tony smith. we have been working with creating those types of things. the city have been wonderful to build our capacity. if you are a principle, what do you do in a hundred different agencies come at you? you barely have the time at school. we need to create user-friendly. i think we're going to get there with our new strategic plan. how did your organization, what you do fit into the plan? it's got to be there to support what we're all about. improving student achievement. that's what we're about. i am proud to say, we've had lots of meetings, we are getting there. i am exciting working with margaret. our bureaucracy wasn't created to work with these. if you want the convenience business, stay the heck out of this business. we have to learn how to play if the sand box and model what we want our city to be. >> all right. we'll save one, yes, >> actually, i want to piggyback. this is a commercial and also an action item. i think we need to truly fund peer court youth court. they have stopped their services a few weeks ago because they don't have the mon

in a statement by oakland's superintendent tony smith said unfortunately cuts to education funding meanscan no longer shield the classroom the way we would like. we must use the last resort of teacher layoff to meet financial obligations. other school districts across the statement are fissing serious budget problems. los angeles, the state's largest school district may have to lay off thousands of employees after releasing a doomgs day budget. sure to see more layoff notices around the bay area by march 15th. jenelle wang, abc 7 news. >> marin water officials are holding a public meeting tonight to talk about a possible 5th year of rate hikes. considering hikes of about had, 4% which would take effect in july. that would mean a dollar or two a month for most customers. water use is down but the cost to run stations and pumps has gone up. the meeting will be at 6:30 tonight at quarter district headquarters. >> time now 4:52. this must have been a meteorologist's delight overnight. everything in one big bag. >> but for drivers. my goodness! >> one man's trash is another man's treasure. >>

the chair of the school industry council meets monthly with superintendent tony smith. she is the leader of fdi youth in oakland unified school district. we heard tom ruiz say how the value and respect the work of our classified members. we would like to make that request that if their work is valued and they are also respected in this district that the superintendent also accord us that latitude and meet with us on a monthly basis. thank you very much. president mendoza: thank you, ms. bishop. >> good evening. congratulations, president mendoza and family -- emily murase. you are welcome to the board and i had a wonderful time the other night. i would like to address you on an issue that our chapter is going through negotiations. my name is yvonne johnson miller. i am the chapter vice-president. it was requested that our superintendent come into our negotiations, which he did not. i am very disappointed that you did not come. we were looking forward to meeting with you. you were asked to come. you never did say you were not coming. however, if you have always said it i

tony smith says unfortunately unprecedented cuts mean we can no longer shield the classroom in the waye would like. we must use the last resort of teacher layoffs to meet our financial obligation. other school districts across the state are also facing serious budget problems. los angeles, the state's largest school district may have to lay off thousands of employees after a doomsday budget. we'll see more notices around the bay area by march 15th. >> jenelle, thank you very much. it's 5:37. berkeley's controversial resolution that would invite two quantanamo bay detainees to live in the city has failed. the measure of peace and justice commission was debated until late last night. a resident offered to let one of the men cleared of all charges live in her home but that's unlikely because president obama signed an act last most prohibiting the u.s. for paying for relocation of cleared detainees. berkeley's resolution did not get the five votes needed to pass. >> a suspicious substance found in an envelope and expect the to announce test results today. it forced the evacuation of an off

in a statement, tony smith says california's budget prices makes them have to make tough choices. through all this we will do our best to mitigate the impact on children. state law requires stool districts to warn employees they might be laid off by march 15th. unknown how many letters will be mailed but the oakland superintendent says it's significant. the district plans to notify principals and managers they might be reassigned to a new position in the fall. even though jerry brown did not cut funding in the state budget, the schools are still struggling. oakland made due because of one-time funds but those factors no longer exist. districts across the state have already shortened the school year. los angeles, the state's largest school district, is facing serious money troubles. that districts says it may have to lay off thousands of employees after releasing a doomsday budget. we're sewer to see more layoff notices around the bay area by march 15th. >> jenelle, thanks a lot. 6:08. mount diablo school board members in concord met last night with parents to talk about another sc

and this is written by september tony smith saying basically they exhausted their bag of tricks and funding levels so uncertain that they had no options but to do this. in the past there were one-time funds and attrition. but no more. this year they are saying they could lose $349 per student. march 15 is the state deadline that they might not have a job in the fall. how many joys is unclear. again, we're told it could be in the hundreds. the trikt saying a lot of this depends on whether the governor can get a tax extension on the ballot and if voters say yes to it. too many factors for oakland to wait. the final notices expected to go out in may. christie smith, today in the bay. >> governor jerry brown says it's time to stop hiring due to the budget deficit. deficits will not be allowed to hire new workers, give part-time full time status or there is no end in sight for this. brown has drop add lawsuit filed by former governor arnold schwarzenegger that would have allowed the governor to impose minimum wage pay. it would expose california to billions in damages down the road. >> in the so

it's posted by the superintendent tony smith.rs the district relied on teacher attrition and one-time funding to try to save the day and avoid layoffs. no more. refusing fund from the state, how much they get next year, these are all factors in what's going on. the march 15 notices are about to hit the mail. that's the state deadline to warn teachers that they could be let go in the fall. a district spokesperson said look, we exhausted our bag of fricks. estimates are it could be in the hundreds. a lot of this depends on whether voters have a chance to approve a temporary tax extension. final notices are expected to go out sometime in may. christie smith, today in the "bay area living." >> thanks a lot. >> in the south bay men and women who put to save lives are now fighting to save their jobs in the face of a $110 million gap, they may be forced to lay off as tlaen as 349 police officers and 145 firefighters. if city employee unions don't accept concessions by june. the city is also looking at millions in other cuts including sh

tony mack from new jersey. still the capital of the state of new jersey. >> mayor stephanie minor from new york. >> andre pierre from north miami. >> mayor of the capital city of san juan. >> wayne smith from new jersey. your son that the extreme pleasure of being my date. >> i am mayor of fresno, calif.. >> i will hold off to introduce the panel members to my left and my right. we will be dealing with a lot of issues today and i want to reemphasize from high-level deployment deron nation to problems of poverty we have a lot of work to do. mayors around this table across carnation carmaking good things happen to dwindling resources. that should be on our mind today as congress considers everything from summer job programs to workforce investment back to the reauthorization from the urban enterprise zones that we all know programs we have used to leverage jobs. is not just a conversation about how to bring more money to the city. that is not the only paradigm for which we make progress but a lot of innovation from our panelists addressing innovative way to start new businesses, to source new research to lunch innovation funds, new ideas how to grow businesses and attract businesses tha