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Orientation is all the time. and if teachers can't intervene and say hey, stop that, bullying is not going to be tolerated -- >> right. >> -- it's going to lead to harassment and potentially, you know, attempted suicides. >> but jonathan, explain to all of us, though, when we all think back to being in grade school, our parents out there thinking about their kids in grade school, at what point are teachers -- sexuality isn't really an issue. why would there need to be some type of mandate to come down from teachers not being able to talk to kids about sexuality? is this based on the fact that ...

Grade schools, correct? >> that's correct. it's senate bill 48 it has been proposed by assembly man mark leno i know him very well. supervisor in san francisco for district. this is the type of legislation he puts forward. >> bill: is he a gay guy himself. >> openly gay. fair, accurate, inclusive and respectful education act. that's the name of it. he wants it to be part of social study curriculum as soon as 2013 and 2014. >> bill: what would happen though in this bill? so you are in social studies and what would the teacher have to do? >> well, you would talk about all the different groups th...

Grade schools, correct? >> that's correct. it's senate bill 48 it has been proposed by assembly man mark leno i know him very well. supervisor in san francisco for district. this is the type of legislation he puts forward. >> bill: is he a gay guy himself. >> openly gay. fair, accurate, inclusive and respectful education act. that's the name of it. he wants it to be part of social study curriculum as soon as 2013 and 2014. >> bill: what would happen though in this bill? so you are in social studies and what would the teacher have to do? >> well, you would talk about all the different groups th...

Grade schools, correct? >>hat's correct. it's senate bill 48 it has been proposed by assembly man mark leno i know him very well. supervisor in san francisco for district. this is the type of legislation he puts forward. >> bill: is he a gay guy himself. >> openly gay. fair, accurate, inclusive and respectful education act. that's the name of it. he wants it to be part of social study curriculum as soon as 2013 and 2014. >> bill: what would happen though in this bill? so you are in social studies and what would the teacher have to do? >> well, you would talk about all the different groups that...

Account for our direction to children. first of all, we're building new gymnasiums in all 44 of our inner city grade schools. we have taken the fried foods out of the cafeterias. but largely our work has been on the infrastructure. we're trying to design a city where life revolves around people and not cars. it is a cultural shift that will take many years to take place, but we're pretty focussed. >> were there other cities you looked at and said, yes, oklahoma city wants to be like that? >> well, we want to be a more walkable pedestrian friendly community. we don't have the density of new yor...