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With San Francisco board of supervisors. Aaron peskin that this macys location is slated to shut down. His office says it will stay open, however, for the rest of the year while they work to sell the property. Shoppers disappointed over the news. Im really sad about that sad union square mean this is the heart of the city and you know, its more blow to know the locals and the way the world is starting to see is tuesday, the Company Announced they will be closing 150 Stores Nationwide over the next few years and plan to close 50 stores for the first year. The company has not announced which locations. Those will be. This comes after the Company Posted a 4th quarter loss and declining sales shoppers we spoke with today believe more and more people are doing their shopping online. I live in an Apartment Building and they see package after package coming in and were have old people or half young people. And thats all the young people are shopping online. They dont have time and its so easy yes, so brick and mortars are disappearing. Last month, macys rejected a 5. 8 billion dollar takeover offer from an investment manager. And in january, macys also said they would trim about 3 of their workforce, which is about 2300 employees. Reporting Tiffany Justice kron. 4 news. Now. This announcement is bringing a lot of reaction from the community and also city leaders will start with mayor london breed who sent us this statement here to kron 4. Macys is always meant a lot to the people. The city. Its hard to think of macys not being part of our city anymore. She goes on to say. Im continuing to talk to leaders in Retail Business and real estate about how we can continue to focus on longterm success of the site. The city will continue to work closely with macys and any potential new owners to ensure this iconic location continues to serve San Francisco for decades to come. Shes going to be here in studio 3. 30, a little digging a little deeper with her. Then. But now we get the statement from state senator scott wiener. He is also reacting to the announcement. He says its this is horrible news for San Francisco. We must aggressively and creatively re. Imagine downtown. We are advancing legislation to expedite San Franciscos ability to make needed changes. And supervisor. Aaron peskin also reacting and he sent us this statement here. It reads in part, macys was one of the last holdouts against the National Trend of retail closures and consolidations. But as with every seeming blow to our downtown recovery, i see a potential opportunity. We have a mandate to continue our collaborative work with the Union Square Alliance to invest in the neighborhood. Thats the end of the quote. More coverage on this right here on kron 4 throughout the day. And now to the east bay were Community Activists in oakland are calling on the oakland as to allow for more open use of the coliseum. Kron 4 s Charles Clifford has the details. Well, here in oakland on tuesday, a group of Community Advocates called on Alameda County to make sure that whatever eventually happens to the Oakland Coliseum. They want to know that the community will benefit tuesday morning. The Oakland United Coalition called on the Alameda County board of supervisors to pressure as owner john fisher to allow the Oakland Coliseum to be used for things other than a baseball. The team recently blocked an effort by the upstart oakland bees to play at the coliseum move that the Oakland Coalition says robs a community of a financial benefit. The as are currently in the process of buying out the county stake in the coliseum, a deal which makes them in the city of oakland, coowners of the site. Coalition believes that the county can still exert pressure on the team. But county has the agreement with pfister that is allowing him to be a decisionmaker about what does and doesnt happen in our backyard, too. Theyre a green. It is allowing the as ownership to block the flow of needed resources into the east oakland community. And although as ownership has declared a desire to move the team to los vegas, there are no set date for when that might happen. The Oakland United Coalition says that if the team truly wants to leave oakland, they should give up their stake in the coliseum to john fisher. Sell your stake in the coliseum, make your profit and allow to flourish and thrive. If you cant do that, then its time to play ball with the community and join us at the negotiating table. Even though the as have expressed an interest in leaving oakland, the team has had talks with the county and the city of oakland about extending their stay at the coliseum. Although no deal has been reached in oakland, Charles Clifford kron, 4 news. President joe biden and his administration say that the chinesemade cranes at the port of oakland may pose a security threat. So moving forward now, ports across the u. S. Only be buying and using new port cranes that are made here in the states. So according to this government report, the current z pmc cranes that are made in china and used all across the u. S. Have the ability to monitor us shipping and could potentially disrupt and shut down the system at any time from overseas. And right now there are hundreds of these cranes that are used ports, including the port of oakland, which is one of the larger hubs. So over the next 5 years, this executive order calls for a u. S. Based company to start making these cranes. The executive order does not affect any existing chinesemade cranes at american ports. Only ones that will be made in the