san francisco gives employees an opportunity to contribute their ideas, energy, and commitment to shape the city's future. - thank you for considering a career with the city and county of san francisco. . >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. it's basically legislation that was passed by the board of supervisors and the mayor's office for the city of san francisco. they passed legislation that said okay, 13% of the cost of the city air travel is going to go into a fund and we're going to use the money in that fund to do local projects that are going to mitigate and sequester greenhouse gas emission. the grants that we're giving, they're anywhere from 15,000 to, say, $80,000 for a two year grant. i'm shawn rosenmoss. i'm the development of community partnerships and carbon fund for the san francisco department of environment. we have an advisory committee that meets once or twice a year to talk about, okay, what are we going to fund? because we want to look at things like equity and innovative projects. >> i heard about the carbon fund because i used to work for the department of environment. i'm a school education team. my name is marcus major. i'm a founding member of climate action now. we start

. >> san francisco carbon grant to -- for us, opened the door to a new -- a new world that we didn't really have before; that the result is this beautiful garden. >> when you look at the community gardens we planted in schools and in neighborhoods, how many thousands of people now have a fabulous place to walk around and feel safe going outside and are growing their own food. that's a huge impact, and we're just going to keep rolling that out and keep rolling that >> i'm joined by supervisor norman yee, rafael mandelman and hilary ronen. our clerk is linda wong and i'd like to thank sf gov tv for broadcasting this. madam clerk, are there announcements. >> clerk: please turn off electronic devices and items acted upon today will be appear on the next agenda unless other wise stated. >> commissioner: madam clerk, call item number 1. >> clerk: hearing to consider the release of referred funds to the office of city administrator played on the prosecute reserve by ordinance no.181-18. >> i'm the city administrator. moving employees out of the hall of justice has been a longstandi longstan

to reiterate what others have said, it doesn't do any good for the climate crisis if san francisco minimizes its carbon emissions by decreasing the general pg and the level of renewables, so we need to be very careful that when we are increasing our in city amounts of renewables, everybody else has said, that these solar projects are going throughout the state and the country. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i just wanted to say that this feedback that we are giving the gentleman is pretty much universal. people have a lot of trouble signing up with this 100% green, and that may create a feeling that the efts at -- p.u.c., for perhaps a very meritorious technical reasons, such as the ones mr. brooks mentioned and others, is not as enthusiastic about going for force as we might wish, but our focus should be on what can be done to smooth the way, to get that power 100% green all over the city, asap, because we now know that the emergency is a whole hell of a lot worse than we thought it was , and the program is being developed. >> thank you. >> one more thing, we can expect a lot more today. if

carbon by electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 emissions tomorrow. >>they are varied also announces san francisco has managed to cut its greenhouse emissions to 36% below 1990 levels ahead that was 25% goal. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral 2050. also today in san francisco, new rules kicked and for the owners of empty store fronts in an effort to reduce a growing number of unused commercial properties, the city is closing a loophole that allows owners to keep stores empty for years sometimes decades scrum for charles clifford has details what estimated that there are thousands of vacant store fronts all across san francisco here at 6 then balbo there's actually about half a dozen. >>including the one right behind me here. another reason the stores are vacant is a loophole in the system which basically says the defeat vacant storefront his for rent or sale, you don't have to register it with the city and us you don't have to pay a fee. but starting today that all changes supervisor sandra fewer authored new rules which were unanimously approved by the board of supervisors,

. >>> here is a live look at san francisco international airport which wants to achieve carbon neutralityero waste. the airport announced it is buying six electric buses, passengers will see them by the end of the year. san francisco ride sharing company lyft is out the environment today. the proceeds will go towards planting trees in paradise which was devastated by last year's wildfire, the camp fire. lyft is working with a group called one tree planted. that's a nonprofit that works with reforestation all around the world. >>> fish are lining in san francisco in plastic bottles. it's not artwork. it's activism. take a look at what it looks like. the campaign is part of a bottled water company which wants the state to include single use bottles on the list of plastics phased out. path water sells it's water in aluminum bottles. >>> we are in a genuine recycling crisis with morendingd fills. >> what is the solution. fmichael finney has the ideas. glad you're back how you feeling? ♪ ♪ (both) exhausted. but finally being able to make that volunteer trip happen was... awesome. awesome. you

