the resolution is response to an effort by brooke jenkins and supervisor matt dorsey to end sanctuarytections were undocumented immigrants who have been dealing fentanyl on city streets. san francisco's policy law enforcement from notifying immigration if an undocumented person is released from custody. kristen: phil matier is is here to talk about this. is this the way protection under sanctuary city is supposed to go? is that how it was envisioned? >> back in 1989, when dianne feinstein faced the issue, she was sure it was going to be for minor offenses. some buddy was here illegally, maybe they had too much to drink and got pulled over, they did not want them to be deported. some but had small offenses, they didn't want to be an expulsion, especially if they had family here. over the years, two things have happened. one, it morphed into including more and more various offenses until it became virtually universal. the second thing that happened was what used to be a felony dropped down in stature in the state of california like drug dealing. we have these two forces going on now the

supervisor matt dorsey wanted to add fentanyl crimes to that list saying it will make people safer. this is what he said at the last more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl feeling. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions. >> to sanctuary. but other supervisors and people against dorsey's proposal say adding an exception may threaten the overall sanctuary city policy, even if you think it's a tailored exception. >> are you going to trick or fear of the police? you're going to trigger fear of deportation, fear of broken families are being sent to countries where people's lives could be at risk. >> before supervisors voted, some people spoke in favor of dorsey's proposed exception. reasonable amendment is what supervisor dorsey has proposed. >> which is to add that no feeling has been exempt shun to our. >> our sanctuary say protections in the end. the vote nearly unanimous except for one no vote from dorsey. >> a proposal to legalize work was also on the agenda at tuesday's meeting. but supervisors decided to push that discussion until next week. i'm sara stinson report

and now please welcome our district supervisor who lives right down the street, matt dorsey. thank you so much. everybody, so i'm the my name is matt dorsey. i am the new supervisor. i live a block away . so welcome to my neighborhood and welcome to my district. you know whenever, as a relatively new elected official when i'm at a in an unveiling or a ribbon cutting, i always feel like a little bit of it's like an imposter syndrome. i think i was describing myself. at one event as the rosie ruiz of this project and for those of you who don't know the obscure reference rosie ruiz won the 1980 boston marathon until they realized that she jumped into the race half mile before the finish line. and took the credit for it. so i want to give thanks to my predecessors who were mentioned supervisor jane kim and supervisor matt haney. um i also want to say, you know, i wanted to say thanks to our our partners at the federal government for you know, without whom this wouldn't have been possible. um and obviously mercy, housing and scs and all everybody who was thanked and i don't want t

i'm matt dorsey and serve as the chair of the board. i like to express gratitude today to elijah saunders serving at the clerk and team at sfgovtv which is under the direction of jason for facilitating the remote access and broadcasting today's meeting. i'm excusing chan, mandelman, melgar and safai from today's meeting. mr. clerk, would you please call the roll? [roll call] >> chair, we have quorum. >> thank you mr. clerk. as mentioned commissioners chan, safai, melgar and mandelman are excused today. before calling the next item i like to exercise my prerogative as chair to invoke 3.26 from the rules of order that limit total public comment to 30 minutes. each speaker has 2 minutes to speak on an item. >> i have a short public comment. for members interesting in participating in the board meeting we welcome attendance in person in the chamber room 250 city hall or watch cable channel 26 or 99 or zoom live at www.sfgov.org. for those to comment remotely dial 415-655-0001 and when prompted enter access code 24838475803 and press pound a

supervisor matt dorsey wanted to add fentanyl crimes to that list saying it will make people safer. this is what he said at the last more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl feeling. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. but other supervisors and people against dorsey's proposal say adding an exception. >> may threaten the overall sanctuary city policy, even if you think it's a tailored exception. >> are you going to trigger fear of the police? you're going to trigger fear of deportation, fear of broken families are being sent to countries where people's lives could be at risk. >> before supervisors voted, some people spoke in favor of dorsey's proposed exception. reasonable amendment is what supervisor dorsey has proposed. >> which is to add that no feeling as exemption to our. >> our sanctuary city protections. in the end, the vote nearly unanimous except for one no vote from dorsey. >> rosell to legalize work was also on the agenda tonight, supervisors decided to push that discussion until next week's meeting reporting the studio. back to you. >> than

