a volunteer at city hall who shawna knew was also a fire department volunteer. kerry assisted noah in c.p.r. but quickly realized she needed a defibrillator. sprinted off to secure one at the city hall's a.e.d.'s. taking place, ryan cortez, a corona city e.m.t. and an off-duty was in a meeting with the city manager's office when he pulse d an alert on the point respond app. this app notifies certified of a medical emergency near them. hile ryan rushed downstairs to respond, kerry and noah administered first a.e.d. shock. rerifle -- revival, shawna stabilized the staff member. at 1:56 p.m., the firemen arrived. was able to explain to the firemen exactly what transpired brief them on the a.e.d. readings. i'm very grateful to say that of my staff, who's been a dedicated and instrumental part of my team for years, is recovering and doing well. very ay may have ended differently if not for the quick actions of my staff and the ifesaving techniques administered by noah ritter, kerry lee smith, and ryan cortez. to those three individuals, the ntire calvert team sends th

you can find us here at city hall. best of all, our services are free of charge. the office of small business is your place to voice concerns that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. >> clerk: item one, call to order and roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president adams: great. next item, please. >> clerk: item 2, general public comment allows public to comment generally on items that are within the small business commission's jurisdiction but not on today's agenda and suggest items for the future commission's consideration. item 1, members of the public, you are welcome to come up and make public comment. >> president adams: so would anyone like to make public comment on items that are not on today's agenda? come on up. >> clerk: and members of the public, if there are going to be many of you, if you could lineup on the right side of the meeting room, that would be great. thank you. >> thank you for hav

city hall is reminding us election day is tomorrow. inside the department of elections is staffed up, ready to host voting at city hall and start counting ballots when polls close tomorrow night. london breed in the financial district getting out the vote the night before election day. >> there are issues, candidates. your mayor is on the ballot. proposition a, affordable housing bond. transportation improvement and an affordable housing bond are on the ballot. there was no waiting at city hall tonight. >> the district attorney was really important to me. >> reporter: they say they're paying close attention to the district attorney's race. a win for lofts wrd reflect positively on breed. >> how far are we going to go whether it comes to criminal justice reform? you really couldn't get a clearer choice than that. >> reporter: they'll decide tomorrow. now tonight the department of elections says it mailed out 350,000 absentee ballots and only 65,000 have been returned. it is expecting a big day of drop offs tomorrow. be sure to check out our website. we have up to the minute election results. something like this. an unbelievable rescue ca

you're welcome to join us at city hall at 4:00 p.m. just please continue to provide the safety for enforcement for pedestrians as well as enforcement for crime. >> president hirsch: any other public speakers? okay. public comment is closed. next item. >> clerk: line item seven, public comment on item listed below, including item six, vote to hold closed session. >> president hirsch: okay. is there any public comment on closed session? okay. next item. >> clerk: vote whether to hold closed session, section 67.10, line item. >> president hirsch: okay. closed session, all in favor? opposed? okay. we're going into closed session. thank you. [gavel]

you're welcome to join us at city hall at 4:00 p.m. just please continue to provide the safety for enforcement for pedestrians as well as enforcement for crime. >> president hirsch: any other public speakers? okay. public comment is closed. next item. >> clerk: line item seven, public comment on item listed below, including item six, vote to hold closed session. >> president hirsch: okay. is there any public comment on closed session? okay. next item. >> clerk: vote whether to hold closed session, section . >> clerk: all right. president hirsch, we are back in open session, and you still have a quorum. >> president hirsch: okay. next line item on the agenda. >> clerk: next item, vote whether to disclose items discussed in closed session. >> president hirsch: is there a motion not to disclose? >> so moved. >> president hirsch: all in favor? opposed? next line item. >> clerk: motion to adjourn. >> so moved. >> commissioner dejesus: i move we adjourn this meeting in the memory of buck deventhal. he was the brain trust of the city attorney

a supervisor directed at the san francisco police officers association are quite the talk here at city hall but most city leaders we reached out to are keeping their distance from the controversy. he the sfpoa, though, is reacting. san francisco supervisor sanda lee fuhr captured on video leading a vulgar chant against the san francisco police officers association at a campaign event last night. a chant the p.o.a. president says is an attack on police officers. >> they're hert by her language. our members have a very dangerous job as it is. and for her inciting and fueling anger toward law enforcement out there it's dangerous. >> reporter: she did not make herself available for comment but issued a statement apologizing to the rank and file, letting them know her husband was a police officer and she respects the job but going on to say she weapons not apologizing to the p.o.a. saying their attempts to influence the district attorney's race was trumpian bullying and fearmongering in san francisco politics. the supervisor's comments didn't come up at tonight's police commission meeting. one c

