have walked out at night with some of the neighbors and last week we walked with assistant chief david lazar who was also shocked at the magnitude of the situation. suzanne: supervisor loves lidded -- legislative aide there is a push now to create a sanctioned red light district. >> we want to push her state legislator to legalize sex trade in california. this would allow localities to regulate the trade and keep people safe. suzanne: there is no specific proposal right now and no location targeted. in a day or so, a big push to curb sex trafficking. these bright orange so-called water walls would go up at 21st and cap. >> it will be located on the south side of each block. so the block will be accessible to the north end. it will not be a through street. so somebody entering from the south will not be able to exit from the other end. suzanne: we reached out about this move, they released a statement saying the department is aware the issues of sex workers and the potential of human trafficking on cap street. the department is utilizing strategies to stop and disrupt the criminal activity wh

. >> reporter: assistant chief of police david lazar was at the pageant, too, and said his department has been paying close attention to recent tragedies in half moon bay and monterey park. he said the public should expect to see many uniformed officers, all of whom are familiar with large gatherings like this. >> we will have more officers assigned to the parade than with we've had in recent memory. >> reporter: it's an important time to support chinatown merchants and community. these leaders believe the public can feel safe heading out to celebrate. >> it is very, very special. that's why we especially after the pandemic and after all the challenges that we have gone through. >> reporter: and the parade will start at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow at market and second. in san francisco, alyssa goard, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> the jewish community is taking action after a man walked into a san francisco synagogue and started firing a gun. last night we showed you this video from the schneerson center in the richmond district. he started firing what appeared to be blanks. this happene

street, a female police officer posed as a sex worker to help bust suspected johns assistant chief david lazar said it only took 13 minutes before the first john approach that undercover officer to solicit sex cab street you never know. if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purposes of us, arresting those who are coming down there to commit that crime, lazar said. they cited seven people wednesday night between the ages of 26 to 55 4 were from san francisco to from half moon bay and one from palo alto. it's about time neighbors we talked to said enforcement is long overdue, they said. there's often 50 or more sex workers lining their street, with cars clogging the roads and music blaring into the early morning hours. they hope this crackdown sends a message that cap street is not a red light district think that people need to know that cap is a place where you will be held accountable if you come here looking for sex work. just last week, the city put up these barriers on cap between 19th and 22nd streets to attempt to curb this type of illegal

i want to thank david lazar. julian ang and your command staff in the da office willis and your leader ishmael team ana gonzalez. nancy tongue and i will say this this hen in the works for a time. certainly predating the horrific ins debts occurring outside of the city during this past week and everyone here we not only hearts bleed for those no, ma'am members and communities in monterey park and half moon bay and oakland the hope is the work here will be a model in how we address violence. how we take care of victims. how we think about addressing the mental health of communities to make sure we are safe moving forward. with that. i want to thank you for coming. i know a number of officials have to leave quickly. what i suggest for the press if you have questions for any of officials just grb us on the way out. happy new year and lunar new year and stay safe. thank you very much. streets. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i wanted to wish you a best wishes and congratulations the community has shifted a lot of

and assistant police chief david lazar said it only took 13 minutes before the first john approached the undercover officer. if you go to cap street, you never know if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purposes of us, arresting those who are coming down there to commit that crime. just last week, the city put up barriers on capp street between 19 and 22nd street to help curb the illegal activity and funnel out traffic, neighbors said has been effective and add that the crackdown is long overdue and hope it sends a message. that cap streak is not a red light district. more finally able to sleep at night. there's far fewer cars we see kids out after after work before dinner last night, i was able to take a walk to just take a breather and i felt safe. i walked alone. i didn't see one individual working on the street. san francisco police say they will continue patrolling the area and use decoys in this prostitution crackdown. police did not arrest any of the pimps or site any of the sex workers, since they say many of them are likely be

. >> reporter: assistant chief of police david lazar was at the pageant, too. he said his department has been paying close attention to recent tragedies in half moon bay and monterey park. the public should expect to see many uniformed officers, all of whom are familiar with large gatherings like this. >> we will have more officers assigned to the parade than we have had in recent memory. >> reporter: it is an important time to support chinatown merchants and community. the leaders believe the public can feel safe heading out to celebrate. >> it is very, very special. that's why we -- especially after the pandemic, after all the challenges we had gone through. >> reporter: and the parade will start at 5:30 p.m. at market and 2nd. alyssa gourd, "today in the bay." >>> people in the bay area's jewish community relieved to wake up to the news this morning that a man is under arrest for firing a gun in a san francisco synagogue. we showed you this video from wednesday night in the richmond district. cameras captured the man walking into a gathering of older members

street, a female police officer posed as a sex worker to help bust suspected johns assistant chief david lazar said it only took 13 minutes before the first john approach that undercover officer to solicit sex cab street you never know. if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purpos those who are cog down there to commit that crime , lazar said.etween the ages of 26 to 55 4 were from san francisco to from half moon bay and one from palo alto. it's about time neighbors we talked to said enforcement is long overdue, they said. there's often 50 or more sex workers lining their street, with cars clogging the roads and music blaring into the early morning hours. they hope this crackdown sends a message that cap street is not a red light district. i think that people need to know. that cap is a place where you will be held accountable if you come here looking for sex work. just last week, the city put up these barriers on cap between 19th and 22nd streets to attempt to curb this type of illegal activity and funnel out traffic . neighbors say they have b

