soup to the homeless.been attending the monitoring committee meetings for about three years. i have been attending the sro task force meetings. i have attended several meetings so i feel like i have a rough draft as to what some of the problems are the homeless people face. i have served two tours of being homeless. i'm housed now. the other thing, too, is that i have read a lot of the documents regarding policy and procedure regarding the shelter systems. my examples are the run-around report. the ordinance creating the shelter monitoring committee. i will review those documents as well. i understand the policy and procedure regarding the shelter systems. i definitely want to add our goal of -- our duties and responsibilities is not just to go look at shelters. and just look at them. we are supposed to write of reports. -- out reports. part of the responsibility of the shelter committee is to talk about and make policy recommendations. those are some of the things that i would look forward to. i look forw

you made the homeless... that's what you did, is that with this homeless vehicle that was really noticable, you made the homeless entirely visible to everyone. >> legitimate members of urban community who work day and night and use proper equipment for it. they are not scavengers. and also they can say something-- how it happened that they became homeless-- if they are asked. it's quite an important attempt actually not to legitimize the homelessness, but to articulate that this is a legitimate problem. >> hinojosa: krzysztof, it seems like what you do is you build these mechanisms, whether they're homeless vehicles or these projections, these instruments that kind of allow us to open up that dialogue. >> yeah. i'm creating something in between, an artifice that helps one party to open up and develop capacity to convey, express, very difficult experiences, even if this is an unsolicited act. and the other party to come closer, open ear without also fear of hearing what they hear, or seeing what they see. and so that is a very important process. of course, i start with those who have things

sure that we know what we're doing, in terms of ending homelessness. we now have a government that has come out with its own end homelessness program, and stimulus money with which to work. this housing is unique because it is supportive housing. it will have services attached to the housing. if you read the federal program, you will see, this is the core of the answer to ending homelessness, building this kind of housing to make sure we have those services attached with it. i enjoy this lovely group of people because not only are they building this housing, with all of these conditions, but as you can see around us, we have a workforce that is going to work. we aren't giving people the opportunity to go to work and we have the buildings, in the historical and careful fashion is done, and using $50 million of stimulus money again, i am so thankful to our congress members for helping us to get this started. as you can see, lives will literally be changed because of this project. i guarantee you, congresswoman, that we will see this through for you and f

free bus rides for the homeless some might wonder why. man we just spoke to told us these rides might be the thing to help out the homeless. that's exactly what the valley transportation authority wants to do help the homeless. we are live at the east ridge shopping center. in a month riders at this bus stop could see some changes. the vta is offering homeless people that qualify for a pilot program free bus ride. the keyword is qualified. the free rides are for the homeless enrolled in the program to find them permanent housing. it requires them for photo id. those who want to participate will be screened by social service agencies up to 1800 or so transit stickers will be issued every three months. an estimated 3500 people a year are expected to take advantage. a goal to get the homeless on their way to jobs and medical appointments. >> all you have to do is get contact from these people to help them out. there are sources out there to get off the street. the streets are not made for nobody. >> reporter: as pam mentioned santa clara cou

we need to help the homeless. we need these clinics for their help. we need places for them to rest their heads so that they can have some dignity. thank you. [applause] >> it is now my honor to introduce the house democratic leader nancy pelosi. [applause] >> thank you very much for the invitation to be here today, from your leadership over the years. from the tenderloin neighborhood development corp., for this tremendous leadership. i am honored to be here with mayorl lee, phil ting, and i alo want to recognize our former mayor gavin newsom, who played a big role in making the pitch for this initiative, demonstrating unity in the community. mayor lee knows about it from what he did before. he has already been to washington to appeal for funds for other projects that are worthy, in terms of meeting the needs of people, but also in terms of the importance of their national significance. listening to mark and tanya, we know they speak for the construction workers who are here about building this facility. but there also building a community because thi

the about not being homeless thereafter. additionally to that i would like to remind everyone of the testimony from earlier that show that hanc saved the city $1,000,500 per year. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: next speaker, please. >> my name is wayne wylie, an employee apple hanc -- an employee at the hanc recycling center. i would like to thank all of the customers that came in spoke. i am speaking from a different side. we talked about the material that was recycled, but if i listed like credentials it would show that i learned the hard way, rather than the easy way, of how to do things. before hanc i was recently released, looking for work. it came to the point where i was married with two kids. it looks like that would be living in my car in getting to where it was time to make tough decisions. i wound up talking to ed. i learned about composting, cantonese, spanish. almost fluently. i can direct anyone around the center in those languages. others that are just like me that work there, others that come there, it has

