i am here to ask senator weaner to make nor promises. know when he makes a promise it will get carried out. can i do that over christmas? >> sure >> i want to thank debbie and the department of environment. we have a department dedicated to something we care about that is the environment. not only in the city, but we are a waterfront city. our coastline, mountains, parks, we are trying to carryout this vision that i know governor jerry brown is articulating will be in a big way next september for the entire world. that is our commitment to our climate. the city is wonderful to work for, not only in the capacity of may or but alongside scott and the board of supervisors per visors that are 100% committed. we are the only city in the country with an 85% recycling done already with all of our garbage. why not do better than that? why not be 100% recycling city? why can't we have a goal to set the standard for everyone. i am here with all of you today. every day hundreds of people wind up in front of this store because they want a great sand

and a district representive for senator scott weaner and genesis ga si i can't, a district director foravid chu. [applause] thank you for being here, very much. i can tell you all three of them obviously are -- those electeds are from san francisco and particularly for david chu and scott weaner when they were on the board of supervisors, very strong advocates for transit and muni and they've take than advocacy to sacramento, which we're benefiting from along with the leadership of assembly member ting. but the board of supervisors has retained strong championship for muni, for transit in san francisco and we're very lucky to have a president of the board of supervisors who represents an area just really immediately to the north of here that is one of the more transit-dependent, more transit-using areas of the city. very low levels of car ownership. very high levels of transit usage. so, when we were bringing what would be somewhat of a daunting prospect to the board of supervise source and $1.2 billion procurement, at the time the largest light rail vehicle procurement in united states

scott weaner said he would introduce legislation for net neutrality in california. >> we need to take back the internet and make sure it's there for everyone. >> reporter: bay area companies opposed to the repeal including netflix, twitter, google, and air bnb. the appeal will not take effect for another couple months. veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> tomorrow the public will be able to pay their respects to san francisco mayor ed lee who died suddenly two days ago. flowers, cards, and candles line the steps of city hall tonight. and flags continue to fly at half staff. tomorrow, his body will lay at the rotunda in city hall. there will be a public viewing and then on sunday, there will be a celebration of life at 3:00 p.m. also at city hall. >>> a somber procession in southern california tonight for a firefighter killed while battling the thomas fire. 32-year-old cory iverson was from san diego. he leafs behind a young daughter and pregnant wife -- leaves behind a young daughter and pregnant wife. no details on how exactly he died. >>> the thomas fire is now the fourth largest wildfi

. >> the words of state senator scott weaner live on air this morning when he found out in the earlyncisco mayor ed lee had died. and he said he just saw him yesterday and he seemed to be the picture of health. and now we're looking this morning at a new mayor taking over the office. and we'll continue into the 10:00 hour with a special edition of the morning news to cover that live from san francisco city hall when it happens. so stay with us. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news ... we are back following the latest breaking news out of san francisco. the sudden unexpected death of san francisco mayor ed lee who was pronounced dead shortly after 1:00 this morning at the age of 65. suffering from a heart attack. we're going to is more details on this story coming up in the next hour. stay with us. ( darya ) we're following breaking news this morning.... san francisco mayor ed lee has died. the city announced died just after one this morning at berg >>> the mayor had a sudden heart attack, and this morning we're awaiting a press conference from san francisco city hall. we'