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and supervisor chan was talking about the billions of dollars that it's in department of public health. a lot of that money can't come out of the department of public health because one thing in san francisco we have over abundance of services one person may have seven case managers from six agencies. so again i support mary louise and i just pray that you vote for. >> thank you. thank you much for addressing this committee. next speaker. >> hello, my name is leah mckeever. i live in d. i'm actually a homeowner basically at seventh and market, a very affected area. >> you speak often of stanching the bleeding. but if your environment doesn't change and you're just getting injured over and over and over again by say homophobia of racism, transphobia, labor exploitation, domestic abuse, unaffordable housing, unaffordable bills, unaffordable groceries, child abuse, disability ptsd for military service if you're continually being bled by your society, what right does your society have for arresting you for using substances simply to cope? >> society should be mutually beneficial not a one

there are also some of the most public facing employees of this department. you'll see them in commercial corridors whether it's west port or mission or visit zero. throughout the entire city you'll see these employees of public works out there cleaning the streets. they do a great job. there were a few other things included in their street inspectors got a 2.5% premium. some truck drivers got a little additional pay if they're driving hazmat materials. if some of our staff were having interaction and contact with the public, they received a little bit of a pay bump. so all of those equated to about $2.4 million. >> and the mayor's office said just stay within your budget budget, absorb those cuts and we're not really going to cut you. that's the way we came to that agreement. there was however still that remaining million dollars and because i'd like to think public works is a good actor. we just need to make sure that at the end of the day we come in $1 million below what our budget is for the current year we will be able to do that through just some of the

pd with officials from the department of public health and the office of the chief medical examiner to preview the monthly report on how many people died of drug overdoses the month before and month after month. i looked at a number knowing i am one bad decision away from being there and at a time when everybody was paying attention to covid and nobody was paying attention to a drug overdose crisis that was literally twice as deadly, that was why i asked for a role on the board of supervisors in city hall. and i am so grateful that city hall and mayor lori are paying attention today and bringing solutions as big as the problem. and i am proud to be a co-sponsor and i want to express my gratitude to mayor lori. thank you so much for your leadership and also to my co sponsors, supervisors and cardio. cheryl mahmoud and who am i missing for? >> and all the other groups in my own will also want to give a shout out to the laborers local 261 who do the work to keep our city safe and clean. and as we talk about doing what we can for drug free sidewalks and ending the phenomenon of public drug

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is the operation of the the clinic on treasure island rec and park would not recommend but department of public health was having difficulty staffing that and an internal policy change the department of public health where that they were no longer going to allow a single staff person to be there alone which would have doubled the cost of operations. so between the increase in operating costs and low utilization rates, the decision made was to discontinue the clinic and that concludes my presentation and welcome any discussion. >> thank you. thank you, mr. beck. i have some questions but i'm going to let the other board members start first and then i would like to conclude with some questions and general observations so mr. richardson know thank you mr. beck for that presentation. >> first question in 2024 we this commission actually entertained ideas that in general treasure island residents are part of san francisco and i remember then we were going to embark on identifying the items issues that the city at large can resume for you know for their benefit disparate particular budget. have we do

police department, philadelphia department of licenses and inspections, philadelphia streets department, peco, philadelphia gas. >> works. >> philadelphia department. >> of publicealth, philadelphia. >> department of aviation. >> the school district. >> of philadelphia, philadelphia parks and recreation, philadelphia commerce department, delaware valley intelligence center, free library of philadelphia. >> we will continue to update you with any new developments. now back to politics. we're following breaking news this afternoon. as promised, the trump administration has signed three separate executive orders this evening, enacting tariffs on canada, mexico and china. they include 25% tariffs on imports from mexico and canada, excluding canadian energy products from there, and which will be tariffed at 10%. chinese imports will face a 10% tariff. the orders also include a retaliation clause promising further action if those countries respond with tariffs on their own. meantime, it's been a busy week on capitol hill as several of trump's most controversial cabinet nominees appeared before the senate for their confirmation hearings. so far, the new administration

