i am joined right now with mayor willy brown. they just put me on the spot. the anchors, brian flores and allie rasvus. they want us to single. >> let's do jingle bells together. we can do it very well. >> i don't know all the words. >> you're supposed to carry me. >> let's go. ready? >> count it down. >> dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh, over the hims we go laughing all the way. bells on bob tails ring making spirits bright. what fun it is to ride in a -- jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh, hey. jingle bells. jingle bells. jingle all the way. oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh. >> let's talk about this toy drive. >> now you know why i am always the usher. >> good job, janine. >> thanks, guys. >>reporter: well, we are here together. and of course you don't miss this every year. we're -- this is their annual toy drive. they still need 15,000 toys. talk to me about how important this is. lots of needy children out there. >> it is really very important. as a ma

everyone was implicated, willie brown, dianne feinstein. we have to separate what the dream was and how it did take care of people but also be honest about the corruption that did set in their. >> i'm sure you have documented this very well in your book. it has been documented over and over again. he would use whatever platform he needed, he could tell you what you wanted to feel and believe. i am not trying to take away from that. i am getting older. at one time i was one of the youngest surviving members. now i am 55 years old. i just felt there was a side of the story that people did not research. who cares about what happened to day-to-day? how did the people interact? jim jones, hands were as soft as a babies. things got accomplished in that group. it was very well named, the people's temple. sons and i were his personal aides. he was very drugged out. when they told him never again leave jonestown, his life was over. i said to them, jim, you can't even go to georgetown anymore. once you leave this commune you will be arrested. you had

janine was singing with former mayor willy brown. alex was singing last year.om, our crack web team put up not only this year's video of janine singing, but also alex savidge from last year singing. maybe it's an american idol ish competition. check it out and weigh on. singing reporters on ktvu.com. >> don't be too hard on them. >> they were great. >>> coming up on mornings on 2: the 9. giving back to a charity for the holidays. we'll talk to the ceo of charity navigator about what you can do to make sure your money goes to the right place. >>> a price difference between two products almost exactly the same, the only difference is one is branded for women, the other for men. . >>> welcome back. a loyal ktvu viewer providing provided a gift to a homeless family they didn't think would come true. they have a real home to call their own. they moved into the redwood city apartment on tuesday night. they've been homeless for 14 months now, hifg in a shelter. -- living in a shelter. she has a full-time job, but no one would rent to her because of five children. the

. >> willie brown shared advise and the kids and hen tores break interest teams to work on skills such as building an airplane out of this. >> we want them to be our future so they know what did look for. >> organizers hope a similar summit for young middle school girls and they look forward to opening the summit to more students in we year. outside of at&t park for abc7 news >> coming up on abc7, the ex-girlfriend scouts are losing some of their luster. >> the 103-year-old organization is doing now to show young people it is about more than selling cookies. >> a train rams into a car on the tracks but what the driver does after the crash has so many scratching their heads in disbelief. stay tuned. >> incredible video frommed if, a freight train smashing into a car stuck on the tracks in or land go, and they step up seconds before the crash and when the coast is clear, they got back into the crumbleed car and drove away. the man who took the cell phone video said he was ready to run over, but he recognized the noise because it happens a lot there. >> fed the san jose city council will

many of the team's receivers, michael crabtree, cooper, holmes, willie brown giving away bikes and helmets to low income students in the bay area. that is it for sports. the beard grow back begins now. ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. it's white breast meat chicken every time. because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more flavor from it. and in vineland, it's all about flavor so if you're not going to make your own chicken soup tonight, do what we do...make it progresso. >>> one last check of the procrastinators forecast tonight. >> you are going to have to deal with some rain. 49 degrees in san francisco. the daytime highs will be in the upper 40s to low 50s. sun and showe

mayor, willy brown and now you're bringing in the police chief. >>reporter: oh, my goodness. i did not warn him about that one. i did want to show you these barrels. people have been coming and dropping off toys. there has been several people. but they are still waiting for a big rush to come. they're open all day throughout the night until at least midnight because they need 15,000 toys. this is for needy children here in the san francisco bay area. they're hoping that people come through. they have spiderman, i see they have board games here like this. they really are also looking for gifts for the tweens, the 10 to 13-year-old girls and boys. gift cards are also a great thing. let's go to video right now. what you're seeing, these kids were doing some christmas carolling earlier. as a gift to them, these kids were given gifts. they were completely surprised. they're from a local baptist church here. to let you know a little more about this toy drive, how special it is and how great the need is, we go to police chief greg suhr. you want to be here, this is a tradition? >> o

