experience tpwhuzz haiti and it was an unusual response to fema. we usually don't respond out of the country. and we did. and i was in the national response coordination center. and craig is off at the white house doing stuff, so they had pow would you and said where is the private sector folks? it's, like, they are not here. what do you mean they are not here? they were not part of our team in the nrcc. i was shocked. it would be an understatement to say i was shocked. we fixed that in a few months where as now we have a private sector representative not only during time of disaster but full-time. we have a detail person there. somebody from target then rotated to somebody from big lots then to somebody with the building trades then one of the company's building management companies now we have somebody from verizon and they come and spend three months working for fema then rotate every three months to another country but are in every one of our briefings and when we activate the people who used to be assign there had from the other companies, the

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richard serino is the deputy administrator of fema. administrator of fema. he was appointed in twine.

for years we gave the impressions that -- i'll speak for fema. we're going to be there. we're going to help. we're not going to be there right away. we'll be there as quickly as we can. and initially, the true heroes in response, as we saw in tusk louisa and saw in newark, new jersey, recently. saw in upstate new york and vermont are the first responders. the police officers, the paramedics, the e.m.t.'s and nurses and doctors and neighbors helping neighbors. talked to a woman in tennessee last year during the floods in nashville, and it was this home that was completely flooded. actually it was a week later, and it was being mucked out or cleaned out by again, lutherans and another, i forget the other name of the other faith-based group. there were two groups cleaning up her front home and she's sitting out this 86-year-old woman saying all these nice people are helping me clean out literally what's left of their home and she said i wouldn't have survived if it wasn't for my neighbor that broke my front window out and pulled me out and saved her life. he was a nice youn

he has gone to fema. that's an important effort that fema has undertaken. something that the deputy administrator was talking about. i think the state should bring somebody in there as well. [laughter] yeah, right. i have toe say here in the state we are lucky to have the california resiliencey law and peter who has done a lot of incredible work with the private sector. so once again, so many good ideas, so many things have happened here. just remarkable. state of the art. now, the work that you have to do, we have some questions. my colleague prepared some questions. we don't have a lot of time. we have one mike there in the center, and we had way too many questions. we have 15 minutes or so. but i think maybe the best question to ask, jim, is the last one that we had which is like looking back at the last two-plus decades since loma prieta, you know, what concerns us collectively as a group, you know, most about our current response and recovery capacity and what do we think our greatest stride has been the time as regional community to engage bay area co

we have the earlier $10 million fema security grant. most of that expenditure will be in phase two, and that match is really our security needs in phase two. so there is about $8,500,000 going into the phase two security systems. the other major funding for that work will be a future bond for the park itself. we have been doing value engineering as the design has progressed, and we're just now finishing the design. we're going to bcdc on january 9, i believe, to try to reconcile their requirements for our park. i would like to report back to you in our january meeting when we have the park finished or the design almost finished, and we will have a new cost estimate by then. it is too early right now. commissioner katz: i did not want to hold you to anything specifically. have we contemplated, if there are any significant delays, the impact if it is not completed in time for use by the america's cup event authority? >> that is a good question. i think it is for the event authority to answer that question. we have assumed confidently that

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nancy ward who is our region nine fema director. we have cal e.m.a. here, mike dayton and his staff. chief greg sir and they

we have a $10 million grant for the project with fema for security work. the work under this grant must be procured under federal guidelines, which are somewhat different from city guidelines. in any case, the scopes of work will have a disadvantaged business enterprise goal of 25%. staff requests approval of an amendment for the construction manager general contractor contract to increase the contract amount from $9,989,251 to $41,000,740, and to authorize staff to further increase the contract amount by 3,000,927 $676 for a contract modification or change or if needed for unanticipated contingencies. i would like to add that our bid for our steel for our project are due this afternoon, and we are anxious to see how they go. this concludes our presentation. i would be happy to answer any questions you may have. commissioner brandon: thank you. we have a motion and a second on the floor, so i will go into public comment. >> thank you. good morning, commissioners. good morning, president brandon. i want to emphasize that i'm so happy that we are nearing the

and at the state and federal levels, and the federal government provided -- almost $1 million from fema. i think altogether there was $3 billion in action put together by congress and other businesses so there were a lot of state and federal things came together. but it became clear that a lot more needed to be done to generate rebuilding on this scale. and the private sector and government secondors to meet needs otherwise not met. we have a great panel of speakers this morning who are leaders and represent different geographic areas that were affected by the loma prieta earthquake and folks on the front line helping their community. s -- helping their communities. and to plan working together. first up is barbra garcia. i first became aquainted with barbra and her work when she was the director of a health clinic that provided services to folks in the watsonville area. she was creative in administering needs to the farming community. this was a group that wouldn't initially qualify for a lot of main stream programs. so we were able to provide assistance to them. after the earthquake b

