ama: a short time ago, supervisor aaron peskin released a statement about the meeting and the arrest that melanie just mentioned. he said in part, if we can't guarantee everyone's safety when the mayor and her security team are present, we have lost control of our public realms." he said they are committed to opening the market within 90 days. dan: it has been months since mayor london breed released her plan to revitalize the downtown area. abc 7 news reporter lian melendez has more. mayor breed: public safety concerns, a spiraling fentanyl crisis, empty offices, shuttered businesses. lyanne: that was february 9 of this year, when mayor london breed highlighted several priorities, including making downtown clean and safer environment. today we took a closer look at the midmarket area of san francisco after the city agreed to extend the contract of the safety ambassadors who provide nonpolice responses. someone who works on the streets told us in the past months or so, things have slightly improved. a greater police presence seems to be the main reason. in late march, the board of su

. >> reporter: for weeks, san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin has been leading the call for the release of walgreens security camera video showing the fatal shooting of banko brown by security guard michael wayne anthony. now that it's been released he says district attorney brooke jenkins made the wrong call in deciding not to file criminal charges against the security guard. peskin says the video is shocking to watch. >> this is not who we are. in the 23 years since i was first elected, i've never encountered anything like this. >> reporter: he's introducing a resolution calling on the california attorney general and u.s. department of justice to review this case. in san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin's resolution does pass, mayor london breed says she supports any additional review. >> my hope is to make sure that there's full transparency. that we get the kind of accountability in any case that will serve to help the public and the family understand exactly why a decision was made. >> reporter: mayor breed says she also wholehearted by

attorney, brook jenkins, our police chief bill scott, and president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin as well as a representative on behalf of sheriff miyamoto. he are here to talk about the partnership that will be established between the state and our federal law enforcement agencies. let me begin by expressing my appreciation to governor gavin newsom for answering the call for taking on this problem head on and his willingness to be a partner in the work that he knows we need to do. as a former mayor of san francisco and someone who grew up in the city, he understands the value of partnership and also understands the value of san francisco as it relates to entire state. here locally, we have been doing i think a extraordinary job between our police department and our district attorney's office. they have been working hand in hand as partners to help us address the many challenges around public safety, but more specifically, the challenges related to this fentanyl crisis, which includes the large number of people who have died from overdose deaths, as well as the open air drug deali

supervisor aaron peskin wonders why.ional explanation other than an apology and now it's out there, and i'd rather know it late than not know it at all. jaxon: back when it happened on march 14th, san francisco building inspection department record show the city issued this citation noting that a window cracked on six different floors between the 18th and 23rd floors at 580 california street. but city officials say they soon became caught up in what happened nearby at 555 california street where this video shows a window actually plunging from the 43rd floor to the street below. the city told 555 california to do a full-facade inspection but made no such order that day for 580 california, which actually had more windows fail. the building, which has since been ordered to do a report, had no comment. jaxon: peskin says the building inspection department believes that the glass that hit 580 came from its neighbor across the street. jaxon: that's the same theory floated by another high-rise, salesforce east on mission stree

supervisor aaron peskin last week called for the state attorney general and department of justice to review the evidence. some of the fellow supervisors have announced plans to support the measure during today's meeting. >>> today the bay area remembering an iconic drag queen, heklina. the legendary performer found dead in her london hotel room last month, she was just 55 years old. organizers are calling this heklina, a memorial, she would have hated this. that is the title. it includes an outdoor drag performance and indoor memorial service, and an outdoor telecast of that service. also, castro street will be closed between 18th and market. this is from noon until midnight. that memorial starts at 6:00 p.m. >>> well, the super bowl now officially set to return to the bay area and leaders already forecasting a big payout. now, the nfl yesterday making it official, super bowl lx will take place at levi's in february of 2026 and it will air right here on nbc bay area. team leaders expect visitors will spend more than $250 million in san francisco, as well as santa clara. mayor matt ma