some of the best chefs in san francisco, you are going to be there joining me at city hall. pect.>> it kicks off at city hall which might be the coolest, you have lots of these chefs and some of my favorites. the list goes on and on. it's going to be a party so why not go and have fun at this incredible party and taste all this great stuff? then also a really noble and necessary cause. >> whatever you like is you get a taste of the best things. the best of what the bay area has to offer, you can find it at this event.>> you sure can and there's a component of tickets that are available if you want to get involved a way. >> you can join us thursday night san francisco city hall, come support moms and support babies.>> when you go to that website you can also go to march of dimes.org and get involved. there are so many ways to get involved and we want to say thank you because you have been a long-standing supporter. thank you, that's incredible work. if you want to come before or after we have a very cool pop- up happening starting november 25 it is called naughty or nice. come

rescheduled a rally in front of the ferry building at 10:00 and there is also a candlelight vigil at city hall coming up at 5 pm. >> also today a public memorial service will be held for the late kaiser permanente ceo tyson. he died in his sleep last week and he was 60 years old. he will lie in repose at the oakland rotunda to celebrate his life. the viewing is set for 11:00 until 3:00 and then an invitation-only service will be held tomorrow at the chase center. he worked for kaiser for 30 years, rising for the corporate ranks before taking that top job six years ago. >>> coming up, protest taking place all over the world this weekend . >> the violent way to mistreat are marked one year since the yellow vest protest started and the clash between protesters and police in hong kong. >>> impeachment hearing did not take the day off. they hear from one key witness who is not the first to break ranks and defy a white house order not to cooperate. more on that when we come back. >>> from fran three, this is mornings on 2. >> happy sunday. it is a beautiful and we can see a layer of fog sitting on t

city hall. they expect that the first wave of. result to be announced around 8.45 on tuesday, those will mostly be the mail in ballots that are already here at city hall, they'll announce the count from those and then throughout the evening as long as it takes will be additional waves for salt announced until this election is completed. but for now at san francisco city hall charles clifford kron 4 news. >>and the east bay in oakland police there have arrested 3 suspects and retrieved 11 firearms after an almost 4 month long investigation. back in june officers responded to an armed robbery at a wells fargo on macarthur boulevard. a custodian was delivered us currency to was delivering that currency, the bank when 2 men armed with assault rifles approached him and then demanded the currency the suspects got away with the money after months of investigation police were able to arrest wayne jackson damien jackson nephew dwayne and for sadie's more also in the east bay contra costa chp officers found this pig while on patrol, the pig has no markings no 10 and our i d little piggy was found on highway 4 at bailey road monday night at the pig hap

the past years, she's worked on five different campaigns and spent over 1,000 hours interning at city hall. she's thrown down on campaigns to support progress leaders and progressive movement building. most recently, she serves as a the amazing campaign manager and glue for prop e affordable communities now. i first met jackie in her capacity as a student asking brilliant questions about homelessness and how we, as a city, could and should come together to address root causes of homelessness. i was impressed by her commitment to social justice and pressing with a lens of human compassion and equity. it's been wonderful watching her grow and learn through interacti interactions. she approaches it with a balance of diligence, curiosity, and commitment. i'm so proud of jackie for transitioning into the person she was always meant to be. i know this takes personal courage and a lot of support. so i also wanted to thank everyone here who has given her the positive support that she needs to be her true self. jackie, thank you for joining the cadre of strong and hard women who are making the sign

we will be celebrating here at city hall from 5:30 to 7:30 and i hope you all will join us. this annual gathering honors the american culture, local heroes and leaders who have worked to strength astrengthen initiatives will feature the kick-off of the american indi indian cultural c. i'm glad we're making this a reality. let's remember while justice begins with recognition, it hazardous not endoesnot end the. i will continue that fight on the rest of my committee. the rest i submit. >> supervisor fewer. >> colleagues, i'm thrilled to announce legislation to develop the business plan for the first public bank in san francisco. with the passage of ab857 creating a pilot program for charts in state of california, we want san francisco to be the first in line to create our own public municipal bank. the taxpayer money is currently held in private commercial banks that often engage in socially and environmentally destructive practises, fundamentally against the values of san francisco. a public bank would allow the city to have a more local control, transparency, self-determinat

