senator scott wiener, state senator scott wiener is calling on both the city and the state to issue a state of emergency kron four's rob nesbitt. talk to the senator today about how that might improve testing and vaccine supply. and he joins us now live from our newsroom. rob, can san francisco and los angeles go back and forth with having the highest number of monkeypox cases in the state. >> senator wiener says that's concerning when you consider the difference in population between the 2 cities. with supplies running out, the u.s. announced wednesday that 800,000 more doses of the monkeypox vaccine had been approved to be sent out to states in need of more. the shipment coming from denmark. but senator scott wiener says the food and drug administration should have acted sooner. it's why he's calling on san francisco in california to declare a state of emergency responsability for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually. >> and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into providers. senator wiener says the state of emergency will also remove barriers around

but senator scott wiener says the food and drug administration should have acted sooner.s why he's calling on san francisco in california to declare a state of emergency responsability for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually. >> and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into providers. senator wiener says additional funding would also remove barriers around monkeypox testing. important when it's assume that there are more positive cases of the virus that are being reported were a city of 900. you're not 1000 people. >> and we're being impacted. you know, per capita more than york city far more than ally. the u.s. is considering issuing emergency following in the footsteps of the world health organization. doctor peter chin-hong ucsf says the action at the federal state and local level result in a more well oiled machine for health care providers. the administrative help you need to fill out the paperwork to get treatment and to follow up patients that requires additional funding. >> the public health response to track people on contact. trac

but senator scott wiener says the food and drug administration should have acted sooner. it's why he's calling on san francisco in california to declare a state of emergency responsability for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually. >> and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into providers. senator wiener says the state of emergency will also remove barriers around monkeypox testing. important when it's assume that there are more positive cases of the virus that are being reported were a city of 900. you're not 1000 people and we're being impacted. you know, per capita more than york city are more than ally. the u.s. is considering issuing an emergency following in the footsteps of the world health organization. doctor peter chin-hong ucsf says the action at the federal state and local level with monkeypox means more dedicated funding results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if we're not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. the san francisco department of public

but senator scott wiener says the food and drug administration should have acted sooner. it's why he's calling on san francisco in california to declare a state of emergency responsability for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually. >> and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into providers. senator wiener says the state of emergency will also remove barriers around monkeypox testing. important when it's assume that there are more positive cases of the virus that are being reported were a city of 900. you're not 1000 people and we're being impacted. you know, per capita more than york city far more than ally. the u.s. is considering issuing an emergency following in the footsteps of the world health organization. doctor peter chin-hong ucsf says the action at the federal state and local level with monkeypox means more dedicated funding results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. the san francisco department of public health

the state senator scott wiener says that still isn't enough. he's now calling a both the city and the state issued a state of emergency infectious disease experts say that would mean more resources to treat the outbreak. >> chris, possibility for a minute stirring vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. >> the city's department of public health says san francisco will receive around 4200 doses by the end of the week. and the south bay, santa clara county health officials say they are expecting more vaccines as well. although their case rate is significantly lower than san francisco's the cases they do have are concerning kron four's. dan thorn has that update. >> santa clara county has the 3rd highest number of monkeypox cases in the bay area. at 39, the numbers are significantly lower than san francisco, but it's

senate bill 2 to one, which was authored by state senator scott wiener will require health care organizations and insurers to help patients who are seeking therapy. get appointments and no more than 10 business days. but some union medical workers say they do not have the tools nor the resources to meet that demand. wiener along with representatives from the national union of healthcare workers and kaiser employees expressed their concerns during a virtual news conference today. >> according to kaiser, my clinic fully staffed yet. patients currently have to wait about a month and a half in between therapy. sessions. not that long ago when we weren't fully staffed the wait time was 2 months or more in between appointments. kaiser says that we're fully staffed now, but we're not remotely close to providing clinically appropriate care or meeting the requirements of senate bill. 2.21. >> kaiser permanente has maintained that it is committed to growing this workforce in order to meet the requirements of sb 2 to one. >> coming up at 6, the supreme court just makes another controversial decision tod

but state senator scott wiener argues that still not enough. he wants the city and state to issue a state of emergency. experts say that would lead to more resources. >> chris, possibility for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. >> the san francisco general hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic that was closed again today because of a lack of supply. but the health department says the city will be getting about 4200 doses by the end of the week. and for the latest information on the disease, including a monkeypox case tracker vaccination sites. you can scan that qr code will take you right to our website. covid vaccination rate among children under age 5 have peaked in are now decreasing. that's according to a new survey by the kaiser family foundation. >> researchers also found about 40% of parents w

