the state of california has certified san francisco's housing plan to build more than 82,000 new homes in the city over the next eight years. the plan calls for increasing zoning in several neighborhoods that the city identified as being ideal for more housing. this includes the sunset, the richmond in the financial district. all jurisdictions in california are currently required to plan for their share of new housing. governor newsom has actually threatened consequences for cities that failed to submit plans that comply with the law. the approval of san francisco's housing plan comes as the city's newest and biggest permanent supportive housing development has opened. ktvu christien kafton tells us the goal is to help keep formerly homeless residents off the streets, too. with the countdown and a ribbon cutting 10 64 mission street, the city's largest permanent, supportive housing apartment building was officially opened. the project is the product of a combined effort of federal, state and local governments, as well as the private sector, all working together to create housing where

to resources that our residents may or may not have been able to access in the past. >> the san francisco housend development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with

that is what hundreds, perhaps thousands of san francisco families are facing, and hope is slow to come despite the attention on the housing crisis. our media partner the san francisco standard will show us a heartbreaking and eye-opening story. a big show of support this morning in front of oakland city hall, dozens of leaders and members related for the fired police chief to be reinstated. they said their voices were not heard when mayor chantel fired him yesterday at one month after placing armstrong on administrative leave after an outside report concluded the chief mishandled lee's conduct cases involving a hit and run and gunshot fired with the service weapon inside headquarters. >> i have decided to separate from chief armstrong from the city without cause. anchor: joining us live to discuss the firing the former opd chief and armstrong's predecessor. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. anchor: are you surprised by what happened and this is how it ended? >> yes, a little bit i was surprised by the ending and the decision to terminate, but i understand why, so was surprised on one end i was not surprised on the o

the approval of san francisco's housing plan comes as the city's newest and biggest permanent supportive housing development has opened. ktvu christien kafton tells us the goal is to help keep formerly homeless residents off the streets. 32 one. with the countdown and a ribbon cutting 10 64 mission street, the city's largest permanent, supportive housing apartment building was officially opened. the project is the product of a combined effort of federal, state and local governments, as well as the private sector, all working together to create housing where there was once a parking lot. my name is michael jackson and aisles. yes, the first resident and the building here. jackson is formerly homeless himself, and he says he's on the path to recovery and is working to counsel, others facing the same kinds of challenges he faced. this has been a pretty good experience. living here, and i plan to use this as a hand up as opposed to a handout. i'm going to get back into doing what i love to do is just hoping people but first i gotta help this person. 10 64 mission project includes more than 2

a neighbor was standing across the street when a san francisco house exploded. >>> singing praises. kland gospel choir on its performance since the pandemic in front of a packed house. >>> ♪ diamonds in the sky. >> a thrilling super bowl down to the wire. kansas city sits on top of the football world. we'll take you live to arizona with highlights from the big game. >> it was a very good game. if you are hitting the roadways, we are tracking brake lights for the ride into the altamont pass. we'll have a look at your travel times. >> our commute is mild. by tomorrow, we will be under a wind advisory. we'll talk about this and how it will impact you coming up. >>> before our super bowl coverage we have developments on the deadly h

the largest permanent supportive housing project in the city of san francisco. and assad secretary fudge repeatedly says housing is a fundamental right and everyone deserves to have a state stable , safe and stable place to call home. to those who were formerly housed and sheltered, and now we'll have the state fee, stability and security of four walls and a roof. and a key to adore you can lock congratulations. zilong journey . i'm sure but you know we are doing everything that we can to houses. many of our houses neighbors as we possibly can. this development is also a great example of how effective public and private partnerships can be when the public and private sectors work together. i said at a philanthropic roundtable on homelessness and los angeles just two weeks ago that we are all in this together. no single entity level of government or private partner can do it alone. it's going to take all of us working together to how zarand housed neighbors provide the wraparound services that are needed and get them onto a better path way like the permanent suppo

