homeowners are not going to be able to afford a soil report. it costs all kinds of money, and they are not going to go there, and they are just going to go into their own system. if we keep the money out of it, then you're going to get people that will come for advice on how to do with the correct way. that is how i see it. >> you talked about the gray water and the price. there are other things happening with storm water, collection, rain barrels used for landscape in this as well. again, if that is something coming in, somebody doing a great water system and rainbow system, combining that, that saves a lot of money and time, and we are able to help them out as much as possible. commissioner murphy: great. that is a good idea. thank you very much. >> public comment on items six? then item seven, discussion and possible action regarding a proposed administrative proposedab-084 guidelines for the structural review of continuous tied down systems used to resist overturning of light-framed would shear walls in response to comments from the buildin

will there be a tax reduction for homeowners? i hear nothing for the homeowner. [tone] just more power to the county and the city. >>supervisor wiener: one of the challenges in the survey area is making sure everyone is engaged and knows what is going on. we're looking at more effective ways to do that. >> my comments are a cautionary tale regarding the southern pacific hospital in san francisco. we joint venture with mercy housing everybody was on the same page. but the problem in these deals is they involve bonds, section 8, historic tax credits and low- income housing tax credits. there is an ally is the rub. low-income tax credits have a drop dead to year in service date. if you do not meet the date, you lose everything. the process needs to be demystified and clear. uncertainty is the enemy of the developer. the defined protocol needs to put in place and you also have to get out and identify what is historically significant and what is not. [tone] supervisor wiener: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i came today to put my support behind the historic pres

but the homeowners say, wait, the emergency isn't over. several homes on wyman street and hillcrest remained threatened six weeks after heavy rain drove walls of mud down their san pablo hillside. but homeowners may not be eligible for federal state money. the assistant city manager says neither public buildings nor streets are threatened and the slide appears stabilized and so it's not an emergency so federal and state governments aren't giving homeowners any money but the homeowners say the hillside is still moving and far from stable. >> public facilities have to be threatened and with the significant period of dry weather prior to these rains and the relative stability of the situation out on the hillside, it was difficult to justify continuing the state of emergency. >> reporter: meanwhile, the city had planned to spend $150,000 to make temporary repairs to the slide over the summer. but the city says the idea soft table when residents didn't sufficiently release the city from liability. the city council is expected to decide june 6 w

homeowners get away with it. property values of neighboring homes drop. there is an issue here and it starts with the commissioners. it starts with the inspectors. something has to happen. i wanted to make sure it was said. that is simply what i wanted to do today. hopefully, if you have any questions, the information is there. i was able to access it. i was able to walk to these properties and see that things were not happening. for the most part, you can look at the pictures and see that nothing has happened. homeowners, they do not care. people have to live with this. they invite drug use. they invite alcohol abuse. there's a photo of some squatters that moved into an empty lot. on a daily basis, you can see dpw street cleaning trucks drive by to clean up the debris that people assume they can just leave. no one is there. thank you for your time. vice president mar: excuse me, ? >> no, i am just a community resident. vice president mar: ok. >> hi. good morning, commissioners. my name is jose morayou have rer complaint. i have complained for several yea

homeowners say that is not a certainty. >>> they are still investigating it. until they are finished this emergency should still be in effect. >> outside the city council kind of punted on the issue. they will take it up again on june 6th to see what the hillside looks like after the storm goes through. they did offer a one time financial assistance package to the homeowners out here for $150,000 if they signed a waiver making the city no longer liable for anything else happens up here. but the homeowners didn't do that and now they are going to wait, council is going wait to see what the storm does. it will probably end up being in a court of law. >> los angeles police will hold a news conference to unveil new billboards to help capture two suspects in the severe beating of giants fan brian snow. 300 billboards are going up in southern california as part after massive effort to identify the men that beat stow. stow is now at san francisco general hospital after being transferred from los angeles. a team of specialists will monitor the recovery at the trauma c

so the homeowners and the city still at an impasse. reporting live in san pablo, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in mill valley the ramp from northbound 101 to highway 1 is back open this morning. overnight the chp shut it down for about two hours because of flooding. they even had to rescue one woman after her car got stuck in the water on the road. >>> grape growers in the wine country are keeping an eye on the skies this morning hoping for some warmer weather. now growers tell us that the cold wet weather so far won't hurt the crops, however problems could rise if rain starts falling again in two weeks during the bloom period. now that's because it could prevent the actual grapes from forming. growers say whether it's the rain, insects or even wild fire smoke, they're always dealing with something. >> i think that's called farming. there's always something. you never know what it's going to be. hopefully both have the cash reserves to get you through the bumps in the road and probably the mentality to deal with all that uncer

