appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. women sustainable future . >> san francisco streets and puffs make up 25 percent of cities e city's land area more than all the parks combined they're far two wide and have large flight area the pavement to parks is to test the variants by ininexpensive changing did new open spaces the city made up of streets in you think about the potential of having this space for a purpose it is demands for the best for bikes and families to gather. >> through a collaborative effort with the department we the public works and the municipal transportation agency pavem

appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. bette. san francisco department of environment is a place where climate hits the street. we know that we don't have all the answers. we need to support our local champions, our local community to find creative solutions and innovations that help us get to zero waste. >> zero waste is sending nothing to landfill or incineration, using reuse and recovery and prevention as ways to achieve zero waste. the grant program is a grant program specifically for nonprofits in san francisco to divert material from landfill. it's important to find the san francisco p

appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's aelectricitied assessor. today, i want to share with you a property tax savings programs for families called proposition 58. prop 58 was passed in 1986 and it was helped parents pass on their lower property tax base to their children. so how does this work? under california's prop 13 law, the value we use to calculate your property tax is limited to 2% growth peryear. but when ownership changes, prop 13 requires that we reassess properties to market value. if parents want to pass on their home or other prop

appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. [♪] >> i just wanted to say a few words. one is to the parents and to all of the kids. thank you for supporting this program and for trusting us to create a soccer program in the bayview. >> soccer is the world's game, and everybody plays, but in the united states, this is a sport that struggles with access for certain communities. >> i coached basketball in a coached football for years, it is the same thing. it is about motivating kids and keeping them together, and giving them new opportunities. >> when the kids came out, they had no idea really what

appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. >> hi. my name is carmen chiu, san francisco's elected assessor. when i meet with seniors in the community, they're thinking about the future. some want to down size or move to a new neighborhood that's closer to family, but they also worry that making such a change will increase their property taxes. that's why i want to share with you a property tax saving program called proposition 60. so how does this work? prop 60 was passed in 1986 to allow seniors who are 55 years and older to keep their prop 13 value, even when they move into a new home. under p

appointing harlan kelly junior for a four year term ending june 30th, 2023, as the director of san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> would anyone like to speak? public comment is closed. supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are h

there are no similar capable remote operated vehicles within the san francisco bay area region. for this equipment would be stored and headquartered at our san francisco marine unit headquarters, but it would also be made available to our other law enforcement partners within the san francisco bay area as a mutualial aida set if the need arises. mutual aid asset if the need arises. i would be happy to answer questions. >> commissioner dejesus. >> you have to forgive my ignorance. i don't know what you are buying. [laughter] i think it's a submarine but -- >> we do have staff on hand that can provide information. >> yes, it's a little submarine. [laughter] i'm a supervisor down at the marine unit. i'm also the dive team supervisor. [please stand by] i have the current r.o.v. i can kind of explain what it is. it has video capability. more importantly it has sonar visibility. there is zero visibility in the bay. i dive in the bay. unless i'm within six-inches of something, i cannot tell what my surroundings are. with the r.o.v. you have sonar capabilities which emits a signal and we

prepares a legislative program to guide advocacy efforts in the city and county of san francisco with bay area regional government organizations in state government in sacramento and washington, d.c. this program is intended to guide our advocacy efforts at all of the levels of government over the upcoming legislative sessions and be broad enough to cover a wide variety of issues taken up locally in sacramento and washington, d.c. in addition, as you may have seen, we will continue to provide legislative updates as appropriate to the board, regarding bills of interest to the sfmta. so the structure of this is really framed by levels of government, obviously, and the local legislative section describes broad areas where we anticipate having engagement and discussion in the coming year with the board of supervisors and noting that these are really a range of topics, not necessarily measures that we'll sponsor at the board and it also recognises,, frankly, the day-to-day work of our staff to engage and support tuf activityh the san francisco county transportation authority. i would acknowledge that partne

isn't something that we are -- we're very aware this is not something that is a san francisco problem, this is a bay area regional problem. so when you have cities that are creating a massive number of jobs, knowing that, to be honest, that san francisco is one, if not the coolest place to live in the bay area, well, those people will want to work and live here. so understanding how this works on a regional scale i think is really important. we also want to really reiterate that we fundamentally believe that the solutions to our affordability and displacement crisis is not to reduce the number of jobs. it is to create a number of homes that we need in order for people to live here. we know that the significant majority, more than 70% of the low-income residents live in market-rate housing. and producing more market-rate housing decreases the number of evictions of low-income californians. and we have data that tells us our answer is more housing and improving our infrastructure to make sure that we can accommodate that growth that we need. and it is continuing to create good jobs. again, at varying income levels.