board of supervisor president aaron peskin. peter grib and he will jeff, they did a great job and gave us insight. thank you. [applause]. and another thanks to our chamber leadership rodney fong issue catherine thompson and scott dunlap. [applause]. and i want to thank our staff here today who put on such a beautiful event. gave us delicious toed to start off our day. give a rounds to all of the staff that made this possible and made it a great event. i want to let you know keep an eye out for san francisco chamber events. they are women empowering leadership and learning conference this fall. i went last year lady and men you should check out this even it is inspiring and amazing. a great one. and the annual excellence in business awards. if you are interested in learning more about the sudden front chamber of commerce i encourage to you visit sfchamber.com and follow on social media. thanks again to everybody for helping us make this event possible. sponsors and speak and guests. thank you for taking time to be here. we hope

president aaron peskin is now demanding that the state and federal government get involved with some oversight here. well, the mayor and police chief both say they support the d a >> people have been outraged in the aftermath of the shooting of an alleged shoplifter at a san francisco walgreens. rallying cries for surveillance video were finally answered and footage leading up to the last moments of a young trans banko brown was released along with that evidence clips of the testimony from the security guard who shot brown phil iphones despite public opposition district attorney brooke jenkins continues to stand by her decision not to press charges against anthony insisting evidence shows him protecting himself from ground. and at this time there is nothing to rebut. >> his statements regarding the fact that he acted in self-defense. on tuesday, san francisco's mayor and police chief wade in backing the d a >> saying the entire situation is heartbreaking, but they believe jenkins is responding accordingly to the evidence. i do support the border wholeheartedly. i know people don't li

as well as our board of supervisor president aaron peskin who's here with us today and is a supporterking our city a safe city. i will fill in some of the blanks with some of what you heard here. the tenderloin and the epicenter of the crisis with fentanyl is a very small area, about a square mile. generally. about a square mile. san francisco police officers have made 269 arrests in a very small area in the course of 4 months. think about your own community and think about a 10 block radius where you live and think about 269 drug dealers dealing poison on the street taken from your community. that is what the people who live and work in the tenderloin have to deal with day in and day out and that has to stop. our police officers have confisicated 39,000 grams of fentanyl year to date. a conversion is about 85 pounds of fentanyl. that's a lot of death and destruction. think about it for a second. that is higher then what we have seen this time last year. we are working very hard as a city to address these issues, but it is not enough and that is why we have partners here. that is why

. >> they left brown an unarmed black trans man dead at a board meeting today board president aaron peskin introduced a resolution calling on the california attorney general to examine the evidence in this case that includes surveillance video of the shooting, which the da's office finally made public yesterday after calls for that for many days, the video shows the security guard here. michael anthony and banko brown, who's in the white arguing and fighting is brown was allegedly trying to shoplift from that walgreens on 4th and market. the guard whose face is blurred here told investigators that brown threatened to stab him while they were wrestling inside the walgreens and believed he was in imminent danger. the moment before the shooting because he say he says brown made a sudden movement. district. attorney jenkins says the evidence does not allow her office too proceed with charges. and mayor breed against that. she is on board with that decision. >> at the end of the day, i think that the district attorney did everything she could to look at the evidence and make a decision based on

president aaron peskin agrees that this can wait writing kron 4. this now is not the time to literally nickel and quarter are small businesses that are still struggling to recover from the pandemic. we need to understand if this proposal will end up costing more revenue. >> then it raises and pasco has introduced a resolution urging the sfmta to stop any further implementation of its proposal. >> until an independent economic impact report can be prepared and reviewed by the board of supervisors and the sfmta board. so the board of supervisors are now set to vote on president passed resolution at the next board meeting on tuesday in the newsroom. i'm justine waldman. kron. 4 news. >> coming up, the irs will be launching a free eve fine line platform that taxpayers can use to file their taxes when it'll be available. and brace yourself, you'll have to spend big on any international trip. you've got coming up, we're going to look at the skyrocketing cost of traveling skyrocketing cost of traveling abroad. inner voice (furniture store owner):i know ev

this was heard become in january when this committee was chaired by my prez seszor now president aaron peskin. this ordinance satisfies the requirement under bill 481. i want to thank sheriff and all of his staff for the work on this equipment policy. especially ronnie sing joining us today. ms. singh welcome. >> good morning chair dorsey and supervisors walton and safai. i want to provide context and history on our collaboration am in is this regard it propose a fair and transparent military equipment use policy. this dates back to the work we start in the october of the last year when the ordinance was submitted to the board for approval. we had several meetings with then chair peskin and other members of the rules committee as well as opened up comment to any of the board in preparation for the january hearing. chair peskin at this time asks us to work with the public. to really provide what i believe is the gold standard in collaboration in regards to an issue like this, that quite frankly, can be controversial. when public safety and collaboration meet, this is the product. so we worked