we've also seen from other studies homeowners to purchase homes with counseling are more likely to be successful in being able to stay in those homes if caught so given the impact the housing crisis had on the economy more broadly, given the number of families still struggling to make the payment of unemployment, we think this is an absolutely the wrong time to eliminate funding for the counseling. i would also note some have said there is a program for the neighbor works in the budget as well that continue to get funding in 2011. i think the key point here is that only meets a portion of the needs of their. for example, beyond just the families struggling to pay their mortgages, seniors who are interested in using our reverse mortgage program are required to have counseling. that counseling was paid for through hud's appropriation. there's no other source of funding and now that will fall on the seniors. so we expect as of october 1st with a fist cut there are many agencies around the country no longer able to provide funding there are approximately 70,000 homeowners who we will not

homeowners are getting very frustrated.eporter: pittsburg mortgage counselor elaine cox says homeowners are giving up in a county where home value have dropped 51 percent sense the peak in 2005. >> bank are not doing principal reduction and homeowners are losing hope and if the value are continuing to drop and we haven't hit the bottom yet, wow! that's a hard one. >>reporter: according to the web site the bottom of the market may still be at least a year away. >> it seems to me that we still just have very, very fickle buyers in this market. >>reporter: oakland realtor tracy says buyers still feel like they are the ones calling the shots. >> i think it's just that people really want deals now and they are afraid that the market is going to continue to go down so if they feel like they are buying something for not too much money then they are better off. >>reporter: hardest hit market in the bay area solana county where 58 percent of homeowner are currently upside down in the mortgages and where home value have plunged 59 pe

. >> another common problem which homeowners can deal with, this is a little flour bed that goes right up to the -- flower bed that goes right up to the siding of the building. as they water it, unless there is a very clear water protective membrane between that little flower box and the siding, every time they watt tier they're going to water the inside of their wall. the building code specifically requires that, to have a water protective membrane or be physically separated from the building. >> could you explain again how you would probably flash the -- [inaudible] with the stucco wall? >> if you're rebuilding the stair, if you're starting from scratch and going to put the stairs in, you want to put the stairs in first and you have two options. one is to put the stairs in first and run a regularlet around the stairs that the stucco comes down to. a reglet is an l-shaped piece of metal that you're waterproofing for the stucco that goes behind distribute stucco goes on top of. it's a piece of flashing and that follows -- they'll make it -- it follows the curves and the whole edge of t

if we are able to have a portion that is going to support current homeowners or prospective homeowners, i think we have a better ability to pass an affordable housing bond. it's essential we do this as a city to meet our greenhouse gas emissions goals and develop around those goals in the future. what i am talking about today is asking the city attorney to start drafting a bond measure. i'm not sure if it's going to be for this november. it could be for this november's ballot. time is of the essence. we have to do work on the community side and the city hall side to have people come together to make this a viable. i want to work with community housing to move this forward as well as a homeowner groups to see helicon find a formula that's going to work. i think it's something that will be useful for many people across the city who are at risk for default and foreclosure across separate -- across san francisco. >> thank you. supervisor kim: onto concur with my colleagues around the sanctuary city ordinance. i want to thank the supervisors have worked on this and i gets important -- and k

homeowners could be turning down help from the city. grant lotus's live in san pablo with the details on why that could happen. >>grant: little bit of breaking news it appears that has just happened. i just got off the phone with the city manager here in he said that the city will not move forward with an interim fix because of changes that these homeowners made it to a proposal that the city gave them for the temporary fix. it would cost $150,000, it stunning the damage. the bottom line is, the city is not going to move forward with the interim fix because of changes that the homeowners made. the bird is driving out of san paulo, but the situation is still very much a muddy mess. the city's proposed a temporary fix one that would cost him pop low when hundred $50,000. in that proposal, to name things. number one the house of the top of the hill like this one would get stabilizing peers under the house is. the second thing san pablo was proposing is way down here at the bottom of the help. the city would remove all of this current batch

