san francisco, which is now in disrepair and in a poor location on a concrete block down near justin herman plaza. we are working with supervisor farrell and some of his people have facilitated us dealing with the park and recs department to have that memorial refurbished and replaced into the lobby of the newly refurbished war memorial building after it reopens. that's just one more minor issue but we have broaderish shies that we are having great success on as well, which some of it has been alouded to, the port chicago sailers restoretive justice for those sailors and we have had great response. we hope the board of supervisors will affect a mirror resolution similar to ours but when we sent copies of our resolution to members of congress we have had great response from the offices of senator feinstein senator boxer and representative lee. we have had meetings with the two senators and they are looking into the potential for federal legislation to affect a change and res store tif justice for the port chicago 50. they oo*isz us that any support we can get from the city in terms of anothe

new at 6:00 kpix 5's phil matier live near justin herman plaza tonight to tell us where all that moneygoing. phil? >> reporter: well, obviously as you can see from behind me, it's going to some questionable goods. but it's the new policy by the city that we're seeing. so let's take a look at it. here's the story. they are becoming as much a part of the san francisco cityscape as trolley cars homeless encampment where they are not cleared out but cleaned up. >> public works crews are out there every morning we start at 4:30 cleaning up illegal encampments around the city. >> reporter: caltrans sends out crews like this at the 5th street on-ramp of the bay bridge. but it's the city that does most of the cleaning. >> we spend about three million dollars a year on cleaning up illegal encampments. >> reporter: the crews pc up more than a ton of garbage a day. >> as well as thousands of needles. >> reporter: there was a time when camps like these would have been busted up by the cops. but no more. these days, they are actually given notice that the clean-up crew is coming. what happens after