where is the tobacco money from the state of california? it was much larger amounts of money because it was a whole state. do any of you know? it is just part of the hole in the state's budget. it went into the general fund. what do we have because of luis? we have this beautiful building. [applause] >> unfortunately, those were my real words. i will tell you the aftermath of that story. it is even worse with the state of california. they securitized their tobacco money. it is already pissed away. there you go. today is a great celebration not only for the entire laguna honda community but for the city of san francisco. i know that many of you know from its very beginning laguna honda and san francisco have been intertwined. back in the days of the gold rush, it was started as an alms house and evolved over the years to where we are today. today, we have a new chapter where a quality of care will be constantly given as it has always been given so well in the past, and where community will be even more deeply engaged. it has been said that no

the state money. >> what do you do for california? >> i am a deputy director of that division which does a couple of things. we manage the technology services board -- the legislative board. i also work with constituent groups, primarily the web master universe, including 500 web masters across the state of california board doing some really new and innovative things with the web. we want to save the state a ton of money. >> how does that work? >> they have a meeting every couple of months. we demonstrate something that we have found that is free. one of the last things we demonstrated was something that showed how you could build a widget through these press releases and youtubes. within two months, we had two million impressions. how do we get our checks? how are the laws changing? we wanted -- they wanted instructional videos. the twitter feed is being run like a help desk. if you are unemployed in the state of california and you have employed for unemployment benefits -- applied for unemployment benefits, we will give you instructi

the state of california, the seventh biggest economy in the world, never ceases to amaze me. i am an adopted child of the u.s., state of california, and reading the secretary of the epa's biography, he oversees 40,000 employees. the only have to do with two issues. housing and transportation. he has 22,000 employees that he needs to look over. a $20 billion budget. i was just noticing his budget is about half of the entire agricultural exports of the country of argentina. that is fascinating. he is a fascinating man, someone that i have been privileged to partner with over the past couple of years on what is a tremendous groundbreaking initiative, the delivery of the second phase of the project. just as the victor is a visionary, i believe dale is also a visionary. many fruit of his vision are likely to mature after he has left office, but his imprint is clear on the san francisco infrastructure. i want to acknowledge that by welcoming him to the podium. please welcome secretary

i think there is a lot of urban legends on help the state spends the money. in californiathat is complicated by the fact that about 70 cents out of every dollar that is spent through the state budget is spent by local governments. school districts, county governments, where made in payments to individuals and various cash assistance programs where to help health-care providers. a lot of californians do not see how tax dollars move up from here in sacramento to their local community across the state. host: there is a chart, states seek financial help from the federal government as new budgets began. 30 states are relying on federal aid in fiscal 2011 to help projected state spending, but only nine have contingency plans if congress does not approve the money. california is counting on 1.5 billion. is california one that has a contingency plan? guest: we are actually closer to $3 billion. we do not have a contingency plan because we do not have a budget yet. california typically runs later than most states. our constitution requires the legislation to send a spending plan by

there are 12 other authorities in the state of california, all based on state legislation. as a health and maintenance organization, which is what the health authority is, it is regulated and licensed by the state department of managed health care. part of that requirement, because it is a health plan, is the ongoing review of financial stability and liability and integrity of the organization. so on a monthly, quarterly, an annual basis, all financial statements of the authority are submitted to the state for review. all of those various financial reports are put on the state's website so that individuals can have an opportunity to look at the financial integrity and soundness of the health plan that delivers service. so while it is true that the board of supervisors and the controller's office has not done that review, the state of california understands the importance of making sure there are financially sound hmos. so that review is on the state level. we are happy to support any controller office review. >> mr. chairman, just as a follow up in connection with your quest

he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan that just arrived. thank you very much. i want to echo what miss leyall said, welcome everyone to this historic summit here in san francisco. the next couple days we're going to tackle very tough issues, the issues of global warming, issues of waste water, hydropower, the electric

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. >>> a distinction for the state of california. coming up on the bay air news at 7:00, a surge on hate crimes and what some say are the reason behind it. >>> aye warning to voters leaving the bay to watch out for whales. whale watchers say their numbers are staggering. >>> it was slightly cooler today. there was a bit of fog out there. it did clear, but it's ge and w will it get there? details coming up. >>> president barack obama said today he is concerned an online leak of classified documents about the war in afghanistan could potentially put lives in jeopardy. he down plaid at the significance when it comes to public policy. >> the fact is these documents don't reveal any issues that haven't already informed our public debate on afghanistan. they points to the same challenges that led me to conduct review of our policy last fall. >> today the house of representatives approved a military spending bill that includes 3 $3 billion to propose the president's surge of more troops to afghanistan. the bill now goes to the president. >>>

