and the city of san francisco have failed us. so the city of san francisco and the m.t.a. have a moral, ethical, and very possibly a legal obligation to bail out the taxi industry. i hope this board will look into this matter sooner rather than later. >> president yee: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name is carolyn kahn. i live in potrero hill in san francisco, and i won't take a long time. i think you've heard a lot of eloquent statements with many facts. i happen to be a ph.d. cell biologist. i'm not going to go into it. you'll hear the facts at the next meeting. i'm very proud to live in san francisco and i support the liberal policies in this city. and i'm having a hard time understanding why just some of these cities have already not supported 5-g and are protecting their citizens and among them are berkeley, piedmont, monterey county, lot altos, sabastopo -- sebastopol, and the list goes on. i think this is just an issue of greed. i think that, you know, many of us have cell phones. i haven't been anywhere in this city where i've not been able to use my cell p

as an administrator, analyst with the city and county of san francisco airport commission, which runs the 7th largest international airport in the united states between 1987 and 2018, and as a department head assistant, aging specialist with the city and county of san francisco aging commission between 1981 and 1984, with decades of leadership experience in the environmental neighborhood and labor mass movements. i served in the following prior positions. city and county of san francisco environmental commissioner. president, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. president, sunset parkside education and action committee. president, neighborhood council. chair, san franciscans for public power. chair preserve the presidio campaign. executive committee member siu790. other accomplishments highlights include i'm a recognized safety, security and risk expert. i adopted the first landmark city and county of san francisco sustainability plan. i have received nearly 100,000 votes from san franciscans in local elections over the years. and i earned a masters in public administration degr

now resolve, this city and county of san francisco permanently designates may 5th as honoring missing and murdered indigenous women's day in the city and county of san francisco , and furthermore, will begin discussions with urban indian organizations, neighboring native american tribes, local tribal organizations to develop recommendations for local and indigenous victim advocacy services. local and tribal justice responses including coordination and identifying the implemented solutions to strengthen the safety and health and well-being of our indigenous women. thank you, san francisco mayor's office for this resolution. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> and i would like to ask my sister aurora to come up and introduce our red lightning women singers. >> good evening, relatives. we are from the red lightning woman power group. we came about the name through our sister betty over here in regards to missing and murdered indigenous women. we started about a year and a half or two years ago through a red ribbon dress workshop where we had some workshops on domestic violence and sexual

but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunityto contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> san francisco city clinic provides a broad range of sexual health services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan b. pap smears and [inaudible]. we are was entirely [inaudible]people will come as soon as were open eve

really negative for someone more positive, then i feel like i am doing the right thing for the city of san francisco. [♪] city of san francisco. ♪ homelessness in san francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesn't just affect neighbors without a home, it affects all of us. is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪] >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and expo-style event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. there's over 120 service providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5% -- to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal service providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask th

emphasize enough how important it is to watching. >> ever wonder about programs the city is working on to make san francisco best place to live and work we bring shine won our city department and the people making them happy what happened next sf oh, san francisco known for it's looks at and history and beauty this place arts has it all but it's city government is pretty unique in fact, san francisco city departments are filled with truly initiative programming that turns this way our goal is to create programs that are easily digestable and easy to follow so that our resident can participate in healing the planet with the new take dial initiative they're getting close to zero waste we 2020 and today san francisco is diverting land filled and while those numbers are imperfect not enough. >> we're sending over 4 hundred thousand tons of waste to the landfill and over the 4 hundred tons 10 thousands are textile and unwanted listen ones doesn't have to be find in the trash. >> i could has are the ones creating the partnerships with the rail kwloth stores putting an in store collection box near the checks stand

