. >> david chiu is the san francisco city attorney.e says the court gave the city the okay to clear encampments as long as they first offer shelter to those living on the streets. chiu believes it's a step in allowing the city to enforce its own laws. >> san francisco has really tried to balance providing compassionate services and shelter to unhoused individuals with maintaining a healthy and safe streets. but that balance was really upset, particularly as over half of the folks who have received offers of shelter would turn it down. >> others, though, have concerns. that includes jennifer friedenbach, the director of the coalition on homelessness, the group suing the city. >> and our whole intent of the lawsuit is to really get more folks off the streets. >> friedenbach claims even before the court's clarification, the city was never prohibited from clearing up encampments. however, she worries the increased sweeps could lead to the city violating its own rules. friedenbach specifically pointed to policies prohibiting the destruction

. >> david chiu is the san francisco city attorney. he says the court gave the city the okay to clear encampments as long as they first offer shelter to those living on the streets. chiu believes it's a step in allowing the city to enforce its own laws. >> san francisco has really tried to balance providing compassionate services and shelter to unhoused individuals with maintaining a healthy and safe streets. but that balance was really upset, particularly as over half of the folks who have received offers of shelter would turn it down. >> others, though, have concerns. that includes jennifer friedenbach, the director of the coalition on homelessness, the group suing the city. >> and our whole intent of the lawsuit is to really get more folks off the streets. >> friedenbach claims even before the court's clarification, the city was never prohibited from clearing up encampments. however, she worries the increased sweeps could lead to the city violating its own rules. friedenbach specifically pointed to policies prohibiting the destructi

chair chiu, member herrera. good morning. my name is evan boyd, vice president for san francisco . one thing i would like to add in regards to the rates included in these rates is a tip fee increase at at the recology san francisco transfer station that takes effect october first of 2023. in regards to the process, just want to thank the rate review board. thank jay liao think ben becker, dpw san francisco environment staff for their partnership and collaboration during this process. very long and arduous process, but i think the end result is good for the ratepayers, the residents and businesses of san francisco and recology is looking forward to continuing to meet the needs and service to the residents and businesses of san francisco. so thank you. thank you very much. given that, why don't we open this item up, item number two for public comment. are there any members of the public in person who wish to comment on item number two, seeing none in person, why don't we go online? are there any members of the public online who wish to speak on item number two? for the record, there

chiu said this will help the city find clarity on how to apply the laws and provide care for those who need it. when we offer housing, we offer it after we've ascertained that there is space in our system. we have as a city spent billions of dollars in recent years providing compassionate services and shelter. we every year provide shelter to the thousands of individuals services with the compassionate approach that san francisco has always brought to this. but unfortunately, this injunction had really put our city in an impossible place. and the legal fight over that injunction is going to continue . new at 730, the california state university board of trustees is expected to vote on tuition hikes next week. the sacramento bee reports that trustees will be voting on whether to increase tuition by 6% every year from 2024 to 2029. if approved, tuition would go up $342 during that first increase for full time state undergraduate students, the vote is expected to take place at the trustees meeting next wednesday . while the state senate passed a bill today that will allow cannabis cafes h

being held at the strand theater along with district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu on the agenda updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people that try to clear encampments off the streets. >> south officials celebrating the passage of melanie's lot. a bill aimed at preventing fentanyl overdoses among youth here in california. the bill named after 15 year-old melanie ramos who overdosed on fentanyl in her high school bathroom. the bill mandates every public school in the state to provide opioid prevention training to staff, teach students about the dangers of fentanyl and how to respond to an overdose. ramos is mother says that she's pleased that the bill went through and that she hopes the governor signs it. >> she urges the governor to sign the bill. obviously in honor of her daughter, she wouldn't. another. child to be that. have ways. their careers. dreams and she's just or just for the governor to sign >> in santa clara county alone, fentanyl deaths have gone up mo

san francisco city attorney david chiu says ultimately this clarification by the court allow the city to enforce laws against those who decline shelter and ultimately make san francisco's streets cleaner. >> and safer. we do think it's going make it easier for us to address some of the street conditions that we have been seen. >> will likely have more to say on exactly how this gets enforced in the coming days. but we're pleased with the 9th circuit attorneys for the coalition on homelessness. few the ruling differently. in a statement, they say the preliminary injunction is in place because the district court determined the city of san francisco has a practice of not offering unhoused individuals shelter prior to arrest citation or destroying their property. the 9th circuit's denial of the city's recent motion speaks for itself when a party brings a motion in court and that motion is denied. that means they last that legal battle. it's unknown when the appellate court will rule on the city's motion to overturn the injunction. dan kerman kron, 4 news. this was crazy. the manhunt for a