. >>> yearly job growth in the san francisco peninsula region is growing faster than the rest of the bay areayment grew 3% for santa clara and san benito countis and 2.2% in the east bay. that's according to beacon economics. unemployment in the san francisco peninsula region is low at 1.9%. >>> adding granny flats on property should be easier in 2020 thanks to changes in state law. the flats or single unit houses will no longer have to be on properties of a certain size. the distance the cottages must be set back from the street will also be smaller. the california association of realtors says the homes must have adequate water and sewer or septic capacity. >>> lawmakers are home for the holidays and president trump is in florida but the fight his impeachment trial continues. >>> and the battle ahead for a group of homeless moms occupying a vacant home in oakland. >>> and wild mushrooms are sprouting across the bay area. if you're tempted to pick some, you might want to think again. >>> a live look outside at 4:57 at the embarcadero. we'll be right back. ithere's my career...'s more to me th

this is the issue of a regional san francisco bay area, funding authorization. senator bell has been carrying sb 278, it is technically a two bill and we need to move out of the senate by the end of january they are working diligently in sacramento right now trying to blend in the sponsors idea of what needs to go on that bill versus what legislative experts in the senate, senator bell's staff thinks. there will be a lot of discussion between now and the end of january when that bill needs to meet his deadline. if it looks like it needs more work there are other alternatives appropriate ways to move forward with a new bill for example. we will have to see how that transpires. without a drama presentation to a close. >> thank you mr. watts. are there any questions from members? >> good morning. i was just going to build on his presentation. at the federal level. there has basically been to topics that have been covered at the federal level this year. the first is the discussions about reauthorization of the federal transportation bill which expires in september 2

san francisco and the south and east bay they haven't designated pdas and san francisco has the largest acreage not designated to date. high resource side this is a map slowing that analysis of areas of the region in very close proximity to jobs and urban infrastructure. san francisco lights up the larger shares of the peninsula. they should be building housing. why should we expand in san francisco? it provides the ability to tap more resources to support community planning and planning and investment in infrastructure in these areas where we think housing is appropriate and san francisco has received over $60 million just for pdas in terms of planning over the last decade. it is also a signal. it is proactive signal we are undertaking these housing conversations. we are not just putting our heads in the sand. we are looking at how best to another meet the housing needs over the entire city and not just one point of the city. the last point is equity in terms of making this a city-wide conversation. what is each neighborhood's role in providing housing for the city, not just east side responsibility. the planning department and sister agencies feel it is a good time to expand to have this conv

bay area than this time last year. more than 5000 people were deported in the san francisco region. which includes sacramento, fresno and bakersfield. or than 6000 people were deported last year naming policy is a decline and agents moved to the border. deportations are down agent wide nationwide because of a focus on migrants at the border. >>> starbucks continue to give away free espresso drinks is a year-end celebration. the coffee chain is calling them pop up parties and they began yesterday and will continue until the 31st. every day from 1-2 p.m. thousands of locations offer a free hot or iced handcrafted espresso average. the starbucks on lakeshore avenue in oakland was one of the stores the host of the puppet party. >> it cost more to park than it does to get the coffee. and it's great. happy new year. >> you have to wait. customers say they waited about a half hour to get the drink. locations change daily so customers are told to check out the starbucks website. >>> the weather in tahoe, resorts are getting ready ahead of a new year's. recent storms in the area have produce

areas of fairly steady downpours in the region. it's all moving eastward away from the main part of the san francisco bay area. what's left of our storm ranks 1. for the remainder of the night scattered showers giving way to just isolated pockets of rain during the overnight hours. notice we'll see some wet spots later tonight but by the time the morning commute rolls around tomorrow we should be looking at vastly improved conditions. then the bigger storm comes friday. i'll give you a look at that in a few minutes. >>> rain this morning caused several problems around the bay area including this crash involving seven vehicles in san jose. three people were taken to the hospital. in san bruno workers are now shoring up a landslide. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the story. >> reporter: as the next round of rain rolls in, bay area residents are preparing. >> i'm going up in the attic to make sure my roof is not leaking because we had a couple of really heavy downpours. i thought it was branches hitting my window. i guess it was hail. >> we did one of those french drains on the side of our house. we live

