homeless project. it's a joint effort that aims to hold leaders accountable for the city's serious homeless problem. tonight abc7 morning's anchor natasha reports on some of the people who have the most frequent contact with the city's homeless and why they see so many encampments out there on the streets. >> reporter: before the sun comes up, crews from the san francisco department of public works are hard at work cleaning the city's streets. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: and that includes clearing homeless encampments that have popped up. it's a scene repeated all around the city, according to the department of homelessness and supportive housing, 7500 people currently call the streets of san francisco home. >> nearly a quarter of the bay area homeless population is squeezed into just 49 square miles. guillermo perez is a supervisor who over sees those daily clean ups of the department of public works. he's been cleaning the streets >> we see people with mental health issues, with drug addiction problems. >> reporter: he says he's seen it all. >> from mouse droppings to unsanitary condi

and access to homeless , city, and drug treatment services. that part of the program begins next month. there's no quote yet on how much this will cost. >>> a poppy stolen in san jose found nearly 50 miles away, and arrest made in the case. >>> a warning the next time you head to the airport, what tsa is now looking for inside of your carry-on. >>> a sheriff's deputy takes a big risk when he frees a bear trapped inside of a car. the daring rescue was caught on camera. (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ (sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) ♪ ♪ found safe in ceres. polce released this new photo of "nyla" this afternoon. officers usky/ >>> we have an update to a story that we brought you yesterday, a puppy has been found safe. police released this new photo of the puppy this afternoon. the six week old husky-holden retriever mix was recovered this morning. surveillance video caught the moment she was stolen from a san jose busin

ashamed of our city . >> despite not having the head tax revenue, the city of seattle still plans to spend $78 million on homelesss this year. dan springer, fox news in seattle. >> talking more about this subject in seattle. joined now by mitchell marks the professor of san francisco state could the city focus on nonprofits to help solve the homeless crisis? >> that's just one piece of the puzzle. good afternoon, i'm happy to be here. it's really going to require a more coordinated policy to attack something as substantial as homelessness. the city of seattle like any municipality needs to have a much more automated approach to dealing th this problem . >> let's talk about this quickly, amazon who is behind the effort to repeal the tax issued, some argue this might send a warning out to cities looking to put bids in to get amazon to open their second headquarters. do you think it sends a warning to the cities? >> absolutely. amazon is entrenched in seattle area. you just don't -- as a corporation even if the city does something horrendous, you just don't pick up a corporation to move, it takes years. for example,

city's biggest budget ever. it includes big earmarks for homeless programs. kpix 5's betty yu asked the candidates running for mayor how they would spend it. >> reporter: mark leno and jane kim stood side by side at a joint rally meant to take advantage of the city's ranked choice voicing system endorsing each other as their second choice on the ballot. when it comes to one of the city's biggest problems, homelessness, the candidates have big ideas. >> i'm the only one who is talking about ending street homelessness by 2020. that is with regard to 3,500 people we have through a census count who it living on the streets every night. -- who are living on the streets every night. so it's making use of the single room occupancies. >> reporter: he says there are currently 1500 sro empty rooms. he also wants to expand shelter bed capacity as part of the approach. >> i have long advocated to bring more of our shelters under public health and to stock them with nurses, psychologists and clinicians who can treat people on our streets. >> reporter: as part of her plan,

the cities of haves and a city of have-nots. homelessness is a tragic visible symbol of that severe inequity. san franciscans, thousands of them lose their homes. the city coffers are fuller than ever. yet we don't see, in this mare's budget, at true reshuffling to address this crisis. the homeless budget is only three% of our city budget. this mare's budget shows a one% increase in new funding. this budget has a massive increase for police, including new weapons, tasers and meanwhile, the police are doing 6,000 homeless response calls a month. this would be not be needed if we had housing and shelter for folks. they do 6,000 mental health calls and this calls for cuts to core mental health services. it calls for 40 more street cleaners. if we did not have thousands and thousands of people on our streets, it would go a long way. it is time to turn this around. you have the opportunity to do just that. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of shelters for the episcopal community services, also a mem

