there are a couple of people challenging brooke jenkins.d fire commissioner. current civil rights attorney long history in san francisco politics little more moderate than another challenger, which is john hamasaki public defender have been very critical of police critical even of the district attorney's office. what do you make of the overall sort of outlook of the race when you look at those three candidates and it's a rancorous election, so it's going to be an interesting case, right. it's a very short condensed cycle. it's a one year term and then you run again, presumably if you win a candidate who position themselves on the left of canada on the right in canada the middle, and the question is do voters polarized as they often do in francisco and say the person in the middle is not defined as well? and so i prefer the person who i know exactly where they stand, or will they say. i actually don't love the extremes. i want somebody who can be more balanced and we've seen either scenario play out in san francisco politics, either. where w

brooke jenkins was paid at least $100,000 to help recall her predecessor chase a booty. 11 o'clock news on ktvu. fox two starts now. questions tonight about whether brooke jenkins should have been more transparent about these earnings before she was appointed. hello again, everyone . i'm heather holmes alex savage . jenkins earned that money while she said she was a volunteer spokesperson on the recall campaign new tonight. ktvu sam burly, joining us live from the newsroom after speaking with people on both sides of this issue, amber alex, a political science professor tells me he's shocked that brooke jenkins did not disclose this information herself, he says this is about maintaining public trust. she sacrificed her career.

questions tonight about whether brooke jenkins should have been more transparent about these earnings before she was appointed. hello again, everyone . i'm heather holmes alex savage . jenkins earned that money while she said she was a volunteer spokesperson on the recall campaign new tonight. ktvu sam burly, joining us live from the newsroom after speaking with people on both sides of this issue, amber alex, a political science professor tells me he's shocked that brooke jenkins did not disclose this information herself, he says this is about maintaining public trust. she sacrificed her career. to fight. for people in this city. to fight for victims who needed a voice in this city more than a month ago when mayor london breed appointed brooke jenkins at san francisco'secuton the d. a s office, led by chaser boudin to volunteer as a spokesperson for the campaign to recall him, but a newly filed ethics record shows that she was paid more than $100,000 as a political consultant for the nonprofit neighbors for a better san francisco that is linked to supporters of the recall when someone

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today a big announcement from brooke jenkins. she is revoking dozens of potential plea deals involving drug dealers. these were deals made by her predecessor, the d.a. who was recalled in june. now as part of the crackdown jenkins revoked more than 30 plea offers put forward during the administration. she is also putting in a new policy in place that will no longer allow drug dealers with more than five grams of fentanyl to be referred to san francisco's community justice court. a program that's meant to help drug users get help with their addiction. for some context here two milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill someone. the d.a.'s office will reinstate enhancements for people caught dealing drugs within a thousand feet of schools. and in some extreme cases her office will push to keep suspected dealers in jail ahead of their trial. >> we cannot stand by while these neighborhoods continue to suffer with violence and drug dealings happening openly on their streets. the change that i am placing today is what is necessary to brin

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss, an assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader. the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of it. student at hermes to take this for all the change and has created and the community >> concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that put her political agenda. the needs of our she says, of full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking cssue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase of dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed. gra

we start with san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins new or old approach to drug crimes in city. she announced a plan the crack down on drug use and dealers in the city, including possibly rolling back some of the plea deals her predecessor chesa boudin had agreed to. >> lauren toms is here with more on the d.a.'s plans. and lauren, we understand it's specifically fentanyl deale ers jenkins is trying to target. >> that's right. changes are coming to the way drug dealers are prosecuted. brooke jenkins announced she plans to intensify many of the plea offers for some dealers of one of the deadliest drugs on the street. >> the drug overdose crisis is at an all-time high. and that is one statistic that san francisco shouldn't lead the country in. drug dealers in san francisco could face time behind bars under a new strategy by district attorney brooke jenkins. >> the hope is that now with the imposition of real consequences that we can disrupt the business model that is clearly existing out on the street with these dealers. >> reporter: on wednesday, she announced a new policy to fu

