approach to ending homelessness we're not foolish enough to say we'll end owl homelessness but smart enough to say weasel do it better so i will want to tell you that a few years ago compassion hats always been the leading emotion we have on that issue while we can't do it on emotion you have to feel in the city a compassion for each and everyone if we don't care for each other the issue of homeless will not be touched or resolved for anybody well, i had in my myth someone who was willing to share her tears and her compassion about that be issue directly with me and you know lynn had that compassion years ago not only for reading it but from seeing homeless mothers in a shelter and saying to herself and to everybody around her and mark and ultimately to me that is not acceptable in our great city of st. francis i begin with that emotion and then we start talking about what it is that we do for each other because from that compassion comes a challenge and you challenge yourself first, you'll not accept this and challenge the people around you to say we can do better and ultimately you

one is a homeless young man. the lafco hort we had four homeless families. >> >> one man had a set of twins and what i hear from them my children's behavior is changing from what they're seeing. i am hearing they're not safe. this woman threatened me because she thought i was talking about her" and recognizing the important seakz of people transition from homelessness and economic empowerment is critical that we understand the conditions upon which people live and survive in the shelter. they don't feel like they're thriving and helping to work on policies where they not only feel respected and have dignity while they're in the shelter, but they can find a pathway out of the shelter, and leave it behind them and move forward as contributing members in our society, and so in terms of my language i have very limited spanish. i haven't spoken it since college, and in terms of my participation in meetings whether it's a subcommittee or visiting on site i am currently a member of the san francisco reentry council and

one is a homeless young man. the lafco hort we had four homeless families. >> >> one man had a set of twins and what i hear from them my children's behavior is changing from what they're seeing. i am hearing they're not safe. this woman threatened me because she thought i was talking about her" and recognizing the important seakz of people transition from homelessness and economic empowerment is critical that we understand the conditions upon which people live and survive in the shelter. they don't feel like they're thriving and helping to work on policies where they not only feel respected and have dignity while they're in the shelter, but they can find a pathway out of the shelter, and leave it behind them and move forward as contributing members in our society, and so in terms of my language i have very limited spanish. i haven't spoken it since college, and in terms of my participation in meetings whether it's a subcommittee or visiting on site i am currently a member of the san francisco reentry council and

and housing for homeless.o i want to move to expand the capacity of affordable housing in berkeley, to have policies in place to prevent displacement so we can keep people in their homes. so there's a lot we can do to stem the tide of displacement and keep berkeley diverse and affordable. >> in the meantime, you do still have an issue with homeless encampments. why do you stand on those? there -- where do you stand on those? there was an encampment on adeline that got cleared before christmas, generated quite a bit of controversi. >> yeah. i think the encampments are a symptom of the bigger issue. i'd like to see berkeley move toward creating a sanction encampment, something that oakland has done to serve that particular population. we also need to stay focused on creating permanent housing and transitional housing, as well. so we will be working on all those initiatives in the coming weeks and months. >> and speaking of housing, staying on the issue, another issue -- another controversial idea, right, are the

and many have they've been amazing partner with hampton and the city trying to address family homelessness we're happy that is our wonderful superintendent a hero and let's invite young up to say a few words. >> (clapping.) >> thank you jeff and thank you all 134067 for being here and more importantly being part of work before i get into any comments he have to point out you'll sitting next to nick hellman you have to check out his socks he's making a fashion statement he love it as jeff said i'm under young new in the san francisco unified school district and we are a partner of 24 fantastic work this really sorely needed work for the community and families i want to begin my commitment they'll be brief by describing of what we're trying to do in general in our schools 657 thousand students a bold vision for what we want to help them accomplish for themselves and with our support is to the not just within the schools question is a graduate profile that means that the era of basic skills is behind us we're not talking about basic skills by themselves those are going to continue to be extre

