i work with larkin street youth services, assisting with youth. over the five years i've been with larkin street, we've helped and assisted at least 200 or more youth preparing for their careers to get into higher education, get into housing and assist them into two of the programs, which is diamond and g-house, so i think you can help them as programs that assist them in the program. thank you. >> chair fewer: thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, supervisors. cheryl adams with larkin street services. thank you so much for your time. this is a big, big day. you hear so many important priorities, and i really appreciate your time and interest. i'm going to let the words of the young people and the staff stand for the things of larkin street, and i'm just going to give a shout out for hspa, and those organizations that support housing and opportunities in our community, so thank you for that, thank you for hspa, and thank you for your time. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is naima -- [inaudible] >> chair fewer: oh, j

thank you to larkin for hosting this fabulous event.ible group of people for this collaboration that's been brought together. what we need to start with is that trafficking, sexual exploitation happens here in san francisco. these are our children. it is a systems issue, not an individual issue. no one chooses to be exploited. trafficking and exploitation inhibit the entire community from thriving. that's why we've all come together to change the trajectory of lives of young people affected by trafficking and exploitation and to prevent others from becoming more deeply involved. in 1967, huckleberry youth programs established the first youth shelter for run aways in the country, addressing reasons why people found themselves on the streets of san francisco. unfortunately, our 52 years of experience, we have seen too many young people commercially sexually exploited and too many young people at risk of human trafficking. but every day, we also experience the resiliency of young people. this project is an attempt to bring together various

thank you to larkin for hosting this fabulous event. it's an incredible group of people for this collaboration that's been brought together. what we need to start with is that trafficking, sexual >> we are back to open session. we clarified that the sediment was for petitioner claims for attorney fees and the committee record for consideration by the board in the 23rd. agenda items 6 and 7 were also recommended as committee reports to july 23rd board meeting. agenda item number 8 was a recommended asper usual business. >> thank you, mr. clerk. do we have a motion around the closed session proceedings. >> clerk: we would take a motion to disclose or not disclose the deliberations in closed session. >> i will make a motion not to disclose. >> can we take that without objection? >> thank you. >> any further business. >> clerk: there is no further business. >> this meeting is closed. >> shop and dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their business in the 49 square files of san francisco. we help san francis

we have four and a final one opening in a month along larkin street. i can say personally, i was a community organizer and advocate in the tenderloin and i myself am overwhelmed at times. having the organization with a group of people that care so much about the entire neighborhood, not just the residents, but the businesses there. i myself just based on the tlcbd and the services they provide and hope they bring to the neighborhood, we locat advocatee other businesses to open on my recommendation and this was due in part because of the support tlcbd is providing. the improvements that have been made in the tern loin. tenderloin. e they not only clean streets but come into our businesses and they bring our street patrol, our police officers by and introduce them and they're kind of -- they're the glue that bind the tenderloin together, everyone. announcement i'm here to implore you to renew them for another ten years. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> hi. i'm mike, the club director for boys and girl's club of san francisco and t

the larkins was there for me serving younger than 18 up to 24. this shelter was healthy and safe. i am here because many of my friends are will in shelters, navigation center. unfortunately, they are not white as safe and healthy as the larkins shelter was also, the navigation centers, the intake assessed is a bit of a barrier, just to get into the navigation center. i think that is somewhat discriminatory. i said aren't funding doctrines services for people living in an able housing unit they must also fund sex worker services a lot of work has been introduced, i support that. want to see the graham expanded citywide. as an hiv positive person i was fortunate enough to nullify for hiv transitional housing. transitional housing should be available to all san francisco regardless of the hiv status. as i said, the adult shelter has a huge waitlist and it is not safe and can deteriorate a person's health. i'm also supporting funding inspections of the health center and conflict resolution training for staff that are working population. i am forever thankful to the department of san f

this is an extraordinary thing to be celebrating the gilbert baker rainbow apartments here on larkin street in the tender loin. i want to give a special thank you to you, brian. i can tell you that during the budget process, there was nobody who works harder than brian basinger and the q foundation to make sure that everybody who is lgbt have a safe and secure place to call home. thank you, brian. give it up for brian and he leadership. i'm also very excited that we have this flag here in the tender loin. the tender loin is among, along with lower pope, the oldest lgbt neighborhood, not just here in san francisco, but across the country. it is a neighborhood where compton's cafeteria riots, the first ever documented collective uprising of lgbt people in the country took place in 1966 and it is a neighborhood where the compton's transgender cultural district, the nation's firsts officially recognized cultural -- transgender neighborhood is here today. it's a place that, for so many years, during some of the worst times in san francisco when the so-called public decency laws prevented