single biggest contributor factor to the deficit has been the loss of state transit assistance revenues, operating funds from the state of california. that is because of the nightmare in sacramento for the budget. over the last three years, we've lost $179.1 million. if we were getting the revenue the voters have approved from the state, we would be getting $78.3 million next year. that is more than our deficit. many of you may have read and followed some of the measures passed by the state legislature that would direct $400 million statewide immediately to transit. the sfmta share of that would be about $36 million. it would also enact a complicated gas tax scheme that would begin to give us ongoing revenue sources again in the second year of the budget. last week, the governor sent a letter to the state pro tem saying he did not like various portions of it and was planning to veto it. he has not vetoed it yet. he has until this monday to make a decision. the legislature is taking some actions to address some of his concerns and other areas. we're not counting on that revenue but we're working to advocate for it. we've been sendin

i did the mathematics in terms of the $19.1 billion problem in the state of california. if you take every dollar that the state contributes to its pension, general fund dollars, if you assume you did not have to write a check to solve any of the pension, just off the books, if you would think that would solve half of the budget deficit based on the rhetoric in sacramento. some would say it would solve all that. it would solve barely 10% of the state budget crisis. that is suggested of the hyperbole around this issue. when folks talk about the bloated bureaucracy and government and nhow it has grown out of proportion because of pensions, they should take time to seek the facts. it is a major issue if we leave it unaddressed. in this city, we have not left it unaddressed. this connects to my point about labor. labor came to the table two years ago. it did something no other county in california did. they supported what became proposition b. it says that all new employees would contribute to% of their salary to deal with the unfunded help liability. it was shown to be about

the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. inging] [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> welcome to culture wire i'm your host. san francisco's old mint is one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. for the month of july the old mint is being illuminated by the presentation of traveling light. every weekend in july audiences will be able to walk through specially staged scenes in the vault and move upstairs for a series of dances in the ballrooms and upper courtyards. the director of cultural affairs met with the artistic director during the last rehearsal before opening night.

the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. inging] [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] >> good afternoon, everyone. if you would take your seats for this incredibly happy occasion. i am the director of the san francisco department of public health, and i want you to think back 13 years, because that is when i began. and when i started, the very first crisis i had to deal with is what shall we do about the laguna honda hospital. it has always been known for the incredible care, the loving nurses, the fantastic physicians, the energetic volunteers, the courage of our residents, for all of the things that made the care great. but we had a problem. and the problem was the building. we were in a building that had long outlived its usefulness as a place for residents to live. it was no longer consistent with any medicare or medicaid rules. we were the only facility left in the country running open wards. we were told we would not be allowed any longer by both the federal and state authorities. it was a pla

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can we let's look at the spat the city of los angeles and the state of california i like that let's be concrete talk about some truth the city of los angeles the public schools here are seventy seventy five percent latino the public schools yet if you go on to campus at u.c.l.a. or any of the larger you know elite universities here in the state of california latinos are are wholly under represented and that's not changing that's getting worse in fact in california we don't have affirmative action it was banned by you know state constitutional amendment in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine that in fact my group is now suing in federal court to overturn because we've seen what ten years of the ban on affirmative action has meant for the people of california in a majority minority state in a majority minority city you go across the street here to u.c.l.a. three years ago there were less than one hundred black freshman on that campus who were not on athletic scholarship you tell me that you quality you tell me that's what america is supposed to be what you're talking about quote it's

what the state california recommends and what the red cross recommends. >> sir, thank you. >> thank you. >> in the majority of people injuries in earthquakes are injured by broken glass. the majority are not buildings pan caking on them in the united states. thank you, sir. thank you. >> sir, thank you. we will let people approach you with their individual questions at the end. >> panelists, thank you so much for your participation today. [applause] we will post information from the panelists on to the website much if you want to know how to get a hold go to the nen neighborhood empowerment website and you will be able to do that. thank you. san hose's save our streets in the mission district by i-280. we have a lot of quality of life issues. we worked on a lot of traffic calming. one. things that came up as an easy thing to do required thing to do is a lot of greening. we worked on greening on san jose we have 9 blocks done south of caesar chavez and we are working to go north. the community challenge program has been retool indeed 2005 to encourage neighborhood involvement. that's me.

