it's assembly bill 12 66 that has also been introduced by assembly member tom ammiano which addresses the issue of how school districts interact with transgender students. the law as it is right now in california actually prohibits discrimination against students based on their gender department it. -- ~ identity. unfortunately some schools and school districts in this state continue to fail to recognize that it is discriminatory and harmful to nontransgender students to acschool-related facilities and activities. something that unfortunately, even after the law protected these students was passed, continues to be a problem throughout the state. this bill by assembly member ammiano would clarify what the legal obligations by each school district and school actually are. it would ensure that transgender students in every district in every school in california will be guaranteed equal protection and equal educational opportunities just like the rest of their peers. the fact that no student can learn if they feel they have to hide who they are at school, if they're singled out for unequa

. >> assembly tom ammiano is here. (applause). >> and our state school chief tom torlichman is here and he is making his way to the podium. thank you all for being here. rob, i want to start with you. you are a los gatos man. how old was jill when this started happening. >> it started happening when jill was about 14, it started in december, she turned 15 in february and then less than a month later, she passed. >> i can't even imagine what that was like for you all. you have another daughter so you just couldn't fold so how did you deal with all that? >> that's one of the greatest challenges. you know, the devastation that jill went through, the pain, doesn't stop. families will testify it continues. it hits the community and now we have to continue to pull ourselves up and help our other daughter and the challenges of raising and parenting another child. you know, we can't just pull up in a shell. she has the right to have a childhood. she deserves to go to go to college. she deserves to be happy. we need to teach her

. >> also represent state mark malone's office tom ammiano. (applause) * >> all will return momentarily, i'm sure. paul henderson, representing mayor ed lee's office. [laughter] >> and to my right, i have the open house, our state association vice president and i'm sure other names, past president san francisco chapter. we have lots of our membership here including a

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lead by san francisco assemblyman tom ammiano.uld allow every homeless person to move freely, rest, and solicit donations in public spaces. the bill also allows the homeless to rest, sleep or live in a motor vehicle. as long as it's legally parked on public property. it would also allow people to collect recyclables. as a means of employment. finally, it requires cities to provide health and hygiene centers with restrooms and showers. 24on tuesday. the legislation passed the assembly judiciary committee. appropriations committee. and if it passes there, on to the full assembly. however at this point no one knows who will finance the proposed legislation. warrior fans are getting amped up for tonights playoff game against denver.the underdog golden state warriors are beating the nuggets at their own game. against denver, giving them a two-to-one lead in the best-of-seven playoffif warriors win tonight, tomorrow in denver. to advance to a second-round playoff showdown with the san antonio spurs. tonight's pivotal game four starts at

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

. >> in our remaining 6 1/2 but i'll say 8 minutes, i want to recognize tom ammiano who walked in, tony, i'm going to put you on the spot first just because i was so upset you left us when i was mayor and we tried to keep you, but i'm so happy for oakland. but, tony, you have any comments or questions for our two esteemed panelists, particularly ruslyn who has been saying so many nice things about you. you should reciprocate. >> we also have a really big investigation going in oakland. i'm not sure -- tony is right. be nice. >> thank you, yeah, good morning, everybody. thank you very much. so we are pretty deep in an investigation about the disproportionate suspension of african american males and the reason we have been able to engage so deeply is because of the understanding that unless we take a really deep healing approach, unless we look at the root issue, bullying will persist. so we said you need to have a universal goal that you can eliminate bullying but it's really about creating a caring school community. what i would ask, this question of definition, can you, though, ask for

. >> also represent state mark malone's office tom ammiano. (applause) * >> all will return momentarily, i'm sure. paul henderson, representing mayor ed lee's office. [laughter] >> and to my right, i have the open house, our state association vice president and i'm sure other names, past president san francisco chapter. we have lots of our membership here including a couple of board members, kerry greenberg from fresno. [speaker not understood] is here. we have two representatives from san mateo county, barbara arieta and mike miller. i know people. at this time i'd like to say a few words about the california grand jurors association. it's an all volunteer group, 501(c) (3) dedicated to promoting the participation in the grand jury system, qualifies applicants to be grand jurors, bidthv awareness so we have consumers of the grand jury's product, report. at this point i'd like to turn it over for some lengthy introductions. >> thank you. thank you, keith. welcome, everybody. we're glad to see so many friendly faces. as president of the chapter