senator scott wiener.es like san francisco and oakland to keep the bars open an extra 2 hours. so it would close at 4 a and now instead of 2 supporters say it would also help businesses that are still struggling to recover from the pandemic. make some of that money back. but opponents say it could lead to more troubles and even deaths from drunken behavior and dui accidents. >> this is our 5th. a whack at keeping this deadly excuse for a business growth bill that does more to threaten the innocent public, then helping a few bars and night clubs increase their nightly revenue. >> it would be the same as like getting out to any way like the same, like with the streets and the safety. like it's only a few hours later. so. >> but critics say those few hours make a big difference when people are getting ready to head out, you know, for work are getting the kids ready for school. you have people going home even later. i don't. i mean, i think everybody just does it responsibly. >> i'm for it. all right. well, th

but state senator scott wiener says that still isn't enough. he's calling on the state and the city's to issue a state of emergency infectious disease experts say that that would mean that more resources would be available to treat the outbreak. >> chris, possibility for a minute stirring vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if we're not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. >> san francisco not only has the most cases, but the biggest demand for vaccines in san francisco supposed to get about 4200 doses of the monkeypox vaccine by the end of the week. santa clara county could also use more vaccines. and their officials say that they want to because they have a high case rate as well lower than san francisco. but still concerning kron four's. dan thorn has more. >> santa clara county has the 3rd highest number of monkeypox cases in the bay area. at 39, the

the state senator scott wiener says that's still not enough. he's calling on both the city and the state issued a state of emergency infectious disease experts say that will mean more resources to treat the outbreak. >> chris, possibility for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. >> the city's department of public health says san francisco will receive around 4200 doses by the end of the week. in the south bay, santa clara county health officials say they're also experiencing a monkey pox vaccine a shortage and lots more cases. the county has the 3rd case. now the 3rd started the 3rd highest case. number in the bay area. they have 39 cases in santa clara county and of those current cases. there's a disproportionate amount in the latino and hispanic community and mostly men, public health officer doc

surprisers including the president of the board walton, members mandalten, dorsey and our state sin scott wiener. we are here because we as a city and county of san francisco officially are declaring a state of emergency for a public health crisis in san francisco involving monkeypox and more clearly, we want to make it known that san francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city in the country. and just to put that into perspective recollect we saw over the past couple weeks the numbers begin to increase. at one point there was 60 and 80 and 140 and when there was 140 on july 20 i sent a letter to the secretary of the department of health and human service expressing significant concern and urgency for the need of vaccine in san francisco and we are at a very scary place and we dont want to be ignored by the federal government in our need. so many leaders of the lgbt community weeks ago asked for additional help and support and assistance and this was july 20 and now here we are. july july 28 and double the number at 281 cases of monkeypox and desperat

it rolls out in san francisco, oakland and los angeles, san francisco senator scott wiener author thathe goal is to prevent drug overdoses and limit the spread of diseases such as hiv. the bill passed with the bare minimum of votes needed a number of his fellow democrats did not support it. but senator wayne are released a statement saying, quote, right now we are letting people die on our streets for no reason other than an arbitrary legal prohibition that we need to remove sb. 57 is long overdue and will make a huge impact for some of the most vulnerable people in our community, unquote. that bill heads back to the state senate and then likely on to governor newsom's desk. >> bart fares going up starting tomorrow at 3.4% jump. that will mean the cost of a one-way ticket goes up a little bit between $0.5 and $0.50. the average ticket price, though they figure will we have about $0.15 money from the fare increase will reportedly be spent on things like more cleaning more police officers and buying new train cars. and that's not the only thing going up. north bay commuters can expect to

surprisers including the president of the board walton, members mandalten, dorsey and our state sin scott wiener. we are here because we as a city and county

but say senator scott wiener says that is not enough. he is calling on both the city and the state to issue a state of emergency infectious disease experts say that would mean more resources to treat the outbreak. >> chris, possibility for administering vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part of oss society moving forward. >> the u.s. is considering issuing an emergency following in the footsteps of the world health organization. meanwhile, san francisco waits for those additional doses to arrive. the san francisco general hospital monkeypox vaccine clinic was closed again today because of a lack of supply. but the census go, department of public health was informed today that the city will receive about 4,200 doses by the end of this week in santa clara county, health officials have administered 662 doses of the monkeypox vaccine.

