we also launched the sfpd ambassador program and the first location for that program and i mentioned the holiday plaza revitalization and additional work around the economic recovery task force. what we did is purchase lunches and food from local businesses to provide to first responders to keep the businesses going and supportive of the first responders. you see carrying pizza and believe that is the nursing staff in perhaps st. francis hospital. lastly, in april of 21 my predecessor karen flood retired and a search was conducted. it would be octwhen october when they found me and she stayed until then. i didn't start during this time period but that happened so we wanted to acknowledge that. thank you. >> thank you very much and thank you for your leadership and presentation. i are just want-you outlined a lot of different work. i want to commend you. it has been a very very difficult time for businesses in the area and you stepped in trying to rebound. appreciate some of the work was before your time there, but i know you are continuing it and so particularly some of the things yo

we also launched the sfpd ambassador program and the first location for that program and i mentioned the holiday plaza revitalization and additional work around the economic recovery task force. what we did is purchase lunches and food from local businesses to provide to first responders to keep the businesses going and supportive of the first responders. you see carrying pizza and believe that is the nursing staff in perhaps st. francis hospital. lastly, in april of 21 my predecessor karen flood retired and a search was conducted. it would be octwhen october when they found me and she stayed until then. i didn't start during this time period but that happened so we wanted to acknowledge that. thank you. >> thank you very much and thank you for your leadership and presentation. i are just want-you outlined a lot of different work. i want to commend you. it has been a very very difficult time for businesses in the area and you stepped in trying to rebound. appreciate some of the work was before your time there, but i know you are continuing it and so particularly some of the things yo

dpa starts to present or to publish delays that we're experiencing information from sfpd. there's nothing unreceivablely delayed at this time -- there's nothing delayed. nothing to report. in terms ever audit, there were two outstanding recommendations for our original use of force audit that was published two years ago. as of today, i learned that has been closed so there's nothing outstanding in this moment for audit. in terms of dgo's, there's two outstanding issues that we wanted to highlight for the commission. one involved dgo6.18. in october, commissioner benedicto said a deadline of november 28th for sfpd to provide us with a draft of dgo6.18. we don't have that draft so that's something we would like to push forward. second involving dgo9.03. which is dui arrest. also in october, commissioner benedicto asked the department to set up a meeting with the assigned deputy chief and subject matter expert and as of yet, we haven't been able to get that meeting started. so that's one other area in terms of

and a lot of it is about sfpd work? >> it's about community issues, sfpd.s about highlighting the good work of our officers going out there and making our community safer, out there conducting the work of public safety, yes. >> okay. between the first e-mail you received from ms. kaywood and the december 6th deadline, how many tweets did you send is this >> i have no idea. >> how many do you think i have too much time s my hands. you sent 129 tweets so you had time to send 129 tweets but you didn't have time to send, write a five-minute e-mail saying we're not going -- we can't meet deadline because we have these important matters? >> the tweets don't require any kind of collaboration. it's just a retweet. >> some of them aren't re-tweeted like the day after after ms. kaywood's deadline, you said i leave my office and there's tweets with you with selfies. some were original. >> that was a really good one. that was -- [multiple voices] >> that was a tenderloin, i think, community event and it was, i thought it was a positive tweet about going out to, attendi

no outstanding audit information request with sfpd. that is part of the presentation with audit that i will be giving weekly. in terms of the department news and things internal with the department, i just am giving notice now i will start making presentations and the quarterly reports from some of the other teams that don't get a lot of public acknowledgment or attention. mostly because of the work they do is more con fudential then not. other then how it ties into policy work i feel gets a lot of attention but so much more work that is collaborative so starting with the quarterly reports you will see and hear from dpa in the future i will outline the roles from the investigative teams, the legal teams and administrative teams that all contribute to all of the work that goes on at dpa just so the public and this body has a more informed presentation about the work that goes on in dpa. part of that is ongoing work to highlight and showcase that work, but also to make it clear more what dpa is doing beyond just outreach and updates that

tonight, a source with sfpd said they suspect the suspect was making harsh oil. >> that part is, the ceiling in the living room. >> reporter: michael mason showed us his childhood home that is still owned by his grandparents. their tenant lives right next door to the home that exploded on thursday. the explosion and fire killed one woman and injured two people. including a firefighter. the tenant was not home at the time. like many neighbors, today, they are dealing with catastrophic damages and repairs as questions linger. >> i saw the canisters last night on the news, pictures of it. post friday one of the other residents in the area and obviously there was something going on there that was not something that i recommend doing in a residential neighborhood. and, i mean, you know, we saw fbi, dea, everyone out here yesterday kind of researching it. so, there was something. yeah. just horrible. >> pg&e says the crews have not found gas leaks as federal partners are assisting in this investigation. >> so, we are hearing the rumors just like you are hearing the rumors. what is importan

