no matter who is in the white house. no matter who controls congress in california, we will keep moving forward. >> california responds as

president elect trump prepares for a second term. now, governor gavin newsom is taking action to protect the civil rights of every californian when trump takes office. good afternoon, and thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three. i'm kristen sze. this morning, governor newsom announced he's calling for a special legislative session to address how to protect civil rights during the upcoming trump administration. newsom wants california lawmakers to provide additional money to state agencies to help fund possible legal action. state attorney general rob bonta spoke about it earlier today. >> no matter who is in charge of the federal government, no matter what the incoming administration has in store, california will remain the steadfast beacon of hope and progress it has always been. >> newsom has called for the special session to happen on december 2nd. his office says this is the first of several actions by the state to protect

civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action and immigrant families. in a statement, the governor said in part, quote, the freedoms we hold dear in california are under attack and we won't sit idle. but what does californians hold dear and what did voters here why did they shift right in this election, not just for president, but for other races? is the democratic party losing its iron grip here? and how can the party respond? we'll dive into that coming up in about ten minutes. when former u.s. congresswoman jackie speier joins us live. all right. in washington, d.c. biden made his first public statements today about the election. he committed to a peaceful transfer of power. abc's perry russom is in washington with more on what president biden said today. >> president biden speaking to americans two days after voters decided to send former president trump back to the white house. >> we accept the choice the country made. i've said many times, you can't love your

country only when you win. you can't love your neighbor only when you agree. >> biden committing to a smooth and effective transition of power. >> and i assured him that i direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. that's what the american people deserve. >> trump is at mar a lago making calls to lawmakers and allies elon musk and robert f kennedy jr, spending much of the day yesterday with trump, sources tell abc news. musk and kennedy are involved in meetings as trump prepares to build out his cabinet and other top positions. trump and his team are also preparing possible executive actions he could take on day one. sources familiar with the planning say they're focused on trump's top campaign promises, including launching mass deportations and tariffs on foreign goods. >> we want to have borders. we want to have security. we want to have things be good, safe. we want great education. we want a strong and powerful military.

and ideally, we don't have to use it. >> there is still some paperwork. trump's team has to sign. it would give them access to office space in d.c. and access to agency employees and buildings. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> in less than an hour, we're expecting an update in the hotly contested san francisco mayoral race. the city is set to release another batch of voting results at 4:00. currently, philanthropist and nonprofit founder daniel lurie is ahead of current incumbent london breed by more than 24,000 votes. he's not calling it a victory because there's still some 157,000 votes to be counted. this includes provisional and absentee ballots. the department of elections says final results could take weeks. we're still tracking the results coming in for impactful races across the bay area. just head to abc seven news.com anytime to see all the results. p-g-and-e's crews are continuing to work right now to restore power to some customers throughout the bay area. here's a live look for you at the map

of current outages. those purple triangles you see, mark, where there are public safety power shut offs because of high fire danger. you can see basically they're concentrated in napa county. p-g-and-e's restoring power because winds are slowing down and our fire risk is therefore diminishing in southern california. thousands of people are evacuated because of a fast moving wildfire in ventura county. the mountain fire has destroyed at least 50 homes and is threatening 5000 more, according to cal fire. it scorched almost 20,000 acres since sparking yesterday. flames are now burning toward the santa paula area. crews have zero containment. a red flag warning is still in effect in southern california, as those santa ana winds are going strong. for more on that, let's check with abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma. >> that red flag warning in southern california, it was denoted as a particularly dangerous situation because we have such dry vegetation out there. the winds are fierce. you can see the red flag warning is

still in effect across southern california. it has ended for us here locally. that ended at 7 a.m. so our fire danger is lower, our humidity is on the rise, but we still have about 24 hours left of these strong santa ana winds across southern california. so the wind gusts map focus on the bright colors across southern california. watch as they really diminish over the next 24 hours. so that is going to help firefighters immensely. the winds are going to back off. humidity is going to rise. so hopefully over the next couple of days they'll be able to increase containment on the mountain fire there in ventura county. back here at home, a live look outside. this is our emeryville camera. there's the richmond-san rafael bridge just for your context. it's beautiful out there. blue skies, not a cloud to be seen. so the red flag warning is done. we had some strong winds the past couple of days. it's pretty breezy out there in spots right now, but the winds are backing off as we speak now heading into late saturday into early sunday. a cold front moves through here, some spotty drizzle here or there. not a big issue, but by monday we are tracking