state senator scott wiener issued a statement on wednesday. he says the u.s.w about a possible monkeypox spread in 2010. he says in 2019, the fda approved a vaccine but the united states only ordered enough to vaccinate 28,000 people. that's one reason for the current shortage. the concern at the county level is spread of the virus that could have been prevented. >> what that tells us is that there are more cases, that there are chains of transmission that we have not identified, that there is ongoing spread. >> you never really know what could happen. it definitely is a concern and is a priority to us and hoping that the community stays safe. anser: bay area health officials and epidemiologists emphasized that the risk of the virus to the general population remains low. santa clara county says it will expand eligibility as more vaccines become available. reporting live, anser hassan, abc 7 news. reggie: in san francisco, thousands have lined up, sometimes for hours over the past few weeks hoping to get a monkeypox vaccine only to be told they ran out. supervi

now state senator scott wiener says that that's welcome news in this latest battle to stop the spread of monkeypox. wastewater testing is incredibly important scientists at stanford or testing wastewater for monkeypox , just as they did for coronavirus. since last month, monkeypox has been detected and 10 of 11 sewer systems tested by the sewer, coronavirus alert network or scan, including palo alto and other bay area cities. democratic state senator scott wiener from san francisco, says wastewater testing will help with detection. regular individualized testing is very limited right now and so, you know, if it's a few 100 people are testing positive for monkey box. that means a lot more people than that actually have it and the wastewater will allow us to more scientifically track. um what the trends are at how prevalent and actually weiner also sent this tweet monday, saying the monkey pox vaccine has run out at san francisco general hospital, and it will be closed on tuesday with no known date for getting more vaccine supply. weiner says he and the community are frustrated francisc

they say nearly half of those are among latino men state senator scott wiener is calling monkeypox a public health crisis, saying that it needs to be treated as such more than 200 cases have been detected in san francisco. in a statement, senator weiner released today he is asking for a state of emergency to be declared that statement reads in part state of emergency declarations will create significant flexibility around testing, contracting for services in administration of vaccinations. it will allow us to use all the resources in our power. or to contain the outbreak. after weeks of delays , nearly 800,000 doses of the monkey pox vaccine will soon be available for distribution. us health officials say they will announce their allocation plans tomorrow, but we do know tonight that at least 4000 of those doses will come to san francisco , california is receiving millions of dollars from the usda to help local food banks all across our state. us agriculture secretary tom vilsack announced the funding this morning in your local county. it will be used to purchase locally grown produc

rates very, very high state senator scott wiener says the transfer plans are rushed and doing more harm than good. we are asking the federal government at least be more flexible and the transfers of the most vulnerable people don't have. >> to be federal to listen. the california advocates for nursing home reform is holding a town hall next week. >> urban started a petition to educate more people on what's happening. urban says he understands that there are safety violations that need to be fixed the doing it this way could have dire consequences for people like his mother-in-law. she is very frail of the >> that we weren't sure how long she was going to last. issues that really is less months lives and you have to go through this type of the situation is just a brutal way to to sort realize if the transfers continues, some people a move to add a state facilities. >> some were moved to homeless shelters. the city publishes a weekly summary of the closure process as of july 24th. the facility still has 608 patients. amanda hari kron, 4 news. >> united states now officially leads the worl

but state senator scott wiener says that still isn't enough. he's now calling on both the city and the state issued a state of emergency. you have infectious disease experts that say that would mean more resources to treat the outbreak. >> chris, possibility for a minute stirring vaccines and expands who is able to actually and minister vaccines. it also expedites entering into provide results in a well mall. well oiled machine. >> that we need right now if not going to make this an endemic infection, that's going to be part society moving forward. >> the city's department of public health says san francisco will receive around 4200 doses by the end of the week. in the south bay, santa clara county health officials say that they are expecting more vaccines as well. and their case rate is significantly lower than san francisco's. but there's still concerns. kron four's dan thorn has more from there. >> santa clara county has the 3rd highest number of monkeypox cases in the bay area. at 39, the numbers are significantly lower than san francisco,

