homelessness in america.ere in new york, i see the struggles of the homeless while doing volunteer outreach with new york city's chronically homeless every week. there are over half a million homeless americans. nearly a quarter are children under the age of 18. and then there's this. nearly one in a dozen homeless are veterans. that's why president obama set a goal top end homelessness among veterans. that has not happened. but the official estimate of homeless veterans is down by one-third since 2010. still homeless vets face serious challenges, including a bureaucracy at the department of affairs that is hard to document. we went to homeless vets trying to help them. >> i'm usually up between 4:30 and 5:00 in the morning, and when i wake up, i usually have a cigarette and cup of coffee. >> it's early morning in section meant oh, california. and temperatures on this day are already pushing 100 degrees. but 63-year-old ron stangler knows there's not much chance of escaping the heat. >> i've been homeless for

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

without homeless?uld have a day in 5, 10 years where we don't have any homelessness in san francisco. >> reporter: more on how that could happenane moment. first -- happen in a moment. first, 6700 homeless. half living on the streets. the other half in shelters, treatment centers, the hospital or jail. $241million a year is now spent on the problem. and the number of homeless grew by 4% last year. but the homeless number is growing as much as 20% in other cities according to the man in charge of san francisco homeless problem. >> portland, honolulu, san diego. california has 12% of the nation's population but 20% of the homeless and 30% of long term homeless. >> reporter: there was a time when the homeless were put in institutions for treatment, that changed when ronald reagan was governor. those facilities closed and governments didn't pick up the slack. >> people that are vulnerable, they have issues, they don't really have places to go and they wind up on the streets. >> reporter: she studied homele

of our long-term homeless. >> reporter: there was a time when the homeless, particularly the mentally ill, were put in institutions for treatment. that changed when ronald reagan was governor. those facilities closed, and local governments didn't pick up the slack. >> people that are vulnerable because they have mental health problems, they have dual diagnosis, they have other kinds of issues, they don't really have places to go and they wind up on the streets. >> reporter: professor jennifer walsh has studied homelessness for decades, including studies for the national science foundation. she says welfare and food stamps once were enough to keep people off the streets. but no more. >> you have people who go to a cheap hotel or a motel for a couple of weeks and they run out of money. then they are on the streets for a couple of weeks. you have that kind of cycling through because the income that the state is providing and the counties are providing, it hasn't changed for decades, when cost of living has gonium dramatically. >> reporter: if acquaint ford a cheap hotel, how can you affo

we've helped. >> veterans and responsibilities and chronic homeless for veterans and families you've backed up with appropriate funding where we demonstrated we can get something done that is appreciative the rad program as i mentioned earlier our stellar - that's much more successful and independent in hair lives we did this and the voters get it as well recently last november to supplies for you will have us we passed (11) 000-0000 homeless bond we've not done that for two decades the people respond and say that's a good investment that's what we want to do due to the creativity of working with the fact papering that $310 million bond will be a great benefit when we do infrastructure bonds this affordable housing bond will be a great contribution is secretary in collaboration with i i want to make sure you know amongst all of us there's a great preparation people want to get it right there will be requests that hud be as flexible as can be with the fact rules and regulations given the fact urban density champions we we have we also will be talking about issues like stableizing neig

and over 30% of our long-term homeless. >> reporter: there was a time when the homeless, particularly the mentally ill, were put in institutions for treatment. that changed when ronald reagan was governor. those facilities closed, and local governments didn't pick up the slack. >> people that are vulnerable, because they have mental health problems, they have dual diagnosis, they have other kinds of issues, they don't really have places to go and they wind up on the streets. >> reporter: professor jennifer walsh has studied homelessness for decades, including studies for the national science foundation. she says welfare and food stamps once were enough to keep people off the streets. but no more. >> you have people who go to a cheap hotel or a motel for a couple of weeks and they run out of money. then they are on the streets for a couple of weeks. you have that cycling through because the income that the state is providing and the counties are providing hasn't changed for decades, when cost of living has gone up dramatically. >> reporter: if you can't afford a cheap motel, how can yo

