>you're a doer. dealing with. unknown. subs. needles. the order from governor newsom. take down those >10. respect. first day we respect him, and we just clean up real quick and go. but how will it >work? and we're hopeful we make it so uncomfortable for people that they accept our offer. where will they go? >to? come back later. yeah. yeah. >liz>homelessness in california pretty much go hand in hand.

but now governor gavin newsom is forcing his hand. he ordered state officials to come up with a plan to clear our streets of encampments now, if you ask supporters will probably tell you it's about time but opponents say this is no way to treat our homeless neighbors today. we'll explain what the executive order actually does, and we'll hear from both sides of this debate. that's coming up in just a few minutes, but first a look at your news headlines. and arson suspect is under arrest accused of sparking the biggest wildfire in the state's so far this year. the so called park fire is burning north of chico and butte county. homeland security says more than 1000 homes are threatened. investigators are a man who they believe pushed a burning car into a gully, which sparked that fire. all westbound lanes of the bay bridge are back open after a car caught fire near the harrison street exit. it happened just before noon today, and amid all the traffic chaos, of vehicle collided with a motorcycle. we have not heard

of any injuries yet. and the california supreme court delivered a victory for uber and lift it ruled that ride share companies can continue to classify drivers as contractors. rather than employees. this decision upholds the a ballot measure that passed in november of 2020. kfc is holding watch parties for the paris olympics today, fans made their way to santana road park in san jose. here on the u. s women's soccer team as they faced off against zambia. bays fc will host more watch parties around the bay area. on sunday. all right on the first alert weather now big changes to our forecast has temperatures take a nosedive. darren peck is in our virtual view studio. >darren>hey, liz, this is really going to kick in tomorrow saturday is the bottom. it's going to be like 20 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. we're going to get into those details in one second. the first thing i wanted to do is address the story you touched on a moment ago. the park fire look at the satellite imagery of today. this is actually updating to

live and right now. so you're looking at the last two hours. that is all smoke right there coming off of what has turned into a significant wildfire. this is just north of chico started yesterday afternoon just about 24 hours ago. in fact and north winds have really fanned that fire. yeah. will be a continuing news story will have more on that throughout the evening tonight. i just wanted to touch on that column of smoke for a moment and show you what is at least in some small way. some relative good news for the bay. in terms of the park fire because the general direction of what will likely be a lot of smoke. coming off of that new fire will be getting blown away from the bay area, so at least from that concern there is some good news in this story. but that is a growing story and much more on that throughout the day, let's do a little comparison. on numbers had we do today already started the cool down don't have any heat advisories today in the first time in a while where we could say that, but look at the difference. between today and tomorrow. the map just looks so much better. more green and

yellow on here. these are your friday daytime highs, but it is saturday when we bought him out, so let's do the transition one more day, and now you can see a lot more green filling in the map there. saturday is the bottom sunday will warm up a bit. and by the middle of next week will be back to about 90 for many of our warmer inland spots. we'll get to 78 1 2nd. how are we doing this cool down? pretty dramatic swings at 20 degree difference. from where we were. what's driving this? you don't see a thing when you look at the regular satellite, which is why we go to the water vapor and you can see our friend. watch what happens when we visualize right out here. very subtle. counterclockwise spin. we're looking at 48 hours. let's play it back. watch it from 48 hours ago week little area of low pressure every time we have cooled down. from what has been a historic july from a heat standpoint for the west. every time we've gotten our little breaks this is how we've done it. weak little area of low pressure spins up along the coast if that's what it's done for the last 48 hours if we want to put it into the future cast we can visually see that a

different way. where is the energy in the mid levels of the atmosphere, and you see that red bull's eye? watch that spinning counterclockwise low. move right over head on saturday. that's how we're cooling down. here's how we're warming back up. it leaves. and by the time we get to next week, another one wants to get here and watch that get denied. area of high pressure sets right back up again. we are going to warm up again going into next week, but it's not going to be terribly intense for the bay. let me show you what it looks like in the seven day forecast, you can see how things bottom out here on saturday. we're still low eighties sunday. and then we're back to low nineties by the time we get back here to wednesday and thursday, nothing crazy. but it will be noticeably warmer, certainly by the middle of next week. alright, liz back >liz>to you, darren. thank >darren>you. >>major. a major development today with the issue of homelessness in california. governor gavin newsom just issued an executive order directing officials. to dismantle thousands of homeless encampments. this move comes in the wake of the supreme court's

