in san francisco. [applause] >> metallica day in san francisco bleed breed that means free parking. >> that's right. that's right. >> the hon. london breed: come on, guys. >> follow that friday. okay. >> the hon. london breed: free parking, free muni rides, get into chase center free. >> that's right. >> the hon. london breed: just wear it on your chest. just tape it on your chest and say, it's my day today. >> that's right. >> the hon. london breed: and thank you so much for what you're going to do with us this weekend. valencia street will be closed this week for all the celebrations. cleanup on ocean beach. you'll have the location of all the festivities, but it is time for us to live. it is time for us to enjoy what i think is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and i can't think metallica enough for committing to san francisco and making this city shine, so thank you so much. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> san francisco's biggest export to the world, right here. god help us all. i

fortunately, the san andreas fault runs offshore before it reaches san francisco, so the billions of extra pounds of development in the city is not likely to impact it. harry poulos: if you have a series of buildings, fairly heavy buildings, all clustered together, they're goin' to influence each other. jaxon: harry poulos is an internationally recognized expert on tall building foundations. he says while there may be no seismic concern for san francisco, there's been little research about the collective impact of entire corridors of high rises on the earth below. harry: i've been doing foundation design for, i guess, at least 30 years now, and it's not something that we've actually ever even thought about, not on the sort of scale that you're talking about. tom: anything that's contributing to lowering the ground surface is something we should be worried about. jaxon: parsons says he's now studying manhattan because it's sinking too and faces the same threat as san francisco from climate change. parsons points out ground level and sea level heading in opposite directions is a danger

so i'm a san franciscan of san francisco -- i am a san francisco son of san francisco. i want to thank you all of you supervisors for even considering number 7 and number 8. and i want to thank you in advance for considering adding all veterans to it. and i also looked at both sides being a case manager, and the side of rehabilitation and we definitely need that for the veterans. but i also look at the business side of it and that is we definitely here in san francisco want to increase business due to the situation with covid, so veterans would be bringing their families. and that would increase some funding in the areas in the parks and recreation centers. so i am looking at a dual success happening and taking place here. if we can add the veterans when they bring their families and what they will be spending time here in san francisco. profits will be increased for the restaurants and quite a few places including the parks. so i think it's a positive thing if we can work this out. thank you, board of supervisors, for everything you're doing and everything you're going

for san francisco. the very last component is to document how san francisco has invested our one bay area grant program fund. and again these are programs that gives priority to and is most competitive for p.d.a., priority development areas. let me show you the next slide how we used the cycle one obag fund. programming to support nine projects and this was years 2013 through 2017. $35 million total of our county share. and then lastly, in the next slide, the second cycle which was 18 through 2022, and $42 million in total for seven projects. again, priority development areas are prioritized. and right now, m.t.c. is in the process of developing the framework for the obag cycle three, the next cycle, to pick up after 2022. and we expect that we, sfmta, will be able to call for projects, a san francisco call for projects in late spring with recommendations due to m.t.c. in the fall. and that concludes my report on the transportation investment and growth strategy. thank you very much. i also have my coll

francisco board for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> here is a little city seal pen with my signature. i give this to all people i swear in to serve. ladies and gentlemen, the latest person for the board tackling work force in san francisco and making real change. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for taking time-out of your schedule to do this. thank you to the leaders of labor here today, especially my board members, susan, mike, charlie, debra, and my good friend karen. i want to thank you for taking time for the swearing in. it means a lot to me because i have always been really challenged by the fact there rvs and have notes in the work force, and i really want to fight overcoming making sure that everyone becomes a very. everyone has an opportunity to get a job and a wealthy job and to join a union if they so choose. that is my mantra since i was little. it is my mantra to this day. i will fight to make sure. that is what the labor council is about making sure there are opportunities for people a