we could see the state of texas has the department of public safety and officers around the state border could see them carrying out arrests. we could see the state of oklahoma, who said they would cooperate by turning over the immigration status of children in their public schools. i think we will see an unprecedented level of that type of cooperation, particularly in red states, cities and counties. host: you have said the trump administration has been trying to increase the number of deportations, apprehensions. we know how many arrests have been made? guest: we have been coming up with a daily tally. i think it is a little over 5000 or 6000 at this point. the point i want to emphasize to listeners or to viewers here is that an arrest of an immigrant living here illegally is not 1:1 with a deportation. often times, ice will arrest someone and for various reasons realize they have to release them. a common reason is they will arrest someone and say oh my gosh, your country is just not taking any deportees right now so, there's no point in us detaining you when we have such limited spac

of the public. about what department of human resources can be doing to make employees aware of the survey. and -- really be focused on -- how to make san francisco a more disability friendly work place. >> thank you. now i would like to open to the public comment at this time for -- open to the public comment. >> before -- checking again i'm going to remind the public this if you joined just joined the webinar click on the 3 dots icon and click raise hand or use question and answer in the web ex to make a comment. on the top part of the video after touching the screen. fiare iesz being a lament raise your hand and answer i const. are located at the b. video screen. if you joined by phone dial star 3 to indicate you would like to make a comment. we will prompt you when it is your turn. so, i can't see behind is there anyone in the public raising a hand? >> no. >> no one is here. and i'm check now on -- web ex. i see no hands up. i'm check now on the question and answer and i see -- no questions there. >> okay. and double checking debbie, do you see anything i'm not seeing? >> no hands up. >

under current law, department of public works employees have been in charge of enforcement and pushing illegal vendors and fencing operations. facing danger regularly. >> and unfortunately, what we've seen is some bad actors who are selling stolen goods. illegal fencing are sort of mixing in with the very good actors who just want to make a living. and our staff has been assaulted. >> this is the second year in a row senator wiener will be pushing for this legislation, he said. last year, the bill was introduced a little too late in the legislative session, and it died working its way through the process this year, he said he's introducing it earlier and he's hoping for broad support in san francisco. christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> eight people were arrested during a recent organized retail theft operation in san francisco. police say it involved coordinated efforts of uniformed and plainclothes officers. they waited and watched at a store on mission street last month for the suspects to shoplift. the operation chose the business due to the high number of shoplifting incident

the contra costa county department of public health today did issue a recommendation that residents of parts of pacheco and clyde who have respiratory sensitivity remain indoors with the doors and windows shut while smoke continues to clear out of the area. a map of the affected area has been posted on cw alerts.com. >> and tonight officials on the scene tell us the fire is mostly out. after burning out of control for hours yesterday. ktvu tori gaines spoke to nearby residents about what they heard and felt moments before that fire started. >> an explosive fire broke out at the martinez refining company on saturday. six people were injured. all of them have since been treated and released. that fire sending plumes of thick black smoke into east bay skies. the fire was reported around 145 on saturday afternoon. hours into the incident, several alarms were sounded as a warning to residents about air quality concerns. a shelter in place order was established and later lifted in areas north of the refinery, where the plumes of smoke were carried. contra costa health has issued a public hea

under current law, department of public works employees have been in charge of enforcement and pushing illegal vendors and fencing operations. facing danger regularly. >> and unfortunately, what we've seen is some bad actors who are selling stolen goods. illegal fencing are sort of mixing in with the very good actors who just want to make a living. and our staff has been assaulted. >> this is the second year in a row senator wiener will be pushing for this legislation, he said. last year, the bill was introduced a little too late in the legislative session, and it died working its way through the process this year, he said he's introducing it earlier and he's hoping for broad support in san francisco. christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, tens of millions of dollars now dedicated to court battles over president trump's policies. what two new bills would allow the california department of justice to do? and it is being called a mass exodus inside the department of justice and the fbi. more on the memo that was sent department wide that questioned both the leadership and the tru

