san jose's mayor, matt mahan, is now defending the plan. it would give police the power to arrest anyone who repeatedly refuses help from the city. mayor mahan first made his case yesterday, saying that recently more than 30% of an encampment refused to move in to interim housing. under his proposal, if someone refuses that housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. today, he doubled down on his message, writing an op ed in the mercury news now. advocates for the unhoused say mayor mahan's proposal criminalizes homelessness. it's horrible. i think it's criminalization. all these people living here. he's saying people don't want to get inside. that's not true. okay. he's saying, and he is right here. masai mayor matt mahan from san jose. thanks for being with us. by your estimation, mr. mayor, or internal polling, how many people in san jose want this type of plan to crack back on homelessness on the streets? anecdotally, the response from the community has been overwhelmingly positive. i don't know i

coming up, i'll tell you which side san jose mayor matt mahan is society with. >> all right. well, next to kroger morning news hopefully took advantage yesterday of the sunshine. and you do so today because these are get ready. change morning big changes yet. rated tomorrow. going to be a very rainy day across the bay area. so definitely do some storm prep in today. get everything cleaned up in the backyard. those training just cleared out. so everything flows, nice and smooth. we're looking outside in san francisco bay bridge right here. nice and calm. not a lot of movement on the flag. there on the embarcadero this morning. so nice to see a calm morning before tomorrow. stormy weather southern california is already in the midst of some pretty stormy conditions. that low pressure area that i talked a lot about last week is really impacting the la and san diego areas for us here in the bay. we stay dry until our predawn hours of tomorrow morning. in fact, right around 24 hours from now is when rainfall really kicks so far, early risers tomorrow through the morning commute. bu

matt mahan espera que esta medida aumente la eficacia del gobierno municipal, la cual era una de lasles al regreso y mexicanos de la tercera edad que residen en la bahía le exigen a su gobierno unaensión como una forma de reconocimiento por el aporte que brindaron a través de las remesas en el tiempo. vaya preparando esos paraguas. una tormenta se acerca a la zona y promete bastante llua. esto y su pronóstico extendido luego de la pausa. el departamento de policía está realizando también algunos detalles. de hecho, hoy en california hubo una reunión en newsom. busca fortalecer lazos con los consulados. apoyados con bastones y andaderas. no podremos descansar por la situación económica. así llegó este grupo de adultos mexicanos de la tercera edad, pero que reside en el área de la bahía. al consulado general de méxico en san josé este lunes, para pedir una vez más que se nos dé la pensión para adultos mayores, que el gobierno de su país los incluya en el programa llamado pensión bienestar que se le entrega a los jubilados en méxico, pues aunque viven enn esdos unidos, dicen, siguen sie

. >> san jose mayor matt mahan stepping up efforts to get homeless residents off the streets. if they don't, they could face jail time. and the latest efforts from san francisco police put end to open air drug markets. thank you for joining us here on kron for news at 3. i'm justine waldman and oakland. police right now are searching for a kidnapping victim. >> and the man who took her some terrifying moments caught on camera in this newly released video from the police department. kron 4. stephanie lin is here in the studio with the latest. >> hey, justine, police say the victim, a woman in her early 20's was taken tuesday afternoon. and take a look. you can see her struggling to get away as she's pulled into a car and the driver takes off. now this happened on 98th avenue near elmhurst community prep school. police say the victim was walking in the area when the man in the video tried to hit her with his car. now, this video shows the moments that followed the man gets out of the car and attacks the woman before dragging her inside. police say she was yelling for help. the c

it's a new model that san jose's mayor matt mahan has proposed to. >> try to tie raises 2 things you accomplished work. the% goal is cracking down on some of the city's biggest problems. >> kron four's stephanie rothman has the story. we are making progress. >> we should be getting pay raises. >> on monday, san jose mayor matt mahan unveiled a new strategy ahead of his annual budget report. he's calling it pay for performance designed to enhance accountability and transparency by linking pay directly to measurable progress in citywide issues. the mayor says he hopes this will spark a fire in the highest-paid elected officials and senior administration employees increasing work revenue and hitting goals faster such as curbing homemessness. crime cleaning up city streets attract more jobs and housing. the departments must report on factually. >> things like expanding interim housing. we've made commitments to our budget to out over 1000 new safe indoor places for people to be. we've given direction. we've given budget and we've created a timeline. now it's about performance. >> this co

