streets can be safe. >> reporter: a community meeting tonight, neighbors of the proposed new navigation center had questions for city leaders. despite how is this navigation going to stop if they refuse those services on site and go down the street and use whatever they use. >> reporter: the city has proposed building a 200 bed navigation center at 1925, evans avenue, in an area of the bayview that has for you houses but quite a few small industrial businesses. despite i'm sympathetic to the homeless, but i think it needs to be done properly. >> raley on sells electrical agreement that is shop nearby, he says he does not believe city leaders when they say there stats show crime goes down around the navigation center. >> these are probably data points from skewed statistics. i do not trust that. it >> reporter: he points out there is always ready navigation center in the bayview on bayshore boulevard. >> you will notice, orbiting the navigation centers are encampments come alive and not been able to take care of that. >> reporter: the sidewalks around the immediate vicinity of the shelter are q

that is also a process used to place people in our navigation centers. if we've identified and unsheltered homeless person who is a priority for housing placement we want to get them into a safe space and also a place where we can work with them most effectively and efficiently to get them into housing, which resolves their homelessness. finally we also work closely with several programs, the homeward bound program, the police department, homeless unit that works with people on the street. they also have the ability to place people into our navigation centers. that is a brief overview of the current status of our emergency services. i am very pleased to say that mayor breed issued a may oral initiative last fall that supports us to add 1,000 additional shelter beds and 500 supportive housing units between last fall and the end of 2020. we are in that process of expanding. we have done some expansion already. we have about 750 additional beds we are trying to add to the system now. in addition, the mayor has provided her support behind our department stra

i know we tried to do the waterfront navigation center up and running. if i had to call one out, that's the one i'd call out. >> sam peaks with public works. i won't take long. i just wanted to elaborate on what he said, the commander or deputy chief or david. i think beds is the number one issue. our frustration being out there, seeing the folks that are out there, you know, in need and not being able to actually help them is probably the main issue from public works' standpoint because we're seeing the same people over and over out there on the street, so i would say beds is probably the main issue. >> president hirsch: all right. so your request would be probably a couple thousand more beds? >> yeah. >> president hirsch: really? it's a start. >> so i think the commissioners have said it tonight. when it comes to addiction, it's not an easy solution. i think for the department of public health, we want to do as much as we can in dealing with aix did, but we want to meet people where they're at. addiction is a lifelong journey. it's a lifelong journey t

they hide out. >> reporter: they are not around the navigation center? >> no. >> sitting by and doing nothing is not an option. >> reporter: supervisor simone walters says while the navigation centers will not end homelessness they will temporarily give hundreds of people access to city region sources. >> mental health support, substance abuse services, we are fighting to make sure that we have this, so that the unhoused population has somewhere to go. >> joe vasquez, kpix 5. >>> the man accused of attacking a woman inside her condo is back in jail, now police say more victims are coming forward. 25-year-old austin vincent was previously arrested and set free by a judge after allegedly attacking a woman in front of her building on the embarcadero. denny vincent surrendered to police accompanied by a lawyer. he now faces new charges and at least two new investigations. >> in both of those incidents, the individuals and victims have come forward to us, based on mister benson's picture being put out in the media, it indicated to us, that they were victims o

he says he's pushing for change, including increased patrols and the navigation center.ea news. >>> we saw that traffic mess on the bay bridge. another hot spot usually the san mateo bridge. here's a live look, looking pretty smooth this evening commute, but it's no secret, our traffic is getting even worse and costing more than $2 billion a year forçó taxpayers. our which is and techÑi reporte scott budman joins us on 101 in san jose which also backs up on a nightly basis. >> reporter: these numbers are risky for the south bay and bay area in general. not only because they show we're year because of sitting in traffic, we're also at risk ofq losing our status as a business leader. if you commute, you know we've got it bad. >> traffic is bad. i have to drive like two hours. >> it is. i think that it's progressively just gotten worse, and it doesn't really matter what time of day it is. the streets are just super congested. >> reporter: now, thanks to a study out of texas a&m, we know how bad. the bay area now has the second worst traffic in the country, behind only los a

