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>we want to be in queen safe and but the city state and federal government aren't helping them. supreme court just decided cities can cite homeless people for sleeping. outdoors. >on the corner wherever i can. with a blanket over my head, hoping no one's today we hear from bay area leaders and homeless advocates. about what this could mean on our streets. >would >>be >>yes. together. gathering or on >liz>thank you so much for joining us today. today's supreme court decision is expected to have wide reaching implications here in the bay
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area. as so many of our cities tackle the issue of homelessness. summly leaders are calling it a win, saying this will help them better enforce. regulations. however, some homeless advocates aren't convinced, and we'll talk live with the executive director. of the coalition on homelessness. in just a few minutes, but 1st a look at your news headlines. it is a packed house at a special meeting of the oakland city council. they try to pass a budget people are calling to save the services is important. to them. the mayor's proposal relies on revenue from the 100 million 0 sale of the coliseum to a private developers group, but with concern the deal won't close in time. the council is considering a contingency plan calls for 63 0 0 in cuts. including to the police and fire departments. june 30th is the deadline. officials in law enforcement gathered in concord to remind people about the dangers of illegal fireworks. with independence day less than a week away. the agencies are urging the public to keep
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firepower. prevention in mind. especially as temperature heat up. even safe and sane. fireworks are illegal. in contra costa county. in san francisco, more than 200. couples are celebrating. pride by tying the knot at sea. hall. it was 20 years. ago, and that same building when then mayor gavin newsom directed. city officials. to start issuing same ... marriage licenses now it's become a tradition on the friday before the pride festival to book as many marriages as possible. state farm is asking for a major insurance rate hike. the company submitted a request to the state's department of insurance to raise rates by 30% for homeowners and 52% for renters hearing could be held. if necessary before a decision is made on whether to approve that request. last march, the company raised rates by an average of 20. >weather>all >>right on the 1st alert weather now we are in for a weekend warm up and then get ready for even more heat. here's meteorologist darren peck in our virtual view studio. hey, derek,
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>weather>that is a good way of putting it, liz because you're going to notice the temperatures go up over the weekend, but we are putting particular focus on next week particularly the middle part of next week, so they headline right out of the gate. we've got an excessive heat watch that's been issued by the national weather service. so oftentimes as we kind of transitioned into warmups you've gotten heat advisories. couple of days beforehand. this is different. this is different wording. and it's a lot earlier and we should all take note of that, in terms of the intensity of the heat. i'm going to show you specific numbers in a 2nd. but 1st this is our 1 initial takeaway. look at the time frame up here. this is tuesday into friday of next week. think about the 4th of july weekend. which is included in this on thursday and friday. similar story plays out here for some of the bigger heat waves just about everybody's is included in this except the city and the coast, which is at least some positive news in this, there's still going to be enough onshore influence that the city
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and the coast will be exempt and there are heatwaves where that won't happen. and even you'll be included there. so some good news there there will be places to go to get some relief from here. let's watch the heat risk map. this is taking a look at tomorrow. no big deal. watch the transition now in the next week. we've shaded into much more orange, and when we go to kind of the peak of this, take a look at the day up. there we're looking at wednesday. and for the heat risk map. we're seeing a lot of red show up for the inland valleys, particularly tri valley. so when we see red on the map like that, it's the national weather service's way of messaging. hey, if you're in red you are falling. within what we consider to be a major. risk of heat related health impacts. if you're not taking it easy outside. and taking this pretty seriously. so and you can kind of see how it will progress. watch the comparison here. the daytime highs for tomorrow. so liz mentioned it. we got a little bit of a warmup going to the weekend. to advance this 2 wins. and this is the part where we're pulling out specific numbers so kind of get yourself oriented. pick out your part of the bay. watch the
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colors transition to deep red. and now where are you? so we're well into the low hundreds over here. try valley up and down 680 as well and 580 for the tri valley and north bay valleys are in the san jose, look at your number here. you're getting very close to 100. this is why san jose was included in that 1st image. we looked at which had the excessive heat watch on it. if you just watch the way the heat is going to migrate. our way. this is such a stumbling, stunning visually. to watch how the heat is transported through the atmosphere there's tuesday and then we get into wednesday. and we're looking at that whole time frame there were really is just kind of centered right over us. so let me show you what it looks like in the 7 day forecast. we will start out with are in the micro climate microclimate 1st tuesday wednesday good news on here by thursday. in this most recent forecast, we start to see the worst of the heat break. so you can kind of think of tuesday and wednesday as the peak this is our holiday back here, it will be better. but it's still going to be hard and we've still got that excessive heat. watch that includes all the way