widespread rain as low pressure moves down the coastline. currently a level one, a light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. we'll show you those details in one second today. enjoy the sunshine. it's beautiful out there. light winds, increasing temperatures. here's your 3:30 p.m. snapshot. we're in the upper 60s to the mid 70s, so certainly feels very nice out there. even later on this evening after the sun goes down at 545, we're still finding really pleasant conditions with temperatures in the 60s. so highs today, 74 in santa rosa we'll hit 70 here in the city, 74 in san jose, about 71 in oakland, san mateo, fremont, 72, in concord. along the coast, a little bit cooler, but still lots of sunshine out there. a mid to upper 60s from half moon bay into santa cruz. overnight tonight we'll repeat the forecast. we had some cold temperatures this morning. some areas dipped into the 30s. similar story here in our valleys of the north bay. likely some 30s on the board. overnight tonight around the bay shoreline will dip into the 40s first thing friday. now friday is

absolutely beautiful. enjoy the sunshine again tomorrow. live doppler seven along with satellite clear skies. here's the area of low pressure we're tracking here. this one will affect us here on saturday night into sunday, with a cold front that will move through here. and here's a look at our rainfall chances through the next seven days. a bit of a bump here. nothing too big on saturday night. it's really late sunday into the day. monday. that's when we'll see that stronger system move in here for some rainfall. here's a look at the weekend. not a whole lot. you may find a couple of drops here or there. not a big issue, but it's monday. watch as these numbers do increase throughout the day. probably a 2:45 quarters of an inch in most spots. could see some isolated one inch areas by monday night. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you it is sunny and mild today. some spotty drizzle saturday night into sunday, but it's monday. we focus our attention. there's that level one on the storm impact scale for rain cooler conditions, drier weather prevails tuesday and wednesday. >> all right. up next, after the election, republicans now have the presidential seat and the

majority of the senate. while we still wait to see who takes control of the house, former congresswoman jackie speier will join us with reaction to election results and wha

take a look at this map that compares 2020 to 2024. you can see how much more ground is red this time, and even most of the counties that remain blue saw a shift toward trump. so yes, kamala harris won california, but her 57% is far less than what president biden or hillary clinton got in 2016. and

certainly an underperformance, if you will, in a state where registered democrats outnumber republicans 2 to 1. to explore what is happening and what the democratic party must do now is former democratic u.s. congresswoman and incoming san mateo county supervisor jackie speier. jackie, thanks for your time today. >> great to be with you, kristen. >> i'm sure you've been trying to wrap your head around all the results. and, look, it would be easy to chalk it up to harris as a candidate. maybe her truncated campaign, some of the economic headwinds. but. but not when you look at what's happened nationwide and even here in california, reportedly. right along the bluest of the blue liberal beacon, when you look at the way california shifted right in everything from props to the senate race to the local recalls, what is your takeaway? >> well, my takeaway is that we lost badly and we as a party, need to do some serious soul searching when you lose your base. and that's what we're seeing. our base has eroded. you

know, we were always known as being the party for, you know, working class americans. we were always there for, you know, labor workers, for low income workers and those people have abandoned the democratic party in part because the label that the republicans placed on democrats as being, you know, too interested in the elite has has stuck. we focused on making sure that college educated kids could have their loans extinguished or forgiven if they went into public service, for instance. and then you have working class people say, well, what are you doing for me? i didn't go to college. so there's that element. there's the aspect that we needed to really focus with a laser on the fact that people were hurting in purchasing their groceries. you

know, i was walking precincts in arizona the last weekend, and one gentleman put it quite bluntly to me. he says, you know what the difference between my wallet four years ago and my wallet today is that my wallet is thinner. so i'm voting for donald trump. so we've got to do a better job of connecting with what used to be our base and having them grow in confidence and knowing that we're listening to them and that we're recognizing our responsibility to them as well. >> all right. so how do you go about doing that? is it a matter of just messaging? right. you talked about the label that the republicans stuck the democrats with. so what is the counter to that? is it just better messaging? hey, look, we're actually doing this. and that's not how the economy works. and tariffs could actually make the prices you pay higher. or is it actually platform things or pushing other things off the platform if you will, that aren't also competing with the things that you're doing that maybe contribute to the perception that democrats have been focused on, quote unquote, the wrong things?