according to sfpd, the police union reports a difference between response time has been staggering in the last years with a 20% increase in response time in 2022. for the most critical calls compared to 2019. so mayor breed of suggesting to boost sfp d's supplemental budget by another 27 million dollars to help fund police overtime. we need to enforce the law. likewise home and business break-ins require a timely. >> police response and investigation and arrests. the proposal is welcome news for police chief bill scott. the police officers association and district attorney brooke jenkins. it was also co-signed by several board supervisors saying this is one step in protecting residents while creating more incentives in the future for hiring and retaining officers, which has been a struggle. this is not a crisis that just happened overnight. it's been building for the last 2 years. we've been ringing alarm to this mayor and i'm happy she's finally embrace this. >> and decided to put public safety is a top priority for the city. well, the mayor has support within the board supervisor de

the sfpd tweeted they made the arrest thanks to the help of the san francisco fbi. they believe the same man may have walked into the balboa theater and flashed a gun on tuesday. >>> not one but two chinese surveillance balloons were seen in the skies yesterday. one of them flying directly over the u.s. and the other over latin america. the former speaker of the house and experts on china are weighing in on what it's doing and what the pentagon should do about it. here is "today in the bay's" tom jensen. >> reporter: the high altitude balloon was spotted over a nuclear missile site and military bases in montana earlier this week. former house speaker nancy pelosi, who was in san francisco friday, to announce new funding for a project, did not mince words. >> it wasn't a good idea for them to have a spy balloon fly over our country. it must come down. >> reporter: an expert on china from east bay says she's not surprised by the presence of the balloon or the calls to blow it out of the sky. >> so there's been a kind of reservoir of distrust that's been building up. i

luz pena spoke with sfpd on what they are doing to tackle this issue and this is a story you will seey on 7. >> hiding at home and documenting what happens out their window has become a nightly occurrence. >> it is friday, january 27 on cap street. and it's about two girls in the middle of the intersection. >> alleged sex workers on san francisco's cap street in almost every driveway. >> a girl there, there's two more there, there's six writer. -- six right there. and i pan around this way and i can see another two down there. >> we have a sanctioned red light district on cap street. >> we see women walking down the middle of the streets pretty much naked, the line of bumper-to-bumper cars all towards 3:00 in the morning. it looks like the las vegas strip. >> fed up with what they say is a lack of action by city officials and sfpd, five residents agreed to share their stories. they fear for their lives and asked to remain anonymous. >> i am scared. i am scared of the pimps. >> i know that a lot of women are not there voluntarily. shotwell got closed. it seems like everybody who used t

luz pena spoke sfpd on what they are doing to tackle this issue and this is a story you will see only on 7. >> hiding at home and documenting what happens out their window has become a nightly occurrence. >> it is friday, january 27 on cap street. and it's about two girls in the middle of the intersection. >> alleged sex workers on san francisco's cap street in almost every driveway. >> a girl there, there's two more there, there's six writer. -- six right there. and i pan around this way and i can see another two down there. >> we have a sanctioned red light district on cap street. >> we see women walking down the middle of the streets pretty much naked, the line of bumper-to-bumper cars all towards 3:00 in the morning. it looks like the las vegas strip. >> fed up with what they say is a lack of action by city officials and sfpd, five residents agreed to share their stories. they fear for their lives and asked to remain anonymous. >> i am scared. i am scared of the pimps. >> i know that a lot of women are not there voluntarily. shotwell got closed. it seems like everybody who used to

i work with legislative compliance and special projects for sfpd and i'm presenting on sfpd's compliance with ab41, which also is known as military equipment policy. so we'll be discussing that. next slide, please. california assembly bill 41 is in 770 and 775 and requires law enforcement agencies in california to obtain approval from the applicable governing body of a law enforcement use of equipment policy as specified by ordinance. in san francisco we have a district attorney and sheriff's office. the governing body is the board of supervisors. ab41 requires the law enforcement agency too put in their use policy how they use all of the equipment that is defined by ab41. ab41 defines the equipment itself as military equipment. it requires the agencies to again put it in the use policy, tell the members of the public how that equipment is used and there's other things we have to report, the fiscal information, the training requirements, the governing statutes, that has to be in the use policy and you have to go through a public process and receive public comment and the governing body g