el equipo de receptores de oakland se unio con el miembro del salon de la fama "willie brown" para podern el unico equipo activo en la comuidad el dia de hoy.. vo los san francisco 49ers participaron en el evento "adopt-a- family".. jugadores, entrenadores y miembros del equipo administrativo atendieron a mas de 60 familias del area de la bahia el dia de hoy en el "bill wilson center" esto con el proposito de apoyar a los mas necesitados con regalos. gabriel el dia de ayaer varios medios reportamos el cese de lous van gaal del manchester united.. hoy en la rueda de prensa un van gaal evidentemente molesto comento lo siguiente. take sot 0:01 0:15 trt:14 sec outcue: to me cont. vo le pregunto a los periotas que si die sentia pedirle perd y diera esa nocia si seoficial. ademas comento que el ya esta enfocado en el siguiente partido y que en cuatro semanas el manchester united podria estar en primer lugar nuevamente. no cg vo no se olvide de este partido xolos ante monarcas en avaya stadium el domingo 3 de enero a las cuatro de la tarde. ambos equipos tendran a sus figuras en el campo para c

ride to the coliseum, followed by a pep talk from some football legends, including hall of famer willie brown>> so focused on wanting to be a professional football player. all kids growing up playing football today, they think they are going to be a professional football player. i try to go back and tell them, you may not play professional football, but get your head together and you can play with anybody. >> after lufnlg, students watched the oakland raiders take on the kansas city chiefs. this is the third year the raiders alumni association has hosted local students. >>> we'll talk about the chiefs and the raiders in a minute. but first, warriors, scary for a bit. >> the streak will end sometime, but let's enjoy it while it lasts. for three quarters tonight, looked a little tough. but with the streak on the line, the warriors appeared fatigued for the first three quarters in brooklyn, understandably so. fourth straight game on the road coming off a tough, emotional win last night in toronto. once the fourth quarter started, the warriors left no doubt the streak would live on. second quarte

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessne

. >> willie brown. [laughter] judge cordell: willie brown he says. be careful, you know what city you are in. judge cordell: donald trump. majestic equality for bids of the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges, bending on the street and stealing bread. >> anatole france's. judge cordell: bingo. -- those are my principles and if you do not like them, well, i have others. [laughter] nixon.ard judge cordell: groucho marx. [laughter] judge cordell: now we will turn to questions from you all. how do we give individuals enough power to be effective but not enough to be corrupted? can we give a lifeline? van: we should give a round of applause. [applause] judge cordell: who is the academy of justice -- that itimy of justice. .an: it is all in balance this is ending and make -- dynamic system, people want to 2008e out -- i voted in and everything did not get fixed , i quit. system this is a dynamic we will continue to interact with and learn from and hopefully for another 1000 years. there is no single answer, even if you fix it today, with n

[laughter] van: willy brown. ladoris: willy brown, he said. [laughter] sec. reich: be careful.ows what city you're in. ladoris: close. the answer, donald trump. next one. the law in its majestic equality, for business and rich as well as the poor, from begging under bridges, on the streets and stealing bread. anatole france. ladoris: bingo, very good. last one. those are my -- [laughter] ladoris: last one. those are my principles. and if you don't like them, well, i have others. nixon.hard >> groucho marx. [laughter] ladoris: so now we will turn to questions from you all. questions for you all. individuals e enough power to be effective but not enough to be corrupted? sec. reich: can we give a life line? van: give a round of applause. federal judge. give a round of applause. [applause] ladoris: who is the epitome of justice. absolutely. so how do we give people power, not too much? van: it's all in the balance, and i love that, i think you had some ideas from our earlier discussion. but listen, this is a dynamic system. people want to figure out, you know, geez, you talk to you

