result from homelessness.u realize that, on a given night, over 700,000 individuals may be homeless, you understand that those individuals are often going through a great deal of stress. now, the stress may have been caused because the alcohol and drug use, you lose your family, you lose your job, you can't pay your rent or your mortgage, and as a result you find yourself out on the street. or if you are homeless due to the economy or due to some other reason, you resort to alcohol and drugs to self-medicate. from the perspective of the services needed by the individual, it's important for the provider to have a good understanding of both situations. and which are the groups that are mostly affected, shall we say? are there, for example, a lot of the homeless population, are they veterans, were they veterans, for example, dr. milby? there's, there's survey data to suggest somewhere around 20 to 25% of homeless people are veterans. that's a lot of veterans. and the va has special services designed for homeless

am i homeless because of economics? am i homeless because of domestic violence? am i homeless because of a physical problem that needs to be addressed? am i a veteran who may have access to resources? will i benefit from peer support? these are all questions the case-, the person doing the assessment should be asking. so then you can move forward. if i'm addicted to opioids, might i benefit from an opioid treatment program, using something like methadone or buprenorphine? these are all things that need to be addressed, and if you, in your assessment, aren't addressing those, then in your treatment plan, you're not accommodating those needs. and so, again, there are many pathways in the treatment approach, but i, i think the hallmark is a very good assessment of where the individual is, what some of the causal factors are, and what the service needs should be. but the whole thrust is to support that person, to move that person into a permanent housing situation, but recognizing that everybody presents with their own unique set of issues, and those issues need to b

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we're looking to the civil rights of homeless people. in san francisco, a homeless people get around 17,000 tickets a year simply because of been too poor to afford a place 8 to sleep. from our perspective, the funds used for those activities should be reallocated for homeless services. we will look to the budget and look at stuff like that. we will look expenditures -- we will look at the expenditures of the district attorney prosecuting homeless people in court. we will get other areas of the budget creating harm. -- we will look at other areas of the budget treating heart. it is where a homeless people are having a more difficult time getting off the street. they may be criminalize for mental illness or something similar to that. we also look a lot that revenue -- we also look a lot of revenue. i bought a long list of a variety of different revenue items. these could be fees. these could be new ideas for revenue that are creative. we try to have something that will be more progressive, that will allow for folks were not paying taxes o

i think that all plays into effect for homeless coming to san francisco. >> homeless advocates are saying that they are from the bay area increased, dramatically over the past couple of years because of the economy. despite spending millions, there are 250 families on the wait list for shelter. >> people from poor communities are losing income, becoming homeless, they do not have that high credit card. or savings account to rely on. so, they end up losing their house, and a eventually, they find their way through the shelter system. >> and even of millions of dollars being spent, thousands of people taken off the streets of public opinion seems to be that homeless in san francisco is a big problem. the director of human services agency that the san francisco's problem is magnified because of the san francisco's geography. the view >> i think what you see is that it is in your face more. is in your face. los angeles, in terms of square miles, los angeles county dwarfs san francisco. we are 49 square miles. and because it is much our service centers are centrally located. smaller in los ang

. >> reporter: attach bury, the home of the homeless. the epicenter, the neighborhood mcdonalds, where homeless people say they aren't getting any kind of break and they certainly aren't loving it. there is a mcflurry of activity in attach with youry which to some make sense 50 cents as a matter of fact. >> i don't really want to use it if i don't have to. >> reporter: was hamburgler who stole the famous mcdonalds dollar menu from this one particular store? it's gone. you want a mcdouble? it's not double the price but now $1.50. >> reporter: >> i don't eat that stuff, if you eat that stuff on the wall it says you can get cancer. >> reporter: we couldn't find such a sign and for that gentleman to be sitting where he was on the steps of the fast food restaurant he legally would have had to buy something. i was okay. >> the day they took out the dollar menu is the same day they had the bathrooms shut down, why are they really trying to kick tout homeless, no dollar menu, no bathrooms, what are we gonna did. >> reporter: temperatures between