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through friday. so the national weather service has deemed us to still be thinking of this in terms of pretty intense seat all the way through the holiday weekend. look at the numbers in the bay. we're going to be in the upper 80s here by the time we get to wednesday, so there will be much to watch on this liz and we'll have it covered here. for now, back to >liz>you. all right, darren. thank you so much. the supreme court issued a ruling today that will affect the way cities here in california and across the country. deal with homeless and kept mints and makovec joins me now to break down this decision and what it means here in the bay area. >ott-1>and the supreme court has ruled that placing restrictions on homeless people and where they can sleep is not cruel and unusual criminalization. basically. that a ban on people sleeping in public parks is constitutional. the case centers around a group of homeless people in oregon, they sued the city of grants pass for trying to move them out. but today, the court said in a 6 to 3 decision that it was rejecting the challenge to that ban. and this is going to have wide reaching. implications here in the bay area. san jose
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mayor met mayhem just spoke about this. he's made homelessness, a central issue in the city. he called on state officials. to establish shelter and treatment guidelines. that cities and counties would have to follow. >we're not in the state of california going to go move, 160,000 people into jails. who are living outside right now. we need to offer shelter and inpatient treatment and then require people come inside. >ott-1>of course, this case is also been watched very closely in san francisco, where there is now an injunction. preventing the city from clearing encampments. unless it is 1st made a genuine offer of shelter that a person has declined. in the city does not have enough shelter beds for the number of people out on the street right now, today, the mayor says the city will adjust its policies to be in line with today's ruling, saying in part will continue to offer shelter. but we will not allow those who reject offers of help to remain where they are those who refused our help, or those who already have shelter will not be allowed to camp on our streets, she goes on to say
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it's not healthy, say for or compassionate for people on the street, and it's not acceptable for our neighborhoods. of the coalition on homelessness, says it will continue its lawsuit against san francisco trying to control how future raids of encampments are handled. this was the rally at city hall when they filed that suit in april. today, the the group blasting the supreme court ruling, saying the city should not use this ruling as a green light to unlawfully. crackdown on housed residents. we heard today from a bay area professor who said this ruling. leaves a lot up in the air. >it's a temporary solution. to a larger issues and what's going to be a growing issue because students have also said, well, how do we get a hold of this or ahead of it and try to stop and to be proactive? and this ruling, unfortunately, doesn't move us closer to a real meaningful um, solution. >ott-1>yeah. there are ways to enforce the rules when it comes to homeless people camping in public places. case in, the wood street in encampment in oakland, which at its height had around 300 people living
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there, and various makeshift homes over a year ago, the state and caltrans declared it. unsustainable offered people alternative shelter and cleared that space. of course, there's plenty of criticism about how that was handled because many of the people just moved to camp and other places around oakland, but as governor newsome said today, the supreme court ruling removes the legal ambiguities. that have tied the hands of local officials for years list. >liz>thank you so much still ahead. we'll speak live with the executive director at the coalition on homelessness about today's supreme court decision. and ask what they believe. the best moves are going forward. plus how business owners say tent encampments are affecting their bottom line.
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>liz>well, a major ruling from the supreme court. today a sit to enforce fans on homeless people sleeping outside. some small business owners. we've talked to say they are open to more city and forced to keep sidewalks. clear of tents. yeah. >some people would be afraid to come into businesses like this. when they see a lot of people gathering or in on the street. >liz>up until this. cities like san francisco have been limited in how they can enforce encampment cleanups because of previous lower court rulings. join me live now is jennifer frieden box, the executive director at the coalition on homelessness. thank you so much for joining us. >live>thank you for having me >liz>1st. tell us about your reaction to today's ruling. >live>you know this this ruling really deals with a significant blow to on housed people. and unfortunately, we have our mayor. and um of san francisco. and the governor of california. standing side by side in a
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green with ultraconservative conservative judge alito and against um justice. sotomayor. yeah. i think that's really telling. we have a situation where um basically, the courts are saying just to be clear. it's ok to jail. and insight. people who have no other choice but to be on the streets. they've always been able to clear encampments. in fact, the report came out in the chronicle yesterday that encampments of increased. since our injunction, so there's a lot of false narratives out there the reality for homeless people is they can get off the streets when they have a safe and decent place to call home. >liz>so in your opinion, what are the best moves going forward for your organization? where do you go from here? >live>yeah, well, this is not going to derail our lawsuit against the city of san francisco. um, our lawsuit is about the policies. that they are not practicing. and um and
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you know there is, um 13 constitutional claims there's a state laws. there's local laws. there's a lot of ways that the city is violating people's rights, so we are lawsuit will go forward. and we will keep fighting. to get people off the streets. what our hope is with this lawsuit is that it? pressures the city into getting out getting folks in housing and filling their vacant units. in correcting their, um their problematic and completely non workable housing placement system. we're trying to expand shelter. housing, etcetera. but what this ruling does is remove some leverage it removes what was you know, basically forcing municipalities to at least consider before they jailed. people to that people should have a place to stay now. that's removed. we're talking about homelessness being exasperated. because these kinds of operations actually make homelessness worse.
