i hope california is. [laughter] [applause] >> for this next question, let's pretend that president obama is sitting in this chair. but pretend this is a private room -- let's pretend this is a private room. we need everyone out there to be quiet. if you were here along with the president, what are the two things you would tell him you need to make your state more competitive or all states more competitive? >> i think and i am an unabashed supporter of the president. i do not think all his policies are perfect but he has done a remarkable job of coming into an almost impossible situation in dealing with it as best you can. i can -- would look at the programs that have already embarked on the investment of making sure the government supports research at the deepest trouble and is providing not just grants but tax credits. the focus on making sure that we're building a culture of innovation. colorado is the last three years when there were no jobs anywhere, more 25-34 year-old came to call rudder than any ot

jim from the california transportation commission is here and the california alliance for jobs. he is the guy tried to put these guys to work. randy from the mtc and his boss steve. they are the ones that put the deal together for us for caltrain electrification. the new head of bart has done a spectacular job. [applause] and from our friends in the central valley who cannot wait for the opportunity to get on a train and leave fresno when it is 112 and come to visit san francisco to visit the chocolate factory, we have henry perea and others from the economic development commission. it is about tying our great state together, and that is what we would do with high-speed rail. for me, watching this process has been an education in leadership. it does not take anything to be a leader when the decisions are easy. believe me. it takes courage and grit when the decisions are hard. our governor, when he came into office, was faced with everyone telling him, this is your opportunity to take the off ramp. do not do high-speed rail. you can walk away. that would have been the easy, exped

and the california building code. my recommendations for business owners when they are interviewing is to ask them about their background and not just rely on the resume. to ask them how many casp inspections and ask for references and follow up by calling the reference and visiting the business. it is helpful if the inspector works with an attorney who can provide legal advice and if they work with the contractor to provide some construction estimates to go with those recommendations. the inspectors should also pulled in full building permit history and include a summary in order to a understand the context or previous triggers for access under the california building code. the inspector should identify all the barriers but be capable of identifying those problems and solutions. an inspector should help the business to a simple plan for very removal that is tailored to their site and their financial circumstances. not everybody is the same. what can we do in the city to help? the more that we can do to get informatio

gavin newsom, lieutenant governor of california. the hon. counsel general of the people's republic of china. [applause] the minister of the embassy of the people's republic of china and the united states, based in washington, d.c.. and charlotte schultz, mr. mike rossi, senior adviser on jobs for governor brown. also officials from the delegation. the director-general of the department of foreign investment and administration. mr. wong shi. and mr. -- the commercial counselor of the department of corporation. and the director-general of the investment promotion agency of the ministry of commerce in china. we have more. the chairman of the tschida chamber of commerce -- china chamber of commerce. and from the china contractors association. and the president of the foreign trade and economic relations commission. and the deputy director general, department of commerce of the inner mongolia, autonomous region. the director of economic and trade office of [unintelligible] province. i would like to mention that locally, we have a city council mem

china is the third largest export destination for california. many multinationals like hp, intel, cisco, and chevron are doing well in china. they're making money in china. at the same time, as the close relationship is going on, many chinese companies are working in san francisco in california. i would like to name a few. the tsl, ciuts, just to name a few. these are successful chinese companies working here. as the american companies in china, the chinese companies working in california in san francisco are also making contributions to job creation and the development of the economy in local areas. we're thinking these are very good signs. as the previous speakers mentioned, we paid a visit to the united states last february. governor brown proposed that we set up a working group for the u.s., a state, and china provinces to cooperate. we call this a working group, a joint working group of provinces and the states. at that time, the vice president made a very good, very positive response for the proposal. after the vice-president returned to c

we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing leadership in all areas that govern this country. technology, health, academia, commerce, art, entertainment, and government. today, we must come together, not only in celebration, but an acknowledgment of the work that lies ahead. we understand that this is a global economy. the opportunities are ones that we can only surpassed if we come together. we can win the future if we dream together, if we work together. as a society, as an economy, the best is yet to comment. let me leave you with this last idea. every moment affords us an opportunity to change the world. let's seize that moment in each and every moment that succeeds that moment and let's do that together in celebration of our asian-pacific heritage and recognition of the great heritage as all the people that make up san francisco and california. we will truly honored this month, our heritage and our future. thank you very mu

