homeless? >> i think they're easier to talk to than you guys. really, they understand it on a personal level. they know the discrimination. they know the entire reason we're on the street -- i have applied for 845 spaces in that neighborhood. it's not because of -- it's not about money, but who we are and what we do. people want to act like the problem isn't happening. there should be no services in the park because homeless people will come there. there's hundreds of people that live in that park every single day. the city has done nothing to come to our aid at this point. nothing. someone needs to work with phil over there at park and rec and get us some trailers or whatever. i mean, if we can work at a dining room table, we can work anywhere. thank you. >> thank you for what you do. next speaker. >> hi, my name is carla add always. i work as a program manager. i left the organization in 2014. around 8 months after we lost the drop in space. i wanted to thank the supervisors for hosting this

homeless? >> i think they're easier to talk to than you guys. really, they understand it on a personal level. they know the discrimination. they know the entire reason we're on the street -- i have applied for 845 spaces in that neighborhood. it's not because of -- it's not about money, but who we are and what we do. people want to act like the problem isn't happening. there should be no services in the park because homeless people will come there. there's hundreds of people that live in that park every single day. the city has done nothing to come to our aid at this point. nothing. someone needs to work with phil over there at park and rec and get us some trailers or whatever. i mean, if we can work at a dining room table, we can work anywhere. thank you. >> thank you for what you do. next speaker. >> hi, my name is carla add always. i work as a program manager. i left the organization in 2014. around 8 months after we lost the drop in space. i wanted to thank the supervisors for hosting this

homelessness in houston. we have been working closely with top-level hud officials to make sure that we are taking advantage of every opportunity that there is, and that the directions that they are moving in are ways that we can take advantage of as well, and they are hearing from us about the crisis we're facing on a municipal-level. i have been working closely with my peers on weekly phone calls from seattle, portland, eugene, san josÉ, sacramento, oakland, l.a., san diego and honolulu. who are all experiencing these extreme-levels of street encampments. >> mr. dodge, i'm going to ask a few questions, if you don't mind? >> sure. >> so we're really interested in understanding how this department is going to be operational? >> sure. >> with the announcement, i had a couple of questions. are we truly going to be merging staff from three different departments to be working in one unified department? does that mean that all of the grants that come out the dph and hsa will come into one uniform body, where we ar

homeless people don't need more shelter homeless programs. they need permanent housing and about the $310 million housing grant that the mayor hand odd when you asked where the money is going. that money is going for proposition d and 5m projects and those projects where the land use committee is advertising [inaudible] low income housing. the truth of the matter is 10% of the 40% pie is going to income people in high brackets making $122,000 a year. since when does a person making that much money needs to be part of a low income affordable housing program? and 2% of that overall pie goes to people that's just making $36,000 a year. more over the mayor is talking he wants all departments to focus in on the budget because of the negative cash flow -- >> thank you sir. >> [inaudible] >> thank you sir. next speaker sir. i'm going to call a number of other speaker cards and you can line up. [calling speaker names] >> good morning supervisors. i wanted to speak with supervisor campos because he hit it right. we need the programs right now and the

homeless people don't need more shelter homeless programs. they need permanent housing and about the $310 million housing grant that the mayor hand odd when you asked where the money is going. that money is going for proposition d and 5m projects and those projects where the land use committee is advertising [inaudible] low income housing. the truth of the matter is 10% of the 40% pie is going to income people in high brackets making $122,000 a year. since when does a person making that much money needs to be part of a low income affordable housing program? and 2% of that overall pie goes to people that's just making $36,000 a year. more over the mayor is talking he wants all departments to focus in on the budget because of the negative cash flow -- >> thank you sir. >> [inaudible] >> thank you sir. next speaker sir. i'm going to call a number of other speaker cards and you can line up. [calling speaker names] >> good morning supervisors. i wanted to speak with supervisor campos because he hit it right. we need the programs right now and the

homeless people don't need more shelter homeless programs. they need permanent housing and about the $310 million housing grant that the mayor hand odd when you asked where the money is going. that money is going for proposition d and 5m projects and those projects where the land use committee is advertising [inaudible] low income housing. the truth of the matter is 10% of the 40% pie is going to income people in high brackets making $122,000 a year. since when does a person making that much money needs to be part of a low income affordable housing program? and 2% of that overall pie goes to people that's just making $36,000 a year. more over the mayor is talking he wants all departments to focus in on the budget because of the negative cash flow -- >> thank you sir. >> [inaudible] >> thank you sir. next speaker sir. i'm going to call a number of other speaker cards and you can line up. [calling speaker names] >> good morning supervisors. i wanted to speak with supervisor campos because he hit it right. we need the programs right now and the