homeless residents. the supervisor campos mentioned, introducing language to amend the legislation that's a much amending it. i would say it's claire fine that, yes, we would not be bypassing community process. yes, would not be breaking codes to make things happen. so we need to state what the focus of this is. it's really too announce that we understand, we knowledge this is a problem. we need to put more effort more resources behind this particular crisis and we've got to work together. making this a political football game and that it should be really about working together. so, it's important that i reiterate that it is about coming up with solutions and asking the community to work together, people from the neighborhoods and so forth, to work together to come up with what is a sensible and for us to view forward on this. with all the cooperation and working together we will find ourselves 4, 5, 10 years now talked not the same things and i don't think people out on the street can afford that. we re

we've helped. >> veterans and responsibilities and chronic homeless for veterans and families you've backed up with appropriate funding where we demonstrated we can get something done that is appreciative the rad program as i mentioned earlier our stellar - that's much more successful and independent in hair lives we did this and the voters get it as well recently last november to supplies for you will have us we passed (11) 000-0000 homeless bond we've not done that for two decades the people respond and say that's a good investment that's what we want to do due to the creativity of working with the fact papering that $310 million bond will be a great benefit when we do infrastructure bonds this affordable housing bond will be a great contribution is secretary in collaboration with i i want to make sure you know amongst all of us there's a great preparation people want to get it right there will be requests that hud be as flexible as can be with the fact rules and regulations given the fact urban density champions we we have we also will be talking about issues like stableizing neig

people this is incredible and burglary hips oh, help us with our challenge facing the fact homeless as i this more navigation centers and add supportive housing working with the fact board to make sure we can do with the last round and we're going to get 8 thousand people off the fact streets by the end i finish that will no longer have to be a victim this is our promise behind the fact naefktss and the nexus we're building so we don't have to talk about the fact shifters we have access out of homelessness and that projects like this the middle of communities like the tenderloin are really important to getting that story completed i want to say thank you to the tndc and all the corporate sponsors others are are part of solution to make sure that the financial part of this is done because that's when what is it takes creativity initiative financed not just again money but the creative relationship with the fact financial products that really helps to accelerate this housing and want to thank tom dbi and some of the other agencies i know your staff was around and have been inspecting

homeless residents. the supervisor campos mentioned, introducing language to amend the legislation that's a much amending it. i would say it's claire fine that, yes, we would not be bypassing community process. yes, would not be breaking codes to make things happen. so we need to state what the focus of this is. it's really too announce that we understand, we knowledge this is a problem. we need to put more effort more resources behind this particular crisis and we've got to work together. making this a political football game and that it should be really about working together. so, it's important that i reiterate that it is about coming up with solutions and asking the community to work together, people from the neighborhoods and so forth, to work together to come up with what is a sensible and for us to view forward on this. with all the cooperation and working together we will find ourselves 4, 5, 10 years now talked not the same things and i don't think people out on the street can afford that. we re

one time we were at the salvation army homeless shelter and the homeless were eating lunch at a mcdonald's. a boy walks and. may be nine with dirty clothes it looked like somebody hit him in the face. he didn't go up to order he went to the table looking for scraps. crystal said would you got? ceased to homeless women and bought him lunch and gave him a hug and sent him on his way she said i wished had a home i would take him in. you also see that. it reminds me how gracefully day the - - refused to be reduced by their hardships. >> as terrific. thanks for bringing this forward. one final comment. those people now will be required to have picture identification in order to vote this will be impossible. we will see the consequences because of these kinds of requirements how can he possibly have governmental a dedication if you don't know where you're living next month? >> i am not from milwaukee. [laughter] >> going back to ethnography to have a qualitative policy pressure to chase away people are viewing in our communities and there was a question for the landlords for those who are impove

or formerly homeless. we've had great response. we, unfortunately, have to turn some people away, we don't have enough space, so we're always looking for additional funding to expand this program. >> that's a good thing. [laughter] >> and what we do is we look for people who, you know, attention to detail, what we were just talking about who really want to give back and who are committed to what is a very rigorous process. and we screen them, we give them, you know, classroom training, but the most important part of this actually, you know, working in the shelters. they get to see what it's like. shelters are hard places to work, and it's not for everybody. this is a win-win-win. they get a job with a career ladder, it's great for project renewal, because it decreases the turnover, and it's great for our clients because they're getting really seasoned people who want to work in those facilities. >> the young lady who was profiled in zachary's piece, said it was an internship. how long is the internship in

