i'm going to the california fashion show tomorrow. by the california society. yes. and let me tell you, some of the fashion a-listers who are going to be there, mayor chuck reid from san jose is going, gene quan. >> and you're going to look so much better than all of them, my dear. >> you look like you've already been there. >> nice plaid shirt, my man. thanks for giving us an inside look for washington. great to have you with us. >> you bet. thank you. >>> let's turn the focus back to california. governor jerry brown says he's fixed the state budget by increasing taxes and keeping a tight rein on spending. he declared an end to the state's prison crisis. correspondent spencer michels sat down with the governor earlier this week in an interview for the pbs "newshour." in this segment, they discuss whether california is really out of the woods and the governor's plans for the future. >> governor jerry brown, thanks very much for talking with us. >> sure. >> governor, proposition 30 in california was sold that it would help the schools and almost exclusively help the

>>the california sea otter. though they appear cute and cuddly, these 4-5 foot long creatures are actually voracious predators, they need to eat nearly continually to support their extremely high metabolism. they eat a wide variety of sea life much of which comes in shells - they use tools, stones to crack open tough shellfish. they spend almost all their time in the water - they even sleep there wrapped up in kelp. when they do leave the water they're extremely clumsy - those feet are made for swimming. unlike other sea mammals they lack blubber and it's their fur and the air trapped in their fur that keeps them warm and afloat. that's critical, because the pacific is cold! well our good friends here at point lobos have some pelts out here that they use for education purposes and it gets us a chance to see up close how dense the hair is on a sea otter. not only how dense but how soft. take a look at that! a single square inch of that otter's fur may contain 400,000 hairs. i've heard up to a million hairs per sq

of california. they made a professional judgment, given their obligations as officers of the state of california. the california supreme court has said that proponents -- and by the way, only four of the five are here. dr. chamowitz drew from the case because of some things he said during the election -- dr. camp which drew from the case because of some of the things he said during the election process. >> is it true that if the attorney general and the governor do not like the ballot initiative, it will go undefended? correct one of your colleagues? >> in one of your colleagues have suggested there could be an appointee of the state of california who had a fiduciary responsibility to the state of california and the citizens of california to represent the state of california. >> who would appoint him, the same governor who did not want to defend the? >> it happens all the time, as in the case of -- let's not spend too much time on an eventual counsel provisions. -- on individual counsel provisions.

so this would open up gave merritt to rezone and california. -- a marriage to resume in california. >> this is a supreme court decision that basically sent it back to the ninth circuit. there may be some more work and that the ninth circuit has to do before anything can be filed and they can open up the clerk's office for gate bridge in california. --gate merritt-- a gay marriage. right now it has been vacated back to the ninth circuit. that is a two-step process that will take more time but the clear meaning of this i think is knowing that of that the four liberal justices r with the chief on this to me means that it is illegal in california. >>mark: this case was originally perry vs schwarzenegger. they decided they would not defend proposition 8. dennis hollingsworth is with protect marriage of doubt, and in the opinion of the supreme court says they have never upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when officials have chosen not to. they say because it is a private party trying to defend the constitutionality mean hollingsworth an

to california. [beep] [indistinct chatter] [kids talking at once] [speaking foreign language] [heart beating] [heartbeat continues] [faint singing] [heartbeat, music playing louder] ♪ i'm feeling better since you know me ♪ ♪ i was a lonely soul, but that's the old me... ♪ announcer: this song was created with heartbeats of children in need. find out how it can help frontline health workers bring hope to millions of children at everybeatmatters.org. john: thank you california. america needs you the way we needed the soviet union as a model of failure to warn us what happens if we listen to those that say government does it better. the ussr -- u.s.s.r. died 20 years ago. i am grateful now we have not just california california, illinois, connec ticut to remind us what power mad politicians to. that is not fair american states are not dictatorships. if you live in a big government states you can move and vote with your feet. i did. a group of illinois but then i stayed but gradually politicians

