seven she got the pink eviction papers. wan ports have roughly 16,000 people evicted every year that is about 40 people per day. there are only the form ulf court-ordered evictions. there are cheaper and quicker ways. a weld order let you pay you $2 if you're out by sunday. i'm the one that will just take your door off. we worked hard to capture the informally evictions and don't go to the courts and those that do. landlord foreclosures it would happen to arlene's favorite place did you learn every two years one of eight renters in the city of milwaukee is evicted it is an incredibly high number. , and according to the most recent data from the american housing survey 2.8 million households with this sicken the able-bodied into walking into any urban housing court you will see row after row of moms and kids will include african-american moms are effected at startlingly high rates one edify black women before being evicted at some time for white women is one of a 15. it is a startling number if we have the incarceration. and

most report being evicted and some point in their life. that is a startling number if we have this incarceration to have this critical experience eviction is the equivalent to reshape their lives. but the problem is widespread in an immigrant communities something that is going on all over the country. regardless of their income income, but in the eviction court we had a day in january the weather men were working themselves out that the temperature could bottom out of 40 below degrees but he could call the sheriff if we waited any longer to read lot show up with the team of movers to put her staff of the sidewalk the plants so she took the boys and she went to the homeless shelter again. said she called 120 apartments and 40 then 60 than 80. i counted. she was accepted to none of them and in the inner city most were out of reach for the places that she could afford they were not calling back because of her eviction record is published online for free for anyone to see so even with the recent eviction record. so that is how they get pushed

not that retaliatory evictions are legal, but because at any time you can evict a family who are behind. >> but you also write about your own experience of doing this. embedding yourself. trying to see how they live, almost trying to live as they live. i mean, did you feel satisfied in the end with what you were able to do? because you also write in the afterword about how heartbreaking a lot of this was to see and the even personal toll it took on you. >> yeah. i mean, i learned a lot. i learned so much and i think i learned not only about pain and denial about basic human needs, but i also learned about humor and strength and courage in the face of massive adversity. and it did have an effect on my life, personally, but i think the stories that i write about also buoyed me, you know? and left me with a deep sense of thankfulness. and just an impression that the people i met in milwaukee refused to be reduced to their hardships. they're so much more than that. but, the extent of poverties in our cities today is reducing people born for better things. >> brown: let me ask you finally ab

so that families with children in our system can not be evicted during the school year for evictions related to condominium conversion and substantial rehabilitation the second thing it includes educator and we define educators as people that work in san francisco continentals directing with students and home daycare's both public and private this not only includes the teacher a classroom a paraprofessional an administrator a psychologist or security guard or liaison a cafe worker janitor or school nurse we know that san francisco is facing an affordability crisis if this affordability crisis that impacts our education in terms of the crisis in housing the san francisco retirement board provided the data that shows that there were 2000 notices of eviction filed between be marking 2014 and 2015 this is a significance 55 increase compared to the 5 year period before that wrpts with regards to no fault 4 hundred and 38 vibrations were on record if you ask the advocates the number will probable be do you believe that number the impact on families with children raises concerns many famili

: you show the rawness of what an eviction. i mean, you capture what it looks like. describe that. i mean, take an example of what perhaps struck you even the first time you actually saw what that's like, when you see everything thrown out of the house. >> i remember seeing arlene get evicted in early january. it was the coldest day on record in milwaukee. you know, the weathermen said it would be 40 degrees below with the wind chill. and seeing, you know, a family's things piled on a curb, seeing children forced from their homes, seeing the things taken to movers and put in bondage storage and often kind of taken to the dump when families can't keep up with those payments-- it's a violent act, eviction. it can leave a deep mark. and we know it leaves a mark on families that experience it. >> brown: it leaves a mark in terms of obviously their budget, but a psychological mark is what you're really documenting. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. it affects your spirit. we know that mothers who are evicted two years later have >>

