san francisco district attorney voters will decide if brooke jenkins will retain her role as the city's top prosecutor. her leading opponents are civil rights, attorney job arenas and john sake. both served on the san francisco police commissioned in oakland, 10 people are vying to replace mayor libby schaaf, who is being turned out of office in january . a recent oakland chamber of commerce poll shows city council member lauren taylor and xiang tao, running neck and neck. taylor is endorsed by mayor shaft. dad was backed by oakland's major labor groups, and in the south bay voters will decide who will be the next share for santa clara county. the races between former palo alto police chief kevin jensen and former l. a county sheriff bob johnson. election comes less than a week after former santa clara county sheriff laurie smith was found guilty in a civil corruption trial. another important race on the ballot tomorrow. the next mayor of san jose, longtime politicians cindy chavez, and newcomer matt mehan , both vying to be the next leader of the city, ktvu, south bay reporter lamonica peters has more on the campaigns. with about 24 hours to go before finding out who the next mayor will be. please remember to vote . hope you h

the san francisco police commission found that only 8.1% of reported crimes in 2021 lead it know arrest san francisco pd's lowest rate in 10 years and among the lowest law enforcement success rate in the country. hudo you thbl electric offul solved crimes will play in your job as district attorney? >> it has 100%. to do with lack of leadership and low moral in this city. i was a police officer. i took many risks i knew the look on people's face when i give them safety. when they called 911 in the night. we are the number one job the number one job of the da in san francisco is to keep people safe. we are failing our people in san francisco. our police commission needs to stop worrying about the things they do and start doing things that keep people safe. a policy that says once you get in a vehicle the police can't chase you. there is good policy not having car chase in cities. i get that. but day after day when you parade a police chief in front of press conferences and demoralize the police department you upon sends a message to the police officers we don't support you. i will send a

both served on the san francisco police commission.akland, 10 people are vying to replace mayor libby schaaf, who is being turned out of office in january. a recent oakland chamber of commerce polls shows lauren taylor and xiang tao, running neck and neck. this is a ranked choice race, which means it could take a few days until we find out the winner. time is 608, the race for mayor of san jose, also a tight race between cindy chavez and mad mehan. one of them will replace sam liccardo, who has turned out as mayor. the latest polls show there's no front runner in the race, both candidates plan to be out campaigning until the polls closed tonight. the justice department is sending poll monitors to dozens of locations across the country, including here in the bay area, the monitors will be made up of people from the doj civil rights division, as well as members of the u. s attorney's office. their objective is to help protect people from potential voter intimidation or suppression and to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportu

both served on the san francisco police commission across the bay and oakland 10 people are vying to replace oakland mayor libby shock. she is being turned out oakland chamber of commerce poll shows council members lauren taylor and xiang tao are essentially neck and neck. now this is a ranked choice race, which may it could take a few days until we learn who will be the next mayor of oakland. in the south bay. the mayor of san jose is also a tight race between cindy chavez and matt mehan. one will replace sam liccardo, who is also being turned out. latest polls show. there is no front runner in this race. both candidates plan to be out campaigning until the polls close at eight o'clock tonight. i feel like, you know, being mayor of san jose and running should be hard right? it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice. we are certainly fighting an uphill battle against an established career politician, but we've been offering new solutions, a change in direction, and the community seems to be really responding to that. so even tho

both served on the san francisco police commission. and in oakland, 10 people are vying to replace mayor libby schaaf, who was being termed out of office in january. a recent oakland chamber of commerce poll shows council members lauren taylor and shane tao, running neck and neck. this is a ranked choice race, though, which means it could take a few days until we find out a winner. in the oakland mayor's race. we're also following the san jose mayoral race as well as who will replace former santa clara county sheriff laurie smith, among many other races and propositions, and we will, of course, keep you up to date on all of these races throughout the night, right here on ktvu will have the latest election coverage so you can stay right here with us. well if you made your way to the polls today, you're likely encountered some brain he made for some treacherous driving conditions. flooded freeways across the bay area and kept the chp and caltrans very busy. henry lee, joining us now live from oakland , with the latest on conditions out t

both served on the san francisco police commission across the bay in oakland. 10 people are hoping toce barely be chef was being turned out of office in january. recent oakland chamber of commerce poll shows council members lauren taylor and xiang tao, running neck and neck. this is a ranked choice race, which means it could take a few days until we find out the winner. another important race on the ballot. the next mayor of san jose, longtime politicians, cindy chavez and newcomer met mehan both vying to be the next leader of that city. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters has more on the campaigns. with about 24 hours to go before finding out who the next mayor will be. please remember to vote . hope you have a plan to get your ballot in high. this is cindy chavez and i am running for mayor of san jose. and i was calling to talk to you about the election. cindy chavez, a mat mayhem are reflecting on what last year has been like during the campaign. i feel like, you know, being mayor of san jose and running should be hard right . it's an important job and the community should put

