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skin cancer awareness month, we'll dive into a new study that breaks down which brands are best when it comes to sun protection. but first, big news today involving the future of the oakland coliseum. the city plans to sell its stake, paving the way for redevelopment. hi everybody. i'm dionne lim and you're watching getting answers more on those stories in just a moment. but first, the five candidates vying to be san francisco's mayor shared the stage for the first time. voters are getting to hear what they say about the issues they find most important. here's abc seven news reporter tim johns, who was at last night's forum and has more on the candidates push to lead the city one by one. >> all five of the major candidates running to be san francisco's next mayor took to the stage for a political forum tuesday night. the event, hosted by the harvey milk lgbtq democratic club, was an opportunity for each candidate to take their vision for the city directly to the voters. current mayor london breed emphasized the work she's done

to bring the city back after the pandemic. everything from working to revitalize its downtown to promoting public safety. >> it's not a one size fits all. it's not a just do this or just do that. it's all of the above and how we work together to make sure that we have a robust, transparent, a police department that is held accountable but is also doing the best they can to keep people safe. >> fellow moderate candidate and former interim mayor mark farrell talked about his desire to create a more equitable city. farrell specifically highlighting the need to build more affordable housing. >> number one encompasses zoning. number two, it encompasses legislation. and number three, to compass's mayoral directives to make sure that our planning and dbe departments are actually more efficient. >> businessman daniel lurie talked about his background, founding local nonprofit tipping point community, lurie mentioning his ability to work with various players across the city to raise money. >> we need to bring conventions back to san francisco. we need to bring tourism back to san francisco. we need to bring revenue. i know how to do that.

>> current president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin, was also there. peskin, who has tried to present himself as the progressive alternative to mayor breed, talked about his desire to return the city to what he calls its liberal roots. he also hit back against claims he's anti-housing and talked about solving the city's drug crisis. >> i have been for supervisor consumption sites, safe injection sites. >> the progressive and supervisor asha sapphire spoke about his experiences being an immigrant and coming from the city's labor movement. among other things, sapphire criticizing mayor breed for her handling of the city's homelessness epidemic. >> we have a budget of $14.6 billion, so it's not necessarily a matter of resources. it's a matter of management, leadership and accountability in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc seven news happening now, the city of oakland is holding a press conference to announce selling its half of the coliseum complex. >> the buyers are expected to be

the african american sports and entertainment group, who have some big plans for the site. let's take a listen in. >> and so i'm excited, but this is just the first quarter. so much more to do. but what i want to share is that the vision for the black cultural zone, which is a geographic area, is to really anchor our community, anchor our culture, keep our residents here because it's hard. bring back those who want to return and to give them something to return to. and what is happening today represents something that's not just for those and those here today, but for the future. this is amazing, and i am so proud to be here for what it's going to be. talk about vibrancy, retail arts, culture, movies, sports, all of those things that we need to make a city, to make a town. and what this represents is east oakland excellence. it represents oakland excellence. it represents bay area excellence. and that's what we

need to give our young people hope i to am a graduate of this school. come on. i've been in this hallway. maybe not acting the way i should have always, but i'm here. i never would have envisioned that who i was then could be here today, back in my home community, making sure we take a stand for what we need and deserve. but it's possible. it's possible for you and this group. this castleman group has helped the black cultures on to design liberation park. their design is what you see at liberation park. and we promise that the design of the students for what the space will be. students like me, students like keita, selena and so many other people will be what we bring forward because this is not just for us, it's for you. so thank you so much and i'm so excited to bring an east oakland homie, someone who championed this vision, who i know. >> you have been listening live to that press conference between the city announcing their move to sell their portion of the

coliseum. so joining me now is council member noel gayo. the stadium is in his district. noel, thank you so much for being here. keep in mind we may also dip back into that conference since it is happening live right away. how are you feeling about this sale and the whole a's saga as a whole? this has been so complicated. >> well, you know, let's make it very clear. this is surplus land. the land belongs to the public, from one end of the coliseum area, it belongs to the to the residents of oakland. and certainly, you know, we've had professional sports. and one of my reasons for endorsing and being one of the leaders with the african american sports entertainment group is because robert bobb, who used to be the city manager of oakland, that i used to work for, he helped build the stadium, bring the raiders back and make sure that we, maintain the oakland a's here at the at the stadium and also the warriors at the arena. but not only did he help build the oakland when he moved over

