i respectfully request the committee to apply the residency waiver as is allowed for san francisco elections code for when a qualified resident candidate may not be found. the ballot simplification committee is a -- vital to the league. we have a permanent seat on the committee. it's part of the groundwork for keeping politics out of the election process in the ballot, and we did have a candidate, and unfortunately, the honorable chief judge karen cl clapton, who we put forth her nomination, is longer able to meet all of the committee meetings for an unforeseen reason. i am the league president, i have been the president of the league of women voters for three years. i've been sitting on the board for eight years. when i started my work with the league -- excuse me -- basically working hand in hand with the ballot simplification sitting member, whereby i developed the pro and con guide for the league and helped distribute that english, spanish, and chinese. i've never been to a hearing committee meeting because of the nature of my relationship with the pro and con guide meant that i met regu

as a result of the the city of los angeles losing that lawsuit, san francisco elected to abandon its gross receipts tax. again in the late 1990s or 2000. the effect of that changed the business tax across industris so that businesss that had been paying gross receipts tax basically received a tax break. that was not a consequence of a legislative decision. it was the consequence of a judicial decision. it reduced the city's revenues because of that tax break and retained only a business tax that was derided and with some justification as probably the worst local tax you could pick from a job creation and job retention point of view. during the last decade from 2001 to 2010, various attempts were made to replace the payroll tax. our office was involved in some of them in the later part of the decade. none of those moved forward. 2012, however, we did develop a business tax reform measure with the support of mayor lee, the unanimous support of the board and it was approved by 70% of the voters on the november 2012 ballot. the highlight of this reform measure from 2012 as chair cohen in

second, the san francisco department of elections seeks feedback on the implementation of remote accessible vote by mail as well as accessibility of san francisco voting and election services by next friday, january 26. this timely response will help the department of elections incorporate feedback in time for publication of their materials and other critical deadlines. you can get a link to the survey by visiting the mod homepage or contacting the department of elections. the next item for today is an upcoming at&t park evacuation exercise. the san francisco giants in collaboration with san francisco department of emergency management will be holding an evacuation exercise following fan fest on february 10, 2018, and they're looking for volunteers with disabilities to participate in the evacuation drill. volunteers will receive a giants-branded gift and special entry into fan fest and will have opportunity to provide valuable feedback about at&t park's evacuation plan. please subscribe to the mod email news feed at sfgov.org/mod for updates on how to register for this. the next item is the

i respectfully request the committee to apply the residency waiver as is allowed for san francisco elections code for when a qualified resident candidate may not be found. the ballot simplification committee is a -- vital to the league. we have a permanent seat on the committee. it's part of the groundwork for keeping politics out of the election process in the ballot, and we did have a candidate, and unfortunately, the honorable chief judge karen cl clapton, who we put forth her nomination, is longer able to meet all of the committee meetings for an unforeseen reason. i am the league president,

the homeless year can be attributed to the republicans at all in san francisco, simply because we don't have a single republican elected to office representing san francisco. the homeless epidemic that we have right here is just getting worse. in fact, every year -- i was born here in san francisco and i can see progressively every year the problem has been getting worse and worse every year with no solutions. i've met with multiple board of supervisor members here in san francisco and they just keep asking for more money. when they ask for more money it is basically rewarding a program that doesn't have any benchmarks. there is no solution in their solution is to just throw more money at the problem. >> laura: what they're also doing is declaring themselves year after year, we are a sanctuary city, sanctuary state. see the problem in orange county, we see the problem in l.a. we are bringing more people into the situation. more people who are indigent and themselves are without jobs at a way to support themselves. i don't see how the sanctuary status of san francisco or the state is doing anybody any favors. ethan and