we did not expect homeowners to get on the route to often, but sometimes you can get up on your flat roofs. what do you have to do for routine maintenance on those? >> you can always tell, if groups are starting to bubble, that is a sign, it protect the roofing membrane from the sun so if there is none, ultraviolet light will be deteriorating, and it will start to bubble. all of the route jacks are the first signs of with a member in fails, so you want to check around those. all of those areas you have to check. anywhere there is penetration, those are the areas you really want to check. >> a flat roof like this with reflective coating needs to be recut it regularly. if you fail, the protection is gone and the roof deteriorate rapidly. it is not just silver paint, it is roof coating. so typically you need to hire the report to come back and apply a new coaching. you can say you want a uv- resistant coating, but it has to be compatible with what you have up there. roofs need maintenance. call and ask. if you do not do that, the life is short and pepper sibley. go over it and fix it up

homeowners pay $96 annually.f these taxes pass they will not resend the pink slips that already went out to teachers. >> more and more are trying to do this so they don't lose programs. >> reporter: seniors 65 and older would be exempt from paying any of these taxes. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> temperatures cooler today. tomorrow it's going warm right back up. we will start the day with fog, like we did today. it won't last as long as. in to the afternoon, warmer, more sunshine, mainly into the 70s. and a couple places into the low 80s as well. fog fracker tomorrow morning. fog into the bay shores. oakland is heyward. it's not going to make an inland push. 6:00 a.m., same spot. 9lic should push off shore as the winds come out of the north increase and that clears things out. temperatures tomorrow warmer. 79 in santa rosa. 69 in san francisco. that temperature in san francisco is 10 degrees warmer than today. warmer in richmond. delta and inland stay the same. warming occurs closer to the coast line. all in the

now, homeowners are upsetp they say their homeowners' insurance doesn't cover policy likes this. most don't. they are running out of options. >> what are otherrenses? i don't see any -- what are the other options? i don't see any. >> insurance company? >> i've had them come out, they can't do anything. >>> some of the homeses -- some of the homes are red and yellow tagged, one of the homes had to red-tag one of their property because it was deemed unsafe to live in. two other homes were forced to move out. the assistant city manager says if the council decides to trip a -- strip away that declaration, they would send managers back to the hillslide and test the soil. there's a possibility the homeowners could move back into the house. the homeowners are not happy about that. the council was to make a decision about declaration last night and they've postponed that until june. >>> allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you. >> this morning, los angeles police will update the search for the two men who brutally beat giants' fan bryan stow. the l.a.p.d. has been following up wi

homeowners are getting very frustrated. >>reporter: pittsburgh mortgage counselor cox says homeowners are giving up in a county where home value have dropped 51 percent since the peak in 2005. >> bank are not doing principal reduction and homeowners are losing hope and if the value are continuing to drop and we haven't hit the bottom yet, wow! that's a hard one. >>reporter: according to this web site bottom of the market may still be at least a year away. >> it seems to me that we still have very, very fickle buyers in this market. >>reporter: oakland realtor says buyers still feel like they are the ones calling the shots. >> i think it's just that people really want deals now and they are afraid the market will continue to go down so if they feel like they are buying something for not too much money then they are better off. >>reporter: the hardest hit market in the bay area so lon a county where 58 percent of homeowner are currently upside down in the mortgages and where home value have plunged 59 percent since the peak t

you can see the homeowners here still have their easter decorations up. that it's a little lighter we just noticed in the grass there there appear to be some champagne bottles. perhaps the homeowners here were celebrating the fact this home is going to be rebuilt. the ground breaking starts at 2:00 today. this home is being rebuilt by the original owners, the family that lived here for a number of years before the pipeline disaster happened. there are other reconstruction projects happening here, but not all of them are going to be done by the original owners. pg&e actually owns three of the lots where some of the homes were destroyed. now we did a quick search of the city of san bruno's website where they post all the permits that are applied for. it and shows that dozens of homeowners and property owners have applied for disaster relief permits. that's the special designation the city gave to people effected in the neighborhood the open center of the san bruno pipeline disaster. some of those permits are to repair damaged homes, windows and roofs. but a

that is compared to 25 percent nationally. >> homeowners are getting very frustrated. pittsburg mortgage counsel said homeowners are giving up in a county where home values have dropped 51 percent. >> the banks are not doing principle reduction and homeowners are losing hope and if your values continue to drop and we haven't hit the bottom yet, wow, that is a hard one. >> the bottom of the market may be a year away. it seems to me that we still have very, very fickle buyers in this market. >> oakland realtor said buyers feel like they are calling the shots. >> i think that people really want deals now . they are afraid that the market is going to continue to go down. if they feel like they are buying something for not too much money, they are better off. >> hardest hit market in the bay area solano county and 58 percent of the homeowners are currently upside down in the mortgages, and 59 percent home values have plunged 59 percent since the peak in 2006. laura anthony abc sevennews. >> thank you. thousands of california teachers kicked off an unprecedented week-long pr