future. Lets talk about that side. Were seeing outside today with this wide look here from our mount tam camps. We can see San Francisco on the bridge, even the east bay hills. Its beautiful out there today. High la longer. It going to last . Well, we got today. We got tomorrow and then weve got a whole change in the weather. But lets enjoy those blue skies out there today. You can see. As we take a live look at coit. Our temperatures pretty nice out there. Couple 50s and certainly San Franciscos one of them, Half Moon Bay and other. But everyone else sitting in the 60s. In fact, santa rosa just popped up to 65 degrees. Little bit breezy out there, too. Specially point rays you can see about 18 miles per hour. So the coastal breeze kind of making it into the bay a little bit about 15 miles per hour. There. And hayward, but not bad. Great. If we take a look at stormtracker 4, you can see its just really lovely. But you do kind of notice that direction of the clouds that are rolling a little far away from us. But sending just a few high clouds out and about eventually, that is whats going to change our weather is that pattern from a low pressure system that right now is in the gulf of alaska, but not tonight and not tomorrow. Tonight well see mostly clear skies. A little light wind out there. And because of those clear skies, once again, were going to have some chilly overnight. Temperatures and that does mean that were looking at a frost advisory again for the north bay tonight. So just be ready for that. Very similar to last. I think the north bay will be a degree or 2 warmer. But still peddling. We got down to 32 degrees yesterday. So live look outside here from our mount tam cam. Whole lot of blue out there. Chilly temps today. Another nice day. Tomorrow we come back. Well talk more about the rain thats going to be headed our way that kicks in on thursday. Ill have all of those details for you and your 7 day forecast. Thank you so much. The city of San Francisco plans to issue a formal apology to black residents in the citys supervisors are scheduled to vote today. On this resolution apologizing to africanamericans and their descendants for decades of what they call racist laws and policies perpetrated by the city. All 11 members of the board have signed on as sponsors switch likely guarantees its passage. And this is coming as the city considers providing reparations for black residents in the city. The resolution is set to become the first major u. S. City to issue such an apology. Our actions today are warning to all bad actors who are seeking to take advantage of the public trust. We will find out about steets. We will cut off your funding and we will hold you accountable. San Francisco City attorney david chiu has blocked a non profit from receiving any city funding after an investigation revealed a scheme to defraud the city of over 100,000. This nonprofit, j and J Community Resource Center provide services to youth, a disadvantaged families. But chew says that its founder drew jenkins and officer susan murphy lied about the work that they were doing. Our investigations revealed that jenkins and his affiliates stuff right of the city and a number of ways by submitting false invoices, double billion under multiple grants and seeking reimbursement eligible expenses such as alcohol, see cars and motorcycles rentals. Both jenkins and murphy are prohibited from bidding on a receiving city contracts or grants. President biden says that a pause in the isrcelhamas war could come within a matter of days and are Reshad Hudson reports the white house has been under pressure now to make something happen and soon. Ohio republican senator jd vance says it is time to bring americans being held captive by hamas home. We really have hostages we have i still believe 6 americans that are currently held in gaza. The u. S. And its middle east allies are working on a deal that would pose the fighting between israel and hamas during the observance of the muslim holy month of ramadan. With the goal of freeing more hostages, i think we should be doing everything that we can economically diplomatically to try to free those hostages. State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller says it all comes down to cooperation from hamas, whether hamas willing to agree to a deal that would provide significant benefits to the Palestinian People that they claim to represent. Israeli officials have not publicly reacted to President Bidens comments about an imminent ceasefire. Officials of the government of israel, including the prime minister, have said publicly that they would prefer the situation to be resolved diplomatically. President biden says he hopes to have a ceasefire deal as early as next week and ask your advisor tells me that were close. Close. Not done yet. The Biden Administration says the ultimate goal is to end the war soon reporting in washington Reshad Hudson. Coming up here at 3, we have new details from 12 Hour Police Standoff in pablo that has now resulted in one arrest and a Fast Food Restaurant wants to introduce ride, share style surge pricing and why the city of oakland has charged the deli thousands of dollars for something. The deli owner says it did not do kron agree returns in just a moment. Is it possible to count on my internet like my Customers Count on me . It is with comcast business. Keeping you up and running with our 99. 