san francisco board of supervisors apprknted errell as mayor. ousting board of surervisors dent who served as acting mayor following the sudden death of the mayor in december. injune, san francisco voters will elect a new mayor. until then farrell will face a number of challenges including rising homelessness. joining me now is san francisco mayor marc ferr fl. thank y coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> you were on the board several years prior to this. what is it like going from supervisor to mayor that suddenly? and what do you think you can complish in the mayor's office that you couldn't do as supervisor? >> look, being the mayor san francisco, obviously, is a wholly different proposition than being a member of the board of supervisors. but a few things. i'm lucky to be born and raised in san francisco. and serving as a memberf the ard of supervisor for seven years, on top of that, gave a great backgroundmito as this job. and really running our government for the next ha year. as you think about the challenges that we face as a city, it's no's secret. public safety, homelessness, and in addition to that, in the mayor's office i'll be putting together our city's budget for the upcoming

we need to create clear rules that allow the people of san francisco to elect the people serving them in elected government. so i really hope, supervisor cohen, that we can work on this issue together. that would be a great honor to me and i think could help us heal moving forward. with that, i submit. >> clerk: supervisor cohen? >> supervisor cohen: i have three items. i'm asking the city attorney to begin drafting legislation to landmark the historic arthur coleman medical building, which is on 3rd street in district 10. dr. arthur coleman was the bayview's first african-american physician and faithfully served the community for 20 years particularly when african-americans didn't have the ability to go to any hospital in the city and county of san francisco. dr. coleman originally opened his clinic with an array of health services to meet people where they are, creating access to community health services. dr. coleman helped black and brown students enter the field of medicine and create a thriving practice for black medical professionals. as san francisco continues to change, it's

. >>> new at six san francisco voters meeting be able to decide if police officers are allowed to carry tasers. san francisco's department of elections received the petitions just today. the city's police commission approved letting officers carrying tasers, but the panel has delayed policy on their actual use. >>> california lawmakers reviewed dozens of allegations of sexual harassment against several officials and staff members. including one against senate democrat mendoza. he is one of four current lawmakers facing accusations complaints range from using sexually explicit language to touching. >>> the ex-employee does not want to be identified, but he says the on duty call he received did not sound like a drill. however others clearly heard the word exercise several times >> i was 100% sure it was real and did what i was trained to do as far as making the selection to notify the public. >> after realizing the incident was just a drill he felt like he was hit by a body blow. he says he has been having trouble eating and sleeping and under a lot of stress. head over to our website abc7news.com or our abc7 app as well. >>> respondin

. >>> new at six san francisco voters meeting be able to decide if police officers are allowed to carry tasers. san francisco's department of elections the petitions just today. the city's police commission approved letting officers carrying tasers, but the panel has delayed policy on their actual use. >>> california lawmakers reviewed dozens of allegations of sexual harassment against several officials and staff members. including one against senate democrat mendoza. he is one of four current lawmakers facing accusations complaints range from using sexually explicit language touching. >>> the ex-employee does not want to be identified, but he says the on duty call he received did not sound like a drill. however others clearly heard the word exercise several times >> i was 100% sure it was real and did what i was trained to do as far as making the selection to notify the public. >> after realizing the incident was just a drill he felt like he was hit by a body blow. he says he has been having trouble eating and sleeping and under a lot of stress. head over to our website abc7news.com or our abc7 app as well. >>> responding from from

. >>> the san francisco firefighters union is endorsing london breed for mayor in the june election. it follows a forum yesterday with the top 4 mayoral candidates. all of them to questions from firefighters. the fire department is understaffed, underfunded and sometimes uses outdated equipment. firefighters say they just want to have their voices heard. some of the most important issues to me are someone who understands how the needs of the citizens. >> when we express what is going on, it goes under the table and no one hears about it. . >> london breed served as the fire commissioner in san francisco before being elected to the board of supervisors. all candidates agree there needs to be more collaboration between the fire department and the city. >>> the winter olympics are underway in south korea. vice president like prince is there to lead the us delegation. the president said he would be open to meeting the delegation during the visit. but they have no plans to meet with anyone from the us. >>> the sister of north korean leader is in south korea for the olympics. another step