, and stay right here in san francisco. sf made really provides wraparound resources for manufacturers that sets us apart from other small business support organizations who provide more generalized support. everything we do has really been developed over time by listening and thinking about what manufacturer needs grow. for example, it would be traditional things like helping them find capital, provide assistance loans, help to provide small business owners with education. we have had some great experience doing what you might call pop ups or temporary selling events, and maybe the most recent example was one that we did as part of sf made week in partnership with the city seas partnership with small business, creating a 100 company selling day right here at city hall, in partnership with mayor lee and the board of supervisors, and it was just a wonderful opportunity for many of our smaller manufacturers who may be one or two-person shop, and who don't have the wherewithal to have their own dedicated retail store to show t

so i'm a san franciscan of san francisco -- i am a san francisco son of san francisco. i want to thank you all of you supervisors for even considering number 7 and number 8. and i want to thank you in advance for considering adding all veterans to it. and i also looked at both sides being a case manager, and the side of rehabilitation and we definitely need that for the veterans. but i also look at the business side of it and that is we definitely here in san francisco want to increase business due to the situation with covid, so veterans would be bringing their families. and that would increase some funding in the areas in the parks and recreation centers. so i am looking at a dual success happening and taking place here. if we can add the veterans when they bring their families and what they will be spending time here in san francisco. profits will be increased for the restaurants and quite a few places including the parks. so i think it's a positive thing if we can work this out. thank you, board of supervisors, for everything you're doing and everything you're going

knows san francisco can act on development. we must describe and analyze the process and application to approvals conclusiving the time frame for each in the process. have fun doing that. the current draft doesn't do any of that and a little bit from the board of supervisors website talking about stream lining it. the planning department is not in compliance with the project of applications and the department doesn't have a time line in place. i encourage you to make sure the next draft complies and otherwise i look forward to the housing element. thank you for your time. >> hi, any name is laura. the executive director of action and we're following housing elements across the state. and so from that perspective i think one thing that i want to commend the san francisco planning department on really actually trying to look into the spirit of the law and ask what does this men for san francisco and try to get a lot of the values because planning is a political argument. and trying to get as many of those big picture values embed

this is woody labounty from san francisco heritage. since 1961, heritage's mission is to preserve and enhance san francisco's unique cultural and architectural identity. san francisco heritage was previously heavily involved in pushing casa sanchez for listing as a historical place. we definitely support this significant association with the history of san francisco's mission district and the city's latinx communities and culture. we celebrate and support casa sanchez. we definitely support its nomination at the landmark and recommend it for approval. thank you so much. >> clerk: thank you. let's take the next caller, please. >> this is marta sanchez. nice to see everybody online. usually i have something to say, but this time i'm filled with emotions of all the memories i had growing up in the mission and on 24th street and all of the things we've been doing. everybody has participated in everything and i'm very proud to be proud of casa sanchez and the mission district. supervisor peskin, i'm really sorry you missed out on [indiscern

downtown san francisco. thank you, lawrence. speaker of the house nancy pelosi is officially running for reelection. the san francisco congresswoman made the announcement in this video posted on twitter. >> pelosi is only the only woman in u.s. history to ever be elected speaker of the house. she's represented san francisco in congress for more than 30 years. >> the biden administration promising to crack down on human trafficking today and inter agency task force met to talk about the progress it has made and what still needs to be done. advocates say there is still a lot of work needed to combat human trafficking and the task force says it is focused on doing more both with prevention and prosecution. >> we must require serious consequence and accountability for those who commit these crimes. we must work to stop these crimes. >> before they happen. >> every year the government estimates. 25 million people are trafficked all around the world. the task force also discussed more ways to prevent or to put eff

i mean we are the part of san francisco. it's the two neighborhoods with the most children under the age of 18. everybody likes to talk about how san francisco is not family-friendly, there are not a lot of children and families. we have predominately single family homes. as i said, people move here to buy their first home, maybe with multiple family members or multiple families in the same home and they laid down their roots. [♪♪♪] >> it's different because again, we have little small storefronts. we don't have light industrial space or space where you can build high-rises or large office buildings. so the tech boom will never hit our neighborhood in that way when it comes to jobs. >> turkey, cheddar, avocado, lettuce and mayo, and little bit of mustard. that's my usual. >> mike is the owner, born and bred in the neighborhood. he worked in the drugstore forever. he saved his money and opened up his own spot. we're always going to support home grown businesses and he spent generations living in this part of town, focus

i grew up in san francisco. i'm a son of san francisco, and i'm proud of it, but i'm here to tell you, we can no longer afford to fail our children. we've shown the world what we can do in so many different, but why are we failing on this? we're going to work hard, we're going to hold each other accountable, and thank you all for being here, and thank you all for your leadership. thank you. [applause] [speaking cantonese language] >> okay. i will be translating. i have two children. my son is 13 years old, and my daughter is six years old. during the pandemic, sprisk provided a community learning hub to support my children through distance learning and children workshops. i have received covid information and community resources such as where to got vaccination and where to get the covid test, and my family has attended events like halloween festival and thanksgiving. i'm thankful for the san francisco unified school district to provide wellness checks and meetings for parents conducted by the teachers. after my

