welcome to the august 9th, 2024 regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. today's meeting is live cablecast on sfgovtv two and live streamed online at sfgovtv. org slash ethics live for public comment. members of the public may attend in person or may participate by phone or the webex platform, as explained in our agenda document. clerk can you please explain how our remote public comment will be handled? public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. for those attending in person, opportunities to speak during the public comment period will be made available here in room 400, city hall. for those attending remotely, public comment can also be provided via phone call by calling 14156550001. access code is 26622473534, followed by a pound sign, and then press pound again to join as an attendee. when your item of interest comes up, press star three to raise your hand to be added to the public comment line. public comment is also available via the webex client application. use the

written comments should be sent to ethics commission at sfgov. org. s of the public who attend commission meetings, including remote attendance, are also expected to behave responsibly and respectfully during public comment. please address your comments to the commission as a whole and not to individual members. persons who engage in name calling, shouting interruptions or other distracting behavior may be excluded from participation. thank you. clerk i now call the meeting to order. clerk, will you please call the roll under item one? commissioners please verbally indicate your presence by saying i after your name is called commissioner florez. fang i. commissioner safaÍ i, commissioner francois i. vice chair. florez fang, with three members present and accounted for. you have a quorum. with that, i call agenda item two. general public comment. yes. good morning. good morning. good morning commissioners. my name is ellen li jiao. i spell it right there. l l e n l e z h o u. i pledge the allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the

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the ethics commission will take a final vote at a special meeting on september 16th. >> a bit of a scare in san francisco's south of market district today. city officials say a pane of glass was being installed on salesforce east on mission street, when it somehow got loose and fell to the groun, shattering across the street. two ground floor windows of the nearby millennium tower were also damaged. a city inspector ordered the building's landlord to secure the opening where the glass fell, and replace it as soon as possible. >> as everyone realizes that there was no case because i did nothing wrong. it's a witch hunt. >> former president trump celebrates a delay in his sentencing, in his criminal trial in new york until after the election, but that is not his only legal challenge before election day. >> and a veto from the governor's desk. the reason, he says undocumented immigrants should not be eligible to seek state assistance in buying home. >> and in bury weather, another warm to hot day out there, especially inland. the heat advisory expires tonight. that means some cooling as we

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the ethics commission will take a final vote at a special meeting on september 16th. >> still to come ten, a lawsuit filed against the bureau of prisons is moving forward. the hurdle. the suit was able to overcome and campus police in one bay area school issuing a warning. >> how they say scammers are targeting unsuspecting victims. >> and later, a gmc sports weekend. american pro football makes its debut in brazil. we'll take you to sao paulo for some friday night lights between the packers and eagles. plus it's concerning for the women in vallejo. >> the community that things like this are happening. >> a woman is found dead after a shooting and crash in the east bay. how neighbors are feeling in the w of officers say scammers are making calls pretending to be with the campus police department. they say the scammers are telling people that they are with the internet complaints department of upd, and that their personal information has been compromised. they then tell people they must call china to resolve the issue. university police say they are working with telecommunications serv

candidates that really share their values and the vision for the future that they want the public ethics commission now, among their endorsements is brenda harbin, 40, for oakland city attorney. the retired judge is the organizer of the recall effort against mayor shang tao. the group also endorsed former oakland police chief leronne armstrong for city council. he was fired by mayor tao for his handling of two police misconduct cases. >> four of the five top candidates in san francisco's mayoral race faced off in a debate tonight in a private event, the university club of san francisco hosted the debate. the media were not allowed inside, and cameras were also not allowed to stream. daniel lurie posted this clip of the debate to his ex, saying san francisco needs a change in leadership. mark farrell also posted a clip of the debate to his profile on x, echoing a similar sentiment. aaron peskin and asha safai also participated, while incumbent mayor london breed declined to participate, instead attending chinatown night out. only members of the club and their guests were allowed to attend the debate

running for state treasurer, is one of several people wrapped up in an investigation by the public ethics commissionoposed settlement agreement lays out the allegations running from 2018 to 2022. investigators say that schaaf secretly controlled campaign committees trying to defeat incumbent city council members and a ballot measure. they say she failed to disclose her involvement, which violates oakland election rules. ethics investigators recommended that schaaf pay more than $20,000 in fines. shaft's attorney says the mayor was acting on incorrect legal advic. he told us in a statement, quote. mayor schaaf sincerely and reasonably believed she was following the law. her actions were motivated by improving oakland and helping its children. >> budget cuts are forcing alameda county court workers to take furlough days. the superior court says starting today, almost every employee will take one unpaid day off every month. this is because of a loss of $4.3 million in funding from the state. the furloughs will happen on two fridays each month. the court says all courtrooms will remain open, even with a

