. >> reporter: reverend amos brown is president of the sanfranbran. he also received the flier in the mail. >> it's racist. >> reporter: mayor breed buzz support sb50, but it is controversial. even those opposed to the bill like supervisor gordon mark are against this flier. live in san francisco, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. let's go to the south bay now and a really tragic story. a 3-year-old boy is dead, his own grandmother in jail accused of murder. abc 7 news reporter amanda decostillo live with the story tonight. the little boy later died. his grandmother was then arrested wednesday night in san jose. a family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old boy. police say he was under the care of his grandmother at the time. >> unfortunately, this little boy died, and we had to take the grandmother into custody. >> reporter: police say the incident happened monday afternoon on the 700 block, officers responded to a 911 call. they found the boy unresponsive. >> our officers tried every possible method to try to preserve his life. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: reverend amos brown is president of the san francisco branch of the naacp. he received the flyier in mail. even those opposed like supervisor gordon marr oppose this flier. i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> california gas prices have been going up about 2 cents a day for the past week. >> aaa reports the nationwide average is now $2.84 per gallon. in california it is much higher, over $4. san francisco pay the most at $4.15. it is a switch to a more expensive summer blend, production problems, and a mystery 30 cent surcharge. >> when you add all those together you would expect our gasoline to be about 60 cents to 70 cents higher. as of this morning we're about $1.20. >> they say the 30 cent surcharge is going to suppliers. it generates about $4 billion a year. state lawmakers asked the attorney general to look into it. the ag's office tells abc 7 news it will monitor production at refineries to see if costs are high longer than they should be. >>> star war fans are fuming after george lewis says jar jar binks is his favorite character. he confessed his love f

my name ii'm amos brown, seniorf the church of san francisco and i'm president of the national association for the advancement of colored people. i wish to introduce my remarks against the backdrop of the poignant words of robert frost and i quote him. the woods are lovely, dark and deep, but i have promises to keep. and miles to go before i sleep. and miles to go before i sleep. we have often uttered friends soothing, braggadocious words about san francisco and we've sung about, i left my heart in san francisco. but brother decosta you spoke and if you look around, you would see, the naacp very much has your back. we can brag all we want to about san francisco being liberal and progressive, and we can be bewitched by those words, but i wanted to give you a reality check. san francisco still has miles to go and promises to keep before we can say that we are complete and we are really a first-class world city. for any time as mr. decosta mentioned, a woman who happen to be african-american has not received due process and from all indication of the facts presented thus far at this point, we

external senior advisors and to name a few, amos brown, made scott of bay view homicide advocates.han of the bar association and the san francisco civic bridge public and private collaboration and the commanders of sfpd and representatives of police employee groups. this is essential as the first steps to develop a road map to safety with respect. in that strategy, we will engage in unbiassed fairness transparent and responsive policing. in the spirit of respect, dignity and in collaboration with the community and be the guardians of constitutional and human rights. constitutional policing with procedural justice in policing. fairness and transparency and action, opportunities for voice, impartiality and decision making. >> good evening. i'm here for professional standards and welcome and good evening commissioners, executive director henderson and chief scott. so slide six. training. in the spirit of procedural justice, if you can look to the right of the column first, i'd like to bring some tension to some of the courses that we provide wince procedural justice, managing implicit

former supervisor, amos brown from third baptist church agrees the juvenile hall is troubled but says it should be fixed, not eliminated . >> i think that we need to chill, have scheduled hearings and not have any sweeping measure adopted here today. >> reporter: in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a measure that would change the standard of when police could use deadly force as advanced in the state legislature. the public safety committee in the assembly past about a 5-to today. the measure would change the legal standard for an officer's use of deadly force from reasonable to necessary. at today's hearing, both sides made their arguments for and against the bill. >> if we need adjustments, let's make them but let's, anything that changes the word "reasonable" in the ability to defend oneself is unreasonable. >> the need for reform is clear and overdue and it is time to make clear the sanctity of human life is the highest priority. it is time for us to enact a state policy that saves lives. >> reporter: the legislation comes in response to the deadly police shoo