accommodate the ride-share companies and the sfmta board will meet at 1:00 this afternoon at san francisco city hall and according to the san francisco public works director, he says he expects the sfmta to approve the project. i asked what impact it might have on traffic in the city and congestion. he said they've spent years studying this and most of the vehicles that use market street go north-south, across and they will continue to be able to do that. he doesn't expect the traffic congestion impact to be that bad. the vote will happen later this afternoon at the sfmta. allie rasmus, ktvu. >>> inspections are taking place with minor repairs under way following the 4.5 magnitude earthquake last night. the usgs confirmed the quake that hit was centered less than one mile south and over two miles north of walnut creek. a smaller 2.5 magnitude quake shook a few minutes before. the earthquake is a precursor to a larger quake. >> the probability of a larger earthquake, magnitude 6.7 or larger in the next 30 years is a little over 70%. the likelihood of a large earthquake was quite high. at what po

san francisco latino historical society. soon, we were in partnership with san francisco heritage to create a city-wide latino context statement. we have been assisting the community for the use of preservation tools to protect the community with gentrification workshops, first here in san francisco, l.a., and then san diego. i'm cutting this short. also in doing this, we know that we need new leadership, we need someone that understands how important it is to keep our communities intact. [cheering and applause] >> to dialog with the community and to find creative solutions for all. we don't like to be talked down to like some have in the creation of those red bus lanes. it's our language and our culture that create place, not just the architecture in the streetscapes. there is a lot more work to be done. i spent over 40 years organizing here in san francisco in mentoring the next generation and leadership. i am thankful that i had the opportunity to assist in advancing latino leadership in such that dennis, susan, alicia, josh, and joaquin. i want to thank the employees that have become part of my family, that are here in the

i'm an attorney in the san francisco city attorney's office. supervise the tax team, giving tax advice to the treasurer, tax collect or, drafting tax legislation. the thing i remember my mother telling me as a child is that you need to be prepared to take care of yourself and i knew that i wanted to be able to do something that i enjoyed. i didn't expect anybody to give me anything because nobody ever gave her anything and i also i always saw her fighting for the things that she wanted in life for herself and for her children. >> my name is jasmine flores. i am working as an admin assistant in the city attorney's office. i have always enjoyed the tasks that i have been given. on the days i show up and work on my own is empowering. for me, happiness in being more involved in a person-to-person interaction. my dream jobs includes being a physician, paramedic, firefighter, working with animals with the public. on a personal level with self improvement. my sister is the biggest influence in my life because she taught me to go forward with what make

. >>> new at 6:00, a war of words escalated today between san francisco city leaders and the national rifle association following the san francisco supervisors declaring the nra a terrorist organization last month. the gun rights group then claimed victory today after the mayor london breed sent a memo to city department heads saying the resolution does not direct the city to probe ties between its contractors and the nra. but san francisco city attorney's office said the mayor's memo is not a concession to the nra. the group is suing san francisco. >>> an alameda county judge has issued a temporary restraining order against the county of alameda prohibiting it from entering into a sell its half of the oakland chris um property to the oakland a's after a lawsuit filed by the city of oakland. laura anthony is live to sort it all out. >> reporter: hi, dan. the conversations and the negotiations around the a's buying a portion of the property here at the coliseum have been going on for two years that is why the team is surprised when the city attorney through them a curve. >> it is anoth

san jose. we're reaching low 80s in walnut creek. 73 in red wood city. daly city at 65. san francisco stadium mid 60s for today. mid 70s for napa. as you get ready to head out, we are going to see our weather pattern staying the same over the next few days, more of a westerly wind that will pick up. look what happens by the middle of the week. a storm system will bring in a slight chance of rain. it does look like it stays well to the north of most of our bay area cities. and then going into the weekend it does stay windy as we see a couple more storm systems passing by the pacific northwest. going into the forecast, no major changes. we're looking at mid 70s today. lower 70s for the rest of the week with breezy winds at times. san francisco mid 60s today. and we'll see more of the same through the rest of the week. >> let's get a look out here. palo alto. the traffic right there. we joke about it, but it's right on schedule. folks know to plan another five minutes just in case they stop traffic. they're clearing the crews overnight where they continue. now they're continuing the expa