public comment on item number one. yes. before i call for comment i like to ask if the department rep can send me a copy of your presentation. thank you. yes, members of the public who wish to speak on this item should line up to speak at this time each speaker will be allowed two minutes. >> good morning supervisors. thank you for your consideration of this important matter. my name is dan sarratt and i'm the president of the coal valley merchants association. i'm also one of the owners of finnegans wake bar and coal valley and you know we know through our experience over the years finnegans has been on coal valley since 1989 along with many long standing businesses on the street. we know we activate the street . it really brings the community together. it enhances business. it's good for our employees, it's good for our community, our children. and this legislation just gives us the option that if we have an event that we feel is appropriate for open container to be allowed, then we can activate it with you know, the passing of this legislation and then permission with ewg and all the permitting departments at city hall w

under current law, department of public works employees have been in charge of enforcement and pushingegal vendors and fencing operations. facing danger regularly. >> and unfortunately, what we've seen is some bad actors who are selling stolen goods. illegal fencing are sort of mixing in with the very good actors who just want to make a living. and our staff has been assaulted. >> we know that since sometime. >> this is the second year in a row senator wiener will be pushing for this legislation, he said. last year, the bill was introduced a little too late in the legislative session, and it died working its way through the process this year, he said he's introducing it earlier and he hopes for broad support. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, christien kafton, we'll continue to follow that process. all right. thank you so much for that report. well, firefighters in berkeley responded to an early morning house fire that killed one person. people who live on cedar street say they woke up to flames pouring out of their neighbor's home. that w

resolution to retroauthorize the department of public health to accept and extend a 750 thousand dollarsm the california department of health care service through fapgz and program san francisco department of public health behavioral health service children, youth and families modular approach to therapy for children with anxiety, depression, trauma or conduct problems. october 4, 2024 through june 30 of 25. >> we can take this item same house same call it is adopted. madam clerk item 17. >> item 17, a resolution to authorize the rpd to accept and extend 750 thousand in grant funds from the metro transportation commission for the visitation of a new bicycle and pedestrian safety improvement project grant performance expect exclude contract execution through august 30, 2029. to approve the grant contract this requires rpd to operate and maintain it 420 years commencing preponder project completion pursuant to 9.118 >> chair chan. >> thank you, president mandelman my apologies, we should have taken care of this during the budget committee. i neglected strike 2 clauses that you sought amend

of the christopher columbus statue. we are partnering with the parks department as well as the community to engage with the public to develop guidelines to evaluate the existing monuments and memorials in the civic arts collection and evaluate the removal of a monument or statue but also installing new ones. >> finally, it seems like the weather might be nice this weekend. if i fancy taking a walk and seeing some outdoor art, where would you suggest i go? >> well, i would suggest the embarcadero. this work was commissioned with funds from the fire station 35. this suggests the bow of a boat and the glass panel surrounding the structure depict the history of fireboats in the bay area. >> and where can i go from there? >> then, i would walk up to the justin herman plaza to check out the work of the art vendors. then check out the monuments like the mechanics monument. also, be sure to check out the poster series, installed in bus kiosks along market street, which features four artists each year. >> well, thank you. i appreciate you coming on the show, miss chu. thank you for your time today. >> thank you, chris. >> that's it

comments or questions we'll open this item to public comment members members of the public who wish to make three minutes of comment in person on the department of public works fiscal year 2025, 2026 and fiscal year 2026 and 2027 operating budget and priorities may line up against the wall to the audience left if commenting from outside the chamber press the raise your hand button in the webinar or press star three on your phone to be recognized as having tb. we do not have any callers and that concludes the public comment. >> thank you and i apologize. we've gone a few minutes over but i believe we do not need item five general public comment continued so at this point our next public works commission meeting as we've all heard will be on thursday, february 13th here in this room for await at city hall at 11:00 three weeks from now. i can't imagine how the finance team will be spent in the next three weeks. i mean i don't know how long humans can go without sleep. >> i don't think you can go three weeks straight without sleep. >> but anyway, thank you all again, this was a very helpful joint session. thank you to our colleagues on sanitation

