the report identifies the chronically homeless population has that segment of the homeless population that consumes most of the annual homeless budget comprised of city, state, and federal resources. it also went on to state that permanent supportive housing, where housing and services are linked, have been proven to be the most effective and efficient way to take chronically homeless persons off the street. san francisco has its own successful version of permanent supportive housing in the form of the department of public health's direct access to housing program were units are targeted specifically to house homeless persons in the city's system. the program is regarded as a national best practice. in 2004, a goal was set to create 3000 new permanent supportive housing units over a 10-year time span in order to provide housing and services to chronically homeless. development in san francisco is very expensive, and no one would dispute that pitted the former redevelopment agency and the mayor's office of housing are two key agencies in providing capital funds to create and rehabilita

and joyce krum, his deputy for homeless services. i want to acknowledge they have been helpful in pulling together the nation's when an individual needs furnishings -- pulling together damnations when an individual needs furnishing. -- pulling together donations when an individual needs furnishing. and so, to start us off, our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, bevin. i want to reiterate my thanks to the board of supervisors for working with me. bevin, is an ex-person on the board as well. we are also proud of the work you have started. i cannot think of a more patriotic thing to do than to find a homeless veteran there home in san francisco. i would be the first tuesday, despite all the success we will ever do -- to say, despite all the success we will ever do, and you know the economy is growing and we're trying to find people jobs. housing is expensive. that is why we're doing the housing trust fund and other efforts. but people who need our help our veterans. we owe it to you. we owe it to you for the sacrifices you have mad

targeted to the chronically homeless. this ends the staff presentation for the local operating subsidy program, and it should have added at the beginning that we have staff from dph and hsa here to answer any questions you might have, as well as the sponsor from mercy housing. and like to give you a few facts about the arlington. the request is for $9,354,007 for the local operating subsidy which is the operating contract that will carry the project through for 16 years. mercy housing is the sponsor and will own and manage it. construction completed -- will be completed in september of this year. after construction, there will be 153 units. each unit will have a bath and a micro refreshments center. starting with 80 units in 2012 and working up to 129 units over time, the additional unit24 will be subsidized by another dph funding source. tenants will be homeless individuals referred by the program who are high users of the public health system who may be mentally ill, a chronic substance abusers, and/or living with hiv o

losp is critical as a tool for the homeless in san francisco. it is able to leverage millions of state, federal, and private dollars to help people but homeless as behind the. we believe that losp makes san francisco and national leader in its approach to ending homelessness, and that is of the oil should be very proud of. we encourage you to preserve losp funds for the arlington. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i am from fiscal community services. we provide shelter, behavioral health services, education, employment, and senior services for homeless people in san francisco. since 1994, we have provided supportive housing, helping people end homelessness in their own lives. today, warehousing and providing social services to 1000 formerly homeless men, women, and children at nine sites. i am here and supported the resolution before you, authorizing the execution of a 15-year losp agreement with mercy housing to provide subsidies for formerly homeless single adults at its arlington hotel. we have in place and $8.7 million losp agreement

there were about a dozen homeless here.ot all are gone here this is one guy out here is waiting for a ride from the city. and looks like the city is putting them out and a motel. one man said that he has been out here for two years without any problems fight the he does not know what the cost of -- cause of the fires were but that is why they had to leave. the deputies should be here about 30 minutes from now. we will get reaction of the deputies when they come here to tell apart. >>mark: there following the latest with a suspended share ross mirkarimi pit his wife was called to testify. to is called just before 9:00 last night. as the first time they have seen each other in months. she returned to venezuela she was questioned about why the video was shot pin she said the video was shot by her next-door neighbor and was says pierces and her arm. >> he grabbed me very hard pin when we came inside the hall i said stop right now. >> later in the hearing his campaign manager denies allegations that she encouraged him neighbor n

but i hope that as we look at homeless policy, we take a man approached that does not blame homeless people for their own predicament but looks at how we can improve the economy, jobs, and educational opportunities for many people who are currently homeless. >> you started to touch on this a little bit as the city's housing needs. what do you think the board of supervisors should be doing to address some of those needs? supervisor mar: even as we will be holding a hearing on senior housing needs in a few weeks, we did a study with the budget analyst office that shows that there is a huge need for housing, especially for affordable housing for the lowest income population, but even for our middle-income, aging population, there is nowhere near enough housing that is affordable for people, so it may mean an exodus of more working families, or seniors that are middle or lower income from the city, we must build more housing that is affordable. there is also the danger that san francisco becomes a city that loses families because it may be cheaper or more affordable to live in daly city

