police chief william scott and attorney chasa boudin responded with letters. sfpd keeps records of repeat shoplifting offenders. into does anything, there are 208 repeat offenders, 20% of the rearrested. in 2019, 290 repeat offenders, 29% of the rearrested, and in 2020, 116 repeat offenders, 33% rearrested. >> that had everything to do with businesses being closed in covid. 2020 was more of aberration. i think when we look at 2021, it is back here >> reporter: supervisor safai points to this video abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez took of an alleged shoplifter on a bicycle. >> that individual had a series of prior arrests and prior offenses for the exact same type of crime. >> reporter: lieutenant tracy mcrae is vice president of the san francisco police officers association. >> right there on the spot, you're able to catch up in the spot. we have to go steps of the investigation. it may take a while. >> reporter: spokesperson for the da's office of the da was not available for an interview. in his response to supervisor safai, the standard for prosecution is

police chief william scott and attorney chasa boudin responded with letters.ps records of repeat shoplifting offenders. into does anything, there are 208 repeat offenders, 20% of the rearrested. in 2019, 290 repeat offenders, 29% of the rearrested, and in 2020, 116 repeat offenders, 33% rearrested. >> that had everything to do with businesses being closed in covid. 2020 was more of an aberration. i think when we look at 2021, it is back here >> reporter: supervisor safai points to this video abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez took of an alleged shoplifter on a bicycle. >> that individual had a series of prior arrests and prior offenses for the exact same type of crime. >> reporter: lieutenant tracy mcrae is vice president of the san francisco police officers association. >> right there on the spot, you're able to catch up in the spot. we have to go steps of the investigation. it may take a while. >> reporter: spokesperson for the da's office of the da was not available for an interview. in his response to supervisor safai, the standard for prosecution is much

about an hour ago, san francisco district attorney chesa boudin announced an investigation.he said several chinatown merchants were hit with dozens of potentially fake lawsuits those lawsuits appear to come from lawyers who say the businesses did not comply with disability laws. >> they are exploiting ic rights or inclusion of the disabled, but rather to shake down and extort those who are already suffering in the wake of a horrific pandemic and a wave of anti-asian and anti- chinese hate across this country. >> boudin is asking any small business owner who think they may have been targeted to come forward. he also says city officials will work with local merchants to make sure their codes and practices are up to date. >>> san jose firefighters forced to use the jaws of life to rescue someone following this car crash. happened just after noon near third and san fernando street downtown. you see the pickup truck ended up on its side there. and in santa rosa, police say that a person in a wheelchair was hit by a truck about 6:30 this morning. police say the driver of the truck

william spot and district attorney chesa boudin responded.18, there were 238 repeat offenders and 20% of them were rearrested. in 2019, 219 repeat offenders and 29% rearrested. at 2020 timeframe, 126 reap repeat offenders. >> businesses were closed and covid-19. 2020 was an aberration. if we look at 2021 it's on the increase. >> the san francisco police officers association says that unless offices catch offenders in the act, police have to go through other steps of the investigation which sometimes takes a while. we got a chance to ask district attorney chesa boudin about repeat offenders. >> we have half a dozen ongoing investigations into different areas of retail theft and we are committed to continuing that to address the issue. >> he added that last year the retail theft task force recovered $8 million worth of stolen goods. >>> developments in surfside, florida a month after the deadly building collapse. the condo owners who survived are now divided on how they want that land to be used. they debated in court. some people want to rebui

boudin tells me quote we sought his detention, but the judge disagreed and ordered him released. tardio faces charges of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury aggravated battery. elder abuse and resisting arrest. this was a tragic accident. andn accident, that is the defense tar deals, attorney says evidence, including surveillance video will support this defense, she says, because he was released on his own recognizance with supervision. there is no bail. i'm scared that nothing. wilen to the case, it would be only ship under the rug. the family tells me mimi's road to recovery will be a long one. the da's office says. it takes these allegations seriously and is actively prosecuting the case. the suspect is scheduled to be back in court next wednesday. julie our hearts go out to mimi's family and hope that she can recover. amber thank you, san francisco took a step this week towards helping protect people who may be having a mental health crisis and are a danger to themselves or to others. the board of c supervisors unanimously approved legislation that gives pa