day and project homeless and every day homelessness projects that we have now gathered together, notust 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 communi

have learned the city tried to clean up the homeless encampment where the homeless man living without much luck over the weekend. >>reporter: immemorial of flowers and candles now stands at the spots and consistent police shot and killed homeless man lose them or in the shot will street last week on saturday night public works crews came to take down the mission district homeless encampment as shown in this video shared with kron 4 news that tore down a 10 piece by piece in an attempt to clean up the streets nine homeless people were moved to shelters by monday a few tents were backup along with piles of trash for and and her pocket the tech down to await their homes only on kron 4 san francisco police came back on monday afternoon telling each homeless person shot well and 18th is not a place they can stay right now is an area of the police are watching people who left in the neighborhood are used to the sidewalks full of tense and said the homeless are not a bother but it is time for the mentally because they cannot stay here this is proposing an emergency ordinance which requires l

homeless people after a times square worker was attacked on the job. cbs 2's brian cone bear is live with more. >> reporter: cyndi, the city is trying to get the crimes under control, but this attack shows just how challenging that is. warmer weather brings out more people to times square. that includes more homeless people on the streets as well. >> you see them everywhere, living on the subways, subway entry areas, from the store fronts and everything. >> reporter: at the corner of 47th and 8th avenue sunday morning at 8:30, police say a 26-year-old homeless man named zach smith stabbed a times square alliance maintenance worker in the neck with a pair of scissors. smith was arrested in the violent robbery attempt. but the n.y.p.d. is still searching for another homeless man in a bloody murder at the bellevue shelter in kips bay on friday. have cut his roommate's throat, then allegedly sliced a cab driver in sequence the next day. these latest high profile crimes come the same week the city announced its new consolidation of homeless services and $66

pshelters, surveying the homeless about how to improve the system. i was fortunate to be able to go with you on one of those visits late at night at bellevue. we want to know what you learned specifically from the homeless about what you needed to do better. bill: yeah, it's very striking when you talk to homeless folks because the vast majority nowadays are people who are either working, or have worked, or want to work. this historical stereotype of folks with mental health problems, and substance abuse problems, and single men, today it's families and working people. p and what i heard over and over when we went to visit the r bellevue shelter was folks that asked, p "could i--help me get a job." p or if it was a veteran, for example, we have a lot we're r doing to get veterans to permanent homes. r we don't want a single veteran to end up on rthe streets of the city. rthat's a commitment new york city has made. r we had veterans who said, "i didn't know i p can take advantage of that," or, "who do i call?" r or, "someone called me, but i don't kno

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

that one homeless man lunged at them with a knife.the mayor wants to shut down all of the 10 cities in san francisco, and the way they shut down the one along division street next year. but the question becomes aware will these homeless population to go. the mission district at the navigation center requires children treatment for 75 people, and they are allowed to stay with their pets together. they are hoping this will cut down on the emergency calls and will save money.>> we've seen a first-time model of success that could work in san francisco. let's put many resources against this in the city and get these individuals off of the street. >> the mayor in seattle has come to see whether this could work in their cities, and there are plans for two more centers in san francisco, a report coming up on mornings on 2 at 9 am. >>> children being blocked from registering at school, and researchers analyzed the school districts in four states and found that undocumented immigrant students face long delays in enrollment due to the school's i

police say 53 year old william smith is under arrest, accused of slashing and killing a homeless man inside the bell view men's shelter on east 30 30th street friday morning. less than a day later, slashing a cab driver he was trying to rob. >> there is a horrible problem that needs to be fixed, but it can't. people have to be somewhere. >> reporter: homelessness, slashings, stabbings, big new york city problems that clashed and on sunday a time's square alliance worker stabbed near cross of the world, the suspect a homeless man. >> something can be done. but at this point, i feel everybody is cragging their feet -- dragging their feet on things. >> reporter: there have been increased patrol and after the 90 day review of homeless services, nypd is training shelter security. >> they're very much on the case and proven they have continued to drive crime down for 20 years. >> reporter: the district attorney recognizes the growing problem of homelessness and violence and says the issue is deeper than what weapon they use. >> there is no single answer but what i see leads me to conclude

