>> being homeless. and you don't think rationally when um' you don't think rationally when you think you're going to lose your home. >> the number one cause of family homelessness in new york is eviction. in 2012, more than one third of families who applied for shelter had recently been evicted. >> we've got 33,000 people who've been evicted across new york city in the last two years. 33,000 families! >> shanequa's building has 50 code violations. >> the apartment was full of lead um there were like holes in the walls, the bathroom ceiling almost collapsed. this will probably fall down at any minute... >> last spring she asked for repairs. one day a crew arrived and demolished her bathroom. >> my daughter came in and i recorded her. she was like "what is this!" >> how am i gonna take my bath? >> i don't know. >> it makes me angry. >> it makes you angry? >> yeah! >> why does it make you angry? >> because it's like ruined! >> it's ruined. >> it's really ruined. >> hopefully the landlord will fix it right?

>> oh, gosh, i was homeless after i left my husband, 2006 on. and then, i did get housing in an sro but i left, and when i was pregnant with my son, and so i had to get out of that circumstance to try to find a better housing for me and my son when he was born, so up until september of 2014, i finally got permanent housing for me and my son and i am employed. >> we like your success story. >> yeah. pretty much. >> yeah, but i am only as strong as my support system that was around me. it was definitely a struggle and i pulled out of it and i believe that my experience will help me to help other people, you know, and not only with the children, the parents a lot of the parents are healing too. you know? and while the parents are receiving services, sometimes they can be under a tremendous amount of stress, and they may not be abusive before they come into the shelters but sometimes that stress will make them snap at the kids and who knows what can happen, you know, crime, and i think that it is just important that while the parents are getting ser

francis homelessness e homeless people having it have a place to go i'm grateful but unfortunately, we've seen the board of supervisors saving don't sleep in the parks or sit on the sidewalks instead of continuing to go down the path of criminalizing people we're giving people a place to go thank you very much (clapping.) >> thank you supervisor campos and i'll say the next time people will fund ice cream for everyone in the crowd i want to thank everyone behind and in front of the of me my colleagues on the board of supervisors on their support supervisor campos in particular for his leadership in the mission district and mayor ed lee and to motional i've never seep beacon hill duffey so happy beacon hill thank you for your leadership and your enthusiasm and without you, you, you obviously we wouldn't, here today i'll say first of all, to echo homelessness is an issue that effects every san franciscan and ever neighborhood and visitors but homelessness in our city and this issue we tackle that has been happening for years this is those are our mothers and father and brothers and sisters

i will tell you it is runaway and homeless youth. and so it is our responsibility to do everything we can to prevent those children from being in a place where they are extraordinarily vulnerable. now we've heard some people say that they don't believe that homeless and runaway youth are more susceptible to being trafficked and that we shouldn't single out special services for lgtb youth. i can tell you that i don't believe that and i know better because i've been to facilities that provide services for run away and homeless youth and i don't believe people who say this have ever spoken to the social workers and the professionals who deal with these children every day. i don't believe people who say that understand that runaway and homeless youth unfortunately have been more than likely already sexual lip and physical -- sexually and physically abuse and told every day they're worthless and because of who they are they are no longer welcome in their home. let me tell you when you diminish the spirit of a child you then create a vulne

connect and homelessness in general and many of them have advanced a lot of those we wanted to have in the inspire challenge of homelessness through their district so i want to thank the entire board of supervisors each and every one of them many step up to the plate with the navigation center and supervisor farrell has been meeting with me about the ideas how it relate to 09 issues she's he's doing and special thanks to supervisor campos i specifically worked with us and the neighborhood it is a sensitive topic people are so understand what we're trying to do i believe that just telling supervisor campos that the temporary nature of this causes us to focus on the outcomes it was welcomed to be discussed in this neighborhood but to take care of the homeless issues immediately as we brandish out to the rest of the city chief suhr has been a indicative part of the community as we 2k3w5e78d in the challenges that his staff was going through and optimistic they're the loudest voice we cannot move people around we have to have them a place to go the services to support that interfaith gr