ruling last month granted cities the right to enforce bans on sleeping outside. in public spaces. the governor's order gives state agencies and local governments a blueprint to adopt policies for identifying dangerous and and then clearing them after giving campers 48 hours notice. now one of the first camp swept under the high court's ruling is near the bay bridge toll plaza. crews were there bulldozing the area. yesterday, campers pushed back, claiming some of them are disabled and the sweet violated the americans with disabilities act. but a judge rejected that argument last week. meanwhile, san francisco mayor london breed says the city is planning a quote very aggressive sweep of homeless encampments in august. she says the city will continue to offer people shelter and hopefully change the culture of homelessness in san francisco. >and we're hopeful we make it so uncomfortable for people that they accept our offer. that's what this is about. this

is not just about clean and clear because these are people and they got to go somewhere. but we are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of san francisco that they have to take our offer. that really is the goal of what we're trying to accomplish. >liz>of course, we've already seen some very large sweeps, including this one at the wood street encampment in oakland last year, the city offered people living there. other shelter. options and now plans to redevelop the law. lot into affordable housing. >the way that we move forward in the city of oakland is exactly what the governor is asking us to do. which is really getting people off the streets and into shelter. >liz>san jose mayor met mayhem posted on x that he is grateful for the governor's orders saying for this strategy to work we need every level of government to invest in expanding shelter and inpatient treatment beds so we can offer people dignified. alternatives. to the streets. some california republicans are questioning the timing of the governor's order.

senate minority leader brian jones sent out a statement saying in part well, i am cautiously optimistic that the governor has finally taken note of the urgency of this problem, albeit many years later than needed. californians deserve government for the people, not the pr hits. we know, clearing out homeless camps can be a delicate balance between the actual cleanup process. and staying respectful of people and their possessions. are lauren toms got a firsthand look at the effort. this encampment in the mission is about to be torn down. most to most people. it may look like another case of cardboard boxes being used by and housed people to camp out to darrelle dilworth. it's a clear sign of improved. six months ago, both sides of the streets was lined with structures. she structures like the one that you see up ahead. and tents. it's a daunting task and one of the least desirable jobs in the city. smells alone

would turn off most instantly. but dilworth sees his worth in the process and they're doing work that other workers throughout the city they refused to do. because it's so tedious. you dealing with hazardous materials. you're dealing with human feces. your dear dealing with urine. you're doing dealing with unknown. unknown substances. needles. and not many city employees really want to deal with that. a native san franciscan he's on a mission to not only restore the city streets to the beauty beneath but provide dignity. to the process that hasn't always been the case. just coming. how you get out. right? so you yeah. it just like no respect, please. communication. we were like at war with being cleared here belonged to john dibella. he spent most of his life on housed in the mission. but today accepted housing offered by part of the multi agency team tasked with clearing the area. this process of clearing

encampments has seen a huge overhaul in the last five years, but remains a controversial process at the center of the supreme court battle. over who can legally live on the streets. respect. then we respect them and just clean up quick and golf. and we had to come back later. so rewind 72 hours ago, and flyers like these were being posted alerting those in the area when this cleaning would take place. but each experiences unique. dilworth says here, an individual with mental illness is resistant to the process and encounter that's becoming more common as they carefully come through items both cherished and soiled. times when we get blamed for taking personal items. and this will be the personal items that they're talking about that we're throwing away stuff that we did indeed. unsalvageable. like i said, soil wolfie season feces. obviously, he's been every quite awhile. this situation was on the verge of escalating. but quickly dampened when a firefighter steps in i want to

take some more calls. we can get you in a better spot, okay? the man accepted housing and services. a test of how this process is intended to work. in a rare case of added red tape having a positive effect. it makes me feel happy because we're making positive. progress. we're not just moving. individuals we're offering them services we're offering them a chance to get out of their situation into a better situation. and that gives us an opportunity and in the process to actually cleaned and sanitized the streets as well. oiled items and policies behind to make room for cleaner times ahead. >liz>they have a very difficult job homeless, advocates say the governor's order is not the way to go up. next, we'll ask the coalition homelessness.

