and joining us today is san francisco district 11 supervisor asha safai. upervisor safai, so nice of you to come in. >> thanks so much. it's a beautiful day in san francisco today. >> yeah. really nice. great for a walk. look, i think it's fair to say of the five main candidates, you have the lowest name recognition. and as such, i just want to give you a quick seconds or so to tell people who you are and what you're about. >> well, listen, i'm proud to represent a part of town that's predominantly working in middle class families. i'm an immigrant to this country. i came here when i was six years old, fleeing violence. a lot of what you're seeing in the middle east today went to mit for city planning, and i've dedicated the last 24 years to public service in this city. worked under two mayors, mayor willie brown, mayor gavin newsom was a deputy department head for community development, worked at public works, cleaning and greening our streets. so i have that experience and then ran my own small business and work with organized labor. the janitors union, a

we have attorney mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safaisor peskin says he will not be at tonight's debate. he says the organizations hosting are funded by a group called neighbors for a better san francisco. he says that group has already endorsed some of those candidates and believes the hosting organizations, which call themselves stop crime, sf stop crime action and connected sf will follow suit. stop crime sf responded directly to supervisor peskin's note through a statement on x, it calls out peskin for not acting like a candidate for mayor by skipping this debate, saying in part, you wish to deny hundreds of voters the opportunity to engage with you in person, and thousands of viewers from hearing from you. when the debate is broadcast on television and social media. it goes on to say, we will make no endorsements in the mayor's race. we hope this corrects at least some of your misconceptions in your letter. each of the other top candidates, they are expected to attend. that debate will start at 7:00 tonight. ktvu is the media partne

know, really, truly understand that they have our back. >> the two candidates, daniel lurie and asha safai. i didn't know a lot about and it was interesting. so did it sway my vote? i'm not sure. >> the firefighter union plans to hold voting in the next few days, and then they say that they'll have a meeting in august to decide on their endorsement for san francisco's mayor. reporting from the newsroom, jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news. >> a teen was killed in vallejo after a late night shooting. what investigators have been able to learn so far, and new data on crime in santa clara county reveals some surprising trends. >> this new dashboard in the county. what it's revealed. >> the heat is on in the inland bay valleys. pleasant in san francisco with highs in the 60s and low 70s. we'll have the forecast and what you can expect for the weekend coming up. >> and let's give you a live look outside of that thursday evening commute. the lower east shore, emeryville and berkeley. definitely slow going in that eastbound direction. you're watching ktvu news at six. introducing togo's new barbec

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supervisor asha safai, former mayor. mark farrell, incumbent mayor london breed supervisor aaron peskin, and nonprofit executive daniel lurie spoke about why they should get the union's endorsement. >> we have hired more than 640 firefighters, emts and paramedics and have reduced mandatory overtime. >> i am fighting like #### to reduce your retirement age from 58 to 55. also, i'm not going to nickel and dime your firehouses and then ask you to go put yourself in harm's way. >> i authored legislation to make sure that firefighting chemicals, fire retardant chemicals in furniture and children's toys would no longer be sold in san francisco. we worked together on those issues. my commitment to you is to continue to fight for you every single day inside of city hall. we have worked together on taking cancer causing chemicals out of your turnouts. >> i made your holiday pay pensionable years ago before many of you were even members of local 798. i look forward to your endorsement doing things the wrong way over and over again

interim mayor mark farrell, along with philanthropist daniel lurie and san francisco supervisor asha safai. supervisor aaron peskin, who's also running for mayor, is not on the stage tonight, he chose not to. it's happening at golden gate park inside the county fair building auditorium. now, the debate is being hosted by two groups called stop crime sf and stop crime action, peskin said last month on twitter that he opposed those two groups because the organization funding them is supporting the other candidates. now, we here at nbc are watching this race very closely. we've been interviewing all the candidates here in studio with me, one on one. you can watch those interviews any time on our website at nbcbayarea.com. slash sf mayor, let's take you outside now. on this monday night, it's hot and a lot of places, but that fog is coming in, which is cooling down. many of our communities, especially the city right now. jeff is going to join us with introducing togo's new barbecue beef sandwich. it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue

candidates aaron peskin, asha safai, mark farrell, daniel lowry and mayor london breed, all hoping to get that endorsement, trying to prove why they're the best candidate for the job. they talked about the biggest issues plaguing the city and the fire department, including public safety, open air drug use and homelessness. tent encampments are against the law, and we have the ability to enforce it without offering shelter, because many of the people you see on the streets, they've been offered shelter, and a lot of them have refused. and whether it's voluntarily or involuntarily through every legal means possible, let's work to get them off the streets into shelter, connect them with services, save their lives as mayor, i would put a satellite office. i would move my office into the tenderloin in the police station. i would be on the ground where it's happening on a daily basis with you to make sure the resources are there. i no longer want our firefighters and our police officers being our homeless outreach workers and our mental health counselors. i want trained clinicians going out