most of a still look for california. -- loomost of us still look to california. what governor brown said about the traditional politics is all about taking the thing in making it fresh. to a certain extent, i tried to be a writer in college. i failed miserably. a professor said everything has been set but not everything has been said superbly. even if it had, everything must be said freshly again and again. you have to see a fresh lead to a certain extent. the real issue with -- in terms of asking the president, what are the things that matter most, a bass part of those profits would be invested in california. colorado would have a significant -- pretty much every state in the country would benefit. you look at the companies based in silicon valley. they have offices, you want to expand your business, think about those young people in colorado. everything -- stated say the same thing. that money would get spent over the country very rapidly. >> thank you. governor brown. >> it is a good idea to bring back that $1 trillion sitting out there. how to do that, it rem

welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me on the panel on kathryn baron, senior reporter with edsource. josh richman, political reporter for bay area news group and lauren sommer. kqed quest source. lauren, is this a new idea? >> this is not a new idea. what the governor proposed was a major water infrastructure project for the sacramento and san juaquin delta. it is not that far off what he proposed. since then, the water battles have been going. the reason for that is the delta is hugely important to the california water supply. water from there goes hundreds of miles in the state. it goes to southern california, it goes to silicon valley, and it goes to central valley farms. what happened in the last ten years is a major ecological crash in the delta. endangered salmon. the biologists point to the water. they are powerful. they reverse the flow of the river. what has happened is there are rules in place to slow the pumping during certain times of year. that has not been a popular decision, obviously, with farmer

and to hear more about the impact of the ruling on california, diana dooley, california secretary of health and human services joins us from sacramento. welcome secretary dooley. >> thank you, belva. >> your agency is responsible for implementing the health care reform. what comes next? >> we have been on the path for healthcare reform for a long time in california. we had many starts and stops in 2010. we began to implement the affordable care act. we have been meeting for the last year and a half since the exchange started in january of 2011. we have many pieces in place, but we have much more to do. we have been operating at full speed to this point and now we have to find a gear higher than that and move into warp speed to get all the work done that we must in order to have the coverage that people need in january of 2014. >> so you have been operating on faith that this would work out? and so far it looks like things are going well for california. could you explain the key point of debate and that was over the mandate. what exactly is it, if it can be explained quickly and is it

nathan, you said there were 430 casp inspectors in california? do you know how many are in san francisco? >> there are at least two in the room today and in addition to that i think there's maybe 20 or so in san francisco. but not all do surveys. there's one at san francisco state university. he doesn't do surveys. there are many others as well. so what does casp inspected mean? for a casp inspected sight, the casp provides a written report that includes a statement that in the opinion of the casp the inspected structures and areas of the site meet construction-related accessibility standards. if corrections were made as a result of the inspection, an itemized list of all the items and date of completion and an assessment of readily achievable barrier reviewable. for a cans -- casp determination pending site, if the casp determines that corrections are needed the casp provides a signed and dated written inspection report to the requested party that includes the following -- a statement that in the opinion of the cans -- casp the areas of it have

we are try to help california. quex their offering tax breaks. >> we are not offering a break. >> not only you. what do you say to the ceo's? what are you trying to do it? what are two or three things you are doing to keep companies here? >> we take specifics. i met yesterday with the representative of nissan and they're very interested and supportive of the installation of high-speed chargers throughout california. we have a plan, criticized by some but nevertheless, well funded by a legal settlement of $100 million. to get these charging stations in throughout the bay area and down the coast to los angeles. they sold 5000 electric cars and they want to keep expanding. problem, permits. some people are making it hard, some cds are making it too difficult to get these charging stations up and running. we will deal with that city by city and we will have success. secondly, the utility's charge various fees to set up and provide the electricity. we want to make sure that it is cost recovery and to not be unreasonable

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scalp the poor people in los angeles and california and bernadino california or that this is still the biggest porno industry in the world is over they shoot and thousand foreign films a year they scalp them and of course in some cases this would require the use of a merchant but in any case the net result is the same as we saw back then well max there are some hedge funds now getting in on this proposed so when you go with such a crowd a collateralized debt obligation based on the scope of california people in the eminent domain then they have a property stripped back by debt that they floated through j.p. morgan that's collateralized by an iou which is collateral as my facebook stock which is i want to water which means that the entire economy most of the goes in negative equity but that's ok because of that martians that come in and bail us out well as i was saying there's now a hedge fund involved waterfall bond pioneers consider eminent domain as investment hedge fund waterfall asset management is stepping forward as a potential investor in a proposal to seize underwater home loan