or about to be homeless it is difficult to make decisions to go out of the city i encourage i to go beyond this measure it is beyond priorities sfoondz. >> thank you. next speaker, please i'll call a few more names (calling names). >> my name is julian an organizer with the community group as the we're a group of low and moderate income residents from all over san francisco and i'm also a burn he will heights it was voted the hottest in 9 country by the reilly's blog so what does that mean to be the how did it neighborhood in the blog it means a resident recently was in the papers because we're rent what raised from 2 thousands a $8,000 a month that he took out the in law unit downstairs how does that connect we're talking about where affordable production affordable housing is being built to offset you know what is really an outrage of abuse of the affordable housing is it correct we have that includes blow housing and rent control housing we have a member that couldn't be here today he was in the midst he served in afghanistan and came here a couple years ago and has been living i

last night, those sprinklers were keeping the homeless away. >> it's a solution that led to an image problem. >> we're sorry our intentions have been misunderstood and recognized that the method was ill conceived. >> the bishop didn't order sprinklers to be installed but today, answered problems after revelations for two years the church used them to douse homeless person who sleeps beneath. the archdiocese heard criticism from the homeless >> it's real bad. >> and from the mayor >> this makes your head spin a bit >> the unintended message, statues send messages of welcome the homeless reflect despair and desperation >> the purpose is to make the cathedral grounds as well as homeless people on the grounds safer. >> but clearly it is failed the homeless adapted and left behind filth. >> there is drug paraphernalia and a broken crack pipe. >> the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system and meaning no more rains of not so holy water. >> for people who do a lot for the homeless the problem is persistent, and it gets to be difficult. >> so much for less than perfect outcom

population i see myself being you know a treat to be homeless again, the issue here is that we the workers, you know who do our job you know everyday it has been increased all the expenses in the city the rent is going higher every year the landlords send us a letter and the rent is increased every year we're paying for 90 for public transportation and 0 sour basis in the food and binging food it more expensive every year we ask you to increase 4.5 percent in the budget so our lives and people serving so we can be proud of the community services not only to homeless population but to the workers you know they recognize you know where we coming from what we do and thank you so much. >> i'm going to call a few more names. >> i'm - >> thank you (calling names) >> next speaker. >> thank you. good morning supervisors thank you supervisor mar and supervisor avalos for the supportive message you began with there's not a lot i can add to that i think you hit the needs for funding i work with o p he e i u representing the nonprofit workers at the shelter in the city city the employment programs art

marries having being promised to end homelessness. former d.c. mayor vincent holmes promised to find homes for 5,000 but they moved fewer than 200 families. >> mayor can you tell me why 9/11 in the community should have faith that this plan will work when is a many previous administration he have tried ofix problem of homelessness in d.c. and been unsuccessful? >> we know we're dealing with a very important issue. incumbent upon all of us, me who is not quite 40 days in office to look at the programs that have worked and make them better. >> and are you confident that kids there today are safer than they were a year ago when relisha rudd went missing? >> i don't think that any of us can be happy when we have such a large facility where families are living. d.c. general was built as a hospital and as such it is not the optimal environment to raise families. >> but are they safer? >> i've answered your question. >> it's not much safer this year than last year because we have not -- what it would take to really make d.c. general function is a wrap a

homeless advocates say it's causing big problems. they are calling attention to what happened to the camp known as the jungle was broken down by city workers. janine de la vega is joining us live from san jose so what's it all about? >> we are here at the designated temporary cold weather shelter in san jose. some of the people that you were talking about who used to live in the jungle they came here to sleep in the emergency beds. but after today the beds will no longer be available. it was only a short-term fix. city workers cleaned up the encampment in december saying living conditions were dangerous. since then the homeless have been moving from place to place and setting up camps near railroad tracks and businesses and neighborhoods. organizers say a homeless man was injured while cal tran was bulldozing her tent. advocates are concerned more than ever. they are calling on electricked officials to come up with plans to be put into place now. the city has proposals for affordable housing and rapid rehousing for the homeless but t

