. >> and you said it says in here 58% of the homeless population about 40 4:00 400 people were un sheltered and what you are thinking in terms long-term, longer term solutions passes a thousand in terms of the number of shelter beds needed in the city. >> we clearly need shelter breeds but we need tokes panned the shelter system at the same time we're expanding to housing because creating a shelter is essentially not providing exits for people in those shelters means when those beds get filled up people aren't going to flow through the system so our approach has been multifaceted for example we're experimenting at 1515 south and the new navigation center with temporary housing subsidiaries for individuals who are in that navigation center and are working or looking for work that can get in to the housing market on their own but might need existence and expanding the homeward mound to connect people to friends and family members and other communities and we're expanding permanent supporting housing and new units of permanent housing adults and families experiencing homelessness and opening u

eye-opening for her and that is from that she was surprised to see so many women and so we started an un sheltered women's working group and a lot positive things are coming out of that and i'll wrap it up here, i'm going a little long but i reel value research and solution-based approachs and yes, i think that's good. >> thank you. >> any questions from any committee members before we take public comments? >> we have any questions we'll tall you back up. >> thank you. >> is mr. roman here? mr. john roman? no. ok. so we will see i mean, we will go to public comment any members of the public wish to comment on this item please come forward you have two minutes. state your name and if you have anything please for the official file hand it to the clerk. proceed. >> good afternoon supervisors my name is ivy lee and i represent the office of jane kim and i'm here to speak in favor of kelly cutler for the appointment. the one thing i want to say is that homelessness can be a very divisive issue and folks will make you feel terrible for the frustration that you might feel whatever side of the debate that

years of age senior citizens who are experiencing homelessness and again, approximately 58% of un sheltered. being unsheltered causes a whole variety of health-related issues some of which are very obvious not having a place to go to the bathroom to cook food, to take a shower and they're recently in southern california has been an outbreak of hepatitis a which has led to hospitalization and deaths many in the city of san diego and the problem has spread to santa cruz and los angeles and in san francisco, we have been able to do a lot of vaccinations and take other measures to keep that outbreak from happening but none the less the acts of showers to shelter and housing is making us a risk for hepatitis a and other out breaks. we have seen and i'm sure this is again you all are familiar with this issue and receive many of the complaints that i do there's been an increase in the number of complaints related to unsheltered homelessness and you will see here just the very large increase in 311 calls related to this issue between 2015 and 2017 and you will also see where as we have invested a f

shelter in evacuation centers. the united states has featured a draft uned -- vetoed a resolution rejecting president trump's decision to recommend jerusalem as israel's capital. 14 other security council members backed the measure. you're watching "bbc world news america." the african national congress in south africa has a new leader. more about the man who replaced jacob zuma as party head. chile has a new president was come to power for a second time. a conservative billionaire come he won more votes than any presidential candidate chile's return to democracy in the 1990's. ra was president until 2014 and he won this time by pledging to boost the economy. in defeating votes a left-wing senator. he is promising to transform chile into a fully formed country. billionaire businessman sebastian pinera is about to become chile's president for the second time. in the end, his right-wing party won with a comfortable lead of 55%. in the second round of voting, he was up against an extra list and senator, a candidate from the left-wing coalition -- x journalist and senator, candidate from the left-wing coalition. in an em

shelter from war and persecution. those who ended up here have horrific stories to tell of murdered family members rape and kidnappings of entire villages burnt to the ground. un soldiers patrol the area here that provides enough security to make sure aid arrive safely. unicef has built a temporary school where the thousands of children stranded here receive lessons. lucy flush who is one of them. she's twelve years old. you stand in the middle of. my father is dead the silica killed my grandfather and me so we fled from a village i've been living here for three years. to live to see. her teacher tells us the rest of her story the muslim seleka rebels kidnapped her mother lucy hasn't seen her since everybody here is severely traumatized uni staff or at least tries to create some sense of normality in the camp even if it's an almost impossible task. the humanitarian rewards are increasing sadly more and more people are under attack i did these we're now we have six hundred thousand people who are internally displaced within the country which is what it was at the peak of the crisis in twenty fourteen so there's still a lot to do. the last brutal attack in congo

shelter from war and persecution. those who ended up here have horrific stories to tell of murdered family members rape and kidnappings of entire villages burnt to the ground. un soldiers patrol the area here that provides enough security to make sure aid arrive safely. unicef has built a temporary school where the thousands of children stranded here receive lessons. lucy flush who is one of them. she's twelve years old. you send in everything. and my father is dead in the select car killed my grandfather and me so we fled from our village have been living here for three years. to live in. her teacher tells us the rest of her story the muslim seleka rebels kidnapped her mother lucy hasn't seen her since everybody here is severely traumatized uni safa at least tries to create some sense of normality in the camp even if it's an almost impossible task. the humanitarian needs are increasing sadly more and more people are under attack are these we are now we have six hundred thousand people who are internally displaced within the country which is what it was at the peak of the crisis in twenty fourteen so there's still a lot to do. the last brutal attack in congo b