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get rid of the homeless.ric thomas is live in the haight arby, with the story. >> this at the corner of haight and samuel where all the fuss has been raised. what used to be e $1, it costs nearly a dollar and a half. he's because the dolr itself went away about a month ago. the decision made by the owner of this particul franchise and doesn't necessarily affect any of the other mcdonals in the area, but this fast food restaurant is right across the street from golden gate park. that means an almost steady stream of homeless people in and out of the store are often ordering what they can, the cheapest thing on the menu. they say now that they can't get a dollar menu item, paying an extra 45 cents a meal means eating or not eating at times. some believe the price hike was aimed at the homeless. >> that means that the dollar menu is a hoax. it's a fraud, phony. if you come here and say i want something off the dollar menu they say we no longer have it, this is what it is, you can't get it for a dollar, it's basi

to get rid of the homeless.c thomas is live in the haight arby, with the story. >> this at the corner of haight and samuel where all the fuss has been raised. what used to be the $1, it costs nearly a dollar and a half. he's because the dollar itself went away about a month ago. the decision made by the owner of this particular franchise and doesn't necessarily affect any of the other mcdonald's in the area, but this fast food restaurant is right across the street from golden gate park. that means an almost steady stream of homeless people in and out of the store are often ordering what they can, the cheapest thing on the menu. they say now that they can't get a dollar menu item, paying an extra 45 cents a meal means eating or not eating at times. some believe the price hike was aimed at the homeless. >> that means that the dollar menu is a hoax. it's a fraud, phony. if you come here and say i want something off the dollar menu they say we no longer have it, this is what it is, you can't get it for a dollar, it'

it was about homelessness and the homeless world cup. we sold it to espn. it made a little money, but it really creative in a big activity around homelessness and about how the ball can transform someone's life, and it did a lot for sports because all we read about in sports is steroids and dogfighting and terrible things. here was a ball and athletes and the game of soccer transforming people's lives. >> you have a new one coming up that hbo is interested in. >> that one is called "the fighting chance." >> tell the folks who, and it is and how you got interested in him. >> cairo maynard -- kyle maynard is a wonderful man who was born without limbs and rather than use that as an excuse, he is the most charismatic, smartest young man i have ever met. he became a world-class wrestler in chrysler, and the movie is about his quest to fight in a mixed martial arts cage match -- he became a world-class wrestler in high school. he had to go all the way to the supreme court and was able to live his dream. >> the making of the films, being involved in the film's --

. >> why are they trying to kick out the homeless. no dollar menu, no bathrooms, what are we gonna do. >> and the burger brouhaha at mcdonalds, why some feel the price increase is about more than money. good evening, dana king. >>> it is a stunt straight out of "spiderman." the tonight the man who scaled a san francisco high-rise today is talking about what he was up to. here is his climb speeded up by 3000%. without warning a man known as skyscraper man began his assent of the me lynn y'all tower around 5:00 p.m. joe talked to him after he was released tonight. >> he didn't have any safety rope, just the suckings cups, climbed one of san francisco's tallest buildings. >> reporter: he calls himself skyscraper man. >> i don't know, i think it's weird. >> reporter: and for three hours he climbed the millennium tower, a condominium high-rise south of market, while a captivated and amused crowd craned their necks below. >> he is going to try to climb the corporate ladder, it would have been fast tier. >> reporter: dan good man, who claims

i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let yo

anything having to do with the homeless is intensified in this neighborhood. in san francisco, mike sugarman, cbs5. >>> her forecasts are priceless. do you know who i'm talking about? >> well i hope you won't want your money back on this one, today we had a high temperature, 64 degrees in half moon bay, 96 degrees in morgan hill. in the oakland area we have been watching the flag from the fly shifting around blown out of the west which means we have the return of the onshore flows. so bottom line is we're going to see some stratus tomorrow morning for the morning communities, temperatures in the 50s. a bit of localized in the north. it's pretty powerful for this time of the year, as it drags down in the southerly direction it's going to enhance the marine layer. so we'll start to see the redevelopment of the patchy fog tonight, overnight, tomorrow morning sun up at 6:43, clouds lining the coast moving into the bay, trying to play tag with the east bay, but then quickly retreating. the bottom line is we have a lot of cooler air mass on top of it so it's going t

we will hear from frontline advocates for people were homeless and about the impact of budget cuts and people without homes. we will hear from those who have walked the walk and will tell their stories at this hearing this evening. tonight, the san francisco mental health board and the national alliance on mental illness in san francisco convened the hearing to hear from the men and women on the front line who will testify to this board regarding the impact of budget cuts on mental health services. the sentence is the mental health. advocates for comprehensive -- the san francisco mental health advocates for comprehensive mental health services. we report to the mayor of sentences go. we currently have five open seats, 34 family members, and two for consumers. -- we currently have five open seats, three of them for family members, and two are for consumers. nami is a passionate group of family members dedicated to informing, advocating, and educating others regarding mental health issues. finally, we look forward to hearing from all of you here this evening. we want to hear from you ab