food to homeless pets around the country through their organization. this video was put together by elite daily. >> my dogs i've had since little puppies. taking care of them and living in this truck e gives me no time whatsoever to research a job. please call me at your first convenience. >> they get ten calls a day from homeless people worrying what to do for their pets. she says a lot of people say homeless people shouldn't have pets but this is their last and only companion. >> it's never going to turn it's back on you, it's never going to leave you, it's just going to love you. >> homeless people don't have the money to get e.r. care and food resources. so what they do is partner with veterinarians across the country. the veterinarians have special days where people can come meet them and get food, shots and attention for their pets. >> i went to the vet for an x-ray and they wanted $500. i went and got cleaning supplies and cleaned the wound myself. i bypass the vet. he's okay. >> you hear the stories of the people with the pets and you realize t

wisdom that the homeless are a problem. i don't think the homeless are a problem. the fact that people don't have homes is a problem. >> reporter: 30-year-old angelique perry is in custody for this beating. grace is still in the hospital recovering from head trauma injuries. in san francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> the warriors have rewritten nba history! now there is a new job at hand. >> they now hold the record for the most wins in a single season but there's a bigger win up ahead. >> kpix 5 reporter da lin at oracle arena where the team will begin its run for their fifth national championship. da? >> reporter: that's right. the warriors hosting the houston rockets tomorrow afternoon. they have the yellow play-off carpet out in front of the arena here. the warriors are confident because they swept the houston rockets during the regular season. a good shootaround for the team and steph curry. you can see his reaction -- >> ah! >> reporter: -- a few times he missed his shots. >> we had a day off yesterday get refreshed c

as you mentioned a lot of people are inside from both sides of the homeless issue. passionate residents telling the commission this is not the right location. it's a vacant lot on central road in south-central san jose where a church once stood, land owned by santa clara county that could be transformed into a four-story apartment complex called the renaissance place, 160 units for chronically homeless individuals with on- site support of staff and security, a project not going up without a fight. >> had i known this was going to be there, i wouldn't have bought my house. >> i am concerned about my children and about their safety. i'm concerned about my safety. >> reporter: dozens of residents airing concerns at the san jose planning commission meeting among them, francisco lozano, his chief concern, the size of this project he says will increase crime in a community near to elementary schools, a library, ballpark and existing homeless encampment at a creek. >> so actually going to bring individuals from palo alto, sunnyvale, all of the county to our facility. >> if

one is that legal clinic for the homeless.they are the ones that fight the dc government on the issues and the homeless shelter where people slept on the hallways and abandoned hospital in the next trash cans and were physically assaulted sexually harassed. we live in a place with her visible ice makers and we also put our homeless families in the been in the hospital. that's where we live and we should all remember that. you might have already interested that the impact of the section and the impact of number six and with the data to put the data to the housing ability that does seem like we replaced terrible public housing and section eight was an unstable way of getting people housing because you mentioned this and i want to get your take on that. >> so we could talk about the incident outs of the different policy and i think that for tonight but i want to come back to is the scale. this kind of amazing things going on with housing and building the cool affordable housing units in the into the green public housing, great, n

it's also a haven for the homeless. >> everything okay?ention expert, calls regulars he knows by name. >> hey, tyrone. you all right there? >> reporter: he does outreach to try prevent the homeless, many suffering from mental illness, from becoming involved in deadly situations. sandoval offers referrals to services. >> i am from the outreach team. >> i don't need it. >> okay. you gonna be all right then? you take care. >> reporter: his offers are help are often refused. he says many are veterans. some have accepted help. >> you think you can come up with the paperwork? >> reporter: in july of 2011, homeless mentally ill man got into a confrontation with bart police. the transit agency says an officer shot and killed the man bus he threw a knife at police. the police chief says crisis intervention is crucial to saving lives whether it be the mentally ill or police officers. >> all of the officers in the county that i was working there, that had been killed, were killed by somebody suffering from mental illness. this is a huge, huge officer