so he gave her eviction papers. however, the supporters of the woman, iris, say evicting seniors can send them to an early grave. >> we know that oftentimes seniors will die within a very short period of time after an eviction notice is received. >> the attorney for the owner of the building says his clients are the good guys and that her family is to blame for the dispute. the attorney says the family is trying to take advantage of a special provision given to her so they can lay claim to the apartment themselves. >> a long time raiders player arrested forever drunk driving. chp officers pulled over a car driven by caliph barnes. officers say he failed a series of sobriety tests and was taken to the jail. he was a raiders offensive lineman for six seasons. >>> she describes her younger self as a woman who lived in orange county and shopped at nordstrom every day. >> she's now helping u.s. veterans. what changed in her life? garvin thomas shows us in tonight's bay area proud. >> reporter: the veterans memorial build

with regard to no-fault evictions the work or hundred 38 evictions on record for that year. but housing advocates point out point out the number is probably more than double. the impact on families with children of evictions is very significant. if you are an educator the impact of an eviction is pretty significant in the sense that if you're evicted him means you are pushed out. not only in san francisco but chances are the bay area. the starting salary for a fully credentialed teacher is less than $3400 per month. that is lower than the median rental price for a one bedroom, which is $3620. paraprofessionals make a lot a lot less. $2083 a month. so being evicted from apartment means essentially that you are no longer able to live in san francisco. this is something happening not only in san francisco but in the rest of the state and nationwide. we have a teacher and school staff shortage hi sis and that is playing itself out in our public schools and private schools. last year we had 500 openings at the school district alone. we had also insufficient numbers of substitute

p she was on the verge of eviction with three kids. p she had been abandoned by her husband. p because she got that helping get help paying the back rent, she's now in a stable p situation, staying in her apartment in brooklyn. pshe is now becoming a nurse, she is doing home care right now for pa living, but she's on the way to becoming a nurse and getting pan education, bettering herself. p i mean, what an amazing story. pthat wouldn't have been possible if she ended up in a shelter. r so the human cost here is the most important r thing to think about. p but to your question, there's about 58,000 people in our p shelter system today, which is not an acceptable number. r i want to be the and you say the tsunami, it's a real crisis, pbut these programs are actually melissa: you actually--and that's a number, pthat 24% of evictions have been r last few weeks touring homeless pshelters, surveying the homeless about how to improve the system. i was fortunate to be able to go with you on one of those visits late at night at bellevue. we want to know what you learned specifically

it's legal to haveillegal to ha eviction during the school year.s sorely needed for teachers because the school system is having a really hard time. but then where do y >> but then where do you draw the line? >> that's the question. that's why it's controversial. >> firefighters, teachers. you mentioned there is a lot of unintentional consequences, right, because if you're a landlord, are you maybe not going to rent to a teacher because you think it's going to be harder to get them out? >> i think what's interesting about this is each city is trying to attack the problem of their housing crisis in as individual a way as possible, so you're seeing teachers in san francisco, you're seeing infrastructure issues where you are. there's not that good of a regional response to all of this that i'm finding. everybody has their own package of things that they're passing, but where is the regional conversation? >> we've got a lot of great questions on facebook from our viewers. one i want to read, christian waters asked about regional planning. he asked, for

with regard to no-fault evictions the work or hundred 38 evictions on record for that year. but housing advocates point out point out the number is probably more than double. the impact on families with children of evictions is very significant. if you are an educator the impact of an eviction is pretty significant in the sense that if you're evicted him means you are pushed out. not only in san francisco but chances are the bay area. the starting salary for a fully credentialed teacher is less than $3400 per month. that is lower than the median rental price for a one bedroom, which is $3620. paraprofessionals make a lot a lot less. $2083 a month. so being evicted from apartment means essentially that you are no longer able to live in san francisco. this is something happening not only in san francisco but in the rest of the state and nationwide. we have a teacher and school staff shortage hi sis and that is playing itself out in our public schools and private schools. last year we had 500 openings at the school district alone. we had also insufficient numbers of substitute