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showing no signs of abating argy revisits so far as camp to find out what options are left for the homeless. it's eleven pm in moscow when this is are coming to you live with me and he said now a first stop violence continues to rage in iraq after three car bombings killed at least thirty six people in baghdad and fallujah following the official end of u.s. combat operations fifty thousand american troops remain in the country to train local security forces but it's clear reports it barely helps to make local residents and the safer. dark and dangerous and body armor does little to protect against the fact that they're not welcome here we're doing it this way out of control through one of the iraqi neighborhoods trying to prevent counterattack fire this is a bomb his team has stayed behind the mission providing training support and backup to the iraqi police when they get to our level we go over operations order and planning for the actual missions we're going to do then we do a pretty brief and we actually go and execute these type missions that we're on now but the u.s. invasion to have a

showing no signs of abating revisit so far a scam to find out what options are left for the homeless. more welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me a nice and now way it's midnight here in moscow and eleven pm in baghdad where violence continues to rage in iraq after three car bombings killed at least thirty six people in the iraqi capital and full lucia following the official end of the u.s. combat operations fifty thousand american troops remain in the country to train local security forces but as artie's paullus leader reports they barely helps to make local residents feel any safer. dark and dangerous and body armor it does little to protect against the fact that they're not welcome here they're doing a dismount a patrol through want to iraqi neighborhoods trying to prevent counterattack fire this is a bombs team he stayed behind the mission providing training support and backup to the iraqi police when they get to our level we go over our operations order and planning for the actual missions we're going to do then we do it for you brief t

party visits a homeless camp in the woods of new jersey to find out what options are left for those who've lost everything in the crisis. eleven am in the russian capital good to have you with us here on r t our top story a triple car bombing in baghdad has provoked fresh doubts over whether iraqi security forces are able to cope following the official end of u.s. combat operations there at least thirty six people were killed by three blasts in separate parts of the city although fifty thousand u.s. troops remain to assist local forces local people are afraid the insurgency and instability may only get worse. doc and dangerous and body armor does little to protect against the fact that they're not welcome here they're doing a dismount of patrol through one of the iraqi neighborhoods trying to prevent counteracts fire this is a bombs team he stayed behind the mission to finding training support and backup to the iraqi police when they get to our level we go over our operations order and planning for the actual missions we're going to do then we do it for you brief that we actually go and ex

question that many of them ask themselves over and over again is why are we still here r t visits a homeless camp in the woods of jersey to find out what options are left for those who lost everything but a crisis. and in business the italian industrial group. open a joint helical to plant and russia companies representatives think exclusively to our land. in moscow good to have you with us here on our t. . our top story a triple car bombing in baghdad has provoked fresh doubts over whether iraqi security forces are able to cope following the official end of u.s. combat operations there at least thirty six people were killed by three blasts in separate parts of the city although fifty thousand u.s. troops remain to assist local forces local people are afraid insurgency and instability will get worse. doc and dangerous and it does little to protect against the fact that they are not welcome here they're doing a dismount of control through one of the iraqi neighborhoods trying to prevent counteracts fire. the bombs team his state behind the mission providing training support and backup to the

from this high school student to this homeless man.curiously inspect the instrument, others show off their fancy finger work. others are playing the piano for the first time, all with cars and trains whizzing by. >> the intent was to put it in an area where people uld not talk to each other. >> i'm kind of a hermit. i don't know many people. but i play the piano and if people can sing, the better. >>> pianos will be up until september 21st, for a map of the locations go to ktvu.com. in san jose, maureen naylor. >>> vector control officials are issuing a warning about west nile virus after two dead animals tested positive for the disease. the virus has been found in a squirrel and raven last month. vector control is advising people to report dead birds and squirrels to authorities. west nile is usually spread through bites from affected mosquitoes. tropical storm hermin made land fall near the border with texas. hermin generated some strong waves along the texas gulf coast. forcasters expect it to turn knot northeast which would take it

what's missing from a mcdonalds menu and why some say the fast food restaurant is targeting the homeless >>> san francisco bar owners are taking shots at a new law. >>> and the fog is moving back into the neighborhoods in the area. i'll let you know if it'll make it into your neighborhood tonight. >>> in san francisco tomorrow, city leaders are expected to vote on a new tax. while restaurants and bars don't like it, customers say they are raising a glass in support. david stevenson reports. >> reporter: as labor day winds down, city supervisors are gearing up to vote tomorrow on boosting the cost of boost. taxes aim to recoop $16,000 a year tied to alcohol abuse that are now paid for taxpayers. >> prevention services, for hospitalization of people who's lives are shattered by alcohol. >> reporter: bill sponsor says the bill will hit distributors, adding a nickel to a bottle of wine. >> it's very minimal. less than 1% consumption, about 50 jobs less a year. >> reporter: alcohol distributors and san francisco restaurants oppose the fees which they say will be paid for by customers and come