. >> the san francisco house and development corporation gave us the grant to implement this program. it hasn't been easy, but we have been able to see now some of the success stories of some of those kids that have been able to take the opportunity and continue to grow within their education and eventually become a very successful citizen. >> so the computer lab, they're doing the backpacks. i don't know if you're going to be able to do the class. you still want to try? . yeah. go for it. >> we have a young man by the name of ivan mello. he came here two and a half years ago to be part of our digital arts music lab. graduating with natural, fruity loops, rhymes. all of our music lyrics are clean. he came as an intern, and now he's running the program. that just tells you, we are only creating opportunities and there's a young man by the name of eduardo ramirez. he tells the barber, what's that flyer? and he says it's a program that teaches you computers and art. and i still remember the day he walked in there with a baseball cap, full of tattoos. nice clean hair cut. i want to learn

. >>> speaking of our housing market this could be a solution to san francisco's housing crisis. turn all that empty office space into housing. the city has one of the highest commercial vacancy rates of any big city. a supervisor wants to convert some of the office space into residential spaces. the downtown core used to make up 70% of the gross domestic product but post covid, many companies aren't requiring their workers to return to the office. now the supervisor plans to hold hearings to explore how the city can encourage building owners to convert offices to home. >> we have the zoning that allows for it. we have a downtown plan that allows for it. what we don't have is the ability to move in an expedited manner. >> and there are challenges including the high construction cost and san francisco's legendary red tape. that could be changing. the city has commissioned a study to see how many towers in the downtown core could be candidates to be turned into homes. and that would be a big deal and a big process to undergo in san francisco. >> that's for sure. rob joins us now. bo

housing. making it in the bay is hard to come by. a san francisco supervisor has a plan to help ease the crunch, convert all these empty office buildings into residential units. the commercial vacancy rate is high. and a beloved oakland business is closing its doors after five decades in the community. it's the go-to beauty supply store in oakland that specializes in products for black hair. the owner packing away hair supplies and packing up a rich history. we'll speak to him about why he's shutting down and the customers who are so sad to see his business go. that and more coming up at 5:00. >>> well, history made on the basketball court, you may have heard. lebron james is now the scoring king in the nba. we'll show you how steph curry and other players are reacting when we come back in two minutes. >>> welcome back. trending right now, and you saw this on "nightly news" the nba has a new scoring king. the one and only lebron james. >> coming to the end of the third quarter, lebron james, a shot at history, and lebron stands alone! >> lebron pass

still ahead, trying to come up with solutions to san francisco's housing issues. new proposal that involves converting commercial space. >>> and managing expectations. the new warning about inflation that signals it could be a concern for longer than anyone wants. >>> plenty of sunshine today. temperatures in the 60s. by this time tomorrow san jose closer to 70 degrees. springlike temperatures and showers in t business can happen anytime, anywhere. so help yours thrive and stay connected with the comcast business complete connectivity solution. it's the largest, fastest, reliable network. advanced gig speed wifi. and cyberthreat protection. starting at just $49.99 a month. plus, you can save up to 60% a year when you add comcast business mobile. or, ask how to get up to a $750 prepaid card. complete connectivity. one solution, for wherever business takes you. comcast business. powering possibilities. >>> a man in the south bay is behind bars accused of pistol-whipping people at atm machines. san jose police say 20-year-old ramirez robbed or tried to rob victims fo

. >> reporter: in the black was created by the san francisco housing development corporation a group founded in the '80s to try to blunt the cultural damage of redevelopment. harris, who serves as the group's programming director, says more recently it was the pandemic that hit black-owned businesses especially hard. >> when covid hit african american businesses were not qualifying for any support. >> this is the hoodie. dreamer boys. >> reporter: life long fillmore residents joseph broussard was caught up in the neighborhood's rough edges, losing a brother to gun violence. he is now an entrepreneur at in the black, selling his dreamer boys line of clothing. >> to get this opportunity and be a part of the fillmore, you know, legacy, it's phenomenal. >> reporter: in a way, it's symbolic that this business occupying a ground floor is the ground floor of a bolder vision. its founders hope to open more stores in the fillmore and beyond. >> i think this is a bold statement saying that the glory days of fillmore are coming back. this is just the seed and it's planting and it will expand. >

san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still

you coming up. >>> before our super bowl coverage we have developments on the deadly house explosion in san francisco'sun set district. as neighbors continue to try to pick up the pieces. that explosion destroyed a house and caused two homes by it to be red tagged. >> video shows the shear strength of the deadly blast. da lin spoke to a man who was across the street when the house blew up. >> reporter: surveillance video shows him next to a light pole in front of his . he were talking when the house across the street blew up. >> all of a sudden, we heard explosion, boom. then we saw the fire. >> reporter: impact pushed him several feet away. it took him a few seconds to regain his balance. he called 911. >> to see the glass and the garage door look like it blew up. >> reporter: the force flew open the back door of this white prius. a driver came out and appeared okay. the explosion knocked out many windows and doors of homes. not a scratch on you. >> no. >> reporter: how do you feel about that? >> lucky. that's all i can say. both of us, nothing wrong. we didn't get hit by glass or wood or anything. >>