supervisor matt dorsey wanted to add fentanyl crimes to that list saying it will make people safer. this is what he said at the last more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. but other supervisors and people against dorsey's proposal say adding an exception. >> may threaten the overall sanctuary city policy, even if you think it's a tailored exception. >> are you going to trick or fear of the police? you're going to trigger fear of deportation, fear of broken families are being sent to countries where people's lives could be at risk. >> before supervisors voted, some people spoke in favor of dorsey's proposed exception. reasonable amendment is what supervisor dorsey has proposed. >> which is to add that no feeling as exemption to our. >> our sanctuary city protections. in the end, the vote nearly unanimous except for one no vote from dorsey. >> and the proposal to legalize work in san francisco was also on the agenda tonight, supervisors decided to push that discussion to next week's meeting reporting in the ne

supervisor matt dorsey was the only one in favor of allowing police to target undocumented immigrants possibly linked with dealing fentanyl. san francisco was among the first cities in the country to be dubbed a sanctuary city prohibiting local police from stopping or arresting people based on their national origin or immigration status. the city's policy does provide a list of crimes allowing prosecution, including carjackings, burglaries and shootings. supervisor matt dorsey wanted to add fentanyl crimes to that list say it will make people in the city overall feel safer. more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl feeling. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanction. >> other supervisors and people against ortiz proposal say adding that exception for fentanyl could threaten the overall sanctuary city policy. and another big story we're following out of san francisco, the city's unified school district voted to not reinstate the muslim holiday. eid. the district had decided to make last august, rather to make eat a school holiday by moving spring break over a few d

resolution to be heard at the board of supervisors' meeting today, essentially opposing supervisor matt dorsey's proposal. >>> san francisco is turning empty office space into housing. the idea is heading to the state capitol. there is new legislation to make office to residential could not versions faster, easier and less expensive, even providing grants to developers. according to haney, the office to housing conversion act would give ackapproval and impose strict timing. they are closing in on 30%. >>> we have all the latest housing news compiled into one place for you. sign up for our weekly news letter. it is called housing deconstructed. go to nbcbayarea.com/newsletters. >>> let's talk about the weather. look at this. snow. this is what it looked like on top of mt. hamilton this morning. we will also show you the lick observatory. it said it received a couple inches last night, more expected today. the road to the observatory remains closed. i'm assuming that might be the road to the observatory. i don't actually see the observatory. >> it is way up there. . >> it's up there. . >> we know

i'm matt dorsey and serve as the chair of the board. i like to express gratitude today to elijah saunders serving at the clerk and team at sfgovtv which is under the direction of jason for facilitating the remote access and broadcasting today's meeting. i'm excusing chan, mandelman, melgar and safai from today's meeting. mr. clerk, would you please call the roll? [roll call] >> chair, we have quorum. >> thank you mr. clerk. as mentioned commissioners chan, safai, melgar and mandelman are excused today. before calling the next item i like to exercise my prerogative as chair to invoke 3.26 from the rules of order that limit total public comment to 30 minutes. each speaker has 2 minutes to speak on an item. >> i have a short public comment. for members interesting in participating in the board meeting we welcome attendance in person in the chamber room 250 city hall or watch cable channel 26 or 99 or zoom live at www.sfgov.org. for those to comment remotely dial 415-655-0001 and when prompted enter access code 24838475803 and press pound a

dan: supervisor matt dorsey and district attorney brooke jenkins want to end century sanctuary protectionsar authorities from notifying immigration if an undocumented person is released from custody. ama: the barbara director announced her bid to run for congress today. her announcement highlighted her years of activism in social justice before taking on the bart role. it means simon could replace barbara lee who is running for u.s. senate. the announcement comes three days after lee's rally to kickstarter campaign. lee is running to replace senator dianne feinstein who is retiring at the end of her term. dan: california's former labor secretary is president biden's choice for the same job in his administration. president biden plans to nominate judy sue for that post, replacing marty walsh who is stepping down next month. she is a stanford graduate and served as deputy labor secretary since 2021. she served as california's labor secretary from 2019 to 2021. if confirmed, she would be the first asian-american to serve in a secretary level role in biden's cabinet. ama: storms slam los angel

