Zimmerman not guilty. And outrage or the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the shooting deathniokq of trayvon n civil rights attorneyt comingc good evening. li9 a9n lnmkjf at this weeksnr newst are amy allisonh the San Franciscoc epartment o jackson vandere1 becken, San Francisco chroniclet reporter and anna isjf an education reporter for kqed news. T its official. Napolitanow3 is 20th president the university of california. Academia. With thatni said, i spent 20 yes in Public Service advocating for it. Before the confirmation, the meeting was disrupted boy immigration rightsxd niadvocateo anna, there is tremendous exci nt, but also concern as we saw on theok shots of theni protests about this appointment. Why pj napolitano chosen and what did she bring to the job . n figure. ni kn of the immigration policy. She brings that political clout. Firm decision maker, ablenrnr t 47b8 very complex organizations. Also able to reach across ni t aisle and bring people together and so obviously the u c, is problems not only with the regents and uc officials believe ship and get the niuc back on to pedestal of Public Education in california. She has been brought in as the political figure head, if you will. There a number of faculty that this doesnt feel right. Shejf comes from so far outsidef academia and they have the plitization of of,i of president. Xduright. Academic background other than heri] fatherni and many people t know this, was the dean of the med s l school in new mexico at the university of new mexico. ur is lessv3gn qualified. The position is veryco politica at this point. Some critics say you are looking for a politicianlp and not anlp educator. Thats the wrongw3 waaz tolp go california. Npdeedless to say,i] experts sa this nuhut needco someone who and be an advocalekyo publicjf educati jy in california. There is a void. No cheerleader if are thist ar ezapbat in sacramento and washin and really make the case. We were both at the nh regents meetingxd yesterday ande awe each other and the protesters andt the arrests. There were a number ofx8n undocumentedcoxd immigrants whoe to the microphone and spokeni approximate believelyu. X and poignant le about the fear and m fear abo deported. What does napolitano need to do to ease krps and win their support . nrr shei] is going to have to do lot to win their trust. One thing that many undocumented students feel like isq this is n attack on theiri] heritagexd an their people. At the Public Comment period, you heard ofjf families being tn apart and they cant seem to bridge the divide and trusting a leader who hasq tracked down on her family. Thats where you get axd lotco the angst and so she publiclyr said one of the things, one of the best things she feels she brings to california is hezi eas and she will beco able to liste and connect with the students. Documented or undocumented, the uc is for everyone. In this capacity, she isxd in t business of education. Shefa essentially is going to leave her legacy of immigr,9 policy andt deportations behin her when she does take the reigns in september. It will be gh to leave that legacy behind in the wake of the defeat of the california dream act that hai so much to say about the way that california deals withw3 immigra students and particularly undocumented. Currently undocumentedw3 studen dont have a lot of options in terms of Financial Aid and being able to make the case to stayxd and get a uc education. Having napolitano at the head of the system doesnt ease those fairs. She has head on. Xd there e8iqm who sayt mayb she can help them thinkco outsi of the box and howi] itt might betterxd impact students. At this point they have no other option. If they dont havew3 money to g legally cant go to collegetpb status. There was a change in terms of the federalni laws that allowed them to apply for ani waiver to allow them to stay and finish their higher xdeducation, but se its a difficult situation for the students. I] requesticly, how muchni mone will she make . Its quite a bump from the roughly 200,000 a year. Ko its a huge bump up. At dhs she was making 200,000 and she 0z be making more than a half million. ni i believenini its 575,000. People say she is makinge1xd slightly less than her predecessor whou topped at 4an i think its 10 less. Some people say that might go over better with students,q but a lot ofxd students hissed andx basically said injustice when they heard her salary copackage. O salary by ch sensitive to the budget trouble. She starts around th nalp end o september. We will see how it shakes out. Thank you very much. The puc has come down hardni on pg e with a double blow. A penalty on Pipeline Safety a finet to the fkqn thisjf stems from the 2010 san bruno explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. nrt billionfa fine about two months agv was this revised . They are making a recommendation. Its between this point and goes to administrative judges and the commission itself to make the final xddecision. Theyfa recommended a lp 2. 