crisis and mix emission has born the brunt of that i'm as frustrated as a the neighbors but homeless are forced to live in combchlts i work tirelessly tirelessly to build more navigation centers so we can solve the crisis in a humane way and a permanent way and as i work with mission residents and homeless to advocate for the resources we have to solve the problem the sisters work is essential to help to solve the process they're helping to prevent families at the margin to fall into crisis we need this as we face the crisis i'm 100 percent of the sisters in the mission and ask you to deny the discretionary review thank you very much. >> welcome to the planning commission. >> (clapping.) >> through the chairs discretion the drersz will receive a 5 minute and supporters will receive 5 and the sponsor 10 minutes and supporters tpublic testimony an a two minute rebuttal for the dr requesters. >> for the requester for one. >> you have 5 minutes. >> dr requester? >> persons who filed the discretionary review or their representative. >> good afternoon commissioners it is really an honor to

to support to create a 5 year plan to reduce the homeless and dr.e in last week and thank you to the gentleman for his support when we started his job and moving forward we need a new written long term plan to address this issue i want to see a long term strategy and feel has a high-level of doubt accountability all over the place ask for your support. >> thank you commissioner pearlman supervisor yee. >> i want to just to be clear sometimes, we say strategy plan people have a notion of what it is we heard that came up request the strategic - strategy approach in which it goes by april i guess so i'm not disagreeing but want to make sure i understand. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you and supervisor yee you're absolutely correct this is irregularly the department to engage with the gentleman he's committed and hopefully present back to us at the board once frrmentd and more time we're voting on a long term strategy and work together at city hall. >> seeing no other names on the roster, colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? without ob

one is a homeless young man. the lafco hort we had four homeless families. >> >> one man had a set of twins and what i hear from them my children's behavior is changing from what they're seeing. i am hearing they're not safe. this woman threatened me because she thought i was talking about her" and recognizing the important seakz of people transition from homelessness and economic empowerment is critical that we understand the conditions upon which people live and survive in the shelter. they don't feel like they're thriving and helping to work on policies where they not only feel respected and have dignity while they're in the shelter, but they can find a pathway out of the shelter, and leave it behind them and move forward as contributing members in our society, and so in terms of my language i have very limited spanish. i haven't spoken it since college, and in terms of my participation in meetings whether it's a subcommittee or visiting on site i am currently a member of the san francisco reentry council and

approach to ending homelessness we're not foolish enough to say we'll end owl homelessness but smartugh to say weasel do it better so i will want to tell you that a few years ago compassion hats always been the leading emotion we have on that issue while we can't do it on emotion you have to feel in the city a compassion for each and everyone if we don't care for each other the issue of homeless will not be touched or resolved for anybody well, i had in my myth someone who was willing to share her tears and her compassion about that be issue directly with me and you know lynn had that compassion years ago not only for reading it but from seeing homeless mothers in a shelter and saying to herself and to everybody around her and mark and ultimately to me that is not acceptable in our great city of st. francis i begin with that emotion and then we start talking about what it is that we do for each other because from that compassion comes a challenge and you challenge yourself first, you'll not accept this and challenge the people around you to say we can do better and ultimately you cha

one is a homeless young man. the lafco hort we had four homeless families. >> >> one man had a set of twins and what i hear from them my children's behavior is changing from what they're seeing. i am hearing they're not safe. this woman threatened me because she thought i was talking about her" and recognizing the important seakz of people transition from homelessness and economic empowerment is critical that we understand the conditions upon which people live and survive in the shelter. they don't feel like they're thriving and helping to work on policies where they not only feel respected and have dignity while they're in the shelter, but they can find a pathway out of the shelter, and leave it behind them and move forward as contributing members in our society, and so in terms of my language i have very limited spanish. i haven't spoken it since college, and in terms of my participation in meetings whether it's a subcommittee or visiting on site i am currently a member of the san francisco reentry council and

how a trip to a homeless encampment is changing the way some students perceive the homeless and what they learned from this experience. that story is coming up. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. there's only one way to travel through this natural wonder and get a glimpse of amazing. and that's with a glass of wine in one hand, and a camera in the other, aboard rocky mountaineer. canada's rocky mountains await. call your travel agent or rocky mountaineer for special offers now. >>> new tonight a school visited a homeless encampment in san jose. azenith smith was with the students. azenith they were there to pass out blankets and gain perspective? >> reporter: yes, definitely good perspective. no doubt homelessness in san jose is a big issue. this encampment behind me is one of many in the city. many of the young people i spoke with tonight said they came here feeling a little bit apprehensive, but they left empowered. the majority of these young people stepping into this homeless encampment in san jose is a firs

