sf city attorney dennis herrera said trump has the wrong idea about immigrants. >> the president is selling fear. he is trying to paint all immigrants as criminals. and nothing could be further from the truth. >> the federal government had argued that the two counties interpreted the executive order too broadly saying it would affect less than $1 million for santa clara and possibly no money for san francisco. the order has led to additional lawsuits one in seattle and two in massachusetts. the san francisco and santa clara suits were the first to get heard before a judge. >>> president trump goes behind closed doors with key members of his cabinet and senators today to discuss the escalating nuclear threat in north korea. white house officials will hold a similar session with house members at the capital. this comes as an american submarine arrived in a south korean port and a missile defense system was installed in the country. >>> as president trump deals with international issues, we're learning former national security adviser michael flynn may have broken the law. leaders of the house

dennis herrera, san francisco's city attorney, says sanctuary policies make all of the city's residents safer. >> there's been absolutely no doubt that it has promoted cooperation between immigrant communities and police and law enforcement. and over the course of three decades, we have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of people that are willing to report; that are willing to step up as to be witnesses. >> reporter: that was the case for eva, who asked us not to use her full name. she was severely abused by her ex-husband, a legal permanent resident, who warned her not to go to the police. >> ( translated ): he would tell me things like, "don't go outside because there's immigration." so i thought the regular police were immigration police. >> reporter: he was convicted and sentenced to probation. eva later obtained legal status and works as an after-school teacher. >> ( translated ): i want to tell all those women who have been violated by those men, "yes, we can continue to stand up for ourselves," because this will always be a sanctuary city. >> reporter: during his campaign, p

<dennis herrera, san francisco city attorney "the trump administration's arguments were not only not legally plausible, the court sided with us on every substantive issue. i hope this president learns from his litany of mistakes.">(steve ) (pam)president donald trump lost in court today. handed a defeat from a bay area judge.the historic ruling which came down impacts all 600 sanctuary cities in the nation.(steve)the city of san francisco and santa clara county lead the fight. pushing back in court against president donald's trump executive order to cut off federal dollars to sanctuary cities.(pam)those are places that limit their cooperative with the feds to help people who are in the country illegally avoid deportation. kron 4's justine waldman tells us the winning sides called this a satisfying and gratifying day. nat sot this is a joyful day clapping.a huge win for those defending sanctuary cities santa clara county along with the city of san francisco received a preliminary injunction in their case against president donald trump's executive order threatening to cut federal fundi

.) >> so in addition to the leadership our doesn't city attorney dennis herrera and epa acknowledge our police chief chief william scott for his leadership when the ban passed he was the first person to reach out every fwri during our prayers there are police officers to make sure no incident and hate crimes none it attacking them to exercise their first amendment rights so, please give a hand to chief william scott i wanted to acknowledge tom from the firefighters poa we just lost one of our own didn't realize we have firefighters that are muslim putting out fire houses and protecting us and police officers that is a calendar a public servant for over thirty years thank you, tom and showing leadership by taking them to the mosque thank you. >> (clapping.) >> so, now it give me great pleasure to introduce when we talked about love we talked about dignity and citizenship and activism we talking about him who worked with the asian law caucus a community organizer that gets out to vote may not have gone to law school but will protect you, we thought that was important to have legal recogni

"city attorney dennis herrera sot this is why we have courts to halt the over reach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution or chose to ignore itthe decision stretches far beyond the bay area and impacts every sanctuary city in the nation. sot this should dispense the cloud of coercive rhetoric that has been spewing from the white house all this bluster of using federal funding as a weapon against our local communitiesfor the immigrant community, this ruling helps some fears fade away.priya murthy/ siren sot knowing that local policies can stay intact is of great comfort to the immigrant communityjustine tag the injunction stays in place while the lawsuits work through the courts.the legal team here also said today they are ready for the response from and are confident they would win this case even if appealed.in santa clara county justine ( james ) that was kron four's justine waldman reporting.s if the case is appealed, it will go before the 9th circuit court in san francisco.. that is the same court that upheld a nationwide block on president

dennis herrera / (d) san francisco city attorney "this is why we have courts. to rreach of a >> reporter: the san francisco and santa clara lawsuits were the first to be heard by a judge. >> this is why we have courts. to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution or choose to ignore it. >> the federal government had argued that the two counties interpreted the executive order too broadly and said it would affect less than $1 million for santa clara and possibly none for san francisco. another proposal from the trump administration is to build a wall between the u.s. and mexico. but the administration retreated when it became apparent that the proposal would not get enough congressional votes. still, president trump insists that plans for the wall are moving forward. >>> the white house will host a rare meeting with the entire u.s. senate today to discuss the north korean nuclear threat. right now a uss carrier group is heading to the korean peninsula to conduct exercises with the south korean military. p

