get a master's degree because i want to be a psychology teacher at the end of the day, you go. >> larkin street youth services says they are working towards ending youth homelessness. so it is rare brief and onetime cheryl and adams is the executive director. we know that about 50%. >> of the folks that are experiencing homelessness are over the age of 18 had their first experience between the ages of 1825, right. so we know that the quicker we intervene with homelessness we go. a long ways towards preventing chronic homelessness the other piece is that the longer you're outside the more detrimental it is to your health and well-being going on with just been around surviving. well, at the access site. i ran into a familiar face. corey was there to take a shower and get some food but the 25 year-old will likely have a harder time finding a place to sleep. >> then he would have had just one year ago. we don't have a great system. >> in san francisco around 25 to 35 year-olds in general because the skate, the span of age, right for people experiencing homeless knows, you know, 70's 75 and w

running and only half i this is a place to lay your head at that firsthand perspective comes from larkin resident dale jones and that the 22 year-old from contra, costa county as he was hanging out inside the larkin street youth services access site. >> on golden gate avenue. dale didn't want to go into details on how he ended up homeless in san francisco. but describes what his life was like before he found a place to shelter in the past year before here live there with light. >> 7 different family and was a couple different houses in a hotel a couple times an air bnb a couple times now. he tells me he's making the most of the resources available to him. >> checking in with his caseworker here once a week about getting a more permanent place to stay minnesota right now, but i'm already on the waiting list for basically cheaper house and they don't help me pay. >> so go it. the vibe of the access site is more college student coffee shop. the bureaucrats waiting room here. those as young as 12 can drop in and grab hot meals access laundry and showers pick from the clothing closet. >> good

i'm maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> larkin street youth services would not confirm if they were assistinglp. but they did say they are able to help those who enter the system before turning 25 receive housing assistance such as rent subsidies, even after they turn 25 and they say they've how's more than 400 young people so far this year. kron 4 will be continuing our commitment to investigate the situation on the streets, but we need your help, too. if there's something you think kron four's, maureen kelly needs to see or hear. you can e-mail her. that's the address on your screen on the streets at kron 4 dot com. there is a new proposal to establish an office of victim and witness rights and san francisco. >> a city supervisor. catherine stefani has announced a ballot initiative for next june. it would expand services for victims of domestic violence and other crimes. it would include things like counseling legal representation stephanie says the proposal would also make it easier for victims to know where to go to get help. california is trying to reverse a ruling that prevented it from

larkin street youth services would not confirm if they were assisting korean finding and help.y they are able to help those who enter the system before turning 25 receive housing assistance like rent subsidies even after turning 25, they have housed over 400 young people so far this year. kron 4 will continue our commitment to investigate the situation on the streets. but we need your help as well. if there's something you think kron four's, maureen kelly needs to hear or see, you can e-mail her at on the streets at kron 4 dot com. leaders of california's high-speed rail the recently passed federal infrastructure package could help and help a lot. the bullet trains authority board met today and our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains where the project stands now. >> it's a huge, huge development. california. i think for this project going forward high speed rail authority ceo brian kelly says the recently signed federal infrastructure package will provide big opportunity for the state and country's largest rail project for the federal government to step up put this l

tried but they didn't really want help me need >> corey says the last place he went for help was larkin street youth services. so that's where i decided to go next and find out why it didn't work out for corey. it turns out it could be because he's just a little too old to qualify for their help. they love inside. with my camera to one of the emergency shelters at ellis street on the edge of the tenderloin known as the lark in this one is reserved for youth aged 18 to 24 people who do qualify are given welcome kits with toiletries and sheets once inside you're greeted by brightly, colored murals with uplifting messages. well, sunny landscape cheers this the actual sleeping quarters are a bit bleak cement floors. spare furnishings, plastic bins and metal lockers store belongings right now. some pets are not being swept in because the pandemic has them running and only half i this is a place to lay your head at that firsthand perspective comes from larkin resident dale jones and that the 22 year-old from contra, costa county as he was hanging out inside the larkin street youth services ac