california is the biggest texas is the second california is a dream where movie stars and beaches growing at more than double the national average until 1990. over the last decade to million more americans moved out of california and moved in. many moved to other states the texas population grew at double the national rate. one of those is chuck devore author of the texas model saying that texas governs better. matt welch also moved from california by your magazine is still based their? why is reason magazine in the horrible state? >> that is where we have spent since 1971 and it gets us outside of the beltway thinking but it is a challenge to be there. and you are right it is a new thing in california will space retract immigrants. john: but the movie industry and stuff is happening. >> california has silicon valley, hollywood, a biotech but you cannot live off that narrow band of industry forever. because of high taxes, regulation, and healthy lawsuits, government spending people are leaving. john: great davis in the '90s said we have all of this cash from the.com boom. >> he spent that

take a listen. >> this is amy from california. i think that calderon scandal is just the tip of the iceberg, and we're going to see a lot of issues next year with candidates and their super pacs. this investigation, i think is definitely needing to go further into how candidates are given their funds from their super pacs or how things are spent for them and their families. >> trevor so clearly obviously the problem of super pacs and all of that stuff does not allow for the type of bribery allegations we're dealing with in that case, but the fact that our political system allows for this kind of thing to happen, does that feed a culture where politicians take the problem of money coming into politics in a way less seriously. >> you see in the calderon case he was raising money in very legal ways. it was within the legal framework. the problem was he went over that line where he established a quid pro quo relationship according to the affidavit. and in a case like this, that really undermines our confidence that government can work

do you know the difference between covered california and california covered? one is the near insurance marketplace. >> the other is a fraud that you need to be aware of. >> once again her's sam brock. >> at first glance california covered looks a lot like what it purports to be, a health insurance benefits exchange and insurance comparison. scroll down on the now defunction site and you'll see options for free quotes and the promise that covered california begins in january of 2014, which it does. but california covered is a scam, according to the state. covered california is real. and the two sound so alike even the state's insurance commissioner can get a little tongue-tied. >> california covered, which is a website that appears to be designed to try to attract people to it pretending to be covered california. even i'm having a hard time because it's so close in terminology. >> commissioner jones says the insurance department investigators unroflded the following front. california covered was getting protection from a server based company in texas and being

que es el obamacare de california. >> esos papeles son. >> una prueba de ciudadanía y de residencia de california. >> desafortudamente las personas indocumentadas no podrán tener cobertura, pero sí seguirán siendo atendidas en las clínicxas. >> y las clínicas tendrán más personas que darán información acerca de covert california. >> puede ir a las clínicas opara saber si es elegible o tiene otras chances. >> estamos viendo las imágenes de cuando un sujeto dispara a otro en un sideshow en oakland, esto pasó el sábado pasado, los hombres estaban mostrando sus maniobras cuando uno chocó a otro y después de eso uno sacó el arma, las autoridades piden ayuda si puede identificar. >> ♪. >> un motocilista resultó gravemente herido después de ser atropellado y el responsable se dioa la fuga. >> las autoridades de palo alto buscan a quienes puedan ayudar a dar información sobre un tiroteo, . >> en oakland proponen aumentar las penas para las personas que sean sorprendidas tirando basura en las calles, se aprobó una nueva medida para que quienes tiren bsura en las calles

>>california! where better to talk diversity! >>♪music. >>there's more than just a diversity of faces in california. this is our most bio-diverse state - ridiculously so! there are over 5,860 different types of plants here, 2,153 of them are endemic - they are found nowhere else. add to this over 540 birds, 214 mammals, 77 reptiles, 47 amphibians, 83 fish...and, well, you get the picture! why? the state is big - it's huge! but there are small places here where diversity is really high. it's more than size. to begin to answer the question we travel to one of these diverse corners, torrey pines state reserve, just outside of san diego. so here are some really local statistics. right here in san diego county we have three million people. that makes it the fifth most populated county in the united states. in fact, three million people makes it larger than the population of 20 out of the 50 states. all these people share this place, these 2.7 million acres that make up san diego county with 2,300 species of plants. 2,300 species that makes san

you still need to have generation in california so it doesn't clean california there. it reduces carbon, but it doesn't eliminate nox or particulate matter. that's how the buckets were set up. however, the reason some bundled recs are allowed and some out of state resources are allowed -- i shouldn't say it's not actually technically out of state. they can't deliver into california. they are allowed. there is some advantage to having some diversity in the utilities procurement plans. so that a few resources in california can't drive up the price. so, there's some advantages to keeping the overall price of the portfolio lower if you can have some mix in those resources. >> commissioner king, is that from the previous question? >> i guess. >> any other questions from commissioners? >> [speaker not understood]. >> commissioner josefowitz. >> so, the reason that the bucket 3com ~ bucket 3 compliance targets go down, the mentioned the reasons rps exist. which one of those four does that satisfy? [multiple voices] >> they can go high and go down is to satisfy the goal of hop