president aaron peskin agrees that this can wait writing kron 4.w is not the time to literally nickel and quarter are small businesses that are still struggling to recover from the pandemic. >> we need to understand if this proposal will end up costing more revenue, then it raises. and pasco has introduced a resolution urging the sfmta to stop any further implementation of its proposal. >> until an independent economic impact report can be prepared and reviewed by the board of supervisors and the sfmta board. so the board of supervisors are now set to vote on president passed resolution at the next board meeting on tuesday in the newsroom. i'm justine waldman, kron 4 news. thank you, justin napa county's board of supervisors is selecting a new poet laureate. i shipped vera will serve as ambassador for poetry. she will undertake projects that make it more accessible and available to people. >> rivera graduated from fullerton state university with a bachelor's degree in psychology and theater art. she currently serves as a board member for the arts c

now some supervisors, including board president aaron peskin, criticized that move.h of the morning was pretty empty. but in the last hour or so, we have seen more activity. these people here getting past those metal barricades and we do see some police officers who have made some passing patrols and just driving through this morning now for this meeting, border supervisors outdoor meeting today, with the mayor scheduled to start at two o'clock this afternoon. it does mean that they are going to have to bring out some tables and chairs. we have seen a couple looks like contractors and electrical workers here with the city. not sure if they're bringing out some of that furniture, but we have learned that it's going to cost the city about $4600 to bring out some of that furniture and bring out the microphones in order to set up that outdoor meeting here this afternoon. i live in san francisco ali rasmus ktvu. fox two news, ali. thank you time, not 7 35. a recent poll found the majority of san francisco voters say they disapprove of the job mayor london breed is doing.

president aaron peskin today demanding that the state and federal government weigh in and provide some oversight while the mayor and police chief both say they support the d a >> people have been outraged in the aftermath of the shooting of an alleged shoplifter at a san francisco walgreens. rallying cries for surveillance video were finally answered and footage leading up to the last moments of a young trans banko brown was released along with that evidence clips of the testimony from the security guard who shot brown like things despite public opposition district attorney brooke jenkins continues to stand by her decision not to press charges against anthony insisting evidence shows him protecting himself from ground. and at this time there is nothing to rebut. >> his statements regarding the fact that he acted in self-defense. on tuesday, san francisco's mayor and police chief wade in backing the d a >> saying the entire situation is heartbreaking, but they believe jenkins is responding accordingly to the evidence. i do support. i support wholeheartedly. i know people don't like it,

san francisco supervisor aaron peskin says he's taking things to a vote.he author of a resolution asking the state's attorney general and the u.s. department of justice to review the surveillance video and the evidence surrounding the fatal shooting of banko brown on april 27th. peskin wants a different conclusion from the feds and the attorney general's office. >> the same conclusion that the san francisco police department came to when they presented this case as a homicide case to the district attorney. >> my hope is to make sure there's full transparency and that we get the kind of accountability in any case that will serve to help the public and the family understand exactly why a decision was made. >> reporter: mayor breed has said she fully supports the da. civil rights attorney john burres is handling the case and he says he will contact state and federal law enforcement agencies in hopes of criminal charges. regardless, he says, there will be a civil lawsuit. now, we'll have more details on this throughout the day. we'll be watching out for that r

i'm joined by president aaron peskin and supervisor matt dorsey. who is filling in for our chair melgar. the clerk today is erika major example we want to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> public comment will be taken on each item. those in personal speak first and then move to the remote line. when connected you will hear the discussion but mute exclude in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person should lineup and those on the phone should dial star 3 to be acided to the queue. if you are on your phone remember to turn down your television and listening device. you may also submit written comments in the following ways e mail myself the land use and transportation clerk at erika. major sfgov.org >> and you may also send comments u.s. postal service at city hall. the address is 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california. items today will appear on the poored of supervisor's agenda of june 6. mr. vice chair? vehicle, madam clerk. before the first item i like to make a