san francisco supervisor asha safai says that's due to a lack of resources since january, there haveppening today, the stadium style catamaran race called sailgp is set to carve the choppy bay waters of san francisco. it's the series 14th and final event with $2 million in prize money at stake. the f50 foiling catamaran is the first boat to hit 50 knots, or 57.5mph, during a race. tickets are still available, including waterfront seats at sailgp, dot com. hopefully the breeze works in their favor today. let's check in with lisa on how conditions are outside. >> yeah, we are back to the breeze. >> the cloud cover and unfortunately, the possibility of dry lightning in parts of california. not a great chance here, but since that high has moved off, we've got the clockwise flow around it to the south of us. and this is that subtropical moisture that is moving up from the south. so always a concern. we've got the vista fire, the lake fire, only to name a few to the south of us. they will be impacting us with a southerly flow, allowing for some of that haze to continue into the bay area. s

also former interim mayor mark farrell, levi strauss, heir daniel lurie and supervisor asha safai. reports supervisor aaron peskin, who also is running for mayor, does not plan to attend. the paper says this is over concerns that a group that funds two sponsors of the event is telling supporters to vote for farrell and lurie. the debate takes place at 7:00 tonight at golden gate park community college. leaders in the south bay plan to meet tonight. this is on the future of longtime cupertino farmers market. well, that remains in jeopardy. it operates at de anza college on sundays. but as we reported, the foothill de anza community college district recently solicited new bids from other farmers market associations. leaders of the west coast farmers market association are worried its 50 vendors won't have a place to sell their goods for the summer. and that's because even if it wins that bid, it won't be finalized until september. currently, the topic is not on the trustees meeting agenda today, but the executive director of west coast farmers market association plans to attend. let'

former sf interim mayor mark farrell, daniel lurie, a nonprofit executive district 11 supervisor asha safai and current president of the board of supervisors aaron peskin. take a look at this video shows what appears to be a car explosion on the bay bridge. a car fire sparked just after 1130 this morning in the left lane near the harrison exit. three lanes were blocked as firefighters worked to put that out. they eventually got it under control. the lanes did reopen and no injuries were reported. heating match today in paris, women's soccer team faced off against zambia. we're going to catch up with all the action at a bay area watch party and high temperatures across the globe this week, our vianey arana breaks down what that means for our climate in crisis. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast? have a survey up right now on my instagram and you still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories. you see right here, us figure skaters get gold after doping case. melania trump to tell story in memoir

supervisor and mayoral candidate asha safai says he's looked at the numbers and is concerned more needs to be done, and we only impounded six last year and only five year to date, so we have somehow not gotten as aggressive as we need to be. police departments say breaking up the shows can be difficult and sometimes outright dangerous, with officers reporting being hit by everything from out of control drivers to fireworks. as police and communities continue to search for solutions, this san francisco neighborhood says something's got to change. hopefully, this discourages them and the other big intersections don't face the same problems. but this has been big for us. the whole neighborhood has been talking about it for months now. in san francisco, christie smit, nbc, bay area news. up next, that crowdstrike outage could impact flights all weekend. chris kamara joins us with what you need to know before you head to the airport. plus, if you can't buy a home, would you go for one of those an adu. see how the bay area's biggest city is taking advantage of a new law for home buyers? i'm c

and supervisors asha safai and aaron peskin on thursday and friday. and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live. on september 25th at 6 p.m. still ahead, the damage left behind after a break in. caught on camera at an (banker 1) let's hear it! (vo) with wells fargo premier a team can help you plan for your dream. (woman) i have this vacation home... (banker 2) so, like a getaway? (woman) yeah, but... it's also an eco-friendly artist retreat. (banker 3) so, you're expanding your business... (woman) ...and our family! can you help me plan for that? (banker 1) yeah! let's get started. (vo) ready to meet the dream team? you can with wells fargo. the east bay spca is working on repairs after criminals took an important transport vehicle from the shelter's secured lot in east oakland. abc7 news anchor amanda delcastillo has details on the latest issue, which follows a string of recent crimes at the location, and it's left the spca looking to the community for h

