Voluntarily recuse himself while hes on probation. That was a very, very narrowly crafted letter. It was very reasonable. And he has refused to do so. He sent me a response basically saying, i have consulted with my attorney. I have talked to my staff. I do not see a conflict. But if there is a conflict, ill take care of it. Trust me, my response to that is that im asking the City Attorney now to draw a local ordinance that would prohibit the sheriff from supervising [speaker not understood] during the time hes on probation and hopefully the board of supervisors will sign that. It is obvious to me that we cannot trust the sheriff to do the right things, so were going to have to make sure that the right thing is taken care of. And again, lets go back to when we started. This is about the victims. This is not about this is not about ross. This is about every one of those women that has been assaulted over and over again and whether theyre going to call for help. [speaker not understood].
Nbc bay area Christie Smith is in oakland where the d. A. Showed some untested kits to you. I can imagine being a victim and wanting to know when they will be tested. Yes, imagine thinking your case is moving forward and part of it wasnt. Alameda took a step today to solve unsolved rapes. They have about 1900 kits that were never sent in for testing. Starting today they will be sent to a lab in virginia. It will start with a bunch of about 100 of them. Nancy o mallly says there is a variety of reasons for this. Sometimes if the perpetrator is known, the test may not be sent in. Government crime labs are overwhelmed and they say there is not enough of them. One rape survivor was here today to help eliminate problems so the backlogs could be solved. They say the culture is starting to change and this is a huge jump start. I know my kit sat for nineandahalf years. And i know what it did for me to get that tested. And that the man who did it is behind bars. So we can help bring closure to
His visit. Nbc bay areas chase cain is at Santa Clara University. The dalai lama will be there tomorrow . Reporter he sure will. They are already getting things ready. May see some barriers out here. Inside they are rehearsing for tomorrow mornings talk. But this morning the dalai lama began at the Tibetan Community center in richmond bless blessing the Community Center thats been in the works for many years. Then off to Berkeley High school where the dalai lama gave a soldout talk on how to achieve happiness. Where he talked about love, compassion, selflessness. But while he was onstage inside, outside protesters had gathered. There were a large number of protesters. Some upset about the lavish lifestyle they say the dalai lama leads. Many years ago he banned a particular buddhist prayer, essentially a prayer to the buddha of wisdom or compassion, he said that prayer hurts them and shortens his life span. Those protesters did not accept that, thats why they showed up in force to get t