i am as i said in the meantime, commissioner dorsey is there a second?mmissioner sherrill and vice chair melgar. >> i'm sorry are we doing both at the same time? >> (laughter) great. >> let's on this to vote to or this nomination for public comment. >> good for who will be elected it will be tough. >> do you understand what is going on here? >> you are under attack you. so if you want to survive i'll say again stand by my side if you want to be alive in 6 months. >> um, any remote public comment on the nomination of vice chair melgar as chair. >> yes. this is remote public comment and going to the first caller. >> hello caller you're two minutes begins now. >> thank you i would like to oppose vice chair melgar as the chair of this board because anyone who thinks spending one hundred 240udz on a study facing to spend one hundred dollars to go if laguna honda to the (rustling of papers.) station shouldn't be in charge of a budget that will require the kind of work this it fiscal will cause we need to pause any spending that is non-muni related direct to mu

supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor chen chen i chair walton all right.ell tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously. >> mr. clerk. do we have any other items on today's agenda? >> there are no other items on today's agenda. thank you, everybody have a good week. >> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> think smooth >> the height of my addiction i was homeless. i was isolatesed from my family. i had lost everything. my spirit was completely broken. methadone gave me my recovery. it gave me my life back. the impacted relationships with my family in the most mir aculous way. i'm living proof that trea. >> (music). >> the ferry building one of san francisco most famous that as many of 15 thousand commuters pass through that each gay. >> one of the things that one has to keep in mind regarding san francisco is how young the city we are. and nothing is really happening here before the gold rush. there was a small spanish in the presiding and were couriers and fisherman that will come in to rest and repair their sh

supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor chen chen i chair walton all right. well tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously. >> mr. clerk. do we have any other items on today's agenda? >> there are no other items on today's agenda. thank you, everybody have a good week. >> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> think smooth you're watching francisco rising with chris manner today's special guests i'm chris you're watching san francisco rising the rebuilding and reimaging and our guests the executive director of the homeland security and today to talk about the city and solutions and welcome to the show. >> thank you an honor to be here. >> let's a srt by talking about people traeld don't consider that much the business programs what does the city need to have that. >> most people think of homeless they think of people they see on the street in the tenderloin and many people experiencing homeless have not visible to the average person and a lot of those people are children or older adults and families that is what w

the first meeting of the button and finance committee i'm supervisor chan and joined supervisor dorsey and short-term vacation rental by the vice chair supervisor mandelman and supervisor dorsey is sitting in. supervisor melgar and our clerk i'd like to thank susan from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting mr. clerk, any announcements >> a friendly reminder silence all electronic devices and if you have in any documents as part of the delivered to the clerk of the board or the clerk of the committee and will be shared with the members. public comment will be taken on each item. please line up to the right and my left and not required to provide public mment fill out a public comment if you wish if you want to be reported and prior to the hearing may be delivered to the clerk of the board or the clerk of the committee and will be shared with the members. and e-mail will be for the to the priorities and included as part of the that file and send your sinned to city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, ca 94102 room 244 san francisco, california and fm madam chair, items

jj smith says he supports dorsey's plan. only if there are enough detox beds for people to go to if not, he worries that overdoses will rise, getting get no better right now politicians was sitting around speaking on what they going to do, what they going to do. but they haven't implemented things. things that they did implement is not working. the san francisco aids foundation is another group that is against this proposal, calling it, quote, counterproductive. >> get this proposal is just in the very beginning stages. supervisors will likely need to hear more feedback from law enforcement agencies come up with a bigger plan. have a couple of free before they eventually vote on reporting here in san francisco jacmel. but kron 4 news. >> to oakland fire stations are set to temporarily close on monday. this is the result of the 100 29 million dollar budget deficit. the city of oakland is facing the station set to close are located in the oakland hills. despite wildfires breaking out in recent years. the most recent fire in oc

