and joining me now is carl chan, who is the president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce.yes and charles zhang with the asian justice movement. thank you so much for joining us today, gentlemen. >guest 1>to see you. >liz>you know, 4 years ago, 2020 the beginning of the pandemic, every single day we will reporting on attacks on the asian community across the bay area men and women. it seems like every day we're being attacked. four years later. how have things changed? have they changed? in >guest 1>fact, you know, >liz>uh, because >guest 1>of the media and also the entire community coming together. were able >liz>to >>battle this, you know, api and like, >liz>you said, >guest 1>now >>it's >>about time for >liz>us >>to do the celebration. and to >liz>embrace >>the culture and so bring people >liz>back >>together. so >liz>and again, >guest 1>this is >liz>a time >guest 1>that not only to celebrate apia in 8 months, >liz>but also >guest 1>for us to come >liz>together. >>to celebrate all different cultures and have to say this country is the most diverse country >liz>but >>espe

. >> reporter: carl chan is head of the chinatown chamber of commerce. he, too, has been sounding alarm bells on crime in recent years. >> and so in order for him to be successful, i think he needs to build a good relationship within his department, but also within the entire community from east to west oakland, the hill to the flatland. >> reporter: chan's top concerns for the incoming in police chief, political minefields and oakland's looming budget deficit. >> we are realizing that the resources may not be there for him. >> reporter: no one would describe the role of oakland police chief as an easy job, but many agree that the budget challenges and the recent surge in robberies could make it as difficult as ever, but rodriguez is still hopeful. >> i say one guy with the proper attitude will always make a difference. it always takes that one guy, okay? changes people's attitudes. that's what needs to change here. >> reporter: went up and down international boulevard today asking people about the new chief and most were not aware that oakland had one a

. >> carl chan with safe says the da is just trying to intimidate the recall camp. >> everything you has to be disclosed, so whatever she can claim is fine. but we know we are. the people are doing everything illegally in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> the alameda county board of supervisors is still listening to public comments. we will keep you updated if there is a vote. >> leaders in oakland are set to vote any minute on the new police chief's contract. city council records show incoming oakland police chief floyd mitchell will be paid more than $365,000 a year if the city council approves. mitchell comes to oakland from lubbock, texas. he'll take over a department facing huge challenges with crime and recruiting officers. mitchell is promising to make changes based on data and community relationships. city council documents show he's on a three year contract starting may 11th. >> the east bay community is mourning a former police officer killed in the line of duty in idaho earlier this month. ada county, idaho, sheriff's deputy tobin boulter was shot and killed during

carl chan, one of the recall organizers, is calling the election date a significant milestone in hisroup's efforts to advocate for public safety and accountability. so you got elected. absolutely. we agree. okay. but when you're not doing a good job, you know, performing as a da, as a capacity, okay? and also, you know, she is the reason the driving force to having all these additional serious crimes. in an ex post last week, congressman eric swalwell is also weighing in referring to a robbery of a postal worker. swalwell claims soft on crime alameda county prosecutors have given the bad guys a green light to hurt people. price rejects those comments, pointing out crimes against postal workers started long before she was in office, and prosecuting them falls under federal jurisdiction. why is he attacking the alameda county district attorney's office and holding us to a different standard than he did my predecessor? as both campaigns prepare for the november election and urge voters to turn out, november is going to be the people speaking the truth about who they want to be, the da p

it's oakland's community leader carl chan is joined a long list of people here in the bay area. >> who've had their cars broken into. take a look. he says this car got hit last night outside agave uptown and oakland, the restaurant that has also been dealing with multiple burglaries. chan says the thieves busted the small window of his suv and manage to take the seat down and they took off with a bag that had a parable golf shoes the gulf glove and elbow strap and golf, his golf bag, even though we've got bit chan is trying to make light of the situation, say hopes the thief plays golf and can fit into the shoes. chan is one of the leading organizers of an effort to recall alameda county da pamela price saying she is not tough enough on crime. >> palo alto police are investigating yet another incident of a mail carrier being robbed happened yesterday just before noon in the parking lot of the south would apartments on middlefield road. police say the usps worker man in his 60's was delivering mail when 2 men approached him and demanded his postal keys. wallet and his phone, the mail carri