9 network reliability. And security that helps outsmart threats to your data. Moaire dida twoo . Your data, too. Theres even roundtheclock customer support. So you can be there for your customers. With comcast business, reliability isnt just possible. Its happening. Get started for 49 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to a 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet package. Dont wait, call and switch today what do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. Owner has been a years long battle with the city over constant Illegal Dumping outside of the establishment. And now as kron 4 switched all reports the city. Has now holding the business responsible and hit it with a 10,000 fine. Were not taking it anymore. Jason, her burrs has owned state gold deleon san pablo avenue in west oakland for 7 years. And he says for most of that time on a monthly and sometimes weekly basis, he and his staff have filed 3, 1, 1, reports to the city about the mass amounts of trash being illegally dumped outside of the business. I think that people know that and feel that they can come down to this neighborhood and commit that will be investigated will go on and thats just the way its been for years rather than working with her burrs to mitigate the problem. He says the city is holding him responsible for the trash and begin fining him for negligence. Back in 2021. And at this point, the total amount due has reached 9,658. And 0. 53. Are we being fined for operating a you place. Her birds has appealed the fine. The city replied by agreeing to reduce this years texas litter fee by more than 800 because the business has an onsite litter Removal Program. And customers dining on site. But a letter from the Deputy Director of economic and Workforce Development says, quote, the appeal is not granted in fuel duty serving food and beverages in or on disposable plates containers and napkins that can blow away or be littered by customers after they leave the business area. Mostly make sandwiches and barbecue. This stuff gets its wrapped in disposable biodegradable. A paper containers you know, we compost. We recycle. We you know, we huge dumpster. We are the problem. With live her purrs is refusing to pay the fine and is exploring legal action against the city. Philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. So just within the last hour, we did hear from the city of oakland so reaching part of the statement it sent us quote in 2006, the city Council Adopted the Health Program to defray the cost of litter and trash cleanup. Resulting from the operations of a fast food business, convenience market and gas station markets. Businesses can appeal their feet to reduce or eliminate their fee based on their business being improperly classified or having a litter reduction program. Stay goldbelly filed an appeal for the 2023 charges and their business fee was indeed reduced by 90 based on the state gold elis onsite little Removal Program and onsite dining leaving their healthy at just 91 this year. Stay goldbelly likely did not appeal are pay a prior years elf leaving this balance of 9,658. And 0. 53. Heres what it looks like outside right now at San Francisco International Airport enjoyed that sun and blue skies today woke up a little chilly today, something thats off to school. The next coach. A little jacket zipped up to the apneck this morning, especially if you are in some of the inland valleys north bay. But i gotta tell ya. North bay, not the only place they got chilly. I mean, we were called in petaluma. 32 degrees. 37 in napa. But castro valley, 37 degrees. San ramon, 38, 3, 8, menlo park in concord about 39. So this is what were looking out for tonight. Another chilly night out there, although i think a little bit warmer for those of you in the north bay tomorrow night. We should fare much better. But we are also going to start to see the clouds move in and see our weather pattern change. So we do have that frost advisory tonight again for the north bay. So just be prepared for that. Meanwhile, weve got the sunshine and it is beautiful as we take a live look from the east bay today. Tomorrow will be relatively similar. Weve got a little High Pressure that is helping us out right now. The kind of bumping that low pressure out of the way. But we got another one thats in the gulf of alaska. And that is going to be the big system thats going to bring a lot of rain to us and a very huge amount of or of snow to the sierra. So thats the one that im focused on is you can see when that kicks in on thursday. Our rain chances just go flying up right through the thursday, friday, saturday, even into the first part of sunday. So showing you this tomorrow we stay, you know, pretty nice. We get little cloud cover as we get later into the evening. But thursday, there we go. Thats thursday morning. You start to see some of this moving in. And then by the afternoon were all going to be dealing with some of that rain. And of course, you see sierra snow to. And as i mentioned, once this gets going thursday, friday, saturday, all the way through sunday morning. Were looking out between one and 2 inches of rain for the bay area. You can see obviously higher totals to the north of us muncy know theyre looking out for 4. 