>>city college in san francisco was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb threat. police just tweeted that their search is over and there is no threat to the campus. the san francisco city college police dispatch says the threat was made on the main campus and frida kahlo way right now city a decision is being made on pga compensating customers for last week's power outages. >>now's the time for you to file a claim we're going hear from a leader who is now encouraging people to get a head start plus house oversight committee chair and long time. >>congressman elijah cummings dies at the age of 68 hear from loved ones who are honoring his legacy. that's ahead. >>plus the sick maker juul labs is stopping the sale of its flavored products for going hear from lawmakers on the move after the break and if you're watching us on kron on during the commercial breaks we're going to be streaming kron four's our original coverage from the day of the loma prieta earthquake. if you don't have kron on you can get right now it's on the going to look at the coliseum but it's a. unli

the feud between the white house and the city of san francisco answered another chapter today. the environmental protection agency issued the city a notice saying san francisco is violating the federal clean water act. >>> we send a violation to the city of san francisco. unsafe water. unsafe conditions. >> reporter: the claim by the epa the city is letting drug needles and human waste drain out to the bay. london breed said that is not the case and plans to fight the accusations with concrete facts. >>> we of course are going to take that seriously. at the end of the day we note this is unfortunately politics.>> reporter: the feud intensifies on a day a judge in philadelphia ruled supervised injection sites do not violate that are low. may your breed has been a staunch supporter of safe injection sensors and even let a tour of a mock site last august.>>> safe injection sites provide an incredible opportunity to build trust. to build a relationship in order to provide the support that someone might choose. >> reporter: while she has her agenda to clean up the streets the preside

thirty-nine is the number one tourist attraction in the city and county of san francisco. investing $16 million of city and state funds makes perfect sense for this fiscally prudent supervisor, including, and i am wearing now my hat as chair of the san francisco county transportation authority, not only $1.2 million of your half cent sales tax, but each of the members of that body get $200,000 to invest. i put my $200,000 into this project. it is just a little bit, but it helped make it go. congratulations to all the departments and particularly the community that made this happen. thank you so much. [applause] next, from the port of san francisco, we are on port property until you get in the middle of that street, then you're on mohammed's property, but we are on the lands of the port of san francisco. it's executive director, elaine forbes. [applause]. >> thank you so much supervisor peskin. thank you to mayor breed for prioritizing safety and economic development and helping this neighborhood thrive. you have heard from the other speakers about this area being the goose

but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunityntribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. [roll call] at this time we ask that you silence also phones and sound producing devices. >> thank you. may i have a motion to approve the agenda? >> so moved. >> second. >> any discussion? all in favor? >> aye. >> the motion carries. may i have a motion to approve the august 7th, 2019 meeting minutes? >> so moved. >> second. >> any comments or changes? all in favor? >> aye. >> the motion carries. item four, director's report.

san francisco chapter of the growers association in 2015. up until now, i worked on representing the producers here in san francisco. there's not many of us, but we're proud to be here in this city and proud of what we do. by default, we are craft and small. there isn't any space in san francisco for these huge, you know, half acre facilities, so i want to make sure that those businesses continue to be represented as more rules roll out. i'm currently the cofounder of a company called gold fill san francisco. we hold a cultivation permit and distribution and manufacturing permit. i'm proud to say 70% of our staff, we have four people at cultivation, and we hired our 8th at manufacturing and distribution. 70% of them are san francisco district, and 30 are from bayfield. i am applying for seat number 9, which is an operator of a cannab cannabis cultivation. we spent every last dime and waking hour to navigate the complexity of the permitting process. many of them lie with the department of building inspection, with the department of public health and the pl planning department. it's been incredibly difficult to get through this process as many of these rules are just being laid ou

san francisco. amy: trump versus california. the president attacks the city of san francisco again as the e.p.a. issues a violation notice to the city falsely claiming san francisco's homelessness crisis has caused water pollution. meanwhile, the trump administration recently revoked the authority to set stricter auto emission standards but the state is fighting back. >> transportation alone in our state is responsible for 29% of all greenhouse gases. we're already seeing the way greenhouse gases and climate change are affecting our state from wildfires and droughts to superstorms, floods and mudslides. amy: plus, the california legislature votes to ban private nonprofit prisons including private immigration jails.s. the bill is now awaiting the governor's signature. we'll get the latest. all that and more coming up. ♪ amy: welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report, i'm amy goodman. democratic lawmakers warned president trump wednesday they're preparing to subpoena white housuse officials to produce documents related to trump's efforts to pressure the president of ukra

