---el autor de la iniciativa, el deÓcrata por san francisco "tom ammiano", dijo que la iniciativa estableceriaaciones, aumentos salariales y derecho a tomar siestas o dormir si es que trabajan Ás de ocho horas y viven en la casa donde laboran.---la medida ahora pasaÁ al senado estatal para seguir el tÁmite antes de convertirse en ley. ---si los legisladores no logran aprobar un presupuesto para el 15 de junio como lo marca la constitucÓn de california, no les pagaÁn su sueldo, ni los gastos de estancia por cada dia que pasen en sacramento."pamela diaz" nos preparo el siguiente reporte. ---una de las instituciones de enseÑanza superior mas asequibles, tendra que limitar los cursos que ofrece.---el colegio comunitario de san francisco eliminara hasta 800 clases para balancear uno de los peores presupuestos en la historia del plantel.---las clases principales, entre ellas las de ingles y matematicas, no se veran afectadas... pero la enseÑanza de casi todas las materias se vera afectada de una manera u otra.---debido a estos recortes en el numero de clases, es posible que los estudiantes tarden ma

[applause] from assemblyman tom ammiano's office. thank you for joining us in the celebration. we will have the final performance of the evening from the chinese american international school. they helped to start this celebration earlier this evening. i do not know if all of us were here but they are now returning. they will be performing for us and the beautiful traditions of the chinese new year, the alliance stance. please welcome students from the chinese american international school. -- the lion's dance. -- the lion's dance. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> [inaudible] [applause] this is really a unique performance. before we end tonight's program, i want to, on behalf of the city, thank at&t again for your generous sponsorship, making the celebration happening. we would liked everyone to join us for the reception. we want to thank owner of moonstar. we want to thank you for your contribution. [speaking foreign language] >> thank you.

when supervisor and now still helping us with this, former supervisor tom ammiano. thank you very much. [applause] i only carried these cards because there were so many people to think. i want to begin with the incredible city staff team that has worked for many years on this project, starting with rich ellis. [applause] michael temoff and john from the office of economic development. [applause] the incredible and ongoing work of our city attorney's office that has been wonderful in crafting a good language that people are not only living with on the island, but the delicate legal issues. eileen molly, charles sullivan, john malamut, andrea esquita, our city attorney's office. [applause] thank you also to your boss for giving you the time to do this. from city planning, john ram, i do not see him here. kevin guy, rick cooper, city planning, thank you. from the mta, i want to thank matt ford for his staff. [applause] from the puc, ed harrington, thank you for allowing us to work with mark -- michael carlin. doug schumacher, thank you for the great work you did on the

was it going to be a tom ammiano, david campos, an arin peskin, a former supervisor?then mayor newsom said that he may delay his wearing him that as a lieutenant governors for a week. then the border supervisors, the modern new board with let the mayor. >> the question is when i do that. i have no charter obligations to do that. my term does not expire for another year-plus. so i have to resign first before a new mayor can take that oath of office. i have a role to play, even though the board of supervisors is the official who. >> mayor newsom, infuriatingly, frankly, kept his cards close to the best until the last moment. people did not know if he was going to stay in office to allow the new board to vote, people did not know if he was going to go to sacramento early. >> the key to this whole process that the board of supervisors cannot appoint an interim mayor until the office is actually vacant. he did not want to be the necessarily to the sport of supervisors, which were his political adversaries for so many years. >> anything can happen at the board of supervisor

then when tom ammiano ran against willie brown, i got inspired. i thought, someone with integrity and honesty, if they can run for mayor, maybe i can be somebody who represents what is true about our people. that is what inspired me to run and be a candidate. one thing this year that i really tackling, and i expect to for a long time, looking at me and how it operates in my district. san francisco, we talk about it being a transit first city, but it does not mean a lot if transit is not very well thought out in places away from downtown. my district is where we need to create better options. all the way down to randall street, there is no accessible boarding areas for the church. there is a woman that lives in a wheelchair on santa rosa. she has to go across to glen park to get out transit. >> those new stations, those are the ones that we are going to have to depend on. >> along balboa park station, near geneva, i have been pushing hard to get ramps for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street. i want to insure the department o