and can we have - can someone move the amendments seconded by supervisor dorsey.hey were approved (gavel) and on the resolution as amended take that. >> same house, same call. without objection the amendment is adopted (gavel) madam clerk next item, please. >> mr. president i'm going t■ read - item 10 so we can put this in line with the others as you're taking those pedestrian safety improvement project for grant performance period from grant contract execution through august 30, 2029; - >> great. supervisor chan has moved to send this to the budget and finance committee and supervisor fielder has seconded that. and i think we can take that motion. >> same house, same call. without objection. the motion motion passes. >> >> all right. and item department of transportation to fund the bayview connections: phase 1 harney way bus rapid transit (brt) and cycletrack project, - >> so here the amendments on page 4 line 16 and 17 striking reference to the finish line impact la determined this didn't have - and on page 19 reaching the determination and accepted moved forwa

the agency's dorsey has asked to weigh in on the plan, now have 30 days to respond to his letter. obviously, a lot that would still need to take place for this to be put in motion. >> alex and zach, are we hearing anything from any of the city agencies about the supervisors plan? >> yeah, so we have heard back from the department of public health. they essentially are saying that they will continue to do what they have done to help people get the treatment that they need. the fire department essentially saying the same, but adding it is really early right now, and i imagine we'll be hearing more from other agencies once they have a chance to really dig into this. yeah. >> look over the details. we'll see if the plan gains traction. zac sos live in the studio tonight. zach. thank you. san francisco police say a month long investigation led to the arrest of a suspected narcotics trafficker. they say 35 year old brian burgos was selling drugs at sixth and market streets during a warrant search of his car and home. police say they seized over 9000g of suspected narcotics, plus guns, a

jj smith says he supports dorsey's plan. only if there are enough detox beds for people to go to if not, he worries that overdoses will rise get no better right now, politicians must sitting around speaking on what they going to do, what they going to do. but they haven't implemented things that they did implement is not working. >> now the san francisco aids foundation is another group that is opposed to this proposal, calling it, quote, counterproductive. now, again, this proposal is really just the beginning. phases supervisors will likely need to come up with a larger plan once they hear feedback from law enforcement agencies and it may take a couple more votes and reduce before we actually see any action on this reporting live here in san francisco jacmel that kron 4 news. all right, jack, thank you. >> developing out of antioch tonight, the department of justice has reached an agreement with the police department over its investigation of racist text messages sent by officers kron 4. sarah stinson joins us live from th

it's why supervisor matt dorsey is calling for more arrests of drug users in a new strategy to clean up san francisco neighborhoods. abc seven news reporter monica madden spoke to him about it and joins us. monica. why now? >> well, j.r, in part because california just implemented prop 36, increasing penalties for drug users. dorsey says he wants the city to be arresting 100 people per night in the sixth street corridor, with the police department estimating at least 200 people using drugs in the quarter mile stretch on a nightly basis. but does san francisco have the resources to put hundreds into detox and treatment programs? dorsey says there will have to be a way, some say drug use in the sixth street corridor is worse than ever. look around and you might see why. while crackdowns have focused on dealers, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey wants to take it a step further, making interventions that get people under arrest into drug treatment. and it's personal for him. >> something i consider nothing less than the obligation of my own survival as a recovering drug addict. we do

supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor chen chen i chair walton all right. well tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously. >> mr. clerk. do we have any other items on today's agenda? >> there are no other items on today's agenda. thank you, everybody have a good week. >> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> think smooth >> the height of my addiction i was homeless. i was isolatesed from my family. i had lost everything. my spirit was completely broken. methadone gave me my recovery. it gave me my life back. the impacted relationships with my family in the most mir aculous way. i'm living proof that treaeaeae >> (music). >> (multiple voices.) >> landing at leidesdorff is as the new public school in downtown san francisco for people to come together for 0 lunch and weekends a new place to enjoy the architect and our culture. >> landing at leidesdorff one of several initiatives to the road map for the initiatives all about using your public space and network for now environments to 0 invite people adopted not just

supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor chen chen i chair walton all right.ell tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously. >> mr. clerk. do we have any other items on today's agenda? >> there are no other items on today's agenda. thank you, everybody have a good week. >> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >>■2 think smooth >> i used drugs from the age of 15 till 29. i had no friends. i had no family. i wanted to quit because i didn't want to die. since i have been in recovery i could write a novel. i have finished college and held great jobs. by dad was back in my life. [indiscernible] it is never too late to >> [music] >> this project is certainly the most significant of my career so far. the majority of my practice is portrait based. but thes is the first time i've represented someone so iconic. >> building a monument to maya angela discovering the civic art collection. former san francisco mayor and u.s. senator diane feinstein and ■; nursing florence nightinggale. >> this begun in 2017 and ordinance in 2018 th