. >>> yearly job growth in the san francisco peninsula region is growing faster than the rest of the bay areaen october 2018 and 2019, employment grew by 3.5% in san francisco and san mateo counties. employment grew 3% in slanta clara and san benito counties and 2.2% in alameda counties. >>> adding granny flats to properties should be easier in 2020 thanks to changes in state law. the flats or single unit houses will no longer have to be on properties of a certain size. the distance the cottages must be set back from the street will also be smaller. the california association of realtors says the homes must have adequate water and sewer or septic capacity. >>> major shopping sales. the one day that was four times as popular as cybermonday. >>> and a battle for a group of homeless moms occupying a vacant home in oakland. >>> new video of waves crashing at pacifica pier. >>> >>> breaking news now at 6:00 a.m. a deadly crash in pleasanton. this is a live pick chooture of scene. the victims are all teens. julian glover will bring us the latest in a report. >>> hazardous beach conditions are in ef

bay area. the san francisco foundation paid for a survey of 800 people. more than half said they felt things are seriously on the wrong track in the region. and more than two thirds said that they are not pleased with the changes that are happening here. traffic and housing were the main concerns. >>> working to clean up the tenderloin. >> the forecast for some warm rain and a weekend wet spell as well. as well. >> a levy broke near highway 101. here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. the ones that make a truebeen difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and bea

because it's also concentrating the wealth in those five regions and leaving the rest of the country out. along with the san francisco bay area, the report lists seattle, boston and san diego as other cities where tech innovation is currently happening. >>> steve harvey did it again. his now second miss universe mistake is going viral. >> here's a look at the winner, philippines. this is a lot. >> it's not philippines. it's malaysia. >> she said wait a minute. >> okay, well, let me explain something to you. i just read that in the teleprompter. y'all gonna quit doing this to me. >> i'm not mad at him. >> as she so eloquently told him, she was the actual winner, miss malaysia, not miss philippines. he took the mic and blamed it on the teleprompter. it's similar to when he wrongly announced miss philippines s ba as the winner in 2015 but it was really miss colombia. you're not mad at him? >> no. i hope it just keeps happening. it keeps me wanting to watch. >> what if you were a contestant and you were like doid i really win? >> she took that mic, steve, come on. >> can we talk about miss universe? >> she's beautiful. >> i love

bay area. sheets of rain came down, causing flood hazards around the region. parts of muni were shut down, cars forced to find another route in san francisco and toppled trees ono roadways. >> two people hit by tree that fell over walking in san francisco. both people were in pain and were taken to the hospital. one parked car also damaged. >> snow sticking in the sierra tonight, check it drivers through i-80 and highway 50 must have chains and four-wheel drive. meteorologist drew tuma is tracking with live doppler 7. >> take you through past two hours. all that white on live doppler 7 essentially above 7,000 feet, heaviest snowfall right now. not going to let up anytime soon. for that we still have winter storm warning in effect for the sierra until 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon for the heavy snow. t three feet of snow. travel is difficult to advised. even tomorrow, travel in sierra next couple of days, caution you it's going to take time before the snow settles down and roads become passable. monday, tuesday and wednesday are better to travel and check out fresh powder. mix of sun and clouds and dry. rain in next forecast in a few minutes. >>> we are learning

bay area this year than in 2018. immigration and customs enforcement chronicles more than 5000 people were deported in the san francisco region, which includes sacramento, fresno, and bakersfield. more than 6000 people were deported last year. they blame policies for the client as well as more agents being moved to the mexican border. they say deportation is also down nationwide because of its refocusing on migrants at the border. >>> 2019 will soon be coming to an end, but before it ends, we are talking about one final storm. it is coming in here tomorrow. in fact, we have increased the rainfall chances as the expected the chelation. here is a system out here in the pacific, the frontal band, that will be the source of the rainfall, especially by sunday afternoon, the rainfall rates could be picking up. most areas, picking up a bit a court of an of an inch to three quarters of an inch but if you spot to be approaching an inch. especially for the coastal holes, so number so gone up a bit, the winds around 20 to 30 miles an hour. new style up in the sierra. no winter storm warnings but snowfall could be on the order of 3 to 6