this half hour. we are diving. into governor newsom. executive order too. tear down thousands. of homeless encampment statewide. it gives state agencies and local governments a blueprint. to adopt policies for identifying dangerous encampments and clearing them. campers would receive 48 hours notice. joining me now is jennifer frieden bike, the executive director on the coalition on homelessness. thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. >live>thank you for having >liz>me. when you heard that the governor had signed this order what went through your

mind? >live>you know, it's just a gut punch to a new housed people they're out there. they don't have access to electricity. sanitation. uh, it's a very difficult situation. not even access to water and instead of addressing the decades of systemic neglect that have led to this massive homelessness crisis, um we see the governor attempted to shift the blame onto the shoulders of homeless people themselves. they really have no choice but to be out there. there's certainly nowhere near enough housing units that are affordable and nowhere near enough shelter beds that are affordable. and sometimes the city's address these encampments the right way. but a lot of times they do it in an incredibly inhumane and traumatizing manner. >liz>mayor london breed in san francisco mayor matt mahan in san jose, both praised the order. mayor breed even said she wants to make it uncomfortable to be homeless in her city. some reference to the idea that it's pretty easy to live. live on the streets of san francisco. what do you make of those comments? >live>yeah. you know, nothing

could be further than the truth from the truth. it is, you know, obviously. um, anyone can look around and see how difficult it is for folks to live on the streets, not having a door to lock at night. not having a bed to sleep in, um all of these things. are essential to human dignity. and the ability to thrive and in fact, homelessness takes about 25 years. off of people's lives off of their calendar year. uh and uh, sweeps. increased morbidity because they take away the medications. takeaway survival gear, people lose contact with their outreach workers. and they lose their important government documentation. all of this exasperates homelessness and it wastes resources. when instead they could be working carefully with folks. uh, to try to address their needs and get get them into an appropriate placement. look we know how to do it right. san francisco knows how to write. but these harsh, uh, you know, crackdowns like are being called for are the wrong way to get us out of homelessness.

>liz>we all can agree that homelessness is a crisis in san francisco in california. to a health issue. it's a safety issue. so what do you think needs to be done instead of what's happening? >live>yeah, there is a lot that needs to be done. and i think you know california. you know had some investments that we're working really well like project honky. we were able to get 1000 people into housing and san francisco alone. but it relied on the municipal governments having to match it and it was a short term investment so, um, the state was not offering sustained. investments and then they backed away from that. so you know, we need a sustained investment, to address that. it's a math problem. the difference between rent and incomes and we need to a really serious invention investment in prevention. folks who have catastrophic health issues who have temporary job losses. seniors who are getting who are going to fixed income when their rents rising up above their income or becoming homeless. you know, these are

the things we need to do. their cost effective. and are a lot more efficient than having people stay on the streets because of the health care costs and all these other associated costs >liz>with it. yeah. one last question, though. what are you going to do? how do you push back against the supreme court? how do you push back against the governor in this? >live>you know what the supreme court the only thing, the supreme court said, and this is where it gets really confusing because i the lot of the statements are very misleading. but the only thing the supreme court said, is that before when you are arresting inciting people for being homeless. you had to offer shelter before you arrested inside of them now, they said, you don't have to offer shelter. you can just arrest in sight people. for being homeless. and so that's all the change that happened. um, the sweeps have been going on. for decades. they've been ineffective. they have not decreased the numbers of homeless people on the streets. in fact, caltrans was sued for the illegal property confiscation and ended up having to pay out $1.3 million.

and this is a tried and failed strategy. it's what we've been doing what we did today in san francisco. three different times today. we did, i think encampment removal so we do it constantly. uhm so what needs a shift on the street response is working carefully. one on one with people to assess their needs. figuring out an appropriate placement. and getting having a plan for every individual instead of swooping in destroying all their property. arresting them and then disappearing and folks just end up still on the streets because of course arrest don't solve homelessness. housing solves homelessness. >liz>jennifer frieden back with the coalition on homelessness. thank you so much for joining us. >live>thanks for having >liz>me. coming up. we hear from the other side of this issue. we're talking with the bay area council about why they believe taking down homeless camps is necessary for our neighborhoods and when migraine strikes ubrelvy is another option.