we placed her in a navigation center and then our outreach through straight medicine went to outreach her and went with her to appointments and gave her treatment options. fortunately, angela is stable and she's moving into permanent housing shortly. and so the coordination that's a demonstration that we've been able to come in, see someone that's dealing with issues living on the street and dealing with a serious health issue. so what we've done is looking at the 311 system basically feeding into the department of public health. we have four case conferences basically that have been organized, and what we've tried to do is really not only do the daily hsoc triage, we've actually tried to organize a weekly d.p.h. and h.s.h. weekly confidential meeting to look at anyone coming in through our 311 system, that given the privacy, we only have entities that are protected through the health -- through obviously the health protection laws that participate. but we talk about cases on a weekly basis and really make sure that we're very clear what type of treatment options need to happen, what

happening today in san francisco, a community meeting about plans to build another homeless navigation center in the bay view district. it would be a 200 bed center on evans avenue in a parking lot owned by cal san francisco's third navigation center. the meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. at the southeast community center on oak dale avenue. >>> the city of sacramento is suing 7 homeless people to ban them from an area called the broadway corridor. the lawsuit describes them as repeat offenders of assault, drunk in public and shoplifters and drug users and trespassers. some business owners are supporting the lawsuit. others say suing the homeless is not the answer. >> if you ban them from being in one location, they are going to go to another and could cause another nuisance. it's a temporary fix. >> the lawsuit claims because of crime in the broadway corridor and excessive amount of police resources are focused in that area. according to sacramento b, a civil rights attorney will reach out to he fight the lawsuit. >>> san francisco unified school district is welcoming students back to classes toda

the woman attacked by homeless man outside her home is joining the fight to prevent a navigation center along it embarcadero. kpix 5's susie steimle is live in san francisco with a look at how this video is changing the conversation. >> reporter: well, as you know, this navigation center is part of the mayor's promise to build 1,000 new shelter beds by 2020 and it has been very controversial. it is already under instruction neighbors hope this video will change minds. >> we don't feel safe and we have good reasons. the city longer deny our concerns about safety. >> reporter: an emotional woman lent her voice to the fight against a 200 bed homeless shelter along san francisco's water front. >> take action. you don't have the capability to build this here, to properly manage it. >> reporter: she was attacked by a homeless man trying to get into her apartment, he said it is obvious he was mentally unstable. >> he said i have to open the door for him. >> reporter: the fight over the navigation center has been politically charged since it was first proposed this spring. residents shouted dou

>>to the land where the city is building a new homeless navigation center. i think it was entirely predictable. wallace lee chairs the group opposed to building the navigation center at this location. he's not buying the city's claims that navigation centers don't lead to an increase in crime and in fact we told the say that. we believe that at that increase in crime when it occurred. >>the only thing we're wrong about was how seen what happened. >>and we can tell you that the navigation center slated to open in late december of this year as for the suspect he is due back in court on september 12th. >>so dan those against putting that navigation center in that community are likely going to use this incident to build their case. >>well they are using this incident to build the case and those who are for the navigation center still make the case that but they don't believe in they believe they have shown statistics that indicate that putting a navigation center in the neighborhood doesn't increase crime in that area though those who are opposed to this believe

are promised it will be safe eventually, but it's not now. >> reporter: in opposition to the navigation center isn't new. it's been approved by the city and this structure on the side of the center was put up before the meeting. but it's this incident, a homeless man attacking a woman at a condo next to the center, along with two other recent attacks, that have neighbors doubling down. >> i don't know where that particular assailant was there because of that navigation center. but the city is unable to keep us safe. >> i'm hopeful that food, bodies like this will be able to identify solutions to problems like that before they happen. and to design a plan to make sure it doesn't continue to happen. >> reporter: extra police will patrol the area, but many say it's not enough. there was one woman that offered support. >> it seems to me to be a fundamental right to support the vulnerable among us. >> reporter: one of the neighbors we spoke to offered a warning to the city. he said he's writing up a ballot initiative to make it harder for the city to build or renew lease it is this center proves to