for homeless people. [inaudible]. tier 3, halfway house, quality house, tier 4, make connection for homeless folks with mental health problem with ssi and medicaid. tier 5, long term affordable temporary housing but hotels and [inaudible]. tier 6, permanent secure home. [inaudible]. we must develop this [inaudible] system. [inaudible] must put full force social security and the solutions should be supported by full funding as number one of [inaudible]. we should never lose hope. yeah. you're all mighty, super supervisors commissions. >> thank you very much. >> i want to ask one final time if there's a member who hasn't spoken but who would like to speak. this is the opportunity -- seeing none. public comment is close. colleagues, i want to make sure i give you an opportunity to speak and i know supervisor yee has an amendment, and i forgot to acknowledge and i apologize for this, someone who plays an important role in what we do here is our city attorney's office, and they helped in a very expeditious way to draft thi

homeless people don't need more shelter homeless programs. they need permanent housing and about the $310 million housing grant that the mayor hand odd when you asked where the money is going. that money is going for proposition d and 5m projects and those projects where the land use committee is advertising [inaudible] low income housing. the truth of the matter is 10% of the 40% pie is going to income people in high brackets making $122,000 a year. since when does a person making that much money needs to be part of a low income affordable housing program? and 2% of that overall pie goes to people that's just making $36,000 a year. more over the mayor is talking he wants all departments to focus in on the budget because of the negative cash flow -- >> thank you sir. >> [inaudible] >> thank you sir. next speaker sir. i'm going to call a number of other speaker cards and you can line up. [calling speaker names] >> good morning supervisors. i wanted to speak with supervisor campos because he hit it right. we need the programs right now and the

a cluster of tiny homes for the homeless. wow.is actually really nice. >> yes. >> reporter: no doubt it's small just six by ten feet but for guys like charles it's pleating a big need. how much has a place like this helped you get back on your feet? >> yeah, it's really helped me a lot. >> these micro-homes in downtown nashville are part of a growing national trend, a short term solution to get people off the streets. >> mentally does it make it easier to set your goals and to move on when you can come home at night to a little home? >> yes, it -- you know, come home, your privacy, gives you time on the next step of things you want to do. >> reporter: it's estimated that on any given day there are more than 600,000 homeless in the united states. the city of nashville counts roughly 2300 people within its borders. but local organization he think the number is nearly three -- organizations think the number is nearly three times higher. 60-year-old peter suffers from bipolar disorder. he's been on the streets most of his life. >> we

we spoke to a homeless advocate about this. >> these are people. and they should not be treated like animals. >> johnson was found not guilty of battery on a law enforcement officer but we found out he is back in jail and accused of battery on a different police officer. >>> time is over volusia county leaders to decide on a plan for homeless shelter. agreement with daytona beach. i was news this morning kimberly eiten has been following this story since the homeless problem shut down the county office last month in cuba, county leaders say they really do not want to drag this process out any longer. >> reporter: nancy, they told us last time they do not want to extend this march 3 deadline. they want to vote on this plan so that is what they will do. leaders will meet here at the administration building at 9 am and this afternoon they will vote on a plan but first they will hear other options on funding for the homeless. under the current proposal for a joint homeless shelter with daytona beach, the county would not pay operating cost but will off

we know that we need to work to serve our homeless population better and homelessness is an not experienced the same with everyone. we have people in the city with extremely long stretches of homelessness and if not for extraordinary efforts they will stay there until they die or we get our act together and serve them together. and we are focused on opening additional navigation center sites with a strong focus on housing exits and initially we had hoped for very quick exits, but we realize really what we needed to do is focus on some populations that were failed by our system as a whole, and that meant more difficult cases, a little longer time frame but it's been successful like that. this was all made possible by a $3 million donation that came in from the san francisco interfaith council and the council has been an integral partner to the response of homework since the 89 earthquake and their moral commitment and leadership around homelessness has been instrumental in the city's response and great to have as a partner here. partners on site. community services is the lead contractor. ne

