at this time, i'd like to introduce carmen chu, city administrator of san francisco. e, carmen. >> hi. my name is carmen chu, san francisco city administrator. [speaking chinese language] >> even though we can't come together in person, it's so important to make sure we come together in cultural tradition. it's the year of the ox, and the ox is known to not only be positive, but hard working and honest. especially when we're facing covid-19, it's important for us to all power through it and to see the light at the end of the tunnel. of course, many of us would be going out to eat and to our favorite shops during this time. we can still do that, and let's continue to support our local small businesses during this time. of course, we want to take the time to recognize the artwork that are going to be all across the city. we're going to have 11 ox all across the city that showcase san francisco's heritage. we hope that you find them across the city and really enjoy them. and without further adieu, i'd like to introduce speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who has been a fe

administrator's office, and i am so proud to announce that i am nominating carmen chu to serve as san francisco's city administrator. many of us know carmen over the years. she has served the city and county of san francisco since 2005. she currently serves as our assessor recorder and in that role she is responsible for managing a team of over 200 people. under her leadership, the aassessor's office has reversed a decades old backlog of assessment cases and generating $3.6 billion in property tax revenue annually to support public services in san francisco. had it not been for carmen's leader snip that role, we would have a budget that was deficient in the amount of $3.6 billion. that gives you an indication of how amazing and how valuable she is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco.

administrator's office, and i am so proud to announce that i am nominating carmen chu to serve as san francisco's city administrator. many of us know carmen over the years. she has served the city and county of san francisco since 2005. she currently serves as our assessor recorder and in that role she is responsible for managing a team of over 200 people. under her leadership, the aassessor's office has reversed a decades old backlog of assessment cases and generating $3.6 billion in property tax revenue annually to support public services in san francisco. had it not been for carmen's leader snip that role, we would have a budget that was deficient in the amount of $3.6 billion. that gives you an indication of how amazing and how valuable she is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco.

we'll take a break for 11 coming up on the kron 4 morning news, san francisco city attorney alleging the school district is violating students constitutional rights will tell you why. >>plus san francisco plans to open up vaccinations to new groups of city workers and residents. full details on that coming up and the ntsb investigators reveal what may have caused the helicopter crash that killed 9 people, including kobe bryant and his daughter. the agency says the pilot. they have violated flight rules. >>and we're back at 4.15, let's get right over to the weather center and say good morning to john find out about the forecast for today, there james we are looking at a really nice one today, i'm going to say or nicest of the workweek because we've got the sunshine back out this afternoon and temperatures even a little bit warmer than they have been the past couple of days skies, this morning are overall clear enough there is some patchy fog near the coastline and that does include portions of san francisco over although conditions out there are pretty clear and smooth sailing not just

san francisco topping out at 57 and also daly city, 59 oakland and san leandro, north bay, low 60s. the extended forecast and what you can expect as we are looking at sunshine today. we will continue with that sun as we look to friday and into the weekend. so the weekend, warmest days out of the week, the extended forecast and more clouds stream in early next week. back to you. >>> it's the busiest week ever we've had. >> still ahead, there may be no partying but there will be plenty eating. the super bowl food, next on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> 6:23. welcome back. we are taking a live look outside from our mark hopkins camera. look at that, the beautiful sky there as you see the sales force tower in the distance. the sun is starting to peek up over the bay area. we always love shots like that. >>> take a look at that. that's pretty cool. masks are required and fewer people are there but the game is still on at the super bowl experience in tampa. the interactive experience usually attracts tens of thousands, but with the pandemic still raging, nfl was forced to make

city. what can you do to help restore confidence that san francisco is not going down the drain? >> let me start by asking is there any other major city in this country that doesn't deal with similar challenges like we do in san francisco? there may not be a more beautiful city than san francisco, but the fact is that we are a major city and we have challenges like any other major city. we know that this pandemic has caused a lot of people to realize that they may not, since they're working from home, they may not necessarily need to be in the city, especially because most people choose to live in a city like san francisco because of the restaurants and the night life and the entertainment and the things to do and those things don't exist right now because of the pandemic. i have faith. i have confidence that despite the challenges that exists in our city and other major cities in the country, that when we begin to reopen, that more people will return to san francisco. it's not a matter of if, but when. the fact is, when you look at what happened in this pandemic, san francisco, t

