wilson walker joining us now. you spent a few days in vancouver. is there a way to measure it? data to show which city might be doing it better? >> it is hard to say. for a story that could have pages and pages of footnotes there is one i would like to go back to immediately. that is sort of the overdose deaths percapita. looking at the chart does not tell us how plane people in the cities are using or specifically people using drugs in a manner that might make them likely to have an overdose nor does it will us about the street supply of drugs in either of the towns. if you talk to the advocates for the policies in vancouver, you just heard from her, they will say their street drug supply is worse than ours. that is to mean beyond the basic baseline of fentanyl you have the other synthetic opioids that might be resistant to it. they can make it riskier. if you take all of those things into account that is sort of how you get to the idea, hey, without all of these things we might be 30% higher than we were. hard to nail it down with metrics. i think that graph is a roar shock o

wilson walker joining me in studio now. while the silver lining is something is working but it is just the what is it? not a one-size-fits-all. a number of things working. law enforcement crack down. it is intensifying and maybe it is something more simple than that. we will show you video from inside of the public, sort of affordable housing developments. finally putting meloxone in it. most of the overdoses are coming from inside these buildings as opposed to the street for quite awhile now. finally getting it inside of these buildings where they are putting folks that come off of the street. many of them have substance abuse challenges, maybe it is something as simple as that. we just don't know. >> let's talk about the november election specifically the mayoral race. it seems like every candidate tauting their plan. not just one idea it is three or four or five to make it work. where does it stand? >> obviously complicated and dominating the conversation as we move towards the election. last night we were talking about

wilson walker continues our coverage from vancouver. >> once you near this five blocks by two block radius you have everything you need to maintain an addiction without having to do much. >> reporter: if it is the streets and alleys of vancouver's downtown east side or those in san francisco tinder loin, one obstacle of pulling away is drugs are everywhere. something we heard before. >> do you know anyone who has gotten clean out here? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> how did they do it? >> get away from here. >> reporter: a parallel challenge in vancouver, he has tried the treatment program offered at the downtown safe use site. >> that one, that one has not worked for me. maybe i was not ready or maybe i just -- maybe the environment down in the middle of the hood was too much of an overload for me. >> reporter: that is one reason help here comes from outside of town >> this is a place that your mom and kids can come and visit and feel safe and comfortable. it is always what helped us create a community here. neighbors love us, we take care of the lawns >> 30 minutes from downtown you will find the

two sister cities in this opioid crisis. >> wilson walker, thank you. wilson will bring us all of that tomorrow night at 11:00 in part two of our series overdose crisis: lessons from vancouver. and if you or anyone you know is struggling with addiction, call 1-800-622-help. that is the substance abuse and mental health services administration' 's national help line. >>> all right, shifting gores now to our first alert weather, chief meteorologist paul heggen joining me now. i got to tell you, it was pretty toasty in the east bay. >> big change from 48 hours before that when it was rainy and cool. now we're on the other side of the weather roller coaster. it's still going to continue to ride along up and down over the course of the next several days. let's take a look at where our high temperatures topped out earlier today as we look at the fog rolling in. our view from the mark hopkins hotel. that fog isn't very deep. temperatures earlier today topped out in the low to mid-90s in san jose, santa rosa, and concord. well into the 80s in fremont and well i

as wilson walker explains, a new bill that just passed the legislature aims to change that. >> if you have proof someone broke into a car, that should be enough to convict the person and to have accountability requiring proof the doors are locked is absurd. >> reporter: absurd in the mind of many, but it is currently the law. for prosecutors to convict someone of auto burglary, they must first prove the car is locked. something that can pose obvious challenges especially when the victims are not residents of the city like this poor family from argentina we met at alamo square last year. >> and they took our passports, my computer. >> those tourists are not going to fly back into san francisco. they're from the east coast or asia or europe to testify they did, in fact, lock their car. >> reporter: state senator scott wiener at alamo square back in 2018 a couple of years after car break-ins started to skyrocket in san francisco. now that push to close the loophole was joined by the city's then district attorney. >> common sense would tell you if you have broken glass, obviously someone

wilson walker traveled to vancouver to see what we can learn in part one of the special seize.crisis -- lessons from vancouver. >> i got -- i have been here long far too long. no -- nobody's alive from when i started my addiction. not one person. not one. >> reporter: 20 years, jeffrey has spent in the streets and alleys of vancouver's downtown east side. everyone he knew when he started here, all lost to the very same gamble. >> so this crystal meth in there and fentanyl. hopefully that's what it is. >> reporter: he admits that he is surprised that he's still alive. having been pulled into the crisis that will look very recognizable to san franciscans. >> this is me in hastings. aka paint and wastings. it's ground zero for the poverty in the city. [ sirens ] >> i have watched everything happen down here and i have watched the streets evolve. when it was heroin down here, it was very quiet. this is new stuff. this is new with the fentanyl. it's everywhere now. and -- >> reporter: change the streets. >> fentanyl changed the lifestyle. it's wiped out a whole [ bleep ]ing generati