we can totally end homelessness. we live in a community that thinks practically about self-driving cars, cures to cancer, stem cell therapies and these require billions of dollars in investment but they get there. we have the solutions for homelessness. we know how to house different people against different groups of people back to our communities. we house families with short-term rental vouchers at a 95% success rate. so we can do this. we are limited by our local resources even as well resources -- resourced as san francisco is. this is a national crisis. it cannot be sold by a seven by seven mile city. we can do much better. and more investment will bring more results. >> that's a great response. i know you got the backing of a lot of supervisors there. they think that sam dodge is the man to do it. so good luck to you and thanks for clicking in with us. we will check with you again in a few months. >> thank you. >>> coming up here on "mornings on 2 the 9", the debate continues between fbi and apple. how it coul

almost a 3rd of san francisco's homeless population in this became homeless outside of san franciscoa self-reported in a recent survey. the state of hawaii has a greater state of emergency and the use of proclamation as a way to make additional funds available and to contact homeless summers providers in earmarking funds for family shelters and bypassing existing ordinance to take swift action to stand up needed shelters as soon as possible. the city of los angeles has declared a citywide state of emergency and a san francisco to supervisor campos is resolution is doing the same. we can also do more to have a coordinated statewide response with certain concrete actions good one, also plus property but the state to, making standard shelters designate for specific needs of need and interest whether their families, lgbt, seniors, medically frail, and young people. finally, immediate investment and more afford housing resources. something the state has also cut so that municipalities can put shovels in the ground and build affordable housing projects into the pipeline and refinance with

recently shifted to help the homeless. sure the money is spent appropriately. >> it's incumbent upon me to make sure we're using our resources as well as we possibly can. >> reporter: the audit also says many of the programs don't keep track of what happens to the people they serve and suggests they all start collecting the data. >> it's greater accountability for a program to be sure they're achieving results. >> reporter: keeping track of each dollar and to make sure the funds go to help our most vebl neighbors in need. many changes with the program are already in the works says the mayor. she says funding loss, if any, for any of these programs will be limited. >> lisa: fixing the homeless issue in volusia county remains front and center. tomorrow daytona beach commissioners and county leaders will meet to talk about a permanent solution. volusia county councilmembers are standing by their plan to toward construction of a new 250-bed homeless shelter west of daytona beach. but daytona beach city councilmembers want the county to spend an additional $2 million over five years for o

almost a 3rd of san francisco's homeless population in this became homeless outside of san francisco self-reported in a recent survey. the state of hawaii has a greater state of emergency and the use of proclamation as a way to make additional funds available and to contact homeless summers providers in earmarking funds for family shelters and bypassing existing ordinance to take swift action to stand up needed shelters as soon as possible. the city of los angeles has declared a citywide state of emergency and a san francisco to supervisor campos is resolution is doing the same. we can also do more to have a coordinated statewide response with certain concrete actions good one, also plus property but the state to, making standard shelters designate for specific needs of need and interest whether their families, lgbt, seniors, medically frail, and young people. finally, immediate investment and more afford housing resources. something the state has also cut so that municipalities can put shovels in the ground and build affordable housing projects into the pipeline and refinance with m

deadline is here for daytona beach in volusia county leaders to have a plan. right now to house the homeless. >>> good morning. your time right now 5 am on this thursday, march 3, jamie holmes. you look a little different this morning. >> i was in the sun a little bit longer yesterday. >> still had some. >> jamie is out -- still handsome. >> jamie is out sick today. we want to get a check of brine in the forecast. >> chilly and warm again. a few 40s around this morning. 46 degrees in ocala, 56 now orlando, 55 titusville. best bet, a sweatshirt this morning but you will need it -- not needed by the afternoon. spots up to 10 or 50 degrees cooler behind yesterday's front. extra clouds and we will see that today partly cloudy skies as we go throughout the day. orange county, mccoy elementary, said 72 at 10:00 and warm by the afternoon. by lunchtime, 78 and then we get some 80s returning to the 80s once we hit the afternoon 81 at 2:00, 82 at 4:00, and nice this evening by 6:00, temperatures around 78. let's go county by county, city by city with temperatures for today, palm coast at 76 and deland