welcome to "this week in northern california." on our panel tonight is david lazarus for the "los angeles times." and in our studio, christina jewett with california watch. and nanette asimov. the san francisco cronicle education reporter. thank you for being here. nanette, let's start with you and the city college of san francisco. it is being threatened with losing accreditation. this is huge. this is a campus with 90,000 students. how did this happen and how are school officials responding? >> you know, this is really a story of good intentions going awry. the plan for higher education said the community colleges in california are supposed to be open and accessible for everybody. it was an idea in san francisco, the leadership just did not want to let go of. even as the state has cut from the economic crisis millions of dollars from city colleges budget, the school continued to operate and does to this day, nine campuses and 100 or 200. they don't know how much instructional sites. >> they did not make cuts. >> exactly. they di

i hope california is. [laughter] [applause] >> for this next question, let's pretend that president obama is sitting in this chair. but pretend this is a private room -- let's pretend this is a private room. we need everyone out there to be quiet. if you were here along with the president, what are the two things you would tell him you need to make your state more competitive

and economic benefits for california. please join me in welcoming the california high speed rail chairman dan richard. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, maria. that is very kind. i want to take a few moments. i wanted to acknowledge a couple of people here from the california high speed rail authority, first, my colleague, the former mayor of redwood city, a superb board member, a terrific guy, jim hartnett. [applause] a a

the california government mandate for so-called clean tac energy is approaching. the first phase of the renewable portfolio standard, or rps, is less than 23 months away. we begin our coverage by showing what the rps program is all about. >> these are one of the renewable energy options that a new government program is encouraging. >> the ultimate pass was considered the largest farm in the world at some point, due to the fact that the property holds close to 5000 wind turbines. now, other forms of green energy are lining up, along with wind power, fueled by the government's renewable portfolio standard, also known as rps. a state mandate requiring 33% of energy of california's utility companies to be from clean energy sources by 2020. >> for californians in general, what this is going to mean is that california will be much stronger in terms of the portfolio of energy sources that it has, as well as it will actually create substantial economic opportunity by strengthening clean energy industries in the state. >> reporter: the executive director of bay area climat

jerry brown has had a remarkable career as an elected leader in california. he has been responsible for some of the state's most innovative public policies. and because of his commitment to and leadership of high-speed rail, we know this is the right investment for the state's economy and transportation infrastructure and the right investment for people in pursuit of a better future. let's bring a -- give a warm round of applause to our governor jerry brown. [applause] >> thank you. it is an exciting day here, it really is. i sign my first high-speed rail bill 30 years ago. it has taken that long to get things going. i was at union station earlier this morning and that station is full of people. it looks like grand central station in new york. maybe not as many, but thousands of people. people lined up around the corner to get into the restaurant. pretty significant. why? 30 years ago, nobody was in there. it was an empty cavern that you could echo your voice down the corridor, but there were no people. now there are trains locally, and now we are connecting

i am a relatively recent transplant to california. i would like to let the governor know that i am happy to be here. it is a good space. recently, governor brown has spent a lot of time, focus, and effort making california a better place. focus on eliminating waste, increasing efficiency, decreasing the budget deficit, and real focus that we appreciate in northern california on clean energy. for example, moving the state's goal to be 33% clean energy producing. it is my privilege to welcome governor brown to the panel. [applause] >> and to introduce our next panelist, i would like to welcome steve ballmer, senior bp -- vp. >> good morning and thank you. next up is governor hickel lipper -- hickenlooper. he is the serieaal a entreprener each of you have in your respective parts. he became very successful in the brew pub business. he never had a single election not even for stink -- a student council. governor? [applause] in keeping with the discussion, he is keen on innovation and things of that nature. i know that will come out. thank

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that is what the situation was in california. on the second incident, which occurs in california, and really the particular nature of the incident is kind of overplayed. because, again, back to that progressive party convention, which kind of dissolves and leaves the field open to hughes. they are in a bad mood. they are not resolved as to who they are going to be endorsing. and one of the people with a bad temper is the governor of california. and johnson is running for the senate in california. he has a primary and he's a very ornery guy. hughes because of the limitation of travel in the days has to get out to the coast early and back to the east coast where all of the votes are later towards the end where it's crucial. so he swings through the california. he does this before the primary. johnson is the governor, he's not the candidate. the california republican party is so split and they cannot make any decisions on who will escort who, who will chair the meeting. it is -- it is worse than palestinians and israelis. it is the

