, and more than half are homeless. and they are often, they are also associated with high end patient frequency. and the people who are chronically homeless, samely stay housed longer than those who are housed and with the same conditions and the same severity. so, because an inpatient stay under medical cannot be reimbursed if it is longer than medically necessary, this means potentially losing a patient who is in-patient stay can be paid by medical or other insurance, to a person who is homeless. hospital staff keep on those patients longer we know that for research. staff generally know that a homeless patient once they are released cannot recover because they are on the streets, and for all of the reasons that i mentioned at the beginning of my presentation, we cannot get well. and in addition, to that, there has been tremendous negative around the hospital dumping and that has led to a lot of hospital staff keeping the patients longer who are homeless as well. because county hospitals care for a disproportion ate

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i think we should be anti-homeless. people are not house less and don't have a place that homelessness makes feel people left out. homeless means they didn't have a right. the statute of liberty tells us that you do have a place to be here. i think word should be anti-homeless. i went to the board of supervisors we've seen some pictures of women in the restroom and it was disturbing and reminded me as 12 years as a slave and we don't know where you got those pictures. the library is a place where you can go to read about homophobia, xenophobia and anything. the library is always the learning tree and i go there every first and third they have the library commission that meet there and they give us 3 minutes like you all. the board of supervisors are the only ones that need to catch up. instead of 2 minutes you know it's important to give people time to make they are points to give them locations and giving them two 2 minutes is not enough. 3 minutes is more appropriate for people with disabilities and the library. i kno

and according to the 2013 san francisco homeless count, 27 percent of women were homeless. >> the shelters operate, 24 hours. and next door and the sanctionary. and south also operates a 24-hour drop in. shelter. and i am sorry. drop-in center which is part of the standard of care legend. and let me slow it down, legislation. out of our, or the one shelter out of our eight is what we called the self-contained shelter which is the lark inn and it serves the transitional aged youth from 18 to 24. and we also have a specialized shelter, which only occurs the sunday before thanksgiving, and it ends the last working day of february. which is called the inner faith and it is with our inner faith, community, and they house, and in different locations, anywhere from 60 individual men up to 100 depending on the location of the site. so some of the services provided in the emergency shelter, i don't want to read them all, but, what i do want to highlight is that we do have some shelters that are 24/7, 7 days a week. and our meals all followed the san francisco shelter and nutrition project menu. and

was homeless. it's a principal to work for a mayor that's you should in an area not only of growth and prosper it in the morning where your problems are big or small mayor ed lee >> thank you good afternoon, everybody. happy 53 and tenth this is where the beautiful people have come in morning i've been laborer looking for. those are the times when people need help and us. they need us with good hearts and smiles and a good connection this is what project homeless has been about for 10 years i've been happy to work with barbara garcia and supervisor farrell and the a other supervisors and new partners that are helping us improve our services. it's not just keeping the cycle that bev vin talked about how about in connection with people giving them a warm smile talking about how to get into long-term support and services. we also help build thirty thousand more unit in san francisco. how about that you how about we race the minimum wage yeah. help people get a descendent job and work with people like

there is a lot of homelessness, a lot of folks who may not necessarily be homeless but still have a high need. they maybe sro residents and maybe in need of programs. we see a lot of blight, a lot of violence, we see domestic violence in the streets. we see assaults and all levels of violence that are impacting residents and visitors on the street. i would also add that recently i know that's been kind of a point of discussion amongst different bodies in the city but pedestrian safety has been a huge area of concern. in fact last year there was a gentleman who was wondering around the center of market street and struck by a vehicle and i don't think he was of a sound state at that time and because of that was basically walking head on to another vehicle thachls just one example of how there is really like i said a lot of activity in this corridor of market street. in terms of how we choose to deal with that, ambassadors are well trained. we are the first tier of support. as we provide services to all members of the public regardless of whether they are homeless or businessmen or women. t

definition, which means three or four, episodes of homelessness in one year. the operating costs includes, the master lease that includes, the operating the building and the utility and property management and the supportive costs are segregated and that is the case management and the support on site for the individual tenants of the family tenants. >> and scott, walton is the program manager. >> how do these two costs together will give us the over all yearly cost per unit. >> and you sum up. and this is the biggest example and and per unit is for the permanent supporting housing. >> and if you sum it up, yes. >> on the master lease, and that is basically equivalent to the cost per shelter bed. >> yeah. >> and then, in some cases a little cheaper. >> and so that is surprising, at least from my perspective. and because, i think, well, again, we will get more into that, i think, and but, again, given what was talked about ten years ago, and again, not advocating for anything, and i think that it is an interesting statistic and what they say is that the permanen

