Reducing the Oakland Police departments budget by 50 . A first of its kind for stress in the workplace for e. R. Doctors. What it says about bay area physicians and beyond. Confrontation over mask wearing at a walmart that has gone viral. Ill show you the changes that well follow in time for the weekend. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Document a marathon evening of Decision Making in oakland including plans to slash the Police Departments budget in half. It comes on the sail day the mayors home was vandalized. What role enforcement plays in our community is our focus on building a better bay area. Live from the newsroom, Tonights City Council meeting is still going on right now in. Thats right, ama and dan. It started at 1 30 this afternoon and its still going on right now. Now some of the big headlines, move the handling of special events to the administrators office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be
Office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be a 15member Task Force Made of nominees that come from each district of oakland. Theyre also open to having youth members be a part of the team. Next week they will vote on this task force. Before these items were decided, Public Comments stretched on for nearly three hours. Defund the opd by an additional 1. 4 million this year and form a task force which must be led by the most impacted Community Members . I was really appalled. Defund opd was the main message from speakers. Those exact words were graffitied on mayor schaafs house overnight. Police are calling it an act of vandalism. This statement, this attack designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best longterm interests of her beloved home town. We will keep you updated on the other items that were discussed at th
Lagging rpo tis,is aerasaffiede reduce the Police Budget by 50 next year, something the mayor supports. So they are creating a 15 person task force to reimagine Public Safety made up of residents from each sdriblgts district in oakland. They were far from easy decisions to be made, the meeting lasted ten hours and there was more than three hours of public comments. The council will be voting on that task force measure next week on the 28th. Julian glover, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is also focused on the economy to help you navigate during the covid19 pandemic. Starting today, restaurants can expand Outdoor Dining in san jose. The city is fwlstcity blocking stretch of san pedro street so that restaurants can serve people outdoors. This will be the first street closure in san jose for dining in response to covid19. Large treefs will be put in place as safety barricades and restaurants say the extra space is needed. We have over an hour wait list on thursday, friday, saturday nights. So addi
Oon, b the breezes will win out keeping us below average, 61 at the coast, 76 around the bay, 82 inland. And enjoy a comfortable evening mainly in the 50s and 60s. A look at the weekend coming up. The battle over whether california schools should physically reopen could be headed to court. Education just one of the things were focused here on abc 7. The governor decided that schools have to remain closed if the county has been on the states watch list for two consecutive weeks or more. Amy hollyfield is live with this new lawsuit who says it shouldnt be up to the state. Amy. Reporter yeah, they want to see it go through the courts. The lawsuit says that the governor is playing politics with this decision and that children belong in school. According to this lawsuit, the plaintiffs believe that this order to stay at home will disproportionately hurt children of low income families, students of color and students wheith disabilities but says that all children will suffer from Distance Le
Mid50s to low 60s. So at least that is constant temperature more sunshine this afternoon than yesterday afternoon, the mid and high level clouds will be around. 60 at the coast where the low clouds will be stubborn. 76 to 82 at 4 00 and then near 70 at 7 00. The battle over whether california schools should open for inperson learning could be headed to court. Education is just once of the things were focusing on as we try to build a better bay area. The government decided schools must remain closed if the county has been on the states watch list for two weeks or more. Amy hollyfield is live with this new lawsuit. Reporter it is a group of parents that have filed suit, they call themselves the center for american liberty. They think kids should be filling these hallways, they should not be Home Learning on the computer doing Distance Learning. They will be taking this issue to court. Governor newsom has said that it is not safe to have kids and teachers return to the classroom in counti