. >> priorities including public safety and housing getting san francisco's a downtown brought back to life. that's a big one. she addressed an audience that included residents and city officials. there are politicians. she outlined her vision from that glass atrium. this isn't a modern building, a pier 70. she describes san francisco as resilient. she called it the city. that knows how a major focus she says will be making san francisco more competitive and trying to make that happen as soon as possible. right now. we can't wait till next year. right now. i'm proposing legislation to protect our existing companies. >> by pausing tax increases on our retail businesses are hotels, manufacturing sectors and arts and entertainment. to attract new businesses. we will be offering tax breaks. >> for 3 years any company that wants to start business in san francisco. >> the mayor also wants to put another 25 million dollars in to police over time. the department, of course, is really been struggling to attract more officers to the force to fill job vacancies. the board of supervisors would hav

said they're even willing to go into debt to make valentine's day, special housing advocates joined city leaders in san francisco to announce new housing legislation. state senator scott wiener was on hand to outline his proposal. it would extend the law currently in place. to streamline and accelerate housing approvals in areas that underperformed their housing targets. senator weiner says this new proposal would build on the success of the existing law. has been absolutely transformational in terms of allowing people to build housing. we are desperately in need of new homes and california. we are short millions of homes and asked me 35 is a good government measure that will allow us to accelerate home construction. housing advocates say the current law effectively stripped away the red tape that gets people off the streets. and into permanent housing. 35 enabled us to entitle this development and only four months. versus the average of two years just for the entitlements process for permanent supportive housing to end homelessness. critics of the bill say the legislation takes local control away from cities an

project from others without doing much this research we already know a lot about the state of housing in san francisco. we than there is a housing crisis? affects low income and group and we then and there them crisis has to do with them not being enough housing. than i are not being enough affordable housing and know this this is also an accessibility crisis given san francisco's relatively old housing stock. so to focus areas that we can shed new light. we aim it identify primarily barriers across our housing system. and pinpoint challenges that not only affect our community but burden the service provide and housing agencies from being as effective as possible. in reading their mission employs for this assessment we gathered andan likewised information in many ways. we leveraged agency and programs to help us know the profiles who the housing program serve and huwe serve them. a priority making sure we heard directly from the communities. stake holder engage am. we provide many ways for residence denials to make voices heard. to do this, we worked with a consultant to gather data through methods li

housing. governor newsom has threatened consequences for cities that failed to submit plans that comply with the law. san francisco has just opened its newest and biggest permanent, supportive housing development. the building in the south of market neighborhood includes more than 250 studio apartments , as well as on site nursing counseling and medicare and other supportive services, as well as a large commercial kitchen as part of a job training program to help people start a career in the food industry, the building is meant to be something about one stop shop to help those in need. stay on the path to permanent housing. what all of us in this field are trying to do is make it as easy as possible for folks that are exiting homelessness to get the resources that they need. with few barriers as possible, and i think that's especially true here in a pretty good experience, um, living here , and i plan to use this as a hand up as opposed to a handout . the project was joint effort between federal, state and local governments, as well as private sector helped to build housing at the site of a former parking lot. the

now, 5 35, the state of california certified san francisco's housing plan to build more than 82,000 newomes in the city over the next eight years, calls for increasing zoning in several neighborhoods at the city identified as being ideal for more housing, including the sunset, the richmond and the financial district right now, all jurisdictions in california are required to submit plans for their share of new housing. governor newsom threatened consequences for those cities that failed to submit plans that comply with the law. and san francisco just opened its newest and biggest, permanent, supportive housing development to help people struggling to make it the buildings in the south of market neighborhood. it includes more than 250 studio apartment, as well as on site nursing counseling and medical care, supportive services and a large commercial kitchen. it will be part of a job training program to help people learn a career in the food industry. the hope is the building will be a one stop shop to help people in need of staying on the path to permanent housing. what all of us in this