homeless issues forever and ever and ever. we are looking at what i think that this city will now have the leadership and commitment to ending homelessness by 2020 so it lends me to believe -- to ask also will we need to have this unit? i get that if you put a police officer at a place that crime goes down, absolutely. if i had one on my block, i don't think i'd have one break-in or speeder on my block. however, i do -- police officers can't be in every block at every time. and so i know that we need to up the amount of police officers we have, but i think that we need to look within our own assets that we have, that we have officers that are trained and have gone through the academy, that have acquired skills and training and those officers should be on the street instead of those positions that civilians can do and then i think we should also take a really hard look at locking at the rotation schedule because that is something that we can, again, i can't emphasize enough how 66 f.t.e.s we can gain that without a single cost to the city and county of san francisco. which would amount in millions and millions and millions of dollars. tha

we believe that will make a tremendous impact but police will be joined by members of the city's homelessto try and get hard core drug users ...like this man,,,,shooting up in broad daylight just steps away from the station....the help they need. these are vulnerable populations we want to help them but we also want to make sure we have a strong presence so people feel safe it is unacceptable for people community on bart in san francisco station to feel unsafenot all commuters are optimistic it's not going to work, they are going to just move to a new part of the city. they mayor says it's possible the program expand to other stops.we're doing this here civic center which by far has the highest call volume by far the worst sore station in the system. we want to see it work let's focus on it let's get it right if there's any kinks in the program let's make sure that we get this right for residents and commuters i'd like here in san francisco and len let's replicate it around the other stations as well but we're gonna focus on this first the department of public health also installed a new

parts but the family of five main breadwinner behind bars they couldn't pay their rent we were by city homeless you know we had to go to a friend's mom's friend and we we begged her and i said what is we have no place for you what can we do. it was your garage so he said we have a roof on it or had a place to sleep kevin set aside his plans for college and got a job his mother works three jobs kevin health care for his brothers aged eight and ten there's times they will break down you know like i miss my father and then sometimes i would find worse what to say what's on the slate you know this is how we have to go to their father has been in a detention center in the desert east of los angeles for seven months communicating with the family through weekly phone calls migrant advocates say detainees have fewer rights than convicted criminals and they don't have a court appointed attorney is a way that someone in the criminal justice system has people have to fend for themselves and what they did. crying is a kafkaesque experience conditions inside these detention centers are often more on any giv

bart will also be folded into the city homeless support services network, given -- giving parts police special training -- bart police special training. no word yet on how much all of this will cost. >>> san mateo county is suing three pharmaceutical companies that sell and distribute opioid medication. the lawsuit contends the ooid and knowingly supplied dangerous quantities of the drugs. the three companies distribute 80% of the opioid medication prescribed in the country. three other bay area counties have already filed similar lawsuits. >>> in san francisco and apartment building is being braced with supports after a van plowed through its walls. this happened about 2:30 am >> i heard a big crash and felt my building shake. my roommate woke up and we basically ran into the window to see what was going on. we did not see anything, so we went outside and saw a couple of people pointing to this crash over here. >> a dozen people in the building had to evacuate through the fire escapes. the driver of the van suffered serious injuries. crews had to shore up the front of the building, an

police will be joined by members of the city's homeless outreach... and street medicine team.ef bill scott says, officers will try to give addicts an alternative to jail. ( james ) the department of public health also installed a new heavy duty, dirty needle disposal kiosk in front of the station entrance. the agency hopes it will cut down on instances of needles... being left on the streets and station platforms. ( darya )in the south bay... two men in already in jail are now facing murder charges. ruben rodriguez and julian casillas have been identifed as being responsible for the murder of jose mejia diaz. on december 27.. 20-17 san jose police responded to a person shot on van w

