. >> thank you, senator wiener and unfortunately, not able to speak spanish so hopefully and, get his assistance this translating any comments that is great to be here with that coalition of people to help to introduce this legislation in sacramento and want to thank senator wiener for his leadership not just here announcing in legislation it is a lot of work and meetings across my policymakers in northern california and southern california and community stakeholders to get to - to this point to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our actual street veterans in san francisco because this is something that you know what about you but i'm used to experience growing up in san francisco we had the - growing in the man folks who worked to create their goods and also available to provide that support to community and so many of the various veterans joining us here do they have been part of community for many, many years. and sadly what we see in recent years is a change. where we know that there are challenges around those who are going into various retail establishments

[applause] >> thanks so much senator wiener. it is also my pleasure to introduce someone who doesn't need much introduction in this neighborhood. very well known from time as president of the board of supervisors, district 10 supervisor and well known to the community long before that for his work as a non profit leader working on jobs, community development and really every issue that facing these communities. he dedicated his life improving the communities particularly of southeast and proven track record for positive change. needs no introduction, supervisor shamann walton. [applause] >> thank you doug. good morning! >> once again, it is no surprise the sun is shining in the southeast sector of san francisco. since the early start of the millenia, we had several conversations about what it would look like to rebuild in sunnydale to make sure that the community had the housing that it deserves. obviously that conversation is also a big part of hope sf and making sure that all our major housing developments in the southeast sec

thank you senator wiener. now for those who need a seat, there are seats. the people who got they purses in the seats, move your purses so people can sit down. you all didn't think that was funny? if you need to sit down there are chairs to sit down. alright. ladies and gentlemen, the executive director for sf pride, suzanne! >> hello everyone. hello to may family. i see a bunch of you out there. thank you mayor breed, senator wiener, supervisors, city department heads, chiefs distinguish guested. my name is suzanne ford. pronouns are she, her, the first transgender executive director of san francisco pride. [applause] please forgive our board president in sacramento to receive an award on behalf of san francisco pride from the lgbtq caucus at the state senate, so thank you wen. since he is not here i'll take care of a few things. first of all, i like to recognize these two board members on the end here. our former president and member of the board, carolyn wiseinger. [applause] and george smith the iii. [applause] it must be stated, these people work for y

gonzalez, senator wiener, mayor breed, thank you all for being here.thank you for celebrating this momentus occasion. i want to conclude and say, let's get ready and let's make dirt fly! thank you for being here! [applause]

talking to us about this today, state senator scott wiener of san francisco, he was with wiener. he was with the governor today when he unveiled that ballot initiative. thanks for being with us. i think a lot of people are surprised that this is even still on the california constitution. since gay marriage has been such a part of california for so long, i think people would be surprised to hear that. yeah, i think i think a lot of people are completely surprised and have forgotten about prop eight a little bit, or just assume that it was automatically be removed from the constitution once the us supreme court, made marriage equality the law of the land. but that language banning marriage equality is still in the california constitution. it's not enforceable right now. but first of all, it just shouldn't be in there. and second, i don't trust the supreme court to maintain marriage equality as a fundamental right. and so we need to be prepared in california to protect our rights. if the supreme court, goes south on us, is this a crucial moment because of the kind of rollbacks that

state senator scott wiener has been at the forefront of that push. his bill died in the state legislature earlier this year, but wiener says he and other lawmakers are looking at ways to possibly revive it. >> for some people who are just categorically oppose to doing anything that could be perceived as normalizing drug use. my response is that people are already using these substances. >> some doctors say for many people who suffer from ptsd, oftentimes the traditional treatments don't work. the fda is expected to make a decision about the new treatment by august. back to you at the desk. >> thanks, amanda. happening today, a vote on the controversial climate change study aboard the historic uss hornet in alameda. the city council will decide whether to let the experiment restart. scientists want to spray sea salt into the air from the decommissioned aircraft carrier. they're trying to see if those particles can reflect heat back into space and potentially slow global warming. the city stopped that experiment over concerns that it could hurt people'