. >> reporter: scott wiener says he will be pushing for the federal government pushing for more vaccinesthey have no idea when a new supply will come in. the bottom line, they need it now. in san francisco, cheryl hurd, back to you. >> we are learning san jose mayor tested positive for covid-19, again. news of his diagnose. it is not the first time he has had covid-19. he tested positive back in may. in the tweet the mayor says in part, quote, symptoms are minor with crumpiness and my s to anyone i may of exposed grumpiness and my apologizes to those i may of exposed. >>> masks are reinstated for b.a.r.t. the rules comes as covid-19 cases are surging in the bay area. the mask rules run through october 1st. >>> more problems for san francisco's lagoona honda hospital, they are putting a pause on transferring patients after several people died. state and federal officials ordered vulnerable patients to be relocated because they decertified the 156-year-old nursing home saying it provided substandard care. the families of people who live there is a at least four patients died within days or

as we get >> senator scott wiener is alluding to the federal government's handling of the aids crisis. he says more needs to be done. very small window of time. >> to control this outbreak. >> i'm taylor bisacky reporting kron. 4 news. >> the city's department of health says they are going to open 10 vaccine clinics once they get their next shipment of shots. you can actually schedule an appointment on the website. san francisco general hospital is also going to reopen their vaccine clinic on monday. that's going to be at 08:00am. as cases of monkeypox rise. experts are trying to figure out why certain populations are testing positive more often than others. we spoke to an infectious disease expert about positive cases among people of color kron four's. rob nesbitt has that story. there's no easy answer as to why the majority of monkeypox cases are happening among the latino community and other people of color. >> scientists are looking into it and doing everything they can to get the information out to those who need it most in order to stop the spread of monkeypox, you first need to

senate bill 2.21, which was authored by state senator scott wiener will require health care organizations and insurers to help patients seeking therapy with appointments in no more than 10 business days. but some union medical workers say they don't have the tools or resources to meet the demand. wiener, along with representatives from the national union of healthcare workers and kaiser employees express their concern at a virtual press conference this morning. >> according to kaiser, my clinic is fully staffed yet. patients currently have to wait about a month and a half in between therapy. sessions. not that long ago when we weren't fully staffed the wait time was 2 months or more in between appointments. kaiser says that we're fully staffed now, but we're not remotely close to providing clinically appropriate care or meeting the requirements of senate bill. 2.21. >> kaiser permanente has maintained it is committed to growing their workforce in order to meet the requirements of sb to 21. >> well, shifting topics here. we're taking another live look outside this time at the san francisco

scott wiener managed to wrangle $11 million in state funding for this complex, which will house a wholesale produce market to box shop in a hub where community centers for the neighborhood kids. the head of san francisco's boys and girls club say the kids help make this dream happen. >> you've spoken up, and thank you for everything that you've done to allow the voices of young people to be heard. to speak up and say this is what we need. congratulations for everything that you do. >> reporter: the renovation is a part of san francisco's hope sfy development and development. >>> truck drivers forced the closure of oakland. overhead for a third day. truckers protested california's gig worker labor law known as ab5. they say that law classifies drivers as independent contractors and deprives them of fair wages and benefits. 75,000 truckers who own and drive their own trucks fall under this law. officials say they are preventing most tracks from dropping off and picking up containers. >>> could macy's be moving away from department stores? the chain says it will open three new stores this fall

state senator scott wiener joined a group of environmentalists and community leaders who gathered toighlight the local impacts of plastic packaging from online retailers. the group spoke out in support of state bill ab-2026. it requires online retailers to reduce plastic packaging materials. >> could not recycle out of this problem. we are drowning in plastic and it's time to turn off the tap. j.r.: if it passes california would become the first state in the nation to limb e-commerce plastic packaging. a woman in san francisco proved there's strength in solidarity. >> when women come together they're unstoppable. >> the story behind this fundraiser. and so close. one tick sold in california was just one number away from winning that gigantic billion dollar plus lottery the world is full of make or break moments. especially if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, it's time to make your move to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do not take pr

francisco announced a state of emergency over this growing concern of monkeypox state senator scott wienerresents the city was a part of that announcement and he tells us today that more vaccines can't come fast enough. >> the more this president, particularly if it starts spreading straight to unit is we're going to see a dramatically increased demand for vaccines far beyond what we're saying today, which will swap any increases in vaccine supply that we seize the faster we can move to get vaccines into arms. the better. >> for the latest information on the disease, including the monkeypox case tracker and vaccination sites. you can scan this qr code. it will take you right to our website. kron 4 dot com. >> welcome to the field. the so. >> will clark officially joining the giants. legends today is the team are tired his number. 22 in a pre-game ceremony at oracle park, clarke's jersey will now hang side by side with the likes of willie mays won mary scholl and willie people at atnt park were fired up today for this giants. >> have retired only 2 jerseys of non hall of fame players, clark