homelessness. at 6:00 p.m. i'll have the latest on a state law in the works that would let cities take control of chronic homelessness. and on abc 7 news at 11:00 we tag along with the city street cleaning crew and what they've the city streets. to clean up - >>> new at 6:00 we're breaking down your breakfast. consumer reports has just ranked some of america's favorite morning meals. >> first, spoiler alert, how you can stop people from ruining your favorite tv show on social media. >>> and raiders fans know the >>> and raiders fans know the team is set to leave ...you discover paint bleed you under your tape...... not with frogtape! frogtape is the only painter's tape treated with patented paintblock technology. paintblock reacts with the water in latex paint to form a micro-barrier against paint bleed, giving you the sharpest lines possible. get professional results with frogtape... no messy lines, no paint bleed. for sharp lines every time, frog it! >>> a look at san rafael as we look southbound 101. notice the lack of fog and clouds. and the temperature today pretty comfortable across the north bay. your neighbor

it wou have raised about $48 million annually to combat the city homeless andffordable housing crisis. two of thege seattle b companies, amazon and starbucks were involved in the campaign to repeal that. t >>> finally tonight, americans are certainly feeling generous these days. a new report shows that charitable giving re to a record level lastr. yea robert frank tells us where the money is going. >> reporter: charitable giving jumped 5% last year to more than $400 billion. that is according to the giving usa annual report. giving individuals accounted for the bulk of that as rising stock political a charged environment and tax changes drove americans to write bigger checks. religion ishe top charitable cause in the u.s. receiving more than a third of all giving. education ranks second followed by human services. the only cause that saw a downturn was international affairs. and the biggest growth in gifts was to foundations thanks in part to megagifts frombi ionaires like facebook ceo mark zuckerberg and his wife givingearly $2 billion to the zuckerberg foundation and a michael susan

police will be joined by members of the city's homeless outreach... and street medicine team.ott says, officers will try to give addicts an alternative to jail. ( robin ) the department of public health also installed a new heavy duty, dirty needle disposal kiosk in front of the station entrance. the agency hopes it will cut down on instances of hypodermics... being left on the streets and station platforms. ( robin )an update to a story we brought you yestersday. that six-week old puppy is back home safe in san jose... after it was stolen from it's owner.this is little nyla -- a golden retriever husky mix. she was taking a nap under a table in her owner luis gutierrez's warehouse..

city and county of san francisco. it is one of the best examples of solutions to ending homelessness in our community. we are proud to partner with the city of san francisco to end homelessness and i'm very, very pleased this morning to introduce you to the honourable mayor, mark farrell. thank you. [applause] >> mayor farrell: thank you best. i think the house for hosting us this morning here in san francisco. you know, we do not have to remind anyone why we are here this morning. why we are here today for this announcement. homelessness is a crisis in the city of san francisco. our city government needs to step up. our city, our region, our state, our country is dealing with this tragedy every single day on the streets. the roots of the epidemic are complex. there is no single solution to solve the issue. we need to pursue a wide variety of initiatives. we need to fund programs that have been proven to work. we need to be flexible to fund programs that will work. we need to measure ourselves by the success of the individuals living on our streets today. and when they get off a street and get into she

we are stewards of the greatest city in the world, and we will rise up to the challenges of today. thank you. [applause] >> now, homelessness has plagued our city for decades, but the situation has never been so dire as it is right now. we will not solve this epidemic with one single answer, and this budget takes a multifacet multifaceted approach to making a real dent in the issue, to help stem the tight of homelessness and push back on the challenges that have confronted us for years on our streets. i also understand the roots of this tragedy are complex, they are not simple, and they are also not unique to san francisco, which is why over the past few months, i have partnered with ten of the mayor's of the other largest cities in california and advocated in sacramento, advocated with our governor, spent hours in sacramento together as mayors to ask for more than $1.5 billion in our state budget so that cities can address homelessness on our streets because we know the solutions that are working. and i want to say a special thanks to assembly man -- senator weiner, assembly men chiu, and this budget, as large as it is and