this is for the homeless outreach team and medical respite center.e currently been awarded services not included in the out years of the original contract, but we are currently in the process of reconfiguring these services and are requesting approval of this contract to continue these services while we are in the process of reconfiguring. eventually we will bid competitively. i have our director of adult behavior of health services here, if you have any questions about program details. supervisor chu: thank you. mr. rose? >> on page 4 we point out that on page two, this proposed first amendment would increase the amounts in order to continue funding for all the programs. remain the expiration date of the agreement. when the board of supervisors considered this item, the department of public health testified that they would commit these soft source services under a competitive process in lieu of the continuation of the soft source. it is about $18.9 million, it could be a policy matter for the board. we recommend you approve. supervisor kim: thank yo

my concerns are with the proposed dph cuts to a number of services but to be homeless and formerly homeless, including 109 units of supportive housing. there is a proposal to relocate tenants to new housing coming on line, so it would be a net loss of 109 units. i am also concerned about the proposed cuts to drop-in centers, cuts to youth programs, and others. if there is a way to make sure there is enough financing to restore some of the proposed cuts in the health department's budget, that would be great. ultimately, it would save money in terms of -- dph is facing serious issues, but the cost of the system elsewhere -- it would be much greater his people can access the vital services that people need. thank you. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. i am, -- for the elderly. thank you, mr. mayor for your local hiring policy so as to provide more opportunities for san francisco job seekers. thank you to be office of economic and workforce development for funding in the house in the academy. there is still something missing, however. we know the government-funded work force development for

>> it happened to my homeless fund near the end of my administration.illie's guy comes in >> my guy! >> at that moment he was your guy. those are the kind of people will leap in i'm just saying, it is just the facts >> the difference in my administration is that i never required accountability. operate under the assumption that it was there. >> that is hilarious but i really can't get over his laugh. that is what makes me laugh. coming up, a look at today's top stories. >>,,,,,,,, >> let's take a look at this morning's top stories >> anne state why am roller in effect for a teenage girl out of monterey county. she's 16 years old, 5 ft. 5 in., 135 lbs. last seen wearing a blue and white shirt, a pink jacket, blue jeans and sandals. >> homeless campers are making their way back to san jose park after being evicted nine days ago and it has the neighborhood worried. the camp has become a health and fire hazard >> mitt romney met with top israeli officials in jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu says he agrees with mitt romney stance on iran, is zero tolerance of n

i would like to get your thoughts on homelessness and what the city is doing about homelessness, what direction you think we should be headed in, a big issue in san francisco. >> homelessness is interesting. when you look at it as a sociological perspective, we have some of the people in the homeless community enjoying being on the street. others want help. i think when we also -- we need to do a better job of taking care of those mentally ill. when you are on the street and you listen to the homeless folks or you watch them interacting, you see they are a little disturbed. i think the city overall has done a good job in terms of housing and taking them off the street, providing services. mayor newsom started a private -- program connecting members of the homeless community to services, dental, vision, therapy, housing, mental health. these are things that you and i probably take for granted. we have access and resources we can leverage. this community doesn't. in the southeast part of the city, we don't have many homeless facilities. there is one that i know of, providence baptist ch

and the clock is ticking to evict the homeless. on clearing all these squatters near kelley park. >> unemployment increasing. but the markets are opening on the positive side. as we look at the opening bell. futures up. we will follow the latest wall street and seeing if this rally will continue. also we are looking for a rally of temperatures. with weather & track. >> yes we are looking for temperatures to increase. for the weekend it will be great. today, it is going to be a nice afternoon dry, warm with the temperatures in the 80s. that fog is expected to burn off. tomorrow a gradual warm up. saturday & sunday. a full look at your forecast, coming up. >> good morning. this quick picture of what is going on a light and easy drive. no problems on 9680-san ramon valley. the east bay with the exception at 580. through the south bay or the peninsula it is also light. >> thank you, george. time is moving out and running out for this homeless camp. this is near coyote park and kelly creek for eviction notices were posted after burglari

homeless campers make their way back to a san jose park after being effected. the homeless camp at kelley park was a hazard and neighbors complained don knapp shows us it did not take long for the former campers to return. >>> camp sites like this are illegal at kelley park but for a homeless their irresistible. neighbors say it is dangerous. >>> we have had more than a dozen fires in the last six months including four in the last 24 hours with had problems with increased crime from the homeless stealing things and breaking into things >>> he says the latest fires came earlier in the day neighbors are worried >>> this is against the front of our house as i'm concerned come home at night. i'm concerned of the increased crime rate. >>> social workers offered temporary housing and jobs fell but then after 24-hour noticed the vet to those who did not leave and removed 5 t of trash. >>> that was on thursday and and the following monday the homeless came back because police refuse to patrol the area >>> this and as a police sergeant says police do not take a leading