san francisco is a unique city and fragile. and the neighborhoods that make up san francisco and they're fragile. to reduce our carbon footprint is in housing. we request the board stop playing politics with the planet's future. in this we see no amendments to make this better. why don't we support the more homes acts. it results in below market rate housing in san francisco and over ways to improve be part of the solution. last one area i was really thrilled to see the sponsor recognize was our racist history of single family home zonings. i ask how we can move forward to remove that black mark from our laws. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> i support your bill. your motion. i remember this is a new way of forming redevelopment. i remember the fillmore tours where 300 to 400 people were chased out. imminent domain of african-american, jewish and japanese. sp50 is the same thing they did at fillmore towers which is all market right now, 90%. i think we can do a better job having local jurisdiction verses having the state tell us what we have to do. i have been around a long time. i support your motion. thank yo

and many of them come into san francisco and also california can take more people from the rest of the country because we have moderate climate and that will help us reduce carbon from a.c. and heating and all of that i think the most important climate bill in california today is more homes in sacramento from senator scott weiner. i hope that san francisco will endorse this bill. i know it is an issue that is going out right now. we can also accelerate our own info housing and protect the bike lanes and transit. a bonus is both of these solutions, both the carbon dividend and more homes and general housing will reduce poverty. california has the highest poverty rate in the whole country. that is abysmal given our economic success and it's really because of housing costs and san francisco has the highest rate. the dividend will help people pay their bills, it will be a lot of money for low income families, and reducing the shortage will make housing more affordable. these solutions are a win-win, and i'm excited we have the opportunity to really infuse them into the debate in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. any other public comment? >> good evening, comm

carbon by fully electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 emissions tomorrow. >>mayor reed also announced san francisco managed to cut its greenhouse emissions to 36% below the 1990 levels which is ahead of the goal which is 25%. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral by the year 2050. >>the city of san francisco's officially closing a loophole that allowed owners to keep stores empty for years at a time in some instances, the new rule kicked in yesterday. the city says that there are thousands of vacant store fronts all across san francisco in the past. all an owner had to do which is put up a for sale sign or rent sign in the window and that would avoid them having to register the property with the city. well now they will have to register and pay a $711 fine. supervisor sandra fewer came up with these new rules which were unanimously approved by the board of supervisors. she says the goal is to put the empty space to better use. >>so now it is time to actually take an accurate account what is making a what does not make it so that we can actually then see and we can connect people w

carbon footprints. mission chinese in san francisco adds a 3% surcharge to its bills and sends that money to sustainable farming projects. state officials plan to launch their own surcharge program this fall working with the perennial farming initiative to add a 1% surcharge that is optional for restaurants and customers. >> 1% of restaurants in california participated in this program that would generate $10 million towards healthy soils. >> if they're not doing well it might be harder to add a surcharge because they're worried about asking for anything that may scare restaurants away. >> you can learn more a going to our website abc7news.com. and we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. join our better bay area group on facebook. >>> potato lovers listen up. you can now spend the night inside a massive potato sculpture that once traveled the country and here you go, check it out. it is a huge six-ton potato owned by the idaho potato commission. it's been remodeled and turned into a hotel after serving several tours on the famous idaho potato tour. >> very famous. >> the cost per nig

carbon by fully electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 emissions tomorrow. >>breed also announced the san francisco to cut its greenhouse emissions to 36% below the 1990 levels ahead of his 25% goal. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral by the year 2050, new rules kick in today for the owners of empty store fronts in san francisco, the city is closing a loophole that allows owners to keep stores empty for years or even sometimes decades. the estimate is there are thousands of vacant storefronts across san francisco. but only a handful are registered with the city that's because if the owner of the property puts up a for sale or rent son. then the property does not have to be registered so starting today owners of vacant commercial properties will have to register with the city and they a $711 fee supervisor sandra fewer author the new rules which were anonymously approved by the board of supervisors, fewer says the goal is to put the empty space to better use. >>so now it is time to actually take an accurate account what is making a what does not make it so that we can actually n

carbon by fully electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 admissions tomorrow. >>well mayor breed also announced that san francisco has managed to cut its greenhouse emissions to 36% below 1990 levels. now that's ahead of its 25% goal. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral by 2050. >>before we go a live look outside from always busy always crowd. it will most of the topping sapo the service is going international airport. no reports of any major delays are issues at the airport this morning so looks like most of your flights are on time with no major delays if we do have major delays a pop up during your morning commute. john travels all over it also has your full forecast said i took a little peek, it's looking really good. we're warming up nicely it's goin >>welcome back for 54 now and looking outside of the golden gate bridge. you do have some dry skies out there, no fog and hey it's already a warm start to this morning, a look at her san francisco sitting right now at 59 degrees delay her right there too with free wants an antioch o well up into the 60's for your current temperatures now thes