brooke jenkins on one side. talked about being compassionate and reforming the criminal justice system. she has a clear mandate to try to clean up the streets and hold people accountable, so she will be considered tougher on crime, whereas john hamasaki would be closer to the way chesa boudin was running the office. karina: you mentioned that hamasaki is a known supporter of chesa boudin, who was just recalled. will that impact how voters see him? >> absolutely. chesa boudin was recalled with 55% of voters supporting the recall. 45% were against it. it is not necessarily clear if those are all people who would support boudin's role as the da, or people who were more opposed to the process of the recall and feeling like if you don't do anything truly criminal you should be allowed to serve out your term. if we look at what we could expect from someone like john hamasaki if you were to be elected this tricked attorney, -- if he were to be elected district attorney, it would be more in line with chesa boudin. karin

. >>> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is slamming the former approach and there was not any fentanyl convictions under chesa boudin. her office will also seek enhancements kpix found selling fentanyl within 1000 feet of a school. >> we cannot stand by while these neighborhoods continue to suffer. we cannot continue to stand by while people continue to die in our streets. >> district attorney brooke jenkins said the goal is to disrupt the system allowing dealers to continue to sell fentanyl on the streets. >>> now to the developing response to the monkeypox outbreak. the walk-in clinic will be closed tomorrow. the city is expecting 10,000 vaccine doses. cases are doubling every week. california is one of three states that has declared a state of emergency in response. >> reporter: in los angeles people lined up for the monkeypox vaccine. the outbreak continues to grow . so far there's been 6300 reported cases. >> they are pretty much like boils. >> reporter: he got infected from anonymous hookup. >> i had 20 various sites within a matter of days. >> reporter: it is spread

francisco district attorney race is heating up this this evening, former police cc1 test message cc1 brooke jenkins drug policies and what he sees as her defending mayor. jenkins has already filed paperwork to run.> >> still to come, scott peterson peterson back in court today, the arguments presented for and against his trial. > >> be on the lookout for these guys, the search in mountain view after three frenchies were stolen from one home. > >> more roller coaster rides and and games, the changes great america is making before they close their doors in the next decade. > >> can you imagine the 49ers new new quarterback baking? hear stories from a young trey lance's playmates from his home town of minnesota. > >> the fog is starting to form along the coast, temperatures tomorrow maybe a little bit warr inland compared to today but another nice august day. we will will take a look at the warmer d warmer trend that is headed our way in first alert weather. - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop one because we are going to re

. >> san francisco da brooke jenkins is changing how her office will punish drug dealers under the current anyone arrested with more than 5 grams of drugs could be referred to the cities. >> community court and potentially not face any jail time at all. jenkins now says she is changing that policy. she's going to issue harsher punishments for anyone caught drug dealing. but as kron four's haaziq madyun reports, some city officials argue the policy could lead to jailing people who are not guilty of drug crimes. >> the war on drugs in large part was also focused on the users of drugs. and that is not what i'm announcing today today. it's about those who are selling drugs at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know dealers being the number one target. it's because for the past year or more of the previous administration. did not. >> obtain a single, but in all sales conviction, despite as i said, 1500 overdose deaths since 2020, the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams

san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is changing how her office will punish drug dealers. jenkins says she is changing that policy that anyone arrested with more than 5 grams of drugs could be referred to the city's community court and potentially not face any jail time. and jenkins will issue harsher punishments for anyone caught selling drugs. kron 4 says he could be reports. >> the war on drugs in large part was also focused on the users of drugs. and that is not what i'm announcing today today. it's about those who are selling drugs at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know the dealers being the number one targets because for the past year or more of the previous administration. did not. >> obtain a single, but in all sales conviction, despite as i said, 1500 overdose deaths since 2020, the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a criminal charge enhancement for selling fentanyl within 1000 feet of a school and pre trial detention, extreme drug