i'm joined by president aaron peskin and supervisor matt dorsey. who is filling in for our chair melgar. the clerk today is erika major example we want to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. >> public comment will be taken on each item. those in personal speak first and then move to the remote line. when connected you will hear the discussion but mute exclude in listening mode only. when your item come up and public comment is called those in person should lineup and those on the phone should dial star 3 to be acided to the queue. if you are on your phone remember to turn down your television and listening device. you may also submit written comments in the following ways e mail myself the land use and transportation clerk at erika. major sfgov.org >> and you may also send comments u.s. postal service at city hall. the address is 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place room 244, san francisco, california. items today will appear on the poored of supervisor's agenda of june 6. mr. vice chair? vehicle, madam clerk. before the first item i like to make a

. >> [indiscernible] ama: you heard people in the crowd shouted down the mayor and supervisor aaron peskin. a woman was taken away for allegedly throwing a brick in the crowd. breed said the treatment she received was disrespectful. mayor breed: i'm an african-american woman, and i deserve respect whether i am the mayor or not, and to be treated in such a way was disrespectful, because it was a clinical publicity stunt. ama: the mayor also says numbers of the board are speaking out of both sides of their mouths and should be working with her instead of against her. we reach out supervisor peskin's office for comment but have not heard back. dan: police identify the suspect in a carjacking that led to a deadly crash in san francisco. 57-year-old carlo watson has been hit with a long list of charges including carjacking, murder, and vehicular manslaughter. police claim watson destroyed in -- stole an employee's vehicle and refused to stop for officers. a chase ensued and he crashed into a bus on potrero avenue, hitting four people. a 58-year-old man that his injuries. three other victims, in

general and the department of justice to examine the evidence in this case, the board president aaron peskin, says he is troubled by the shooting will introduce a resolution today asking state and federal officials to review the evidence. supporters of banco brown rallied last night outside the walgreens where he was shot. justice for banco grounds. beko brown. john burris is serving as the attorney for the brown family, he says people are justified in their anger over how banco brown was killed. people should protest about. it should not go unnoticed that this young person's life was taken. what appears to be wrong for me? san francisco supervisor sherman walton released a statement that said in part d a jenkins decision to not charge gives every armed security guard in san francisco a license to have an open season to shoot and kill black and transgender people for alleged shoplifting. supervisor matt dorsey also released a statement saying, i'm sure today's disclosure adds more pain to what's already a terribly painful tragedy for a community that loved him. very much says i have learned

some supervisors, including board president aaron peskin, criticized that move. the number of fentanyl deaths have increased since. the center closed the issue of what to do next is supposed to be the focus of this meeting happening here at un plaza again. it's scheduled to start at two o'clock this afternoon. the supervisors say they'll be bringing in some tables, chairs. and microphones and audio equipment. it will cost the city about $4600 to set things up outside in san francisco ali rasmus ktvu fox two news. it's official now following a vote at the annual nfl owners meeting super bowl 60 in 2026 is coming to the bay area, and while it's still three years away, excitement is already brewing. ktvu belly local reports on how residents are feeling about the news and the big games expected economic impact for the area. in less than three years. levi stadium will host super bowl 60 exactly 10 years after it was the home of super bowl 50. almost everyone involved is buzzing with excitement, including santa clara resident jill mariani. i'm just excited because i th

san francisco supervisor shaman walton and aaron peskin are upset over san francisco de a brook jenkins decision not to charge of private security guard with murder for fatally shooting banco brown at a walgreens at a minimum. this appears to be a manslaughter case to this non attorney says he plans to formally drafted resolution asking jenkins to reconsider. i am deeply concerned. based on my conversations with law enforcement by the district attorney's decision not to charge at least manslaughter, jenkins told me video evidence and statements made by the garden. witnesses indicate the guard acted in self defense after brown threatened him at the store at fourth and markets. you never want to have to tell a family that is wanting justice that you know the outcome of the case isn't going to go in the direction that they hoped a life was took in. at walgreens. supporters of brown pack tuesdays board of supervisors meeting to criticize the d a. because the fact that that d a does not want to press charges for what happened. to a young black trans youth. it's totally unfair. that armed gua