she was emotional today as she spoke about her concerns moving forward and the navigation center forhe homeless going on right behind the fence to that building. she stood withsopot the right . this is mental illness and you're putting them right next to our house. how can you put us in that danger? >> reporter: she made an emotional plea to san francisco city leaders over a navigation center for the homeless going in near her condo. >> please take action. don't build this year. you don't have the capability to properly manage it. you don't even know who these people are. this man isn't even from san francisco. >> a man attacked her outside of her condo last week, and it was caught on tape. the suspect is this 25-year-old austin james vincent. >> we're here today to give a wake-up call. >> reporter: she stood beside the group opposed to build the navigation center. they filed a lawsuit. >> the city has dug in its heels in building a 200 be despite the public safety concerns. >> reporter: he talked about recent crime and em campments, but one homeless advocate did not see how these is

we will take you to other navigation centers to see if there is crime there, too. >>> they have to start right from the beginning. >> plus, the judge in the ghost ship warehouse fire case dismissed three jurors and told jurors to start deliberations over again. we will tell you why. . >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it is tuesday, august 20th, i'm pam cook. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. steve paulson is off today. the great mark is here. >> happy to join you guys. a break from the heat. >> it feels good outside to me. >> i went south. >> the fog was still persistent. >> it was. >> we had the clear skies and the hot temperatures, that was last week. today and yesterday, we have been cooling off a bit. now we have mostly cloudy skies over a good portion of the bay area. drizzle as well to start out the day. checking in on the current numbers. it's relatively mild. mainly in the 50s to the 60s. santa rosa, 57. san jose 62 degrees. livermore reporting mostly cloudy skies and current temperature is 60 degrees. we don't have dense fog but mainly a layer of clouds, layer blanketi

vincents who pose a derek to the public. >> reporter: this navigation center is scheduled to be completed in the fall. waterfront neighbors are asking the city to voluntarily halt the project while their ongoing lawsuit to stop the center plays out in court. as for the location, the whereabouts of the suspect in the attack, the d.a.'s office will only say he's in a program now under supervision. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> many thanks. >>> we sent out the alert with the update on the story at 12:28 p.m. through the abc7 news mobile app. it is one of the ways to stay on top of breaking news as it comes into the newsroom. be sure to enable the push alerts. >> happening now, work on the b.a.r.t. tracks in the east bay is delaying trains and creating track backup on highway 24 for drivers headed east towards walnut creek. delays could be up to 40 minutes for the trains. because two lanes are shut down in the eastbound direction, drivers could see delays up to a half hour. it's part of an effort to build a better bay area by improving b.a.r.t.'s infrastructure. there are buses running to re

why that particular navigation center? >> reporter: not all navigation center's are equal. there are very much dependent on the groups that run them, of course, cities provide direction or guidelines to each different navigation center. specific to their own concerns. we are much more similar in size to berkeley then we are to say, san francisco, for example. our center would be run, modeled after the berkeley center, in part because of their high success rate so that is why . >> so these navigation center's like the one in separate cisco also provide resources, the one in berkeley, too to those who need it but organizations like safe embarcadero point out that they still see a draw on more activity like drug use. how do you convince the community in light of what the hearing public say is a good idea for the fremont area? >> again, fremont is a very different community then san francisco. one of the ways we would and sure that is we are small enough to be able to help with anything like that. if there was any issues with the center, we would be old to mitigate those concer

san francisco has six navigation centers on the city provided statistics for only four of them and accordinge, the most serious crimes have dropped surrounding three of the most recently open centers but went up at one of the navigation centers increasing by 18 incidents. they did not provide any specifics for the types of crimes or assailants involved in two more navigation centers are proposed. ever since the nearby violent encounter: camera, the opposition has grown. >> i would say do what you can to keep people out of there. i would be scared too. >>> also, teachers are getting some financial help. today, then mayor announced a $10 program announced that help teachers. thousands of students are heading back to school today and the pilot program gives stipends to teachers working in underserved schools, most of which are on the southeast side of the city and bayview. the teachers currently received $2000 on top of the base salaries and starting this year, they will receive an additional $2000 a year. next year, they will have an additional $2500 for a total bonus of $7500. >>> more than 2