will offer more than just beds, but resources to get the homeless population back on its feet. earlier this year, dozens camped outside this volusia county administrative building, until room opened up at the salvation some called it a quick fix. but so far, the entire county has yet to agree on a permanent one. >> we do not believe that volusia safe harbor is a method to cure homelessness. it is just a piece of the continuum to help our homeless brothers and sisters. >> we as a city have to decide what we will do in the meantime. that is not something we have concluded, but i will assure you that we will not return to business as usual. >> in volusia county, chris hush. jason: the orlando magic are hoping to turn things around at home. and the pride are just getting jason: we are covering breaking news on i-4, this is the scene of a deadly wreck that has shut down all westbound lanes at sand lake road. we have live team coverage all morning long. the orlando pride players are just a few days out wesh 2' s from the very first game. wesh 2' s stewart moore takes us onto the fiel

we have a great community plan to end homelessness.ic partnerships going on at all levels of government so i do think thera

a lot of times they'll leave it with another homeless person or on the streets. it gives them piece of mind they can focus on the job at hand, which is getting off the streets and knowing their animal is being taken care of. >> it's such a simple solution, though. >> it really is. >> why didn't anyone else think about this before? amazing. >> and good for the home depot folks to pitch in with supplies and labor. >> thanks, gar vin. >>> a recent high surf created a noticeable change along the marin county coastline. >> the waves formed a sand wall at stinson beach. look at our terry out there getting photos for us. no more storms in the forecast for a while. let's check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> it did look magnificent out today. we do have the possibility of showers in the next seven days. but most immediately, let's take you outside of the sky camera network. 66 in the south bay, san francisco checking in at 58. we'll take you to our wh underground sky camera network. sausalito, a picture perfect day. 64 right now. and over towards san francis

they are homeless, they aren't doing anything to bother. >> an employee says they are not anti-homeless, looking out for the am cofort and safety of residents, the pastor of the church tells me he has learned that the homeless people on the property have decided it's about time to pack up and move on. in newark, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >>> well, it was beautiful today, it was beautiful yesterday. and now we're going to see big changes. tonight we have rain moving in action then it will start to get windy, that wind is going to be bringing in colder air tomorrow so 20-degree temperatures return late tomorrow night. during the day tomorrow temperatures will be dropping, you will want the jacket, the heavier jacket as we go through the day starting with the morning through the afternoon. and we have another snow chance bleeb it or not before the week is over. a small clipper system. clouds are increasing, mostly cloudy in philadelphia, so this is ahead of the rain tonight. but we are mild. still 54 degrees. today we got to 64, yesterday as well. and now we're going to be dropping. wednes

i mean, homeless is homeless, okay. came to your home and said, you can't live there any more? it doesn't matter what you have, what baggage you have, we're going to turn you out. >> we understand it's not a fun thing to take people's items and i know the city had to make a big decision about that. so, yeah, not going to be an easy situation no matter what. >> reporter: again, while the city could start clearing those camps starting today, they said they do not know specifically when and where they will start that enforcement. this is one of the main areas and that's why that denver homeless outloud group started, or put out the call, rather, for protests. one person had a sign that said, move along to where? that's one of the big rallying cries of this group here this morning. a few people gathering and there are obviously a lot of people here on the streets still sleeping. we'll keep you updated. reporting live downtown, jason gruenauer, denver 7. story all day and we'll keep you posted what happens on air and you can download that free denver 7 app you'll get alerts to your

. >> the mayor is ordering homeless shelter. this comes as there is a homeless crisis. police need your help tracking two men wanted for it armed robberies on the upper west side. juliet: lots of present news. good morning, everyone. kerry: i am here for ben simmoneau and i am carrie drew. >> i am watching and mike and i discussed this. i'm watching a revolt call it what you want, about getting the line that divides each lane on these highways. they need to be brighter and have sprightly stuff in them. i am telling you that's the cause of a lot of accidents.>> i am an amazing driver. >> how long will you get this rally together? >> i got it! >> i know you are with me. >> it's part of what we do and part of public service. let's find out how to get it done. >> we have the wet weather. it's out there and it makes the visibility and conditions on the lackluster side. let roadways are always a rough thing but we see the wet weather pulling in a little bit longer for us. we the great sky with drizzle still in the area. it could drop the visibility with your numbers bring it