the voters of san francisco with the support not only of the san francisco democratic party which i chaired at the time, but with the republican party anemic as though it may be in two-thirds majority voted to tax themselves for $800 million. then mark zuckerberg gave an additional under $100 million and got his name put on the hospital. it is the peoples hospital. we paid for it. we fund raise all of the time from our generous constituents. they are called property taxes, parcel taxes for the school district. why we are running around asking folks for $2,500 here and $5,000 there, i mean i can't say that i haven't done it. i have. the reality is that the big money comes from the voters of san francisco in any of that this legislation is about any city firm, department head or supervisor not raising money from interested parties. we have worked to craft and sculpt andnary wrote to definition of interested parties. i would like to make a motion to send to the full board with positive recommendation for consideration tomorrow. we will see what happens tomorrow. i know that the mayor's office

san francisco has more positive covid cases now than ever before. on average, more than 1200 people are testing positive every day in the city. >> new rules were announced today requiring hospitals to help administer tests. if not, they will face a hefty fine kron four's. rob nesbitt joins us now live with more on the updated testing guidelines. rob. ken, last week, san francisco broke a record testing more than 17,000 people in one day. >> the problem is that the department of health is conducting the majority of the test and they say hospitals need to pick up the slack. with more tests come more positive cases. director of health in san francisco, doctor grant colfax gave an update tuesday on the city's record breaking numbers. and right now. >> nearly one in 5 tests positive the sf department of public health along with mayor london breed's office will now require large health care providers to help administer tests to minimize the surge. in omicron cases. we need all of our health system partners to step up and do their part to meet the needs of

san francisco's recalled scandal is back in the head lyons. the pickup trash company might owe customers more money than the nearly 95 million it's agreed to pay alreadich the chronicle says the exact debt sun known because the investigation is ongoing. some city leaders want voters to approve stricter regulations and they are also putting this issue on the june ballot. they are working to put its own rival on the upcoming ballot as well. >> okay. let's get a check of our forecast. look, you've got some graphs behind you and is that what you're going to show us? >> meteorologist he's got a lot to show. >> precipitation it looks like. >> you know, we've been talking about how we've been stuck in this dry pattern at least most recently, but of course we've had that active weather so i've wanted to continue our climate coverage and start off before this to really explain what it looks like we're undergoing. again, it's called precipitation whiplash and has to do with climate change and can you see how things that really shaped up for us and have

the chief must understand that this is san francisco. we embrace the poor and this addiction that people die is all over the city and we have companies like [ indiscernible ] who provide the opioids. none of us have the guts to ask companies like my cousin and others to contribute to the healing of our city. what we do is [ indiscernible ] down the streets and try to boot the homeless, boot those who are addicted and think that we are somebody. our heart is not in the right place. and you commissioners, each one of ya'll -- >> clerk: president cohen, that concludes public comment. i think you're muted, president cohen. >> president cohen: yes. thank you. what i'd like to do now is go back to the top of the agenda and hear the consent calendar. >> clerk: you would like to go to the consent calendar. >> president cohen: please call item two, the consent calendar. >> clerk: line item two, consent calendar. the items on consent calendar are considered routine and for purposes only. if anybody would like to address the items on consent calend

in san francisco, 54 with mostly cloudy skies. >>> a trip to the san diego zoo took a bad turn for some onople. >>gers were k inhe urs. san diego police said four men rocked the gondola so hard it came off the track, causing the entire ride to completely shut down, leaving people trapped in the air for two hours. the men were arrested and now face felony vandalism charges. we heard from a witness who saw it all go down. >> i feel bad for the people that wanted to have a day and ended up getting stuck on the buckets. it was kind of crazy that they even did that, that it was shaken that hard. >> i would be so annoyed. the san diego zoo said everybody got a free ticket for another day. >>> who would want to ride another day? i would never do that. >>> 6:46 and still ahead, streaming on cbs news bay area and on kpix5, a hopeful sign from a bay area doctor. a local city turning an omicron corner. >>> a troubling trend with more french bulldogs stolen in the area. fortunately, a happy ending. >>> president biden widening his potential list of nominees >>> live, from the cbs bay area studios,