on february 16, fema is coming out to roll out their national recovery plan and so they are doing it in san francisco, here in city hall. the mayor is going to be giving the opening remarks that day and in fact i had the opportunity to go to harvard in december and go through the national preparedness leadership institute, which was this fabulous program, and all of the instructors from around the country are saying that san francisco is the lead, that we are the model that should be followed in other places. so fema will be looking to us for direction and i think that it's a way for us to highlight all the great work we've been doing and continue to do. just on a very last note, we will be doing all the 1906 earthquake remembrances that we do every year, so i hope you will join us at lata's fountain at 5:42 a.m., or whatever time it is, some god awful early morning but it's a lot of fun and we will be doing community events during april. april's a big month for us so look forward to getting messages from us and i hope you can join us. thank you. next on the agenda, i believe, is rob

you hear fema talking about community-based recovery. you see the fire and police people with all the training. you know, none of this existed back then. so a lot of things have changed. technology. i mean, think about it. here we are, we go to an event and everybody says, turn your cell phone on to silent. then we do that. then we do our email and everything. you know, they gave me a cell phone in 1989 when they gave me the orange vest that said incident commander. and by the way, at that time probably two weeks before the earthquake i wouldn't have known an incident commander from commander cody in the lost planet airman. that's a reference if you're a certain age. but in any case, they gave me the cell phone. remember what a cell phone was like in 1989? it was a sear's die-hard battery. you have to carry this around, charlie. i was like, oh, yeah. ok. it was pretty cool. i tried it a couple times. after about a day of that my shoulders were hurting and everything. i said, this is a repetitive stress injury waiting to happen. so i kind

these are officers funded by a fema tsa grant. their primary duty is they target the most problematic lines. they work in plain clothes, and they work a variety of not only decoy operations, robert operations, but they also conduct investigations regarding incidents that occur on muni. one thing i did not include in my slide because it is information that i just got, that i am incredibly proud of is that in 2011, this team of officers were assigned 130 cases. of those, they sold 127

fema said it includes local governments receiving $15 million in grants. >> in developing story from rockville where the man accused of three home invasions has confessed. kevin ray admitted that he was responsible for home invasions in bethesda last week. two women were sexually assaulted. ray said he was upset about the shooting death of his friend last month by drug dealers. it faces a sentence of life plus 300 years. >> martin luther king's jr.'s oldest son stepped down from the organiziation today. he will remain on the king center's board. >> still to come on abc7 news at 6, how americans are finally making a dent on credit-card debt. >> metro work going on a during the week. >> new polling numbers look good for romney. it will be a tough task, after the break. >> doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. maybe some showers, the details for the next seven days coming up. >> you are watching abc7 news at 6:00. on your side. >> an appeal by gov. rick perry to appear on the virginia ballot has been rejected. >> mixed news for the front runner in south carolina. a new poll

the deadline was this tuesday but residents now have until march 5 to apply for fema assistance. there were at least seven aftershocks in the following weeks after the initial quake. businesses and homeowners may qualify for some assistance. still to come, we will take a look at stories that will top international headlines this coming week. plus new speed cameras are up and running. we will tell you where. and what were the best movies of 2011? arch campbell will give you his own personal list. >> a cold snap on the way. the question is how long will it last and when will it warm up again? i h >> the murder trial will begin in peru. he is accused of killing stephanie florez in may of 2010. police say he became enraged after seeing her read about the natalee holloway case on his laptop. he has long been suspected in her 2005 disappearance in aruba. meantime, the layoffs will continue at second mile the children charity founded by jerry sandusky. they announced last month job cuts were necessary because of a loss of financial support due to the sandusky child sex abuse scandal. up

fema is not going to do that for you. and that was just a spontaneous effort. now it has expanded around the world. this came out of burning man, this wild, crazy party. >> let us start over here with a question. >> i would like to ask a question about dpw. the people that build infrastructure. i want to know why they do not get workers' comp when they are injured. >> of course they do. who told you they did not? >> my friends who work for dpw. they did not have insurance. >> we have workers' comp. i assure you, they are wrong. once in awhile, an employer will claim workers, for something that did not happen on the job. there have been a couple of incidents like that. there could have been discontent over that. of course we have workers caught. ask them again. when did they work for dpw? >> one of them just tweeted me the question. >> my name is anne marie. i represent in north of market community benefit district, the tenderloin. we are very excited to have your company coming in. just talking about the burning man twist, that is an interesting phrase. this ma

the deadline was supposed to be tomorrow but people now have until march that to apply for fema assistance. >>> a round the nation police bunco washington state are looking for a man who shot and killed a ranger. this is at the national park. margaret anderson was killed yesterday morning during a traffic stop. police are saying benjamin barnes a strong person that interest. they did find his car that included body armor and weapons. >>> a member of the u.s. military is in jail after allegedly trying to bring explosives onto an airplane purity was stopped at midland's airport in texas. to try to walk through a checkpoint with explosives in his bag. he is said to be arraigned tomorrow. >>> investigators will be a walk up and fight a man wanted for questioning in rash of suspicious car fires in l.a. he was seen leaving an underground garage. there have been a 40 suspicious car fires in l.a. since thursday. a task force has been set up to buy the arsonist. >> this is a collaborative investigative efforts. all the dark being followed to the very end. >> in some cases france has spread to the c