homeless. >> more on top stories in just a bit. first for streets bear the air day. let's find out about the weather. >> it was the killer night for sleeping. really hot yesterday and i thought we would back off some >> >> we will continue with record-breaking heat. we did yesterday got some record so today could be another story in fact here's bill's hot forecast. we could see a few degrees off along the coasts and the peninsula but inland will stay warm again today. by noon time we could be into the upper 90s in some locations. warm today at 104 them back down the upper 80s by the p.m. hour. 80s and 90s through most of the day through the bay and the coast low '70's. beach weather again today. we are still really warm out there keeping '60s through san rafael, oakland upper 60s during a word and south bay upper 60s 744 fremont. warming it up quickly of the orange showing us 80 spirit by throwing in nine days your afternoon highs showa's triple digits. all the purple showing us triple digits. a p.m. continuing warm temperatures into the 80s tariff getting up to 103

. >> some homeless people say a mcdonalds is trying to get rid of them by eliminating its dollar menu. jade hernandez joins us now from san francisco with more on the story. >> reporter: good morning. a buck used to go a long way at mcdonalds. it used to get you a god size mcdouble. not anymore. we are live at this mock donald's in the height ashbury neighborhood, the only mcdonalds which has done away with its dollar menu. the sign says no trespassing, no lightering and a 30 minute time limit while consuming food, all rules could curb problems this particular mcdonalds has had with the homeless outside its doors, the chronicle reports this morning the franchise owner of this mcdonalds took away the menu about a month ago, homeless people are upset saying it was pulled to get them to go elsewhere. the difference in price is a couple of quarters. the article states that the franchise owner says she doesn't offer the dollar menu anymore based on a number of factors, none of which have anything to do with the homeless but for now customers, whether they are homeless or not, won't have a

from this high school student to this homeless man.me curiously inspect the instrument, others show off their fancy finger work. others are playing the piano for the first time, all with cars and trains whizzing by. >> the intent was to put it in an area where people would not talk to each other. >> i'm kind of a hermit. i don't know many people. but i play the piano and if people can sing, the better. >>> pianos will be up until september 21st, for a map of the locations go to ktvu.com. in san jose, maureen naylor. >>> vector control officials are issuing a warning about west nile virus after two dead animals tested positive for the disease. the virus has been found in a squirrel and raven last month. vector control is advising people to report dead birds and squirrels to authorities. west nile is usually spread through bites from affected mosquitoes. tropical storm hermin made land fall near the border with texas. hermin generated some strong waves along the texas gulf coast. forcasters expect it to turn knot northeast which would ta

there is a serious issue of the homeless. i am told that the more difficult from the transbay terminal have moved there and they're trying to address them, but they're very hard to move. i can stop now or i can continue or you can ask me some questions? supervisor maxwell: do you have a point that you're trying to make? if you do, then i would like you to get right to that point. >> the area needs a community benefits district. there needs to be somebody in charge down there who can coordinate all of the parts and maintain and make sure that the maintenance is done adequately, that the homeless issue is addressed properly, that the entertainment and performing arts that are done is done in an organized and coordinated way. it's all done piecemeal now and there is nobody in charge. and the plaza within the roadway is totally abandoned. supervisor maxwell: so your point is it needs to be managed, that space? >> the issue of the bocce ball is a small part of the larger problem that you have there. supervisor maxwell: thank you v

the grant is focused on people who are homeless and have mental health issues. with this grant, we provide primary care, case management out reach, mental health services, substance abuse services. there is also assistance for clients to help with moving expenses, if they are going from homelessness into housing. also, money to prevent eviction. supervisor chu: it looks like for this grant it would require a matching fund level of about $210,000. do you know if the department has already included that in the budget? >> yes, we provided that through our contracts, and anything else could be made up through staff time. supervisor chu: thank you. any members of the public that public to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor dufty: i would like to forward this with recommendations. supervisor chu: without objection. item eight. >> item 8. resolution authorizing the san francisco department of public health to accept and expend retroactively a grant in the amount of $49,995 from the bay area air quality management district, to support

revisits tent city a homeless camp talked to wait in the woods of new jersey there are at least forty people whose tragic destinies have led them to call this place home. since we were here last time in the winter things have changed more tense have appeared some people have come and gone but many of the people living here have been here for months if not years and the question that many of them ask themselves over and over again is why are we still here are there really no other options left for us no remarks has been a newspaper handler for most of her life while i work for the new york times and i wanted to pound on a brain aneurysm in two stroke so i was almost dead. i was in a coma for two months it. was an awful three months since then no reason has given up hope of finding a job for those still trying to find work the task is close to impossible would be unemployment rate in the us holding steady at more than nine and a half percent for more than a year now or would have been ten years experience. chef today i'm looking job not only chef chop any kind job i look i have to meet