. >> a san francisco renter facing eviction at age >>> this is the apartment a woman called home for's facing eviction. >> that woman spent time in court today, earned a brief reprieve and sparked a rally. >> reporter: pictures tell stories for iris, comfort is in limbo. >> should you be able to stay here as long as you want? >> yes. i love my house. every day i got is here. >> for that reason this 99-year-old went to housing court and became the latest symbol in a raging battle between tenants and land lords who want to cash in on property values. >> it's no longer about praft, but wind fall profit. >> the issue for iris, owners want could convert this building into condo minimums. they formed a ten yancey in common that allowed her to live there as long as she lived there alone. >> she went on hiatus and traveled and other times she was hospitalized. >> an attorney declined to speak with abc7 news, he kept walking. just before, the court offered iris a week one stay of eviction. >> does she understand what's happening? >> very little. very little. >> as the crowd got worked up, iri

city leaders reached no decision on an ordinance to protect tenants from rent increases or evictions. deputy mayor told our partner he's shocked by the lack of respect shown by land lords. >> crews face a huge repair job in a high school outside of los angeles. you can see the damage caused by water in huntington park. the court collapsed because of the water in a collection basin. >>> a broken sewer line is being blamed for this sink hole. work has already started. >> they built it and they had to tear it up. take a look at this intersection. the problem is a widened sidewalk prevent buses from turning on to diamond street. the work is to redo that work at a cost of $750,000. >> san francisco's filipino community may have reason to celebrate. the board considered designating a filipino culture district and residents would be protected from displacement. >> within this district and community should be supported in terms of community development. >> 25 sites would get special designation. >> the winningest soft ball coach in california history reached a milestone. his 1,000th win. this

was not an eviction but the project sponsors to find out the identity of the people the tenants the property owners who boulth the building in 2014 knew of the attendants identity because the tenants provided an eis tool a copy of which is provided the dilations we've offered today and if this what was not enough 10 months before the permit holders set a 614 a rent control ordinance with the two recipient they identified every single one of the occupants and the eviction what was brought to muscles them to get them out we were in fact, getting lawyers and the case was promoting terminated by the property owners they have no case they know who 9 residents are and no case for violating and p in the primary news we have the affordable housing as soon as that section was dismissed within a week they submitted their building permit to do what at the did the intent of the renovation to do precisely as described and take advantage and basically abuse a provision on rent control law that allows the property owners to evict their tenants up to 10 months for capital improvements it is not the

dozens of individuals a year could face eviction, due to the non-payment of rent. so i introduced these reforms a while ago, for the housing practice m that will create a three year, rental assistance project for the participants and codify the process for imposing the sanctions for the requirements to keep the vulnerable populations secure and lower the risk of eviction, the intent is to reduce the homelessness. the intent of the reforms that we introduced to significantly reduce the risk that our cash participants will be ee viblt vikted or become, insecure. under the proposal, a three year pilot program, participants who reside in hsa funding supportive housing and have engaged in three acts of failure to comply with the program requirements will be ineligible for receive the cash assistance for a month. but make a rental payment during that month on the behalf of the client. hsa will collect the assistance under this project and the annual report to the board of spurps describing the effectiveness and the recommendation foz improvement. and the individuals who

evictions taking place are actually illegal. but people do not know that they have those rights, and people are not given direction of where to go to enforce the rights. >> oakland has the fourth highest rent in the nation, and housing cost have shot up in the recent years, and it is no surprise to anyone living around here. this is a hot button issue throughout the area. earlier the city of alameda past eight similar moratorium on rent, and san mateo considered the acting rent control but it did not pass. the idea in oakland is that during the 90 day period, the council has time to come up with a comprehensive, longer- term solution for the rent control for the tenants. >>> 6:04 am. >>> today bart will showcase the new train car, the leak of the future cars are certainly being stored in hayward at the testing facility, and today we will learn about the testing phase and the delivery schedule for the rest of the fleet. normal bart service resumed between the pittsburg/bay point and north concord station for the yesterday afterno

evictions we don't know how many evictions occur aside from evictions notices or if the eviction notices are carried out one thing for sure if it is ericed out it is removed from the market and converted into condos and if they're afraid dooshdz they're removed from the rental market the omis are different the owners can move in and if at the move out and rent again, the problem we don't know the rent board didn't track once it is removed from the rental market and therefore technically it effects the supply of the rental market we could bring it up and arrange >> if there's a requirement for an omi a person has to live there for a certain amount of time at least director rahaim. >> thanks i wanted to take a moment to go thank teresa it is the nature of this particular report and the way the legislation reads makes it quite detailed and quite laborious to run the numbers it takes a lot of time and she personally ran there this to the second .1 of the cautioned i'm have is looking at a report every 6 months and seeing that as a trend the trend is really over will multi years but the time