london breed, former interim mayor mark farrell, levi strauss heir daniel lurie and supervisor asha safaiat supervisor aaron peskin, who is also running for mayor, does not plan to attend. paper says this is over concerns that a group that funds two sponsors of the event is telling supporters to vote for farrell and lurie. the debate takes place at 7:00 tonight at golden gate park. valley water is hoping to clean up south bay creeks and waterways by establishing an encampment ban around those areas. water utility says that the problem has gotten worse since the pandemic, with a growing number of homeless people polluting creeks with hazardous materials, trash and human waste. valley water is now proposing to create water protection zones around waterways, where it holds land rights. that includes the guadalupe river, coyote creek and los gatos creek. the board of directors is set to consider the ordinance at its meeting tomorrow afternoon. i'm at the anchor desk now with our janelle wang, who's been working on the 5:00 news. it's been a busy monday. it has been. audrey. we have dramatic p

wednesday is mark farrell, supervisor asha safai joins us thursday, and supervisor aaron peskin is onday. >> we follow the tragic story of cycling champion ethan boys. since last year, when he was hit and killed while riding in the presidio. and tonight we have new word on the specifics of a plea deal for the driver who hit him today. a judge sentenced the defendant to a year of home confinement, then another year of supervised release, as well as a $25,000 fine. the 81 year old driver pleaded guilty earlier this year to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, but the deal reduced all charges to misdemeanors. family and friends of ethan told us in march that they had mixed feelings about the agreement. >> california waste water is reaching very high levels for covid for the first time since last winter. that was already the case for the bay area, but now we're seeing more cases all across the state. this is the fifth summer we've seen a spike in covid, but the main difference now is we have better ways to combat it. everyone will be asked to get a new vaccine in the fa

to the san francisco mayoral race this morning, mayor london breed supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, former san francisco mayor mark farrell and daniel lurie directly addressing multiple issues plaguing san francisco in a new debate hosted by the city's firefighters union. now, the issues they talked about include public safety, open air drug use, fentanyl and the criminalization of homelessness. thank goodness for the change in the supreme court decision, effective august. we are going to be very aggressive and assertive in moving encampments, which may even include criminal penalties. this election is critical to the future of our city. we have the resources, but we lack the leadership doing things the wrong way over and over again is not experience. it's failure. it wouldn't be accepted in the fire department and it should not be accepted at city hall. my commitment to you is to continue to fight for you every single day inside of city hall. if you're looking for a mayor who walks the walk, i'm your guy now. supervisor peskin also taking the opportunity this morning to apologize

former interim mayor mark farrell will join us and then supervisor asha safai and aaron peskin will be here on thursday and friday. and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live on september 25th special guest helping them heal their family. abc's george pennacchio has more. >> you said that all your problems are caused by grandpa. pretty much. i guess that means all my problems are caused by you. >> it's a new season and there's a new era of growth about to take place in unimprisoned in our story. >> edwin's been gone for 17 years. there's a lot of repair that needs to be done, and there's a lot of willingness there. everybody is. well, mostly willing in the beginning, but there's a lot of things that we touched on in season one that we go deeper on in season two. >> the series follows kerry washington's character paige, whose father, played by delroy lindo, moves in with her after being released from prison. season two picks up with the family on a healing journey, where they turn to a sel

supervisors asha safai and aaron peskin will be here tomorrow and friday.and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live. on september 25th at 6 p.m. up next, prime day deals on your next flight. amazon is making it even easier to plan a vacation. more on that when a it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue sauce. it's no fuss, no muss. just tons of flavor. the best barbecue beef is only a togo's. try one today. president of unidos us made the announcement at the latino civil rights conference in las vegas. a short time ago. biden was expected to speak at the group's conference tonight. the 81 year old has been on the campaign trail talking at conferences this week. biden was at the naacp conference in las vegas yesterday, cnn reporting that he has mild symptoms. we'll have more on world news with david muir coming up next, and also on abc7 news at four. with the summer travel season now in full swing, deals

incumbent mayor london breed, former interim mayor mark farrell and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, as well as philanthropist daniel lurie. now this comes just a few months before the mayoral election in november. as candidates for the office ramp up their criticisms and outline some of their plans, make their final pitch to voters. there are about 1500 members of the san francisco fire departments union, and even though some of them may not live in san francisco or even be san francisco voters, any political candidate running for office does want the union's endorsement. in fact, supervisor aaron peskin was quoted in an article in the local news site mission local that he quote, covets the firefighters union endorsement mission local also reports that in recent months, many of the candidates for mayor have been unexpectedly dropping into firehouses, hoping to meet and speak with them if firefighters in person across the city. now, this morning's debate organized by the union gives the candidates a chance to speak to firefighters membershi, union membership and hear from all the ca