. >>> san francisco city leaders want a new sobering center for people on drugs. when it may be up and running and how it could deal with the growing problem. >>> good morning. we do see that traffic is off to a nice start if you are driving on some of the big freeways like interstate 80. we will let you know more about the commutes when we come back. >>> unfortunately high fire danger will start to pick up. more so late tonight and tomorrow but temperatures will be above average. there are those who will say that you're: too fat. too skinny. too hard. too soft. too old. too much. too unexpected. too limited. and to them we say too bad. because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. breaking news from the united kingdom. the bodies of 39 people have been found in a tracking container. investigators believe the truck traveled from bulgaria to southeastern england where it was discovered this morning. a 25-year-old man from northern ireland is now in custody, suspected of murder. investigators

i know from the history of san francisco that this city does not support the suppression of peaceful voices. i know that here in san francisco, we are better than this. so please join us in condemning these charges and supporting the right to rescue abused and neglected an matters. -- animals. thank you so much. >> president yee: thank you. >> hi there, my name is brianna. i have two questions to ask. my first question is, when you look around this room and you see all these blue shirts filling up the stands, do you see a diverse group of compassionate people or do you see criminals? california has strict animal cruelty laws like penal code 597. which outlaws the torment and neglect of animals. 597e permits anyone who is aware of animal abuse to enter the location in which they're being abused and provide them care. penal code 597 also states that animal abuse is chargeable with misdemeanors and felonies. so why is it that those who are rescuing animals and raising awareness on their plight being charged with felonies and misdemeanors instead? we're here to encourage you to support th

reporting in san francisco, christina tetreault kron 4 news. >>and the changes may not stop their city supervisor, some of them at least are now considering other roads that they will look to make car free in there are those who will say that you're: too fat. too skinny. too hard. too soft. too old. too much. too unexpected. too limited. and to them we say too bad. because at kaiser permanente, we believe that everyone deserves the right to thrive. long weeks but general motors has finally reached a deal to end the strike with 50,000 of its workers negotiators announced a tentative deal today. >>back in september employees walked off the job protesting their pay benefits and the treatment of temporary workers. the strike lasted 31 days costing gm about one billion in profit. the united auto workers union says has worked to get fair contracts for all its workers. but there's still no word on when employees will actually return to work the deal still needs to be approved by both union leadership as well as gm leaders before it can take effect to keep you >>another study is linking vaping

we are looking alt downtown san francisco. city hall. visibility is great. live doppler 7. no rain. maybe something late next week. it's a slight possibility. temperatures in the 40s to 60s. taking a look from east bay. you can see clearly all the way back across the bay into san francisco. another chilly morning ahead. sunny to mild warm tomorrow. cooler sunday through next week. clear skies in the morning. temperatures from 38 santa rose. to about 53 in san francisco. if i were you i'd grab an extra layer. have a jacket or sweater. tomorrow aor 77 in the park. pa. 72 downtown san franc9. a bright mild day. 76 oakland. inland walnut creek, concord low 80s. mild. 7-day forecast. we'll go with the mild fall pattern for saturday. cooler sunday. and that will carry into next week. we see more cloud cover coming in. really it's looking nice. 60s. 70s for next week. not too much to complain about. >> perfect. >> see the avocado that made enough dip for 20 people. he's a bit more brave. ♪ oh. look. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ blow a kiss, into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss, into