it has stepped-up scrutiny over a proposed navigation center along the embarcadero. we have a look at how the video is changing the conversation. >> reporter: this navigation center is part of the mayor's promise to build 1000 new shelter beds by 2020 and it has been controversial since it was first introduced and now neighbors are hoping this video will change some politicians minds about the project.>> i am now getting more involved because of the attack. >> reporter: it was one week ago that this woman was attacked trying to get inside her condo building nos joing the fight asking politicians to reconsider building a homeless navigation center along the embarcadero. >> it's simply that we just don't feel safe and we have really good reason. the city can no longer deny our concerns about safety. >> reporter: the fight over this navigation center has been politically charged since it was first proposed this spring. residents shouted down the mayor at a press conference back in april. >> either you let me speak or you leave. >> reporter: in a statement today, the may

>>to discuss building a new navigation center there the proposed center will hold 200 beds for the neighborhood's homeless on evans avenue. the site right now is currently a parking lot. the meeting tomorrow i will be held at the southeast community facility on oakdale avenue from 6 until 07:30pm the mayor's office wants to open 1000 beds for the homeless across the city by 2020. >>well coming up a bay area community comes together to give back to low income students by donating school supplies. details how you can also give back. >>plus police in the north bay arrest a high risk sex-offender for harassing several women we will hear from police. >>and police have arrested the man accused of planting a fake bomb inside of a new let's get down to business. the business of family time... ...and downtime. ...and you time. ...and forgetting what time it is...altogether. modernized comfort inns and suites have been refreshed because when your business is making time, our business is you. get the lowest price guaranteed on all choice hotels when you book direct at choicehotels.com. >>welcome back to kro

about the navigation center. about our harm reduction process , about narcan grade we have saved a couple of lives using narcan. i want to thank you, director henderson, because the accountability came and addressed the officers on presented on the mediation process and the officers engaged and liked the presentation i really bought into the process. we will hear the numbers shortly about the number of homeless individuals in our city, and the folks waiting on the shelter list every night. that is not lost on us. we also know that we need to be responsive in addressing some of these issues. if you look at our statistics momentarily, you will see that the citations and arrests are down. we would rather get someone connected with the navigation center, there is 15 beds for us, generally speaking. we would rather get someone connected to the navigation center then take them to the county jail, or otherwise. we are using a coordinated outreach strategy, homeless outreach team, public health. we try our very best to g

as well as construction of other navigation centers. she thinks that's the best thing to get the homeless off the street into the navigation center in the transitional housing and ultimately into permanent housing. that's the latest reporting live in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >>and is now behind bars charged with murder after he assaulted a man and who later died from his injuries police say that the surveillance vid showed that this man one monro of san francisco hit the victim in the head. the victim tongue trend and then fell to the ground lost consciousness sunday. >>police released these pictures of the search as they were looking for the suspect later able to identify him and arrest him the same day tran was taken to the hospital but died 2 days later. it was a clash between environmentalists and. >>and the old guard of the democratic party at the annual summer meeting in san francisco, a contentious topic. >>discussed today during the kickoff of the three-day event was whether the democrat presidential hopefuls shoul

>> reporter: well, terry, a navigation center for the homeless is going in behind that fence you see there behind me. and today opponents renewed their call to stop the project and they were joined by a woman who was attacked in the doorway of the building right next door. she says she's frustrated and that it's been hard to stay positive after such a traumatic event. >> it's a drug problem. this is mental illness. and you're putting them right next to our house. how can you put us in that danger? >> reporter: paneez kasarian made an emotional plea to san francisco city leaders over a navigation for the homeless going in on the embarcadero near her condo. >> please take action. don't build this here. you don't have the capability to properly manage it. you don't even know who these people are. this man isn't even from san francisco. >> reporter: a man attacked her outside of her condo last week and it was caught on tape. the suspect is 25-year-old austin james vincent. >> we're here today to give a wake-up call to san francisco. >> reporter: she stood along the group, safe embarcader

