. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. egislation 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 started in 2011. our main goal it to remove carb

. >> the san francisco carbon fund was started in 2009. upervisors 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 started in 2011. our main goal it to remove carbon in the public right-of-way on sidewalks t

s mass testing site is being operated by san francisco based carbon health. >>> for more on covid testing vaccines and the very latest on health restrictions across the bay, just head to kpix.com. >>> right now powerful winds are starting to blow into the bay area raising the risk of wildfires. this is video from a short time ago from mount diablo. >>> a live look outside the national weather service has issued a wind warning. how long will it last? here is mary lee. >> all right. i have been tracking those off shore winds that are starting to really strengthen for us. with your first alert weather forecast we have advisories, we have warnings in effect. tracking those gusty off shore winds in red that's a high wind warning for the north bay mountains in gold. wind advisories for the rest of the north bay. east bay hills and valleys the d ib lo range we are looking at san francisco, the santa vi tha ursday. ok witour unt lo ca t the wind gusts so f mount diablo59, oakland hills 40 and mount tam28-mile an hour wind gusts there. as we go through the rest of today we will continue to watch t

the mass testing site is being operated by san francisco based carbon health. >>> and good news in theinst covid. the nationwide number of case is down by more than half since the peak of the surge. some states are seeing the increase. >> we need to keep our heeds down and stay at it to fight what is still, you know surging in parts of the country. we have the tools to get to a point where it does not disrupt our daily lives. >> you among the potential tools one that could convince some americans hesitating to get their shots to reconsider. drug maker nov a cax has filed for it's protein based vaccine. that is technology that's been used for decades and other routine vaccinations. the fda has also now given full approval for moderna's vaccine for adults 18 did older. up until now the shot was under emergency use authorization. >>> canada's prime minister has tested positive for covid. he tweeted that he is feeling fine and is working remotely. at least one of his children has also tested positive. the family started isolating earlier because of exposure to the virus. they are staying a

the mass testing site is being operated by san francisco based carbon health. for more on covid testing and vaccines just head to kpix.com. >>> emotional night for many students in the oakland school district as they face the possibility of having their schools closed. the community school held a viewing party as parents, teachers, and students united in the fight against the possible school closures. on zoom about 1600 people raised their virtual hand for a chance to speak. the district said it has too many small schools which makes it hard to keep up facilities and drives down salaries for teachers. >> there's a part of that is we can't give our teachers raises unless we close schools which is offensive to put us and our salaries against our school community. >> the school closure vote is expected next tuesday. >>> san francisco police have released new video of what led up to a deadly shooting at sfo. the footage shows a 37-year-old holding guns near the airport bar entrance on january 20th. police say they thought the firearms were the real deal. body camer

so, with almost half of san francisco's carbon emissions coming from transportation, we feel that electricility is essential for the city to meet its emissions reduction goal. in particular in san francisco which has so much multifamily housing, especially when looking at new construction, so getting charges into these multifamily garages as well as commercial developments is going to be key. so, this program just had a soft launch at the end of last month and so we're offering rebates up to $3600 per charging space along with technical support to help participants the new and complicated world of e.v. charging. this program synergizes with the s.f. environment e.v. readiness ordinance and together we're really hoping to drive higher adoption of e.v.s throughout the city. and there's a way to make it available to s.f. power customers as well. they will be launching the next [inaudible] and so we look forward to providing additional updates in the future. so, thanks again for your time. >> thank you. any questions for mr. young? commissioner ajami? >> are we -- thank you for your presentati

san francisco department of the environment. i'm the manager of community partnership and the san francisco carbon fund. a couple of people have already brought this up, but there has still not been a racial equity scan of this proposed ordinance. it is very disturbing. and i'm not sure why you are not doing it and i'm not sure why you haven't told us why you were not doing it. that is also really disturbing. the other thing is, as a person who works with community-based organizations and a person who comes from a cbo background, we are showing up and telling you that this will have a chilling effect when our partnerships and our -- on our partnerships and ability to work together. small community-based organizations have showed up and said the same thing. you keep telling us, no, it is not. in fact,, we are the experts. and i think that you need to hear that and deal with that and know that that will happen because we keep telling you, even though you keep saying, no, they will not have to do x., y., and see and this doesn't apply to them, just because certain things don't absolutely apply, they are no