it's been bought. >> kron. 4 news. >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins was reportedly paid100,000 by a nonprofit linked to the recall of the former da chase of today, the san francisco standard newspaper first reported that jenkins received the money from the group called neighbors for a better san francisco. it is an organization which is ohibited from participating in political activity. it was founded by a conservative venture capitalists who bankrolled much of the recall campaign during the recall jenkins claim that her work on the campaign was as a volunteer. the six-figure payment was not disclosed until a statement of economic interest was filed with the city. the news broke just a day after jenkinson else that she will run for the district attorney position in the upcoming election. we have reached out to the da's office. we have not heard back from her yet for a response now to our 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza lot of people heading into town right now heading into the city. and now our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow w

us. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. student attorneys to take this for all the change and has created and the community >> concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that she put her political agenda. the needs of our she says, of full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase abboud dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed.

brooke jenkins released a new policy on cash bail in detention. kron four's dan kerman takes a close look. san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins says except in limited misdemeanor cases. >> she has no plans to have her. prosecutors see cash bail the disproportionate impacts that cash bail had on mainly communities of color. it, you know, it's people who are socially economically disadvantaged course, which oftentimes correlates with communities of color. and that's something that i did not >> want to ever reinstate for that reason. but jenkins is modifying the office's policies when it comes to asking judges to detain defendants without bail prior to trial. i want to make sure that as a policy we are prioritizing public safety in our in our analysis and our thought process. for example, detention requests may be made for repeat offenders, selling large quantities of fentanyl as well as those involved in violence. anyone who's committing a violent crime in san francisco certainly is a situation where we will be considering filing a pretria

something the new district attorney book brook jenkins aknocked today.dless of whether or not we are able to charge a hate crime. this is, this is still a very serious violent attack. that will be treated as such. reporter: yerby doesn't have any prior arrest from the passing 90 days but though complete record will be stent the da. jenkin says priors into karling will be a priority. a people want to see that hays in peeing. they have been struggling with the fact for the last two and a half near yearest there not seen it shall so i want to be transparent and upfront with them about what we are doing to make sure the types i have a takes stop. reporter: as he continues to heal, he hopes other victims will become vocal like he did and prompt more action from the cripple call justice system. it is kinds of awaking to me. also, an awakening for other people who may have had experiences like that in the past and, like my gosh, then speak out. it its pretty much and crisis. reporter: we should point, that earlier in the day, jenkins filed paper to work run to

a saki has been critical of current da brooke jenkins, drug policies as well as her close relationship with mayor london breed who appointed jenkins to the role. here's a look at the people who say that they are running a november special election. former san francisco fire commissioner and civil rights attorney joe do he announced after incumbent brooke jenkins came under fire for being paid more than $100,000 for consulting work for a group that bankrolled the recall and chasing to dean and 2 other candidates race should and austin hills who say that they will run, but they have not yet officially filed. still ahead here at 8 o'clock, we're not taking a trip up the napa valley and we're going to check it out. a couple of spots that will make you want to know more. for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's at

victims who needed a voice in this city more than a month ago, when mayor london breed appointed brooke jenkinscisco's interim district attorney voted new jenkins as a former prosecutor who quit her job in the d. a s office, led by chaser boudin to volunteer as a spokesperson for the campaign to recall him, but a newly filed ethics record shows that she was paid more than $100,000 as a political consultant for the nonprofit neighbors for a better san francisco that is linked to supporters of the recall when someone is appointed to a position of this level of public scrutiny. that wouldn't have been disclosed at the time of the appointment is pretty surprising. professor corey cook with st mary's college says well, jenkins did not do anything illegal. her work as a paid consultant should have been disclosed you would those? oh not tell people and let this blow up the day after you announce your candidacy? that's an unforced error. that's a that's that's that's political malpractice. i reached out to jenkins about this revelation and she wrote in a statement quote. i leveraged my career and prose

san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is changing how her office will punish drug dealers. >> under the current policy, anybody arrested with more than 5 grams of drugs could be referred to the city's community court and potentia ly not face any jail time. but jenkins says she is changing that policy, especially when it comes to fentanyl and she will issue harsher penalties. punishments for anyone caught dealing drugs as kron four's haaziq madyun tells us some city officials argue the policy could lead to jailing people who are not guilty of drug crimes. the drug overdose crisis is at an all-time high and that is one statistic that san francisco shouldn't leave the country. >> at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know the dealers being the number one targets. because when you're talking about something that it takes 2 milligrams of to kill you, we have to treat it differently. the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a criminal charge enhancement fo