mayor matt mahan just announced a new initiative a day before releasing his march budget message. the mayor says performance would be measured by the city's top priorities, reducing homelessness, increasing public safety, cleaning up neighborhoods, and housing. this would not impact union-represented city employees, but rather top city officials, including city council members, department heads, even the mayor. mahan says it's all about holding people accountable for progress in the city. >> they do not feel that for the high cost of living and the high tax burden we have here in our region that they are seeing the results that they would expect. we're responsible for identifying those priorities, funding them, setting policies, and we should be accountable for results. >> the mayor is asking the city council to place a measure with this proposal on the 2026 ballot. >>> staying in the south bay, this empty boarded up building in downtown san jose has city officials and locals frustrated. the mayor says it is a magnet for trouble and the owners won't do anything about it. the build

it is a new job model that san jose's mayor matt mahan has proposed. that would incentivize people working hard and accomplishing things. and the goal here bottom line is to crack down on some of the city's biggest problems. kron four's stephanie rothman explains. we are making progress. >> we should be getting pay raises. >> on monday, san jose mayor matt mahan unveiled a new strategy ahead of his annual budget report. he's calling it pay for performance designed to enhance accountability and transparency by linking pay directly to measurable progress in citywide issues. the mayor says he hopes this will spark a fire in the highest-paid elected officials and senior administration employees increasing work revenue and hitting goals faster such as curbing homelessness. crime cleaning up city streets attract more jobs and housing. that departments must report on factually. >> things like expanding interim housing. we've made commitments to our budget to out over 1000 new safe indoor places for people to be. we've given direction. we've given budget and w

we hold people accountable for turning their lives around. >> san jose mayor matt mahan says that inoming budget message, he will ask the city council to consider requiring unhoused residents to accept assistance from the city or face possible legal consequences. the mayor is calling it the responsibility to shelter initiative. he says

today, san jose mayor matt mahan unveiled a pay for performance proposal that will ask voters to support tying future merit raises for himself, council members and high level administrators to specific city we hold ourselves at city hallat accountable for results results on the issues that matter most to our residents. because if we aren't making progress, we shouldn't be getting pay raises. mahan hopes the move will increase city government efficiency. one of his campaign promises he wants to give council members and administrators clear priorities in tackling four issues reducing homelessness, public safety, cleaning up blight and attracting investments in jobs and housing. today, san jose residents we talked with had mixed reactions to the proposal. i'm definitely in favor of solving those problems. i'm just not sure like how the measurement would be made. i think it's beneficial, you know, especially for the homeless. you know, people need to be held accountable. there's a lot of people out here that are homeless and are struggling, and it's their lives that are on the line. the city

>> our top story this half-hour, san jose mayor matt mahan is stepping up efforts to get homeless people off the streets. he is now proposing that folks who refuse help for offers of housing could be arrested forced charles clifford reports. >> well, the city of san jose led by mayor mahan has been pushing hard recently to reduce or eliminate homelessness on city streets. now the mayor is proposing to criminally charge people who repeatedly refuse help. >> i'm proposing that after 3 offers shelter. we hold people accountable for turning their lives around. >> san jose mayor matt mahan says that in his upcoming budget message, he will ask the city council to consider requiring unhoused residents to accept assistance from the city or face possible legal consequences. the mayor is calling it the responsibility to shelter initiative. he says the city should do everything they can to get people into shelters or housing. but if they refuse, law enforcement may need to step in that after 3 refusals of shelter housing in a short period of time, paul, 12 months that we will press charges for tres

el alcalde matt mahan dice que no está buscando poner a las personas en la cárcel, sino de darles unmática de la indigencia, debatiendo si deben declarar una crisis de refugios. hay varias propuestas que ofrecen más soluciones para refugios temporales. estas incluyen cambios en los códigos de construcción y la agregación de cabañas desmontables o vehículos domésticos. si se aprueba la declaración duraría 3 años y solo se aplicaría a las áreas no incorporadas. y esta mañana se realizó una rueda de prensa para anunciar una nueva ordenanza que promete ayudar a disminuir el crimen en la ciudad de fresno al disminuir la cantidad de tiendas de tabaco. abraham peña nos cuenta cómo lo proponen hacer. se trata de una propuesta que, de ser aprobada, eliminará la mayoría de las tiendas de tabaco en fresno. y es que actualmente no existe un permiso que clasifique estas tiendas de tabaco. conocida en inglés como smoke shops y muchas operan cerca de escuelas y parques. líderes de la ciudad dicen que esto facilita el acceso a menores de edad al producto y, asegura, no es lo único que venden en esta

san jose mayor matt mahan. he has chimed in on all of this. and keep in mind, he's also on the board of directors as vta, but sometimes a mayor stands on the sideline. but in this particular case may and has chimed he says this strike is not good for anyone, least of all the tens of thousands of working families who rely on vta to get to work school or the grocery store and everywhere else they need to go at 9% raise over 3 years is reasonable. and the bases for ongoing good faith negotiations. the unions asked of 19% is joining me now is rise. see, he's the president of the union. he speaks for all members. i just read what mayor matt mahan said. your reaction to usually a mayor stands on the sidelines. we clearly he sides with. >> we're disappointed and hurt by the mayor's just like the the mayor mayor has elected to make this a conversation solely about wages. but as we've said it before, this is not just about the wages but our grievance procedure and arbitration clause. and even speaking on the we believe that fact is that they put in fro