election. san francisco has nearly 600 polling places for the election. most have been securied. they're still looking for more and it has to be wheelchair accessible. >>> it turns out the housing shortage is more than a shortage of holes. it is also a shortage of workers. contracting company are having trouble finding the skilled labor they need construct new homes. in some cases, they have to fly in workers from southern california or seattle. as a result, construction jobs have only gone up 1% due in large part to higher costs. >>> perhaps an unusual ripple effect from the devastation of the north bay wildfires. reports of the surge in new car satisfies new car sales in sonoma county last year jumped nearly 10%. the months after the wildfire brought on a spike as many were forced to buy new cars. >>> some of the most prestigious universities are saying that it affects those who attend the walkouts. yale tweeted, we are proud to support all students who are participating in peaceful walkouts to support gun control and we will not suspend them for doing. so ucla said we support

san francisco main public library. supporters rally at 10:30 across the street at san francisco city hall. >>> the next presidential election is more than 2.5 years away. this morning, president trump has his 20 campaign chief in place. brad parscale is the president's long-time digital marketing strategist. during the 2016 campaign he played a key role in building support for mr. trump on facebook and twitter. >>> president trump's son-in- law jared kushner no locker has access to the nation's top secrets. the senior advise to earth white house had his security clearance downgraded on friday. kushner had been granted interim access to top secret information while the fbi completed his background check. that report was delayed after kushner had to refile his paperwork three times because of undisclosed contacts with foreign nationals. >> he is a valued member of the team and he will continue to do the important work that he has been doing since he started in the administration. >> it is unclear right now how long the lowered security clearance will last. >>> dick's sporting goods announced they will stop selling assault sty

elected.>>> san francisco town square was packed with hundreds of people tonight. hear from the five democratic candidates in the race for the next mayor.>>> they spent several hours responding to the concerns of residents. jana and the city with what they said.>> reporter: tonight in the city they were very civil. this is not a debate. they were focusing on getting their own message out. many people said right now they were just trying to know each person in their policies.>>> handshakes then campaign signs field the townsquare men -- tonight. with the race in high gear residents had clear concerns.>> it is ridiculous we have to pay and the types of people who cannot live here because of the housing not being built. >>> housing and schools are tied together.>> reporter: of five candidates for mayor took turns campaigning and answering questions from one of san francisco longtime political families. angela -->> the homeless situation is absolutely unacceptable. any civilized society especially in a rich society.>>>>> reporter: to another native daughter london bree

the san francisco's department of elections received the petitions today. it must count the signatures and verify them. the city's police commission already approved letting officers carry tazers. but the panel delayed coming one a policy on the use. police unioned leader haves pushed for officers to carry them for several years. >>> from alarm systems to security cameras there is a whole industry dedicated to protecting your home. but what about your car. >> abc 7 news report jonathan bloom as a look at a bay area start-up that wants to help you stop crook. >> we have seen the videos burglar caught in the act by somebody's home security camera. >> definitely stuff happens in the home but it's hard to look for the statistics without seeing more maps around the car. >> in frist alone 28,000 reported car break-ins last year which means there might be a lot of people interested in this. >> this is the owl car camera. >> it comes from the original drop cam and other products you've heard of. >> first generation ipod. first generation iphone process hollow lens.

and the next speaker is san francisco assessor carmen schue. the highest electedy-wide who is of chinese-american decent. prior to being elected car member was a supervisor representing district 4 and we are very proud that carmen is also the only asian american assessor elected to serve 58 tallies in the court of california. police car men schue. , [ applause ] (speaking ma mandarin) happy new year to everybody. my name is carmen schue. i serve as city recorder. what i said earlier, it's not just today we welcome you to city hall. we hope that every sippel day of the year, 365 days every year you feel just as welcome to come back to your city hall and with that we wish you a very happy lunar new year. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, carmen. >> and now we would like to invite on behalf of the committee, please welcome claudine chan. claudine helped launch the official celebration of heritage month in 2005 is currently the president of the heritage foundation. >> thank you, alina. (speaking mandarin) thank you so much, everyone. i'm claudine chang a