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. student attorneys to take this for all the change and has created in the community. concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean. >> is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that put her political agenda. the needs of our she says, of full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase of dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed. graner

cases she had spent working for months without explanation. >> and, this decision was made by brooke jenkins and disregarded the needs of our cases and our client. the people people of the state of california. >> she added jenkins is also rog back accountability for police officers. >> they demonstrate she is not the progressive prosecutor that she claims to be. every single attorney who was investigating and prosecuting police officer cases previously is no longer doing so. >> jenkins also came under fire for not disclosing that she was paid more than $100,000 for consulting with a non-profit with ties to the cheza boudin recall campaign. we asked aboute awareness of a 2006 cold case homicide. but, she didn't want to comment. >> right now, i would rather stick to the subject at hand. i am here to honor a mother who just buried her child. there will be a time for those questions but this is about this this family now. >> jenkins and other city law enforcement are asking anyone to anyone to help with info on a 2006 murder investigation. a large group of people witnessed that murder but no one

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. student attorneys to take this for all the change and has created in the community. concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean. >> is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that put her political agenda. the needs of our she says, of full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase abboud dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed. gr

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. for student attorneys to take this for all the change and has created in the community >> concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that put her political agenda. the needs of our she says. full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase of dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed. graner

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. student attorneys to take this for all the that change and has created in the community >> concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that she put her political agenda. the needs of our she says, of full disclosure of. >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase abboud dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appoin

brooke jenkins also says that she will revoke more than 30 plea deals that were already in the works.this is all part of the city's plan to clean up the open drug dealing and selling and using on the streets of san francisco. ktvu christian captain shows us the new plan to disrupt the city's drug economy. on any given day on the streets of san francisco dealers peddle illegal drugs, day and night now, district attorney brooke jenkins says her office will break with her predecessor and cracked down on dealers. change is about ensuring that we are not cycling, some of the most dangerous offenders back out there onto the streets without disrupting their business practice of selling lethal drugs , says dealers arrested with more than five g of drugs would no longer be eligible to be tried in community justice court designed to get to the underlying issues that led a defendant to be arrested and will consider charging enhancements for drug dealers within 1000 ft of schools also revoked more than 30 open plea offers that were negotiated by prosecutors under chasing boudin offers. that were

brooke jenkins ran for office, saying she wanted take drug daleen off the streets of san francisco. is, on my left. the center for plan is to crack down on drug dealers in the city. the d a, says dealers carry more than five g of illegal drugs when they are arrested, will not be eligible for community courts. that's the program designed to help figure out the social issues that may have led to someone dealing the drugs in the first place. instead those dealers will be charged with a felony. the change is about ensuring that we are not cycling, some of the most dangerous offenders back out there onto the streets without disrupting their business practice of selling lethal drugs. she would also consider tougher punishment for drug dealing within 1000 ft of a school could add as much as two years to a prison sentence, although the final decision would be made by a judge, and she's already started looking at plea deals that were offered to drug sellers by a predecessor. chasing boudin jenkins is already revoked more than 30 deals that sellers had not accepted yet, she says, and some of

took her offs without a nation after she has months working on it. >> this decision was made by brooke jenkins and she disregarded the needs of our cases and our clients. the people of the state of california have issues. >> she added that jenkins is willing over oversight and accountability for police officers. >> the other managerial decisios also demonstrate that she is not not the progressive prosecutor that she claims to be. every single attorney who was investigating and prosecuting police officer cases previously is no longer doing so. >> jenkins is also facing questions about receiving more than $100,000 for consulting with a nonprofit that has ties to the recall campaign. we have jenkins yesterday about those ps and greater's resignation durinn event to raise awareness about a about a 2000 cold case homicide but she declined to comment. >> right now, i would rather stk to the subject at hand. i am here to honor mother who just buried her child there will be a be a time for this questions. right now, this is about this family. >> jenkins and others the law enforcement officials are a a