aaron peskin says it is needed to shut down the open-air drug sites within 90 days. san francisco mayor london breed is time for change. mayor breed: we want to give people help, but we will not allow things to occur as they have been, so here is the opportunity -- are we going to collaborate and work toward solutions? are we going to let the same old thing happen over and over? dan: san francisco officials are working to adopt a pilot program to respond to the drug crisis. an individual is facing criminal charges for throwing a break during today's meeting that nearly hit a child. ama: business owners in oakland are fed up with repeated violence and are now calling on officials to make the city safer. abc 7 news reporter lena howland has more. lena: residence in the fruitvale village said there have been shootings and people injured. >> the shootings have happened in this area without any kind of recourse. lena: taco prado says the city is aware of issues, for a violence summit last month. >> ever since that meeting, nothing happened. lena: that is why merchants hav

san francisco supervisor shaman walton and aaron peskin are upset over san francisco de a brook jenkins decision not to charge of private security guard with murder for fatally shooting benko brown at walgreens at a minimum. this appears to be a manslaughter case to this non attorney. peskin says he plans to formally drafted resolution asking jenkins to reconsider. i am deeply concerned based on my conversations with law enforcement by the district attorney's decision not to charge at least manslaughter, jenkins told me video evidence and statements made by the garden. witnesses indicate the guard acted in self defense after brown threatened him at the store at fourth and markets . you never want to have to tell a family that is wanting justice that you know the outcome of the case isn't going to go in the direction that they hoped a life was took in. at walgreens. supporters of brown pack tuesdays board of supervisors meeting to criticize the d a. because the fact that that d a does not want to press charges for what happened. to a young black trans youth. it's totally unfair. that arm

. >> the plan proposed by supervisor aaron peskin forming an emergency operations center so the police, the district attorney, the chp, probation, health department, public works, child protective services and can better coordinate a solution to shutdown the city's open-air drug markets within 90 days. the mayor said the discussion was best had back at city hall which is where they are now but before they recessed, she addressed the pain that the problem is causing all residents. >> why should someone else's rights be put before their needs and their safety and what they deserve too in a place like san francisco that claims to be so compassion and liberal. what >> we did see one down after some sort of fight outside of the roped off area where the mayor was speaking. multiple witnesses said that person pulled out a brick and was trying to throw it. it is unclear who the target was but he will have a live report coming up at 5:00 and open-air drug use is one of several contentious issues on the supervisors agenda today. they are also expected to discuss a resolution urging the attorney

reporter: today's special session was convened by san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin. the supervisor's first question was so drown out by hecklers that mayor breed said the setting may not be the best to conduct an orderly session inn in light of the mayor's statement, which i appreciate, we will recess this meeting to the board of supervisors chamber. >> reporter: as the supervisors and mayor breed began making their way back to city hall, someone in the crowd threw a brick toward the stage. that person was quickly taken into custody. this chaotic session turned out to be only a sampling of what is often happening at u.n. plaza and why the city is having such a tough time clearing it up. this is video of the plaza late last night. residents say this is one of the biggest open-air drug dealing sites in the city. paula williams says crews are constantly trying to clear it out, but the problems seem to come right now. >> these people aren't just homeless, no, these are new people, not the same people. >> reporter: she wants the d.a. to start arresting people here. when

supervisor aaron peskin last week called for the state attorney general and the department of justice to review the evidence. some of his fellow supervisors have already announced plans to support the measure during today's meeting. >>> a carjacking and police chase ended in a deadly crash in the city. one person died and four others were injured. police say a man carjacked this city-owned truck around 10:00 this morning. sheriff's deputies and police spotted it, tried to stop the carjacker, chased until the truck hit an suv and spun into a bus stop on potrero and 165th streets. the suspect and five innocent people were rushed to a hospital where one person died. >> i had noticed one elderly man on the ground who was -- he was in the worst shape of everyone that i had seen. >> witnesses say debris from the collision broke windows at a nearby boston market restaurant. police have not said how fast the cars were going at the time of the crash. they also haven't disclosed what charges the suspect will face. >>> planned parenthood is making some changes which will include job cuts. this c

. >> aaron peskin first called for district attorney brooke jenkins to release that security cam video that showed the shooting of banko brown by security guard michael earl wayne anthony. the d.a. released that video yesterday after watching it. supervisor peskin and other members of the board say the d.a. made the wrong call.