1, 5. So its going to be a big rainmaker and a big snow maker for the state of california. So by thursday, were in this tomorrow. Really nice. Well have wind as well. That part of this, too. And the temperatures and a very chilly here. You can see highs just struggling to get into those low 50s by sunday. We should start to clear out again as we get into sunday afternoon all the next week. Right now looking a little cool and looking a little active. So well start march with some interesting weather. Thanks. Kyla, sir, charging for burger. We have seen this Business Model before with rideshare companies, but the plan is now for the wendys fastfood chain to take this on. And by next year, customers can expect to pay more during peak hours. Kron fours also the money and in walnut creek. Now with the reason why. Cars are lining up at the wendys drivethru for lunchtime. Its noon in the parking lot is filling up with hungry customers. They can enjoy the same price day or night. But by next year that will change the fast food franchise plans to charge more during busier hours. Im not really a big fan of really, really just to collect a lower price meals, but make it affordable for us working class guys. All customers out here agreed theyd like things to remain the same. One man says it wont change his mind about dining wendys. As long as there isnt a huge price difference, everything that youre not a its really but just a little bit change keith miller runs a few subway locations in california and noted that minimum wage is going up for fast food workers to 20 an hour in hes with franchisee Advocacy Consulting and just treats by the Business Model. And its an interesting concept, because as running a restaurant, we always are trying to balance. You know, how do we balance out our day more, you know, especially for like a some subway, you know, a large percentage of our businesses and within a 2 to 2 and a half hour period. And associate professor of economics at cal state east bay shares. Why wendys might be making the the surge pricing. Thats an example of price discrimination right from the it just means that the Companies Use all Information Available to it about the customers. To adjust the price to what was going to their profits. In a statement from wendys, the Company Confirms they will fluctuate prices both high and low. Using an ai enabled menu with seasonal suggestions saying this will allow us to be more nimble and flexible pricing, including providing value offers to customers in walnut creek. Ella sogomonian kron. 4 news. And now an update to a story we first brought you yesterday. San pablo Police Arrested someone following that 12 hour. Shelterinplace order. Law enforcement responded to a home in the area rachel road and heather drive. This was around 3 oclock on monday. And police told us that there was an armed person barricaded inside of a home. Neighbors told us that someone was shooting into the air in the middle of the night. Police say that no one was hurt during the standoff and were still working right now to learn some details about that person that Police Arrested. Its now day 2 of the preliminary hearing for the man accused of the deadly stabbing spree in davis from last spring. The Yolo County District Attorneys Office announcing it will not be seeking the Death Penalty for former uc davis student carlos dominguez. This is video from his hearing yesterday and in court, the prosecution and defense question davis, Police Officers on the witness stand who responded to the scenes of the stabbings in april and may of last year. Biggest faces 2 counts of murder with enhancements and one count of attempted murder. Congress. Government funding and so now President Biden jumping in find help congressional leaders sort it all im Hannah Brandt in washington. All have brandt in washington. All have that story coming up. For nourished, lightweight hair, the right ingredients make all the difference. New herbal essences sulfate free is now packed with plantbased ingredients your hair will love. Like pure aloe and camellia flower oil. And none of the things it wont. Hair feels deeply nourished, soft and lightweight. Plant power you can feel. New herbal essences sulfate free. For your money this afternoon, the power of a 6 figure, salaries fading in some cities in the bay area. This is according to the personal finance company go banking rates. The company says making 150,000 in cities like San Francisco and san jose puts you on the lower end of the middle class scale. They say the high cost of housing, childcare and transportation all have an impact on your class status. The number one Entertainment Industry in the world continues to be hit by a changing economy. Sony announcing today that they are laying off around 900 employees from its playstation division. This is the latest wave of layoffs to come to the gaming and tech industry. Just this year alone. And its coming just days after sony announced that it sold fewer playstation fives. Then at this time in 2023. Well, if your spring break destination is mexico, the u. S. State department wants you to be aware because the u. S. Embassy and consulates in mexico are warning americans that they need to maintain a high level of Situational Awareness while visiting the country. The agency cites crime, drugs and unregulated alcohol for the increased caution. So anyone on spring break getting a getaway to mexico. Theyre saying they need to be aware of their surroundings, especially when visiting popular areas. The agency also recommends always checking your Bank Accounts and staying in groups when youre out in clubs and bars the faa has released a scathing new report critiquing boeing Safety Culture and recommending an overhaul u. S. Regulators noticed a disconnect between boeing Senior Management and others over safety matters and they cite insufficient safeguards. 