state senator scott wiener has been at the forefront of that push.is bill died in the state legislature earlier this year, but wiener says he and other lawmakers are looking at ways to possibly revive it. >> for some people who are just categorically opposed to doing anything that could be perceived as normalizing drug use, my response is that people are already using these substances. >> some doctors say for many people who suffer from ptsd, often times traditional treatments don't work. the fda is expected to make a decision about the new treatment by august. reggie, back to you. >> thanks, amanda. the first h5n1 bird flu cases have landed in san francisco. two infected chickens were found during an inspection of a live bird market in the bayview last month. the birds were asymptomatic. the health department says they monitored the market employees for ten days. none of them got sick. they also say no members of the public were exposed. happening today a vote on the controversial climate change study aboard the historic uss hornet in alameda. the c

. >> thank you, senator wiener and unfortunately, not able to speak spanish so hopefully and, get his assistance this translating any comments that is great to be here with that coalition of people to help to introduce this legislation in sacramento and want to thank senator wiener for his leadership not just here announcing in legislation it is a lot of work and meetings across my policymakers in northern california and southern california and community stakeholders to get to - to this point to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our actual street veterans in san francisco because this is something that you know what about you but i'm used to experience growing up in san francisco we had the - growing in the man folks who worked to create their goods and also available to provide that support to community and so many of the various veterans joining us here do they have been part of community for many, many years. and sadly what we see in recent years is a change. where we know that there are challenges around those who are going into various retail establishments

state senator scott wiener has been at the forefront of that push. his bill died in the state legislature earlier this year, but wiener says he and others are examining ways to possibly revive it. >> there are some people who are just categorically opposed to doing anything that could be perceived as normalizing drug use. they're just against it, and my response is that people are already using these substances. >> as doctor zorba says, for many ptsd sufferers, traditional treatments oftentimes don't work. that's why she's hoping the fda will ultimately decide to approve the new treatment. >> my hope is that we can look past the stigma and we can really realize the positive effects and we can update our mindset of what can help somebody. >> the fda is expected to make a decision regarding the new treatment by august in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> and our next abc seven news advancer at 11. a vote on the controversial climate change study aboard the uss hornet in alameda, the historic ship there. tomorrow, the city council will decide

gonzalez, senator wiener, mayor breed, thank you all for being here. thank you for celebrating this momentus occasion. i want to conclude and say, let's get ready and let's make dirt fly! thank you for being here! [applause] >> everyone loves a good sunset, but in san francisco we take to a new level. i'm city supervisor engardio and i represent an entire part of the city called the sunset. it stretches 30 glorious avenues. welcome to district 4! the sunset is a collide scope of people culture and experiences for residents of all ages. we are a beach town, we are a chinatown, and not a town at all. the sunset is home to 80 thousand people and we love our dogs. we live in neat row houses, homes with yards, story book homes and every quirk in between. the sunset used to be sand dunes all the way to the ocean. when the city needed to grow, san francisco's future ran through the sunset. we built rows and rows of housing for a great irish population and welcomed a great chinese population. today home to a gowing number of families from all backgrounds and t

separation and $75 million for highway to boulevard among other programs and thank very much senator wiener who serves as budget committee chair for his efforts and the governor and administration for these revisions. turning to caltrain, good news there. they have conducted testing of electrification and run 8 trains simultaneous on the peninsula corridor. this is great news and this means they plan to launch the electric service on september 21, so very soon. we look forward par tis ticipating. feature express service from san francisco and san jose in under one hours. trains every 15-20minutes and every half hour. two state legislative updates, following withdrawl by senator wiener and [indiscernible] 1021 the metropolitan transportation commission announced a new regional revenue measure select committee building consensus around a successor legislation and the committee has representation of 8 out of 9 counties [indiscernible] representing san francisco supported by commissioner ronan. the committee held the first of 5 meetings yesterday discussing the fiscal needs of each agency, what