my answer is it's costing us probably a lot more to not solve this problem, dorsey says. most of the low level crimes in the city are connected to drug addiction. but the executive director of the coalition on homelessness is pushing back, saying the city currently has zero detox facilities and there's already not nearly enough treatment now for people who are voluntarily looking for help. meanwhile, san francisco's mayor elect daniel lurie will participate in a weekend of service. several neighborhood cleleanups ar planned leading up to inauguration day, and come inauguration night, chinatown will be the place to be as a new era in the city begins. when lori is sworn in as the 46th mayor. gia vang joins us with more. gia. well, garvin and jess, mayor elect lori will be sworn in wednesday morning at civic center plaza. then he'll attend an evening of celebrations in chinatown, which will include a community banquet dinner, along with a special night market and outdoor performances hosted by the inaugural committee. it's an event that has great implications in the asian am

supervisor dorsey dorsey i supervisor chen chen i chair walton all right. well tonight the motion passes without objection. >> thank you. motion carries unanimously. >> mr. clerk. do we have any other items on today's agenda? >> there are no other items on today's agenda. thank you, everybody have a good week. >> this meeting is adjourned. thank you. >> think smooth >> the wild type is cultivated sea food company, meaning we create directly from the cells, fish and other sea food animals. there is so much around conservation of salmon. there used to be so many salmon and now all most done. none. we care about creating a food product that is nutritious, that is free of all contaminants that are unfortunately found in all our sea food today. so, where we where right now is in what we call the fishery, so right behind us is a sushi bar. this used to be a brewery we did miner upgrades so soon we will be able to serve diners here so they can try wild salmon. right over there shoulders they are able to see where it came from. if you are one of the people that lik

this is in supervisor matt dorsey's district. he's pressing city departments to take swift action here, just on the sixth street corridor. if we were to effect 100 arrests per night with an eye toward making those life saving, medically appropriate interventions, gettingeople into detox drug treatment. dorsey has sent a formal letter of inquiry to all city departments that are responsible for law enforcement, public safety and public health to ask what they would need to make his 100 arrests a night proposal a reality. he acknowledges there has been improvement on drug use and sales on several street corners in south of market and the neighboring tenderloin, but not on sixth street. supervisor dorsey says the issues on sixth street in his district have not just remained the same. he says they've gotten worse. this is not a covid 19 or something that we can expect to get better once we get over the hump. the reality is that we are now in the era of synthetic drugs. and for that reason, he believes mandated treatment after an arres

jj smith says he supports dorsey's plan. only if there are enough detox beds for people to go to if not, he worries that overdoses will rise, getting get no better right now politicians was sitting around speaking on what they going to do, what they going to do. but they haven't implemented things. things that they did implement is not working. the san francisco aids foundation is another group that is against this proposal, calling it, quote, counterproductive. >> again, this proposal is just in the very beginning stages. supervisors will likely need to hear more feedback from law enforcement agencies come up with a bigger plan. have a couple of reduce before they eventually vote on reporting here in san francisco jacmel. but kron 4 news. >> to open fire stations are set to temporarily close on monday. the move stemming from the city's nearly 130 million dollar budget deficit. the station set to close are located in the oakland hills where wildfires broke out in recent years. the most recent blaze in october burned multiple

. >> i'm supervisor dorsey chair and joinedio a capable clerk is monique and like to express our gratitudethe cyber team for sfgovtv broadcasting today's meeting that madam clerk, any announcements. >> please make sure to silence all devices and public comment will be taken on each item when you're item 6 interest called. >> any members of the public wishing to speak should line up on the right side by the windows. or submit in writing e-mail to myself the city clerk. at sfgov.org or u.s. postal service city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, ca 94102 room 244 san francisco, california if you submit public comment in writing will be forwarded to the priorities and included as part of the file. finally items acted b upon will be on the board of supervisors of february 4, 2025, unless stated. >> thank you, madam clerk and before you call the first item i want to express my gratitude to tom. >> >> madam clerk, call the >> madam clerk, call the >> madam clerk, call the bottles, located at 1275 fell street (district 5), will serve the public convenience or necessity of the ci

