san jose mayor matt mehan is getting ready for his first state of the city address. what he's expected to outline in today's speech as the community shares their input. good morning to you. it is saturday, october 21st. i'm gloria rodriguez. we'll get to that story in just a little bit. but meteorologist drew tuma is in for lisa argen today. drew thanks for waking up bright and early on saturday to join us. mean look how beautiful it is out there already and we're in store for a really nice start to the weekend. >> we'll have a lot of sunshine early on. here's a live look from our sutro tower camera showing you the golden gate bridge just splashed in that sunshine. we're fog free there. bit of dense fog in novato this morning 4040s and our coolest spots right now but a lot of 50s around the bay shoreline. let's go hour by hour on future weather. today is just a blend of sun and clouds throughout the day we're dry into the afternoon. temperatures is a little bit below average. we had that cooler air rush in here yesterday to break our warm spell and now that cooler ai

martinez with what people are telling us that they want to hear from the mayor. >> san jose mayor matt mehan will deliver his first state of the city address on saturday. >> there are literally hundreds of things that we want to do, but there are a few things we must do this year. >> mehan plans to focus on four goals in his speech reducing crime, ending homelessness for folks on the street, cleaning up san jose and improving investment opportunities. >> i'm very proud of the progress we've made this year. it reducing unsheltered homelessness in fact, the number of people living outside on our streets is down 10% year over year. and we're just getting started with progress. >> there's also room for improvement. a homeless advocate shared his thoughts on what the mayor does. >> well, what i like about what mehan has done is he's treated this like the crisis. it is it is a humanitarian crisis and he's gone after it. guadalupe village is transitional housing went up arena hotel. some of the successors to the throne property. >> but todd langton said homeless abatements or sweeps are something t

they mayor matt mehan is getting ready for his first state of the city address, or what he's expected to outline in today's speech as the community shares their input. good morning to you. it is saturday, october 21st. i'm gloria rodriguez. and we'll get to that story in a bit. but first, meteorologist drew tuma is in for lisa argen this morning. and drew, i know we were talking about how nice the weather was last week, you know warm but now it looks like we are finally shifting towards that fall weather. >> should we call it back to reality, so to speak? we had that warm weather for much of last week. the cooler air moved in here yesterday and that continues today. here's a live look this morning. our emeryville camera showing you the western span or sorry, the eastern span, rather, of the bay bridge and you can see it's very quiet out there. this morning. we'll take a look at temperatures. some of our coolest spots beginning in the 40s around the bay shoreline. we're in the mid 50s. we do have a bit of fog in the north bay novato is the problem spot coming in at half a mile right no

martinez with what people are telling us that they want to hear from the mayor. >> san jose mayor matt mehan> there are literally hundreds of things that we want to do, but there are a few things we must do this year. >> mehan plans to focus on four goals in his speech reducing crime, ending homelessness for folks on the street, cleaning up san jose and improving investment opportunities. >> i'm very proud of the progress we've made this year. it reducing unsheltered homelessness in fact, the number of people living outside on our streets is down 10% year over year. and we're just getting started with progress. >> there's also room for improvement. a homeless advocate shared his thoughts on what the mayor does. >> well, what i like about what mehan has done is he's treated this like the crisis. it is it is a humanitarian crisis and he's gone after it. guadalupe village is transitional housing went up arena hotel. some of the successors to the throne property. >> but todd langton said homeless abatements or sweeps are something that needs work. you can't just post the poster and say, hey, you

san jose mayor matt mehan is getting ready for his first state of the city address. what he's expected to outline in today's speech as the community shares their input. good morning to you. it is saturday, october 21st. i'm gloria rodriguez. we'll get to that story in a bit. but first, meteorologist drew tuma is in this morning for lisa argen. so drew, thanks for waking up bright and early on this saturday. good morning. >> yeah, i'm used to this shift, just not today on a saturday. you're usually sleeping in, right? little sleeping in right now, but it will be a pretty decent start to the week. and gloria, we have a mix of sun and clouds out there on your saturday. here's a live look outside. we have great visibility out there. you can see a live look from our tam cam showing you the beautiful lights of the city. temperature wise, you're starting out mainly in the 40s and in the 50s. so we do have some chilly spots out there like novato half moon bay elsewhere around the bay shoreline. we're in the 50s visibility. we have a little bit of fog in novato but that's abo

