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And you only have yourself to blame. Fulfill your oath of office. Reverse your policies. End this crisis, and stop the suffering. Sadly, we know that President Bidens failures dont stop there. His reckless spending dug our economy into a hole and sent the cost of living through the roof. We have the worst inflation in 40 years and the highest Credit Card Debt in our nations history. Let that sink in. Hardworking families are struggling to make ends meet today. And with soaring Mortgage Rates and skyhigh child care costs, theyre also struggling to have a plan for tomorrow. The American People are scraping by while President Biden proudly proclaims that bidenomics is working. Goodness, yall, bless his heart. We know better. Ill never forget stopping at a gas station in Chilton County one evening. The gentleman working the counter told me that after retiring, he had to pick up a job in his 70s so that he didnt have to choose between going hungry or going without his medication. He said, i did everything right. I did everything i was told to do. I worked hard. I saved. I was responsible. Hes not alone. I hear similar concerns from fellow parents, whether i am walking with my friends or whether im at my kids games. But lets be honest, its been a minute since joe biden pumped gas, ran a car pool, or even pushed a grocery cart. Meanwhile, the rest of us see our dollar and we know it doesnt go as far. We see it every day. And despite what he tells you, our communities are not safer. For years the left has coddled criminals and defunded the police, all while letting repeat offenders walk free. The result is tragic but foreseeable. From our small towns to americas most iconic city streets, life is getting more and more dangerous. And unfortunately, President Bidens weakness isnt just hurting families here at home. He is making us a punch line on the world stage. Look, where im from, your word is your bond. But for three years, the president has demonstrated that americas word doesnt mean what it used to. From abandoning our allies in his disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan to desperately pushing another dangerous deal with iran, President Biden has failed. We have become a nation in retreat. The enemies of freedom, they an opportunity. Putins brutal aggression in europe has put our allies on the brink. Irans terrorist proxies have slaughtered israeli j american citizens. Theyve targeted commercial shipping, and theyve attacked our troops nearly 200 times since october, killing three u. S. Soldiers and two navy seals. Meanwhile, the Chinese Communist party is undercutting americas workers. China is buying up our farmland, spying on our military installations, and spreading propaganda through the likes of tiktok. Out see, the ccp it conquers the minds of our next generation, it conquers america. And what does President Biden do . Well, he bans tiktok for Government Employees but creates an account for his own campaign. Yall, you cant make this stuff up. Look, we all recall when president s faced National Security threats with strength and resolve. That seems like ancient history. Right now, our commander in chief is not in command. The free world deserves better than a dithering and diminished leader. America deserves leaders who recognize that secure borders, stable prices, safe streets, and a Strong Defense are actually the cornerstones of a great nation. Just ask yourself, are you better off now than you were three years ago . Theres no doubt were at a cross roads, and it doesnt have to be this way. We all feel it. But heres the good news. We, the people, are still in the drivers seat. We get to decide whether our future will grow brighter or whether well settle for an america in decline. Well, i know which choice our children deserve, and i know the choice the Republican Party is fighting for. We are the party of hardworking parents and families. And we want to give you and your children the opportunities to thrive. And we want families to grow. Its why we strongly support continued nationwide access to in vitro fertilization. We want to help loving moms and dads bring precious life into this world. Wesley and i believe there is no greater blessing in life than our children, and thats why tonight i want to make a direct appeal to the parents out there, and in particular to my fellow moms, many of whom i know will be up tossing and turning at 2 00 a. M. , wondering how youre going to be in three places at once and then somehow still get dinner on the table. First of all, we see you. We hear you, and we stand with you. I know youre frustrated. I know youre probably disgusted about most of what you see going on in washington. And ill be really honest with you. Youre not wrong for feeling that way. Look, i get it. The task in front of us isnt an easy one. But i can promise you one thing. It is worth it. So, i am asking you for the sake of your kids and your grandkids, get into the arena. Every generation has been called to do hard