, including attorney mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safaiople in jail now in san jose, arrested in connection with an out of control sideshow last month in san jose. you're looking at video from that chaotic scene out there. several people attacked a police officer while he was in his patrol car. they jumped on top of his car, smashed the windows. investigators say they used social media, body cams and license plate readers to track down the suspects. >> we are setting a very clear expectation in san jose that we're not going to tolerate sideshows. we've passed laws that are indicative of that. it is illegal to promote or spectate at sideshows, not just to be the one driving the vehicle. >> and city leaders hope these arrests and the felony charges will help prevent sideshows like this in the future. >> a new study is out showing california's deadliest and most dangerous freeways, data from the study show the top two deadliest freeways are both in southern california. the 15 freeway in san bernardino county, followed by the ten in riverside

former interim mayor mark farrell, current supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, and philanthropistiel lurie. now, this comes just a few months before the mayoral election in november, as candidates for office ramp up some of their criticisms of one another and their policies, and outline their own plans in their pitch to voters, the local news site mission local reports that in the months leading up to the election, many of the mayoral candidates were dropping into firehouses randomly, hoping to meet and speak one on one with firefighters, the mission local reports said. in order to avoid too many distractions while firefighters were on the job, the union instead organized this debate that is happening at 930 this morning so that all of the candidates could speak to a large group of firefighters all at once. so it's scheduled to start at 930 this morning at the san francisco firefighters union hall, live in san francisco. ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> okay, ali, thank you. time now. 532 will president biden hit the campaign trail? but he was forced to put a planned speech in l

mark farrell will be joining us live on friday, danielle lowry, and next monday we sit down with asha safai. now you can watch them all live on roku, pluto tv and other streaming platforms. let's take a live look outside san jose. good midday to you all right. taking a live look there. you see, it's beautiful time out there. but of course, the question is, what are those temperatures feeling like? i know, kara, you say we're going to see a slight cooldown. yes, but it is already heating up fast in the south bay and the valleys are dealing with another day of some high heat. the heat will continue for the inland valleys, including santa clara valley, as well as the tri valley and up to the north bay but tomorrow it won't be as hot and we will have significant relief coming our way for the weekend. we will have that heat advisory in effect again today, continuing until 11:00 tonight. for these areas shaded in orange that are still headed for the upper 90s and close to 100 degrees. in fact, we're already there. we're at 93 in livermore right now. it is 93 in fairfield, and we're in the mid 80s

former interim mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and supervisor asha safai. however supervisor aaron peskin will sit out tonight's debate. ktvu james torres will help explain why later in this hour, the santa rosa city schools district may soon consolidate schools to save money. >> the santa rosa press democrat reporting that the district is currently facing declining enrollment amid growing budget problems, and a committee will examine the projected enrollment at the district's current schools to see if some of them can be closed. the panel is going to meet during the next few months before sending out its official recommendation for possible consolidation to the school board. >> our time is now 712. while students are away, a handful of construction projects are underway within the sunnyvale school district. school officials say the goal is to complete all the work before school starts again next month. a four year modernization project at ellis elementary is almost completed. meantime, the modernization of sunnyvale middle school is underway. they're build

wednesday is mark farrell, supervisor asha safai joins us thursday, and supervisor aaron peskin is on friday. >> we follow the tragic story of cycling champion ethan boys. since last year, when he was hit and killed while riding in the presidio. and tonight we have new word on the specifics of a plea deal for the driver who hit him today. a judge sentenced the defendant to a year of home confinement, then another year of supervised release, as well as a $25,000 fine. the 81 year old driver pleaded guilty earlier this year to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, but the deal reduced all charges to misdemeanors. family and friends of ethan told us in march that they had mixed feelings about the agreement. >> california waste water is reaching very high levels for covid for the first time since last winter. that was already the case for the bay area, but now we're seeing more cases all across the state. this is the fifth summer we've seen a spike in covid, but the main difference now is we have better ways to combat it. everyone will be asked to get a new vaccine in th

