commissioner, commissioner laguana. >> thank you. >> um, the report thank you, director. really appreciate the encroachments there on the transfer policy that is the i think going to help a lot with the eviction and also with the bad kind of exits exit and go back to being on the street. but stable listing a quick question on the - are those numbers actual dollars? so - >> we spent um, for example, 6 thousand accomplice on travel and recognize support outside of this city. >> yeah. what can you talk about because obviously i think i know from some experience we get people back with their families or loved ones the likely - problem solving can you talk about what we can do to - you know. it sounds for an entire month $7,000 does go far but something we can do to improve that or this is a well, so that's a great question. i think one of the, you know. we. >> saw that program used for a number of years during covid and saw the numbers go down part of the reason was travel was not heaping and people weren't necessary - and judge the year of covid all the things we didn't know

laguana says san francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years and that city leaders need to find new solutions. and this is where we're coming up short. we're just unable to catch these people doing it in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc7 news. >> happening now, the start of a highway shutdown that will last all weekend. the northbound lanes of highway 87in san joseoa co of hours ago. it's highway 85. as you can see on the map, this is for major lane resurfacing project. the closure is expected to run through 5:00 monday morning. they hope to get it back open in time for the commute. another closure will take place the weekend of october 20th when the southbound lanes will be repaved. new developments tonight on the united auto workers strike. we are uaw. >> we are uaw. >> president biden will go to michigan on tuesday to support the uaw strike against the big three automakers. the president announced that he will join the picket line a day before donald trump's scheduled speech to a pro-union crowd in detroit, uaw president sean fein says that

laguana says san francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years that city leaders need to find new solutions. and this is where we're coming up short. we're just unable to catch these people doing it in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc7 news. >> happening now, the start of a highway shutdown that will last all weekend. the northbound lanes of highway 87in san jose closed starting at 9 p.m. a couple of hours ago. it's between julian street and highway 85. as you can see on the map, this is for major lane resurfacing project. the closure is expected to run through 5:00 monday morning. they hope to get it back open in time for the commute. another closure will take place the weekend of october 20th when the southbound lanes will be repaved. new developments tonight on the united auto workers strike. we are uaw. >> we are uaw. >> president biden will go to michigan on tuesday to support the uaw strike against the big three automakers. the president announced that he will join the picket line a day before donald trump's scheduled speech to a pro-union

that perpetuate negative perceptions of the city for both locals and visitors alike, says sharky laguana. >> when visitors come here and their windows are broken and their luggage is stolen, their passports are stolen, their computers are stolen. >> uh, it doesn't make them want to come back. >> laguana is the president of the american car rental association. he says leaving a car empty doesn't always help, but it's certainly no guarantee . >> i've had my car broken into many times, and it didn't have anything in it. >> laguana says san francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break-ins for years, and that city leaders need to find new solutions. >> and this is where we're coming up short. we're just unable to catch these people doing it in san francisco. >> tim johns, abc7 news. >> could san francisco see more presence from a private security service that started during the gold rush? one police commissioner wants to see it happen. abc7 news reporter lou pena looks at what it would take to revive the program of patrol specials. crime in san francisco is trending

that perpetuates negative perceptions of the city for both locals and visitors alike, says sharky laguana>> when visitors come here and their windows are broken and their luggage is stolen or their passports are stolen, their computers are stolen. uh, it doesn't make them want to come back. >> laguana is the president of the american car rental association. he says leaving a car empty doesn't always help, but it's certainly no guarantee . >> i've had my car broken into many times, and it didn't have anything in it. >> laguana says san francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years, and that city leaders need to find new solutions. >> and this is where we're coming up short. we're just unable to catch these people all doing it in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. >> san francisco is preparing to take the world stage this november for the asia pacific economic cooperation summit, or apec. the city is trying to raise 20 million extra dollars for apec. it is the biggest international event that the city has hosted in decades, and the money will he

that perpetuates negative perceptions of the city for both locals and visitors alike, says sharky laguana. >> when visitors come here and their windows are broken and their luggage is stolen or their passports are stolen, their computers are stolen. uh, it doesn't make them want to come back. >> laguana is the president of the american car rental association. he says leaving a car empty doesn't always help, but it's certainly no guarantee . >> i've had my car broken into many times, and it didn't have anything in it. >> laguana says san francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years and that city leaders need to find new solutions. >> and this is where we're coming up short. we're just unable to catch these people all doing it in san francisco, tim johns, abc seven news. >> could san francisco bring back a type of private security service not seen since the gold rush? one police commissioner wants to see it happen. abc7 news reporter luis pena looks at what it would take to revive the program of patrol specials. >> crime in san francisco is trending u

sharky laguana. had the pleasure and honor of being president of the small business commission throughout the pandemic and i just wanted to add a little bit of context here to what we've seen over the past 4 or 5 years. it's largely been a decimation of small businesses . so many friends, so many colleagues have lost their livelihoods. they've lost their businesses and critical to their survival, critical to their being able to continue or refashion or reform or start up again. is foot traffic. it's drawing people in. earlier today during the hearing, i heard you talk one of the public commenters was talking about the importance of density in urban environments. that's equally true of commercial density and right now what we have is unprecedentedly high vacancy rates are are small business performance is underperforming. the rest of the nation by a fairly wide margin. last controllers economic report believe as of just last month, our new business formation is flat out and unchanged. and unless we ca