jim wagner the director the homeless team just to say a few words jim. >> (clapping.) >> mr.ner before you speak i want to acknowledge supervisor avalos to see a few words about the hot team. >> i want to say as someone who's twhoz district has been ground zero on the homelessness i've had the honor and pleasure with working with so many of you especially in the last few months i've gone with some of you talking with people in the encampments i've seen first hand the amazing work that you do the way in which you deal with very complicated issues and the way you respect the dignity and humility r humanity and on behalf of the district i represent thank you, thank you god bless you you're doing god's work. >> thank you supervisor avalos. >> thank you and i used to say driving a muni vehicle is probably the toughest job in the city your presence remind me no that's not the case a lot of tough jobs probably one of the things when people call hot to come out they want people to disappear that's kind of what often the calls are they don't want the side the b. versus sleeping on the

on this first day of 2017, homeless advocates are distributing blankets. hoping this year won't be a repeat of last year. >> within the last year it has been 125 deaths in santa clara county. that's out of about 5,000 people that live in the streets. that is a high number. >> it has doubled in the year before when 61 people died. he said nine of them were homicides. the majority likely due to exposure. the cause of her death is unknown although no foul play is expected. >> this is a reality of homelessness. it is a real tragic situation. at night when it gets really cold you sometimes think you are warm but as the night goes on you get colder and colder. >> robert who used to be home is also advocating for legal encampments in san jose. >> may this year come new and bring us brighter things cause -- um -- it is no joke out here. >> and when it gets this cold an inclement weather episode is declared. until wednesday homeless advocates tell me they will be back out here tomorrow. back to you. >>> we have some developing news out of oklahoma. one officer who

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paul, who was once homeless, came up with the idea.re are skilled people that need a break. need an opportunity, need a chance. and i think we all deserve that. we all deserve to have a kick start again. and try to get our lives back on track. and that's why places like this are so needed. the government says by 2020 it will have invested more than £500 million on tackling homelessness. but with a further squeeze on council spending expected in april, there are concerns that hostels and shelters could be closed down. forcing more people to live rough. seema kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. our home editor mark easton is here. what can be done about these rising numbers? it is not inevitable and we know with political will you can solve it, in 1999 the labour government said there were a certain number of people on the streets and they could reduce it by two years, and they did. they said they would eradicate rough sleeping once and for all, in 2008, they thought they could, and then in 2008 we have the financial crash, policies of auster

our homeless. until last summer our city did not have a streamlined approach to homelessness.ferent city departments, each owned a part of the solution and despite their best efforts, the current system was not working. well, now, five months later the department of homelessness and supportive housing has helped thousands find safer healthier lives. since i took office my administration has helped 9 789 people out of homelessness. >>[applause] >> tonight we will be conducting our biannual homeless count when we are reminded that even as we resolve homelessness for thousands, there is a need to serve thousands more. we will not solve homelessness with a cookie-cutter approach like the programs of the past. our new and to end navigation system built on the concept of navigation centers that i initiated in 2014 provides the individual support and resources to help the person off the street and into a situation best suited for their needs. a shelter. a navigation center. housing or back to a home with love once. we know that very few solutions are one size fits all. to successfull

phil russell is one of them, homeless for ten years. he hears about programs like this but it hasn't helped him. >> if they say housing is going up here. well, a lot of people out here, the homeless people think what kind of housing? the housing we see going up are $3,000 a month for one bedroom. >> reporter: the mayor remains optimistic that inroads can be head made to house the homeless. >>> governor brown and first lady ann brown are in hawaii tonight for a quick vacation. the couple will be back on sunday to begin a busy month. early next week governor brown will unveil his state budget and deliver his state of the state address later this month. >>> the california highway patrol is stepping up enforcement of people driving if they are using marijuana. right now it is illegal to drive while under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, but proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana use, did not specifically ban marijuana use behind the wheel. two bay area legislators have proposed legislation, therefore, to close that l