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessne

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brown was an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the br

around 70 men volunteered to 100 boys from willie brown middle school. >> told me that i could be anything. >> california president welcomed the sixth graders to the stadium. >> when i grew up, i never saw anybody that looked like me in position of authority and responsibility. so knowingings that there's someone out there that i could have aspired to be is a wonderful thing. i'm hoping to find the next president of at&t california right here today. >> what d does that mean to see black men in leadership position? >> it makes me proud. >> the kids and mentors who are breaking to work on stem cells. >> we want to prepare the kids for the future. and so that they know what to look for. >> a similar summit for young girls was hosted this past spring and the organize rs say they look forward to opening up the summits to more students next year. in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> food companies are making an aggressive year-end push to head off mandatory labeling of jell netically modified foods known as gmos. many large food companies say products containing gmos are safe. some s

. >> willie brown. [laughter] judge cordell: willie brown he says. >> be careful, you know what city you are in. judge cordell: donald trump. the law in its majestic equality for bids of the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges, bending on the street and stealing bread. >> anatole france's. judge cordell: bingo. last one. those are my -- those are my principles and if you do not like them, well, i have others. [laughter] >> richard nixon. judge cordell: groucho marx. [laughter] judge cordell: now we will turn to questions from you all. how do we give individuals enough power to be effective but not enough to be corrupted? >> can we give a lifeline? van: we should give a round of applause. [applause] judge cordell: who is the epitome of justice. van: it is all in balance. this is a dynamic system, people want to figure out -- i voted in 2008 and everything did not get fixed, i quit. i mean, this is a dynamic system we will continue to interact with and learn from and hopefully for another

many of the team's receivers club michael crabtree and willie brown giving away bikes and helmets to low income students in the bay area. love to see that holiday spirit. >> really nice to see that, the big time players for the raiders as well. >>> nice to see you, look who's with us. >> i know, this is fabulous, i'm a little nervous, vicky. >> bring your "a"game. >> we'll get right to it. the national conversation on football's role in brain injuries has sent shock waves through the national football league, much of it centered at the bay area, with the early requirement of chris borland. on after t on christmas day, a new film on the topic, "concussion," opposite. we sat down with the star of the film, will smith. >> if you continue to deny my work, the world will deny my work. but men, your men, continue to die. >> in the film "concussion," when dr. bennett amalu publishes a report that links the death of a player to a representative head trauma, the nigerian physician is unexpected ly provokes an industry terrified of him. i sat down with will smith who explained how he connected

i talked to melinda king and willie brown. what other choices are there? >> that's where leadership comes in. you really need the elected leaders of this talent proceed to -- town proceed to offer the opportunities for mental health professionals and using all of the medical world to market the proper decision. clearly, it is a jail in san francisco at 850 front street ought to be gone. if anybody has spent the night there, they would change their mind.>> reporter: the question is, if you put the money into mental health, would it reach the people that need it? the people on the street? >> we could build a gorgeous mental health facility, but the bottom line is he you cannot force people into treatment and to take medication unless it is under specific circumstances. even if you have believed the people that say that we should not fix the horrible jail, legally we need more options to force people into the facilities. there's not a lot we can do.>> we have maxed the dialogue between prison and mental health facilities. they don't necessarily have a connect

we even have former mayor willie brown singing christmas carols. >> and the oakland raiders are plottingmove to l.a. by next season. that means tonight could be their final home game ever. rav, all i can think about is getting relief. only nicorette mini has a patented fast-dissolving formula. it starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i only choose nicorette mini. whfight back fastts tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies! only from tums makovec. and i'm brian hackney.... michelle f. >>> good morning, happy christmas eve. it's 6:00 on december 24. i'm anne makovec. >> i'm brian hackney. michelle and frank are off this morning. >>> happening today we are seeing a wet chilly start to this christmas eve. more rain moving through the bay area. that's a live look in oakland. there are freeze warnings posted, there are winter storm warnings posted in ukiah. the temperatures are going to be chilly. we could have a dusting -- ♪[ music ]♪ >> wait a m

it stared with a bus ride followed by inspirational talk including hall of famer willie brown. >> so focused on being a professional football player. a kids think they are going to be a profession football player. i try to they will them you may never play professional football. >> the students got a chance to watch the raiders take on the kansas city chiefs. it's the third year they have hosted this event. >> great program there. jason apple ball. >> the warriors are sow good we expect them to blow everybody out. it doesn't happen every take way. after a hard fought win last night in toronto the warriors putting their 21 game win streak on the line in brooklyn this afternoon. warriors started out hot looked like they were would runway with this 17 point lead early. klay thompson knocks down 3 from the corner. warriors up 14 at this juncture she extend the lead thompson with 22 points but the warriors would trail by 5 midway through the third and curry breaks the 76 all tie with three-pointers seconds later it's curry the alley-oop to festus seely. 12 points 20 minutes for a seely. i