. >> city attorney dennis herrera accused the trump administration of not understanding the constitution or choosing to ignore it. if the courts didn't rule in favor of sanctuary cities san francisco stood to lose $1 billion in federal grants. >>> we have a developing story in southern california. a 5-year-old boy is missing after his father was found unconscious in a park. the boy was last seen in a skype video from an undisclosed location. his mother reported him missing when her he is changed husband failed to bring him home. police found the father unconscious outside of his car at a park in pasadena. the boy was not with him. and police arrested the dad after they say his story kept changing. >>> a frightening scenario for parents in north bay. a program director for boys and girls club in petaluma has been arrested for child endanger mental. the 22-year-old seen here is accused of posting a photo of a 6-year-old girl onto an internet chat site used to share child porn. police say he also posted the girl's name, home address, and telephone number in that chat room. neighbors are in

dennis herrera pleased with the ruling which will not allow the federal government to take that chunk of money away. the county filed a lawsuit to stop the executive order that would have taken federal funding from sanctuary cities. >> the court sided with us on every substantive issue. i hope this president learns from his litany of mistakes. his first 100 days have been a disaster. >> the money that was at stake for san francisco, anywhere from 1.2 to $2 billion. paying for everything from medical care to public infrastructure and transportation. the mayor said that he can now enter the budget season with clarity. >> this was not just a victory for the cities but it's also in my opinion, it gives a little more calm to the residents of san francisco, particularly immigrant populationsment they're living in shadow, some of them are not going to school or seeing their doctor or reporting to the police. >> now the president still has the pow tore withhold some funding including three justice department grants tied to immigration enforcement but for the sanctuary cities across the nation

city attorney dennis herrera says the court sided with san francisco on every issue in the lawsuit the city filed over president trump's executive order on sanctuary cities, also that san francisco would not stand by and have the constitution turned on its head. >> this is why we have courts. to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution, or choose to ignore it. this is why san francisco had to stand up on behalf of people everywhe everywhere. be they immigrants or native born. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by mayor ed lee. >> this is not just a victory for the cities, but it is in my opinion, it gives a little more calm to immigrant populations, they're living in shadows, some of them are not going to school or seeing a doctor or reporting to the police because they just don't know what's going to happen to them. >> reporter: the mayor said the city had promised all residents city officials would fight fr their rights and they did. >> abc7 news was in san jose today where santa clara supervisors celebrated the decision. the ci

city attorney dennis herrera says the court sided with san francisco on every issue in the lawsuit the city filed over president trump's executive order on sanctuary cities, also that san francisco would not stand by and have the constitution turned on its head. >> this is why we have courts. to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution, or choose to ignore it. this is why san francisco had to stand up on behalf of people everywhe everywhere. be they immigrants or native born. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by mayor ed lee. >> this is not just a victory for the cities, but it is in my opinion, it gives a little more calm to immigrant populations, they're living in shadows, some of them are not going to school or seeing a doctor or reporting to the police because they just don't know what's going to happen to them. >> reporter: the mayor said the city had promised all residents city officials would fight fr their rights and they did. >> abc7 news was in san jose today where santa clara supervisors celebrated the decision. the ci

dealing with the city attorney's office, which is threatening to take legal action, in a statement dennis herrerad there's nothing san franciscoian about pepsi's ham-handed attempt to fatten it's own bottom line. >> it's not 100% identical, but it appears to be our patch. >> reporter: at first the police in the ad are seen as adversarial, their attitude changes after the protester played with kendall jenner gives the officer a can of pepsi. the creator of the ad says he was inspired by the 1965 photo of jan rose kasmir holding a flower during the vietnam war. >> people are just realizing that words are important, actions are important, all of it is important and means something and that people shouldn't get away with such insensitivity. >> reporter: but former police chief tony rivera says he wasn't offended by the ad. >> i don't think it's a big thing, again, we're talking about soda pop here. >> reporter: pepsi didn't return our calls but says he was trying to send a message of unity and understanding, but clearly it missed the mark. >>> it's official, the senate has confirmed supreme court nom