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department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comments. >> at this time is there any public comment? >> madam secretary, i guess i see one person approaching the podium. >> sir, you have three minutes starting now. >> i'm not approaching. i'm here with you. you always give me an opportunity to know where to start. masks are not recommended. >> that's it. welcome. chief, it's interesting. interestingly on its theory fear interestingly, your honor, to have been nominated yesterday is the day commemorating the king of france being guillotined 232 years ago. it's a slight digression i'm doing here on the 25th of january 1793. >> okay, let's go to the fire situation here. >> look, you it takes a seven year old to know that the first thing that the organic fire let alone a wildfire are the first thing that a fire burns is would trees. >> no, you pay attention. >> so you sleep and you look at what has been going on in los angeles. >> everything is destroyed but the trees are still there. so now with your 30 four years of experience it's

legislation at the board and put $4 million in the budget over the next 24 months to help the department of publicworks hire laborers and labor apprentices to abate the graffiti on private property on commercial corridors. i think that for a couple years this recovery strategy so we can get back up as normal after this awful pandemic. participatory budgeting is a pot of money that is available every year for district 7 neighbors to propose projects that improve the neighborhood and the district. anyone, any organization in the district can propose a project and then it's a vote. it is popular vote. we have 14 projects just approved and they span from you know, a vegetable garden at aptos middle school to pedestrian safety projects on (indiscernible) it runs the gamut, but it is wonderful because it allows people to be engaged in a real way, and then to see the outcome of their energy and work, because the things get improved in front of them. >> i like it is really close to the parecollect parks and bunch of businesses as well as a calm feel. it is a very peaceful feel even though it is close to a

so that the diversity of our department public safety and the city government reflects the community.t. so so much more. i would love to ask, but we are just about run out of time but as we wrap up, but you have a message for viewers this lunar new year. >> just we all have to keep each other safe. so if we can, please make sure if you see something, say something and make sure that. all of us together are helping to say safe in the community. >> alright, san francisco sheriff paul miyamoto. thanks so much for your time this morning. thank you. >> why oakland zoo is offering a special valentine's day experience for everyone with new hour. starting on february 3rd, visitors can check out the flamingos, enjoy some scenic views from the gondola and enjoy a sit-down meal at the landing cafe which features drinks for those. 21 and older people can also collect animal trading cards, which sounds like fun and also pick up a unique gift. and if you're also looking for something else to do with your dates, there's a new exhibition at the san francisco library which explores the city's 50 year

navy has completed their environmental cleanup in that area and last week, the california department of publicssued a radiology unrestricted recommendation for that portion of side 12. it's a big milestone for the project. >> the treasure island development facility was setup to implement the master plan that was adopted by the board of supervisors in 2011. >> given the importance of housing in the city, both the affordable component and the market rate housing, we felt that it was important to review what the housing plan is at treasure isnd. ■n >> the development facility and (indiscernible) that oversees the implementation of the master plan to make sure that the master plan, which was adopted by the board of supervisors and adopted by the city and after meeting, that's plan that the city approved. touhe members of the board was appointed by the mayor and the board of supervisors. [multiple voices] >> the (indiscernible) is very detailed an. looking at the ecological aspects of the island, looking at the geotechnical aspects of the island, but also making sure that there is an ongoing of de