all rent hikes and evictions in oakland. the city board was in section until after midnight with a packed house awaiting the decision. jackie ward is live in oakland with what this meeks for renters and landlords in the city. -- with what this means for renters and landlords in the city. >>> reporter: this happened just a few hours ago when the city council unanimously declared a housing emergency in their city. so this now means that the council has 90 days to write new policies and regulations that will hopefully help their renters out. maybe libby schaaf says one in four renters are in danger of being displaced. that's one of the reasons hundreds attended the meeting last night until is 1 a.m. the council heard stories from people who are on the brink of losing their home. the median rent in oakland is $3,000 a month. even if a person is working full time, it's too much. >> people here are basically going to be living out of cars, up under freeways. >> already do! >> i know! but i mean, it's gonna be even more so! people

after a san francisco offered her a stay of eviction, she had a rally supporting her.ening? >> very little. >> reporter: as the crowd got worked up, iris disappeared into the middle of it. >> look at what's happening around us. it's people all over san francisco being evicted and we're wondering what's going on? what's going on is the rent is going up. >> reporter: as for iris, she seemed relieved when this ended. she friends took her home back to the coach where she feels most comfortable, surrounded by memories and watching her tv. in san francisco, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> that will do it for this edition of now new at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. "abc7 news" at 5:00 begins right now. >> i've been contacted by three additional adult females. >> the case grows against a gym owner arrested for sexual assault. why some say his health club was more like a cult. >>> the man accused of killing kate steinle fights to get the case thrown out. will the trial go on? >>> reeling from a notorious hate crime. san jose state does something it's never done be

he was then confronted by men who were hired to come out there and evict him.actually sitting out here watching his belongings, making sure no one comes and steals anything because right now he 86-year-old robert lauten served his country honorably for nearly a decade. on friday, things changed. >> they said we're foreclosing. >> reporter: the prince george's county sheriff's office was forced to evict him. it had to do with his reverse mortgage. >> according to the reverse mortgage, i'm supposed to stay here until i die. >> reporter: experts say if a person 62 or older qualifies, that can be true. >> it can eliminate mortgage mandatory payments, which would allow you to stay in your home. there has to be equity in the house. >> reporter: borrowers must follow a few guidelines to avoid being evicted. >> the borrower has to or her property taxes. the borrower has to pay his or her homeowners insurance. >> reporter: lauten paid his taxes, but she's not sure if his daughter paid the homeowner's insurance and he can't get in touch with her. >> i didn't want to go t

she says, i have not been evicted yet, so why would i pay?> wednesday two men at newark penn station were overheard planning to kill the mayor by a bystander who just happened to be standing nearby who then called the mayor's office report the information and the description of the two men. the men both dressed in camouflage one of the men was caught, the other the search is on. >> a woody allen film. >> former detective sergeant. >> the fact that they fled provides reasonable suspicion. >> focusing. >> a little bit more calculated and planned. who knows what could have happened in america. >> how is he seen by his constituents right now? >> trying to bring about a lot of change. we keep hoping it is for the better. >> we reached out for comment regarding the security detail being increased. just another wednesday in newark. the security detail is adequate. >> they will cancel upcoming public appearances. >> they love him and he throws great parties. >> at a news conference i asked the governor why he has not personally reached out about the

city council is considering lowering the allowed 8% per year increase and requiring just cause for evictions and set up the first ever displacement for tenants forced out by redevelopment of apartments. >> we're hoping to say these are faces to people that you're displacing. we're not just human numbers. we're faces and we have stories and we have families. >> reporter: danielle is one of this em. >> we're going to lose people like myself that were born and raised here. >> reporter: again, the issues have drawn a big angry crowd as many as 500 people may address the city council tonight. needless to say, any vote will probably take place late tonight. live in san jose, robert honda, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. a shooting caught on camera in berkeley. take a look. the man in the hat pulls out a gun and starts firing. his target was a homeless man. fortunately, the shooter missed his target. this happened at it the touchless car wash on kittredge street thursday around 3:30 a.m. >> well, the polls are now closed. ballots are being counted in new york's primary elections. that's where a st