25 bin penalty and didnt include a fine. What happened isjf there was dissent thatjfe1 saidlpxd basicy wereq nkxd holding their stands as a publicjf rm what happened is they withdrew the 2. 25 billionlp to go tolp Safety Improvement anut filed new motion that mixes it with the 300 million fine along with theco balance of 1. 95 billionq improvement. That fine will go into state covers. Thats right. They felt thatfae1 thew3 attorno advocatedw3 said you cant callt a jfjf10alitiy unless you have fine. Anyway. Youq had to include axd fine amount to goes into the stateo[c budget offset,ok so tk and not take money from the state. E1 ifa heard there were issues around the attorneysni representing nrt approximate, d representing pg e. I] a lot of thisco happens behi closed doors. There was a head of safety who has come into the puc and comes from axd military background an basically wanted all the money to go ks safety jfimproveekts. He felt that every dollar that was collected as part of this agreement to penalizet pg e wa g÷p the san brunoi] point line explosion should go towardst im3r50u6ing their system. Howeverw3 others say and some peopleni within the legal staff arguednrxd thatzwell,e1 what ar thosec improvements . Are they related to san browno or kitchen sink stuff that they were throwing in a bunch of other costs and counting it as a penalty and they would neither pay a fine or improve the system to the best extent possible because they were counting stuff that didnt relate on san bruno] wouldnrco this latest cotwod penalty, if thank you will, what has been the reaction from san bruno residents and advocates andt pg e . They thinke1 its excessive. They always saidw3co that this gotten better reviews from the city of san bruno who is a party to this. thought that the 2. 25lp billion goesnr towards hc there is only toech they can get f it. ni san bruno believes they should additional fine as well. W3niqer the pucko believes that they basically studied thew3 problem and hadrboea5en look at it and saidnr 2. 25 billion is the most they can safelyym absorb without going belly up and thats the cap. How you distribute it is the issue. On a related issue, congresswoman jackieq spear of san mateo is calling for a federal investigation into the state puc and concerns around pg e. What is she demanding . Are pa. A lot of people believe that th1 this sorts7 of hand in glove relationship with the u it ilities they regulate. The lead counsel formerly worked atu pg e as a lawyer. There a lot gmef people who se to think they have too cozy of a relationship. Supposed to oversea safety. Fa right andok safety isjf ca rates, keeping ratesq low and rates, k jt ng ratesq low and priorities. Safety costs raise rates. Is to keep rates low because ofr advocates and poor people cant afford it, they are basically at war with themselves. Thats whyi] why some people believe there should be a separate agency that does thei] regulatory whetherrprasjf the attorney general or some and other agency that would do it. This still needs to bexd approved by the fivemember nip and that isjf supposed to happe in the fall . Correct. Thank you. Two menjf accused in the gang re of a teen girl outside ofok a Richmond High School homecoming dance were convicted thursday, both found guilty of the attack that shocked the bay area four years ago. You followed this story closelyi very brutal attack. W3 what has been the reaction in the community . Do they feel justice has been served . Are pa. I thinkurxdso. C an opportunity to speak withxd tony who was newly elected to 2 on the other hand 9 and wast appointed head of the Safety Committee forw3ni the t distric. He echoed the sentiment of a lost richmond residents. They hoped this is bringing closure to the family and the ,x ursahpd even though this egregious attack happened,fa it forced richmond took lock atlpq Sexual Violence and forced the best practice measures and havent seen any,axd tack closeo that since. I think the community is realizing justice is served. I think the community is realizing justice is served. Justi] uahtp sentence of 33 years to life. ni maximum sentence for this a groejuous crime. You areni here as an independent journalist and not on behalf of the womens development. You have a column coming out any