we don't know -- we know they homeless. >> the six acre parcel belongs to the city of san jose.ousing recommended building portables with community kitchens and bat programs interest space for 170. >> they said it could be a place for homeless people, it does not seem appealing. >> i am for it if they can tip a best location. >> there are 6,000 homeless in san jose and 700 beds. an outreach volunteer thinks this lot is perfect. >> they people that need love like we do. we are all family. they family. >> opponents have taken their concerns to the city council members. >> there is always push back. all the public can still comment on the impact of the proposed site open were environment until thursday. i am lisa amin gulezian for abc7 >> the music video service is moving into the new headquarters in san francisco. it is elected next to twitter headquarters at 11th and market, six times larger than the office in los angeles and new york. though hope to double the number of employees in san francisco the next year by investing if local talent. >> do you want a blizzard? you could be

there are just as many homeless in santa clara and more elsewhere. we have the brain power to end homelessness but do we have the will power. >> it is a solvable problem and in the bay area we have no problem thinking about self driving cars or stem cell therapy but as a community we have resisted the fact that we can make strategic investments and conquer homelessness. >> it could end in short order, after 16 years on the street kristen is finally near the top of a wait list for housing and she says close to being able to end her life of homelessness. >> in a year if everything goes well i will probably be housed and going through like financial aid process to get back to school. >>> so basic idea once you get someone off of the streets you have one place where you can get all of the counseling and services to transition into permanent housing. you basically stabilize them. many of the homeless say they want to work but for many reasons including lack of skills or mental illness or dependency they can't. the navigation center will identify the probl

homeless outreach mgr.eanwhile mike williams is lobbying park residents to speak out against the shelter plan. formerly homeless himself, williams agrees the homeless need a new shelter but he insists this is not the right place for it. sot mike williams standup closer "leonard, the families to think they'd be better off." still >> reporter: long way from being approved environmental impact it to be repeated and the couple weeks before the planning commission makes its recommendation to city council. >> pam:new at six. a new proposal. would allow for without getting in trouble with the law. the catch. they would "use". at a supervised facility. a state lawmaker introduced the proposal. in an effort to address the growing number of drug overdoses in california. the bill would make it legal for health departments. to allow the use of controlled substances. in clincs that could offer medical intervention. other lawmakers seemed reluctant postponing a committee vote. still ahead. strike preparations at the prog

, still close to 30% of our homeless population becomes homeless outside of the city and response can oalleviate suffering -- we know counties in california that do note have a 365-day shelter system and where are these individuals left to go, but in the cities that provide these services and shelters. my resolution calls on the state to work with local governments on a coordinated response to include both short-term and long-term solutions. because we know this is issue is not local and the solution must be regional and statewide. to look at an inventory of surplus public properties. making these available for standing up shelters designed specifically for communities of need, including individuals identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, esbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning and finally in the long-term, investing in solutions that we all know can end homelessness and that is an immediate investment in affordable housing. so that municipalities can put shovels in the ground on affordable housing projects that have been in the pipeline. and, in fact at our associatio

has a very special tool to deal with the homeless.ll show you who is behind the program and what's being done. >>> new at 10:00, we are learning about some special training for b.a.r.t. employees as they make contact with homeless people on and near b.a.r.t. stations. b.a.r.t. says its workers are encountering a growing number of homeless people. >> they also have seen a spike in mental health related calls. amber lee has more. >> reporter: frank bart is a homeless crisis intervention expert. street musicians are part of the back drop here. the genre of music played is as varied as the people who use the transit hub. it's also a haven for the homeless: everything okay? >> reporter: many homeless here are what armando sapped involving calls regulars. he knows them by name. >> you're all right, man? >> he does outreach to try to prevent the homeless. many suffering from mental illness, from becoming involved in deadly situations. sandoval offers outreach. >> i'm with the outreach program. >> i don't need any. >> his offer for help often

encampment nine homeless people will move to shelters but by monday and a few tents will back up along with piles of trash san francisco police in this time for them to lead. >>anny hong: a sideshow brimming attractive to a stop on the bay bridge this terms and the nine chp officers some of them will popping we'll is investigating a belief this installed on a treasure island and they're still looking for the drivers involved in the shaw national news authorities are digging into on old lawsuit involving the suspect the children. >>reporter: he's been arrested by police and onlookers gathered and you could hear in the background smith's wife begging for help as a city mourned investigators want to know whether the shooting is connected to a decade-old lawsuit. >>anny hong: overall lesson is to the mainly dry as a complete look at the forecast the time now for 23. rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. there are big rooms, tiny rooms, rooms that are - whoa. with eight times more fragrance control, the new air wick® scented oil warmer lets you dial up or down to fill massive minimal