i wanted to debunks the myths about the homeless and problems. if you ever got to meet some people, you might find out they are just like you and me, and it is a great opportunity to share some stories and experiences, and is part of the growth of my son as a full human being to go there and be with people and not question whether they are worthwhile or not. they are all worthwhile, and it is a huge part of his social development. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. before the next speaker comes up, i want to read a few more names. [reading names] i'm sorry, kevin did speak already. those names, folks, just file in the center here. >> good afternoon. i'm waiting for the machine that takes cardboard because i live in district 6, the mission. by the way, in 1979, there was not really pick up recycling. i had a restaurant, a moped, and i used to take my moped, piled up with cancer and other stuff from my restaurant, over to hanc, thank god for hanc. hanc i still go -- i still go over to hanc because my neighbor has tons of cardboard and all these fanta

opponents of the center present it as a cash cow for the homeless. that is a misrepresentation, disrespectful, and i really find mean-spirited towards people who are homeless. i kind of hate the term cash cow, but if you want to think about it, it could be considered a cash cow for green jobs, for paying benefits, for christmas lights, and for children's benefits. rec and park handled this eviction dishonestly and behind closed doors. there has been no public process, as you now know. this is unacceptable, and i'm asking you to please recommend that the eviction be withdrawn and that a public process be initiated. i thank you, and i want to give you a little hand out, which is a picture of the halloween party. supervisor mirkarimi: put it right here please. next speaker please. >> good afternoon, gentlemen. i'm the president of next cycle, a beverage container recycling service. we provide beverage container redemption services to the majority of the california grocers who under the law are mandated to either redeem beverage containers and store or c

the homeless are now speaking up. >> 32 degrees at night? i don't think anyone likes sleeping in that. >> homeless people are now argue nizing and showing up at meetings. >> sometimes we're not opening the doors that need to be open. >> this is a vishis cycle. we force them to go to one location to another. >> darwin suggests using abandoned buildings to create shelters for the homeless. he agrees and hopes his videos will spark a dialogue. >> they want their human rights respected. >> the owner was ordered to face thousands of dollars in fines. he agreed to level the site. tj will be following the stories and posted his video at you report.abc 7 news.com. >> let's check on the forecast now. and there is a is a lovely day this, is a time lapse view from our south beach camera today. great day for sailing or hiking or walking and let's take a look back. it snowed in san francisco. february 5th1976 last time snow accumulated. and before that is january 21, three inches of snow. and tomorrow temperatures upper 40s to low 50s by noon. and readin

youthey were both up one time homeless.one public policy for this committee to put a shelter director on the committee. the committee is supposed to do oversight of its shelters common and i think they are dealing with a conflict of -- who do oversight of its shelters, and i think they are doing conflict of interest. this would increase the work load for the other members. they would have to do an additional inspections. i think it is bad policy if a shelter director would sit on the committee. >> public comment is now closed. madam clerk, please correct me if i am wrong, but i want to indicate that seats one will remain vacant because applicants are withdrawing their application, so we are looking at seats 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. is that correct? >> can you repeat which people withdrew nominations? >> it would be linda, scott, elizabeth and her in -- anchor. >> thank you. >> we have four people saying they were applying for seat 5 and 34 seat six. -- 3 for 66. -- for seat 6. >> cathy only has a nomination letter for seat 3, and

people need to feel different about the homeless problem or the homeless situation. and there is not enough of that. that's the difficulty. >> reporter: and business owners have reached out to the mayor's office for help on this issue. and the security guards are apparently undergoing sensitivity training to help them better deal with the homeless. live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monte. >>> despite the sunny weather over the past several weeks, we're looking at the beginning of a wet and windy week. rob mayeda is tracking the storm for us. >> to give you an idea where the numbers are going, the temperatures right now upper 40s and low 50s. those could be close to high temperatures coming up a little later on this week. the other thing we're watching at this hour, winds starting to pick up out of the south. we will see a gusty monday morning commute. even though the rain is up on the north coast now, there is plenty of clouds that will bring in rain and even snow levels for the bay area hilltops. we'll talk about the seven-day fo

that's a problem for many homeless people. homeless shelter workers say they are working to get the local animal shelter to allow people that are homeless to temporarily house their animals there. >>> this morning the santa clara county vector control plans to do an aerial spraying for mosquitoes. new chicago marsh, and zanker marsh. they are trying to reduce the number of a particular kind of mosquito. they are called winter salt marsh mosquitoes. while this type of mosquito isn't transmitting west nile virus. >>> this morning the carnival cruise ship will leave san francisco. they will leave pier 70 to test for leaks. from there it will head to long beach to pick up its first passengers since an engine first left that ship stranded. you might remember no juice were reported but that 4500 -- no injuries were reported but the 4500 crew and passenger members were stranded at sea for three days. >>> it's 4:39. let's check in on traffic. it's friday morning. how is traffic so far? >> i thought it was monday. it's friday. happy fr