2 per retaliation against employees who flagged safety issues. This is coming after that door. Plug throughout that Alaska Airlines jet midflight. A big honor for san jose. It was named among the top 5 best places to live in the u. S. When it comes to quality of life. The ranking by u. S. News and world report placed san jose at number 4 saying it was, quote, a diverse area with an innovative spirit. It also gave san jose high marks for its proximity to the ocean, the sierra and one country. The 3 cities that topped the list include an arbor, michigan. That was number one, boulder, colorado, number 2 and madison, wisconsin. And number 3. And coming up here at 3, well be joined live in studio by San Francisco. Mayor london breed. Our discussion today will touch on. Various topics, including whats going on with the macys in San Francisco and several propositions that involved Police Reforms of the fentanyl crisis and housing will talk about that all of her when she joins us in studio right after this. Stay with us. You may not know your local library and by name, but there is one in fairfield that you might have heard about or maybe you saw him on social media. Michael threet has now gone viral for his post about his love of libraries and reading and as kron 4 noelle bellow reports he is spreading a message of inclusion and Mental Health. Having fun isnt hard when youve got a library card. Every day, bright eyed and afro hair michael threet greets his more than 1 million followers on tiktok and instagram with a smile and positive attitude. You video the could be found out. I am need not an answer. Popping on tiktok during the pandemic. He soon pivoted to talking about the thing he loves most books. So Beautiful Day to save books. They would use the trends and i would turn into bookish content that i realized, hey, this is a tool for us to reach. People. Lets remind them of the library and remind them he has that your library card tattooed on your right as his follower numbers grew. So did the number of people visiting local libraries. So many people message me each day on social media saying, look, ive got a library card. I need to be proud. I am from people from the consensus new york city, florida. Tonight. People having on people city live report from africa from germany from from the pan. Born and raised in the bay area. Michael got his First Library card at age 5 at the Fairfield Civic Center library. But growing up, he never really saw himself as a librarian. And 71 in see people of color behind the front desk. I didnt see any behind the front does. So to me, it wasnt for been like i was like, oh, it will never happen for you. It is never like triggered thought that i could one day become library. Now that same library he grew up is the one hes worked at for the last decade. A job he says has been an honor a mile every books, movies, music, musical insurance or the means. Many of the we just lost. A big reflection. Michael simply believes no matter who you are or what youre going through, you can find comfort in your local library. Library is at 3rd space. That space with our. No expectation that having to buy a book having to buy a membership. You can just come in just as you are. And while hes not trying to target aby one group specifically do love the fact that im im a black male. Brown, well, im im im black and mexican. I love that. I can be kind like a presence for kids of color to cover debt, so they can see a tattoo person. They can see a giant after inperson his message doesnt stop there. He tackles literacy issues. Dear dyslexic, you. Your brain is brilliant. And mental michael suffers from depression and severe anxiety among other Mental Health issues. Is it any surprise separate from those suffer from things that people coming to the library with . Every single is ok to not be ok, 3, 6, 9, its okay to not be fine because i know that you will get there. And while those topics for once taboo and his family, just im so happy to be able to present that. Want to show people that whoever they are of their culture said dont talk about maybe a culture to be conversation that was michaels openness has earned him fans all over the world. Michael. Has such a great energy. He has kind of energy that i want to give to my community as educator, hope the future. Hes embracing all the love, thrown his way and hopes wherever you live. Well show your librarian a little love to. I want people remember that their local library in little ember and its just its cool because they hide in your local library and make their day in fairfield, noelle bellow maybe people like me or for to help for news. Thank you. Well, michael has loved his work at the library has decided its time to take a step away for his own Mental Health. His last day in fairfield will be this friday march. 1st, he does, however, plan to continue advocating for literacy and library join through some new avenues he has found through his social media presence. And make sure you tune into our special airs this thursday night at 06 30pm. And the south bay san jose pie shop is starting the week off strong following a lot of support from the Community Last week. Tesla canceled a huge order that ended up hurting the business. But the community has now stepped up in a really big way. Kron fours will tran is in san jose and got a chance to speak with the owner. To use baking terms, what could have been tart is now sweet because they have been reimbursed 2000 from tesla. They were so busy over the weekend after the news said that tesla was not going to pay them, that the community rallied. Hundreds of people lined up around the corner at the giving pies. They were so busy that they actually had to close yesterday. A normal business day just to try to play catchup. We tried all morning to talk to the owner of on and she said