the state board has been actively working on the standards for nine years. there has been plenty of time for a negotiated solution. the problem is negotiations have stalled. the answer is for the state board to adopt their current proposal. it will still give several years for those negotiations to continue before the standards are implemented. it is absolutely key. that is what this situation and this resolution allows. the final point is simply that environmental leadership means finding what is hard and possible and doing that. that is what we as a regent did to stop the bay fell and clean up sewage in the bay. we need to do it here with flows and we are here to move forward with the resolution. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am a san francisco resident and taking some points from the sierra club. i will read them. the s.f. p.u.c. alternative focuses almost exclusively on nonflow measures such as habitat restoration and predator control this approach has been tried since 1995, but in the absence of adequate flows, it has failed and conditions have become

and that is resolved that the san francisco board of supervisors urges the state water board to act at its november 7, 2018, meeting to adopt the current proposed update to the 2006 water quality control plan and further urges the state water board to allow sfpuc, other water agencies, and environmental and fishing groups to enter into voluntary agreements in a timely manner for consideration by the state water board prior to implementation of the proposed plan update. this language affects the desire for the state water board to act to adopt its plan update on wednesday, november 7th, while acknowledging that negotiations between the p.u.c. and other water agencies are ongoing. in the interest of ensuring san francisco takes a seat at the front of these issues, both as a water innovator and environmental leader, the new resolved clause recognizes the importance of having the n.g.o. community, including environmental and fishing groups, party to any resulting voluntary agreements. one other thought, which i say at risk of sounding a little n cynical about this matter, is at the end of

if you look at demand today, and just the tools you presented today, there is no shortage if the state board standards entered into it today. as mr. sklar just approximated the out, your organization is a decade or two behind most other organizations in the state when it comes to planning water supplies, and frankly, the p.u.c. is relying on lousy coins rather than peer reviewed science. we would step in and urge you to go in three directions: go to your state board, and urge them to act in december. that would still give you a year or two, probably more, to reach a voluntary settlement. >> i'm going to let you go over just a little bit. >> second, make sure there's a settlement, it involves the n.g.o.'s. we urge your staff to make sure that you strive hard to that end. third, don't rely on the models that you're currently using. rely on the peer reviewed science. don't we lrely on that lousy science. finally, we're willing to work with your staff to invest in efforts, but it would strengthen that relationship if you made that commitment to the community. >> thank you for your comment. mr. o

peskin introduced a resolution a week ago tuesday at the board of supervisors, urging his fellow colleagues to address the resolution to support the state water board's plan for 40% unimpaired flow. we have met with supervisor peskin. we continue to work with him on this issue. it's scheduled for the land use committee on monday of next week at 1:30 p.m. i believe. and we will be testifying and presenting to him as much as we can on what we've been doing in the voluntary settlement agreements without violating the confidentiality agreement. we will work with his office and the supervisors to keep them apprise of what is happening. there's a lot of activity going on in sacramento with the government's office and we've been involved in those discussion and continue to be involved in those discussions as they move forward to protect the river, its environment and water supply for the city of san francisco. i would be glad to answer questions regarding that. >> colleagues. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on the general manager's report at item 8b? i do have one speaker card. peter. >> thank you. >> peter. so, in the fall of 201

the negotiations on the board of regents. >> jim brady, before he chaired board of regents, he chaired the governor's campaign and the governor's transition. the governor has the power to remove under our state constitution or >> the board of regents began a closed door meeting at 2:00 p.m. we are hoping for an update by the end of the business day. >>> in montgomery county, h the areing allegations. police now are looking into the allegations that involve members of the football team at damascus high. >> we now know that special victims detectids are invol here. there is a serious allegation. now you have monomery county lice stepping in to oversee an investigation. this is chopper ove the scene of damascus high school. in a letter to parents, learned this afternoon, the school's principal says there are allegations of hazing within the junior varsity according to police, there are reports of multiple asults, cluding allegations of sexual offenses. tonight's jv game has been canceled as rresult. ourort he will be following up on the report throughout the wening. sth us. >>> and out of control car slammed into a woman waiting near a bus stop along a busy ro in maryland today. witness say the