. >> san jose mayor matt mahan introducing a new proposal today that would make it a crime for unhoused people to refuse offer for shelter conference. charles clifford joins us now live from san jose. >> to explain how this work. and i'm sure it's coming with some pushback. >> yeah, you know, the city mayor may have been pushing on multiple fronts to try to get the homeless people off the streets of san jose. and what the mayor is suggesting here is part of his budget message which will be presented next week is to possibly use legal action against homeless people who refuse any sort of help. proposing that after 3 offers shelter. >> we hold people accountable for turning their lives around. >> san jose mayor matt mahan says that in his upcoming budget message, he will ask the city council to consider requiring unhoused residents to accept assistance from the city or facenpossible legal consequences. the mayor is calling it the responsibility to shelter initiative. he says the city should do everything they can to get people into shelters or housing. but if they refuse, law enforcement

san jose mayor matt mahan is defending the plan. it would give police the power to arrest anyone who repeatedly refuses city help. mayor mahan first made the case this week, saying that recently, more than 30% of people at one homeless encampment refused to move into interim housing under the mayor's new proposal. if someone refuses that interim housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. mayor mahan spoke to us last night on our 7 p.m. newscast. these are not congregate shelters. they're not barracks. they're they're really very nice, supportive environments with private rooms, private bathrooms. we want to meet people where they are and get them indoors. but if you repeatedly refuse to come indoors when our residents are paying out of their own hard earned dollars to provide safe, dignified housing and shelter, we're out of tools on the city side. advocates for the unhoused say the mayor's proposal criminalizes homelessness. people who use public transit in and around silicon valley are bein

on thursday, mayor matt mahan outlined his new responsibility to shelter initiative. it aims to make it harder for unsheltered people to refuse city housing. if someone refuses to move off the streets and go into interim housing three times within 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. the mayor says he isn't looking to put anyone in jail, but wants to get more people off the streets. the mayor defended his plan in our studios last week. we are more than doubling shelter. we're putting tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money into building over 1000 new units. these are rooms with a door that locks ensuite bathroom in the site that we were just referencing at brenham and monterey personal, their own kitchenettes and 1 in 3 people encamped right there in the neighborhood are saying, no thanks, i don't want to come indoors. the proposal will be released tomorrow as part of mahan. s march budget message. then, on march 18th, it's set to go before the city council. it would need council approval to take effect, and you can watch the mayor's full

and this particular case we know exactly who matt mahan is siding with. so take a look at your screen. here's what the mayor had to say about this battle between vta and their employees. he says this strike is not good for anyone, least of all 10's of thousands of working families who rely on vta to get to work school at the grocery store everywhere else they need to go. a 9% raise over 3 years is reasonable. and the bases for ongoing good faith negotiations. the union's ask of 19% is not is encouraging both sides to head back to the bargaining table right now. nothing is scheduled, but they did say if one caused the other, they will head back to the bargaining table. this is the first striker vta since the 1970's. unfortunately, so many people once again will either have to bike bomber either use rideshare. and according to a lot of experts, you can use rideshare just for a few days or so. but ultimately they will realize it's a lot more expensive than obviously hopping on like yeah, back to you. and will, as you know, it's dry out there this morning. th

. >> san jose mayor matt mahan trying to change the way the city officials get raises. >> because if we are making progress, we should be getting pay raises. >> today the mayor introduced pay for performance. the mayor says this new model will increase accountability and transparency with city leaders. he wants to make progress on public safety and homelessness. >> should our city leadership from the council to department heads get automatic raises without results. should we tie our pay to progress? we need to be able to measure success and reward. that's why i'm asking my fellow elected officials and the voters of san to demand we hold ourselves accountable. results. >> if approved by the city council next week, san jose residents would vote on the pay for performance in 2026. >> we talk about weather forecast right now. we're looking outside here at nsa phone. i was kind of the clouds situation for. >> much of the day today. meteorologist kyla grogan here with details. yeah. little mix of sun and clouds beautiful. right now, though, in san francisco, you can see a live look here at