reporter: matt dorsey attended the community screening.e supports safe injection sites in the city and believes documentaries like injecting hope help in greater awareness. >> abstinence based programs only work for people that are alive. there's a continuum of approaches that we need to have. reporter: others are more skeptical. grants works with mothers against drug addiction and deaths. she attended the screening and took part in a panel discussion afterwards alongside the supervisor. >> it can have adverse consequences including enlarging the drug feed, nicking it harder for people to get treatment. reporter: injecting hope demonstrates one model but she says others also exist. she points to portugal which has made huge steps in combating its own drug crisis since the 1990's by strongly encouraging drug treatment programs. >> if we can deliver the same results in portugal, instead of having 640 overdose deaths last year, we would have had for. reporter: he can be seen now on demand on our abc 7 bay area news app wherever you stream. ti

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supervisor matt dorsey was heckled by a few protesters who came to defend san francisco's sanctuary city policies at all costs. >> i am fighting for the lives of drug addicts and not the livelihoods of drug dealers. i make no apology for it. >> dorsey supports the overtime pay for officers. noticeably absent, was supervisor dean preston, who represents the tenderloin district. he did not respond to our request from a statement, but just last week said, "it is preposterous that a department they got bonuses, raises, and a $50 million budget increase last summer would come back seven months later for an additional $27 million." police chief scott says his department is operating at 75% of what has been recommended. >> the only way we temporarily bridge that shortcoming, that gap is through overtime. and we need the funding. that's what the supplemental is all about. >> recruitment has been a challenge, but the police chief says things are beginning to change. since november 2022, four months ago, the number of applications to the police academy has doubled, with nearly 1000 applicants. sti

this after supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced legislation that would add fentanyl crime solis, the city considers cooperating with federal prosecution. >> that list already contains violent crimes like carjackings, burglaries, and shootings. do more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. supervisor shamann walton was also at the rally before the meeting to support supervisor ronen's resolution to condemn dorsey's legislation. there's no way we're going to stand by. >> and allow people to say that one race or immigrants are responsible. 4. these but no, this many community leaders like stephanie, go with legal services for children. spoke at the rally and again in the board meeting public comments to support the sanctuary city ordinance, recycled war on drugs, the scapegoat immigrants will only make the overdose crisis worse. >> which is why we should uphold and protect our century ordinance. >> but there are also public comments from people

supervisor matt dorsey proposed legislation revoking sanctuary status from undocumented immigrants who are convicted of dealing fentanyl. right now, san francisco bars that kind of cooperation with immigration and customs enforcement with limited exceptions for serious crimes. advocates say opening the door to weakened sanctuary city status could have unintended consequences. >> members of our unity already a target of hate and violence are usually hesitant reaching out for services that support their well-being in this attack on our sanctuary city will make things worse. >> several supervisors atlantic county countered the dorsey proposal with ordinance to strengthen san francisco century city status. >>> san francisco small business owner says her salon has been broken into so many times, she is inking of pulling up stakes. josie owns the baton the salon. she estimates she has spent $40,000 to cover losses and repairs. >> it has been shocking and not only traumatic but also surprising, you know. one of the most expensive cities, we would think we could sustain the business. >> report

time the sanctuary city policy has been threatened on tuesday, supervisors debated a proposal from matt dorsey who wanted to add fentanyl crimes to the list of reasons why undocumented immigrants >> could be targeted by police. but supervisors voted 10 to one to keep the sanctuary policy. the same business, 10 boats right? so it sends a very strong message. but the d a >> has taken. i'm not on that island with san francisco. >> da jenkins says she's very optimistic that the federal government will make an exception and extradite the 2 suspects. she's also just a little bit worried that the 2 men will find out that they're being sought after and flee again. i'm sarah stinson reporting in the newsroom. back to you. >> over in the north bay, santa rosa, police say a 15 year-old student had this knife in his backpack to get to school. officers responded to morose academy shortly after 9 tuesday morning. school officials found the large hunting knife in the lining of a plastic binder. that teen was arrested. investigators have not said why that student took that knife to school in the first place.