♪i got a sweeter house than the homeless bees up in the trees.♪city hall ♪you gave the key ♪well i will guess you will say ♪what can make us feel this way? my city, my city. ♪ push i want to say, it is a tragedy, we have lost everything and all of the money is gone away. you got no therapy, and it is going to be the city is skies are gray and it is hard to explain the money is going and housing is going away. and we need some money all that we can do is pray. and city hall we need is a money today. so it is hard to explain. housing going away. how will you make it on your own? this world is aufully big and you are all alone and you have the housing skills and go out and do it they are giving it to you and go out and use it. love is all around and no need to waste it. you are going to make it you might just make it after ll. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker please? >> mr. wright, the following information is not only directed to the board of supervisors but also to the city deputy attorney's office, attention, jonathan gainer i want to open

he's been homeless for years. in the video you see him walking through the streets of san francisco in the castro area. narrating what it is like for him to be homeless. >> most people that are homeless i hear it from friends and see it don't have any type of real interaction that means anything when you're homeless. people treat you differently. >> he's carrying newspapers trying to sell them to people and the reason he's doing that in this particular case is because tomorrow, the day after this video was shot, is his birthday and he wants to rent a hotel room. >> how are you doing? >> tomorrow is my birthday and i'm trying to get a hotel. would you like a paper. 90% could care if i stand in front of them or not. most of them would not want to see me at all out there. >> you can see all the people not looking at him. >> do people wonder why this guy is wearing a gopro. >> this is a project called homeless gopro and it is a brainchild of kevin adler. kevin had an uncle that died a long time ago but for about 30 ye

the homeless become. one group filmed an experiment. people walking by the homeless not knowing they were secretly members of their own family, relatives they love. here's abc now with that video that has a lot of people talking tonight. >> reporter: this woman was filmed walking past a homeless person. something that happens thousands of times a day in america. but she did not realize the woman on the sidewalk was her own sister. this woman didn't realize it was her own uncle there. this man, no idea the person he's going past is his wife. it was all a setup to shine a spotlight on the homeless in a way we would never forget. this is how it worked. an ad had been placed announcing a film being made about new york with the director looking are if real people with real opinions on the place they call home. the idea was hatched by these guys. they secretly contacted the relatives of those who answered the ad and arranged for them to be out here when they walked by. so veronica passed by her sister and shaun

let's celebrate project homeless connect (clapping.) thank you so i just want to mention as i bring up the next speaker many of the key staff out here providing services are in from our department of public health we couldn't do this without them let's give them a shout out. now i have the opportunity to bring up our rock star of public health. barbara garcia has been in the front when it seemed like we couldn't have health care there's things about the affordable health care it's going to cover health services and without coverage no better partner than our health advocate barbara garcia >> good morning how many are first time advocates. all right. so i see workday workday folks raise our hands. we hope you'll have 10 more years and hopefully by that time we'll have the opportunity to house many more people. one of the things we are going to be doing as you see the incredible amount of services but daily connect it wouldn't look like this it will be our staff going to into the shelter for signing up people for my glasses and homes. we

has experienced homelessness for a year or longer, or who has had four episodes of homelessness overhe last three years and has a disability. >> the solution around the country is support of houses. not just shelters and hope that it all goes away. >> reporter: because of new orleans, the number across the country has declined by 25% since 2007. that according to the department of housing and urban development. >> the programs work. they do work. but you have to have the resolve to do it. >> reporter: wayne and julie are leading by example. helping to guide those still sleeping under bridges, street corners, people with mental and physical disabilities. >> to have no more homeless, that's our hope. >> reporter: al jazeera, new orleans. >> meanwhile about 1 million people in britain now get their food from food banks. with easter approaching the religious community is weighing in accusing the government of turning a deaf ear to the poor. >> reporter: holly appears to be a business woman and said she has never wanted hands outside by anyone, certainly the government. but she had to shu

