we're in a downward spiral. >> reporter: up to 40% according to the chamber of commerce. investors have backed out of three leases and the chamber may take legal action against the city. >> our intention is certainly not to bring them down. our intention is to support small businesses. >> reporter: we found this protestor inside the camp's media tent compiling a database of more than two dozen small businesses that occupiers hope to support. >> one of the things we're doing is getting together a really comprehensive list of business of in the area and putting it on the internet come support these folks. >> reporter: "occupy oakland" says they need more time to include the business community in their plans. >> have some patience with us. we're working on it. >> reporter: but the restaurant owner says time is a luxury that small businesses don't have. >> some may want to close because it's really hurting their businesses. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce says it's not just small businesses that will suffers. it will be a ripple effect for nonprofits losing out on large d

council comprised of the association of the california engineering companies, african-american chamber of commerce, the hispanic chamber of commerce, the mexican contractors, and the list goes on and on. we meet on a regular basis and they advise me on ways of increasing utilization of the small businesses, disadvantaged businesses, and disadvantaged -- disabled veterans enterprise businesses. as you can see, if you can look at our statewide small business council, which covers the entire estate, a number of our council members are actually included in this statewide, including fred jordan, which i'm sure most of you know. he is a good friend. he's certainly the most recognized figure in the state advocating for increased participation of underrepresented and disadvantaged businesses, and we are grateful and lucky to have him committed to our council. with the state of the state and the state of our nation and the fiscal condition, we're all asked to do more with less. we're all asked to do -- with less employees, with less resources. one of the employees that you should know, which is -- i put th

eight ethnic organizations, including the asian american contractors association, hispanic chamber of commerce and african american chamber of commerce, as well as women-owned organizations and offices here in san francisco. we also put advertisements out through the common cro"the chrod emailed out. the result was good. we had good participation amongst the three proposals that qualified and very strong firms. we did interview all three firms, and the team led by kimley horn and associates is here and audience. it does include 51% small business enterprise firms in terms of the percentage of the contract that would be dedicated to those firms, i. including a minority firm, with 41% value. steven and associates would be a san francisco-based firm of african-americans. 10% participation with 100% minority holding in the principal position. ted crickpritchett is an african american who owned his own firm and provides architectural design services. in total, the participation on at this consultant team would exceed the 20% goal exceeded. it would hit the 50% mark. with that, we're happy to into q

can have here is one where we talk to each other. >>> meanwhile a spokesman for the oakland chamber of commerce expressed frustration today with quan's handling of the protest. he says the city is becoming undesirable to do business. >>> after yesterday's shutdown at the port of oakland, the port is now back open for business tonight. that was not the case early this morning when a handful of the protestors continued to prevebt workers from coming into the port -- prevent workers from coming into the port. 8:30 or 9:00 this morning, they convinced the protestors to let the operations rule. the economic effect of yesterday's brockade won't be known until next week. >>> much more on our website of the that's kronfour.com. you will be able to -- kron4.com. stay with us as we continue to follow the occupy movement. >>> checking in with weather now. a damp day across the bay area. and on the chilly side, too. it really felt like autumn out there today. and still some showers around. i'm here in the forecast center to find out what's ahead for us >>> we still have some scattered showers out there, mo

. >> oakland's chamber of commerce ceo told the council, occupy oakland is costing the city business. >> three transactions at a minimum that i know of have canceled as a result of this. >> explaning how officers were physically assaulted by demonstrators, so tear gas was necessary last week and last night, it went crazy. >> my officers showed great restraint. >> excuse me. excuse me. if we're going to disagree, let us disagree respectful and so if -- if you want us to listen to you, then listen to the police chief. >> and that kind of activity continues at this hour. they are inside city hall for a city resolution to either support or denounce the incantment. but with some 120 people signed up to speak, a vote on this resolution won't be coming any time soon. but ken, a lot of that shouting is expected through midnight. >> a lot of disagreement there. all right, thank you robert. the chaos erupted just after midnight last night. take a look. crowds of rioters broke into an abandoned building, lit a bomb fire and started smashing store windows in the neighborhood. 400 officers moved i