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. >> our time now. 558 san francisco supervisor and candidate for mayor, asha safai, told ktvu aboutp the city reach its housing goal. he's proposing a temporary reduction in the transfer tax. as long as builders meet certain requirements, including using union labor and designating at least 12% of units as permanently affordable. >> it's great to have announcements about cutting red tape. i'm all for that. i'm all for reducing the timeline of that process. but you still have to have the money to build the projects. >> now the supervisors proposals also requires a housing project to include investments of at least $25 million of union pension funds. our time now. 559 a recall election approval put on hold in oakland returns to the agenda. the vote was postponed following the fbi raid at the home of the mayor. and it's just one of the big issues city council leaders will be considering today. >> plus, it's usually heat that kills the most people, so take it very seriously. please check in on your neighbors bracing for the heat. >> those triple digit temperatures may be a few hours awa

supervisor asha safai and aaron peskin will be here tomorrow. and friday. in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> drivers in oakland know about the city's pothole problems and the plan to fix the roads is behind schedule under a new transportation leader, oakland is hoping to ramp up the work, with particular focus on underserved communities. abc seven news. building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez explains what's been keeping oakland behind. reporter think about this for a hot second in 2021. >> oakland city council passed a 300,000,005 year plan to fix about 400 miles of roads by 2027. how's it going? so far? >> ballpark number in the last two years is about 100. >> oakland may not reach its target. josh rowan, the now head of oakland's department of transportation, arrived three months ago from atlanta. >> i feel in some ways this is like karma for me because i was in another major american city saying, at least we'r

and then on monday, we'll sit down with asha safai.se live on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms. let's talk about our weather now. a slight cool down from yesterday, but the heat advisory continues in many parts of the bay area. here's meteorologist kari hall with our forecast. reporter today we are still under a heat advisory for these areas shaded in orange, including the santa cruz mountains. the south bay, and much of the east bay up to solano county. here, temperatures will reach into the 90s and up to 100 degrees, but the heat is coming down just a little bit for today, with a high of 91 for san jose and 95 for gilroy. much of the east bay will see temperatures in the 90s instead of those triple still hn antioch today, while in oakland of 80 degrees and 71 for half moon bay and palo alto, it will be in the upper 80s and san francisco up to 76. in the mission district, north bay, temperatures will reach 90. in santa rosa and 102 in ukiah. we'll take a look at our 7-day forecast coming up next. thanks kari. a popular lake i

if it's going to stop these sideshows in 2020, supervisor asha safai introduced legislation to combat sideshows in san francisco. >> it allowed sfpd to impound vehicles for 14 days after the first offense. after the second offense and even stronger penalty. >> you're involved in stunt driving in san francisco. we're taking your car for 30 days. >> our abc7 news data team looked into the latest incident reports and found that since january, there have been 24 stunt driving incidents reported in the city and 11 just last month, according to supervisor safai, not many cars have been impounded. multiple sideshows in san francisco this year and only five cars have been impounded. >> only five to date. and last year in 2023, only six. >> if this legislation is not stopping them, then what can? we spoke to oakland council member noel gayo. oakland has been fighting sideshows for years, so what is working for them in the neighborhoods, >> the planter boxes, cement boxes, the trees that neighbors have planning does deter the sideshows from coming into our neighborhood streets. >> his message t

levi strauss, heir daniel lurie and supervisor asha safai.n peskin, who is also running for mayor, does not plan to attend. the paper says this is over concerns that a group that funds two sponsors of the event is telling supporters to vote for farrell and lurie. the debate takes place at seven tonight at golden gate park. we are getting a slight cooldown for a couple of days, but it won't be a break from the sweltering heat. here's meteorologist kari hall with our 7-day forecast. our high temperatures won't be as high as it has been, so we're getting a slight cool down here, but we're still well above normal with highs in the low 90s in the valleys for today. and tomorrow. but then look at the heat returning on wednesday and getting even hotter on thursday. that's going to be the peak of the heat. and while it still will be hot on friday, the weekend is looking much nicer, especially during the overnight hours with our lows around 60 degrees. and in san francisco, we're going to see at times some low clouds and fog clearing out for the after

philanthropist daniel lurie and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai are also in the running, andre checking on the weather. >> it's warming up. it warmed up today a little bit inland. it's going to warm up further the next couple of days, maybe into the 100 degree mark. we'll have that forecast coming up. >> but first, recognizing mistakes made 80 years ago, the navy exonerates the black u.s. sailors who were punished after the port of chicago disaster. the perseverance it took to get there the us navy has exonerated black sailors who were unjustly punished after that blast. >> the explosion happened as live munitions were being loaded onto a cargo ship during world war two. 320 sailors and civilians were killed nearly 75% of them were black. after the explosion, white officers were praised for their efforts, but 256 black sailors were punished. 50 sailors who refused to return to work were charged with mutiny and sent to prison. east bay congressman mark desaulnier led the longtime effort for the exoneration. >> descriptions of these sailors having to go into the water to recove