things. American greatness rests in the fact that we always answer that call. Its who we are. Never forget, we are steeped in the blood of patriots who overthrew the most powerful empire in the world. We walk in the footsteps of pioneers who tamed the wild. We now Carry Forward the same flame of freedom as the liberators of an oppressed europe. We continue to draw courage from those who bent the moral arc of the universe. And when we gaze upon the heavens, never forget that our dna contains the same ingen that putm man on the moon. America has been tested before, and every single time, weve emerged unbowed and unbroken. Our history has been written with the grit of men and women who got knocked down. But we know their stories because they did not stay down. We are here because they stood back up. So, now its our turn, our moment, to stand up and prove ourselves worthy of protecting the american dream. Together we can reawaken the heroic spirit of a great nation because america, we dont just have a rendezvous with destiny. We take destinys hand and we lead it. Our future starts around kitchen tables just like this, with moms and dads just like you. And you are why i believe with every fiber of my being that despite the current state of our union, our best days are still ahead. May god continue to bless these United States of america. And there you have it, senator katie britt from alabama, at 42 years, the youngest republican elected to the senate, giving the republican response tonight to President Bidens state of the Union Address from her kitchen there in alabama. And i want to get right over to jon karl before we say good night tonight because we have first reaction in to former President Trump to President Bidens speech tonight. May not surprise you, but donald trump didnt like the speech. He reacted by calling it the angriest, least compassionate, and worst state of the union speech ever made. The race is underway, isnt it. Jon karl, lindsey bruce, martha rad zats, donna brazil. Thank you all. We leave you tonight with this very telling image from just moments ago in the chamber of President Biden almost the last person to leave that chamber tonight. The lights appear to have been turned off in the chamber. People still asking for selfies after having given the state of the union tonight. Our coverage tonights. Abc news live, abcnews. Com. Of course guilty or innocent morning America First thing in the of course good morning America First thing in the morning. Ill see you tomorrow night. Im david muir. Good night. All americans. And this is the moment a tire fell from a United Airlines flight taking off at sfo. Youre going to hear from passengers on board that plane. Plus and right now the public is not being protected. A suspected serial shoplifter caught, but not convicted. The abc seven news iteam follows the case to find out why. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Keeping the sunshine tomorrow and adding some degrees. Ill have your friday and your weekend forecast coming up. Abc seven news at eight starts right now. Also live abc seven news starts right now. Heather, lets remember who we are. We are the United States of america, and there is nothing , nothing beyond our capacity. When we act together. A standing ovation to wrap up President Bidens state of the Union Address. But it was not all. Cheers. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us for this special edition of abc seven news. It was a crowded chamber at the us capitol tonight as President Biden delivered his state of the Union Address. Biden started with addressing the war in ukraine with a message aimed directly at russian president vladimir putin. My message is the president and putin, who ive known for a long time, is simple. We will not walk away the president s speech went on to address abortion and reproductive rights, the economy, Student Loan Debt and taxes. But when the topic turned to immigration and Border Security, the chamber got feisty. In november, my team began serious negotiations with a Bipartisan Group of senators. The result was a bipartisan bill with the toughest set of Border Security reforms. Weve ever seen. Oh, you dont think so . Oh, you dont like that bill, that conservatives got together and said it was a good bill. Ill be. Darn. Thats amazing. As i said, feisty. The president went off script when talking about lake and riley two weeks ago, the 22 year old georgia Nursing Student was allegedly murdered by a venezuelan migrant who Officials Say was in the United States illegally Lincoln Lincoln riley, an innocent young woman who was killed by an illegal. Thats right. But how many . The thousands of people being killed by illegals to her parents, i say my heart goes out to you. Having lost children myself, i understand. But look, throughout the evening, the president brought up donald trump. But rarely by name. He often referred to him as, quote, my predecessor, former President Trump. For his part, apparently was watching the state of the Union Address. He was busy posting his responses