. >> reporter: state senator scott wiener joining community leaders to demand more monkeypox vaccines from the feds. >> the city is pretty much out of a vaccine. >> reporter: requesting tens of thousands of doses to meet the need, but says the next shipment is expected to have less than 4,200. >> in order to vaccinate our highest risk communities, we need 35,000 doses. so far we've received about 30,000. >> reporter: community leaders who organized today's protest say they hope calls to action like this will help pressure federal officials to make monkeypox a bigger priority before infections become more widespread. >> what we're asking for is a ramp up production of the vaccine. we're asking that they make sure it gets distributed equitably and to those who are most at risk and need it first. >> reporter: some see troubling parallels to the initial aids outbreak 40 years ago with federal agencies not taking the virus seriously enough and doing too little to help stop it. >> and 30 years ago they ignored a virus and thousands died. they thought it was a hoax. and here we are we haven'

ama: state senator scott wiener is demanding action, issuing a statement saying "we are veering towardublic health mass of uncontrolled monkeypox spread in our community and many other communities." the white house has promised to have 2 million doses by the end of next year. some 800,000 of them may arrive as soon as the end of this month. there are currently almost 1500 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide. we are tracking all the latest information about monkeypox cases, testing and vaccines in the bay area. find those stories on our website, abc7news.com. new details tonight about a deadly crash on a bay area road known for street racing. ivana trump has died at the age of 73. the tribute from her ex-husband, the former president. a look at how bastille day was celebrated in san francisco today. a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live after abc7news at 11:00. >> hello, san francisco! i am filling in for jimmy kimmel. , tonight we've got demi lovato, plus science bob and i mess up the studio so badly he will never be invited back, next on "jimmy kimmel live." ♪ now you can s

rafael mandelman dorsey and our state senator scott wiener.ecause we as a city and county of san francisco officially, are declaring a state of emergency for a public health crisis. in san francisco involving monkeypox and more. we want to make it known that san francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city in the country. and just to put that into perspective, we saw over the past couple of weeks, the numbers. begin to rapidly increase. at one point, there was 60, then there was a tea. then there was one, 40. and when there was one 40 on july 20th, i sent a letter to the secretary of the department of health and human services, xavier becerra, expressing. significant concern and urgency for the need for vaccines in san francisco and that we are at a very scary place. we don't want to be ignored by the federal government in our needs. so many leaders of the lgbt community have also weeks ago. ask for additional help and support and assistance. and this was july 20th. and now here we are. >> july 28 an

ama: state senator scott wiener is demanding action, issuing a statement saying "we are veering toward public health mass of uncontrolled monkeypox spread in our community and many other communities." the white house has promised to have 2 million doses by the end of next year. some 800,000 of them may arrive as soon as the end of this month. there are currently almost 1500 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide. we are tracking all the latest information about monkeypox cases, testing and vaccines in the bay area. find those stories on our website, abc7news.com. new details tonight about a deadly crash on a bay area road known for street racing. ivana trump has died at the age of 73. the tribute from her ex-husband, the former president. a look at how bastille day was celebrated in san francisco today. a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live after abc7news at 11:00. >> hello, san francisco! i am filling in for jimmy kimmel. , tonight we've got demi lovato, plus science bob and i mess up the studio so badly he will never be invited back, next on "jimmy kimmel live." check out thi

well, state senator scott wiener took to twitter to highlight the lack of monkeypox vaccines available in the city. >> we're tweeted out, quote, the lack of vaccinations in san francisco is beyond unstable. it can't go on this way is calling on the federal government to follow through on its commitment. this and 35,000 doses of the vaccine to this city. well, the united states is considering declaring monkeypox a health emergency. you have health and human services secretary javier becerra. he says the u.s. is working with global partners to stop the spread. this all comes after the world health organization decided to declare an emergency over the weekend. this declaration could allow for more funding for treatment, but could also make it harder for people to get the already scarce vaccines available last week the federal government said the state of california, another 10,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. so far it has not been distributed and fact you have officials with the san francisco department of public health who said they still don't know how many of those doses they are g

i want to introduce senator scott wiener, who has been a strong champion for the health of gay men and all of our lgbtq communities in san francisco during our outbreak. >> thank you. i want to thank mayor breed and dr. koufax, dr. philip for this declaration of a state of emergency, which i think is incredibly important. i'm so proud to be a san franciscan and live in a city where our city as a whole and leadership really value public health and understand what public health is about. just like the city did and our mayor and the department of public health did so quickly at the beginning of the covid pandemic. just like this city did 40 plus years ago when the federal government completely and utterly abandoned our community when gay and bisexual men were just dying in droves, and absolute mass die off and the federal government completely abandoned us and san francisco stood strong and prioritized, focused, and build public health infrastructure to try and save lives. so i'm proud to be a san franciscan. what is frustrating is what is happening now is completely preventable. we need