. >> i'm already getting calls san francisco board of supervisors president aaron peskin on legislation passed by the planning commission thursday that he says will deliver strategies to revitalize union square re. imagine downtown. we have to streamline aspects of our permitting process. this legislation does all of that. >> it allows more retail flexibility in the union square and downtown areas. the legislation is part of mayor london breed's road map to downtown san francisco's future that aims to diversify building houston fill empty spaces. >> in the downtown in union square areas. in a statement the mayor said, quote, these changes should be something that requires granting exceptions through lengthy paperwork and exhausted public hearings. we need to make the process easier for getting our buildings active in full and quote, it's been a harsh week for san francisco on tuesday. nordstrom notify the city. it was shuttering its flagship location in westfield mall. in closing nordstrom rack saks off 5th, also leaving as well as anthropology. >> there is no sugar coating it was defin

aaron peskin is planning to ask district attorney brooke jenkins to reconsider the case. according to the chronicle, he said that he was deeply concerned about jenkins decision not to file charges. the concerns are based on conversations he's had with law enforcement. jenkins is not pursuing murder charges against the guard, believing he acted in self-defense. the investigation is still open. developing news outside of sacramento. classrooms at uc davis went dark. police are searching for suspects after three stabbings in the past five days. two victims have died. the third is in critical condition. police said they are investigating if the stabbings are connected, saying the suspect description is similar across the three cases. the university is tripling the number of officers patrolling campus. >> we've also brought on board some other officers from the university of san francisco and uc berkeley. they are here on campus, helping us patrol. not just our campus but the immediate surrounding areas of davis. ama: all uc davis class 6:00 were held virtually. students were

board of supervisors president aaron peskin called the hearing, which hit his district particularly hard. >> i am trying to do here, and the tone that i'm trying to create, is they've got to step up their game. they can make things work better. listen, there are going to be transformers that catch on fire. but they can do, and it is within their control, to have much better communication with affected residents. >> a pg&e representative told the panel the utility did all it could to restore power as quickly as possible. the utility says the underground vault fire was likely the issue, but the cause of that fire is still being investigated. >>> get ready for another toll on a bay area freeway. highway 37 in the north bay will be adding a toll in the not-too-distant future. jodi hernandez joins us live near the highway. i think we have a few questions for you. how much? how long? pretty much, when will all of this start? >> reporter: well, the cost of it, the amount is not finalized but transportation leaders tell me they expect that toll to be $8, that's $4 each direction. it isn't slated

aaron peskin tweeted about the incident earlier today saying in his offices in close contact with thep owner and that he's thankful for the quick police response. this is a developing story when will be passing along any updates as soon as we learn more now to some developing news, san jose police are working to track down a driver who allegedly hit a woman on a bicycle and dragged her more than 400 feet before driving off. >> police releasing this new video. it shows a driver they believed to be connected to the hit and run. it happened back in march on park avenue west of barack obama boulevard. police say the woman was on a bike. she was hit from behind the suspect. vehicle vehicle continued driving, then made a southbound turn onto mcavoy street and was last seen traveling westbound on san carlos street. police say the victim was badly hurt and taken to the hospital. the suspect vehicle is described as a black, small suv or crossover sedan. anyone with information is asked to contact the san jose police department. department. >> 2 children are in the rescued from the san francisc

going on right now in chambers, at times it has become so raucous that the president of the board, aaron peskin, the guy who actually authored this resolution, has told the people inside there that if they continue being raucous, they will pause the proceedings and won't vote on the resolution. things are still going on right now. >>> a legal loss for former president donald trump. a civil jury has found him liable for sex abuse. a new york jury found trump liable for sexually abusing and defaing writer e. jean carroll. jurors decided trump was not liable for rape. the jury awarded $5 million in damages for her battery and defamation claims. in a statement carroll said, "today the world finally knows the truth." trump's attorney talked to reporters outside the courthouse. >> we're at once gratified -- i know some people in this camp are very happy that the rape claim was rejected. i am happy about that but not happy that he was found liable for anything whatsoever. >> a trump spokesman says they will abeing this case. the former president posted on truth social in all caps, quote, i have absolu