. >> 5 families that that are now sheltered at their home city attorney david chiu presented a certificate of recognition for the asian firefighters association. president of the san francisco board of supervisors. aaron peskin also welcome the group thank you for going to a higher and san francisco's a spirit of compassion. >> in the hands of our brothers and sisters. their kron 4 was there when the group took off for hawaii last month and after seeing the devastation firsthand, that was very heartbreaking. seems the that that was example. there's some families lost everything you know, parents know. and now you know, maybe their living at the hotels that this is a marathon. >> this is not a quick fix. this is not a 24 hour news cycle. the poor people in paradise right now, we'.e still just rebuilding their homes. hawaii and maui specifically is going to be extremely difficult for them. >> and going forward, the san francisco firefighters want people to continue to think about the people in maui. the asian firefighters association is planning a second trip to support now in a month or 2.

dorsey is going to be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu and on the agenda will be updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people to clear encampments. the meeting begins at 6 tomorrow night at the standard theater in san francisco. >> update tonight for you. the 2 people who died after driving into a canal in sandra fell have been identified. police say 2.21. year-old jose vasquez and denison gaytan drove a car down canal street and then into the water at about 70 miles per hour. early saturday morning, the men were pulled out of the submerged car, but unfortunately it was too late. now police do believe alcohol was a factor, though. the investigation is ongoing. one person is dead after a hit and run early this morning. and hayward police say the crash involved 3 cars on hunt. what avenue? but one of those drivers took off. officers say and the other in the 2 other cars, one person died there. passenger survived, survived and the other driver was als

hall dorsey will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu on the agenda updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people to clear encampments off the streets. the meeting begins at 6 o'clock. dry weather. time now as we get a live look outside here. beautiful day in san francisco, the whole bay area not too hot, not too cold. really comfortable? yeah. really. kind of a weather scenario, right, laura? yeah. and at that time of year where we get that nice weather outside. enjoy some beautiful sunshine even along the coastline. >> that has socked in some much of summer. but now here we go. we're into our fall-like pattern outside. we do have a couple of patches of fog moving along the coastline. you're looking out toward the golden gate bridge right now in some of that patchy fog kind of flirting with the bridge right now. but overall, most of the bay area looking at clear skies, san francisco, a little breezy, but you've got a nice clear skies across much of san f

. >> 5 families that they are that are now sheltered at their home city attorney david chiu presented a certificate of recognition for the asian firefighters association. president of the san francisco board of supervisors. aaron peskin also welcome the group thank you for going to a higher and san francisco's a spirit of compassion. >> in the hands of our brothers and sisters. their kron 4 was there when the group took off for hawaii last month and after seeing the devastation firsthand, that was very heartbreaking scenes, the way that that was example, there's some families lost everything you know, parents, you know, and now you know, maybe their living at the hotels that this is a marathon. >> this is not a quick fix. this is not the 24 hour news cycle. the poor people in paradise right now, we're still just rebuilding their homes. hawaii and maui specifically is going to be extremely difficult for them. >> and going for the san francisco firefighters want people to continue to think about the people in maui. a second mission is in the works. they plan to go maybe in a month or 2.

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all trough says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens by lighting accessibility laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time and agai

pleased that the 9th circuit had agreed with our understanding of san francisco city attorney david chiutimately. >> this clarification by the court, we'll make it easier for the city to address some of the issues on san francisco streets with this issue resolved. i think it would make it easier for us to get folks to shelter that they've been asking for, that they need. and for to maintain clean and safe streets. attorneys for the coalition on homelessness. few the ruling differently. in a statement, they say the preliminary injunction is in place because the district court determined the city of san francisco has a practice of not offering unhoused individuals shelter prior to arrest citation or destroying their property. the 9th circuit's denial of the city's recent motion speaks for itself when a party brings a motion in court and that motion is denied. that means they last that legal battle. it's unknown when the appellate court will rule and the city's motion to overturn the injunction. dan kerman kron, 4 news. well, today we got a look at the first televised hearing and the georgi