san francisco's department of elections received those petitions yesterday.. the city's police commission already approved letting officers carry tasers. but the delay has coming up with a policy on their use. police union leaders have pushed for officers to carry tasers for several years. >>> a dispute in the north bay fire zone has a yearbook teacher pressuring a local business for a refund, to no avail. but student fire victims get their money back? that's the question. leslie brinkley has both sides of the story. >> i don't think that we've had a pleasant experience, to say the least. >> reporter: santa rosa high school yearbook teacher jessica dennis signed her 32 students up for what she thought would be a class bonding experience last october. a ropes course. it cost $1920. the group did fund raising to come up with the money. then there were the fires. seven of her students lost their homes. many were evacuated and missed three weeks of school. she had to cancel the ropes class and got refunded half of it. but the team building business called four wi

election. shortly before leaving office, you may remember president obama expelled 35 russian diplomats many here in san franciscon retaliation for election meddling. >>> the election meddling and other cyber threats are prompting a new task force. attorney general jeff sessions announced yesterday the task force will examine how the justice department can better combat global cyber threats. that includes potential attempts to damage critical infrastructure. >>> former san francisco supervisor angela alioto is planning to kick off her mayoral campaign at the italian athletic club tonight. she is planning to talk about the issues she wants to focus on. she is facing supervisor london breed, supervisor jane kim and former state senator mark leno in that race. >>> today the san francisco police commission is expected to discuss the details of an i.c.e. cooperation policy. the meeting comes after the commission voted last year in favor of a revised policy strengthening rules that limit the extent to which police can cooperate with i.c.e. the policy prohibits law enforcement from asking about immigration status and li

. >>> coming up, two candidates running for supervisor in san francisco are suing to move the election up from november to june. we'll tell you why they say it's necessary to make that election change. >>> next, the arizona house kicked out a lawmaker because of sexual misconduct. >>> good morning. we can see the traffic is off to a nice start here if you're driving on the freeways. a live look at northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. it's looking good. >>> and our weather is looking good considering -- don't show the graphic. just go to live cam. the weather will be well above average on the temps. we'll have more on the friday forecast. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. the oldest son of fidel castro has killed himself. he reportedly suffered from depression. he committed suicide yesterday. he was a top nuclear scientist at one time and was nicknamed fidelito. >>> representative don shooter is believed to be the first state lawmaker in the u.s. to be expelled from his seat since the me too movement started in the fall. he repeatedly sexually assaulted women at the arizona state c

he broke into the major leagues when the giants moved to san francisco in 1958 and was elected to theame in 1999. he is nicknamed the baby bull. there's a statue outside of at&t park in san francisco honoring him and four other legends including willie mays. >>> police want your help in sasun city for breaking into a smoke shop early saturday morning. the photos also show a silver cadillac registered in modesto. if you have any information, call police. >>> in the meantime the is a gnome accounty sheriff's office is investigating after a man isobody was found in a burning truck. firefighters responded to the scene of that burning pickup truck off of los amigos road around 4:30 saturday afternoon. once they put out the fire, they found the man's body in the driver's seat. they're trying to determine how the man died and how the truck fire started. >>> a man died yesterday trying to rescue his dog. he had been walking his dog when he slipped and fell off of a cliff at 11:30 in the morning at thorton state beach. sky fox shows us the scene from overhead. the 67-year-old man was walking t

they make money from it, so it feels wrong for anyone who's elected to ask from a citizen of san francisco or outside the city to give to a nonprofit. it just seems wrong on its face and is wrong. thank you. >> thank you. okay. so we're prepared to vote then in regard to the behested payment disclosure amendment. >> one question. >> yes, sir, commissioner kopp. >> where's the definition of interested party? is that the california government code? >> no, commissioner, that is defined in the ordinance here, and i will direct you to it shortly. >> where is it? >> so it is on page 76, y. to see the red line version, it's 76. >> well, i don't have a red line. >> well, the color doesn't show up on your copies. i apologize. >> okay. thank you. >> i will point out that part of this was borrowed from state law. >> is borrowed from what? >> from 84308, which is the section that said the public officials cannot accept gifts of $250 or more from certain people, and we borrowed -- >> all right. that's the definition of interested people. >> not exactly. >> i mean financial interest. >> part of it. it's