. >> she chairs the state board of equalization. he is an attorney for environmental compliance. the they square off for race for california's 49th district in congress, decision levin.arkey versus good evening. for the first time since 2001 the 49th congressional district will have a new representative. theell issa has represented district. in january he announced he would not seek reelection. last month, president trump nominated i said to be director trade agency.l the 49th district covers coastal areas of san diego county including camp pendleton, and it also covers a small portion of southern orange county, including san clemente. us to the candidates who want to be the next representative for the 49th congressional district. both candidates are here tonight. welcome to you both. to my right is democrat mike levin, and environmental activist who served on the board of sustainable energy, cofounder in orange county. he was the executive director of the democratic party of orange and he hosted hillary clinton's 2016 campaign for president. republican candidate diane harkey is a

we learned his license has been inactive since 2009 when the state board brought against hi for unprofessional conduct. henied because family bridges operates as an educational, not psychological work shop, it's not under any state oversight. >> the programs, the way they are right now, do not work. >> reporter: we reached out to family courts in all bay area counties. we wanted to find out whether they esend children to the programs and the outcome. three counties told us they have not ordered children into the programs. five counties told us they don't track this information at all. >> you should never be forced to put in a program. it's a court system needs to rethink these programs. >> reporter: linda is a family therapist and licensed social worker. she says she shares the family bridges principal of no heng parent. >> if we substituted fondling the child's genitals with alienation, would we continue contact? psychological child abuse is at least as damaging if not more so than physical abuse and even some sexual abuse. >> she says 40 children have gone through and only nine have relation

the bay delta plan update on november 7th. we have no board beyond novembe. and just by way of background, i do want to say with all due respect to the p.u.c. that i think the state water board has been quite willing to compromise. this process has been going on for 10 years. it is based on the best available science. we know that our fisheries are crashes and san francisco, as i said last week at the board of supervisors, should not go the way of the los angeles department of water and power as they behaved badly for decades in and around saving mono lake. san francisco needs to do its part. quite frankly, i am really concerned about the footsie being played with the irrigation districts of turlock and m mow s toe, that donald trump made as a political matter, not a science or environmental matter, he wants to reject the u.s. fish and wildlife services recommendations as it relates to increasing unimpeded flows through the bay for the health of the estuary. i will save the rest for next week but thank you for bringing this item forward. >> thank you. i look forward to seeing all sides on this item the following week. any members of the public on item 7? we are p

and we do have another meeting, just to clarify, the day before the state water board votes. hopefully, we will know a lot more where we stand. a lot of this is behind closed doors, so we might not know until pretty close to that time, but my hope is because the n.g.o.s have continued to advocate and put pressure, we will get to a place where probably neither side is going to be completely happy, but at least we will get closer to where we need to be. i also want to express on behalf of the commission our commitment to the health of the fish and the eco systems. that might have gotten lost along the way because of the politics that have gone down, and that i believe from my conversations with the commissioners and on my own behalf in my own seat is of the utmost priority, to make sure that we do not see further decline of the fisheries. so whatever we need to do to get to that point, we are going to take all of your recommendations and questions seriously. everything from the peer review questions actually to what it could and should look like. we're pushing pretty hard on th

immigrants in the united states that were opposed to britain and the british empire so what they wanted to do was somehow get the united states to make sure the united states stayed on board in the first world world war and what that of course entailed was making sure that woodrow wilson's top advisers kept on pushing him giving him a goal or giving them a goal to fight for to the bitter end. and the other power the british wanted to keep happy was russian. the idea that the british thought most that many of the bolsheviks had jewish backgrounds beyond trustees a real name was bronstein after all and what the british thought once you scratch these people underneath it really jewish so therefore what we've got to do. we've got to give venice something that will a piece of them to make sure that they would stay in the war and fight to the bitter end as well didn't quite work out that way. and just as mark sykes had called his approach to negotiating with the french as practical politics there was good old british pragmatism. the idea of having a jewish colony somewhere to the north of the suez canal the british were in egypt in the suez canal and in the north you would have