san francisco emits 4.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. the transportation sector is the largest portion of our climate inclusion. 47% falls by building operations. if we take a deeper dive into the 47% of transportation we can see the majority of the emissions are from private automobiles. cars and trucks. followed by mir i time equipment and small percentage from public transportation. i want to talkabout our princip. the strategy in action that eliminated greenhouse gases but also that we evaluated them through the slides. one we wanted to prioritize in the beginning. racial and social equity. we want to make sure the strategies that we improve the equitable distribution of climate benefits and try to eliminate disparities and try to eliminate some of the root causes of racism. we know that climate action has a wide range of benefits especially to the most vulnerable residents. we are looking at the health benefits of climate action. next we want to make sure that the climate action plan addresses economic recovery and transition. we wa

san francisco. they all have similar mandates as of tomorrow will be easier to get a free covid pcr test in san mateo county. the county has partnered with carbon health to offer up to 2000 free tests a day that's at the san mateo event center. this is a walk-up testing site will be open tuesdays through sundays from 08:00am to 04:00pm. the results are expected to be available within 48 hours. >> state lawmakers tonight halted legislation that would have set up a state-run single payer health care system in california. lawmakers in the assembly were set to vote on it today. but the bill didn't even reach the floor for a vote. the effort now moving forward this year. kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >> the bill that would have gotten rid of private health insurance and set up a universal state run health care system in california is dead for the year 3 hours into monday's assembly floor session. and on the final day to pass bills filed last year, assemblyman ash kalra decided to not bring up a t 1400 for a floor vote claiming the bill did not have enough votes to pass it needed. 41 in a statement, caller said in part,

carbonate or startup accelerator, b. c. yeah. you know, or set success in san francisco and. 3 so i guess dig into a little bit more so it's a non profit, but always how's the word? so, where structured completely differently from any non profit. i know we have to completely separate bank accounts and this is what initially got us except in and why commented or is one bank account is exclusively for home building costs, and then the other one is for our operational expenses. so we've been blessed have some really strong supporters that well, mostly wealthy individuals, some companies who donate directly to our operations. so they fund things like my salary, different events. we'll host innovations. we try so that we can promise that a 100 percent of old donors, all their money donated goes directly to families in need and building homes for those families. it's just a very unique setup and we call those families the builders. they are building new story alongside us and yes. ok. so you have to bank account. so $11.00 account is every dollar in that in that account goes 1

carbon dioxide. now cities such as new york or san francisco are making plans to ban gas appliances in newly constructeding lawmakers to try to keep the pilot light on. >> we do not have water. >> reporter: in the dry and sparse alfalfa fields in arizona, the effects of climate change are undeniable. nancy kaywood's family farm of nearly a century is struggling to survive arizona's two-decade-long mega drought. >> our future is kind of bleak until we get through this drought. >> reporter: in canal is supposed to supply water for farmers and their crops but as far as the eye can see it is completely dry and filled with tumbleweeds. part has not flowed through this canal for the last nine months all due to the drought. despite the devastating impact of climate change, states like arizona are enacting laws that are slowing climate action. natural gas lobbyists have worked behind the scenes to craft the first law for bidding cities to ban natural gas. now they are pushing for laws across the country. a recording of the leadership call obtained by a watchdog group reveals the strategy. >> home builders, labo

first, san francisco lack of a street tree nursery and lack of sufficient volume along market for long-term planting and this eco forward design if successful would reduce our carbon footprint and replicated all over san francisco and licensed by the city. this project has director shorts and including pilots and and engineer with the masters in mit and she has agreed to consult on this project pro bono and you may remember my appeal a few years ago involving web core after they removed two trees for construction on van ness and they implement urban forestry best practices and i share with carl and he has agreed and they're an example of what can be done when they're reach a better result and bart and their arborist, construction and engineer team managers conducted a trees removal and now have reduced that number trees removal from 26 to 11. again, i thank the team at bart, carl holmes, mark dan owe, as well as my fellow appellants and director short. the real work starts after this hearing but i believe in the commitment of these leaders and continue to work in a partnership with them. >> clerk: thank you. we have questions from president swig and vice president