wilson walker explains. >> if you have proof that someone broke into a car that should be enough to convict the person and to have accountability requiring proof that the doors are locked. >> absurd in the eyes of many. it currently is the law. for prosecutors to convict someone of auto burglary they must first prove the car was locked. something that can pose challenges especially when the victims are not residents of the city like this poor family from argentina that we met last year. >> and they took my computer, passports >> they will not fly back into san francisco from the east coast or asia or europe to testify that they did, in fact, lock their car. >> that was state senator scott wiener back in 2018. a couple years after car break ins started to skyrocket in san francisco. now, that push to close the loophole was joined by the city's then district attorney. >> common sense will tell you, broken glass somebody broke into the vehicle. >> the 2018 effort and another in 2019 were turned back in sacramento. the words of san francisco's then public defender. >> well, i mean, we are movin

wilson walker explained. >> if you have proof that someone broke into a car, that should be enough to the person and to have accountability requiring proof that the doors were locked is absurd. >> reporter: absurd in the minds of many. it is currently the law. for prosecutors to convict someone of auto burglary they must first prove the car was locked. something that can pose challenges especially when the victims are not residents of the city. like this poor family from argentina we met last year. >> and they took our passports, my computer. >> those tourists will not fly back into san francisco from the east coast or for asia or europe to testify that they did, in fact, lock their car. >> reporter: that was state senator scott wiener back in 2018. a couple years after car break ins started to skyrocket in san francisco. that push to close the loophole was joined by the city's then district attorney. >> common sense would tell you if you have broken glass obviously someone broke into the vehicle. >> the 2018 effort and another in 2019 were turned back in sacramento. the words of san

our wilson walker was there at the main jail with supporters of the protester also showed up. >> everybody with over 40 charges each. it is a very dramatic decision it is in contrast to the other similar actions like the bay bridge 78. >> reporter: those faces charges surrendered to a show of support at the san francisco jail and attorney for the protesters calls the charges, any charges, unjustified. specifically points to the last protest. >> i don't think this should be charged personally. what happened on the bay bridge and the golden gate bridge are the exact same. >> it was back in march when the pay bridge 78 walked out of a courtroom to a cheering crowd. that day in the words of organizers a complete vindication and victory. >> essentially the judge dismissed our case as of may 15th. with a diversion offer of five hours community service and a little under $4,500 in restitution >> there is about time, place and manner. >> reporter: the second act, the golden gate bridge comes with more charges partly because of the outcome of the previous incident. >> there are elevated charges for

wilson walker was there this morning when crews came in and when they came back just hours later. >> you're trying to get indoors? >> no. >> i got to kindly ask you to start packing the tent and get this off the sidewalk so we can sanitize and clean the street, okay? >> all right. >> thank you. >> reporter: when 8:00 rolled around, these two blocks of willow street were lined with several dozen people and maybe 15 or so tents. by everyone's account there were more people here the day before, only many of them decided to move on once word spread of what was coming. >> dpw is coming to take all of your stuff tomorrow and to be ready for it. that's all i've heard. >> i've watched this happen many, many, many times. i'm curious what is happening today that is different? >> nothing. absolutely nothing. this is normal operations, our usual protocol. we've done 72-hour noticing. we started with homeless outreach. the encampment resolution team offered shelter. >> reporter: david is with the healthy streets operations center. >> we're still operating right now as if the injunction and the la

our wilson walker was there as city workers moved in and shows us what happened after they left. >> can we get you indoors? >> i need to kindly ask you to get your stuff out so we can sanitize the street and sidewalk. >> reporter: they were lined with deaf ral dozen people. 15 or so tents. by everyone's account there were more people here the day before only many of them decided to move on once word spread of what was coming. >> dpw is coming to take all of your stuff tomorrow and to be ready for it. that is all i heard. >> i watched it happen many, many times. i am curious what is happening today that is different? >> nothing. absolutely nothing. this is normal operations. it is our usual protocol. we have done 72 hour noticing. we started with homeless out reach, encampment resolution team offering shelter. >> david is with the city's healthy streets operation center. >> we are still operating right now as if the injunction and the lawsuit that is definitely still in place. >> reporter: what is different is what the city calls legal clarity that it can enforce city codes regards sidew