---el legislador estatal por san francisco tom ammiano y otros activistas locales dijeron esta tarde que las reformas son solamente cosmeticas y no van al fondo del asunto y piden la elminacion total del programa... ... cu ---pese a esta noticia, las trabajadoras domsticas quizs tengan algo que celebrar... take vo ---durante la conferencia internacional del trabajo realizada en ginebra suiza... que es un organo de las naciones unidas, ---se firmo un decreto que dicta que los empleados domsticos no son sirvientes ni miembros de las familias para las que trabajan... tambien que tienen derechos, protecciones y deben de tener un lugar digno para realizar sus labores... ---con este pronunciamien to se busca reducir el numero de abusos a los que los empleados domesticos son sometidos en todo el mundo... cu ---mas adelante en el noticiero tendremos una entrevista en directo con una de las activistas pertenecientes a la organizaci mujeres unidas y activas" que enviaron a dos representant es para la firma del documento en ginebra, y quien nos hablar lo que esto significa para los miles de emp

--el autor de la propuesta, el legislador tom ammiano enfatizo sobre las serios problemas que el programaeria a miles de inmigrantes indocumentados. --tambien hace hincapie en el derecho del gobierno local de elegir participar o no en este controvertido programa. cu ---la organizacion " human rights watch" denuncio que las autoridades de inmigracion de estados unidos traslada frecuentemen te a centros de detencion " remotos" a los inmigrantes arrestados que afrontan procesos de deportacion... take vo ---esto "aparta de sus derechos" a los detenidos por que se les " dificulta extremadamente" el acceso a sus abogados y pruebas... ---la organizacion solicita a inmigracion a que no efectue estos traslados hasta que el detenido se haya presentado en una audiencia judicial... tambien pidio al congreso que apruebe la construccion de mas centros de detencion en zonas de amplia poblacion inmigrante. cu crece la polmica en torno a una playera con a-d-n que podra ser clave para el caso que la policia de los angeles prepara contra giovanni ramirez, uno de los sospechosos de golpear salvajemente al af

i think it is important for us to recognize tom ammiano and mark leno and ross mirkarimi. in particular, the carpenters, the laborers, the health care workers, the uhw -- we live in this community. the housing component is important to us, and i want to thank you very much for those most recent efforts. thanks again. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is carlos white. i am a 20-year member of the united brotherhood of carpenters out of martinez. i currently work at treasure island accord, which has been ranked no. 1 in the united states. i brought with me several students who currently live on the island, work on the island, and study on the island. i commend the board for its meticulous worked as far as the wording of the contract because some of those dollars and jobs hopefully that these young men and women can spend at least 3/4 of their career on these projects. it is my job to give them skills for the real world. i believe it is your job to give them hope. i humbly ask that you help me give them hope for the future. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am from treasu

abc 888, sponsored by tom ammiano woo require things like meal and rest break, overtime pay and workers' comp. california has a chance to be the second state in the country to passion a bill that supports domestic workers rights. >> reporter: today lopez stood for the estimated 200,000 estimated domestic workers in california. >> and once you have a face and understand them as a person it's easy to understood that they are actually human beings rfp it's change that people we talked to said is needed. >> no doubt about it, from what i know and what i have seen, there is no doubt about that. >> reporter: lopez says her two daughters are proud she is speaking out. she just hopes people are listening. in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> united airlines canceled flights across the country. this was the scene at sfo friday night when thousands of passengers found themselves stranded. officials tell us that there have been no major delays so far today. but united warns it could take several days to rebook all of those people affected by that glitch. >>> a woman is in custody, a

i never thought that a candidate would be someone that i would support, but when tom and ammiano ran for mayor against willie brown, somehow, i got inspired. i thought, it someone that has integrity and honesty, that comes from the community, could run for mayor, maybe it is we something that can represent the community. i wanted to look at it from a candid perspective. >> when you did run for the border supervisors, what did you learn from that experience, from the campaign? >> from the campaign? so much. you knock on a lot of doors, talk to a lot of people. some of the things were interesting, how connected a lot of people were to their schools, communities. people were involved in their communities in some many ways. we have neighborhood organizations. there are so many people actively involved in the communities, neighborhoods, our organizations, child care facilities, relationships with seniors, at the park. that was something exciting to see. there were multiple ways for people to be involved as residents and members of the city. i was stunned by just how many artists were in d