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san francisco to get zero emissions. we need to reduce fossil fuel use, sometimes called the carbon icing our buildings and the transportation sector. but we have ultimate flexibility , or some amount of flexibility in the how, and together we can set the path forward so we arrive at a prosperous, healthy, clean, low carbon, and resilient city of the future. how will we get there? the first step for us this year was the climate emergency resolution starting in january, and it is on the path to be approved by the board of supervisors next week, april 2 nd. that resolution calls for us to share with the city and the world a technical analysis of what are the actions that could be taken, what are the strategic priorities? it should not be some magic or mystery to us where we need to reduce our emissions or how. the technical report will set the stage for us to go to the board of supervisors and make the case for action, accelerated action towards 2030. it also will require us, and we have known that we need to do this, it will set us up for a change to our environment chapter 9. that is the code that sets our standards, our goa

carbon by fully electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 emissions tomorrow. >>mayor breed also announced san franciscocut its greenhouse emissions to 36% below 1990 levels. that's ahead of its 25% goal. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral by the year 2050. >>and as we mentioned today is earth day which is often used as a way to educate the country about the importance of protecting the environment. here in the bay area composting has been around for a while, but now it is increasing to an entirely new level thanks in part to a new technology in this exclusive report teresa stasio shows us what one company is doing that. >>could have a widespread effect on all of us. >>this heap of trash is a goal, not coins or bars, but rather a different yet still precious commodity for the earth. more specifically compost. >>every person can make a huge difference if you do something simple will he start composting your food scraps at home you start putting your banana peels and year coffee grounds in kitchen compost pail. we'll turn that an accomplice will get it onto a farm. >>robert reid is a

carbon by fully electrifying and getting completely off natural gas. electricity today is our path. 2 in all electric 0 emissions tomorrow. >>mayor reed also announced san franciscogreenhouse gas emissions to 36% below 1990 levels that's ahead of the 25% goal. the city is pushing to become completely carbon neutral by the year 2050. >>we have more now on a story we first brought you yesterday morning right here on the crop for morning news, vacaville police say the little girl who was stalked by a driver. did the right thing by hiding and then running away member we talked about this crop or says he do and gives us a closer look now at what happened. >>this is home surveillance video that shows a teenage girl walking down the street being followed by a vehicle driven by an adult male, a frightening situation. >>she was shaken not you can see that she uh you know she she knew something wasn't right that happened back on april 3rd hero you let us drive near leader town road in the city of vacaville that is where the girl notice that she was being followed that the veil police captain matt light and says the team that really concerned after changing directions to se

san francisco businesses and residents will have more sustainable electric options. the city am be offering green alternatives. there are three options, green which is 40% renewables. super green which eliminates your carbon footprint or you can choose to opt out and remain with pg&e which uses about a third of its energy from renewables. >>> the rebuilt emergency oraville spill way will be put into action this week for the first time since it crumbled under heavy rains two years ago. 180,000 people there were forced to evacuate. the department of water resources says the spill way is now fully functional and they plan to test it out tuesday. 20,000 cubic feet of water per second will be released. and that amount could be tripled later in the week if all goes well. the state has been hinting for weeks that the spill way may be needed since a wet winter gives way to a sierra snow melt. >>> the white house is wrapping up the fight to close the border -- >> the acting chief of staff defending president trump's threat to close the southern border this week, unless mexico stops the flow of migrants from crossing the border into the u.s. >> the president will do everything he can if closing the ports of entry m

carbon free. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> let's try this again. the san francisco bike rental industry send you all a letter regarding your concerns for bike share expansion, both stationed and station less. we are all locally owned companies. we seek a noncompetitive coexistence with bike shara -- bike sharing. it is difficult to follow the public comments of how much people love the sharing programs , however ours is a new issue. we're not against bike share, so we are seeking you, the m.t.a. board, and dressed -- and the director to formalize the distinction between bike share and bike rental. now is the time with the m.t.a. drafting the expansion permit for july. complemented station bike share and scooter complements them both. all are for short trips and to subsidize transportation in the same way, we serve another market, the long trip recreation and tourist market, and have been serving it for over 30 years. they owns -- they own motivate and provide station bike share. uber owns jump. the station less model. if bike share expands without regulation to prot