also this morning, san francisco was planning for the city's iconic cable cars to return. the question is when. according to the chronicle san francisco munos apple transportation agency is grappling with how tori back nt wheth to do major rehabilitation work befor service. cars haven't run since march. there is still no concrete timetable for the historic vehicles to return to normal operations, reggie and kumasi. >> thank you, jobina. coming up the search for a local missing teen. unusual circumstances in his disappearance. >> and zoom bomb t offensive interruption in an oakland unified school district online meeting. >> and to mars, the it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but, can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me come out swinging? you got this. so, you can really promis

it's an investment in san francisco as a whole. it len able our city to gain in money back with money spent in the surrounding business, sales tax, employment tax. i think this is an opportunity that san francisco make a statement. it's far beyond you can imagine contribute to venues. >> next speaker please. >> i'm born and raised in the bay area. been doing events here for over 20 years now. thank you to the supervisors and that's it. thank you. >> next speaker please. >> hello, i'm owner of san francisco eagle bar. i want to say that besides historic nightlife, we have our comedy day, days for karaoke and entertainment and performances and different types of shows. we have suffered tremendously like every other venue. i cannot stress enough the importance of allowing this payment for the health of everybody. i thank you for the consideration. >> thank you for your comment. next speaker please. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm david quinby. thank you so much for proposing this legislation. saving music industry is crucial to saving the soul of san f

san francisco mayor london breed another city leaders say they've been trying to work with the san francisco unified school district to help them create a plan to reopen safely since september with no concrete progress, even offering an extra $15 million from the city to the district for things like ppe, better ventilation and other supplies to allow teachers and kids to go back to the classroom. san francisco's 50 57,000 public school children have been limited to distance learning on lee for the past 11 months with no end in sight. meanwhile, city attorney dennis for vera says san francisco's private and parochial schools have been open since the fall. and he says more than 15,000 students at those private schools have been doing in person instruction since september. during that time, they've been only five known cases of people getting covid-19 at school sites with no cases of students transmitting the virus to adults. it's not acceptable to tell parents who are already under unbelievable stress and are seeing with their own eyes how their children are falling behind that distance learni

san francisco city attorney has expanded the lawsuit to get kids back into school. one moment, please. we'll come back for that question. christian captan. the san francisco city attorney has expanded the lawsuit to get kids back into school. school board and union agree that the lawsuit is counterproductive. is this the right tool to incentivize both sides to reach an agreement? and what would constitute concrete details for reopening? >> mayor: if i didn't think that it was the right thing to do, i wouldn't be very supportive of doing it. the fact is that we have tried to be supportive. and you can look back in a number of press conferences that i've had to specifically talk about the support that we provided the school district, how we put aside, in many cases, many of the things that we were focused on in order to provide that support, in order to make our public schools a priority. we will continue to do that. but the fact is, it hasn't worked. and that's why i support our city attorney using the legal process to get to a place where, hopefully, it will make a d

san francisco, where a deal has yet to be reached. >> we know this pandemic continues to take its toll. >> reporter: on a chilly night outside san francisco city hall, a few parents and teachers hold candlelight dithle as associations continue between parents and school board to restart in-classroom instruction. >> we are proposing the students come four days a week for part of the day, half of the day. >> reporter: the school president and school board commissioners did not reply for comments but tweeted out summaries of the district's proposals like this one, having students attend two full days in class and three at-home instruction. parents say the proposals are u to classrooms has got national attention. >> the frustration for me is how everything has become political. everybody seems to be taking a shot at the teachers union, taking a shot at -- for political gain. >> reporter: as the teachers union and school district continue to negotiate over teaching schedules, there are still some safety issues that need to be settled before a return to in-person instruction. both sides are discussing the deilz that of vaccines, which can be in the