homeless is homeless. how would you feel if someone came to your home and said you can't live there anymore? doesn't matter what you have, we're going to turf you out. >> we understand it's definitely not a fun thing to take people's items and i know the city had to make a big decision about that. easy situation no matter what. >> reporter: the city is citing the urban camping ban, why they're going to clear out the large scale items. not the people themselves, just the tents, tarps, put it in a warehouse to store where people can people up those items. that's what a lot of these people are upset about, fighting for the right to rest along the streets. as far as enforcement goes, the city had to give 24 hours notice. that means starting today they could start clearing people out. however, city officials said late last night there is no official time frame when that enforcement could start. live downtown, jason gruenauer, denver 7. >> thank you. as of january last year there were more than 6,000 homeless me

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are transitional in nature as we struggle to rebuild and rehabilitation permanent house frg the homeless. while we do that the navigation centers are very success ful and people want more of that and this is where we will take the opportunity to place another $20,000,000 of support effort here and know the voters get it when they see and have a opportunity to see our navigation centers that we know these are more than just shelters. they are gathering of all the support services we need to allow people to go back to their homes if that is their wishes so get the best service to transition them into permanent housing that we are building and we have places like hamilton and other places we are building but it takes time and a lot of money and we are do that bond after bond and done that with the $350 mill ,000,000 bond to find the land and make sure we build in an affordable way. we have many more ideas but these are the at buttes of the $350,000,000 bond we place before the voters this june. we don't have a bond for november so this is critical to have it to the voter squz educate them o

they welcome the homeless. they think it will help get them off the streets. others have concerns that customers will not be too happy about seeing a lot of homeless in the neighborhood. raj, let me show you the hole the city has just agreed to renovate. the plaza hotel off san fernando street has been vacant for years. the hope is by winter, 49 homeless people will be able to call this home. the vote was unanimous. late this afternoon the san jose city council agreed to buy and renovate the vacant plaza hotel downtown to provide housing for the homeless. the cost? $2.5 million. mayor sam lacardo says it's worth it. >> it is far better for our community to have our homeless in housing than it is for them to be out on the street or in the creeks. we know the world is much more dangerous for them and for everyone else if homeless are out on the street. >> reporter: but neighbors here aren't exactly rolling out the red carpet. some business owners are worried the project could keep customers away. >> it will affect our economy here and the business for sure. >> r

at a homeless shelter. in fact, all homeless shelters across the city will get major overhauls. we'll tell you how the city is involved. >>> take us with you, keep watching "today in new york." download the app on your mobile >>> today, a difficult day at a local community. a basketball star who was gunned down will be laid to rest. >>> plus, today, challenge for the nieptd ypd trying to improve safety at the city's homeless shelters. >>> vnd >>> and a family dealing with tragedy asking question about a fire. it's march 15th, i'm darlene rodriguez. >> i'm michael. chris cimino here with the forecast. recovering from the dreariness yesterday, chris. >> it probably looks as dreary as it did, and not sass as chilly. city, friday 40 city, mid-40s. patches fog around, mist or drizzle. not a big deal. in between one system exiting another system to the west entering but weakening. a lot of clouds, yes. we may get overcast or brighter spots towards the end of the day. temperatures up to 50. by noon time, forecasting a high of 57 degrees. changes in the commute any, lauren? >> the first

s homeless. all this while another homeless camp is set to be shut down tonight. nikki burdine is live from where many homeless people sleep. >> good morning, guys. union station is a couple of blocks away from tent city, just right down the hill over there. that will be shut down tonight. the homeless will be moved out. it will be cleaned up. this while mayor bowser's new plan for the homeless is causing controversy. >>> reporter: this is one of the proposed sites for a short term family shelter in ward in a commercial air near bladensburg road in northeast. it is set to open in two years. critics say there are no homes for a ten block radius. >> it is boarded by a metro bus facility, train tracks, a cement mixing facility, next tonight clubs and strip clubs, there is no grocery stores, no transportation options. >> reporter: a community association identified 15 other possible sites but the mayor's office says the time to look for the sites has passed. the next public hearing is set for march 17th. at union station, nikki burdine, wusa 9. >>> two d.c. school res

