Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. The allegations against innovate store leeland yi of San Francisco and others have generated enough drama for the popular Netflix Series house of cards. Today in an unprecedented move, the state Senate Suspended yi along with two other Democratic Senators embroiled in scandal. Yi was arrested wednesday along with suspected chinatown simon chou. The fbi probe ensnared more than two dozen people. At the center of the charges, multiple crimes including bribery, drug distribution, arms trafficking, even murder for hire. Shock waves are rippling throughout california. Joining me now for the latest developments are nathan haverson from u. C. Berkeley. Melissa lagos an investigative reporter. And scott, you were at the s meeting today when the suspension decision was made. Now the governor has called for all three senators to resign. Whats the mood like in San Francisco . Angry, disgusted, shocked. This is the second time in go two months a state se
What i find besides all compliments i thought one of the things that was outstanding was the feeling i got was that hes a thoughtful person. And bay hes also been the producer of several documentary films hes multiple talented. Supervisor campos. With that its my pleasure to move this forward as a Committee Report supervisor tang. Thank you id like to second that motion. I think it was so wonderful getting to know commissioner adams better he supports our port his work has brought him subtitling and its important to have him on our team and also i think i really like what you said about bringing willie more education to the community and having to do with the waterfront so thank you for that and even with his busy schedule he has time for all things thank you theres another motion and well take that without objection. That item passes. Congratulations. Madam clerk item 3 its a motion confirming the reappointment to the Treasure Islands board of directors term ending february 28, 2013.
Book of this mans life. Both of those commissioners have worked hand to hand with our union to repeal support movement of cargo, people, and the maritime industry in this city that whole Port Commission and staff there doris republican and a lot of other people peter whos here today have been very instrumental in everything thats gone on in all the projects along the waterfront and im here today to thank them and please ask that both of them be reappointed thank you for your time thank you. Indulge supervisors. Shawn im the president of local 34 im going to talk about the willie i know willie who is my friend and will absolutely be there for anybody anytime no matter what and he does that in his job as commissioner if you show up at the meeting and need 5, 6, 7 minutes after the meeting is over he will take the time. And the reason you see that from willie hes humble he comes up and speaks from the heart and you can see it comes from his internal feelings from himself. If you look at w
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. The allegations against innovate store leeland yi of San Francisco and others have generated enough drama for the popular Netflix Series house of cards. Today in an unprecedented move, the state Senate Suspended yi along with two other Democratic Senators embroiled in scandal. Yi was arrested wednesday along with suspected chinatown simon chou. The fbi probe ensnared more than two dozen people. At the center of the charges, multiple crimes including bribery, drug distribution, arms trafficking, even murder for hire. Shock waves are rippling throughout california. Joining me now for the latest developments are nathan haverson from u. C. Berkeley. Melissa lagos an investigative reporter. And scott, you were at the s meeting today when the suspension decision was made. Now the governor has called for all three senators to resign. Whats the mood like in San Francisco . Angry, disgusted, shocked. This is the second time in go two months a state se
Decent, particularly in San Francisco and bay area since that time. We are very fortunate in keeping with the libation to have one us today one of the early founders of the historical society. It was founded by one group of people and emerging by another group that has been led by miss francis mill at that time. Will you all give mrs. Lane a round of applause. Shes with us today and is one of the founders of the society. [applause] okay, with that were going to move forward with the program and ask rev rand stacy curre in to come up and do the invocation. It may be raining outside, but its beautiful in here, isnt it . Amen. Lets take a moment to pray together an invite the spirit of god into this celebration. Lets pray together. God of our years, god of our silent years, thou who has brought us this far, thou who has by thy might has led us. We come here today to begin the celebration of African American History Month. We come recognizing the strong shoulders on which we stand. Those,