sfpd has a staffing shortage of 541 officers. >> when i see them, they're very sympathetic, and theny do try to help. but i do think we have defamed the police so much that we now don't have enough police. >> okay, so betty, when it comes to her insurance. she's worried about making so many claims that she gets dropped. have you heard of that happening before? >> she personally knows other business owners who have been dropped because they reported so many burglaries. they're afraid to do it. i personally interviewed other business owners, the case there. but at this point she's making one claim per quarter. if this keeps up, she's afraid her insurance company won't even believe her. >> right, a legitimate concern. thank you for sharing that story. we appreciate it. >>> okay, moving on to weather. if you did not spend any time outside in the elements today, consider yourself lucky. a lot of us did hear of the storms moving in today. >> whoa, major hail. serious hailstorm. the weather has been so wild lately. >> that summed it up pretty well in the east bay earlier this evening in the

. >> sfpd assistant chief david luiz are says they've been finding success with the new d coy operation. that's where a female officer goes out on to cap street pretending to be a worker and then issues a citation to a potential client or john have a lot of workers that are on capped that we 18 18th and 22nd street. >> and you have a lot of vehicle traffic and people are out a lot of noise associated with that sfpd assistant chief david luiz are describing what he saw last friday night when he walked cap street. >> the san francisco police department is cracking down on john's coming to cap street. the most recent d coy operation took place on february 15th. here's video from that night. police issued 7 citations to from. >> half moon bay, one from palo alto and 4 from san francisco who came to our city and came to cap street for the purposes of soliciting workers going to be hard for a john to explain to their family why they received a citation cap street once a john is cited, they are referred to the first defender prostitution program where they allow individuals who solicit. >> wor

it is hard. >> reporter: and, a source with sfpd says when the officers called the suspect tonight he then turned himself in. also, adding that several neighbors in the area told the police officers that they could smell marijuana coming from this residence long before that explosion. we are also learning that the caretaker of the woman who passed away was doing laundry just before that explosion. she had apparently just started the dryer just before the blast. >> oh my gosh. so scary. a unfortunate situation, thank you for all of that reporting. appreciate you very much. >>> what also has been so devastating about the explosion is that some of the neighbors, right next door to that house, lost almost everything. our crew got a look inside earlier today. we show you what a long road ahead it will be for one family that has to start all . >> if you pull me in. . [ inaudible ] >> they were able to take me to the back of the house downstairs to grab the coats. >> reporter: just one look at the inside of her house it is clear life is not going to be the same after the blast. at least not

sfpd and the fbi are investigating.y believe the same man who walked into that synagogue may have also walked into the balboa theater and flashed a gun on tuesday. >>> not one, but two chinese surveillance balloons in the sky and one of them is flying directly over the united states. so what is it doing and what should the pentagon do about it? tonight former house speaker and experts on china are weighing in. here's nbc bay area's thom jensen. >> reporter: the high altitude balloon was spotted over military bases and missile sites in montana earlier this week. former house speaker nancy pelosi who was in san francisco friday did not mince words. >> it wasn't a good idea for them to have a spy balloon fly over our country. it must come down. >> reporter: an expert on china from csu east bay said she's not surprised by the presence of the balloon or the calls to blow it out of the sky. >> there's been kind of a reservoir of distrust that's been building up and i think both countries feel the need to show their strength.

i've reached out to the supervisor and sfpd. and so, that's my plan. >> beautiful. >> can you go back to the outreach page because i was still -- >> sure. [laughter] >> oh, if you have been on that corner, you know. >> i know exactly where you're at. (indiscernible). >> he's like -- he's the corner guy. institution. >> he is. >> i know he is. i like -- i've tagged him. >> definitely the best outreach page i've seen so far. i mean -- there's no lie there. it's just very specific, yeah. [laughter] >> might due diligence. >> and more people everyday. >> i think we found our template for all presentations. >> yeah, going forward. >> did you talk to the guy on the corner? >> what -- i'm curious design changes inside, anything -- >> no. >> just going -- it's quite nice. yeah. >> it's gorgeous. >> it's always a nice place inside. >> i just want to say, i've been by a couple of times already and it's beautiful. >> i got -- [multiple voices] >> full disclosure to my colleagues, i left a card in my capacity as one of the executive cochair

