skating and open on the weekends and multiple sessions for everyone to >> i call the san francisco public works. today is monday, july 22, 2024. it is 903 a.m. secretary fuller, please call the roll. >> good morning. please respond with, here, or pres warren post. , here. chair post is present. gerald turner, present. commissioner turner is present. woolford is absent. fa vice chair zoubi is present. with three meprerent we have quorum. public comment is taken for informational and action items. to comment in person please line up against the wall, near th screen, the audience left. r

several city agencies, including san francisco public works and the transportation authority, worked together for the installation. a walnut creek bar that's known for getting into arguments with city officials is now for sale. spoon tonic lounge on north main street made headlines last year after the city ordered the owners to start closing the bar by midnight every night. now, the 2300 square foot property, known to many as a hidden gem, has been listed for bidding starting at $250,000. pretty in pink in stockton, a lake is changing color. the reason this could actually help scientists and the first medals given out at the paris paralympics. we're going to have a look at some of the winners, and we'll meet with one of the track athletes ready to run for gold. but before we head to break, we want to know what trending story would you like to see later on in this newscast. have a survey up right now on my instagram, and you still have a little bit more time to vote for one of these stories. you see right here. huge mastodon skull found in creek. emergency landing after turbulence or

[cheers and applause] ■8 >> i call the san francisco public works commission.onday, july 22, 2024. it is a.m. secretary fuller, please call the roll. >> good morning. please respond with, here, or pres. warren post. , here. chair post is present. gerald turner, present. commissioner turner is present. woolford is absent. fady zoubi, p.se vice chair zoubi is present. with three members we have quorum. public comment is taken for informational and action items. to comment in person please line up against

several city agencies, including san francisco public works and the transportation authority, worked together to install that beacon. all right. the jewel of the east san jose is about to get a major makeover. the city announced today an $850,000 federal grant that will allow it to revitalize lake cunningham park. that will include a new water filtration process that would allow people to swim and boat on the lake again. experts say right now, the water is too contaminated with fecal matter from geese and dogs. city leaders kicked off the park rehab project today by removing some of the invasive, non-native plants around the lake. the park's bathrooms are also going to get an upgrade, which city leaders say they need. i'm leaning in and i'm going full steam ahead on making sure that i do everything possible to bring back lake cunningham to how i remember it as a kid. now, the grant will bring the lake back to life, but upkeep will require annual funding. city leaders are hoping that will be paid for in part by some state and federal grants moving forward. is it friday yet? not yet, b

. >>> now, san francisco, public work crews and police carried out targeted sweeps today clearing sidewalks and dismantling homeless encampments, there are more than 2900 people living in tents or on streets around the city. one area that has been at the center of many complaints willow street. a small alley between van nuys and polk with a troubled history. our crews have been there numerous times this video was from last year. you can see the alley lined with tents and the ground just littered with trash. so, today, the city cleared willow street. our wilson walker was there as city workers moved in and shows us what happened after they left. >> can we get you indoors? >> i need to kindly ask you to get your stuff out so we can sanitize the street and sidewalk. >> reporter: they were lined with deaf ral dozen people. 15 or so tents. by everyone's account there were more people here the day before only many of them decided to move on once word spread of what was coming. >> dpw is coming to take all of your stuff tomorrow and to be ready for it. that is all i heard. >> i watched it happen m

francisco. from filling potholes and removing graffiti to building benches pinstalling trash cans, kids and kids at heart learn about some of the public worksoes 24/7 to maintain, clean and beautify san francisco. i want to give a special shout out to ay jewelman fam from communication team who partners with san francisco uctions to bring the game to life. it is really fun, i am terrible at it, but encourage you and, a couple of of retirements, particularly for our operation staff. we had the opportunity to two long-time staff members fair well as to retirement. chris mack daniels the super intendant of bureau street service and long career with public works and public utility commission retired a weeks ago. happy to report our assistent super-intendant jonathan vang additionally, matt--former superintendant of bureau street and sewer repair and later bureau building repair retired after a successful career at public mora wayne, is acting superintendant. we have a deep bench of leadership and so with throf two strong leaders our operation bureaus as and responsive as ever. next up our annual report, if you haven't seen it it yet it is beau