contests don't hold your breath over the weekend though he won 12 winner kron four's dan kerman live at city hall. >>with more on this dan here we go. well we just got the air we go we just got the word just about an hour ago and they've counted about 26,000 more ballots and now chase of dean has taken the lead. >>over suzy loftus as you know on wednesday. she was ahead by about 2200 votes and then now yesterday she was at by 879 votes. but if you look at the totals right now he has taken the lead ahead by a 156 votes not a 156,000 but just a 156 votes now there are still 15,500 votes to be counted. most of those ballots are provisional and that means this still is anybody's contests. >>these numbers again they're they're preliminary. these will change these are not said these are not final numbers. these numbers are probably go up as far as what we have to count as we go through the materials as we go through our process these that's how it is they're seeing election in real time so we're not saying this is it the final. why these numbers aren't static. and they won't be really until i certify.

as we look at city hall at san francisco, a little hazy at the marina, high pressure around a while, that will put a lid on things and reduce visibility. numbers fairlyy five in concord, not bad, oakland 70, livermore 73 and san francisco 69 degrees. that is autumn in the bay area. we are heading into november, we will turn a corner in november where it starts to get chilly and will stay that way for the most part, not always, right through march. enjoy the warm weather while you can if you like that kind of thing. high pressure of the pacific northwest means a slight warm- up tomorrow, the numbers come up a little bit, really you would have to be a human thermometer to be able to detect the difference between tomorrow and today, pretty much encore performance. tomorrow will be chilly, the sun will be up early, sunrise at 6:37 am, temperatures in the 40s as we head out the door tomorrow morning, if you go out early. tonight, the noon is close to saturn, at least it looks like it is, saturn to the right of the crescent moon. pluto appears between saturn and the moon tonight, that is f

we will continue to monitor developments here at city hall. >> the das race is certainly driving a lot of people to the polls. thank you. >>> later tonight we will get early results and have those in our later newscast. you can also get the latest on all of the top races in the bay area on our homepage at www.ktvu.com. >>> san jose mirror is leading the charge to have pg&e restructured into a customer owned utility. >> by creating a customer owned utility you will be able to align financial interest of the country with republic interest. and secondly we would be able to create a company that has access to capital markets that would be critically needed for this utility to get on its feet. >> a letter was sent out today from leaders representing over 5 million californians calling on them to put customers before investors. a letter comes just after a review of proposed ideas for p danny's reorganization as the heads to bankruptcy court. >>> federal bankruptcy code and state law requires them to approve any such plan for the utility. oakland mayor libby shaft is another leader who suppor

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you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all of our services are free of charge. small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about the policies that affected the economic vitality of small business in san francisco. if you need assistant with small business matters, start here. first item. >> called to order at roll call. [roll call] mr. president, you have a quorum. >> for the record i need to leave at 315 today if the meeting is not over buy them for a doctors appointment. >> item two, general public comment. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to comment on any item that is not on today's agenda? seeing none. public comment is closed. next item, please. >> board of supervisors 190458 planning code. ordinance amending the planning code to modify the job housing linkage fee by inducting the fee, adding options for complying with the fee, requiring payment of the fee no later than the time of the first certificate of occupancy, dedicating funds fo

and now a viral video showing a supervisor leading a chant at boudin's election night party. ali wolf joins us from city hall with the details. >> reporter: well, raj, this was a tight and contentious race for san francisco district attorney and as the votes are still being counted here at city hall, there are tension now between the head of the san francisco police officers association and a city leader all because of a vulgar chant. [ crowd chanting ] >> an election night moment going viral. >> it was loud. >> reporter: at a party for chassa boudin and sandra fur seen on stage leading a vulgar chant against the poa. boudin said he wasn't in the room at the time. >> i didn't use that language. i don't support that language. i understand it is a reflection of the real frustration that so many san franciscans including elected officials feel. >> reporter: the san francisco police officers association released attacks ads against boudin and today they fired back at the supervisor by delivering to her office a letter with two boxes of soap so she can clean up her language. in the letter poa president tony monto