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>liz>now. one of the groups in support. of governor newsom. executive order, too. clear homeless camps. is the bay area council. in fact, they filed a brief in the us supreme court case, spurring that order. joining me now is adrian covert, the senior vice president of public policy for the bay area council. thanks so much for joining us >live>thanks for having >liz>me the number one concern with all this is that there simply isn't a place to go for these individuals, not enough

shelters, not enough affordable housing. should we be doing these sweeps when you have a guaranteed place for every single person that were sweeping them out of their their their residents? >live>yeah. i think what you're going to see is that local governments are going to be very selective. about clearing encampments when they know they do have a place to go or clarion commitments. when there's something particularly dangerous uh and at risk for public health and safety. nobody here is itching to to put people in jail. the supreme court found that no camping ordinances or overwhelmingly used in good faith to encourage people to take shelter that was already available and let's keep in mind these. this is nothing that these powers that the governor elaborated on today. is nothing that isn't already in place. in most of the united states already uh and was already in place in california prior to 2018. >liz>san francisco has always

been seen as a compassionate place for people of all walks of life. but the mayor said today that she wants to make it uncomfortable to be homeless. here in san francisco. doesn't that kind of find the face of what? san francisco what it originally was all about. >live>well, no, because we have a better understanding now of what of what compassion is and what it's not when it comes to these encampments. we know now, for example, that encampment residents have a much higher rate of infectious. disease. of chronic disease and the general public population. and they suffer from astronomical rates of accidental death and criminal violence. 18 homeless people died unsheltered homeless people last winter from the elements simply from being outdoors, including a couple that was crushed to death by a fall. ling tree in sacramento. in their tent outside and just this week. a woman was murdered, stabbed to death homeless woman unsheltered less than a mile from my house from where i'm speaking to you right now, so the old days of uh, pretending

that encampment allowing encampments are is compassionate. is done. i think we understand now that everything needs to be brought to bear to bring people indoors and save lives. and that's the new >liz>compassion. so once a homeless camp is cleared, how do you prevent people from setting up another camp around? a block. can you prevent that? >live>well, california needs to do a better job at investing. in shelters and interim housing and prioritizing bringing people indoors and saving lives for the past few years. we've added to about 20,000 new units of housing through the investments that the legislature has made, but you know, unfortunately, they prioritized doing units that were, you know. permanent housing, which is good and it helps end homelessness. but unfortunately, that solution can't scale and we've run that experiment now and now we need to start shifting towards uh, interim housing options that can be scaled was a lot less

money to prioritize bringing people indoors and again saving lives and reducing the trauma that people suffer on >liz>the streets and one last question. just curious. you said that you are choosing which homeless camps are clear, based on health and safety issues. who is making those decisions? is that something that you work with law enforcement on? is there another committee that decides that >live>well, to be clear. i don't do any of that. but cities are going to have to do that. individually, based on their own prioritization. i suspect in some cases this is going to look like proximity to schools or proximity to drinking water sources and waterways. near transportation. one of the leading transportation infrastructure, one of the leading causes of death of unsheltered homeless residents in california is being hit by cards being in traffic, so there's some areas where it's just not safe to be they'll prioritize. bably clearing encampments their first and there is shelter available. uh, typically in most jurisdictions that goes

unused every night because folks don't want to take it. i think that the direction now from the governor is that we have this housing we have this shelter when it's available. you have to take it. it's not safe >liz>to be outside. adrian, covert with the bay area counci

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