you to join me in welcoming a former supervisor a former state legislator and form attorney david chiu. >> good afternoon, everyone. >> (clapping). >> yeah. >> thank you, ms. courtney i've been in politics enough to know before you guys and the bar i'll be brief the first thing attaining commissioner griffin pretty face for throwing a party at 3 o'clock on a work day and as a city attorney no drinking on the job. >> they're off you'll off officially paralleling in front of that camera and just a serious note you're here in apart to think about a paul and larry one thing about larry when i was on the board of supervisors and offers on the let the record show enforcement there are words in the city ordinances that protect workers because of the work of brother larry griffin (clapping.) so i want to say brother larry and paul thank you. i know you're looking down with us and really i'm going to be brief like the mayor one of the elected officers i have lots of aurmths with critics about what is happening and many arguments but what we end an argument that i'll say the following you can't

joanna chiu is an author and journalist from the toronto star.ikh temple leader back injune. do you know what evidence canada has and who is been shared with? yes. the prime — and who is been shared with? yes. the prime minister _ and who is been shared with? yes. the prime minister has _ and who is been shared with? jazz the prime minister has not and who is been shared with? is; the prime minister has not given more details on what intelligence it has. but experts that followed this case it seems clear that ottawa would not accuse india in such clear terms that they did not have quite strong intelligence. usually if a state is involved in allegedly putting out a hit on someone outside of its own country and try to cover its tracks so the leader in india did not do a good job of covering his tracks or that might be someone who is talking who was involved. or perhaps another country provided intelligence. it's all a mystery as to how canada was able to get such compelling evidence. this is an unprecedented case. we were not able to find in other

. >> 5 families that that are now sheltered at their home city attorney david chiu presented a certificategnition for the asian firefighters association. president of the san francisco board of supervisors. aaron peskin also welcome the group thank you for going to a higher and san francisco's a spirit of compassion. >> in the hands of our brothers and sisters. their kron 4 was there when the group took off for hawaii last month and after seeing the devastation firsthand, that was very heartbreaking. seems to love that was example. there's some families lost everything you know, parents know. and now you know, maybe their living at the hotels that this is a marathon. >> this is not a quick fix. this is not a 24 hour news cycle. the poor people in paradise right now, we're still just rebuilding their homes. hawaii and maui specifically is going to be extremely difficult for them. >> and the asian firefighters association is planning a second mission to maui in the coming months reporting from san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> hawaii's governor is investigating what he calls predator

. >> the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens, violating from alexis ability laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets dc after 3 years of data is that time and

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's herelk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and fall in fron

. >> 5 families that they are that are now sheltered at their home city attorney david chiu presented a certificate of recognition for the asian firefighters association. president of the san francisco board of supervisors. aaron peskin also welcome the group thank you for going to a higher and san francisco's a spirit of compassion. >> in the hands of our brothers and sisters. their kron 4 was there when the group took off for hawaii last month and after seeing the devastation firsthand, that was very heartbreaking scenes. the way that was example, there's some families lost everything you know, parents know. and now you know, maybe their living at the hotels that this is a marathon. >> this is not a quick fix. this is not a 24 hour news cycle. the poor people in paradise right now, we're still just rebuilding their homes. hawaii and maui specifically is going to be extremely difficult for them. >> and the asian firefighters association is planning a second mission to maui in the coming months reporting from san francisco, gayle ong kron. 4 news. >> we thank them for their service in

city attorney david chiu said he wanted to modify the order so that it would not apply to involuntaryrily homeless individuals who refuse to accept shelter. but the ninth circuit court reject cited the city's motion. the court says it will address all other issues raised in due course. there is another covid 19 variant, and it's informally being called parola. the new strain ba2 86, is similar to other omicron sub variants that have been circulating for the past two years. officials with the centers for disease control and prevention say the variant may have more ability to cause breakthrough infections than previous strains. cdc director dr. mandy cohen says they've only seen a handful of cases so far. our time is now. 446 the most commonly prescribed medication for attention deficit disorder, adhd continues to be in short supply. the fda says it's well aware that adderall and similar medications are in short supply, and they're trying to quickly resolve the problem. the agency says the shortage is tied to several factors, including matthis facturing delays, with at least one drug ma