. >> reporter: carl chan is head of the chinatown chamber of commerce, he too has been sounding alarm bells on crime in recent years. >> and so -- but in order for him to be successful, i think he needs to build a good relationship within his department but also within the entire community from east to west oakland, the hills to the flat land. >> reporter: chan's top concerns for the incoming police chief, political mine fields and oakland's looming budget deficit. >> we are realizing that the resources may not be there for him. >> reporter: no one would describe the role of oakland police chief as an easy job, but many agree that the budget challenges and the recent surge in robberies could make it as difficult as ever. but rodriguez is still hopeful. >> i say one guy with the proper attitude will always make a difference. it always takes that one guy, okay, changes people 's attitudes. that's what needs to change here. >> overall crime is actually down in oakland in 2024 after a huge spike last year, but robberies are still up 6% this your. >>> we are about to see the next chapter o

. >> new at 10 tonight, oakland community leader carl chan is now among the countless people in the bay area to get their car broken into. he says his car got hit last night in agave uptown and oakland. that's a restaurant that's also been dealing with numerous burglaries. chan says the thieves took off with golf gear. chan is one of the leading organizers of the effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. police in power out to are looking for 2 men who they say. >> robbed a mail carrier. they say it happened yesterday just before noon in the parking lot of the south with apartments on middlefield road. police say that the postal service worker, a man in his 60's was out delivering mail when 2 men approached him and demanded his postal keys wallet and his phone. the postal worker turned over the keys, but he refused to give up his personal property. and that's when police say a fistfight ensued and the suspects, not the carrier to the ground. the carrier says both men drove off in an older model. nissan altima. >> offense is now up at building in berkeley after a do

community leader carl chan is now among the many people in the bay area to get their car broken into.last night at agave uptown restaurant in oakland, a business that's also been dealing with burglaries chance as the thieves took off with golf gear. chen is one of the leading organizers of an effort to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. a new nonpartisan state report finds governor newsom's budget deficit is far larger than he says it is. but it also finds he's put the state on track to solve it. our capitol correspondent eytan wallace brings us this story. >> 27.6 billion dollars. that's what governor gavin newsom believes is the size of the state's projected budget deficit. but this new report from the non-partisan legislative analyst's office or independently reviewed newsom's budget and concluded the governor is facing a 55 billion dollar deficit twice the size of his projection. why for the analysis in newsom's budget presentation last friday. he did not include a 27 billion dollar reduction. he's already budgeted in implemented for schools and community colleg

. >> yes, recall organizers carl chan and brenda grisham want the board of supervisors to set a datethe recall. but they had to compete with an equally vocal group of price supporters. >> we aren't here to argue with anybody. you guys have had your chance. this is our press conference. yes, this is for the victims. >> the progressive price will face a recall after organizers gathered enough signatures. the only question is, and it's a complicated one, when any election would be at a meeting tuesday, the board of supervisors were told by the registrar of voters it could be a special election that could cost 15 to $20 million or be consolidated with the november election for $4 million. >> alameda county is not for sale. we had a democratic election. >> we the people spoke at a news conference of her own price, accused recall organizers and the registrar of cherry picking what rules to follow. >> so now what we have is if we're going to have an election, it's a remix election and therefore that's undemocratic. >> the state fair political practices commission has opened an investigation

it would have helped combat organized retail theft, something chinatown community leader carl chan says the town struggles with in the city. >> and the leadership is, you know, really caring about what we're looking for, what we want for the people and for the businesses. okay, you know the utmost priority now is public safety and things that they could have done, has been failing. >> the report reflects details of an investigation by ktvu back in december of the 85 days the application process was open, the audit reports oakland was only fully engaged for about 16 days, and that was only when the department of economic workforce development stepped in, not realizing opd already started the process. they didn't try to submit the application until minutes before the deadline. despite a warning from the state to submit well in advance. it was a case of a lot of people wanting this grant to succeed, and there just wasn't, sufficient to the executive sponsorship right, just to make sure that basic things were covered. houston says a lack of communication, grant policy and leadership doomed