separation and $75 million for highway to boulevard among other programs and thank very much senator wiener who serves as budget committee chair for his efforts and the governor and administration for these revisions. turning to caltrain, good news there. they have conducted testing of electrification and run 8 trains simultaneous on the peninsula corridor. this is great news and this means they plan to launch the electric service on september 21, so very soon. we look forward par tis ticipating. feature express service from san francisco and san jose in under one hours. trains every 15-20minutes and every half hour. two state legislative updates, following withdrawl by senator wiener and [indiscernible] 1021 the metropolitan transportation commission announced a new regional revenue measure select committee building consensus around a successor legislation and the committee has representation of 8 out of 9 counties [indiscernible] representing san francisco supported by commissioner ronan. the committee held the first of 5 meetings yesterday discussing the fiscal needs of each agency, what

state senator scott wiener has been at the forefront of that push.ied in the state legislature earlier this year, but wiener says he and others are examining ways to possibly revive it. >> there are some people who are just categorically opposed to doing anything that could be perceived as normalizing drug use. they're just against it, and my response is that people are already using these substances. >> as doctor zorba says, for many ptsd sufferers, traditional treatments oftentimes don't work. that's why she's hoping the fda will ultimately decide to approve the new treatment. >> my hope is that we can look past the stigma and we can really realize the positive effects and we can update our mindset of what can help somebody. >> the fda is expected to make a decision regarding the new treatment by august in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> and our next abc seven news advancer at 11. a vote on the controversial climate change study aboard the uss hornet in alameda, the historic ship there. tomorrow, the city council will decide a whether

wiener hopes to put a ballot measure before voters in 2026. >> they recognize that if we start willy nilly cutting things, furloughing people, laying people off, that that is really going to deeply impact our ability to draw people back into the system. >> dufty says. bart's biggest problem remains its lack of ridership. as of may, it's only at 43% of pre-pandemic levels. a number impacted by the rise of remote and hybrid work following covid and while dufty hopes more people will return to the office full time, allen thinks that's just not realistic. >> no one predicts that is going to happen. all predictions are that there will be just really nominal amounts of growth over time. >> even if voters were to approve a new tax measure, funding likely wouldn't come until 2028. in san francisco. tim johns abc seven news on the other hand, there's a significant step to bring bart to silicon vley. >> this extension will add four stationsnd a wrap around through downtown san jose and end near the airport. most of it will be underground. the extension is a partnership between bart and the val

senator scott wiener announced sb 925, a bill that would allow police officers to cite anyone selling stolen items on the streets. >> if a person has been cited twice for selling these commonly stolen items without a permit, they can be cited for a misdemeanor. >> the third time san francisco's board of supervisors would need to create a list of the most commonly stolen items sold on the streets. sfpd would need to check that list of items before making citations anywhere in the city. >> we know that these issues are most pronounced in the mission tenderloin. some parts of south of market, a few other areas, but the city will be able to use this law wherever the issue arises. >> in november of 2023, after what the city categorized as chaos on mission street, with fencing operations taking over sidewalks and unpermitted vendors attacking public works inspectors, the city banned street vending on mission street this decision also impacted vendors who did have permits to sell on mission street. now, almost seven months later, after the announcement of sb 925 giving more capacity to sfpd

now, one step closer to becoming law introduced by senator scott wiener. this bill is meant to close a legal loophole he says makes it more difficult to prosecute car break-in. thieves under existing law, prosecutors are required to prove that the car was locked and forcibly entered without permission. so that means that victims have to come in to testify, which wiener says can be an undue burden, particularly but for victims who don't live in san francisco, the bill now heads to the assembly floor. democratic leaders at the state capitol. they are doubling down on their plan to kill some of their own retail theft bills that if voters approve a november ballot measure to reform prop 47. this comes as newly leaked emails out of governor newsom's office show. he is open to a prop. 47 reform. >> does not this year our capitol correspondent eytan wallace reports. >> it's borderline corrupt republican assembly member kate sanchez not holding back how she feels about a plan from legislative democratic leaders to cancel several the legislature's bipartisan retail