san francisco. you get that break from the rain tomorrow and then a level 2 storm comes in on friday. temperatures in the 40s, 50s across the region. visibility poor for parts of the bay areake you longer to get to work or your kids off to school. so keep that in mind. there will be plenty of cloud cover around, but at least we're not going to be seeing rain here in the bay area. it's important for the soil to dry out before the next storm comes in so we don't have major problem. on our storm impact scale it's a level 2, a moderate strength storm. moderate to heavy rain expected on friday, gusty winds, possibility of thunder and minor roadway flooding not out of the question as rainfall rates intensify. early friday morning not much going on, maybe a shower or two, but the afternoon and evening that's going to be a messy commute. and as we head into sunday other than early morning showers, you pretty much get a break so the rest of your saturday afternoon and evening will be dry. expecting heavy snow, a possibility 1 to 3 feet, higher over the peaks. winter storm watch already posted 4:00 p.m. friday until 1:00 p.m. sunday, above 5,500 feet. travel will be tough and you wi

region is growing faster than the rest of the bay area. between october 2018 and 2019 employment grew by 3.5% in san francisco and san mateo counties.mployment grew 3% in santa clara and san benito counties and 2.2% in alameda counties. unemployment in the san francisco region is also slow at 1.9%. >>> the three lens trend for camera phones is stretching sony thin. the tech giant says they're running chip factories around-the-clock to produce for apple and samsung devices, but the holiday rush is getting too much to keep up with. >>> developers of call of duty modern warfare are offering players the option to drop the guns and fight with snowballs. players may now join a new mode called snow night to go after their opponents. there's a new holiday themed map called winter docks. it's available for play through new year's eve. >>> the warriors were winners on and off the court on christmas day. the team continued its holiday tradition by hosting a group of children. 30 young people, they received christmas gifts from the warriors and rockets players on the floor of the chase center just before tipoff. they were from the public oaklan

bay area. the report by economic advisory firm beacon economics says from october of last year to this past october employment grew by 3.5% in the combined san francisco peninsula region where 40,000 jobs were added. that's second only to l.a. in the entire state. santa clara and san counties saw increase. >>> vpa is getting a makeover just in for the newrepping for the new roll out. 3,300 new bus stop signs, light rail line and routes. shorter wait times. >> l the kekd the milpitas transit center and connect everyone north all the way to the mountain view transit center. so we're really looking at serving a lot of people with this new system. >> all bus and light rail rides will be free for four days starting saturday through the end of the year. >>> up next, they're popping up in parks after the recent rain, but park rangers say stay away, an important mushroom warning tonight. you work hard. you play hard. a drink with friends can turn into two. and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. stop! there are a lot of ways to get a dui. and a lot of ways to go. text a friend. call a cab. share a ride. whatever you choose to do, go safely, california. a drink wi

afternoon highs around the region mid to upper 50s for the north bay. 57 expected in santa rosa. into areas over san francisco inner east bay 55 for you. concord and to the south bay we go. san jose 57. los gatos going to 57, as well. your extended forecast, temperatures remaining through the next several days. dry on monday. by tuesday night to wednesday more rain in the forecast. we could see a little more next weekend. back to you guys >> thank you, rosemary. >>> the first dungin' crab of the season made its way to san francisco this morning after a month long delay. concerns of migrating whales getting caught up in the dungeness crab fishing gear had fishermen worried but now they are saying they are anticipating a good season. restaurants have been bringing in crab from washington and canada to fill the supply gap. >> i would say obviously when you have to have something travel from a state or two away it is going to be not quite the same as when you are pulling it right out of the water, giving it to the chef and he is cooking and cleaning it right before your eyes >> the additional supply is also expec

bay area, across the country internationally, people are now focusing on treasure island and we keep reminding them, what we're doing here, even for the city and county of san francisco for the region and north america, wore doing things that no one has ever endeavored to do that's basically developing this island and putting into situations where we know utilizing new technology for seawall and and i know for the longest they have been calling her for this kinds of dialogue for brother engagement and yes, we should have pip partnership with the universities. even in north america, we have outstanding universities here? they need to know what we are doing. also we need to help san francisco city agencies help them because if you look at some of my agency, the mayor's office of housing, the mayor's office of economic development or whatever, they need so we know san francisco has done. some of us have been part of that. what we are doing here is different. we need to teach them and help them so we can all be doing that. one thing that we need to be doing in 2020, is organizing our own symposium. a workshop educational so we can talk to people. we have the resources here to invite au