to washington, dc, he helped build, the stadium for the washington nationals and also for the professional soccer team that's directly across the block from, the washington nationals. so he has a very strong experience, connection to, professional sports. and one of my motivations is that he had an insight with the national football league as well as with major league baseball, and the goal was to attract teams to come back to oakland. and that was one of my reasons for going with the african american sports entertainment group. and and but what we have today is, you know, it's an offer to buy the property, buy the land. and, that proposal has not come to the council yet. at the end of the day, it'll be up to the council, but for me, i got to recognize that what the county did with the oakland a's selling them that profit that prop, property, was not legal. it's still in court, with the

superior court and because this surplus land act and you just cannot sell the property to someone privately, it's gotta. you got to go through, the eda process and all the other process and a process. to make sure that there's a fair market value and there's the greatest return possible for the city. so we're not done yet, but my goal is still today to be able to work with the african and american sports and entertainment to bring professional sports back. and at the same time, we can help develop the surrounding area where there is working with the soccer team, the oakland roots, to establish a smaller stadium on the end of the property, and so that's the discussion presentation, debate that still needs to take place. and what is the greatest return for the use of that property that belongs to the public surplus debt?

>> well, let's talk about a little bit of the terms of the sale. you must have some insight. i know there are a number of hurdles still yet to be overcome, but what do you know about, let's say, the dollar amount that's at stake? >> well, that's where, you know, i have spoken with, the leadership of the african american sports and entertainment group. and, you know, i received one number of well, you know, we're going to try to sell the property or buy the property for 105 million. then i heard 85 million. but, you know, a year over a year ago, there was, daryl stewart, who used to play for the a's. hall of famer, grew up here in oakland. you know, his group was willing to give us 125 million. so the numbers are still not clear. and there's still a process we got to go through. and, but at the end of the day, we got to recognize a surplus land. and that decision needs to

be at the best interest of the public here in oakland. they're still paying taxes, for the property while the raiders have left and the a's have left. >> you mentioned several different figures. no matter what it is. this is an awful lot of money. our sports producer, casey pratt, has a source who believes that it's about $105 million. now, the city at the same time is releasing its budget tomorrow. we know there is a financial crisis in oakland this could solve a lot of issues. share what you know about this, well, you know, certainly. i mean, the money that, you know, we could, out of the sale of the property, be able to balance the budget we have right now, the numbers of the. i just met with the unions, 20 minutes ago, i was meeting with the unions and the budget figures they gave me were a lot different than what the mayor's proposing. and those numbers have changed. so the reality for me is, you know, we need to conduct a study. what are the real numbers when it comes to a

deficit and why did we get into a deficit? and that was lack of management on the inside. why didn't we collect the taxes that were due to the city? what that was lack of management on the inside. so we need to correct those avenues first before we keep investing. investing and coming up at the end of the year, with a major shortfall when, we should have a balanced budget. and that's what i heard from the unions today, that the numbers are different when it comes to the deficit numbers that we're giving today. >> yeah. and again, there is also a little bit of discrepancy, because we heard from mayor tao saying that budget has nothing to do with the sale. the sale has been in the works for years, perhaps downplaying some of the budgetary woes. >> okay. but you know, the ultimate goal when we started this whole process, it wasn't about selling the property. yes it's about regaining professional sports in oakland from football and baseball and be able to maintain the facility

that we currently have to allow. but then the county ran out there and sold, their half. they claim they sold their half to the oakland a's under value. right. and now we're still in court. well, that deal is still in court. that needs to be settled even before i go out there and agree to sell this land to another private owner, that that we haven't met all the obligations when it comes to surplus land and still such a long way to go. >> and like we said earlier, complicated situation. it is truly a saga. we will stay on top of this. we appreciate your time and your insight. noel. >> thank you, thank you. >> well, coming up, a new plan to cut down on speeders. the bill just got the green light from the state senate,ut critics are ready to hit the