live on his truth social platform, just about all of them critical of President Biden. As you would expect. Alabama senator katie britt, as you just heard, delivered the republican response to President Bidens state of the union. A brit was critical of his of his leadership and hit on some familiar issues, particularly the border and immigration. President biden inherited the most secure border of all time. But minutes after taking office, he suspended all deportations. He halted construction of the border wall, and he announced a plan to give amnesty to millions. We know that President Biden didnt just create this border crisis. He invited it with 94 executive actions in his first 100 days. President bidens border policies are a disgrace. This crisis is despicable, and the truth is, it is almost entirely preventable. All britt is the youngest woman in the senate. Its also the third Consecutive Year republicans chose a woman to respond to the president s state of the Union Address, and there was a little bit of history. Tonight, for the first time, the state of the Union Address was live streamed on instagram. It was through President Bidens potus account, which has roughly 19 million followers. All right. Joining us now for a closer look at the president s address and the republican response. Abc seven news insider phil matier phil, with all the talk and the questions about the president s ability and his acuity, the stakes were extremely high for him tonight, but he appeared to knock it out of the park in terms of the way he delivered this address. Your thoughts . I would say that he was trying to do something bridge a gap that has just grown immensely in front of him. Questions about his mental acuity, his physical stamina, his policies. The speech tonight was one of the most political ive ever heard. As a state of the Union Address, repeatedly interrupted by chants from democrats of four more years, four more years, the content and the presentation from republicans and jeers from republicans. The content that was appeared to be something that you would hear, possibly from a candidate at a convention kicking off the campaign. And thats what i think we saw tonight. He these are the issues he wants to run on Immigration Reform by his package that the republicans havent passed womens rights, which is going to be on the ballot on key states, pharmacy, big pharma, reducing things for the middle class, things for the working class. And the reason one of the reasons for that. The New York Times polls, which is friendly towards the Biden Administration, but theyre nonpartisan and polls, shows that a majority of people in america, or at least half dont feel that the Biden Administration has done them a lot of favors. Dont feel better off, and that 60 of the people that support biden think that age is an issue. So he has to address that as well. And he did. He did. But by all accounts, his staff and everybody in the white house thrilled with the performance tonight from, of course. But they were going to be thrilled. They are always thrilled. Okay. Well, they were going to be thrilled unless he had some real moments where he stumbled and had a hard time, which he did not do. Thats what they were very worried about, that he might go off script and had a hard time. And i think from their perspective they were very pleased. But i want to shift to Something Else on this. You know, he talked about, as you mentioned, every conceivable issue in immigration uh taxes, real pocketbook issues to even how many potato chips are in a bag. Thats shrinkflation are those the issues that will resonate with most voters, the state of the economy and the cost of living in this country and the taxes for ordinary americans . Those are the issues that resonate with voters. The utility bills are going up. Your insurance and your home is going up, if you can even find it in much of america, your Auto Insurance is going up. Yes, they resonate the question is, do they feel that what that hes going to be to deliver on that . Has he delivered on that . It is a tough road for incumbents right now. Whether youre mayor of San Francisco or president of the United States, it is a tough time. People do not feel good about whats going on around them and how theyre being hit economically. And you can say that youve created jobs and done all of those things, he is yet to connect, and he has to connect with democrats first and then move from there. And this was the first step in that, yes, he was powerful. At least his lungs were. He stayed on script next week. Something else could happen. A speech is a speech only as good as it goes on. But this was the and this was also directed at democrats saying, i can do this. Okay, i can do this. Ive decided im running. I can do this. Hes sending a message to the democrats. This is where were going. Im not bowing out and no ones taking my place. Yeah, and you made a good point. It was very political. It was a stump speech in other ways. It was a campaign speech. Yes. And it was. It was meant to be that way. He continually referred to his predecessor, donald trump, as his predecessor. Didnt mention his name, but it was a political speech delivered in a campaign that is kicking off now. And we are going to the likes of which weve never seen before, legitimately never seen a president versus a former president. In times like this, its fascinating. And i think people are really looking at joe biden tonight and, you know, it doesnt matter what you or i think or the pundits, it matters what the voters think, no question about it. But we certainly know we have an interesting eight months ahead. Phil, thank you very much. Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the white house this evening, calling for a permanent ceasefire in gaza. Hands of gaza now. Hands of gaza now theyre asking the president to do more, to stop israels attack and to help in the humanitarian efforts for starving palestinians. This rally prompted the police to block off a nearby road. Tonights address set off more protests across the nation. Ceasefire activists stopped traffic in los angeles and in boston, more than 50 arrests were made in boston alone. Now we have a write up on the state of the union on our website, along with video clips from bidens speech. Some of the key moments that weve picked out for you find it all on our website, abc seven news. Com, but stay here with us. Coming up next. Amazing story. The smashed cars and scared passengers after United Airlines flight loses a tire shortly after takeoff at sfo. Its the latest problem with a plane made by boeing. Plus, your pgandes bill is about to go up again. If that makes you angry. Well my name is david. Ive been a pharmacist for 44 years mainly because i just love helping people. As i got older, it was just a natural part of aging, i felt that my memory was beginning to decline and thats when i started looking for something that would help. 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The plane had taken off from sfo runway 28, right 28 r as the plane lifted off the ground, the tire just fell off. It plummeted t the ground, hitting as i s seral cars in the sfo employee parking lot before bouncing over aence and landing in the hertz rental car lot near the end of the runway. As you can see on this map that weve put together for you. That tire eventually was loaded onto a pickup truck. There it is and driven away. Big tire. We have not been told where in investigators took it, but its about four feet in diameter. The plane made an Emergency Landing less than two hours later at Los Angeles International airport. Came in safely. No one on board was hurt, so a safe ending, thank goodness, but a scary incident for people on the plane and on the ground as well. Abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell has their perspective. Video showing the exact moment a massive tire fell from a 777 jet. The video, courtesy of cali planes youtube. United Airlines Flight 35 taking off from sfo friday morning at around 1130, heading for osaka, japan. You could tell something was going on because the plane, on the mapping had turned uh eastbound. The tire landing, taking out a fence between an employee parking lot and the hertz rental car lot at sfo, somehow managing not to hit anyone nearby. But take a look at the damage to these cars. At least one window completely smashed out and side mirrors ripped off. A witness sent abc seven news video as Police Arrived at the scene. Hey are you going . It literally just happened. There are so many police here now. Its crazy. So these two cars, and they found some of the landing gear over there. They think it was a united 777, but we also spoke with the couple of people here on the ground, an sfo worker and a Security Guard who works in the parking lot itself. It is pretty scary to think about, i feel like i might have got hit too if i were doing my, you know, my car count during that time. Thanks, scott. Everybody is safe. But just the vehicle, the incident forcing the plane to divert to lax where it safely landed around 130 this afternoon. And this evening we spoke with one of the passengers waiting at lax. Everyone was kind of dealing with it in their own way, and there were some obviously distressed people, which was kind of sad to see. And he says hes not feeling so confident about getting on another flight as a wheel fell off an airplane. Thats a massive deal. Thats and were about to get on the same type of airplane and fly again, the, the faith in the Aviation Industry is dwindling. Tara campbell, abc seven news. Today is the latest in a series of really frightening incidents involving boeing planes. Yet every time the plane has landed safely on monday, flames shot out of an engine on a united flight from texas to florida because some bubble wrap got sucked into the engine. In january. Remember, a door plug came off an alaska Airlines Flight headed from portland to Southern California because the bolts were missing. Coming up next, the abc seven news iteam digs into a case of law and order. Why is a suspected shoplifter accused of stealing more than 100 times, not serving to the next. Did they even send my lab work. . Wait, was i supposed to bring that . Then theres the forms. The bills. The not a bills. the. press 4 to repeat these options. [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get a whole lot easier when your medical records, care and coverage are in one place. At kaiser permanente, all of us Work Together for all that is you. You can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. 