san francisco state legislators, scott wiener and matt haney. >> are calling out the federal government poor planning when it comes to the vaccine. we need to go faster because the virus is spreading. >> it at a minimum for anyone we've it's it's not just going to be as it can be extremely painful. thursday the biden administration announced it will begin shipping an additional. >> 144,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine to states this monday at a news conference, friday county health officials in los angeles said they would be getting 6,000 of those doses help time. it's unclear how many san francisco will receive. >> but the san francisco aids foundation, which gets part of that allotment, says it clearly won't be enough. >> the foundation has received only about 90 doses the jenny vaccine. and we would need something like 6,000 to treat all of the patients that might get high rent. >> and while vaccines are behind, medical experts say so is testing, which is also critical to keeping monkeypox from getting out of control. >> it's very difficult to always recognize who's infected and pe

state health officials did not provide a reason for delays tuesday that senator scott wiener says he's put in a request for answers. usually there. >> pretty fast about to in the so have an inquiry what's going on supervisor rafael mandelman was frustrated to hear about a delay at the state level, but he puts the majority of blame on the federal government. well, the biggest thing is the defense need to do more. the need to be more urgent, need to acquire more vaccines, money to get them out much faster. the u.s. is considering declaring monkeypox a health emergency. >> after the world health organization declared a global health emergency over the weekend. the virus may not be life threatening but something to be avoided as more patients come forward and share the seriousness of their symptoms. painful and potentially disfiguring you. >> away from only were these guys to do weeks and weeks, much longer going to go quarantine. >> the california department of public health says distribution of the more than 10,000 monkeypox vaccine doses will start by the end of the week. reporting live

senator scott wiener says the fda has signed off on millions of doses of the monkeypox vaccine in denmark to be sent to the u.s. and that san francisco needs to be prioritized to get its fair share. people need to have easy access to this vaccine that we need to make sure focusing on the most impacted communities. other concerns, a lack of testing and the difficulties people are feeling to get treatment. michel roux pay with the harvey milk. lgbtq democratic club is a survivor of the hiv aids pandemic. he questions why there's been a lack of response from the federal government when it comes to monkeypox. there's seems to be this stigma attached to it. to think that because lgbtq populations are primarily being affected, that this is lgbtq issue. we know that it is not. organizers of monday's protest announced a new way that you can stay up to date with monkeypox and vaccine availability. >> you can do that by texting the words, prevent monkeypox, 2, 5, 2, 8, 8, 6 reporting in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> with more people in the bay area and across the state that contin

democratic state senator scott wiener from san francisco, says wastewater testing will help with detection. regular individualized testing is very limited right now and so, you know. in a few 100 people are testing positive for monkey pox . that means a lot more people than that actually have it and the wastewater will allow us to more scientifically track. um what the trends are and how prevalent and actually weiner also sent this tweet monday, saying the monkey pox vaccine has run out at san francisco general hospital, and it will be closed on tuesday with no known date for getting more vaccine supply. weiner says he and the community are frustrated francisco keeps running out of monkey pox vaccines we have a lot, one of the largest populations of people with monkeypox in the country. um it's spreading and we need to get people vaccinated, believes it will be months before the federal government can get an adequate amount of the vaccine where it's most needed. on monday, the white house also talked about monkey pox and its efforts to get a handle on the spread of the virus. to date, we h

all right, grant, thank you very this morning, mayor breed and state senator scott wiener announce state funding for >> a housing project in san francisco. the nearly 12 million dollars will be used to build more public housing units in the sunnydale hob and will include new things like daycare, a gym and playgrounds. >> sunny dow public housing community whose residents are largely community of color. this community for so many years. has lacked access to his basic community services and amenities that so many of us take for granted. so it has access to fresh food. access to a public gym where people can exercise and access to safe spaces for young people to apply. >> and i can't wait until we make the investments in sf market because that fresh produce that comes from jerrold street is going to come right here to the grocery store that we open in a sunnydale community that is long over due. >> the sunnydale hub took the city 15 years to build to offer hundreds of affordable housing units. coming up, the san jose police chief and a quick thinking police officers save a man from dying fr

this measure was offered by san francisco state senator scott wiener.t would allow supervised sites in san francisco, oakland and los angeles as part of a five year overdose prevention project. san francisco saw a record 711 overdoses in the year. 2020 and officials expect this year that number will be even higher. critics argue those sites encourage illegal drug use. it would be a burden on neighbors. the bill, though, still needs another senate vote before the governor can sign it. president kamala harris was in san francisco tonight for a political fundraiser. the event was held at a home in the city's richmond district. this was just one of two fundraisers that she attended today. earlier the vice president was in los gatto's at the home of a microsoft executive and democratics party supporter. vice president harris landed in the bay area just yesterday and was expected to leave tonight. a big one today for the oakland a's, a key state agency voted to reclassify the howard terminal site on the oakland waterfront as a mixed use area where the team co