california's high- speed rail, 54% said the california's high-speed rail project would not effect their vote and 11% would support new taxes if california's high- speed rail proceeds. >>> southern california firefighters contained a wildfire that broke out last night. crews had the fire fully surrounded last night with the help of water dropping helicopters. several ranch homes were threatened but none were burned. residents were briefly evacuated from one home. >>> officials resume their search for a dangerous mountain lion but therapy not successful. -- but they were not successful. the doinger attacked -- the cougar attacked a hiker last weekend. officials say the lion will be killed if it is caught out of concern for public safety. >>> weather now. with the fireworks tonight, everyone wants to know what is the situation with the fog. >> the fog is out there. you can see behind me. towards the coast, you saw the clouds and right now i can show you this, the coverage, most of the bay area under clear skies. this is what i am watching, fog around pacifica, half moon bay, and there is t

exactly 100 years ago, women were given the vote in california. the battle for women's suffrage was not an easy one. it took more than 70 years. a woman could run for president in new york. >> organizing this conference, basically it modeled itself on a declaration of independence for women. it marked the beginning of the women's equality movement in the united states. >> at that time, women were banned from holding property and voting in elections. >> susan b. anthony dedicated her life to reform. >> suffrage in the middle of the 19th century accomplished one goal, it was diametrically opposed to this idea. >> many feared it would be corrupted by politics. >> women in the 19th century had to convince male voters that having the vote would not change anything. that woman would still be devoted to the home, the family, that they would remain pure and innocent, that having the vote would not corrupt them. >> support gradually grew in state and local campaigns. >> leaders like ellen clark sgt come repeatedly stopping these meetings -- , repeatedly st

terrible statistic that california is the highest state -- let me see. let me just read this. california's recidivism rate as a state, which is the rate at which people are released from prison and then return, california's percentage is among the highest in the nation at 67.5%. how do we as san francisco help to be a catalyst for other counties, and the state as well? and there is the biggest financial crisis that we're seeing right now in our state. how do we use the money that comes to our state wisely so that we are being a model, but also being fiscally responsible and also keeping our communities safe. with that, we have great presentations and we are hoping for good public comment as well. i would first like to introduce our representatives from the community corrections partnership executive committee. they will be giving presentations. the first one is chief wendy stihl of the adult probation department and then cindy derrick from the district attorney's office, the public defender's office, the department of health, our sheriff, and the san fra

she is with the california parks foundation. which led an effort for years to keep our parks open. >> we had kids holding bake sales for their parks. there is a sense the state let them down. >> we will do everything we can to right the ship. >> reporter: he is with the california natural resources agency which over sees the parks department. >> we are shocked shocked and disappointed. >> reporter: an audit discovered two unreported state park funds. one with $20 million. a second fund dedicated to off road vehicle parks, $33 million. the money was unreported for 12 years. long before governor jerry brown took office but he could face consequences. opponents have already latched on. >> they can't even find it while they cut the parks, voters are going to be in no mood to send money. >>> the money was found in special founds and governor jerry brown ordered an audit of all the special funds in california, there are more than $500. how this happened? attorney general is investigating. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> law en

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dialog with california producers and processors. like other elements in all things being dairy, we cannot get consensus in it. again, i speak to this as a third generation dairy family. so while this amendment is not perfect, i think it does take into account the regional costs that are involved in feed prices that are going to continue to deal with this, and i would urge the support of the gentleman's amendment. >> gentleman's time has expired. the chair now moves to strike the last word and recognize himself for five minutes. i thank the gentleman for his amendment, and i understand the reasoning behind it. i know these suggestions are at least some very similar have been debate and had rejected by dairy producer organizations in the past. without benefit of further consultation with affected constituencies, particularly as it relates to modifications and how it would be made in the last few days, i am very reluctant to support the gentleman's amendment at this time and i must reluctantly oppose the amendment. with that i yield ba

putting people to work in california where unemployment over 10% is an idea the california legislature just approved. but as john blackstone reports with the state's finances heavily in the red, not everyone is on board. >> reporter: this animation shows what high speed rail travel in california could look like in 20 years or so. trains moving at up to 220 miles per hour, carrying passengers between los angeles and san francisco in just two hours and 40 minutes. but this optimistic vision of california's bullet train future clashed with the reality of the state's current budget deficit, in the state senate narrowly approved spending 7.9 billion on the first stage of the rail project. republican state senator strickland voted against it. >> this bill is spending money we just don't have here in california. >> reporter: but california had to agree to put its own money into the project to get 3.3 billion in federal stimulus funds. state senate president democrat steinberg struggled to get enough votes. >> i think what we did today is going to be seen over many years as a turning point in