commissioner dorsey. >> thank you, chair mandelman. i have the pleasure of sharing that the united states environmental protection agency has awarded the treasure island mobility management agency a grant in the amount of 20 million dollars for a collection of projects that we ever callingly the treasure island connect. that includes the community shuttle service to san francisco mainland prioritized by residents. as part of the district 6 planning study we completed last year and transportation resource center by one treasure island and funding for a shuttle. there is funding for a new electric bus and increased 25 line service for municipal and he electric ferry charging equipment for the fer and he mean that this is close to my heart the introduction of bike share. we could not be more exciteed thank the epa and speaker nancy pelosi who advocated for this grant and staff. the lead and aleksandr pan thank you, upon and would not be complete without our gratitude to the tilly chang the executive director. great news on behalf of every

i want to first concur what supervisor dorsey said about supervisor mandelman. but for me beyond that his work and reputation in the public eye today i concurring and supporting his presidency also because the things that he does when no one is watching. when how he treat colleagues respectfully. when he can agree to disagree and have the debate be on the floor in a public ownership behind our closed door and having the intimate conversations he does it respectful low and intellectual honesty. that is all can you ask in a board president who can lead us in unity especially in tough times to come. we do have tough times to come. in terms of the budget deficits ballooning close to a billion dollars. we not only need instant can lead the legislative branch this is communicate effectively, calmly respectfully with the executive branch that is someone we need in this chamber and walk across this aisle and this chamber and hallway to room 200 and deliver fruitful meaningful successful solutions for san franciscans for that i want to express my support for supervisor m

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey, calling on several city agencies, including police, to help come up with a plan to step up arrests of drug users. dorsey says new laws on the books, including proposition 36, have opened the door to treatment mandated felonies. >> now, obviously, if we're going to make an arrest, it should be a life saving intervention. we should make sure that there's medically assisted treatment and medication and opportunities for recovery available. >> the san francisco public health department, fire department, sheriff's office and district attorney's office also being asked to weigh in on his letter of inquiry. >> what we need is a coordinated strategy. what we know is right now, there are 200 people who are going to be engaging in illegal drug use on a quarter mile stretch of sixth street tonight. >> in response, the san francisco aids foundation, which provides substance abuse counseling and operates harm reduction sites in the city, including the distribution of clean syringes, narcan and drug testing strips coming out against the plan. in a statement

. >> i'm supervisor dorsey chair and joined by supervisor engardio a capable clerk is monique and like to express our gratitude to the cyber team for sfgovtv broadcasting today's meeting that madam clerk, any announcements. >> please make sure to silence all devices and public comment will be taken on each item when you're item 6 interest called. >> any members of the public wishing to speak should line up on the right side by the windows. or submit in writing e-mail to myself the city clerk. at sfgov.org or u.s. postal service city hall, 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, ca 94102 room 244 san francisco, california if you submit public comment in writing will be forwarded to the priorities and included as part of the file. finally items acted b upon will be on the board of supervisors of february 4, 2025, unless stated. >> thank you, madam clerk and before you call the first item i want to express my gratitude to tom. >> >> madam clerk, call the >> madam clerk, call the >> madam clerk, call the bottles, located at 1275 fell street (district 5), will serve the public conve

dorsey says he wants the city to be arresting 100 people per night in the sixth street corridor, withhe police department estimating at least 200 people using drugs in that quarter mile stretch on a nightly basis. but does san francisco have the resources to put hundreds into detox and treatment programs? dorsey says there will have to be a way, some say drug use in the sixth street corridor is worse than ever. look around and you might see why. whileound and crackdowns have focused on dealers, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey wants to take it a step further, making interventions that get people under arrest into drug treatment. >> and it's personal for him, something i consider nothing less than the obligation of my own survival as a recovering drug addict. we do need to be making arrests of drug users with an eye toward making sure that any criminal justice intervention we make is a medical and life saving intervention. >> it would be a significant shift in the city's approach, which has long focused on harm reduction strategies. >> what may have worked in the heroin era is not

commissioner dorsey. >> thank you, chair mandelman. i have the pleasure of sharing that the united states environmental protection agency has awarded the treasure island mobility management agency a grant in the amount of 20 million dollars for a collection of projects that we ever callingly the treasure island connect. that includes the community shuttle service to san francisco mainland prioritized by residents. as part of the district 6 planning study we completed last year and transportation resource center by one treasure island and funding for a shuttle. there is funding for a new electric bus and increased 25 line service for municipal and he electric ferry charging equipment for the fer and he mean that this is close to my heart the introduction of bike share. we could not be more exciteed thank the epa and speaker nancy pelosi who advocated for this grant and staff. the lead and aleksandr pan thank you, upon and would not be complete without our gratitude to the tilly chang the executive director. great news on behalf of every

