welcome, everyone, to this launch of the public service announcement on behalf of the california grand jury s association. i d like to thank all of you for being here today. being in the presence of such a political [speaker not understood], reminds me of a story a good friend of mine told me about meeting president george h.w. bush. he was in washington meeting with willard e. mills in arkansas at the time mr. mills was the chair of the house ways and means committee, probably one of the most powerful and influential people in washington. upon being introduced to the president, my friend was struck speechless. he just was stammering and stuttering. at which point the president put his hand on his shoulder and said, it s okay, dan, i always get nervous around him, too. [laughter] it s a special honor for me to be here today. i d like to introduce our special guest, lieutenant government gavin newsome. it (applause) at the thank you. also represent state mark
i have done. i might never do another one because i m not a media artist per se but i have used the medium because it seemed to be the one that could allow me to convey the sounds and images here. memorials to me are different from artworks. they are artistic, but memorials have a function. it is a beautiful scupltural objective made with bronze and lined with red wood from water tanks in clear lake. that is the scupltural form that gives expression to maya s project. if you think about a cone or a bull horn, they are used to get the attention of the crowd, often to communicate an important message. this project has a very important message and it is about our earth and what we are losing and what we are missing and what we don t even know is gone. so, what is missing is starting with an idea of loss, but in a funny way the shape of this cone is, whether you want to call it like the r.c.a. victor dog, it is listen to the earth and what if we could create a portal that cou
i want to thank all 8 of the could shares of the legislation or the budget promise. i m excited to address some of the funding for the domestic violence. most of you know that a provision has passed the senator today, we don t expect a sped i didn t passing through congress not because of the congress but because of the funding for legal services and services to indoctrinated immigrant and issues around american woman s receiving those services. so indeed the federal funding is an issue so we ve happy to have received some of the $118,000 since it wasn t going to be moved from the district attorney s office. currently when we come back i was just reminded that members of public aren t allowed to commit on issues we ve voted on today but you can also make general commits not on issues in front of us. i m sorry. and now that i want to commit on a family as they mourn the passing of they ve over turning of a guilty verdict in their case thank you. next speaker. hello my
year, which is pretty high percentage. all that i am saying is, when the public comes they should have an expectation that they can rely on your agenda, if you feel that the expense for the court reporters and the attorneys or whatever is so critical, why not just put it third on the agenda and take general public comment and let the public know we are going into closed session. rather than doing what you seem to do which is wait until the public shows up based on the agenda that was put out under the law and then simply say we have decided that we are going to rearrange it. it is not a surprise to you, you are all a bunch of intelligent people most of you are lawyers, if that is the thing that is critical to you then be honest about it. and when i bring up these comments, i see a bunch of eye rolling and a bunch of dismissiveness, i come here because i do know my rights under the sunshine ordinance, with the police department and the police commission and my complaints, i
no don t know my book or face space and when you have to look at youth culture. we talk about texting and sexing and omg and i didn t text anything to you. i spoke to and part of the language and how they engage so until we look at the culture of young people and how do we impact today s 20th ntury media culture we can t make a huge impact in regards to bullying or electronic aggression or whatever name we want to place on it and is affecting the students and i am excited you re addressing this issue and it s a crucial time for this generation and if we don t take serious this conversation today and action tomorrow we will see more and more issues arise. [applause] and i m going to cap it up and i totally agree with that and one of the resources i want you to point is out is the family institute on line and platform for good a couple days ago. anne was there for the launch in dc and the goal of this whole thing is connect parents, educators and teens together to talk about