joins us from oakland where the city's city of chamber is blaming mayor quan for not protecting the businesses. >> reporter: the president of the chamber of commerce says they're taking target at the mayor. he now says it has a big black eye. he says the mayor's lack of action is scaring business away. while city workers clean up the last of the graffiti, the impact of the destruction may be felt for days or even months to come. by those who work and run businesses downtown. >> patients are calling and canceling appointments. >> reporter: sill via gibson said they had to cancel 30 procedures this week because the building where they work shut down. gibson says they're losing patients who don't feel safe coming the plaza any longer. >> there is patient that is are willing to go to another doctor's office now because of what's going on here and they're afraid of the riots that's been going on here in oakland. >> we know that businesses are here saying, hey, if this will continue, do i renew my lease? you know, i'm here but maybe i don't want to be here. >> reporter: the president of oakland's chamber of commerce says at least three companies that we

gingrich's assignment with the chamber of commerce was to attend dinner. attend dinner or lunch with chamber officials every few months. $120,000 a year for access to newt. and for the honor of feeding near him. and so, yes, the chamber of commerce supported president obama's stimulus package and newt gingrich is campaigning against the stimulus so there's two facedness there. his health reform group was pro individual mandate. now he says he's always been against the individual mandate. you can find policy scandals. you can find policy scandals and hints about newt gingrich's shall re say transactional relationship with policy everywhere you look in his career. look around. if you get hung up on the little awkwardnesses, you miss the greater and vastly more entertaining story which is newt gingrich, caching, is a scam. newt gingrich's profession since he got kicked out of congress under a cloud of ethics charges related to fund-raising, his full-time profession has been selling access to himself as someone who is influential because of his time as a public

gingrich's assignment with the chamber of commerce was to attend dinner. attend dinner or lunch with chamber officials every few months. $120,000 a year for access to newt. and for the honor of feeding near him. and so, yes, the chamber of commerce supported president obama's stimulus package and newt gingrich is campaigning against the stimulus so there's two facedness there. his health reform group was pro individual mandate. now he says he's always been against the individual mandate. you can find policy scandals. you can find policy scandals and hints about newt gingrich's shall re say transactional relationship with policy everywhere you look in his career. look around. if you get hung up on the little awkwardnesses, you miss the greater and vastly more entertaining story which is newt gingrich, ca-ching, is a scam. newt gingrich's profession since he got kicked out of congress under a cloud of ethics charges related to fund-raising, his full-time profession has been selling access to himself as someone who is influential because of his time as a publi

. >> reporter: the head of oakland's chamber of commerce says businesses are being heavily impacted by the ongoing violence. >> the interference and "occupy oakland" and the empowerment given to "occupy oakland" by the mayor has created a situation where they are out of control. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce says all of this violence and all of the national attention it's getting is hurting business recruitment to oakland and they are now calling on business owners to step up and to tell the mayor to tell city leaders, enough is enough, something needs to be done here. the business community very upset, allen. and they are making plans to fight back. >> are they going to do that presentation formally to the mayor or just one by one individually? >> reporter: we don't have the details but it is very clear that they are fed up. businesses are being hurt in terms of just day-to-day operations. it's hurting them outside of the community. it's hurting them in every way and they're tired of it. >> thank you, mark sayre. >>> we want to show you what police were up against last night as

three businesses have decided not to come to oakland as a result, the chamber of commerce says. the weather shouldn't be a factor in pushing anybody out. the city should do it. >> people call me every day. why won't they take action? it's a matter of what's right for the people of oakland. >> reporter: we're back here live and demonstrators are telling me they're putting the call out for more tarps to put over their tents and that gentleman you just heard there from the chamber of commerce is saying that he has heard the latest, that there may be demonstrations this weekend in front of wells fargo downtown and he's hoping that dozens materialize. reporting live in oakland, christie smith. i'll send it back to you guys in san jose. >> christie, thank you very much. >> when it comes the city taking a stand, there's plenty of talk and no action. >> my city is also part of the 99%. >> have some respect for our city. >> officers, would you escort him away from the mike, please? >> protesters, council members, police and business owners packed the house last night as city council chamb