Safety Improvementsnr taken place . Lighting or securit gn place . Lighting or securit gn co what happened int 20 r that a sophomore, a girl left the homecoming dance around i]90 and wasjf supposed to calljf hed for a ride home and was called into a dark part of thei] campu that was not surrounded by chaif link fence and not well lit. Thereq where they were drinking and she was accosted and nrnigangraped. District had already had aco requestfaq to purchase an upgra on thenini lightingnicojfni andd to putni fencing so n6 qu9qm didnt have easyko access to campus. Blee member to secure the money to make the lpimprovements. Those exist now. It took Something Like this. It took Something Like this. Wenrnr can look at the actualnr campus as a huge lesson falearnf inr hope every school districtx across california and the nation are looking at the safety of their physicalco campus as thex first way tos7 prevent this cr. District securedqmo funds to hi an agency called Community Violence services tozrr trainings for middle anup high l andkonrq administration. All about part of the u reason twocoo[ hours. It took a young man who theni bystanders called over to t tp 911. The issue of bystanders, they issue of Sexual Violence and how to prevent it. 1 for young l 1n taking responsibility for their actions. This is in a series oflp cas of violence againstjf female hi National Attention and the case of audrey pot. Lp assaulted ate a sleep over an later bullied and she committed suicide. There was the kicase in ohio whe byt her peers. Fa what does it sayq about how youi women are perceivedlp and how c young men think they can do and how they can treat women . Aree1 pa. No doubt that through the media, lots of images aboutx aq and power and men and women are absorbing that and its having a jf effect. Sexual violence and sexual high school is onfb the corise. Not only School Districts like richmond, but the community÷ is have a responsibilitylp to talk about the dangers of Sexual Violence and the cycle of ,lolence. Its interesting because itsjf Sexual Violence andjn1jf rape tz uq how to break the cycle ad address. The more that its talked about and the morei] preventiveq meass because truth be told, i think this case makes us all recognize we have young women in our lives we want to make sure theylp are safe and we wyn thatq we know to not participat, but to stop acts of violence. Thats what we have to invest in. Lets hope this leads to greater good. Peter and jose were the two men whoxd weret convicted and foun guilty of numerous charges. Theyco are now in their 20si] a nd two more men still need to go njttaay thank you very much. The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death and outrage across theco countr. Here innr california there have oakland turning violent. Ev patterson, president of the equal Justice Society about the impact of the verdict and the response president obama spoke about this morning. Ii] thinkfa its importantfa recognize that the africanamerice ommunity is looking at this issuefa through set of experiences. That doesnt go away. Eva patterson, welcome to the program. Thank you if are having me. I would liket tolpfa ask yot president obamas conference speaking about Trayvon Martin. Does he hit the right tone or was it too little, too late . I was thrilled with his s7 comments. I thought it was important fors black man of hisco stature to tk about trayvon pziq 99n we often get followed in stores and often put in the bad part of restaurants andni cant getnooc. I think Trayvon Martins situation wasnrnico emblematic weni arexd not viewed asxd huma beings. The most powerful man on the7oo planet saying this happened3w me, its important to explain what happened with Trayvon Martin. The only thing i wasci] disappointed about was hedging on whether or not the departmeni of justice canxd file charges o zimmerman. There is the matthewxdok shephe jamesmy bird hate crimes act t can be invoked when the stateym prosecution does 23409 deal with civil rights. He seemed to be downplaying them to get mynhinvolved. Maybe because they are determining they are not going to file charms and didnt want to get our hopesxd up. Ok aside fromht 3wthat, i though was a home run. Ifa5 federal u changes are filed, what does it say about our criminal Justice System . Im a civile1 rightsko lawyd criminal changes probably should be filed, but if they are e1nota they took black people off the rolls in 2000 that led to stolen elections. They have done all kinds of horrible things to make it more difficult for black people to vote in 2012. If they get away with this, ae1 decision that many feel was ani great injustice. It