in the call with president boudin -- reporter: in the call with president and, did he indicate he would crack cyber criminals in the country? jen: i do not have a readout on the kremlin -- it's not an appropriate role for the united states to convey. i can convey what role president biden played in what he delivered to the russians. reporter: as far as chancellor merkel coming out on thursday, will president biden as germany and other countries to stand with him against russia -- [inaudible] jen: it was part of the g7 and his first foreign trip, that we need to stand together and work together to address the threat of ransomware and cyber attacks. it's not just an issue for the united states, it's an issue for countries around the globe. in terms of a percentage of the meeting, we will have more as we get closer to the meeting with chancellor merkel, but i would expect the rising threat of cyber and ransomware would be part of the agenda. reporter: one residual issue still to be addressed -- to what extent are you hopeful you might be able to reach some sort of agreement or promise from

chesa boudin hosted a public summit meeting on the issue today.akers flexibility, not just throwing more money at these issues. one person pointed out the billions that are spent on the homeless problem. for his part, chesa boudin addressed the importance of behavioral health and public safety. >> if you want to solve this problem, to find ways to move forward with concrete achievement. when it comes to the challenges. the no matter what crime statistics show us, for too many will not be or feel safe in our community. >> others took exception to the use of the penal code to deal with mental health issues. >>> there is an effort to rename a san francisco street after a man who was violently shoved and killed. a resolution was introduced to rename sonora lane. he was the 84-year-old man from thailand attacked while on a walk in his neighborhood in january. the 19-year-old accused ofm dety crgeselder abuse. >> everyone has been supportive and grandpa's name has been turned into something bigger than what we could have imagined and now we are working

. >> the comments come one day after san francisco district attorney chesa boudin and sfpd addressed crime. >> melanie woodrow explains how the groups work and what officials are doing to combat them. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of people have viewed this video of 10 individuals running out of san francisco's neiman marcus with armfuls of saint laurent high-end handbags. >> they stop at nothing to get in, get out, and get away. >> reporter: he works in the burglary auto unit and says the people you see here are organized criminals, filling an order for the items they are stealing and then fencing. sometimes on retail sites. >> we are definitely finding those items on those platforms. >> reporter: detectives have methods to decipher stolen items, where buyers probably don't. >> i don't want those out there. >> reporter: san francisco investigators are working with taskforces up and down the bay area. they say this likely was not a one time hit. >> we're not just talking about a property crime, we're talking a very dangerous situation. >> reporter: it's not just large department

boudin said the campaign will help those who are victims of crime, even in cases where the perpetrator is never caught or prosecuted. the cdc's says a record number of people died of drug overdoses across the u. s last year, and experts say the pandemic made the problem worse, resulting in a 30% increase, and it's even higher here in california. katie was amber lee joins us now live from san francisco general hospital where doctors there say fentanyl is playing a key part in this spike. amber. heather the head of e r here tells me he sees patients who have overdosed every day here at the hospital. one mother says she fears her daughter may die from an overdose one day come up here, and morrison tells me she lives in the moment and tries not to think of the past. she says she's heartbroken that her daughter, jennifer, has been addicted to drugs for years and is homeless. she's done methamphetamine. so, um. but i'm never sure if she's alive or dead. morrison says her daughter turned to drugs when her brother died of aids in 1994, she tells me news that a record number of people died from

do we know why chasing boudin was not at today's news conference? was he, in fact, invited? no, we don't know exactly the reason why he was not here. part of it might be that this was simply a meeting for the mayor and the police department. the police are under the mayor's purview. that may have been the reason for having this. in other words, it's they can keep it within the same house, so to speak, all right. thanks so much christian captain reporting live for us tonight. they're in the city. thank you. well we will go along with volunteers in oakland's chinatown. they are cleaning up graffiti there and also escorting elderly residents to try to help them. keep safe will be following the fight against crime in oakland, coming up a little later at 5 30 in monterey county officials say three people are dead in the fourth is wounded following a shooting at a party early this morning. the gunfire broke out at about 1 30 today near sanchez and merit streets in castroville. monterey county sheriff's officials say the three people who died appeared to be in their early twenties.