. >> as those numbers rise, san francisco state legislator scott wiener and matt haney say the federal government has failed its residents by not having enough vaccine for those who need it. we want to continue to call attention to be absolutely urgent. need. >> to get more vaccine doses so that we can get people vaccinated. the biden administration is announce beginning monday. it will begin shipping an additional 144,000 doses of the vaccine to states across the country. >> at a news conference friday county health officials in los angeles said they would be getting 6,000 of those doses. it's unclear just how many doses san francisco will receive, but likely not enough. the san francisco aids foundation which gets part of the allotment, puts it in perspective. >> the foundation has received only about 90 doses the jenny u.s. vaccine. and we would need something like 6,000 to treat all of the patients that might be high rent. >> and while the country is behind in vaccines, medical experts say monkeypox testing also needs to be more readily available. results have to come back in a tim

don't know how to treat that state senator scott wiener and community leaders held a rally outside the federal building in san francisco monday, calling for action. and house speaker nancy pelosi also sent a letter monday to health and human services secretary javier sierra, saying california alone needs at least 350,000 doses just to vaccinate the highest risk residents nationwide. there are more than 1800 confirmed monkeypox cases, the federal government has ordered nearly seven million doses, but most aren't expected to arrive until next year. ferris says health officials told him he could need to isolate for a month or more, because people can be contagious . as long as they have the lesions. you have to wait 2 to 4 weeks for the sores to cross and fall off. and for information on monkeypox symptoms, testing and where to go for information on getting a vaccine. you can go to ktvu .com. just click on web links to reach the cdc and department of health information pages right now. health officials are saying that people who have known exposure to the virus are getting top priority fo

senator scott wiener says the fda has signed off on millions of doses of the monkeypox vaccine in denmark to be sent to the u.s. and that san francisco needs to be prioritized to get its fair share. people need to have easy access to this vaccine that we need to make sure focusing on the most impacted communities. other concerns, a lack of testing and the difficulties people are feeling to get treatment. michel roux pay with the harvey milk. lgbtq democratic club is a survivor of the hiv aids pandemic. he questions why there's been a lack of response from the federal government when it comes to monkeypox. there's seems to be this stigma attached to it. to think that because lgbtq populations are primarily being affected, that this is lgbtq issue. we know that it is not. >> organizers of today's protest announced a new way that you can stay up to date with monkeypox and vaccine availability. they say you can do that by texting the word. prevent monkey monkeypox 2, 5, 2, 8, 8, 6 reporting live in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thanks, rob. meanwhile, in the south bay, the sant

lamonica peters ktvu backs to news and today's state senator scott wiener called for california to declare a state of emergency in the monkeypox outbreak, where the 200 cases have been detected in san francisco and a statement, senator weiner released today, saying quote state of emergency declarations will create significant flexibility around testing contracting, contracting for services and administration of vaccinations. it will allow us to use all the resources in our power to contain the outbreak. well, sources say the white house could declare monkeypox a public health emergency by the end of the week. according to politico. the decision is not yet final, but the health and human services secretary is set to hold a news conference on mikey parks tomorrow morning. the u. s has seen nearly 3600 cases so far, and while the general public is not at risk, health officials say it has the potential to spread to vulnerable communities . bart board is scheduled to decide tomorrow if riders will have to put those masks back on the new mandate being considered would be in effect until october

state senator scott wiener issued this statement about the response, quote, we need an enormous amount of additional vaccine doses, and we need it immediately. the federal government's failures are threatening to deeply harm our community. meanwhile, the food and drug administration just issued emergency use authorization to the novavax covid-19 vaccine saying it gives a much needed new option for people over 18 to protect themselves against that virus. >>> a man celebrating his birthday was shot and killed early this morning in oakland. those shots range out on 19 street not too far from the fox theater. video from citizen app shows major police activity on that block. police say a man just wrapped up his 34th birthday party. two women were also hit by gunfire and rushed to the hospital. >> the every death, every shoot simplistic a horrific tragedy. clubs reopen as private events are beginning to be held again in downtown oakland. working with the downtown association to strengthen security plans at each and every one of these venues. >> right now no word on a suspect or motive. the s

