it cannot be an undue burden on both the tenant and landlord because it may be a big improvement, it could be a big burden on the owner of the building also. >> absolutely, and undue burden is not the standard. undue burden is a fairly high standard that applies to government and state entities, for example. here, it is readily achievable. the catch is that it is readily achievable every year. so if you had a year of very good profits, you are on the hook for having done that even if right now you reinvested those profits in a different way and you cannot have a lot of liquidity. that is why so many of these lawsuits can be successful. so there is a great deal of ignorance about the obligations under the ada. certainly when it first came into effect, there was a lot of publicity and a lot of places knew then what to do. especially the last four, five years, a small-business owner starting out, there is not enough information now. commissioner antonini: thank you. my only concern is the first clause of the legislation will be dealt with by the board of supervisors, presumably, requiri

the creative way some landlords are cashing in. good evening, i'm dana king. >> and i'm ken. >> a freeze warning is in effect for north and east bay. juliette goodrich is in pleasantton where the temperatures have been dropping all night long. >> yes, it's a little chilly here. 39 degrees. not freezing yet, it will dip into the freezing level after midnight tonight and a freeze warning in effect throughout northern california. there are winter warning right now. the california emergency management agency is issuing some winter weather advisories. risk factors including hyperthermia, frostbite, dehydration and carbon monoxide poisoning. threatens pets, plants, pipes, and yes, people. we saw a lot of them bundled up today. >> definitely freezing. definitely getting colder. freezing down here. >> what does she have on to keep warm? >> long sleeves. she has a jacket. spandex and hat. >> she's all gad to go. >> and so you can be good to go according to the state's emergency management agency. there's a california freeze plan. some tips

the creative way that some landlords are cashing in. good evening. >> and i'm dana king . it is the first big chill of the season. >> a freeze warning is in effect for the north and east bays. juliette goodrich is in pleasantton where the temperature has been dropping all night long. jewels. >> how low can it go? we're in the mid 30s right now. it is chilly. it's going to dip into the freezing temperatures. we're in a freeze warning. the california emergency management agency urging residents to accelerate winter weather preparations. there are many warnings, carbon monoxide poisoning. the cold weather threatening pets, plants, pipes, and people. a lot of folks bundled up tonight. >> it's definitely freezing. definitely getting colder, it seems like. arctic blast. >> so what does she have on to keep warm? >> she has long sleeves, she has a jacket. spandex and hat. >> she's all good to go. >> according to the state's emergency management agency, there is a california freeze plan and some tips include to get ready for winter season, check your home heating system. make sure

the new way that some bay area landlords are cashing in on skyrocketing rents.n a consumer watch, we explain. >> this a one bedroom apartment for $24.50. >> reporter: not only is jj certain he will get the price for the 800 square foot rental he will probably have to turn people away. >> we get multiple applications at prices 25% higher than a year ago for the same unit. >> reporter: as many former homeowners flooding the market it's a good time to be a landlord. >> any place that seems highway decent there is been hundreds of people showing so, packed that you can't even get inside. >> reporter: she has been hunting for over a year and has seen the cost skyrocket. the average rental is up 13% to $17.92. in san mateo it's $18.56 and san francisco it's more than $2,500. before the rent comes the application fees which can be pricey. >> the market is competitive. they are willing to pay for the chance to get in. >> reporter: application fee dear sir be from 20 to $45 and the influx has some finding creative ways to line their pockets. >> i have heard of even some

these landlords were in the minority and the landlord of cottage where nie family lived was not among them. rate payer books for 1848 is missing. the book for 1849 is in worse condition than the earlier books. theate book for 1849 is torn and muddy and appears to have blood stains on the pages. as if this book is telling me what happened that awful year. i search for james lacy's name and find it gone along with the other tenant and it is town lands as well. [applause] >> i think on that note i will read a poem, which is my book among other things my quest to discover the family's connection or my connection to that history. and what happens there is the pursuit and the logical seeking after those signs. those material signs baptismal records and there is happenstance. that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is