[applause] and our california state senator, scott wiener. [applause] thank you to our local elected leaders, including jose sisneros, our district attorney, brooke jenkins, our city attorney david chui, our chair paul miyamoto, our assessor, joaquin torres. our fire chief, jeanine nicholson. our police chief, bill scott. our city administrator, carmen chui and a bunch of other department heads including dr. grant colfax, reverend brown and you name it. i appreciate the leadership of this city being here to kickoff juneteenth. it is important that we recognize this as a celebration, but also it is important that we take a step back to understand the significance of juneteenth. and, we know that this dates back to starting in 1863 with the emancipation proclamation and people in the deep south in rural texas not finding out about the freedom that we are enjoying today until two years later, some time in june of 1865. and then in san francisco, we can look back at when we started celebratory events, all the way back to 1945 or so, and really ki

scott wiener forced us to do it, simply doesn't hold water. if you want to amend the local coastal program, the evolved way to do it is in a comprehensive of well publicized, community driven process, not piecemeal in the wiener manner. this proposed ordinance is both bad policy and bad politics, and we urge you to table this. thank you for sharing your comments. let's have the next speaker. please. good afternoon. my name is jean connolly. i live on inverness drive, which is at 27th and sloat, i've lived there for 30 years. i'm here on behalf of the irish cultural center, we have respectfully followed all the guidelines and adhered to every request. and we believe that there's no further reason for delay of the project, please move forward with the project. thank you. thank you for sharing your comments. so the next speaker, please. afternoon. my name is stephanie o'sullivan. i'm a long time member of the united irish cultural center. i have four children, and each of my kids participate in the music , the dance and the annual irish camp. we

wiener hopes to put a ballot measure before voters in 2026. >> they recognize that if we start willy nilly cutting things , furloughing people, laying people off, that that is really going to deeply impact our ability to draw people back into the system. >> dufty says. bart's biggest problem remains its lack of ridership. as of may, it's only at 43% of pre-pandemic levels. a number impacted by the rise of remote and hybrid work following covid. and while dufty hopes more people will return to the office full time, allen thinks that's just not realistic. >> no one predicts that is going to happen. all predictions are that there will be just really nominal amounts of growth over time. >> even if voters were to approve a new tax measure, funding likely wouldn't come until 2028. in san francisco, tim johnson, abc seven news a significant step today to bring bart to silicon valley with a >> this extension will add four stations and wrap around through downtown san jose and end near the airport. most of it will be underground. the extension is a partnership between bart and valley transpor

senator scott wiener announced sb 925, a bill that would allow police officers to cite anyone sellingtolen items on the streets. >> if a person has been cited twice for selling these commonly stolen items without a permit, they can be cited for a misdemeanor. >> the third time san francisco's board of supervisors would need to create a list of the most commonly stolen items sold on the streets. sfpd would need to check that list of items before making citations anywhere in the city. >> we know that these issues are most pronounced in the mission tenderloin. some parts of south of market, a few other areas, but the city will be able to use this law wherever the issue arises. >> in november of 2023, after what the city categorized as chaos on mission street, with fencing operations taking over sidewalks and unpermitted vendors attacking public works inspectors, the city banned street vending on mission street this decision also impacted vendors who did have permits to sell on mission street. now, almost seven months later, after the announcement of sb 925 giving more capacity to sfpd to