. >> san francisco has to all >> good morning, everyone. what an exciting day in the city of san francisco right here on jefferson street. i want to thank you all for coming out like they say. it takes a village to really come up with a great project and this project is a great project that involved many people from many city departments, many years ago. it started with the fisherman's worth plan and there were many agencies that were involved. i see john brown from the planning department is here. harlan kelly from p.u.c., our friends from the port are here. the san francisco transportation authority is over there, and many agencies, of course,, public works. they are part of this project. and when this project first started, it was a five block project and we could only find funding to do the first part in the first part was from hyde to jones. but we also had to do it in quick time, in under six months we were able to build the only -- the first part of jefferson street before the america's cup and i can tell you that project has been a fantastic project. so this phase

san francisco more power. but the law may only affect about 100 people, routinely cycling through san francisco city services. it requires at least eight, 72 hour holds. >>> police have closed down a section of road, after a shooting left at least two people died. we are still waiting to hear if any suspects have been identified. >>> i am ken bastida, at the live news desk. i wanted take you to washington state , specifically the city of vancouver. this is involving an apartment high-rise, this happened in the lobby of the building for senior citizens. apparently, according to police, shots were fired. this killed one person, leaving two others in critical condition. the suspect is identified as a possible resident. apparently, he went back up to his own apartment, after firing the shots. a standoff ensued with police. the standoff lasted for several hours. and this forced the shutdown of several downtown streets in vancouver, including city hall. minutes ago, we learned that the suspect was taken into custody without incident. we are learning, trying to get some more details on what exactly happened. at the

four. >> clerk: item number four is a charter amendment to amend the charter of the city and county of san francisco to provide retiree health care benefits to the employees of the housing authority of the city and county of san francisco who started working for the city and county of attorney on march 7, 2019 and before march 1, 2021 without a break in service with the housing authority of the city and county of san francisco. >> chair ronen: thank you. and andrea bruce is here. >> hello, supervisors. andrea bruce with the mayor's office. this would allow the city to recognize the years of service worked by certain housing authority employees for purposes of determining their eligibility for city retiree medical benefits. so i know as you are aware, the city is currently working with the housing authority on an overall restructuring in order to come into compliance with various requests from the federal department of housing and urban development? as part of this restructuring, we do anticipate there will be housing authority who transition to city employment? and actually as of october this year,

we have faith in the city of san francisco. i tell my kids i want to keep the relationship with the city of san francisco because we gave them 22 years. i don't say they lived to us. we'll always respect you. even if you listen to us or not, come on. it's way too much. i don't want to be in the freeway. i don't want to get in an accident when i'm driving a taxi. i want to exist from the shop and i want to give someone an opportunity to drive a taxi. we treat the customers maybe one of you ride in my taxi we get them home safe. you know, we're human beings. we need you to feel with us. i came today not to pick up my check for money back or bail out, i can't drive and support my kids. one of the other drive and make the payment and keep my kids. i don't want to be homeless in the city of san francisco. i see a lot. i show my kids all the homeless in every street. so, come on. help. help the people. help the hard-working people. we love this city of san francisco and we want to be part of the city. we want to remember you with the

but most importantly, working for the city and county of san francisco gives employees an opportunityontribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. >> it's great to see everyone kind of get together and prove, that you know, building our culture is something that can be reckoned with. >> i am desi, chair of economic development for soma filipinos. so that -- [ inaudible ] know that soma filipino exists, and it's also our economic platform, so we can start to build filipino businesses so we can start to build the cultural district. >> i studied the bok chase choy her achbl heritage, and i discovered this awesome bok choy. working at i-market is amazing. you've got all these amazing people coming out here to share one culture. >> when i heard that there was a market with, like, a lot of filipino food, it was like oh, wow, that's the closest thing i've got to home, so, like, i'm going to try everything. >> fried rice, and wings, and three different cliefz sliders. i haven't tried th

san francisco baykeeper says san francisco is committed to fixing issues while many other polluting cities in the bay area are not. >> these are issues that we've known about for a long time. the city of san francisco has been working on them for a long time and is continuing to invest millions of dollars in upgrading its infrastructure. >> reporter: the environmental group says the epa's interest in clean water is suspicious under an administration that is rolling back protections. >> they wond have defeuldn't ha epa. they'd bring back the scientists they let go. and they'd stop dismantling the clean water act and actually ensure there are protections for san francisco bay. >> reporter: the city attorney's office here at city hall said the trump administration is using the epa to attack people it disagrees with. the city attorney has filed a freedom of information act request with the epa hoping to get documents that will reveal how exactly this notice of violation was issued. reporting live in san francisco, jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> okay. very good. thank you. >>> happening tomor