chesa boudin says several local chinese owned businesses are getting dozens of potentially fraudulent lawsuits, along with demand letters claiming the companies are going against the americans with disabilities act. >> the allegations of these lawsuits that are potentially fraudulent are abuses of an important law. they are exploiting and extorting small businesses, not to vindicate the critical rights or inclusion of the disabled, but rather to shake down and extort those who are already suffering. >> putin says city officials will work with local merchants to make sure their codes and practices are up to date. >>> pg&e plans to go underground to prevent wildfires. the utility says it's burying 10,000 miles of power lines. its equipment has been blamed for a series of destructive fires in california over the past several years. since october of 2019, pg&e has investigated 16 fires related to its equipment. 11 of them happened in northern california, including the deadly 2018 camp fire in butte county. and just days ago, the utility revealed its equipment may have sparked the nearby e

today, san francisco supervisor ahsha safai said the board sent district attorney chesa boudin a letter of inquiry, asking him what coordinated strategy he may have to stop these kinds of thefts. >> this is not crimes of opportunity. we are not asking him to target someone that's down and out. where asking to target people that are recruited by these organized crime outlets, so we're going to see what happens in the rese is. >> a statement from the da's office says that they want to focus on the criminal networks that fence the stolen goods, and today neiman marcus said that they're relieved no one was hurt physically in this incident, and they are cooperating with sf pd. police tell us that they believe these shoplifters are part of an organized crime ring that then sells these goods domestically and internationally. >> betty yu reporting live from union square. >>> san francisco police say a suspected shoplifter nearly killed a 75-year-old woman in his hurry to get away with a stolen sandwich. it happened friday afternoon in the outer mission.suspect knock the woman to the ground as h

for a second study for the origin of covid-19 senator marsha blackburn sounds off and caving into boudincs claiming president biden deal to complete the nord stream to pipeline here why mike pompeo warns our national security is still at risk. let's take a look back at the newsmakers on "mornings with maria" in this edition of the week's talkers ♪ ♪. maria: what can we expect next in the space race, what is your reaction to jeff bezos. >> i'm not sure what's next i would guess he's going to try to continue to do woody's doing, make sure he does it safely and try to expand and figure out how to get his vehicle to low earth orbit. maria: way and on what you heard of gain-of-function research, was it taken place in the wuhan lab of virology. >> of course dr. fauci funded gain-of-function research, he can deny all the wants and his staff which is clearly gain-of-function research as it enough function research but it was. maria: there tried to take anybody associated with trump down, you said prosecutors are weapon rising the law for political purposes. >> watching what the prosecutors are d

haven't been prosecuted by the da's office, chief scott would only offer this criticism of the a chesa boudin's policies. >> if a person has been arrested five times, when do we detain them? even if they got an ankle monitoring system, they still can make crimes. we know this because we've been able to prove crimes that way. wind we detain the person until they have their day in court? and for some people, that needs to be done so they're not victimizing more people while they're waiting on their day in court. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by mayor breedy. >> now that they turned these cases over, there needs to be some level of accountability. >> reporter: car break-ins made infamous through videos that have gone viral on social media are up nearly 700 cases year- over-year. >> some of the plans to combat some of these rising crime statistics include an excess of officers in areas like here, around fisherman's wharf and ghiradelli square. 16 officers, in fact, whose job is to patrol this area and make sure that tourists don't get their vehicles broken into while they're parked here, enjoying

when asked whether arrest would be prosecuted by district attorney chesa boudin, mayor breed had this to say. >> unfortunately the district attorney is not here today, and i can't speak on behalf of him. >> reporter: breed calls the plan a first step toward reviving the pandemic battery tourist industry in the city. >> it's not enough to restore touristy trust, but it's a start. that's the plan. we want -- you have to prove it. you have to build trust, and people have to have better experiences in order to see that happen. >> not just this district here or fisherman's wharf and pier 39 that is going to be seeing these extra officers. in the northern district around the house of fine arts and japan town, there will be six additional bicycle officers, two additional bicycle officers derko more in the haight street corridor. >> andria borba in san francisco. thank you. >>> new video tonight of a three alarm fire in west oakland. this morning crews arrived to find one victorian engulfed in flames with a fire burning up against two other homes. chopper 5 got a look at the aftermath, just a