then you have another category of homelessness, which is chronic homelessness. it is not just living paycheck to paycheck, but other issues like mental health or drug addiction. that is a much harder population to address. i think -- the district that i represent as many of the community organizations. it continues to be a pressing problem. >> where do you think the attics and mentally ill will go? supervisor kim: first of all, a ton of families live in the tenderloin. people do not realize this, but the tenderloin is a family neighborhood. it in not a proponent for cleaning up the tenderloin. i love the tenderloin. i

firefighters speculate they are being sent by -- set by homeless in the area.encampment from growing and homeowners are fed up. we are life at kelly park for us where the city is come up with a game plan. lisa. >>. >>reporter: that is true. we were just here tuesday night when 3 separate fires broke out in this park. the fire department is still investigating the cause but those who live nearby say they know what is happening and they want it to stop. >> i'm looking out on a brand new homeless encampment where somebody brought in building materials and stolen shopping cart. >>reporter: walker reporting yet another homeless encampment in kelly park. >> it's probably 15, 20 feet from the property line. >>reporter: she and others in the spring brook community are frustrated by the rise in homeless encampment and fires in the park. and what they say is the city inaction. >> 7 fires in the last two wee week. >> officers have been told from what i understand to not go out and try to move the homeless or site them. they take reports and that's the extent of it. >>repo

homeless campers at 7 2 hours to get out. >>> they've been trying to clean it up for a long time but then move and then it and then come back it is not cleaning up and the thing. >>> campers have until thursday to evacuate city workers then start cleaning up the park. groupon makes good after breaking a state law on cubano you might be able to cash in. alzheimer's and sleep and too much or too little can affect memory more than you think more information how much sleep is good for your brain. pubs for panhandlers one bay area city program will helipads and the homeless one group wants to stop it. >>> new details in the investigation of san francisco giant scar pablos sandoval santa cruz counting d.a. and says will not face charges after been accused of a sexual assault no physical evidence or testimony backs the klan by woman that scent of all assaults occurred at a resort last month. the sheriff's department issued a similar statement citing lack of evidence. mitt romney fights back as president obama on attacks the republicans' record as a job creator daniel nottingham reports on t

homeless campers are making their way back to a san jose park.t had become a health and fire hazard and neighbors had complained but it did not take long for some of the former campers to come back. >> camp sites like this are illegal in kelley park but for the homeless, they have deemed it irresistible and neighbors say dangerous >> as you see, we have had more than a dozen fires out here in the last six months and we have had problems with increased crime from the homeless, stealing things in breaking into things >> he says the latest fires came early in the day and neighbors are worried. >> this is right against the front of our houses and i am concerned to come home at night and i'm concerned with the increased crime >> recently city workers offered temporary housing, job help and drug treatment but after a 24 hour notice he evicted those who did not leave and remove five and a half tons of trash. >> that was on a thursday and the following monday the began moving back in because the police refused to patrol the area >> in san jose sergeant t

the goal was to help the homeless find jobs they loved.t age 17 she left malaysia anne and script by doing odd jobs to read >> you feel that no one can see you in the take a special person to look at you and say " i think he can do this call. and then have faith in you. >> she is using her business and psychology training to guide it members like joanne, the single mother quit her police dispatchers got four years ago to spend more time with her young twin girls but could not find another job. >> i never imagined being in a situation like this, but i am. and the program has, like i said, it made me feel like i am important enough. they really care. >> in the past four years 200 people have come through the program. she says half of them have gotten jobs. >> they gain work experience volunteering to plan their nonprofit events. joanne is cochairing the barbecue fundraiser in fall and members organize their annual conference on homelessness and vigils to remember those that live on the street. the nonprofit members gain valuable skills in bu

firefighters speculate they are being sent by -- set by homeless in the area.encampment from growing and homeowners are fed up. we are life at kelly park for us where the city is come up with a game plan. lisa. >>. >>reporter: that is true. we were just here tuesday night when 3 separate fires broke out in this park. the fire department is still investigating the cause but those who live nearby say they know what is happening and they want it to stop. >> i'm looking out on a brand new homeless encampment where somebody brought in building materials and stolen shopping cart. >>reporter: walker reporting yet another homeless encampment in kelly park. >> it's probably 15, 20 feet from the property line. >>reporter: she and others in the spring brook community are frustrated by the rise in homeless encampment and fires in the park. and what they say is the city inaction. >> 7 fires in the last two wee week. >> officers have been told from what i understand to not go out and try to move the homeless or site them. they take reports and that's the extent of it. >>repo

