san francisco rising. for sfgovtv, i'm chris manners. thanks for watching. . >> the san francisco carbonin 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 started in 2011. our ma

that would require large corporations who make a lot of money to make their carbon emissions public sponsored by san francisco state senator scott wiener. the bill is the first of its kind in the country. companies making more than a billion dollars in annual revenue would be subject to the disclosure law. supporters say will increase transparency and encourage companies to go green. the opposition says it burdensome and expensive. it does have a large amount of corporate support. does the proposal? including microsoft's sales force, google, levi's and apple, which is already reporting carbon emissions. the bill now awaits governor newsom's signature. >> california cities could look a little more light amsterdam. if a cannabis cafe bill is signed into law by governor newsom, san francisco assembly member matt haney's bill garnered overwhelming support in the state assembly and the senate. the goal is to allow cafes that would cultivate experiences along with cannabis offering food, live music, coffee and socialization. says he wants businesses to move away from the dispensary model and bring much needed touri

san francisco and oakland, every day is a carbon copy of the one before and after.'t notice any changes . north bay valleys, from that cool down , or i should say from today's 76, which is the last day of this cool down. and monday, 83. maybe you warm up a little next week into the upper 80s . san jose in the low 80s for the entire seven-day forecast. the inland east bay will do mid and upper 80s and the beaches are not changing. we stay in the mid-60s, plenty of marine layer in the morning and probably left over in the afternoon. >>> this is not something you see in california. central florida hunting guides said he and his team caught what could have been the second heaviest alligator ever harvested in the state. the nearly 1000 pound , over 13 foot long beast was found roaming around a small lake in the orlando area. the guide said this was a once-in-a-lifetime catch. he had two friends with him and it took four hours to get this gator. they did say they had to kill the reptile in order to maintain the population. >>> coming up. the atlanta braves outfielder, str

carbon monoxide alarm. stay with us. we'll be right back. >> this is. in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose. >> in concord. live in oakland. yes, you're watching abc7 news live anytime anywhere. we are. we are. we are. we are. we are. we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. for years. she has encouraged you to get out and vote. and finally she next year she will have the chance to do so. to look at that big smile right there. >> congrats. all right. we still have much more news ahead. >> now we're checking in with news anchor karina nova for a look at what's coming up here at 530. karina >> thanks, julian and ahmad. tonight, we're going to dig into the developments in oakland from former police chief laurent armstrong saying there's now proof he was wrongfully terminated to the millions of funds forfeited to help fight retail crime. why the naacp is now getting involved as well, reporter stephanie sierra and answer hassan join me to discuss. plus reporter leanne melendez shares the work done to clean san francisco stre

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

carbon emissions by 2050. a united representative says san francisco is up next to get the electric tugs, and the end goal is to transition to using only fully electric ground support equipment. all right. we need to talk about our weather and our air quality. i know we're hoping it'll improve tomorrow. >> yeah, hopefully it has to be better than it was today, we hope. right checking in now with meteorologist sandhya patel for a look and the answer. yeah late tomorrow night, going into thursday, it will improve julian and emma as we take a look at the sunset from tonight from mount tam, you can see just how smoky it was. >> smoke just shrouding the bay area and you can see the haze in the air from our emeryville camera looking at the port of oakland. visibility is low around parts of the bay area. not just because of the smoke but because of low clouds over two miles in half. moon bay, six miles in oakland, san jose reporting four mile visibility. you normally have ten mile visibility. it gives you an indication of how things are looking 50s and 60s on those temperatures right now on live doppler seven, we have

carbon emissions by 2050. a united representative says san francisco is up next to get the electric tugs, and the end goal is tosing only fully electric ground support equipment. all right. we need to talk about our weather and our air quality. i know we're hoping it'll improve tomorrow. >> yeah, hopefully it has to be better than it was today, we hope. right checking in now with meteorologist sandhya patel for a look and the answer. yeah late tomorrow night, going into thursday, it will improve julian and emma as we take a look at the sunset from tonight from mount tam, you can see just how smoky it was. >> smoke just shrouding the bay area and you can see the haze in the air from our emeryville camera looking at the port of oakland. visibility is low around parts of the bay area. not just because of the smoke but because of low clouds over two miles in half. moon bay, six miles in oakland, san jose reporting four mile visibility. you normally have ten mile visibility. it gives you an indication of how things are looking 50s and 60s on those temperatures right now on live doppler seven, we have some low clouds