>> on the homeless they may not work. but my opinion is that they should have that as a weapon in the arsenal of the police to use if they need to use it. and everybody should quick quarterbacking this. >> the police commission and the coalition on homelessness is calling for guidelines. minimum force and mandatory de escalation and crisis intervention and ensure data collection. poa, not on board with any of these ideas. >> airing about that at the commission meeting. not unreasonable demands. they have used them in vegas and new orleans and used them in seattle but that means you can put the words down but will the police officers follow that. what it means is retraining the police and i keep thinking about, i'm old enough to say the good old days when police officers would see someone with a knife and they don't automatically pull out a baton or their taillight. because in those days they could not hit people with the flashlights, it was against police rules. >> could you use your mag light? >> no. so what they will do

we've helped. >> veterans and responsibilities and chronic homeless for veterans and families you've backed up with appropriate funding where we demonstrated we can get something done that is appreciative the rad program as i mentioned earlier our stellar - that's much more successful and independent in hair lives we did this and the voters get it as well recently last november to supplies for you will have us we passed (11) 000-0000 homeless bond we've not done that for two decades the people respond and say that's a good investment that's what we want to do due to the creativity of working with the fact papering that $310 million bond will be a great benefit when we do infrastructure bonds this affordable housing bond will be a great contribution is secretary in collaboration with i i want to make sure you know amongst all of us there's a great preparation people want to get it right there will be requests that hud be as flexible as can be with the fact rules and regulations given the fact urban density champions we we have we also will be talking about issues like stableizing neig

mention the groups birng like downtown streets for public works and our macy's and homelessness and our workforce development when they work with organization like dolby and others who are lucky enough to find space in the city to have haeshdz but that he say where are we who are we about as a company they allows the employees and others to begin relationships we wish all companies in san francisco would do in a few years later on market street look at the relationships date of birth by the they have a relationship with the abstains and the women's auto mission and the communities school with 826 van ness and helping to create those relationships with downtown streets with all the folks that really want those jobs because i think the people who are hopeless want that helping hand and they can do the best with this support this is what it is the city we want to be a city that understands the entire challenge and supports everybody at every level so when we have a center like the navigation center it is about the support we give people that's why people that are hopeless want to go to

i am concerned about the elderly homeless. they are taken from a navigation center and placed in a sro when they are not stable. now i love the mayor to complete his commitment to develop a respirat care facility for those to be stabilized at before they are put with the population to function with people. we have a thriving program which is a extension of ourselves so we can connect the hospitals, get informed with social workers at the hospital and inform them of the care we give and how people can be helped this way. i'm going to extend that to more hospital in the next year. the last thing i would say is, during the march meeting they elected me president the governing body and now i see new responsibilities for working out connections with the other entities in the city to get people more aware of what we do and how it could be done to better the lives for people who live independently. i thank you for reconsidering us and i would love to serve another 3 years. thank you. >> thank you very much for your presentation. alri

. >>> another case of homeless hoarding. but this time, not on a city street. instead, on a dangerous ledge above some railroad tracks. >> reporter: we have seen them in soho, the upper west side and midtown west, homeless people with sidewalk clogging amounts of stuff. now, a new location for homeless hoarding, just east of the amtrak line next to the henry hudson parkway. a concrete ledge on the ramp to 125th street where one or more homeless are storing shopping carts filled with stuff. a total of nine shopping carts. a yellow rope trying to secure them in place. there is quite a collection of stuff being stored above the tracks right here along the concrete precipice. i see a folding chair, a frying pan, and several of these foldable shopping carts. trains on amtrak's empire line travel just below this unauthorized storm site. we showed pictures to riders at penn station. >> dangerous situation for both amtrak and obviously this gentleman or whoever this person is storing the stuff there. >> it's probably not the best space for anyone involved whether it's