these people also face discrimination, as you know, at homeless and youth homelessness. you expressed the desire to improve the housing for all people but yet in the past you've questioned whether lgbt you people should enjoy the same rights of everyone else. do you think they should have equal housing opportunities for lgbt queue people. >> if confirmed in this position, of course i would enforce all the laws of the land and i believe that all americans, regardless of any of the things you mentioned should be protected by the law. what i have mentioned in the past is the fact that no one gets extra rights. extra rights means you get to redefine everything for everybody else. that to me doesn't seem to be very democratic. >> that's what were talking about. i'm glad to hear moving forward you will respect that. >> last question as time runs shorts. we've seen a dramatic increase in affordable housing needs as you pointed out in recent years, 11 trillion families, as i said earlier, quarter of all renters pay half their income from housing, struggling to make and meets. if

we find out how many homeless family doss we have?ow many veterans, are people living on the streets or in shelters. so that helps do our planning going forward. >> reporter: the volunteers -- you just pointed out its interesting. you have about 50 or so. you also have guides. they are people who are formerly homeless. they have a sense of kind of where to go. what is the information i are looking for many what do you want it get out of this count? >> the count that's going on this morning is entirely visal. we aren't approaching people or finding out how long have you been homeless. over the next two weeks the same guides will go out and do peer to peer surveys where they find out how old people are, what gender, if they are veterans, how long they have been out. what would help them get into housing. >> reporter: and the last time you did a count here how many homeless people -- this is two years ago. you do it eve two years. what was the homeless pomp laying? >> the 2015 count we counted 1, 309 people. that was sheltered and unshel

1,309 homeless people living in the county. that was done in 2015 and obviously once they finish the tally here they will get a better sense of whether the homeless population has gone up or down and obviously they're hoping that it has done the latter. back to you, pam. >> yeah, i'm sure they are. thank you alex. >>> a manhunt goes on now for a bank robbery suspect in the santa cruz mountains. at 8:00, the latest on the investigation that led to chaos for drivers on highway 17. >>> plus, new information in the murder of a castro valley woman. the surveillance video police just released that they're hoping will solve the case. >>> good morning, we see traffic that is still doing okay. lafayette as you head thugh the tunnel . >>> sunshine already and that will carry right into the weekend as well with warmer temperatures. we're southwest, and we have one word for you... yes. ♪ yes to flying further for less. and yes to new international nonstops. that's just one more reason we're the official airline of the "yes" coast. and yes

she was homeless three months ago and now sells the newspaper one step away.eless or low income people in need of a source of income outlet for their voices. >> it's not just a job. i am actually letting people know that there is a better way for homeless to change their lives. >> reporter: tammy's positive attitude was immediately apparent. >> hey, sweetie, how are you. >> good morning. >> good morning happen on. >> reporter: we walked to her favorite corner to sell the papers. but the challenge issue to me didn't involve her attitude towards life, it involved our attitude towards her and unfortunately most of us weren't nearly as friendly to her as she was to us. >> good afternoon. good afternoon, sir. good afternoon. how you doing? good morning, ladies. >> reporter: person after person not only didn't buy the paper but also ignored the basic courtesy of responding to a friendly greeting. >> good morning, sir. good morning, ma'am. >> the longer i sit here the more disappointed i get in people. can't even say hello. i was disappointed but tammy wasn't the lea