i am a homeowner in san francisco, and i am an immigrant. i came to the united states and the bay area now 22 years ago. almost 23. and i came to san francisco almost 20 years ago. i have been a renter, and i have lived in a loft in south beach. i am in love with the city. i have not been living here as many other people have been living here many decades. in san francisco, i am only four years, but i am in love with the best part of the city as well as the other parts of the city. i wish i could live in all of them. they are wonderful for their distinctiveness. san francisco is a beautiful city. with a diversity of the people, diversity of its culture, diversity of its architecture. most of my friends who are immigrants and who have come, like my husband, to silicon valley in the bay area -- they do not want to be living in san francisco. i want to just remind you that the character of different neighborhoods in san francisco, the beauty of san francisco, the san francisco keeps different characters of its neighborhoods -- just to remind yo

they tell the homeowner they have found obscure or limb known u.s. laws that will dramatically cut the amount they owe on their home. the cost just a few hundred or thousand up front of course. but the bottom line there is no u.s. law and there are no federal reserve funds that will reduce your principal. meanwhile, california's attorney general is vowing more protection for troubled homeowners and more punishment for those who take advantage of them. today in la, kamala harris announced a mortgage fraud strike force that will be set up in four cities, including san francisco, to exclusively investigate and prosecute fraud. now, we've put the e-mail address to the task force on our website at cbssf.com/consumer watch. but the sad truth is these schemes are still flourishing. remember never pay up front for mortgage help. instead contact a hud approved counselling agency. we get e-mails every single day from consumers saying i got this letter and offering to help and they want this much money. do not send money, go to a non- profit. >> julie, good adv

. >> i have a homeowner in the valley of san francisco. i am here to express my extreme displeasure. i was required to higre an outside architect to produce a report. the city charged me to have the city review it. architect's cost was approximately $3,000. it could of god to seismic reinforcement, building features, or other things. the city has chosen the most cumbersome, most expensive, and most time-consuming process that can be imagined. the result of it is that it discourages any type of increase to residential housing. >> i have a field services director helen partnership with the preservation. i worked with the organization have a local government streamlining and demanding ordnances for educating of the benefits of historic preservation. organizations have existed in california for the distinct purpose of preserving the history of california and the resources to reflect the history. the goal of historic preservation like many other planning tools is not about stopping that change. it is about managing the change. it is about the s

the extraordinary number of local homeowners who are now underwater. no more wheeling and dealing. why it's becoming a sellers market for used cars. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ] yoplait light -- over 30 delicious flavors at about 100 calories. babe, what are you doi?! ♪ [ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. >> welcome back, everyone. chances are the value of your home has fallen once again. according to the real estate web site, zillow.com bay area home values are almost 8 1/2% lower than they were this time last year. and a startling number, 25.7% are underwater, meaning they're worth less than what their owners owe. abc 7's laura anthony reports from walnut creek, a place that's been especially hard hit by foreclosures. >> cloris and regina davis are living the nightmare that is the bay area realty market. they are among

it is easy to do to take off the tram and replace the court, but it is not something every homeowner wants to get involved anin. it is straight forward if you're ready to do, but a homeowner might have a hard time making it look good. >> take your roller. >> yes, the roller. a lot of times that painted the sash cord, also. the setscrews are tight and lubricated and you can polish them up if you want. this particular one is nickel, you can polish it up and it looks good for 60 years. interior door hardware, i like bicycle lubricants. smoke detectors and heat registers, we have registered here, these things come right off, you can lift them up and make sure they are clean, it is a convenient thing to do and reduces dust. smoke detectors, they say every time your time changes from daylight savings, you want to change the battery. people say not to use the good batteries, the alkaline batteries. what can we do in our toilet compartment and back rooms for maintenance? >> check the four bolts. examine the line. >> they listen up sometimes and a whole plan loosens up, those are easy things

