupy the farm has been on the land since earth day three weeks ago. they say they started planting crops in order to bring attention to the empty land that could be used for community gardens. >>> you've probably seen the ads on tv or heard them on the radio claiming that a proposed tax on cigarettes in california would not fund cancer treatment. well, tonight supporters of that june ballot measure are fuming about what they say is a deceptive campaign funded by big tobacco. monty francis is in san francisco with that story for us. >> reporter: the toe back committee companies are outspending the other side 8-1. many in the medical field say the campaign against prop 29 is m misle