maybe why it's happening, and many point a finger of blame at san francisco district attorney chesa boudin, who has been open about his relook is to prosecute people for retail theft. the problem has gotten so bad that walgreens has announced it is closing 13 stores in the city. supervisor osher soph ie has said the board has sent dean a letter of inquiry asking what coordinated strategy he may have to stop the theft. >> this is not crimes of opportunity. we are not asking him to target someone that's down and out. we are asking them to target people that are recorded by these organized crime outlets, so we're going to see what happens in the next week and what his response is. >> reporter: a statement today from the da's office says they want to focus on the criminal networks that fence the stolen goods. meanwhile, the response from the public is one of disgust. robert lacombe has lived in san francisco for 71 years and has never seen it as lawless as it is now. >> what is this doing to the city? >> i don't know. it's hurting the city. your toryism -- i mean, who would want to come to a f

d a chase a boudin tweeted this today, saying today a judge declared a mistrial. in an arson trial. we were prosecuting after one of the jurors tested positive for covid. the virus continues to challenge our legal system and our courts. the delta variant is real. we must all remain vigilant to keep everyone in san francisco safe. lake county has the highest coronavirus case rate in the state as ktvu is deborah villalon reports. vaccine hesitancy in a rural environment seems to be driving the spike within three days, it turned into very high fevers deputy frank goodman son contracted covid working in the lake county jail despite precautions in place since last year. the jails like the local community, and the rest of the country, is seen covid rise by july, 4th. i was in icu, and i was in icu for four days, i went from £230 down to two. £117 goodman son went on a respirator for pneumonia, but at 52 recovered and returned to work in a week. he was and is unvaccinated. his experience didn't change his thinking. i'm not saying i would never get it. i'm just saying, i think there needs t

san francisco's district attorney chase a boudin was not at the event. his office, though, did release a statement about mid year crime statistics reading in part quote. we also know that despite the data, many people do not feel safe. we are dedicated to working with chief scott and the mayor on a range of existing and new initiatives to ensure that san franciscans both are and feel safe in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news, san jose mayor sam liccardo was in washington d. c today meeting with president biden to talk about reducing gun violence. the meeting comes less than two months after the deadly mass shooting at the vita rail yard in san jose. the city has approved sweeping gun control measures, including requiring gun buyers to purchase liability insurance. president biden said that his plan and. includes more federal funding for law enforcement for states cities and to be able to hire police and pay them overtime in order to advance community policing. the president is genuinely engaged with local communities trying to understand

boudin tells me quote we sought his detention, but the judge disagreed and ordered him released. tardio faces charges of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury aggravated battery. elder abuse and resisting arrest. this was a tragic accident. and so although someone was injured if it's an accident that is the defense tar deals, attorney says evidence, including surveillance video will support this defense, she says, because he was released on his own recognizance with supervision. there is no bail. um here that nothing had happened to the case. it will be only ship under the rug. the family tells me mimi's road to recovery will be a long one. the da's office says. it takes these allegations seriously and is actively prosecuting the case. the suspect is scheduled to be back in court next wednesday. mike one week from today, we'll see if he shows up for that court date. all right, amber, thank you cracking down on retail theft, really a hot topic in san francisco and across the bay area. we're talking about groups of people shoplifting at the same time, costing calif

here, we have the district attorney chesa boudin. he and his chief of services entered into a text message chat with a journalist. they also informed, a few days before that, another reporter, quote, we are legally prohibited from discussing anything related to a juvenile case. why would they make a difference between the two. this is the public defender, dennis herrera, he is sending a co-worker a confidential draft of litigation material. normally, this material would be withheld at privileged. this is the same worker removing information from wikipedia, who does not allow this. what does all of this show? it's san francisco uses private information not accessible by the public to control the narrative. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. operations, let's get the next caller, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is joshua ochoa, and i'm a resident of d-7. i'm here to talk about eliminating the student debt resolution proposed by student walton. as someone who grew up in orange county, raised by