dealing with the city attorney's office, which is threatening to take legal action, in a statement dennis herreraere's nothing san franciscoian about pepsi's ham-handed attempt to fatten it's own bottom line. >> it's not 100% identical, but it appears to be our patch. >> reporter: at first the police in the ad are seen as adversarial, their attitude changes after the protester played with kendall jenner gives the officer a can of pepsi. the creator of the ad says he was inspired by the 1965 photo of jan rose kasmir flower during the vietnam war. >> people are just realizing that words are important, actions are important, all of it is important and means something and that people shouldn't get away with such insensitivity. >> reporter: but former police chief tony rivera says he wasn't offended by the ad. >> i don't think it's a big thing, again, we're talking about soda pop here. >> reporter: pepsi didn't return our calls but says he was trying to send a message of unity and understanding, but clearly it missed the mark. >>> it's official, the senate has confirmed supreme court nominee neil gors

dennis herrera says the arguments have been very strong. obviously this is not completely over but they considered it a big win today and i think they are pretty confident that it's going to stick. >> all right, thank you very much. >>> meantime, officials in santa clara are also celebrating that ruling. the county was at risk of losing $1.7 billion due to its sanctuary status. nctuary status. . >> today's ruling is a message that no one individual is above the law or the constitution of the united states, not even the president of the united states. >> today, the judge sent one very simple and clear message that is that -- and that is that this executive order is dead. >> county officials say the ruling say clear sign that the u.s. constitution prevails. president trump issued that executive order to force states and local governments into helping federal immigration officials with deportation efforts. >>> the man who heads up a boys and girls club was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment. authorities say the man was arrested at his

"city attorney dennis herrera sot this is why we have courts to halt the over reach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution or chose to ignore itthe decision stretches far beyond the bay area and impacts every sanctuary city in the nation. sot this should dispense the cloud of coercive rhetoric that has been spewing from the white house all this bluster of using federal funding as a weapon against our local communitiesfor the immigrant community, this ruling helps some fears fade away.priya murthy/ siren sot knowing that local policies can stay intact is of great comfort to the immigrant communityjustine tag the injunction stays in place while the lawsuits work through the courts.the legal team here also said today they are ready for the response from the white houseand are confident they would win this case even if appealed.in santa clara county justine waldman kron 4 news (steve) if the case is appealed, it will go before the 9th circuit court in san francisco..the same court that upheld a nationwide block on president trump's first controvers

san francisco city attorney dennis herrera says this is a big win for sanctuary cities all over the country. (mark) if the case is appealed, it will go before the 9th circuit court in san francisco.. that is the same court that upheld a nationwide block on president trump's first controversial travel ban. (darya) a boys and girls club director is facing child endangerment charges this morning. police say he posted a 6-year-old girl's photo and information on an internet child pornography chat room. 22-year-old benjamin goerke was arrested in rohnert park. the u-s department of homeland security identified the post and notified the city's department of public safety. officials traced the information to goerke who later admitted to taking pictures of the

dennis herrera is a san francisco attorney.much for coming in. >> good morning, kate. >> so your reaction to the president and the white house specifically to this line that we -- the white house put out in a statement last night, mr. herrera saying those city officials who author these policies have the blood of dead americans on their hands. your response? >> i think it's outrageous. unfortunately, the president and the attorney general has sought to justify their executive order by politicizing tragic deaths of individuals for political gain instead of focusing on the value that sanctuary cities give to promoting cooperation between law enforcement and communities to actually keep communities and streets safer, and i think that what we learned as a result of this decision was this dramatic overreach by both the president and the attorney general. it does nothing, but serve a purpose of division and divisiveness and it would be -- their time would be much better spent moving on to other issues in making sure that we're workin

san francisco city attorney dennis herrera filed the lawsuit against the administration. >> this is why we have courts, to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general constitution or choose to ignore it. >> the ruling halts a signature campaign promise made by mr. trump. >> we've been talking about this right from the beginning. >> on his fifth tay in office, the president signed the order to punish local governments that impede authorities from deporting immigrants with criminal records that he argues pose a safety risk. this is the third high-profile blow dealt by u.s. courts to president trump's hard-lined immigration policy. >> in case anybody has any question, the wall's going to get built. >> on tuesday he remained defiant, vowing not to back off his promise to build a wall along the u.s./mexico border. >> we even doing specifications. we're doing a lot of work on the wall and the wall gets built. >> yet white house officials acknowledge they're not willing to budget for the construction. at least for now they'll have to settle for an increase in border spending. presid