sfpd tells ktvu. there were no reports of injury or property damage, and they are investigating the casings as possible blanks. the fbi now involved releasing these photos of the suspect, cough says what the man said before the shooting makes him believe this was an anti semitic attack. the fact that he brought the masada and thought that he would by shooting up this place and doing the terrorizing these jewish elderly people and this family sitting city garden community center that he somehow hurting the mossad, hurting the state of israel. the small synagogue is now looking for ways to afford hiring a security guard and is asking for additional police patrol. despite the terrifying incident, cough says it will not stop the synagogue from welcoming anyone to pray and be part of their community. the idea is we want to bring light. we want to improve this world to bring light to the world. we're not going to stop it, because just because this wicked man wants us to stop san francisco police say the sus

according to sfpd, the police union reports a difference between responhas the last years with a 20% increase in response time in 2022. for the most critical calls compared to 2019. so mayor breed of suggesting to boost sfp d's supplemental budget by another 27 million dollars to help fund police overtime. we need to enforce the law. likewise home and business break-ins require a timely police response and investigation and arrests. >> the proposal is welcome news for police chief bill scott. the police officers association and district attorney brooke jenkins. it was also co-signed by several board supervisors saying this is one step in protecting residents while creating more incentives in the future for hiring and retaining officers, which has been a struggle. this is not a crisis that just happened overnight. it's been building for the last 2 years. we've been ringing alarm to this mayor and i'm happy she's finally embrace this. >> and decided to put public safety is a top priority for the city. >> well, the mayor has support within the board supervisor dean preston takes issue w

we also launched the sfpd ambassador program and the first location for that program and i mentionedoliday plaza revitalization and additional work around the economic recovery task force. what we did is purchase lunches and food from local businesses to provide to first responders to keep the businesses going and supportive of the first responders. you see carrying pizza and believe that is the nursing staff in perhaps st. francis hospital. lastly, in april of 21 my predecessor karen flood retired and a search was conducted. it would be octwhen october when they found me and she stayed until then. i didn't start during this time period but that happened so we wanted to acknowledge that. thank you. >> thank you very much and thank you for your leadership and presentation. i are just want-you outlined a lot of different work. i want to commend you. it has been a very very difficult time for businesses in the area and you stepped in trying to rebound. appreciate some of the work was before your time there, but i know you are continuing it and so particularly some of the things you outl

according to sfpd, the police union reports the difference between response time has been staggering in the last years with a 20% increase in response time in 2022. for the most critical calls compared to 2019. so mayor breed of suggesting to boost sfp d's supplemental budget by another 27 million dollars to help fund police overtime. we need to enforce the law. likewise home and business break-ins require a timely police response and investigation and arrests. >> the proposal is welcome news for police chief bill scott. the police officers association and district attorney brooke jenkins. it was also co-signed by several board supervisors saying this is one step in protecting residents while creating more incentives in the future for hiring and retaining officers, which has been a struggle. this isrnot a crisis that just happened overnight. it's been building for the last 2 years. we've been ringing alarm to this mayor and i'm happy she's finally embrace this. >> and decided to put public safety is a top priority for the city. >> well, the mayor has support within the board supervis

according to sfpd, the police union reports a difference between response time has been staggering in the last years with a 20% increase in response time in 2022. for the most critical calls compared to 2019. so mayor breed of suggesting to boost sfp d's supplemental budget by another 27 million dollars to help fund police overtime. we need to enforce the law. likewise home and business break-ins require a timely. >> police response and investigation and arrests. the proposal is welcome news for police chief bill scott. the police officers association and district attorney brooke jenkins. it was also co-signed by several board supervisors protecting residents while creating more incentives in the future for hiring and retaining officers, which has been a struggle. this is not a crisis that just happened overnight. it's been building for the last 2 years. we've been ringing alarm to this mayor and i'm happy she's finally embrace this. >> and decided to put public safety is a top priority for the city. well, the mayor has support within the board supervisor dean preston takes issue with

according to sfpd, the police union reports a difference between response time has been staggering in the last years with a 20% increase in response time in 2022. for the most critical calls compared to 2019. so mayor breed of suggesting to boost sfp d's supplemental budget by another 27 million dollars to help fund police overtime. we need to enforce the law. likewise home and business break-ins require a timely police response and investigation and arrests. >> the proposal is welcome news for police chief bill scott. the police officers association and district attorney brooke jenkins. it was also co-signed by several board supervisors saying this is one step in protecting residents while creating more incentives in the future for hiring and retaining officers, which has been a struggle. this is not a crisis that just happened overnight. it's been building for the last 2 years. we've been ringing alarm to this mayor and i'm happy she's finally embrace this. >> and decided to put public safety is a top priority for the city. >> well, the mayor has support within the board supervisor