i cant do it. I can do it. And finally, there is a window now to talk to her and were getting her as she is working. Congratulations before. Although this im sure san jose and your friends and customers new, you. But now Everybody Knows you. Haha, your reaction to all of this confusion. Overwhelm me. But its so beautiful to see people can read the behind something. You know, i didnt do it to expect that. So thats why im not could be prepared. You that. I knew that it was going to be like a bad let them and grief the love that everybody showing me. Mean, im trying to catch up in and give some love back with your pies are wonderful. We ordered some pies are selves. Tesla said 2000 then 2000 more fourthousand. Your heart must growth when they said we you. We dont need anymore. It was like. Good. Understand, like a, you know, like because they approved the previous court. So me and that i can give her something, then youre going to be good for and then when they has to they asked for more work from us. We we know, you know, we tried everything to come with a because we wanted to. We wanted the business, of course, and i and then to see everything getting excited here at the at the shop and then for the bone and i can that and the affair, though, the work we put in i dont know if youre aware of it, but kron 4, we did this story. Elon musk saw our story. He tweeted out, just heard about it. He wants to do good by the bakery. So he found out short time after that, you got paid 2000 back of ingredients. All right. What are you doing to play catchup and so many customers are coming they cannot get as many as they want, right . Right. Because we were were running out product very enough. Its really hard like we we dont see that much. Haha. I saw you at 5. 20, this and trying to get in and get started. Yes, yes, because we we left there. One of my employee thing is to be on a u. S. Today. He left 02 00am. Yeah, i love that. You love that much. To ill let you get back to work. I know youre very busy and i can tell you right now they have pies here and im telling you, it is mouth watering. Tesla, not only did they pay her the 2000 with the ingredients that she ran out and bought. They said how about march . Can we get you for a march event . She said i can. Id love to but i have to fulfill my customers. Orders not to mention something happening in march. Thats right. Pi day. So lots of pies going on again. Started office chart. Now it is so sweet. Everybody is getting a cavity back to san fr you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Were joined here in studio with San Francisco mayor london breed. We have a lot to talk about today. Theres a lot going on in the city, including the breaking news from today. That may season union square, the iconic location. They plan to close hundreds of macys locations across the country. Why do you think they picked that one think its actually going to shut down . Well, first of all, theyre closing over 100 there about 150 locations all over the country. And the First Tranche of locations that theyre closing down includes San Francisco, but they are looking at putting this particular building on the market. So its not 100 certain. What what happened to this macys and whether or not something could happen between now and then, in fact. I was assured that macys will definitely be open through the end of this year, possibly. Who knows for how long . Because macys is making some some business decisions. And so our hope is that in the meantime, we can provide officers to continue to work with macys on what this might mean for their new boutique ideas for some changes to their location for possibly leasing back this location or for any other investors are buyers that might have an interest in macys. We want to make sure that this iconic location continues to bring and draw crowds to the downtown area. Like so many of the Luxury Brands tend to do. Some people were saying that that location was picked because of the crime in downtown in the low foot traffic, which then kinds us leads us into what is happening down down and how things are going to be changing their well. To be crime in 2023 was down to the lowest. Its been in 10 years and in particular during the holiday season, it was down by over 50 larcenies which include retail theft and car breakin. So crime trends are going down. When i talked to the folks from macys that was not mentioned in its factors to close because it was about its entire portfolio. Its about the profitability and the changes in retail and how people are shopping, how their online businesses is definitely doing very well. And they had to make some really hard decisions. And and the real estate that this macys is sitting in is extremely valuable. And so its really about profits and marketability other things. But to be clear, this is an iconic location similar to the transamerica building. Thats a billion dollar investment where it is not only the person who purchased the building, but theyre transforming the entire area around that area. Union square is already that iconic destination. So the ability to attract and retain other uses are possible. This is going to be a lot different than what we experience with your storm. One north storms close this macys is not closing any time soon and it presents us with some incredible opportunities. Even the possibility of some component of macys still being a part of downtown. So election day is a week from today, primary election day. And one of the propositions that youre supporting, i think maybe ties and a little to what could happen to macys. Its this proposition that would change San Franciscos tax policy to allow onetime transfer Tax Exemptions for owners of properties to convert from commercial to residential use. This is something that you support. Yeah. I dont know if macys would end up being one of those locations this passes. But theres like some 5 million square feet of location in downtown San Francisco that this would apply for. I want to hear why you supported and also why will go into why Little People are kind of against it . Well, downtown can no longer for to be the 9 to 5 financial district or just the retail location. We need to create. Places for people to live to do business. We talked about also universities and a lab space. We 3. 