this is my first time being homeless and from the experience it will be my last because this helped me but i am glad i was homeless because it showed a different side of me i didn't know, the strengths and dpoles goals and think it helped me a lot. sorry. it had so many opportunities. they constantly post jobs or injrj you to do. you can only do so much. hamilton can only do so much if you dont want to do for yourself. me, i'm taking a stand and doing for myself so i won't be here and hopefully i will be a chef so i can cook for the shelter or homeless program. i will give back to the community as much as i can, i voluntary also. i don't have much to say, i thank god and the thank the people that donate and make this place possible because i see the ups and very grateful and thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you precious and thank you for everything you are doing to improve your life and also take care of the children that you have. as i said for this particular bond, i want to make sure you know if i can simplify it it is 3 words, it about access to good care, it is about emergency re

homelessness in this city, we shouldn't talk about a debate about space. people need a place to live, but it's apart of that people's lives that need a job. >> downtown street team paired homeless people with jobs and many more coming down the pipeline. >>> the way to silver, fresh crab on the market for $2.90 a pound. fisherman dropped their crab prices. they - crab season was on hold for five months because of the high levels of demow i can acid. >>> the stadium going through a big transformation. crews are building a super track out of 600 million pounds of dirt. the best super cross riders in the world will compete in the monster energy super cross race at levi. >>> coming up, a plane hijacked makes for a tense moment for passengers onboard. what we're learning about the man heend it all. >>> more trouble for presidential candidate trump. the charges his campaign manager is facing after an incident with a reporter. >>> good morning from our kpix studio. we have less winds and more sunshine and we have rain back in the forecast. i'll tell you when to ex

the rate of homelessness is on the rise. what is going on? dmz is reporting that no dna was found on the knife of the former state. a dna was degraded by the soil where it was. >> we will elaborate on that story even though there is not much to tell after that detailed headline. juliet: i am . duke: kerry: i am carrie drew in for ben simmoneau this is "good day wake up" . mike: i know what it is. [laughter] juliet: do notice? ben: kerry: do you know what it . [laughter] veronica? i like that. i think i will take it. juliet: gabriella? mike: you keep guessing and i will get to the forecast. >>> let's get to the rain. us. it's the area of low pressure shifting to the north and east. we are left over with the gray sky and drizzle still here in the tri-state. it's what we will see for a good part of the day. winds are coming in from the north east around 10 20 miles per hour. it's generally speaking and we have a 460 temperature in philly. . a lot of cloudiness picking up later on. it does not look like we we have another area of low pressure swi

a homeless advocacy group calls this a human rights violation, the group denver homeless out loud says it's not true that there are enough shelters for everyone. we spoke to a man who used to be homeless who says what the city is doing is unfortunate but says some people don't want help. >> i know a lot of folks who choose to live this way, and i come back down and remind myself why i don't want to be here again. >> turning now to the race for president. this morning many of the candidates will remain in michigan which will hold hits primary tomorrow. the democrats went head to head last night. street reform and trade agreements, but they had both agree that governor rick snyder should resign. >> i believe the governor of this state should unnerstand that the dereliction of his -- he should resign. >> i agree, he should resign or be recalled. >> he says he wants to be the one to fix the problem. rico. after that now looking at thh total delegate count trump cootinues to lead with 384, but marco rubio has 151 and and john kasich will need -- >>> flags were lowered to half- staff in hono

now the homeless man is back in jail. charged with battery on a different law enforcement officer. >> reporter: we sent an email message to orlando police chief, asking an interview, or even a statement about the outcome of that select. we are still waiting to hear back. we're live tonight in downtown orlando, ty russell,. >>> tonight, stanford police are stepping up actions to keep children after a girl died. a 6-year-old shot herself in the shoulder and later died at the hospital. according to police, the gun belonged to erik williams who was babysitting. >> i'm sure he's very remorseful right now. nobody knows what he's going through, except for him and god. >> williams will be in court tomorrow morning. according to police, this is the second child in less than a week to get hurt in an accidental shooting in sanford. in this case, the child died. sanford police want to make sure something similar doesn't happen to other kids, so they're starting a gun safety class tomorrow at 4:30. >>> orange county crews hope repairi