her case sat on the shelf in the southern california investigations section of the california department of public health for 6 1/2 years. when i say 6 1/2 years, that means the case was closed in february of this year and the decision was to take no action against the caregiver. and when you ask about how many cases there are, one of the things that both ryan and i found when looking at the cases was that the number of revocations of certifications for caregivers dropped dramatically from where it was prior to addressing what the department regulators say is a backlog of cases that built up between 2004 and 2008. just to give you an example, prior to that, about a quarter of the cases -- of the complaints against caregivers resulted in revocations of certifications. once they started addressing what had developed as a massive backlog of complaints, sudden those revocations dropped dramatically. and you were only seeing about 7% to 9% of cases where revocations occurred. >> what do you think was happening? were they just telling investigators to dismiss the cases without thoroughly inves

this is occurring in california in my district in other districts in california. this bill but we talk about here is another to speak within the national flood insurance program a special agricultural program. one in which the agricultural communities who are now and will soon in later years the effect it betty reid not been to have an opportunity to continue to have a productive agricultural enterprise to rebuild facilities as may be needed to repair those facilities, at two facilities in those areas. i can tell you in the small communities in my district, bayern a goodly affected, including the community which i live. my children wanted to build a horse barn out behind our home in one of the areas. turns out they couldn't because the area has just been remap into a special flood hazard area. we need to have a special type of insurance. overcome this for the last year and half together some of my colleagues in california. we have much more to do. this issue may come under the jurisdiction of another committee. if so, i will have to withdraw. i want the members of

trout man, california grand jurors association, president. (applause) >> well, finally, i want to thank all of you for being here for this event and for helping to shine light on what i've begun to call california's best kept secret. so, from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of the california grand jurors association, thank you for all your help. and please, on your way out, take advantage of some of the literature, the san francisco gazette from your past jury is available. and other brochures and information about the california grand jurors association and the works we do. our support doesn't stop with just the preliminary training for grand juries, but provide resource he throughout the year on the website. the information is there in the packets. thanks again for being here. >> thank you, too. (applause) >> i do want to just acknowledge ken malley. you mentioned, bill mentioned everything he did. he did mention that he picked me up and drove me -- called me 10 times and make sure -- [laughter] >> so, i did want to express my apprecia

from farm to feast, stay tuned for more of the tempting tastes of california. >> welcome back to "california country." >> at the kitchen in sacramento, chefs are busy preparing tasty dishes using a vegetable that's increasing in popularity. california endives are showing up on more and more dinner plates. >> i mean, you see a lot of people use, uh, the endive as vessels. so they'll take just the leaf off and put things in it and serve it that way. uh, i think it has a lot of different uses. >> the chances are if this vegetable's on your plate, it's probably grown by california vegetable specialties, a company headquartered in the tiny hamlet of rio vista, between san francisco and sacramento. the first thing the owner did was give us a lesson in pronunciation. >> so what we grow here at cvs is spelled e-n-d-i-v-e. however, it'pronounced quite differently, and the correct pronunciation is this--on-deev. >> obviously, uh, rio vista, where rich works, is about as far away from france as you can get, so we tend to call it en-dive. now, i know rich is cringing in his seat as i say this, as he has

covered california. california was the first state after the passage of the federal care act to set up an exchange, now called covered california. california has set up a way that is anchored in the diversity and size of california. many other states have not done that. there are 16 states across the nation that will be state-based exchanges. every one of those, and there are 35 states watching what we do, watching what oregon does. how does the state-based thing work? we are sure we will do it right and better because we are from all over the state. we are overseen by a five-member board, and they are not in the room right now so i can pander to them, and it is a great board. they know health care, the diverse communities of the state, have one job, which is to make sure 5 million californians it access to coverage. you can get a sense of them by their vision and mission statement as they frame it. they start with a vision statement which says all californians get access to care. that is not an insuranc

