. >> reporter: gail hayden who heads the california farmers market association was the one in the video. he was selling cookies at his stand just as he has for the last four years but passing out free pride flags. >> you don't come yelling at each other. you explain calmly if there's a disagreement. >> reporter: hayden's daughter said there is a free speech area where passing out free flags would have been allowed and kids were using the flags as swords, creating a dangerous situation. >> if he just wanted to pass out rainbow stickers or take the flag part off that would have been better for us. >> reporter: at one point the argument took another turn. >> i have been in places for 40 years where they bring out, and my jobhe market and not satisfy your political point of view. >> at no point did i think i was pushing a political poi r dan w apology and the city to go with a new farmers market operator. >> we are grateful for the city of livermore and we know this is not them and we hope that they change things to reflect that. >> reporter: you're looking at the pride flag outside of live

. >> gail hayden is the director of the california farmer's market. she says vendors can only hand out petitions and flyers in a sanctioned free speech zone. her daughter told us last night the children were actually using the flagstaffs to have sword fights. now her organization has resigned, leaving the city to find someone new to manage the farmer's market. as a result, the market has been cancel this thursday and sunday. livermore says it is not reflective of its values of respect. >>> tracing apps are causing problems. california's attorney general has signed a multistate letter to google and apple expressing concerns for the proliferation of unofficial covid-19 contact tracing apps. xavier becerra says the apps do not do enough to protect personal information. the letter calls on google and apple to make privacy a top priority and regulate third-party acpps on their platform. last week becerra issued a consumer alert noting that deceptive advertising on contact tracing covid-19 apps were there. >>> the pandemic has harmed -- the list is impossib

shop owner to stop handing out pride flags that should have been a clear the woman identified as gail hayden says pushing political views is against livermore market rules we go through you know what i'm super anxious. every time i watch the video just made me feel terrible. floyd is the owner of dan good cookies on pacific avenue. he says he was handing out the flags in celebration of pride month. last year he did the same thing, but this year he was told it wasn't allowed i really don't know the motivations behind. >>the way they reacted that they didn't you know i they haven't come out and still gets to me about why they did it. >>the cfm a took over the livermore farmers market earlier this year, the association has a set of rules for each vendor to follow. one of those states petitions and flyer distributions are prohibited inside the market. livermore is pride organization argues the flag is neither handing out the pride flag is not a political act. it is something to celebrate. >>has nothing to do with politics and it has everything to do with making a safer and more inclusive communi

her name is gail hayden.r said there is a free speech area where passing t fld hbu nka at one point the argument actually takes another turn. >> i've been in places for 40 years where they bring out fetuses and put them on ironing boards. my job is to run the market. not to satisfy your political point of view. >> at no point did i think i was pushing a political agenda. >> now, those with the farmers market say that they would like to talk it out with floyd going forward. >>> now, to our morning money report. 24 hour fitness says it is filing for bankruptcy and the news comes just days after it announced it is closing more than 100 gyms, including 13 here in the bay ar the san ramon based chain say their issues are directly linked to the pandemic. 24 hour fitness says it hopes it reopen the locations by the end of the month. if you want a full list of the locations that are going to be closed, you can go to our website abc7news.com. >>> right now we're taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as tra

shop owner to stop handing out pride flags that should have been included the woman identified as gail hayden says pushing political views is against livermore market rules we go through you know what i'm super anxious. every time i watch the video just made me feel terrible. floyd is the owner of dan good cookies on pacific avenue. he says he was handing out the flags in celebration of pride month. last year he did the same thing, but this year he was told it wasn't allowed i really don't know the motivations behind. >>the way they reacted that they didn't you know i they haven't come out and still gets to me why they did it. >>the cfm a took over the livermore farmers market earlier this year, the association has a set of rules for each vendor to follow. one of those states petitions and flyer distributions are prohibited inside the market. livermore is pride organization argues the flag is neither handing out the pride flag is not a political act. it is something to celebrate. >>has nothing to do with politics and it has everything to do with making a safer and more inclusive community exe

gail hayden serves as the california farmers market director.d cfma senior market manager says vendors can only hand out petitions or fliers in a sanctioned free speech zone. she claims children were using the flags to have sword fights. dan floyd feels like he and the lgbtq community were targeted. >> little kids were poking each other with them, using them as swords. >> definitely felt like the flags and what they represent were the target of her tirade. >> hayden's daughter says she apologizes for floyd feeling singled out. floyd says after he received a warning, he won't be returning to the market. >>> advocates plan to call on san francisco mayor london breed to direct more resources to undocumented workers. they say latino low wage workers are on average three months of rent behind because of the pandemic. organizers plan to gather at 10:00 this morning in front of san francisco city hall. >>> also, san francisco voters this fall may make a difference in unlocking $300 million in revenue. mayor london breed today plans to introduce a ballo

