Big mistake. He attended a birthday party, the upscale French Laundry in youngsville. For a close friend and now were learning to top officials of the California Medical Association attended that party as well and the photographs of that event at the restaurant in napa valley are raising even more concerns our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. The California Medical Association confirmed wednesday, its ceo Dustin Corcoran and Senior Vice President Janice Norman were at the now infamous doesnt Person Dinner Party with governor Gavin Newsome the party celebrating the birthday of lobbyist jason kinney corporate and norman or not doctors but leaving organization that lobbies for 50,000 of them in california, neither responded to our request for comment cma spokesperson released a statement saying quote the dinner was held in accordance with state and county guidelines newly surfaced photos at the pricey posh French Laundry show the diners close together on masks and in an are
Months of the pandemic and although that is still being collected on the impact of covid19 is having residents leaving the city of San Francisco, the citys chief economist doctor ted egan says there are some early indicators of what appears to be an exodus. Were very big declines that department asking rents in San Francisco, the biggest committee. Big city the united states. And thats a very clear sign that youve got more people wanting to get out of that apartment in San Francisco that wanted to get at San Francisco is a Major Economic force the citys gdp prior to covid was about a 165 billion dollars. This years shelterinplace orders and the on again off again shutting down brick and Mortar Stores impacting twentytwenty sales tax revenue is to be expected. What was not anticipated is a noticeable drop it online sales, another probable indicator of people leaving the city says doctor eeg almost no growth. An online sales in San Francisco. And that is different virtually everywhere el
Ballot. We have lost somewhere between 10 and 12,000 units of housing at a time when the city is having the worst housing crisis in more than 100 years. Most of the units have become fulltime tourist accommodations instead of homes for longterm tenants and residents. On the pro airbnb side, you have gavin newsom and ed lee doing commercial day after day in a well funded campaign communicating directly to the voters. And thats how you win campaigns in california. By spending a lot of money on tv. Reporter moving to the Mission District staying on the topic of housing, though, its prop i want. This is a proposal to put a temporary moratorium on luxury housing there for at least 18 months and this would stop any construction of market rate housing and any project larger than 5 units. Obviously, a lot more issues to break down for you this morning and well be here live for the rest of the newscast. Back to you. Jackie, its not on the ballot but theres some question of taking selfies while
Bridge office in oakland with the explanation. Jackie, whats going on . Reporter well, anne, caltrans started this whole press conference with that unexpected news of the implosion being rescheduled, plus now they have to wait for slack tides to occur. Caltrans is calling the scheduled implosion of the largest of the piers of the former bay bridge an incredible milestone, but the anticipation has to wait. Our contractor and the quality control, Quality Assurance process that we have, for the explosives, it didnt meet our spec and we just said nope. Were sticking to our plan. Reporter the sixsecond series of under water charges is the result of two years of research by a team of engineers and environmentalists. Hundreds of small charges will be set off microseconds apart to set a smaller shock wave. What were trying to do is peel back the concrete. Thats what this blast plan is for to peel back the concrete so the structure no longer supports itself. And then gravity is what does the wo
Voters and thats how you win campaigns in california by spending a lot of money on tv. Reporter moving to the mission district, residents have their eyes on prop i over there. This is the proposal to put a temporary moratorium on luxury housing there for at least 18 months. That would stop any construction of market rate housing and any project larger than 5 units. Of course, a lot more going on that we hope to break down for you later on this morning. Back to you. Thank you. Are any politicians announcing what they want to get on future ballots . Reporter yes. Get this. The selfie may be making an appearance on a ballot. Let me break this down for you. Assemblyman mark levine announced yesterday he will shortly introduce legislation to legalize the taking of ballot selfies they are called. They are digital images as completed ballots taken in the privacy of the voting booths. Now, in 2014 New Hampshire passed a law banning ballot selfies and july 2015 indiana followed suit. Already Ca