meanwhile, homeless advocates say this isn't the first time of the homeless being hosed down in san francisco. we'll have more on that tonight at 6:00. reporting live in san francisco i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> it's one of the biggest and high profile construction projects in the country, and late this afternoon, paramedics rushed to the scene of apple's construction. cal osha is now investigating the incident. no word if this will setback the project for apple. the project nicknamed the spaceship is supposed to open in twibt. >>> chp officers shut down two southbound lanes while officers tried to convince a woman to come off the overpass. she climbed on the retaining wall of 880 and was threatening to jump. she eventually did and was quickly treated by medics at the scene. at last report the woman was conscious and breathing. after roughly five hours the chp reopened all lanes. the chp is still looking for answers in the bizarre and dangerous high-speed chase that came to a dramatic end yesterday. the driver led officers through four bay area counties. robert honda is live in

there's a stereotype about the homeless. they think all the homeless is dirty, stinking, we're drug addicts or alcoholics. that's not true. some people have fallen on very hard times. >> larry: this guy looks like he could work on wall street. it's shocking. the numbers have risen 10%. why do you think that's happening? >> the greatest nick crisis since the great depression a few years ago. people are still feeling that deeply. the price of housing is still going up. people got caught in that vice and were displaced. >> larry: are you getting frustrated getting people excited about this? i know quoamo cuomo and you don't see eye to eye. when you ask for funds, you must feel like the guy in the subway -- i'm not here to beg! i'm actually the mayor of the largest city! >> that's actually exactly how i do it. how did you know? (laughter) >> larry: is it frustrating? first of all, that story is painful. >> larry: it's heartbreaking and all over the city. >> it's painful because of so many people who, again things happening aroun

students say it's turning in to a hangout for the homeless. only on 5, len ramirez on the inconveniences it's causing for students. >> over the past couple of decades students coming to san jose state have always encountered the homeless to one degree or another. but students are telling us now that the population of homeless on campus has exploded this semester and they're more aggressive than ever. >> reporter: as a wide open downtown campus, san jose state university has never been immune from big city problems. but students tell kpix the homeless problem on campus is out of control. >> i wouldn't call it an issue more of an epidemic. >> reporter: trent is a fourth year business student who said it never used to be this bad. >> i'd say you can't walk out of any individual building without seeing a couple homeless any time of the day. any time. >> i was sitting on a bench and this woman she approached me and she said this is my territory. you need to get up from here. >> reporter: madonna said it's not just the bigger numbers that scare her.

. >>> it is not holy water used to spray homeless people outside of st. mary's. a and the sprinkler system that caused a uproar is dismantled and the church is back pedalling, and terry mcsweeney has more. >> well, the bishop is making a apology of sorts to a degree and you will hear it in a moment. this is at the time that the city of san francisco is excited about the navigation center which is designed to deal with the exact same problem. >> reporter: tonight the homeless have returned to st. mary's cathedral sleeping under the overhang in this waterproof tarp which he no longer needs. >> it is not the church's intention to douse homeless people with water. >> reporter: they say that the sprinklers were installed to wash away feces and other materials left by the ohmless. to today, they got a permit. >> we understand that it was ill conceived. >> they are are human beings, and you should treat them better, and you should know better. >> reporter: and the catholic church knows bert. >> and the largest site is at st. mary's. >> reporter: and seven deputies in ch

i'm frank mallicoat. >> church officials have told the homeless to stay away. they say they have even referred them to catholic charities for housing. but they keep coming back. and as anne makovec reports, the archdiocese is taking unusual and potentially illegal steps to deal with the problem. anne. >> reporter: this policy is being called unethical and possibly illegal. you can see some of the moisture left here in this alcove. most of the water has dried up from its overnight drenching and if you look up, you can see that spigot there on the ceiling of the alcove. that's where the water came from periodically overnight. you can hear how hard the water is pouring from the ceiling of this cathedral. one staffer confirms the purpose is to keep homeless people from sleeping here overnight. >> don't make sense. it don't mix with god. >> reporter: joshua is homeless and says the policy is an affront to what the church is supposed to be. >> the church is a place for you to stay. a place for you to go. a harbor place to rest. this is a church. >> reporter: this is

safer. >> but clearly it failed. >> the homeless adapted and left behind filth. there is drug paraphernalia and if you open this door, a broken crack pipe. the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system. there will be no more rains of not so holy water as of tonight. >> even for people who do a lot for the homeless, the problem is persistent and it gets to be difficult. >> so much for good intentions and less than perfect out comes. at saint mary's cathedral, abc7 news. >>> think about this making wine 10 times better for you while reducing the chance of a hangover. it sounds like something you might think of after having one glass too many, right? that's what researchers at the university of illinois are working on. it would boost the heart healthy chemical in red wine that lowers cholesterol and it would lower the toxins that cause hangovers but don't expect it anytime soon they have yet to perfect the process. >>> a 5-year-old boy is reaching hearts around the world by making a simple request. seth was born without an immune system and has lived m

