the ordinance before you today will establish a new bayview hunters point citizens advisory committee that would be responsible for reviewing and providing recommendations to the planning commission, the board of supervisors and other city departments on land use matters in zone 2 of the bayview hunters point redevelopment project area. i know supervisor breed is extremely familiar with the structure and process associated with the redevelopment plans, for those of you who are not, i will give a very brief overview of the city adopted the redevelopment plan for the bayview hunters point neighborhood in 2006, and subsequently amended it in 2010. as a requirement of the california redevelopment law there was a project area committee established that was charged with reviewing land use decisions and projects in the neighborhood, making recommendations to the redevelopment commission, and implementing the redevelopment plan. now in recognition of the structure, the requirements of the california law, the planning department and the redevelopment agency entered into an agreement that speci

i am eddie part of the bayview program. i want to say that our program is the only program out here to service with youth dealing with multicultural youth programs. and we are fortunate to get support from the city and to be out here. and all due to the attention that happened three years ago when there was a lot of african, asian tension out here, because of misunderstanding. we want to focus on young people. and we have our second summit where youth come together and organize it. and the theme they come up is called usla, a way to address trauma and stress. and the young people came up with this idea and put together addressing the trauma and the stress they deal with every day in district 10. and another thing we need more programs dealing with employments where asian and hiring african-americans and job training and latino population. to create programs and funding to reflect the population in district 10. we know that justification happens because of development, but we know that the city wants to invest in the communi

i raised a family in bayview. and when i went into the construction business there were 150 black contractor and today there are three. let me tell you how that happened, the white people in this city has gone on a journey to run every black person out of san francisco. when the population was 28% black, and today it's less than 6%. i know that a lot of black people have good jobs. and you think that everything will be all right as long as you beg these white people for money. but they are not interested in us as black people and they are not going to do much for you if anything. they have taken all the money out of the programs. they have run every black contractor out of san francisco. and the biggest insult i had today, that i come in here and they have signs in the place, spanish on this side and cantonese on this side. i have lived a lifetime of negro in the black and you know it will be about our color. you see you don't know how white people do us, why we don't have nuthin now. the highest place for black p

the bayview that are existing how long have they been up and running? >>

the bayview that are existing how long have they been up and running? >> one since last august and one since january. >> and results there? we heard one is successful. >> yes, his pos, his point of sales system, they went from 0 produce, and added a category for "produce," and for the month of february, which is where we have the data shows an estimate between 60 and 100 pieces of produce selling a day. >> wow. >> the other is of purely paper format, so we have a different tracking system. >> i imagine this is a new skill for these new owners to deal with perishible products of this nature and are you coaching them through the business aspects of how to deal with that? >> sure, within the team is an individual scott schaefer who specifically knows produce

we're calling it third on third and this is when the bayview community is going to come alive. community wide art celebration for the whole entire family sponsored by the san francisco arts commission and the public utilities commission, and we've got some really cool activities which include pop-up galleries. we'll have food trucks and get this, everyone, we are also going to have a beer and winegard en, woo-hoo. [laughter] >> so, you definitely want to make your way down to 3rd street. we're going to also have art-making activities for the kids, and we also have cern grove on the road featuring bayview talent. so, i am very grateful for all the people that have put in a lot of work on making this event a success. i'm going to speak as if it has already happened. it is going to be a success. it is going to be this thursday, as i said. it is going

we have folks in bayview only talking with and a small corner of the bayview merchant quarter. we don't have people talking to the potrero hill association. all of these different fragmented conversations are happening. there largely talking about the same thing, crime, keeping streets clean, businesses, supporting small businesses, maintaining and making sure the city is livable for everyone. no one really looked to their neighbors. they stayed within their neighborhood, but did not reach beyond the boundaries. that is one thing i saw that i actually made a concerted effort on the campaign to build bridges. for me, that goes beyond the neighborhood. it goes to connecting the southeast to the large part of san francisco, wake up, we're out here. we want bike paths, dog parks, open space. we no longer want to have a neighborhood or a reputation of a crime-filled community. the other thing that i learned is really, we are all human. how to connect with that spirit, whether you're living in public housing, owning your own property, your asian, african american, we are all one. we

i am the executive director of bayview hunter's point senior services. i was trying to think of what part of our agency it talk about. i want to talk about the most vulnerable seniors we know. mr. boston said what i needed to say about housing. that's pretty much the deal. our agency sees seniors like him all the time. constantly, consistently looking for housing and can't find it. we need more support services to help people and to help people a app apply. a lot of people don't know where to find housing or where to start. we are trying to focus on that with seniors. and i want to talk about senior exit center, that looks out for ex-offenders. those are the people coming back, relatives and sons and daughters and uncles and aunts that are out of jail and prison and need a place to stay. and we can't find them a place to stay. we can get them transitional housing for three month and then nothing. and lastly i want to talk about the adult center, that serves a lot of vulnerable people. i want to thank the mayor who helped out last year, and we still need