members of the commission, my name is amos brown. i am president of the national association for the advancement of colored people, of the san francisco branch. and more apparently, i've been pastor of the historic baptist church for now 43 years. i rise to the podium to say that mr. simmons is a quintessential human being, a man of integrity, a man of great business sense, and he will be responsible as he takes advantage of, hopefully, an economic opportunity, that has far too long been denied african-americans. this will give us another opportunity to play catchup, and i assure you that you won't go wrong when you support him in his request. thank you very much. >> chairwoman: thank you. any other public comment? okay, with that, public comment is now closed. commissioner moore? >> the public support is very evident. it was not as clear in the first application. i'm delighted to hear the public come out, and thank everybody for standing and supporting this project. i move to approve. >> second. >> there is nothing further, commissi

. >> reporter: reverend amos brown, head of the naacnaac also against the shutdown. >> parents are not reared by parents, who need discipline, need structure, a quality facility such as juvenile hall. >> reporter: well, 6 of the 11 supervisors on the board have declared their support for the resolution, but they need eight supervisors just to be safe to override a mayor's veto, and mayor london breed has said in the past she does not support this resolution in its present form. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> vic, thank you so much. >>> a 310-unit apartment and retail development near the b.a.r.t. station could get a green light tonight. it will be built between two other apartment buildings downtown. it includes up to 6,500 square feet of commercial space. it is owned by the city of concord. the city council meets in a few minutes at 6:30 tonight. >>> happening now, people in alameda are voting in a special election on a plan to develop housing for the homeless and seniors. there are two dueling ballot measures for land at the former naval air station and near a popular beach. measure a allow

former supervisor, reverend amos brown from third baptist church agree juvenile hall is troubled but it should be fixed, not eliminated . >> i think we just need to have scheduled hearings and not have any sweeping measure adopted here today. >> reporter: in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox news but >>> a measure that would change the standard of when police can use deadly force has advanced in the state legislature. the public safety committee and the assembly passed a vote by a vote of five for two. the measure would change the legal standard foreign officers use of deadly force to reasonable from reasonable to necessary. at the hearing, both sides made arguments for and against the bill . >> if we need to make some adjustments, let's make them but let's, anything that changes the word reasonable and the ability to defend oneself is unreasonable. >> the need for reform is clear and long-overdue. it is time to make clear the sanctity of human life is police's highest priority and it is time for us to make a state policy that will save lives. >> the legislation comes in resp

. >> reporter: reverend amos brown of the third baptist church does not like how this has come together. >> there's been no conversation with black leadership, no conversation with the black civil rights community. >> reporter: the bill's sponsor, supervisor shaman walton, assures critics there is a blueprint for success. >> the thing is there is a plan. the plan is to work very hard for the next two years to come up with something that does better for our young people. >> sam brock reporting. >>> city supervisors are standing behind the needle exchange program in san francisco. lawmakers voted to approve a seven-year contract extension with the aids foundation at a cost of $26 million. last week department of public health officia acklswledged there's an increase in litter when it comes to needles. >>> you can't order it on sunday but soon you'll be able to eat chick-fil-a at san jose airport. that won't be the case for long, however. the restaurant will open at sjc in june but not everyone is on board. members of the lgbtq community say chick-fil-a has values that don't align with the

former board of supervisors, amos brown from third baptist church agree juvenile hall is troubled but should be fixed but not eliminated . >> the last thing that we need is to kill, have scheduled hearings and not have any sweeping measure adopted here today. >> reporter: in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> turn to washington where a budget hearing on capitol hill shifted focus to the russia investigation. the committee chair said it was impossible to ignore the elephant in the room when questioning the attorney general. fox's ray bogan has more on the fight between democrats and the trump administration over the release of the mueller report. >> reporter: it is the first time attorney general william barr has faced a congressional panel since he received the mueller report. lawmakers let him know they are looking for more information on the special counsel findings. house lawmakers take advantage of a budget hearing to get answers on the mueller report. the hearing comes about two weeks after attorney general barr's letter to congress describing key findings of t