but first, an education emergency, the draft that the state of california is taking to get students out of under performing schools. also.... >> twice delayed tests on the signal. airborne. beautiful. and strong. there to ensure the most powerful transmitter is you. rule the air. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> later today the california state board of education is expected to start an emergency in 1,000 schools. students are considered to be at risk of, quote, serious harm to health and safety or general welfare. it could make a new law to help students at troubled schools to higher performing schools. pta will challenge the emergency declaration in a meeting today. they call it alarm effort and it doesn't give parents time to understand what that emergency declaration means. >> bp has resumed testing of a new cap that could slow or even stop the oil gushing from its well in the gulf of mexico. these are live pictures of the well that is still something lots of oil. they had to stop testing to make emergency repairs. john hendron reports. >> after another

the state of california passed some legislative regulatory side of this. they passed a law a couple of years back passing a standard of the water efficiency of front loading washing machines. because of the way the federal government looks at state standards, in order for them to do that we had to apply for the exemption for federal to do this. and there is no federal standard. so we passed law, applied for the waiver, the lowest effect to go into january one. on december 28th, the department on a friday afternoon, of course, rejected the state of california application for waivers so

it the great seal of the state of california. this is a wonderful mosaic. >> it is wonderful. t was original to the building. tens of thousands of people cross by every day. this is the waiting area. the larger alcoves or for storage. and the big plants that would go out to meet the ferries. people would come out to meet the ferries. and then go to the trolley cars. the family of the original artisan still lives in the bay area and they come by every so often to make sure that it is in tact and being taken care of. furry little repair to it. this is the before and after, 1910

>> well, in this case what's happened is that many districts around the state, in fact, at californiaatch we did a survey of the top -- the largest 30 districts in the state, school districts, and we found that 16 out of the 30 districts are shortening the school year during the coming year. for a few days, most up to five days. a full week of the school year. the reason they're doing this is the teachers are being given furlough days. and i think a lot of people don't realize they're not getting paid on those days. so it's actually a way for districts to get a pretty big savings by trimming the school year. but the problem is a lot of people, including president obama, has made a big deal about this is they feel this is just pushing california in completely the wrong direction, that really what we want is not a shorter school year, we need a longer school year. and longer school days. and shorter summers. it was just a decade ago that california increased the school year to 180 days. it's actually each district decides on their own, but the standard for california is 180 days. and ca

if things work well, the state of california will revise, they have some sense of what the restaurant is all about. . >> i remember when that started up, it wasn't very long ago you started scoring restaurants here a year or two years ago. >> about a year and a half. >> there was a lot of opposition. i don't know who was opposing -- has that opposition faded and people --. >> there is still exceptions that people don't like this scoring system, but it was something that was in process of becoming there, it's going to be there. this is the information age, people want to know about the restaurant and so this was natural progression. so there was opposition but i think those who opposed it understood that people want to know where they are spending their money at and it's important for them to know a score and the time the inspection was performed. so it's actually worked out pretty well and it's abating some of those complaints. >> so, mitch, people call and say what's your score? . >> no. but we were really excited when we got the hundred. it was like getting a good review from the lo

the help -- hub for virgin america comes to san francisco and california. it was a long battle, a difficult battle, it was not easy, but we got it done. this is a great contribution for the state of california. it is bringing business to california, bringing in this airline to california, the only one, and really helping us with the revenues. there will be job creation over the next three years, 500 jobs a year. this is really extraordinary, and now, to announce, to celebrate the first international destination to fly to canada, to toronto. that is a great expansion of the business here, and to expand the airline business or any business during an economic downturn is a real challenge, let me tell you. i want to congratulate richard branson for his great vision and for being such a great business leader and having confidence in the state, wanting to expand his airline here and to fly out to other destinations. he will make some other announcements afterwards because this is just the beginning. what i also like is that these airplanes are modern airplanes, the most sophisticated and energy efficient air plants, and that is very important. this airline consists of about 25% less

the state of california passed some legislative regulatory side of this. they passed a law a couple of years back passing a standard of the water efficiency of front loading washing machines. because of the way the federal government looks at state standards, in order for them to do that we had to apply for the exemption for federal to do this. and there is no federal standard. so we passed law, applied for the waiver, the lowest effect to go into january one. on december 28th, the department on a friday afternoon, of course, rejected the state of california application for waivers so our standard is not going into effect and i know that,g ito, is here but the energy commission does have the ability to apply for a - an appeal - senior moment there. thank you. i hope they do so. but the water savings from the front loading washing machines are combined to make cost efficiency. if you look at the pricing structure of water often it's not necessarily cost effective but if you look at energy savings as well, they are hugely cost effective. so from their view ma

but first, an education emergey, the draft that the state of california is takinto get student out of under performing schools. >>> later today the california state board of education is expected to start an emergency in 1,000 schools. students are csidered to be at risk of, quote, serious harm to health and safety or general welfare. it could make a new law to help students at troubled schools to high performing schools. pta will challenge th emergency declaration in a meeting today. theyall it alarm effort and it doesn't give paren time to understand what that emergency declaration means. >> bp has resumed testing of a new cap that could slow or even stop the oil gushing from its well in the gulf of mexico. thesere live picturesf the well that is still something lots of oil. they had to stop testing to make emergency repairs. john hendron reports. >> after another false start, renewed optimism. bp begin the process o testing the pressure side the cap on the leaking well and then a snag, a leak in a line attached to the well cap. they say it will be replaced before starting tests. ov