newspaper on that list, san francisco bayview. >> yes. >> they're here. >> great. what with about the san francisco post? ~ >> i do not have any information on the san francisco post. if there is a member of the department from oca here who can speak to whether or not they actually applied for the competitive process. >> okay. i don't want to prolong the vote, so -- >> okay. >> so, you don't want to prolong the vote? >> i don't want to prolong the vote so -- as long as the bayview newspaper is on there, that's fine. thank you. >> so, colleagues, we have the amendments proposed by president chiu, supervisor avalos, and then supervisor breed. supervisor breed? >> just for clarity, we are adding all of the other newspapers that were listed that we discussed in budget and finance committee in addition to what's already been submitted before us for approval. okay, thank you. >> thank you. supervisor avalos? >> so, thank you, colleague. i did ~ didn't want to open up pandora's box. didn't know what would happen, wasn't so bad. i do think we're going to be adding these ne

it started in a vacant home this morning on hudson avenue in the bayview district. firefighters say it spread to a carport and then spread to a home with seven people inside. three generations, a grandmother, down to a five-year-old, escaped. they all got out but they don't have a place to live. their neighbors are will out because of smoke damage. they should be able to return. a firefighter was hurt and he was taken to the hospital. the fire is out but firefighters described it as "eye opening" it was so huge. they try to figure owe the cause and the red cross is trying to help nine fire victims. >> stay with abc7 news for an update on this breaking news and a remainder you can get updates on twitter follow us at abc7 news bay area. >> the santa clara d.a. will announce a sweeping indictment against gang members and we are more on the crimes. >> this morning, the district attorney will be holding a news conference here expected to last an hour and he will be discussing this massive criminal gang case. here are four of the males of the 39 facing charges, cruz, mart

so in the bayview there is a team of young adult professionals called the food guardians who are from the community and actually drive this process and work with the corner stores and work with the corner store owners and do the campaigns and link up the stores more effectively with the faith-based organization, et cetera. they do door hangers to hang in the community for folks to shop in the stores. the second piece is the business side, which i won't say much about, because larry brucia here to speak to that. looking at redesigning the store and freeing up space so produce and other healthy products can be highlighted and works very closely with our food guardians. in the tenderloin there are five leaders who have assessed over 50 stores in looking at ways to improve the offerings at those stores and work with studio. i just started to work with the american grocers association. so i just wanted to say that our idea around this comprehensive approach is to support the small mom and pops while addressing health inequities and strengthening community and promoting economic development

. >> reporter: breaking news in the bayview district. it's the intersection of keith and oakdale so a car slammed into a house. we know the building inspectors are on scene now checking the structural integrity of the house. we're not sure at this point how bad the damage is. it was first reported about a half hour ago and we're sending a news crew to the scene. so we'll continue to bring the latest from san francisco's bayview district. otherwise, a lot of slow traffic right now coming out of the altamont pass and really all the way through the livermore valley now. once you get past vasco, that's when things finally start to break up closer towards the dublin interchange. westbound 4 still very heavy between "a" street to loveridge. let's go outside show you live traffic cameras. towards 880, this is 880 in oakland. no major delays right now past the oakland coliseum. a look at the south bay now here's a look at 101. we sent our photographer towards the mckee exit, where it's starting to bunch up a bit, look at that, in the northbound

a firefighter is hurt in an overnight fire in the bayview district. i'll tell you why investigators are calling this one suspicious. >> reporter: good morning, i'm bob redell. live in the south bay with the largest gang bust in santa clara county history. that story coming up. >>> you made it through monday. tuesday provides a whole new foreca forecast. temperatures are going to be a little warmer. our air mass is more crisp. now we have a warmup on our hands. i'll sort out all the details for you. >> we've found another set of flashing lights by the coliseum. we'll tell you what's going on there as well as farther south. >>> we will give you lovely live looks outside this morning, help you start your tuesday morning, june 11th. this is a look in san francisco, and this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning everybody. right to the breaking news out of san francisco. we have an update for you here. at least one firefighter has been injured in that house

this was overnight on hudson street in the bayview district. firefighters say there was a carport and a fence that burned and a lot in between the two homes. again, one of them vacant but stuffed with items. i was talking to a neighbor. he said there was a lot of tvs here and other things. they would see people come and go. one firefighter called it suspicious. another one said in his opinion it's just interesting. i just spoke to odessa island who had to run for her life. >> can we ask you what you were doing? >> in the bed sleeping. >> how did you know it was a fire? >> my granddaughter was up looking at tv and she smelled something. she looked out, a lot of light outside. she said oh, it's a fire, it's a fire. look, look. get up and get out of this house. >> reporter: now, if steve can pan over here and show you this balcony. there are stairs attached to that. that's actually what collapsed when a firefighter was walking on them. he hurt his knee. he was taken to the hospital but is expected to make a full recovery. i have some updated numbe

this is located on keith streets located in the bayview district. our helicopter minutes away from that scene. we are being told a building inspector is also on the way. we understand that car appears to be a range rover that crashed into the garage of that home. so far, no word of any injuries. we will, of, bring you any updates as soon as we get them into the newsroom. >> a well-known south bay politician will be sentenced this friday after pleading guilty to five felony charges. before then, voters this morning, they are picking his replacement. bob redell is live at the registrar of voters with this story for us. good morning. >>> good morning, jim and marla. those polls open in just about half an hour at 7:00 here in the south bay for a special election that does not seem to be particularly popular with voters. the santa clara registrar of voters is expecting a turnout of only 35% to 45%. it is not cheap to put one of these things on. expected to cost at least half a million dollars. voters will be electing a new santa clara county supervisor f