people from their homes, and the action that the council took early on the issue of rent control and eviction.>>> good morning and thank you for joining us, it is 5:01 am, and here we have beautiful shot of the bay bridge. it looks like you could waterski it is so calm. it looks like glass. >> traffic on the bridge already in moving along pretty slowly for 5 am. maybe they are taking off for the beach because the coast is clear. >>> good morning, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, and the weather is the news story of the day. >> record-setting temperatures for some. >>> we have to give a shot of the city, and the giants flag, that looked a little bit westerleigh, and if that is the case, i will look next time, but yesterday it was due east. and they say it is downright warm in martinez, and i would agree. san rafael 90 degrees would be a record, and the san francisco 90 degrees would not, and oakland airport for sure with an old record of 80. 40s, 50s and 60s with oakland sitting at 60 degrees already. this airflow is easterly, but it's turning east-southeast, and if it gets do south, all

. >>> also, eviction of a 99-year-old san francisco woman causes heads to roll but not in the city. we'll explain. >>> plus, a woman who just gave nearly $5 million to a local university. >>> and in texas, from people to horses, more rescues from historic flooding there. a city finds itself stretched to the limit. >>> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel. i'll have the latest on the mmm. baclet's instabrag.d. honey, jalapeño boom boom, h-how is there no bacon emoji? denny's new honey jalapeño bacon, part of the red white and bacon menu. denny's. welcome to america's diner. >> announcer: novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >>> sky 7 hd shows a home in pacifica where one woman was hoping to retire. the coastal cliffs proved to be too much, but she still hoped to preserve the house itself. wayne friedman -- there's a loud beep. don't know if we can get to wayne. wayne, if you can hear me, can you explain what is happening right now? >> reporter: sure. the crew has knock -- what you have behind me is a sunshine 00 square foot house, 67 years old t. a

situation going on right now. >> oakland tenants keep getting displaced pushed out and wrongfully evicted as rents keep rising. a story that james van with the oakland tenants' union hears too often >> everybody is being hit by the crisis and it is heart breaking. we are losing the oakland we used to know. >> the group is urging city members to declare a state of emergency and putting a band on excessive ren increases >> it is a critical time and the city has to do something >> councilmember at large rebecca hall is demanding funds that were approved to educate and enforce tenant right laws >> we passed these funds in october and months have passed without them being issued and people are speaking being evicted not knowing what is legal >> caplan wants to close loop holes and existing law like the one that exempts property built after 1983 from rent regulations and says it leaves many unprotected making it more important for the council to act >> it is undermining the people displaced and the broader fabric of our community >> if we don't do something now. we won't know the oakland that w

it would cap rent increases, prevent tenants from being evicted without just cause, and create an annual rental housing fee. the group has just a few months to gather the signatures it needs. to qualify for the november ballot. san jose's willow glen neighborhood, more specifically the area surrounding evans lane and canoas garden, is the latest hot spot in the ongoing effort to find shelter for people who are homeless in san jose. a plan to house as many as 100 - homeless people in portable units here on a six -acre site on evans lane, is meeting with stiff opposition from neighbors. many of whom live in the nearby willow glen mobile home estates. the site is next door to a wellness and recovery center. critics of the plan say, there are already homeless encampments in the area and they worry that a shelter will only attract more. other residents feel a shelter will make an already bad crime problem/. worse. it is possible the shelter would be limited to homeless families, single mothers with children and veterans. following a couple more weeks of public comment, the planning commission

this week she was given a one-week stay of eviction. she's relieved, if only temporarily. >> i love my house. everything i got is here. >> an attorney represent the owners declined to speak with abc 7 news today. >>> tonight people in one neighborhood are outraged over the proposal for a new communal housing development right next to their home. >> and now they're taking their fight to city hall. new at 11:00, we are live with details. >> reporter: the fight in question is across kurtner avenue behind me and not far from pricey willow glen and communications hill. just about everyone at the catalonia apartments knows one another, has a family and hates the idea of a homeless development being built on the other side of this fence. >> like right in our back yard, you know? we don't know their background. we don't know, we just know they're homeless. >> reporter: this 6 acre parcel belongs to the city of san jose. they recommend building portables with communal kitchens and bath many rrooms with space0 people. >> when they say this would