>> i call the san francisco public works commission. today is monday, july 22, 2024. it is c9903 a.m. secretary fuller, please call the roll. >> good morning. please respond with, k@ warren post. , here. chair post is present. gerald turner, present. commissioner turner is present.. fady zoubi, present. vice chair zoubi is present.ree have quorum. public comment is taken for informational and action items. to comment in person please line up against the screen, the audience left. for members of the public wishing to comment on an item outside the hearing room, you may do so by joining webinar through the link shown on page 2 of toy'to be recognized please select the raise your hand icon inthe webinar. you may also comment from outside e by dialing 415-655-00 and use the meeting id, 26617685476 #, # again and to raise your hand to speak press star 3. the telephone log in information is also available on pages 1 and 2 of today's agenda. commenters may speak for up to three will receive a 30 second notice when your speaking time is about to expire. in the event we have m

san francisco's public works and members of the department of emergency management offered him a hotel room, but he declined it. >> i'll be okay. i mean, that's temporary. you know, i mean, it happened to me too many times, but this one is different thing. >> castillo is not alone. the majority of unhoused people offer shelter early this week have refused it. data from san francisco's healthy streets operation center shows a total of 41 people were contacted on monday and tuesday. all were offered shelter, but 34 of those people refused. that is 82%. but the city's healthy streets operation team says they are seeing progress, and that behavior change takes time, and the city said they would follow up with ramon and offer him shelter again. live in san francisco gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you. a woman is asking a pet owner to come forward after her dog was mauled to death by another dog in san francisco. this is papaya. her owner, olga, says a dog walker took papaya to the alemany dog park tuesday morning. a few hours later, olga got a call saying papaya was in c

. >> during tuesday's resolution, san francisco's public works employees and members of the department of emergency management offered ramon a hotel room. he declined it, but today he changed his mind. >> i hope they give me a hotel. but i don't think so. >> you want a hotel room now? >> yeah. that's what i need. you made a call to our contact with the city. >> they asked for ramon to meet them at their next location. it's a 15 minute bike ride. >> yeah, okay. 1:00? >> yeah, 1:00. okay. >> you're gonna go. yeah thank you. we questioned the city's healthy streets operation center manager and their approach. >> despite the, supreme court ruling, the ninth circuit vacating the majority of the injunction, our approach and our work has not really changed as of yet. >> their data shows a total of 41 people were contacted on monday and tuesday. all were offered shelter, but 34 of those people, or 82%, refused. >> behavior change takes time. it's a process, a member of the city's homelessness oversight commission calls the sweeps inhumane. >> when you're outside, like all you have is your belo

san francisco's public works and members of the department of emergency management offered him a hotelbut he declined. it >> i'll be okay. i mean, that's temporary. you know, i mean, it happened to me too many times, but this one is different thing. >> castillo is not alone. the majority of unhoused people offered shelter early this week have refused it. data from san francisco's healthy streets operation center shows a total of 41 people were contacted on monday, and tuesday. all were offered shelter, but 34 of those people refused. that is 82%. but the city's healthy streets operation team says they are seeing progress and that behavior change takes time, and the city says they would follow up with ramon and offer him shelter again. live in san francisco. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> all right, thank you so much, gloria. >> as the city carries out its campaign to clear the encampments, we're finding some groups are now more honorable than others. okay, now we're going to go to a special report from abc news. >> i'm whit johnson in new york, and we're coming on the air because

we honor the ramaytush ohlone peoples for their enduring commitment to n francisco public works, we affirm our responsibility in maintaining our public spaces as stewards of the public greening throughout the city in collaboration with our communities, so as to respect the land on which we now s make their home in this region today. we commit to prioritizing policies and prograinalized members of the community, including american indians, while also striving for environmental sustainability. cement. we have a new commissioner, shawn anderson. welcome to the team. >> thank you so much. t meeting. >> awesome. and that concludes my announcements. mr. fullerx do you have any announceme one is there are a number of operations related woare planned for commission meeting. those will belater this week and available to this commission for review and i any questions you all may have that we n relay those chair poextend congratulation to new commissioner anderson mmission as well as commissioner simi for thnew child and as well commissioner eusope for her restaurant being recognized michelin star th