francisco. >> the voters of san francisco support you. go forward with it. >> thank you very much. from the mouths of citizens. >> mayor, could you address the businesses and restaurants in san francisco that have had a lousy christmas. >> everyone had a lousy christmas. >> what words do you have for them for some of the restrictions to be lifted? >> my hope is that yes, as dr. colfax said. we also have a responsibility to follow the state orders. mostly when we look at the data, hospitalization rates, number of people who sadly passed away, it makes it possible for us to potentially remove a significant number of restrictions. i think ultimately regardless of the restrictions that is not keeping people away from these places. it is really not wanting to contract omicron. that is really what people are focused on is keeping distance to not get it. it is highly infectious and challenging, people are getting it. the good news is that people for the most part are not ending up in the hospitalizations and dying in numbers we experienced this

san francisco, oakland, and for san jose. the bit of a cool-down by the end of our weekend into next week. for the inland east bay, the north bay, and for the coast. you can see more clouds as we look to, at least the rest of our weekend into next week with those cooler temperatures. but silk looing dry. and let's check in for a look at traffic. and and how are the roadways shaping up out there? >> you know, for the most part, we're not seeing a lot of accidents or issues. in fact, it has been a pretty easy ride along 680. 880. this morning. here say live look at 680 as you make that transition through mission over on to 8808 this morning. our photo journalist doing a great job at giving us a really good perspective of what we can find on the roadways. it is slowing down just a little bit in that area. a little sluggish there. give yourself a few extra minutes. traffic is very unpredictable. so things can change pretty quickly. if you are traveling through freemontt over on to 880. you might need a few extra minutes. we're se

in san francisco. this legislation will allow the department of elections to submit a pilot for review with the secretary of state as you all know, the board has tried previously for over the past 15 years to push for an open source voting system and we're very close. we've been innovative leader when it comes to settling standards for fair and transparent elections. this will allow us to continue to do that. i'm requesting this item to be sent as a committee report and i like to thank elections director for moving forward with this project. elections commissioner chris and trent lang director of california clean money campaign for the advocacy organizing the community support throughout california system. deputy city attorney for helping us draft this legislation and my chief of staff. thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you. are there any questions or comments from committee members? this thing has been kicking around this institution as long as i've been kicking around in this institution. let's go to

san francisco as they were reading from that case. san francisco is different. we don't have a standalone service territory as a publicly owned utility. we serve customers right next door to pg and e. we serve that and a third of the bank. we don't have a grid of our own. that is the way the system was built out over the decades. we don't have a fellowship with other municipal utilities who have clear boundaries between geographic boundaries between their territory and the territory. >> their boundary is the entire island. >> no pg&e electric. >> thank you. if we quantify how much this costs us? >> we have estimated over $1 billion to save that load for he t.c.h. y. we include in the quarterly report the spreadsheet that shows how much too city departments and p.u.c. have incurred out of pocket costs associated with these disputes, redesigning, buying equipment, have to pay contracts because the project is off schedule those are collected in a spread ship with the report that we do around $19 million at this point. that is actual costs the city has incurred hist

and downtown san francisco. and temperatures tomorrow going to remain seasonal upper 50's to low 60's for your afternoon highs, half moon bay mid 50's for you at 57 degrees. check out those mid 60's and santa rosa and the bottom. few degrees above war above average because you are going to see more sun than clouds. but a lot of sun icons and breezy winds starting monday lasting through the middle of this upcoming week. back to you. jonathan. thanks. still on the way tonight, niners fans and burlingame getting together to watch the game. >> their reaction to the heartbreaking loss. plus, when the 420 million dollars still unclaimed tonight after a mega millions prize. what california lottery officials are saying about it tonight. california is home to yet another big money lottery winner, a southern california gas station recently sold a 421 million dollars mega millions jackpot ticket. >> but lottery officials say the winner has yet to come forward to collect the prize. carlos saucedo has details. >> we mind her