but last sunday the farmers market manager, gail hayden, told him passing out the flags violated hisdor agreement. she said safety and liability concerns were among the reasons . >>> the mayor of hillsboro announced she's going to resign at the end of this month after she dismissed calls for a formal debate about police rerm. two weeks ago the city council meeting mayor leo gold and her colleagues said it wasn't necessary to have the police chief reports on the use of force in the police department. that led a petition drive calling for the mayor to be recalled. myhrvold will officially resign at the end of the month .] >>> happening today, senate republicans are going to introduce their plan for police reform. the gop plan calls for a ban on choke holds more police training, and a database to track police use of force. it is similar to a plan by house democrats, but does not include their call to strip the qualified immunity from police officers. that protects them from lawsuits against their actions in the field. >>> the republican police reform plan is similar to an executive ord

last sunday farmers market manager gail hayden told him that passing out the flags violated his vendorliability concerns were among the reasons why. >>> the mayor of olsburg announced she's going to resign at the end of the month after she dismissed calls for a formal debate about police reform. two weeks ago at a city council meeting mayor leopold and some city councilmembers said it wasn't necessary to have the police chief report on the use of force in the police department. that led to a petition drive calling for the recall of the mayor. marigold will officially resign at the end of the month . >>> state lawmakers have announced plans to remove a statue of christopher columbus that is right now in the capitol rotunda. the legislative democratic leaders are saying that statue is out of place because columbus is such a controversial figure when we are talking about history. that columbus statue has been in the capital since 1883. the decision has been sought by groups of others who say it's wrong to honor a man who ushered in an area of genocide to north merrick's indigenous people.

. >> gail hayden is the director of california's farmers' mark.the video she tells the vendor he can only hand out petitions or fliers in a free speech zone. they will have to find a new ch has now canceled both tomorrow and livermore says the exchange is not reflective of the city's values of inclusion and respect. >>> whether or not colin kaepernick ever plays another down for pro football, his legacy lives on and that's what one san jose state professor believes. people have been talking about kap a lot lately. fletcher is among those hoping kap gets another shot in the nfl but it's what kap did in 2016 when he took the knee for black lives matter that is resonating so much with a lot of people right now. >> when it comes down to society now viewin kaepernick did in 2016, society is starting to see particularly what the black community has seen our entire lifetime. >> a recent survey shows slightly more than half of all americans now believe it is okay for players to kneel during the national anthem. >>> 6:00 for you right now. the third hour o

the woman identified as gail hayden says pushing political views is against livermore market rules we go through you know what i'm super anxious. every time i watch the video just made me feel terrible. floyd is the owner of dan good cookies on pacific avenue. he says he was handing out the flags in celebration of pride month. last year he did the same thing, but this year he was told it wasn't allowed i really don't know the motivations behind. >>the way they reacted that they didn't you know i they haven't come out and still gets to me about why they did it. >>the cfm a took over the livermore farmers market earlier this year, the association has a set of rules for each vendor to follow. one of those states petitions and flyer distributions are prohibited inside the market. livermore is pride organization argues the flag is neither handing out the pride flag is not a political act. it is something to celebrate. >>has nothing to do with politics and it has everything to do with making a safer and more inclusive community executive director amy palmer who was the one recording when ha

shop owner to stop handing out pride flags that should have been a clear the woman identified as gail hayden says pushing political views is against livermore market rules we go through you know what i'm super anxious. every time i watch the video just made me feel terrible. >>floyd is the owner of dan good cookies on pacific avenue. he says he was handing out the flags in celebration of pride month last year he did the same thing, but this year he was told it wasn't allowed i really don't know the motivations behind. >>the way they reacted that they didn't you know i they haven't come out and still gets to me why they did it. >>the cfm a took over the livermore farmers market earlier this year, the association has a set of rules for each vendor to follow. one of those states petitions and flyer distributions are prohibited inside the market. livermore is pride organization argues the flag is neither handing out the pride flag is not a political act. it something to celebrate. >>has nothing to do with politics and it has everything to do with making a safer and more inclusive community execu