so our numbers have gone down. >> a chronically homeless individual is someone who has experienced homelessnessfor a year or longer horror had four episodes of homelessness in the last three years and has a disseatbelt the solution around disability. >> the solution is housing. not just shelters hoping that it goes away. >> the number of people experiencing chronic homelessness around the country has declined 25% since 2007. that, according to the department of housing and urban development. >> the programs work. they do work. but you have to have the resolve to do it. >> helping to guide those still sleeping under bridges, street corners. >> there is no more homelessness. that's our hope. >> another day in positive territory. investors moved on solid earnings reports, and good news about china's economy. general motors is trying to get a bankruptcy court to protect it from lawsuits related to the botched at missions. saying the restructuring plan prevented it from being sued before it's 2009 bankrupt. g.m. is facing 36 lawsuits and blamed for 13 deaths. >>> oklahoma has gone in a very differen

, my kids were homeless, we don't want to be homeless anymore. can't hold a job if i am moving around, can't have a job if i don't have an address, can have a job taking care of my kids my kids deserved a place to live, they deserve a place to sleep. they deserve a place to get ready for school. i don't own this house. deutsche bank owns this house. but i am going to live here because i am declaring this house liberated. you should have seen the camera man's faces. going to a court battle now but deutsche bank is not taking that home. they have been there two years now, three years now. living in bank owned buildings and fighting deutsche bank and bank of america and cd and wells fargo and jpmorgan is not a long-term solution. i asked what is the long term solution? and they explained to me that what is going on now is a process of destabilizing land relationship and getting to a place where we can have different structures of land relationships in this country and one of those, one of those that is implementable right now, more than 250 across t

has experienced homelessness for a year or longer or who has had at least four episodes of homelessnessthe last three years and has a disability. >> the solution now around the country is permanent housing, not just shelters and hope it doesn't go away. >> the number of experiencing chronichomelessness across the country has declined by 25% since 2011 -- 2007, that according to the department of housing and urban development. >> you have to have the resolve to do it. >> helping those still sleeping under bridges, street corners, people with mental and physical disabilities. >> no more homeless. >> that's our hope. >> robert ray, al jazeera, new orleans. >> that coming up, a new lee released video shows what is believed to be one of the largest gathering of al-qaeda leaders and fighters in years. also, meteorologist cosprain wh the weather to mean a miserable spring for people with allergies. >>> u.s. officials are analyzing a video with the largest known al-qaeda gathering in yemen. it shows them celebrating a prijz break. the focus is on this man, nasir al aheshi who is said to be the

. >>> how much would give to help a homeless person?ron chin introduces us to one teenager who is quiet and shy but her actions speak volumes when it comes to compassion. >> reporter: in the heart of the jungle, san jose's largest homeless tent city. >> thank you, sweetie. >> reporter: brittany bates brings more than food and watered. alongside pastor scott of chan delivers ministry. >> i call her the next mother teresa, a cute mother teresa with a heart of gold. >> reporter: we saw her generosity firsthand. >> oh, thank you. [ crying ] . >> this young lady here is awesome, y'all. >> reporter: brittany gave tina a homeless woman the last $200 she said she needed to rent her own place. >> i thought that maybe i can give her some money like my birthday money and not have a party. >> she's a good girl. thank you so much. [ crying ] >> reporter: that's money for your sweet 16th birthday party. how hard was that to give up? >> it wasn't that hard. this woman doesn't have a whole lot of stuff. >> reporter: brittany began volunteering with her

homeless people were paid to leave. don ford talked with the mayor and advocates for the homeless who say the idea may be spreading to other bay area cities. >> like many bay area cities, san rafael has homeless people living on the street living hand to mouth one day at a time. >> we're almost here. we tried to take care of each other, behave. >> the mayor say there is is more than you think. >> homeless, approximately 500. >> h most stay out of the trouble. this weekend, one solution across the bay that albany got their attention. >> a payment of $3,000 per person. >> the homeless were paid to leave. this weekend, most of them left. the city wanted the former dump cleared so it could be added to the east shore state park. keep in mind, albany was sued and forced into the agreement, but it worked. the mayor says for them it is on a case by case basis. >> if we find homeless individuals, people willing to accommodate them. we might assist them in returning returning back. >> i wouldn't be a murder no more. >> i think th