. >>> but a controversial plan to help the homeless. why opponents say it could do more harm than good. >> we understand this, we get it, people are scared. >>> new at 10:00 a controversial plan to a church in the north bay offering help for the homeless. the plan entails setting up a homeless encampment right on the property. >> it would be small just six tents to start. but some organizers are starting to say no. ktvu debora villalon reports now from santa rosa with why the church and the city are holding firm. first few nights at methodist church welcomes the needy with food and shelter all year, but has decided to do more. >> the rule, the the accountability. >> but they caused a transitional community at their other campus across town. on this vacant lot a secure tent where high-functioning homeless people will live as they work towards housing. >> this is the spot we've got. we have 2,000 unsheltered homeless people in sonoma county. >> reporter: but it's a spot surrounded by residential property. an elementary school sits right a

it's money donated for the homeless, and i'm going to give it back to the homeless to help them.e been blessed and grateful to have a stable job at chick-fil-a, so i'm just going to keep working at chick-fil-a for my benefits. liz: i'm sorry so sorry. so the money was raised for the homeless, is that what it is? >> yeah. to help feed the homeless. liz: now, can you just tell us or when you were injured; right? what were you thinking about having to go back to work? what -- when you're lying there injured and trying to recooperate, what message -- what were you telling yourself that you have to get back to work to basically help out your family with christmas presents and the homeless? >> i just always been kind of wanting to go in and pursue things. i love to work. i'm a hard worker. so when i was injured, i was, like, well, i just can't mope around. i'm going to get back up and start to work and get back to work, so i can get some of my family christmas presents and pay some bills and feed the homeless. liz: do you think other teens work as hard as you? >> i can't say that. i kn

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coats, hats, gloves and more to hand out to the homeless. she calls it help the homeless people winter project for every day people. >> it will make them smile and feel more warmer for this winter and help them stay health. >> i volunteers such as john long are driving some locations to homeless shelters. >> very rewarding to be able to get that stuff out there. >> a woman kimmy didn't even know, karen, offered to store some in her home. >> it is a worthy cause, and keep the responses coming, because there is a lot of people throughout that we still aren't going to be able to reach. >> that's not discouraging kimmy and the other volunteers to try to reach as many as they can, one person at a time. >>> now, she recently changed jobs so she no longer come glutes but she is still collecting and distributing to the homeless. >> wonderful. now, a bucks county fashion designer inspired her artistic grand ice, featuring the work of disable children. >> we got to see three of the artist. >> including the little girl who started it all. >> eight year

and so, you know the issue of homelessness, was on your agenda. and you know, looking at our work, and with mr. hernandez as work which is preventing people from actually reaching or becoming homeless by helping them with employment. so i hope that when the issue comes to you again, when the supervisor, when the board con veenz, that you will support us, thank you. >> marco just a request for you. so, you have this new work space. >> yes. >> you are in. >> and i am trying to get the feathered serpent in my office that is hanging there to come to your site. my brother made it and it is a gift. so just to want to arrange that. over the next couple of weeks. >> okay. >> it might be stored at my place before i can get it to your place, it would be good to work on that together. >> we would love to have that together. >> we can talk about that. >> thank you. >> hi, my name is reid and this is burks and i am the executive director of youth art exchange and we are and i wanted to speak to the importance of activating these buildings and the hope that the

yes it will create a problem the solution, donate food to homeless outreach groups and shelters .ause your generosity may be actually hurting the homeless rather then helping them in west oakland stanley roberts kron 4 news kron 4 tried to reach out to the city of oakland to talk about this problem .. as of now noone has returned our calls or emails .. toss weather morning clouds gave way to abundant sunshine around the bay area this afternoon. there are a few fair weather cu popping on the hills, but heavier cloud cover remains over the ocean. temperatures still remain below normal this afternoon, warmed into the 50s for most locations and 40s for the hills. over the next 24 hours high pressure will build just off the west coast and move inland this weekend. the building high pressure will result in an overall warming trend with daytime temps in the 50s and 60s. interior may approach 70 by monday. despite the overall warming, nighttime temps will remain cold, especially away from the coast/urban centers. lows will easily drop into the 30s and poss the 20s with patchy frost. made

an effort is underway to see how many homeless are in mari news. we are more on the volunteers working on this. >> reporter: good morning to you. the goal is to get an accurate picture and snap shot. we are ride agriculture long. we are in the back set of a car and ride agriculture long with a couple of members of the marin county health department the who are taking part in this count and they are searching for anyone who may be living an the streets. it has every year this is obviously spearheaded by the marin county health department. let me show you video. early this morning at pack 30 this morning 350 or so volunteers and guides, many much them are formerly homeless. they gathered at san rafael city hall this he went through the orientation. they will be searching for anyone on the streets. they will check in camps and looking at shelters to find people who are homeless and to count them. >> it's important to know what the numbers so we can plan -- our goal is to end homelessness in marin. do we need more family housing, more housing for peopl