aaron peskin wants an economic impact report done on this plan. he says that any extension should be delayed while small businesses recover from the pandemic. the board of supervisors will hold a vote on the measure next tuesday. >>> san francisco has been named the nation 's first drag laureate. mayor london breed praised draw larger for her advocacy of the san francisco drag community. her duties will include organizing drive-focused events and serving as a representative for the san francisco lgbt community. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from darcy about her historic role. >>> the l.a. dodgers and major-league baseball are now under fire for their decision to this invite the sisters of perpetual indulgence from the team pride night. the san francisco -based group said that mixed human with religious imagery . a group called the catholic league pressured the dodgers to rescind the invitation. florida senator marco rubio also wrote a letter to the mlb commissioner rob manfred urging him to remove the group from the event. >> trying to say every

. >> reporter: aaron peskin called today's hearing, saying pg&e's response to a major outage last month was unacceptable. >> that meant no access to food, and in many cases, no access to elevators. >> reporter: an underground fire april 26th knocked out power to thousands of customers near chinatown and downtown. while the vast majority of customers were restored within 24 hours, some spent more than four days in the dark. >> i'm 78 years old. i live on the 17th floor. i had to walk down and up, a great difficulty, twice for food and for water. we learned we wouldn't get power until mond

. >> reporter: supervisor walton and board president aaron peskin says they will ask the attorney general and the department of justice to review the da's decision not to charge in this case. terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> both state and san francisco law do allow security guards to carry guns if they meet training requirements. dean preston is calling to change city law to restrict when guards can actually draw their weapons. it shall be unlawful for any armed guard while in any place in the city of the county of san francisco to draw or exhibit. preston says guns shouldn't be drawn unless someone is in danger. his office tells us he plans to introduce the legislation in the coming weeks. we have posted more of the surveillance video and the cell phone footage from witnesses. you can find it all on our website, nbcbayarea.com. you can also find our full one on one interview with district attorney jenkins. >>> well tomorrow it is back to school for more than 35,000 students in oakland. the teacher strike is over. so did the teachers get the raise they wanted and what happens to th

supervisor aaron peskin, who spearheaded the board's field trip told "the chronicle" is city will spend about $40,000 to broadcast and amplify the question and answer session. he said that the session can always be moved into the chambers if need be. it's been a month since governor newsom centre sources to discorrupt san francisco's fentanyl market. since the end of april, the chp helped to patrol the streets to try to get impaired drivers off the roadways and to reduce drug trafficking as well. additionally, the california national guard, the cal guard, is working behind the scenes to identify and then help in the prosecution of cartels bringing fentanyl and other drugs into san francisco. nancy pelosi is also pushing for san francisco area the get the dea involved as well. the regular board meet willing follow this afternoon. again, that public session is happening at 2:00 right no front of city hall. marcus? >> kris, thank you. >>> san francisco leaders are expected to vote on a resolution asking state and federal authorities to review the recent deadly shooting at a market street w

tonight city supervisor aaron peskin introduced a resolution that formally calls the state attorney general and the department of justice to also examine the case. the full board will take it up next week. >> this is not who we are. in the 23 years since i was first elected, i've never encountered anything like this. not to cast aspersions on other places and states, but this is what we read about or see on tv in states like georgia, not in cities like san francisco. >> my hope is to make sure that there's full transparency and that we get the kind of accountability in any case that will serve to help the public and the family understand exactly why a decision was made. >> mayor breed says she welcomes a review by any outside agencies. district attorney brooke jenkins, who was on this very program last night, also said the same thing. she would welcome any outside scrutiny but stands by her decision. all of this raising a lot of questions about armed security guards. why do we have them? what are they allowed to do? and what type of training do they get? another san francisco supervisor, de

in fact, aaron peskin was just introducing the resolution, and he said it is part of the outreach by the board and the uproar in the community to get the district attorney to release this video. and, again, it was unanimous here for the past several hours, anyway, as we've sat and listened to one person after another demanding the video be released. >> one final question. there's another proposal out there from supervisor preston, who is proposing limiting guns for private security. and that walgreens security guard did have a gun. >> reporter: he did have a gun. now, what the supervisor said on his twitter today, he tweeted out a message saying that he is going to propose a law that would prevent security guards from discharging their weapons over a property crime. so if the security guard's life is threatened, that would be different. but the security guard in the case we're talking about allegedly discharged his weapon in a matter of a property crime. some say there may be more to it than that. we don't have all the evidence. but the dean preston proposal would stop security guard