y para la actividad econÓmica en el estado de california. >>> de esta manera, california seguirÁ estando entre los estados con mayores salarios mÍnimos, washington ocupa el primer lugar, con 9, 19 por hora, muy por encima de 7, 25 del federal, marÍa teresa que tiene dos trabajos para mantener a tres hijos que estudian, se mostrÓ esceptica con el incremento. >>> me beneficia, voy a ganar mÁs, pero en fin, todo sube de toda maneras, todo sube, sale lo mismo. >>> siente que su situaciÓn no cambiarÁ. >>> quienes se opusieron a la medida indicaron que aumentarÁ la inflaciÓn, y el Índice de desempleo, el comerciante dijo que serÁ lo contrario. >>> eso motiva que la gente gaste un poquito mÁs, que la economÍa estÉ mejor. va a ayudar a todos, como negociante, estoy contento que aumenten a la gente que gana el mÍnimo. >>> de acuerdo al experto en finanzas, si bien es cierto que no habrÁ un incremento en el poder adquisitivo de californianos, no se perderÁ. >>> el 25% de incremento al salario mÍnimo, viene a contrarrestar la perdida adquisitiva del salario mÍnimo que tenemos en c

at what point do you look at the people of california and say, the quality of education in california is as high as we can reasonably hope for it to be? we reach a point where it doesn't make any sense to provide to dream all of the professors who are currently teaching in michigan or in new york or are reaching higher and higher salaries. is there a limit to the extent to which there ought to be a pat kron edge of the university system in california? >> well, of course you aim at the stars there are always stars further away. you keep trying for quality. i think there are reviews necessary that there is a temptation in california to say the university of california is the greatest university system in the world and therefore we sit back smugly. i think we have to be pretty realistic. i don't think it's the greatest with regard to teaching under graduates. the university of california built the reputation on research and on attracting great scholars under the guise these are professors that teach our young and we bury them under research projects and the students never see them and th

>> what is the current reputation of the california national guard? >> it's not a good reputation. it's not. >> chief officer is a decorated member of the oklahoma national guard. last year he was 1 of 2 independent investigators sent to california to investigate problems. >> reading from your report, sexual harassment and hostile work environment is common place? >> that is what we got from everybody that we talked to. that it was common place. >> we traveled to oklahoma back in october to talk about the report that he co-authored. >> chief's report states that the california air national guard and failure to investigate complaints is common. >> have you ever seen anything like you found in california? >> no. no. i never found that many people who were not getting resolution. >> i have a mandate from the governor to change the culture of the organization. >> he is the man in charge of california's national guard. for 3 months general david baldwin has declined our request. after initially offering no response, earlier this month the guard did send us a statement that read in part,

under california law if they're contributing to a campaign in california and they knowingly are giving money for political activity in california, then they do have to disclose. >> there were critics who say what if that money had been in support of prop 30, the governor's measure to increase taxes. instead it was meant to undermine it. can you say with real honesty that the ftpc would have acted exactly the same way? >> i don't think there's any question that we would have acted the same way. in that case we were responding to a complaint that was made. it was prior to the election, so we have a policy now of getting information to the people when it counts before an election. we did probably 24 had or 25 other cases that were not of the same magnitude, but also requiring disclosure before an election, and the only difference was those people complied, and the arizona group did not. >> there is, of course, so much money in our politics today, and one way, some say, to fix that would be public financing, to just use tax dollars or some combination of tax money and contributions for pri

california prisons. the court standard or the governor's standard, we are still widely overcrowded. >> one of the most overcrowded prison systems, the second most in the country. >> we will keep an eye on it to see if he takes it to the supreme court. >>> moving on to gun control. congress is advancing bills for federal background checks and stronger laws for gun trafficking. california has some of the strictest in the country. what would new federal laws mean for us? >> not a lot most likely. we already have the background check -- universal background checks in california which goes further than what has been reached in a compromise in congress in the senate right now. that would not cover private person-to-person sales as california does. we have an assault weapons ban and ban on large capacity magazines. we have a ten-day waiting period. these are changes congress is not contemplating. it will not have an affect here. it is playing out messily in congress. just today, 47 house republicans write to sp