francisco. removing graffiti to building benches and and kids at heart learn about some of the crucial work public 24/7 to maintain, clean and beautify san francisco. i want to give a special shout out to jewelman team who partners with san francisco based the game to life. it is really fun, i am at it, but encourage you to try.couple of announcement our operation staff. we had the opportunity to wish two long-time staff members fair well as chris mack super intendant of bureau street with public works and public utility commission retired a report super-tendant jonathan vang is acting.--former superintendant of bureau street and sewer repair and later bureau street repair retired after a successful career at public works.qúis acting of leadership and so with the loss two strong leaders our operation bureaus as robust responsive as ever. next up if you haven't seen it it yet it is beautiful in print and our annual report for the fiscal year 22-23 the report spotlights our core services and our out the response of dedicated and ed front line crews during the historic winter stores ole filling and r

exempt bond program manager, with the mayor's office of housing andme plan checker with san francisco public works b use and mapping. the board meeting guidelines are as that you turn off or silence all phones and other electronic devicess. no eating or drinking in the hearing room. themit- >> callers will hear silence waiting for your turn operator will unmute.may also watch live at www.sfgovtv.org. president morgan, present.esident fraser. commissioner steven nakajo, present. commissioner feinstein, present. commissioner collins has not is she might be running late, but i we can proceed without her for now. we have a quorum. >> president morgan will now read ramaytush oholone land san cknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original in stewards of this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have nev caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging

and as part of san francisco public works, we affirm our resmaintaining our public spaces as stewards of the public right of way by cleaning and greening throughout the city in as to respect the land on which we now reside. indigenous peoples from many nations make their home in this reprioritizing policies and programs to equitably benefit marginalized members of the community, including american i sustainability. so, i guess we have an announcement. we have a new commissioner, shawn anderson.much. excited to be here at the first meeting. >> awesome. and that concludes my uncements? >> i have one very brief announcement, one is there are a number of related workforce development agreements that are planned for next week's public works those will be posted later this week and available to and i encourage any questions you all we can air post. i want to extend congratulation to new commissioner anderson as well-on joining the commission ll as commissioner simi for the birth of a new child and well as commissioner eusope for her being recognized with a michelin star this past week. huge

oject manager with san francisco public works.re to present the ing 5 rehab department relocation and the 3 construction contract modification. thanpleasure meeting a few of you last week. thred so i'll give background information. approval to increase the contract cost contgethe duration contingency for the h the original approved contract amount 4 million, 103 thousand, 914 do today we are seeking approval for thousand, 624 dollars 395 consecutive calendar days. the contractor reason this will allow us fl execution of change orders including time extensions to complete the project. as discussed, the client is department of public health. the program is funded by the 2016 public health and safety bond.receiving additional funding resources from the sfogh n. donation. the architect of record is of architecture:constructor is klp construction. [indiscernible] 490 calendar the projected completion april 25, 2024. this fallowed traditional design bid build contract.e scope is in the building 5, similar the other projects mr. chen pr

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. >>> we begin in san francisco where the public works department spent another day clearing out homeless encampments across the city, all part of mayor breed's "aggressive plan" to clean up the street. here is video from willow street in the tenderloin just this morning where several dozen people, many living in tents, were told to leave. some folks came back hours later, but crews were there enforcing the law. we did obtain a schedule from the city's healthy streets operation center. it was laying out the schedule for more sweeps in the next few days. our lauren toms spoke with one man who was about to be cleared out. he said he's not optimistic about the city's ability to help. >> i'm never scared. i don't want to go to jail over doing something like this. i'm just trying to live. >> reporter: in less than a day simon's encampment beneath the intersection of 101 and 280 in san francisco is going to be removed for street cleaning. his encampments have been swept too many times for him to count, but he says for the first time he received an early warning to pack up his belongings. >> i'm