vote on whether to declare a housing state of the, putting a temporary ban on rent increases and evictions. the typical oakland renter earns less than $30,000 a year, and can afford to pay $750 a month in rent, but the current median rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1900 a month. >>> the ncaa national championship game between villanova and north carolina was an exciting one and the craziness started in the low -- in the final seconds when north carolina tied the game. you think that is the dream shot, and the tar heels hit that off-balance three-pointer to tie the game at 74, but there were 4.7 seconds left. and a sign of magic. >> 30 seconds at midcourt and they take the championship. >> north carolina is saying are you kidding me, and this shining moment, villanova wins, 77-74, streamers coming down to celebrate win for the wildcats, and look at this crowd. this is about 18 miles outside of philadelphia. the police made at least six arrests as people set fires, and a sofa caught fire. a few people suffered some minor injuries. >>> the giants depending on their pitching and defense to wi

this week she was given a one-week stay of eviction.d, if only temporarily. >> i love my house. everything i got is here. >> an attorney represent the owners declined to speak with abc 7 news today. >>> tonight people in one neighborhood are outraged over the proposal for a new communal housing development right next to their home. >> and now they're taking their fight to city hall. new at 11:00, we are live with details. >> reporter: the fight in question is across kurtner avenue behind me and not far from pricey willow glen and communications hill. just about everyone at the catalonia apartments knows one another, has a family and hates the idea of a homeless development being built on the other side of this fence. >> like right in our back yard, you know? we don't know their background. we don't know, we just know they're homeless. >> reporter: this 6 acre parcel belongs to the city of san jose. they recommend building portables with communal kitchens and bath many rrooms with space0 people. >> when they say this would be a place for

no cost evictions primarily no-fault evictions that are primarily ellis acted the units are elised out and those that are converted condos and the units where the owner move-ins so he will relatively those are from protected status to a large number than the number of units that are produced in the district. >> thank you. >> so basically, it is just for the planning district and again, it shows a range of balances. >> the ordinance also reports protected housing balance essential net not housing affordable units if projects that have received entitlements but have yet to receive building permits this slide is the projected housing balance is 15 percent the projected housing balance provided at the board of supervisors district and the planning district levels and that you'll see in the report itself what is not included the housing balance orientals specifics it 3 major projects that have been entitled do not get building permits not included in the projected housing balance this is until facing those projects move to applying for and receiving building permits all tooth the projects w

he never evicted anyone in 17 years as a property owner. jackie ward, kpix 5. >> this past october, the oakland city council approved an action to fund people on the tenant protection. >>> a live look -- of frank! hello, frank. good morning. >> in great voice today. >>> today is expected to go down in the history books as one of the hottest days every day. that's why we were getting the shot of you today. >> i'm feeling very special. i don't have a voice. it's all good. hot. >> you sound a little like clint eastwood. can you say, make my day? >> go ahead, make my day! >> we haven't had this much heat on this day in 27 years. a look at the transamerica pyramid building due east, we have clear skies and winds under 5 miles per hour. when the winds blow it will be offshore. notice how mild it is from 48 to 61 degrees. all right. here are some of the temperatures that will go down today. san rafael the record is 87 degrees. back in 1989, it was a hot year. temperature we are talking low 90s in throughout most locations as high as 96 today in th

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. >> the major imposes a 90 day moratorium on wrongful evictions and rent hikes over 1%. the measure also eliminates the loophole that would allow renters to be evicted due to remodeling or because the owner occupies part of the building. we will have a live report on the story at 5:00.>>> get ready to pay more for your muni ride if you pay with cash, and the municipal transportation agency has adopted a new budget that includes a provision to charge riders to pay cash an extra $.25. it is expected to raise close to $4 million for the mta next year, and critics say the surcharge unfairly penalizes those that do not have the money to maintain a balance on a monthly pass. >>> it is for 40 a.m. for 40 a.m. >>> -- it is for 40 a.m. -- 4:40 am. >>> a look at what to expect on american idol tonight.>>> the morning commute looks pretty good so far on the bay bridge drive, looking good into san francisco with very little delay at the toll plaza. >>> pretty mild for some and a lot of mid-50s. it may be a record-setting day and we will take a look, coming up. i want to show you som