they honor the lives of the late san francisco mayor and supervisor who was at city hall 1978. ceremony will start tonight at 7:00 p.m. >>> the impeachment inquiry is now moving forward with the house judiciary committee. the hearing will be next wednesday. it's expected to feature legal experts and they will examine the institutional grounds for impeachment. soon after congress returns from thanksgiving. the president sounded off on twitter saying he would quote love to have mike pompeo and other trump administration officials to testify. >> the president tweeted just a short while ago he encourages you to testify in the impeachment investigation. is that something you're considering. >> when the time is right, all good things. >> the house released more transcripts as closed door testimony yesterday. an employee with the office of management and budget testified saying he raised concerns about the legality back in july but wasn't given a reason until september. >>> time is 4:47. later today bart's general manager will consider his listening tour. then be at the mill gray ation

francisco after voters rejected the measure to overturn the ban that cross four's will tran live at city hall with the latest. well good morning. >>good morning james and darya voters turned out at the ballots yesterday at city hall in throughout the city and not only did they vote they overwhelmingly rejected that vaping for proposal to overturn and the band that was prop c. >>and had it has that been would have been lifted and would have allowed brick and mortar store to sell products vaping products and a limited supply but still allow them to do that also online but because voters by 80% voted to keep the ban in place that will not be allowed actually the board of supervisors but that ban in place back in june. now we know it will officially the implement it come january and the whole thing was to make sure the youth the young people are protected because a lot of people are vaping these days even caught the attention of president trump who also is pushing a ban for himself for some of the flavored vaping products now i got a chance to talk to some of the san francisco voters this morning

mayor london breed introduced him today at city hall with some words of advice. >> we need to do better. >> the reality of public transportation in the city and the challenge facing the new transportation director. but jeffrey tumlin says he's ready. >> i've long been an outspoken proponent of changing core practices in my industry. >> his first task is to listen. he doesn't know all the answers yet. he should get an earful. e-scooters and bike shares are proliferating as are ride shares. infrastructure repairs overdue. even the new railcars have design issues. there's a lack of parking. nowhere more evident than van ness avenue. traffic lanes is years behind schedule. the construction has driven small business owners out of business. this man may lose his market as well. >> almost 60% of the businesses are dpon. >> all these issues facing the new transportation czar, not to mention a labor shortage of muni operators. last year alone 400 vacant positions. tumlin says that's a critical problem. >> i want to have conversations about how do we make sure that we are paying every employee a

lots of votes to be counted, we will stay on top of it for you, life here at city hall, wilson walker. >> still votes to count, but we can tell you at this point, a tax on rideshare trips is a squeaking by. property would at a 3.5% surcharge, it drops to 1.5% for shared rides. as of this evening, is just clearing the two thirds majority needed to pass and, it is the same story with an affordable housing bond that is too close to call. reading was 6 to 9.3% of vote supporting it. 30.6% are opposing it, amanda brentwood, where voters overwhelmingly abducted the developer back measured l. 70% have voted no. the initiative would have moved the urban limit line to allow for 815 acres of new housing. you can find updated election results online and all the bay area races, also this ballot measures had to kpix.com. >>> two dangers inmates who escaped from the monterey county jail are back behind bars tonight. jonathan salazar, and santos fonseca were led back to monterey county. they were caught as they tried to cross from tijuana mexico, back into the u.s. on foot. monterey county deputies

. >> reporter: now back here at city hall, the mayor admits his plan would cost billions of dollars but says having the support of all those other leaders makes it a possibility going forward. >> thank you, scott. >>> talk of cooperate breakups and takeovers prompted governor newsom to meet privately with pg&e officials today. utility's ceo said he told the governor splitting up the company would be bad for consumers. the governor's answer to volunteer as mediator to find a solution. he said the state would consider its own potential takeover if pg&e's bankruptcy is not resolved by next june. >>> new information on the inmates who escaped from the monterey county jail. this is a motel 6 in the city of morena north of monterey. just hours ago someone spotted one of the there, police responded to the reports. we told you yesterday about these two men being held on murder charges, sunday morning they escaped from jail by cutting a hole in the bathroom ceiling. they've been on the run ever since. police say they are gang be members and are dangerous. >>> the deadly halloween shooting at an