s san francisco city center hostile on the corner of ellis and larkin. on behalf of fellow residents, the tens of thousands of guests that stay at our hostile every year, on behalf of our hostile staff, i would like to thank them for cleanliness and security of the neighborhood and would like to thank you all for voting in favour of this renewal. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon. i'm representing the property owner in the tenderloin and we have been a strong supporter of the lcbd and would love to see it renewed. the renewed assessment and extension will allow the tlcbd to implement new programmes in the area and that will make it safer for the residents and visitors of the ten tenderloin. please support this initiative and thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is will douglas and i work for the st. francis foundation. five years ago as my colleague and coworker, jennifer verano mentioned, were formed the tenderloin health improvement partnership and it's many of the organizations you've heard from. t

. >>> san francisco police will present a check to larkin street youth services for selling pride patches won by police officer. the department says more than $15,000 was raised, that check will be presented to the nonprofit helping young people homeless and many who are lgbtq. >>> parents who took their children to the carnival rides at the alameda county fair probably saw more than they expected. the pirates of the magical midway fun house was running a video supposed to be from a 1952 bert lancaster pirate movie what the ride operator was showing was the r-rated pirates blood brothers. one mother was stunned by what the video showed as her daughter was coming out of fema her full chest out and a guy kissing. >> the alameda county sheriff's office has jurisdiction over the fairgrounds and says the video was not porn graphic. all video and other content will be reviewed for audience appropriateness before being displayed. >>> still ahead, hack oakland homeless encampment is causing problems for nearby businesses. how an eastbound lawmaker plans to clear it out before those businesses pac

the officer was chasing a suspected drug dealer on larkin street and tracked him down but injured his head in the process. he was stitched up and is reportedly doing okay. >>> closing arguments in the ghost ship warehouse trial are expected to wrap up today. the defense delivered closing ats telling the jury almena and harris are scape goats. the defense maintains there is reasonable doubt is not enough evidence to convict. >> reporter: grateful, relieved, his story was told, he felt connected with the jury. >> reporter: in his final pitch to the jury, curtis brigs blasted the da's case against his client max harris and said this was enough reasonable doubt to found him not guilty. he said harris never signed the lease and didn't promote the music event the night of the fire and didn't design the lay without of the warehouse. over and over, brigs pretended to be the da saying convict max anyway. >> i kept talking about the ironies and contradictions in this case and pointing -- they want to convict harris. >> reporter: brigs reminded the jury that oak land police and firefighters and

abc7 news was at larkin street youth services in the tenderloin. that's where mayor london breed and community leaders celebrated receiving more than $9 million in state funding to help non-profit groups steer homeless teens to permanent and safehousing. > i'm just really excited about what this is going to do to change and save the lives of so many young people any our city. >> a major part of the three-year program will focus on preventing teens fres being exploited in the commercial sex trade. >> another california racetrack has banned a top horse train b . the bay area news group reports del mar near san diego won't let jerry holland dorfer run horses there. he was banned from berkeley and san tab anita in california. 30 horses have died at santa anita since december. his horse, american currency, was euthanized after getting hurt at san tab anita last month. >> in the east bay, the concord unable weapons station will be the site of the bay area's newest regional park. the east bay regional park district accepted over 2,000 acres of land from t

it's a temporary 2 month street soccer installation on fulton street between larkin street, by the museum that means soccer fans will be at the viewing party will watch the excitement on screen and play the game nearby. this project is a collaborative effort between multiple city agencies, public works, m.t.a., the asian art museum, library, we're thankful for the urban soccer park for making this project possible. the installation of these two modular turf fields will be ready to go for the july 7th event, coinciding with our block party. they will be bustling everyday from morning until 9:00 p.m. with programming from street soccer u.s.a. and america scores as i think you know, street soccer u.s.a. empowers adults through soccer, helping to build a social safety net and life skills and america scores delivers after school enrichment programs focused on whole child health. the installation will remain up until the end of august and will include youth programs and adult leagues. last weekend, the 82nd festival kicked off in style by rap fusion group digable planets. they will continue thr