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. >> one san jose mayor matt mahan revealed a new plan this week to criminally charge unhoused people refuse multiple offers of shelter. the mayor joins us live now to discuss this and other big headlines impacting the city this week. good afternoon to you. >> so i did that. >> so mayor, your plan would make it a crime for homeless people to refuse offers of shelter 3 times. walk us through what's driving this right now. do you have the shelter beds to sustain this and have you seen high numbers of people refusing shelter? >> yes, and yes, we are in the process of making a historic investment in more than doubling our shelter capacity. much of it is actually interim house and individual rooms with a door that lock a private bathroom. most recently we opened a site with 200 rooms and britain, monterrey here in the city. when people enough their own kitchen nets and as outreach workers one out and offered people this beautiful brand new housing, it looks like a market rate apartment. only one in 3 people said no, thanks. i'd rather stay 100 yards away in a tent next to train tracks at t

. >> reporter: donovan, posted the dilemma online, which caught the eye of san jose mayor matt mahan.you have to be kidding me. if we're letting an eighth of an inch of the paper margin get in the way of building housing that we need, something is fundamentally wrong. >> reporter: the measurement is required by a 1974 state law amended in 2010. requiring an entirely blank margin of one inch on housing plans. >> many of those rules are there for good reason. some overreach. >> reporter: donovan says the team helped them get the project back on track. for a smaller developer like bill casa, unpredictable delays and timelines could jeopardize the housing project altogether. so the help was welcomed and the mayor agrees. the setback highlights a larger issue at hand. >> we need to go upstream and figure out how to encourage the state to create a little more flexible and then work downstream of the process with the county. >> reporter: until then, there is no margin of error to build housing in california, which bill casa was reminded of when they got an update on their san jose housing pr

. >> san jose mayor matt mahan says that in his upcoming budget message, he will ask the city council to consider requiring unhoused residents to accept assistance from the city or face possible legal consequences. the mayor is calling it the responsibility to shelter initiative. he says the city should do everything they can to get people into shelters or housing. but if they refuse, law enforcement may need to step in that after 3 refusals of shelter housing in a short period of time, paul, 12 months that we will press charges for trespassing, do everything in our power to get you into the behavioral health. >> court system to help you get whatever help you need to be able to get off of our streets and turn a life around. that's the proposal. the proposal is one of many efforts. the mayor is pushing to try to reduce homelessness. the city is currently expanding shelter capacity building temporary housing almost 1000 units by the end of the year and trying to connect the homeless with family and friends as part of homeward bound project. >> the city is also encouraging those living i

today, san jose mayor matt mahan introduces what advocates argue is a far more aggressive strategy toity's homeless crisis. last week, he first outlined his new responsibility to shelter initiative. today, he's expected to introduce his measure to the city council as part of a larger budget address. it would require unsheltered people to accept interim housing or face the risk of arrest. this is if they refuse the offer of housing three times within 18 months. it's scheduled for debate next week. now to a live look at capitol hill, where a federal government shutdown is looming. that deadline. a new bill from congress must be passed by friday in order to avoid one. it comes as more tariffs are set to take effect on wednesday. the white house is also considering additional tariffs on canadian lumber and dairy products. this would be on top of the 25% levy already put on most canadian goods. also today, some big changes to a busy stretch of freeway in solano county. starting today, a new lanes opened there on interstate 80. it runs westbound between the 505 interchange and vacaville and

today, mayor matt mahan outlined his new responsibility to shelter initiative. it's aimed at making it harder for unsheltered people to refuse city housing. under the proposal, if someone refuses to move off the streets and into interim housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. advocates for the unhoused say it's criminalizing homelessness. the mayor says he isn't looking to put anyone in jail, but is looking for ways to get more people off the streets. with your own room, with all of these amenities, that's low barrier not going to kick you out. you don't have to be sober. you can bring your partner and pet and belongings and you refuse. three times we are at the end of what we are capable of doing to help you as a city. that's some tough talk from the mayor. their critics are blasting the proposal, saying homelessness shouldn't be a crime. the proposal will now go in front of the city council next week, and would need council approval to move forward. well, governor newsom is in the headlines tonight because of his new

san jose mayor matt mahan says the conference will provide an economic shot in the arm for small businessesthe city. >> bars and restaurants will make their entire month's rent over the course of a couple days. last year the conference brought in an estimated $15.5 million in economic impact for the city. >> the mayor's office is handing out 1,000 exhibition passes to college students, residents, and neighborhood leaders. the idea is to make sure locals get access to the innovation at gtc. >>> it's a much different kind of takeover that's happening at an animal rescue in richmond. they're getting overcrowded with dozens of rabbits. i went by this afternoon to see how they're trying to find a good home for all these bunnies. >> reporter: welcome to the hop shop. >> these are rabbits who literally just came from the shelter. >> yeah. this is everybody who we currently have. you can see, yea, lots of rabbits in foster, which is fantastic, but we obviously still have quite a number of rabbits here in the main room, our habitat rooms and r and r stands for rehab and recovery. >> reporter: the ho