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chesa boudin said he is concerned his reforms are being rolled back by his successor brooke jenkins. she said that is exactly her intention. >>> up next, batting for a chance to make it in the bay. the local lottery that could be the key to finding an affordable home in the bay area. >>> weather continues to help firefighters as they tried to get a hold on the fire in siskiyou county. >>> i am chief meteorologist jeff ranieri >>> welcome back. there is a new option tonight for those trying to make it in the bay. of local housing prices have kept you from buying a home, a housing lottery might be your ticket. hayward is about to offer a way to buy a house at below market prices and here is nbc bay area's scott budman >> reporter: every corner of the area is battling a housing crisis. hayward is not an exception. the city will take 62 new homes and sell them below market value . with demand outpacing supply, how to decide who gets them? hayward will use a lottery. >> if the intent is to let someone with a lower income in the housing market in this area rather than going to patterson, t

commission that the decision to use sedimet to use sediment sedatives up to the firefighter > >> and a brooke jenkinsis facig new backlash .the san francisco standard first reported a financial disclosure form shows she was paid six figures to work work for a nonprofit neighbors for a better san francisco. one of the group's board members bie william overdor. jenkins was never paid by the recall campaign itself and in a statemt jenkins wrote in part, i leveraged my career to try to me a living for me and my family. d other legal work supporting coms ranging from formerly incarcerated women and public safety concerns and issues. jams taylor says the matter address fuel to the fire > >> it's a gaping vulnerability n terms of negative politics. this politics. this would, because it it under mines our credible. the thing you have is your creditaby >> reporter: budine will not bee áf your word, the relationship with judges is all based on int. but taylor says the story will t carry enough any capable rate >> it may not be an ethical or l question but politically there's politically there's a wide opening

brooke jenkins. >> the last few years we've sent a message to people inside san francisco and outsidesan francisco that you get a free pass if you commit crime here. and it's going to take some time for people to figure out that's no longer the case. >> we're super hopeful the new d.a. will be going in the same direction we are. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. ♪ ♪ >>> outside lands is back in san francisco with hundreds of thousands of music fans expected to pack golden gate park this weekend. >> tonight our sara donchey spoke with fans and one of the performers. and everybody is rheteady to le loose. >> reporter: the sun was shining friday afternoon at outside lands at one of san francisco's largest and biggest parties. >> a great place to make new friends and eat food, enjoy music and have a great time. >> reporter: friday's headliners draw big crowds. fans were not shy about who they came to see. telling us their favorites was one thing, but seeing them. ♪ my darling ♪ ♪ i will follow you into the sun rise ♪ >> 21 minutes, 20 more minutes. >> reporter: but if you'd rather leave it t

about those who are selling drugs. >> at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know the dealers being the number one targets because for the past year or more of the previous administration. did not. >> obtain a single, but in all sales conviction, despite as i said, 1500 overdose deaths since 2020, the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a criminal charge enhancement for selling fentanyl within 1000 feet of a school and pre trial detention, extreme dental drug, dealing cases. the district attorney also revoked over 30 open plea offers by revoking these plea offers. >> i will be seeking felony charge. felony charges for them to plea to and some of these offers will now include jail time. normally rebels to say don't take this deal. according to the san francisco public defender's office, the average trial date is delayed over 174 days with 78 felony cases within the last 2 years. still waiting for a date in court. >> which public defender, mano rogers says is a violatio