greg also marvels at the shelters his homeless neighbors construct out of materials they fine fines. a couple of years ago greg gathered those materials and built one himself. that was that. or so he thought. until one rainy night a homeless woman knocked on greg's door asking for a tarp. >> i didn't have a tarp. i'm sorry. i went back in. i went past my home. what am i doing with this. i ran back outside. i said come back tomorrow. i'll have a home. as soon as i gave it away it felt so good. oh, wow these people are so happy. so throw in a couple of screws. >> reporter: greg decided to do it again, and again, and again. with then of a rotating cast of volunteer, greg has now built more than a dozen homes for the homeless. all are on wheels. all made solely out of the material greg pulls each morning from those trash piles. and all are destined to make a homeless neighbor's life a little drier, a little safer and judging by the look on kelly's face a whole lot happier. kelly says she has not had a roof over her head for 19 years. but will tonight thanks to greg. >> a lot of happiness

you to help a homeless pers?chin has been profilg jefferson award winners for last s ht >>> how much would you give to help a homeless person? sharon chin has been profiling jefferson award winners force several years and tonight she shows us one teenager's selfless act of kindness. >> reporter: brittany bates is quiet and shy but her actions speak volumes when it comes to compassion. ♪[ music ] >>> reporter: in the heart of the jungle, san jose's largest homeless tent city, brittany bates brings more than food and water. >> sandwiches. >> reporter: alongside a pastor of chance deliverance ministry. >> he call her the next mother teresa a cute mother teresa with a heart of gold. >> reporter: we saw her generosity firsthand. >> oh, thank you. [ crying ] >> this young lady here is awesome, y'all. >> reporter: brittany gave tina a homeless woman the last $200 she said she needed to rent her own place. >> i thought, maybe i can give her some money like my birthday money and not have a party. >> she's a good girl. tha

today's hearing, resolves around looking at how we pay for housing for the homeless and the most cost effective and efficient meth methods. >> i have meet with many on this issue and i want to thank everyone for their involvement and more importantly for their attention and dedication to this issue and there is no one that is involved in this issue in the city that is not passionate about this topic and i think that passion is really coming through, and i want to thank you for your involvement and i think that it is important to provide an overview, really quickly of the analysis of our different, housing options that we have. and so we can continue to remain accountable for the public and we provide the best services for the homeless population because ultimately as we continue to talk about the human of the day this is a human issue and we need to provide the best services possible and get these people and these individuals that are on the streets the best out comes for their own lives. >> in terms of the different types of housing that we are going to talk about today, i think that

many of these tenants have been forced to move away from san francisco and others have become homeless. as public defender, i've seen the impact that these evictions have had on our city's poorest residents. we represent about 20,000 people every year. one of the areas that we are experiencing the largest number evictions among our clients is section 8 housing. many of the residents are being evicted without having any access to legal services and without knowledge of their rights. it is very frustrating to me because we can only provide representation as to the criminal process, not to these other essential areas. now, in san francisco, the city does provide funding to agencies that does provide representation to those who needy vix assistance, and obviously the mayor's office of housing brian chew is ~ chu is here as well jeff barkley. the reality is there are a dozen lars who are funded to focus on evictions. and we estimate that at least ~ twice the number of lawyers is needed to meet the demand that's been identified just by the budget analyst to deal with unlawful detainer and ev

it's called 'homeless gopro' a you that the worn by t themselves.aims to make a difference in all daily life t "this here at mollie stones is pretty much my regular spot" adam reichart is homeless. but it wa this way. was a produ of so out luck. and so most days reichart does wha back selling i need to get myself in- doors, to be healthy, so i c a pro society a3 that's where the team from homeless gopro stepped in.erika- 3 we're trying to instigate a bit of little bi the perspect she's doing that by helping us see what reichart sees and ex everyday. reichart' it's an outfit designed to help bring empathy to what the homeless here in san francisco go through on a day-to-day basis. afterwards, the videos are posted to the website homeless go pro. to no surprise, the footage shows most people walking by reichart. but barraza believes that the videos can make a difference. i think most people want to help, they just don't know how. i hope th open people's e true side to kn pass by e maybe you not exact thought333 we have more information about the man h