. >> san jose mayor matt mahan is stepping up efforts to try to get homeless folks off the streets. people who refuse could face jail time. >> plus, governor gavin newsom splitting with democrats on the issue of transgender athletes in sports and with san francisco, police are now doing to try to put an end to open air drug markets in the city. for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizon, and at&t for your first year. plus, ask how to get the new samsung galaxy s25+ on us. >> san francisco city leaders are cracking down on drug markets. the latest example happened just last night near the bart plaza on 16th street. the blitz comes after nearly 100 arrests around a place that became known zombie park. so they're out there. kron four's terisa stasio has the details. >> the mayor addressing this latest effort to come back the drug mark

mayor matt mahan says 1 in 3 people the city contacts refuses to take them up on the offer of housing. now, in hopes of changing those numbers, he's pitching a new idea dubbed the responsibility to shelter initiative with your own room. with all of these amenities, that's low barrier not going to kick you out. you don't have to be sober. you can bring your partner and pet and belongings and you refuse. three times we are at the end of what we are capable of doing to help you as a city. the mayor says on average, a single unhoused person can cost the city $65,000 a year. just an e.r. visits and public service impacts. we responded to service to one individual nearly 400 times in a in a year. that's more days than the years. the new push to get more people

mayor matt mahan says 1 in 3 people the city contacts refuses to take them up on the offer of housing. now, in hopes of changing those numbers, he's pitching a new idea dubbed the responsibility to shelter initiative with your own room. with all of these amenities, that's low barrier not going to kick you out. you don't have to be sober. you can bring your partner and pet and belongings and you refuse. three times we are at the end of what we are capable of doing to help you as a city. the mayor says on average, a single unhoused person can cost the city $65,000 a year. just an e.r. visits and public service impacts. we responded to service to one individual nearly 400 times in a in a year. that's more days than the years. the new push to get more people into housing also comes with a threat. under the new proposal, if someone refuses, city provided housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested. we will press charges for trespassing and do everything in our power to get you into the behavioral health court system to help you get whatever help you need. jodi botkin spent ten

happening today, san jose mayor matt mahan introduces what advocates argue is a far more aggressive strategy to try to solve the city's homeless crisis. last week, he first outlined his new responsibility to shelter initiative. today, he's expected to introduce his measure as part of a larger budget message. it would require unsheltered people to accept interim housing or face the risk of arrest if they refuse the offer of housing three times within 18 months. the mayor today is also promising to unveil a proposed ballot measure to pay raises at city hall to performance. let's take a live look outside on this first monday of the week. a live look from the east bay in walnut creek. we are just coming off a really nice weekend. today should be more of the same. it will. we've got a slight chill out there to start, but we're going to keep a bit of the sunshine, at least for today and tomorrow before we get big changes ahead. and it will come in the form of rain, wind, snow. and also we're going to see the possibility for some flooding concerns across streams, creeks and river flows right now. t

san jose mayor matt mahan joins us in studio to defend his new proposal to address the homeless crisis. also, more cuts at a csu campus, this time at cal poly. tho ♪ >>> tonight, what officials just said about the mysterious death of gene hackman and his wife. the devastating news conference laying out the time line. what officials say killed hackman's wife, betsy arakawa, it's called hantavirus. incredibly rare and spread by rodents. officials also saying the academy award winning actor died of heart disease and alzheimer's a week later. questions we asked the medical examiner. >>> also breaking tonight, a death row inmate set to die by firing squad in south carolina, the first in years. >>> the extreme weather slamming parts of the east coast. the multistory scaffolding collapsing in boston. >>> new reporting,

that's the name for a new city employee incentive model proposed by san jose mayor matt mahan that ties raises to accomplishments that happened at work. the mayor says that he's hoping this will spark a fire under the highest-paid elected officials and senior administration employees increasing work revenue and hitting their goals much faster such as curbing homelessness. crime cleaning up the city streets and attracting more jobs and housing. >> this has been tried before in california and it worked. in years past our state budget was perennially late because our legislators ignored statutory deadlines. performers had a simple fix. we propose that if a budget was late, the legislature would not get paid since that reform was enacted. all state budgets have been delivered on time. >> the san jose city council is going to vote on the pay for performance idea on march 18. if it's passed, it would then be added to the ballot next year for voters to decide on. >> some unsportsmanlike conduct going viral online tonight. one high school runner hitting another in the head with a baton during a