what is being done to their landlord that has been treating their water with bleach. >>> and alarm bells will not be enough to get help in one city. what help needs to happen before police come running? good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. bay area retailers could be in for a happy new year. shoppers are spending again. new data shows consumer data jumped 10 points. that's an 8 month high. economists say consumers are reacting to job growth. unemployment is up to 8.6%. the economy turned out 100,000 new jobs for five months straight. >> if you see your neighbor has a job and raise, start buying again. >> i feel the economy is better. a little more money, a little extra. >> numbers are not in, but it appears the best business they had in years. governor brown is hoping to cash in on some of that action. he was busy today pushing his plan. it could generate billions of badly needed revenue if he can get taxpayers to go for it. why he might be able to pull that off. >> with projected state revenues expected to be $3 billion short at the end of the fiscal year, governor jer

two of the horror stories from tenants in one of the bay area's most notorious landlords. tenet told us they felt helpless against richard thomas and as the result of the investigation, some have gotten release. >> katrina rodriguez brought the foul-smelling situation to our attention. the group of homes dating in and drinking water from a while that we found contaminated with call for bacteria. but landlord richard thomas who owns hundreds of rental units throughout the bay area did not want to talk about the contamination. >> richard thomas could have hooked up to the city line years ago. the city waterline stops right at the entrance to thomas' rental properties. but staying off the water grid needs no water bills and until we got involved with .net no oversight. >> county health inspector ron torres says his agency has jurisdiction over any while that serves five-14 families, like the one we tested. now torres admits it's been able priority. >> would have been under some monitoring in years past but since then they have fallen off the map. >> that allows thomas to trea

as a landlord in san francisco, we're very active landlords. to sit here and have the ability to have time as tenants is pretty gratifying. we will see how the relationships go. but we hope we grow. we hope that we are attentive. i mean to have ideal tenants like this in our portfolio. we're active and aggressive in san francisco. we're a huge landlord now. we believe it. it is only here in soma. we believe in the marketplace and the people. we believe that is why we're here. it is a great way marketplace. our portfolio expertise is throughout california. this is a place that we see the most amount of growth. when we have pivotal tenants like that that want to grow in our portfolio, and makes guys like us to have our day-to-day jobs pretty easy. the fact a san francisco today is seen the evolution of growth from social media, technology, media entertainment right here in our backyard is really a positive sign for the future growth of employment growth, development growth, and future successful companies coming here. hudson is that it is here fo

the landlord was treating the well water by pouring cups of full household clorox bleach. county health inspectors admit it's been a low priority. >> we had them under some monitoring in years past but have since sort of, you know, fallen off the map here. >> since our investigation last spring, the county has forced the landlord to install a professional chlorination system and to submit water samples for testing every month. >>> parking in private lots as we all know can be very expensive and it turns out that some lot operators police their own lots issuing tickets for alleged violations and they look like real tickets. but just how legitimate are they? on the consumerwatch, julie watts investigates after one driver got a very big surprise. >>> reporter: >> it's a convenient lot to where i work. >> reporter: so for years, cbs employee ann marie has been using this private parking lot in san francisco. >> that's a $15 fee. you pay at a machine. and it spits out the ticket that you then take to your car and put it in the dash. >> reporter: it's a routine she knows well. s

now her landlord is evicting her. here to tell us is megyn kelly. is this guy a cain supporter? is this pay back? >> he'd like pay back. that's what he'd like. she is $7,500 behind in her rent, according to this chicago landlord who says the rent is like three grand a month. so probably -- >> bill: 2 1/2 months. >> she hasn't paid and is going into finally collect payment. it doesn't necessarily mean it's political. it means he wants his payment. >> bill: a little transaction that she doesn't pay the rent and he wants her out of there so he can get another renter in who will pay. >> yeah. >> bill: 3,000 in chicago, that's a nice spot. >> yeah, apparently she has a nice spot. this isn't the first time she's had a landlord pursue her for past rent nor is it the first time that the irs and state and federal irs has gone after her. she's obviously had problems. >> bill: she has tax problems, too? >> she's had bankruptcies in the past, tax problems and now she's having current money problems. >> bill: how hard is it to get people who fall behind in their mortgage? >> hard. it's hard.