meet the man who saw a small solution for helping the homeless. [father]c'mon,buddy,you can do it.c'mon,reel it up, you gotta reel it up now,buddy. reel it up. [father] reel it up,you got him on there.bring him in. is that a bass? [boy] yeah,i got a big bass. [father]bring it up.keep reeling.keep reeling.c'mon, where is he? whoa! you caught that all by yourself? [boy] yeah! [father]how old are you to catch that? [boy]three! [father]you're three years old? show me how many fingers that is. >>> our next story is about a man with the ability to see solutions where others see problems. the problems in the neighborhood were illegal dumping and homelessness. greg using the eyes of an artist and the hands of a contractor crafted a creative and compassionate solution. if it were stories he were after he would have no problem finding them. among the piles of illegally dumped trash that appear in his west oakland neighborhood -- >> here looks like a little one -- >> there are clues that tell the story of how each one got there. >> light bulbs. this is marij

it's more than homeless people usually get when they're kicked from one place to another. but this kind of thing shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: the city of albany says they've helped find housing for 16 of the campers and are working to help others. >> the land is a regional park. it's a public park. and the incentive to make it safe and acceptable for all users. >> reporter: amber whitson says she refused to take the $3,000 and is staying put. >> i'm note going to sign a piece of paper that says i'm not going to come to this place that's been my home for seven years. >> reporter: he's decided to take the money and run, although he doesn't know where he's running to. >> getting a motel is really hard staying with pets. >> reporter: and we're back here live. we're looking at the entrance to the bulb. we just saw a homeless with his cart riding up to his camp to retrieve some more of his belongings. he told me that he didn't know where he would be staying tonight. homeless advocates say a lot of piecee these people will likely end up back at people's park in berkley or

about 60 homeless people called the bulb home. half of them have settled with the city to move out so the land can be turned into a park. kpix 5's christin ayers on where the homeless will go next. >> reporter: you see the tents first then the people. a colony of homeless who have been calling the albany bulb home for 20 years back when it was just a landfill. >> it was a real home for the homeless and a beautiful home. >> reporter: not anymore. david justice took the money and packed his belongings today. >> mixed emotions. i mean, i loved it out here. >> reporter: as part of the settlement people who take the money have to agree to not come back and live in the albany bulb. that means many may move next door to places like richmond or berkeley. >> albany [ indiscernible ] blowing their problems on somebody else's sidewalk. >> reporter: amber says some have already moved to berkeley's people's park. >> now it's putting it on berkeley and berkeley has a very large homeless problem as it is. >> it will not solve the problem. >> rep

monty francis joins us from the site of the former studios. >> reporter: one homeless person says that everyone escaped this fire. you can see the security guards are here make sure that no one gets on to the property. some of the homeless people who lived here tried to get past the guards tonight and one actually succeeded. >> i just tried to go in there. and i said that the cops let me in there. that's my stuff. >> reporter: ben spent eight months livering in the abandoned kntv studios. tonight security guard stopped him from going in and called police. >> i didn't lose anything but all my friends and family lost everything they owned. >> reporter: officers escorted him on to the property to retrieve hi retrieve items from a tent. arson investigators have not had a chance to go inside. so tomorrow, bulldozers will knock down what is still left standing. >> and we will get the arson task force out here and the cadaver dogs. >> reporter: 14 people were living inside the abandoned building at the time of the fire and they all escaped. he says at one time as many as 42 people called the

he's been homeless 30 volunteered. >> i feel like it's easier to be cold. you know? have less feelings when you're typing something than looking someone in the eye. he volunteer owed wear a donated go pro to difficult how difficult life is from his perspective. he says san francisco has great homeless services but they're often difficult to access. >> average is like the goal is building empathy. >> they produced three videos that can be found at homeless go pro.com. >> what we're trying to do is innovating to use services better. >> adam hopes this can give him a boost to get off the streets his plans to get regular housing within a year. in san francisco, abc7 news >> the lunar eclipse should be spectacular one. now more on this and perhaps complications of the moon. >> this would be the fo four lunar declipses. >> we live in a predictable world then, a night like this comes along. >> oh. this same light you can see at sunset. >> red glow of scattered light is what i will lum nates the moon during eclipse. >> brian day, a walking and talking encyclopedia of all thi