san francisco district attorney chase a boudin announced a settlement in a false advertising case. list of misleading consumers into believing that the company's background checks covered. all workers of businesses associated with that home services website. the d a. says the company, in fact, only checked the backgrounds of the owner, relevant manager or principle associated with those businesses. now, as part of the settlement, angie's list has agreed to repay 50% of new members subscription fees to its customers. covid rates continue to tick up here in the united states coming up the very latest on the delta variant as hospitalizations are on the rise, plus a former berkeley high school student is suing a teacher and the district her claims against her former chemistry teacher and the controversial photo that appeared i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than ins

san francisco district attorney chase boudin was not at today's event, but his office did release a statement about mid year crime statistics reading in part quote. we also know that despite the data, many people do not feel safe. we are dedicated to working with chief scott and the mayor on a range of existing and new initiatives to ensure that san franciscans both are and feel safe. we're live in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news. alright christian as a san franciscan. i'm glad to see that everyone at least publicly, appears to be on the same page. hopefully something can be done, christian. thank you. in monterey county officials say three people were killed and 1/4 person was wounded in a shooting at a party early this morning, gunfire broke out at around 1 30 this morning near sanchez and merit streets in castroville, monterey county sheriff's officials say the three people who died appeared to be in their early twenties. their names have not yet been released. the fourth person remains hospitalized. so far. no arrests have been made. san jose mayor sam liccardo was among

it's a boudin says he's launched an investigation into potentially fraudulent ada lawsuits. now china town and city leaders say they're gathering funds for inspection, repair and legal costs. henry lee ktvu fox two news, san francisco mayor, london breed today signed the city's two year budget. it comes just two days after the board of supervisors approved at $13.1 billion budget for this year and a $12.8 billion budget for next year. among other things, the spending plan provides more than one billion. dollars over the next two years to address homelessness. so in this budget, an unprecedented investment in homelessness and shelter in mental health beds and resources. we did not take the decisions that we made to make these investments lightly. so we should be really proud of what we have invested. now let's make sure these dollars work to change the conditions that we see on our streets. the budget also includes increased spending for the police department to maintain staffing levels rental assistance as well as support for small businesses. wall street today gave stock tr

enforcing those laws in the way the law intends a little more than a week ago, san francisco d a chase a boudin he has launched an investigation into potentially fraudulent ada lawsuits now, china town and city leaders say they're gathering funds for inspection, repair and legal costs. henry lee ktvu fox two news. contra costa county sheriff's office is defending its practice of notifying federal immigration agents hav 77 releae states have arrested immigrants last year. immigrant rights activists are criticizing the notifications, which have continued despite the sheriff's office in 2018. canceling a contract to detain illegal immigrants on behalf of ice, the sheriff's officials say, making the release states public provides transparency about who is going back into the community after having committed a crime. alrighty weekend just around the corner. now, i've got the friday forecast to get you going. see you back here in just a bit. and let's go to ktvu. is alex savage. now with a look at some of the stories we're working on for the seven o'clock news over on ktvu plus, alex, andre, thank yo

forever campaign to expand access across the city of oakland, san francisco district attorney chase of boudinoffice will be required to use people's preferred pronoun. sounds here in san francisco. we must and we will and we are leaders in modeling respect in modeling, dignity and compassion and all aspects of our society, including in our legal system, prosecutors and other staff will now be required to ask and then use the names and correct pronounce of everyone involved in the criminal justice system. the policy also requires prosecutors to ask the defense which pronoun should be used for anyone accused of a crime. the sales tax is increasing in more than a dozen bay area cities and counties. the sales tax is now more than 8.6. cents in san francisco per dollar 9.1% in santa clara county, 10 and a quarter percent in alameda county, the cities of alameda, albany, hayward, newark, san leandro in union city, will have some of the highest tax rates at three and three quarters percent. gas taxe automatic increases due to senate bill one that passed back in 2017. it raises the fuel excise tax ev