billions of dollars, property tax dollars is essential to constantly and solvency of this city of san francisco. i'm honored, mayor breed, for the confidence you placed in me as i assume these responsibilities as the assessor-recorder for the city and county of san francisco. all of these depend on the financial foundation built through the hard work of this office and that is a responsibility i take very seriously. in the western edition. you treated me with grace, with the respect and with bearing that told me you better do right. from my grandfather, who has a butcher rose before work before dawn each day so he can buy a home for his family and help his three children become an artist, bilingual teacher and education leader and an amazing public servant. to my nana, who taught me the love of caring, that came in a file wrapped package that she packed for my flights back and forth between separated parents. to my grandmother, who has a seamstress steadily towards the purchase of a beautiful home. to my father, who broke barriers for latino politicians at a time when being a mexican-american w

san francisco's to mass vaccination sites. run out of the coronavirus vaccine. the 11 o'clock news on ktvu fox two starts now, starting tomorrow. the mosconi center and city college in san francisco are temporarily shutting down as vaccination centers. it even everyone i'm frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener. it is the latest setback in the push to vaccinate as many people as possible. city officials say deliveries are unpredictable, and that is making it difficult to plan. ktvu emma goss's joins us now live and has reaction from san francisco's mayor and an update now on when vaccination sites may receive more supplies, emma hey, julie. good evening. mayor london breed is understandably frustrated. not only is the mosconi center pausing vaccinations starting tomorrow, but the san francisco city college is as well and they plan to reopen their vaccine starts site starting on friday, but only to administer second doses. 24 hours can make all the difference when it comes to getting a covid-19 vaccine, cindy ma and her husband got theirs. at the mosconi center on sunday, booked just the day before. i'm so exciting. we got the vaccine today, but later

san francisco. well looking at low 60's from foster city through mountain view down into the south bay with san joseanta clara campbell and cupertino each at 60 to upper 50's to low 60's all across the east bay opened you'll be a nice 60 degrees conquered 62 today while low 60's and delay help pittsburgh vacaville sonoma to name a few spots upper 50's in the meantime from santa rosa down 3 mill valley. here's your look ahead next 7 days showers today into our evening hours tonight tomorrow sunday monday tuesday looking dry with monday and tuesday themselves being or warmest days highs back in the 70's reyna john thank you so we're always are really wet and so we're seeing new accidents popping up. >>a southbound at 66 avenue in oakland further down 8 80 southbound at tennyson road and hayward so you have those 2 accidents there also out in walnut creek eastbound 24 northbound at 6.80 so again be careful as you drive out there into the city your commute is nice though to the fremont street exit under 14 minutes that's been the best all morning the san mateo bridge and across to the peninsula under 40

as we look around the bay, 59 in san francisco and for daley city. 62 in oakland. for the east bayshore line and for the north bay you will see highs with that sun in the mid- 60s's. 66 in santa rosa and 64 for napa. here is that extended forecast and what you can expect as we look at changes ahead for tomorrow. cooler and the return of the rain for us for your thursday. a few showers in the morning on friday and then partly cloudy in the afternoon. a little bit of sun, should be a nice day on friday. showers return on sunday with our next weather system and then it dries out for sunday and then unsettled weather as we look to early next week on president's day. >>> let's check in with michelle and how are the roadways? >> so far the roadways are pretty good. at 4:47 right now. we are seeing a bit of a slow down for the super commuters coming in from tracy. we are starting to see some red and orange on the radar right now. speeds dropping down to about 37 miles an hour. for super commuters it's about a 30 minute drive from highway 205 to 680 in dublin. taking a loo

their vaccine appointments, though, are still being taken at the oakland coliseum, san francisco state and san francisco city college. coronavirus variant is now spiking across much of california, and it's more infectious than the original strain of the virus, according to new data out of ucsf. the variant, which was first identified in denmark has now been found in 44 counties. it represents 53% of the positive test samples collected during a 17 day period. period last month. that is up significantly from on lee 16% of positive test in november. the variant also appears to be resistant to the covid-19 vaccine, and studies show it is linked to increased risk of severe illness and death. today, vaccine eligibility is expanding and sam matteo county teachers. childcare providers, first responders and food and agriculture workers will be able to get a vaccine. now. county health leaders do say that they are still focused on vaccinating health care workers and those considered most at risk so far more than 169,000 doses have been administered in san mateo county, one school district on the peninsula will begin i