we've reached out to the local city supervisor's office, the sfmta, the san francisco department of public works and at&t. about the box and support structure. city agencies confirm it is an at&t box, but at&t has not shared any details about what corroded it and when it will be repaired or replaced. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. santa clara county is asking for help finding an invasive beetle. it's called the shot hole borer. it's been found in san jose. these tiny beetles are about the size of a sesame seed, and they're known to attack more than 65 species of trees in california. county officials do not know how these beetles moved into the area or how long they've been here, but they're asking people to help identify trees that are infested. they say the beetles leave behind tiny round holes that can eventually kill the tree. anyone who finds an infested tree is asked to call an arborist to help remove it. the grave of a world war one hello girl was finally marked today in the north bay. now, during the war, a unit worked as a signal corps female telephone operators an

seal the deal with san francisco voters fed up with the city's perceive struggles with public safety and economic decline. today, san francisco is in crisis while you're working harder than ever before. this mayor just isn't working for you. we need to make sure the san francisco remains a city for all san franciscans. >> not just the billionaire billionaire families or, you know, extremely low income, but everyone in between a labor activists, if previously worked with the city's department of public works and housing authority. >> under former mayors, willie brown and gavin newsom being the only immigrant in this race. i feel like voice needs to be heard the iranian american representing san francisco's district 11 for the past 8 years overseeing diverse neighborhoods from the outer mission to excelsior making stuff. it one of the elected leaders. critics blame for everything from drug overdoses to homeless encampments in the city. how do you explain voters that this happened while you were in office? we have done some really good things over the last decade. plus in the city, but at the same time, the mayor has the final say. >> on funding allocations and

president, but for those who knew harris from her days growing up in the east bay and working in public office in san francisco, they're not surprised by her rise to the top of the ticket. >> i've always known who she is, and i've always known the leadership qualities that she's had since i grew up with her from first grade. >> childhood friend carol porter recently showed me around the neighborhood where she and harris grew up. fond memories, porter says, make her proud to support harris as she seeks the nation's highest office. >> it's almost very surreal to me, ryan, right now. i mean, we grew up in this little red line neighborhood in west berkeley, you know, just playing and having a good time, going to school really focused on you know, what we wanted to do in our future. >> chuck collins is the former president of the san francisco ymca. he knew harris before she was city district attorney. both he and porter says others now getting to see what they noticed. even before harris held public office in san francisco. >> this is her unique imprint on history. this is the who she is that many of us have known

working for you. we need to make sure the san francisco remains a city for all san franciscans. >> not just the billionaire worked with the city's department of public under former mayors, willie brown and gavin newsom being the only immigrant in this race. i feel like their voice needs to be heard the iranian american representing san francisco's district 11 for the past 8 years overseeing diverse neighborhoods from the outer mission to excelsior making stuff. it one of the elected leaders. critics blame for everything from drug overdoses to homeless encampments in the city. how do you explain voters that this happened while you were in office? we have done some really good things over the last decade. plus in the city, but at the same time, the mayor has the final say. >> on funding allocations and how money is spent promising. he says a different approach from mayor london breed on how to tackle these big issues. yes, we have to arrest a drug dealers. >> but we need to get the people that need the recovery and treatment. are you in favor of encampment sweeps are i think sweep is jarring term. we will set up plans for each neighborhood. we're goin

turkish worked in san francisco politics and public affairs for decades and he's known harris for 24 years. now he's co-hosting this sunday's fundraiser for her in san francisco. the city he says that will mobilize with more than just dollars. you're going to see our local democratic party really take things to the next level in recruiting, you know, that vital population of the gen z millenial occasional voters and getting them activated. >> in calling those networks and those populations in states like pennsylvania and arizona, all and michigan and georgia. so i don't think san francisco's just come with money, which we will also come with energy. the location of the fundraiser remains under wraps, but published reports suggest it will be at the fairmont hotel, a favorite of the biden administration. no parking signs are already up and barricades are stationed along part of california street with california, a virtual certainty for democratic presidential nominees. >> political experts expect harris to spend much of the next 3 months campaigning outside of california. so she's prob