the mayor is feeling pressure from the businesses as well as the chamber of commerce. about $1 million is just for police overtime. justine >> inspired by the occupy wall street and occupy oakland protests, there is a group that plans to establish an encampment at the university of california in berkeley. the group is made up of students, faculty, teachers, a university workers as well as community members. they have planned two days worth of action. organizers say that this is in response to potential fee increases for uc students and cut to all levels of public education. coming up, we will tell you about how the president plans to make cuts. >>james: we are going to take a quick break. we have more news coming up including the latest on another potential problem for pg&e as they continue to test pipelines along the peninsula. here is a quick look live from the roof camera. clear skies and a few clouds. it is a once again called this morning. >>darya: pg&e workers are and paul also after pressure testing revealed it potentially dangerously. craig skalar is live taking

the chamber of commerce is requesting a dead the mayor jean quan act swiftly. >>daria: this was october 25th. this is video footage of the clash that shows the removal of occupy protesters from frank ocala plaza. from frank ogawa plaza. cameras were on the officers uniforms. this has been evident that of and businesses have of lost business. howard to jordan, the chief of the oakland police apartment will be speaking to us. the weather is the big story. the warmest day of the week get out and enjoy it. we will be back. @p@po' honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a cord, please? dad, the cord's invisible. [ female announcer ] call at&t today to get high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. oooh. videos online? here? how much is that? nothing. at&

thank you. >> i am with the chamber of commerce. s good to follow the last speaker, because i want to thank supervisor chu and supervisor cohen and the majority of you who realize that this is about jobs and not losing any more jobs in san francisco than we have to. we are the have 45,000 unemployed san franciscans. with all due respect to my colleague about -- my colleague with the labor council, this is all about compromise. if you look at our election one week ago and the passage of comprehensive handsome -- comprehensive pension reform, where he and i work cochairs of the committee, we see that compromise in this city works. we pass, for the first time in the united states, comprehensive pension reform because there was a compromise measure. we must be on the right track today, because no one is completely happy with the solution. business is not completely happy about two years in worth of money set aside, labor is not completely happy that is not more than that. we fixed the primary problems. we kicked the general problem, the

the oakland chamber of commerce says all this negative attention that the protests have generated is hurting business recruitment for the city. >>> 4:34 now. this morning "occupy" movement in san jose is getting a strong show of support from a member of the 1%. mike fox senior a prominent businessman in the city will announce today he is pulling all of his money from his beer distribution business and personal accounts out of bank of america. that comes out to about $8 million. fox is a member of the faith- based group people acting in community together or pact. >> it's a very personal thing. so people don't need to make this big public statement but do it. and you know what? they are doing it. >> fox says by divesting those millions from the bank of america, it will take about 6 months and cost him about $30,000. >>> your opportunity to do the same is coming up this weekend. the "occupy" movement has designated tomorrow as national bank transfer day. protestors are asking everyone angry about high fees to take their money out of big banks and transfer it to credit unions. >> i reall

thank you. >> i am with the chamber of commerce. s good to follow the last speaker, because i want to thank supervisor chu and supervisor cohen and the majority of you who realize that this is about jobs and not losing any more jobs in san francisco than we have to. we are the have 45,000 unemployed san franciscans. with all due respect to my colleague about -- my colleague with the labor council, this is all about compromise. if you look at our election one week ago and the passage of comprehensive handsome -- comprehensive pension refor