this week we take a look in our special series overdose crisis, lessons from vancouver, wilson walker traveled up north and brings us part one. >> like i said i have been here a long time. in the parking lot. no one is alive from when i started my addiction, not one person, not one. >> reporter: 20 years jeffrey has spent in these streets and alleys of vancouver's east side. everyone he knew when he started here lost to the sam gamble >> crystal meth in there. and, fentanyl. hopefully that is what it is. >> reporter: he admits he is surprised that he is still alive having pulled into the crisis that will look recognizable to san francisco. >> it is ground 0 for poverty in this city. >> i watched everything happen down here. i watched the streets of all when it was heroin down here. it was very quiet. this is new stuff. this is new with the fentanyl. it is everywhere now. >> fentanyl changed the streets >> changed the lifestyle. it wiped out a whole [beep] generation. we did not have a choice, you know. we were doing heroin and then, slowly but surely we started chasing something diffe

>> wilson walker gives us a look in part two of our series. >> weeks went out and became more and morea stronger favor. and what you got, fentanyl. no heroin. everybody is [beep] >> it may of started a few years earlier but it is the same story as san francisco. overdose crisis that arrived with fentanyl and drags on now with plenty of other drugs mixed in. >> they let the staff know what drugs they are planning to use, what drugs they think they have on them. >> the response here has been different. 2016 british columbia declared a health emergency expanded from one official safe use site to dozens and started offering users the option of a regulated drug supply. >> we have seen sort of the risk that have come from unregulated drugs. we know people use them. so, we legalize them and make are regulated versions and people don't immediately die when they consume them. >> vancouver coastal health say the goal has been to reach for every tool in slowing the epidemic that continues to claim lives. the overdose rate has risen and dipped before climbing again by comparison san francisco has

wilson walker reports. >> i didn't see no way out until they showed up. i didn't think i could do it by myself. i didn't care if i did it by myself. >> reporter: michael is talking about the help he has received from his psychiatric clinical pharmacist that's damian peterson who is making a house call to deliver this medically-assisted drug treatment. michael says this has been a key part of his journey off the street into stability and working towards recovery. >> they help me taper that off and then kind of balance me out with the suboxone and whatnot and it's played a major, major benefit to my life. >> it's no way to do it on my own, but also the support like with it is very important. >> reporter: tiki is another patient and like many fentanyl users, she says she can't imagine escaping that drug without something like methadone to reduce the withdrawal symptoms and san francisco has been increasing efforts to take this kind of help directly to people instead of expecting them to visit a clinic whenever it is time for their medication. >> somebody has

wilson walker continues our coverage from vancouver. >>> once you get into these five blocks by two block radius you have everything you need to maintain an addiction without having to do much >> if it is the streets and alleys in vancouver's east side or those in san francisco's tender loin, one obstacle to pulling away from the crisis is that the drugs are everywhere. it is something that we have heard before in san francisco >> do you know anybody who has gotten clean out here? >> yeah. >> how did they do it? >> get away from here. >> reporter: it is a parallel challenge in vancouver, he has tried the treatment program offered at the downtown safe youth site. >> i know that one, it has not worked for me. maybe i was not ready or maybe i just, maybe the environment down in the middle of the hood was too much of an overload for me. >> reporter: that is one reason help here often comes from outside of town. >> this is a place your mom and kids can come and visit and feel safe and comfortable but it is also, it helped us create this community here. our neighbors love us. we take care of th

wilson walker caught up with the encampment resolution team for their multiple stops today. >> they are asking if you can remove things in the back. >> you just want to throw it on the street? >> reporter: san francisco's healthy streets operation landed in the south of market side streets today and for one man that meant having his rv towed. >> my little washer, my bike, my [ bleep ] battery, my generator, they just dump it on the street because they want to take this. >> reporter: the city said it will pay the recovery costs and they found him a tiny home, but they were going to clear this street, no exceptions. >> they say they want to put us in the shelter, but the shelters, a lot of times a lot of us have mental health issues and i just got out of mack. it's hard being in a dorm setting. >> reporter: where are all these people going to go? >> probably the next block that got cleaned out or the next one that's open that hasn't seen dpw recently. >> reporter: one real change with the city enforcement is the streets cleared are getting a second, third, and fourth look. willow street i

our wilson walker was at the main jail where people showed up to support them, and he spoke to a defense attorney who says the district attorney is going too far. >> drop the charges. >> drop the charges. >> drop the charges. >> everybody with over 40 charges each. it is a very dramatic, draconian charging decision. >> reporter: those facing charges for blocking traffic on the golden gate bridge surrendered to a show of support at the san francisco jail. an attorney for the protesters calls the charges, any charges, unjustified but specifically points to the last protest. >> i don't think this case should be charged personally, but what happened on the bay bridge and what happened on the golden gate bridge are basically the exact same. >> reporter: it was back in march when the bay bridge 78 walked out of a courtroom to a cheering crowd. that day, in the words of organizers, a complete vindication and victory. >> essentially the judge dismissed our case as of may 15th with a diversion offer of five hours community service and a little under $4,500 in restitution. >> this is really about