. >> hi, i work for larkin street services. we were a supportive partner to homeless youth alliance and operated at 730 stannion over a year. i really appreciate the neighbors who have chimed in about the success of that site. we met with neighbors biweekly to meet their concerns and i support the basic needs of the youth that operate in the haight and we operate a center and encourage you to stop by any time. we have hygiene flies we don't have a shower there. we need showers and regular access to water and i support more funding to provide these basic needs to young people in the haight. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. can we have the next caller, please. >> hello, my name is dan gella. as an employee of homeless youth alliance i want to emphasize service to these and these drop-in centers are essential not only to connecting people with housing but to the basic life-saving services they need in the meantime. to deny people basic hygiene such as hand washing stations and showers in the mi

can we have the next caller, please. >> hi, i work for larkin street services. we were a supportive partner to homeless youth alliance and operated at 730 stannion over a year. i really appreciate the neighbors who have chimed in about the success of that site. we met with neighbors biweekly to meet their concerns and i support the basic needs of the youth that operate in the haight and we operate a center and encourage you to stop by any time. we have hygiene flies we don't have a shower there. we need showers and regular access to water and i support more funding to provide these basic needs to young people in the haight. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. can we have the next caller, please. >> hello, my name is dan gella. as an employee of homeless youth alliance i want to emphasize service to these and these drop-in centers are essential not only to connecting people with housing but to the basic life-saving services they need in the meantime. to deny people basic hygiene such as hand washing stations and showers in the mi

library submitted a permit application to remove all 19 ficus trees adjacent to the property at 100 larkin street and spend time going through the last couple of years very quickly.we have a lot of information we want to cover. the library sought placement of the trees in 2018 and again there was quite a process working with the appellants. i'm glad that the conversation has maintained a positive note this evening becausethere really was a lot accomplished both before the check in with board of appeals and after . and in early 2020 the item was going to be continued so i even have in my own brief and update at the february 2020 where we were but at that point in time we were still the proposal was still a compromise where we were still seeking removal of the trees with 11 remain. so we had not, that's one important detail. due to the impact from the pandemic the san francisco public library had to scale backinitial mitigation . there were several mitigations they were clearly in charge of. they were going to occur with their funds and on their property . the application to remove those tre

can we have the next caller, please. >> hi, i work for larkin street services. we were a supportive partner to homeless youth alliance and operated at 730 stannion over a year. i really appreciate the neighbors who have chimed in about the success of that site. we met with neighbors biweekly to meet their concerns and i support the basic needs of the youth that operate in the haight and we operate a center and encourage you to stop by any time. we have hygiene flies we don't have a shower there. we need showers and regular access to water and i support more funding to provide these basic needs to young people in the haight. thank you. >> thank you for sharing your comments with the committee. can we have the next caller, please. >> hello, my name is dan gella. as an employee of homeless youth alliance i want to emphasize service to these and these drop-in centers are essential not only to connecting people with housing but to the basic life-saving services they need in the meantime. to deny people basic hygiene such as hand washing stations and showers in the mi

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the federal courthouse. >> and while the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape while walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people their there's compassion. there is acceptance. some are just fed up. i don't really know the best way to handle it. but what i what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless and learning. it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen reporter with channel 4 is some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties of we have to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but they really want help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> both of those those digging a hole that are usually pull up active tweeters tracks

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the >> and while the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape

. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselves so they're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we w

it was most successful safe sleeping site in the city by any metric run by the homeless youth and larkinh to transition people off the streets. extended twice. then was wound down as was committed at the start was wound down at the end of june of this year. our office insisted the site remain active for the community rather than vacant and that there are showers and drop inserises, referral and information for the homeless transitional youth population in this period before the development begins. per our advocacy and as part of ongoing emergency response to the pandemic they agreed to have such inper rum services at -- interim services at the site. in august we were informed plans were on track but delayed one month and guaranteed our office services would launch by the end of october at the latest. this representation was made to the community august 19, 2021 at a virtual community meeting regarding the site in which hsh confirmed to open the drop in center in late october 2021. it was made firmly and hsh explained the proposed drop in senator would provide -- center would provide bath

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the courthouse. >> and while the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape while walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people their there's compassion. there is acceptance. some are just fed up. i don't really know the best way to handle it. but what i what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless. i'm learning it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen reporter with channel 4 is time. some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties of we have to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but really want help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> most digging a hole that are usually full impact of twitter's tracks and a bunch of other

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the courthouse. >> and while the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape while walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people their there's compassion. there is acceptance. >> some ar to handle it. but what i what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless and learning. it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen reporter with channel 4 is some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties visit. we had to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but really want help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> both of those those digging a hole that are usually pull up active tweeters tracks and a bunch of other people. and i don't like if your