and the ethics commission lawyers to find out what latitude we might have in recustodials. >> perfect. >> i know on page 5 to have this online at the first monday did when i update that? >> (multiple voices). >> online should go. >> uh-huh. >> okay. >> and then oh, yeah go, of course. >> on page 6 um, and again? probability i'm sure something i don't know. the third paragraph or second paragraph down the responsibility of the folks to to about the arts commission authority, etc. i'm wondering how that is endorsed how - i mean all not all but about a lot of it is about talking to the community and making sure we're responding to and listening to them. >> usually when the project applicants have um, their community meetings first of all, need to tell us if they had they're meeting and explain in brief summary what was accomplished there and went they went over and i think i will also ask our program associate to weigh in on this and . >> but, yeah like i said the public should be advised in a timely manner to make public comment on o this for the civic design review committee. >> no met

. >> welcome to the august 9th, 2024 regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission. meeting is live cablecast on sfgovtv two and live streamed online at sfgovtv. org slash ethics live for public comment. members of the public may attend in person or may participate by phone or the webex platform, as explained in our agenda document. clerk can you please explain how our remote public comment will be handled? public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. for those attending in person, opportunities to speak during the public comment period will be made available here in room

the chronicle reports paperwork filed with the city's ethics commission shows his campaign has so farn. that's more than any other person in this year's race, but his total is also more than the combined amount spent by every candidate in 2018, the last hotly contested race for san francisco mayor. lurie is an heir to the levi strauss apparel company. governor newsom signed four bills into law to try and protect victims of human trafficking and ensure that predators are held accountable. now, the bills increase penalties for soliciting a mino. another one creates guidelines for law enforcement interacting with survivors. a third sets up policies to help emergency room patients who have been trafficked. a final bill creates a new labor trafficking unit within the state's department of justice. the governor has once again rejected a bill that would have required high schools to provide free condoms to students. newsom vetoed the measure, citing high costs as the reason for the decision. lawmakers behind the bill argued it's crucial for public health due to the rising rates of sexually t

i mean, it's funny, he's going to set up a new ethics commission. n set up and tells him to how behave, but it drags the life out of politics. i think. and you know, you want to. we should be able to expect that leaders can use their own judgement, that leaders can make good choices about what is right, what is ethical, what what things look like to the public. they've just really misjudged this. >> if it was an only thing, if it was the only thing he'd done. i think most people would be much more sympathetic. so we know he's a dedicated football fan, and so what? he's the prime minister. why shouldn't he have a box? but it's all the other things as well. >> it's the fact that he is the, you know, person in parliament who's received the most gifts of anyone else. it's the fact that, you know, the clothing scandal frock gate, if you want to call it that. it sounds what's funny is that malfunctioning wardrobe, the wardrobe malfunction. it sounds completely bonkers to ordinary people that donors would be buying your clothes. everyone knows that politica

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. near 101 northbound. this is in the area of tully road and story road, and checking the chp log. this was first reported around 320. this afternoon, northbound 101 at story road. the on and off ramp are completely closed. no estimated time to reopen that, but that's because of the large firefighter presence you see there. it doesn't look like the flames are spreading beyond where you see that area right near the freeway. and so firefighters appear to have this under control. you see, just some smoke coming from the area. but this is burning for been burning for about two hours now. businesses near the impacted area are being told the people working there told to shelter in place, but no one has been evacuated right now. in this live picture from

for welcome to the august 9th, 2024 regular meeting of the san francisco ethics commission.oday's meeting is live cablecast on sfgovtv two and live streamed online at sfgovtv. org slash ethics live for public comment. members of the public may attend in person or may participate by phone or the webex platform, as explained in our agenda document. clerk can you please explain how our remote public comment will be handled? public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. each member of the public will be allowed three minutes to speak. for those attending in person, opportunities to speak during the public comment period will be made available here in room 400, city hall. for those attending remotely, public comment

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. the alameda officers charged in the death of mario gonzalez say this case should be tossed. >> plus, we are all better off when we are all better off. that's the spirit that defines these bills. >> governor newsom today signing a package of bills designed to address one of the state's biggest issues homelessness. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at 730. >> this legislation is designed to fast track construction and prevent cities and counties from pushing back on new housing. good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes. the governor pointing the finger at local municipalities for failing to get people off the streets. our political reporter, greg lee, tonight with how the state is now turning up the heat. >> with the stroke of a pen, governor newsom s