. >> reporter: in san francisco is staying in the purple tier for now but it could move out as early as next tuesday. >>> a live look now at san francisco city hall. about an hour ago the city school board approved a health and safety plan to reopen schools. but there is still a long way to go to get kids back in the classroom. the meeting started this afternoon, teachers were happy to hear the plane move forward but questioned the board's priority list. >> it seems to be a big thing, but we are kind of late in the night. i thought it would be earlier in the agenda for a complete negotiation between the union, just to get the schools open. but hey, that is just me. >> the next step is for the unions and the district to come to some agreement of what a day of in person learning it looks like read right now they cannot find common ground. they are pushing for more time in the class and the teachers unions want less. >>> still ahead, are you tired of zooming? you are not alone, a new study reveals that zoom fatigue is real. how do we beat it? >> jumping from one computer to the next, it can be exhausting. >>> days after attacking a toddler, and

san francisco's city attorney puts the school distribute on district on notice. he says teachers' demands that go too far will not be tolerated. the news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> good friday, thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. jessica aguirre is also with us on a busy friday evening. >> raj, it's kind of like vaccine whack-a-mole. you're finally eligible and you get an appointment, and severe weather disrupts the distribution and you can't get your vaccine. coming up, we'll talk about what's the delay, when they'll get here and what the governor has to say about hundreds of thousands of doses that will not be arriving anytime soon. >> thank you, jessica, see you in a few minutes. >>> thousands of athletes, coaches, and parents have been waiting for this news. game on. the state says most counties can resume most outdoor sports immediately, with a few key rules. but here we go again, individual counties have the final say, not the state. nbc bay area's scott budman joins us at kings academy in sunnyvale where the football team, scott,

dentist densest units, they have defied the odds. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> taking a live look at san francisco city hall, the battle over school reopening could be headed to court. in a first of its kind lawsuit. san francisco is suing its own school district and board of education. the city is accusing them of violating a state law by dropping the ball on school reopening plans. school officials say the city should be supporting them, rather than attacking them. over 100 private schools in the city have reopened, with 16,000 students returning, there have been fewer than five cases of suspected in school covid-19 transmission. >> meanwhile, across the bay, alameda unified hopes to get elementary school students back onto campus, in a little over a month. things will ramp up pretty hed s fast. the goal is to test 5000 students, and 600 employees every week. >> these are some of the unsung heroes, folks that have been here since march, keeping things flowing, so that we are ready and it is time for kids to come back. >>> still ahead tonight, a live look from chase center preparing to welcome back cr

. >> also a push to reopen schools right now and the new move by san francisco's city attorney to try and force the school district's hand. >> and celebrating black owned bids that's are helping to shape the bay area. today we're spotlighting one that combines wine and flowers in way. >> and we continue our series on bay area black history. we're recognizing bobby seale, the co-founder of the black panther party. seale is one of the chicago eight. he also published several books on the black panther party and continues to work as a social justice advocate. >>> the tug of war continues in san francisco between the city and it's school district. the city attorney says today reopen now. the district responded saying it would open in the red tier if all teachers were vaccinated. but herrera fired back saying some schools could reopen in the purple tier. that is right now and that means elementary and special ed students could under to class as soon as today. some parents held another zoom in, a protest, to highlight the issues with online learning. >> our message is to ask the board of ed

in a move that local legal experts are calling unprecedented, the city of san francisco is suing its school board for failing to implement an in person plan for learning. >> reporter: san francisco city hall is quiet no longer. city attorney dennis herrera is suing the city's own school district for failing to implement a reopening plan. san francisco mayor london breed did not hold back about it on wednesday. >> distance learning is not good enough. this is offensive and completely unacceptable. >> the district approved the reopening plan in mid-november. both the mayor and city attorney criticized it saying it was and is merely a plan to make a plan, saying they instead focused on other things. >> during that time the school board has alienated parents focusing on 44 of our schoolsological while there wasn't a plan to reopen those very same schools. >> reporter: only six san francisco schools have been approved for reopening. the superintendent spoke on wednesday emphasizing the fact their teachers have yet to be vaccinated. >> we've had spread level go up, go down. we've told vacci