>> so, you know, we will always be the party of making sure that there's fairness and equity, but we don't need to lead with that. we need to lead with what makes the american person concerned about how they're putting food on the table. it's getting back to basics. it's talking about those kitchen table issues. and we're certainly capable of doing it. we've done it for decades. you know, you go back to fdr, what was he doing? he was making sure that there was accountability with big business, but also making sure that the average working stiff was able to put food on the table. so that's where we've got to go and we've got to spend more time in our districts listening to what is a priority for the residents. and we just we missed it now. i want to also say that kamala harris, vice president harris, did a pitch perfect campaign in what she had, which was 100 days. she was

professional. she was disciplined, and she connected with lots of people. but she lost the latino men. she lost african american men and trump capitalized on that. and president elect trump will be able to move it into the white house with a mandate that, frankly, he didn't have when he first got elected in 2016. and we're going to have to do a lot of defense in terms of making sure that what maya angelou once said, which was when they tell you what they're going to do, believe them. i mean, we've got to make sure that he doesn't turn this into a dictatorship, that we're not going to lose ground in terms of health care and the importance of fluoride and vaccines and all the myriad of issues that have been identified. >> and i think to that point, i

think today governor newsom announced a special legislative session where he wants lawmakers in california to give more money to agencies so that they can fight the trump administration on climate change, reproductive rights and deportations, things like that. but i want to ask you, given what you just talked about, in terms of what the democrats lead with, do you think that's a good idea to position california as the chief trump watchdog and resistance fighter? is that what californians want? >> well, what i'm concerned about is retaliation against california. if you remember, when we were in line to receive disaster funds, donald trump, as president was withholding those funds and it wasn't until one of his aides pointed out to him that he received more votes in orange county than in all of iowa, that he released the funds. so we've got to be careful not to set ourselves up for retribution, because that's what donald trump is known for. he's got an enemies list, and i

don't california number one on that list. >> what about to your other point? that is, you know, some people will say, hey, have the state lawmakers set aside more money for these things? how about more money to, you know, for example, create opportunities or jobs or try to hold a special legislative session about gas prices? the bread and butter things, as you were saying, that the democrats need to kind of refocus on. >> well, i didn't have the opportunity to hear governor newsom's comments, but i will say this i've spent over 40 years in public office, and i do recognize one thing. if you want to get anything done, get it done locally. and that's why i came back to run and get elected to the board of supervisors, which was a job i had 44 years ago. but sending money back up to the state is not necessarily going to get us what we need in terms of making sure that the quality of life for our residents is the best it can be. >> you know, you just answered my last question. it's like you

read my mind. i was going to ask you. given all that, how do you plan to stay calm and carry on? and i hear you. you're staying local and working locally and doing what you can. i do appreciate that. jackie spear, thank you for your time. >> thank you. kristin. >> up next, our election coverage continues with a closer look at prop k in san francisco. it appears voters are in favor of kicking cars off a stretch of the great highway. more on that. when our media partn

old prop k, the measure to permanently close a portion of the great highway remains up in the air. it currently leads 53 to 47%, but there are some 150,000 ballots left to count, and we'll get another update from the elections office in less than an hour. but this race has long term implications, not just about the fate of the

highway, but likely the politicians who support it or opposed it. our media partner, the san francisco standard, has a new article analyzing the alliances made the feelings hurt and prop k as a factor in the mayoral race, which also has not yet been called. joining us live now is john lee, san francisco standard politics reporter. hey, john. >> hi, kristin. >> okay, so what exactly would prop k do for those unfamiliar, if it ultimately passes? we talked about the closure, which stretch and when. >> yeah. so prop k aims to permanently ban private vehicles to drive on that portion of the gray highway. right. so if it passed. so i think it will uh- the coastal commission from the state and also local board of supervisor, the local authority, they will come up with a plan like mta, right. all the city departments to decide or, you know, create a plan of, oh, eventually, how do we want to close it? it might be the next day, it might be two years. so it will have a plan soon.