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. some say it's impossible to fix san francisco. they also said you couldn't escape from alcatraz. but watch me do both. other candidates want to tear down san francisco, but i'll build on what's already great to make it even better. with expanded rent control, new homes for the middle class community policing to reduce crime, and an inspector general to root out corruption. let's get to work. paid for by aaron peskin for mayor 2024. financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org paid for by aaron peskin for mayor 2024. well, we know music is a huge part of the hispanic culture and walnut creek are. gianfranco spoke with a music director, merging his roots with something maybe a little unexpected. classical music >>>>there's precision in each

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. earthquakes in partnership with catholic charities launched a free indoor soccer program for more than 150 kids and teenagers. >> in gilroy, kids lace up their cleats is the program kicked off with a soccer clinic. little one. they're all right. good foot. the event was that. >> south valley middle school teacher, san jose earthquakes legend chiasson linas and current players. >> tommy thompson and michael ball. gilroy mayor murray blanking is glad kids are excited about the sport. >> this is such a healthy way of living the exercise of stock or what it does for kids, especially in communities where maybe a nutrition, you know, health screening doesn't happen as frequently as it should. so very, very proud to have hearing, goering that the santa

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after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commissionar he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. a day for a pretrial hearing in san francisco. no cameras were allowed inside. neiman is charged with manslaughter. his mother was among those in court today. this is file video. prosecutors say he stabbed lee to death during an argument over his sister's drug use. his defense lawyers say it was an act of self-defense. if convicted, he faces 26 years to life in prison. jury selection expected to begin next week. >> new at six. house lawmakers have voted down a plan that would have kept the federal government funded for another six months. house speaker mike johnson's proposal would have kept federal spending at current levels, and it included a measure requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in national elections. 14 republican members of congress joi

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> ozempic was more than $900 in the u.s. compared to $59 in germany, while wegovy costs more than $1,300 in the u.s. compared to $90 in the u.k. >> treat the american people the same way that you treat people all over the world. stop ripping us off. >> well, the drug company ceo blamed the high prices on the middlemen. and the pharmacy benefit manager says pbms take nearly 75% of their earnings. >>> straight ahead from sports. more coliseum memories before this fi some say it's impossible to fix san francisco. they also said you couldn't escape from alcatraz. but watch me do both. other candidates want to tear down san francisco, but i'll build on what's already great to make it even better. with expanded rent control, new homes for the middle

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commissionlmost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> welcome back. >>> it's no surprise it was an emotional day here at the coliseum. wilson walker joining me now. he was here bright and early. gates opened well before 8:00 a.m., right? fans are coming in starting to grill. >> reporter: they said it was opening at 8:00. i got here at 8:00. there were plenty of people already in the parking lot with charcoals going. some people got in pretty early. it was an emotional day. it's a perfectly fair thing to say. part of sports is sort of the ritual of coming to the game and sort of participating in the whole event. we just tagged along with folks today and got a chance to hear what was on their minds. >> i was supposed to be at work today, but i said today is the last day. i'm going to have to miss wo

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commissionlmost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> right now in oakland the a's are playing against the new york yankees tonight. yesterday the a's announced their final game before the move to sacramento is now sold out. that game against the defending world series champs, texas rangers, is thursday, but at last check there are still tickets available for other games in the final stretch, including a $2 ticket deal next tuesday and $10 tickets on wednesday with proceeds benefiting the boys & girls club of oakland. >>> a sentimental time for a's fans, here is my son cameron in his athletics gear as a baby. this may have been his halloween costume way back when. that baby is now 18 years old today. happy birthday, cameron, cam the man, great memories going to home games at the coliseum with came

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. ok, 500 deluxe garden gnomes. wow. i only meant to order five. there's not enough money in my account for these. i'm gonna get charged. two things i just can't deal with. overdraft charges. and garden gnomes. but your bmo smart advantage checking account gives you an extra day to avoid an overdraft fee. nice to see a bank cutting people some slack. mistakes happen. and we give you time to correct them. so, you don't like gnomes huh? what about that one? that one i like. a lot. ♪ bmo ♪ >>> a mystery, a bizarre one at that. the sheriff's department is trying to find the person that stole three pet goats. their names are atlas, nacho, and chili, and they were taken from their home last tuesday. if you've seen this individual or the goats, call the s