this as t they join growing call for new leadership for the state board that oversees the university. he should beashame of his decision. he failed the citizens of the state andmportantimportantly, he failed student body >> on tuesday, the board chair james brady announced the unwaivering support for dj to remain as head football coach. he was on the fieldoaching when the player collapsed during eat summer practice from zproek died two weeks later. yesterday, the umd president shocked many after saying that he will soon beretiring. he went against the wishes of the board who oversees him. the foundation that raises money for the university of marntand a letter to the regent saying could it jeopardize millions in fundingnd they wrote, saying we believe dr. loh's leadershi is critical for the university at this challenging time and we call upon the board of region sxenlts the chancellor to publicl affirm its support of dr. loh's continued leadership. hogan tol me, he does not intend on calling for brady to step down>>mmediately. hat i called for was a complete and thorough investigation

is why the crisis of leadership we will be discussing two of the problems with the national review board of the united states catholic bishops confronted 16 years ago. the transients of this conference of bishops to take up the national review board in authority to investigate the bishops and the cardinal and also the credible evidence from the local and elaborate cover-up of the sexual crimes committed against under age victims by priests. now it is clear that the code of , silence permeated the diocese across the united states. we did recommend and adoption of a whistleblower policy. obviously, it was not adopted by the bishops. present today to discuss these matters is my friend esteemed former fbi executive assistant director, the former special agent in charge and the first director of the office of child , and youth protections of the united states conference of catholic bishops and also an author. since 2002 traveling the world to establish programs stemming from sexual abuse currently the ceo of management and consulting to provide strategic services to businesses and not-for-profit organizations. pl

woman to a strong leader. 5 also want to congratulate her as she is going to be serving on the board -- state board of equalization. [applause] >> president cohen: thank you. >> i want to do that first and foremost. i have family and friends in the room and i want to thank you as well. i would ask you to please stand up. >> president cohen: family and friends, look at that. >> thank you so much. i'm honored that i'm one of the african-americans in san francisco who has not been outmigrated. i want to say that first and foremost. it's been wonderful growing up in the city. i came here in 1955. i went to james denman middle school, balboa high school, city college of san francisco and san francisco state university. and social services and advocacy, and work alongside so many leaders. a lot of them women leaders, leaders such as ms. elois westbrook, ms. shirley jones, and the first advocate woman that i came in contact with was ms. mary helen rodgers, while working at way pack, the citizens arm to deal with redevelopment in what was the fillmore and now is the western addition as it was being d

crisis, a crisis of leadership, we will be discussing two of the problems of the national review board of the united states conference ofcatholic bishops confronted .16 years ago the intransigence and unwillingness of the bishops to grant us the national review board the authority to investigate the bishops and the cardinals and number two, a credible evidence in a willful and elaborate cover-up of these undeniably horrifying actual crimes committed against underage victims by priests. now it is clear that a code of silence permeated diocese across the united states. we did recommend that adoption of a whistleblower policy, obviously it wasn't adopted by the bishops. present today to discuss these matters is my friend and doctor kathleen mcelhaney, esteemed former fbi executive assistant director, the former special agent in charge of the chicago division and the first executive director of the office of child and youth protection of the united states conference of catholic bishops and also an author. since 2002, doctor mcchesney has traveled the world to establish prevention programs aimed at stemming sex

. >> stephen: and up in north carolina, the state board of elections said humidity appears to be causing't that kind of an 1890s problem? "we can't count the votes! the path's too muddy for the horses to pull the ballot boxes o to the counting silo!" ( laughter ) even early voting, early voting today was massive. according to the a.p. "based on reports from 50 states, at least 39.4 million omople voted early," which "exceeds the 2014 early vote." ahhh, the 2014 midterms feel so long ago. what were we even voting on back then, whether to add blue m&m's? legalizing conscious uncoupling? oucan't remember. these midterms are so huge, that even trump wasn't exaggerating when he said this at his rally last night: >> you know, the midterm elections used to be like boring, didn't they? do you even remember what they were? people said "midterms,' they said "what is that? what is it?" right? now it's like the hottest thing. >> stephen: gee, i wonder why. ( laughter ) (as trump) "i tell you, it used to be so unpopular to run screaming out of the pool, but as soon as i pooped in it, it's all the rag