but i will focus my comments on homeless recyclers. while it is a minuscule proportion, their presence has been a reason stated foreclosing hanc i recommend park. -- by rec and park. on average -- average these people work 10 hours per day and earn less than $1 per hour. it is extremely hard work and is a monument to the spirit of individualism and ruggedness valued by american culture. this proximity to the recycling center has no bearing on the choice of camping locations for homeless recyclers. very few recyclers reside and side of golden gate park. that is not to say that they do not pass through across the city as they traverse. based on this evidence and our own information gathered at regular of reach, closing the center, located across the street from golden gate park, will have no impact on the presence of homeless people in golden gate park or the surrounding area. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is sam [unintelligible] and i am a gardener and landscaper here in the

>> reporter: the goal is to break down one more obstacle for those who are homeless. that obstacle being transportation. >> i have to ride the train. a lot of days i don't have $2, but i still have to get where i'm going. >> reginald rides the train every week. he was homeless and he said transportation was one of the biggest obstacles. >> it's also good for your mental and self-esteem to be able to come and go. >> cities are teaming up to offer a program that offers homeless a free ride on the lite rail and bus line. >> the program helps the homeless get back on their feet. >> how do you get to your doctor, anywhere, food, the food bank. you have to find a way to get there. >> they are permanently affixed to identifications like this one. the travel is monitored to prevent abuse. >> a case manager is appointed to them. 's no way to just go get them. >> reporter: riders say they're all for helping those who are already struggling. >> they don't have to worry about bus money. >> we need to be loving to the homeless right now. they need somebody to love on them and enco

flm director for the coalition on mome homelessness. i want to read through the recommendations. a group of us got together shortly after the latest non-lethal shooting of randal duncan. the mental health board, ourselves, the education, conservation, and national association for the mentally ill of san francisco. and what we attempted to do was come with consensus recommendations to you regarding how to address the response to people who were experiencing a psychiatric crises by the police department. we had basically three recommendations. we did not have a chance to look at the rezzluge at the meeting as a whole, but i think you will see the resolution experience is very much in line with what we are recommending. first we recommended the san francisco police department fully fund the 40-hour crisis intervention training with the training of all officers and dispatchers. however sfpd. i want to know that education, not incarceration depends on, as stated on the funding, that they would like part of that funding to go to a response. part of our conversation was around really th

the ferry building is now at the focus of a debate over the rights of homeless people in the city. security guards are keeping handlers off the property now. monty francis joins us in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: the port of san francisco hired those security guards after merchants made a series of complaints about the homeless. now, those security guards are keeping watch and keeping transients off the property. business owners said they noticed influx of homeless people at the ferry building after the terminal closed last year. merchants complained homeless were setting up camp, setting up tip jars and bothering patrons and using bathrooms. all that the merchants said was a nuisance to customers and bad for business. the port's response has reignited the debate how to deal with the city's homeless population. >> it may cost the city a lot of money to do it but good from the tourists aspect. from my perspective, i'm used to seeing panhandlers and people bundling around. sometimes it can be a very bad nuisance and a threat. >> people need a place to stay. where do th

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

for the homeless and near homeless, it's more bad news.

people just starting to wake up in this homeless encampment. we are going to try to talk to a few people out here. as you can see the person in front of you has a dog. that is one of the things that is hampering people to get into shelters. about a dozen people staying out here now. homeless folks we talked to getting them out of here will be complicated. we'll talk about that coming up on mornings on 2. we'll keep you updated here. live in concord claudine wong. >>> an oakland man is now on america's 15 most wanted list suspected in a fatal shooting. 33-year-old sean sullivan is accused of shooting two men in tracy. sullivan and the victims argued about an outstanding debt and he shot both men at close range. u.s. marshals are offering a $25,000 reward in connection with the case. >>> this morning san jose police are trying to determine what lead to the fatal stabbing of a woman. the 27-year-old woman was found inside a home on tara lynn avenue. the woman was rushed to the hospital when she died from her injuries. >>> time now 6:34 a judge wil

one homeless or otherwise is allowed to trespass on it. why those folks living there say going to a homeless shelter is not an option. >>> ac transit bus riders want to snow how much protection they will receive after a shooting to days ago. >>> well good morning, to you. welcome back. this is the ktvu morning news. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. time now is 5:32. what is the weather like? >> pam and dave happy friday. it's clear skies. patchy fog on the coast. if you like wednesday and thursday you will like friday. 60 low and mid to upper. your weekend forecast in five minutes. here is sal. >>> steve, right now 80 westbound looks good on the east shore as you head out to the mccarthur maze with no major problems here. also this morning you are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza that traffic is light. let's go back to dave and pam. >> thank you. >>> time now 5:33. the search for a missing couple from the palms spring area is now an investigation into a suspicious death. a woman's body was found inside of a hotel room on lumbar street.