thank you to the city attorney's office, to the chamber of commerce, to the big and small business representatives who have worked with us. the department of the impairment. -- of the environment. i think there is enough to noodle over and we will like to have a motion for a continuance after a motion for these amendments to be excepted. >> is there second? seconded by supervisor campos. >> i would like to thank the sponsor for these amendments. i think the address some of the issues that have been raised. i'm concerned about the amount of the pricing for the paper bags and i have a request either for the sponsor at the department of the environment between now and when we consider this updated information about what other cities charge. it seems to indicate that other cities charge of between 3 cents and 5 cents for bags whether it is plastic or paper. i have been informed that that information might be out of date. i would like to know what the cities are charging because 25 cents seems quite high to me. i did ask safeway what their cost was. in the next few weeks we have some time to make sure

enforcement agencies engaged in it and the four council members who came out yesterday along with the chamber of commerce which one might expect to kind of decry the occupation and demanded to ouster also threatened mayor jean kwan and said that if she didn't forcibly remove them quickly rapidly they will perhaps hold a non no confidence vote against her so she's feeling pressure from. you know being buffeted from the left for the for the violence in these crackdowns and also for from the right for allowing the tires to reach a pleasant for a city that's for more serve there's been a lot of stories in the news about police infiltration of this one fellow and oakland in particular got outed by park watch and then he came out well i'm a ninety nine er but i was looking for trouble makers or a word like that apparently he was on the clock when he was in co neato what what what is the effect of police infiltration having on the movement and and to and to what extent. a lot of these occupy movements are being heavily. loaded shall we say with our most people to what extent might it actually be a good idea if

>>justine: a spokesman for the oakland chamber of commerce expressed frustration with mayor quan handling of the oakland protests he says the city is becoming an undesirable place to do business. meanwhile, the port is now open and working. yes today a long short union member convince the protesters to lead the shore reason.--let the shore work reasoned. >>james: we will take a quick break and we come back the latest on the conrad murray trial, the case goes to the jury today and will see if they come up with a verdict soon. this is our roof camera and san francisco showing a calm city. a lot of rain from overnight, but we will get more checks on the weather periodically. ]s >>reporter: in closing arguments on thursday the prosecution painted michael jackson as the loving father who was hopeful for the future. they claim that murray was negligent use the powerful anesthetic a fall to help pop star sleep. >> propofol is in no way indicated for the treatment of insomnia. the expert testified that conrad murray was doing a pharmaceutical experiment on michael jackson. dr. murray's attorney i

oakland is like which is really not fair at all. >> reporter: reached bid phone tonight, oakland chamber of commerce president says the business community wants the encampment gone. >> it's a situation where now the element has created a magnet for people that disregard the rights of others. >> implicit in that, many business people say the mayor needs to be recalled. >> we believe the mayor has not stepped up. we have seen her over and over dodge the issue. it is clear that there needs to be change. >> live from frank ogawa plaza, tom vacar, ktvu news. >> we will return to the camp if we see that police are trying to clear them out. >>> the leak happened at 7:15 tonight near mission and veal as you hear there the sound of escaping gas filled the night. and people said they could smell gas more than 100 feet away. traffic on beal street was closed for some time. >>> pg & e says it is laying off 225 workers phos workers -- most will be from the information technology department. the company began the lay offs yesterday and says those i.p. workers are being given a chance to find other jobs within the

oakland is like which is really not fair at all. >> reporter: reached bid phone tonight, oakland chamber of commerce president says the business community wants the encampment gone. >> it's a situation where now the element has created a magnet for people that disregard the rights of others. >> implicit in that, many business people say the mayor needs to be recalled. >> we believe the mayor has not stepped up. we have seen her over and over dodge the issue. it is clear that there needs to be change. >> live from frank ogawa plaza, tom vacar, ktvu news. >> we will return to the camp if we see that police are trying to clear them out. >>> the leak happened at 7:15 tonight near mission and veal as you hear there the sound of escaping gas filled the night. and people said they could smell gas more than 100 feet away. traffic on beal street was closed for some time. >>> pg & e says it is laying off 225 workers phos workers -- most will be from the information technology department. the company began the lay offs yesterday and says those i.p. workers are being given a chance to find other jobs within the