one of very many people that are involved in this event on sunday, alex turkeys worked in san francisco politics and public affairs for decades and has known harris for 24 years. he says while san francisco has been known to be a hot spot for political fundraising, he believes it will also bring more to her campaign than just dollars. i think you're going to see our local democratic party really take things to the next level in recruiting, you know, that vital population of the gen z millenial occasional voters and getting them activated in calling those networks and those populations in states like pennsylvania and arizona, all and michigan and georgia. so i don't think san francisco's just common with money, which we will also come with energy. the location of the fundraiser remains under wraps. published reports suggest it will be at the fairmont hotel. >> a favorite of the biden administration. no parking signs are already up and barricades are stationed along part of california street. and while harris is stopping here now, political experts say don't expect her to spend much time in california over t

turkish worked in san francisco politics and public affairs for decades and he's known harris for 24 years. now he's co-hosting this sunday's fundraiser for her in san francisco. the city he says that will mobilize with more than just dollars. you're going to see our local democratic party really take things to the next level in recruiting, you know, that vital population of the gen z millenial occasional voters and getting them activated. >> in calling those networks and those populations in states like pennsylvania and arizona, all and michigan and georgia. so i don't think san francisco's just common with money, which we will also come with energy. the location of the fundraiser remains under wraps but published reports suggest it will be at the fairmont hotel, a favorite of the biden administration. no parking signs are already up and barricades are stationed along part of california street with california, a virtual certainty for democratic presidential nominees. >> political experts expect harris to spend much of the next 3 months campaigning outside of california. so she's pro

as part of the san francisco public library's chess exhibit. his workcluding never before seen art and puppets from the 1950s children's tv show brother buzz, is featured in an exhibit. through sunday at the main library. >> all right, we are headed straight into the weekend. >> yes, you sound so excited. it's almost like you took a peek at the forecast right? >> no, it's just that it seemed like friday took a long time to get here. >> it really did. it really did. and it was worth the wait. >> yes. you made it to this point, right? okay. if you like cooler weather, you like more cloud cover and drizzle. which, kristen, you know, larry doesn't really care for that. then you'll be happy with tomorrow. i think larry will be happier on sunday. good afternoon everyone. let's take a look at a live picture right now from our pier 39 camera. looks like we have a lot of happy campers. the sea lions out there. the sun's out. visitors enjoying a chamber of commerce day. san francisco has so far gotten up into the low 70s. it has dropped into the 60s. now we do ha

public works. it 1997. it is the only public access glass studio in san francisco. we give ass to everybody.isers, it is about giving everyone who is interested glas work with glass and experience mediums. manager of the paper tree in japantownful i'm hope to create a destination. not only have our huge selection of origami papernd book but a museum everybody can done by folding paper >> good to see amazing origami. a selection of paper. got wondeul gifts from japan and great customer service. i'm of [inaudible] in san francisco. >> we offer classes. access. workshops lead by local artists that you can see here we have an the community and j learn about local bay area artists the process. [♪♪♪] ♪ homelessness in san francisco is conside by most people who live here, affects all of us.a is real way to combat that is to work together. it will take city departments and nonprofit pde volunteers and companies and community members all coming together. [♪♪♪]h >> the product homeless connect community day of service began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. what we do is we host and exp

seal the deal with san francisco voters fed up with the city's perceive struggles with public safety and economic decline. today, san francisco is in crisis while you're working harder than ever before. this mayor just isn't working for you. we need to make sure the san francisco remains a city for all san franciscans. >> not just the billionaire billionaire families or, you know, extremely low income, but everyone in between a labor activists, if i previously worked with the city's department of public works and housing authority. >> under former mayors, willie brown and gavin newsom being the only immigrant in this race. i feel like voice needs to be heard the iranian american representing san francisco's district 11 for the past 8 years overseeing diverse neighborhoods from the outer mission to excelsior making stuff. it one of the elected leaders. critics blame for everything from drug overdoses to homeless encampments in the city. how do you explain voters that this happened while you were in office? we have done some really good things over the last decade. plus in the city, but at the same time, the mayor has the final say. >> on funding allocations an