the students visited a homeless camp in san jose to pass out blankets and gain perspective. we talked to some student who say they felt worried but felt -- left feeling empowered. >> reporter: for most of these young people from santa clara stepping in to this homeless camp in san jose is a first for them. never having much contact with the homeless before. >> a lost us call santa clara claradise. i guess this is the dark side of it. you are kind of in your nice palm tree filled bubble out there and this is just a different world. >> reporter: with blankets in hand andrew is one of 20 students taking farther a religious studies class who passed out food and other items monday evening to more than a dozen homeless people in tents seeking warmth in the cold. >> it's sad to see this. you can't escape the sadness. >> i appreciate be your talking with us. you are helping me teach my students. >> reporter: the professor said their interaction a reality check. . . more than 4500 people are homeless in san jose. 125 died on the streets last year. >> there is so many of these camps l

and a controversial plan at a north bay church to help the homeless. why critics say it could do more harm than good. >>> welcome back. some people in santa rosa live manage near a church, are complaining about a plan to set up a home howless encampment right on the -- homeless encampment right on the church grounds. the first united methodist church serves food to the needy year-round. now they want to create a transitional community hasn't a vacant lot on one of its campuses. organizers say it would start with as many as 10 tents. >> well, this is the spot that we've got. we have 2,000 unsheltered homeless people accord to the latest census. >> does it take one child having an issue? >> neighbors worry this will attract and increase crime in the area, also an elementary school is right across the street. the city council member said the city should have done more outreach before that planwas approved. >>> isdi digital university now off aring a masters in internet business, in just nine months. executives -- silicon valley executives will be the teac

i was homeless mostly in los angeles, and i came back to my native san francisco.eeded quite a bit of help. i went to the va hospital, and, eventually, a social worker there referred me to swords to plowshares in early 1993. >> and the rest is history. now you're the c.o.o. >> correct. >> well, you should be very proud of yourself. thank you for helping our veterans. appreciate that. all right, and we have to take another short break, but when we come back, we're going to learn more about local resources for bay area veterans, including help with higher education. so stay with us. we'll be right back. here's your receipt. have a nice day! thank you. start the car! start the car! start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number and the lowest prices of the season. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes

we think we can end the homelessness in the next year. we'll keep on pushing every direction we can. >> the members of the street team get paid $5 an hour. they put in about 20 hours a week. it's not a lot of money but it does help. it's not a program that appeals to all. participants need to be motivated to change their lives. phil russell doesn't see his situation changing any time soon. >> we don't have any inside information as far as how many houses are available. when they're going to be done, how the procedure goes. >> count him as homeless in the next census. in san jose, david louie. >>> ford is canceling plans to build a new factory in mexico and says it will invest in a plant in michigan. ford announced today that it was scrapping the $1.6 billion mexico plant. the automaker will instead invest $700 million in a plant near detroit to build new electric vehicles. it will create 700 new jobs. ford plans to shift production of the focus. donald trump has been pressuring them to keep it in the united states. >>> a week from tomorro

inspections that rumentsz in eviction along with any sister and others i'm scared of them becoming homeless in the city they call home entirely this is 10 thousand signatures with asking our department for 3 things cease the inspects until more places are for - we also ask you not be heavy handed in the enforcement and we ask you to consider raising the permit fees with the upgrades with surprising and, etc. you want people to be safe but forced out the spirit of the city and consider the consequences because many artists will rather take on the rifksdz that the landlord can't afford to bring up to code we can create spades without the measures month of the warehouses - one was the extension and not the rule and the landlord are upgrading the spaces many petitions are - but please don't evacuee artists and my sister people that make the bay area creative please don't crush our scowls u souls love it had been you these if we could. >> please, please thank you so much i appreciate your effort just in i'm an artist and agree 100 percent and our board of supervisors we have our code enforcement

