. >> santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez is asking colleagues to set aside $5 million to help survivors of rape and other sex abuse crimes. >> in our communities the way we deal with it is we fund the jails, it's district attorneys, the punishment side of this. >> she says the county isn't do enough to fund intervention side of this. in april they discussed shaping the county's response to the crimes. the reserve fund would also provide money to community advocates and non-profit partners. >> this matters in a huge way, this is big, for the first time funding for sexual assault services in santa clara. >> she says it fund the haealin for survivors. >> house big 314 passes. >> last week alabama laurms pass one of tmost restrictive laws i the u.s. making every abortion illegal regardless of rape or incest. >> that means women to get their reproductive health needs met that we will stand with them. >> if approved on tuesday the goal is to have that money back into the community within six months. the south bay bureau, abc 7 news. >>> last week we focused on your safety as part of

. >> reporter: fellow board member, cindy chavez, was shocked. >> we don't know if we'll find a better technology or when that better technology will come. and what we don't want to have is the east side wait another 30 years. >> reporter: his office sent us a statement in which he clarifies "i will vote to proceed immediately with construction of the eastridge transit project when it comes before the board in june." >> let's get these tracks in place. >> reporter: that came as welcomed news to one former san jose council member who worked on the project for years with no result. >> southeast san jose, wait for transit. we don't want it wait forever. >> reporter: the board will take public comment tonight and come back for a vote on the eastridge extension in june. >>> in alameda county, oakland's privacy commission is debating a proposal to ban the city from using facial recognition technology. some law enforcement agencies already use the software, marketed by amazon. but privacy advocates say the technology is invasive and prone to errors. the aclu tested it out last year and found

supervisor cindy chavez pushed for the funding. the supervisors also voted to look into using county funds to replace lost federal grants to local planned parenthood. >>> survivors of last november's massive campfire are now a step closer to getting more help. a bill aimed at speeding up the rebuilding process has been approved. the campfire killed more than 80 people, detried thousands of homes in butte county. many are still l teorary g. this would exempt housing construction from the california environmental quality act. >> we have interim housing mostly being put up by nonprofits and by fema. in that time period we need more permanent housing and that's where something like 8430 comes in where we can build more amounts, single family homes. >> the measure now goes to the state senate. >>> a children's cartoon is at the center of controversy. the episode on an alabama pbs station is refuse to go air. >>> a south by developer has quite an offer. give this historic building a new home and they'll move it for free. >> uber is makin

i speak the county board of supervisors is receiving a report that was requested by supervisor cindy chavez. and this report outlines what kind of impact the loss of title 10 funding will have for reproductive health services here in the south bay, especially if people start coming in from other states for abortion services. chavez is expected to ask her colleagues to use general funds from the county to balance the loss of title 10 funding to clinics like planned parenthood. >> it's amazing to see and alarming to see what's happening in missouri and georgia and really the straight attacks on a woman's reproductive health rights without from my perspective most of these folks understanding the disregard that that creates both for the health of the mother and the woman but also the limits it creates to their access of other services. >> and the limit is one thing that a lot of people are worried about. if all of this goes as the trump administration would hope, when does the new title x rule go into effect? >> well, marcus, it's supposed to go into effect -- the trump administration issued t

supervisor cindy chavez will ask her colleagues to set aside $5 million in reserve for gender based servicesr vision services changing the way things have been done for decades. >> we fund the punishment side of this. what we're not funding at a high enough rate is the prevention, the intervention and the services that often victims need. >> i think folks might be surprised in hearing that, in fact, the county doesn't yet fund any sexual assault survivor services at all in the community. >> if the supervisors approve the plan, the money could be infused into organizations like the ywca within six months. >>> a new development in the college bribery scandal. the chronicle reports san francisco wine maker francisco huneeus. he paid $15 million for bribing an official to get her on the usc water polo team and a proctor to correct her s.a.t. scores. >>> muni will have to decide if they will decide to accept the new contract. >> that deal may help stem the recent high turnover among drivers. right now muni employs 1,900 transit operators. it needs more than 2,300 to run all of its buses and train

santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez said the county could lose federal family planning grant money because of the new rule banning clinics from performing abortions in the same place. the county will get an update on the local impact at 9:00 this morning. then at noon. all of these so-called stop the bans rallies in the bay area will join in with a nationwide movement. in san jose, folks will gather at city hall and also at win chester and stevens creek. at noon, a gathering at san francisco city hall, oakland's grand lake theater. at the same time, folks will gather at the embarcadero and el camino real. santa rosa, the rally is tonight. courthouse square is from 5:00 to 7:00. the founder of the anti abortion group live action will host a question and answer session on the stanford campus in the evening. one they will address is abortion exploitation or is it empowerment? so certainly a lot of debate on both sides of this issue here rat home and across the nation. san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay". >>> kris, thank you. happening today, a north bay parent charged in the co

today, supervisors cindy chavez joins san jose city leaders and other advocates to rally support ahead of the vote. >> it is an agenda focused on through surviving, serving survivors of violence and moving forward with a critical services we need for justice and healing. >> advocates say the initiative is in response to an alarming rise in the number of reported and sexual assaults. >>> the city of berkeley is cracking down ar memorial stadi on the days when the cal football team plays at home. on game days, people who park in the neighborhoods near memorial stadium without a residential parking permit will get a $225 fine, up from $98. the city says the change follows a lot of complaints from residents who say they cannot park close to their homes on game day. >>> kaisers new dublin medical offices and cancer center opened its doors today. the new state-of-the-art facility is located on dublin boulevard west of phelan road. kaiser says it decided on the location because it is centrally located and provides easy access for patients who live in dublin as well as those from livermore and

supervisor, cindy chavez joined san francisco city leaders and advocates to rally in support of the fundtes say the initiative is in response to an alarming rise in the number of reported and sexual assaults. >> it is an agenda that is focused on surviving, serving survivors of violence and moving forward with a critical services that we need for justice and healing. >> the plan would need approval by santa clara county's full board of supervisors. >>> now to concord where the parents of a young man who died in a skiing accident have won a court case that allows them the use of his frozen sperm to produce a child. a supreme court judge ruled thursday that the parents of 21- year-old west point cadet, peter zhu can attempt mother us sperm. the judge said his parents have not decided whether they will try to use it. he died in february following a skiing accident at west point. his mother said the family wants privacy and will not comment on the case. >>> friends and family send their final goodbyes to east bay congresswoman, ellen tauscher at a memorial service in washington, dc. this mor

cindy chavez pushed for the funding.upervisors voted into looking to use county funds to replace lost federal grants. >>> stop whatever you're doing and watch this wild video in southern california a woman driving a stolen rv is facing several charges including felony hit-and-run after this crazy chase. >> oh, no! oh, my goodness. oh, my god. right into the tree. >> during the chase the rv hit a palm tree which opened the passenger side like a can opener. the rv crashed the driver had two dogs with her, one jumped out and landed on the pavement. >> the dog is running away. the dog is okay. >> the chase ended when the suspect crashed no a car and the woman got out trying to make a run for it with the remaining dog following her. a chp officer caught the woman. drivers of the cars hit were taken to the hospital. authorities found the first dog that jumped out of the rv and the other dog was also taken to a vet for care. >> i mean, it's really a miracle no one was killed. that is unbelievable. >>> moving on now to muni. the