interim mayor mark farrell will join us in the studio and then supervisors asha safai and aaron peskinre on thursday and friday, respectively. and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> part of building a better bay area is fighting for racial and social justice, and abc7 news has been focused on the topic of discrimination in the home appraisal process. today, we learned the department of housing and urban development has charged rocket mortgage, an appraiser and appraisal management company, with race discrimination. hud alleges the fair housing act was violated during the appraisal of a black homeowners property in denver. rocket mortgage denies the charges and said it looks forward to setting the record straight in court, also saying in a statement, quote, under federal law, mortgage lenders are required to work at arm's length during the appraisal process. partnering with independent appraisal management companies who assigned the work to state licensed

supervisor asha safai joins us in studio.morrow, supervisor aaron peskin will be here and in september, abc seven news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. you can watch it september 25th at 6 p.m. >> more money is being pumped into the state's effort to combat homelessness. governor newsom has announced a $3.3 billion competitive grant. this will provide cities with funding to care for unhoused individuals experiencing mental health conditions and substance use disorders. the funding will come from proposition one. the state bond measure was approved by voters in march to help modernize california's mental health system and reform california. the california mental health services act. >> the governor is crediting the chp surge in oakland with another wave of arrests last weekend. he says, officers broke up sideshows and arrested at least 13 people saturday, the governor adds the chp recovered several stolen vehicles and a couple of guns last week while he was in

supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, and philanthropist daniel lurie all took questions about homelessness, crime and the fentanyl crisis, among other topics. >> today i come into office, we'll declare a fentanyl state of emergency. it will allow us to get additional law enforcement resources into the tenderloin south of market, to fight the crisis that it is, and also build a 24 over seven centralized intake center so we can bring people off the streets and connect them with services. >> we got to arrest the drug dealers, a no holds barred. we got to get in there and stop them from selling this deadly drugs. but at the same time, we got to make sure that we expand sober living in our city. and i and i did one of the first, one of those last few years. we got to expand that. >> i no longer want our firefighters and our police officers being our homeless outreach workers and our mental health counselors. >> i want trained clinicians going out and pulling people in to a 24 over seven crisis center, making sure that we get people to those mental health and drug treatment beds. >> we should wo

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mayor breed attorney mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai. supervisor peskin will not be at tonight's debate. he says the organizations hosting are funded by a group called neighbors for a better san francisco. he says the group has already endorsed some candidates and believes the hosting organizations, which are stop crime, sf, stop crime action and connected sf, will follow suit. a political science expert from uc law san francisco says while peskin is not considered the number one candidate, his absence could affect how the debate looks. >> i think that changes the dynamic a little bit because he is, most obviously the i think the furthest left of the candidates, even in a san francisco realm. and he also seems to run pretty hot. so without him on stage, that may change the dynamics a bit. >> stop crime sf responded directly to supervisor peskin's note through a statement on x, it calls out peskin for not acting like a candidate for mayor by skipping this debate, saying in part, you wish to deny hundreds of voters the opportunity to enga

asha safai, mark farrell, daniel lurie and current mayor london breed all expected to participate. sapphire, i should say aaron peskin will not take part after the group organizing the debate, neighbors for a better san francisco called peskin a threat and recommended voters leave him off their ballots. >> today, michael bloomberg's charity announced that it's donating $1 billion to johns hopkins university. the money will cover the tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000. the average medical school graduate owes at least $200,000 in student loans. >> checking in on check, writing soon to be a thing of the past, and bart starts gearing u dave's company just scored the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. high five! high five... -i'm on a call. it's 5 years of reliable, gig speed internet... five years of advanced security... five years of a great rate that won't change. yep, dave's feeling it. yes. but it's only for a limited time. five years? -five years. introducing the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee. powering 5 years of saving

and on monday, supervisor asha safai will share his plans.have your mind made up or not, as a san francisco voter, it is still important to consider mayoral choices outside of your top choice. because of san francisco's ranked choice voting, it can, in close cases, make all the difference. in san francisco ginger conejero saab nbc, bay area news. well, you can finally turn off your air conditioner over the next few days. here's meteorologist kari hall with our forecast. we will have another day of wide ranging temperatures across the bay area, going from mid 60s in half moon bay to some mid 90s for the inland east bay into fairfield, as well as morgan hill reaching 96 degrees. but it will be slightly cooler tomorrow as we are seeing mostly 60s and 70s. and this is the progress that we are looking forward to with some weather where we don't even have to run the air conditioning, even in the tri valley with a high of 82 degrees, it will be 85 in morgan hill, but mostly some 60s for the peninsula down to mountain view will be in the low 70s and

