. >> reporter: we are here at u.n. plaza, which is right across from city hall and it is not always a pleasant place to walk through. but, vendors like alfieri farms comes out every wednesday and sunday to sell their wares. now you can add friday to the list, it is an effort the mayor says she would like to see you around. in >> the vibe here is great today, i'm really excited to be here. >> reporter: touring the new farmers market at u.n. plaza, london breed acknowledged the area needs more events like this. >> the whole point is we know there have been a number of challenges at civic center. and, a lot of people walk through this area, sometimes it is not a pleasant place to walk through. >> reporter: for years and has been a farmers market on wednesdays and sundays and people in the neighborhood say they want to stay in the neighborhood. >> all people talk about is the farmers market and how much they love the farmers market. i wanted to make sure we provided an extension of that and an opportunity for local people to sho

not just because people don't want to see it, but because these are actually people. >> u.n. plaza is being used more and more to serve people. those on ebt food stamps are given $5 clips to buy more produce. there's a farmer's market on wednesdays and sundays and now on fridays a new craft market. >> do you think it has a psychological effect on people? >> i think it does. >> reporter: what about steven, a homeless man? what kind of psychological effect does this have on him? how does this help you? >> i mean, it's just a cool place just 0 hang out during the day. >> reporter: a series of unfortunate events led him to live on the streets. first an eviction. followed bid surgery on his knee. >> things went downhill from there. >> reporter: medical reasons and were you taking drugs? >> yeah. painkillers. >> reporter: he says at least the city is trying to do what this street plastic says, helping to reaffirm the faith. in san francisco, lyanne helen dez, abc7 news. >> well, still ahead, are you paying more for that avocado toast? why some say their prices won't go down for the next

was given birth at civic centre, the u.n. plaza. think we've got some of the local big shots that are in the room here. it would be nice to have a little statuary for mrs. eleanor roosevelt. if you want to know a little bit more, refresh your memory about the women, go to ken burns, i believe it was roosevelt's episode. it was his last. thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my office is in the civic centre c.b.d. and i have been on the board there since the inception. we utilize the services of the c.b.d. and probably call two or three times a day. we strongly support the renewal and the expansion. thank you for your time. >> next speaker. >> i just have a word with matt and i asked if one of these kinds of programs in the tenderloin. he says that there already is one. if there is, you are doing a terrible job and i want to put strong urgency on it. as far as these upper income bracket people expanding, they need to expand to the tenderloin where strong drug abuse, discharging of both animal waste and human was

. >> u.n. plaza is being used more and more to serve people. those on food stamps are given $5 chips to buy more produce. there is a farmer's market on weesdays s fray c market. >> do you think it has a psychological effect on people, residents? >> i think it is does. >> what about this homeless man, what kind of psychological effect does this have on him. how does this help you? >> i mean, it's just a cool place to hang out during the day. >> reporter: a series of unfortunate events led him to live on the streets. first an eviction followed by surgery on his knee. >> things went downhill from there. >> reporter: medical reasons and then were you taking drugs? >> yeah, painkillers. >> reporter: he says at least the city is trying to do what this street plaque says, helping to reaffirm the faith. in san francisco, leeayanne melend melendez, abc 7 news. >>> the bay area is the accept se -- epicenter tech industry. >>> there has been a theme among the people who founded these companies. they are all men, but that's changing. >>> holy moly or all r

are going from two -- from three zones to two, and have a slightly eastern expansion to include u.n. plaza which is currently without a c.b.d. we have a $3.2 million proposed budget, with $1.6 million to be spent in zone 1, $1.7 million to be spent in zone two, and as you can see, 77% of the budget is spent towards cleaning services of safety, cleaning, and activation. as snapshot of our services, cleaning, safety, maintenance, public health and safety, with a lot of issues that remain on our sidewalks, and they are the responsibility of the property owners. we are removing a lot of graffiti every day on not-so-easy to clean surfaces. we are still struggling with discarded syringes and human and animal feces in our right-of-way, but our pilot project is very successful, so we will be adding more of these in the years to come. couple of more current statistics. we're currently only able to appreciate wash 46,000 square feet of sidewalk. if successfully renewed, we will go over to 300,000 square feet. we are still collecting 100,000 needles a year, and we hope that will go down. we are provi