living a homeless child or the recommendation is living a homeless child under the age of 18. it is issue for the committee to find candidates who are currently homeless with their homeless child, not to find but to keep them because if you a homeless and trying to care for a child it is very difficult to be going on all the shelter inspections we do each month and it is difficult to attend the committee meeting and any subcommittee meetings, so we would like to recommend that this be changed to somebody who has lived with a homeless child under the age of 18 at some point within the candidates life time. we believe it will make it easier to keep someone in this position. it is currently unfilled on the committee. and the third recommendation is that the terms of each committee officer, they are two years, but we ask that they be staggered so half rupointed on a even year and half are appointed on a odd year so we can have consistency in the committee with experience. thank you, if you have any questions- >> thank you. and so just in terms of the 3 recommendations sound good t

this is bill de blasio's budget he is cutting homeless services just as, just as the homeless crisis seems to be getting out of hand. >> teresa priolo is uptown. what is going on? >> you don't need to go far to fine homeless people around the city. one gentleman tried to cozy up to our crew all morning long. this report from the independent budget office basically say the adult population is at highest level yet this as the mayor wants to slash services. it is one of the biggest complaints from new yorkers, the spike in the homeless population. leading people to be concerned for their communities and their personal safety. the city's independent budget office agrees. calling the homeless problem, the despite the growing problem, new report from mayor bill de blasio's budget slashes budget for shelter. the city claims they are budgeting $325 million for homeless adult shelters next year. but that is $120 million decrease from this year. and for family shelters, it i was allocating 452 million, which is $72 million less than 2016. when asked for comment the mayor east office disagreed

large group of homeless people stl here packing up their things and moving along as officers began to clear them out. during this whole time we thought there might be an altercation that might have happened as there were a lot of protesters yelling obsinties saying they are stealing these people's homes and the only possessions they have. the city maintains they are not taking these possessions or destroying them. they will hold them for 30 days where they can be claimed. if they are not in the 30-day window, they will be destroyed. we spoke with a city spokesperson who said this is not pretty bought we want to get-- but we want to get them off the streets. >> we want the safest possible resolution for everyone involved. unfortunately, the way things are right now, it is not safe for anyone. so we want folks on the street to come into shelter, we can connect them with services and problems one on one. >> reporter: crews could be here for the next hour or so, they said they are not sure they will move on to the next location, wherever that may be. as they clear out we are starting to s

they also want to build new homeless housing near willow glen.it is a tough sell in the neighborhood already concerned about crime. a room full of san jose residents against a proposed development that the city hopes could solve its homeless problem. >> city housing and planning officials say the proposed housing on 6 acres of land near willow glen would look like this, 18 prefabricated units that could house more than 100 homeless people in an area that is already crime-ridden. >> i pictures of a drug deal that went down yesterday. i need to know how you will keep us safe. many people blame the homeless for crime and pointed to the jungle. a massive illegal homeless campground the city dismantled a year ago. officials claim this would be no encampment or tent city and residents would have to undergo background checks. that did little to calm nerves. today does it make a difference what state you are in. anytime you propose something like this there are concerns. >> there were few voices in favor of the project. >> i believe this project can be p

before they do, county leaders will hear other options for funding the homeless. under the current plan, volusia county will cover some of the cost for the show. giving $4 million on either a piece of land or a building. from there, daytona beach takes over. it would have three years to start building and then pay operating costs. last night city commissioners talked about how to cover part of the more than $1 million it would take every year to run the shelter. you may remember city and county leaders were forced to come to an agreement last month when a growing homeless camp shut down a county building. more than 100 people spent weeks sleeping outside the office on beech street before police dismantled the cab. -- camp. what officials met last month they tell us they do not want to drag out this process any further. they want to vote and meet the march 3 deadline and we will either come when and if they do. look for updates on our website and we will keep you updated on eyewitness news at 4:00. live in volusia county, kimberly eiten, eyewitness news this mornin

an east bay city has a new plan to help out the homeless. san leandro's mayor has brokered the san leandro homeless compact. it promises to make 25 housing units available for the chronically homeless. that brings together the rental housing association and a local nonprofit called building futures, which is women and children. >>> 49 homeless people in san jose will have new homes of their own by the end of the year. the city council approved turning the plaza hotel in downtown san jose into housing for the homeless. those plans are also in the works to turn the santa clara inn into another homeless hotel as well. >>> not everyone made money when super bowl 50 came to the bay area, so now san francisco supervisor aaron peskin wants to help out local businesses that were hard-hit during two weeks of street closures. that includes street vendors. today's finance committee will consider his plan. city leaders have not announced the amount of tax revenues that were generated from so many super bowl visitors, though. >>> b.a.r.t. now getting the