supervisor and interim mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie, and supervisors aaron peskin and asha safaiing up city government in san francisco has now qualified for the november ballot. supporters held a rally outside city hall to celebrate the initiative, backed by the political group together sf action will cut the number of city commissions in half. so right now there are more than 100 commissions in san francisco, with many governed by non-elected leaders, including the police commission. organizers say the measure retains the police commission but tweaks its powers. >> the police commission right now is the only commission that has the unique ability to sort of micromanage the work of the department of the police officers. our measure puts that decision making power back into city leadership instead of the commissioners, but it still gives the commissioners they retain their ability to have disciplinary action and oversight over police officers. that doesn't change. >> the elections department will have 30 days to certify the signatures. supporters turned in nearly 80,000, but they

one time interim mayor mark farrell will join us in studio, and then supervisor asha safai is tomorrow supervisor aaron peskin on friday and in september, abc seven news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. you can watch that live. on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> new this morning, the former mayor of stockton is running for lieutenant governor of california. michael tubbs announced his campaign for the state's second highest executive office in a video posted to social media channels. he is a well-known champion for universal basic income initiatives. tubbs spoke with abc seven news social justice reporter julian glover while fighting a home appraisal that he thought was too low and delayed the sale of his property. tubbs is currently serving as governor newsom's special advisor for economic mobility. >> the san francisco police need your help to find a suspect who is accused of aggravated assault. police shared this video of the suspect blocking a waymo car and shouting at it before the attack. >> unsafe behavior detected.

today, supervisor asha safai will join us in studio.upervisor aaron peskin will be here. and in september, abc7 news in the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. you can watch it live on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> developing news from overseas. a horrifying story out of bangkok, where six people were found dead at the grand hyatt hotel from suspected cyanide poisoning. the dead include two americans and four vietnamese nationals. traces of cyanide were found in teacups delivered by room service at the five star hotel. police are investigating whether a financial dispute may have motivated the deaths. deaths may also be a murder suicide. >> the murder of three year old ella lorenzo is raising questions over what went wrong. investigators say her father killed her during a court mandated visit over the weekend. her body was found at a recycling facility in san jose and her father was found dead by suicide following that missed custody exchange. the girl's mother said she desperately w

news, we've been talking to all the candidates running for san francisco mayor today, supervisor asha safai explained why his approach to crime is investing more in community policing. >> we're down officers right now, but we're not down the willpower and what i put forward this past january was to have mandatory foot and bike patrols. let's get the officers out of their cars and doing proactive community policing. we have never fully done that in san francisco. when you go downtown. now, we were talking about walking around san francisco today. you go down to union square. you see a lot of police presence now. finally, that was as a result of a lot of the good work that i did to stop and stem the tide of organized retail theft. we need to spread that around san francisco. >> tune in tomorrow as we talk with supervisor aaron peskin on abc seven news at three. our interviews with the san francisco mayoral candidates continue tomorrow. supervisor peskin will be here. as we just mentioned, if you missed any of our other candidate interviews, we have them all posted on our website, abc7 news.co

mayor london breed, former interim mayor mark farrell, philanthropist daniel leary and supervisor asha safai will participate. supervisor aaron peskin chose to skip tonight's debate. this debate is hosted by several groups, including stop crime, sf, stop crime action and connected sf. it is co-moderated by our own ktvu reporter amber lee, who said she will press the candidates for practical solutions. and amber lee said that she will also be talking about some timely topics and cases, including the death of corazon dandan, who was killed after being pushed from a bart platform. the suspect in that case has been arrested in her murder. now again, this debate starts at 7 p.m. tonight, and san francisco da brooke jenkins will also be receiving an award for crime fighter of the year that will take place before the debate starts at 7 p.m. mike. >> big night for those tty. thank you for that. ktvu by the way, is theed partner for tonight's debate. so you can watch it live. 7:00 tonight on ktvu plus as well is on youtube. >> president biden is pushing back on calls from within his own party to drop

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we've been talking with the candidates running for mayor of san francisco and today, supervisor asha safaiwhy his approach to combating crime is investing more in community policing. >> we're down officers right now, but we're not down the willpower and what i put forward this past january was to have mandatory foot and bike patrols. let's get the officers out of their cars and doing proactive community policing. we have never fully done that in san francisco. when you go downtown. now, we were talking about walking around san francisco today. you go down to union square. you see a lot of police presence now finally, that was as a result of a lot of the good work that i did to stop and stem the tide of organized retail theft. we need to spread that around san francisco. >> uh- our interviews with the san francisco mayoral candidates continue tomorrow. >> supervisor aaron peskin will be here as we wrap up the week. and if you missed any of our other candidate interviews, we have them all posted on our website. just go to abc7 news.com. you'll find them there and in september, abc7 news and