homeowners say they made a big change to this the proposal. we now this hour's city employees are going through the agreement, looking for changes. residents say they want the cause of this problem fixed. the dirt is trying out in san paulo, but the situation is still very much a mess. the city proposed a temporary fix one which would cost san pablo $150,000. in that proposal, number one house at the top of the hill would get stabilizing peers. under the houses. the second, down here at the bottom of the hill, the city would remove all of this dirt that is pushed up against houses like this one. the homeowners have signed an agreement allowing the city to do the work. those residents say they made one big change to the agreement. the homeowners want san pablo to completely fix the problem, not a temporary fix. in the agreement the city would not be held responsible for anything beyond this interim fix. the estimated cost somewhere around $5 million way different than $150,000 for the temporary fix. it is still unclear if there's going to be an

homeowners are saying can be saved with government assistance.ys, there is not going to be any. there is no state money. federal government doesn't have any and city is withdrawing the offer of $150,000 in assistance because homeowners would not release the city from further liability. the city is scheduled to take up the emergency declaration again in two weeks at a june meeting. >>> showers are back. >> you can see them on live doppler 7 hd. all around the bay, they are light right now but nuisance for the morning commute and more trouble some for the evening compute as they will pick up in intensity and in coverage. it will keep our temperatures cool once again. by tomorrow afternoon they are gone until the weekend when they return. >>> final check of the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up to 880 overcrossing. with that light rain and windy conditions, we see quite a few spinouts this morning. just want to remind everyone highway 50 is closed, so 88 is the detour and look out for the showers heading home. >> and that does it for this edition of

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today the homeowners feel as though the city has turned its back on them. >> it's just scary. i didn't hear -- i thought i was going to hear a little bit something more positive than what i heard last night. there isn't anything. i don't know. >> reporter: you're without hope at this point? >> yes. where am i going to go? >> reporter: and that homeowner is talking about the san pablo city council meeting that happened last night. the city council was supposed to make a decision on whether to strip the emergency declaration last night, they ended up postponing that decision until their meeting next month. and we are also hearing that the city is now also moving away from plans to temporarily stabilize the homes. they initially had some plans to drill some piers into the back of this hillside to support the homes at the top of the hill. but because this group of homeowners did not find a relief waiving the city of any lifix it appears the city is moving away from that as well. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:37. a bay area congresswoman says millions of dollars allocated fo

hud it administers programs that aim to provide access to quality and safe housing for homeowners these and renters. these programs often provided a lifeline to the most vulnerable citizens, and in today's economy they are more important than ever. for too m many american families and communities still face thend threat of foreclosure and vues billions more see their propertl values fall market, and although it may seem kind of intuitive, housing has become less affordable for lower income families even as housing prices plummeted. recent cities by your department have shown dramatic increases in worst case housing needs among very low income representers and even homelessness among families. as you know, as you saw in south dakota last year, many tribal communities continue to circle with a shortage of economic opportunities and a lack of housing choices. as our need for affordable housing rises, local providers keep increasing difficulties in preserving the resources we have. due to aging buildings and other contracts. meanwhile, states and local governments are slashing services and

nonetheless these homeowners are very upset that the city council is considering this.of their homes have been yellow and red tagged. one of the families had to basically abandon their home because it was deemed unsafe to live in. now the city could be sill was supposed to make a decision on whether or not to strip the emergency declaration after city council meeting last night. but they delayed that decision until they meet again next month. reporting live in san pablo, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:36. a bay area congresswoman says millions of dollars allocated for gas line improvements were spent somewhere else. congresswoman jackie spear says she got the information from the state public utilities commission. but she says she received a vague response when she asked for an explanation of how that money was spent. pg&e replaced some old pipelines but not the one that blew up in san bruno last september. congresswoman spear says pg&e needs to be monitored closer. >>> closing arguments are set to begin today in the chauncey bailey murder trial. your

units have been an often-discussed topic at the building homeowners meetings. the homeowners association -- the president is actually here with us as well. they have also supported this change. they feel that the -- a consistent ownership throughout the building rather than having owners and renters would benefit the building. they look forward to active participation on the board of governors, the various architectural security landscape and technology committees. it is often hard to fill those roles and they feel that 17 additional owners would help protect their investment and provide for a better living environment for the building. the homeowners association is also a little worried about the current economic climate. many of the current owners are in adjustable mortgages and right now are looking at refinancing options. many of the finance and mortgage companies will not refinance with the excessive rental component in multi-family buildings. typically that line has been drawn around 30%. it varies amongst other financing companies. but with 17 rentals de