homelessness,s almost seen as an unfixable problem.ut brian locman traveled route 66 into northern arizona, to find a woman whose strength is creating home. >> one night it was march march 12, 2014, 3:36 in the morning. i woke up with a strong voice in my head who said you need to take over distressed motels and turn them into transitional housing. really? what do i do with that. i wasn't looking to do that. that morning i got up and started making phone calls. i wrote the business plan. i found a motel, and a year later we opened up. my name is laurie barlow, and i'm the founder and executive director of a new living. i think we have a solution. we have our emergency family room. we took over the motel, the entire property, and we turned it into a transitional housing facility. >> motel 66 off route 66, you can't get it better than that. >> i know it, i know it. >> it's for homeless individuals who are working or has a fixed income, the goal is to then transition into permanent housing and stay there. the mix of residents we have here

called in by the homeless outreach team when sfpd arrived at the 400 block of shotwell street, it tookold luis gongorga. from th , new jersey police >> when i heard a voice say, "get on the ground," i ran up to the window to look and saw i man already on the ground. although they said get on the ground a few more times, he was on the ground. >> reporter: daniel meyer works in the mental health unit of the san francisco public defender's office. >> what struck me about it immediately is how fast the officers were to draw their guns and fire. >> reporter: he's also aing if ultimate member for crisis intervention -- a faculty member for crisis intervention team training which is working class by class to teach officers to use less than lethal options starting with these rules, slow down, create distance and call for help. >> there was seemingly little attempt to deescalate the situation. >> drop the knife! >> reporter: meyer points to this video from the camden, new jersey police department as a better way to deal with mentally illegal individuals who have weapons. >> and it took over 10

officers shot and killed a homeless man yesterday at 19th and chadwell. katie is live in the newsroom with the story. >> investigators say they interviewed 10 witnesss and the man was threatening officers with a large knife. the actual encounter is not captured on surveillance video. you hear more than you see. the video does reveal the entire incident took about 30 seconds from the time officers confronted the homeless man to when the shooting stopped. 45-year-old louis died at the hospital. >> you know it is really devastating. >> she is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness. she believes officers were too quick to use their guns. >> try to greet them -- get them to cool down. there is no reason to come in guns blazing. >> they say the city is moving toward a new use of force policy as quickly as possible. >> they learn to do things a certain way and if you want to do things differently we need different training and different policies different procedures. that's what we're looking to do. >> police released this photograph and they sa

morning after a homeless outreach team encountered a man with a knife. a long shotwell street a memorial has sprung up. the medical examiner confirmed 40-year-old luiz gone gora died after the officer-involved shooting. >>> another witness was afraid to speak on camera but he did tell me he did see a knife in this man's hand but he did not believe it was threatening. investigators say that they are aware of this surveillance video. they are reviewing it and looking for more video as well as additional witnesses. frank. >>> karra wouldn't the fact he had a knife in his hand be threatening inare any of the people you spoke with saying why didn't you drop the knife? >> a number of officers i have spoken to say that could be considered threatening. there are conflicting reports as to whether this man had a knife in his hand or do dna not. police are sorting through the interviews. >> kara in san francisco. thank you. >> two more girls have come forward to say they were molested bay dental assistant in concord. the girls that are speaking both under ten claim

the commission unanimously approved the proposal to construct a homeless village in south central san jose where a church once stood. the project features a four story apartment complex that would provide permanent housing to 160 homeless people. neighbors fear the project will increase crime in the area which includes two elementary schools, a library and an existing homeless camp at a nearby creek. >> there's a lot of kids in my neighborhood. and had i known that this was going to be there, i wouldn't have bought my house. >> we know that housing does not decrease property values, does not increase crime. >> neighbors will appeal the planning commission's vote to the city council. if the project passes, the homeless could start moving in to the village fall of 2018. >>> changes will be coming to a section of pageville road. it includes adding new signs near the 82 interchange. and they plan to expand a slow speed zone. the changes will be implemented this fall. >>> the presidential candidates are shifting their focus to california. coming up in 20 minutes, what the front runners are