the chamber of commerce, in reviewing the document that has been before you before does this. this alerts the community and the city and this commission as to the academy of arts and their current activities and future plans. san francisco, after a ballot measure directed the development of an economic plan for the city. the plan that came out of the plate -- the mayor's office had a knowledge-based economy and a visitor-based economy. the academy of arts university is a home run on both fronts. this is part of the growing knowledge base of san francisco and its programs bring visitors to the city as well. $211 million of direct economic benefit, from their programs in san francisco. over 2000 full-time and part- time employees -- one of the few employers that have grown jobs in the last four years. i. anderson the frustration of the commission, with the growth of this institution. but i think that we're on track with your acceptance of the master plan, the involvement of the community and the environmental review process. and the conditional use applications that can follow to

american chamber of commerce said it would create 3.5 million jobs bringing the money back in. there is an example of how we celt a sunset. >> bret: juan? >> governor, a lot of conservatives got upset with you after you said that giving in-state tuition to children of illegal immigrants was a good idea. people who didn't support it no heart was the quote. >> should have gotten upset. my wife said it was insulting thing to say. >> stick with the idea. is it the case that republican party is hostile to immigrants? >> not at all. if you think about the state i represent and our population as approaching 37-38%. hispanic. my brother-in-law in hispanic. mexico is our number one trading partner. we understand the important issue is securing the border. we know that the border is being used for a host of illegal activities. up to and including iran working with the zeta cartel. to come in the country and commit an act, to murder a saudi diplomat. that border has to be secure. >> most legal immigrants is not involved with illegal drugs or terrorism. >> your attitude in that debate sugge

[applause] i will invite up to the stage the chair at the san francisco hispanic chamber of commerce his award. thank you for being here. [applause] for those of you who do not know, maria is a retired senior officer of union bank, retired as of june 1 as senior vice president with a corporate social responsibility group focusing on engaging bank employees and volunteer service in the communities in which the bank was operating and expanding financial education. she had over 30 years experience in the banking industry. we're honored that we're able to honor her tonight. on behalf of the mayor, the city and county of san francisco, thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> our next business award goes to the ramons and the familia. [applause] please join us on the podium. ramon ramirez and his wife emigrated to san francisco in 1955. since then, they have started many businesses, 1one that was a cafe, which then started catering food when they bought another cafe on 11th street where they sold mexican food that they made at the cafe, and they brought it over. it was so popular that t

the chamber of commerce says businesses are talk about leaving. east 3 other businesses decided not to locate here and while most seem to agree a small minority of people are causing the majority of the problem, the question remains what should be done now. >> my message to you is like everyone else, the city council, the major, they have to choose which side they're on in this matter and i tell you, whatever your choice is, the people will be watching. >> now there are some that say the city council maybe closer to get the folks in this tent city to leave but that is not an official position. keep in mind however that last night several city council members and the mayor did speak out about their concerns that's a change several of them support early on in this movement. one city council woman spent the night in one of these tents and what she had to say had a lot of people agreeing with her and more on that coming up. >>> all right. time now 6:32. the oakland police department released statistics showing that many outsiders were arrested during t

the president of the oakland chamber of commerce has some harsh words for city leaders about this general strike as well as occupy oakland movement overall. he says that three companies have abandoned plans to come to oakland because of the violence. he says the city must take action to stop the suffering. >> we are very disappointed and distressed over the damage that has been done. the intimidation that has prevailed to customers of wealth--wells fargo, and the whole food stores. i'm very disappointed the city did not take a stronger hand. what i am hearing from the business community is that there is great disappointment that they have empower the protesters by letting them do they want to do. they have no restrictions in place and therefore they have gone to do what they want to do and that has been a major problem for the business community. we had at least three tenets that i know of that are not coming to oakland. they were in the final stages and they said we are pulling out. a 100 employee company a 35,000 sq. ft. tenet, a 15,000 sq. ft. tenant and those are major dollars for bui