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> just unbelievable. that image particularly so. thousands grappling now with the reality of losing their homes and businesses in los angeles. in the meantime, bay area wildfire survivors are sharing advice and speaking about the challenges of rebuilding. and there are many. nearly 2500 of the 2800 homes lost have been rebuilt in santa rosa following the tubbs fire there in 2017. abc seven news reporter luz pena went to santa rosa today to speak with wildfire survivors. >> images of homes consumed by flames and leveled neighborhoods in southern california are giving many bay area wildfire survivors flashbacks of one of the most destructive wildfires in california history, the 2017 tubbs fire in sonoma county. >> it's devastating for those of us who have been through this. it's very similar to our fire. the tubbs fire, because of the winds having 60 to 100 mile an hour winds blowing those embers, it's like a blast furnace. >> janet leeson and her family lost everything. seven years later, they're still rebuilding and gave insight int

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> now here is a look at some of the numbers from ice. the agency tells abc news that just today ice arrests more arrested more than 1000 people across the country. that's compared to 956 arrests yesterday, 286 on saturday, 593 on friday and 538 on thursday. again, these numbers are nationwide figures. if you or someone you know is dealing with a situation involving rights, racism or just needs support, there is help available and it's not far away. go to abc seven news.com slash. take action for a list of local resources. >> environmental groups are sounding alarms tonight over what they call a dangerous attempt by president trump to take over massive parts of california's water system. the move is part of an executive order released last night. abc seven news reporter stephanie sierra has more reporter. >> from rivers to dams to hundreds of miles of canals, moving water around california takes a massive system engineered over the better part of a century. now, with a new executive order, president trump is directing federal agencies to

it's why supervisor matt dorsey is calling for more arrest of drug users, and a new strategy to keep and clean up neighborhoods. abc news reporter monica madden spoke to him about it. >> some say drug use in the sixth street corridor is worse than ever. look around and you might see why. while crackdowns have focused on dealers, san francisco supervisor matt dorsey wants to take it a step further, making interventions that get people under arrest into drug treatment. and it's personal for him. >> something i consider nothing less than the obligation of my own survival as a recovering drug addict. we do need to be making arrests of drug users with an eye toward making sure that any criminal justice intervention we make is a medical and life saving intervention. >> it would be a significant shift in the city's approach, which has long focused on harm reduction strategies. >> what may have worked in the heroin era is not working in the fentanyl era. we are facing drugs that are deadlier than ever before in human history, and we're seeing levels of addiction driven lawlessness that we ha

abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey is on. >> the story best be described as a worst case scenario of a disaster that's happened here. nobody predicted anything on this line, and this is really a lot more than just a fire. it's really a wake up call for this industry. there must be accountability for this and there will be accountability. >> tempers ran about as hot as the fire that started thursday night and continued friday at one of the world's largest lithium battery plants. flames could be seen from miles away, raging some 30ft high or more. a water based suppression system at the vistra energy plant failed to contain the fire at the start. why that was, as well as the initial cause, remain under investigation. >> our company takes very seriously what happened last night and we are hurting today because we know primarily it's impacted and disrupted the people who live around our site, our neighbors, our friends and businesses. and for that we are sincerely sorry. >> while preliminary testing found no traces of deadly hydrogen fluoride in the air as the batteries burne

