>> that's a good question. >> probably homeless prevention. >> yeah, homeless prevention. that table gets really big and dense if i write everything out, and again, it's not a recipe, right? so it's not just about sort of applying it here, but again, going back to that needs unless and saying what is going on with the homeless population? where is our system working well and we should build on that? where is our system struggling, that there needs to be, i don't know, some additional maybe retooling, right? what needs to be added here? like, how do we match the resources to the needs, and that needs piece is, i think, really the focus of this next year of work for this group. >> great. thank you, and i agree 100%. >> yea. >> so thank you. >> wonderful. is there any questions before we move to the next part of the presentation? all right. you can go ahead, jessie. >> sorry, you guys. i was trying to raise my hand. it's julie. so is it questions only or comments? >> either one. member leadbetter. >> yes, jessie, thank you so much for presenting this. it's really helpful to s

understanding the scope and scale of homelessness, how many people experience homelessness each year, the response of homelessness, what is working to meet people's needs, and where the programs are falling short to meet people's needs. so just to sort of bring it back to the process in alameda county, right, between 2017 and 2019, homelessness increased there by 43%, and unsheltered homelessness grew by 63%, and that gave new urgency to homeless system planning, so much so that in the summer of 2019, there were three different agencies each planning their own separate gaps analysis, and i bring this up because system models is kind of an opportunity, this kind of needs assessment and gaps analysis is an opportunity to develop a shared vision, a common plan, an image of what it means to end homelessness and how we can get there, and the kind of collaboration -- it is a process that engenders that collaboration which is not naturally occurring, right? so it takes a lot of time and effort and attention to really build that sort of common vision for ending homelessness. the needs assessm

>> that's a good question. >> probably homeless prevention. >> yeah, homeless prevention. that table gets really big and dense if i write everything out, and again, it's not a recipe, right? so it's not just about sort of applying it here, but again, going back to that needs unless and saying what is going on with the homeless population? where is our system working well and we should build on that? where is our system struggling, that there needs to be, i don't know, some additional maybe retooling, right? what needs to be added here? like, how do we match the resources to the needs, and that needs piece is, i think, really the focus of this next year of work for this group. >> great. thank you, and i agree 100%. >> yea. >> so thank you. >> wonderful. is there any questions before we move to the next part of the presentation? all right. you can go ahead, jessie. >> sorry, you guys. i was trying to raise my hand. it's julie. so is it questions only or comments? >> either one. member leadbetter. >> yes, jessie, thank you so much for presenting this. it's really helpful to s

we have had homeless individuals freeze to death. and we've also had homeless die from the ht.she believes prop b is about getting homeless people the help they need, even if it means possible arrest. >> i'm a former probation officer. i do not believe we should be building more prisons or we should imprison people who have mental health and drug issues. they should be in mandatory help or drug treatment, absolutely. the problem is, if you don't have that component, the compulsory element of forcing them into that, who will receive that service? >> a lot of people continue to have misconceptions about what prob was or what it's going to do. there's no money or help associated with it. it's purely to criminalize people for unavoidable acts associated with extreme poverty. stephanie: chris harris works on the criminal justice project at texas appleseed, an austin-based non-profit that focuses on issues of social, economic, and racial equity. in 2019, he pushed for decriminalization, citing a city auditor's report that said 18,000 citations were issued from 2014 to 2016 for activi

it's estimated that 41,000 homeless people are on the streets today. the scene outside of google just around the corner. but the situation at venice beach is vastly improved since our last visit. l.a. county sheriff alex villa nueva group tire of watching the expanding encampment's. this summer he took matters into his own hands and cleared the beach. >> the homeless took over and we started getting inundated with calls, emails, then the video's start popping up on youtube, just the sheer horror, anarchy. i talked to lieutenant, say let's go down there, june 7, how bad could it be and it was as bad as it was promised. >> venice residents like mark are pleased with the progress. >> i credit him for having embarrassed the mayor and having embarrassed the councilmember to the point that they moved up whatever they were going to do here by a year or two. they moved a lot of people, they got them into shelter, assaults dropped down to almost nothing. >> has this scatter the homeless population into the neighborhoods? >> we had two thefts last week on my blo