. >> the number of fema damaged claims have doubled in the past few months in part because of the onset of cold weather. people have discovered problems the first time they used their furnaces or fireplaces. residents with earthquake damage must submit their claims to fema by march. >>> and thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> friday is here. we're glad you're here with us. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika. anny is in for howard. >> we see some changes coming this way. not until later tonight. no problems. we'll see cloudy conditions. kind of cold out there. we do have a winter storm watch to tell you about. areas northwest of us including frederick county, shenandoah, cumberland. this is starting tonight through saturday morning primarily. and it looks like we'll see some ice, some freezing rain and slt.

five counties have been added to be covered by fema aid, but residents need to get claims in by march. >>> a lot of name calling and finger pointing in one bethesda neighborhood tonight, the result over a dispute of a tree trimming and removal by pepco. pepco has been fined $1 million is on orders to clear vegetation from power lines, but as scott broom reports, things are not going smoothly in chevy chase west of. reporter: welcome to chevy chase west in bethesda. >> wee lose power constantly. reporter: -- we lose power constantly. reporter: it's a neighborhood where trees routinely tangle with power lines. pepco started removing some of the county-owned trees this week, this one clearly diseased, but abruptly quit before the job was done when some residents objected outraging this neighbor billy bow. >> it's probably controversial to the psycho environmentalists but to us normal people that lose power five times a year it's a great idea. reporter: are you an environmental whacko? >> not the last time i checked. so. reporter: that's arnold braun who objected when pep toe tried to tak

please recognize me in the great work of senator leahy, senator welch and the partners at fema. [ applause ] >> there are two lessons we must add to our experience in the past four months. it is clear that after irene, if we can build 35 damaged roads and 34 damaged bridges for a fraction of the normal cost with dwindling resources in our future. we must apply those same lessons to maintaining and rebuilding vermont's transportation infrastructure from this point forward. we will build faster, smarter and more economically. [ applause ] >> instead of having state workers bunkered in their individual agencies processing paper, we broke down the silos, formed a partnership between atr, contracting companies. procedures were modified, access to stone and gravel was expedited, dangerous debris was removed from brooks and streams as engineers worked together with environmental experts to get the job done. projects that pre-irene would have taken years got done in months. environmental quality was preserved, taxpayer dollars were saved and roads and bridges were built to withstand the assault of

it's why, led by fema, we have changed how we work with businesses before, during and after ave. we have seen that the more we do to make sure for disaster, and that will rebound. >> that has to do with major consequences. last year we investigated many disasters, record fires across the southwest, record fires in the southwest and record storms. we have shown we're dedicated to helping communities rebuild after disaster strikes, and one of the many new ways we do this is by rewarding contracts to local small businesses and then adhering to this principle. high local, bilocal, and helping communities get back on their feet. last year i had the opportunity to attend the opening of the memorial at new york city. that remind and the other one stands as a memory of those we lost and we'll never forget. but the memorial must serve another purpose. they must stand in a dangerous world and as our signal that we will always come back stronger with adversity of the we've learned a great deal about how to better serve our country but remain aware of how a terrorist attack or national disas

eliminate the department of education, commerce, health and human services, homeland security, even fema and most especially the irs. not to mention dumping the federal reserve. this is a platform from the 90s. the 1890s. but all that said, ron paul finished a strong third in iowa, and he might just grab second place in new hampshire, outpolling several more mainstream politicians. what is going on here? well, i think, first of all, ron paul is real. you may not believe in his ideas, but he sure does. and these days we are hungry for authenticity. secondly, he really is for a shrinking government. and, finally, paul is talking about somebody else has mentioned. that is protecting your civil liberties. now, let's be real, ron paul is a flawed candidate who will not be our next president. but what does it say about our country, our politics and, frankly, the current crop of candidates that so many people seem to think he should be? anita. >> all right, derek. >>> well, as we have been saying, it's been snowing. and some people are saying snow, snow, go away despite how mild it's been. what