. >> she promised to clean up the city, homeless encampments and housing solutions for the homeless. she told us the city needs more affordable housing more quickly. she wants to look at turning under used properties into places for people to live. >> part of what i plan to do is reform our mental health system, open more mental health stabilization beds, provide guardians for people who can't make decisions for themselves in order to get people to help get them off the streets and get them the help they need. >> breed came out in the contested race to carry out the remainder of the late mayor lee's term defeating former state senator mark 2020. >>> one of breed's first tasks will be to pick her replacement on the board of supervisors and the full board will need to select the new president a position breed health since 2015. ktvu's christien kafton with more on the next step. >>> reporter: inside city in hall the city of business continues. but a new board of supervisors and new mayor will be sworn in. london breed is working with her team to ensure a smooth transition. >> we are wor

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the tax on large companies like amazon and starbucks aimed at tackling one of the city's biggest problems, homelessness and now the city lost out on hosting a national business convention because of aggressive behavior, open drug use and homeless people defecating on streets. it is not an easy problem to solve. let's discuss it with ethan bearman. >> great to be here. >> they sent an advance team to scout seattle is a place for their 6300 people to come for the convention. they found two men urinating on the streets, one man who defecated on himself and 3 young addicts outside of major establishments looking from a pipe, one was passed out, one man aggressively pursuing a member of our team demanding cash. we lost count of the number of people walking around talking to themselves, the smell of urine, they said no thanks. the visitors group is very worried about this and sent it to city leaders and said the city is falling apart. >> these are people who need help desperately. is a health issue for the rest of the community and the individuals we are talking about that were homeless, urinating and defeca

- >> kimbey: people are tired of subsidizing the craziness, disregard for the law, sanctuary cities, homelesssquandered. >> juan: is this the case where president trump has anger i california, sanctuary cities in the way they deal with immigrants. is this grievance politics from the republicans? >> dana: no, i don't think it's all that new. i lived in san diego for three years. i remember this theory has been out there for a while. the silicon valley billionaire who came up with thisdea or portrait through said if you played split it up, you will get better infrastructure, lower taxes, better education. has california become too big and is it ungovernable? perhaps. maybe it's time to think creatively and disrupt things. i guess there will be a discussion. it has about 17% approval. it would take may be four times to get this on the ballot unless a newovernor makes things all better. >> kimberly: perhaps he should come on "the five" and "the daily briefing." >> juan: a powerful voice like kimberly in opposition. >> jesse: you h add more stars to the flag. that's really annoying. and it would g

>>reporter: both the city and homeless advocates say what the jogger did was wrong. oakland city council members say people should call 311 or visit online@311.org to report debris and hazardous materials. homeless advocates say don't assume a homeless person's belongings are garbage. you may end up throwing out something very important. make they throw outhings like people's important social security mail order identification or their medications and then it can absolutely destabilize somebody. it could really interfere with their ability to access housing or medical treatment or anything they need that will be a path out of homelessness. >>reporter: if you are concerned about a person, there are organizations that you can call at 211 to get the person help. >> i would recommend that calling the police will not help the situation. people that suffer from mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed in an interaction with a police officer. >>reporter: it is illegal for any individual to steal, vandalize or trash someone's belongings. and if people want to main

seattle city council about to vote on repeal ago controversial tax on big companies to help the city's homelessax which passed unanimously last month was behind amazon's decision to put expansion plans on hold. dan springer is live in seattle. that was a quick turn around, dan. >> yeah, a stunning reversal. a 9-0 vote by the same city council to enact this head tax. in about an hour, we're expecting a 7-2 vote to repeal it. one of the two members that is not on board with repealing this tax put out a call to action today to members of her socialist movement to show up and protest this about face and id show up today. 400 big businesses would have paid $275 per employee. amazon with 45,000 seattle workers was the big target all along and would have paid more than $12 million a year. but the company fired back saying it might cancel plans to add 7,000 high-paying jobs in the city. that sparked a backlash. 20,000 signatures were collected, more than enough to get on the november ballot. >> the majority of people feel this was an attack on businesses that employ and live here. at some point, you're