boudin announced today a new investigation into possible fraudulent lawsuits targeting chinatown merchants. i want to be very clear. we will not tolerate fraud or abuse of legal process. we will stand with our small businesses. we will open an investigation into these allegations, and we encourage any small business owner in san francisco in chinatown to come forward to hold on to the lawsuits accused small businesses of not complying with disability laws and threaten them if changes are not made. couple in san francisco say they were harassed with anti asian slurs by a man following them on the street, and it was all caught on video as ktvu crime reporter henry lee explains that man a ma gay couple while following them in downtown san francisco, this country, so i'm not racist. i don't like my country it happened on sunday afternoon. witnesses say the man of the hat and shorts began spewing racial insults against the two men near seventh and market streets. one of the victims is asian. at one point, the man threatens them. terrible no, your mother was was because she didn't put your i thi

advocate to the district attorney's office for detention, san francisco's district attorney chase a boudinoffice, though, did release a statement about mid year crime statistics reading in part quote. we also know that despite the data, many people do not feel safe. we are dedicated to working with chief scott and the mayor on a range of existing and new initiatives to ensure that san franciscans both are and feel safe in san. francisco christian captain ktvu, fox. two news governor gavin newsom will not have a d next to his name on the recall election ballot. that is the ruling from a sacramento superior court judge who issued the decision in writing just before five tonight. newsom's lawyers sued secretary state surely webber after they admittedly made a mistake and failed to meet the deadline to file for party designation. last week. lawyers for the recall organization organizers and gubernatorial candidate caitlin jenner argued against newsome. ultimately the judge ruled weber has no ministerial duty to accept the untimely party did designation. the recall election is set for september

boudin tells me quote we sought his detention, but the judge disagreed and ordered him released.ssault by means likely to produce great bodily injury. aggravated battery, elder abuse and resisting arrest. this was a tragic accident. and so although someone was injured if it's an accident, that is the defense, tar deals, attorney says evidence, including surveillance video will support this defense, she says, because he was released on his own recognizance with supervision. there is no bail. i'm scared that nothing's going to happen to the keys. it will be only ship under the round. amberleigh ktvu, fox two news, a neighborhood in antioch is cleaning up after a brush fire damaged several cars and an apartment building. the fire started about four o'clock yesterday afternoon. i'm james donlan boulevard near tabora drive. people evacuated the apartment building before it caught fire. contra costa fire says four apartment units and several cars were damaged. luckily, no one was hurt. next week. the senate is expected to take up the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill again y

here, we have the district attorney chesa boudin. he and his chief of services entered into a text message chat with a journalist. they also informed, a few days before that, another reporter, quote, we are legally prohibited from discussing anything related to a juvenile case. why would they make a difference between the two. this is the public defender, dennis herrera, he is sending a co-worker a confidential draft of litigation material. normally, this material would be withheld at privileged. this is the same worker removing information from wikipedia, who does not allow this. what does all of this show? it's san francisco uses private information not accessible by the public to control the narrative. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. operations, let's get the next caller, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is joshua ochoa, and i'm a resident of d-7. i'm here to talk about eliminating the student debt resolution proposed by student walton. as someone who grew up in orange county, raised by

host: president biden met with boudin in geneva. -- vladimir putin in geneva. >> we made it clear thate are not going to continue to allow this to go on. we ended up drawing ambassadors, we closed down some of their facilities in the united states. he knows there are consequences. one of the consequences that i know -- i suspect we may think it doesn't matter. his credibility worldwide shrinks. let's get this straight. how would it be if united states was viewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections of other countries and everybody knew it? what would it be like if we engage in activities that he's engaged in? it diminishes the standing of a country that is deathly trying to make sure it maintains its standing as a world power. it's not just what i do. it's what the actions that other countries take that are contrary to international norms. it's the price they pay. host: he has delivered what he calls a warning in geneva. does he need to respond now that he has talked to pruden about it -- vladimir putin about twice? guest: i believe so. at this point, to not respo

here, we have the district attorney chesa boudin. he and his chief of services entered into a text message chat with a journalist. they also informed, a few days before that, another reporter, quote, we are legally prohibited from discussing anything related to a juvenile case. why would they make a difference between the two. this is the public defender, dennis herrera, he is sending a co-worker a confidential draft of litigation material. normally, this material would be withheld at privileged. this is the same worker removing information from wikipedia, who does not allow this. what does all of this show? it's san francisco uses private information not accessible by the public to control the narrative. thank you very much. >> clerk: thank you very much for your comments. operations, let's get the next caller, please. >> hello, supervisors. my name is joshua ochoa, and i'm a resident of d-7. i'm here to talk about eliminating the student debt resolution proposed by student walton. as someone who grew up in orange county, raised by