a live look at san francisco city hall, battle over school reopenings could be headed to court. in a first of its kind lawsuit san francisco is suing its school district and board of education. the city is accusing them of violating state law by dropping the ball on the school reopening plan. school officials say the city should be supporting them rather than attacking them. more than 100 private schools have reopened with 16,000 students returning. >>> in southern california, some high school students in santa maria are starting to fall behind in studies. future leaguers of america group wants to see grading policy change to take some pressure off. >> a lot of the students are being docked for attendance points and it's not because they're not trying to go to class. students have had to make up financial losses their families have probably faced because of covid. >> santa maria joint unified district says students are failing around double the percentage of this time last year. >>> governor newsom says schools can safely begin to reopen even if teachers are not all vaccinated pr

san francisco pausing vaccinations at some of the city's biggest sites. just how long the shots will be on hold. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. >> disappointing news in san francisco tonight where mass vaccination sites are shutting down until the city can get more doses. it's discouraging news, an it's raising a lot of questions. >> nbc bay area's tom jensen is live outside the moscone center. >> reporter: i just talked to three people who just got vaccinated here. they were really happy to get vaccinated. they were surprised that it would be closing because of the supply issue because they said it worked so efficiently, maybe too efficiently. with the opening of these larger sites, the city has been averaging 7,400 doses per day but city officials said supply isn't keeping pace with its vaccination system. capable actually of administering 10,000 doses per day. >> our biggest issue and frustration has been that our vaccine supply has been limited. it has been inconsistent and unpredi

in a move that local legal experts are calling unprecedented, the city of san francisco is suing its own school board for failing to implement an in person plan for learning. >> reporter: san francisco city hall is quiet no longer. city attorney dennis herrera is suing the city's own school district for failing to implement a reopening plan. san francisco mayor london breed did not hold back about it on wednesday. >> distance learning is not good enough. this is offensive and completely unacceptable. >> the district approved the reopening plan in mid-november. both the mayor and city attorney criticized i merely a plan to m, saying they instead focused on other things. >> during that time the school board has alienated parents focusing on 44 of our schoolsological while there wasn't a plan to reopen those very same schools. >> reporter: only six san francisco schools have been approved for reopening. the superintendent spoke on wednesday emphasizing the fact their teachers have yet to be vaccinated. >> we've had spread level go up, go down. we've told vaccinations would be at 2 millio

of the sfpd. > happeng tosaclara county and san francisco officials are revealing their public safety measures ahead of lunar new year. in san francisco city leaders and the sf police captain will visit merchants to discuss safety issues and small business support. in santa clara they will hold a news conference to call on residents to abide by local orders. >>> let's get a check on the roads. we are seeing some hot spots now, especially in the east bay. a two car crash is being reported, this is on northbound 880. cars are now on the shoulder and it doesn't seem to be slowing speeds in that area but again a two car crash right there. everything has been moved over to the shoulder. slow going for super commuters. it's now about a 50 minute drive from highway 205 to 680 in dublin. speeds dipping down to about 13 miles an hour along the pass. we want to look at your other main travel times, everything else is in the green but for westbound 580 in the red and south bay travel times are not looking to bad. everything in the green. hopefully it'll stay that way. taking a look like a 13 minute drive. and a look at the golden gate bridge. a 20 mi

when this pandemic hit our city, our country about a year ago. in san francisco, we had to get ready. as much as dr. colfax and i fought over what was going on and whether or not we needed to close down the city because we understood the significant impacts on people's lives by making these hard decisions, we knew it was the right thing to do. we knew it was the right thing to do because it was about saving lives. when you look at where san francisco is in terms of our death rate, even though every life lost is tragic, we are the second densest city in the country with the lowest death rate of any major city in the country. we've saves thousands of lives here in the city. it started here at moscone center. i want to thank the director of the department of emergency management mary allen carol for her hard work. [applause] >> mayor breed: and the people who came here to work not only the folks who work within her department but so many city employees, who signed up as disaster service workers, who answered the call, and who have been showing up to deal with challe