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francisco. what works in san francisco, might not work in michigan and we must win michigan. jonathan: how will she convey to the public that she will govern from the center, like you said? ms. pelosi: listen to what she says. people who run for president of the united states, vice president of the united states -- tim walz, aren't we so proud of him? [applause] they are themselves. be yourself. what is your vision? what are your values? what is in your heart? what happens in terms of policy is about the congress, the united states senate and the united states house. for the election, you be you, put out your message. jonathan: right. ms. pelosi: own it, get out the vote. message non-menacingly and have the resources for you to win. jonathan: you mentioned gender. part of the reason was because of her gender. do you think her gender helps her or hurts her? ms. pelosi: this is what i think -- thank you for asking -- i think kamala harris is, again, policy-wise and values, strong, politically astute to win this election. she happens to be a woman. that is icing on the cake. [applause] people want to know, what does your

. >> on wednesday, public works employees, the homeless outreach team and san francisco police officers made their way throughout the city cleaning up encampments and requiring unhoused residents to leave some of those areas include near the tenderloin and civic center. >> that responses might get. now. it might be a little bit faster them. we're used to before, you know, because know that things are changing. you know, they you know, first that's happening after we offer services, we might have those changes people are going well, i don't want to get in trouble. actually take take you up on, you know, the offers the goals of the sweeps are for residents to except the city's offers to shelter. >> the healthy streets operation center says they are continuing to conduct these sleeps like they always half but will now be able to address residents who tried to return to clear encampments. expect that in the future that might be changes. >> i think there's also a more tools available to the city in to address encampment prevention. we notice that an house residents began moving their camps b

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turkish worked in san francisco politics and public affairs for decades and he's known harris for 24 years. now he's co-hosting this sunday's fundraiser for her in san francisco. the city he says that will mobilize with more than just dollars. you're going to see our local democratic party really take things to the next level in recruiting, you know, that vital population of the gen z millenial occasional voters and getting them activated. >> in calling those networks and those populations in states like pennsylvania and arizona, all and michigan and georgia. so i don't think san francisco's just come with money, which we will also come with energy. the location of the fundraiser remains under wraps, but published reports suggest it will be at the fairmont hotel, a favorite of the biden administration. no parking signs are already up and barricades are stationed along part of california street with california, a virtual certainty for democratic presidential nominees. >> political experts expect harris to spend much of the next 3 months campaigning outside of california. so she's prob

. >> on wednesday, public works employees, the homeless outreach team and san francisco police officers made their way throughout the city cleaning up encampments and requiring unhoused residents to leave some of those areas include near the tenderloin and civic center. >> that response is my guest. now. it might be a little bit faster than we're used before because know that things are changing. you know, they're going to. one of first one is happening after we offer services. we might have those changes people are going well. i don't want to get in trouble. actually take take you up on, you know, the offers the goals of the sweeps are for residents to except the city's offers to shelter. >> the healthy streets operation center says they are continuing to conduct these sweets like they always half but will now be able to address residents who tried to return to clear encampments. expect that in the future that might be changes. >> i think there's also a more tools available to the city in to address encampment prevention. we notice that an house residents began moving their camps befor

i'm chris manner and you are watching san francisco rising the about restarting rebuilding and reimagining the city. our guest the intric director of public works about the storms that started beginning of the year. there fsh a lot of clean up recovery and remediation. can yo talk about what your team did? >> sure. the 17 in got starting on new year's eve through the first 2 and a one of the wettest periods in recorded history for san sc, so as you imagine we had a lot of work to do. we gave out more thousand sand bags, we were operating all most non from new year's eve to san francisco residents and nesseout of our operation yard and frequently working thin rain so was a beautiful dance to watch. we had a corio graphed where people drive in the stwith san dags and get on it way so thats was the most visible had to do. responded to all most a thousand calls for lize flooding for the corner of the street with catch basin. our team trying to ess we clear and pick up anything to block and it hopefully get the flooding to go down. if we are able to respond we call in thsan francisco pub utility system and are responsible for the sewer system under

