the left turns on parnassas and stanyan, we have been dealing with that and will continue to. we have seen that our cells. traffic turning left going into

the left turns on parnassas and stanyan, we have been dealing with that and will continue to. we have seen that our cells. traffic turning left going into the crosswalk. we have our work cut out for us, but as i said, i tried to be responsive to your needs. as well as having our officers respond to those needs as well. >> commissioners? >> are we opening up to questions? thank you. before asking the captain and a couple of questions, i just wanted to comment on the engagement of this community tonight, making your voices heard tonight, and how much we appreciate that. commissioners as well as the department, obviously, from the department's reaction, but from the commissioners. i want to thank you very much for taking the time to come out tonight and voice your concerns. a couple of questions

the left turns on parnassas and stanyan, we have been dealing with that and will continue to. we have seen that our cells. traffic turning left going into the crosswalk. we have our work cut out for us, but as i said, i tried to be responsive to your needs. as well as having our officers respond to those needs as well. >> commissioners? >> are we opening up to questions? thank you. before asking the captain and a couple of questions, i just wanted to comment on the engagement of this community tonight, making your voices heard tonight, and how much we appreciate that. commissioners as well as the department, obviously, from the department's reaction, but from the commissioners. i want to thank you very much for taking the time to come out tonight and voice your concerns. a couple of questions on the presentation, capt.. i noticed in presenting the crime statistics, you were hitting on theft of property crime, primarily robbery, burglary. there were no statistics regarding more violent crimes. are we to take away from that at that there is good news on that front? >> we have ha

they have needs for community, which is why they all connor did by the lake, at the end of stanyan street. the other thing we have is mentally ill people in our neighborhood who are wondering around the street. i do not know if they are homeless or if they are in care, but they are on the streets in the morning and stay all day. it is just criminal that we fight to have them have the right to die on the streets. it is the cause of so many things in this city. for instance, in the muni escalators, what are the always broken? because people p in them. why do they do that? either because they are inebriated -- i think the idea about the what shelters would be good. the two points i want to make, we have these problems because we have so much transient use in the neighborhood, and the other city-wide problem of dealing with the mentally ill. i know that is not the police's fault, but somehow the police and of having to take them in. that is not fair for the police. thank you. >> hello, commissioners. welcome to the park station. my name is brandon mckenna. i have been a resident of the haight

it seems like the neighbors for exampled on the mcdonald's at stanyan and haight where more and more people tend to be going inside buying nothing. sometimes the folks get into violent confrontations that mcdonald's called the police moshe 300 times over the last year. one long-time resident from the sidewalk told me he thinks they are going to the mcdonald's because of the sit-lie ordinance. >> i think people get tired because they stay from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. they can't sit on the sidewalk so everyone has to stand up all the time. and it makes things a little harder. plus with this economy. so i mean, people go to mcdonald's to try to get like money for food or otherwise, you know,. >> reporter: so they held a community meeting wednesday night. police chief greg suhr was there himself and promised swift action. two nights later they are having this enforcement here at golden gate park. we'll bring you more at 6:00. reporting live, i'm joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> in southern california, a dramatic scene plays out on camera. you can see s.w.a.t. officers shoot a gunman who was holding a b

recently the mcdonald's on stanyan is th focal point. >> they take up space and cause problems and become unruly. >> reporter: the owner called police more than 300 times over the last year. >> they are not part of the neighborhood. they are living here, living off the land as it were, and they contribute nothing to the neighborhood. >> reporter: one long-time resident of the sidewalk blames it on the sit-lie ordinance and tells me it's forcing people inside to get some rest. >> i think people get tired because from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. they can't sit on the sidewalk so everyone has to stand up all the time. and it makes things a little bit harder. >> reporter: well, wait until he takes that smoke there. no one here believes that police are the only answer. in fact, residents hope to meet with the owners of the mcdonald's to come up with some more solutions. joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> if you had $500 million to spend improving your city, what would you do with it? that's what voters in berkeley will get to decide. that city unveiled half billion dollars worth of potential projects including par