rand never responded to us, but we learned his license has been inactive since 2009 when the state board brought unrelated disciplinary action against him for unprofessional conduct, gross negligence, and dishonesty. the board placed him on five years' probation. he appealed in 2012 but was denied. records show his license remains inactive. but because family bridges work as an educational workshop, it is not under any state. >> we reached out to all programs in all nine bay area areas. well wanted to final fought they sent children and whether they tracked the outcomes. sonoma county didn't answer. three counties told us they have not ordered children into the program. five counties told us they don't track this information at all. >> you should never be forced to be put in one of these programs. its court system that needs to rethink their strategy. >> none of the judges involved would speak to us about these cases. >> it's anti-instinctual to reject a parent. >> reporter: linda gottlieb is a family therapist and licensed social worker. she says her program, turning points shares the f

the hotel workers union says the state school board soak's annual education conference has moved somed at the marriott this week to a different hotel. >> historically, teachers have been in the union also so they understand what is to fight to gain a good contract. >> marriott says it does not comment on its customer for privacy reasons but the hotel chain says it settled contracts oakland and san jose and remains committed to negotiating in good faith. >>> investigators in southern california still don't know why a former marine went on a shooting rampage in a crowded bar in ventura county. investigators say 28-year-old ian long fired at least 50 rounds inside the borderline barr in thousand oaks earlier this month. he used a legal 45 caliber pistol and fired illegal high capacity magazines. all, he stabbed one victim in the neck. of the 13 people hit by those bullets, 126 them -- 12killed. there is no evidence that e hen closer to determining that today than we the onset of and witnesses and evidence collected from his home and bar. >> ian long shot and killed himself. there were ei

and last but not least, we continue to engage our elected officials at the local state and federal level on the state water board'sroposal. so we're working with enterprise staff to communicate the impact of this proposal and also securing support of elected officials for the negotiated settlement process and to mitigate the board of supervisors current revolution n on this issue. >> colleagues. >> any questions? >> is there a report on what we just heard, item number 7? francisco.

he never responded but we learned his license has been inactive since 2009 when the state board broughtelated disciplinary action against him for unprofessional conduct, gross negligence and dishonesty. he was placed on five-years probation. he appealed in 2012 but was denied. because family bridges operates as an educational, not psychological workshop, we found it is not under any state oversight. >> these perhaps the way they are right now do not -- do not work. >> reporter: we reached out to family courts in all nine bay area counties. we wanted to find out whether they send children to these perhaps and how they track the outcomes. sonoma county didn't answer. three counties told us they have not ordered children into these perhaps. five counties though told us they don't track this information at all. >> you should never be forced to be put in one of these perhaps. it is a court system that needs to rethink their strategies. >> reporter:s involved would speak tosutcas. >> it is anti-instinctual to reject a partly. >> reporter: linda gottlieb is a family therapist and licensed soci

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the governor, legislature and state board of education make education policy. the state superintendent simply implements it. >> thanks, kira. >>> we want to tell you about proposition 8, the bid to cap fees on kidney dialysis is going down in flames. record amount of money was spent to defeat that measure. >>> it is 6:18 right now. taking a little bit of a break from all these results that are coming in. you can also find what you're interested in at nbcbayarea.com. want to get a look at the forecast though for this morning. >> it starts out clear, cool. it is very dry across the bay area, and then we are going to see our winds picking up and that's going to raise our wildfire danger. we are going to take a look now at the golden gate bridge. beautiful start to this wednesday morning, as the sun rises. you can see there's no fog there, and that's actually where we have the warmer temperatures compared to upper 30s in santa rosa right now, and napa starts out the day at 40 degrees. we're at 44 now in livermore, and the high fire danger that begins tonight, red fl

the board of supervisors of san mateo county. brian: what year? rep. speier: 1980. brian: how long were you on that board? rep. speier: six years, then i ran for the state of -- the board of assembly. -- i ran for the state assembly. the made sure no money from interest of sacramento would be contributed to my campaign. they bust staffers from precincts.to walk i was running against somebody who was on city council, mayor of one of the larger cities in the district, whose brother-in-law was a seated member in the state assembly. in march4 point lead and by june 1 it was neck and neck. by a little more than 500 votes out of 40,000 votes cast. brian: how long were you in the assembly? rep. speier: 10 years. i was term limited out and then ran for the state senate two years later, got elected, and served there for eight years. brian: urine for lieutenant governor. -- you ran for lieutenant governor. what happened? rep. speier: i lost in the democratic primary. ironically, to the man who is now a member of congress as well. i lost by three percentage points. he got elected to lieutenant governor and then left in the middle of his term. i guess it was not as