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That type of crime has had a dramatic impact on our quality of life, and we wanted to explore why the criminal Justice System seems to grind so slowly on this. Iteam reporter dan noyes has been on the case for months, actually, and hes here with what hes found out. Dan. Well, dan aziza graves made headlines two and a half years ago, accused of hitting the same target store 120 times and stealing more than 40,000 worth of merchandise. We never saw her face or heard her side of the story until now. Researching one story sometimes leads to another. I interviewed San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins last october about the challenge of prosecuting car breakins, especially by repeat offenders. Are there certain judges who are more difficult in terms of getting a conviction in cases like this . What i will say is there are judges who will offer their own plea bargain to defendants of ours. They have the ability to do that. Jenkins told me judges sometimes undercut prosecutors and give defendants a better deal, and were having that happen in a case right now involving a repeat offender of theft. Which case is that . Can you tell me what case that is, yes, i can tell you that that is the aziza graves case. With that, i dove into the shoplifting case against 42 year old aziza graves, pulled her case file and met her in court. I talked to you about your case at some point, at some point, id be willing to talk about you. With you for sure. Okay, great. Her records show how the case developed. May 20th, 21. Security staff from the stonestown target met with District Attorney chesa boudin, his office complaining that grays repeatedly stole from the store. Months passed with no arrest. Then boudin faced accusations of being soft on crime. November 9th of 2021 the department of elections confirmed that his opponents, including current da Brooke Jenkins, had gathered enough signatures to force a recall election. The next week, boudin sent this tweet. Breaking news. Sfda Office Operation results in arrest of prolific retail thief. More than 100 separate thefts. Thank you to sfpd for assisting. More information coming soon. Aziza graves was arrested, released on her own recognizance and a month later she has now been arrested again after being released last week. This time, aziza graves was taken into custody at the westfield San Francisco center mall. On saturday. The criminal complaint lists thefts from abercrombie and fitch, safeway and 120 thefts from the stonestown target store, totaling more than 40,000. Authorities say graves would often steal jugs of laundry detergent that can easily be sold in San Franciscos illegal night markets along market street. That was 2021, going on three years later. Aziza graves has faced more than two dozen hearings. Shes still on the streets, and her shoplifting case keeps dragging on. I dont think i should be on trial for anything right now, graves told me. She is homeless and sleeps on friends couches, and that she has a hard time just surviving. Her public defender declined to comment. Let me talk to this guy. We went outside the hall of justice for an interview. I started with a basic question. So what do you want me to know about your case, i just want you to know that i had no intention of letting you go. I dont want to do this. This is. Yeah. This is stupid. In an email to me, graves explained she was using the selfcheckout at a safeway, and the machine said payment complete. After putting in just 0. 01, i had to figure out how 0. 01 could equal 100. She sent me this convoluted tabulation that concludes the actual value of what we call a penny is 0. 000001 credits, or 100 million, graves wrote when she told the safeway staff, they said, you are stealing and kicked me out. Target was next. I went to target every single day for about a year before i was arrested. Judge Brendan Conroy offered graves a plea deal, reducing the 138 counts down to a single grand theft felony with a two year sentence. With Good Behavior and time served. Aziza graves could be out in about four months. The transcript shows judge conroy did that against the wishes of the public defender, who said graves is innocent and the prosecution. Thats just not the way it used to work and its not the way it should work. Richard cramer was a San Francisco superior court judge for almost 20 years, handling serious violent felonies and complex civil litigation. I asked him about Brooke Jenkins frustration with judges like Brendan Conroy, and they can