london breed is facing off against attorney mark farrell, philanthropist daniel lurie and supervisor asha safai aaron peskin is also running, but will not be at tonight's debate. he says the organizations hosting stop crime sf and stop crime action are linked to a group called neighbors for a better san francisco. that group has already endorsed two candidates and says he says he thinks the hosting organizations will follow suit. >> i think that changes the dynamic a little bit because he is, most obviously the i think the furthest left of the candidates, even in a san francisco realm. and he also seems to run pretty hot. so without him on stage, that may change the dynamics a bit. >> the group said in a statement supervisor peskin is denying voters the opportunity to engage with him by bowing out of the debate. ktvu is the media partner for tonight's debate. will have live coverage beginning at 630 tonight on ktvu us and youtube. the debate starts at seven ktvu reporter amber lee is serving as one of the moderators. at least one person has been killed and nearly 3 million are without power in

if it's going to stop these sideshows in 2020, supervisor asha safai introduced legislation to combatsan francisco. >> it allowed sfpd to impound vehicles for 14 days after the first offense. after the second offense and even stronger penalty. >> you're involved in stunt driving in san francisco. we're taking your car for 30 days. >> our abc seven news data team looked into the latest incident reports and found that since january, there have been 24 stunt driving incidents reported in the city and 11 just last month, according to supervisor safai, not many cars have been impounded. multiple sideshows in san francisco this year, and only five cars have been impounded. >> only five to date. and last year in 2023, only six. >> if this legislation is not stopping them, then what can? we spoke to oakland council member noel gayo. oakland has been fighting sideshows for years, so what is working for them in the neighborhoods? >> uh- the planter boxes, cement boxes, the trees that neighbors have planning does deter the sideshows from coming into our neighborhood streets. >> his message to sa

other candidates include supervisors aaron peskin and asha safai, former mayor and supervisor mark farrellsaid in a statement that she is honored and proud. >> new. this morning, southwest is saying goodbye to open seating on their flights. it plans to start assigning seating at some point in the future. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live at san francisco bay. oakland international lena southwest says this is what passengers want. >> yeah, reggie. that's right. and it's not clear exactly when these changes will take effect. but it is a significant change from their first come, first seated boarding policy. now southwest says that their customer preferences have evolved, many taking longer flights where they'd rather have assigned seats. in a press release put out overnight, the airline said that when a customer chooses to stop flying with them and picks a competitor instead, open seating is cited as the number one reason for the change. southwest will also offer premium seating options. the airline says they expect about one third of seats across the plane to offer extended leg r

mark farrell joins us live and tomorrow, daniel lurie monday, we sit down with asha safai and you canat on roku, pluto and other streaming platforms. all right. last look at that weather. slight cooldown today a slight cool down for the valleys. and instead of talking triple digits, we're in the upper 90s. but we're also going to see much more relief tomorrow and into our weekend. all right. looking good there. all right. thanks for joining us here on today in the bay this morning. that's what's happening today in the bay. we'll

if it's going to stop these sideshows in 2020, supervisor asha safai introduced legislation to combat sideshows in san francisco. >> it allowed sfpd to impound vehicles for 14 days after the first offense. after the second offense and even stronger penalty. >> you're involved in stunt driving in san francisco. we're taking your car for 30 days. >> our abc7 news data team looked into the latest incident reports and found that since january, there have been 24 stunt driving incidents reported in the city and 11 just last month, according to supervisor safai, not many cars have been impounded. multiple sideshows in san francisco this year and only five cars have been impounded, only five to date. >> and last year in 2023, only six. >> if this legislation is not stopping them, then what can? we spoke to oakland council member noel gallo. oakland has been fighting sideshows for years, so what is working for them in the neighborhoods, >> the planter boxes, cement boxes, the trees that neighbors have planning does deter the sideshows from coming into our neighborhood streets. >> his message

wednesday is mark farrell, supervisor asha safai joins us on thursday, and supervisor aaron peskin isfriday. >> the latest statistics from san francisco's department of public health show fentanyl overdoses are going down. part of the reason more resources for treating substance abuse. >> we have tripled our street care teams. these teams offer drug treatment, mental health support and care. our best neighborhoods team, which focuses on individuals living long term on the street, helped place more than 160 people into substance use treatment. >> all that helped lead to a drop in overdose deaths. in june, 48 people died of overdose, compared to 57 last year. in the first half of this year, san francisco has seen 31 fewer overdose deaths compared to 2023. that is a drop of 8. officials stress the drug crisis is far from over. in san francisco, family members who lost loved ones on the golden gate bridge gathered today to commemorate the addition of a suicide barrier. >> kimberly renee gamboa held a photo of her son, who jumped off the bridge in 2013. she fought to get a safety net insta