reporter: matt dorsey attended the community screening.e supports safe injection sites in the city and believes documentaries like injecting hope help in greater awareness. >> abstinence based programs only work for people that are alive. there's a continuum of approaches that we need to have. reporter: others are more skeptical. grants works with mothers against drug addiction and deaths. she attended the screening and took part in a panel discussion afterwards alongside the supervisor. >> it can have adverse consequences including enlarging the drug feed, nicking it harder for people to get treatment. reporter: injecting hope demonstrates one model but she says others also exist. she points to portugal which has made huge steps in combating its own drug crisis since the 1990's by strongly encouraging drug treatment programs. >> if we can deliver the same results in portugal, instead of having 640 overdose deaths last year, we would have had for. reporter: he can be seen now on demand on our abc 7 bay area news app wherever you stream. ti

supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced new legislation, which would add fentanyl dealers to the list of criminals the city would consider cooperating with the federal government to prosecute supervisor dorsey saying since its inception, sanctuary city policies have had carve outs for heinous crimes and says, adding one more crime to the list of carve outs to save lives on san francisco streets is worth considering. if we are going to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from an undocumented immigrant for carjacking or shooting a gun from a car. ah or extortion or burglary in the first degree. it is mystifying to me that we would not include fentanyl dealing in that, given the staggering loss of life that we're seeing in our city. san francisco's district attorney, brooke jenkins, also recently sought exemptions to the city's sanctuary. policies to cooperate with federal officials and prosecute and accused domestic violence murderer and a suspect accused of sexually abusing two children under the age of 10, both suspects having fled the country, the d, a, saying she supports sanctuary

tara: supervisor matt dorsey noticing clean streets and very little open air drug use. >> one thing thaty through here is this organization running the overdose prevention centers in new york is absolutely committed to being a good neighbor and a good partner with the new york city police department. >> it i you look around here, you see drugs everywhere. there would be needles everywhere. tara: fred is battling addiction and depression and says he does access the safe consumption sites and that they have also changed the streets. anything.an go tohe par it was not safe. people were dying. you would pretty much walk over a body here. tara: and since the safe consumption sites? >> it has changed a whole lot. tara: safe consumption sites are illegal under federal law, but the new york model could provide a path forward. these sites are funded by private donations, not public dollars, making the city in theory less liable. how do you and do you think this will move the ball forward in bringing sites to san francisco? >> i do. we now have a group of advocates from san francisco who have seen

i'm supervisor matt dorsey chair. i'm joined by vice chair walton and member safai.

this program and have been strong advocate for public safety in san francisco including supervisor matt dorsey, longgorio, and sadly the supervisor of tenderloin is not here today and that's a problem. but we're not going to let that stop us what we're going to do. here's the thing, at the end of day, who does not want to walk down the street and feel safe. a lot of folks from hunters point live here now, people who immigranted from other countries looking for a better life and opportunity. there are a lot of people who choose the tenderloin for hope, to start a new business, to work a new job, to get treatment and turn their life around to do something that will lead to something better. that's what the tenderloin represents. and when i hear the stories, when i hear the stories about my own friend who was gunned down in the tender line, trying to stop folks from selling dope down the block where he has become clean. where they're trying to look out for the community. when i hear about the stories about the mom who what was attacked in front of her six-year-old son and left for dead. about the

i'm supervisor matt dorsey chair. i'm joined by vice chair walton and member safai. clegs i want to express gratitude to the committee clerk victor young and sfgovtv for staffing the

supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced new legislation, which would add fentanyl dealers to the list would consider cooperating with the federal government to prosecute supervisor dorsey saying since its inception, sanctuary city policies have had carve outs for heinous crimes and says, adding one more crime to the list of carve outs to save lives on san francisco streets is worth considering. if we are going to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from an undocumented immigrant for carjacking or shooting a gun from a car. ah or extortion or burglary in the first degree. it is mystifying to me that we would not include fentanyl dealing in that, given the staggering loss of life that we're seeing in our city, san francisco's district attorney, brooke jenkins, also recently sought exemptions to the city's sanctuary. policies to cooperate with federal officials and prosecute and accused domestic violence murderer and a suspect accused of sexually abusing two children under the age of 10, both suspects having fled the country, the d, a saying she supports sanctuary policies, which were d

i support da mayor and matt dorsey's statements and resolution. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. we have 5 callers in the queue. there are about 30 listening. if you haven't pressed star 3 we will take the last group to the end. mr. lam, let's hear from the next caller, please. >> good evening board of supervisors (indiscernible) deloris street community service and organization of sf island speaking in support of supervisor ronen's resolution upholding the sanctuary city ordinance. as a daughter of mexican immigrants and director of organization with 40 years serving the latin ex (indiscernible) our board is entertaining measures to carve out exception to the historic city sanctuary policy which has been in place since 1989. our community wants to see our leaders as a board of supervisors reject allowing the city police cooperating with ice and reject the measure to add non citizens charged with selling fentanyl (indiscernible) we know immigrants are particularly vulnerable to civil rights abuses. high poverty level, language barrier an

this after supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced legislation that would add fentanyl crime.city considers cooperating with federal prosecution. >> that list already contains violent crimes like carjackings, burglaries, and more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. supervisor shamann walton was also at the rally before the meeting to support supervisor ronen's resolution to condemn dorsey's legislation. there's no way we're going to stand by. >> and allow people to say that one race or immigrants are responsible. 4. these but no, this many community leaders like stephanie, go with legal services for children. spoke at the rally and again in the board meeting public comments to support the sanctuary city ordinance, recycled war on drugs, the scapegoat immigrants will only make the overdose crisis worse. >> which is why we should uphold and protect our century ordinance. >> but there are also public comments from people supporting the addi

city supervisors voted against supervisor matt dorsey is proposal to add fentanyl crimes to the list of reasons to arrest undocumented immigrants. dorsey was the only vote in favor of that measure. tonight's vote came after another round of heated public comment. well, 4 sarah stinson is following this story. she will have more coming up tonight on kron. 4 news at 9. also tonight, the san francisco unified school district will be debating whether to reinstate the eid, the holiday to the school calendar. it was passed last fall, but then later revoked the air of resource and organizing center calls the move to revoke the holiday races and says it is important to recognize the holiday. the group explains a holiday with support all of the muslim and arab students in the san francisco school district as things stand now, they say that either have to choose to forego time with their families on their communities. most important holiday of the year or miss important instruction or testing at school if they do not attend that day, the meeting is still going on. we will have full report on t

well, >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey tweeting this video as he marched the streets of the city today. he along with hundreds of community members took to the streets too advocate for transgender equrlity and protection for trans youth. >> the san francisco reparations task force had its first public hearing earlier this month. 111 ideas to the board of supervisors. the group says more ideas could be added as the process continues. the plans are currently considering focus on 4 different areas, economic empowerment, health and well-being, education and academic achievement. and finally, public policy. >> because many of the ways in which lex harris is because have been harmed. it's 2 policy has been in bed it into the practices of the city as part of our times as we have learned, given how to talk about this. all right. there's a certain discomfort and unease around talking about issues of race and discrimination. and i believe that our ability even begin to have the conversation and we can be the path towards how do we reach better understanding? >> some of the draft ideas for

matt dorsey noticing clean streets and very little open-air drug use and one thing that really came throughzation running the overdose prevention centers in new york is absolutely committed to being a good neighbor. and a good partner with the new york city police department. it's clean now, but before people all over you can do you walk around here? you see rigs everywhere. they'd be needles everywhere fred is battling depression and addiction and says he does access the safe consumption sites and that they've also changed the streets didn't go to park kids can go to a park here or anything. it wasn't safe people dying. you pretty much walk over her body here. that's how that's how and since the safe consumptions like that. it's changed the whole world safe consumption sites already legal under federal law, but the new york model could provide a path forward. these sites are funded by private donations. not city dollars making the city in theory less liable supervisor ronan. you're getting a really good. look at these safe consumption sites here in new york city. how do you and do you thin