it allows florida, the florida state board of administration pension fund, which is the majority owner of the south beach marina apartments, to come in as a partner with this project and apply their affordable housing credits to the project. for those of you that remember the south beach marina apartments, this was an expiring below-market rate project in the south beach area as part of the former redevelopment agency, where a percentage of those units were set aside for a number of years for middle-class residents. those units' affordability were set to expire about two years ago. we were able to establish the permanent affordability of these units, beyond the covenant years, and are currently maintaining these units as permanently affordable, as long as by allowing the project sponsor to apply these affordable housing credits into the future for a different project. they have decided to partner with strada and community housing partnership on their project, and it matches the preservation of the moderate income of below-market rate apartments with the b.m.r. units at 1629 market stre

. >> she chairs the state board of equalization. he is an attorney for environmental compliance. now, they square off for the race for california's 49th district in congress, decision 2018 harkey versus levin. congrn 2018 harkey versus

the player died after a team workout. dj durkin was fired and t head of the board of regentsce anno his retirement. the team lost to michigan state 24-3. >>> all signs are pointing possibly stal city being the second city for amazon's next headquarters. now, the "washington post"is reporting that amazon is in advanced discussions to move to northern virginia and that report points out that the city's top reala est developer has pulled some buildings off the leasing market. some other reasons t city is so attractive, metroaccess, it's right there one stop from the city, proximity to reagan national airport and office buildingso ready use. last week, ralph northam told bureau chief carey has seen four locations. >> we have done everything w can to offer them a good packag package. >> what is amazon saying about it? alexa? >> you just woke her up in several homes. >> amazon isn't saying anything. but let's explore why this is a big deal. they're expected to bring 50,000 jobs. the average salary would be more than $150,000 a year and the project would be a $5 billion -- b -- investment. >> that's huge for sure. we'll stay on top of t

the counties should be certified or better said, unofficially tallied, delivered to the state, the state canvassing board will then decide or announce what races to certify, what races are going to be recounted. we have three statewide races that are probably going to be recounted. >> even the ones that are supposedly at a mail center that haven't been delivered, are they going to be counted? they're going to be there tomorrow? >> well, no. one of the tragedies of voting by absentee ballot is you have to rely on the mail system. in every election there are thousands and thousands of ballots statewide that don't make it in on time. under state law your ballot needs to be into the supervisor of elections office it was cast domestically. it needs to be in the election supervisor's office at 7:00 p.m. that night. >> is that so or does it have to be -- i thought it had to be postmarked by? >> it doesn't just have to be post marked. it has to be into the election supervisor at 7:00 p.m. that night on election night. if the post office doesn't deliver it, you're screwed. in miami and miami-dade where the pictur

the union says the state school board association has moved some of their meetings that were booked at >>> it's a fight to gain the contract.>>> they say they have settled contracts in eight cities. a federal judge is asking pg&e what role it may have played in the deadly campfire in butte county. >>> the judges overseeing a case involving the san bruno explosion. it killed eight people back in 2010. pg&e was found guilty of criminal negligence in that case, and the settlement required the utility to not commit any additional crimes. the cause of the -- carr fire has not been decided. but they are deciding on paralyzed. pg&e said it was reviewing the questions posed in the judges court filing. >>> a suspect is in custody accused of attacking people with a sword in downtown santa rosa. police say a 30 foot sword was used in last night's incident on west ninth street. investigators say a man used the sword to break into a car. a passerby tried to intervene during another attempted break- in and was stabbed in the leg, both are expected to fully recover. authorities arrested 23-year- old

reporter: the university of maryland's president firing the football coach just one day after the state's board of regents reinstated him. the family of 19-year-old jordan mcnair who died of heatstroke last spring said it was about time. >> the right thing was done, but this should have been done a long time ago. if the right thing was done, we wouldn't be standing here. my son wouldn't have lost his life. >> reporter: jordan collapsed during practice in made. >> advise the medics to come to the field level. >> reporter: a university report shows the coaches failed to check his vitals, failed to apply cold water immersion treatment, and failed to follow emergency protocols. he died two weeks later. >> my heart is broken. >> reporter: the coach was suspended in august. the conditioning coach resigned. at the time the university's president said the school accepted full moral and legal responsibility. >> i said to the family, the university owes you an apology. >> reporter: then on tuesday the board of regents reinstated durkin. >> we believe that coach durkin has been unfairly blamed for the dys