housing i think i co-sponsored that legislation if my memory serves me i'll get a phone call from dennis herreraut nothing that prevented commissioner london breed from requiring higher inclusionary in an up zoning of those to ncts or the rezoning of those two ncts through the chair to john gibner, deputy city attorney. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney. you know, i can't get into the details of the conversation we had with the st. joseph's and the planning department but commissioner london breed introduced this ordinance before the second prop c passed which we drafted at her request but as supervisor president london breed said a lot of discussion moonts the participant what was possible to obtain the inclusionary to move forward with the 2016 that is substituted here. >> the absent the prop c this could have been done. >> yeah. >> okay in terms of it could be done at the time of the up zoning of the fillmore and divisadero ncts. >> commissioner london breed introduced this before the second prop c so it could be done at the commissioner london breed said complications we were working out

in santa clara county justine waldman kron 4 news (steve) the city attorney of san francisco- dennis herrerais reacting to the executive order on sanctuary cities. "this is why we have courts... to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general to either don't understand the constitution or shoose to ignore it. herrera also called trump's first 100 days a complete disaster. (steve) we sent out the push alert about the ruling just minutes after it came down. you can be the first to know about breaking news through the kron four mobile. we also provide constant updates through our website as well as the kron four facebook page and twitter feed. ( pam ) today's ruling is the latest in several high- profile setbacks for president trump.( steve ) all of them coming before he has even served 100 days in office. grant lodes is here with some of the big issues that so far, haven't panned out in president's favor. ( grant ) maybe you remember during the campaign...then candidate trump telling people... they were going to win so much, they would get tired of all the winning. well... it hasn't

housing i think i co-sponsored that legislation if my memory serves me i'll get a phone call from dennis herreraut nothing that prevented commissioner london breed from requiring higher inclusionary in an up zoning of those to ncts or the rezoning of those two ncts through the chair to john gibner, deputy city attorney. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney. you know, i can't get into the details of the conversation we had with the st. joseph's and the planning department but commissioner london breed introduced this ordinance before the second prop c passed which we drafted at her request but as supervisor president london breed said a lot of discussion moonts the participant what was possible to obtain the inclusionary to move forward with the 2016 that is substituted here. >> the absent the prop c this could have been done. >> yeah. >> okay in terms of it could be done at the time of the up zoning of the fillmore and divisadero ncts. >> commissioner london breed introduced this before the second prop c so it could be done at the commissioner london breed said complications we were working out

city attorney dennis herrera said the court sided on every issue in the lawsuit the city filed over presidentary cities and san francisco would not stand by and have the constitution turned on its head. >> this is why we have courts. to halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either don't understand the constitution or choose to ignore it. this is why san francisco had to stand up on behalf of people everywhere. be they immigrants or native born. >> reporter: a sentiment echoed by mayor ed lee. >> not just a victory for the cities, but also, in my opinion, it gives a little more calm to the residents of san francisco, particularly immigrant populations. they're living in shadows. some of them are not going to school or scene a doctor because they just don't know what's going to happen to them. >> reporter: the mayor said the city had promised all residents city officials would fight for their rights and they did. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc news. >>> president trump is expected to return to his home town next week for the first time since the inauguration. that h

housing i think i co-sponsored that legislation if my memory serves me i'll get a phone call from dennis herreraut nothing that prevented commissioner london breed from requiring higher inclusionary in an up zoning of those to ncts or the rezoning of those two ncts through the chair to john gibner, deputy city attorney. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney. you know, i can't get into the details of the conversation we had with the st. joseph's and the planning department but commissioner london breed introduced this ordinance before the second prop c passed which we drafted at her request but as supervisor president london breed said a lot of discussion moonts the participant what was possible to obtain the inclusionary to move forward with the 2016 that is substituted here. >> the absent the prop c this could have been done. >> yeah. >> okay in terms of it could be done at the time of the up zoning of the fillmore and divisadero ncts. >> commissioner london breed introduced this before the second prop c so it could be done at the commissioner london breed said complications we were working out