. >> senator jim bell at city hall and the mayor says the $500,000 in state money will go to help sanose in its quest to add micro grids and communications equipment, head of future events. when it comes from a pool of $75 million at the state level, distributed to affected cities. half 1 million of the largest cities, less smaller ones. >> a small amount of money, about $.50 for the average citizen in san jose. the real problem is the state is wealthy enough to be able to come up with a little change for us. >> reporter: dating back to late last month, the utility of the three powersÃand it fears strong winds could topple aging powerlines. officials are investigating if damage pg&e lines are impartial cause to the kinkaid fire. >> we have equipment that goes over our mountains around san jose and we could very well have the same kind of situation here. >> reporter: senator bell says that the 10 year fix is too long and leave the residence vulnerable to the uncertainty of power shut off. some san jose residents agree, arguing the cities reimbursement isn't trickling down to them. >> i

pound business showed up at city hall to deliver a letter to each member of the city council and the mayor asking them to drop the lawsuit for the good of baseball fanand the local buness that could be affected. yet another oakland somewhere else we've are it's true. our sports teams. the economy, they're open e economy. it just kes common sense to work with the r organization and t bill that economic development oportunity that we help now's nothe time to go a courtroom news, now's not the timto be fighting each other that's come together and make this happen. >>team has offered to buy the city portion of the coliseum site as well for the same ice tag. t only if the city agrees to drop the lawsuit holding up their deal with the unty. even with the lawsuit dropped there are still likely more hures ahead. >>for the team there is stil opposition to the idea of the a's ming to the waterfront from businesses at the port of oakland who believe that a new ballpark there will get in th way of their operations maureen kelly kro4 news. >>hd right shares in san francisco about to get more expe

howard terminal today, a group of local business owners calling themselves town business showed up at city hall to deliver a letter to each member of the city council and the mayor asking them to drop the lawsuit for the good of baseball fans and the local businesses that could be affected if yet another oakland sports team picks up and moves somewhere else so something like this that's going on with the a's that backs so many small businesses that are vendors. >>that have contracts. relationships not just with these themselves look at the coliseum and the arena. so we lose another team all of those small businesses are going to be in danger. >>the team has offered to buy the city's portion of the coliseum site as well for the same price tag. but only if the city agrees to drop the lawsuit holding up their deal with the county. even with the lawsuit dropped there are still likely more hurdles ahead. >>for the team there is still opposition to the idea of the a's moving to the waterfront from businesses at the port of oakland who believe that a new ballpark there will get in the way of their ope

find us online or in person at city hall. all services are free of charge. small business commission is official public forum to voice opinions and concerns about policies that affect the chinning vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance where small business matters start here at the office of small business. thank you. >> 13. adjournment. action item. >> so moved. >> second. >> motion to adjourn the meeting all in favor. >> hammer down at 10 minutes after 7:00. >> good morning, everyone. what an exciting day in the city of san francisco right here on jefferson street. i want to thank you all for coming out like they say. it takes a village to really come up with a great project and this project is a great project that involved many people from many city departments, many years ago. it started with the fisherman's worth plan and there were many agencies that were involved. i see john brown from the planning department is here. harlan kelly from p.u.c., our friends from the port are here. the san francisco transportation authority

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. >> reporter: well, we are here at city hall, the regulister of voters should be updating us momentarilyn the latest vote count. but, larry, you are right. it is too close to call. it is a very tight race. >> i was on the street up until the polls closed talking to people who are making their decisions. >> reporter: the last-minute campaigning helped suzie take the lead. >> district attorney, district attorney for the

we are live at city hall where both counting machines will run for hours over the next couple of days i just learned they are asking for rushed donations because this race is razor thin. they may call for a recount. if that happens this will be the first recount in more than 20 years, it is a pretty big deal. i learned that our 70,000 more ballots need to go through. >> i expect that we will get most of the ballots done tomorrow, or as far as saturday. we will start putting these results in saturday and early next week. >> here is a screenshot asking for more funds, from chesa boudin. an update should be announced at 4 pm. this has been a very high's race a public defender got the most first choice votes tuesday. there were more second and third choice votes, and as of last night's account, he jumped ahead with 51% of the votes. it is too close to call because there are tens of thousands of male in and provisional ballots. >> we are humbled that many of us as their first choice for this race. >> in a statement saying i am hopeful that the results in the following days continue to back

they concluded this irstories at city hall. >> it's ironed into your brain.minds you the most is the family days like birthdays and anniversaries. >> they want changes done to make sure that san francisco streets are safer. >>> after being closed for nearly two years, the library is supposed to reopen this week. a fire damaged that library. the new library, has a ribbon cutting ceremony and performances and story time. >>> coming up, going beyond selling cookies and earning badges. the program that gives girl scouts and their mothers the gift of spending time together. we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply filed a claim on her usaa app and said... i got this. usaa insurance is made the way kate needs it - easy. she can even pick her payment plan so it's easy on her budget and her life. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa >>> girl scouts winning badges, social services come