hama psaki has been critical of current da brooke jenkins, drug policies. also her close relationship with mayor london breed who appointed jenkins to that role. here's a look at the people who say they are running and november special election. former san francisco fire commissioner and civil rights attorney joe do he announced after incumbent brooke jenkins came under fire for being paid more than $100,000 for consulting work for a group that bankrolled the recall of chaseburg day. 2 other candidates martian yea and austin. he'll say they will run but they have not yet officially filed. >> other news tonight, the fate of a bill that would legalize safe injection sites in parts of the state, including oakland and san francisco. he's now in the hands of the governor, state capitol correspondent eytan wallace talk with supporters and opponents who have very different demands of gavin newsom. >> time is running out for the governor to make a decision on this bill. a bill supporters say will help people battling addiction. but one opponents argue will only mak

that is the statement made today but district attorney brooke jenkins while announcing new policies within her office. >> my new policy will prohibit drug dealers arrested with more than five grams of fentanyl or a controlled substance from being referred to our community justice court. lyanne: that program is meant to connect low-level offenders to resources to get their lives in order. jenkins ports the program but says the previous da would often refer people dealing heavily in the sale of fentanyl to this court. jackie berlin is with mothers against drug deaths and welcomes some of jenkins' new policies. >> she's adding enhancements if the steelers sell within 1000 feet of school. she's obviously trying to protect the children of san francisco and the addicts -- she's adding enhancements if the dealers sell within 1000 feet of school. >> quite honestly, san franciscans should be outraged. for cases like this, i will be seeking felony charges. lyanne: but let's clarify. not only here in san francisco but statewide, the number of drug-related trials was low because of the covid pandemic.

dion: they also heard from san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins. >> just a few weeks ago i announced that no longer will we have decriminalized the sale of such a deadly and potent drug. dion: today's certification was pit on by mothers against drugs depth. police say there were three people with gun shots wounds from an incident on mission. one of the gun shot wound victims died at the hospital. no arrests have been made. meantime, firefighters are trying to find the source of an early morning fire in oakland that forced nine people out of their homes. no one was injured. investigates say that fire started somewhere outside but near the back of the house. moving on to developing news, evacuation orders were lifted this morning. in a wildfire burning in lake county. the fire ignited last night west of lower lake. a witness shared video of the water-dropping helicopters making one of many paces over -- passes over the fire zone. cal fire says they've managed to stop forward progress. that fire has burned 14 ache and he is is 80% contained. right now more than 12 million peop

story. >> the san francisco district attorney's office is seeing its latest stafford leave under brooke jenkins short time as the boss and assistant district attorney says she's quitting because jenkins is not the leader the city needs, frankly. i think that they are. >> with a lot of. for student attorneys to take this for all the that change and has created in the community >> concerns me lacks a greener who was hired by former progressive dha dean is also an advocate for criminal justice reform. she had been working in the white collar unit on ghost gun cases and was the offices. only environmental prosecutor graner says after 15 of her fellow staffers were fired just days after jenkins took over, she was then demoted. graner believes politics have taken over the office. i concerned about the priorities of wrecking >> i believe that put her political agenda. the needs of our she says. full disclosure >> triple graner is also taking issue with reports saying jenkins was paid more than $100,000 to help recall chase of dean and did not disclose that payment until after she was appointed. graner

brooke jenkins was the public face of the movement. was then appointed as interim d a by mayor london breed after boudin was recalled recent finance filings show jenkins was paid $100,000 as a consultant during that recall campaign, while she also worked as a volunteer for the effort and a statement, boudin asks supporters to join him in quote , calling on the sf ethics commission to investigate the ties between jenkins people in her administration and the recall effort and demand full disclosure of the funds paid and received to them during the campaign end quote. former san francisco police commissioner john hamasaki is now planning to run for district attorney in the fall special election, the criminal defense attorney tells ktvu. he pulled the paperwork to run for office. hamasaki was against the recall of chase a boudin. the decision comes as bodine announced last week that he would not run for office in november. now interim district attorney brooke jenkins will also be in the running for the district attorney spot. along with fo

