i am about to be homeless. i'm a vietnam-era of better written. i am about to be homeless here. i have reached out to every agency i know. it seems that i cannot seem to find the help that i am looking for, because no one even knows of any programs out here that seem to work for the people that are possibly going to be homeless. i would like to comment from this gentleman as to where we find these agencies and how we can stay in a home and not become homeless. guest: as a vietnam-era veteran, again, thank you for your service -- you should be able to link up with the va hospital within your community. if there's not one near canapolis, there shoulddbe a veterans' organization. i also encourage you to reach out to vietnam veterans of america, if there is a chapter in your community that can direct you to services that are close by good to our national websites that will go on and give you information -- if there to that can direct you services that are close by. there are national sites that will go on and give you information. you can link up with organizations and agencies. as

i am about to be homeless. i'm a vietnam-era of better written. i am about to be homeless here. i have reached out to every agency i know. it seems that i cannot seem to find the help that i am looking for, because no one even knows of any programs out here that seem to work for the people that are possibly going to be homeless. i would like to comment from this gentleman as to where we find these agencies and how we can stay in a home and not become homeless. guest: as a vietnam-era veteran, again, thank you for your service -- you should be able t% link up with the va hospital within your community. if there's not one near canapolis, there shoulddbe a veterans' organization. i also encourage you to reach out to vietnam veterans of america, if there is a chapter in your community that can direct you to services that are close by good to our national websites that will go on and give you information -- if there to that can direct you services that are close by. there are national sites that will go on and give you information. you can link up with organizations and agencies. as

he said the number of homeless in the city is more like 40 to 20,000. he also said the mayor needs to do a lot more to fix the problem. >> i think from the administration's there's more focus on is that around homelessness and great natural solutions. family shelters you have to wait a week to two weeks to get shelter bed for your family, now were looking at a weight of nine months. >> bob said he believes the cash program has not worked in its core of a shell game that a solution on homelessness. >> it was impossible proposition it could afford a midlife all lot harder for a great number of homeless people >> is a list which the city mayor's office can do he believes the solution from businesses 7 cisco is federal funds for more public housing. >> this is an important issue for the mayor and the levels. >> the mayor wasn't available for an interview today in his policy director of business in washington coming back from where he was trying to secure more federal funding to solve the problem and since the scope. he did say shelters don't solve the issue

interagency on homelessness. he is talking about a new plan to tackle homelessness by the obama administration. what is the plan? find is that we have a motivated and excited body in the administration who believe that no one should experience homelessness. we also found that the sense of urgency in india and preventing homelessness is critical. over six -- the sense of urgency in ending and provide homeless this is critical. -- preventing hhmelessness is critical. many communities are around the country are innovating solutions and are seeing reductions in the number of those homeless in their communities. it would behoove the federal government to adopt the best practices and promote those in communities across the country. host: what is the economic impact adopting the best practices? why should taxpayers pay to shelter the homeless? guest: that is a very good question. taxpayers are right now paying unintentionally, through the use of emergency rooms, jails, hospitals, and so forth. for example, in ssates lik

the coalition on homelessness says if the number of homeless is continuing to grow in san francisco parish to talk to kron 4 christine conley about what needs to be done to fight the problem. >> with a massive problem with homelessness and san francisco their vs 600,000 people. we know protest the agency which ran the count conducted that more than half of the homeless people work were counted. >> this is an organizer of the coalition of homelessness and san francisco which is an advocacy group group. the number of homeless in the city is probably more like 14 to 20,000. he said the mayor needs to do a lot more to fix the problem. >> there's been more of a focus on and spin around homelessness than creating solutions to homelessness. we'd have 1400's shelter beds we now have over a little over 1000. repeatedly the mayor has cut shelter beds for the system you have to wait a week to two weeks to get shelter bed for family spirit now were looking at a week of nine months. kim >> is only so much the city mayor's office condemned he believes the solution for a list as the services go this fede

might be their best option seen in recent years the homeless have all been flocking to hawaii and why not it's warm year round and the state has some of the best social services to help those in need and census figures from january found that there were nearly forty two hundred homeless people on the island of oahu which is about an increase of fifteen percent from the same time last year now state leaders see the homeless as a threat to tourism hawaii's number one industry obviously and i mean who wants to see people down on their luck while they're laying on the beach and enjoying a pina colada right so a lot of makers are debating offering each homeless person one way ticket off the island the plan would only send homeless people back to the mainland if they actually had a family who was willing to take them in and we're going to say the program would cost a lot less money to what it spends on food stamps and welfare payments a three to five hundred dollars one way tickets versus the thirty five thousand dollars per year but it costs for each homeless person to get services from th