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the >> and while the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape while walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people there's compassion. there is acceptance. some are just fed up. >> i don't really know the best way to handle it. but what i what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless and learning. it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen or reporter was jailed for some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties of we had to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but they didn't really want to help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> both of those those digging a hole that are usually pull up active tweeters tracks and a bunch of

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the courthouse. >> the problem with homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape while walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people their there's compassion. there is acceptance. some are just fed up. i don't really know the best way to handle. look at what i what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless and learning. it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen reporter with channel for time. some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties of is we have to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but really want help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> most digging a hole that are usually full impact of twitter's tracks and a bunch of other people.

and larkin street just after 11 o'clock. so far, the man has not been identified.nyone that has information is asked to call the san francisco police. while the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped again last week nationwide at the lowest level in more than a century. labor department says 199,000 people filed for claims last week down 71,000 from the week before since topping 900,000 and early january. the applications have fallen steadily towards and now fallen below their pre pandemic level of around 220,000 week, and some people have received unemployment aid from the ddg will have to prove their work history or risk having to pay some of that money back. according to the sacramento bee . some three million people received extra assistance through a federally funded program last year, but the federal government did require the deed to verify the employment history of those who claim the benefits. if those people didn't request more than the minimum amount. about a million people are affected, and they will need to prove they had a prio

this is recent video from larkin street in the tenderloin sense of lawlessness just steps away from the homelessness and drug use is not on every corner. >> you can easily escape well walking on the and began shooting up right in front of me. if you live or work here, the attitudes towards homeless people their there's compassion. there is acceptance. some are just fed up. i don't really know the best way to handle it. what i want to see is people who are violent and aggressive off the street. >> and while it's easy to blame horrific street scenes on the homeless and learning. it's a lot more complicated. that's because i'm not just shooting video. also taking the time to listen or reporter was jailed for some say they were forced out. >> others on the properties of we have to get out. >> some can't seem to find a way out. are you trying to get any services. i tried. but really want to help me need some tell me they just want to stay put. >> most to get a hold of are usually pull up active tweeters tracks and a bunch of other people. and i don't like if your tattoos like railroad. i thi

jg bollard and lance carnes versus san francisco public works your own of the urban forestry . 400 larkinappealing on august 9, 2021 of a public work order. approval for the order of urban forestry removes ficus trees with a replacement, each of these falls within at least one of the conditions warranted in 1831513 removal for ficus trees. great weight is given to the tree failure which occurred may 29, 2021 and posting of another tree for removal as evidence of a public safety rest. this is order 205288 and we will hear from our first appellate , joshuaklipp . >> just let me know, i'll start a time when you're ready. >> welcome josh, we haven't seen you ina bit . >> that's true. >> at the september 18 2019 hearing on these trees commissioner lazarus asked about one library tree department hasproposed to remove but later determined could be saved . here's that exchange. >> one thing i felt curious, there was one tree slated to be removed and as you said it sort of recovered. are there any lessons there aboutsome of these trees ? >> yes and number it's very difficult. we can't interview th

. >> i heard about the cooking school through the larkin academy a. >> their noting no way to feed themselvesey're eating a lot of fast food and i usually eat whatever safeway is near my home a lot of hot food i was excited that i was eating lunch enough instead of what and eat. >> as i was inviting them over teaching them basic ways to fix good food they were so existed. >> particle learning the skills and the food they were really go it it turned into the is charity foundation i ran into my friend we were talking about this this do you want to run this charity foundations and she said, yes. >> i'm a co-found and executive director for the cooking project our best classes participation for 10 students are monday they're really fun their chief driven classes we have a different guest around the city they're our stand alone cola's we had a series or series still city of attorney's office style of classes our final are night life diners. >> santa barbara shall comes in and helps us show us things and this is one the owners they help us to socialize and i've been here about a year. >> we want to

library submitted a permit application to remove all 19 ficus trees adjacent to the property at 100 larkin street and spend time going through the last couple of years very quickly.we have a lot of information we want to cover. the library sought placement of the trees in 2018 and again there was quite a process working with the appellants. i'm glad that the conversation has maintained a positive note this evening becausethere really was a lot accomplished both before the check in with board of appeals and after . and in early 2020 the item was going to be continued so i even have in my own brief and update at the february 2020 where we were but at that point in time we were still the proposal was still a compromise where we were still seeking removal of the trees with 11 remain. so we had not, that's one important detail. due to the impact from the pandemic the san francisco public library had to scale backinitial mitigation . there were several mitigations they were clearly in charge of. they were going to occur with their funds and on their property . the application to remove those tre