all the eviction was postponed pleasures are ordered back to court so see if it should be lifted. >> parents, police are searching for this man on the peninsula. he exposed himself to a seven-year-old girl during recess open -- on monday. this happened in palo alto. the man was in a parking lot watching the kids through a fence as they played. >> a neighbor is in shock. a 30-year-old scientist walked home from a bar and was shot in the hold half a block to home. the wallet was not taken. we have an update on the investigation. >> roommates describe brian bole as brillant, ph.d in electrical engineers fell in love with california when he moved here a few years ago and became a skier and hiker and worked at nasa. he left the popular pub open saturday. no one recognizes him as a regular but there are surveillance cameras up that could provide clues. he walked south, 1.6 miles by himself to go home. he was only half a block away at 12:15 when he was shot. >> loud bang and echoed and the cop cars came. >> this woman told abc she saw a man lying in the street. >> he was clearly on with a g

. >> they are putting a freeze on certain evictions. allie rasmus to help them from getting squeezed out of the ski. >> reporter: they talked -- out of the city. >> reporter: this is mow exception. >> after a crowded city hall meeting that went passed midnight. they passed a moratorium on rent increases above 1%. >> no more than 200 people. >> renters and property owners signed up to speak on the issue. and more than 1%. >> the moratorium closes a loophole that lets them increase rent and renovations on the properties. >> this is with the help of housing and tenant rights and they live in fear of being forced from their homes. >> in talking to oakland residents this morning. someone has had some sort of ricing costs -- rising costs affecting them. >> my son got an apartment over here. not too far from city hall. he and his girlfriend. one bedroom. $2,800. it is more expensive than we paid on our mortgage. so, it is tough. >> other residents we talked to were more sympathetic to property owners. they said rent control puts an unfair burd

no cost evictions primarily no-fault evictions that are primarily ellis acted the units are elised out and those that are converted condos and the units where the owner move-ins so he will relatively those are from protected status to a large number than the number of units that are produced in the district. >> thank you. >> so basically, it is just for the planning district and again, it shows a range of balances. >> the ordinance also reports protected housing balance essential net not housing affordable units if projects that have received entitlements but have yet to receive building permits this slide is the projected housing balance is 15 percent the projected housing balance provided at the board of supervisors district and the planning district levels and that you'll see in the report itself what is not included the housing balance orientals specifics it 3 major projects that have been entitled do not get building permits not included in the projected housing balance this is until facing those projects move to applying for and receiving building permits all tooth the projects w

. >>> we have more on who is being evicted. tom? >> they are digging in the middle of a big street. they are looking for a 10-inch main that broke and they had to shut down a parallel one beside a 8-inch main and because of the luck of the draw and some wizardry with the valves, six businesses are out of water and this is a major job that will go on all day long. >> this is a key alternative route for folks who might have been tied up and that is what is important here. they closed san pablo avenue between 35 this and 44th streets. the closure was in response to a failure of a major water main that raised the possibility of a car-eating sinkhole. the campus of the international middle school was close to the 200 second through eighth great students. >> we don't have water in the bathroom. >> we can't have school. it as health code. >> it is a pain in the butt for my parents. they have to go to work. and so. we have to figure out how to, you know. >> and they hope to have the whole thing ready by 5:00 p.m. >> that is a big hope. you never know what you are going to run into undergrou

more than a thousand oakland residents per month are being served with eviction notices and some people want it to stop. terry mcsweeney is live at city hall. you say hundreds of people there signed up to be heard tonight. >> and there's still 25 people in line to talk to the council right now. everybody so far in favor of this 90-day moratorium on rental price increases. it would give the council a chance to take a breath and figure out how to deal with this housing crisis. >> nobody wants to live here. now there's gentrification, everybody wants to live here and they're pushing us out. >> reporter: that in a nut shell is the housing problem in oakland. >> the council is notorious for not taking serious action, especially with regard to housing issues. tonight we want that to be different. >> reporter: rents have jumped so quickly, more than 13% in just the past year. the city seems to have been caught off guard. >> many of. evictions taking place in oakland right now are actually illegal. >> reporter: tonight's plan would give the council three months to do longer term planning but th

