Enforcement. Commander david lazar head the unit. Get someone help. Get them housing, get them treatment. Thats way more successful than enforcement. Enforcement is still a tool. But not the priority. The unit will work collaboratively with city agencies foremost department of homelessness which welcomes their partnership. They have all been trained in, in, responding to, to Critical Incidents in working with people who are suffering from perhaps Mental Illness or other challenges. At this encampment, the officers tacked to desiree, on the streets for ate month. Theyll get social workers to visit her tomorrow. She is appreciative. I thought it was very good. You know. Politely. Small, significant victory for the unit. A victory, they can build on. Vick lee, abc 7 news. New, east bay freeway connector shut down because of a big rig crash. Isnt expected to reopen until 9 00 tonight. The big rig overturned on a connector ramp between 880 and 238 in san leandro. Traffic on northbound 880 d
San francisco has more Homeless People on its streets than just about any other city. Last check the number of people sleeping on san froon streeanci streets second to new york. Staggering number. The new police chief has an idea how to handle it and help the community. Abc 7 News Reporter vick lee and a story you will see only on abc 7. Vick. Ama, to give you an idea how much the homeless problem has grown. Here at mission station they get 1,000 homeless calls a month. Now, chief scotts vision is to have a dedicated team of officers who can help conct these Homeless People to city services. And in other words, more outreach, less enforcement. You have a place you can do laundry and get a shower. Reporter officer jared harris responding to a complaint. That a homeless camp was blocking the sidewalk on fulsom and 1th street. He and his part next, officer yasser shaw convinced them to clear the sidewalk and offered tent dwellers help in getting city services. Get your shower and Laundry
Abcs White House Correspondent has more. Reporter President Trump today said he is close to making that muchanticipated decision. On the paris climate accord. Very close. Very soon. Any reports now. You are going to find out very soon. Reporter behind the scenes sources tell abc news the president is likely to pull out of the land mark deal. Inside the white house, feverish lastminute negotiations on both sides. Chief strategist steve bannon pushing for withdrawal alone with 22 republican senators. Daughter ivanka pushing to stay in the deal. Big names like apples tim cook and teslas elon musk lobbying too, musk threatening to resign from White House Advisory Councils if he backs out of the deal. A lot of sit a hoax. Reporter that was the president during his campaign. Aides say his views are evolving. If the United States withdraws from the accord it would draw with the likes of nicaragua and syr syria. Tonightr tonight the presidency seems poised to dismiss the advice of even the pop
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and west San Joaquin Valley farmers to ensure the safety of the system and the state saying they will get no additional water from the delta. You can sure think of it as an insurance policy just to ensure that the supply youre getting now you can continue to get. Reporter but the people who live here dont buy that. They say if the metropolitan Water District and the west side farmers are going to put up billions of dollars to build this thing, they are going to expect something in return. Theyre going to want more water. A group called restore the delta doesnt believe this is about making the supply more secure. Its profitmotivated. Its the ability to sell water. Reporter she believes metropolitan is considering issuing bonds to fund 8 billion of the cost so they would become too big to fail in the eyes of the state. If they pay for this, are they going to expect more water than theyre getting now . They are going to expect more water
Alongside a park. Thats on columbia square, near harrison street, south of market. The parents believed to be a homeless couple, had stepped away from the car. A couple here at the park decide to get some water for their baby, for the baby formula, and left the baby in the car seat. When they came back the baby was no longer there. Sfpd responded very quickly. Reporter witnesses saw the suspect get on a muni bus. Police quickly figured out which bus, and coordinated with muni, and eventually got the bus driver to stop at bay shore, and arleta. Thats where Police Arrested the woman for kidnapping. The baby is okay. The parentses are with the child now. Now as you mentioned, all of this happened within the course of one hour this morning. Thats why supervisor jane kim says shes actually going to honor the police for their quick work in recovering that kidnapped baby this morning. Reporting lie, joe vasquez, kpix 5. A high fire danger. Today in the south bay, a brush fire burned a little