>>reporter: she and others in the spring brook community are frustrated by the rise in homeless enc homelessnt and fires in the park. and what they say is the city inaction. >> 7 fires in the last two wee week. >> officers have been told from what i understand to not go out and try to move the homeless or site them. they take reports and that's the extent of it. >>reporter: nobody from the police department returned my call today but in this memo in may the environmental services director says quote as j pd halted all clean up activities in order to ensure the city procmplying are complying with state requirements. recently the city learned state law requires it to class fay and record all items taken from a cleared encampment which is costly and time consuming. >> the challenge we are facing is very complex. >>reporter: city communication director says solving hom homelessness involved several agency and money. these are the short-term plans. massive encampment clean up scheduled for thursday of next week. brush cleared along the creek to help prevent fires and the city will try to hire mor

to equate the advancers but it's time is gonna be a lot of money on the homeless. shelter is transitional housing medical and social services. and they're still spending its paper at a rate of about $25,000 a day. the result is according to the cities to dow's 11 counts has uhaul we have a over 3000 people still living on the street. we have never been possible. . the apartment homeless coordinator is a job as a tried to balance san francisco is compassionate politics with iraq reality of the streets. the waste i have to check the status buses would probably a lot more hours than arrest. >>> you can go to the center and take down a 50 below the 434 hours. will be back on the streets tonight. and it's nice to be nice and help people they ought to jaw line sometime somewhere. you can't continue on and on and on. does not, a thing. individuals out there now making the right choices. how to accomplish cycle however appears remain elusive because while san francisco is providing shelter and housing for people who run a bad stretch and the helping hands the mentally ill

today on hero central, i'm saluting the homeless youth initiative of alternative house. >> i have my own place, do my own things, go wherever i want to go. go to school, come back. >> reporter: santigie kargbo came to the united states 18 years ago. he was supposed to live with a family in texas but because of financial stress, he had to move in with an adult cousin. he was reduced to being a live- in nanny or house boy just doing chores and not going to school. that's when he realized his education was a top priority. >> i don't want things to go wrong with me and i focus on my education. >> reporter: when he enrolled in public high school in falls church, the school social worker realized he was homeless. he was referred to the alternative house and through their homeless youth initiative, he now shares a home with three roommates. >> my roommates ask about my education. i know they care about me. >> the rent is partially subsidized. he pays $150 a month with the money he turns while working at sears part-time. >> my manager always care about me. >> last year the homeless youth ini

so where did the homeless go?any of them ended up here at this over homeless encampment and it's generating some familiar problems. a walk down trails and through brush brings you to the homeless encampment literally below k street. the trees and clearings have made this a popular place for the homeless for years. after san jose cleared out homeless camps last thursday many who did not get housing vouchers headed to key street. raul hernandez is worried how the city will react. >> they might just over all kick us out because it's too many people to handle here, i don't know. >> reporter: hernandez says the influx of strangers is also causing tension. >> we have to just hope for the best. that nobody comes in and destroys our place. >> reporter: but minutes later hernandez confronted a man in his tent. >> hey, hey. you already looked in there okay. you already looked in there. there's nothing in there of yours, okay. i don't know where you kept your bag and your stuff whatever. >> reporter: that tension worries the

this homeless camp is in the works of getting cleared. >> good morning. macmillan unit --we are looking at that marine layer that could deepen with more widespread as this goes for the next couple of hours. temperatures 50s. aha this warming trend will be just in time for the weekend full details on the afternoon highs and your extended forecast. >> good morning a good start. if you're in the north bay, the south bay, or around the bay of light conditions. >> let us get to our developing story. sheriff deputies are going to sweep this homeless encampment near stadium. that is where will tran is.. we saw video of people that were trying to get their belongings does it look like they have moved out yet? >>reporter: we do not know. they have been told for several days that they need to be out of here by 7:00 a.m. if not? the sheriff's office will come in here and make arrests or force them out. we do not know. i can tell you that the reason why is that you can see that there have been seven fires. perhaps caused by the homeless. speculation. there are 12 dif