so here to discuss this, i'm joined by bob wiener , this, i'm joined by bob wiener, democratic strategistmer spokesperson for the clinton and george w bush administrations and seb gorka former deputy assistant to president donald trump. welcome both to the show . trump. welcome both to the show. sarah, i'd like to come to you first about this from a british perspective. a lot of people are very confused. they see this as a misdemeanour, which is beyond the statute of limitations that has somehow been elevated into a felony. how exactly has that been achieved with pixie dust and a lot of hatred ? and a lot of hatred? >> thank you. andrew, it's been a while. yeah, you're absolutely right. these were if a crime had been had occurred, they would have been misdemeanours that would have simply been irrelevant at this point because they'd expired under the statute of limitations for new york. however in some strange kind of incantation that no one can explain , they were connected to explain, they were connected to a business expense filing in the january after the election in 2016, and that som

tatar holiday, like sabantuy, it’s really time to reap a rich harvest, i understand that even irina wieners athletes, here on the right, you see who yes, that is, i understand that the level of responsibility, when at russian competitions, it is special, you deserve to compete for belarus, when such, of course, it is worthy, that you just don’t have to qualify for everything, everyone tries to get in from a young age, but to represent the honor of the country is it seems to me that the best thing that can happen, well, to complete the plot , we return to where it began, to the gymnastics center, which has become, in general , a symbol of the performance of our native belarus team, since there was a scattering of awards here today. 15:55, that’s all for today, love sports, work hard and win, but for now, good night and have a nice weekend. we are not telling dry historical facts, we are immersing ourselves in an era when people sailed along the neman, but here on the shore there were columns, you could tie boats, and well, vetins, so yes, columns again, it doesn’t matter, yes, everything is

wiener hopes to put a ballot measure before voters in 2026. >> they recognize that if we start willy nilly cutting things , furloughing people, laying people off, that that is really going to deeply impact our ability to draw people back into the system. >> dufty says. bart's biggest problem remains its lack of ridership. as of may, it's only at 43% of pre-pandemic levels. a number impacted by the rise of remote and hybrid work following covid. and while dufty hopes more people will return to the office full time, allen thinks that's just not realistic. >> no one predicts that is going to happen. all predictions are that there will be just really nominal amounts of growth over time. >> even if voters were to approve a new tax measure, funding likely wouldn't come until 2028. in san francisco, tim johnson, abc seven news a significant step today to bring bart to silicon valley with a ceremonial groundbreaking. >> this extension will add four stations and wrap around through downtown san jose and end near the airport. most of it will be underground. the extension is a partnership betwe

. >> thank you, senator wiener and unfortunately, not able to speak spanish so hopefully and, get hise this translating any comments that is great to be here with that coalition of people to help to introduce this legislation in sacramento and want to thank senator wiener for his leadership not just here announcing in legislation it is a lot of work and meetings across my policymakers in northern california and southern california and community stakeholders to get to - to this point to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our actual street veterans in san francisco because this is something that you know what about you but i'm used to experience growing up in san francisco we had the - growing in the man folks who worked to create their goods and also available to provide that support to community and so many of the various veterans joining us here do they have been part of community for many, many years. and sadly what we see in recent years is a change. where we know that there are challenges around those who are going into various retail establishments and steali

state senators scott wiener, aisha wahab and the mtc proposed the connect bay area act this bill would a vote in several counties to raise as much as $1.5 billion a year in taxes to help pay for train, bus and ferry operations across the bay area's 27 different transit agencies. the bill's authors said in a joint statement. in part, quote, it's become clear to us that we need more time to build a consensus on how to structure a regional measure that protects bay area transit service into the future, end quote. the bill was opposed for various reasons. business groups opposed additional taxes. some transit leaders disapproved of a provision to study how to consolidate some transit agencies and some progress groups oppose the inclusion of some highway projects in bart, releasing a statement tonight saying in part despite passing the senate on may 24th, sb 1301, facing continued opposition in the legislature and from key transit partners who were critical to its success. therefore, the pause is understandable. we are encouraged by senator wiener's commitment to continue the effort and to