departments are being laid off. oakland is facing a budget deficit of $130 million. cuts will impact the city's police and fire departments, public works and department of race and equity the end of february. oakland service employees union president says they plan on fighting this move. they're worried there will be impacts to city services. >> for example, on that list we have a property specialist. this is an individual that processes all the evidence that officers collect. so now the processing of evidence, which is clearly a necessity in the processing of a case and charging of a case, is that going to be delayed? >> so public works is losing 26 people while the police department will lose 19, but oakland council member ken houston says he's confident everyday city services won't be affected. the layoffs will not affect the number of sworn officers. >>> first alert weather powered by kia. learn more at kia.com. kia, movement that inspires. >> i hate to complain when we do need the rain, but the timing of it is a little unfortunate. >> right as we head into the weekend. >> yeah. i remember i think last year we had a period of

elon musk and his department of public efficiency have promised to take a wrecking ball to the u.s. matically reduce the number of government employees. now we have learned his team has gained access to something extraordinarily sensitive. the system that the treasury department uses to disperse almost every check and expenditure of any kind made by the u.s. government. sources tell abc news that elon musk's team now has access to the treasury department's payment system, essentially the government's checkbook, which processes trillions of dollars in payments and includes personal information for hundreds of millions of americans. the access was granted over the weekend over the objection of at least one senior treasury department official who has been put on leave. neither the white house nor treasury department has responded to our request for comment. but after midnight last night, billionaire elon musk talked about his efforts to shake up the government on his special media platform x. >> there's already been tremendous progress. you know, rough estimate is, that there's at least

. >> the biggest piece of this by a long shot about 19 million of it comes to us from the department of public health and it supports the cost of health benefits for ihs as independent providers. and let's see the last thing i wanted to mention on this slide relates to the dignity fund and as you as you know, the dignity fund grows at $3 million a year and lasts a deficit trigger is pulled and the deficit trigger is pulled after the city's overall deficit is beyond a certain amount and that amount changes from year to year based on tax collections. we are estimating that in the coming year the trigger will be set at $249 million and the current estimate of the deficit for the coming fiscal year is $253 million. >> if that forecast holds then we will not see growth in the dignity fund next fiscal year. >> it's very close to the margin at this point and the ultimate decision on this will be based on the forecast in march. so we are watching that one very closely. but there is there is substantial risk that the trigger will be pulled and there won't be dignity fund growth this year. so the base a

department of 40e789s but the responded didn't has to include a number of stakeholders what that requires is really a collaborative approach we're really continuing to work very close with the 0 department of publich and law enforcement or the department of - aye. >> by linking to the voices of people exercising homelessness need to create programs without listening to the people experiencing and finding what is like for them to go through the system we're not going to make that better and ultimately will not be successful. your first goal really to produce inexacerbated in our system remarkably equity and also want to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in 5 years and over all address homelessness by 15 percent your offer arching goals for us and some people said that didn't seem like enough or didn't seem bold enough to given where we are not just a a city but country wiring proud of that goal and look forward to implementing the work that it takes to get there and hoping will be can he have in 5 years. >> we are here the property interrupt trip to the lovely agreement can you talk about that and then maybe talk about how public housing will be a solution? >> one o

we could see the state of texas has the department of public safety and officers around the state border could see them carrying out arrests. we could see the state of oklahoma, who said they would cooperate by turning over the immigration status of children in their public schools. i think we will see an unprecedented level of that type of cooperation, particularly in red states, cities and counties. host: you have said the trump administration has been trying to increase the number of deportations, apprehensions. we know how many arrests have been made? guest: we have been coming up with a daily tally. i think it is a little over 5000 or 6000 at this point. the point i want to emphasize to listeners or to viewers here is that an arrest of an immigrant living here illegally is not 1:1 with a deportation. often times, ice will arrest someone and for various reasons realize they have to release them. a common reason is they will arrest someone and say oh my gosh, your country is just not taking any deportees right now so, there's no point in us detaining you when we have such limited spac