the landlord wants to replace rent-controlled units with market rate housing, and they expect an eviction notice around christmas time, and with the 3% vacancy rate, it will be tough for them to find homes. >> i think they should provide financial assistance to the units that are moving to help cover the cost of moving, and to help cover the rent, security deposit and pet deposit. >> the big debate at the rent control hearing will focus on the 8% cap on the rent hikes, and for 44,000 older apartments, some are in favor of keeping the 8% cap, and others pushing for a 5 to 6% cap. >>> expecting to both our pilot program that will change were cars are allowed on twin peaks. they are only allowing bikers and walkers on the west side, and that would be turned from a one-way street to a two-way street, and supporters say it would make it safer for the people that want to enjoy the view, but some drivers say that a two-way street would make it risky sharing the road with tour buses. if it is approved, they will make a one year past before making the final decision. >>> one of the most presidenti

the city ordinance would have required landlords to pay evicted tenants' six months assistance. are saying that wouldn't be fair. >>> and which bay area city is at the top of the skyrocketing rent prices? don't have to look far. it's oakland, a 1-bedroom, $2300 and 2 bedrooms at $2700, the highest year to year increases in the united states. >> welcome to the bay area. >> yeah, sticker shock yet? >> i am not going to get used to it and every year, the same story, 10%? >> everyone in the milky way galaxy wants to come here but we are glad to have you here, by the way, and thank you for coming to channel 5 this morning. >>> today, the numbers will warm into the mid-60s by the time all is said and done. 54 in the city and 56 in san jose and here's what's happening. low pressure's going to sink south and this time from the gulf, not from in southern california. this is a more traditional direction out of the gulf, a light cold front on thursday morning and we'll get a quarter of an inch of rain. today looks good and we'll wait for that. partly cloudy and a shower chance on thursday

. >>> the fate of a 99-year-old san francisco woman who was fighting eviction from her home could be settled today. iris has lived in her neighborhood since the 1940s. the principal owner of the building once to convert it into a condo and she wanted tentative ruling halting eviction proceedings. this morning's hearing is to iron out a deal which may include allowing candidates to stay in her home and free her of legal fees while the building is being turned into condos. >>> let's get a check on traffic this morning. sal is there. >>> nothing major right now. it is a nice quiet wednesday. that means people may be able to stick around and watch us a little longer. we are starting off well. let's talk about the east shore freeway. that looks pretty good getting out from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. also looking at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that traffic is light. we will be off to a decent start. on the peninsula, 101 and 280 look good. likewise for the san mateo and dumbarton bridge. 4:18, let's bring stephen here. >> what time is it? >> 4:18.

there will be a long-term plan to curb evictions. to curb evictions. aleader -- leaders in snow have moved a high-risk sex offender after a petaluma hotel refused to take him. then a motel in rohnert park refused to rent, as well. hoppner has seven convictions for sexual battery over three years. asan ramon mother was so drunk she could not steer the soldier. police arrested the mother on monday in danville. she was pushing the baby boy down the steps. the officers say she was is drunk she could not care for herself. police culled relatives to take the baby. >> new details if a step we told you about on monday, despite push back from neighbors, san francisco will allow a porn company in the mission to use the space for concert certain uses. katie marzullo shows the promises made to people worried about noise. >> it took a few tries but six commissioners agreed on the days and hours the companies operate the concerts. the c.e.o. said it is workable. >> it will not be every night, that is not the reality. there will be evens hopefully more often than bef

he rented a room from marie hatch, who died last month in the midst of fighting her own eviction. she was ordered to leave the house by the end of april and said she had no idea where to go. robbins is quoted as saying he hasn't forgotten what it is like to be poor. >>> bart is investigating an accident yesterday involving one of its brand-new cars. the $2 million car overshot the test track in heyward and plowed into a mound of dirt. nobody was hurt. a spokesman says they're trying to figure out what happened. >>> rescue crews in alameda today practiced pulling out a submerged car from the estuary. officials say it's good practice because stolen cars are sometimes dumped in the estuary or other nearby bodies of water. >>> people marked earth day yesterday. today we found a lot of people are celebrating this weekend taking care of their little corner of the planet. >> reporter: in alameda, hundreds flocked to the beach. they weren't looking for fun in the sun. trash was their mission. the bullock family collected bag after bag from crab cove. >> we were talking about how we come h