san francisco. fire departments from across the bay area were there yesterday to increase public awareness of fire and carbononoxide safety partnerships with the home depot and have helped provide more than 45,000 free smoke alarms and more than 5000 co alarms here in the bay area. abc7 news anchor karina nova and general manager tom zebrowski took part in this helping announce another big donation from quita. we've see that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives. >> the gift that was given to us by quita home depot and in partnership with abc7 is the gift of life. it's imperative that people get these for their occupy acs, for their residents . and yes, now there's no excuse for the children in taking that few extra minutes when the time changes to replace batteries or not to put it off when the you know, the smoke detector has been taken down, especially when it's being done, because maybe it sounded too much during a cooking problem. >> it's really important to make sure that you do that because when it's time, there's really no second chance. >> you can check with your local fire depart

san francisco. thank you for the opportunity to address the board. next speaker, please. of hello i'm carbon monoxide web [inaudible] association. i'm calling on behalf of my group. because we'll like to urge the land use committee to oppose this stream lining legislation unless amended in the current form it violates legal obligation to the fair housing. and under mines equity oriented implementation actions from the board approved in the housing element. if moved like it has been pushed through without thinking of the tenant's first and under mines affordable housing and rent control in the city. and turns the whole city over to developers for unaffordable housing we can't ford this now as more and more people are displace in the san francisco. i -- urge y'all to apose this legislation from the mir. and thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. caller? >> thank you so much will hello. >> proceed. thank you so much for the opportunity to address this issue. and thank you president supervisor peskin, supervisor preston and machine mandelman and melgar. this is fra

san francisco. fire departments from across the bay area were there to increase public awareness of fire and carbon monoxide safety partnerships with the home depot and keta have helped provide more than 45,000 free smoke alarms in more than 5000 co alarms in the bay area today. abc seven news anchor karina nova and abc seven's general manager tom zebrowski took part in this event, helping announce another big donation from quita. >> we see that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives. the gift that was given to us by quita, home depot and in partnership with abc seven is the gift of life. it's imperative that people get these for their occupancies for their residents. and yes, now there's no excuse for the children taking that few extra minutes when the time changes to replace batteries or not to put it off. >> when the you know, the smoke detector has been taken down, especially when it's being done, because maybe it sounded too much during a cooking problem. it's really important to make sure that you do that because when it's time, there's really no second chance. >> and becaus

that carbon is an essential element for life and adding your robot to the list of worlds that could potentially supported. >>> a closer look at the class- action lawsuit against open ai, the san francisco company behind chatgpt and lester holt joins us in just a few seconds. >>> breaking news tonight. the horror on the highway a deadly crash involving a bus filled with high school students the charter bus carrying students to band camp crashing and rolling down an embankment in new york at least two adults killed dozens injured what authorities just revealed about the possible cause >>> also tonight, the new surge at the border, as the biden administration grants temporary protections to nearly half a million migrants republicans blasting the move in texas, one border town declaring a state of emergency and the tragedy, a 3-year-old migrant child dying while trying to cross the rio grande >>> the alarming new discovery at a new york day care center where a 1-year-old died after fentanyl exposure what police found inside a trap durp >>> the urgent manhunt after a dangerous child sex offender escaped from the hospital the images of him walking out and roaming free. >>> ukrainian presiden

san francisco today. fire departments from across the bay area were there to increase public awareness of fire and carbonide safety partnerships with the home depot and kira have helped provide more than 45,000 free smoke alarms and more than 5000 co alarms in the bay area. abc seven news anchor karina nova and abc seven general manager tom sybrowsky took part helping announce another big donation from kira. we see that smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors save lives. >> the gift that was given to us by kira home depot and in partnership with abc seven is the gift of life. it's imperative that people get these for their occupancies, for their residents and yes, now there's no excuse for the children taking that few extra minutes when the time changes to replace batteries or not to put it off. >> when the you know, the smoke detector has been taken down, especially when it's being done, because maybe it sounded too much during a cooking problem. it's really important to make sure that you do that because when it's time, there's really no second chance you can check with your local fire department

