we did meet with some folks from hope, bevan dufty and others was the fact that many of the vehicularle are reluctant to surrender their vehicles for case management. one thing we have been working on with bevan is finding a location to store vehicles should people accept services and try to move into a different housing situation. we're working towards trying to finalize something that could work and be able to house individuals, cars or rvs for a periods of time to figure out how to transition individuals. i know it's not an easy issue, not a slam-dunk issue. even though you will hear a lot of testimony will the homeless component and i certainly don't want to say that doesn't exist and people are not housed in cars. but there also a number people who are just parking their very large vehicles all over the city and not even where think live. one study that the mta put out was an oversized vehicle parking study and found out of 208 vehicles for which the mta collected registration data, 121 were actual ly in the registered to san francisco residents and of ones that were, only 20% of

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but housing official bevan duffy disagrees. been very careful to screen individuals, we've been very careful to focus on dogs we think will respond to a little human dogs. >> reporter: during the six-week program, the foster owners attend classes, learning how to care for their puppies and themselves. >> i understand that as a participant in the program, i'm prohibited to panhandle for the duration of my involvement in this program. >> reporter: participants get a small weekly stipend. and much more. >> he really needs me. and that really changes your whole perspective when something needs you. depends on you. >> reporter: and while they'll soon have to give up their dogs to more permanent homes, most say they'll foster again, knowing that sometimes second chances come in small packages. kristin dalgren, nbc news, san francisco. >> i want that puppy. >>> a dog seriously hurt by a heroic act halfway around the world is getting help she needs here in northern california. we want to warn you, some of the pictures are hard to look

i've presented a possible idea to bevan dufty last month about cooling housing income, that seniors getin this city. i think that the shanti model could be used for peer support for our seniors. we have so many resources, i think that this committee has the opportunity to bring some of these resources together, implement them, and deliver great services to our senior lgbt citizens. i appreciate your time, and look forward to service. thank you. >> chair kim: thank

i've presented a possible idea to bevan dufty last month about cooling housing income, that seniors getin this city. i think that the shanti model could be used for peer support for our seniors. we have so many resources, i think that this committee has the opportunity to bring some of these resources together, implement them, and deliver great services to our senior lgbt citizens. i appreciate your time, and look forward to service. thank you. >> chair kim: thank you, mr. smith. we did get many letters of support on your behalf. thank you for all the outreach that you did. >> thank you. >> chair kim: mr. mecca. >> hi. my name is tommi mecca. i'm 61 years old, i've been out and a ear activist for 42 years. i think what i bring to this task force possibly would be my 42 years of activism, my extreme passion in my activism, and my extensive knowledge of housing issues. everything from rent control and the rights of tenants under rent control to the nitty-gritty of how to do affordable housing. and i think we all realize, even though we don't have hard cold stats we know that housing is a

paul bevan, abc news, new york. >> wow, reflecting pool is almost as dirty as congress. all right. "the skinny" is coming up next. >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue after this from our abc stations. ?x?xs6$ú ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >>>, welcome back, everybody, to "the skinny." some, i guess, interesting news out of the music world a little bit. everyone knows lmfao, you know you've seen them on "good morning america," i'm sure. many times. >> many times. >> party rock. >> laugh my face off? >> that's it. you have seen the guys, great band, distinct look to say the least. well, apparently, they're kind of taking a little hiatus. but they're saying the band is not breaking up. they're saying they decided to take time to explore individual interests in music and other areas in entertainment. they broke the news last week. and saying going to call it quits, but, again, temporary, they're not going to break up. saying, look, we have been at this thing for five, six years, we just want to do other stuff for a while. we have seen this before. band say we're takin

tom bevan thank you so much.ays good to hear from you. >> thank you. >> shannon: the unemployment rate fell last month but that was largely factored in because 386,000 people left the labor force. they stopped looking. in light of the jobs report analysts say that when the federal reserve meets this week chances are good it will take some kind of action aimed at boosting growth. brenda buttner joins us to explain. hello, brenda. >> hey, shannon. well, friday's weak jobs report could put the fed to work again. when the central bank meets this week, it will likely consider kicking off a third round of monetary stimulus called q e-3 in washington speak. translation, the bank will print more money to buy what could be hundreds of billions of bonds or mortgage debt. this on top of the $2.3 trillion the fed has already spent trying to get more americans working. how? well, the aim is to lower long-term interest rates and stimulate more businesses and consumers to borrow and spend. jump starting the recovery. yet a new

we get more from abc's paul bevan. >> reporter: john, sunny so for the fs, orefs players, fomeri dea>> reporter: as the ravens/browns game got under way, the mood was unmistakeableunmistakable. welcome back. >> as they came out of the tunnel to a standing ovation. >> reporter: with real refs on the field, monday night's game ending call is something that we will hopefully never have to see again. the packers/seahawks' debacle the low point in a three week old season riddled with questionable calls. commissioner roger goodell says the league would have come to terms weeks ago. >> i don't think the refs wanted to come off the field, but there were clear economic differences. >> reporter: those differences came down to $3 million a year iy ics an that's a drop in the multi-billion-dollar nfl bucket, leaving many wondering why there had been a lockout at all. it would be an understatement to say there had been pressure on the league and the union to make up placf1 - wn, h call evshirfg finally, late wednesday night after a 48-hour blitz of oute, or. that the referees union is back. >> sw