elected.>>> san francisco town square was packed with hundreds of people tonight. from the five democratic candidates in the race for the next mayor.>>> they spent several hours responding to the concerns of residents. jana and the city with what they said.>> reporter: tonight in the city they were very civil. this is not a debate. they were focusing on getting their own message out. many people said right now they were just trying to know each person in their policies.>>> handshakes then campaign signs field the townsquare men -- tonight. with the race in high gear residents had clear concerns.>> it is ridiculous we have

he broke into the big leagues when the giants moved to san francisco in 1958. he was electedthe hall of fame in 1999.'s nickname is the baby bowl. there is the statue of him outside of at&t park honoring him and for other legends -- four other legends including willie mays. >>> a new hotel will open up. we have a look at the lodge that will open and we will tell you how much it will cost to stay there. >>> that and more coming up after the break. stay with us, we'll be right back after this short break. my name is jamir dixon and i'm a locafor pg&e.rk fieldman most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg&e. my truck is something new... it's an 811 truck. when you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you don't hit them when you're digging. 811 is a free service. i'm passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. they're the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home saf

he broke into the major leagues when the giants moved to san francisco in 1958. he was electedame in 1999. you might recognize his statue, baby bowl. >> it is 6:36. police are asking for your help. they want to find three burglary suspect. take a look. they were seen on surveillance video trying to break into a son chop -- a smoke shop saturday morning. this is a silver cadillac registered in modesto. if you have any information, call the police. >>> a man walking his dog died yesterday trying to rescue his daughter. the man slipped and fell off a cliff at about 11:30 a.m. sky fox arrived on scene shortly after that deadly fall. authorities say the 67-year-old man was walking his dog along the trail when the dog got away from him and started heading down the cliff. the man went after his dog. he apparently lost his footing and fell nearly 500 feet down.>> it is heartwarming. i would run after my dog. unfortunately, he lost his life doing that. it is heartbreaking. >> the man was already dead when rescue cute -- rescue crews arrived. official brought in the victim's son to see i

broader umbrella of criminal justice reform, we have about a dozen judges up for re-election in june in san francisco. we have four public defenders running against them, very rare for incumbent judg to fa challengers. what do you think is driving this? >> these four public defenders decided to runra in thi that's coming up and it unusual because we don't have a lot of public ar defenders wh appointed directly to the bench. years.only had one in 40 we often see prosecutors. these particular public defendersagre runningnst four judges who are appointed by republican upport ertainly will them. i think it's important -- >> why do you think they're ru ning, though? why this year, driven in part by what we're seeing happener u the trump administration or other factors? >> both of those things. you're seeing tru appointing a lot of judges and you're see thing push for criminal justice reform in mass incarceration. they want to change that's part of the motivation for them running against judges. >> are you supthrting , endorsing the public defenders who are running? >> yes, i am going to support their effo

. >>> a candidate running to succeed interim san francisco mayor mark farrell filed a lawsuit to move the election from november to june. nick-- filed the lawsuit in san francisco's superior court along with another candidate for the seat. when mark farrell was named the interim mayor last week he appointed the county clerk to fill out the rest of his team. catherine stephanie will be running for the seat in november. the two candidates filing a lawsuit say allowing her to serve as supervisor until november gives her an unfair advantage. they want the driver two supervisor race moved up to the june 5th ballot. >>> there are new safety measures in san mateo. and it may confuse some people. coming up next, the reason people walking and driving may have a hard time understanding what they are supposed to do. >>> and airbnb released a new commercial. and this may roughly some feathers in washington. >>> high pressure aloft and also an offshore breeze equals very warm temps. we'll have more on your friday and weekend forecasts. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it's 6:12. 18 people in shanghai, china,