attorney joe verona's and criminal defense attorney john hamasaki, both served on the san francisco police commission replace mayor libby schaaf. she's being turned out of office in january, a recent oakland chamber of commerce poll shows council members lauren taylor and shank how are essentially neck and neck to replace mayor libby schaaf. oakland has ranked choice, which means this race could take a few days until we learn who is the winner. the race for mayor of san jose is also a tight race between city chavez and matt mehan. one of them will replace sam liccardo, who has turned out the latest polls show there is no front runner in the race, and both candidates plan to be out campaigning until the polls close tonight. i feel like, you know, being mayor of san jose and running should be hard right? it's an important job and the community should put us through our paces as they make their choice. we are certainly fighting an uphill battle against an established career politician, but we've been offering new solutions, a change in direction, and the community seems to be really responding to that.

to create a department that aspires to be a model of 21st century policing the recent san francisco police commission did a nationwide search it find a chief like bill scott was because the reform our police department needed to do given the problem its had. we can't fulfill the promise of that if everybody is running to the next priority -- you know 911 call. it is about community policing. it building trust and recruiting from the communities this serve us. there is promise there, i will say that the last couple of police academy classes are more diverse than before in san francisco history. we don't have enough mrfrs that will be something we don't solve many public safety problems if weapon can't solve that. >> ms. billie cooper. thank you, cherelle jackson. you know i felt so safe in my neighborhood when i saw police walking through the neighborhood. what you call that00 eye forget what do you call that. foot patrol. i felt safe when i i felt more cohesively sense of safety seeing the police walking through the neighborhoods and getting to know the neighbors and the store owners. the people that

please stand by for city of san francisco, police commission meeting. >> to the flag flt united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with justice and freedom for all. >> commissioner walker. >> here. >> commissioner walker is here. >> benedicto? >> present. >> yanez. >> haoefr. >> ye is excused. you have a quorum, we have chief scott from the san francisco police department. >> thank you, welcome everybody. welcome director henderson, welcome back. welcome to the public to those in the audience, to our november 22, 2022, happy wednesday. it's my favorite day of the week. with that being said, let's go ahead and start. >> line item 1, general public. but are within the subject matter of the police commission. during public comment neither police nor commissions are required to respond to questions by the public but may provide a free response. calling 415-655-0001. i'll turn it you may submit public comment, email the commissioner. or written comments may be sent via postal service san francisco california 94158. if you would like

police commission and examining them regarding alchemy. we should not allow [indiscernible] [audio muffled] you have to go to high streets and see the situation over there. have been compromised in san francisco. and supervisor, the police commission, our mayor, our controller, they're not doing their job. thank you very much. >> good evening, callers you have two minutes. >> speaker: yes, i'm 26 year resident of the castro. and i have a basic question for the police commissioner. i would like to ask why the police continually does not enforce the dow which prohibits camping on our sidewalk. most of the people in my neighborhood that are camping on the street and refuse shelter. we're not trying to criminalize the homeless but only trying to get treatment for those who refuse it and make them obey the laws. resident and virtual in my neighborhood support this effort, really request, real treatment for drug addicts and mentally ill. you must listen to the voice of the people not the nonprofit who make money when they lack a real solution to the voluntary homeless in our city. thank you. >> clerk: good evening, caller you have two minutes. >> speaker: i'm from the community founder. quote, addr

the investigation from both sf mta and the california public utilities commission and san francisco police will continue tomorrow and in the days to come to try to get to the bottom of exactly what happened and what caused this collision here. those two light rail vehicles on the embarcadero this afternoon we're live in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news, christian. thank you for that. a multi vehicle crash at a target parking lot sent three people to the hospital. that's happened around noon time at the bridge point shopping center on fashion island boulevard in san mateo sky. foxx was overhead. the scene earlier today. traffic officers are currently investigating the cause of the collision. police have sent to reopen the entrance to the parking lot. an suv slammed into a building in san francisco's tenderloin district last night, but fortunately no one was hurt . we received this video from citizen app. you can see the black suv under the awning of the hotel. san francisco police say the driver also hit two parked cars before running into that building. the driver was cite