aaron peskin s recovering and has been visited by friends and family. you can check out crime rates where you live. we put this interactive neighborhood safety tracker on our website. there is data for san francisco, oakland, and san jose. you will find it on the front page of abc7news.com. dan: -- ama: live look outside now. that green overcast look in the distance is sticking around tonight. for how long? dan: that's the question. let's bring in sandhya patel for a look at the 24-hour accuweather forecast. sandhya: that low cloudiness that we are seeing in the distance there hangs around through midmorning for most of the bay area then it's gone. let's check out a live view right now. you will see gray skies over san francisco. gray skies start the morning at 7:00. low to mid 50's. by lunchtime, sunny around the bay. temperatures will come up by 4:00 so it's a little warmer. upper 50's to upper 70's. numbers will come down slowly by 7:00. this is just the start of some changes ahead as we go into june. i will be back with the forecast, coming right up

the resolution supervisors are voting on was first proposed by board president aaron peskin. the walgreens where the fatal shooting happened is in his district. resolution cosponsor, supervisor walton, sent a formal letter of inquiry to the d.a. for the release of any videos in this case. district attorney brooke jenkins has not released any evidence because she says it's an open investigation, but her office did release a response letter sent to supervisor walton saying he office is under no legal obligation to release anything to the board of supervisors and she criticizes any political pressure, writing in part, "while your social media comments have pointed out that banko brown is african american, they have failed to identify that the suspect in this case is also african american." community members want to see security camera videos of the incident to make up their own minds. >> i don't think it's necessarily about the race of the security guard, but i do think it's about the respect for our lives. it's about transparency of our local government and about making sure th

. >> aaron peskin first called for district attorney brooke jenkins to release that security cam video that showed the shooting of banko brown by security guard michael earl wayne anthony. the d.a. released that video yesterday after watching it. supervisor peskin and other members of the board say the d.a. made the wrong call. >> this is not who we are. in the 23 years since i was first elected, i've never encountered anything like this. >> my hope is to make sure that there's full transparency and that we get the kind of accountability in any case that will serve to help the public and the family understand exactly why a decision was made. >> mayor breed said she welcomes a review by any outside agencies and also wholeheartedly supported the decision by district attorney brooke jenkins. >> that shooting in san francisco has brought new scrutiny on armed security guards and the training that they actually get. >> tonight, we take a closer look at that training process and why one expert says it's not nearly enough. >> reporter: a security camera inside walgreens shows clearly how the

san francisco supervisor aaron peskin is calling on the california attorney general, rob bonta, and the department of justice to launch a review into your decision not to press charges. could those entities step in and force your hand? >> i've made all of the evidence available. anyone can review that evidence if they so wish. again, i try to remove politics from these decisions because politics has no place in the decision-making within this office. we must keep politics out of it in order to adhere to our ethical obligation, and that's what i've committed to san francisco that i will do, and that's what i will continue to do. and it's unfortunate that, you know, we're at a point now where people are unwilling to look beyond just one piece of evidence and not look at the evidence as a whole, which i believe is a part of the issue. but i stand by the decision that my office made at this time. >> we know these are challenging and difficult decisions for you to make. we appreciate your time here on nbc with us tonight, brooke. thank you. >> thank you, raj. >> now, the police interviews wi

supervisor aaron peskin says the news comes as the downtown area has been making post-pandemic progress. >> safety and cleanliness and put our money where our mouth is, but we have challenges and we can't deny those challenges. we have to stop denying those challenges. >> reporter: even as mayor london breed release add statement promising a safer shopping experience in the area -- police were called to the nordstrom rack as we were filming, doing a quick walkthrough before leaving. >> it's disappointing and sad. i think san francisco is headed in the right direction. we're doing really good work to clean up our streets to bring people back to the office, but it sounds like maybe we didn't do enough quick enough. >> reporter: nordstrom released a statement saying as many of you know the dynamics of downtown san francisco have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully. the stores are expected to shut down by the end of august. in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> so do we need to re