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

to reduce 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions and the money will be presented at a press conference shortly at 9.30, this morning. also happening this morning in san franciscoot supervisor connie chan and tenet right advocates. they're announcing new tenant union legislation. there's legislation seeks to strengthen tenant right to organize against corporate landlords and ensure they have representation is a work through negotiations. she's going to be joined by tenants of the richmond district and the housing rights committee of san francisco press conferences at 11 this morning. that's on 8th street in front of the star of the sea church. we're timing. oakland, mayor sheng town. city leaders are launching an event sponsorship program for the city's commercial corridors to increase foot traffic over $430,000 be put into that program to support small businesses in the city and also showcase arts and culture in the community press conference with more information is going to be held at 11 o'clock this morning. square. time now 6.26. and coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. the cost of college is going up. >> at 23, cal state schools for the first time i

carbon pollution is there. among the topics today at day two of the tech crunch conference in san francisco and basketball legend businessman shaq, shaquille o'neal was on stage on day one. shaq says he has invested his basketball fortune on various projects that can make a difference in communities, including funding an artificial intelligence. based program to help children develop a love for reading. i came to a conference like this and 9798 and i heard a beautiful bald head man by the name of jeff bezos say, if you invest in things, that's going to change people's lives. most of the time it'll work out for you. so shaq invested in soma communication and reading app designed to make reading fun and also improve language skills. time is 738. swing out to our traffic center. see what you're monitoring on the. roads, sal. well, the east bay is very busy. gasia and dave, 80 westbound, of course, is going to be slow from pinole all the way out to berkeley, which is not unusual. a big backup at the richmond bridge east 80 at pinole valley road. there's a crash. the more concern for you most people is highway four s

carbon emissions in 100% clean electricity by 2045. he's expected to deliver remarks on california's future as a world leader in climate goals. that starts at 7 a.m. san franciscote senator scott wiener is predicting that his recently passed climate accountability bill will be a game changer. he made that pronouncement yesterday during a discussion at the climate conference in new york. his legislation requires all large corporations doing business in california to publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions. this is really going to unleash so and so much corporate innovation because the bill doesn't say this is how you have to reduce your carbon emissions. >> it's you figure it out. but we're going to you're going to be transparent about what your carbon emissions are, including from your supply chain. >> wiener estimates the bill will impact about 5500 corporations in the us and overseas. governor newsom is already announced that he will sign the bill. abc seven's political analyst jackie speier says she wants to return to public service. >> i've decided to announce here on abc seven that i'm going to run for the board of supervisors in san mateo county in wha

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbonycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a food

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san francisco. thank you for the opportunity to address the board. next speaker, please. of hello i'm carbon monoxide web [inaudible] association. i'm calling on behalf of my group. because we'll like to urge the land use committee to oppose this stream lining legislation unless amended in the current form it violates legal obligation to the fair housing. and under mines equity oriented implementation actions from the board approved in the housing element. if moved like it has been pushed through without thinking of the tenant's first and under mines affordable housing and rent control in the city. and turns the whole city over to developers for unaffordable housing we can't ford this now as more and more people are displace in the san francisco. i -- urge y'all to apose this legislation from the mir. and thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. next speaker, please. caller? >> thank you so much will hello. >> proceed. thank you so much for the opportunity to address this issue. and thank you president supervisor peskin, supervisor preston and machine mandelman and melgar. this is fra

and san francisco helped inspire this and this is a nation-leading policy. >> because we have such an immature relationship with nature and the natural cycles and the carbon cycles, government does have to step in and protect the commons, which is soil, ocean, foryes, sir, and so forth. -- forest, and so fors. we know that our largest corporations are a significant percentage of carbon emission, and that the corporate community has significant role to play in reducing carbon emissions. unfortunately, we have no idea and no requirement that they disclose anything about the carbon footprint, the core operation and sp360 stands for the basic notion that large corporations should be transparent about the carbon footprint. it makes all the sense in the world and very common sense but is controversial. any time you are proposing a policy that is going to make real change and that will change behavior because we know that when corporations have to disclose and be transparent and have that kind of accountability, there is going to be opposition. >> we have to provide technical assistance to comply with the state legislation sb1383 which requires them to have a fo

san francisco that may be led to indicators on climate change. something on my mind that with warm wet weather that allows insects to thrive and the growth of poison ivy increases with carbon dioxide levels and with potency as well and the land with alameda water sheds and hetch hetchy and more fire risks. this is something i'm more interested in learning about with climate change and pesticides. >> now, in the proposed changes i will summarize here after we have gone through our annual process that our ipm program conducts to ensure we have the most limited use of these products. in summer june and july we convened a meeting to discuss the pesticide list and last month in august, we held a public hearing where we heard city departments explain their ipm worked including tier one and any pesticide product exemptions they were granted. that's the process we have already gone through and now this brings me to the summary of the pesticide list changes. for anyone that might want to see the proposed details, i will ask you to take a look at the web page and the meeting document for posted agenda item no. 11. >> so this year we are proposing the addition of four tier two or mor