marÍa: el abogado de la ciudad de san francisco, dennis herrera, dijo que el juez apoyÓ todos los puntostra naciÓn. la orden ejecutiva ponÍa en riesgo casi 2000 millones de dÓlares del presupuesto de la ciudad de san francisco. >> sin esos fondos miles de los residentes mÁs vulnerables de san francisco habÍan perdido acceso a alimentos y cuidados mÉdicos, los servicios de policÍas, bomberos y ambulancias habrÍan enfrentado recortes. las carreteras y el transporte pÚblico habÍan caído en mal estado. porque san francisco se mantuvo firme, eso no va a suceder aquÍ ni en ningÚn otro lugar de este paÍs. marÍa: esta decisiÓn del juez de san francisco se mantendrÁ vigente mientras la corte llega a una resoluciÓn permanente. al menos cuatro ciudades santuario mÁs han presentado demandas contra el gobierno. argumentan que cumplen con un apartado de la ley federal de inmigraciÓn que les obliga a compartir informaciÓn sobre el estatus migratorio de personas que han cometido un crimen pero no a retenerlos hasta que queden agentes de ice sin una orden judicial. satcha: marÍa eugenia payÁn gracias por

.) >> so in addition to the leadership our doesn't city attorney dennis herrera and epa acknowledge our police chief chief william scott for his leadership when the ban passed he was the first person to reach out every fwri during our prayers there are police officers to make sure no incident and hate crimes none it attacking them to exercise their first amendment rights so, please give a hand to chief william scott i wanted to acknowledge tom from the firefighters poa we just lost one of our own didn't realize we have firefighters that are muslim putting out fire houses and protecting us and police officers that is a calendar a public servant for over thirty years thank you, tom and showing leadership by taking them to the mosque thank you. >> (clapping.) >> so, now it give me great pleasure to introduce when we talked about love we talked about dignity and citizenship and activism we talking about him who worked with the asian law caucus a community organizer that gets out to vote may not have gone to law school but will protect you, we thought that was important to have legal recogni

housing i think i co-sponsored that legislation if my memory serves me i'll get a phone call from dennis herreraut nothing that prevented commissioner london breed from requiring higher inclusionary in an up zoning of those to ncts or the rezoning of those two ncts through the chair to john gibner, deputy city attorney. >> john gibner, deputy city attorney. you know, i can't get into the details of the conversation we had with the st. joseph's and the planning department but commissioner london breed introduced this ordinance before the second prop c passed which we drafted at her request but as supervisor president london breed said a lot of discussion moonts the participant what was possible to obtain the inclusionary to move forward with the 2016 that is substituted here. >> the absent the prop c this could have been done. >> yeah. >> okay in terms of it could be done at the time of the up zoning of the fillmore and divisadero ncts. >> commissioner london breed introduced this before the second prop c so it could be done at the commissioner london breed said complications we were working out

denny's. 100% seriously. in southern california... there is a growing trend of people using "uber" or "lyft", instead of calling an ambulance.(vicki) health officials are saying that's not a good idea. craig herrera why you should call 9-1-1 not a ride-share. natsot ambulance having a medical emergency?dial 9-1-1, or call a ride share?celianne aquino, ride share passenger: "if it's fast enough, yeah, but i would rather get someone right away"there's a growing trend, some people are turning to ride share apps to get to the emergency room. patrick damata, ride share driver:"i don't know - if it'll save a life, yeah" some riders think its better because they can pick the hospital. but emergency medical experts say it could backfire because hospitals don't all provide the same kind of care.dr. marc eckstein, medical director, los angeles fire:"if you go to the wrong hospital because of self transport or uber or lift - that hospital will then call 911"and you'd l likely be put in an ambulance anyway and taken to another hospital that can help your specific medical needs. dr. marc eckstein, medical director, los angeles fire:"and that difference of 30 minutes or more could mean the difference between l

.) >> supervisor ronen that end the supervisor portion of our show oh, city attorney dennis herrera.) >> treasurer jose cisneros. >> (clapping.) >> and assessor-recorder carmen chu >> (clapping.) >> now selfishlyly i want to do one more shout in 1975 i sat in maryland and watched the golden state warriors swept the washington bullets this man was around inspiration to me the one and only al adams. >> (clapping.) >> i did come to game i thought the bullets would have won our first speaker the member of the mba community one of the most respected persons in the business i have a card of the accolades i have a speaker that was a man of goals and maximum missed and moved up to the pr director in seattle and good friends with bill russel at the end of the day a ball boy that knew where we were 4e9d in fact, i'll end up in the hall of fame south of the springfield you'll get there ladies and gentlemen, the president and co o the golden state warriors a a heck of a ball boy rick wells. >> (clapping.) >> oh. >> thank you kevin what a day i want to know who the hell is running the city right