the homeless took over.t getting inundated with calls, emails, the media starts popping up on youtube. i talked to the host and said let's go down there june 7th, how bad could it be and it was as bad as promised. >> venice residents are pleased with the progress. >> i credit him for having embarrassed the mayor and council member to the point they moved up whatever they were going to do by a year or two, they moved a lot of people. >> assault dropped to almost nothing. >> is the scattered homeless people population into the neighborhood? >> because of the d fund the police effort and the loss of 300 officers the result is we don't have presence. >> what do you make of the ordinance that has been passed, going to be enforced in september, will that clean up the rest of the problem as you see it? >> know because we don't have personnel to do it. the city just stopped its overnight cleanup. >> the city has laws that were in place, they handcuffed the police and wonder why there is encampments everywhere. these

but instead squandering and homelessness, or crimes. just last week, the los angeles mayor signed an anti camping ordinance in the law, which is designed to make being homeless and arrestable offense. meanwhile, right wing trolls think making existence illegal for poor people is a good thing. right wing trolls like this 1. 1 of those terrible decisions is essentially doing away with anti camping laws, right? allowing people to camp out wherever they want, whenever they want. there is public housing available and individuals will say, no, i don't want to take it. i don't want to follow the rules in the public housing and you know, what happens, crime happens opener, drug markets happen. and it's the truth. these are the facts of the matter. allowing homelessness to exist is the crime you know, or on people living on the streets in the richest country in the world. it's a true crime, not a hungry dude stealing all bad, get out of a bicycle basket or a ho running away with a steaming hog. blueberry pie he got on a windows cell. okay, maybe

, then the homeless will do drug. you know, who else does drugs? everybody else in america? name a person who doesn't do recreational drugs or alcohol or is high on prescription pills or snorting 5 our energy drinks. i bet you can't. but if someone with a tent is doing those things, then they should be charged with more crimes, right? fun fact, the young turks, which is the show you just saw, is funded to the tune of 20000000 dollars by a man named jeffrey katherine burg. let's do a quick google search here. prepare, pay, pay. pay. pay. pay, pap. oh, there's something from the past few weeks of prominent business man, hollywood mobile jeffrey katherine burn has entered the homelessness debate. katherine berg has met with city council members. as the council voted to impose new anti camping rules, catherine berg urged council members to act quickly on an acting limits on where people can sleep. i'm sure that played no role in the young turks on hinged anti homeless people tirade there. but let's look at the larger pict

fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again.i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? we must have a competent governor with management experience and outsider integrity. [sfx: bear roar] that describes only john cox. >>> coming up, continuing coverage of san francisco's proof of ccinatmandate streaction locals andy that story and more at 5:00. >>> let's get one last check of the weather with mary. >>> a live look with our santa clara valley mount hamilton camera. you can see a bit of haze and also our sales force tower camera as we look east across the bay. you can see the haze in our skies. san francisco cam, mark hopkins hotel cam, it's been shaking a bit in our afternoon breeze, eight mile per hour winds in oakland, 12 in concord. at the surface looking at the afternoon sea breeze and it's really aloft where we have a bit of the haze. above average daytime highs today, we will continue to watch temperatures climb as we look to friday and for our weekend for san francisco, oakland, san jo

wesley saver calling on behalf of glide and the homeless workforce collaborative and the homeless service providers association. it is really encouraging -- i know this was discussed much earlier in the conversation -- that there is finally progress being made. it is clear from his hearing that the committee has really listened to the repeated calls from the public and understand the need for transparency. thank you. i'm looking forward to see how it shapes up, but keep that up. thanks so much. it is also really essential just to underscore we've got this up-to-date information concerning how the money is being utilized, but something that the members have touched on earlier is is the work force development. the way that some of the funds through the budget process got lumped together, and it is not just strictly tied to the workforce development funds, but a clear delin delineation of how they're going to be dispersed and teased out from the lump sums would be useful. and to touch on the hotel acquisition piece -- it is great news. we were just encourage the city to do more. early in the

and whether they infringe on the rights of the homeless by seizing their belongings.hose last two areas of investigative focus speak to that which is broader than the phoenix investigation. our society is straining by turning to law enforcement. too often we asked law-enforcement officers to be the first and last option for addressing issues that should not be handled by our criminal justice system. this makes police officers jobs more difficult, increases unnecessary confrontations with law enforcement, and hinders public safety. this past week there has been much attention to the pending risk of massive actions which would put millions of tenants at risk of losing shelter. the impact on individuals and families would be devastating and as the cdc has made clear, the impact on public health would likewise be devastating. feeling the spread of covid-19 infections in the affected communities. associate eternity -- associate attorney general benito guida is leading -- benita gupta is leading. on june 1 she sent a letter to increase the chances that families can stay in