this is why we live in california, right? >> and he brought his tie to match. >> always signals. >> thanks. >>> okay, you know the drills, among the biggest sporting events of the year, and many of us watch march madness wherever we can, yes, even at work, in fact, so much basketball is watched at work that the band width at many offices gets clogged up. scott budman found a company that could help. >> reporter: march madness is everywhere these days. on your laptop, on your tablets, and on your smartphone. all that basketball streaming over wi-fi connections, is quickly bringing offices all over the country to their knees. >> so you see the spikes up and down, taking up more band width. >> reporter: those spikes, caused by people streaming the march madness, causes the data to move more slowly through the office. >> and stopping people from sending out e-mails, or moving files. >> reporter: it is what keeps sunnyvale's blue coat system going. think of a pipe, if it gets clogged up thanks to multiple devices due to high defin

california coverage, is not obamacare, it's really a separate entity that was formed in california. there is a separate governance and non-profit. what they have done is two changes one for individual and one for small employer groups. there is two separate exchanges, not one. what they have done that was a key decision point in my mind was that they standardized the health plans and the health plan benefit design that are in the exchange. the reason why this is important as i mentioned on the metallic here, if you standardized the metallic tiers, they are still confusing to the consumer as to how do you compare one plan to the other plan a because of the co-pays out of pocket. the covered california leadership said we are going to standardize plans and lead in this business and for this plan design and therefore the only thing that changes is your premium, negotiated rates and your model whether it's a p po or some other plan design. the >> important thing to know is that standardized designs are two different exchanges. back in may of this year, covered california, about a year ag

california. until now, seismologists believed, the fault would rupture in sections. but new evidence suggests the entire massive fault could slip at once. delivering what they call a super quack to california. meaning a quake from san francisco down to san diego. nbc bay area's reporter joins us on treasure island with more on the new theory. here in the bay area we're preparing. caltrans is building a bridge to with stand a large earthquake. tonight, scientists reveals that the next big one here in california may affect more people than expected. the bay area knows how de devastating a big earth quake can be. from the san andreas fault disaster. seismologists have long thought california's massive, san andreas fault would slip in northern or southern california. not all at once because of a buffer, a creeping zone near the middle of the fault, did not appear capable of transmitting a quake, through the entire state. but the big one in california may affect the entire state. cal tech seismologist

i'm dennis newhall for "california country." >> that concludes today's tour of the best of "california country." join us next time for more undiscovered treasures from the most fascinating state in the country. [captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] [captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--]

it is now one of the most overcrowded prisons in california. tracy jones was one of the women forced to move. >> they combined two prisons into one and we were kicked out for male genders. so we're over here. >> many inmates told us off camera that the medical care was worse than before, and the conditions of their cells were appalling. >> it's not just fifteen minutes in confinement. it's day after day, year after year, decade after decade. people cannot comprehend that. we've always known the time entire i was there, we always talked about if there was ever a fire or an emergency how many of us would die because you couldn't actually evacuate the place safely because of the population total. >> two years ago, a federal panel ruled that the california prison system was dangerously overcrowded. the state was ordered to reduce its prison population by at least 30,000 inmates. >> they are horribly, horribly overcrowded to the extent that people were literally dying in our prisons from simple medical conditions simply because they didn't get acces

california is no exception. i'm outraged that our nation's children are suffering the consequences of these republican games. the republican sequester already cut 57,000 children from head start. this program is a crucial lifeline in my district. combating poverty and making our community safer, better places to live. we need it restored today. and finally i want to discuss the shutdown's serious impact on california's fledgling housing market. my district's housing market is finally finding its footing after years of instability. the republican shutdown is throwing a massive wrench in that progress. a prolonged shutdown will cause tremendous harm to homebuyers seeking to close their mortgage loans. these delays are detrimental to all homebuyers, but particularly those who are buying for the first time. mr. speaker, tomorrow will mark affected paycheck many employees will miss as a result of the shutdown. these are hardships many in my district cannot afford. each day this senseless shutdown continues to risk fu

in california. the governor saying if we release any more inmates, it's going to threaten public safety. were you surprise the at all that the supreme court, the u.s. supreme court wasn't more sympathetic to those arguments? >> no, i'm not surprised. california is under incredible change with more resentencing and different kind of resentencing with more leads in county jails than in the prisons with courts having to deal with a split sentence, with prop 36 passed by the voters, where certain types of three strike offenders are entitled to be resentenced. we're looking at a sea change, and criminal justice in california, and the cap is part of that, but we've known about this cap for some time now. >> i know that one issue you've been very involved and concerned about is juvenile justice in california. tell us about why you feel that should be such a high priority. >> a child who is expended in school has three times the chance to have -- once in the juvenile justice system they're out of school, th