the problems he saw in his neighborhood were illegal dumping and homelessness. nbc bay area's garvin thomas is here to explain his ingenious answer to both. >> all right. let's see. >> reporter: if it were stories greg was after, he'd have no problem finding them. among the piles of illegally dumped trash that appear each morning in greg's west oakland neighborhood. >> here it looks like a little one. >> reporter: there are clues that tell the story of how each one got there. >> you've got a little grow mixture. this is a marijuana operation dump. >> reporter: but greg isn't interested in stories, just happy endings, and so it takes only what he needs to build them. greg is an artist who has long held a fascination with small living spaces. he once built a home out of a dumpster. greg also marvels at the shelters his homeless neighbors construct out of materials they find on the street. so a couple of years ago greg gathered some of those materials and built one himself, and that was that. or so he thought until one rainy night, a homeless woman knocked on greg'

these days he has a new title for a project called homeless go pro.com. he starts his day. he's been homeless 30 years and volunteered. >> i feel like it's easier to be cold. you know? have less feelings when you're typing something than looking someone in the eye. he volunteer owed wear a donated go pro to difficult how difficult life is from his perspective. he says san francisco has great homeless services but they're often difficult to access. >> average is like 40 hours. the goal is building empathy. >> they produced three videos that can be found at homeless go pro.com. >> what we're trying to do is innovating to use services better. >> adam hopes this can give him a boost to get off the streets his plans to get housing within a year. in san francisco, abc7 news >> the lunar eclipse should be spectacular one. now more on this and perhaps complications of the moon. >> this would be the first of fo four lunar declipses. >> we live in a predictable world then, a night like this comes along. >> oh. this same light you can see at sunset. >> red glow of scattered light is w

. >> now it's putting it on berkeley and berkeley has a very large homeless problem as it is. >> it will not solve the problem. >> reporter: albany is working with a nonprofit to find bulb residents permanent homes. so far they have placed 14 people. a city spokesman told me it's hard to say where people will go. we hope they continue to work with our service provider. what an individual chooses to do is uncertain. justice has no illusions about finding a permanent home in the bay area where rents continue to climb. >> if worse comes to worst i'll move up to san rafael because they give out tents every year to homeless people. >> reporter: in albany, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> people who take the cash will have to stay away from the albany bulb for one year. the city plans to spend that time restoring the area before turning it over to east bay regional parks. >>> happening today police in florida are expected to release

consider the release of funds on the board of supervisors receiver in the amount even if 1.4 more homeless services for 2013-2014. thank you president chiu. i'll be making another motion to continue this for one full week and put it on the full board of supervisors we've within meeting with the stakeholder group and building we're making progress and we'll have something to vote on next week at the full board of supervisors >> so supervisor mar is asking for the next week. >> may 6th. second to that senltd by supervisor cowen. any public comment on this item? please sir, you have two minutes >> director of san francisco open government. i'd like to say that this does need to be continued there is something needing to be considered in simply taking money and throwing it at the homeless problem you have to publicly telling the people that the library commission they need to be in their completion of throwing the homeless and out of the public library. they tried to jam through a thing of the american civil liberates they took violations that had been a 7 today extension and turned it into a

about the money think about the uses of the money and consider whether or not disfranchising the homeless who's only access is to computer and the ways of looking for homes is the public library you do something to counter act messinger heart also position as far as the homeless go. simply throwing money at a problem doesn't solve is i'm a conveniences and people who have served their country and given they're all and yet when it comes down to paying the bills we look the other way. >> are there any members of the public who wish to speak obtain. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues on the motion to continue to the 6th of may. call roll >> supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. supervisor chiu. supervisor cowen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim there are 11 i's. the motion to continue passes >> please read the next special order and 3:00 p.m. >> item 22 is a special order for the board of supervisors to sit as a committee as a whole to hear a public hearing to hear the release of funds in t

the second thing has to do with the homeless that the police department did successfully move out of the park, but regrettably there seems to be no planning ahead for where they would ago. i have some photographs which i can leave with you regarding their move into residential neighborhood of the mid-richmond. they are sleeping a lot on 15th avenue between geary and on geary there are a number of them that have serious mental problems and it's something that needs to be addressed by someone and at this point i don't know who to contact. anyway. i can leave these with you. >> thank you very much. >> that's it for the general public comment, or is there another one? >> yes. 3 minutes. great. hi, i'm ed leery and i live in san francisco. i live in the ambassador hotel with a lot of disabled people living there. i have been dying to get here to the meeting to see what is the mayor's disability. yes, i got to go to the care. i know that the mayor's disability office needs to give more attention to people who have been threatened, newsprint put on your doors. san francisco, i recent seen,