>> reporter: a protest by squatters for the homeless is over. why police decided to move in. >>> early in morning, there was yet another suspicious fire in berkeley but this one was caught on tape and we'll show you that video -- coming up. >> reporter: a judge could end the dispute between a.c. transit and its union drivers. we'll explain how. we're live in oakland. >>> good afternoon. topping our news this noontime -- in the last hour there's been a dramatic development in san francisco where homeless squatters took over a building in the mission district. police have moved in to remove the squatters. ktvu's kraig debro joins us now to explain why. good afternoon, kraig. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. the problem with homelessness in san francisco is underscored by those two people sitting at 20th and mission. this is the same building where, just yesterday afternoon, people took over a building here and spent the night. police arrested the homeless who took over this building at 20th and mission. but that doesn't mean they didn't go quiet

there's about a dozen homeless -- terminal. there's about a dozen homeless people. they've been allowed to camp, but this entire structure will be demolished. long after the bus riders trudge baca cross the bridge and abandon the city, the -- back across the bridge and abandon the city, the terminal comes to life. some curl up on the sidewalk with barely enough cardboard to cover them. >> they ain't got nowhere to go, you know. they got all these rich people with the laws and they're running people off. >> reporter: about 100 homeless people live here. about 50 of them long term including some who lived here for decades. what will you dow dew when they tear this place down? >> -- do when they tear this place down? >> personally i'm going move around. most other pipe people i know do. >> reporter: the city assigned home -- other people i know do. >> reporter: the city assigned homeless outreach teams. they're trying to get people to move inside. do you want to be inside an apartment? >> yeah, yeah. that would be nice. >> reporter: their goal is to get everybody some

i have not been homeless before. >> the scareiest are the people who are recently homeless who look like me. look like they could be my friend or family member. a few wrong choices and bad luck got them here. >> i was laid off 2-1/2 weeks ago and came to the project to -- >> i've been married to the same man, my childhood sweetheart he started doing drugs. we went from a nice out in texas to nothing. the next step in the process is they get linked up with a volunteer. this is the heart and soul of the public connect. we greet clients. shake their hands. ask them to follow us and talk to them as we bring them to the hall and lead them to the first station. you find they are humbling on both sides. humbling for me. it's a great opportunity to give the folks the respect they deserve and don't get enough of. >> these are the people we step over on the way to our jobs. i was thankful to the mayor. our jobs are about helping people. this is another way for us to give back to our community that treats us very well. i like the way they take you around to get you started. that's nice. they let yo

after weeks of riots and homelessness the referendum gave some of the. first chance to go back to their neighborhoods to many the scenes were too much to bear. just look at everything is destroyed. by the end of the day polling stations in those back and claves have seen so many hard braking encounters that even some election officials started questioning the need for vote a toll action committee official or as a member of the commission here but i think there is no place for a friend in now they should have thought about people first who were left in the streets without home and smoot there is even a small humanitarian aid. in the referendum on out of the way many here hold the authorities will finally get down to what really matters the caregivers in those backs still live on different sides of the barricades paying for cruelty with mercy and vice versa. this woman is current is the man as is barack they believed on the same street for years so when the mob came to that area they could these family back them not to harm those better neighbor i'm not go