roberson of the tulsa, oklahoma police department, and hattie dudley of the tenants task force at boston's alice taylor apartments. ms. dudley you have been part of a movement that has transformed the public housing project right down the street, as we saw in film, there is in the same neighborhood, another housing project that doesn't look anything like alice taylor homes apart from the physical changes. what would you say is the key factor that has been responsible for the transformation of conditions in your project. basically the reorientation of our families to family living and having them come together to work on the issues that we're confronted. how do you get people to come together? well, once people see that we've made a physical change, people feel that it's need there. it is their responsibility to come together and that they get what's needed what do they do for you? basically come like talk in meetings, say what's going on, you know, give reports. the police come to meetings and speak with the police about what's going on. they when they see somebody vandalizing in the area or, painting graffiti or loitering or doing things that create problems, the neighbors, are they will

so primary funding sanctuary cities in area of public safety come from comes from the department of homelandsecurity and department of justice. if you stop it. oh, so that can't be done with executive order? sure can't. so why didn't trump do it originally? maybe he'll do it now. i hope so. yeah, i hope he does it. it's time. i think so. thank you. one more over here. because you have a book to get to as well. yeah hey, thank you for coming. two quick questions. putting federal troops the border instead of the texas national guard and seizing the cartels the way we did our ranch. yeah what's the flow? well, look, i think the money's always been in play. the question where and how does the money and are legitimate processes? right. in order to be there's a lot of money gets seized coming across the border for sure. it's so you know, so, i mean, you want to continue what i would say that that terror funding approach to go after the cartels and go after all of their money and what was the first part of the question what would. yeah look you can see that as you know well, let's say one thing fir

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patrick henry first among patriots and vincent phillip munoz is associate professor of religion public life in the department of political science at the university of notre dame. he is the author most recently of religious liberty and the american founding natural rights and the original meaning of the amendment religion clauses, which we also have the pleasure of discussing on we the people. his other books include and the founders. madison and jefferson as as religious liberty in the supreme court. thank you so much for joining jane calvert thomas kidd and philip munoz. thomas kidd. let me begin with you because of the scope of your book, god of a religious history of the american revolution, you've written about individual religious views of benjamin franklin, patrick henry, among others, as well as the broader trends in your book on the god of liberty. how religious were the founders. well, that's a great question. and i think it gets confusing because the major founding fathers were sort of all over the map at least for 1776 as far as you know what they believed, what their relation was to institution

that balance is one of the most important lessons i learned as both a public defender and the national security prosecutor at the department of justice. chair grassley: 80 years ago, attorney general robert jackson said something like being a prosecutor is the most powerful office in the country because he has the power to ruin people, if you want to ruin people. you have probably been up against some of that. mr. patel: i have. chair grassley: you have mentioned -- my time is up, i guess. you brought up public trust at 41%. in a general way without going for an hour, tell me what you're going to do to increase the public trust of the fbi. mr. patel: simple, make sure we don't have 100,000 rates or $100,000 -- 100,000 overdoses. those numbers need to be cut in half and the public will regain trust in the fbi in law enforcement. >> i have three or four things i will try to get through them quickly. sen. durbin: when it comes to violence and politics i believe it has no place in politics. whether it is violence against donald trump or violence against nancy pelosi's husband in her home, period. those people, proud boys, what

public works. department has been busy getting ready for the rain an hour. gayle ong joins us live with more on that part of the story. gayle. >> yeah, grant and vicki, some light rain falling here this evening in san francisco. so the good news is there's still a few more days to get ready as we saw that for system arrive today. but we're expecting another more potent storm next week. so if you haven't done so already, definitely get those sandbags for their free at san francisco. >> umbrellas were out in san francisco friday. this after a prolonged drying trend in january. we're always excited to have rains as long as they don't cause a lot of damage. much of the bay area is under a flood watch through the weekend. that does include the san francisco. rachel gordon is with san francisco. public works. we are working and regular meetings all the time, making sure that we're working in conjunction, for example. >> the public utilities commission of public works. we tandem with that. so getting information out to the public so people know what's going on and what they may need to do. the national weather ser