there is a day with the city or perhaps the state goes further and reallocate its costs between landlords and tenants with regard to disability access, but for the time being we believe, and i think i speak across a fair number of small business owners, we believe this is a good for step towards getting the word out as to who needs to -- as to who need to pay for the costs so that small business owners can open up their businesses with their eyes open and not unexpectedly hit with costs. on behalf of the group i represent, we urge you to support this. thank you for your time. president olague: thank you. is there any additional public comment on this item? >> linda chapman. i like to comment because i was a civil rights specialist with disabilities as a specialty for a while. but i was also on the federal executive boards disability council. i read with concerned these articles about the persecution of small businesses by lawyers and people who are really not out to get access for people but what money can be gotten out of it. my specialty was really employment. i have not researched exac

can i say landlord? with the school district. again when you have an organization well -- we are looking for space like that. if you can find one that has a similar interest. it works well for the school district. it is a win-win for nonprofits like that. i know the need for organizations like ours. i am not happy to see something like this happen. hopefully all the details will be worked out. for that to happen and -- we have been out for 15 years. maybe something like that can work. >> it is an action item. i love the idea of getting this to a nonprofit. how do we make sure that if it does not go to a nonprofit it does not just get sold to the highest bidder for development? >> one of us can amend the resolution. >> we need more information. we need to consider our details with this. i feel for one protective of any asset that the police department has in terms of its use and there is a great deal of appeal for the nonprofit. at the same time, i think we need to weigh financially what happens and if it does down the line sell f

this will allow us to go to landlords that want to participate in a program -- in the program to allow folks that want to read for a short time a unit that they are able to afford. the mayor just signed off allowing hsa to be the designee to sign off on the certificate. when there is a fire now, we will be able to sign off and refer people to a corporate -- appropriate housing providers that have agreed to work with us. i will be working with the apartment owners association in doing some and hopefully we'll be able to get that going in the next couple of weeks. >> the other important component is that folks who participate and offer their units, the tenants who temporarily occupy their space at that rate would not establish tent ants's rights. it would allow landlords to offer these units and not be locked into a lower rent for a long period of time. >> thank you. are there? yes. >> bill walton of the san francisco national airport. we're having our annual aircraft exercise. we're doing it with the office of emergency services. we're partnering in that respect. thank you. >> more good

. >>> bay area landlords swindled out of tens of thousands of dollars. the scam investigators say this couple used time and time again. >>> last cookies, chips and soda. >> junk food for sale. next to the obesity clinic? the bay area's children's hospitals with the worst cafeteria food. >>> i think it's a really dirty trick. >> amazon's backlash. it may be a bargain hunter's best friend. but retailers call a new promotion their worst enemy. ,,, zyng >>> :nasdaq we don't show you that every day. the biggest tech i po since google ended with a whimmer. zeng ga shares opened 10% above their initial offering price. but zynga finished today down 5%. they were hoping to raise $1 billion. the analysts say is shows investors concerned about zynga's dependence on facebook and growth prospects. the san francisco company is best known for the popular facebook game "farmville" and "words with friends." the market as a whole ended mix. dow was down 2. >>> the san jose couple is charged in a scam that swindled local landlords out of tens of thousands of dollars in ren

. >> police say the day before the he stole an suv from landlord's office. was other strange behavior. >> i would hear him talking on the phone and cursing to himself loudly. >> thousands came out to a candlelight ceremony to deal with the loss of two lives. >> it is so sad. he was so young. >> he had no previous contact with the slain officer. to look for ae motive. kind of kind ups -- surreal. >> police are looking at right where ashleyll shot himself. funeral plans for the officer are scheduled for monday. >>>ard reeves, abc 7 news -- ce are investigating a abc 7 news. >>> police are investigating a shooting. a 16-year-old passenger was wounded. >>> a young man lost his life george's county last night. shot on 37 street. trying to find out why he was fatally shot. they are searching for two suspects seen fleeing the scene. >>> turning now to voted 2012. tonight face off in iowa is the critical one so far. is the first one without herman cain. now has two clear front-runners. the republican candidates that in a little campaigning. >> this is not just some

if the landlord will not take care of the problem. next question comes from annie g.charity donation calls? i have my own charities i donate to. i do not do business over the phone. well, good for you for picking your charities. here is the deal. putting together do not call list they exempted surveys, charities, and politicians. they wrote themselves out of the law. so with charities there is little you can do. many will keep their own do not call lists. so when you talk to them go look. i don't give to charities over the phone. put me on your do not call list. if they're legit, they should. and i'd like to tell you about a great deal when i see one. oakland airport is offering now 72 hours of free parking during holiday travel period. park in the daily lot mid week for flights through december 22. this is worth $66. i know this because i did it and it worked. here is one thing to keep in mind. you'll need a copy of tickets showing outgoing and incoming flights do. that, pull tickets, show them both. and they let you out for free. >> free, we like. >> yes. absolutely