san jose mayor matt mehan delivered his first state of the city address.s abc seven news reporter tara campbell tells us, he applauded the city's progress , but also says there's a lot more work to do. san jose mayor matt mehan delivering his first state of the city address saturday today, taking direct aim at one of its most pressing issues, homelessness. >> this problem, like many we face, can be solved if we muster the political will to solve it together. >> calling on the state to invest in more beds says it's time california creates safe, decent and affordable constructed shelter for everyone one and then require those sleeping outdoors to use it. >> mayhem pointing to the city's efforts to shelter its more than 4000 people experiencing homelessness. this just this year between tiny homes motel conversions and safe parking sites. we've already added 269 safe digs fillled interim placements for individuals formerly living in an encampment. the mayor keeping the focus on cleaning up the streets. we have unequip berkeley declared a zero tolerance policy

in the south bay, san jose mayor matt mehan delivered his first state of the city address. he tackled some familiar issues that he'd like to see the bay area's most populous city improve upon as abc7 news reporter tara campbell tells us, there's a lot to work on. >> san jose mayor matt mehan delivering his first state of the city address saturday, taking direct aim at one of its most pressing issues homelessness. >> this problem, like many we face, can be solved if we muster the political will to solve it together. >> calling on the state to invest in more beds is it's time california creates safe, decent and affordably constructed shelter for everyone and then require those sleeping outdoors to use it. mayhem pointing to the city's efforts to shelter its more than 4000 people experiencing homeless just this year between tiny homes motel conversions and safe parking sites. >> we've already added 269 safe, dignified interim placements for individuals formerly living in an encampment. >> the mayor keeping the focus on cleaning up the streets. >> we have unequivocally declared

mayor matt mehan and council member david cohen just revealed a new memorandum. the incentives would include things like energy discounts, tax rebates and faster permitting and planning. >> since before for the launch of the internet, san jose has been a place for entrepreneurs, engineers, designers and inventors to come together, often in a tiny garage or windowless basement and change the world. >> so this is a place where we want to continue to cultivate the next great technical things technology and ai is that next great technology. we the next step is to present the memo to the city council. >> bayer has launched a state of the art facility in berkeley designed to increase what's known as cell therapy. the company opened the facility at its berkeley biotech campus yesterday. bayer has invested $250 million to build this plant, which will grow test and store cells for clinical and commercial use. it's also expected to help speed up manufacturing and delivery of regenerative medicines to fight cancer and other illnesses. >> it really signals hope for patients.

san jose mayor matt mehan delivered his first state of the city address as abc7 news reporter tara campbell tells us he applauded the city's progress, but also says there's a lot more work to do. >> san jose mayor matt mehan delivering his first state of the city address saturday day, taking direct aim at one of its most pressing issues homelessness. >> this problem, like many, we face, can be solved if we muster the political will to solve it together. >> calling on the state to invest in more beds. >> it's time california creates safe, safe, decent and affordable constructed shelter for everyone in and then require those sleeping outdoors to use it. mayhem pointing to the city's efforts to shelter its more than 4000 people experiencing homelessness. just this year between tiny homes, motel conversions and safe parking sites. we've already added 269 safe, dignified interim placements for individuals formerly living in an encampment. >> the mayor keeping the focus on cleaning up the streets. >> we have unequivocally declared a zero tolerance policy for drug dealing, drug buying and drug use

you can see matt mayor matt mehan there helping install a new camera in this video that was posted on social media. the video shows him saying the cameras have already made the city safer, helping to solve multiple crimes , including robberies, hit and runs, home invasions and stolen vehicles. mayor matt mehan says the readers take still photos of license plates and the technology is, quote, very limited and deleted on a regular basis. it's a surprising development in the debate over public safety in san francisco, supervisor matt dorsey is now reportedly rejecting his own plan to improve police staffing after another supervisor introduced introduced changes to that measure. now, the chronicle is reporting the debate centers around $30 million a year in funding to recruit new officers. dorsey's original charter amendment used money already in the city's budget. but yesterday, during a rules committee meeting, supervisor asha sapphire introduced an amendment making the funding reliant on new or modified taxes . dorsey called the idea a, quote, poison pill, but sapphire and others criti