. >> the group, which includes state senator scott wiener gathered outside the fda's office in san francisco. they say they need 35,000 doses of the vaccine to meet the demand here in the bay area. the latest shipment by the way due later this week will contain 4,200 doses. >> three years ago they ignored a virus and thousands died. two and a half years ago they thought it was a hoax and here we are. we haven't learned from our lessons. >> joining us now infectious disease expert from sanford university. doctor, nice to have you back on the program. why are we seeing a vaccine shortage? who dropped the ball here? >> thank you so much for having me, raj. the issue here is sort of predicting how many cases we may have and how quickly the outbreak is spreading and the supply chain issue of getting the vaccine from denmark. the hhs, the white house are ordering more doses. they're trying to add to the national stockpile. but of course epidemics like this as you start testing more you uncover how many cases you actually have. so very quickly you can find that you're well behind where you thought

. >> reporter: state senator scott wiener says he knows there will not be be enough vaccine in the near future but still thinks the process can be sped up, sharing the license for the vaccine so other companies can manufacture it will be crucial. >> this is not a gay disease. in africa, everyone was impacted by monkeypox. >> reporter: he says there still isn't enough public awareness about this disease, so the senator wants emergency funding from the state legislature approved by next month to improve testing and education. >> folks who essentially by nature have to encounter anonymous people and have to, you know, do these sort of things in order to survive. >> reporter: strut in san francisco's castro neighborhood will get 200 doses to use this weekend, but its wait list remains at 6,500 people. and aids project of the east bay will get its first shipment of the vaccine this weekend, only 50 doses at first, scheduling clinics at lgbtq businesses where they can find those most in need, which includes men having sex with men and sex workers. >> if you're doing sex worker, it's nine time

as the monkeypox outbreak continues to grow, state senator scott wiener is calling on the city and california to declare a state of emergency. he released a statement saying, quote, unfortunately, because our federal government failed to act quickly to acquire the vaccine supplies needed to prevent an outbreak, we are now in a public health emergency that is only going to escalate. again, we are going to learn more about those fresh supplies from the feds tomorrow. but as you heard, some are already saying too little too late. liz? >> heard that before. all right, anne, thank you. >>> a group of heroes came to the rescue in san jose helping two siblings escape a burning house. this happened on glen dune court near the east ridge mall. san jose firefighters say the brother and sister were trapped up on the second floor. the fire was burning below them. some people driving by saw that, thought fast, and they jumped into action. >> between me and a couple other guys, we got some trash cans and kind of aided her in jumping down and her brother on the side of the house. >> firefighters say the bro

at 86 cases, state senator scott wiener said tonight that san francisco was just approved to receive more than 4100 doses to arrive next week. he said that the bay area along with new york city is one of the epicenters of the outbreak, which is affecting mostly gay and bisexual men. more shots could be on the way in the coming weeks. department of health and human services says it will make more than 130,000 doses available to states in the next few days. this in francisco aids foundation is holding a vaccination clinic this weekend in the castro district. the aids foundation says it has a wait list of more than 2700 people waiting to get vaccinated. 500 from that list will be able to get vaccinated on sunday. no walk in or drop it. appointments are available. people can sign up on san francisco aid foundations wait list and we've put a link to that side on our website ktvu .com just click on web links. a new and potentially lifesaving hotline is about to launch across the country. starting tomorrow, people will be able to call or text 988 and be connected to a trained and confidenti

senator scott wiener says the fda has signed off on millions of doses of the monkeypox vaccine in denmark to be sent to the u.s. and that san francisco needs to be prioritized to get its fair share. people need to have easy access to this vaccine that we need to make sure focusing on the most impacted communities. other concerns, a lack of testing and the difficulties people are feeling to get treatment. michel roux pay with the harvey milk. lgbtq democratic club is a survivor of the hiv aids pandemic. he questions why there's been a lack of response from the federal government when it comes to monkeypox. there's seems to be this stigma attached to it. to think that because lgbtq populations are primarily being affected, that this is lgbtq issue. we know that it is not. >> organizers of today's protest announced a new way that you can stay up to date with monkeypox and vaccine availability. >> they say you can do that by texting the words, prevent monkeypox 2, 5, 2, 8, 8, 6 reporting live in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. rob, thank you. data from the cdc shows california has