berkeley's mayor says the question o city worked with service providers and the homeless to figure outthe needs of the city's homeless population. >> this really is place where people can move into, and gets off the harsh streets, to heal, and to -- and to transition to self-sufficiency. >> an outreach team will go to the encamp mts and invite team to the facility. they hope to provide shelter for about 150 people. >> we hear so much about computers and robotics these days. not even fast food work is immune from automation. >> starting tomorrow machines will crank out the world's first robot-made hamburger. check this out. culinary robotics company creator will hold a soft launch foshag the first burger joint in the san francisco snabd. >> robots cook slice and assemble burpingners five minutes. each costing $6. creators sent thus video it took of the 20 computers 350 sensors and 50 act eighters in the restaurant or factory some called it. chefs work on the burg to make sure it's tasty. >> not the home made feel. >> something missing. >> time to get to weather. >> spencer is here going

departments, the department of public works, the department of public health, and the department of city homelessness. we all solve these problems as a collaborative group. there will not only allow us to sustain it but to build it out and cover two shifts, the night side, which right

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i also want to point out one in seven with hiv are homeless in the city. imagine if every one in six persons were homeless and you would know what it feels like. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you gentlemen. thank you. [please standby for captioner switch] >> -- and i just want to say, without this grassroots organization, i would be on the streets at this moment. i was desperate, and i came to them, and they practically saved my life. i would be on the streets right now without their support. please -- they were formerly known as the aids housing alliance, but he know now that they expanded their services, are not only lgbtq communities but for all of san francisco: seniors, disabled, veterans, families, and youth. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. next speaker. next speaker. oh . >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. jessica layman with senior and disability action. i have a couple things that i want to say. one is i want to urge you to grow the add-back pot. that we know it's just not enough to cover the community needs that you're h

city's biggest budget ever. now, it including big earmarks for homeless programs. kpix5 asked the candidates running for mayor how they spend it. >> reporter: the four candidates agree they must fix the homeless problem and cleanup city streets. there are shades of differences when it comes to solutions and how quickly they can get the job done. >> suggested the folks ... >> two contenders for mayor. they stood side by side at the plaza tonight for a joint rally. meant to take advantage of the city's ranked of choice voting system. endorsing each other and their second choice on the ballot. when it comes to one of the city's biggest problems homelessness, they have a big idea. >> ending it by 2020. that is with regard to 3,500 people we have through a count, they are living on our streets every night. making use of the single room occupancies. >> reporter: there are currently 15sro rooms that are empty. he wants to expand shelter bed capacity as part of his approach. >> i have long advocated to bring more of our shelters under public help and stock them with nurses

homelessness. at 6:00 i'll have the latest on a state law in the works that would let cities take control of chronic homelessness. at ve been dealing with to clean up the city's streets. >>> apple and samsung are declaring peace. >> facebook is testing a new feature called key word here's "tech bytes." >>> the two companies have settled their long-running patent dispute. the battle centered on how much samsung should pay apple for copy patented features in its smart phones. terms were not disclosed. at&t has raised an administrative fee for 65 million wireless customers. >> the fee more than doubled to $1.99. and that adds up an extra $800 million a year. at&t told the website verge it's a standard fee that covers maintenance and other costs. >>> facebook wants to give you more control over what you see on your news feed. >> a new feature called key word snooze. you can hide certain words for 30 days. helpful for tv and movie spoilers. >> politics. >> those are your "tech bytes." >>> santa rosa is getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. the celebrity chef served up food for first responders as

criticized the tax that would have generated millions of dollars and would have helped fight the city's homelessrisis.motaw and cupertino both discussed a similar proposal. >>> it is going to get easier to know if you're getting real louis vuitton shoes. a court ruled that the famous red soled shoes can be be trademarked. louis vuitton sued a dutch shoemaker who was making its own version of red soled shoes. >> i think you would know because it costs so much money. >>> coming up next at 6:30, you may have a say in fixing san francisco's crumbling sea wah. >>> a jogger throwing a homeless man's belongings into lake merit has been arrested. has been arrested. >>> breaking news in walnut ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. hi guys! aw yeah! see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. chase. ice cream inspired iced coffee is here at dunkin' in the flavors you love, cookie dough, pistachio and butter pecan. and now, enjoy any medium iced coffe