illegal cohen and one of her fellow supervisors have made san francisco the 1st u.s. city to declare war on sugary sodas. when people realize how much sugar they're consuming in one can of soda they stop and they think so we had testimony right here in this chamber of doctors of nurses of researchers that talk to us about the effects of sugar in our body and it was through these ongoing dialogues for years that we came up with that idea to begin to tax. imposing a tax is virtually revolutionary in the united states the industry reached its sad speech the line that the government was interfering with grocery shoppers feeding a family is difficult enough in today's economy now some politicians want the government telling me how i should do it they want to put new taxes i'm on a grocery side by the beverage the sugary beverage and history came out they hired lawyers they hired lobbyists they found people within the community to come out and say please don't tell us what to eat or what to drink this is not a nanny state we want to make decisions on our own they spent millions

san francisco general hospital. al those millions of dollars could have been used for the poorest people in san francisco. number five, the city and county of san francisco is responsible for the poor housing in san francisco. you refuse to put in affordable housing 100% in hunter's point and soma. if that would have been done, we would have no affordable housing problems right now. the biggest problem in san francisco and in the nation is we must stop big tech and big media. no matter who you are. the two of them will silence you. i assure you they won't silence me. and i have a feeling they won't even silence the ex-president. thank you for your time. >> operations, is there another caller on the line please? >> madam clerk, that completes. and seeing no other speakers and public comment is now closed. and madam clerk, we are going to come back to item 34 which is the closed session. so please call items 35 through 42. >> 35 through 42 were introduced for adoption without committee reference. a unanimous vote is required for adoption of rez lougss and first reading today and any member may require a resolution to go to commi

unprecedented what's happening, what's playing out right now, as we know according to the "san francisco chronicle," the cityhronicle" allegedly has the blessing of mayor london breed. let's break down what the suit is alleging, san francisco unified school district violated a state law by not adopting a clear plan for education during the pandemic. the article explains that they did have a plan to begin reopening schools for younger learners, and those with disabilities, we reported on that last year but the district could not reach an agreement with the teachers union so the plan was scrapped. several groups of union employees have formed their own groups requesting their needs have not been met, for the school to reopen and needed access to the covid vaccine, ppe and proper ventilation so at this point, what's next? "the chronicle" explains the city attorney will file a motion next thursday to san francisco superior court to issue an emergency order that would compel the district to create a plan to get kids back in school. based on the article, the bottom line of this is the city wants the students back

billions of dollars, property tax dollars is essential to constantly and solvency of this city of san franciscoi'm honored, mayor breed, for the confidence you placed in me as i assume these responsibilities as the assessor-recorder for the city and county of san francisco. all of these depend on the financial foundation built through the hard work of this office and that is a responsibility i take very seriously. in the western edition. you treated me with grace, with the respect and with bearing that told me you better do right. from my grandfather, who has a butcher rose before work before dawn each day so he can buy a home for his family and help his three children become an artist, bilingual teacher and education leader and an amazing public servant. to my nana, who taught me the love of caring, that came in a file wrapped package that she packed for my flights back and forth between separated parents. to my grandmother, who has a seamstress steadily towards the purchase of a beautiful home. to my father, who broke barriers for latino politicians at a time when being a mexican-american was

city attorney dennis herrera filing suit in court to force san francisco unified school district and the city's school board to develop in an act of plan to get kids back in class as soon the court to order the school board and the school district. to put in place a plan a viable plan to reopen safely. mayor london breeds saying the city has taken every step it can even finding an additional $15 million to help schools reopen. this is paralyzing our city and our residents and i know that this is a drastic step. but i feel we are out of options at this point. superintendent of schools, dr vincent matthews calls the suit frivolous and said it won't help towards the end goal of getting kids back in class part of the lawsuit. it it seems to allege that we don't have a plan.e plan. this plan has. city attorney herrera pointed out that neighboring marin county has only had nine cases of covid tied to re opening at schools 113 private and parochial schools in san francisco every opened remain open. almost 16,000 students have returned to in person school. and less than five cases of in schoo

san francisco's moscone center a week ago. today's event starts at 9:00. the high value vaccination site at city college of san francisco expected to reopen today. it will only be giving out shots for the second dose. the city was forced to temporarily close vaccination sites at moscone center and city college because of a lack of supply earlier this week. moscone center is expected to reopen next week. >>> despite the progress at many counties are making, winter weather across america's heartland has really crippled parts of the covid-19 vaccine supply chain. >> the reason that essential workers haven't gotten it sooner is because we're not getting enough vaccine from the state. >> supervisor john doya says shipments are being held up because of the bad weather in the midwest. napa county told abc 7 news up to 900 second dose appointments for next monday and tuesday will be delayed until at least thursday. marin county delayed 300 appointments until it gets another vaccine shipment. >>> the mass vaccination site at disney land has temporarily closed. officials say the shutdown is because of tha