makes i was going to say black r a1n but all people of good will feelw3 disappointed i the Justice System. Trayvon martin should not be dead. Ca stayed in hw3÷ car. There is another woman named Marissa Alexander who fired a husband wasq abusing her. She was given 20 years in jail. George zimmerman walks free for theuf same standing your ground type situation. It reinforces the notion that black peoplnp do not really ge justice in this e1avauqs you saying that racial bias is inherentlp in the Justice System . The criminal Justice System. My organization has done a and stereotypes. There is at lp case called mxdcclassicy versus w3kemp. H rpces of getting therw h you killed a black person. Justice powellxd who let hho di said there is bias inxd every aspectlp of the criminal justic system. Where do wexd start . Its wellknown that a white kid is riding around joy riding. W3 police stop him. A black kid will more than likely be sent to juvie. Blackjf kids aret often change adults and white kids are charged asco juveniles. Color. I believe there ik racial bias not just in the criminal justice i believe there ik racial bias not just in the criminal Justice System, but every aspe u society. You cant haveok a system thatxd slavery and biases against asianamericanq immigrants ando latinos thatxd allowed that to happen without seeing bias in all aspectsc of our society. What i found interesting in not talki] about racial profili. They did not uset the standco ground law. Whatw3 they talked about was th George Zimmerman had reason to fear for his life. Therenr had been a number of crimes committed boy africanamericans in the area andni when he saw Trayvon Marti he hadninr good reason to fear n what is the message inherent in that . Is it. Its biased to be laughable. Amn to look at every strange white man and thinkfalp he wille a gune1 and mow down 6yearold or mow down people in the theater because there have been deranged white men who do nijfv . Of course not. Society feels more comfortable making thatco generalization abt black men. Trayvon martin hadc skittles an iced tea walking to his fathers home. George zim isserman was told to staykxin hisa5 car. Uq what a young black man was doing in his neighborhood. Ixdym think despite the fact t the prosecution and the judge did not allowni racialko bia raised, thew3 defense played to racial biases9 andq showed the picture of Trayvon Martin barechested. They talked about young black menxd burglarizing homes. There is something called priming poo1nnbkic gays and lesbians and latinos and blacks, it primes negative reactions. So the defensejf primed the jur to think well, George Zimmerman saw this black man andq it was within hisninr rights to think was goingr ro rob someone. He was walking home with skittles. So the criminal Justice System has racial bias inherent in it. Wher. do wee1 go from here . How do we move this forward and rectify that . The organization convened on the science conference in chicago in april. Jf wek d leading social science theremy includingc a professor has been working with Police Departments around the country to help them identify their biases. You have this shooter bias wher as a black man holds up aok walt and it is seen as a gun. If a white man holds up a gun, think q walks away. He has been trying to train biases. The country working on debiassing. It used to be if you can show people who had biases against blackxde1ci] peope a picture of powell andq tiger woods their biases would go down fg l 72 hours and come back. Cuttino1 Edge Research seems t get the biases down for several months. We will be workinglpi] with thed can present the information fa brudly. We have biases. You and i are biases. Its the way of the world. We want to make sure they dont misiwsaified as a potential who murdered him walks free. A black woman who shoots in at this time air is in jail for 20 years. Thats wrong. All very interesting. Nal conversation that we do absolutely. President obama was t right. It shouldntnf politicians and as my friend angela said, its going to be uncomfortable, but we have to talk about it honestly. See whereqe ra goes from there. 1 eva patterson, thank you. Thank you for having me. That is all for our show for tonight. I want to thank our guests for joining me and you can visit kged. Org this week. Tune ine1 next friday at 7 30 f a special presentation of after war. Its an indepth lock at the challenges that have been faced returning home to california. Its a cool production ofco kqe and the center for investigativ3 reporting. We hope youn] will tune in. Have a good night. 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