. >>> san francisco police will present a check to larkin street youth services from selling pride patches. $15,000 was raised and the check will be presented to the nonprofit helping young people who are homeless and many are lgbtq. >>> still ahead, billions of dollars to help migrants along the border. the money just approved by president trump to improve conditions for thousands of people. >>> also, what is being done to try to increase pedestrian and bike safety in oakland's china town? >>> people taking bart will have to deal with a 10- minute delay as it deals with equipment problems. if you are driving in the east bay on 80, you see no crowding here or slowdowns approaching the mc carthur maize. >>> patchy low clouds. a nice day. i will be back with the highs coming up. this is fred. he's dancing like nobody's watching. and because all of the devices on fred's wifi network are protected with xfinity xfi, literally, nobody's watching. except for millions of you, of course. wait, millions of people are watching? yeah. we're making a commercial. if it's connected, it's protected with x

near larkin drive pick he was convicted in 2006 for lewd acts with a 10-year-old girl and 13- year-oldr conviction in washington state in 1982. >>> the chp wrote at least 75 tickets for carpool violations this morning on a stretch of highway 4 between brentwood and concord. that including giving a citation to one driver who had this life-sized mannequin in their car, posing as a passenger. another woman who was pulled over told the officer she had actually been watching mornings on 2 and learned about the crackdown on carpools cheats before she left the house. work on time and i thought i would just crossover for a quick second and boom, there he is. i know i shouldn't have done that but i know i shouldn't have but -- >> the chp is also cracking doders and in some cases, they say drivers are being ticketed for going more than 100 miles per hour. >>> we are checking on the weather around here. it is going to cool off. not so much tomorrow but as we head toward the weekend. details after the break. >>> alex savidge is in the newsroom with a look at some of the stories we are working on f

. >> 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

principle amount in an amount not to exceed $48 million for 500 through 520 turning street and 555 larkin street and item 16 an amount not to exceed 103 millio. >> supervisor yee: i'm sorry, on item 15, what was the amount you named? >> clerk: of the amount that i read out, mr. president, was $48 million. >> supervisor yee: thank you. can we take these items same house same call? without objection. these resolutions they're adapted. please call 17 and 18. >> clerk: items 17 and 18 are two resolutions that authorization the director of the mayor's office of housing and community development to execute a local operating subsidy program grant agreement to provide operating subsidiaries for formerly homeless adult households for both agreements a term of 15 years and six months july 212,019th to december 31st, 2034. an agreement with 275 10 the street associate l.p. for services at bishop swing community house. for $5.5 million and for item 18, a grant agreement with mayson street housing associates lp for services at 149 mayson street apartments and 149 mayson street in an amount not to exce

abc 7 news was at larkin street youth services yesterday as community leaders talked about the impact of the $9 million will have. the money will help non-profit groups steer homeless teens towards permanent safe housing. >> i'm just really excited about what this is going to do to change and save the lives of so many young people in our city. >> a major part of the three year program will focus on preventing teens from being exploited in the commercial sex trade. >>> house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats have to stop the public infighting and focus on the party's common goals like defeating president trump in 2020. that warning came during a meeting with house democrats. a few freshmen members, including new york representative alexandria ocasio-cortez have taken public aim at the party. pelosi says if someone has a complaint, talk to her. don't tweet about it. she says the few disgruntled members have a limited following inside the house. okay. >>> star athletes recognized at the espys. >> also, south bay football coach rob mendez honored with a prestigious reward. abc 7 caught

the one here is on post street between hyde and larkin. >> you painted a picture. thank you. >>> eyedrops and appointmepoin are on recall. recalling various equate products including treatments for allergy relief, eyedrops and gel crops all made and labeled for walmart. the company has also recalled several over-the-counter and prescription eyedrops and ointments under the walgreens name brand. a lot of them will be posted on our website, abc7news.com. >>> elon musk says tesla will most likely begin ungrading older cars with new chips that could pave the way towards more autonomous driving features. hundreds of thousands of model s, x and 3s are in line to get the new chip. >>> coming up at 6:30. a fire guts two homes in the east bay. what one woman hopes she'll be able to find inside. >>> san francisco police are investigating a shooting death that happened overnight in the mission district. i'll have details up next. >>> also ahead, the wait is over for warriors fans. the limited offering inside of this box that ended up drawing some big lines. >>> as we head to