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Welcome back to the nine. We are starting off with a gorgeous look at that pretty city. If youre going cruising, youre in luck. If youre staying here at home, we have some changing weather, especially by saturday. If you have outside plans, you may have to rethink them. Well talk about that in a second. First, lets talk about buying a house. Weve discussed how difficult it is. A growing number of lawmakers are now trying to stop wall Street Investors from buying homes. Congressional lawmakers have introduced bills that would force large owners of Single Family homes to sell houses to family buyers. Lawmakers in california are among those proposing similar laws. They say investors that scooped up hundreds of thousands of homes to rent are driving up home prices. Lawmakers also argue that its made it harder for first time home buyers to compete with wall streets all cash offer. So we turn to you and ask, do you think lawmakers should crack down on wall Street Investors purchasing large n
They started the bay areas third encampment on a college campus. Media representatives for the campers say the encampment will send a clear message to School Administrators, mainly the divestment. What were concerned about is the divestment on the behalf of the California State University system from the Israeli Military alumni returning to the campus say theyre encouraged to see students fighting for what they believe in. When i was on campus here, our movements were much smaller. And so seeing this huge here, i think its really reassuring for the newly formed faculty for justice in palestine joined this latest protest. Theyre calling on the university to refrain from calling Law Enforcement to the campus, refrain from any academic retaliation against students who are protesting and for the administration to respect the students right to protest. Our role here as faculty is to uplift and amplify what our students are trying to get through, not just on this campus, but across the Unite
Students camping out at San Francisco State University, the latest campus now home to a new demonstration. People should have the right to speak about whats going on. I dont understand what the end goal is. Mixed reaction tonight as a new college demonstration has popped up right here in the bay area. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. Tonight, students at San Francisco State University making their voices heard, demanding the college cut ties with companies doing business with israel. But some jewish students say they are concerned about the protest. Ktvu zac sos joins us now live from the university, where things have remained peaceful. Tonight. Zach yeah, and some of those demonstrators still camped out just a short distance away from here. Again, todays protest, as you mentioned, peaceful and the university telling students they can stay put as long as it remains that way free palestine, palestine shortly after a rally monday at San Francisco state. Th
With a sharpie, and she was writing, and i wasnt sure if she was part of the team or i didnt know she destroyed it. You know, without any hesitation. In broad daylight, gosar says the incidents have been reported to police. Meanwhile, people in the Community Say they are not surprised. Were so divided over here. Who the are we to tell other people, you know, get it together . Polarization is well baked in at this point, and things like this are only going to exacerbate it. Its just being kind of interesting to see, yeah. How much people have in common. But then when it comes to this issue, theres such a huge divide. And while some folks disagree on the message of the mural, i myself, if i were completely say pro what that message is, i still might not put it up. Most everyone agrees vandalism is not the answer. I like to leave art the way it is, because everyones trying to save their own thing. Theres got to be like open conversation. And i think its just a shame to see, those things d