broward county and all the other counties are expected to release all of their numbers to the state election board and then they will officially decide if it will go to a recount or not but i can already tell you according to florida law anything half a percentage point or less goes to a recount and it looks like both of these races will definitely fall within the recount territory yes it's very close as you say and from the way you describe it gabriel also very acrimonious race we know that the midterm elections reflected divided nation and a divided electorate certainly in the case of florida just how complicated could the recount be. in one word very it's florida this thing could go on a long time both the democrat and republican parties have both lawyers up already already sent lawyers to florida to try to oversee this potential recount that we think is going to be happening we've already seen protests outside the canvassing board where election officials are starting to count through some of these provisional ballots particularly in broward county this is going to be ugly and it could last a

court looked at the fact that these, the state can purge voters from the rolls, they give away 60 a periods for voters to either vote or when the state election board sends a confirmation they live at that address they can sign and send back. these individuals haven't done it. this is something, an attack on our democracy as stacy abrams suggested. >> the case came from ohio where if you didn't vote in a certain number of elections, are you still alive, is this your address, and then you were wiped off the rolls. i want to read something to the wall street journal, their editorial board, democracy succeeds in georgia. they say if mister kemp was trying to suppress voters he did a lousy job. georgia's voter rolls well by 20% since 2010 amid expansion in online registration, voter turnout this year was up 16.4 percentage points over 2014 levels which is greater than the 12 point increase nationwide and early voting doubled. file evidence this dismissed abrams benefited from the surge in turnout. >> some of this is a political narrative for stacy abrams to try to couch herself for a future election and wrap herself and something that may benefit from

hillary clinton will no longer be erased from the history books in texas, the state education board overturnings vote to cut her out of the curriculum. officials originally argued for her removal saying it would free up educational confrontation for teachers. the board voting to keep helen keller in his lessons. a final decision will be made friday. more chaos in the florida ballot recount. a judge gives palm beach county 5 extra days to tally their ballots and our next guest saw firsthand the madness that happened in the 2000 florida recount. stephen meyer was attorney for the democratic party at the time and joins us to talk about this. thank you for joining us so early. >> thank you for having me. heather: lots of people awake in florida, a lot of counting going on but not a big surprise to you. >> it is not. over 8 million people cast ballots in this race. in the 2000 presidential race, 5.9 million people, the population has grown so much, a huge turnout takes a long time to count the ballots because people vote in many ways, absentee ballot, early voting on election day, provisional ballot

immigrants in the united states that were opposed to britain and the british empire so what they wanted to do was somehow get the united states to make sure the united states stayed on board in the first world world war and what that of course entailed was making sure that woodrow wilson's top advisers kept on pushing him giving him a goal a giving them a goal to fight for to the bitter end. and the other power the british wanted to keep happy was russian. the idea that the british thought most and many of the bolsheviks had jewish backgrounds be on trustees real name was prophesied after all and what the british thought once you scratch these people underneath it really jewish so therefore what we've got to do is we've got to give them something that will a piece of them to make sure that they would stay in the war and fight to the bitter end as well didn't quite work out that way. and just as mark sykes had called his approach to negotiating with the french as practical politics there was good good old. pragmatism. the idea of having a jewish colony somewhere to the north of the suez canal the british were in egypt at the suez canal and in the north you would have a jew

democrats will do or do you think you could get republicans in the senate and president on the united states on board? ms. pelosi: our best friend in this debate is the public. president lincoln said public sentiment is everything. and you can accomplish almost nothing without it. and h.r. 1 agenda going forward, we believe that it will have great support and that message won't be lost on the senate or on the president of the united states. anyone want to speak to that? >> a lot of us who supported this ran in districts where we have to get republican support to be here. and i can tell you, i did not meet a single republican voter who thought it was a good idea that our laws allow say, a foreign government, to channel money through nonprofit organizations to a super pac in the united states to influence the outcome of this election. this is bipartisan when it comes to the american people. will it be bipartisan when it comes to the united states senate. and that's up to them to decide. mr. sarbanes: h.r. 1 is not being built for mitch mcconnell. it's being build as the speaker-designate said and the c