passive speed limiters. joining us live now is state senator scott wiener from san francisco, who proposed the bill. small note he just stepped off the senate floor. he is in sacramento as we speak. thank you so much for joining us. give us a rundown of how the bill works. >> uh, sure. thanks for having me and hopefully i won't get called in to vote, but i'll do the best i can, so this is existing technology that it's already in some cars that if you are driving and you go more than ten miles an hour over the speed limit, the car will notify you simply with a beep and a flash, just to tell you one time that you've exceeded ten miles over the speed limit, and this would the bill would require this in

all new cars that are manufactured or sold in california, and, you know, speeding is a huge factor in the more than 4000 people a year who die on california roads. and there are times when people don't even realize how fast they're going. and so this will absolutely slow people down and save lives. >> i'm going to be honest with you. i have a car that's about ten years old, and it does tell me when i'm going over the speed limit and i've silenced it because at some times it's a little irritating. is this technology any different from what i already have, well, i don't know exactly what you have in your car, but this is, newer technology, and you won't be able to turn it off. it'll just be there. and so. and it won't be like an incessant beeping. it will just simply notify you one time. and it's not about exceeding the limit. it's only if you go more than ten miles an hour over the limit, so, you know, if you're going 90 on the highway or, or 50 in a residential neighborhood, i

think it's reasonable to notify you that you're going faster than you should be going. >> i see, and in europe, this technology appears to already be in play. can you tell us how it's working over there? and did that inspire you somehow? >> yeah. so europe is requiring it, but also in the us, new york city has is equipping its entire municipal fleet. they're up to thousands of cars, so far, not with the passive variety, but the active variety. so they the cars physically can't go above a certain speed. it's working really well. it's good technology. and the national transportation safety board, the ntsb has recommended this technology for all new cars in the us. and ntsb is supporting our bill, as is the faa. >> i see and can you tell us a little bit more about what prompted you to want to champion this? i know you gave us a little bit of data, but some of the other figures are quite eye opening to how many deaths

result of speeding. >> yeah. so i've done a lot of work over the years to try to improve road safety, better design of streets, just making it safer for people who are walking, biking, waiting for the bus and people who are driving their uh- over 4000 a year, dying on california roads, nearly 50,000 a year in the us. it's up 20% over the last five years. so it's getting worse. and this isn't normal. we are the only wealthy country on the planet that has this problem, and it's a policy choice that we make it really easy for people to drive at outrageously high speeds, and we don't do enough just to get people to drive safely. i don't want to have to issue more tickets. it's much better just to alert people when they're engaging in excessive speed, and they and to make sure that they slow down. >> i could see there being some questioning because in certain situations. oh, look at you multitasking in certain situations where perhaps there is a drunk driver, you know,

they are going to disregard any kind of speed limitation. what would your response be to things like that? >> yeah. well, for people who are intent on driving recklessly, whether it's drunk driving or otherwise, you know, we need to hold them accountable . and that's why we have speeding tickets. it's why we have made it a crime with punishments to drunk, drive and so there are some people that will not be impacted by the warning. but we know from experience and from studies that have been done that a lot of people, just by a single warning, will slow down. i think everyone's been in a position where you look at your speedometer and you're like, oh my god, i'm driving much faster than i intended to drive and so you slow down, wouldn't it be nice just to have a notification so that for the chunk of people who don't want to speed, they can slow down? and there has been. there have been various studies that when this technology is implemented, people do drive slower and fewer collisions happen. >> senator, what is the proposed

timeline to roll out this plan? and what is next for this bill? >> yeah, so the bill just passed the senate. i'm really grateful to my colleagues, and it will head to the assembly. now, if it if it passes, it'll get to the governor, for his action in september, it will, the timeline that we have in the bill is that, the new cars will be required to have this technology , one half of new cars being sold by 2029, and all new cars by 2032. so there is a phase in, for the industry. and just to be clear, it's existing technology. we're not asking the industry to create a new technology that's already exists. >> okay. we appreciate you sharing the details of this bill and where it's at. we will let you get back to voting and being on the senate floor there in sacramento. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >> well, coming up next, sunscreen safety. as we look ahead to summer, we'll share

