tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right. thank you tim. san jose may soon base pay raises for top city leaders on their performance today. mayor matt mehan announced that he will ask the city council to approve putting a pay raise measure on next year's ballot. the mayor believes that if city leaders don't deliver, they don't deserve a bump in pay. mehan says similar efforts have worked at the state capitol. >> in years past. our state budget was perennially late because our legislators ignored statutory deadlines. reformers had a simple fix. they proposed that if a budget was late, the legislature would not get paid. since that reform was enacted, all state budgets have been delivered on time. >> mahan's proposal would cover the mayor, city council and department heads, but not rank and file employees. it does not include employees base salaries or cost of living increase. >> work on the richmond bridge will affect pedestrians and cyclists. caltrans is working on repairs to portions of the bike path from five in the morning until 2:00 in

tim johns, abc seven news. >> seven student athletes are suing sonoma state university and top college administrators over a plan to end all of the school's sports programs. as we've been reporting, the lawsuit has been filed in sonoma county superior court. cuttg the sports programs is just oneg part of a proposal to trim $24 million from sonoma state's budget, several academic programs and facility jobs or faculty jobs are on the line as well. the plaintiffs are not seeking damages. they are asking for a judge to stop the school from making these cuts. >> earning pay raises by accomplishing key goals that build a better bay area. that's the mayor's new proposal for top city officials in san jose. but the implementing implementing the idea isn't up to the mayor. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes joins us live to explain. and, zach, ultimately, the decision is going to be up to the voters. >> yeah. that's right. that's what the mayor wants us to be. and this is all part of his march budget message, set to be released in full tomorrow. but this part of it, he says, is about tying the

abc seven news reporter tim johns has a closer look. >> almost two years after it started, officialsmarin county say its pilot program that gives gift cards to meth users is a massive success. >> honestly, we don't have a lot of alternatives for stimulant use. so for opioid use disorder or for alcohol use disorder or even nicotine addiction, we have medications for addiction treatment. but for stimulants, we don't have something like that that's fda approved. >> the idea behind the program is that at least once a week, participants with a history of drug use get tested. if their test results come back clean. they're then rewarded a gift card to one of dozens of retailers of their choice, with options including walmart, safeway, or even apple. so far, 94 people have taken part in marin's program, earning thousands of dollars in gift cards. one of the organizations participating in the gift card program is the river center. their ceo tells me they're currently working with 19 individuals as part of it, and that the progress has been overwhelmingly positive. river center ceo mark shotwe

abc seven news reporter tim johns with the latest developments. >> dozens of people gathering tuesday at an intersection on san francisco's west side. the group there to hear about a new lawsuit challenging the legality of proposition k, prop k is a ballot measure that was passed by voters last november that would shut down a portion of the great highway starting friday. >> prop k proponents, just in their haste to sneak this on the ballot, decided that they were going to ignore the state law. >> richard correa led tuesday's news conference. he believes prop k violates state law by permitting an unauthorized road closure, and for failing to do an environmental impact report. but for many here, the partial closure of the great highway means closing a vital street. >> if you all came out here on a day that the great highway is closed and you tried to cross golden gate park to get over to the going south or going north, it's a nightmare. people can't get around. >> a lot of the frustration is also being directed at supervisor joel engardio, who represents much of this area and supported

tim johns abc seven news. >> in san francisco a crackdown on a corridor that some say is the new sixth street. >> residents are saying 16th and mission street is increasingly becoming a hotspot for open drug trade and usage. >> abc seven news political reporter monica madden spoke with neighbors about what they're seeing. >> hey. hey. okay. i'll see you later. thank you. bye bye. >> on any given day at the sandwich place in the mission district. >> what's it going to be today? >> juan, better known as the sandwich guy, serves up food with a friendly chat. >> across from my condo on mission. it's. it's like a jungle. >> the conversations, sometimes filled with complaints about the neighborhood. >> nobody cleans the street. >> he and other business owners on the corner of 16th and mission say the street conditions are a persistent problem. >> for us to get better business, they got to clean everything up. if you're going to clean it up, do it right. >> it's why the administration says it's cracking down on enforcement announcing an overnight drug raid in the area. >> we are going to be r