and in san jose, mayor matt mahan is defending his new idea to get the homeless off the streets. it would give authorities the power to arrest or cite anyone who repeatedly refuses city help. under the new proposal, if someone refuses that housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. advocates for the unhoused say this proposal also criminalizes homelessness. coming up at seven, mayor mahan joins us live in studio to make his case. president trump appears to be rethinking his rocky relationship with ukraine on truth social. today, the president wrote that he is considering large scale sanctions on russia. the reason to pressure the country into a cease fire and peace deal with ukraine. now, of course, this comes after weeks of distancing the u.s. from ukraine. and then there were those tense moments in the oval office between the president, vice president vance and ukrainian president zelensky. president trump threatened banking sanctions and tariffs on russia. yet this afternoon, mr. trump also said relations with russia were, quote, doing

mayor matt mahan has begun a crackdown to remove rvs from the streets san jose. okay, if you've been wondering, here we go. where are the costliest and the cheapest places for you to try to rent to make it in the bay? online real estate marketplace zumper has a new list out. it ranks sunnyvale as the most expensive city to rent in the bay area. the average rent for a one bedroom is $3,200. san francisco came in the second most expensive place, with a one bedroom at $3,100. it will cost you $3,100 a month in menlo park. zumper found that campbell had the fastest growing rent, up more than 30% since this time last year. so what are the affordable spots? vallejo. the most affordable city with one bedroom, priced at 1560. antioch just $10 more at 1570. richmond third at just over $1,800. all right. jeff is here now to talk about our rain. doesn't matter where you live, you're getting some of it in the next few days. or at least next week. yeah, it looks like we're still on track here for a couple different storm systems to move our way. over the next seven days. we h

today, mayor matt mahan outlined his new responsibility to shelter initiative.ms to make it harder for unsheltered people to refuse city housing. if someone refuses to move off the streets and into interim housing three times within 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. the mayor says he isn't looking to put anyone in jail, but looking for ways to get more people off the streets with your own room. with all of these amenities, that's low barrier. not going to kick you out. you don't have to be sober. you can bring your partner and pet and belongings and you refuse. three times we are at the end of what we are capable of doing to help you as a city. now critics are blasting the proposal, saying it's criminalizing homelessness. it will go in front of the city council next week and needs approval to move forward. well, they're challenging a new law in fremont that makes it a crime to camp in public. does it violate the rights of homeless people? a few weeks ago, fremont enacted one of the strictest measures yet to ban encampments. it bans cam

en el tema de la indigencia, el alcalde matt mahan propuso hoy una política quee responsabilizaría augio. propongo una nueva política en san josé que dice que las personas sin hogar tienen una responsabilidad. en conferencia de prensa, el alcalde propone la iniciativa responsabilidad de vivienda, la cual significaría que si alguien se niega a recibir vivienda proporcionada por la ciudad 3 veces en 18 meses, podría ser arrestado. y es que la ciudad ha instalado varios sitios de vivienda provisional para personas sin hogar como este, pero al otro lado de la calle, múltiples tiendas de campaña. nosotros estamos. invertimos mucho de su tax dollars en casas asequibles lugares donde están, pero las personas sin hogar necesitan aceptan. es una responsabilidad estar adentro para el bien de de toda la comunidad. según el alcalde, una persona sin hogar le cuesta a la ciudad 65.000 $ al año en promedio solo en visitas de emergencia e impactos en los servicios públicos estará bien porque no se mira muy bien. las opiniones ya son mixtas. casitas aquí, toda la basura y todo es un riesgo para la sa

today, san jose mayor matt mahan formally introduced his strategy strategy to solve the city's homeless crisis. we first told you about it last week. it's called the responsibility to shelter initiative. it would require unsheltered people to accept interim housing or face the risk of arrest if they refuse the offer of housing three times within 18 months. today, the mayor introduced his measure as part of a larger budget message. another proposal by the mayor today, he wants to tie pay raises at city hall to performance. the idea has never been in place for a major u.s. city, and it would be up to voters to decide. let's bring in our marianne favro. she joins us live in san jose. and mayor, what did the mayor have to say about this proposal? reporter well, janelle, this is part of the mayor's campaign promise to increase accountability in government. specifically, he unveiled a plan today that would tie pay raises for city council members and high ranking administrators directly to their performance with specific goals. now, those goals are tied to four things decreasing the number of

