doctor wenz is an advocate. he's also a vietnam veteran who saw many people suffer from substance abuse in the wake of that war and conflict and has a tremendous amount of experience. he as a doctorate. a master's degree in working with children and works in his own consulting business as well. doctor tomas wenz. >> angela chan as worked with san francisco and community based organization in the area of violence reduction and hate crimes. she understands that often violence is simply a manifestation of conditions that we are preprogrammed to assume. we are seeing that now. this whole issue the race being played out in the presidental elections. quite frankly untruths told about one another. if we understood the common history and the proud places from which we come, much of the violence and conflict could be avoided. she has done a number of presentations around the city and state. angela chan. officer lowis borilla. she took a particular interest in working with youth and with schools. she was a sro , school re

that can't be done unless you already have as my colleague, doctor wenz is saying. part of the sro program, it offers 6 officers skills clinic. we are doing that within 9 middle schools. it's grant funded specifically for that. and so far, the funding stream is there and the school district has been supportive of that as well. that add to the other programs. project impact and alert. all very important programs. the other piece that we're charged to do is help create a saver environment for the children in school. so we, as school resource officers, wear many hats. 1 day we are mediating or siting a child. we offer classes. we have a wilderness component. we take them hiking. we do that with the school district, the boys club and the ymca. the connection is the important thing. without the connection and listening relationship, there is no trust. that's what we strive to build. >> thank you. did you want to add something, angela? >> yes, i did, i had a couple of action items. i think this is a good time to add. to officer parillo. there's a lot of great programs. i

doctor wenz, can you state clearly what sel is for everybody >> it's social emotional learning. learning about one's self and how to recognize and work with other people's feelings too >> can we give all the panelists a round of applause. we will move to questions. we have iona with the mic. >> we got a question right here. . >> hi my name is joanne, i visited atlanta for social reform >> where are you? >> i am here. i visited atlanta for a whole week. the community bus is the best thing we can have if we can put it together. it's nothing like bringing the community together. you have to start at home. if you want to put something together, you have to go to the communities. have the youth say it. i see a lot of youth parents taking them to school because they are afraid they won't see their child again. it starts in the community. this meeting is really great. you are preaching to the choir. we need to speak to the youth. i have seen violence on the bus of a kid showing off a weapon in the bay view. people don't want to change and they don't want to be labeled. we are not prote

. >> skm wenz won't support extending taxes and services could see deeper cuts to makeup for lost revenue, if another $4 kbrinl doesn't materialize by the end of the year, public schools could be on the chopping block again, lopping off another week and a half in class ootz economy st fragile. and to have that balanced to what happens to education is nerve wracking to schools. >> with the states billion as above forecast, it's possible cuts can be avoided. and democrats feel republicans gave them no choice. power given last fall. >> i know cuts that we're voting on have consequences for real people in all communities throughout the state. >> there are still some new revenues, the tax requires sell tax to be collected from certain online retailers. a new fee imposed on homeowners paying for fire protection and a $12 fee on car registration helping fund dmv. taxpayer groups are considering legal action because by law taxes require a two-thirds vote. >> they're trying to impose a tax and calling it a fee. >> lawmakers have motivation owe to get this done. they haven't been paid since june 16

a light build there marla for wenz morning. back to you. >> thanks, mike. this morning we are following breaking news from san francisco where the coast guard was called in to help a capsized fishing boat overnight. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live near the cliff house in the city with more on this story, good morning, christie. >> good morning, marlin ark. now that it's turning to daylight you can see exactly where the boat capsized. the rear of it is still sticking out there this morning. that's where three fishermen were tossed into the ocean overnight. coast guard telling me the water was about 55 degrees. they are safe now but what a night. their commercial fishing boat collapsed near the cliff house. they sent out a mayday call at 12:30 a.m. they were clinging to the side of the boat. they were able to deploy a life raft and take some measures to make sure the boat would not sink by sealing up part of it so it wouldn't take honor what. by 1:a.m. the coast guard says they had them all out of the water. now there's concern about 00 gallons of