san jose mayor matt mehan delivered his first state of the city address. as abc seven news reporter tara campbell tells us, he applauded the city's progress, but also says there's a lot more work to do. >> san jose mayor matt mehan delivering his first state of the city address saturday, taking direct aim at one of its most pressing issues homelessness. >> this problem, like many, we face, can be solved if we muster the political will to solve it together. >> calling on the state to invest in more beds. >> it's time california creates safe, safe, decent and affordable constructed shelter for everyone in, and then require those sleeping outdoors to use it. mayhem pointing to the city's efforts to shelter its more than 4000 people experiencing homelessness. just this year between tiny homes, motel conversions and safe parking sites. we've already added 269 safe, dignified interim placements for individuals formerly living in an encampment. >> the mayor keeping the focus on cleaning up the streets. >> we have unequivocally declared a zero tolerance policy for

mayor matt mehan says this tragedy could have been prevented be honest, when i heard the news, i was just stopped in my tracks. >> frankly, i'm also angry. we see far too many traffic related accidents. the best information we have right now is this involved a stolen vehicle and speeding. >> the crash marks san jose's 43rd traffic death of the year at this time last year, the city had 57 traffic deaths. the victim's family asked for privacy during this time at this point in time, san jose police have not made any arrests in this case. live in san jose, lena howland, abc seven news. >> 509 this morning, we'll take you to san jose with a live look from our camera. we have clear skies out there this morning. that cloud cover that arrived yesterday afternoon. it is out of here, but it's leading to some very chilly temperatures this morning. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. this is the cold front. you can see it moving through central california this morning. it did bring a dusting of snow to tahoe, 1 to 2in on our highest peaks in the wake of that front. cooler air has mov

. >> it was an out of office work day for san jose mayor matt mehan friday as he spent the day alongsidehe beautify sj team. >> i want people to be proud of where they're from to want to bring their friends here, to want to invest here, to stay here. and that starts with being a city that's clean and that's safe and where everybody lives indoors. >> it's what mayor mehan calls getting san jose back to basics. the fundamental components to what he says will make the city a great place to live, work and play. keeping san jose clean is a core piece of that. getting rid of illegal dumping, cleaning up graffiti and picking up trash throughout the city. >> if we get those basics right, then everything else is possible. we'll see our small businesses thrive. people want to spend more time and their and their consumer dollars here in san jose, we'll have more investment in our city. we'll continue to grow. >> the mayor has partnered in different city building events all week. >> all right, where to next? >> friday's cleanup consisted of responding to calls of blight from city residents made thro

mayor matt mehan and other city leaders announced the declaration today at an encampment at long andillow streets in san jose. mayor mehan is urging the city council to pass an ordinance specifically tailored to cut red tape to provide assistance to unhoused people. we have to treat homelessness as a crisis, as an emergency. and that's what this declaration does. it commits us to accelerate through every lever we have our ability to stand up safe, dignified alternatives to encampments and move people indoors faster. the emergency measures proposed by the mayor will go before the city council's rules and open government committee on wednesday. well, funeral arrangements are now confirmed for the late senator dianne feinstein. her body was returned to the bay area on saturday night on board a jet from the presidential military fleet. senator feinstein died at her home in washington, d.c. early friday morning. she was 90 years old on wednesday. feinstein will lie in state in the rotunda at san francisco city hall. the public is invited to pay final respects between 9:00 in the morning u