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the first two departments to see cuts are public works, who will get rid of 26 roles, and the police positions. number four, our media partners at the san francisco standard report the contagious and potentially deadly parvo virus is spreading among dogs in san francisco's tenderloin district. the virus can cause seizures, dehydration, and rapid weight loss. >> if tariffs are implemented against canada, we will respond. we won't relent until tariffs are removed. and of course, everything is on the table. >> number five canada and mexico have now responded to new tariffs implemented by the trump administration. experts predict american families could pay $830 more on average this year because of these new tariffs, potentially starting a trade war. and number six, los angeles is postponing the opening of the pacific coast highway through pacific palisades. it was set to reopen today for the first time since the devastating fires. instead, one lane in each direction will reopen tomorrow. and number seven, it's groundhog day. phil, the groundhog saw his shadow earlier this morning, predic

patel served as a public defender, defending the constitutional rights of some of the least popular people in this country. after serving as a public defender, mr. patel joined the department of justice under president obama as a counterterrorism prosecutor in the national security division. in this role, he investigated and he prosecuted many important cases including the world cup bombing in uganda in 2010 for which he received an award of excellence. in 2017, representative devin nunes asked mr. patel to join the house permanent select committee on intelligence to uncover the truth about russia gate and mr. patel did uncover the truth. it was during this time if you remember i first mentioned mr. patel through tireless works he showed that crossfire hurricane was based upon fraudulent discredited information paid for by the democratic national committee and the clinton campaign. as reward for his efforts to uncover the truth, mainstream media, can you believe this, personally attacked mr. patel and the fbi secretly subpoenaed his records. i know what that is because my staff received similar treating during my investor -- the attacks mr. patel faced for his work in the

in oakland, the public works department sent us this view of their crews clearing gutters and drains, hauling out whatever was clogged inside in livermore. the city has sandbags stocked in four locations and crews at the ready. here at east bay regional parks. crews say they're preparing for the storms as well, and staff here are urging people who visit the parks during or after this weather to be cautious and to pay attention to any warnings or signs that are up. lots of reasons for agencies to watch this atmospheric river closely, and that can really make a dent in our wer supply. right now we're at the zone seven water agency site in livermore. and as you can see, there is still plenty of sand left for folks who want to come and grab sandbags here. and if you don't live in livermore, check with your municipality. many of them are offering free sandbags for residents. we were able to confirm that oakland, san leandro and danville are among those. live in livermore. alyssa goard, nbc, bay area news. alyssa. thank you. yeah, those sandbags can be very helpful. we're also getting snow.

warned him of legal action if trump's justice department fires those fbi agents or puts them in danger by publicly releasing their names, letter says. if you proceed with terminations and or publicdy to vindicate their rights through all available legal means of all people and entities. the department of justice and the fbi have a sacred obligation to keep the american people safe. you also have personally taken an oath to support and defend the constitution, and you have ethical responsibilities as a department employee and a member of the bar. joining us now is frank figliuzzi, a former fbi assistant director for counterintelligence and an msnbc senior national security and intelligence analyst. also with us, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he's an msnbc legal analyst. and, andrew, let's begin with you, because your old job is mentioned here, fbi general counsel advised you must turn over all of those names. >> so i disagree with that. i think it depends on what the intent is. the only non nefarious intent would be if you want those names because you want to commend them. i worked on th

of budget cuts. the departments hit hardest public works and police.ude non-sworn employees, which means workers without the power to make arrests or enforce laws. in all, the city sent out 70 pink slips last week. leaders say it's needed to offset a nearly $130 million deficit. this is the second round of layoffs, with another smaller round expected in the coming weeks. we're going to turn now to cynthia with a look at our forecast. good morning. good morning everyone. while things have calmed down a little bit except for the north bay, it just keeps coming down right now. but it is light. those dots right there through our san rafael camera. let's zoom it in with storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. mostly light rain through parts of mill valley, out towards lagunitas and the hills there in san rafael and marinwood. it is also slick through the richmond-san rafael bridge, so be careful with that if you have to head anywhere. this morning could see some issues with some localized flooding as we still remain under that flood. watch up into sonoma co