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>liz>you know, we've talked a lot about the shortage of affordable housing and you yourself on this show has said that's the number 1 reason that people are homeless here in the bay area, given that plus how difficult it can be living on the streets here. what do you think is keeping people from moving out of this region? >live>yeah, well, we do know, punishing people for being poor is not solving those underlying issues. and so homeless people in san francisco like municipalities across the country. are overwhelmingly people who became homeless in that same municipality. so folks in san francisco where housed in san francisco before they became homeless, so 1 of the key intervention is prevention. and keeping people in their homes. yeah. folks really put in poor people, especially they rely on community they rely on family members. maybe they have a family member in public housing, and they can't move in with them, but they can use their shower. they rely on, you know a really rich community. support that, you know, just
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getting up and moving to some strange city that may be cheaper, but you don't know anybody and you're broke. um, is not a good option for folks and so um you know, homelessness is a racial justice issue. we've talked a lot about in san francisco about not pushing african americans. making sure that working class people here in san francisco who are so key to our economy. our able to live. in san francisco. this is really important. you know, we we we really need to have a house. for our forest residence. even if we're a more expensive city. we also means were a richer city and we have the money to do just that. >liz>all right, jennifer frieden box with the coalition on homelessness. thank you so much for being with us. >live>all right. thank you. >liz>now among the bay area homeless population are many lgbt. q plus youth coming up. we look at why they often find themselves on the streets. and the organization's reaching out. to help.
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>liz>today. we are talking about the supreme court's decision. allowing cities to enforce bay. on homeless. people sleeping outside. and as we mark pride month we recognize the intersection that often exists. between homelessness. and the lgbtq. plus community, young people in that community often experience homelessness at a much higher rate than their peers. are jose martinez introduces us to a local hero, making a difference after overcoming her own struggles. >linda summers is a vibrant drag queen. hi, terra, how are you was 20. she didn't have a home for almost 3 years. so she balanced from shelter to shelter until she found comfort and helped at the crossroads. i feel like there was not a lot of other queer folks around me.
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and it was really hard to connect with the counselors there and i felt like i needed to go elsewhere, to get support. linda is a journey started because her family wasn't supportive. story she hears all too often from lgbtq clients today to helps others. as a counselor at the place that helped her when she needed it most. i really have to keep in mind that i get to be a big enough hope for them in that moment that things will get better. that's why they're in pride. linda is leading the way to get more. people involved. she was the star of this year's that we all belong block party, which drew almost 100 people to cobble gardens and soma on june 1st. that 68. of our population. are black and brown youth. we know that a large part person somewhere around 30 30 40%. of the youth we serve also lgbtq. q right and when i look at this group i see rock
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stars. i see so much talent. i see so much joy. i see so much potential. and so an event like this allows us to bring that potential end. very executive director of the crossroads, says lgbtq youth are overrepresented among young people. experiencing homelessness. when we go out on outreach every year we see anywhere. from 1400 to 1600. young folks out on the streets. according to the sf lgbt center nearly half of san francisco homeless youth are lgbt q. the trevor project reports even higher rates. among transgender and non binary youth with around 40% of transgender people and 35% of non binary youth experiencing. homelessness. compared to 23% of cis, gender lgbtq youth and in oakland. it's similar actually banks who helps young people at the oakland lgbt q center. says. sometimes these kids don't have a place to lift because their families don't accept them for who they are.
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it's really tough for them. for lgbtq youth is definitely getting more complicated. because they get forced out to ... work and they get forced out to the exposed to drugs. so now they're on the streets. and are homeless encampment like become more full with our youth because they're being pushed out, and they don't have anywhere to god says many of them also reject the idea of going to a shelter. when you put it lgbtq or a trans kids and those spaces. they fear the reject. they rejected the unknown. and the lgbt cute child would be the unknown, so it's like, how do they navigate to that as a kid, you know, so it's hard. i mean, robinson a youth quarter at the oakland lgbtq. center, agrees. well, we re need is a trans safe. haven. where trans and queer youth can go to have a opportunity. to get their life in order. places
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like at the crossroads and the oakland lgbtq center are so important. they give a lot of help to lgbtq young people who don't have homes. during prime months and all year long. they show how tough things can be for these kids. and give them hope for a better future and my life now today is full of life full of color. and i think it's important to note that there was a time when i didn't feel like there was a sense of belonging for me anywhere and i feel like i found it through 80 c and through other similar organizations. that do seminar work. >liz>be sure to watch our special hope. love pride. it starts at 10 a.m. this sunday on our sister station pix plus and streaming on the free cbs news app and you can catch up on all of our pride month stories on our website. kpx. we'll be right back.
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coming up tonight on the cbs. evening news, the supreme court curbs. charges against rioters who attacked the capital on january. 6th. it could impact hundreds of defendants, including former president donald trump. that and more headlines tonight on the cbs evening news. >liz>well, thank you so much for joining us for today's conversation on the supreme court decision involving homelessness, and its impact here in the bay area. we love to hear what you think. do you agree with the high court post your thoughts online using the hashtag kpix my ex cbs evening news is next local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news >> norah: tonight, the candidates go out on the trail after a historic debate. president biden's campaign in crisis mode as he tries to tamp down democratic party panic about his performance. >> folks, ion

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