abc seven news reporter tim johns is in burlingame with the story. >> a new lawsuit is accusing the san bruno park school district of failing to protect several of their students from this man. 34 year old jeremy yee is a former elementary school teacher in the district. last week, he was found guilty on 17 separate felony counts of child molestation. during a news conference to announce the new lawsuit wednesday, one of yee's young victims shared her story. >> i wish that things could have happened sooner and i could have gotten justice sooner rather than waiting for so long. >> yee sexually abused at least four of his students, the lawsuit laying out some of his behavior. >> he had a game called tickle time where he would come and tickle the girls. he gave students extra credit points for behavior in the classroom, and as a reward for that, they got to stay behind and have recess alone with him in his classroom. >> the suit also claims the school district repeatedly failed to act after it received multiple complaints about yee's behavior, dating as far back as 2017. >> because that st

. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns explains why this year's findings are more important than evernnually by the oakland chamber of commerce, and often serves as a guide for city lawmakers. >> generally, we believe that good data leads to good decision making. >> barbara leslie is

. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns was in burlingame as the lawsuit was announced earlier today.of their students from this man. 34 year old jeremy yee is a former elementary school teacher in the district. last week, he was found guilty on 17 separate felony counts of child molestation. during a news conference to announce the new lawsuit wednesday, one of ye's young victims shared her story. >> i wish that things could have happened sooner and i could have got justice sooner rather than waiting for so long. >> yee sexually abused at least four of his students, the lawsuit laying out some of his behavior. >> he had a game called tickle time where he would come and tickle the girls. he gave students extra credit points for behavior in the classroom, andor as a reward for that, they got to stay behind and have recess alone with him in his classroom. >> the suit also claims the school district repeatedly failed to act after it received multiple complaints about yee's behavior, dating as far back

abc seven news reporter tim johns has the last ditch effort to stop it. >> dozens of people gathering tuesday at an intersection on san francisco's west side. the group there to hear about a new lawsuit challenging the legality of proposition k. prop k is a ballot measure that was passed by voters last november that would shut down a portion of the great highway starting friday. >> prop k proponents, just in their haste to sneak this on the ballot, decided that they were going to ignore the state law. >> richard correa led tuesday's news conference. he believes prop k violates state law by permitting an unauthorized road closure, and for failing to do an environmental impact report. but for many here, the partial closure of the great highway means closing a vital street. >> if you all came out here on a day that the great highway is closed and you tried to cross golden gate park to get over to the going south or going north, it's a nightmare. people can't get around. >> a lot of the frustration is also being directed at supervisor joel engardio, who represents much of this area and su

abc seven news reporter tim johns spoke with some of the people behind the report and tells us with a budget crisis, this year's findings are more important than ever. >> oakland city council members getting a preview friday of the city's economic indicators report. the report is published annually by the oakland chamber of commerce, and often serves as a guide for city lawmakers. >> generally, we believe that good data leads to good decision making. >> barbara leslie is the chamber of commerce president. she says this year's report has some sobering revelations, based in part on survey results. perhaps most important of all, the role public safety plays in the city's overall economic well-being. >> the foundation for our economic recovery lies in public safety and by public safety, even drilling down a little bit deeper, we need to rebuild the confidence that our residents need to have. our visitors need to have and our businesses need to have. >> leslie says the chamber believes city policymakers should make public safety the top issue they address. she says without it, creating new

. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns explains why this year's findings are more important than ever. >> oakland city council members getting a preview friday of the city's economic indicators report. the report is published annually by the oakland chamber of commerce, and often serves as a guide for city lawmakers. >> generally, we believe that good data leads to good decision making. >> barbara leslie is the chamber of commerce president. she says this year's report has some sobering revelations, based in part on survey results. perhaps most important of all, the role public safety plays in the city's overall economic well-being. >> the foundation for our economic recovery lies in public safety and by public safety, even drilling down a little bit deeper, we need to rebuild the confidence that our residents need to have. our visitors need to have and our businesses need to have. >> leslie says the chamber believes city policymakers should make public safety the top issue they address. she says without it, creating new businesses and expanding the city's tax base will remain a nearl

tim scott mike crapo and of course the leader john thune. . . . we think that we can do a bill with one or $50 billion of her national defense. $150 billion for border security maybe 20 or so energy. we think we can do a relatively quick. that's easier to get the votes for and even that is not easy. but we can do that now. that is what our budget resolution provides for. the budget is easier than the bill. the budget is five or six pages. he gives instructions to the committee. we are going to have to blend our budget with a house a bell and we passed the budget and the president has to sign it and then anticipates very complicated legislation which will be a hundreds of pages. that is why we think we should go ahead with defense and border in energy right now. we've got a little time. are you interested in the facts that we need to pass a tax bill also? >> 's head nodding. cracks would you like this tax bill to be permanent law and ind of something that expires in five years like the last windows? a show of hands. only a smattering of applause we

in it, john writes not since tim hortons began opening franchises south of the border has there beennt trump's threats of tariffs and annexation. the former would upend their economy. the latter would undo their country. one canadian official told me they felt like they were under an artillery barrage. so enter the maple leaf mafia. a john goes on to write. ontario premier doug ford was joined at the national governors association in washington by the premier of nova scotia, as well as canada's ambassador to the united states, kirsten hillman. other provincial leaders, as well as federal ministers, have regularly been in and out of washington on air canada since the election. meeting privately with trump aides and lawmakers of both parties. kudos to you for getting in tim hortons. you got to have it in any piece about canada. it's got to include it. so what do they feel like? what is the sincere level of panic inside canada? we've seen all the 51st state stuff from president trump. we've heard canadians booing the national anthem at hockey games. but when you cut through all that, wh

tim. a little jig run recognized by the home crowd. second period. leafs on a power mitch marner tees it up. and johnares to flex it in to make it one. nothing home team. but in the 3rd, it's 2. nothing here come the shark shot wide of the net right to jack thompson who does not miss. >> he's 30 years to lakes midway through the period sharks on the attack. alex wennberg wraparound tyler to fully okay. this 23rd of the year. we're tied at 2. we go over time and then we go shootout. it's one nothing leaves in the shoot up to fully. delay, delay, staffing. ties. the shootout at one sets the stage for fabian's at erland with a chance to win it. and you know what he does about the sharks over a first-place team on the road. 3 to the final snaps. their 8 game losing streak that's how the sharks go. they have these long losing streak so that may get some really good winds of the nice. just yeah and far between. thanks. got >> all right. to wrap things up tonight, a hayward police officer being called a hero after he saved. >> a baby from choking. this was video just released. this is body cam from early la

john fetterman saying some of this. the ideas we have to put for forward. to get those ideas, tim walz's right to.o get on 15 or 20 different buses and just go out and listen. get yelled at by people. democrats, republicans, let them tell you what it is they like, don't pay them to come. just show them to come -- people might be inspired by capitalism to come some of these things, show up in the morning at a breakfast, show up in the afternoon at a gas station and listen to people. let that to be the beginning and the middle and the end of what we come back with in terms of our ideas. it may take a minute but i tell you this, no one wants to hear from the same old people. republican's, show some grace, don't censure this guy al green, had a bad moment, you have to have some grace. dems, the real issue is on us, no need to blame mike johnson and donald trump when to blame ourselves. >> jeanine: you know what grace is? that al green as a congressman from the same district where d.j., the 13-year-old cancer victim is from. grace would have been being a little more tolerant of that whole speech. i thi

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