mayor breed last month appointed brooke jenkins as district attorney, and jenkins wants to avoid a possible conflict of interest. san francisco general hospitals monkey pox vaccine clinic will reopen this morning. more than 800 vaccines were administered over the weekend, and those all who are vaccinated did not have to wait in those long lines that we've seen in the past few weeks. an increase in supply has made it easier to get the vaccine at walk up clinics in the city. i mean, it's good that it's a little bit easier for people to walk in, and i've been telling people i know are vaccine yet in part because there are people who they weren't going to get vaccinated because they didn't want to wait in the six hour lying. they don't want to have to get up at three in the morning and to go out and maybe maybe not got the vaccine some people because of their work situation account, and so no, i have been trying to put the word out. hey if that's your situation, you can hopefully just go and not have to wait too long. san francisco remains the hot spot in california with more than 545 confirmed

. >> new at noon, san francisco da brooke jenkins is changing how her office will punish drug dealers under the current policy. anyone and rested. >> with more than 5 grams of drugs could be referred to the city's community court and potentially not face any jail time. jacobs says she is revoking that policy and will instead issue harsher punishments for anyone caught drug dealing within 1000 feet of a school jenkins is suggesting that drug dealers have been allowed to operate freely in the city and says she's pledging to change that. >> open air drug markets. have ravaged our city, especially neighborhoods like the tenderloin and south of market. we cannot stand by while these neighborhoods continue to suffer. >> since taking office, jenkins says she is revoked over 30 plea deals involving drug cases. our office will seek felony charges. that includes jail time as part of their new offer. meantime, san francisco's public defender is sharing his concerns over what he calls a return to the war on drugs era. he also shares thoughts on whether black and brown people are being unfairly ta

. >> it's 8, 0, 8 and san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is changing how or office will punish drug dealers getting tougher, hoping to solve the city's fentanyl problem. the plan would change the city's policy on drug plea offers in those cases, including harsher punishments. kron four's haaziq mod-yoon has a closer look. >> the war on drugs in large part was also focused on the users of drugs. and that is not what i'm announcing today today. it's about those who are selling drugs. >> at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know dealers being the number one targets. because for the past year or more of the previous administration. did not. >> obtained a single, but in all sales conviction, despite as i said, 1500 overdose since 2020, the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a criminal charge enhanced mint for selling fentanyl within 1000 feet of a school and pre trial detention, extreme drug, dealing cases. the district attorney also revoked over 30 open

brook jenkins is revoking thousands of potential plea deals involving drug dealers. these were deals made by chesa budin who was recalled in june. as part of her crack down, they're putting a new policy in place that will no longer allow drug dealers with less than 5- grams offenses to be permittable to community court. >> the reason why we've had an outbreak of drug deals specifically fentanyl is the drug dealers have learned there's no consequences and they flood san francisco the way they have. >> reporter: it will also reinstating enhancements for people caught dealing drugs within 1,000 feet of any school. we reached out to the public defender. the d.a.'s new policies are the same exact practices that created this public health crisis and put a disproportional number of impoverished people behind bars. san francisco can and do better than this. we should instead invest our city's resources in funding more effective solutions such as housing, jobs and treatment. >>> we are back in 60 seconds just ahead abandoned. why hundreds of these type of e bikes are litterin

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. >> today's crowd also heard from san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins. >> just a few weeks ago i announced policies with respect to the void we will be handling drug sales cases. no longer will we have decriminalized the sale of such a deadly and potent drug. >> today's event was put on by the organization mothers against drunk deaths. one person was killed in a triple shooting in san francisco's mission district verda happened just before 2:30 this morning. police say there were three people with gunshot winds and a fourth person with other injuries. one of the victims died at the hospital, norco arrests have been made. a man who died on in oakland street early this morning may be the victim of a homicide. police responded to a call early this morning on 90th and croft avenue. -- bancroft avenue. police say the injuries were not a result of a traffic accident and they are calling it a homicide. investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that forced nine people from their home spirit the fire damaged several units of a multiplex. no one was injured investigat