the discussion in san francisco comes just a month after the oakland police commission decided against the policy, they would have allowed opd to use robots with shotguns in dallas, a robot armed with explosives was used by police to kill a man suspected of shooting and killing five police officers. 2016 transport the robot. supervisor hillary ronen spoke out against authorizing lethal force for robots, saying she thinks this is an incredibly dangerous route to go. in san francisco, henry lee ktvu fox studios, and within the last couple of minutes we did learn here into our newsroom that that motion has passed with amendments across the bay homicide detectives in the city of oakland have launched an investigation following a deadly shooting last night. this happened just before 10 30 near 34th street in san pablo avenue . that's right near 5. 80 officers say they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was transported to a hospital where he later died. ktvu has learned in transit bus driver called police after coming up on the scene nowhere tonight if anyone has been arrested. sa

the discussion in san francisco comes just a month after the oakland police commission decided against the policy that would have allowed opd to use robots with shotguns . in dallas, a robot armed with explosives was used by police to kill a man suspected of shooting and killing five police officers in 2016. supervisor hillary ronen spoke out against authorizing lethal force for robots, saying she thinks this is an incredibly dangerous route to go. in san francisco, henry lee ktvu fox studios. new at 5 30 in east bay woman is telling her story after suddenly needing an organ transplant to save her life word from washington on a vote to preserve marriage equality. plus a rare winter storm is blowing through the seattle area tonight help people there are dealing with this unusual cold. in that cold system up there is going to be visiting us as we head into the next 48 hours or so we're getting rain. we're getting snow in the mountains win. the whole bit is going to be winter again. life is uncertain. it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried or frustrated. calhope can help access, cal

the discussion in san francisco comes just a month after the oakland police commission decided against the policy that would have allowed opd to use robots with shotguns . in dallas, a robot armed with explosives was used by police to kill a man suspected of shooting and killing five police officers. 2016 the robot. supervisor hillary ronen spoke out against authorizing lethal force for robots, saying she thinks this is an incredibly dangerous route to go. in san francisco, henry lee ktvu, fox studios and san francisco supervisor hillary ronen weighed in once again just after the vote tweeting out even worse than i thought only three of us myself. salmon walton and dean president voted against arming robots with weapons to kill. the california energy commission held a hearing today questioning the reasons for the state's high gas prices. all five oil companies in california marathon valero phillips, 66, pbf, energy and chevron were invited to the hearing. but none of them attended. the commission has asked oil companies to answer questions about their profit margins and why california

police department not to have the risk to officers . this vote in san francisco comes just a month after a similar request by oakland police in that case, members of the oakland police commission request. to use robots with shotguns. garcia salin, andre back to you, ali. thank you. we have new information and photos of the smash and grab robbery at an oakland convenience store. neighbors heard glass shattering early morning at the quick stop on the corner of merit in brooklyn avenues right near lake merritt. photos posted on social media show black suv plowing through the entrance of the store. three thieves then took the stores a t m outside, they couldn't drive the suv away because it was stuck on those red bollard post that they have in front of the store. when this say after police arrived, the thieves still escaped in a second vehicle. i was shocked because the police didn't follow. and i thought, what the heck aren't the why aren't the police following them? police departments policy on chase's says officers can only pursue a vehicle and there is reasonable suspicion that the people in the car committed a violent, forcible crime or one involving the use of a firearm. the

this new policy in san francisco comes just a month after a similar request by oakland police police commissionolicy that would have allowed opd to use robots. with shotguns. live in the newsroom. ali rasmus ktvu fox two news. thank you. ali. president biden is urging congressional leaders to address major issues before the end of the year. reporter lauren blanchard tells us the potential rail strike that could come in about a week is one of the president's top priorities. we're going to find other areas of common ground hill with republicans set to take over the house in the new year, president biden gathered congressional leaders at the white house to figure out where both sides can agree right now, especially on the looming rail workers strike next week has to act to prevent it. it's not an easy cold, but i think we have to do it. and the risk fertilizer and some chemical manufacturers announced they will have to stop moving their products on sunday, president biden has called on congress to force the terms of a tentative deal reached in september, speaker nancy pelosi says wednesday the hou

and park, mta, the san francisco public library, the police department, the fire department, the public utilities commission, and real-estate. and others and these are the major sponsoring agencies. encouragemently we have 188 owe on currently we have 188 active projects which is a lot including something managed by the project management which we've had an overview on although most projects are actively managed in-house with our current staff. and we have more than $1.2 billion in project budgets of various phases of design and construction. in the next few slides, i'm going to show you, i would like to address the following questions, what is the role of a city architect in government? what is the role of a government architect? this question has been asked and asked many times over the years, sometimes even by the private sector. i would say we are many things and actually the bureau of architecture is interesting in that i think we're the only organization in the country that has a 68 full-time design and production staff. people talk about new york or los angeles, they have about 15 to 18 production st