street, a female police officer posed as a sex worker to help bust suspected johns assistant chief david lazarnly took 13 minutes before the first john approach that undercover officer to solicit sex cap street you never know. if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purposes of us, arresting those who are coming down there to commit that crime, lazar said. they cited seven people wednesday night between the ages of 26 to 55 4 were from san francisco to from half moon bay and one from palo alto. it's about time neighbors we talked to said enforcement is long overdue, they said. there's often 50 or more sex workers lining their street, with cars clogging the roads and music blaring into the early morning hours. they hope this crackdown send a message that cap street is not a red light district. i think that people need to know. that cap is a place where you will be held accountable if you come here looking for sex work. just last week, the city put up these barriers on cap between 19th and 22nd streets to attempt to curb this type of illegal activit

first of all, i like to thank you assistant chief david lazar. we met prior to the chinese new year lunar or actually, the lunar new year parade, talked about strategy on public safety. i guess it's like seemless your members have done a great job there implementing public safety throughout the parade. that day was also the warriors so probably have 300 thousand people in the city, so congratulations to the police department and the members and keeping us safe. i want to also thank you for getting off the drug fentanyl from our city and going across the distributors. again, thank you your members for the hard work. i like to also say ghost guns, i don't know if we can-is there a way to probably reduce the sale of ghost guns where we can also partner with the state and federal to shut down the distribution of ghost guns coming for a problem for us and even officers as you know are probably aware of the san jose issues these guns are -a big problem for us in the state and city. seeing what your thoughts are. >> first thank you commissioner yee for

police cited seven people on wednesday night alone , assistant police chief david let lazar said it took only 13 minutes before the first john approached the undercover officer. if you go to cap street, you never know if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purposes of us, arresting those who are coming down there to commit that crime. just last week, the city put up barriers on cap between 19 and 22nd streets to help curb the illegal activity and funnel traffic. neighbors say it's been effective, they add, the crackdown is long overdue, and it hopes to send a message that cap street is not a red light district. more finally able to sleep at night. there's far fewer cars we see kids out after after work before dinner last night, i was able to take a walk to just take a breather and i felt safe. i walked alone. i didn't see one individual working on the street. francisco police say they will continue patrolling the area and use decoys in this prostitution crackdown. police did not arrest any of the pimps or site any of the sex workers, saying

i want to thank assistant chief david lazar for reporting to our community. some of the strategies that they are looking forward to using whatever available staff they have available to them. including, i guess, the san francisco police ambassadors that are available to help us out in the district and keeping the eyes and ears for us. also, we want to talk about, i guess, this coming sunday, there were -- there will be a lunar year celebration over in the visitation valley. everybody's welcome to come. it starts at 10:30 and ends about 5:00. it's sponsored by the asian-pacific american community center. i'll be out there and hopefully the community will join us as well. hopefully, we have great weather at that time. but i want to echo what commissioner jim byrne has said. drug use in the tenderloin is deadly. fentanyl is no joke to play around with, so hopefully, more we can -- hopefully we can do more. maybe have the urban (indiscernible) for the midnight grave shift. maybe that's something we can work on beginning better relationships and helping out there.

street, a female police officer posed as a sex worker to help bust suspected johns assistant chief david lazar said it only took 13 minutes before the first john approach that undercover officer to solicit sex cap street you never know. if it's a female officer that's standing on the corner. posing as a sex worker for the purposes of us, arresting those who are coming down there to commit that crime, lazar said. they cited seven people wednesday night between the ages of 26 to 55 4 were from san francisco to from half moon bay and one from palo alto. it's about time neighbors we talked to said enforcement is long overdue, they said. there's often 50 or more sex workers lining their street, with cars clogging the roads and music blaring into the early morning hours. they hope this crackdown and a message that cap street is not a red light district. i think that people need to know that cap is a place where you will be held accountable if you come here looking for sex work. just last week, the city put up these barriers on cap between 19th and 22nd streets to attempt to curb this type of illegal

i want to thank david lazar. julian ang and your command staff in the da office willis and your leader ishmael team ana gonzalez. nancy tongue and i will say this this hen in the works for a time. certainly predating the horrific ins debts occurring outside of the city during this past week and everyone here we not only hearts bleed for those no, ma'am members and communities in monterey park and half moon bay and oakland the hope is the work here will be a model in how we address violence. how we take care of victims. how we think about addressing the mental health of communities to make sure we are safe moving forward. with that. i want to thank you for coming. i know a number of officials have to leave quickly. what i suggest for the press if you have questions for any of officials just grb us on the way out. happy new year and lunar new year and stay safe. thank you very much. emergency proclamation modifying requirements for in person meeting during the i haved i have emergency we'll be remote until authoriz