so it's still cold, and it did rain overnight, so it's still not good situation door the homeless. this week is expected to be tough for the home's. some areas of the county 0 are expected to drop into the 30s. >>> within the last year, 125 deaths for santa clara county of about 5,000 people who live on the streets. that's an alarming statistic. one of the high next the nation. >> reporter: that's double than the year before when 61 homeless people died. while nine this year were homicides. many of the rest were likely due to exposure, and homeless advocates are still pushing for encampments to be league he until san jose. >>> well, san francisco police are already investigating two deadly shootings this year. the most recent happened near 3rd and oak dale streets in the bay area neighborhood. yesterday police found a man who had been shot in the face. he was taken to a hospital where people place say he died a short time later. at about 2:15 yesterday morning in the mission district, please found another man shot in the chest. he died at the hospital. police say they do not believ

the citywide homeless sur ray is part of the nationwide effort to allocate resources to assist the homeless. in the meantime, new jersey is tallying figures from its homeless services. nbc10 was in camden yesterday, one of the spots where volunteers took part in nj count 2017. one woman at joseph's house told us she's thankful for the help she's received there. >> a humbling experience. there's a lot of generosity out there, but there's a lot of ignorance out there as well. >> homeless adds vocates say th will go to washington to push for services. >>> right now at the jersey shore there are growing concerns over the long-term future of coastal areas especially those hittard by the nor'easter. >> the waves leaving behind cliffs up to 20 feet high. a report says we could see damaging storms like this more frequently in the future because of rising sea levels. >> i'm really impress to see that one storm could do this. where we are standing right now was all sand on sunday. to really figure out how to plan for the future. >> report continues, flooding that we see once every five years could ha

veteran homelessness remains a serious problem. things have gotten a little better and thankfully the private-sector people getting of all it still remains an issue. we have 200 veterans in reno that are qualified for vouchers to help pay for rent. there's about 50 vouchers available. my question is how will you continue to help the homeless veteran and howell had better coordinate the efforts with nonprofits and community organizations to help veterans in the? >> it people who go out and risk life and live for us are people should never want for any basic thing. we should be willing to do it. the veterans supportive housing program has been very successful in reducing homelessness. but we we have more to go. this is another area we must take a holistic view point. what i have advocated is that when a person joins the military they be associated with this worker about that time. that support group follows them to the entire military career particularly when they're in combat and after their discharge. that way you discover early on

homelessness in the dmv is bigig issue in the nation's capitolc there are 124 homeless peoplemee formorning too talk more about ways that tat they're tackling this problem p or helping to tackle this problem is the executiveexec director of the golden triangle business.bu good morninsig to you. yu. thanks for joining us.ning us >> thank you. >> so, we were kind of talkingon off air that when you think of i the business improvement impro district you don't necessarilyes connect that with helping the t homeless but this is one of anea variety of things that you allta do so for those who aren'to a familiar with what you all doldo tell us. us >> okay, great, thank you., tha. so, we are as you said asaid a business improvement district.s. we're a nonprofit and our joboub is to take care of thethe downtown area between thet white house and dupont andt we do a whole variety of things. economic development, landscaping, cleaning, publicpuc art events, et cetera andcetera homelessness as you said is ad a big issue not only for ouror stein our region but f t country in general. >> okay. >> and

. >> reporter: home first is the nonprofit that serves the homeless at county shelters. the centers are welcoming donations of blankets, towels, and sox. it's also opening four pop-up cold weather shelters in the south bay on monday. the cold spell is also happening at a time when more homeless people are dying each year in santa clara county. the reason for the trend is not clear. >> i don't know you can make sense of it, because it's so senseless. the longer someone is homeless, the more likely they are to die from the complications of having lived homeless. >> reporter: home first says it's been a much colder start to the winter compared to last year, so they're seeing more homeless people sooner. >>> in san francisco, goodwill just wrapped up its annual donate-a-thon. there was live entertainment and food for anybody who took part, and it was also your last chance to get a tax receipt from goodwill for 2016. organizers call it donation celebration, because it benefits donors and receivers. >> goodwill is a nonprofit, a hundred years strong. what we do with donations