. >> yes, recall organizers carl chan and brenda grisham want the board of supervisors to set a date for the recall, but they had to compete with an equally vocal group of price supporters. >> we aren't here to argue with anybody. you you guys have had your chance. this is our press conference. this is for the victims. >> the progressive price will face a recall after organizers gathered enough signatures. the only question is, and it's a complicated one, when any election would be at a meeting tuesday, the board of supervisors were told by the registrar of voters it could be a special election that could cost 15 to $20 million or be consolidated with the november election for $4 million. >> alameda county is not for sale. we had a democratic election. >> we the people spoke at a news conference of her own price, accused recall organizers and the registrar of cherry picking what rules to follow. >> so now what we have is if we're going to have an election, it's a remix election and therefore that's undemocratic. >> the state fair political practices commission has opened an investiga

. >> yes, recall organizers carl chan and brenda grisham want the board of supervisors to set a datethe recall, but they had to compete with an equally vocal group of price supporters. >> we aren't here to argue with anybody. you guys have had your chance. this is our press conference. yes, this is for the victims. >> the progressive price will face a recall after organizers gathered enough signatures. the only question is, and it's a complicated one, when any election would be at a meeting tuesday, the board of supervisors were told by the registrar of voters it could be a special election that could cost 15 to $20 million, or be consolidated with the november election for $4 million. >> alameda county is not for sale. we had a democratic election. we the people spoke at a news conference of her own price. >> accused recall organizers and the registrar of cherry picking what rules to follow. >> so now what we have is if we're going to have an election, it's a remix election and therefore that's undemocratic. >> the state fair political practices commission has opened an investigatio

. >> carl chan with safe says the da is just trying to intimidate the recall camp. >> everything you know has to be disclosed so whatever she can claim is fine. but we know we are the people are doing everything illegally in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> scientists say a ship strike likely killed the gray whale found floating off the coast of alameda this month. the 40 foot female whale washed up at crown beach two weekends ago. the first whale death in the bay area this year. in fact, the california academy of sciences and the marine mammal center are investigating the whales death. well, the last two winters were historic snow in the sierra and record rain across the state. a weather events known as snow deluges bailed out california from the mega drought. but as abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains, experts say we can't bank on another one to keep our water supply stable. >> when you see snow in the sierra like we saw the last two years, you know it's out of the ordinary. it's now officially known as a snow deluge. a super heavy snowfall that creates a deep sn

it would have helped combat organized retail theft, something chinatown community leader carl chan saysin the city. >> and the leadership is, you know, really caring about what we're looking for, what we want for the people and for the businesses. okay, you know the utmost priority now is public safety and the things that they could have done, has been failing. >> the report reflects details of an investigation by ktvu back in december of the 85 days the application process was open, the audit reports. oakland was only fully engaged for about 16 days, and that was only when the department of economic workforce development stepped in, not realizing opd already started the process. they didn't try to submit the application until minutes before the deadline, despite a warning from the state to submit well in advance. >> it was a case of a lot of people wanting this grant to succeed, and there just wasn't sufficient. the executive sponsorship right, just to make sure that basic things were covered, houston says. >> a lack of communication, grant policy and leadership doomed the grant applic

chan for holding the 3 hearings. i think eli have voice of the communities. >> thank you. carl kramer. next speaker, please. >> jennifer coalition on homelessness. okay. doomer what is the san francisco the doom are wants the billion airs investing money. in a narrative if you listen we are live nothing an apocalypse i don't know want to to live here or can afford to the basic services are gone. the future that you have been hearing today the future we are all fighting for is instead progressive working whiches values value aline city where everyone has a safe place to daul home when we talk about safety and community safety what makes us more safe than a door to look. when you are going to slope. what makes us more safe? we have i contradiction in our homelessness response now. and we need a humane street response not wasting resource we are facing cut its family homelessness and numbers are increasing, thank you. why thank you. next speaker, please. and before i star your time if there is anybody who may be in any overfully room want it address now line up otherwise this will be our