san francisco will be offering greener alternatives with clean power sf. there are three options green which is 40% renewable electricity, super green which is 100% renewable and eliminates your carbontprint or you can choose to stay with pg&e which still uses 33% renewable tris night still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00 a man is fighting for his life after getting attacked outside dodger stadium. the plea his wife is making tonight. >> after wrapping up a warm weekend, we're tracking showers for some tomorrow. we'll have the timing in the frecast ahead. >> abc's 7 is sharing a digital series called more in common. this week our country may be more divided than ever about securing the southern border. you'll can be surprised what these people living on border have in common. >>> our mottau is humanitarian aid is not a crime. we're leaving water, food and some medical supplies where migrants are crossing. >> my name is jim chilton. i'm a rancher. this is my ranch. it goes from here 20 miles down to the international boundary with mexico. your church has taken a risk to help those making the trek across the border. why? >> the people who are crossing are the most desperate of the poor.

goal of setting a net 0 emissions carbon budget for federal lands by 2030 by adding more national parks. >>before heading to the beto o'rourke way to stop in san francisco yesterday. i sat down one on one with the former texas congressman to talk about some of the biggest issues facing californians, including step said he would take to try to end gun violence. >>what's your solution to gun violence in this country. yesterday's tragedy a whole lot of how way synagogue just outside of san diego o and the tragedies that we've seen before tree of life 6 months ago its the shooting at emanuel am e in charleston south carolina 4 years ago of the list goes on and on and it will continue going forward unless we make changes in policy here in we're the pressure and the influence of the nra and the gun lobby and the political action committees and just think about our fellow americans 30,000 of them will lose their at a minimum this year and every year going forward until we change course what we have learned is that those states have adopted universal background checks. i have seen in your 50% reduction in gun violence that saves lives was adopted for the entire

san francisco has reduced greenhouse emissions 36%. she hopes to have the entire city running on renewable energy in the next 31 years. meanwhile canada has imposed a tax on several provinces to lower carbon emissions and now gas prices are going to for canadians. the tax was imposed yesterday on four provinces that did not come up with their own climate action plan some say the tax does nothing for the environment but liberals say it's a proven tool to fight climate change. >> canadians are going to have a choice between a government that's taking the need to act on climate change seriously and conservative politicians who seem committed to burying their heads in the sand. >> when they file the taxes it will get a rebate that will offset the cost and give them an incentive to lower emissions. >>> the free ride is over for all you online shoppers, california will be killing will begin collecting online taxes. back in the early days of online shopping you paid no sales tax on anything. strike out leveling the playing field finally the state has recognized the amount of business they were losing and how it affected small retail. retail is disappearing. >> the new laws expected to pump half

carbons of the soil has many applicants. it is starved for funds. the owners here have been very encouraged. all of their diners have swallowed the fee with no problem. >>> also in san franciscohe board of supervisors has denied a request from the museum of ice cream to sell here in wine. the second time the board has rejected a request from the museum for a liquor license. afterward the museum issued a statement saying they plan to appeal the decision. >>> more trouble for san francisco trans bay transit center. the walkway that runs through the roof top park has to be replaced. the whole thing. the joint powers authority says the walkway began cracking even before the transit center opened last august. it is unclear why it is expected to cost as much as $1 million to replace the walkway. a spokesperson said it should be under warranty. the transit center has been closed since september when workers found cracks into other centers support beams. >>> a day of destruction on the oakland estuary. police pulled bolds out of the water and destroyed them on the spot. the bowls were either abandoned or docked illegally. and used as housing. tom tells us police say the boat owners g

carbon pricing systems. >> you can catch full conversations every week every saturday morning at 6:30 right before mornings on two. >> a federal judge in san franciscoe trump ministration that would ban taxpayer-funded clinics for making referrals. the ruling was made yesterday and only applies to california although it comes one day after a federal judge in washington state made a similar decision to block the ruling nationwide. the ruling has to do with a federal program that paints family services. federal law bans using money for abortion. the attorney general called the ruling a victory for women and the healthcare. >>> cities across the country are taking part in national takeback prescription drug day. the goal is to help fight the opioid epidemic. this is the 17th drug takeback day. the drug enforcement administration helped develop the campaign. a dea special agent in charge of the field division talks about the importance of the event. >>this is one of the important things that we do with the public to connect with the public to make sure there is no stigma in this. everyone knows somebody directly or know somebody directly who has been af