. >> i was reporting on this ongoing homeless crisis. angeles is no better. >> when we visited venice in 2019 it looked like this. here it is today, not much is changed. these tents and homeless and cameron spread out all over the city, choking neighborhoods throughout los angeles. it is estimated that 41,000 homeless people are on the streets. this is the scene outside of google just from the corner. >> there's nothing on earth that tells me that a 22-year-old man that from tennessee can come to california,s is tent on the boardwalk right here in front of city hall and say this is my territory, doesn't belong to anybody but me. >> alex bill and wava is the los angeles county sheriff and he has really smacked back at this crisis, cleaned up the venice boardwalk but told me his hands are tied. tomorrow we will get deeper into this. this homeless crisis covers all parts of the city even up until city hall, on the second of city hall, homeless encampment's on what used to be tourist destinations but local officials want to engage and help t

meanwhile, others talked homelessness and crime. >> good evening. you're watching abc 7 here at live. the recall election is less than three weeks away. the polls will open september 17 and ballots are already in the mail to all californians. reporter: prompt program -- prominent east became officials turned up to support newsom. and caitlin jenner and kevin fall they were made their case to voters on while they should replace newsom. >> many of the candidates are running full speed ahead towards the finish line. there were two republican officials in the bail area. faulkner was in the east bay and caitlin jenner was in san francisco touring the city's tenderloin district. she talked about everything from homelessness to fixing the economy. >> you build a pro-business environment i bleach in the people of california, not the people in sacramento. >> jenner mass struggled to gain traction in the polls but she says the issues are what matter and beavers voters are sick of the policies of governor newsom. >> we need to come up with solutions and fast o

number experiencing homelessness. and i think that would joe biden to buy the landlord to use their own individual discretion to protect millions of americans from the fiction is a misunderstanding of the reality, the market you do reality of capitalism, reality or profit. so we really want to protect people that are at risk of how the over 500000 homelessness congress. well, this is what i want to ask you hit this. so the such a question of why was this moratorium not extended some planing by didn't from you know, for picking off when you 2 days ago. there's a blame in congress. why do you think congress didn't approve it? well, 1st of all, i think it is a number of comprehensive and controversial initiatives happening in, in congress right now. so the number one, the infrastructure bill tell you right now this conversation about the. ready people that the policy full of us, we're talking about funding, the american credit pyramid that are against a major challenge. so, democrats hold this is carrie power in congress

of the homeless action coalition. led the effort to keep the encampment healthy and safe when the pandemic started work >> my biggest goal was to prove to this city martinez you could have all kinds of homeless people living together and make it work. >> reporter: camp hope residents get free showers, clothing care haircuts and breakfast nearby every friday. they get access to life- changing medical and psychological services through partnerships with churches, community groups and county agencies. >> one guy who had been blind for two years, we got them surgeries where he could have vision now. getting people's teeth fixed. >> reporter: one of the first things you notice is the camp is clean. the two dozen or so people living there at any given time must obey the rules. keep the camp clean and orderly. no fighting, no hoarding, do your chores and attend a weekly meeting. barbara, secretary of the homeless action coalition says nora lee is like the camp mother. >> i joke that she is a force to be reckoned with. she do

but will take care of homelessness in los angeles?s not going billing dollars added because that seems to be incentivizing. >> we have seen the more money you spend on homeless services, the bigger the problem get show more money means more problems. the homeless encampment and neighborhoods in new york, our states are very different. new york has a different mandate and california. new york has a right to self act. california does not but i think what unites the two is we are both living under one high mandate and that policy is first so what does that mean? it means housing first, questions later. nothing really make sense and that's one reason i joined a statewide coalition in california so we are advocating for shelter first, housing earned. kennedy: i keep coming back to the great work on this, i would love to do a walking tour with you when you are back in california. >> i would love to show you around. when i tell people as i am a homeowner living within a homeless encampment. kennedy: we will take cameras and see what you are

homelessness, housing, taxes, water, electricity, crime, wildfires. [sfx: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? do you think john cox will be a better governor than gavin newsom? [sfx: bear roar] does a bear sh*t in the woods? saving starts with internet and wireless from xfinity. get a great low price on fast, reliable internet. plus, add xfinity mobile with 5g included and save up to $400 a year on wireless over at&t! get fast, reliable wifi to power your personal best... ...and show grandma you're crushing the school year on the nation's most reliable network on the go! get xfinity internet for $19.99 a month for 12 months. plus, add xfinity mobile to save even more with a 5g phone on us... ...and, for a limited time, $300 back! don't wait! switch today. >>> santa clara health officials have discovered mosquitos infected with the west nile virus.