7 vacancy rate with regards to lab space for the biotech industry. So the possibilities are doing diverse. Things in town town is so important right next to macys in the oline magnum building that im at that iconic building is going to be continue to be retail at the bottom office in the middle and housing at the top. And i think the ability to mix these spaces up and to make them more than just one thing or another. Is possible with Something Like the transfer tax that waives it for only those buildings that are converting those buildings to housing. And heres the thing, not a lot of the buildings downtown can do this. Theyre only a select few which you talked about in terms of square footage, but the ability to insert housing with business and office and even dorm room space and other things that attract people to the downtown area and make downtown more of a neighborhood is exactly what were trying to accomplish with proposition. See the people against it saying that the city could lose 30 for 250 Million Dollars over the next 30 years because of this transfer tax being lost. Also, the taxes that could be lost from, you know, Retail Stores not bringing in business anymore and that these Big Companies that can buy a 25 Million Dollar building. Dont need a tax break to begin well, first of all, just a couple of years ago, voters supported this transfer tax. So it wasnt even on the books. Second of all, we passed over 10 new taxes in this city. In the past since as i became mayor. And when you think about that, this is ive said time and time again. Every time we put one of these on the ballot. Were we need to be concerned about retail. What type of impact is this going to have on Different Industries . You know, these are these various oneoff tax request that have led to a real challenge with retail and other issues in San Francisco. And more importantly, if we have more business, we have more opportunities and more things going on downtown. Then well have more taxes and revenues that have been generated right now. That revenue is not being generated this just mts and to do nothing is is is not acceptable because its going to put us in and even far worse situation. This was projected. It was projected every time the board of supervisors decided they wanted to put a different tax where others decided they wanted to put a different tax on the ballot to as voters to tax the rich tax, the this tax that eventually, you know, theyre big. Theres a breaking point where people or looking at San Francisco in saying its no longer conducive to do business here in the same ways, San Francisco used to be in a situation where we never had to work hard for tourism for conventions for business. We had a line out the door for developers who wanted to build more in San Francisco. And guess what happened . The pandemic and it change life as we know it. And so we have to make some adjustments in order to incentivize and to bring businesses back to bring people back in to make downtown more of a neighborhood and more of an exciting place to be. As you said, the status quo just isnt working anymore to other props to talk about quickly here, the kind of tie together prop f which is treatment and that accountability measure and also property. Thats the safer San Francisco measure. So prop f is for people who receive city funds can be anywhere from 100 to 700 depending on their needs. They could be denied that fund if they are found to be abusing substances and then decide that they dont want to get treatment and people are against this are saying that coursing people into treatment doesnt work. Why do you think that it does . Well, you know, who are the people who are supporting it . The people who are in recovery, the people who have suffered from addiction themselves on the streets of San Francisco. The people who are part of programs that are trying to help people get clean and sober. They believe that we as a city need to be more aggressive in tackling this problem. And so from my perspective, you know, this is where this ballot measure came their lot of people who are in a situation where theyre studying this, where they might be involved in some way as a clinician. But has anyone talked to people in recovery, those who suffer from Substance Use disorder and those who are recovering addicts. Thats where this is coming from. They believe that we need to take a harder stance and all this as plain and simple. If you want tree, if you want money from the city through our general assistance for individual people that you have to be in treatment and about 30 of the 5200 people that receive these benefits identify as suffering from Substance Use disorder. And the goal is just to get them into a treatment program. Its not just about beds. Its outpatient treatment in our various clinics all over the city that would be provided for free is the possibility