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the fall election campaign. the california youth summit accounts of emerging leaders from the chicano latino youth leadership project, jr. state of california and the california ymca youth and government programs. thank you for being part of our hi-5 and giving us a wave in an earlier picture. if you want to be part of future hi-5s email us at mornings@cbs5.com and we're also on facebook and twitter. >> great photo, wonderful cause, continued success to you guys. here's a look at ocean beach and it's foggy out there. we have clouds and drizzle at the coast. here's a look at the daily planner. as you move around the bay, still looking at low clouds. so much so we have delays on arrivals at sfo. just short of one hour. if you are traveling, you might want to call ahead and inland a mix of sun and clouds. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. sunshine clouds around the bay temperatures upper 70s. and lingering low clouds for the coast so much so temperatures at the coast in the lower to mid-60s for daytime highs. inland warming up to near 80 in mountain view and sunnyvale. 80 in santa clara, lower 80s in san jose. the upper 70s in f

the tempting tastes of california. >> like the show? you'll love "california country: the magazine," which delivers the best stories from throughout the golden state. visit californiacountry.org for more information. >> welcome back to "california country," the show that takes you on an all-expense-paid trip to experience the best-kept secrets of the golden state. >> at the world renown culinary institute of america, trainee chefs who are learning their craft in 6 cooking and baking suites are taught several things, including the fact that their day often starts early-- like 5:00 in the morning early. even before the rooster crowed, karl diehn was feeding chickens at the institute's 1.5-acre student-run farm in st. helena, 2 hours north of san francisco. >> make sure they have plenty of water. we usually change it twice, at least twice a day. >> then it's time to harvest the potatoes he planted a few months ago. >> last year, we had a lot of different crops, but we didn't have potatoes. so this season, it was definitely something that i wanted to try. >> he came to the institute from the east coast hoping to become a chef, never realizing he'd end

. >> well, the bad news is that generally the united states has one of the highest rates of youth violence throughout the world. and california, among theca american states, has some of the highest rates of youth violence. the good news is that the trends have been downward for the last ten, 15 years. so we're seeing some mitigation of this problem. >> that's good news.s. but what are some of the problems that contribute to this? societal problem, the economy? there are a lot of factors. >> there certainly are a lot of fa i think that increasingly we'ree seeing that young people who get involved in violence have themselves been victims or witnesses ofti violence in their homes. to the extent we have serious

first came my great-great uncle howard coit, an enterprising man in the still young state of california. a member of the san francisco stock exchange in the 18 70's and 1880's, he met and married lily hitchcock, that lovely lady. a century after howard coiment married lily hitchcock, my father moved here with huts wife, barbara wheeler, from dallas to san francisco. like his great-uncle, my father also was drown bit promise of business opportunity here. my parents nurtured the family's links to this great landmark, becoming mascots of sorts to the telegraph hill dwellers, attending the coit 50th anniversary in 1983 and the rededication of pioneer park in 2001. my father would be here talking to you today but he passed away four years ago. he was very proud of our family's link to this but very humbled as well. coit tower's 75th anniversary is important because it returns attention to this art deco landmark, a symbol for a progressive city then and now. from lily hitchcock coit's bequest to the muralists who covered coit tower's interior with diverse impressions of the city's politics an

what does it matter what san francisco, the bay area, california, even the united states, does if china and india keep pumping pollutants into the air? there are some that are convinced that it is a serious problem but don't know what we as individuals or the organizations or corporations we work for can constructively do about it. i think that largely takes in where a lot of us are today. and then, finally, there are the entrepreneurs. those are the folks who realize there is either money to be made or costs to be avoided, like getting out in front of the competition on this issue. and this group we find a lot in the bay area where we have a lot of innovative businesses. i hope there's something in my comments for everybody in each of these categories today, but i think we should keep that in mind. this is san francisco bay. it's upside down, but from australia's perspective, that's just fine. it is the largest estuary on the west coast. i hope this isn't an omen of all of the slides because we're going to all have to turn funny. it's the largest estuary on the west coast on both the n

>> a charter is permission to run your city separate from the general state laws of california. >> reporter: and with rizzo pushing the idea and the bell voters approving it, bell became a charter city in 2003. state assembly hector de la torre whose area includes bell says there is nothing illegal that rizzo and his associates have done and the city council has few options. >> they can't go to the city manager and assistant city manager and police chief and say you're fired, you make too much money, give it back. they cannot. >> reporter: with the power of a charter city, bell has one of the higher tax rates in any city in southern california. and every month, the food bank directly across the street from city hall. even if rizzo should step aside, keep this fact in mind. he is 55. if he lives to be in his early 80s, he will collect legally a pension totaling $26 million. again, all of it legal. from bell, dave lopez, cbs 5. >> wow. >>> it will make driving the california coast a lot easier and it's just a really cool piece of construction work. tonight, we're going to give you an exclusiv