. >>> vic lee is live at city hall with the latest for us. vic?> reporter: suzie loftus has built up her lead. but, remember, there's still lots of votes to be counted. in the meantime, as you said, there's a controversial election night party video that surfaced and that is causing all of the buzz. >> i was on the street up until the polls closed talking to people or making their decisions. >> the last-minute

having said that, is one of the most senior legislative aides here at city hall, i know a little bit about policy. when policies are made, typically there is a problem identified and backed by data like in this case. there is the goal that you want, which is, in this case, his equity and access to all members without barriers. and then you create a policy to address both the problem and to get you at your goal. in this case, there are no changes being made to the current policy at hand. what is being recommended today is a change in language for clarification. so the language, just like a policy, the language needs to be incredibly clear so there's no room for interpretation. i think this line is what the director read and it is getting at the crux of the problem, which is that at least -- the least invasive services are diagnostic so they can be covered, which i think gets at the issue that was shared. however, i want to point out that in all the other documents, it clearly says that in order for the service to be covered, it must be determined to be medically necessary. so my quest

and tonight a supervisor here at city hall is calling the situation a public safety and health crisis. you're looking at time lapse video of what has neighbors so concerned. once the federal building closes at 7th describe it as an open air drug market. >> people overdosing. we've all seen people dieut an least once a night taking someone away. it was a terrifying experience. people from here have been assaulted. >> the federal government has a responsibility to maintain it. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor matt haney sent a letter last week to both the feds and city leaders demanding action. >> raising the alarm bells on the level of drug dealing, drug use, some of the associated public safety issues that are down there, and asking for a coordinated response. >> reporter: police are responding. they're moving people along. jane weil says she's relieved to see a cleaner plaza tonight. but the efforts by police are only pushing the problems along. ut they arrest one and two more come the next day. so it really is not something solvable just by police. we need department of public

with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city halltnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show their products and it comes back to how do we help companies set more money into arthur businesses and develop more customers and their relationships, so that they can continue to grow and continue to stay here in san francisco. i'm amy kascel, and i'm the owner of amy kaschel san francisco. we started our line with wedding gowns, and about a year ago, we launched a ready to wear collection. san francisco's a great place to do business in terms of clientele. we have wonderful brides from all walks of life and doing really interesting things: architects, doctors, lawyers, teachers, artists, other like minded entrepreneurs, so really fantastic women to work with. i think it's important for them to know where their clothes are made and how th

they concluded this irstories at city hall. >> it's ironed into your brain. what reminds you the most is the family days like birthdays and anniversaries. >> they want changes done to make sure that san francisco streets are safer. >>> after being closed for nearly two years, the library is supposed to reopen this week. a fire damaged that library. the new library, has a ribbon cutting ceremony and performances and story time. >>> coming up, going beyond selling cookies and earning badges. the program that gives girl scouts and their mothers the gift of spending time together. dubai awaits taste the finer things in life rise above the ordinary travel through time play in the sand celebrate everyday. fly emirates to dubai. for a world of good times. fly emirates. fly better. >>> girl scouts winning badges, social services comes to mind. >> for one troop, it's a rare chance to see their mothers. >> i will try -- >> i will try -- >> to serve my country -- >> to serve my country -- >> reporter: a traditional oath recited in a surprising setting, prison. they're a

it was 41 years ago today that supervisor dan white shot mayor moscone and supervisor milk at city hall. today both remembered in a small gathering in the castro. we're back with more news in a minute. ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®. >>> on this thanksgiving eve the busiest kitchen in the bay area, it's got to be, glide memorial church in san francisco zb. >> for sure. volunteers and staff slicing hundreds of pounds of ham and turkey even as they work on tomorrow's feast they still were serving people this evening. the volunteers say they'll make more than 2,000 meals. >> in addition to the meal that we're serving here tomorrow, part of our holiday tradition is something we call glide on the go. we'll be taking 200 of our delicious holiday meals out into the community. >> they are so generous there. thanksgiving day begins with a celebration at the church at 10:00, then to the dinin