anyone with information is asked to contact sfpd or text a tip to 411 and begin the message with sfpd. you can remain anonymous new this morning, almost 50 businesses and nonprofits, including rideshare companies, uber and lyft are pledging millions to help reduce traffic deaths. it's part of the department of transportation's call to action campaign urging commitments from the private sector. the new federal effort includes an investment from three am to improve school crosswalks and enhance seatbelt alert in uber vehicles every year. more than 40,000 people are killed on u. s roads. law enforcement officers in alameda countys driving. county officials have installed raised dots on several streets and san lorenzo. the sheriff's department says the county has plans to install them at more intersections. other cities such as oakland and san francisco, already have adopted similar strategies in an effort to deter side shows any customers can expect to see a special credit on their bills. many are facing sky high energy bills this winter after the utility raised rates yesterday, the cali

sfpd say they cease evidence related to both incidents after searching the suspect's residents. here's a photo of him. he was arrested and booked into county jail multiple charges, including disturbing a religious assembly. safety concerns have been raised within the local jewish community. because in so much shock, like they have of them didn't realize was happening. they hear noises . they few of them dark didn't even get out of their seats before this is all over getting closer and closer to all of us this violence it used to be something you'd read about in the paper having somewhere else that's happening right here. right here in beautiful san francisco. police have not released the suspect's identity just yet, sfpd says there is still no motive, but they are prioritizing making religious assembly safe for people to worship. the police department is prioritizing calls for service to all places of worship . we are working with the community and addressing any safety concerns. that incident at the synagogue happened on wednesday night in the richmond district officials say th

video. >> they're missing out on a lot lot of potential reporting. >> victims should also file with sfpdtly so their case can be investigated. >> i do hope that they find this guy since he appears to be a seria offender. he may be riding the same line every day and that line does go through a bunch of asian communities within san francisco. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> the issue of safety on public transportation took center stage today in on online round table discussion. it featured david men irvine who called for the state's largest transit agencies to survey riders on harassment and uncomfortable behavior. >> the survey will provide hard data not just anecdotal information on what riders are dealing with these days >> where does this happen? what are the types of instance that is we're seeing? and once we have that data, then we can start to use that data to develop solutions. >> they will be mandated to collect data from their riders. kristen: another weekend closure on 680 between coopman. lit the closed from 10:00 until tuesday morning at 5:00. caltrans will be reconstructing th

she wants to increase sfpd back to full staffing and have millions of dollars in funding. >> our residents are asking that we build back our police force and we need to deliver that. >> establishing those goals won't be easy. >> i've seen san francisco and other cities deal with one or two of these at one time. but i've never seen when faced with all of them. besides getting the political support, reid will likely fall into financials challenges. >> she's got to challenge a few things with less and less money. leaders wasted no time in pushing back. >> i was disappointed with the speech today. and to be honest, nothing really new here. >> he thinks it's the wrong direction. he tells me why some common ground can be found. he believes the focus should be more on help residents. >> think that our top priority is just how to woo businesses in doesn't. i just think that's the wrong approach. >> on the streets of san francisco, public opinion on the mayor's plan. with some -- >> i think she's got a tough job. she's a visionary and has got good ideas. >> more supportive than others. >> i just ki

she wants to increase sfpd back to full staffing and have millions of dollars in funding. >> our residents are asking that we build back our police force and we need to deliver that. >> establishing those goals won't be easy. >> i've seen san francisco and other cities deal with one or two of these at one time. but i've never seen when faced with all of them. besides getting the political support, reid will likely fall into financials challenges. >> she's got to challenge a few things with less and less money. leaders wasted no time in pushing back. >> i was disappointed with the speech today. and to be honest, nothing really new here. >> he thinks it's the wrong direction. he tells me why some common ground can be found. he believes the focus should be more on help residents. >> think that our top priority is just how to woo businesses in doesn't. i just think that's the wrong approach. >> on the streets of san francisco, public opinion on the mayor's plan. with some -- >> i think she's got a tough job. she's a visionary and has got good ideas. >> more supportive than others. >> i just ki