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> the city of oakland has a new interim mayor. council member kevin jenkins was voted in as the new council president today, which gave him the role of interim mayor. he's currently the third mayor of oakland. in the last month, after the recall of shengtao. >> we have issues, we have our challenges. but this is a resilient city, and we have a new council that's going to work hard to restore the trust in the city and restore the trust in this government. >> outgoing city council president nikki fortunato bass had the interim mayor's job after tao's departure. she recently left the council to be sworn in as an alameda county supervisor. oakland will hold a special election for a new mayor in april, and it seems pretty clear that former east bay congresswoman barbara lee is preparing to run for mayor of oakland. >> today, we learned that she has filed a paperwork with the city of oakland and the california secretary of state's office under the name barbara lee for oakland mayor 2025. so there you go. representatives for lee are not

dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, sandhya talked about fire conditions down south and the wind. but let's focus now on the weather here in the bay area. >> yes, she has the latest for us, sandhya. >> yeah. and dan and i want to show you a live picture, because this morning, if you were out and about, you felt it. it was cold. and we're in for another night of that. here's a live view from our sky star camera. this is on top of the fisherman's wharf skystar wheel, and it's giving you a view like no other. but with the clear skies, we're going to get good radiational cooling once again with the light winds. and that means those temperatures are going down. how cold did it get this morning? it was certainly frosty. lawns were frosty 28 at the napa airport, 30 degrees in santa rosa, down to 27 in fairfield, livermore 30, san jose 37. redwood city 32 degrees. another frost advisory has been issued for the north and the east bay. 11 p.m. tonight until 9 a.m. thursday. it's primarily the valleys and the hills. temperatures as low as 35 frost will form. so here's the deal. high pr

. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how the community is reacting, and how leaders hope to put their minds at ease. >> reporter it's a day of celebration for many, recognizing the second inauguration of president donald trump. >> the golden age of america begins right now. >> but for millions of others, including in santa clara county and the bay area, it's a day of unknown and fear. >> we are deeply concerned about the deportation policies and impact they have on our immigrant families, like the ones we serve here in east san jose and beyond. these policies strip away the dignity and humanity of those who seek safety and opportunity in our country. >> in his inaugural speech, president trump highlighted new immigration and u.s. border policies. they include a declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, which would allow armed forces, including the national guard, to be deployed to help secure the border. designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and reinstating president trump's remain in mexico policy, which forces potenti

we also have a supervisor dorsey here who's going to present on the first item. >> mr. clark do you have also i want to acknowledge gov tv in susan and innes specifically for supporting us in broadcasting this meeting today. mr. clark do you have any announcements? >> yes. thank you madam chair. please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices you've brought with you into the chamber today. if you have any documents to include as part of any of today's files you can submit them to me. i'll meet you at the rail. public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak along your right hand side. >> i'm pointing it out right now off my left hand. alternatively you may submit public comments in writing in either of the following ways. first you may email your comments to me at j o h and period c.a.r.e at segovia.org or you may send your written comments via us postal service to our office and city hall. the address is one dr. carlton be good place roo

we also have a supervisor dorsey here who's going to present on the first item. >> mr.san and innes specifically for supporting us in broadcasting this meeting today. mr. clark do you have any announcements? >> yes. thank you madam chair. please ensure that you've silenced your cell phones and other electronic devices you've brought with you into the chamber today. if you have any documents to include as part of any of today's files you can submit them to me. i'll meet you at the rail. public comment will be taken on each item on today's agenda when your item of interest comes up and public comment is called please line up to speak along your right hand my left h. alternatively you may submit public comments in writing in either of the following ways. first you may email your comments to me at j o h and period c.a.r.e at segovia.org or you may send your written comments via us postal service to our office and city hall. the address is one dr. carlton be good place room 244 san francisco, california 94102 if you submit public comment in writing i will forward your commen

district supervisor matt dorsey is a sponsor of this newly introduced legislation. i think the job of identifying silos and breaking them down and surging resources effectively belongs in the executive, and i'm really encouraged by mayor lowery's leadership. but his proposal is already raising some questions from veterans of the board of supervisors. this is supervisor shamann walton during yesterday's board meeting. during covid, we gave emergency powers to the mayor with the presence of a specific plan. right now, we have legislation that requests waiving process and allowing for swift decision making, but weon't have a plan in front of us. supervisor connie chan also raised concerns about the possibility that the proposal could weaken board oversight. mayor lowery says he will work with board members on their concerns, but insists he plans on moving forward with urgency. this is what i ran on. i got a mandate to deliver, and the first thing we talked about was public safety. second was the fentanyl. state of emergency. supervisor danny souder is one of the new me

abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has more on today's national day of action.the power? >> we have the power. >> there's power in protest. national nurses united and california nurses association members from across the country, state and bay area from san francisco to oakland and san jose are fighting to regain that power for their patients. >> we need conditions to change you. the public need conditions to change. it needs to get better. and we need to make sure that health care works for the benefit of our patients and the people that provide that care. >> these nurses say they're not interested in making decisions based on profit. the patients are their bottom line. and kaiser san francisco, rn sydney simpson worries understaffing is putting them at risk. >> i'm sure you've heard of like the nursing shortage. i say that in air quotes because there is no nursing shortage. there are plenty of nurses to work. there aren't enough good, strong, contracted nursing jobs. we need more staff. we need more nurses. we need more training programs. >> and nurses at thes

[habla en inglÉs] adÁn: el supervisor mark dorsey comentÓ que el mayor fracaso para resolver el problemaan en el ayuntamiento. [habla en inglÉs] adÁn: enviÓ una carta a los departamentos de policÍa, alguacil y salud, para que puedan responder quÉ es lo que necesitan para detener el problema; realizando arrestos masivos y enviando a personas a centros de rehabilitaciÓn. >> van a pagar comida, es lo mismo. adÁn: pero explica que es mucho mÁs costoso para la ciudad no hacer nada, por la afectaciÓn a la economÍa de los negocios. el plan es utilizar el sistema judicial para solucionar el problema e intervenir con el mayor resultado. el supervisor dice que esperan recibir una respuesta conjunta en el inicio de aÑo, al mismo tiempo que hay un cambio de administraciÓn. la meta es desarrollar un programa que ayude a los consumidores a recibir tratamiento, en lugar de sÓlo movernos a otra calle. una de las preguntas que le hice es por quÉ pedirle a la policÍa la necesidad de hacer su trabajo. me han dicho que son aÑos de falta de acciÓn y que repercute en que esta situaciÓn crezca. esperan que con

. >> abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at the effects climate change is having onhe state. >> apocalyptic views in southern california has everyone looking for answers as fires continue to burn.nswers as fires continue to >> this is like mars, the moon, armageddon, climate change. i mean, something's going on here. it's absolutely, utterly insane. >> fires are complex, but most experts agree one contributing factor stands above the rest climate change. >> it does seem like the hotter earth is generating more and more and more extreme weather for the for everybody. and we issue a particularly dangerous situation. that's usually a 5 to 10 year event. and yet here we've issued three of them in the past three months. >> 2024 was the hottest year on record for the first time ever. the global temperature rose by more than 2.7°f compared to the pre-industrial average. and the heating planet causes a phenomenon that san jose state climate scientist eugene cordero says is known as hydroclimate whiplash. >> where you go from dry to wet and back to dry, it's something that's

abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at the effects of climate change on california. >> apocalyptic views in southern california has everyone looking for answers as fires continue to burn.nswers as fires continue to >> this is like mars, the moon, armageddon, climate change. i mean, something's going on here. it's absolutely, utterly insane. >> fires are complex, but most experts agree one contributing factor stands above the rest climate change. >> it does seem like the hotter earth is generating more and more and more extreme weather for the for everybody. when we issue a particularly dangerous situation, that's usually a 5 to 10 year event. and yet here we've issued three of them in the past three months, 2024 was the hottest year on record. >> for the first time ever, the global temperature rose by more than 2.7°f compared to the pre-industrial average. and the heating planet causes a phenomenon that san jose state climate scientist eugene cordero says is known as hydroclimate whiplash. >> where you go from dry to wet and back to dry, it's something that's that's

abc seven news reporter south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how one bay area city is working tovent a similar situation in the middle of a deadly, costly and out of control fire fight. >> many crews responding to the pacific palisades fire have been without the greatest tool in extinguishing flames. >> water utilities understandably shut off power because they are worried the lines that they carried energy were going to be blown down and spark additional fires. and when they did that, it cut off the ability to generate pumping the water. >> and los angeles mayor karen bass says windy conditions only exacerbated this issue. >> the number one problem, especially on tuesday, i mean, on wednesday, was the fact that we weren't able to do the air support because of the winds. >> no air support meant immense pressure on the hydrant system, which was simply not designed for the volume of fire we're seeing in los angeles. san francisco fire rescue captain justin shaw broke it down in the easiest way to understand. if you turn all the faucets on in your home, you lose water pressure. if y