sometimes undercut us in in court and say, ive got a better offer for you. Do you understand her frustration . Of course im frustrated. Why do you think im living in napa now . I lived in San Francisco forever, judge cramer tells me in the car break ins, the shoplifting, the stores, leaving what used to be prime San Francisco real estate, we are seeing the effect of social policies that emphasize rehabilitation for criminals over Public Safety. The court system is not a parenting process. It would be nice if you could help people and you should, but only after you do what your main job is, which is enforcing the law and protecting the public. There are a host of people who disagree with judge cramer and say criminal Justice Reform is essential. Aziza graves is back in Court Tomorrow after the plea deal fell through. Shes headed for more hearings and a trial unless something changes once again and youll follow it. What a remarkable situation. And a story. Exactly. Just going on and on. Yeah. All right. Thanks, dan, very much. Well, if you have a story for dan and the abc7 news iteam, you can call this number. Its on your screen one 888 40 iteam or go to abc7 news. Com slash iteam. Part of interstate 580 in san leandro was closed for hours today. In a murdersuicide investigation, police say a man died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound in the car near the Center Median thats near 1 50 avenue. While they are still not releasing any details of the murder victim, we do know that a woman was shot. A number of times in an apartment complex. Police say she has children. We dont know if they were at the time where they were at the time of the shooting or their ages. My wife works for the school district, so of course it whenever a childs something traumatic like this happens to a childs family, then the whole school system, all the kids, friends, the whole community is affected by it. Police still dont know what led to the shooting. Theyre asking anyone with information to contact the Pleasanton Police department. Well your utility bill is about to go up again today, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously again to allow pge to raise rates. This comes after a rate increase just went into effect on january 1st. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland talked with customers who are simply fed up with rising bills. No rate ice. No rate hikes. An outburst at the California Public Utilities Commission meeting from a number of pgandes customers, fed up with bills that wont stop rising criminal profiteering. Thats what it is. Its criminal profiteering at the expense of the people. After hours of public comment, the cpuc unanimously approved another pgandes rate hike that will take effect next month. Pgandes says it will amount to about 3. 65 for the average electric customer. Cpuc commissioners had no public discussion before the vote. I think that is disrespectful to customers and that the commissioners owe it to the customers to explain their vote. Mark toney, executive director of turn the utility reform network, points out that the increase is on top of the hike that already went into effect on january 1st, which averaged around 38 a month per customer. This is despite the utility reporting last years profits surged to more than 2. 2 billion, a jump of almost 25. It doesnt make any sense for pge to keep crying poor when the fact is they are more profitable than theyve ever been, pgandes said. This decision authorized temporary rate change to start recouping a portion of the money that was spent for wildfire mitigation and delivering key safety, compliance and modernization investments for our energy system. Theyre looking to recover a maximum of 516 million, which has already been spent on upgrades like undergrounding power lines. Some People United will never be defeated, which is why the coalition to stop the pgandes rate hikes are calling for a rollback. You know, passing rate increases like this will mean more evictions. It will mean more suffering for people in San Francisco. Lena howland abc seven news. Three years after going public, astra is going private again. Astra is a space Rocket Company based in alameda. Its stock plummeted more than 30 as the news broke this afternoon, closing at just 0. 58 per share when it went public in 2021. Stock peaked at 292 per share, so you can see whats happened in taking the company private, astra ceo and its chief Technology Officer will buy out the stock at 0. 