. >>> in the north bay, a church is proposing a plan to help the homeless by setting up an encampment on it property. this comes a few months attar the city of santa rosa declared a state of emergency, and asked the community for suggestions on how to help. the plan is stirring up quite a bit of controversy and reaction from neighbors. >> reporter: dinner for 100 homeless people on a cold night. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: first united methodist church welcomes the need we with food and shelter all year, but has decided to do more. >> there will be rules and accountability. >> reporter: what they call a transitionalle community at their other campus across town, on this vacant lot, a fenced and secure camp where high- functioning homeless people will live, as they work toward housing. >> well, this is the spot that we've got, and we have 2,000 unshelter $homeless people, according -- unsheltered homeless people according to the census. >> reporter: but it's a spot surrounded by residential property, and an elementary school sits right across the street. >> this is where they'

we think we can end the homelessness in the next year. we'll keep on pushing every direction we can. >> the members of the street team get paid $5 an hour. they put in about 20 hours a week. it's not a lot of money but it does help. it's not a program that appeals to all. participants need to be motivated to change their lives. phil russell doesn't see his situation changing any time soon. >> we don't have any inside information as far as how many houses are available. when they're going to be done, how the procedure goes. >> count him as homeless in the next census. in san jose, david louie. >>> ford is canceling plans to build a new factory in mexico and says it will invest in a plant in michigan. ford announced today that it was scrapping the $1.6 billion mexico plant. the automaker will instead invest $700 million in a plant near detroit to build new electric vehicles. it will create 700 new jobs. ford plans to shift production of the focus. donald trump has been pressuring them to keep it in the united states. >>> a week from tomorro

. >>> also happening right now, advocates are gathers in berkeley to be remember homeless people who have died on the streets, this after a woman was found dead on martin luther king jr. way over the weekend. the cause of her death has not been released. they are requested sanctioned tent cities are set up. >> in berkeley, it could be done, and it's not a permanent solution. we don't want people to think it's permanent. this is a temporary solution. >> last month, the city council approved emergency measures to help the homeless by expanding shelters, but homeless advocates say people need homes of their own, not more shelters. >>> university of california president janet napolitano is in the hospital getting treatment for complications from cancer. her office announced this week she was diagnosed in august, but monday night, she rushed to hospital from her home after a medical scare. her office said napolitano has performed her duties at full capacity since being diagnosed. she is expected to be discharged from the hospital this week. we don't know yet what kind of cancer she is suf

for the homeless folks who live in the city. i spoke to one homeless resident today in china town, take a listen. >> very essential to use the bathroom. you're go into places, you have in order to get the code to go to the bathroom it's getting bad to the bus drivers, have to back up and they have families as well as everybody else. we're not just speaking of homeless we're talking about people that work every day that can't even afford to use the bathroom. >> reporter: this won't be a regulation on businesses. they won't be forced to open up their public rest rooms. instead, the council member has an idea that will basically pay businesses like this one to let people come in and use the bathroom. take a listen. >> this bill actually asked the task force to come up with an incentive program similar to what london has where the businesses receive a certain sensitive for opening their doors to the public and they would put a sign up that says, you know, you can go here or something clever like that. >> reporter: i should point out

homeless out reach professionals train the volunteers on how to get information from the homeless about their experiences and circumstances. the volunteers will be out for the next three hours or so. and in fairfax county, officials are reaching out to homeless youth to get a better understanding of their situation. >>> new tonight, prince george's county police are on the scene of a deadly pedestrian crash. they tweeted out this photo of the scene along indianhead details about the victim or the driver. the northbound lanes of the highway are closed at berry road until further notice. >>> police are searching for the two teenagers accused of shooting two people near a northeast d.c. metro station about 4:00 along gulf place. one of the victims ran to the minnesota avenue metro station for help. both victims are expected to be okay. police are searching for two teenagers who may be driving a white volkswagon with tinted windows and maryland license plate. >>> a virginia judge says prosecutors can seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing two young maryland sisters who disapp