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

families and she's inspired a homeless care in our effort so he focus as she did on the star home a program it's benefited 26 mothers and children to make sure they don't go back to the streets and have a future with our city. in this past november listening and mark benny hoff and the sales force provided education to our middle schools i'm personally privileged to focus on to include the lastly technology in the classroom to focus on your science and technology and art and market cripple that's vital to training our future. with that passion and devotion please join me in welcoming listening benny hoff to receive the recognition she fully deserves. listening come on up (clapping.) >> thank you. i want to thank everyone for coming today thank you mayor ed lee and thank you to the commission on the status of women i remember in 2011 i was reading an article but jill tusher in the san francisco crop california that bmw the homeless kids going to school i was at the kitchen table with my daughter and pregnant with my second and i started to cry i explained to her i picked up the phone

homeless for about 30 years.volunteered for this project because he says people have become less sympathetic towards the homeless. he blames texting and technology. >> i feel it's easier to be i guess best way to put it to be cold or have less feelings when you are typing something than when you look someone in the eye. >>reporter: he has volunteered to wear donated go pro for 2 hours at a time to document how difficult life 40's his perfect speck. >> he says san francisco has great homeless services but they are often difficult to access. >> average is 40 hours of wai waiting in a line to get a bed for one night. people don't realize stuff like that. get lunch. hour and a half, 2 hours. >>reporter: erica is a co-founder of the homeless go pro project. >> goal is to build empathy through the first person perspective. >> rate now he's the first homeless volunteer hoping to work with others and they produce 3 video that can be found at homeless go pro.com. ultimate goal is to affect some sort of change. >> at the c

officials say they were aware of complaints about the homeless here. >> it has been a problem for us which is why we went in to tighten access, fencing and walls and security to prevent people from getting inside. >> time after time the groups would return. officials say they are exploring other options to house them. >> not just a solution to wipe out encampments. the only solution to get them housed. >> reporter: trying to help the homeless. >> people trying to survive. they need shelter and food. why not a vac about building. >> reporter: security guard will be trying to keep people out, that includes the homeless. live in san jose, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the berkeley furniture company that suffered a fire over the weekend is back open today. the fire broke out at 8:00 p.m. saturday night next to interstate 80 and destroyed the back warehouse but the wooden duck but the show room was uneffected. together business was entirely housed in the destroyed building and the owner said she lost everything. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> new at 5:00 p.m

a real home for the homeless. and a beautiful home. >> reporter: not anymore. david justice took the money and packed his belongings today. >> mixed emotions. i loved it here. >> reporter: as part of the settlement, people who take the money have to agree to not come back and live in the albany bulb. that means many of them may move next door to places like richmond or berkeley. >> they want to blow their problems onto somebody else's sidewalk. >> reporter: amber witson says some have already moved here to berkeley's people's park. >> now they are putting it on berkeley which has a bad homeless problem as it is. >> reporter: albany is working with a nonprofit to find homes for the people. it is hard to say where they go. we hope they continue to work with our service provider. what an individual chooses to do is uncertain. justice has no thoughts about finding a permanent home in the bay area because the rent is so high. in albany, christin ayers, kpix5. >> people who take the cash have to stay away as christin sa

homeless advocates say that number isn't too surprising that homeless is way up in the county. firefighters at this point say they just want to make sure that everyone did get out okay. >> we do find in a lot of our vacant buildings there are homeless folks that do camp out and it is a challenge because you don't know where they're located. there aren't any specific apartment doors or anything to go to and try to force entry to find folks inside. >> now, the intense heat at the former studios on park avenue in the fire made it just too dangerous for firefighters and arson investigators to go inside. we did hear that two dogs apparently died in this fire. it is considered suspicious. again, bulldozers expected to be here to knock this down first thing this morning. reporting live in san jose, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, christie. >>> two burglary suspects are still at large following a massive search in palo alto. a burglary happened last night when police arrested one of the three suspects three blocks away and san jose police helicopter searched for