who is supposed to enforce it among the homeless is the question.re is more orn how authorities plan to start enforcing this band. >> you can see behind me there are people speaking out here. and there is first a warning, then air, citation. we haven't seen anyone enforces this ban yet. it's thursday night. dozens of homeless are camped out on the court house steps. >> started july 4th. and we're going to continue to do it until we can get it justice. >> they're protesting the camping ban, stopping anyone from sleeping outside overnight. but this protest now moving into week four and homeless are here, 24-7. >> we get yelled at when we come in. they make remarks to us. ask we ready had a guy wielding a machete the other day. >> county workers have had enough of the close quarters. >> we're becoming a magnet for alcoholic yiks thchl is not our doing and our fault. >> those who work dear don't care. they just want to it stop. they're letting the homeless know. >> we think it's a slap in the face. we have to watch this happening in front. nobody does a

i wanted to express a comment about the homeless facility. i am going to be voting to keep this program. i made clear to the mayor's office that there are homeless centers are around the city that should not be defunded as a new facility is being funded. these offer surfaced to -- services to particular populations that would not be a well served by general facilities. that is the conversation that i have had with the mayor's office. >> madame clerk. roll call. >> supervisor campos. >> no. >> no. >> no. supervisor daily. >> i -- aye. >> no. >> no. >> maxwell, no. mirkarimi, aye. supervisor avalos. avalos, no. there are two ayes and nine nos. supervisor chiu seconded by supervisor mirkarimi made a motion to put on reserve $44 million as well as the $6.8 million regarding i.t. expenditures. >> can we do that without objection? without objection. so moved. supervisor daily. >> on the sources on the technical adjustment no. 5, just to confirm the health department revenues that fail on this surplus property. >> that is correct. >> colleagues, i h

blame the country they served as let them down and left many homeless. a space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable what a russian module with life support systems docked with the orbiter many space experts worldwide see the project as the pinnacle of international cooperation. back to the old yana show now and the sensitive so.

but they held never came and stabbed two weeks later the interim leadership for the homeless and the grieving a choice a parliamentary or a presidential republic. it was never secret that the main goal of the june referendum was to legitimize the self appointed interim leadership rather than carry out political reform impotent during the clashes it proved cunning enough to turn the tragedy into its main electoral. killed by government forces during. his now remember that his village as a national hero. helped bring about freedom and democracy. this pressure in the. country during the revolution. is relative them on the most loyal supporters of the interim government but the week prior to the referendum they devoted the time complaining for the new constitution. i think this referendum changed previously the constitution only works for one family we think this new constitution works for the people. while the promises of democracy and a better life have fallen to many followers in the capital bishkek in the south of the country that met with anger. death which is a pain these care give

if we have homelessness and things like that. that we can actually build around the support network. we brought in our law enforcement and beat officers to help us. they are involved in every positive thing we do. not just enforcement and get to know the whole community. we do have an enforcement issue. like probably a lot of neighborhoods. there are things we have to enforce. today we will talk a little bit about that. the first person that's going to talk is captain al. and he's at northern station. >> thank you very much. i'm the captain of northern station and i want to take a few minutes to give you an over view but one of the things i will encourage all of you is to really get to know these panelists because you don't really need to reinvent the wheel wherever you are located. in your neighborhood, they have done a lot of good work. valerie's done a tremendous amount of good work and everyone on the panel is part of the team in the work in the hayes and haight et cetera. learn from them. copy what they did. really it would

in san francisco's behavioral court system, we've seen a 72% decrease in homelessness, 23.3% decrease in mentally ill hospitalizations. of 198 mentally ill people, 140 of those people are actively pursuing employment and 85 of whom are already employed. a.o.t. works. it works well and it works efficiently. but unfortunately, in san francisco, you can only get a.o.t. if you first break the law and are lucky enough to find yourself in front of our behavioral court system. under laura's law, in order to qualify for a.o.t. or for laura's law, the person proceeds to be 18 years old and suffering from a mental illness. the person must be unlikely to survive safely in the community without supervision based on a clinical determination. the person must have a history of lack of compliance for treatment for mental illness that reveals serious, violent behavior within the last 48 hours or required hospitalization twice within the last 36 months. the person is, according to his or her treatment history and current behavior, in need of treatment to prevent a relapse or serious harm to the person