to try and make sure that theres an accountability component that will lead to someone having a better life. More importantly, because of the number of people who sadly have died from drug overdoses in the city, especially because of fentanyl. We need to take a harder stance and not be an enabler. We need to make it easier for treatment and to provide as many Treatment Options as we can and to not continue to go down this path of handing out resources and not trying to use those resources as a way to get people. The help. And the support that they need to say their life. So property quickly here before we run out of time is would give the San Francisco Police Department more power and less oversight. That sort of how its. Of being a plug for the people who are against this. Theyre saying that theyve made a lot of Police Reforms over the past few years. And this really chips away at that. Why do you and thats not true about less oversight. And lets just talk about, you know, the the pursuit policy. So right now the police can only pursue when its a violent felony. But in the middle of night, when the Small Businesses are being broken into and the Police Arrive on the scene there, surveillance that shows a Police Officer arriving on the scene watching the suspect come out of the location with things in their arms. The police cant even pursue them in the middle of the night because its not a violent felony. And so from my perspective, weve gone too far and weve not made the adjustments for the challenges that were experiencing. And were saying they should be able to do it when safe to do so. The daytime is a different story because the daytime you have people out, you have folks out and about and you want to make sure that we dont have pursuits in the day time. That could lead private citizens being harmed by this. But thats where the Technology Comes in. Thats where drones that could be used in these particular. They need approval from like the board of supervisors and the Police Commission in order to get that type of technology right now in order to use that type of technology. Yes. And for example, we went through a process. It took 9 months to go through a process for surveillance technology, access and the work that we have been doing in the tenderloin to make or ask around drug dealing and violence and other things that many of the people who live in the tenderloin havoc have been asking us to deal with. And in fact, they made within a threemonth period. 64 arrest, which included to homicide suspects because of the ability to use this technology. And our goal is Public Safety. Our goal is to use Public Safety and to use these tools responsibly and more importantly, it does require that theres less time that police are doing a lot of redundant paperwork and it also requires that the Police Commission has to communicate with the public about these changes that they have to have a robust process before they make changes that potentially make us less safe. And i think that some of these policies that have been move forward through criminal justice reforms, which ive been a leader on and and i pushed for have in some cases gone too far and created more challenges for us around Public Safety. But despite that, we still have a one of the lowest crime rates that weve had in 10 years, not including the Global Pandemic and our officers and all the work that were been doing has been having an impact. But that does not mean that we do business as usual. We need to make sure our officers have all the tools they need to be successful at combating crime. In San Francisco. Mayor london breed, thank you for joining us and i appreciate your time and getting a chance to come chat with us here this afternoon. Well take a break and be right back. One of the biggest attractions at Yosemite National park every year. The spectacular once again. This is a video from a visitor who captured the firefall phenomenon. This is a fire water falllike event. That happens when the sun hits the horsetail fall at just the right angle, making it appear as if the water is on fire and the solution occurs in mid to late february about 5 to 15 minutes before sunset. And this years peak was about a week ago. So if you missed it. You can always go next year. Always want to go to yosemite. Its on my bucket list. Oh, i know. Its gorgeous. Its extraordinary. Our country as a treasure there. Youve got to go highly recommend. Blue skies out there right now are having a Beautiful Day traffic not looking too bad either radar showing you that everything is is looking good. Were going to have this kind of weather tomorrow as well. So another really nice day on tap. But before we get there, weve got a little bit of a chilly night tonight. So just be aware of this. If you are especially north bay, youre under that frost advisory again tonight. East bay, you are not under the frost advisory. Having said that, i think some of your Interior Valley to get a little chilly tonight, too. So one more night of that and well catch a little bit of a break. Tomorrow is going to be a very similar day to today. Again, staying dry, nice temperatures, blue skies should be looking good. We will see clouds start to move in as we get later into the evening tomorrow night and then weve got rain expected on thursday. Looks like we start off with just a few sprinkles in the north bay. But by the afternoon well be dealing with some rain and wind on thursday. Friday. You can see into saturday for the keep us very cool as well into the first part of sunday. 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