at 10:30 a.m. here. >> north bay one city is dealing with something entirely unprecedented and slightly bizarre. serving while living in south america. her absence is causing problems. >> live at city hall. >> it is a strange case the city is dealing with the counsel member splitting her time. her colleague says that is now causing problems about city business. >> i will be marking her absent. >> there has been somebody missing. she hasn't been there in american. she's been calling in but sometimes the calls get dropped. it's happened a lot. one reason for the spotty calls could be she is calling from her part-time home in ecuador. more than 3,000 miles away. residents are noticing. >> i have major concerns when one out of the members is now living outside of the city. outside of the state. outside of the country. >> we had to postpone an item. >> vote of affordable housing projects had to be postponed tuesday because of the required to be physically present. >> she has vacated the home. >> she's flown back once. >> former mayor says by law she can be away for 30 days at a time. but it's much more than missing tuesday night meetings. >> you can't call into a meeting to do the other task

jackie ward is live at city hall with more. >>> some city supervisors and the police commissioner are accusing the poa spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on lies to mislead the public. here is the at under so much scrutiny. >> in a gang member turns to violent crime -- >> the police officer association spent $400,000 on tv ads alone against candidates, a attorney from the public defenders office who they say is soft on gang members and drunk drivers. the san francisco supervisors and defense of him. >> i am actually ap would spend the money of their membership on this type of behavior. lies and attacks and membership, this is trying to purchase democracy, this is trying to buy elections. the police union also sent out mailers across the city saying they're putting families at risk, supporters say the answer to benefit rival candidates. we reached out to the campaign office but have not gotten back to us with the, the candidates are vying to the open seat. >>> in the next half hour, the race for the mayor and the fight for e-cigarettes, stay with us for complete election results

. >>> new at 6:00, water cut off at city hall.n a brt project hit a three-inch waterline serving city hall. the building closed early bal because toilets and faucets would not work. it nearly spoiled plans for one couple who came to get married. >> we did it. and thank goodness for that, that we were able to at least get married and take some photos inside. >> congratulations to the newlyweds. one office in city hall was not evacuated and stayed open through all of this. the elections department kept counting out standing ballots from tuesday's vote. and, on that subject, let's update you now on the races still too close to call from election day on tuesday. in the race for san francisco district attorney, boudin has 156-vote lead. loftis was named interim district attorney a couple weeks ago. the winner replaces georgeeplace gascon. dean press continton has a 35-v on brown. it's been going back and forth since the polls closed. san francisco uses ranked-choice voting. you can check out all the results on our website. those two ar

baby while working in the office and when she returned we had luckily just converted a bathroom at city hallo a lactation room. she was pumping a couple times a day and had it not been for the room around the hallway, i don't know if she could have continued to provide breast milk for her baby. not all returning mothers have the same access, even though there's existing state laws on the issues. >> these moms usually work in low paying jobs and returning to work sooner and they don't feel well-supported at work. >> we started out by having legislation to mandate that all city offices and departments have accommodations for mothers to return to work and lactate. but this year we passed legislation for private companies to have lactation policies for all new moms returning to work. >> with the newcome -- accommodations, moms should have those to return back to work. >> what are legislation? >> we wanted to make it applicable to all, we created a set of standards that can be achievable by everyone. >> do you have a few minutes today to give us a quick tour. >> i would love to. let's go. >> this

in the nearly 20 years at city hall that's been opened and the 20 years i've been city attorney, a lot of of eccentrics have come back and a couple of ghosts, a as well. but let me tell with be the spirit of buck devanthal will reign suprem supreme in this bug and look out after all of us to make sure the people's business is always done here. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, city attorney for sharing those words. supervisor peskin, would you like to make some comments? >> thank you, president yi and city attorney hererra. i always joked but sincerely agreed with me that buck was actually the real city attorney. [ laughter ] to buck's widow monica and family, on behalf of the board, we want to express our condolences but i want to tell you a story. so as dennis said, buck really loved the city and really loved city hall. a few months ago, he asked that he receive a copy of that image that is in the hallway of a photograph that was taken here three years ago on the 100t 100th anniversary of these chambers that he spoke to in that treatise in the corrupt old days