we believe that will make a tremendous impact but police will be joined by members of the city's homeless outreach and street medicine team to try and get hard core drug users ...like this man,,,,shooting up in broad daylight just steps away from the station....the help they need. these are vulnerable populations we want to help them but we also want to make sure we have a strong presence so people feel safe it is unacceptable for people community on bart in san francisco station to feel unsafenot all commuters are opmistic it's not going to work, they are going to just move to a new part of the city. they mayor says it's possible the program expand to other stops.we're doing this here civic center which by far has the highest call volume by far the worst sore station in the system. we want to see it work let's focus on it let's get it right if there's any kinks in the program let's make sure that we get this right for residents and commuters i'd like here in san francisco and len let's replicate it around the other stations as well but we're gonna focus on this first the department of pu

they strongly criticized the tax that would generate millions and would in part help fight the city's homeless crisis. mountain view and cupertino have discussed the same proposal. >>> investors have high hopes in the electric scooter industry. bird is raising more funding and about to hit a $2 billion valuation. the company raised $150 million and hit a $1 billion valuation just weeks ago. bird scooters are temporarily off the streets in fran while a permit system is worked out. >>> raising a child is expensive. with the high cost of housing in the bay area, fewer millennials are having children. birth rates dropped the most in counties where home values grew the most, falling 21% between 2010 and 2016. during that time, home values rose 61%. experts say many young people move to coastal cities to start their careers and leave when they choose to raise a family. >>> people have feelings about the museum of ice cream. this time around they're talking about the sprinkle pool. apparently 15,000 people want to drain it. the problem with this pool isn't new. the sprinklers are plastic and people e

homeless community called skid row. people live openly on the streets in camps in tent cities. 0 more than half million people were homeless. most of them were in california. followed by new york, florida, and texas. in california the average home price is around $600,000. you have to earn over $100,000 per year to rent an average 2 bedroom apartment. homelessness has caused a rise of crime in neighborhoods. they believe some of this is due to proposition 46 passed by governor brown. critics say now drug addicts escape punishment for crimes to support their habits. any theft under $950 may not be subject to jail time. steve. steve: all right, thanks. we talked about crime. there is so much else to explore. let's get back to the question if california under jerry brown is a model to the rest of the country. it shows what has gone wrong. parts of california is booming. silicon valley. for those doing well, it's great. there are so many people that have been left behind. the democrats have been in charge for a long time. >> the poverty rate in the country is $25,100 for a family of

with an award-winning documentary reporter producer who put the spotlight on filipino homeless with her film "box city then we look at asian pacificer islander iom how bad is it? how do people cope? what's being done to help?rganas with affordable housing, homelessness, and much needed services. all that, as well as information on the showcase pinays in the arts, as well as the upcoming winter olympics all on our show today. well, "box city" is a documentary about a homeless encampment that shows how many homeless filipinos survive poverty in the midst of the bay area's vast wealth. with me right now is the executive producer for this project through the filipino channel, henni espinosa, who is an emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker for her first documentary with the filipino channel, "the filipino champions of soma." welcome to the show. henni espinosa: thank you for having me. robert: give us sort of an overview of your film, as well as what was sort of the inspiration for doing it? henni: well, "box city" is a story about a group of homeless filipinos they're young, in their 20s and 30s. they'

it is in addition to the 60 sleeping mats the city has rolled out in the lobby for years. >> so many people are homeless so many riches. they have to find a solution.>> reporter: resident, julie, says she is disappointed more is not being done to help those in dire need. >> we need housing today.>> reporter: this week, the city council approved the 15 nine dollar plan to get 500 people who are homeless and two temporary shelters by the end of summer. that includes 125 spots in tiny house villages and locations throughout the city. critics say it is not enough with more than 6000 people in the annual count. it is a 50 percent jump from last year. the concern is the same with encampments. vandals and trash. >> you have the homeless camp. and there is trash.>> reporter: he is confident the security and cleaning team can handle the mess. there has been no problem with the ground floor lobby. he is more concerned about how many people are priced out of seattle and affordable laces to live. >> in this economy, we are all one paycheck away. a lot of these people are not that far off the mark i have been in my