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey, calling on several city agencies, including police, to help come up with a plan to step up arrests of drug users. dorsey says new laws on the books, including proposition 36, have opened the door to treatment mandated felonies. >> now, obviously, if we're going to make an arrest, it should be a life saving intervention. we should make sure that there's medically assisted treatment and medication and opportunities for recovery available. >> the san francisco public health department, fire department, sheriff's office and district attorney's office also being asked to weigh in on his letter of inquiry. >> what we need is a coordinated strategy. what we know is right now, there are 200 people who are going to be engaging in illegal drug use on a quarter mile stretch of sixth street tonight. >> in response, the san francisco aids foundation, which provides substance abuse counseling and operates harm reduction sites in the city, including the distribution of clean syringes, narcan and drug testing strips coming out against the plan. in a statement

abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains what you could be doing now to protect your family. >>evastating southern california wildfires are not only heartbreaking, but an important reminder when a fire is raging, it doesn't take much time to go from this to this. a harsh reality felt by thousands forced to evacuate. >> there was a thought of like, well, i wonder if we'll have to evacuate. maybe we should, like, get the kids stuff ready just in case to. why don't we just put it in the car in case to. okay. where are we going to go? i mean, it is terrifying. it's devastating. >> there's no easy answer as to how people can live like this. but fire officials say the best way is to live with the mindset that this is possible across california. and we have to be ready. >> it's not if it's when we'll have a wildfire somewhere in the state and we don't really have a, you know, fire seasons anymore. it's a year round thing. so it's imperative that people stay vigilant and they are planning well ahead of time. >> for us in the bay area, that time is now. chelsea burkett with cal fire says

abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains how it's building a better bay area. >> as ofanuary 7th, there have been nine unhoused deaths in 2025 along the streets of santa clara county. and there's concern that a new rv abatement program may make this situation even worse. >> people are going to lose their rvs, they're going to end up on the streets, and then the death toll is going to go higher. and what have you accomplished? we've already started a year off. we have more dead people than we have days in january. >> so far, it's known as the oversize and lived in vehicle enforcement program. 30 temporary towaway zones will be enforced by the pilot program. areas overrun by rvs near schools, waterways and interim housing facilities. this week, the city will begin putting up signage along chenowith avenue, letting owners know that they have two weeks to move or be towed away. >> my hope is that it not only gives relief to the residents and small businesses who have dealt with unmanaged, unsafe rv encampments for months, if not years on end, but that it also incentivizes p

and abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey explains what you could be doing now to protect your family. >> the devastating southern california wildfires are not only heartbreaking, but an important reminder when a fire is raging, it doesn't take much time to go from this to this. a harsh reality felt by thousands forced to evacuate. >> there was a thought of like, well, i wonder if we'll have to evacuate. maybe we should, like, get the kids stuff ready just in case to. well, why don't we just put it in the car in case to. okay. where are we going to go? i mean, it is terrifying. it's devastating. >> there's no easy answer as to how people can live like this. but fire officials say the best way is to live with the mindset that this is possible across california. and we have to be ready. >> it's not if, it's when we'll have a wildfire somewhere in the state and we don't really have a, you know, fire seasons anymore. it's a year round thing. so it's imperative that people stay vigilant and they are planning well ahead of time. >> for us in the bay area, that time is now. chelsea burkett w

abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey looks at the program and why city officials say it's off to a great start. >> reporter if you were to drive down chenoweth avenue in south san jose, you may notice some trees and trash. but you know what? you don't see rvs. this is what it looked like just two weeks ago. lined with some 30 lived in vehicles. but not anymore. >> those neighbors are happy that they're getting a little bit of relief. after months of a persistent vehicle encampment in the area. they're now getting a break, and people are generally following the rules. >> early successes of the city's olive program addressing oversize lived in vehicles. chenoweth was the first area designated for a temporary no parking tow away zone. after the two week warning period. mayor matt mehan says there was perfect compliance. >> we are opening a new safe parking site, the largest in the south bay, that will be open next month. we are opening over 1000 placements for various types of shelter in san jose this year, so we have more and more places coming online for people to go, but t