. >> reporter: in the black was created by the san francisco housing development corporation, a groupounded in the '80s to try and blunt the cultural damage of redevelopment. hara says more recently, it was the pandemic that hit black-owned businesses especially hard. >> when covid hit, you know, african-american businesses were not qualifying for, you know, any support. >> and this is the hoodie. >> reporter: life-long fillmore resident, joseph broussard found himself caught up in the neighborhood's rough edges, losing a brother to gun violence. he's now an entrepreneur at in the black, selling his dreamer boys line of clothing. >> for me to get this opportunity and be a part of this legacy is phenomenal. >> reporter: in a way, it's symbolic that it's the ground floor of a bolder vision. the hope is to open more stores here and beyond. >> i think this is a bold statement that the glory days of fillmore are coming back. it will expand. >> reporter: so far, in the black has fulfilled part of its mission. since it opened, the number of black-owned businesses on fillmore has grown from 1

kumasi: help cities like san francisco meet their affordable housing goals. scott wiener just introduced legislation meant to streamline and accelerate housing permits. san francisco is on the hook to build 82,000 units in the next eight years under a new state law. roughly half of those have had their plans approved. at yesterday's nose conference, we heard from a woman who moved into the housing through a streamlining process. >> i was like, wow, mine, i can actually shut the door. i can shower. >> if you meet all the rules, the zoning, the setbacks, designs, you get your permit. kumasi: it can still take five years before residents can move in. the permitting process and a couple of years for construction. reggie: san francisco has made it all the top spot in an unfortunate list. number one in the cities across the country with the highest number of un-housed youth per capita. for every 100,000 people, 85 resident between 18 and 24, children and teens are experiencing homelessness. >> it is all of our problem. you see somebody on the street in san jose, tha

the suspect in last year's san francisco house explosion will be back in court for arraignment. 53-year-old darren price did not enter a plea during initial court appearance. we were not allowed to show his face. prosecutors say a dryer y s butane from an illegal drug lab inside the home. his wife 51-year-old rita price died in the explosion and fire in the sun set district. >>> five former memphis police officers set to be arraigned for involvement in the death of tyre nichols last month. they're facing seven charges including second degree murder and aggravated assault. nichols was repeated punched and kicked during a traffic stop and he died three days later. >>> president biden directing his team to develop sharper rules about when to shoot down unidentified projects over the country. the three objects earlier this month were not related to china's surveillance program. they were likely from private companies or research institutions. a lot of questions about all the balloons that are popping up all over the place. some are saying they could be weather balloons. >> all the national weat

the largest permanent supportive housing project in the city of san francisco. and assad secretary fudge repeatedly says housing is a fundamental right and everyone deserves to have a state stable , safe and stable place to call home. to those who were formerly housed and sheltered, and now we'll have the state fee, stability and security of four walls and a roof. and a key to adore you can lock congratulations. zilong journey . i'm sure but you know we are doing everything that we can to houses. many of our houses neighbors as we possibly can. this development is also a great example of how effective public and private partnerships can be when the public and private sectors work together. i said at a philanthropic roundtable on homelessness and los angeles just two weeks ago that we are all in this together. no single entity level of government or private partner can do it alone. it's going to take all of us working together to how zarand housed neighbors provide the wraparound services that are needed and get them onto a better path way like the permanent suppo

housing climate change. and recovering from the covid 19 pandemic. born and raised in san francisco mayor breeds vision for the city is rooted in her experiences growing up in public housing and living in neighborhoods impacted by redevelopment. and her commitment to creating opportunities for all san franciscans. to live and thrive. you see, we got another thing that i have in common with you here. we gave you deebo samuel. from spartanburg. i was hoping to have a better introduction with you today, but that didn't work out. so ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to your mayor. london breed. thank you. thank you. thank you . well first of all, i gotta say , um, you know there. i don't know what your nephew who sang the song. i'm sorry. i don't know his name. but michael when michael was singing, um, what's what's interesting is something was going on inside of me at that moment, and i didn't understand what was going on. and then when peter told the story about what helen said. i really felt that connection and it was like i didn't get it at the time, but i got it when he sa