the security of homeless shelters in the city is being questioned after a homeless man was found dead in a shelter. michael george reports on clues discovered in the victim's bedroom. >> the homeless shelter on 30th is massive. it stretches for a block and houses up to 500 residents and this morning one of those residents was found murdered. now detectives are trying to solve the mystery. residents at this shelter are all wondering what happened. a 56-year-old homeless man murdered and police still looking for the killer. >> i think they got no security. i don't know what the problem was with that though. >> gomez knows the man who was murdered. he told us he doesn't feel safe at the shelter. >> i sleep with one eye open. people still steal if you have any supplies or a phone. >> workers found the resident dead in his bed with a cut to his bed. the victim was handicapped. he may have been involved with a fight with someone inside his room. >> the room appeared to be in disarray as if a struggle ensued. ems responded and pronounced him deceased on scene. >> reporter: in response to sev

they were one step away from being homeless. he heard about the district's new program. >> if i hadn't found this program, i don't know where i would be. >> reporter: laura is tasked district. s >> when we talk about what it is to end homelessness, we need to prevent it whenever possible. >> reporter: they not only find housing, but provide counseling and job training. he can focus on getting a better job. he's been doing odd jobs while taking classes to become a heating and air-conditioning technician. he has his sights set beyond a job. >> i have to have my own business. it's only right. i work hard. >> reporter: as for his daughter -- >> she loves it now. she really loves it. she runs all over the place. she has everything. all the books. she's happy. she's real happy. >> reporter: in the first eight month of the homeless prevention program, more than 1,000 families at risk of being homelesse housing. >>> first at 6:00 tonight, late developments in the presidential race. >> after a sweeping loss to donald trump in five primar

he lives in this homeless encampment. as you mentioned, sfpd says this is where they were provoked by the suspect. when i spoke to john, he said that simply isn't true. >> several times, the suspect did not go down. he got up and charged at officers with the knife his inn hand. >> that's when he fell. hit the ground. and that's when the knife came out. >> two different stories, in the wake of yet another fatal officer-involved shooting in san francisco. >> obviously any time this this kind of thing happens, it's no less tragic event to event. >> according 0 to sfpd, a homeless man near 19th and shotwell was waving a 12-inch knife in the area. there were called to the area by a member of the homeless outreach team. when they arrived, police say they used bean bag rounds to try to subdue the man. ultimately, they say he charged at them. and that's when shots were fired. the man died of injuries at a hospital. this afternoon. >> he was just standing there. going in circles. >> but john visor, an eye witness who lives in the

officers shot and killed a homeless man yesterday at 19th and chadwell. katie is live in the newsroom with the story. >> investigators say they interviewed 10 witnesss and the man was threatening officers with a large knife. the actual encounter is not captured on surveillance video. you hear more than you see. the video does reveal the entire incident took about 30 seconds from the time officers confronted the homeless man to when the shooting stopped. 45-year-old louis died at the hospital. >> you know it is really devastating. >> she is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness. she believes officers were too quick to use their guns. >> try to greet them -- get them to cool down. there is no reason to come in guns blazing. >> they say the city is moving toward a new use of force policy as quickly as possible. >> they learn to do things a certain way and if you want to do things differently we need different training and different policies different procedures. that's what we're looking to do. >> police released this photograph and they sa

it's helped some 200 homeless people. for more information on that go to kron4.com and look for the link to the 'winter faith collaborative.' pope francis has released a long-awaited letter on marriage and families. today. and while it presents a softer tone on issues like divorce and remarriage.some people find it disappointing. catherine heenan is here to explain. >> catherine:some are disappointed since the vatican had been suggesting the letter would be the first step in huge reforms. instead - we get a 261-page text suggesting that the church be less judgmental. it says priests should be more 'accepting' of gays, divorced catholics, and people living in what the church considers 'irregular' situations. but it does not change church doctrine on any big issues. like birth control, homosexuality, marriage or abortion. in fact - francis again closed the door on same sex marriage. it 'could' be considered a path forward for divorced and remarried catholics to receive holy communion - but even that isn't clear. and others

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