i would like to convey those to the landlord here so that it does not happen again. thank you. >> thank you. let's hear it for the band. [applause] >> thank you. let's hear it for the band. [applause] welcome, everybody. once again, i have the honor of being your master of ceremonies for the annual lighting of the snowflakes on market street. great event. i love being part of it. good to have you with us. i should point out that we just saw a spectacular light show under the dome over west field center. you probably have not seen it because we are the first to see it. you should get over there and see it during your holiday shopping. tonight, we have the dancing snowflakes from the san francisco ballet school. they are currently preparing for the annual performances of the "nutcracker" at the san francisco opera house. here's something you may or may not know -- san francisco was the first city in the country to premiere the "nutcracker" in 1944. the san francisco ballet is america's first professional ballet company. how about that? [applause] in a few minutes, we w

got a right check and my landlord did not care where the money was coming from this idea that we have to cut this pay for government workers we can have bonuses for you know wall street billionaires and that we can continue to allow the wealthiest one percent to pay a lower tax percentage than everybody else when you're nowhere going to there is a contradiction to me to think that we have really nine dollars and we're not going to have you know it doesn't go down it went by when the money is being borrowed money going to the private sector and when demand as you will have more people in jobs you know more people manufacturing more people in stores will have more small businesses and then the other thing about the payroll tax cut is it helps small businesses small businesses do benefit some of this water which is one of those interesting things i mean obviously the idea of a holiday conservatives argue that they want consistency in their tax code they don't want these types of things and now let me let me go back to this element on grover for i mean i don't identify because i haven't h

compete clause, so i do not know if this is the situation, but the responsibility falls upon the landlord to issue leases that you want to see in the mall. other than writing a check to purchase materials, do you pay them, or are you going to pay them any other franchise fees? >> there is no agreement. i am not going to pay them anything other than tahat. >> you plan to make crepes? >> no. >> i do not see this is a chain store. i feel it is weak as a business model. >> i just have one last question. it is more directed toward 3d. there seems to be a more developing animosity between the community and the owner of the mall. in the beginning when the process began, there is a great deal of participation. it all looked fairly glossiey. i admit error -- there are real plans. it meant extensive remodeling, etc., but as the economy got worse and the planning process kept moving, they withdrew or did not continue to participate, which i think the community found extremely disappointing. the community planning process went on in the way with any other region without any input we do without any in

compete clause, so i do not know if this is the situation, but the responsibility falls upon the landlord to issue leases that you want to see in the mall. other than writing a check to purchase materials, do you pay them, or are you going to pay them any other franchise fees? >> there is no agreement. i am not going to pay them anything other than tahat. >> you plan to make

organization we had was based on how little folks were able to assert their rights when dealing with bad landlordsliving conditions that were not habitable. we are seeing that more and more people are afraid to take the simple steps of requesting repairs, calling the department of building inspection, collaborating with any city agency, even one that is not law enforcement, to get their rights asserted and to live in a dignified way. we have also seen more and we of also say in the issues with management, management threatening to call ice. we want to encourage you to move this forward, passed a resolution, and lastly i wanted to share this story from this week of a u.s. citizen wrongly picked up by s-com. this program is not doing what it was designed to do, and a lot of questions about the local police being entangled in any of this. he spent four nights locked up after a shoplifting charge which was dismissed. he tried to explain it, but of course he was referred. he had purchased about $600. the small charge was dismissed. it was triggered by s-com because of his citizenship status. when this

they say banks and some landlords have any but the 99% ability to live, work and raise families. the san francisco 49ers are one step closer to playing in santa clara. they secured an $850 million loan to help place--pay for their football stadium. they see this was the last piece to getting the product done. they hope to have a ready for the games in 2015. >> it was actually pretty windy for today it looks like we have been ingesting for tomorrow i will tell you about it coming up. ó??g÷p÷÷÷>>>>>8ç >>reporter: republican hurricane announced today that he is dropping at least temporarily for his party's nomination of the presidential race. >> as of today with a lot of prayer and soul-searching i am suspending our presidential campaign. >>reporter: saturday's announcement comes after allegations concerning her cane personal conduct the most recent from an atlanta business woman in ginger white who said she had a 13 year affair with him. herman cain says the only ever money to help with bills and expenses. he says that he was only helping a friend in need and that is it. >> was thi