reducing greenhouse gas emissions and transportation is the largest contribute or to carbon dioxide emissions in san franciscond we have a severe shortage of homes which is reflected in ouren u. clues able level of homelessness and the obscene price of homes to rent or buy. one partial solution to these three use is the ordinance before you today and it eliminates the bizarre requirement of the cu to replace a gas station with homes. those of us who were around in 1989 recall that the genesis for that ordinance was one supervisor who was peeked because his favorite gas station closed for construction of homes. mind i, we're talking about gas stations that were constructed without a c.u. and now a c.u. was required to close them. bizarre. in districts other than our age and more efficiently using the limited land area in our city and increasing the number of homes that can be constructed in the same envelope. third, it chips away at the severe down zoning from the 1970s that is part of the cause of our shortage of homes today. specifically, for eligible sights in rh districts and a principle permitted use and.

san francisco have similar mandates as of today. it will be easier to get a free covid pcr test in san mateo county. the county has partnered with carbon health. the law for up to 2000 free tests today at the san mateo event center. this is a walk-up testing site or drive up. it will be open tuesdays through sundays from 08:00am to 04:00pm results are expected to be available within 48 hours. >> and the north bay, sonoma county has issued a boost or mandate for certain workers. the mandate applies to school employees, firefighters, emergency medical workers, police officers, pharmacy and dental office. workers and temporary disaster shelter operators, workers must now test for the virus, at least twice weekly if they're unvaccinated or until they have completed their required vaccinations. following a request from the u.s. food and drug administration. pfizer has submitted an amended emergency use authorization request for its covid vaccine this time seeking to expand eligibility to kids ages 6 months old, up to 4 years old scrub forcefully to call reports. now the company expects to complete its application in the coming days. >> ucsf

carbon copy of what we saw today. a lot of 60's on the board low to mid 60's in some spots. freeman 65 tomorrow. 66 in san jose. 62 in san francisco on my seven-day around the forecast coming up a little bit later, back to the news. >> thanks for becky. you know, everything's more expensive well for your money tonight. amazon is increasing the price of its annual prime subscriptions from 119 a year to $139 per year. the price of a monthly subscription will also increase from 12 99 to 14. 99. the company says it's increasing its prices because of, quote, expanded prime membership benefits such as added prime video content and expanded free. same day shipping as well as to compensate for the rising costs of labor and transportation in its distribution network. gas prices are reaching near record levels here in the bay area. the average cost of a gallon gas has gone up $0.5. >> according to triple a this is driven by an increase in crude oil prices nationwide. the average cost per gallon. is $3.42. our average cost for a gallon of gas here in california is $4 and $0.66. so let's take a look at the prices here in the bay, san that the

partner in san francisco has now watch over 200 satellites their entire purpose is to keep track of the environment monitor the planet track admissions right projects like the carbonmapping project. the launching, three satellites for nasa this summer out of cape canaveral as part of the tropics program to help us better understand tropical storms. all these companies are doing different things. and the value of the overall space economy is predicted to grow to over a trillion dollars in just the next few years. we have seen this year alone, this past year over a dozen companies either become public companies with the first space tech company to go public on nasdaq. we would dozen companies go public like on the new york stock exchange never seen this level of investment and opportunity for the diversity of satellites and sensors to supply us with new tools to help us manage and understand our climate. >> so, if i were a climate change activists and listening to all of this surge of interest and for very good reason in terms of accountability and measurement, is there some concern, i guess this is a question for chris started with all of you is there a risk all of

san francisco's primary budget which is with -- it will fund much needed programs, healthy ecosystems or others it. just about everything you doe need, plate water -- the pollution -- sorry, let me start again. pollution from burning carbonhank you, i fully support, fully funding the climate emergency response and thank you for doing so too. >> caller: hi, i'm in district 9. i'm with 350 san francisco in the san francisco climate emergency coalition. i support the department's request for funds from the city's general fund. it is necessary. all that modest request. i urge all to -- we will help you push this through. we will help to make sure it happens. it's heartened to hear commissioner wald say, what about a mount measure. we need as -- we must bin to fund the recently updated climate action plan by a number of needs. a city with a general fund budget $13 billion, the department of environment has to scrape and beg and write grants to subsequent their inadequate budget. i support -- this fund will execute the plan that we need to save ourselves and our budget planet to the major -- thank you commissioners for supporting this. >> caller: hi commissioners. the town today was great compared to 10 months ago. i real real