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. some say it's impossible to fix san francisco. they also said you couldn't escape from alcatraz. but watch me do both. other candidates want to tear down san francisco, but i'll build on what's already great to make it even better. with expanded rent control, new homes for the middle class community policing to reduce crime, and an inspector general to root out corruption. let's get to work. paid for by aaron peskin for mayor 2024. financial disclosures are available at sfethics.org >>> right now at 5:30, a live look at the golden gate bridge where a years long project to install suicide prevention nets finally wrapped up earlier this year, but it's not just the nets. >> patrol officers are also there to intervene during a crisis. kevin ko looks

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> kentucky state police say a county sheriff was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of a district judge. a spokesperson said it happened at a southeastern kentucky courthouse during business hours. the victim is identified as 54-year-old district judge kevin mullins. police say he was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. letcher county sheriff shawn stines is charged with first degree murder. >> we know there was an argument between the two that led up, but what exactly transpired prior to the shots being fired is still things we're trying to get answers to. this community is small in nature and we're all shook. >> kentucky state detectives are handling the investigation. >>> hundreds of students in georgia staged

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commissionost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. 20th and 25th. the city decided to close the encampment because of what they say is a rise in crime in that area, including a double homicide at the encampment earlier this month. they say up to 30 people have been living there. outreach workers have been on site to help find shelter for those who want it. three people have already been moved into the community cabin program. the cleanup is expected to last two weeks. it's a big job. >> the reopening of the cliff house in san francisco has been delayed, anticipating more than $10 million in repairs, according to san francisco chronicle. crews have discovered major infrastructure issues since they began demolition months ago. the new operator now hopes to reopen next year instead of this year as origi

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commissionlmost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> welcome back. >>> september is childhood cancer awareness month, a time to raise awareness of the leading cause of disease-related death among children. according to the national cancer institute, an estimated 15,000 kids under the age of 20 will be diagnosed with cancer in the u.s. this year and nearly 1,000 sticks 1,600 will die of the disease. itay hod shows us how an east bay organization are trying to help families cope. >> reporter: for the last two years, manny delo has met more doctors and therapists than most people see in a lifetime, but none that have fur and four legs. at 15, manny noticed a bump on his neck. a battery of tests confirmed his worst fears. it was cancer. >> i started crying and saying why me? >> reporter: since then h

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> it was all quiet at the coliseum today after the a's played their final game in oakland yesterday. from above we saw the home plate gone and a couple seats missing. it's not only fans trying to come to terms with the loss, but also some concession workers. >> reporter: long time fan malcolm and his wife traveled from new york to watch his beloved a's the last time. >> i cried like a baby. i cried the whole game. >> reporter: they decided to have a little afternoon wine to cope with the somber feeling they're still trying to understand. >> right now it's still sort of i little bit of -- i don't know -- sort of the hangover of yesterday's excitement. >> there was a lot of people around us that watched a lot of grown men shed a lot of tears. >>

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> right now at 5:30, solving homicides by tracing the background of guns, but an atf backlog is leaving many criminal cases in limbo. in the past three years at least 22,000 homicides in the u.s. went unsolved and according to the fbi, that's about half of all cases. >> wow. tracing the background of guns recovered at crime scenes can often offer critical leads, but at the atf national tracing center, they face a massive backlog receiving 645,000 requests last year alone. >> the problem, the system is badly outdated. here's why. >> we have deliveries coming in throughout the day. >> reporter: every day is delivery day at the atf's national tracing center, box after box loaded with forms filled out by people when they buy a gun from a dealer, bu

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> the niners are getting set to take on the rams tomorrow as they look to get back to over 500 and pick up their first divisional win of the year. earlier this week we knew they would be without mccaffrey and samuel but on saturday, more bad news hit the offense. george kittle officially out for tomorrow's game with a hamstring injury takes another brock purdy weapon off the field then nick bozo and her various word or questionable. this is a golden opportunity for brock purdy to show off what kind of quarterback he is without all those weapons and it is worth mentioning, the rams are going to be without their two wide receivers. there is good news for the niners. they get an opera back in the secondary for the first time this season making his

participating in the competition, as the joint commission of the public council of international experts determined that he did not meet the criteria of professional ethicsegrity. this time, the higher quorum commission announced a break before making a final decision. about andriy sal's suitability for the position and is waiting for additional documents and explanations from him. higher qualification commission of judges ukraine dismissed elena panchenko, judge of the avdiyiv city court of the donetsk region. in 2011, when she had worked as a judge for only a year, she was bribed with $600 for reducing the defendant's sentence. the higher grievance commission removed the judge from his post, but did not dismiss him. kuibyshev. the district court of donetsk sentenced panchenko to five years in prison with a three-year probationary period and confiscation of property. panchenko appealed the verdict, but the appeal was not considered because seizure of the court building by the russian army. accordingly, the verdict never entered into force. i was inconvenient for the local authorities in my opinion. and i applied for an administrative position. position