. >> dorsey will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins said city attorney david chiu and on the agenda will be updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to address arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people to clear out encampments. that meeting starts at 6 will be held at the standard theater and a crime for viewer says that they witnessed a robbery that happened along the embarcadero. they say that their rearview camera caught the moment when a woman was almost robbed or kidnapped last night before another woman on the sidewalks and steps in to help her the thief. they're driving a kia so white colored car there. they say that that person left the scene shortly after we have reached out to the san francisco police department for confirmation about what happened and so far have not heard back. we'll go now to the north bay where it was a busy weekend for the samara fell. police department officers responded to shootings, stabbings and a deadly crash all took place following a guatemalan independence day events. this was on

city attorney david chiu says a judge just clarification eases.e of the obstacles that the city was facing. he says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up city, sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. however, the collission says they still have some doubts that the city is offering housing to all people on the streets. >> we see after 3 years of data is that time and again on a daily basis, there is not nearly enough shelter for the people that i have. that chance is going cease to forcibly displaced. we know or have heard that individuals have shelter somewhere within our system, but they choose to maintain a tent on the streets. in other instances when they turned us down, there are different reasons. but we also hear that their attorneys have advised him to turn it down during this litigation. >> the coalition has denied advising anyone to decline shelter. he says people refusing housing. it's a narrative that the city has been pushing from the start. this lawsuit is pending and that injunction remains in place. po

he will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu on the agenda will be updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people to clear encampments off the streets. that meeting starts at 6. it will be held at the standard. cedar. now to the north bay where police in samara, fowler investigating multiple reports of violence from this past weekend. kron 4 charles clifford has the details. >> well, here in sandra fell last friday, there were multiple guatemalan independence day events. those all went very smoothly. but later in the evening, there was trouble. >> the sanibel police department says that in the late evening hours of last friday, large crowds of people began gathering here in the canal neighborhood around 10:20pm. police responded to reports of shots fired along the bottle street officers arriving on scene found a 25 year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. then around 12, 30 saturday mornin

to a public safety town hall dorsey will be joined by the da brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu. and among s the things are going to talk about are the homeless sweep injunction rules that are limiting the city's ability right now to be able to clear out homeless encampments. so that another public public safety issues are going to be in focus tonight at 6 at the stanford theater. kron. 4 viewer witnesses, a robbery and maybe kidnapping a man who knows what happened along the embarcadero here last night. you can see through the rearview camera that was rolling the moment this woman was. attacked. she was shot. they were trying to rob or kidnap or but then another woman on the sidewalk actually stepped in and ended up healthy, helping her. the thief was driving a white kia and they left the scene. we reached out to the san francisco police for confirmation about it. we don't have any details yet. >> today through thursday, the golden gate ferry is going to be holding emergency response drill. so you may notice out on the water looks like, you know, real emergency, maybe smoke and

dorsey will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu on the agenda will be updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people to clear encampments off the streets. the meeting begins at 6 tomorrow night at the theater. >> iconic bay bridge twinkling lights could soon be coming back san francisco. non-profit eliminate which creates light field public art announced they've received 80% of their fundraising goal. they say they currently have 8 million dollars pledged in larger gifts and the public crowdfunding campaign stands at almost $500,000 before going dark. 25,000 lights shined bright from the bridges. you can see here. eliminate wants to double that number, though, the group says 11 million dollars could make it happen. >> with that, let's get your check of your 4 zone forecast. taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza not a lot of known out on road tonight. there's a lot of celebrations going on. i feel like busy, busy days. and then of course, su

tom vacar ktvu fox two news, san francisco city attorney david chiu told us today on the floor the citysed with a new appeals court ruling on enforcing laws of homeless camps. while the judges declined to alter the injunction that limits sweeps. they did agree that people who refuse housing are not considered involuntarily homeless and are subject to city law. the judges in this case this past week agreed that with our city's interpretation on that, if you're refusing an offer of shelter, if you have access to shelter elsewhere, that the laws do apply to you. the injunction was put in place last year after the coalition on homelessness filed a lawsuit alleging the city cleared encampments despite lacking enough shelter space. the legal fight over the injunction continues. santa clara county officials announced the relaunch and expansion of med assist today. it is a first of its kind initiative designed to reimburse residents who struggle to pay for life saving prescription drugs. officials unveiled new branding for the program with a large piggy bank figure and they announced the initia

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunctions been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens, violating for alexa's ability laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time and again

