again, underwritten with the same $9 million. we were successful on the start of sides. we want to open up to the private sector more. -- we were successful on those two sides. >> [unintelligible] >> scott may want to address this as well, but the $2,500 may be was not enough of an incentive, and we think doubling it to 5000 -- especially for small businesses that have thin margins to take advantage. we do -- starting a new program, we were uncertain about the demand on the client side. we kept the match quite low with the total money we had. we are quite confident giving the remainder of the budget we have, that we can place 300 folks. scott wants to add as well. >> i think trent is totally right about increasing from $2,500 to $5,000. but the other aspect of what we're doing this today is to get this out to the small business community. i sent out an e-mail to about 500 small businesses. i got 70 to 80 responses. most of them did not know it existed. >> [unintelligible] so, the $5,000 only covers you so far. maybe the business doesn't pay. you know, $10,000 -- >> carol

this was underwritten by more than $60 million in federal funds. unfortunately, expired september of last year. we revive the program using more than $9 million of state, local, and federal funds to help the same pool of unemployed job seekers. two-thirds of the program has been successful. we've been able to place over 460 people in public sector, subsidized positions, as well as with our nonprofit partners in the city. i think the shortcoming of jobsnow2 was on the private sector side. we initially designed the program to offer private sector, principally small businesses, $2,500 to hire an individual. we had about 70 placements, and with the help of my colleague who is standing behind me and my staff, we doubled the subsidy amount. that is what we are announcing today, that small businesses -- or any business in the private sector in san francisco -- can avail themselves of $5,000 in a wage subsidy, provided they hire an individual screens through us and referred to them. there is room for probably 300 or more placements through the fiscal year.

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >> belva: the u.s. supreme court order scalifornia to release more than 30,000 inmates over the next two years to reduce prison overcrowding. citing the current conditions as below constitutional standards. chuck reed in san francisco and san francisco mayor ed lee called for dramatic pension confirms in their cities to save money. >> we needed to fix our financial house in the city. >> belva: pg&e plans to increase rates for those who use the least amount of energy. and how far we have come. aids treatment at san francisco general 30 years later. coming up next. >> belva: good evening. i'm belva davis. welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel are tom vacar, consumer editor for ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter for the "san francisco chronicle." and julie small, reporter for kpcc southern california public radio. julie, what was the case before the u.s. supreme court and how did they rule on it? >> the u.s. supreme court was asked to decide whether three fed

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> governor brown's revised budget goes easier on education than expected but he says tax extensions are still needed despite new revenues. >> the economy in california is looking pretty good, not as good as it's been, but definitely on the mend. but we still have a $10 billion structural deficit and a wall of debt to come. >> belva: the state parks are hit hard by cuts with 70 planned closures next year. u.s. senate republicans blocked the nomination of u.s. berkeley professor goodwin liu to the court of appeals to san francisco. >>> and maupin comes to san francisco. ♪ good evening. i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on our news panel are paul rogers, environment writer for the "san jose mercury news," josh rischman, legal and political affairs reporter for the "oakland tribune," john myers for kqed public radio, joining us from the capitol. so john, what are some of the details of governor brown's revised budget? >> -- notion that you have to solve the state budget problem through a combi

captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >> belva: good evening, i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me now on our news panel are troy wolfe ton, personal technology columnist for "san jose americay news." bob egelko, legal reporter, san francisco chronicle, and carla march new which i, also with san francisco chronicle. the senior leadership is assembling, these guys should be happy but the state where it is, what are the many concerns that will be discussed? >> yeah, democrats meeting this week in sacramento. you're right, belva, they have a lot to be happy about. they have every statewide office. they have a voter advantage of more than 2 million in california. i mean, this is a party that should be celebrating a lot, except this hangup for their governor, harry brown, he needs just a handful of republican votes to get him those budget proposals in front of voters to california and it has not happened. i think this weekend we'll see drama up there. all of the statewide elected officials there will be, attorney general, gavin newsom an

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captioning by vitac, underwritten by fireman's fund >>> california's population has become older and more ethnically diverse. the state's high-speed rail gets a boost from federal funding, but it's expected to cost more than planned. in a climate watch conversation, how business can benefit from environmentally sustainable practices. that's coming up next. ♪ >> good evening. i'm belva davis, and welcome to "this week in northern california. "joining us on our news panel is michael cabanatuan, staff writer with "the stan frefk chronicle and scott shafer, host of "the california report" on kqed public radio, jill tucker kate education reporter, also with "the san francisco chronicle." jill, tell us, this week's demonstrations by teachers in hopes of getting the legislature to change its position on more money for schools, how has it gone? >> well, there definitely has been a lot of teachers, a lot of parents, a lot of children out on the streets. right now as we speak there's a rally going on at civic center in san francisco, and they have been out in pajamas in the morning and rallyin

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