at san francisco general. it served approximately 1800 patients over the last year, we also have partnerships with community organizations in the neighborhood that serve older adults. one that i'm particularly proud of is senior health services that runs our senior center which provides services for 1200 older adults, many of which are living in supportive housing or experiencing homelessness. next slide, please. so again, to reiterate, behavioral health services serves older adults throughout our neighborhood. please note, for example, that across all our residential programs with behavioral health, for people with behavioral health needs, almost 50% of people served are older adults over the age of 60. one particular impact to know and which has been mentioned before and is a major challenge that we're trying to address, particularly through mental health san francisco, san francisco's lost approximately 27 board and care facilities over the last five years, which provided 163 beds in total. 67 of those beds

francisco and san jose metro areas. zillow, senior economist jeff tucker says. >> typical home values have increased more than 17% over last year and get inventory remains well below. pre-pandemic levels reported in december 2019, there's may be a myth of sort of a >> an infinite number of people moving out with a lot of money to spend buying homes in other parts of the country. so you might think that therefore there should be a glut of homes left behind, you know, in the bay area or that the demand of the lower prices might be falling in the bay area. but if in late 2020 on the market is hitting back up around san francisco around the bay. tucker says it's possible and even likely sellers are trying to time the market. >> wait and see how the virus plays out and then possibly list their homes for sale. >> in a typically busy spring in real estate. meanwhile, rates in the san francisco metro area. >> are up 10.4% from last year. and in the san jose metro area rents are up. 9.2%. i think rent will continue to rise. but

live in san francisco, i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. thank you, rob. >> in the east bay health officials in contra costa county say they believe the omicron variant has peaked in their county. they say the case rate actually peaked back on january 9th and that the hospitalizations peaked at the end of last week. however. >> they are still warning that hospitals are very full. the county currently has 281 covid patients in the hospital. although the county expects fewer hospitalizations in the coming weeks. currently, there are 29,000 active covid cases in contra costa county. the cvs pharmacy stores inside target and will begin distributing free. n 95 masks tomorrow. >> the company says masks are limited to 3 per person while supplies last all the stores will post signs to indicate n 95 mask availability. this is part of the federal retail pharmacy program. all the masks are provided by the federal government. the california department of public health confirmed there are 11 cases of the new omicron subvariant in the state with at least

francisco board for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> here is a little city seal pen with my signature. i give this to all people i swear in to serve. ladies and gentlemen, the latest person for the board tackling work force in san francisco and making real change. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for taking time-out of your schedule to do this. thank you to the leaders of labor here today, especially my board members, susan, mike, charlie, debra, and my good friend karen. i want to thank you for taking time for the swearing in. it means a lot to me because i have always been really challenged by the fact there rvs and have notes in the work force, and i really want to fight overcoming making sure that everyone becomes a very. everyone has an opportunity to get a job and a wealthy job and to join a union if they so choose. that is my mantra since i was little. it is my mantra to this day. i will fight to make sure. that is what the labor council is about making sure there are opportunities for people a

she's born in san francisco. she is san francisco. and to keep san francisco calm and well rounded, i strongly urge that she become part of that division. thank you. >> supervisor peskin: thank you. next speaker. >> clerk: hello, caller. you may begin your comments. >> caller: yes. good morning. this is pete wilson, executive vice president for tw 250a and we're calling in full support of stephanie to the board. we look forward to working with her. we look forward to another person of color on the board. this is the most equitably diverse union and we appreciate she comes from a working class family and background. we appreciate all the work she has done in the city. we looking forward and also our fair inspectors. so we are in full support and we appreciate you giving us an opportunity to speak today. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: good morning. david pillpell. i do not know ms. cajina, but i have an open mind. people have been saying that for years. i've been hearing good things about people who

francisco board for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> here is a little city seal pen with my signature. i give this to all people i swear in to serve. ladies and gentlemen, the latest person for the board tackling work force in san francisco and making real change. [applause] >> thank you, mayor breed, for taking time-out of your schedule to do this. thank you to the leaders of labor here today, especially my board members, susan, mike, charlie, debra, and my good friend karen. i want to thank you for taking time for the swearing in. it means a lot to me because i have always been really challenged by the fact there rvs and have notes in the work force, and i really want to fight overcoming making sure that everyone becomes a very. everyone has an opportunity to get a job and a wealthy job and to join a union if they so choose. that is my mantra since i was little. it is my mantra to this day. i will fight to make sure. that is what the labor council is about making sure there are opportunities for people a