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after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. platform, but that hasn't stopped advertisers from promoting their political messages on the app. now, tiktok implemented that ban back in 2019. pearsall facebook, instagram and x all allow political ads, but an nbc news investigation found 52 videos with clear political messages, each with hundreds of thousands of views on tiktok. the company says it's going to continue to remove the content as it finds it. meanwhile, u.s. lawmakers say the discovery is troubling, especially ahead of the upcoming presidential election. some say they're worried russia, china or iran will use the platform and other social media sites to attempt to influence the election. all right, we are celebrating hispanic heritage here at nbc bay area. and as part of that cele

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. it will deploy a fleet of five human driven cars in mountain view and sunnyvale. this fall. they'll be used for mapping and will not carry passengers. crews also hopes to reintroduce five driverless cars on bay area roads sometime after that. this comes a year after crews operations were suspended in the bay area. last october, a san francisco pedestrian was hit by a car and knocked into the path and then dragged by a self-driving car. >> all right. do you have an iphone? if you do. you can now add your driver's license to apple wallet. the pilot program, which began today, allows people to show their digital id at tsa security checkpoints at sfo and in l.a. at lax, google started a similar program last month. people can also use their apple watc

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>>>while running to lead the country's largest city, eric adams said this. >>i am >>> while running to lead the country's largest city eric adams said this. >> i am the face of the new democratic ready. >> a few years later the new york city mayor was indicted after a federal corruption investigation, new york times broke the story tonight reporting that adams is facing at least one federal charge. the times reports last fall buffets were looking into claims his 2021 campaign accepted illegal donations including from the turkish government . tonight mayor adams says he will fight the charges. >>> a los angeles bus driver is being called a hero for how he handled a hostage situation when a gunman hijacked his bus. >> the hijacking of a metro bus

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. when they host the texas rangers team owner john fisher sent a letter to fans today, reading in part, the a's are a part of the fabric of oakland. the east bay and the entire bay area. only in 2021, after 16 years of working exclusively on developing a home in the bay area and faced with a binding mlb agreement to find a new home by 2024, did we begin to explore taking the team to las vegas? staying in oakland was our goal. it was our mission and we failed to achieve it. and for that, i'm genuinely sorry. this will undoubtedly be a very difficult week for fans who mobilized to try to keep the team in oakland, but who this week will see the team's final games played in the town. and one man who knows his heartbreak all too well is stu cleary. he w

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. >>> this plume of smoke from a chemical plant seen in georgia today, 25 miles southeast of atlanta. it forced people to evacuate and some to shelter in place. a small fire started at the plant that makes products to clean pools and spas, causing the sprinkler system to go off. >> what you are seeing is still that chemical fraction that water reactive chemical product. once we can get it out it will be off gas. once again, the fire is out. >>> the authorities say the smoke may linger for days. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> meantime, georgia along with several other states across the southeast are in recovery mode in the aftermath of former hurricane helene. more than 100 people are dead. thousands are home expls millions

ceiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. san francisco about housing and homelessness. the governor signing two new housing bills while mayor breed is boosting shelter capacity. will it work? also, the mud got him sick. the new lawsuit filed after thousands of people got infected at the famous tough mudder race in sonoma county, and the final day of the dreamforce conference from ayesha curry to mark cuban. the question now will this major event be returning to san francisco for years to come? and in studio with us, the president of latvia. he's here to meet with silicon valley leaders to talk ai and say hello to the bay area's newest star. we are on the ice with the sharks top draft pick. good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight, i'm raj mathai. a lot happening on this thursday.

after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. . >>> all right, take a look at this. a close look. a meteor stole the spotlight during a local interview. right there in the background in west virginia. two men were being interviewed when it shot across the sky. there you go, see it right behind them. a shooting star. the news crew did not notice it during the interview but realized what they caught on camera later when they were editing the story. >> very nice to see. >> cool. >> you would not be able to see anything like that in san francisco tonight. >> not in the city or in the bay because the marine layer is coming in. doing its normal thing but it is not a normal day tomorrow. a warm up coming, a heat advisory to talk about. we looked at that at the top of the newscast. a little big pict