>> and what's the point of closing it, isn't it, to create a park or open space or. >> yeah. so actually on the ballot, it's not about creating a park. it's just about closing it. but yeah, the yes on kate is supporter of this ballot measure. they rebranded their campaign to create a park right. because all that space, they can just make it an outdoor recreation space for pedestrians and bicyclists. >> okay. so we saw lots of protests, right during this campaign. who were they out there protesting? and you know, what are they saying about it? >> yes. prop k, you know, unexpectedly become one of the most divisive and controversial ballot measure this year. and can you imagine, in a city like san francisco, right, those crime lawlessness, homelessness. right. this roadway becomes so controversial. i think a big picture here is there are some growing concern, growing anger from the drivers or from the west side community that rely a lot on driving. right. they feel like the city has been the city's policy has been very

hostile to them because they have been closing the street, taking away parking. right. and now also banning cars to drive on this major way. right. so this is the big backdrop. so there's a lot of protests from like driver and also west side community and from the voters from the voter turnout and the result on the maps. right. we can see this ballot measure is highly unpopular on the west side. yeah. >> let's look at that. we do have that map. and on the left. and these are courtesy of the chronicle. but on the left you can see orange are the communities that voted against it. interesting than that. so green. the yes votes are people who don't even live there and don't use that section. so i don't understand what their stake is. >> yeah. so this is, i guess also this is one of the most controversial part of making it so controversial. this is one of the big factors, right? so do you think a road on the west side, the fate of this road on the west side should be decided by the citywide voters because, you know, this road will disproportionately impact the

west side residents. right. but it's put on a ballot for the citywide voters to vote on, and a lot of opponents to k will say of course, the east side people, they don't use it. and they think creating a park is such a great idea, right? so they would support it. but on the west side, people are so angry because they think they are disproportionately impacted. >> yeah, let's pull that map back up because now i want to focus on the map on the right hand side. we want to juxtapose that because on the right is the map of which areas of san francisco voted for whom. for mayor. and if you look at it, there seems to be some overlap. like, i mean, blue means you voted for lori, and that kind of coincides with a lot of the communities that voted against prop k. >> yeah. so prop k has been so controversial. right. so it becomes like the one issue, the single issue issue a lot of west side voters focus on. so whoever like whoever is running for mayor or politician is supporting k. they're not going to support them. right. and yes, in this year's mayoral race, the only candidate, major candidates

supporting k is mayor london breed. and probably that's going to further hurt her candidacy on the west side. so that's what we see on the map right now. you know, all the west side are voting for someone else. >> ultimately, we'll see if that hurt her enough. i mean, her race is undecided, but she is trailing lori. what about supervisor joel engardio? he's the one who proposed k, right? did he do it knowing his constituents were mostly against it? and what are the implications for him? >> yeah, i think a lot of sunset residents are not very happy about him because of k. right. so some critics will say, you know, he put this on the ballot for citywide vote and bypassing his own constituents in the district four, which is the sunset district, right. and we can see on the map basically all the precincts in the sunset district voted against. and that might also hurt his future reelection campaign, too. >> all right. we'll see what the fallout will be, and we'll see what the final vote will be. we get another ballot results, dump in about 30 minutes. thanks, juan. you can check out hans story and more of the san

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whether enough travelers could be confused between the name of oakland's airport and san francisco's. a temporary injunction could be issued for the airport to stop using the new name. finally, the holidays are here. the seasonal ice rink has opened at san francisco's union square. last night, a crowd checked out some of the special performances. the rink will be open every day from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m. through january 20th, so go enjoy. thanks for joining us for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the emergency playing out right now. they are trying to save lives. the out of control fire, homes burning to the ground. president-elect donald trump has just announced his chief of staff. in new york, the tour bus off the interstate, multiple passengers injured. first tonight, the images coming in right now. th