A festive crowd came out for Cinco De Mayo, but it did not stay that way. The announcement from police today. With the heat returning, so is the fire threat. How cal fire is helping homeowners get prepared. A live look at where they are backing a new plan that says they will hold local governments more accountable for meeting housing needs. Setting aside a certain amount of housing for low income californians to help people with no income. That could mean identifying temporary shelters and potentially adjusting zoning rules to make sure they get built. That push comes as were getting a new look at the impact of the project room key. Into suddenly empty hotels and motels. A new investigation found that it did just what it was suppose to. We spoke to one bay area woman about how having a roof over her head can be life changing. Reporter project roomkey was established by the day as a housing and homelessness Covid Response. Four years later, the question remains whether it was successful
City council met today but there is no resolution inside. Tom is in oakland with more. Reporter it seems like we are close. Close only counts in horseshoes unfortunately. In fact as the schools on the city loses a big money. Because of fees it is not collecting. Intense negotiations but no real progress. Except the police and fire essential services are closed and unavailable. Homeless camps this might leave and evergrowing junkyard. Libraries and Senior Citizens places are close. No Maintenance Work is going on. No building inspections. No crime or traffic reports. A few minutes ago we got this. The city council did adjourn their session. They provided the negotiating team with the direction. That direction will be formally presented at the bargaining table within the hour. We were waiting for a new proposal from the city. We were happy to negotiate even while striking. The strike is on for tomorrow. We will sit down and talk with the city. We will see if we can get back to work. Repo
This ordinance but here is what it changes. Once the mayor signs this into effect, 20 grams of marijuana or less is going to be a ticket and a fine instead of sending you to jail or having to wrack up court fees. So this changes a lot of things for a lot of people if theyre caught. I would imagine. With that the mayor said he will sign this but there were some people who, like you were saying, really didnt want this to happen. There were. Opponents say it wont help addicts who have a serious problem because it doesnt set any thresholds when it comes to fines. You will just get fined over and over again. If they would have twaeked this i would have been for it but its unlimited number of times when you give someone a Second Chance makes no sense to me. Assessment and also a threshold so you dont get a Second Chance over and over. Something tells me this isnt the last of this. Also today carson got big news for tampa and the super bowl. Right, which we love to talk about because we have
May move on these bills . Guest i think congress may move very quickly. I would be surprised i hate to put a prediction out there because it is low in congress, but i would think maybe even by the end of this year we may see some reforms passed. Particularly because the chairs of the house and Judiciary Committee now have bills, are willing to be on board, have hearings, and move things. Up until that point, it is like, if they dont have hearings, we cant get bills to pass. None of this is going to move until the chairs of the Judiciary Committee, on board. Now, i think we will see some movement by the end of the year. Host Julie Stewart of families against mandatory minimums. It is our regular your money segment. This week, we will take a look Charter Schools. Richard kahlenberg of the Century Foundation joins us next for that discussion as the washington journal continues. Tonight on cspans new series, landmark cases, in 1830, dred scott was in slave to dr. John emerson. During his a
Walking out, lufthansa cabin crews go on strike, a move that could cause chaos as flights are grounded. Pleasure to be with you. Pressure is growing on egypt after that deadly plane crash. Russia has no halted all flights to and from the country until security is improved. The move is more extensive than britains flight ban, which only affects the resort town. Stranded tourists are waiting in vain. Flights to britain were due to resume, but one carry it says that carrier says egyptian authorities have only allowed a few flights to take off. What is the problem . Patience is wearing thin as thousands of british tourist plan to fly home from egypt. There is confusion whether the plan fight would be allowed to take off. Egyptian police are carrying out security checks. Has injuries are only being allowed to carry hand baggage. Checked luggage will be transported separately. Britains ambassador to egypt told me that everybody would be brought home. The first two british flights will be lea