. >> san jose mayor matt mehan says is critical to making san jose a great place to live.he mayor commended the work these service corps members do year round, especially this week during what he's dubbed san jose's week of action. >> this kind of immense community involved. it is what it takes to make big change and it's something that you all are a part of. you're part of a movement to give back, to build community, to bridge gaps and divides, to make our city a better place. >> a pledge is just words until put into action. and these volunteers say they are ready to work to continue to build a better community around them. >> it's dirty and it's stinks. and you get sweaty and your hands bleed sometimes and your nails get dirty and we're okay with that. you know, like because, well, for me, i know it's making this place better than. than i found it exactly. >> what the california service corps is now all about. >> congratulations, california service corps in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> good for them. making a difference. absolutely every day is a great day

mayor matt mehan said it's unimaginable, to be honest. >> when i heard the news, i was just stopped iny tracks. >> the san jose fire department said they transport treated the pregnant woman to trauma. mehan said no family should have to suffer this avoidable tragedy. >> frankly, i'm also angry. we see far too many traffic related accidents. the best information we have right now is this involved a stolen vehicle and speeding. >> we know a group of people have gathered at the scene. do you have any message to those that loved her? >> my heart goes out to you and i'm just devon stated by this news. our city is praying for you, and i know they're going to be many people in san jose who come together to support this family. >> her family asked for privacy during this time. they lit candles, sang songs and consoled one another in san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. new at 11. >> police in oakley say they've arrested a person in connection to the high school house party shooting that killed a 16 year old and injured three other teens. investigators say 18 year old jason walaza from a

we'll talk live with mayor matt mehan, who says he wants the city council to declare a homeless crisisnce then, the more we exercise, the more likely we are to chill out for the rest of the day. doctor joins us live to see why the post workout lull might be keeping us from losing weight. plus, steve paulson has your full forecast all morning long. and i'll be tracking your morning commute. it's all coming up mode of transportation today. san francisco bay ferry reported that they carried more than 29,000 passengers over the weekend. the ferry service says it was its highest ridership for a saturday and sunday since 2018. meantime a couple of bay area airports still struggling post pandemic. san jose international says it saw a 2.. 2% decline in passenger trips during august compared to the same month last year. the numbers for oakland international also down, but san francisco international says it saw a 17% increase in passengers in july compared to the same month last year. the family of literary legend john steinbeck is auctioning off a personal treasure trove, including personal le

san jose mayor matt mehan wants to declare an official homeless shelter crisis an emergency hoping toojects. now mayor mehan joins us this morning as part of our regular talks with some of the bay area's top leaders. mayor, thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. thanks for having me, andre. good morning. good morning to you. before we get to the issue of homelessness, which i know is very important to you, something you've been tackling for some time now, i want to begin with the issue that could directly affect many residents in san jose. it's been almost a month since you unsuccessfully objected to that 14.5% pay raise for the 4500 city workers. now, viva kaya. sj. it's among the services that saw cuts here. vacant job eliminations as well. mayor is there anything else that could be affected or cut because of this? now that we've had a few weeks of breathing room that you can see, look back now and see what's going to be affected going forward? yeah, thanks for checking in on that, andre. we have had to make cuts with this current budget, which was a balanced budge

mayor matt mehan said it's unimaginable, to be honest. >> when i heard the news, i was just stopped inacks. >> the san jose fire department said they transport treated the pregnant woman to trauma. mehan said no family should have to suffer this avoidable tragedy. >> frankly, i'm also angry. we see far too many traffic related accidents. the best information we have right now is this involved a stolen vehicle and speeding. >> we know a group of people have gathered at the scene. do you have any message to those that loved her? >> my heart goes out to you and i'm just devon stated by this news. our city is praying for you, and i know they're going to be many people in san jose who come together to support this family. >> her family asked for privacy during this time. they lit candles, sang songs and consoled one another in san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. new at 11. >> police in oakley say they've arrested a person in connection to the high school house party shooting that killed a 16 year old and injured three other teens. investigators say 18 year old jason walaza from antio

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mayor matt mehan helping install a new camera in this video posted to social media. the cameras have already made the city safer, helping to solve multiple crimes, including robbery, his hit and runs home invasion and stolen vehicles. mayor mehan says the readers take still photos of license plates and that the tech is, quote, very limited and deleted on a regular basis. thousands of workers and faculty in the cal state university system are one step closer to going on strike. both the skilled trades teamster and the california faculty association, or cfa, voted over whelming lee to authorize strikes. cfa leaders say a strike for them is not imminent, but they're ready to do what's best for their members and students. >> we love our students. we love our jobs. we are public servants of the people of california. but students are being hurt right now. >> the cfa represents 29,000 professors, lecturers, coaches and other faculty. at the 23 csu campuses, they're demanding a 12% pay increase. the csu board is reportedly countering with 5. we reached out to the csu board o