city. what can you do to help restore confidence that san francisco is not going down the drain? >> let me start by asking is there any other major city in this country that doesn't deal with similar challenges like we do in san francisco? there may not be a more beautiful city than san francisco, but the fact is that we are a major city and we have challenges like any other major city. we know that this pandemic has caused a lot of people to realize that they may not, since they're working from home, they may not necessarily need to be in the city, especially because most people choose to live in a city like san francisco because of the restaurants and the night life and the entertainment and the things to do and those things don't exist right now because of the pandemic. i have faith. i have confidence that despite the challenges that exists in our city and other major cities in the country, that when we begin to reopen, that more people will return to san francisco. it's not a matter of if, but when. the fact is, when you look at what happened in this pandemic, san francisco, t

center is opening tomorrow to everybody, 65 and older in the city are conference charles clifford has details. >>well here in san francisco, the city is planning on opening up its second coronavirus mass vaccination location here at the moscone center will open up on friday. inside the mosque only center the large convention halls have been converted into medical facilities that will hopefully be able to vaccinate between 7 to 10,000 people per day this vaccination clinic is a joint effort between the city of san francisco kaiser permanente adventist health. the california medical association dignity health and health at the moment you need to be 65 years or older or a health care worker who qualifies under phase one a of the vaccination rollout plan in order to make an appointment to receive a vaccine here. although this new vaccination hub can do up to 10,000 vaccinations per day at the moment, they only have about 1500 vaccines, san francisco health officials say the goal here is to be prepared for when more vaccines arrive other vaccine remains in limited supply. we are building the partnerships and the infrastructure

san francisco city attorney e mail the letter to an attorney representing the san francisco unified schoolerday afternoon, saying that cdc state and san francisco health department standards show that it is safe to reopen schools to in person learning with the proper safety precautions in place. the letter reading, in part, quote any school reopening plan that fails to offer in person instruction to the greatest extent possible would be unlawful if the school district's reopening plan offers students anything less than this. in the short term, i will challenge its legality. the city attorney's letter comes in response to a letter last friday from san francisco unified's attorney, the school district and schools. unions have been negotiating toward a memorandum of understanding that include a return to in person instruction in the red tear, with vaccinations for staff and without vaccinations in the orange tear s f. u. s. d s attorney saying, in part, quote your threat to seek unspecified legal recourse of an mou is not to your liking is not constructive. many students say they feel like th

san francisco even during covid remains a two-thirds renters' town. and the fact that the state of california is using their powers to preempt the city and county of san francisco and other similarly situated governments is as you have said truly outrageous. having said that, i will support just as a function of what has happened relative to sb-91, the continuance of this matter but i stand with you. >> chair melgar: thank you, supervisor peskin. madam clerk, do we have any public comment? >> clerk: thank you, madam chair. we have two listeners and one in queue. and we have mr. koe assisting us today with the callers. so if you could please unmute the first caller. >> caller: hello committee, i wanted to thank you for letting me speak and thank you madam chairperson. i'm justin goodman, an associate attorney with zachman and patterson and i'm here representing the san francisco apartment association and the small property owners of san francisco. what i wanted to share with the committee which, obviously, the committee is well aware, is california sb-91 was signed into law last friday and has immediate effect and we agree with the statements of superv

san francisco. so far, we haven't received any reports of damage or injuries. san francisco city officials say the mosconi center has been closed for a week. it shut down just days after opening because of a vaccine shortage today, officials say, barring any weather delays, it should resume operations thursday from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. then on friday, february 26, the vaccination hub will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. the new hours again are supplies 1st and 2nd dose vaccinations will be provided, and officials say there will be no cancelations of second dose appointments, since those doses have been reserved for patients who previously received their first tote their first dose rather at the mosconi vaccination hub. in southern california, gavin newsom visited a federally run mobile vaccination site in inglewood today. this is the first of what you'll see. many similar sites operating over the course of the next number of weeks upwards of 250 vaccinations a day and a pop up site like this. federal government also set up a mass vaccination center, a cal state los angeles la