50 per share. The deal should be done in the next few months. Its a win for East San Jose residents tonight the vta just voted to approve a project to bring Light Rail Service down to the Eastridge Transit Center from the alum rock station. The route will offer a new station at story road and connect residents directly to bart at the milpitas station. This has been in the works for 24 years. Construction could start as soon as next month. All right. Coming up. Looking up for answers to San Franciscos housing crisis. When it comes to solutions, high rises may be t out strong. After a few wins on election day, super tuesday. One of those is measure e, a proposition she put on the ballot. It was overwhelmingly passed by voters and breed says it will help the city fight crime in a number of ways. We will be installing new Public Safety cameras in high crime areas, deploying drones for auto theft, car break ins and other crimes. San francisco is not wearing the shackles of your negativity any longer. Mayor breed also talked about downtown recovery, saying the city is recruiting new businesses. She introduced a 30 by 30 initiative. The goal is to welcome 30,000 more residents and students downtown by the year 2030, 30 by 30. On tuesday, voters in San Francisco supported a bond measure to build more Affordable Housing, and the state has ordered the city to build 82,000 new units by 2031. San francisco is already the second densest major city anywhere in the country, after new york. So how is it going to support that kind of growth . Abc seven News Reporter Lyanne Melendez takes a look. When the late Dianne Feinstein was mayor in the 70s and 80s, it was all about developing downtown. But when it came to the expansion of the neighborhoods, they were clearly off limits. Feinstein wanted to stop residential high rises like the fontana towers near aquatic park from popping up. Fontana was built before feinstein was elected, but today San Francisco has a housing crisis. High home prices have priced many working families out of the city. San franciscos mayor says the only prescribed cure is to build up, up, up by losing regulations means yes, more opportunity . Yes, a better future. Yes. A workforce that can afford to live here. Yes yes yes. Housing now as part of an effort to build more Affordable Housing throughout california, the state ordered San Francisco to add 82,000 units of housing by the year 2031. If the city doesnt, it could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding for Affordable Housing and transit. But how would this new construction affect the look and feel of San Francisco as the paris of the west, younger families struggling to stay here believe San Francisco has to sacrifice its esthetics in the name of affordability. Sam moss is with the Mission Housing development. Were talking about adding, you know, 1624 Story Buildings. Do you care . No, i definitely do not care. I would love to live at fontana towers. And i know dozens of families, young families in San Francisco. No theyre not, theyre awesome. Their housing, its a place thats awesome called housing. In recent years, expansion has occurred in the eastern neighborhoods like the mission district, potrero, and the south of market neighborhoods and mission bay. Now the state is telling San Francisco its time to build in those neighborhoods on the west and north side, which have often been resistant to change. Corey smith is with the Housing Action coalition, the state is looking at us and saying, you have to build more. You have to build more in your high resource areas. Places that have good schools, places that have high quality public transit, frankly, places that have a higher income. And its time for pac heights to get apartments. But part of that proposed expansion is facing some pushback. Supervisor aaron peskin was able to pass a resolution that would impose density limits in several historic neighborhoods in his own district. For example, developers were proposing adding a 24 Story Building where this two story garage sits. Another idea called for demolishing this building to add a 17 story high rise. But because both are in a historic neighborhood, they are now protected. You know, you can expect people to say, wait a minute, thats his district, that hes doing this. I think we can increase the amount of housing and Affordable Housing in San Francisco without destroying our neighborhoods. Another option is to create more Affordable Housing along major commercial corridors like geary boulevard, van ness avenue, and church street. But some say theres no point in building all these new units without bolstering Public Transportation to serve residents. We asked billy riggs, a usf transportation and urban development professor, what needs to happen, how are we going to support all those people from a transportation point of view . Because they really want people to live near a transportation hub, right . I mean, i were not there. Were not were not there in terms of the current infrastructure, you know, were talking hundreds of thousands of new People Living in the city now, how are we going to do that . We have to start planning now how we invest in our infrastructure. He says our current Transit System doesnt work for everyone because San Francisco doesnt have the kind of integrated system like new york city does that gets you everywhere. Any time. If youve got to wait 20 minutes on a train, is that really work for you . And for some people, particularly at the margins, weve got vulnerable populations that 20 minutes late means you lose your job. So in order to meet that goal of 82,000 units in the next seven years, the city has to build close to 12,000 units per year. Lyanne melendez, abc seven news. All right, coming up next, a look ahead to the weekend weather forecast. The rain will return, sandhya tells us. 