The city has not released information yet about funeral arrangements. We will certainly keep you up to date. Acting mayor london was supposed to hold her first public event today, but this time yesterday she was holding her first event inside city hall to address the city. Today she was scheduled to talk about kurk homelessness, that event got cancelled. It wasnt the right time because the funding is part of ed lees legacy. Bree does have one other event shes expected to meet with the police chief bill scott at 1 30 this afternoon. Now mayor lee was a big supporter of glide Memorial Church and its programs serving people in need. Abc 7 news was inside with the grocery giveaway. Passing out food to Homeless People in the tenderloin. Each bag contains everything needed for a holiday meal. It is a problem thats getting worse, one in four people in San Francisco are struggling to feed themselves every day. This afternoon, glide will also deliver grocery bags to families in need in other pa
Candidate for the november Mayoral Election in 2019, but now there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. He faces election much sooner. I was planning on another two years of campaigning, now it will be a mere six month. Reporter leno has already been raising money and building coalitions since he declared last may. But he may be facing board of supervisors president london breed who is now acting mayor. If she runs, you might call her sort of an incumbent. Should president breed decide to run, it will be an uphill battle for anyone thats going to be looking to challenge her. Reporter other potential candidates, state assemblyman and former supervisors president david chu who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2011. Former supervisor and assemblyman tom amiano says chu will have to roll the dice. His challenge will be the race for assembly is this year as well, so if he ran in june, he would have to give up his assembly race. Reporter also resumed, supervisor jane kim who
The sudden loss of life here in ed lee, it is also important that city look to the future and right now the president of the board of supervisors, london breed is acting mayor. A special election will take place june 5th of next year. The winner chosen by voters will finish out lees term which ends in january of 2020. Between now and june, however, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than lon don brie to serve as acting mayor. The. There is no one like him. Because he wasnt a politician, he did things very differently. Sudden death of mayor ed lee, an earthquake thats shaken the Political Landscape of the city. Who will be the next mayor . Former state senator mark leno is the only one who is a declared candidate for the november Mayoral Election in 20 2019. But now, there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. He faces election much sooner. I was prepared for another two years of campaigning. Now it will be a mere six months. Leno has
Future and right now the president of the board of supervisors london breed is the acting mayor. A special election will take place june 5th of next year. The winner chosen by voters will dpnch out lees term. Between now and june, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than london breed to serve as acting mayor until the special election. Abc7 news vic lee is live with a look at who might be interested at taking the job. Strik . Reporter well, dan, a lot depends i guess the conventional wisdom is that a lot depends on whether london breed, the acting mayor will declare her candidacy for interim mayor in that special june election. A lot of people here at city hall with whom i spoke, mostly off record, believe she will. Now in respect to mayor lee, once hes laid to rest, the gloves should come off. There is no one like him. But because he wasnt a politician, he did things very differently. Reporter the sudden death of mayor ed lee, an earthquake thats sha
Heard much about that closed door meeting with state regulators and uber. On the day uber announced it was launching its selfdriving car service, a cabbie shot this video of a selfdriving uber car blowing through a red light. The company hats since said that car was not in selfdrive mode, but the car bryden windmire was. During course of our trip through the street of soma it made two illegal right turns, while in selfdriving mode across a bike lane. He was invited to ride in one of ubers Autonomous Vehicles just before the Company Announced its robot car service. Christopher witnessed a different uber car run a red light. The driver did not have his hands on the wheel and was actually looking at the passenger who had his laptop open and was looking at his laptop and the two were having a conversation and they were completely shocked. Reporter as uber meets with state regulators over its Autonomous Vehicle project, one thing is clear, authorities dont know how many dangerous situations