city. what can you do to help restore confidence that san francisco is not going down the drain? >> let me start by asking is there any other major city in this country that doesn't deal with similar challenges like we do in san francisco? there may not be a more beautiful city than san francisco, but the fact is that we are a major city and we have challenges like any other major city. we know that this pandemic has caused a lot of people to realize that they may not, since they're working from home, they may not necessarily need to be in the city, especially because most people choose to live in a city like san francisco because of the restaurants and the night life and the entertainment and the things to do and those things don't exist right now because of the pandemic. i have faith. i have confidence that despite the challenges that exists in our city and other major cities in the country, that when we begin to reopen, that more people will return to san francisco. it's not a matter of if, but when. the fact is, when you look at what happened in this pandemic, san francisco, t

>>including from san mateo over 92 on over to hayward on the peninsula from san francisco down to daly city san bruno and eventually further south as well. also a couple light sprinkles in the richmond sandra fell bridge as well as the bay bridge this morning little bit quieter for the south bay right now santa cruz mountains, nice and quiet and really these areas are hardly going to be picking up showers at all showers war really starting to fizzle out as they reach the south bay, what you head south of the dumbarton bridge that's really not a whole lot to be talking about we're in the midst of this passing cold front that's going to drop temperatures a bit today, a little on the breezy side, but definitely not near as windy as it was earlier this week. there's your line of showers dropping into the bay right here and it's something that we are going to be seeing we're searching just a touch into the evening tonight so widespread light showers this morning and then a chance of a few isolated light showers after the sun goes down later on tonight as far as temperatures go today will mostly

san francisco. the surge in racism has caught the attention of city officials and police as well as community leaders who are vowing to step up their efforts to fight this problem. nbc bay area's terry mcsweeney reports from san francisco. >> it almost seems like racism is kind of coming back for some reason. >> reporter: an anti-asian racist slur painted on the building across the street from the chinese american international school where jeffrey's two young daughters are students. >> i really think it's -- it just sends a bad message to kids that this type of language is okay, and it's not. >> reporter: anti-asian violence caught on video coming in from all over the bay area. jeffrey and others believe they are being blamed for covid-19. san francisco activist sarah shin wants shouz of people to inundate supervisors with books about the history of chinatown. >> with the coordinated message that we demand justice and we demand the support of the elected officials in our community who are here to protect us. >> reporter: supervisors gordon mar and connie chan are calling for a meeting of a slew of c

today the city of san francisco announced it will open up vaccinations to new groups of city workers and residents in just about 2 weeks but again kron four's maureen kelly reports this comes despite the fact the vaccine supply is still falling far short of capacity. 74 year-old patrol hill resident helene fried says her experience giving her first dose of the pfizer vaccine at the mass vaccination site at mosconi center south today went very smoothly. >>she says there was no line and it felt like there were more workers there and patients was like being in a fancy where there are all these winds steps would you like another tree that would be like this it it could have been better for the people outside directing traffic. >>the staff everyone, the city is still vaccinating people like colleen those aged 65 and older and health care workers starting february 24th, the city will open up vaccines to workers in what's called phase one b. >>tier one that includes people who work in education and child care emergency services such as police officers and people working in food and agricult

san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news sand. thank you very much tonight, san francisco city attorney dennis herrera responded to this reopening planing the lawsuit against sf usd remains in place in a statement herrera said in part. this is progress but it's not enough. and so far this raises more questions than answers he says the school district would need to share the whole plan and show that it is concrete and meets the requirements of the law. the city's attorney attorney's office says it plans to file a preliminary injunction on thursday. >>tonight governor newsome says that his administration and the legislature are close to making a deal on reopening california schools under an agreement could be reached by this week our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>we've details to try to resume in person learning in schools across the state newsome says a deal could be reached as soon as this week, some lawmakers confirmed monday democrats and new some are close to reaching an agreement from my perspective the 2 asked sir, what's important flexibility and funding assemblyman james gallagher is the vice chair of the e