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A lovely view from sutro tower. High pressure in control of our weather brought us a little bit of a bump up in temperatures today. That trend continues tomorrow on live doppler seven, you will notice the absence of rain. We are in the clear tonight, 40s and 50s on your temperatures. A live view from Oakland Airport camera and no weather related delays for tomorrow. Sunshine and milder weather is what you can expect this weekend. Cooler periods of showers and rain and mid to late next week. Were going to bring springlike warmth into the picture first thing tonight. 40s 50s at 10 00. Its going to be a cool night. So tomorrow morning, as many of you get going for work or taking those kids off to school, its going to be on the cool side. Youll need a light jacket, but by the noontime hour, youre already in the 60s. In many of our warmest locations , the suns out. It is going to be a Beautiful Day with numbers nearing 70 degrees in our warmest spots. So first thing in the morning, mid to upper 30s. Except ukiah, 33 degrees. Most of the rest of you in the 30s and 40s. Clear skies. Tomorrow afternoon we bring you the sunshine. Soak it up low to upper 60s because its changing this weekend. Saturday we bring in the clouds. A weak front comes through at 8 a. M. In the north bay. 11 a. M. It is slicing right across the central bay, and well have a few showers. The front kind of breaks up as it moves towards the east bay and the south bay by 1 00, but we will still get some showers out of it. Now, in terms of rainfall, were not expecting a big storm on saturday. Its not a washout couple hundredths of an inch to about 2 10 of an inch in ukiah. As you look at the accuweather seven day forecast, we have more rain, but thats not until sunday Late Afternoon evening. So as you get out and enjoy the sun tomorrow and then well deal with the showers for the first part of your saturday. Second half of saturday is fine. Sunday, oscar sunday. Dont forget spring forward one hour. We go to Daylight Saving time saturday and sunday. Both level ones. And then we have aa1 for monday morning and tuesday we have another system coming through. And then look at those temperatures. This is what im talking about. Almost like spring here. Were talking about 70s in the forecast. Dan and larry sit and watch the oscars in the rain on sunday. Oh, yeah, itll be nice. All right larry, bill is here. Nice moment for the warriors tonight. You can go inside and watch. You dont have to stand outside. Im just. Pro tip. We look back at a special night as the warriors honor their old boss, touching tribute to bob myers, who helped bring good evening warriors playing the bulls tonight. Theyre actually down ten heading to the fourth quarter. Now last night former warriors gm bob myers he was calling the dubs game on espn. And the team produced a tribute video with the sweetest introductions by bobs three daughters that left him literally fighting back tears. Bob myers is back in the building tonight. I know whos that bob myers. Remember him . Vaguely familiar. We. Its next man up in this organization. Dub nation, we have a very special guest on warriors ground tonight. Please give a warm welcome to former warriors general manager and president of basketball operations. And our dad, bob myers over a decade with the warriors, helping the team win four nba championships. Lets hear it for dad. Bob myers. Your beautiful daughters were part of the announcement to get the crowd to cheer for their dad. I won the bet. You got emotional. Yeah. It would have been good for the. Except for the daughters. I would have made it through. I think i would dry eyes, but when they put your three daughters up there, i dont say break down, but i tear it up. I would say i told you before the game that if he cried, i would let you know during his tribute. He did cry. Did cry . Yeah. Doesnt surprise me. Everybody having fun at your expense. What is wrong with crying when you see your family . I mean, we ridiculing men. They cry. So were doing bob myers how adorable is little rosie . Bob myers i was almost crying. Abc seven sports, sponsored by your Northern California honda dealers. He is so great and beloved. Beloved. And hes fantastic in everything he does. And the girls were just absolutely adorable. And you know, we start tearing up when we see him tear up. You know, its so you can relate. Absolutely. Thanks larry. All right. Were coming up tonight on abc seven celebrity wheel of fortune. Thats up next, followed by regular wheel of fortune at ten. Jeopardy airs at 1030. And then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. Well, that is this edition of abc seven news for sandyha patel, larry biel, all of us. Im dan ashley. 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