california is gearing up for the june elections and san francisco is looking for polling places. 6-hundred polling places for the election. most of the polling stations have already been secured. but the city still needs more than (80 locations -- so they are turning to residents. the location has to be well-lit and wheelchair- accessible. anyone interested should contact city hall. and wheelchair accessible.her fa anyone interested should contact city hall. >>> new this morning ivanka ler trump is opening up about her father and the russia probe. >> the presidential adviser and first daughter says she trusts i special counsel roberts muler. >> consistently we've said there was no collusion, there was no collusion, and we believe that mueller will do his work and -- >> do you think he can be trusted, to be clear? >> i do. in >> have you been interviewed by the special counsel yet? >> i have not. >> this is an nbc news f armi exclusive. i thinknkof the wide day rangingg interview including comments on president trump's accuser and his idea of arming schoolteachers it's all coming u

election. we welcome our reporter in san francisco who covers facebook. sarah, great to have you with us. ng from facebook's vice president fred sales that the goal of this russian theuence was not to sway 2016 presidential election. what exactly is he saying and why is he saying it at this moment in time? >> those are rob goldman's comments on friday. they just sparked this firestorm of people who were trying to see whether he was trying to represent facebook's opinion. because facebook in the indictment actually comes across looking ok. i mean, they are involved in all these russian negativities but its very clear that they have mueller'srating with investigation. then rob goldman is coming out saying things that seem to findings, mueller's and also making it seem like facebook knows everything he has, or has seen all that is pertaining to this investigation when really goldman is the vp of ads. he has only seen the ads, which as we know were only a very small portion of the russian effort. david: it sounds like its a -- ay senior positions in pretty senior position, the vice president o

farrell, an elected supervisor of the city and county of san francisco has never had the political will or courage or integrity to come before this commission and look us in the face, end quote. he went onto blame the results on former executive director john st. croix saying he was clearly totally incompetent in letting the statute of limitations run out or marginally corrupt for going along with the idea of not pursuing farrell, end quote. throughout the history of this commission, when they can't enforce the laws already on the books, which i can't and don't, they find a scape goat and claim they need to rewrite the law. what did einstein say the definition of insanity is? doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different out come, and we are here once again, rearranging the deck chairs. and all the people that we're talking about are the people who appoint you to this commission. i don't know really whether i have any expectation that you can fairly in an unbiased fashion deal with any of those political issues for the simple fact that the people who appoint you are all p

i would like to say i was nominated and elected the san francisco captain of the year in 2014 for theorcal because i have been captain out there numerous times, and i have wonderful teammates and memories from playing at the park. the park is in need of great repair and i look forward to seeing it not only restored to the former glory but a new glory with lighted courts, with reservation systems, with on going maintenance, and continued aspects of the san francisco community. i appreciate all of your support, and i will continue to support the project. thank yothank you very much. >> we have henry, kevin and larry, please. >> good morning, commissioners and general manager. i am trish robins for 10 years the all volunteer tennis coalition envisioned this moment being so close to the renovation of the tennis center. it was not well-known 10 years ago. we met with groups and individuals, and gradually we drained their trust and deep partnerships with the san francisco recreation and parks commission with the goal of making tolden gate partly cloudy -- golden gate partly cloudy tennis ce

san francisco are suing. they want to move the election up from november to june. why they say it's necessary to make the process fair. >>> and also up next, the arizona house expels a lawmaker over sexual misconduct. >>> good morning. we're off to a nice start here on a friday. traffic continues to look pretty good heading out to the high-rise. >>> and our weather still looks pretty good. it's going to be sunny and warm later today with more record highs possible. very warm for this time of year. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. it's 5:13 and the oldest son of the late suburban leader fidel castro has killed himself. the 68-year-old suffered from depression. he committed suicide yesterday. at one time he was one of cuba's top nuclear scientists, and was nicknamed fidelito because of his resemblance to his father. >>> 18 people in shanghai were hurt. a minivan carrying gas tanks slammed into a crowd. the driver was smoking and accidentally ignited the gas tanks. the van jumped a sidewalk in downtown shanghai. and the driver was hurt and is being investigated for