wilson walker has the last part of his series. >> i didn't see nobody out until they showed up.didn't think i could do it by myself. i didn't care if i did it by myself. >> reporter: michael is talking about the help he has received from his clinical pharmacist that's damian peterson making a house call to deliver the medically assisted drug treatment. this has been a key part of his journey off the street into stability michael says. and working towards recovery. >> and they -- helped me taper that off and then kind of balance me out. with the whole chabouk zone whatnot and it's played a major, major benefit to my life. >> it's no way to do it on my own. and but also the support like -- with it is very important. >> reporter: tiki is another patient and like many users she can't imagine escaping that drug without something like methadone to reduce the withdrawal symptoms and san francisco has been increasing efforts to take this kind of help directly to people. instead of expecting them to visit a clinic whenever it is time for their medication. >> somebody has so many other th

specifically as san francisco da that ad is getting a lot of airtime in swing states like pennsylvania so wilson walker ad and what it tells us about this campaign. >>>>>attacker was an illegal i was robbed, they tried to run me over with a getaway car. he almost killed me right over here. he was laughing as he fractured my skull. amanda's attacker was an illegal immigrant drug dealer arrested twice before >reporter>the attack happened in pacific heights in july of 2008. amanda kiefer was robbed of her purse and then run down by her attacker, a man who was in the country illegally and had been previously charged in two cases one a drug charge and another an unrelated purse snatching. now, that was one of several cases that year that raised controversy surrounding the city's sanctuary city policies. most notable was the murder of a father and his two sons in a mistaken gang shooting the edwin ramos case actually prompted changes to those sanctuary policies that dated back to the 1980s. >>>>>we stopped the process of sending people out of state, and we began to initiate conversations with the city attorn

wilson walker shows you the differences in approach between the two cities and perhaps what we can learn>> weeks went on and it became more and more of a stronger flavor and lo and behold all you got is fentanyl and no heroin. and everybody's [ bleep ]ing. >> reporter: it may have started a few years earlier in vancouver, but it is the same story as san francisco. overdose crisis that arrived with fentanyl. and drags on now with plenty of other drugs mixed? >> they let the staff know what drugs they're planning to use. what drugs they think they have on them. >> reporter: the response here has been different. in 2016, british columbia declared a health emergency expanded from one official safe use site to dozens and started offering users the option of a regulated drug supply. >> we've seen sort of the risk that can come from unregular laced drugs and we know people use them. so we legalized them and we make regulated versions and then people don't immediately die when they consume them. >> reporter: dr. mark la cision says the goal has been to reach for every possible tool and slowing t

wilson walker explains. >> if you have proof that someone broke into a car, that should be enough to convict the person. and to have accountability, requiring proof that the doors were locked is absurd. >> reporter: absurd in the minds of many, but it is currently the law for prosecutors to convict someone of auto burglary, they must first prove the car was locked so that it can pose obviously challenges especially when the victims are not residents of the city. like this poor family from argentina we met at alamo square last year. >> and they took us our passports and my computer. >> those tourists are not going to fly back into san francisco from the east coast or from asia or from europe to testify that they did, in fact, lock their car. >> reporter: that was state senator scott wiener at alamo square. back in 2018. a couple of years after car break-ins really started to skyrocket in san francisco. now that push to close the loophole was joined by the city eastern district attorney. >> common sense would tell you if you have broken glass, obviously someone broke into the vehicle.

wilson walker continues our coverage from western canada. >> once you get into this five blocks by twock radius, you have everything you need to maintain an addiction without having to do much. >> reporter: whether it's the streets and alleys of vancouver's downtown east side or though in san francisco's tenderloin. one obstacle to pulling away from the opioid crisis is that the drugs are everywhere. it is something we have heard before in san francisco. >> do you know anybody who's gotten clone out here -- clean out here. >> yeah. >> how? >> get away from here. >> reporter: a parallel challenge in vancouver. jeffrey says he has tried. the treatment program offered at the downtown safe use site. >> yeah, i know, that one -- that one hasn't worked for me. maybe i was not ready or maybe i just -- maybe the environment down in the middle of the hood was too much of an overload for me. >> reporter: that's one reason help here often comes from outside of town. >> so this is a place that your mom and kids can come and visit and feel safe and comfortable. but it's also, you know, it's helped