. >> ginger: plus orange county has pledged millions of tax dollars to fight homelessness. why much of the money may not have helped people get off the streets. good evening, everyone, this is news 6 at 7:00. i'm ginger gadsden. >> julie: i'm julie broughton. >> lisa: and uber is launching new attacks ads, taking on tallahassee. they say the ride-sharing service -- why the ride-sharing service says local lawmakers and leaders are in the pocket of taxi giant we'll have more and the big debate, coming up. >> julie: but first, a breaking traffic alert causing big problems in downtown orlando. sky 6 is live over i-4 and eastbound parr street. the back-up reportedly stretches all the way back to the turnpike. orlando firefighters tell us construction debris fell out of a truck. they aren't sure what it is, but we saw crews hosing it down. sky 6 photojournalist dave sprung is live over the scene. what else can you tell us? >> >> reporter: the hazmat unit was out and they had the suits on. it's causing a big problem at the end of the rush hour drive where they have i-4 closed down

almost a 3rd of san francisco's homeless population in this became homeless outside of san francisco self-reported in a recent survey. the state of hawaii has a greater state of emergency and the use of proclamation as a way to make additional funds available and to contact homeless summers providers in earmarking funds for family shelters and bypassing existing ordinance to take swift action to stand up needed shelters as soon as possible. the city of los angeles has declared a citywide state of emergency and a san francisco to supervisor campos is resolution is doing the same. we can also do more to have a coordinated statewide response with certain concrete actions good one, also plus property but the state to, making standard shelters designate for specific needs of need and interest whether their families, lgbt, seniors, medically frail, and young people. finally, immediate investment and more afford housing resources. something the state has also cut so that municipalities can put shovels in the ground and build affordable housing projects into the pipeline and refinance with m

day and project homeless and every day homelessness projects that we have now gathered together, not just volunteers, but our experts from her health apartment, human services department of our social services department, our hot teens that sam dodge and devin used up help lead to get people into transitional homes like the navigation centers like shoulders were trying to improve, like the watching we have ed here are 80 and putting on an everyday basis and today i get to announce that because of your help, because of the problems you help us identify it deeper into and the solutions you're coming up with an everybody's idea is welcome in this challenge of our homelessness, that today we are announcing another navigation center opening in san francisco. yes. another 93 units of housing that's going to be for the next 2-maybe 3 years another navigation center on market street and we done all the outreach. we've worked with the plumbers union of a trust fund that owns the building and is kind of a rundown hotel for many years admittedly and what we've done we are working with the commu

this is my first time being homeless and from the experience it will be my last because this helped me but i am glad i was homeless because it showed a different side of me i didn't know, the strengths and dpoles goals and think it helped me a lot. sorry. it had so many opportunities. they constantly post jobs or injrj you to do. you can only do so much. hamilton can only do so much if you dont want to do for yourself. me, i'm taking a stand and doing for myself so i won't be here and hopefully i will be a chef so i can cook for the shelter or homeless program. i will give back to the community as much as i can, i voluntary also. i don't have much to say, i thank god and the thank the people that donate and make this place possible because i see the ups and very grateful and thank you. >> [applause] >> thank you precious and thank you for everything you are doing to improve your life and also take care of the children that you have. as i said for this particular bond, i want to make sure you know if i can simplify it it is 3 words, it about access to good care, it is about emergency re

homeless is homeless. >> reporter: the city declined to go on camera but said living in tents is considered unsafe, and healthy and unsanitary. the city also believes this will push the homeless to use shelters and other underutilized services. >> to create another problem in a different part of the city. >> reportee: heather with the colorado coalition for the homeless says she understands the city's decision but enforcing the code would not -- erisa problems. -`>> human beings do not disappear. i just moved to another area. >> she says before removing the homeless, the city needs to create more variety of services rather than the current one- size-fits-all. for now, the service is out there do not fit anyone's needs. >> where will you go when they tell you to leave? i will be right here. >> so you're ot leaving? >> no. >> reporter: the city says it is not out to confiicate items. they will continue to hand out warnings until the message is out there. the city saas they cannot prevent people from sleeping on the sidewalks. it just wants to remove tents like this that are typically on the s