is an issue that effects every san franciscan and ever neighborhood and visitors but homelessness in our city and this issue we tackle that has been happening for years this is those are our mothers and father and brothers and sisters we'll not be who we are as the city of st. francis without making this a priority i'm proud as we on up to send a message to the city of san francisco, and, secondly this navigation center sends a message that still and city government will not accept the small business commission not afraid to break the mold we'll challenge wasn't we've done in the past there's a better future for the homeless in san francisco and today is just the beginning thank you very much (clapping). >> several years ago when i had joined the sdpufks san francisco budget & finance committee i remember feel like we never had enough teachers or pens or enough paper and it was midway through office i realized there's the one thing the city and county city had too much it was land and what our surplus property would like and since this day this is the number one priority we know the

we have -- thousands of homeless we have. we will need a lot of help. >> reporter: for the homeless getting help now is a priority. but with more resources needed, all they can do is continue to wait. in san jose, janine de la vega, fox 2 news. >>> negotiators are approaching a midnight deadline to come up with a deal to limit iran's nuclear program. they've indicated they might be prepared to work into tomorrow. russia's foreign minister returned to switzerland this morning. that's a move he said he would only make if a deal was close. he and john kerry along with their european and iranian counter parts have been working through the day to hammer out a last-minute compromise. >> the chances for surk seeding are great -- success seeming are great they are not00% but the chances are feasible. >> both sides admit major stirking points remain. among them the pace of lifting u.n. sanctions against iran, the types of restrictions and the length of an agreement. >>> there is new information about a standoff with police. what we've

safer. >> but clearly it failed. >> the homeless adapted and left behind filth. there is drug paraphernalia and if you open this door, a broken crack pipe. the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system. there will be no more rains of not so holy water as of tonight. >> even for people who do a lot for the homeless, the problem is persistent and it gets to be difficult. >> so much for good intentions and less than perfect out comes. at saint mary's cathedral, abc7 news. >>> think about this making wine 10 times better for you while reducing the chance of a hangover. it sounds like something you might think of after having one glass too many, right? that's what researchers at the university of illinois are working on. it would boost the heart healthy chemical in red wine that lowers cholesterol and it would lower the toxins that cause hangovers but don't expect it anytime soon they have yet to perfect the process. >>> a 5-year-old boy is reaching hearts around the world by making a simple request. seth was born without an immune system and has lived m

the archdiocese says it has tried many strategies to help the homeless. more on that in the next half- hour. >>> a fire forced guests at a san francisco hotel to evacuate four hours ago at the park hotel at grant and sutter near union square. guests ran outside in their pajamas many still wrapped in blankets. fire crews remain on the scene at this hour. we don't know how it started but no reports of injuries. >>> repair work will cause some bart disruptions starting next month. today the transit system will announce plans to fix the tracks and equipment between the fruitvale and coliseum stations. the work will shut down the stations on some weekends but bart will run bus bridges between those two stations. >>> all right. let's see how the morning commute is going with elizabeth. >> we have a little bit of a hiccup for caltrain. there was a fatal accident on the tracks last night. now we are getting word of new delays, separate delays. there was a train that actually got stalled out. it sounds like from santa clara this is a tweet northbound train 103 bro

safer. >> but clearly it failed. >> the homeless adapted and left behind filth. there is drug paraphernalia and if you open this door, a broken crack pipe. the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system. there will be no more rains of not so holy water as of tonight. >> even for people who do a lot for the homeless, the problem is persistent and it gets to be difficult. >> so much for good intentions and less than perfect out comes. at saint mary's cathedral, abc7 news. >>> think about this making wine 10 times better for you while reducing the chance of a hangover. it sounds like something you might think of after having one glass too many, right? that's what researchers at the university of illinois are working on. it would boost the heart healthy chemical in red wine that lowers cholesterol and it would lower the toxins that cause hangovers but don't expect it anytime soon they have yet to perfect the process. >>> a 5-year-old boy is reaching hearts around the world by making a simple request. seth was born without an immune system and has lived m