homeless now speaking up. >> 32 grease at night. i really don't think that anybody like sleeping in. that i didn't. >>reporter: homeless people fed up with the way they are being treated are organizing even showing up at city meetings. >> sometimes we are not opening the doors that need to be opened. >>reporter: doug is an advocate for the homelessism it is a vicious cycle when we evict people from their dwelling and we force them to go from one location to anothe another, but we are not providing alternatives. >>reporter: he suggest using abandoned buildings at the now closed mayor island naval shipyard to create shelters for the homeless. item agreed that could be a start and hopes the video will spark a dialogue that will ultimatelyly lead to long-term solution. >> everybody wants their rights respected. >> owner of that dealership was ordered to clean up the property or face thousands of dollars in fines. he agreed to level the site but still uncertain a what to do with all the people who made it their home. tj will be following

. >> i am three years homeless in the homeless shelters and i am concerned when those committee chaired people will be elected where as we can bring it to them and they can bring it to the full board. we are really having trouble with the racist, sexist, harvey milk cologne. we are beaten, we are exposed to people using our bathrooms. you will find this the same way at providence. this is the same way at st. vincent. we must bring attention to the senior homeless. it is not just me, we are three times in any age groups. we are not talking about senior housing. we are looking to beef up the revenues. you must appoint this person. please set up this committee. we would like to avoid the payment penalty we are going through. we need some justice in the homeless senior situation. >> thank you. >> thank you for your time. i am the program coordinator at kusf. i support the resolution to block the sale and hopefully give us the right to hunt down by volunteer all of my time for years. i have been at the station since 96. there cannot be dead there. i get a call. i would do a show at the drop

people and created twitter accounts to give the homeless a voice.t delivered morning just an update to morales' followers. >> we wanted to focus on giving them a voice and building a community around them. >> reporter: rivera is grateful for the reunion. >> it's amazing that a social network that has a negative aspect behind it, but in all reality it holds that purpose, and that is, you can instantly find anybody. >> reporter: the mother of two is also living in a shelter, but the trio is glad to have grampa in their lives. >> that was demarco morgan reporting from new york city. >>> in san francisco, hundreds of people braved the freezing temperatures today for a special cause. oh, my goodness. i know it's sunny, but you know how cold it was out there. those two took the polar bear plunge in the bay raised funds for the northern california special olympics. to earn the privilege to take that freezing dip there, people had to raise at least $50. look at the costumes. they're having a good time. and for an idea of how cold it was today, here are pict

do you want access to go to housing for the homeless or to the general fund? that is my recommendation for you to amend and take your choice on either of those two. we recommend that you approve as amended. supervisor mirkarimi: since we are looking ahead, i absolutely agree with the letter of the ordinance of the surplus property. in the spirit that supervisor ken suggested. whether it is permanent housing for senior hamas or families that are homeless, i am hoping that it is categorized in that direction. i would like to hear how it would then be best applied toward not just a general kind of remedy by really gets into the specifics of that. supervisor kim: hopefully, we can work together on the amendment. >> just a note to my colleagues, -- supervisor chu: just a note to my colleagues, we do not have a sale to consider so we do not know how much money we will spend. as we head into the budget season, we know we will have a significant budget shortfall. the trade of we would be making if we decide to come forward with an ordinance in the future to appropriat

off, but not chronically homeless to fall into these situations. choices that are depicted in the game are very real situations. we started off doing this game by talking to the case managers and the residents at the urban ministry shelter, talking to people who were coming into our food bank. so, these are situations we hear every day. >> reporter: and it really forces you to make difficult decisions throughout this game. >> i heard from people all across the country who have played it, who have said that it wasn't that they were trying to think through the decisions someone else would make. it was the decision they would make if they were in those situations. and even the choice of asking a friend for help, what does it feel like to have to ask a friend to store some of your belongings because you can't afford the apartment space? >> reporter: who are you seeing? who needs services now? who are these people walking through your door? how has that changed over the last few years? >> of the 1500 people a year we serve who are homeless, we have seen