and today they got to hear from raider legend willie brown who emphasized to the students that educationes before sports. >> it's so focused on wanting to be a professional football player. all kids grow up playing football today, they think they're going to be a professional football player. so try to go back and tell them you may not play professional. but you get your education you can play with anybody. >> after the talk, the students have front row seats to watch the raiders take on the kansas city chiefs. didn't turn out the way the raiders fans wanted, but it was a great team and a team on the up tick. plus the whole point was to talk about education. >> there you go. important message. >>> rob mayeda is here. he has the week's forecast. a lot of people are looking towards thursday. >> a lot of wind and rain we think. outside right now, very interesting temperatures. it's still 59 degrees outside. remember a couple of weekends ago we had 20s and 30s for overnight temperatures. the exact opposite. a lot of moisture in the air which acts like a blanket. in this case blanketing the g

. >> i saw you singing christmas carols with former mayor willie brown. >> they asked me to sing.hristmas spirit is building. if you can just drop by on geary street, we have elves out there to take your toys or go to our website leftystoydrive.com. we're looking forward to handing out toys today. in fact, in just a few hours, we are going to be having a first round of kids come in pick up some. we are going to be loading up the tracks, santa's sleigh going out to fillmore and we are going to be dropping off some toys running back collecting some morning. it's going on all day and night. we are going to have a blast. >> that's so funnel. you're here until 11:00. >> until 1 a.m. >> reporter: 1 a.m.? >> yeah. i'm bringing my kids down, wife down. we're all staying here. >> how much coffee will you have today? >> i started off at 4:00 so i'm -- my barometer is going up. >> reporter: cookies, donuts, coffee. i think that's great. thank you so much, nick. >> thank you. >> reporter: you heard him. it's never too late to donate today for christmas. make sure all sorts of kids get a toy f

i see fire chief joann hayes wife and former mayor willy brown and they have been doing christmas carols trying to get people in the mood and try to get the word out, again, this is a last-minute christmas drive. they want to get these toys here in time for them to be distributed throughout the day. they want to get them sooner rather than later. how many more toys do you need? >> we need 5,000 more than the 10,000 we got last year. >> you think you're going to get that goal? >> i hope with the storm going on and everything else. i'm hopeful. please, come on down. bring an unwrapped toy. you don't even have to get wet. hand them out the window as you drive by or go to www.le www.leftystoydrive.com. >> what age group are you needing toys for the most? >> we have a lot of toys so far for the boys. we need tween girls. >> like 10 to 13. >> 16. >> teenager. >> gift cards. you know. those work. >> but we need them desperately and we get them out all day long and tomorrow morning big drops tomorrow morning. >> i assume you have seen in the years past some of the reaction from these kids. can y

former san francisco mayor willie brown and san francisco police chief showing off their musical sides the piano. this year's goal is to collect more than 15,000 toys. and we certainly hope that they reach that mark. in the mean time let's get a quick check of your forecast. >> we have a storm system moving in on this christmas leave that brings wet weather, also some chilly temperatures. we will continue to see this rain rolling on through, now at the north bay we do have some slick roads down 101 from hillsburg to santa rosa and then as we head farther to the south in san francisco, some heavy rain falling now around daily city and own over to the east bay, scattered showers approaching concord and as we go into the south bay, some very heavy rain moving in through the south bay hills, also around campbell, seeing some heavy downpours, we see those bright yellows and arranges, that indicates some heavy rain. we will see more of this throughout the morning and early afternoon, and chilly temperatures and gusty winds. at times those winds gusting up to 30 miles an hour. we also have a

parker elementary and 3 schools in supervisor commissioner campos district albert taylor and willie l. browniddle school and al vest and the eddie taylor has invited the teachers for chinese dance show thank you very much and i'll recommend to the supervisors to consider an operation application as in the past two years. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i supervisor i'm trying to play the video of the performing arts. >> cultural has returned be inspired, discover and experience the devin culture coming to santa fe, san francisco and sacramento january 1st through 15. >> i've been coming to the theatres a arts i'm not familiar with. >> overwhelmed i did quality of dancing i am extremely impressed. >> they sing with they're hearts and a person on the stage that played a really, really weird choice. >> a blessing to see what a gift god gives especially to the chinese culture that is devin those bring the chinese civilization back to life. >> thank you thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> we have new supervisors some left the new supervisor how you came t