san jose mayor matt mahan is now defending the plan. it would give police the power to arrest anyone who repeatedly refuses city help. mayor mahan first m made his cae yesterday, saying that recently more than 30% of an encampment refused to move into interim housing. under his proposal, if someone refuses that housing three times in 18 months, they could be arrested and cited for trespassing. he spoke to us tonit on our 7:00 newscast. these are not congregate shelters. they're not barracks. they're they're really very nice, supportive environments with private rooms, private bathrooms. we want to meet people where they are and get them indoors. but if you repeatedly refuse to come indoors when our residents are paying out of their own hard earned dollars to provide safe, dignified housing and shelter, we're out of tools on the city side. advocates for the unhoused say the mayor's proposal criminalizes homelessness. this new pushback over cuts made by the trump administration. thousands of people at several rallies across the country, i

matt mahan. the mayor, has begun a crackdown to remove rvs from city streets.er, city staff counted 960 rvs. new at 11, he is spreading the word, trying to educate people on capitol hill. elon musk meeting with house republicans this evening to discuss the department of government efficiency, also known as doge. the newly created agency is slashing the budget and the federal workforce. earlier today, musk was on the hill for a closed door lunch with senate republicans. as the white house looks for new ways to cut costs. we could have some real estate deals here in the bay area. yesterday, the trump administration published a list of hundreds of federal properties that could potentially be sold or shut down. today, that list was suddenly taken down. the list included three buildings here in the bay area, two in san francisco. the newly named speaker pelosi federal building and the 50 united nations plaza building, along with the leo rhyne federal records center in san bruno. so three locations here, the white house said the properties are on the list that could

that's the name for a new city employee incentive model proposed by san jose mayor matt mahan that ties raises to accomplishments work. the mayor says he's hoping this will spark a fire in the highest-paid elected officials and senior administration employees increasing work revenue and hitting goals faster such as curbing homelessness. crime cleaning up city streets and attracting more jobs and housing. >> this has been tried before in california and it worked. in years past our state budget was perennially late because our legislators ignored statutory deadlines. performers had a simple fix. the proposed that if a budget was late, the legislature would not get paid since that reform was enacted. all state budgets have been delivered on time. >> the san jose city council is going to vote on the pay for performance idea. on march 18th if it's passed, it would then be added to the 2026 ballot for voters to decide. >> well, it's a nice day around the bay area. of course, a beautiful weekend, some above normal temperatures around the bay area. some 60's, even some 70's out there today and

is that a mayor matt mahan revealed this week a new plan to criminally charge unhoused people who refuse multiple offers of shelter. this is one of many efforts the mayor is pushing to try to reduce homelessness. proffer news at noon. mayor mahan said the city is making changes to their temporary housing policy, including removing sobriety requirements and adding pet friendly spaces just to meet people where they are. >> we don't kick you out after a predetermined period of time. you have your own room with a door that locks at this point. if people repeatedly refusing to accept housing, they need to either get into a behavioral health court and get treatment for addiction or mental illness or counseling for depression, whatever it might or frankly find another city that's ok with camping. it's just not sustainable for us. hundreds of people who say i'd rather stay outside and camper ever. i please because the impacts on the broader community, trash fires and all the rest are just 2 great. >> new city data shows on average one in 3 unhoused residents refuse interim housing when offered.

jose mayor matt mahan revealed this week a plan to criminally charge unhoused people who refuse multiple offers of shelter. this is one of many efforts the mayor is pushing to try to reduce homelessness in the area. 4 news at noon may or may has said the city is working to make changes to their temporary housing policy, including removing sobriety requirements and adding pet friendly spaces just to meet people where they are. >> we don't kick you out after a predetermined period of time. you have your own room with a door that locks at this point. if people repeatedly refusing to accept housing, they need to either get into a behavioral health court and get treatment for addiction or mental illness or counseling for depression, whatever it might or frankly find another city that's ok with camping. it's just not sustainable for us to have hundreds of people who say i'd rather stay outside and camper ever. i please because the impacts on the broader community, trash fires and all the rest are just 2 great. >> new city data shows on average one in 3 unhoused residents refusing interim housi