fully intact, protested outside city hall supervisor hillary ronen criticized fellow supervisor matt dorseyl that adds fentanyl dealers to the list of people the city would consider working with the federal government to deport supervisor . dorsey is seeking to weaken our sanctuary ordinance. we are not going to let him do it. it's cynical. it won't help the problem. and it punishes people that are already victims of an unjust system. if we are going to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from an undocumented immigrant for carjacking or shooting a gun from a car ah, or extortion or burglary in the first degree. it is mystifying to me that we would not include fentanyl dealing in that, given the staggering loss of life that we're seeing in our city supervisor, dorsey says. if his proposal fails, he may take it directly to voters. time now is 8 30 60 state legislature will once again debate extending the age for foster care for children and young people. state senator dave cortesi wants to improve california's foster care system to cover about 53,000 children. he worries that when children t

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this after matt dorsey introduced legislation that would add fentanyl crimes to that list and it already contains violent crimes like carjackings, burglaries and shootings. more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. we're not going to fall for this age old attack on immigrants were going to stand up for sanctuary ordinance like we have. >> many times in the past and we will not let our immigrant brothers and sisters be scapegoated voted for every problem in san francisco. >> the board voted unanimously to continue the debate at next week's meeting, which is march 7th. >> 708, is the time. and in the east bay, family and friends now mourning the loss of a popular restaurant owner. the victim shot and killed sunday night in oakland's chinatown is among the 5 people killed in the city last friday. kron four's theresa has the latest. >> and all around fun guy whose motive in life was just enjoying life. that is how family and friends are remembering. 44

this after supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced legislation that would add fentanyl crime. still miss the city considers cooperating with federal prosecution. >> that list already contains violent crimes like carjackings, burglaries, and shootings. do more. >> scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. supervisor shamann walton was also at the rally before the meeting to support supervisor ronen's resolution to condemn dorsey's legislation. there's no way we're going to stand by and allow people to say. >> that one race or immigrants are responsible. 4. these but no, this many community leaders like stephanie, go with legal services for children. spoke at the rally and again in the board meeting public comments to support the sanctuary city ordinance, recycled war on drugs, the scapegoat immigrants will only make the overdose crisis worse. >> which is why we should uphold and protect our century ordinance. >> but there are also public comments f

hillary ronen sponsored a resolution to condemn attacks on sanctuary city policies after matt dorsey introduced legislation to add fentanyl crimes to the list that the city was would cooperate with federal prosecution. and that already contains violent crimes like carjacking, burglaries and shootings. >> more. scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. we're not going to fall for this age old attack on immigrants were going to stand up for sanctuary ordinance like we have. >> many times in the past and we will not let our immigrant brothers and sisters be scapegoated voted for every problem in san francisco. >> the board voted unanimously to debate this at next week's meeting on march, 7th. >> well, happening right now, the supreme court is hearing arguments regarding president biden's student debt forgiveness program. >> you know, the day one or they talked about this yesterday, handful of republican dominated state seemed on the verge of sinking the pla

on tuesday, supervisors debated a proposal from matt dorsey who wanted to add fentanyl crimes to the list of reasons why undocumented immigrants could be targeted by police. but supervisors voted 10 to one to keep the sanctuary policy the same and the majority, as you saw yesterday are standing with this 10 boats right? so it sends a very strong message. but the d a has taken. i'm not on that island with san francisco. >> da jenkins says she is optimistic homeland security will make an exception to extradite the 2 suspects as she can bring them to justice. there is some concern that the 2 wanted men will hear about being sought after and flee again. i'm sara stinson reporting live in the newsroom. back to you. >> thank you, sarah. in the south bay, we're learning more tonight about a suspect arrested accused of bombing a pair of pg and e transformers. today police released new video of one of those bombings in crown forces. but you reports. >> san jose police release surveillance video of the january 5th, 2023 bombing of a pg and e transformer on snell avenue. investigators say the v