choosing to locations only divides the city and have. >> reporter: city leaders narrowing down the navigation center to city-owned property on decoto road or behind city hall. supporters say a center is necessary, homelessness has jumped 27% in 2 years. >> i was impressed at the barclays center, very organized, very clean. >> reporter: vice mayor visited the barclays center, the navigation center free fremont will model there's after. >> they had navigators that worked with the folks that were homeless to try to get them jobs, try to get them benefits, try to help with mental health issues. >> spending more and more of our time dealing with those negative interactions between homeless and general population. >> reporter: fremont's police chief says 10% of the call for service deal with homeless individuals. >> i like to see more empathy coming from the people here. when talking about those who are homeless and those who need more help. >> reporter: voices of support drowned out by residents worried about quality of life and don't want it in decoto. >> which side can provide a better calming environm

when i talked about five navigation centers that is from our department. the department of public health has opened up hummingbird, which is considered part of the city's six navigation centers. it does offer some mental health assistance and some medical. when we provide clinics where people can be assessed, and gets, you know, medical assistance but it is not a care facility. hummingbird has a little more built-in care. that is a challenge that the city is trying to address. it is not our department's expertise to offer medical care. when we offer clinics, we will build the clinic but we have to partner with dph to provide the staffing through street medicine and shelter health staff. we are aware of that. also dph operates the medical respites, which is a shelter step down from hospital. they have expanded that in recent years. those are outside of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. we coordinate with them, but we do not run them. we do not do placements in them. we can talk to the department about individuals that we are concerned a

the problems that it causes. >> reporter: city leaders are hoping to open a new navigation center and they are met with frustration from people that work anywhere a navigation center that has been opened a year on bay shore. >> my car has been broken in to again this morning. there's hundreds of rvs. >> >> reporter: he was not the only business owner raising concerns about the navigation center not being a good neighbor. we saw people living on sidewalks and trash left behind. we saw a man washing up in a fire hydrant, police say they cannot move people ling the street alone, without having a shelter bed to offer. and right now, that's a nightly waiting list. supporters of the plan say, there's a real need. >> we need it. they have to start somewhere. and once they get housing you can start working with the things they have going on. >> reporter: the district supervisor said that he will work to get the issues addressed. >> off t-- off the treat and getting services. we will work hard, the concerns are are valid. >> reporter: they want people helped from the neighborhood. now, city le

navigation centers allow people to bring in their pets, stuff, and significant others. a group called safe embarcado for all is currently suing it, to stop the navigation center along san francisco's waterfront. >> it is not reasonable to put a navigation center in a densely populated residential area. >> it is, as you are, so a whole group of an entire encampment can come together. >> right now there are six navigation centers in san francisco. >>> in alameda county, the school district is scrambling to fill important open positions days ahead of the first day of school. nearly a quarter of the principles aren't returning this year. kiet do has what is behind the exodus. >> reporter: i am here at acorn at woodland elementary in woodland, one of 20 schools in the district whose principals have quit and gone elsewhere. the former principal here said that he saw the writing on the wall and that it was time to go. >> any regrets? >> no, no regrets. >> reporter: leroy gaines used to be the principal at acorn elementary. he also helped train his peers, and sat on the princip

cities so-called six navigation centers, a new model of homeless centers. >> it is awesome. miracle. >> reporter: a place where homeless people can seek shelter and get services ranging from food to medical care. >> to have a roof over our head. we can eat. they are helping you get housing. >> every time i have been here, there have been problems. >> reporter: but employees who work at auto shops next to the navigation centers say that it has it a negative effect on the area ever since it opened in december. >> absolutely. crime instantly. we have homeless people jumping the fence in the back. they allow them to smoke weed in there, they don't care. excuse my language, but they meet they break into cars. it is just been a problem. >> reporter: one of them was living in on the lot. the city has six navigation centers. according to san francisco police, serious crime have dropped surrounding three of the most recently opened centers. but when up at one of the navigation centers, increasing by 18 assault incidents. police did not provide any specifics on the types of crimes or