so it's an honor to be in san francisco. we'll be joined by the mayor shortly. i want to thank her for all of her initiatives. oh, we are. thank you, mayor, for honoring us with your presence. and thank you for the leadership and the priority you have placed on the safety of the people of san francisco which is a very major responsibility for us. your vision 0 bold plan to end traffic fatalities by 2024 as well as your leadership just last week with the proposal to invest $400 million in muni reliability and street safety. i solute you for that and i know you join me in saluting our bay area colleagues who are here who are going to be making their fregss. janice lee, the san francisco bicycle coalition and i know you will agree our v.i.p. today is julie nicholson who survived a terrible traffic injury on our streets here in san francisco and extraordinary courage and resilience inspires us all and she will be speaking and representing the voices of so many of those who are here, families for safe streets. thank you all for being here. for sharing your tragedies,

francisco police officer on fours haaziq madyun has the story. >> san francisco district attorney chesa boudin has decided there will be no criminal charges filed against 41 year-old surgio luego who was arrested back on february 17th 2021 following a physical altercation with san francisco police. this is a photo of surgio luego taken after the incident. sfpd officials say lugo was detained by undercover officers conducting surveillance for burglary crimes a valley. we need to decided to walk away. sfpd investigators say during the struggle to detain he used a sharp object, wounding an officer. kron 4 received this statement from the da's office regarding the decision to drop the charges. quote, we carefully reviewed all the evidence in the case, including statements, surveillance. the fact that the officers were not wearing body worn cameras inconsistent season police officers statements. the fact that mister lugo was behaving lawfully when stopped by police. and it was clear that this was not a provable case, unquote in response to the district attorney dropping the charges. san fran

justin andrews is live in san francisco. justin, a big portion is set aside to battle covid. >> reporter: absolutely. part of the plan, at least the budget plan, seems to shift to health strategy which was on esto be casting a wide net, keeping money spread out in several areas when it comes to dealing with covid. $1.2billion will be expanding testing sites and at home tests. 625million for testing and vaccine programs in the prison system and investments in vaccines, outreach, additional medical staff at hospitals statewide. that is a clear indication of how dire covid-19 has become with cases spiking, testing in short supply, schools shutting down, hospitals filling up. this significantly increases amount of state spending to battle the virus. it's up about a billion dollars compared to last year. an infectious disease expert says the governor's budget which includes his covid battle plan is multi layered. >> the money that's being spent in the different spheres seems appropriate now because about 50% is earmarked for test

to san francisco to see this show. there are a lot of people who say that after they saw this show they thought they would start their own band. it was a great jumping off point for a lot of west coast punk. it was also, the pistols' last show. in a way, it was the end of one era of punk and the beginning of a new one. the city of san francisco didn't necessarily support punk rock. [♪♪♪] >> last, but certainly not least is a jell-o be opera. they are the punk rock candidate of the lead singer called the dead kennedys. >> if we are blaming anybody in san francisco, we will just blame the dead kennedys. >> there you go. >> we had situations where concerts were cancelled due to flyers, obscene flyers that the city was thought -- that he thought was obscene that had been put up. the city of san francisco has come around to embrace it's musicians. when they have the centennial for city hall, they brought in all kinds of local musicians and i got to perform at that. that was, at -- in a way, and appreciation from the c

we know that san francisco downtown desperately needs these back in the us a. >> the san francisco chamber of commerce is reporting a drop of 20% in downtown since omicron. they're hoping this change will encourage major companies to go back to the office. >> folks will be coming back to the office whether it's five weeks or a couple of days a week. >> jake marbles is the owner of mark property. he believes lit take time for his employees to remove their masks. >> it depends if somebody wants to or feels like they want to have that extra level of protection. then we'll acome day it comes down to the making sure they're comfortable. >> another change starting tuesday. san francisco will allow people who are unvaccinated due to religious or medical reasons to enter mega events of that's 500 people if they mask and if they test before-hand in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> also on talks oakland will require people over the age of 12 to show proof of vaccination to enter indoor public locations. this includes restaurants, bars along with fitness center, concert venues, senior care faci