supervisor matt dorsey was the only one in favor of allowing police to target undocumented immigrants possibly linked with dealing fentanyl. san francisco is among the first cities in the country to be dubbed a sanctuary city which prohibits local police from stopping or arresting people based on their national origin or immigration status. the city's policy does provide a list of crimes allowing prosecution, though, including things like carjackings and burglaries and shootings. supervisor dorsey wanted to add fentanyl crimes to that list saying it would make people safer. >> more. scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl, feeling. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanction. >> well, other supervisors and people against george his proposal say that adding an exception in this way would threaten the overall sanctuary city policy. >> time now 7.36, in the south bay residents in one neighborhood are on high alert because thieves broke into multiple audi vehicles. is break-ins have been happening for the last couple of months. now in the hayman part neighborhood that borders

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey tweeting out this video today as he marched the streets of the city. he along with hundreds of community members took to the streets too advocate for transgender equality and protection for transgender youth. >> meanwhile, the san francisco reparations task force had its first public hearing this month, presenting 111 ideas to the board of supervisors. the group says more ideas could be added as the process continues. but the current reparation ideas they're considering focus on 4 different areas. economic empowerment, health and well-being, education and academic achievement. and finally, public policy. >> because many of the ways in which lex harris is because have been harmed. it's 2 policy is embed it into the practices of the city. as part of our times is we haven't learned given how to talk about this. all right. there's a certain discomfort and unease around talk about issues of race and discrimination. and i believe that our ability even begin to have the conversation and can be the path towards how do we reach better understanding? >

on tuesday, supervisors debated a proposal from matt dorsey who wanted to add fentanyl crimes to the list of reasons why undocumented immigrants >> could be targeted by police. but supervisors voted 10 to one to keep the sanctuary policy the same and the majority, as you saw yesterday, our spending what this 10 bucks right? >> so it sends a very strong message. but the d a has taken. i'm not on that island with san francisco. >> da jenkins says she's optimistic. homeland security will make an exception to extradite the 2 suspects so she can then bring them to justice. there is some concern, though, that this news will get out in the 2 wanted men. we'll hear about being sought after and flee again. i'm sara stinson reporting live in the newsroom. back to you. thank you, sarah. >> in the north bay, santa rosa, police say a 15 year-old student had this knife in his backpack that he took to school. officers responded to the mro to academy shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning, school officials found this large hunting knife in the lining of a plastic binder. the teenager was arrested

supervisor matt dorsey was the only one in favor of allowing police to target undocumented immigrantssibly leaked to the dealing of fentanyl. san francisco is among the first cities in the country to be dubbed the sanctuary city, which prohibits local police from stopping and arresting. people based solely on their national origin or immigration status. the city's policy does provide, though, a list of crimes allowing prosecution, including things like carjacking in burglaries and shootings. supervisor dorsey was hoping to add fentanyl crimes to that list. >> more. scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanction. >> other supervisors and people against dorsey proposal say that adding exceptions or at least this particular exception would threaten the overall stability of the sanctuary city policy. >> we're going to take a break at 9.42. we'll be right back. >> 9.44 is the time and we want to keep tracking that storm. very important to talk about that. i may be ready for it. absolutely, because of the window is closing for when we

. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey tweeting out this video today as he marched the streets of the city along with hundreds of community members who were out advocating for transgender equality and protection for transgender. >> meanwhile, the san francisco reparations task force had its first public hearing this month presenting more than 111 ideas to the board of supervisors. the group says more ideas could be added as the process continues. the idea is they're currently considering focus on 4 different areas, economic empowerment, health and well-being, education and academic achievement. and finally, public policy. >> because many of the ways in which lex harris is because have been harmed. it's 2 policy. is it then embed it into the practices of the city? as part of our times is we haven't learned given how to talk about this. all right. there's a certain discomfort and unease around talking about issues of race and discrimination. and i believe that our ability even begin to have the conversation and can be the path towards how do we reach better understanding? >> some of

