Juries. Theres a civil grand jury and criminal grand jury. So if the focus has been on the criminal grand juries, the job of the criminal grand jury is to investigate crimes, basically. Usually felonies. And what most people dont understand about criminal grand juries is that it is a proceeding shrouded completely in secrecy. Theres only one lawyer in the room with the grand jurors and that is a prosecutor. No judge in the room. No defense attorney. And then it is whatever information or evidence the prosecutor gives to the grand juries is considered by them, then they determine whether or not the person who was the subject of this proceeding should be indicted, meaning, is there probable cause to believe this person committed the crime that the prosecutor believes happened . Even the transcripts are sealed. It really is a very secretive process. Coming to the bill that the governor signed, sb227, you strongly supported that bill. You urged him to sign it. In a letter you wrote to him.
Convertibles, have a big dog and back of the car and sit around drinking beer because thats what california is all about. Thats what commercials have been about for many years but thats not what california is about. If you know anything about california and i was born in california , studied this state 50 years or more, you realize that this state is so topsyturvy, its like a roller coaster gone bad. It can be a boom state economically one year, it can be in the whole 30 billion the next. It can be a state that embraces immigrants as it has in the past, it can be a state that has done everything it could to make immigrants feel uncomfortable. It can be a state where there is nothing but flowing water enabling everybody to grow and use for whatever purposes and it can be a state five or six year laters later where theres nothing to use. Theres so many extremes in california and just when we think were going to get at the top of things, it can fall down. So thats why the rise and fall. I
Tories, who didnt support the revolution sided with the british, were killed or driven off their lands, and on and on through american hoyt, as each immigrant group was kind of pulled into the country for labor, the chinese to build the railroads, the eastern europeans for the steel industry. Northern europeans for farming. And we knew all along there was great deal of hatred, prejudice that they werent like us, until they were us. And all of the people in this room come from those people. So, it is happening again and again, and i ten to write books a second question how was it . How would you like living in a horse stable in santa anita for months and then being transferred into tar paper shacks without plumbing, without heat without cooking facilities. In the most warren parts of america where the ten Relocation Centers were places no one ever lived before or ever would again. Tulie lake in california, is a lava bed. Manzanar was built on the driedup remains of owen valley of owens
So many people come to california because they see it as having. And of course, television hasnt helped because ask anybody come up or take a lily east of the rockies and mail a bad allcaps when you strive convertibles come and go to the beach, have a big dog in the back of the car and sit all day drinking. And thats what california is all about. Well, that is what commercials have been about for many years am i but thats not what california is about. If you know about anything about california. Ive studied this date 50 years or more, you realize that this state is so topsyturvy, its like a lower coastal gone bad. It could be another five or six years later. There are so many streams in california and just when we think were going to get at the top ofthings , it falls down. So thats why i say the rise and fall. It comes and goes, up and down. But at the end of the day, it certainly is i think, the most exciting place to be the rise of course is an upanddown area it isnt just one senten
These cells contain heavy downpours and you will see ponding with puddling and ponding on the roads lifting south to north. The winds have been fluctuating at 14 around the estuary in oakland also the port of oakland. Otherwise, pretty light to under 10 Miles Per Hour. But will be sustained 10 to 20. If you look carefully here you can see the pounding rain at the Golden Gate Bridge at this very early hour. Temperatures are very mild, very muggy, 50s, 60s. Well have scattered showers throughout the day today. The potential of a thunderstorm containing small hail and the gusty winds. Temperatures meanwhile up to about 70 degrees. Well continue to track this system and an even bigger one heading this way but first heres michelle. Roberta, thank you. Crews are keeping a close eye on coyote creek in santa clara county. They are worried it could possibly flood again with all the rain. Earlier this month, City Council Members presented a threat m8trix. It will help assess the risk of flooding