the oakland fire department is getting nearly $800,000 from a fema program to help firefighters. east bay representative barbara lee says oakland is one of the few cities to get money under the program. she says the oakland fire department's budget has been cut by 15% in the last four years. >>> another wave of dungeness crab is expected to hit the market in a few days. california's north coast is scheduled to open to commercial crab fishing on sunday. the season was delayed because of the crab were not mature enough to harvest. the central california fishery hasn't been as productive as last year, which was 19 million pounds. >>> san francisco officials including the mayor and the police chief are starting to prepare people for the lunar new year celebration. they will have a news conference at noon to raise awareness about public safety as the year of the dragon arrives. volunteers will pass out information to merchants and shoppers in chinatown. >>> the son of murdered san francisco mayor moscone is directing a play in honor of his late father. he was 14 when his father george

i mean, he is going to certify this year with fema. he's going to replace his dad. his dad is retiring. he's going to go on to do amazing things. >> that's my boy. that's a good dog. that's a great dog, actually. >> reporter: in bowie, surae chinn, 9 news now. >> german shepherds are the smartest dogs. if you spot vito out there call 301-655-7643. you can also take him to any law enforcement, fire department or animal control location which have all been made aware of this missing dog. >>> budget crunch in montgomery county has lawmakers weighing new pay rises and public safety funding. the county is facing a $135 million budget hole. washington examiner reports tonight some council members have pointed to the county's energy tax while others suggest property taxes may be a potential revenue source. county executive said he doesn't know whether he'll recommend a pay raise because the county just doesn't have the money to spare. >>> if you're planning on taking metro this weekend, plan on some delays. metro trains will share a single track along four of the five syst

these are officers funded by a fema tsa grant. their primary duty is they target the most problematic lines. they work in plain clothes, and they work a variety of not only decoy operations, robert operations, but they also conduct investigations regarding incidents that occur on muni. one thing i did not include in my slide because it is information that i just got, that i am incredibly proud of is that in 2011, this team of officers were assigned 130 cases. of those, they sold 127 -- they solve the 127. of those, 120 were solved via a rest -- arrest. that was collaborative between the group of officers and the mta partnership we have. our onboard camera system is working tremendously to assist us in bringing people to justice that commit crime on muni. i am very proud of the results and things they have been doing. they start work at 11:00 in the morning and end at 9:00 at night. they are certainly available and have worked and the hours i have asked them to work. it is a great benefit not only to the police department but to th

but we do have a number of potential sources, and i will say, the fema grant, operator contribution and passenger facility charges of well within our grasp. we are just working out the details of the passenger facility charge. several ports have utilized this is a way to pay the capital improvements. for the 2012 geode bonn, we have been working with rec and park. should the voters not approve that, should a question not be posed, we would be seeking a different funding source for the park plaza, so the park would go on improve until we found funding for the plaza. so it would not be in trickled to the operations of the cruise facility. supervisor avalos: thank you for the presentation. on the top slide, on page 3, you have planned city conditions. $15.5 million financed through clp's. what other revenue sources did you look at? >> it would report revenue debt. we had assumed that. frankly, the city has a better credit rating. it is cheaper for us if we use that to repay the debt. that is primarily why the clp vehicle is preferred. >> on the city contribution, what is the deliberation t

. >> fema officials expect them to sell out. release ticket praises for the majority of seats this summer. >>> month are to get to this monday. crucial new hampshire primary. some of the votes already been cast and counted. plus president obama test new campaign speech tonight. his fiery defense of last 3 years in office. >> and hear a lot of talk about creating jobs. tonight some people take that a step furthe further. >> just a mirror committee. unbelievable. >> she is san francisco newest lottery millionaire. somehow she plans to spend all the money. coming up later on "nightline". >> aye. >> coming up next on "nightline". still reeling from holiday spending we have susie to the rescue. points out the danger signs in the wallet. why you should take the cards off the grid. plus why more and more women are buying the men botox. that's why more and more women are buying the men botox. that's on "nightline". >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> presidential politic. all 9 r

perform sophisticated rituals festooning the trees with ribbons and sacred objects wetted in milk and fema gated with fragrant juniper smoke. of humor take off your cap go down on your knees to the sound of the drum beat. turn their own clockwise. run around the trees and stand behind them. run around the trees three times. now circle to come three times. down on a nice here. from pick up the grass from the ground put in the cup and drink at home from. people dig up the birch trees and again pray to the spirits asking them to accept their gifts as an atonement for a tree desecrated a long time ago the procession then heads to the sacrificial bomb fires and step all the so-called white food like bread cakes cookies butter and cheese is tossed into the fire milk and vodka to a considered offerings to the spirits the flames of another bomb fire lick but trees decorated with multi colored ribbons all this has to be reduced to ashes of the spirit so to meet people's requests you think of our deeds folks with the shall monson have to have extraordinary skill that's what they need to display as s