Pedestrians in the crosswalk. Today in front of San Francisco city hall, a moment of silence for those pedestrians and bicyclist who have die this had year after being hit on city streets. Lucy morales. Nancy ing. While this chart shows the number of People Killed has dropped over the years, city Officials Say more is needed. We need real enforcement on our streets. The mayor put out a directive which we support to focus on the five most dangerous traffic behaviors and increase citations. Reporter but San Francisco is often criticized for being reactionary yet failing to follow through with enforcement. Heres an example. A few months ago, police were stopping people on 19th avenue caught texting while driving. Today there is no enforcement in that location. Last may citations were given out to uber and lyft drivers who double parked to pick up passengers. If you will go today, theyre no longer there. The driver of the car that hit the two pedestrians was charged with involuntary vehicu
Saying. Reporter larry and ama, the mayor was not shocked by the numbers. She tells us that their goal is to have a total of 700 beds by the end of this year. There are more than 4,000 homeless in the city. A waiting list to be on a waiting list. Item number 115. Reporter frankie lee ban ser one of more than 4,000 homeless living in oakland and says shes been waiting for housing for months. Oakland is answering this crisis with a sense of urgency innovation. Data collected by oakland and Alameda County officials confirmed the Homeless Population per capita surpasses anywhere in the bay area. Oaklands Homeless Population rose 47 between 2017 and 2019. We have the triple whammy of income inequality, an inadequate supply of housing, insufficient protections against displacement and a Mental Health system that is not working. Reporte lmoaknd opened its first safe rv parking site and announced two more under development. It has four sites they call cabin communities offering sheds in backya
A petition calling for the end of the Welsh government s rollout of the new 20mph limit has more than 190,000 signatures. The scheme has been slammed as a nightmare .
Video footage of a motorist braking sharply between a 30 and new 20mph zone has been ridiculed online as an example of the Welsh government s draconian new speed limit policy.