california came in at the bottom. ranking 41st nationally. flunking nearly every measure the group promotes for meaningful educational reform. >> unfortunately, california ranks near the bottom with an f in that, we have lots of laws and policies in the state that just are not creating an environment where kids and schools can be successful. >> an admitted harsh grader, she gave no as. florida, had a b. >> florida, you know, 10 to 15 years ago was in the bottom third. >> it was not doing well at all. >> and the changes started with governor bush, put in place some very aggressive education reform like letter grading of all the schools saying we will tell the public, is your school a, or d or f? >> florida bought into the obama administration's demand for new rigorous teacher evaluations. an idea that has failed to catch on in california. >> it's not just staying still and maintaining -- it's trying move the state backwards. and that is something that should frustrate every taxpayer, every mother, every grandparent in the state to say, why are

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

>> comg up next on "california country.. it's crunch time as we dig up what goes into one of our favorite snacks... and you don't even have to leave your car to see how farming is blossoming in one part of the state this time of year... then we put the "fun" back ifungi with tips from an expert. it's all ahead and starts now. [captioninmade possible by california farm bureau federation] >> welcome to the show. i'm your host tracy llers. we're in the beautiful mountains of el dorado county today, which is just a short drive away from sacramento. andhat brings us to our first story. if you're anything like me, you've probably consumed this next produce item at let once this week. that's because it's been called america's favorite vegeble. but we like to call it a reason to get our hands dirty and meet some real potato pioneers. with their adaptability and versatility, it's wonder potatoes are a fan favorite. bad, mashed, diced, or scalloped, no matter how you slice it, from potato chips to french fries d almost anything in bet

here is logan of california is back california is back for the perpetrations for the oil companies for the prison industrial complex for privatized education for the month per cent for the establishment i am the candidate of the people i am the candidate of the revolution and because a revolution is looking to overthrow that system and put in place one that is healthier for i want to ask you specifically about one issue is the issue of police violence especially in southern california where it's really turning into an epidemic this week was a national day against police brutality and there was a thirteen year old that was executed by police for carrying a fake gun you know this is a really important issues governor what would you do to address this well the first thing that we would do is we would have. overturned that police officers bill of rights they have that protects there from accountability that we want to put in place in every community that has a police force we would put in place citizen oversight not police oversight. you know the actions of the police officers and my heart

at the california puc, we are actively engage on that setting on the proceeding that they are conducting on pg and e's proposed green tariff omtion, they proposed a 100% green power product. that product is proposed to use green e energy certificates, it's anticipated to enroll 30 thousand residential accounts, which is about .68% of eligible customers, and they are proposing this program to serve all of the customers across their service territory. they expect to reach that 30 thousand enrollment by the end of the third year of the program, and just by way of comparison, we're talking about enrolling in our clean power sf program 50 to 90 thousand residential accounts day 1, you know, and that's in part because our program is an opt-out program, the green tariff option program pg and e is proposing is an opt-in pro program so it's projected that the differences that i communicated to you are pretty fair to assume given that that key difference in the enrollment strategies. pg and estimating is estimating their price premium to be about 6 dollars a month if r the average residential cust

>> well, california, i think, is actually doing a really good job. we're showing other states what it means when a state comes together to say, let's not play politics with our citizens. let's enroll them and covered in health care. there's a 16 other states that are also state-based exchanges like us. new york, washington, connecticut. they're doing a good job. but in air year or two welcome people in states like texas or florida want what california has, insured people getting good coverage that's affordable. >> quickly, if the national website did you want get fixed in a timely way, can -- i mean, we're dependent on that, aren't we? >> absolutely not. for people that need to enroll in coverage in california, we're not using the federal website at all. instead, we actually do a checkup against the irs, the federal hub. so covered california at covered ca.com, we do not use were link or depend on healthcare.gov. a different website. we do, though, ping against the irs and this is an example of what the federal government works really well. three sec

shield california. first things first, before we talk about the state of enrollment and healthcare.gov . let's talk about people who are getting notices, letters in the mail saying their insurance plans will be dropped. who is getting it and why. >> these are people who buy their own health insurance because they don't get it through their jobs. 14 million americans do this. think buy their own coverage and 150 million people get their coverage through jobs, we're not talking about them. but we're talking about those who buy their insurance. many are getting notices that their plans are being canceled or however it's worded, and that they need to have a new plan to have coverage for next year. the surers are saying their existing policies don't include all the essential health benefits or for some reason don't meet the standards of the health law and they're discontinuing them, and they're offering other options. >> michael weinberg, what are you hearing from the insurance companies and from californian