. >> if i saw it homelessness, it's heartbreaking. >> a bay area has the 3rd largest homeless population in the united states. this is a public health emergency and now a recall election that is nothing more than a partisan power grab. >> gavin newsom has to answer to the people of california tonight. meet the 3 candidates willing to step forward on the stage together the businessman jotn. it's a choice between the beauty and the beast. former san diego mayor kevin faulconer can clean up california assemblyman kevin kiley finding the governor for much of this year for the next town where they'll face it got to the questions. listen closely to what they say the side of one of these candidates to replace governor newsom. >> this is inside california politics. the governor recall >> ktla in los angeles. many of you may see us weekly on inside california politics will be your host this evening. >> you'll also be able to follow along. here's a quick rundown of the rules for the you at home know what to expect tonight. each candidate will get 60 seconds to answer a question. if there is a foll

hotels for homeless, not an answer. all it does is take somebody who's dying on the street and put them in a hotel room or they can die. you cannot advocate. hotels for homeless without also mandatorily, requiring treatment for the underlying drug illness or mental illness. that's what i mean by plastic. it doesn't hold up. the examination. so how do you actually get that through your change? you change the law, known as landerman petrus from the standard, which says someone can be taken into custody if there's an imminent threat to themselves or others, and you can compel treatment. you change that standard from imminent threat to someone who is unable to conduct their affairs. self sufficiently if their drug addicted or mentally ill, and then you get them the treatment they need. mayor faulkner your response to being called plastic man him saying you're kind of playing with the margins to change up the reality. i think it's important to get to the facts. alex on particular this issue, which is so incredibly important.

homelessness, housing, taxes, water, electricity, crime, wildfires.x: bear roar] gavin, you've failed. we have to immediately cut taxes twenty-five percent. fix housing and homelessness. and make life in california affordable again. i'm a businessman, the only cpa running. shouldn't we choose ability this time? do you think john cox will be a better governor than gavin newsom? [sfx: bear roar] does a bear sh*t in the woods? majestic mountains... scenic coastal highways... fertile farmlands... there's lots to love about california. so put off those chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm when less clean energy is available. because that's power down time. >> a bay area teen is hoping to turn her passion for baking into a winning recipe. she is competes on disney's magic bakeoff. she and a teammate will design her idea of a modern day princess in the form of a cake. the pandemic inspired nevas to get into the kitchen after her activities like swimming and dancing got cancelled. now she has big dreams for her future. >> since i'm only 14, i still don't

homeless advocates say the numbers are likely much higher now. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> across the nation, millions woke up to severe heat and weather. this type of heat normally isn't seen in new england in august. it's not just the northeast that's roasting. 113 million people across the country are under heat advisories or warnings. heat wave expected to keep temperatures dangerously high all the way through friday. >> and that pacific northwest, it's like we are ubtd a heat, like it's extreme. >> portland, seattle, temperatures in the 100s. we're getting saved from that because of the way the pattern is developing and we have fog at the coastline. a lot of heat on the weather map. let's bring you a look at this very unusual and active weather pattern for august. you can see all the different layers. so we're getting some of that hot weather moving right into northern california. but, again, the fog is really saving us from some of the worse of that heat. and at the same time we have low pressure to the south pulling in thunderstorms a

today, and you were out looking at some of the homelessness. >> i was reporting on this ongoing homelesssis. we saw it in san francisco, los angeles is no better. >> when we visited venice in 2019, it looks like this, and here it is today. not much has changed. it is tenses and homeless encampments spread all over the city, choking neighborhoods throughout los angeles. it is estimated that 41,000 homeless people are on the streets today. this is the scene outside of google just around the corner. there is nothing on earth that tells me that a 22-year-old meth addict from tennessee can come to california, plop his tent on the boardwalk right here in front of city hall, and say "hey, this is my territory now, it doesn't belong to anybody but me." >> that is sheriff alex millan nuevo, the angeles county sheriff, and he has really smacked back at this crisis, cle venice boardwalk, but he told ms are tied, tomorrow we are going to get even deeper into this, this homeless crisis is all over the city, even up to city hall, in the shadow of city hall. you have homeless encampments on what used t