homeless affected obviously. we talked to a city rep about why they are doing it and how? we talked to somebody who suddenly has to move from the place he was staying to a new location. >> we've been working carefully with other partners who are involved with homeless services so we can connect people out here in the encampments with alternative houses to get into a better path. >> people down here -- [ inaudible ] we cleaned up the area here. this side looks disgutting so i see why they kicked us out. >> reporter: right now the movement that started 9:00 this morning moving the homeless out to safer place and getting their belongings out of here has pretty much wrapped up. you can see the san jose police department still has a couple cars out here they were here for the operation today just in case and from what we can tell they were not needed this went off without a hitch. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> the former neighborhood watch volunteer accused of shooting and killing teenager trayvon martin has given his first television interview. george zimmerman said what hap

clinic for the homeless also helped brooks with a mice problem at the shelter. the lawyer fought for her to keep a cat at the shelter as protection. >>> the washington legal clinic operates with over 200 volunteer lawyers. if you would like more information, go to my website, j.c. hayward.com. we'll be right back. ?gw?qyjw >>> i'm one-on-one today with susan soriano co. if you want the best ice cream in town go to more renck co-s. on georgia avenue. 8030 georgia avenue. they make about 70 flavors of ice cream. about 25 flavors of sore bay. she has over ten years experience of doing this and guess what? she has incredible flavors that she has brought here today. tell me what they are. >> well we thought we'd take a spin on summer salad because it is so hot. this is a tomato sore bay that can be served in the tradition of tomato and basil. i put this together with a tomato and watermelon salsa. and up here we have a spicy beet ice cream that is exactly the color that comes out of beets with balsamic glaze. here we have my favorite sweet corn ice cream. we have p

many of them are homeless or people living on the edge of being homeless.e are worried about that. it is is also important to point out that we are also looking at cutting, dropping services for homeless folks. this is happening at two different organizations for the proposal. one is a drop-in center that is specific to women. it stays open 24 hours and is a low threshold location to give women a safe place to stay at night, if they were not able to access our shelter system or find any other place to sleep at night. the other is central city hospitality houses drop-in center program. between the cuts proposed to those programs, we are looking at 571 people losing access to bathrooms, losing access to very basic services, like simple meals and snacks, and a safe place to rest. when homeless folks that are disconnected from other services lose this one very basic service at a drop-in center, this is something that we are all going to see an impact of. whether people living or working in the neighborhoods where they are, or whether they are people trying to h

when the savings went, victoria and d'angelo learned how to be homeless.they found out there's a checklist for living in a car. you want security, lighting, a place where you might be welcome, or at least a place busy enough to hide in. walmart lots can be good-- it depends on the manager. ymcas mostly look the other way. d'angelo settled outside a hospital emergency room. >> d'angelo coates: and we knew that, through being there, we could at least brush our teeth in the morning, go to the bathroom if we need to in the middle of the night. and i'm sitting on the cooler in between our vehicle and another vehicle just to make sure they're okay. >> pelley: standing guard all night. d'angelo coates: yep. >> pelley: d'angelo, what does a man think about, sitting on a cooler all night with his family in the car next to him? >> d'angelo coates: at that moment, i guess i feel less than a dad, i guess... i guess i can say, or as a husband, because i'm not able to provide for my family. >> victoria coates: going into that car really did something to me. i felt helpl

the city is not blaming the homeless people for starting the fires. still, they are news about the fires and need to put any kind of cooking or heat supplies that happening in the park. it should come as a relief to neighbors who are worried about the homeless camps in the park because they are the fires have been burning so close to their condominiums. the city coming through at 9 a.m., homeless given a deadline of 7 a.m.. the city will work with the homeless people to see they get into a shelter or get the services they need. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> this morning, fairfield police investigating a shooting that that sent one man to the hospital. it happened before 10:00 last night on dan drive. someone opened fire on a 22-year-old ---year-old man standing in front of i apartment building the victim in the hospital in stable condition. police have no reason to believe this shooting is gang-related. >>> the wife of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi resumes her testimony today in front of the commission considering whether her husband should keep h

really surprising when you consider there's land there specifically set aside to house homeless vets. why isn't that happening? dr. sanjay gupta went to l.a. to find out. >> i wanted answers, for men like robert risman. he's a 22-year-old former soldier, and now a recovering drug addict. he was diagnosed with ptsd. he's in transitional housing with no idea what comes next. he's just trying to get back on his feet. >> i had to steal food at one point because i had too much pride to ask anyone. i still have that kind of pride. >> for vets like robert, the aclu filed suit to try and force the v.a. to build housing on 400 acres of land that it was given back in 1888. at first we called the head of the v.a. they said, look, we can't comment on pending litigation. we called the department of justice, whose lawyers are handling the case and said they can't talk about it either. finally the v.a. called us back and said their chief of staff wants to sit down and talk with me about what they're doing to house homeless vets. >> we added 700 emergency housing and transitional housing beds, mental