we'll be right back months before san jose mayor matt mehan walked to a monday news conference, he knew homelessness was out of control. this is a crisis we have to treat it like a crisis that our actions and our policies is match our rhetoric, said the mayor, vice mayor and others submitting a memo wednesday, classifying san jose in crisis due to the number of unhoused residents. i think homeless advocates deemed it a crisis the day they saw it. over 4000 people live along riverbeds in rvs and on sidewalks of the city. billed as the capital of silicon valley. officials say covid exacerbated the problem. our residents in our city are frustrated and we as council are frustrated now. encampments have grown and so have problems associated with unsheltered living. it's a little bit like a patient who's had a car accident. first you got to stop the bleeding. officials say a crisis declaration would streamline current policies and procedures to shorten the time it takes to build interim housing or safe parking and sleeping sites from years to months. this is an emergency. we have to move with

time now. 537 san jose mayor matt mehan wants the city council to declare that the city is in a homelesske its actions and policies match the rhetoric of city leaders. now city reports show there are more than 4000 people living in rvs on sidewalks and along rivers. in san jose. and those encampments have been growing since the pandemic started. mayor mehan says an official crisis declaration would streamline the process of building interim housing safe parking and sleeping sites. and that could mean solutions would be months, not years away. this is an emergency. we have to move with all haste to build safe, dignified alternatives to encampments. so as a council, it's our obligation, an, to get barriers out of the way to make sure that we can do things as quickly as possible. but critics are saying the city is taking action a lot later than it should, comparing it to another kind of emergency. it's like watching a house burn to thethe. but then you watch appear that's on fire a crisis. and if he gets tto voten it. mayor mehan hopes that will happen before the end of this month. elon mus

. >> mayor matt mehan of san jose is planning a week of action ahead of his state of the city speech today. our midday live. i asked him what this will be about. >> we're starting with a neighborhoods conference where we're inviting neighborhood leaders from across the city to come together to learn best practices is get to know one another and talk about spurring civic engagement at the grassroots level. our team will also be volunteer offering serving meals at a local soup kitchen. we'll be out doing a groundbreaking for a new fire station. we have a number of events lined up over the course of the week to just get out into the community, connect with residents and highlight the important work that we're doing collectively to make our city safer and cleaner and to help our homeless residents get indoors faster. >> the state of the city address will be held on october 21st at san jose's reached a milestone in a multi-billion dollar industry project. >> city and county officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for the new headworks wastewater facility. now, this marks the comple

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mayor matt mehan and other city leaders announced the declaration just a few minutes ago at an encampment on the long and willow streets in san jose. mayor mehan is urging the city council to pass an ordinance specifically tailored to cut red tape to providing assistance to unhoused people. we have to treat homelessness as as a crisis, as an emergency, see, and that's what this declaration does. it commits us to accelerating through every lever we have our ability to stand up safe, dignified alternatives to encampments and move people indoors faster. the emergency measures proposed by the mayor will go before the city council's rules and open government committee on wednesday. after more than three years, millions of americans now have to start making payments on their federal student loans. payments were due yesterday for the first time since the pause on student loan payments went into effect back in march of 2020. the action was taken to help americans deal with the economic impact of the pandemic. while payments resume this month, interest already started accruing a month ago. on sept

it was an out of office work day for san jose mayor matt mehan friday as he spent the day alongside theto be proud of where they're from to want to bring their friends here, to want to invest here, to stay here. and that starts with being a city that's clean and that's safe and where everybody lives indoors. >> it's what mayor mehan calls getting san jose back to basics. the fundamental components to what he says will make the city a great place to live, work and play. keeping san jose clean is a core piece of that. getting rid of illegal dumping, cleaning up graffiti and picking up trash throughout the city. >> if we get those basics right, then everything else is possible. we'll see our small businesses thrive. people want to spend more time and their and their consumer dollars here in san jose, we'll have more investment in our city will continue to grow. >> the mayor has participated in different city building events. all week. >> all right. where to next friday's clean up consisted of responding to calls of blight from city residents made through the 311 app. >> mayor mehan says it