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9thrcuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens, violating from alexis ability laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time an

to a public safety town hall doors will be joined by district attorney jenkins, city attorney david chiu on that agenda. they're going to be updates to the current homeless keeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest to get homeless people to clear encampments off streets. the meeting starts at 6 and will be held at the standard theater. developing news and massive sinkhole in san francisco's callan, neighborhood won't be fixed for another month. businesses nearby are concerned. the extended closure could hurt their bottom line. kron four's amanda hari has that story. >> the city is telling businesses and people who live on this portion of fillmore that it's going to take at least 6 weeks to do all the repairs. and during that time, there's no through traffic on this portion of the street and no parking nearly a week ago, a 16 inch water main ruptured at green and fillmore streets creating a massive sinkhole. >> well, the street may look better now. they're still expected to be weeks of repair leo borg. us was cleaning up at liquid boban film or

he'll be joined by the district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu. what they're going to talk about includes the homeless sweeps injunction which prevents the city from being able to do homeless sweeps in clear out homeless encampments. we'll talk about that and some other safety issues starting at 6 o'clock tonight at the standard theater. well, kron 4 viewer says a witness to a robbery that happened on the embarcadero yesterday. >> they say their rearview mirror, the camera actually caught the moment when a woman was almost rob or kidnap before another woman on the sidewalk stepped in to help her. the thief was driving a white kia. they left the scene shortly after we reached out to san francisco police or confirmation on this incident. we haven't heard back just yet. >> is 905. and for your money, it's going to you more of your money to pay for a fill up your gas tank. is the prices have really gone up in the last week or so another $0.25 in the past week alone. that kron four's will tran live in. sandra fell. will carpool with you because of gas

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9thcuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violatian worsens, violating for alexa's ability laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time and again

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation where someone is violating accessibility laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to puople on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that ti

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are opposing fair health and safety violation where someone is violating accessibility laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time and

pleased that the 9th circuit had agreed with our understanding of san francisco city attorney david chiun by the court, we'll make it easier for the city to address some of the issues on san francisco streets with this issue resolved. i think it will make it easier for us to get folks shelter that they've been asking for, that they need. and for us to maintain clean and safe streets. attorneys for the coalition on homelessness. few the ruling differently. in a statement, they say the preliminary injunction is in place because the district court determined the city of san francisco has a practice of not offering unhoused individuals shelter prior to arrest citation or destroying their property. the 9th circuit's denial of the city's recent motion speaks for itself when a party brings a motion in court and that motion is denied. that means they last that legal battle. it's unknown when the appellate court will rule on the city's motion to overturn the injunction. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> it's 7.36, in one person was taken into custody in san francisco after a 3 hour standoff that involv

city attorney david chiu filed two formal requests to the california public utilities commission, askingevote on its resolution. the cpuc recently voted to expand permits for cruise and waymo that would widen commercial operations to 24 hours a day. chu said the state regulatory decision should be reheard because the commission hastily approved technology through what he called an inadequate review process. s. new at noon cruise is making an effort to make its driverless taxis available to people in wheelchairs. this morning, it unveiled what it's calling the world's first self-driving wheelchair accessible vehicle. the cruise wave was developed in cooperation with general motors. it took three years to design. it's amazing. i mean, this can open so many opportunities, basically, like to have more accessible alternative to move around. hopeful only like better prices because normally, like accessible transportation is much more expensive. cruise hopes to have the vehicle on the road by next year. first, starting with a pilot program with a small group of wheelchair users. governor newsom

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction ha week for the 9 months that the injunction hbeen enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens, violating from alexis ability laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets

if there was no other place for the unhoused to go, city attorney david chiu said that he wanted to modifyhat it would not apply to people who are voluntarily homeless. those who refuse to accept shelter. but the ninth circuit court denied the city's motion to modify the court says it will address all other issues raised in due course. well, whether it's an earthquake or a wildfire, the best way to minimize risk is to prepare. still ahead, we're going to talk to a risk management expert out on the best ways to get ready for a disaster. and we're really trying to drive home that point this afternoon. also, some new information in the charges. former president trump is facing there in georgia. coming up, how long the trial is expected to take and the long list of people to be called to take the stand they've never seen before in the bay area. we know the wildfire season is no longer a season and we have seen the devastating impact to person and property. maui's recovery from its wildfire will take months and years and has forever changed the island and specifically the town of lahaina, which