the crime statistics in san francisco. and i just want to back up and put things into perspective. first of all, it's been a challenging year. we say that over and over again, but we also understand the challenges everyone is living with whether it's people who've lost their jobs and homes. kids that who aren't in school. those that struggle with mental health challenges and a number of other issues. sadly, in san francisco, we have seen certain crime statistics increase, but we've seen others decrease. and the chief will get into those more specifically. now, despite dealing with this pandemic and seeing a number of people especially with the omicron variant out sick, we've seen that happen not just with people in san francisco, but many of our city workers including those from our police and fire department. the public safety arm of san francisco. and i just want to take this opportunity to really thank our police officers, many of them have had to do overtime because we've had hundreds of officers out as a result of omi

we are live in san francisco. kpix5. >>> the nationwide covid headlines starting with the cdc estimating that omicron right now makes up 95% of all circulating covit cases here in the united states. taking a look at the white house where the president is meeting with his covid response team. he spoke right before it saying that the government is doubling its order of pills to treat covid and that right now we have all the vaccines and boosters needed to vaccinate every american. >> please take advantage of what's available. please. you are going to save lives. maybe yours, maybe your child. please take advantage of what we already have, okay? >> in booster news the cdc giving the green light to pfizer booster shots, five months after the second dose instead of six months. the cdc also now recommending booster shots for certain immune compromised kids age 5 to 11. the agency has to decide whether to authorize boosters for all children ages 12 to 15. some new stats for you nationwide. average of 378 children were ad

francisco with some changes to covid-19 rules and guidance in san francisco. health officials are recommending whenever possible that you where in kn95 or n95 masks and if it's not possible they recommend you use a surgical mask with a cloth faced covering over it to protect yourself. there are also changes when it comes to mega events. the threshold for something to be considered a large event in a high risk setting includes any gathering of 500 people indoors or more than 500 people out doors. this means starting february 1 if you're attending what is considered a mega event like a warriors game and are 12 and older, you will be required to show proof that you are fully vaccinated at least two weeks before entry. for 16 and older you will also have to show proof you've gotten your booster at least one week before the event. for those 12 and 15 you will not have to show proof of a booster until march. between ages of 5 and 11 you have to show proof of vaccination or negative covid test. >>> let's take a look at the roadways. a live look at the bay bridge toll

francisco only has san francisco. another thing. it's an example of how this measure would work out is look at how chair peskin has mentioned how the commission so much so that the public was very disappointing by how unqualified were and that appointee chose not to withdraw their application. but i think that was a really good example of oversight from the public. those are my perspectives. thank you. >> chairman: thank you. next speaker, please. >> caller: hi. thank you for having this conversation. i didn't plan on weighing in but as i was looking at these comments. i did want to highlight something that's important. the board of supervisors already have the veto proof majority. so that doesn't make sense additionally, i can't imagine a city that becomes more ungovernable and that is because each district only has to respond to their own district and the mayor has to consider every district in mind when making these decisions and commission appointments. we see right now when you have voters who don't have enough i

and we continue our coverage from san francisco. >> in a tweet this weekend, san francisco mayor london breed revealed how many city line workers are out, 140 from the department, and 122 muni workers, and those absences come as more people are calling 911 for help. >> having over 400 ems calls a day in the city for the past several days -- >> the san francisco fire chief says that's about 30% more than usual, and with one out of every ten staff members out because of covid infections or protocols, that's stretching resources thin. she's asking the public to only call with serious emergencies. >> please don't call 911 to ask for a covid test because you have a cold or minor flu symptoms. we really want to keep our ambulances available to people having a heart attack or stroke. >> as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, about 400 staff members are out because of covid-19, and they are asking the public not to go to the emergency room for nonemergency situations. >> we are seeing more people looking for tests, and waking up with mild symptoms, and this is particularly a challenge be

together san francisco rocks. thank you! [ applause ]. >> chair: thank you so much, michael and his family. it is always great to see our young people at work here in the city and thank you, supervisor melgar, for acknowledging michael and his work. madam clerk, this concludes our 2:30 p.m. special order and this. we are on to item 20. >> clerk: item 20, in item was considered by the land use and transportation committee at a regular meeting on monday, january 10, 2022. this is an ordinance to permit bars in the castro street neighborhood and to affirm the ceqa appropriation and make findings. >> chair: thank you, madam clerk. i don't see anyone on the roster. would you please call the roll. [ roll call ]. >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> chair: thank you. without objection this ordinance is passed unanimously on first reading. madam clerk, would you please call item 21. >> clerk: item 21 and 22 were considered by the rules committee at a regular meeting on monday, january 10, 2022, and were recommended as committee reports.