host: president biden met with boudin in geneva. -- vladimir putin in geneva. >> we made it clear that we are not going to continue to allow this to go on. we ended up drawing ambassadors, we closed down some of their facilities in the united states. he knows there are consequences. one of the consequences that i know -- i suspect we may think it doesn't matter. his credibility worldwide shrinks. let's get this straight. how would it be if united states was viewed by the rest of the world as interfering with the elections of other countries and everybody knew it? what would it be like if we engage in activities that he's engaged in? it diminishes the standing of a country that is deathly trying to make sure it maintains its standing as a world power. it's not just what i do. it's what the actions that other countries take that are contrary to international norms. it's the price they pay. host: he has delivered what he calls a warning in geneva. does he need to respond now that he has talked to pruden about it -- vladimir putin about twice? guest: i believe so. at this point, to not res

colleagues, this past friday, i received a final response from the district attorney, chesa boudin and police chief bill scott. if you recall, in may, we had requested additional data from both the police department and the district attorney regarding organized retail crime and retail theft happening in san francisco. the data that we received was somewhat incomplete and did not provide answers to all the questions that we had. however, the most jarring finding that i received from my letter of inquiry was that the number of annual repeated shoplifters that were reoffending over and over in our city. we have over 200 repeat offenders in an annual basis in a normal year, excluding last year during covid, and these were constantly -- there was about 25% of those that were constantly multiple offenders over and over. so for us, we feel like there's considerable more work to be done. we've all seen the headlines from target, requesting -- not requesting, but reducing their hours. had a good conversation with a representative of target. they said very clearly it had everything to do with re

boudin refuses. brian: i know, it's a joke.oods. type, that's logical. is it enough to have them look at the republican party? are you providing alternative for the people? >> no. actually, not at all. this is a far left wing gorched city. there is virtually no conservative even centrist candidate that really especially on the city council board of supervisors this city is controlled completely by left wing ideologues. brian: that's what you are in for america unless you start using your head. richie, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. brian: meanwhile straight ahead america's largest teacher's union vow to protect teachers teach critical race theory. they told us they weren't teaching, parents refuse to back down and their fight against woke agenda leading to a rise in school booed recall efforts. we will talk to parents running for their own school board seats, many for the first time. ♪ ♪ among my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. does it worry me? absolut

committees is a boudin today we are announcing the prosecution of a san francisco 'public works for failingrve the public, not use their positions for their own financial gain. here is the money line, no one in san francisco is above the law. pete: we are announcing the prosecution of one person finally. rachel: by the way san francisco ♪ only place where people are going into, say, drug stores and just taking what they want and the stores are just letting them do that because the police aren't there and it's just not worth it. but twitter actually, you know, a lot of people were tweeting out after they saw that tweet and here's what they are saying. they said no one is above the law in san francisco unless you deal fentanyl. break into cars, or pretend you are living in an episode of supermarket thieves. pete: videos we keep showing time and time again. you watch the security guards or police officers outside watching people run out. you sort of say why aren't they stopping them? rachel: right. pete: they know if they stop them that gentleman right there. is he going to get assaulted and a

and i will say in the commercial break i was educated by rachel as i often am, that chesa boudin parentsle campaign for d.a. was funded by this fund with eric holder and george soros. so that's what you get. lawrence: this is what they believe like what my mom always used to say, if you will steal, you will kill. if you kill you are going to jail. i'm not getting your tail out. they should get ahead of this. stop the stealing going to lead to everything else. rachel: exactly what she said. escalate. pete: checking back in with the duffys all morning as the world lumberjack championships get underway in wisconsin. pros all the way. who goes first? sean, ouch. plus, we are celebrating national avocado day. could it be more opposite avocado day on fax square with guacamole. we are doing both this morning. ♪ ♪ welcome to allstate. (phone notification) where we've just lowered our auto rates. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and savings like that will have you jumping for joy. now, get new lower auto rates with allstate. because better protection costs a whole lot less. you're in good hands with allstate. click or ca