pleased that the 9th circuit had agreed with our unserstanding of san francisco city attorney david chiuation by the court, we'll make it easier for the city to address some of the issues on san francisco streets with this issue resolved. i think it would make it easier for us to get folks, the shelter that they've been asking for, that they need. and for to maintain clean and safe streets. attorneys for the coalition on homelessness. few the ruling differently. in a statement, they say the preliminary injunction is in place because the district court determined the city of san francisco has a practice of not offering unhoused individuals shelter prior to arrest citation or destroying their property. the 9th circuit's denial of the city's recent motion speaks for itself when a party brings a motion in court and that motion is denied. that means they last that legal battle. it's unknown when the appellate court will rule on the city's motion to overturn the injunction. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> it's 9.35, and a person was taken into custody by police in san francisco after a 3 hour stan

meeting at town hall dorsey is going to be joined by the da brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu on the agenda updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limit the city's ability to arrest and clear out homeless encampments. and the meeting begins at 6 o'clock. it will be at the standard theater. well, a kron 4 viewer says they witnessed a robbery that happened on the embarcadero yesterday. they say their rearview camera caught the moment when a woman was almost robbed or kidnapped. >> for another woman on a sidewalk stepped in to help the thief was driving a white kia. they say that they left a scene shortly after now we reached out to sarah police were confirmation on this incident. we've not heard back just yet. for your money this morning. gas prices continue to go up all around. the bay is not pretty. they jumped another $0.25 in the past week alone. outdoors will tran is live in. sandra fell as what we need to know. i will. >> well, right now if you're in, sandra fell marin county, obviously you are paying the second highest price in the bay area. look at this.

city attorney david chiu said he sought to modify the order so it would not apply to involuntary homeless individuals who refuse to accept shelter. but today, the ninth circuit denied the city's motion in the court says it will address all other issues raised in due course. danville residents demanded answers from pge and tonight, the town has had more than 30 power outages just this summer. ktvu is jana katsuyama spoke with the vice president of the utility who attended a public town hall. jen is live tonight with the story. jana mike that's vice president gave me some answers as to what might have been causing this. i also spoke to the mayor after the meeting. he said he's glad pga showed up, but he really says it's been tough on downtown businesses. he wants them protected. and many people tonight said that they want actions and answers. the lights were on in the town of danville tuesday, but the residents and town leaders say they're in the dark as to why they've had 41 pga power outages just this summer. many restaurants say it's been a nightmare for business. we have people here wit

safety town hall dorsey will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu. and they'll talk about, for example, the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city ability to clear out homeless encampments. they will talk about that some other issues. the meeting begins at 6 o'clock at the standards here. well, across viewer says they witnessed a robbery that happened on the embarcadero yesterday. they said they do their rearview mirror. they caught that at that moment when a woman was almost either rob or kidnap. take a good look for another woman on the side like stepped in to help her. now that feat was driving a white kia. they then left that scene shortly after now we reached out to san francisco police for confirmation on this. and we still haven't heard back just yet. time now is 805. and for your money this morning, it is going to cost you more to fill up your tank all around the bay area. gas prices are up. yeah, everywhere you go is no escaping. it. overs will tran is live in. sandra fell. what you need to know will. so i'm assuming take

safety town hall dorsey will be joined by district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiuthe agenda is updates to the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city's ability to arrest or use the threat of arrest against homeless people as they try to clear encampments off the streets. the meeting begins at 6 o'clock. it will be held at the standard theater. beginning today through thursday. the golden gate ferry is hosting emergency response drills on the bay. there will be likely smoke, an emergency vessels visible if you happen to see anything like that. don't be alarmed. it's just a drill, not a real emergency. those drills are expected to happen between 09:00am and 05:00pm over the next several days. let's talk about our forecast now taking a live look outside from our mount tam cam. a little bit of fog there coming creeping over on the right hand side of your screen. but otherwise, a pretty good out there. we've got calico can here with more details. kyla. hey, they're happy monday of blue skies out there for a lot of us as we start our work weekend. really

david chiu, city attorney, city of san francisco, thanks so much for the time, sir.for having me on. all right. here we are. just one day until the weekend. can you tell i'm ready for the weekend and things are looking good across much of the bay area, saying happy thursday to our friends here in contra costa county. our meteorologist roberta gonzalez is back. and roberta, not a whole lot of change from yesterday, which i'll take. yes. that's why we refer to it as the summer doldrums right. and i was messaging with steve paulson earlier this morning. i said, boy, it's a summer doldrums. and he said, yeah, we'll take it and we certainly will because we are entering a fire danger season. that's when the fire level does heightened and when we have these temperatures that are where they should be for this time of the year and not those dry offshore winds, then that's very conducive for us for the prevention of fires. let's keep it that way. all right. here we go with the marine layer. boy, was it compressed this morning and deep about 2000ft. and at this particular time,