that country for giving shelter to re-injure refugees fleeing me and maher now he broke his silence on the muslim minorities plight by calling for decisive action to stop with the un is referring to as ethnic cleansing the pope's visit though is aimed at reaching the small catholic minority in bangladesh in the capital dhaka he led an open air mass for a crowd of tens of thousands. even though catholics make up less than one percent of the population it felt like most of them had turned up here during mass the pope or train sixty new bangladeshi priests that's a sign of the relative freedom the church enjoys here but this freedom can't be taken for granted christians are often persecuted in this region which is why for fear of their safety francis has walked a diplomatic tight rope over a growing humanitarian crisis more than half a million people have fled here to escape persecution in neighboring myanmar these range of muslims aren't even recognized in that country forcing the pope to balance diplomatic niceties with his moral imperative. on thursday after meeting bangladeshis president used his sharpest language yet on this trip and avoided identifying the rang

un general assembly meeting on the status of jerusalem the country receives an estimated eighty million dollars in annual aid from the u.s. thousands in the philippines are spending christmas in emergency shelters all to tropical storm tembin left a trail of destruction more than two hundred people are dead after landslides and flash floods in the southern philippines a state of emergency has been declared in several areas as rescue efforts continue rupp mcbride has the latest from the capital manila. pilipino christmas day assessing the damage from this storm as it moves away into the south china sea leaving a swathe of damage across a broad area of mindanao one of the worst affected province is was in the north of mindanao which had the highest death toll the second highest casualty rate was recorded there are problems in the south of the island as so much of the island has been affected including of course the area around this is an area where there has been intense fighting between government troops and also groups linked with i still it was a population that's already conflict affected and that now has to deal with the aftermath of this storm there have been claims that the government didn

the un, the aid organisations, want there to provide food and shelter.n see further than a kilometre it is missed. —— mist. matt, save us. good morning. it is definitely filed in salford. some spots have got fog this morning. it will become more of a widespread issue tomorrow, including in london, where it has been a lovely morning. a lovely sunrise. wherever you are across the uk, it is a cold start, with temperatures around freezing. frost on the cards, frost on the grass. a few exceptions. thicker cloud in the south—west. temperatures dropping. cloud thickening in the far north of scotland. patchy rain and drizzle for orkney, shetland and the hebrides. shetland are seeing some of the wettest of the conditions. the bulk of the uk will have a dry monday. the mist and fog will appear in the coming hours. good sunny spells for the majority. sunny spells for the majority. sunny spells in scotland, northern ireland and north—west england. on the chilly side into the afternoon. four to6 chilly side into the afternoon. four to 6 degrees. my list conditions in

kim jong-un to have nuclear icbms but there's no way to take the nukes away from him without causing billions of casualties that i can come up with. i remember having to go into fall out shelters and do drills every week where i put my head into a cubby in case nuclear war broke out. i remember the sky being dark with bombers from the nearby air force base as planes ready to bomb we also for the potential for a new blow up in the middle east because president trump just recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel, antagonizing the region for no discernible purpose. remember put my politics aside, i'm talking about stocks third, there's special prosecutor robert mueller's investigation into president trump and his ties to russia having lived through the impeachment of richard nixon, i know the stock markets in trouble if mueller finds anything that leads to an indictment of the president. you should be worried too. fourth i'm concerned about evaluation there are so many strategists who want to pull the plug at year end that i wouldn't be surprised if we get a beginning of the year sell-off all right, i know i'm going to get heckled by the sports and the skippers and the chief

un sanctions on north korea. good morning, like to christmas homeless shelter in central london as research points to the fact there are far more people sleeping rough than was previously thought. in sport, there's a festive feast at the emirates. three goals in five minutes for arsenal, but it's not enough as liverpool strike back to earn a draw in a cracker to kick off the christmas fixtures. one of the world's rarest pigs, caught on camera — scientists thought the javan warty had been driven to extinction. we'll hear how it's now been rediscovered. and matt has the weather. good morning, another incredibly mild state across the uk, fairly grey for many at the risk colder air getting closer. while it arrive in time for christmas day? yourfull forecast is coming up. we look forward to finding out, thank you, matt. good morning. first, our main story — a former us marine has been arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack in san francisco on christmas day. everitt aaron jameson was held after allegedly discussing the plot with undercover fbi agents. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. one of

un says that at least sixteen people have died the area has been surrounded by government forces since twenty thirteen. the government in the philippines is setting up more than six hundred temporary shelters for some of the thousands of people displaced by the conflict in the city of morale we've the army retold the area from eiseley separatist faces in october after a five month siege robbi was also battered by tropical storm tembin last week. and the first stage of a major prisoner exchange deal between ukrainian authorities and pro russian separatists in eastern ukraine has ended in total ukraine was expected to release three hundred six separatist fighters in exchange for seventy four of its soldiers . one on our top story the medical evacuation of civilians from the besieged area of goods in syria in the capital damascus the evacuation is another sign that syria's long civil war may be entering its final phase to discuss that i'm joined by name solemn a professor of international affairs and. university joins us live from beirut professor good to have you with us and is the war in syria entering its final phase now what are your predictions for the weeks and months ahead. i see it tw