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mayor matt mehan and other city leaders announced the declaration early this afternoon at an encampment at lee long and willow streets in san jose. mayor mehan is urging the city council to pass an ordinance specifically tailored to cut red tape to providing assistance to unhoused people. we have to treat homelessness as a crisis, as an emergency, and that's what this declaration does. it commits us to accelerating through every lever we have our ability to stand up safe, dignified alternatives to encampments and move people indoors faster. under the emergency measure is proposed by the mayor, will go before the city council's rules and open government committee on wednesday. we are now in the month of october, which i mentioned, which for many people though means that student loan payments will resume coming up, what millions of americans need to know about their repayments and just how big the impact will be on their wallets. heather in fun box is empty. oh, no, no we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it. hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business.

. >> mayor matt mehan and council member david cohen are calling on city leaders to help san jose becomeof artificial intelligence. pulling from his past experience working in the tech industry, mayor mehan believes making san jose the place where ai companies want to be will benefit the city in economic and civic ways. >> we want to be the most innovative city government, the most technology enabled and efficient and convenient city government in the world. >> to do this, mehan wants to offer more incentives to ai companies to come and stay in san jose like energy discounts, tax rebates and faster permitting and planning. he would also like to see incubators develop at places like san jose state to help fuel new ideas. if the city does that, he believes ai companies will boost the economy and help solve san jose's biggest problems. >> we want city hall to be a sand box of innovation. we want to enlist technology entrepreneurs to invent the city services. the civic solutions of the future. >> sima ai, founder and ceo. krishna rangasamy, says his company started in san jose because it was

mayor matt mehan says the city already has a deal in place with vta to build 200 tiny homes in an empty space as early as the end of this year. this is part of our overall strategy of building shelter quickly and cost effectively and then requiring that people come indoors as so we expect to have these new units delivered from the state of california by the end of this calendar year at the latest early next year. and then we will do everything we can to turn them around and have them operating as as quickly as possible. mayor mehan said the state of california is gifting the tiny homes to the city of san jose at no charge to taxpayers. car donations for charity have dropped as inflation continues to affect people nationwide. a new report from giving usa finds charitable donations dropped nearly three and one half percent in 2020 to about 10.5% when adjusted for inflation. cars for kids says annual vehicle donations declined from 10,000 nationwide before the pandemic to now about 7 or 8000 a year. we've seen our donations drop, obviously, with with the ability for donors or potential don

. >> mayor matt mehan and council member david cohen are calling on city leaders to help san jose becomertificial intelligence, pulling from his past experience working in the tech industry, mayor mehan believes making san jose the place where ai companies want to be will benefit the city in economic and civic ways. >> we want to be the most innovative city government, the most technology enabled and efficient and convenient city government point in the world to do this, mehan wants to offer more incentives to ai companies to come and stay in san jose like energy discounts, tax rebates and faster permitting and planning. >> he would also like to see incubators develop at places like san jose state to help fuel new ideas. if the city does that, he believes ai companies will boost the economy and help solve san jose's biggest problems. >> we want city hall to be a sandbox of innovation. we want to enlist technology entrepreneurs to invent the city services, the civic solutions of the future. >> cmi founder and ceo krishna rangasamy says his company started in san jose because it was the ca

. >> san jose mayor matt mehan commended the work these members do year round making better places toning what is now the largest service force in the nation. >> this morning we are learning more about the official return of halloween festivities in san francisco's castro district. the party is set to be held next weekend. during the day. so it's the 28th and 29th of october. it's going to include costumes for kids, contests, pets and adults. it's hosted by sister roma and sister morticia. did i say it right? morticia sorry. >> i think it's morticia. sorry, sister. >> i'm a get it together. >> i like sister morticia, like that should be something, too. yeah i don't like that. >> wait, morticia. anyway, sisters, y'all are going to be hosting a spooky movie. marathon is going to be happening at the castro theater. a pie eating contest, cornhole photo booths, pumpkin carving. and this is a big deal because an official castro halloween festival has not happened in the castro for about 15 years now. >> for your morning money report, retail sales in the us are on the rise for the sixth stra