some expert tips on what to buy, what to avoid, and what

so as we look ahead to warm, sunny months, it is time to talk about sunscreen. a new study by the environmental working group finds only a quarter of sunscreens currently on the market meet the standards for adequate sun protection. so joining us live now to talk more about that and share some tips to stay safe, is emily spillman, the environmental working group's healthy living science program manager. thanks for being here. let's dive right into the study. how many sunscreens did research look at here? >> so our assessment included over 1700 sunscreens. and so that includes your beach and sport recreational sunscreens daily. use spf products including moisturizers and lip balms. so it's quite a range. >> wow. this is a lot more

extensive than i had anticipated. i didn't even know there were, i don't know more than 100 different types. what were the criteria that, you know, they used to measure safety and sun protection? was it just spf? >> so our assessment looks at, information that's available on product labels. so we're looking at the ingredients that are going into products. and we're also looking at the spf value and the expected protection based on the products in the formulation. okay. >> and what was the result of their study. >> and so what we found was that, as you noted, only 25% of products provide what we would consider adequate protection without containing worrisome ingredients, so we are concerned about the active ingredients that are used in sunscreens in the us today. some of them have been shown to penetrate the skin and may cause harm to our bodies , and some of them are not as effective at protecting against uv rays as others. >> wow, this is incredibly surprising and a little bit

upsetting given all of the claims these sunscreen products tout such as, you know, anti-aging or total complete coverage. i've seen spf 80 on the market or even more so. can you elaborate on what this means for family who are trying to make good decisions at the store ? >> so really, what this means is just that some products are better at protecting us from the sun than others, and some of them are safer for our bodies than others. there are products that provide adequate protection and contain safe ingredients that are available to consumers. and some of those aspects that we recommend folks look for are mineral based sunscreen products, sunscreen products with an spf between 30 and 50 plus, as well as opting for lotions and sticks rather than sprays. yeah not to mention on the screen. >> here we talk about avoiding those made with harmful chemicals. do you have some specific brands you can share with us? that way people can recognize them on store shelves.

>> actually, on our website we include a list of the top rated products, so that includes more than 200 sunscreens that did provide adequate protection without containing worrisome ingredients. and so folks can visit our website and our ewg guide to sunscreens to find those lists of top rated products. >> yeah, what a great resource we have the website on our screen right now. a question that i had is because we had one of our medical experts come on the show not too long ago and showed us how much volume we actually need to use of sunscreen in order to get better protection. in essence, do you think people could just use more ? or when it comes to the quantity they put on their body, does that help a little bit? >> so our behaviors in the way we use sunscreen absolutely does matter. it is important that we are using the directed amount of product, if we're not using enough sunscreen, it's not going to provide the protection that it's supposed to. and it's also especially important to make sure that we are reapplying

sunscreen and that we're not just putting it on once and then leaving out for the rest of the day. >> and how often should we be reapplying, it should be no longer than every two hours. >> oh, every two hours. sometimes i can imagine being out in the sun. you lose track of time. therefore you don't apply as frequently. and i also have to ask you about the sprays , because those have become so popular. i saw that it was not recommended to buy those. if you can buy a lotion, can you give us the reason why? >> yes. and so it's primarily due to concerns about inhalation. so i think you could imagine using spray sunscreens, and inhaling a lot of that product and those chemicals and the substances that are used in the product, some of them can cause lung damage. and so there are concerns about inhaling spray products. there are also concerns about getting adequate protection and getting enough of the product on your skin to actually provide the protection that it's uh. see, i see, so kind of getting point about using enough product. >> never thought about that. i'm

sorry to cut you off, but we've got to go for our commercial break. emily spellman from the environmental working group. thank you, thank you. okay. and

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