a little earlier, we got this update from joanna chiu, who writes for the toronto star.or a long time this has been a point of tension in the canadian — indian relationship where india views the entire religious group is viewed as a threat to its interest. a lot of people in the community have said they've been targets of indian state interference, visas have been denied, basically family members are being held hostage in india in retaliation for some of their democratic activities and political advocacy for an independent state for sikh's in india. i've heard from others who are requesting anonymity have also been warned by police that there also credible death threats against them. they've been asked to leave their homes in canada on multiple occasions. they would like to emphasise that this might not be an isolated case of one man that multiple people in canada and also internationally might be at risk if this continues. the s&p for dunbar share. four dabinderjit singh has been held since 2017. his case was raised by rishi sunak while he was in new delhi. thank you ve

he'll be joined by the district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chiu. they're going to give us an update on the current homeless sweeps injunction which limits the city ability to clear out homeless encampments. so the talk about that among other safety issues, that meeting is at 6 o'clock at the standards here. all across for a viewer says that they witnessed a robbery that happened on the embarcadero yesterday. they say their rearview camera caught the moment when a woman was almost robbed or either kidnapped before another woman on that sidewalk stepped in to help her that was driving a white kia. they left the scene shortly after reached out to san francisco police for confirmation on this incident. we haven't heard back just yet time now 705, and for your money this morning, it's gonna cost you more to fill. er up. gas prices have gone up by quarter around the bay area. as not a nice out there. past week covers will tran is live with senator phil. >> with what you need to know, i'm thinking maybe it's time in state. the really has up will. >> it's

the city attorney david chiu says a judge is clarification on monday eases some of the obstacles. 9th circuit recently clarified. >> that if the city were to make a specific offers available shelter to unhoused individuals. they would not count as involuntarily homeless individuals and dos the city can enforce our laws against those individuals. >> chew says this injunction has made it difficult for the city to clean up sidewalks and streets for the last 9 months. but one of the lead attorneys for the coalition all shroff says the city has been sweeping encampments this entire time and the injunction has always allowed them to do so. >> so they can clear intent 3 times a day, 5 days a week for the 9 months that the injunction has been enter. and it's important to note that even injunction the city is allowed to clear an address, homeless encampments that are posing their health and safety violation worsens by lighting accessibility laws. trough says council still has doubt that the city is offering housing at all to people on the streets. we see after 3 years of data is that time and

. >> reporter: the city attorney david chiu says this means we will see fewer encampments over time andts. still the lawsuit brought on by homeless advocates is still pending and the ban on clearing encampments is still in place. but the mayor said we now have a path forward to enforce laws against those who are voluntarily homeless. >> i'd say it's a really good thing that they clarified it because first of all, a lot of these people need the homes. so being able to approach them and tell them that there's a home for you, would do them a lot of good. but then the ones who do not want to be moved, we believe at least some of us believe, that a lot of them create a lot of trouble. >> reporter: since i first reported on willow street nearly two years ago, a new encampment has popped up on van nuys. a block away. and residents say it's only grown. >> yeah, the residents we were talking about which is -- now there's no excuse. now at least some of it has to get cleaned up. >> well, the city attorney says they are still working out when to sweep certain encampments but they will know more in

a little earlier, we got this update from joanna chiu, who writes for the toronto star.

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's here today to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and

i guess today is david chiu, the city attorney for the city and county of san francisco , and he's here today to talk to us about the opioid crisis, reproductive rights and the non citizen voting program. mr chu, welcome to the show. thanks for having me on happy to talk about whatever you want me to talk about, so can we start by explaining the difference between the city attorney's office and the district attorney's office? i think it could be slightly confused. that is a very common fusion with members of the public so um, if you get arrested in san francisco by the san francisco police department, all criminal matters are dealt with by the san francisco district attorney . we handle all civil matters on behalf of the city and county of san francisco. what that means is a number of things. we provide advice and counsel to all actors within city government from our mayor. every member of the board of supervisors to the 100 plus departments, commissions boards that represent the city and county of san francisco. we also defend the city against thousands of lawsuits. so if you slip and