san jose's mayor matt mahan says that if the money is pulled, it could drastically impact public safety a woman pulling the tale of a horse in daly city and that horse then bucking off the young child who was riding jacmel. that takes a closer look at what happened. ocean view stables in daly city, you're famous. you gotta go everywhere. >> yeah, he's super sweet. caroline reedy tends to zeus the large quarter horse that's made his fair share of rounds on social media payment resuming our normal pastor pony ride where we take kids out on a little 10 to 15 minute ride just to get them like houston, 2 horses uncomfortable. it was a ride with this family seen on surveillance camera. but according to social media claims a woman completely unrelated to the tour and the farm suddenly pulled. zoo says tail while the young child was riding him bucking him off. >> and came over check on the kid. we offered a medical intervention. we always offer if anyone ever falls off to call 9, one ice packs we have for state family declined all medical intervention that was offered and yes, that the child is

san jose mayor matt mahan says this would impact public safety and law enforcement if federal funding some east bay residents are pushing back against a possible move to reopen the former women's prison in dublin as an immigration detention center. this comes after bay area congressmembers mark this on and so lofgren sent a letter to federal officials raising concerns about hazardous conditions said a history of inmate abuse. there. the prison closed in december and they say it's not equipped to handle immigration detainees because it lacks the space for the legal services. they require. they also point to the tens of millions of dollars needed to make it safe again. activists and community members gathered saturday about a mile from the facility they rallied against the possible reopening of the facility. >> i've been with families is actually lost that kind intentional neglect a detention. can't even imagine what it would be grants that ripped away their children from their family. >> for to go into a prison, the worst for him prison and fire as survivors not want as a coalition did

san jose mayor matt mahan says that if this does happen and federal funding is pulled, it could drag drastically impact public safety. happening today. oakland students are going to walk out of school and raleigh and their second day without immigrants protest calling on businesses and people to not engage in their jobs and shopping and take a stand against what's going on against the immigrant community. their protest is against ice raids that have been happening across the united states. and the rally is in oakland at oakland, high school at 10, 30 this morning. >> well, a viral video online shows a woman pulling the tale of a horse in daly city which then causes the horse to buck throwing off a young child who was riding. yeah. and now there are some concerns that this would happen just in the middle of an open field concourse moment explains. ocean view stables in daly city, you're famous. gotta go everywhere. >> yeah, he's super sweet. caroline reedy tends to zeus the large quarter horse that's made his fair share of rounds on social media payment rate doing our normal pastor po

mayor matt mahan says about it. quote, a vibrant downtown starts with safe accessible streets by adjusting the enforcement hours of the pedestrian ordinance here. there taking a proactive step to ensure shared public spaces are available for all residents, business owners and visitors to enloy. the mayor says according to the city, it's all about keeping homeless people off the sidewalks during the morning commute when people are walking to work city considers it to be a safety issue. >> you commuting or walking to downtown schools, use the sidewalks in the early morning hours. the fact that most businesses open and school starts around atm makes the current 10:00am enforcement start time less impactful. sidewalks are already in have used by that time. >> homeless advocates argue where will they go now? they point out they will just be pushing them into different locations and this doesn't solve the homeless crisis. the city is working to build more housing, but there are more than 6,000 homeless people in san jose,

that's the name for a new city employee incentive model that's being proposed by san jose mayor matt mahan. it ties raises to accomplishments performed at work. so the mayor says he's hoping this will spark a fire in the high in the highest-paid elected officials and senior administration employees increasing work revenue and hitting goals faster such as curbing homelessness, crime and cleaning up the streets and basically attracting more jobs and housing too. >> fried before in california and it worked. in years past our state budget was perennially late because our legislators ignored statutory deadlines. performers had a simple fix. the proposed that if a budget was late, the legislature would not get paid since that reform was enacted. all state budgets have been delivered on time. >> well, the city of san jose's council will vote on this pay for performance idea on march 18th. and if it's passed, it will then be added to the 2026 ballot for voters to decide. >> it's 9.26. and still ahead. >> 4 morning news. a social media video goes viral of a peninsula woman saying that she was racia

san jose mayor matt mahan says this would impact public safety and law enforcement if federal fundingheld. >> well, following the devastation of the la fire storms and the risk of wildfire increasing statewide. governor newsom has now declared a state of emergency to trying fast track protecting communities. the action temporarily suspends the california environmental quality act. and the california coastal act. the governor says this move will help expedite some of the measures they need to take to protect communities against wildfires. and those measures include things like vegetation management, tree removal and prescribed burns. in the east bay and oakland business owner holding another meeting now with a meet and greet really with an oakland mayoral candidate, nathan and co-owner nathan walton is hosting an event with mayor mayoral candidate lauren taylor. tonight, it'll be at the businesses college avenue location at 06:00pm last month's they hosted congresswoman barbara lee walton says that these events will help make sure that oaklanders have a voice at the table. >> happening