months before san jose mayor matt mehan walked to a monday news conference, he knew homelessness wasrisis. we have to treat it like a crisis that our actions and our policies match our rhetoric. the mayor vice mayor and others submitting a memo wednesday classifying san jose in crisis due to the number of unhoused residents i think homeless advocates deemed. it a crisis the day they saw problems associated with unsheltered living. it's a little bit like a patient who's had a car accident. first you got to stop the bleeding. officials say a crisis declaration would streamline current policies and procedures to shorten the time it takes to build interim housing or safe parking and sleeping sites from years to months. this is an emergency. we have to move with all haste to build safe, dignified alternatives to encampments. so as a council, it's our obligation in to get barriers out of the way to make sure that we can do things as quickly as possible. some formerly unhoused residents point to successes such as last week's opening of a hotel for the unhoused as a path to success. yes, we

. >> valley mayor matt mehan and council member david cohen are calling on city leaders to help san josethe city of artificial intelligence. pulling from his past experience working in the tech industry, mayor mehan believes making san jose the place where ai companies want to be will benefit the city. in economic and civic ways . >> we want to be the most innovative city government, the most technology enabled and efficient and convenient city government in the world. >> to do this, mehan wants to offer more incentives to ai companies to come and stay in san jose like energy discounts, tax rebates and faster permitting and planning. he would also like to see incubator develop at places like san jose state to help fuel new ideas. if the city does that, he believes ai companies will boost the economy and help solve san jose's biggest problems. we want city hall to be a sandbox of innovation, an we want to enlist most technology entrepreneurs to invent the city services. >> the civic solutions of the future. >> cmi founder and ceo krishnaraj desai says his company started in san jose becau

. >> mayor matt mehan and council member david cohen are calling on city leaders to help san jose become city of artificial intelligence. pulling from his past experience working in the tech industry, mayor mehan believes making san jose the place where ai companies want to be will benefit the city in economic and civic ways. >> we want to be the most innovate of city government, the most technology enabled and efficient and convenient city government in the world to do this, mehan wants to offer more incentives to ai companies to come and stay in san jose like energy discounts, tax rebates and faster permitting and planning. >> he would also like to see incubators develop at places like san jose state to help fuel new ideas. if the city does that, he believes ai companies will boost the economy and help solve san jose's biggest problems. >> we want city hall to be a sandbox of innovation. we want to enlist technology entrepreneurs to invent the city services, the civic solutions of the future. >> the ai founder and ceo cristina rangasamy, says his company started in san jose because it

tonight san jose mayor matt mehan also spoke at the event, saying the city stands for religious freedom and against hate or violence. >> district attorney jeff rosen also shared some words. he says he was in israel six months ago and met people there who are now dead or missing. and stay with abc seven news for the latest on the conflict in israel. we'll have updates on air and on our wide range of platforms. just make sure you search for abc seven news bay area. still to come as fisherman's wharf ready for a ferris wheel, one supervisor says he wants one there for an upcoming conference . why the change would only be temporary and your life could change. >> tonight, how much money is up for grabs in one of the largest lottery prizes in us history? >> 607 this morning. sunshine is back in full force today. bright conditions on your wednesday, but it does turn windy later on this afternoon. we'll take a look at there is nothing like it dancing is my passion. but with my moderate-to-severe eczema, it hasn't always been easy. i was constantly itching. whatever i was doing now, i'm staying

. >> san jose mayor matt mehan says is critical to making san jose a great place to live. commended the work these service corps members do year round, especially this week during what he's dubbed san jose's week of action. >> this kind of immense community involvement is what it takes to make big change, and it's something that you all are a part of. you're part of a movement to give back, to build community, to bridge gaps and divides, to make our city a better place. >> a pledge is just words until put into action. and these volunteers say they are ready to work to continue to build a better community around them. >> it's dirty and it's stinks and you get sweaty and your hands bleed. sometimes and your nails get dirty and we're okay with that, you know, like because, well, for me, i know it's making this place better than than i found it. >> exactly what the california service corps is now all about. >> congratulations. california service corps in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news coming up next. >> lessons learned from loma prieta. exactly 34 years after you got two j