columbia is paving the way for low-cost, low-carbon nickel production for the booming electric vehicle market. fpx nickel. david: well, three san francisconews senior correspondent claudia cowan has more on this. democracy in action, right? >> reporter: that's right, david. direct democracy in action, you got it. the voters have spoken, firing three members of the city's school board in a land slide, more than 70% of voters said yes to recalling board president and members, all democrats getting the boot even though they would have been up for re-election in november. that's why critics called yesterday's special election a waste of time and money. but recall supporters gather more than enough signatures to kick them out now because of their priorities during the pandemic. among other thing, the board focused on renaming dozens of schools they considered offensive including schools named after abraham lincoln and george washington. and if on eliminating merit-based add missions at an academically elite high school because too many asian kids were getting in. parents were frustrated san francisco public schools were among the last in the

carbon neutral by 2027. each partners has a local nonprofit to give back to the community. in san francisco we give together ourself and employees and pack dates to volunteer. during the time of covid we were in the hospital with 8,000 from the workers in san francisco alone. we don't have a prototype. we spent 10 years looking for the right location on chestnut street. we needed a larger dining room and local art and a kitchen so they can see how we make it. we will be spending $2 million for the restaurant. this location is to be a community gathering restaurant. focus on in store dining. we have a shared community table to give folks the opportunity to work, hang out, have lunch with a friend. we have large group dining and the windows near chestnut street and tables to activate this corner. it is an inviting environment for our guests. it allows customers to walk into the restaurant and receive service from employees, walk down the line with employees pointing to the ingredients they want in the bowl. we have 36 on the inside and the sidewalk. personal note this is near and dear to my h

carbon emissions it was better to own the system. each city owns the bike stations and becomes and contract with lyft for operations. this is actually made a somewhat different setup than san francisco. this can increase they have control over casual riders. no governing agreement on that. the program agreement governs the rates with increases. in boston they set the rates and maximum rates. they own and supervisor preston they own the data. it cannot be owned for commercial use if the city controls the system data. in our report we looked at three options available to san francisco. one is city owned and operated bike share program. there would be public funding and acquisition and annual operating cost this. is the montreal model. b city owns assets and bikes and contracts with private operator for operations. this is the model in boston, toronto, washington, d.c. the current operation in san francisco which is the city contracts with the private entity for actual ownership and operation of the system. we did do estimates of potential costs for the city to own and operate the system. a lot of the basics are looking at costs like the montreal experience. using that as basis for our

carbon emissions it was better to own the system. each city owns the bike stations and becomes and contract with lyft for operations. this is actually made a somewhat different setup than san francisco have control over casual riders. no governing agreement on that. the program agreement governs the rates with increases. in boston they set the rates and maximum rates. they own and supervisor preston they own the data. it cannot be owned for commercial use if the city controls the system data. in our report we looked at three options available to san francisco. one is city owned and operated bike share program. there would be public funding and acquisition and annual operating cost this. is the montreal model. b city owns assets and bikes and contracts with private operator for operations. this is the model in boston, toronto, washington, d.c. the current operation in san francisco which is the city contracts with the private entity for actual ownership and operation of the system. we did do estimates of potential costs for the city to own and operate the system. a lot of the basics are looking at costs like the montreal experience. using that as basis for our estimates. we estimate

that doesn't get built in san francisco gets built in suburban sprawl or another state with a less favorable climate. they those people don't go away they just have a higher carbon footprint so the 82,000 new homes is a floor not a target or goal. in order to address climate change we should go beyond the 82,000 and get millions of people living in san francisco not just another 150,000 or so. thank you. >> district 5 housing advocate. it's difficult to consider in a week but here's some observations. the first is whatever draft 2 is trying to say, much is lost in an ocean of contradictions, conflicts, cries for help. unanswered questions, impossibilities and aspirations. without a clear means of fulfillment. the only clarity is the laudable intention of racial and social equity. the report is truly unprecedented gathering of community input. so there's much eye-opening truth in the community input section. you hear over and over there's the proposed 80,000. vulnerable communities have repeated zieshz to lead on development question but there's no real means of achievement. and i ask the commissioners to examine all input and every one of the 200 actions before