and that's after matt dorsey introduced legislation that would add fentanyl crimes to the list of the that the city considers cooperate with federal prosecution. that list already contains violent crimes like carjackings, burglaries and shootings. >> more. scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanctuary. there are crimes that have always been part of the exceptions here. we're not going to fall for this age old attack on immigrants were going to stand up for sanctuary ordinance like we have. >> many times in the past and we will not let our immigrant brothers and sisters be scapegoated voted for every problem in san francisco. >> the board voted unanimously to continue to debate at next week's meeting on march. second, 7th. >> in the east bay, family and friends now mourning the loss of a popular restaurant owner who was the victim in a sunday night shooting in oakland's chinatown. choose among the 5 people who have been killed since friday night as kron four's theresa stasi reports he was out with friends when he was blindsided

supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced new legislation, which would add fentanyl dealers to the list of criminals the city would consider cooperating with the federal government to prosecute supervisor dorsey saying since its inception, sanctuary city policies have had carve outs for heinous crimes and says, adding one more crime to the list of carve outs to save lives on san francisco streets is worth considering. if we are going to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from an undocumented immigrant for carjacking or shooting a gun from a car. ah or extortion or burglary in the first degree. it is mystifying to me that we would not include fentanyl dealing in that, given the staggering loss of life that we're seeing in our city. san francisco's district attorney, brooke jenkins, also recently sought exemptions to the city's sanctuary. policies to cooperate with federal officials and prosecute and accused domestic violence murderer and a suspect accused of sexually abusing two children under the age of 10, both suspects having fled the country, the d, a saying she supports sanctuary

supervisor matt dorsey recently introduced new legislation, which would add fentanyl dealers to the list of criminals the city would consider cooperating with the federal government to prosecute supervisor dorsey saying since its inception, sanctuary city policies have had carve outs for heinous crimes and says, adding one more crime to the list of carve outs to save lives on san francisco streets is worth considering. if we are going to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from an undocumented immigrant for carjacking or shooting a gun from a car. ah or extortion or burglary in the first degree. it is mystifying to me that we would not include fentanyl dealing in that, given the staggering loss of life that we're seeing in our city. san francisco's district attorney, brooke jenkins, also recently sought exemptions to the city's sanctuary policies to cooperate with federal officials and prosecute and accused domestic violence murderer and a suspect accused of sexually abusing two children under the age of 10, both suspects having fled the country, the d, a, saying she supports sanctuary

supervisor matt dorsey today was heckled by a few protesters who came to defend san francisco's sanctuaryes at all costs. i am fighting for the lives of drug addicts and not the livelihoods of drug dealers. i make no apology for it. dorsey supports the overtime pay for officers. noticeably absent was supervisor dean preston who represents the tenderloin district. he did not respond to our requests for a statement, but just last week said it is preposterous that a department that got bonuses raises and a 50 million dollar budget increase last summer would come back seven months later for an additional 27 million. the police shortage has been an issue for years. now police. chief williams. scott says his department is operating at 75% of what has been recommended. the only way that we temporarily bridge that shortcoming that gap. is through overtime? and we need the funding. that's what the supplemental is all about. and recruitment has been a challenge but the police chief says things are beginning to change since november 2022 four months ago. the number of applications to the police acad

supervisor matt dorsey was the only one in favor of allowing police to target undocumented immigrants possibly linked with dealing fentanyl. san francisco is among the first cities in the country to be dubbed a sanctuary city. and that prohibits local police from stopping or arresting people based on their national origin or immigration status. the city's policy does provide list of crimes that do allow prosecution, including carjackings, burglaries, and shootings. supervisor dorsey, i wanted to add sentinel crimes to that list saying it will make people safer. >> more. scapegoating immigrants for fentanyl doing. then the 50 crimes that are already. exceptions to sanction. >> well, other supervisors and people against dorsey's proposal say that adding an exception, a threatening overall sanctuary city policy itself. >> it's 5.20, and national news. president biden unveiled a preview of his budget plan at the state of the union address. he did. and one of the highlights in the president's plan is to keep medicare funded. we have washington correspondent alexandra limon standing by in d