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
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
Keeps getting worse and oakland and the massive warehouse fire. Some people are losing hope of finding loved ones. And the redskins head coach has what some are calling a meltdown after the team lost in arizona. Now, abc 7 news at 11 00 am on your side. Kellye we begin tonight with the weather. We are in for a bit of a roller coaster ride filled with rain and some cold. Meteorologis places that we are getting reports of sleet, even some snowflakes further to the north. Whats going on here, this is coming from the southwest with the air slowly warming as it pushes in. Within the metro, it is pretty much all rain. Some reports of sleet closer to bethesda and alexandria. Not out of the question. Sleet comes down, it is warm enough that it will melt. We could see things collect a bit near pennsylvania where it will be slick. That is right along the spine of the blue ridge. That pink color is a wintry mix. The Higher Elevations are part of this Winter Weather advisory that goes until 6 a. M
Weekend. Highs will continue to be 15 degrees below normal. Keeping an eye on late sunday into monday as a quick moving storm system could give us a brush of winter precipitation. This would Church Shooter dylann roof. Of himself was not in court today. Prosecutors told the judge in a hearing this morning that they were ready for trial, but roofs lawyers said they are not. Both sides are waiting for the justice departments decision on whether to seek the Death Penalty against roof. Defense lawyers say roof will plead guilty if the Death Penalty is taken off the table. Roofs Death Penalty trial for state charges is scheduled for july 11. Were learning new details about a student yesterday at camden high. Student johnquevious jay dashonjames Johnston Police report pulled aside in school when administrators heard he had a firearm. School officials he did it because of concerns over a situation in the neighborhood. Search small handgun with a clip in it. Kershaw county Detention Center cha
Charges. Steve just last month another inmate at the newton facility escaped. A department of corrections report shows edward shorter escaped with the help of a girlfriend january 23. He was arrested by officers in polk county. Kccis emmy victor is just back from newton where both union and prison officials are asking questions. Andy reporter mark, now that 3 inmates have escaped in under a two month span the question both sides are asking is why . This minimum Security Center in newton houses inmates preparing to be released. It has limited Staff Members inside and a Vehicle Patrol car as needed outside. But some say that isnt enough and that this trend need to end. The staff in both our facilities and Community Based corrections, and the whole state, for that matter, has significantly decreased. Reporter the American Federation of state county and municipal employees blames funding for 3 inmates recently escaping correctional facilities. We need to have enough staff not run away. Rep