You know how long these things go. Why dont we sit down . I am tempted to make some comments about being lieutenant governor. [laughter] gov. Newsom but dont do it. Alright, i wont make any. Thank you for your introduction. Thank you, mr. Speaker, for welcoming me to your house. Madam pro tem, members of the legislature, fellow californians, thank you once again for the privilege of this podium. Traditionally, this is where governors stand before you and report with practiced grandiosity that the state of our state is strong and getting stronger, and largely that is still true. We still are americas coming attraction. By nearly every metric, the state is not just thriving, but in many instances leading the country, inventing the future, and inspiring the nation. We remain the fifth largest economy in the world, enjoying 118 consecutive months of net job growth. Some 3. 4 million jobs have been created since the great recession, and 4 million small businesses, california their home. Mor
Care, and homelessness. From the state assembly chamber, this is 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] gov. Newsom thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you. You know how long these things go. Why dont we sit down . I am tempted to make some comments about being lieutenant governor. [laughter] gov. Newsom but dont do it. Alright, i wont make any. But thank you for your introduction. And thank you, mr. Speaker, for welcoming me to your house. Madam pro tem, members of the legislature, fellow californians, thank you once again for the privilege of this podium. Traditionally, this is where governors stand before you and report with practiced grandiosity that the state of our state is strong and getting stronger. And largely, that is still true. And proudly, we still are americas coming attraction. By nearly every metric, the state of california is not just thriving, but in many instances, leading the country, inventing the future, and inspiring the nation. We remain the fifth larg
My familys starts in mexico in a small town. My parents are from a very, very small town. So small, that my dads brother is married to one of my moms sisters. Its that small. A lot of folks from that town are here in the city. Like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. My dad came out here first. I think i was almost twoyearsold when he sent for us. My mom and myself came out here. We moved to San Francisco early on. In the Mission District and moved out to daily city and bounced back to San Francisco. We lived across the street from the ups building. For me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. When i was sevenyearsold and im in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. I have to make sure that we do our homework. Its a lot of responsibility for a kid. The weekends were always for family. We used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new
This eventss season at wharf, look the way the legal world unfairly treats countrys disenfranchised he targets his own profession at public defender. The book titled, usual cruelty. Comes from alec karakatanis, an organization designed to advocate for Racial Justice and bring systemic civil rights cases on behalf of impoverished people. Especially known for combating unconstitutionality of money bail. Karakatanis was named 2016 trial lawyer of the year by public justice. Was awarded Steven Wright award for indigent defense in the south. As introduction to his talk tonight im exciting to welcoming his guest the program. Payne the poet. In d. C. He was raised in columbus, hire, after serving 8 year sentence within the Virginia Department of corrections he began using poetry as method of healing. Among his work he taught various workshops, afterschool programs and Panel Discussions dealing with topics like mass incarceration, prison reform, social sus just, disenfranchisement and educatio
Shes finally back home recovering as you can imagine, shes in a lot of pain and its been a tough Holiday Season for her this all happened just before christmas. She says she just got off the graveyard shift at her job and was heading to see her niece. Later that day she was also supposed to get on a plane to see her 8 yearold daughter. Instead she landed in the hospital. Now. The daniels says she last remembers the light turning green at the intersection of really have a new and 23th street in richmond she woke up to paramedics cutting off her seat belt and prying her out of her car. The mcdaniels learned the suspect click still garcia tboned her car after speeding through a red light before the crash Richmond Police say they tried stopping the suspect after they received reports of a drunk driver in nearby mcdonalds drivethru. They say he took off and later crashed into mcdaniels car. Upon looking at the car just fight. It looked like somebody was possibly be. So. The the end of the i