. >> reporter: to the tune of 30 to 40% according to the city's chamber of commerce. it says investors have backed out of three leases and now the chamber may consider taking legal action against the city. >> our intention is certainly not to bring them down in any way. our intention it to support small businesses. >> reporter: we found "occupy oakland" protestor sean kay inside the camp's media tent compiling a database of more than two dozen small businesses that occupiers hope to support. >> one of the things we're doing is getting together a really comprehensive list of every business in the area and we're going to start putting it out there on the internet come support these folks. >> reporter: "occupy oakland" says they just need more time to include businesses in their plans. >> have some patience with us, you know? we're working on it. >> reporter: but the restaurant owner says time is a luxury that many small businesses don't have. >> some may close because it's hurting their businesses. >> reporter: tonight the chamber of commerce keeping very tight-lipped ab

our top story from the mayor's office to the city council to the chamber of commerce.he drum beat is getting louder to end the occupy oakland protests. momentum building after a man was shot and killed near the camp last night. amy hollyfield is live at the oakland police department. >> reporter: it is now looking like oakland police might not have as much help as they had if they have to go in and clear out that camp. some law enforcement agencies are distancing themselves from the oakland police department. the calls to clear out the camp are increasing now there's been a shooting there. we have found of those bullets as they were fired last night. [ gunfire ] >> oh my gosh! >> reporter: laura anthony was calm when several shots were fired. she was standing by for her 5:00 live shot when this happened. her photographer randy davis, was assaulted when he tried to take individual yoest crime scene. some people punched him several times. -- they did not want him taking pictures. he suffered from a mild concussion. the man who was shot did die. police have not made any a

. >> oakland chamber of commerce released results of a survey it took of 1100 oakland voter autos overwhelmingly voters sympathized with the mission of the occupy wall street movement. >> and 59% of those with an opinion say camp should end. 33% think camping in the plaza should be allowed and 73% disapprove of her handling. >> nearly three quarters of the occupants don't approve, what do you say? >> and we're working together the best we can. and will end this peace fly we cannot have this happen. this has to stop. we're losing business. we're losing jobs. >> and if is past time to do something about it?. >> way past time to address this issue. >> that is laura anthony reporting. we want to update you. we're getting reports shots have been fired near frank ogowa plaza. laura had to run that down. and this there is more information on that as soon as we can get it. >> and there is the state has fallen behind in revenue and in october alone, the state was $810 million behind expectations and that could mean cuts kicking in automatically. under the deal signed in june, if the state falls between $

the president did point out that both the chamber of commerce and the afl-cio both supported. >> we thank you. the federal reserve cast a bleak outlook for the economy. they think it will expand at a much slower pace than desired. the fed to predict we will still have high unemployment rates at 8.7%. we are now at 9.1%. consumers are reportedly spending more. >> and it is if your interested in becoming a metro bus driver. the search is going on in the district. metro began testing applicants for the submission. as part of a collaboration between the city at various employers. the program has helped more than 300 washington, d.c. residents find jobs. metro jobs are just some of the thousands of positions open in the city. >> american troops began their final exit from iraq. they were the first to leave pretty packed bags, waited for buses to take them to an air strip to go out of the country. it will pull all of american troops out of iraq by the end of the year. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00 black friday as three weeks away. see how amazon.com is getting a jump start on shoppers. >

. >> reporter: the head of oakland's chamber of commerce says businesses are being heavily impacted by the ongoing violence. >> the interference of "occupy oakland" and the empowerment that was giving to "occupy oakland" by the mayor of oakland has created a situation where they are out of control. >> reporter: the chamber of commerce says that all this violence and alternate attention that it's getting is also hurting efforts to bring businesses to oakland, businesses that had plans to come here now taking a second look at the situation allen. they are not sure how they are going to respond but the chamber says businesses are tired of this and they are looking to put pressure on the political leaders who end this. >> mark, i'm sure you will get back to us with what's going on in the meeting if anything develops within the newscast. >> reporter: haven't heard anything yet. >>> the port of oakland is open after yesterday's protests shut it down. operations resumed about 8:30 this morning. some lingering protestors did stay and they blocked one entrance today. workers lost a day's pay af