francisco's crackdown on homeless encampments. case in ., this morning's plan to sweep, were public works crews tore down tents on division street near the central freeway. and then we saw them loading mattresses and other personal items onto a truck. so what happens with these belongings? our lauren toms went to the place where they are stored. >> i think maybe a lot of people think that we are just throwing people's items away for no reason. but like i said, unless it is not a safety hazard, we are bagging and tacking it for the people are keeping it. >> this is where property that are bagged and tagged by members of the department of public works is stored at edgar garcia is tasked with making sure it is done right. we still have 29, 30 days left in august. >> reporter: inside storage container is property that was bagged and tagged just hours earlier from a morning encampment clearing. >> this one has tag 139, 137, 134 , 133. 135 . so we know all these items along to a person. >> reporter: property here will be stored up to 120 days. the storage container b is filled with items from the month of july, they will take anything that

francisco as one of the best cities for working parents to live. i guess. yeah. this is all according to a co-working cafe. the publication that they say san francisco ranks 5 out of the top 20. i always like know why like what are the so here we are that says that they have a high number of pediatricians, poor children. okay. doctors are goal. working can remote jobs available so that a parent could stay at home and also work. fremont ranked number 9 on the list. oakland came in number 20 when i best city for working parents. according to this washington, where have both spent time. yes, we have nice town. it is. >> 6.55, right now. and going over the next hour, the couple morning news east bay athlete brings home the gold from paris. we'll see how she's hoping to inspire the next generation of wrestlers. and starting today, ai cameras are watching you. they're targeting illegally parked cars on ac transit lines in alameda county. you think you're just going to pull over and blocked. they're going to catch you. and a crash in san jose has neighbors worried because it's 30th traffic because it's 30th traffic fatalities so

work as a public servant and i served on state commissions. i mostly work in the nonprofit world and i was running the california historical society in san francisco when the smithsonian came calling which is a very hard call not to take. so i was honored to be in that candidate pool to be the first woman director of the national museum of american history so that h has continued my co-joind love of making history accessible and relevant in our lives. like this conference that as president you have the main themes of the conference and your service that too and is president so this is the conference of the program committee -- committee that i helped create. the overarching theme is are we in service to the community and how do we help committees to make themselves feel like they have agency in this world and that they are part of history and not that historyry is something that didn't happen to them or didn't happen to theirun communities. i get to do that on a national scale at the history museum the national mall in and my service to the oah helping other historians throughout the nature -- nation in the world think about their roles in their c

he has a long history of working with homelessness in san francisco and in e department of public worksead for mayor's office on homelessness issues. i've worked with him for 20 years. at, you in different relationships but we were at hsh together for bllong time. so we're really excited to have him and he has hit running so you'll get to meet him when he's in september. and now we can go to director. we can go to questions. >> thank you, director for a sive report. and we'll go to the public any comments on the director's office.i get three minutes? >> yes. >> speaker: for i have over 25 years of high-tech investigative experience. on june 6, 2024, and i have a hand out here, you can maybe pass them out. ne 6, 2024, spoke her and handed out system, and that is system that hsh uses. at 250 carnie street there are abnormal amount of deaths and there was a request for an investigation. each person was on one system when they died. now the city and count<san francisco is transferring employees, and trying to evict me for bringing this to light. and this is rithe last director's meet ining

francisco's crackdown on homeless encampments. case in ., this morning's plan to sweep, were public works crews tore down tents on division street nearwhat happens with these belongings? our lauren toms went to the place where they are stored. >> i think maybe a lot of people think that we are just throwing people's it