>> well, california is elated. we are now one of the handful of states that allow gay marriage or same-sex marriage. we still have 37 states across the country and those of us who have achieved this, the 13-14 states that have it legal, we need to work to help the other 37 states. we fought the good fight and won. we're going to enjoy this evening in the castro. >> as a military veteran, you know people in the service move around a lot. you mentioned the 37 states where it still is not legal. how does that affect same-sex couples in the military who might be in california, legally get married in the next month, and then get stationed in another state where it's not legal to be married? how does that affect their lives in general? >> it created uncertainty. you have a patchwork of different states, different rights. some states recognize marriage in california. one of the most significant things is the federal benefits aspect. my wife will be eligible to receive my military pension. she is a federal government emplo

to the state of california and the citizens of california, to represent the state of california along -- >> who would appoint him? the same governor that didn't want to defend the plebiscite? >> well, that happens all the time. as you recall in the case of -- well, let's not spend too much time on independent counsel provisions, but -- [laughter] >> the governor -- the government of the state of california frequently appoints an attorney where there's a perceived conflict of interest >> i suppose -- >> and that person would have a responsibility for the state and might have responsibility for the attorneys' fees. >> i suppose there might be people out there with their own personal standing, someone who performs marriages and would like that to remain open to everyone but would prefer not to perform same-sex marriages, or other people. we seem to be addressing the case as if the only options are the proponents here or the state. i'm not sure there aren't other people out there with individual personalized injury that would satisfy article iii. >> there might well be in a different case

to the state of california and the citizens of california, to represent the state of california along -- >> who would appoint him? the same governor that didn't want to defend the plebiscite? >> well, that happens all the time. as you recall in the case of -- well, let's not spend too much time on independent counsel provisions, but -- [laughter] >> the governor -- the government of the state of california frequently appoints an attorney where there's a perceived conflict of interest -- >> i suppose -- >> and that person would have a responsibility for the state and might have responsibility for the attorneys' fees. >> i suppose there might be people out there with their own personal standing, someone who performs marriages and would like that to remain open to everyone but would prefer not to perform same-sex marriages, or other people. we seem to be addressing the case as if the only options are the proponents here or the state. i'm not sure there aren't other people out there with individual personalized injury that would satisfy article iii. >> there might well be in a different c

who led the university of california to first divest its funds in south africa. and whereas we see yesterday some very unfortunate partisan comments as a result of barack /o bam obama living the spirit as he shook the hands of castro on a public stage. from the university of california, to the state legislature, to the city and county of san francisco, it was our board of supervisors, the first local legislative body in the country, led by cecil, thank you for reminding us of harvey milk, his successor on the board of supervisors, harry brit led to divest in south africa. so state of california, city and county of san francisco, we led the way in divesting significant amounts of money, which the rest of the world followed and turned the tide in south africa, and i think we should take some pride in that. [applause] >> doctor king once said the power without love is where wreckless and abusive and love without power is sentimental and anemic, but power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. that was nelson mandela and that is the memory of nelson

california even. there are coming in from michigan and least. >> there is not the kind of in migration you would want to see, but for a state like florida you're seeing a massive amount of people and their income coming in. $86 billion. john: largo was the number one gainer. >> that's right. john: darcy, you run the goldwater institute. arizona is the number two state. and people come in from minnesota, my state, new york. you could say they get to arizona and florida just because it is warm. >> you'd be wrong. john: they are moving for weather. >> the number one reason people move and that since the sparrow asks, find a job. that correlates with low taxes. climate makes up about 5 percent of people's decisions. a small quality of life factor. not the big factor everyone thinks it is. >> and we see that in the data. states without an income tax to doing very well, states like wyoming, states like washington state. all gaining people and then come john: so it's not just the weather. what are the highli