turning to legislation sb 10 three 1 by wiener was amended last week and emerged in the transformationommittees some of the changes would impact the regional measure ability to help the chauvinists for the agencies including bart and sfmta under the new version required return to sour start at 70 percent in the 5 years and to 90 years in the 6 year the higher resources limits the total regional discretionary fund for those purposes with the connected and regional system and supports the operators beyond 5 years and prohibits the county from the regional measure under sb 10 three 1 until 28 t timeframe to sponsor for the quarter sales tax and after that sb three 1 regional measures includes the two counties in north bay sets aside operations and capital costs in the event that smart is not able to reauthorizes their sales tax it is complicated but want you to know about that that bill must pass by may 24th before the assembly to june we anticipate more amendments not coming weeks ago and will keep you updated and the three builds advanced in the appropriations committee that that includ

. >> thank you, senator wiener and unfortunately, not able to speak spanish so hopefully and, get hisis translating any comments that is great to be here with that coalition of people to help to introduce this legislation in sacramento and want to thank senator wiener for his leadership not just here announcing in legislation it is a lot of work and meetings across my policymakers in northern california and southern california and community stakeholders to get to - to this point to make sure that we're doing everything we can to protect our actual street veterans in san francisco because this is something that you know what about you but i'm used to experience growing up in san francisco we had the - growing in the man folks who worked to create their goods and also available to provide that support to community and so many of the various veterans joining us here do they have been part of community for many, many years. and sadly what we see in recent years is a change. where we know that there are challenges around those who are going into various retail establishments and stealing i

[applause] and our california state senator, scott wiener. [applause] thank you to our local elected leaders, including jose sisneros, our district attorney, brooke jenkins, our city attorney david chui, our chair paul miyamoto, our assessor, joaquin torres. our fire chief, jeanine nicholson. our police chief, bill scott. our city administrator, carmen chui and a bunch of other department heads including dr. grant colfax, reverend brown and you name it. i appreciate the leadership of this city being here to kickoff juneteenth. it is important that we recognize this as a celebration, but also it is important that we take a step back to understand the significance of juneteenth. and, we know that this dates back to starting in 1863 with the emancipation proclamation and people in the deep south in rural texas not finding out about the freedom that we are enjoying today until two years later, some time in june of 1865. and then in san francisco, we can look back at when we started celebratory events, all the way back to 1945 or so, and really ki

[applause] and our california state senator, scott wiener. [applause] thank you to our local elected leaders, including jose sisneros, our district attorney, brooke jenkins, our city attorney david chui, our chair paul miyamoto, our assessor, joaquin torres. our fire chief, jeanine nicholson. our police chief, bill scott. our city administrator, carmen chui and a bunch of other department heads including dr. grant colfax, reverend brown and you name it. i appreciate the leadership of this city being here to kickoff juneteenth. it is important that we recognize this as a celebration, but also it is important that we take a step back to understand the significance of juneteenth. and, we know that this dates back to starting in 1863 with the emancipation proclamation and people in the deep south in rural texas not finding out about the freedom that we are enjoying today until two years later, some time in june of 1865. and then in san francisco, we can look back at when we started celebratory events, all the way back to 1945 or so, and really ki

chestnut for some americans, a july 4th without joey chestnut may feel like a hot dog bun without a wiener forever ended. >> joey josh chestnut will not be competing in the nathan's hot dog eating contest. >> wow. in a stunning turn of events on tuesday, it was reported that the 16 time champ had been, quote unquote, banned from the upcoming nathan's hot dog eating contest after he had signed a sponsorship deal with vegan hot dog brand impossible foods. major league eating president richard shea spoke to abc news about when they learned chestnut was breaking the apparent rule that competitors cannot endorse any hot dog that is not nathan's. >> we learned just a couple of days ago. then we asked, we hope that this is not true, or that you would reconsider. and we were told that there's no interest, to reconsider. so we have to move on. >> well, okay, let's hear chestnut side of the story now in a post to social media, chestnut wrote that he was, quote, gutted to learn from the media about this ruling and promised his fans rest assured that you'll see me eat again soon. and it seems like he'