. >>> state assemblyman tom ammiano has drafted a homeless bill of rights. it's in response to tent city removals and sit-lie laws. the idea here is to give the homeless legal protections when engaging in "life-activities." his bill would let homeless sit, eat and even panhandle unless the city or county can provide a place to stay and at least one year of services. >> just being homeless not criminal. there are behaviors that are criminal that homeless people do as well as -- as well as people who are the know homeless. we are looking more for solutions that are not punitive but rehabilitative. >> opponents say it would burden cities with costs and legal liabilities. >>> a bill to allow california bars to stay open later died in committee. it would have loved local governments to decide whether -- it would have allowed local governments to decide whether to allow alcohol sales until 4 a.m. mark leno was behind the bill. he says the move would have attracted more tourists away from places like las vegas. leno tried and failed to get the same bill passed back

the bill called the " homeless bill or its " is spearheaded by san francisco assembly man tom ammianoow the homeless to rest, sleep or live in a car and solicit donations in public. the measure would also let them collect recyclables as a means of employment. cities would have to provide the homeless with health and hygiene centers with restrooms and showers, 24 hours a day for seven days a week. >> imagine how aggressive they will become. we ex you to sound off and this is what some of you stated. >> john davaltos, state it that i feel for the homeless but all this means is that you will not be able to walk a block without someone in your face asking for money. >> in response, robyn greenberg, stay dead where else are they supposed to go? you cannot keep pushing them from here to there without giving them an alternative. it they are human human as well, after all, how many of us are just wanted to wait for not making our rent payments. >> the proposal passed the assembly committee yesterday and now moves to go to another committee before possibly advancing to the full state assembly.

assemblyman tom ammiano says the bill is in response to homeless sit-lie laws.l calls for new 24-hour- a-day hygiene centers and other laws. >>> we are used to seeing calorie information on restaurant menus but one of those menus also listed how many minutes you have to exercise to burn off those calories. they would likely choose lower calorie options. the study comes from texas christian university. eat a whopper, two hours on the treadmill. >> i would still order the whopper. [ laughter ] >>> i would, too. 6:19 right now. a record night for the warriors in the play-offs. >> yeah, plus the giants rally in the ninth against the diamondbacks to tie it up. so how did it finish? we have highlights coming up. >> but first, as we count down to opening day, here's a look at the new bay bridge. ,,,, when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward

the bill from san francisco assemblyman tom ammiano is meant to keep communities from rousting people who have nowhere to go. the crux of the bill would give homeless legal protections when engaging in, quote, life sustaining activities like sleeping and panhandling in public places. it's a response to tent city removals and sit-lie laws. the bill also requires state governments to fund all-day access to hygiene centers with showers and restrooms. >>> checking bay area headlines now, students at two concord schools were put on lockdown today as police searched for a carjacking suspect. it started around 11 a.m. when a person driving a stolen car crashed into another car on concord boulevard. the suspect ran from the scene. concord high and el dorado middle school went on temporary lockdown as a precaution. the suspect got away. >>> an 8-hour standoff involving the oakland s.w.a.t. team ended this morning with no suspect being found. police surrounded the lockwood gardens apartments at 65th avenue. they were looking for a man they say shot another person in the leg. officers searched t

"bill of rights" >> this homeless bill of rights is the brainchild of san francisco assemblyman tom ammiano who says current law tend to lead to the criminalization of homeless people. this legislation allows every homeless person to move freely, rest, and solicit donations without being subject to criminal or civil sanctions, harassment or arrest by law enforcement. >> dan kerman: it requires cities to provide health and hygiene centers with bathrooms and showers 24 hours a day seven days a week. a spokesman says they did not have those answers. >> catherine: >> pam: so i'm sure there's gonna be some push back on this will they be able to continue enforcement or not. >> jurisdiction can only enforce these laws depending on how many jobs they have, public housing and other types of things. right now the spokesman says and almost no jurisdiction meet this criteria so the answer would be no. if >> pam: this will what happens then? >> ways to go. >> pam: we sent to maureen kellywe sent maureen kelly out to find out how bad the homeless problem is on the streets of san francisco. >> maureen kel

the build of a homeless bill of rights is spearheaded by san francisco assemblyman tom ammiano . it will allow the homeless to rest, sleep or live in motor vehicles and solicit donations in public. the measure would also let them collect recyclables as a means of employment. cities would have to provide the homeless with health and hygiene centers with the restrooms and showers. the 24 hours a day seven days a week. the proposal passed an assembly committee yesterday. as for will cover the cost a spokesman for ammiano said at this point they did not know. >> continuing developments in the ricin investigation in which president obama and others were targeted with poison the letters. charges were dropped against kevin curtis and elvis impersonator. he is the man the fbi had targeted as its prime suspect. no evidence of ricin was fouled. investigators now focusing on a man named j. everett dutschke searching his mississippi home today. this comes as another suspicious substance possibly more ricin was founded in military mail sorting facility in washington d.c.. >> the fbi is invest

the bill called a homeless bill of rights is spearheaded by san francisco's assembly man tom ammiano.rest, sleet or live in a car and solicit donations and public. the measure would also let them collect recyclables as a means of employment. cities would have to provide a homeless with health and hygiene centers with rest rooms and showers 24 hours a day seven days a week. this sounds as bad idea! it is bad enough going to any bart station are just walking down the street and being hit on every block. all this will do is give the drug users the place to use and make it harder for us that are tied to be hit up for everything. >route says is short, up to help the poor is an investment and the economy. steve says the rats have infiltrated the state and had taken over. liberalism is truly a disease, can't wait to retire and leave the state of my birth. too bad. the proposal passed the assembly committee yesterday and now moves on to another committee before possibly advancing to the full state assembly. as for who will cover the cost, a spokesman for the san francisco assembly says at thi