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work is fentanyl. >> which the san francisco department of public health says accounts for more than 75% of overdose related deaths in the city. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news, san jose state university. now the first college in california to offer teacher preparation programs to help address the state's teacher shortage. they will begin to offer their pre-k through 3rd grade credential program this upcoming fall semester. this is the university's first step for meeting. the states need a 15,000 teachers by next year. this program will produce qualified teachers with the skills needed to teach this age group. >> coming up, some not so sweet news tonight. why the candy company behind sweets like rocky road and abba's is closing its decades-old factory in the east bay. plus, a bay area woman sentenced for selling produce infested with fruit flies where she brought the fruit from and how she was selling it. and a new law in oakland aims to protect disabled tenants. we have all that and more coming up after the break. it's time to get away and cash in at cache creek casino r

public that she was. she comes from this middle class background as, as, as she worked as a prosecutor in san francisco and kind of get for ourselves, of the kind of the best peals. as we know too many, many americans has gone to the american story and she will be many and us on that very heavily. in terms of policy. i think we have the little hint of its over the last week or so where she's been talking love about the cost of living in the united states. she's been talking about bread and butter issues such as things as groceries. these are things that the car kind of says for a part from president joe biden, i think, and she will be bringing this to the, to the, for, i think a lot to nice. all right, that will be an interesting speech. interesting. see how she pulls back from vitamin? it's what extent and we'll be covering that as it comes cormick walsh here in studio. thank you very much. meanwhile, pro palestinian demonstrators upstage of protest outside chicago's united center. on the last night of the democratic national convention, demonstrators including some party delegates call for a pro palestin

unlike boston that said, we are going to max this program out a public announcement, san francisco is silent on that. allule reason and work behind the scenes, whatever, i'm asking when the decision was made that we would fact be submitting before the september 30 deadline the s of deeply affordable housing? >> i can say over the preceding 6 months where finalized this rad implementation plan the decision to fully our faircloth authority and do submitting applications for our existing pipelinewas made in parallel with the deci cohort of projects and identifying those. thank you. just ow if there is a decision along the way, because when we inquire and inquire and get responses stating such commitment we end up with resolutions and pushing these things publicly. >> i want to invite my colleague up to make clarifying comment. you for that supervisor preston. and certainly there is two things i like the housing authority has been working to ground itself and so forth and on, and to two years as it relates to faever being asked, outside of the plaza projfrom the complement of units, we had been working team that has been looki

i've worked on public policy issues in san francisco. this was literally done in secret. people showed up on the street to get ballot, get signatures. the signature gatherers didn't even know what they were collecting signatures about. there is almost no one who really knows its 72 pages long. no one is going to read this thing. i read it and it broke my heart. i'm reading and all i'm seeing is just 72 pages of things crossed out. things that represent, in my case, years of work, blood, sweat and tears to get a commission, for instance, that oversees the problems of kids in our youth guidance center who are locked up, who no one pays attention to until we had a public body starting in the mid 80s, that really looked at those kids. now, very few people know about it, but it's a very important part of our civic infrastructure. the same is true of a number of other bodies related to the well-being of kids. so i'm here to ask you to potentially sign a ballot measure to send us names of people who will be willing to sign a ballot argument, and to look at the literature on this

work as a public servant for two cities. i've served on state commissions. i've mostly worked in the nonprofit world, and i was running the california historical society in san francisco when the smithsonian came calling, which is a very hard call not to take. so i was honored to be in that candidate pool, to be the first woman director of the national museum of american history. and so that really has continued. my my kind of conjoined love of making history accessible and meaningful and relevant in our lives. and like this conference that i as you're as president, you help sculpt the main themes of the conference and your year ends, your service year ends as president with the conference. so this technically is the conference, that program committee and local arrangements committee that i helped create have shaped. and the overarching theme is how are we in service to communities? how do we help communities both make themselves feel like they have agency in this world, that they are part of the great span of history? and not that history is something that's fossilized or dry or didn't happen to them or didn't happen to their communities. so i get to do that both on