compassion to come to that academy and sit with the officers as was done during the days of mayor willie brown and chief sanders were leading this department. we did a great thing. we need to put that back into action. let the people come so that these officers will know that we are human. we are not a threat we are god's children and they don't need to be scared of us and we don't need to be scared of them when they show they have respect for our people. no. 2, it was referenced earlier by our bishop king that we need not just respect we need to have to hear from the chief that our king mentioned earlier. not to be in the department or ego trip or power trip, but a board that has teeth that sits with the chief that communicates with this commission an we are acting on a crisis and we'll always move on a positive preventative measure. i plead with you all tonight. let us act like san francisco knows how to do it. we claim to be a liberal aggressive city. let us not live a lie. let us become truthful expressions of love, of justice, fair play, equality of opportunity and when we do that, we wil

. >> willie brown. [laughter] [applause] >> the answer, donald trump. the wall and its majestic equality in its majestic equality forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges, begging on the streets into stealing bread. anatol france. last one. those are my principles and if you don't like them, i have others. >> groucho marx. now we will turn to questions from you all. how do we give individuals enough power to be effective but not enough to be corrupted? >> can we get a lifeline? >> federal judge. [applause] who is the academy of justice, absolutely. how do we give people power but not too much? the >> it's all in the balance. this is a dynamic system. i voted in 2008 and everything didn't get to. i clicked. this is a dynamic system we will continue to interact with probably another thousands years so there is no one single answer or thing because if you fix it today today there's new trick-or-treat tomorrow and it's not an end state. >> didn't you write in your book isn't really corruption it's just people making rules? >> it is i

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessness because

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brownse gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessness becaus

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessne

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brownrse gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessness becau

compassion to come to that academy and sit with the officers as was done during the days of mayor willie brown and chief sanders were leading this department. we did a great thing. we need to put that back into action. let the people come so that these officers will know that we are human. we are not a threat we are god's children and they don't need to be scared of us and we don't need to be scared of them when they show they have respect for our people. no. 2, it was referenced earlier by our bishop king that we need not just respect we need to have to hear from the chief that our king mentioned earlier. not to be in the department or ego trip or power trip, but a board that has teeth that sits with the chief that communicates with this commission an we are acting on a crisis and we'll always move on a positive preventative measure. i plead with you all tonight. let us act like san francisco knows how to do it. we claim to be a liberal aggressive city. let us not live a lie. let us become truthful expressions of love, of justice, fair play, equality of opportunity and when we do that, we wil

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to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessne

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brown was an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the br

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brownwas an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the bra

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brown was an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the br

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brown was an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the br

to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and thank you for being a trusted advisor and advocate and one that reminds everybody we got to get to better solutions. i want to also acknowledge the good work of our former supervisor bevan dufty and director of hope for the last years for tireless work with service providers and client to move people into better lives. i learned a lot with bevan, but i felt his passion avenue day he has been on the job. and today, building on the work that came before we begin a new agency, a agency with a budget and mandate to solve homelessness. we'll bring together under one roof the multitude of homeless outreach, housing, shelter and supportive services that exist across many different departments. over the last 20 years, we increased our spending on homelessness b

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brownwas an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the bra

brainstorm a member of the board of supervisors had an incredible job and work with former mayor willie brown was an unbelievable experience we recognized in our younger days we didn't, quite what it was element that a mayor would allow me to give auto thirty, 10 appoints and following the saturday those individuals would sit and tell them what i have they are need that the mayor was committing to handle that and there was so many connections to the people i think are not recognized by folks and the prisoner of working with mia's the director of hope and offered abbas an apology to the mayor it is a pain in the tail to have an elected official so i appreciated how warm and gracious in working with his administration i believe there are things like the navigation center and it is a foundational city commitment expensive to mitigate the impact of people living on the streets to help them and to see the stories i've read this week about public housing in chicago and realizing that services the focuses is on poor people and the least focused on i'm grateful it so many of you here and truly the br