san jose mayor matt mehan wants the city council to declare that the city is in a homeless crisis.ity needs to make its actions and policies match the rhetoric of city leaders. city reports show there are more than 4000 people who are living in rvs, on sidewalks and along rivers in san jose. and those encampments have been growing since the pandemic started, murmann says. an official crisis declaration could streamline the process of building interim housing safe parking and sleeping sites. and that could mean solutions would be months instead of years away . this is an emergency. we have to move with all haste to build safe, dignified alternatives to encampments. so as a council, it's our obligation then to get barriers out of the way to make sure that we can do things as quickly as possible. but critics say the city is taking action much later than it should, comparing it to another type of emergency. let's check in on gas prices across the state. and here at home, the average price for california gas is slightly more than $6. napa average is higher than that, averaging $6.06 a g

mayor matt mehan says it's unclear imaginable. >> my heart goes out to you and i'm just devastated byr city is praying for you. and i know they're going to be many people in san jose who come together to support this family. the crash marks san jose's 43rd traffic death of the year at this time last year, the city had 57 traffic deaths and so far, police have not been able to make any arrests in this case at this time. >> if you do have any information about the suspects involved, you are asked to call san jose police right away. live in san jose, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. a step forward in the auto worker strike. the agreement between union members and ford that could end a nearly six week strike and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. >> another update on how the markets are doing next. >> host bob melvin officially the new manager for the san francisco giants. what he is saying about this opportunity and stay with us on the abc7 bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven we're looking at a new monthly event celebr

. >> san jose mayor matt mehan commended the work these members do year round, making better places tohat is now the largest service force in the nation. an arizona grandma and her friend are getting ready for another thanksgiving. after that, accidental texts brought them together in 2016. >> yes, you may remember wanda dench. she thought she was texting her grandson but had the wrong number. the teen she was texting accepted her invitation to thanksgiving. anyway and has been at that feast every year since. so now the teen is an adult. jamal hinton. he shared this post that says thanksgiving is around the corner and i'm still getting texts from a random number. year eight plans are set with a great surprise, guys. i'll be like a surprise. now we don't know what the surprise is. we don't know what these two are planning, but what this thanksgiving will be bringing their families together again. cute oh, i do like this every year. >> keep it going. a new tradition in. >> and i think he has the same girlfriend every year. >> i was wondering, is this a surprise? >> oh, jobina. oh, with t

mayor matt mehan says this interim housing project is an example of an effective public private partnershipet's get out the door here weather wise. steve paulson, i thought of you when i walked past the high schoolers doing their little little tennis tournament, but a tennis tournament in the heat. and i thought, boy, tomorrow is going to be even worse. well, thursday you're going to bring him some water or something. they like that gatorade. let me tell you. there you go. because that will be the hottest day. but yeah, we start a little bump up yesterday, continues today. well, max, it out on thursday and the high builds in so your steve's forecast highs for today for san rafael danville palo alto saratoga 88 9088. and 89 degrees. concord warming up monday wasn't bad. 80 yesterday was 85. what was the forecast high for concord yesterday? 85. how about that? sometimes it works today, 90 tomorrow, 94. and by saturday you may be 74. now, the city, unfortunately, the official temperature hasn't worked for two weeks. it still doesn't work. so this will be tough. the record high is 88, set in 19

mayor matt mehan posted video on social media showing how he helped work crews install san jose's 108thmatic license plate reader. he says high speed camera technology has helped solve several crimes, including robberies, hit and runs, home invasions and stolen car cases. the mayor also says cameras allowed the city to better focus their enforcement while also maintaining privacy policies. well, the often heated debate over how to improve public safety in san francisco has taken another unexpected turn. san francisco supervisor matt dorsey announced yesterday he no longer supports his own plan to increase police staffing in the city. now, that's because dorsey says he made that decision after another member of the board added an amendment that he calls a poison pill to his proposal. where i have a problem with this is it feels to me like this amendment is holding hostage the city's ability and voters ability to make progress on a public safety crisis that they're facing now. the original charter amendment would have set a minimum police staffing level of about 2100 officers, and it woul