the average age of homeless in america is 9.lly ill, drug-addicted, weird guy on the corner, begging with a can and asking for change. but really, 40% of homeless in america are families. and so, i was inspired by that. >> a lot of them, families who work. and i guess to bring the point home, you do go to one of the wealthiest counties in the country, orange county. incredible. kind of mind-blowing. >> they have more millionaires per capita. they're one of the richest counties in america. and they also have almost 30,000 homeless children. and they have a special school for homeless children. so, they're trying to take care of the problem. it is, for so long, you've seen on tv, the stereotypes of the happy few. the skateboarding and the surfing and the american dreaming in orange county. and there's a dark side that i thought america needed to see. >> your mom must have come in handy here. as i said, this was a departure for you. instead of talking to politicians, you were talking to kids. how did you get them to open up to you?

the tournament features homeless men and women from all around the country.any of the participating say playing soccer provides them with an outlet and helps them stay out of trouble. >> i would either be dead, in jail, or something bad. something that ain't good. so, i try to use this as an escape. >> jamal gordon says he didn't have it easy growing up. he says he got involved in the program a few months ago and says it has made a difference in his life. >> it's a really good experience. you kind of feel like an athlete. like a real athlete. you know, they treat us like them so i feel that way. >> the winning team will earn a national title, the top eight individual players will then go on to compete in the 2010 homeless world cup in brazil. the three day event in washington, d.c. is put on by street soccer usa in addition to a sports program, the nonprofit group also provides educational and employment opportunities. >>> ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. >>> a day care in danger of closing, now parents are taking matters into their own hands. we'll expla

. >> i'm almost like homeless. if you can't pay your bills, they want you out. >> reporter: well a final vote to end the senate is expected tonight. the legislation would next return to the house for lawmakers approval and then to president obama's desk. the president says he will quickly sign that bill into law. >>> on wall street today, stocks made a turn around after a big drop earlier in the day. >>> stocks fell about 150 points after disappointing earning reports from ibm and goldman sachs. but the market recovered after news that bern bernanke will take steps to restore the economy. the dow rose 75 points, the nasdaq rose 24 points. for more financial and consumers news, go to our website ktvu.com and click on the business tab. >>> police force out homeless advocates who took over an empty building in one bay area city. >>> also ahead -- >> reporter: a vietnamese community activist attacked a pop singer on stage during a concert in the south bay recently. he says the attack is part of his personal crusade aga

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that wants to experience something ennobling and enlightning and remarkable that is thousands of homeless people; nameless faceless people. folks you drive by and folks you step over, folks you simply turn your back oftentimes to for no negative reason but because you are moving on with your life and to come here and find a sense of hope and dignity. thousands of volunteers try to connect with them in a real way. people who have their feet washed which is a remarkable thing and have a pe diatryst there to help solve problems with their feet. we have folks volunteering and giving away eye exams and eye glasses. folks with wheel chairs that can't afford to have their chairings fixed. this is like a mechanic's station for wheel chairs. having seen those folks get those wheel chairs f. fixed. we had a dental exam on site. we connected all the needs of the individuals. daniel took a look at that and said can we extend that to neighborhood services and neighborhood empowerment? can we provide best practices that may be done at a nonprofit helping homeless but few know about because they are not

twenty eight people have been killed and left homeless. in a record breaking heat wave. toxic fishing chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water to south eastern russia. defense anti-fascist protesters from entering the stony and nazi soldiers a commemorated in the baltic countries. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with twenty four hours a day at least twenty eight people have been killed in forest fires that continue to ravage central russia sweltering since the middle of june the country is in the grip of its most severe heat wave for one hundred thirty years the russian emergencies minister says the situation is now under control but far fighters are still battling to contain the blazes in the last two days of how to watch their homes burn and many others have been evacuated sara first reports from the region one of the worst hit areas. and foreigners they've made managing to get the situation under control after the last two days had. seen a huge amount of de

under control however firefighters are still struggling with the blazes thousands have been left homeless in the past few days by the flames which have consumed and number of entire villages our first reports from the veronese region one of the westgate areas. well in brightness they've made managing to get the situation under control of the last few days has seen a huge amount of destruction caused by these guys but we've visited the town of muscle of coaches one of the worst hit in the area is some of the people who are living that find out how they were caping with the situation they could only watch helplessly at the fire still in that cave that pays one person's life this is the village of miles love about fifteen minutes from burnished fifty center one of the places worst affected by the fires that have left many of the homes completely destroyed. the fire wasted no time.

