melanie woodrow has the story.eporter: his family the 2017 tubbs fire. >> we lost pretty much everything. reporter: his family used every penny of insurance to rebuild. they also took out personal loans and use private funding. he received pg&e fire victim trust settlement immense but that money has been cut due to federal taxes. >> that means you will not be able to make yourself financially whole. reporter: irs considers the payments income. a bipartisan bill would change that. fire victim say not soon enough. >> a slight change could make a lot of difference in communities. reporter: congressman mike cosponsored the bill. getting get through congress before april 15 is not possible. in -- >> to be married to some other type of relief bill. reporter: to washington dc to lobby for the passage of the bill. >> we do not feel fire victims should have to suffer for another year. we feel this has to get done now. so they are not burdened by this unfair tax liability. reporter: treated pg&e fired fire the dumb trust pay

melanie woodrow has the disturbing video and interviews with victim. >> michelle snap these pictures.alls herself a travel enthusist. >> i do make it an effort to make sure that i try the transit system and i really love buss. >> her love of bus turned into a hate-filled ride. this man started throwing eggs and racial slurs. >> he starts saying stupid chinese expletive. >> he was clearly looking for a fight >> i could tell from his body gesture and the way he was speaking that he was unstable. >> she said another passenger stepped in. he said something to the fact that stop, you don't need do that. he said better me than you which is a really nice thing to say. >> she took the brunt of the eggs. >> he ends up throwing it at a pretty fast pace almost like a baseball. >> even off the bus, the man continued to hurl eggs at the windows as passengers close them. many with egg now in their hair. >> he comes running to the cornerback to bus. when he sees me he throws it straight into the window. this is the third time in a third city since covid she's experienced hatred like this. >> asian-a

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has a look at some new data. >> memories of the covid-19 pandemictry are palpable. >> terrible. everything shutdown on st. patrick's day. everything just closed. >> kristen is general manager and owner of the swiss hotel, a sonoma business that's been in her family 100 years. >> we've catered to local, caters to tourists. >> the bread and breakfast style hotel takes reservations by hand and luckily those are starting to come back again. according to ox ford today, hotel generated state and local tax revenue is expected to reach new highs in 2023. california is topping the charts. california coming in second out of the top state's projected to have an increase from 2019 to 2023. >> alex bastian is the president and c.e.o. of the hotel council of san francisco. >> there's no question that san francisco can be a shining star again when it comes to tourism and travel on the world stage that is great for our tax base. that is great for our jobs that are created in this industry and in this community. >> according to age, on average nationally every hotel

in a supported housing building for the elderly, melanie woodrow has a look at what is being done to address this problem. reporter: it provides for the housing to approximately 120 elderly residents and residents with disabilities at 666 alastair street. they had a fire setting off sprinklers. >> it was pouring down rain in the elevators for hours. >> destroying electrical circuits and wiring make the elevators inoperable. >> a lot of people call the city hall 311 everywhere. >> they have struggled to navigate 13 flights of stairs. >> i have to go downstairs does not bother me. when i go upstairs a really hurts. >> one resident that slept downstairs this weekend because he could not get back upstairs. we have people that are stuck and cannot get out to get groceries. cannot get them delivered. it has been horrible. we have heard nothing from management. reporter: the interim ceo says they have added additional staff to assist residents, ordering and delivering food to assist with surprise. residents have the option of relocating during this time until the rest -- elevators are fixed