. >> attorney brooke jenkins is changing how her office will punish drug dealers under the current policy. anyone arrested with more than 5 grams of drugs could be referred to the city's community corps and potentially not face any jail time. jenkins says she's changing that policy and will issue harsher punishments for anyone caught drug dealing. but as his current forces doing reports, some city officials say that policy may not be enough tooth of hold people accountable for their drug crimes. >> the war on drugs in large part was also focused on the users of drugs. and that is not what i'm announcing today today. it's about those who are selling drugs. >> at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know the dealers being the number one target. it's because for the past year or more of the previous administration. did not. >> obtained a single, but in all sales conviction, despite as i said, 1500 overdose deaths since 2020. the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a

reporter: dan, if you remember in mid july, brooke jenkins told her staff she wanted to review all plea offers that were still active in -- and made by the former da. at the time, she said she might reconsider some of them. well, she has done that. more than 30 have been revoked because of the nature of these cases. people arrested for selling large quantities of fentanyl and being offered only misdemeanors. the people selling drugs on the corner of eddie and larkin in the tenderloin district took their business elsewhere once they noticed our camera. because they have been allowed to operate since 2020, nearly 1500 people have died of drug overdoses. that is the statement made today by the district attorney, brooke jenkins while announcing new policies within her office. >> my new policy will prohibit drug dealers arrested with more than five grams of fentanyl or controlled substance from being referred to our community justice court. reporter: that court and other programs are meant to connect low-level offenders to resources to get their lives in order. jenkins supports the program b

. >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is changing the way her office will punish drug dealers under the current policy. anybody arrested with more than 5 grams of drugs can be referred to the city's community court and potentially not face any jail time. but jenkins says that she's changing that policy and will issue harsher punishments for anyone caught drug dealing. but as our conference has made you reports tonight, some city officials argue that policy could lead to jailing people who are not guilty of drug crimes. the drug overdose crisis is at an all-time high and that is one statistic that san francisco shouldn't leave the country. >> at this press conference, san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins announced a new policy for holding drug dealers accountable. then to know dealers being the number one targets. because when you're talking about something that it takes 2 milligrams of to kill you, we have to treat it differently. the da's new drug policy includes a possession limit of 5 grams, a criminal charge enhancement for selling fentanyl within 1000 feet of a

. >> da brooke jenkins announced she is resending more than 30 lead deals with people accused of selling fentanyl. she believes deals granted previously were too lenient. she says they will help combat the drug epidemic in the city, especially the tenderloin. >> the monkeypox vaccine center will be closed for a ins tomorrow. the public health department -- appointments will be honored tomorrow just note walk ins. san francisco has nearly 400 monkeypox cases, the most of any bay area city. health officials have promised an update when more vaccines arrive. moderna has initiated a program to see whether the company could create eight monkeypox vaccine with mrna technology. medical experts have been vocal in their concern that there are not enough monkeypox vaccines to address the crisis. with demand increasing, officials have reported more than one million doses of the vaccine for monkeypox will be allocated to states and jurisdictions across the country, approximately 1.5 million americans are considered eligible for vaccination according to the cdc. >> things are gearing up for the retur

. > >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins is running again. before that she served as assistant d.a. in san francisco from 2014-2021. the deadline to file to be on the bt is this friday. boudid he will not run again. run again. > >> take a look at these photos. undercover operation led them to to 300 catalytic converters they converters they suspect was stolen. all discoveret arrow recovery warehouse. back in june the recycling business is accused of knowingly of knowingly buying stolen converters. including some sold by an undercover officer. the police are going through the catalytic converters looking for engravings to return them to their owners. > >> tributes are pouring in tonight for actress olivia newton-john who died today at te age of 73. here in the the bay area a stage production of "zanadoo" was already underway. she star inside the movie musical back in in the '80s. many of the cast and producers of the play closely followed her career career through the years and considered her an inspiration. >> she had fashion and when "physic