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phones have killed at least twenty five people in the fells homeless in central russia as a heat wave grips much of the country the situation has escalated following weeks of record breaking temperatures. reports now from a village ravaged by far that's only forty kilometers from moscow just take a look at the damage around me here these charge remains show what can happen when record heat meets drought like conditions and this was somebody is home and look nothing here is as it once was everything has been demolished now this family made it out ok but they're heartbroken you know they worked hard to accumulate things to keep the family comfortable and together and now look at it it's all demolished and that's been the story throughout central russia where forest fires have ripped through the central area killing twenty five people and leaving two thousand homeless so now people are trying to figure out what's the next step how do they go on from here.

forest fires ripped through central russia killing dozens and leaving thousands more homeless join me later for more. also this emergency crews are scouring the river in china for barrels of highly toxic chemicals which could reach russia in two weeks. living in fear germany looks forced to scrap a system that keeps some behind bars indefinitely and many say releasing them would put the public risk. for most of us here in central moscow this is a twenty four hours a day for as far as have killed at least twenty five people and left thousands homeless in central russia has heat wave much of the country the situation has escalated following weeks of record breaking temperatures. reports now from a village ravaged by forty kilometers from moscow just take a look at the damage around me here these charge remains show what can happen when record heat meets drought like conditions and this was somebody is home and look nothing here is as it once was everything has been demolished now this family made it out ok but they're heartbroken you know they worked hard to accumulate things to keep th

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is largest provider of services of the homeless in the east bay.hat group is celebrating 40 years of dedication to the community. >> it was the 1960s, san francisco haight ashbury was the epicenter of the counter culture movement. >> many of them coming from the midwest. >> he was a minister back then in touch with other clergy in berkeley. one begin to feed the new comers and full-fledged program was under way after churches of all denominations convinced people to volunteer. >> there were some that couldn't quite understand it and felt that is what the church would be about. fortunately it was a minority. >> times have changed and so has the program. it's now known as the berkeley food and housing project. largest provider of homeless services in the east bay. >> what evolved from a feeding manipulate industry into a program now that does not only provide meals to people in berkeley but also transitions the homeless back in a permanent housing. >> this typical of the clients these days, male, minority, middle-aged. >> i was spending money gamblin

flames leaping from building to building incinerated eighty houses and making two hundred people homeless in the space of a couple of hours. i never thought fire could spread that fast but the wind was very strong it was like a hurricane police told us to leave the new dangers to stay here it was only thanks to them where i live and with ingrid it wasn't at night because then there would have been much more victims. one elderly man desperately trying to leave his burning house got struck by falling wires the electric shock. friends and neighbors have been rallying round and there were many tales of courage. if i didn't come back on time my neighbor would have been burnt alive because she didn't see the fire approaching from both sides she could have been trapped in the middle at the last moment she ran out in her gown and slippers she's left without her identification and any of her documents the devastation wasn't just restricted to property. i buried my rottweiler he was near the house for. and didn't let anyone approach him. he was burned a large it was a good dog people are now coming

everybody these are just some of the troubled voices coming from a growing number of homeless veterans this particular weekend they made their way to stand down an annual nonprofit event that helps thousands of homeless vets get back some dignity many of these vets will get assistance in housing clothing work even a little in their team. and a good meal just a day here at stand down they're going to go through about how tanami just to keep all these veterans it's a big deal some of these veterans haven't had a square meal in a weeks and unfortunately once they leave here they won't have another one for a very long time it's kind of depressing. to justice. clifford wakens is a vietnam veteran hoping to get his life back on track for his grandchildren he's a recovering alcoholic weakens remembers returning from the war and the better ones administration trying to medicate him and stead of addressing the real problem he suspects there motivation politics politics. this country takes care of everybody else. it shouldn't be like that. it's a pattern that has continued for the newer generati