i live on delancy street across from the delancy street foundation since 2012. i want to reiterate the delancy foundation does wonderful thing. do we really want to tell passengers on the new cruise, don't go beyond the bay bridge? i think we want to have the waterfront be a beautiful opportunity for our residents, for our visitors, open space, all the way from the golden gate bridge at least to the baseball stadium and beyond. so again, i think this is the wrong location for a navigation center of this size. thank you. >> thanks, will. next three speakers are garrett, marcus, and law. >> hi. my name is garrett, and i've lived at the brannan for the past 16 years and watched it grow. this is part of a limited community engagement. in today's decision making world, we all believe that a decision making process produces stronger results than traditional chop down management. in this process that we've gone through, we feel pretty managed. and you as the court commission, you use community engagement on your projects. you have projects all up and down the waterfron

. >> reporter: the mayor and city leaders spoke to a packed room at the delancy street foundation where they shared a very complete looking presentation with neighbors. >>> i have a 22-month-old daughter and a wife. they cannot defend themselves if they were ever outside and anythi cro lisn se as chris and that's the center would make the neighborhood safer. >> if there's going to be around then they won . >>> welcome back. part of the frustration last night was thy couldn't make public comment. another public meeting for april 23rd at 2:30. >> a better bay area, you can see what your neighbors think by joining our building a better bayagr >>> fee parking may be numbered in one neighborhood. abc 7 news was in mountain view where the city council agreed to take up the issue of paid parking. two public parking lots will be developed into a luxury hotel and office space. now there's concern that will push drivers on to the streets. the city council wants to revisit a system for parking permits in neighborhoods. >>> getting ready to tow a gray whale carcass, the third time this has happened

they will host a meeting at the delancy street foundation tomorrow. the original plan would turn a parking lot into a navigation center with the 25 beds. more than 200 people are willing to pay for an attorney to fight the proposal. they already raised $80,000 on a go fund me page called safe embarcadero and that caught the mayor's attention. >> one of the conversations they have now, they feel like, okay, it's too many beds. so i hear that it's too many beds and so maybe you know starting at a lower number and giving us a chance to see if it works. >> supporters of the new navigation center started a counter go fund me campaign called safer embarcadero for all. it has raised more than $140,000. the mayor now says she is looking for a compromise. >>> now to a story will you only see here on abc 7 news. >> a woman tracked down her stolen backpack useing a tracking device in the bay area. it led to the thief's arrests. hannah beckman was with her story in mission district last week. you see under surveillance video shows a man taking her backpack after

. >> reporter: the public meeting at the delancy street foundation. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. hundreds of people are remembering two teenagers who died while rescuing a dog. >> the community held a vigil for them last night. the 17-year-old boys safely pulled a dog from the canal west of interstate 80 on monday. the problem was when the teens were trying to get out of the water. they were electrocuted. one mom says they grabbed on to a bridge that had live wires. >> a senior in high school to graduate to start his life and that's too soon for any young person to be taken off this earth. out of negligence. >> investigators are trying to figure out how the bridge carried an electrical current. >> such a sad story. our thoughts are with those parents. >>> pg&e could name the company's new ceo as soon as today. they have hired bill johnson, the current ceo of the tennessee valley authority. johnson is retiring on friday and would not comment on those pg&e rumors. pg&e filed for bankruptcy back in january. the company faces crushing liabil

i take brandon and i ride up and usually by second street, but certainly by delancy i see cars backed up. it's regular for these cars to be backed up two blocks. during construction, that number doubles. i feel happy. i feel happy when i'm passing them. i know i'm getting where i'm going efficiently and i know that a lot of people on the streets can be getting where they're going more efficiently. so, the same is true if not more for when you are on the embarkadero. it's not uncommon to be blocked up multiple blocks. i know i'm getting where i'm going faster. i wish that solution was more available for even more people. thank you. >> good afternoon, committee. i'm john butler. i'm a current resident of district 10. we would like to see scooters in the bay view community. it would help jobs. it can help people be able to go to the super markets 24 that dot have vehicles. it can assist people making short trips without having to move their vehicles and having so many cars on the streets. they also have kick stands so people can make quick stops and be able to access stores easily and re

tonight's meeting is at the delancy street foundation. >>> it looks like california is making some progress on repairing its structurally deficient bridges. a report from the american road and transportation builder's association shows 1,800 of the state's nearly 26,000 bridges are in need of repair. that's roughly 7%. the number is down from nearly 2,400 structurally deficient bridges in 2014. among the busiest bay area bridges in need of work are actually overpasses. they include 680 over monument boulevard in contra costa county, 280 over lawrence expressway in santa clara county, and 80 over dan wilson creek in solano county. san mateo bridge is also on that list. a bridge is considered structurally deficient when it's in poor condition and in need of urgent repair. >>> california drivers may face stronger dui laws. one bay area lawmaker wants to lower the legal blood alcohol limit. supporters think it will save lives, but critics say that it could just send more people to jail needlessly. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live with the story tonight. wayne? >> reporter: dan, they h