police in los angeles are coming under criticism for the death of a homeless man. residents shot him in skid road neighbourhood, and police are investigating. jennifer, a lot of people were filming as this happened. >> they sure were. a new video emerged showing that moments before the shooting occurred. first, we begin with a video that went viral as soon as it was posted online. >> reporter: one day after the fatal shooting of a homeless man was caught on camera a small memorial stands in place of a tent a man called home. >> because a man strikes back or dares to strike a cop is not a death sentence. >> this video taken by a bystander shows the altercation between the officer and a homeless man. it deteriorates into a confusing scene, and then this. [ gun fire ] >> reporter: five gunshots and reaction from the people on skid row. officers were responding to a 911 call when they confronted the man. a struggle broke out. >> when police approached the suspect he refused to comply with officers' commands and fought with them. >> reporter: officers say they used a ta

needy and homeless, but that is not what people are talking about tonight if you look over my shoulder, you can see a dark spot inside is one of these sprinklers. last night, those sprinklers were keeping the homeless away. >> it's a solution that led to an image problem. >> we're sorry our intentions have been misunderstood and recognized that the method was ill conceived. >> the bishop didn't order sprinklers to be installed but today, answered problems after revelations for two years the church used them to douse homeless person who sleeps beneath. the archdiocese heard criticism from the homeless >> it's real bad. >> and from the mayor >> this makes your head spin a bit >> the unintended message, statues send messages of welcome the homeless reflect despair and desperation >> the purpose is to make the cathedral grounds as well as homeless people on the grounds safer. >> but clearly it is failed the homeless adapted and left behind filth. >> there is drug paraphernalia and a broken crack pipe. >> the church announced it will dismantle the sprinkler system and meaning no more rains

duffy who isn't here i noticed the definition for homeless housing tenant have a lease and all associated protection well, i was dumped at a site i was told was permanent housing i have a rental agreement this is not permanent this needs to be corrected there needs to be take into account with the eviction protection those nonprofits are receiving a lot of money to work with difficult clients i'll be considered a difficult client i'm highly caught not agitated i'm outspoken and well researched and also the elephant in the room i'm a registered repeal and again the retention why put people in housing if you're got going to keep them there retentions, retention retention you work towards retention whatever it takes it may be that nonprofit in charge cynicism has to come to an end thank you. >> thank next speaker, please. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> come on up. >> hi, i'm a staff attorney at the general advocacy we're a nonprofit clinic in the tenderloin we serve many clients that are receiving cash couldn't benefits especially cap as well as tenants in non-cap unit i will or w

is that in part to keep homeless out? >> absolutely. we have more people sprawled in front of our entrance i would say in 2015 than the preceding 20 years. >> i would have to say that in honesty, the problem of everything around here is getting to the point where there was frustration. >> reporter: now, what the church is going to do now that it's turned the water off remains to be seen because one thing we know the problem isn't going to go away. either here or anywhere in the bay area. in san francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. >>> san rafael people want homeowners and businesses to register surveillance cameras. this is voluntary. it's not required. police say they wouldn't have access to the cameras, however they say that knowing that there is a system would help in investigations. if a crime is committed, they could contact someone nearby to see if there is any video surveillance. >>> concern in fremont after a rabid bat was found near an elementary school. it's not first time this has happened. as kpix 5's devin fehely test us, health

, homeless, and at risk homeless, and a veteran would be categorized in one of those three category to receive a voucher, and unfortunately, all of the vouchers were given out just recently and there is unfortunately a huge waiting list for those vouchers but we are whenever those vouchers are available, i tried to let or i tried to let the veterans who i know that are interested in applying to contact the counselor which actually is in the san francisco va, and or lap, alto if you know any that are interested, contact me and i am more than happy to give that information to them. >> i have another point and i can see and another point is that we heard, san francisco we are a lots of public housing. and >> then it turned into a non-profit, to run it instead of hud and i hope that jacky from your office will see to it that the after they repair and then that they have a new list, and i think that the veterans should be giving some sort of priority to move in. >> absolutely, it is actually a great point and one of the things that we have talked about and actually has been brought to our o