federal trade commission to investigate twitter for any consumer protection law violations in san francisco, rob nesbitt kron, 4 news >> coming up, why the man accused of driving into a group of police recruits in los angeles county has been release. we have that story after the break. what makes the train so magical? it's not just the enchanting call of the whistle or the adventurous spirit in every bend of the track. it's about where it goes. to places. and faces. and the warmest of memories. the magic of the train is more than how it takes us away. it's how it brings us together. ♪ >> welcome back. the man accused of driving into a group of law enforcement recruits in los angeles county is back at home after being released from custody last night. authorities determined they needed to investigate more before they can keep. 22 year-old nicholas joseph cut heroes detained. he was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer after his car veered into the wrong lane on a residential street and crashed into a group of la county law enforcement recruits who were on a training run, injuring 20 of them. it will be up to the county district attorney to decide whether good

san francisco. we just don't see at this time cops are 3ing their hands up that's gotta stop. >> thank you. >> john? one of the thing i wed on on the police commission was what joe mentioned, which is getting police officers out of the car in the community. wuking foot beats. you know there is opposition to that. for a variety of reasons. but you know having populars out in the communities where well is increases in violent crime orring dangerous crime is good. we need police officers that are willing to dot w this are willing to enengage with the community. part of the community. because you know it does not matter if you are a cop and out there. if the neighborhood does in the trust you, nobody will come to you for the problems. that's why they need to reestablish the police and the prosecutors reestablish trust with communities to have true public safety. because without it, you know there is 2 sides on each end wanting the same thing. we need to work together and need to rebuild trust. thank you. >> with respect to public transportation you have a vulnerable population. children and elderly and everybody. it needs heightened scrutiny. i'm for po

police commission apparently feels it is [inaudible] the lusystem a low priority. i'd like to encourage or commission to adjust the priorities. safety of the residents of san francisco especially pedestrians and tourists who frequency the high injury network streets such as embarcadero, are at risk. thank you. we within languager. hello caller. good morning commissioners. i'm rick i lived in san francisco for 48 years in bernal heights. i joined organizations because i want to protect people from the r. an traffic violence that is caused by the attitude for violations of traffic lutz. in san san francisco people talk about getting tough on crime and fail to talk about the crime that cost lives of 16 pedestrian this is year and killed almost 43,000 people each year nationwide. on top of this there are thousands of wounded [inaudible] for the rest of their lives. criminals that drive reckless low by speeding, running sign s and lights endanger lives. i witnessed drivers running 3 stop signs. one stop light and people speeding and parking in the so called bike way this guess unchecked. i have a concern about lake merked boulevard 18 years ago i escaped death when a mun

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police commission apparently feels it is [inaudible] the lusystem a low priority. i'd like to encourage or commission to adjust the priorities. safety of the residents of san francisco especially pedestrians and tourists who frequency the high injury network streets such as embarcadero, are at risk. thank you. we within languager. hello caller. good morning commissioners. i'm rick i lived in san francisco for 48 years in bernal heights. i joined organizations because i want to protect people from the r. an traffic violence that is caused by the attitude for violations of traffic lutz. in san san francisco people talk about getting tough on crime and fail to talk about the crime that cost lives of 16 pedestrian this is year and killed almost 43,000 people each year nationwide. on top of this there are thousands of wounded [inaudible] for the rest of their lives. criminals that drive reckless low by speeding, running sign s and lights endanger lives. i witnessed drivers running 3 stop signs. one stop light and people speeding and parking in the so called bike way this guess unchecked. i have a concern about lake merked boulevard 18 years ago i escaped death when a mun

san francisco youth commission. today i want to talk about the issues ever bureaucracy in the da's office and police department. between 2003 and 2013, 753 rape kits despite legislation mandate all rape kits must be tested. additional low, in 2016 the department of justice audits sfpd and offered recommendations 91 addressed the conscience in the special victim's unit. we urge the da office and sfpd to test all rape kit and begin an investigation in fret hours of receiving them. we urge sfpd to virize youth voices on sexual assault and sexual harassment. lastly we urge the sfpd to properly assist survivor in filing a police department in getting medical care and holding perpetrators acountsability and maintaining survivor's legal rights in a timely manner. thank you for your time and calling this hearing. >> thank you. . i'm [inaudible] will plummer i serve commissioner on the san francisco youth commission representing young people across our city. i want to thank you for taking time for this important issue. and to urge this to be the beginning of a thorough press ensuring student safety and well innocence sa