how are homeless people treated?t doj will eventually say if they find violations, and they almost always do, is to the city and the police department, phoenix, there's an easy way and hard way. the easy way is we can enter into what is called a consent decree, where you will agree that we, doj, will over see you for the next shall and it takes years. we will make sure you upgrade your training and practice and fix the problems. the hard way if the police department doesn't want to play ball is they go to court and have lawsuits and it gets ugly and messy. >> we have had this conversation after actually the announcements of the louisville investigation and minneapolis, that why does the doj have to wait until there is this high-profile death to do this? we now know in this case they're not waiting. >> yeah, i think it is an important point. there's not one of these universally known incidents, a breonna taylor, a george floyd, that happened in phoenix. as paula said though, there is evidence of a broader pattern and

formally homeless thriving in less supportive setting. after suffering two adult psychotic breaks, i have lived experience healing within the san francisco supportive housing nonprofit. my healing journey inspires me to contribute to a sustainable long-term solution to healing the traumatized homeless and care. i'm committed to understanding and applying supportive housing impact data, not short-term mayoral press releases. i look forward to your support. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. sloan. are any of the other two applicants available? i see julie leadbetter. go ahead. >> good morning everybody. thank you. i just joined. i want to thank the board for the appointment to the prop c committee. the work that we've done under the leadership of chair williams and vice chair d'antonio has been transformative over the course of a very short period of time under really amazing conditions of the pandemic. this committee took an active role bringing together almost 800 people across the community to really help us determine what

you can see the crisis of poverty and homelessness on the street. however, here in seattle, we have a higher rate of homelessness per capita than cities like los angeles, which is a call for action. and it's imperative that we do something, we have a 1000 people who are moving to this region a week, which means that we're not building housing. the costs of housing increases people who were and otherwise affordable rental units really have nowhere to go. they are falling into the street or they are getting displeased and pushed out of seattle spring. 2018 city council proposes the creation of a new tax. the biggest companies in seattle, including amazon, will have to pay $500.00 per employee per year in order to finance the construction of social housing. we had initially proposed tax back because you would have brought in $75000000.00 a year, which is a drop in the bucket of what we actually needed. we ended up with $47000000.00 per year, which amazon agreed to. the proposal was passed unanimously. unanimously by the council and signed by the mayor

wanted to keepthe homeless more, she is giving them hope. more than 100 homeless folks in the city of martinez have come through camp hope. ronald pedro is grateful for the encampment at the amphitheater. >> we got food, clothing, we've got everything we need. >> reporter: normally given her is the driving force, as president and ceo of the homeless action coalition. she led the effort to keep the encampment healthy and safe when the pandemic started. >> my biggest goal was to prove that you can have a whole lot of different homeless people living together and make it work. >> reporter: camp hope residents get free showers, clothes, and breakfast nearby every friday and get access to life-changing medical and psychological services through partnerships with churches, community groups and county agencies. >> one guy, we were able to get him a surgery where he can have vision now. getting people's teeth fixed. >> reporter: one of the first things you notice is that the camp is clean. that's because the two dozen or so people living there at an

denver spends more on the homeless then students are veterans. new york too.ave you been to new york lately ? have you been to any major city it's like burning man minus the good drugs great some city streets look like the inside of charlie sheen's mouth. and san francisco, a woman lean outside a car window eight brandishing an ak-47. i guess pelosi is handling her own security now. in minnesota a man beheaded a woman on a severe street this week a woman shot another woman dead on the busy new york city streets before casually returning to her white double parked suv. how did she not get a parking ticket? i'll tell you why, the driver had the hazard lights on. talk about priorities. there is nothing worse than getting of park it ticket on to of murder. woman kills her husband in indiana, chops them up, and get the kids to help dispose of the body. i used to complain when i was asked to take out the trash. i guess it's a good way to get kids to do the chores, at least you turn tragedy into quality time with the kids. in other news, an elderly man gets brutally

so me, myself to get find but not the homeless. written up and thrown out. you can only find tax paying law-abiding citizens as myself. so if you ask venice residents, no thought went to do anything. kennedy: what is law-enforcement had to say price limit tower 26, i still early in the morning i see a lot of these cops going and sort of going door-to-door to door to all the tenants on the beach. cops avenue talk to them about their job? >> my heart really goes out for lapd officers. their hands are really tied. when you look at them going door to door that is because they need to treat tense is private property. even if they are chasing a suspect, if they go in their tent and simply zip it up then you have a warrant to go inside. and to treat the same as me myself a hone omar. had their hands tied they have to treat it is private property now. kennedy: that is true, the aclu has effectively been backing them. if you look at businesses in downtown l.a., the business owners in l.a. are as frustrated as the resident them venice. they

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