Ban on evictions in place really big win and just a huge relief for tenants across the city in a district overwhelmingly filled with renters city supervisor dean preston says he introduced the legislation to protect people. He feared without covid19 rent forgiveness, a wave of evictions would follow the small Property Owners of San Francisco weighed in on their failed attempt at suing the city over the eviction ban saying in part quote we are very disappointed in the decision we are not looking for ways to evict people we simply want the same rights in access to the state courts that any other citizens have the county board of supervisors has overstepped their Legal Authority they have the right to appeal and maybe theyll do that, but thats up to them but in the meantime, we know that for the foreseeable future this law will take effect it will stop any evictions preston has maintained the law does not mean the rent is wiped out renters will still have to eventually pay whats owed but
Coronavirus pandemic. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im pam moore Landlord Groups sued the city back in june calling the law unconstitutional overreach kron 4 dan thorn talked with the San Francisco supervisor who authored the ordinance stan joins us live in the city tonight with more dan. Well ken and pam district 5 supervisor dean preston says that this eviction ban is necessary to keep people who are struggling from being thrown out on the street but landlords say that this legislation is unfair. San francisco tenants struggling to pay rent because of the covid19 pandemic are off the hook for now a superior court judge striking down a challenge from landlords keeping a permanent ban on evictions in place really big win and just a huge relief for tenants across the city in a district overwhelmingly filled with renters city supervisor dean preston says he introduced the legislation to protect people. He feared without covid19 rent forgiveness, a wave of evictions would follow the smal
And Public Events canceled or curtailed the country moved closer to a milestone nearly unimaginable just two months ago. As we come on the air tonight, more than 98,000 people have been killed by the virus in the u. S. Closing in on 100,000 deaths since the pandemic began. There are now more than 1. 6 million confirmed cases nationwide. At some beaches and parks across the country today, people frustrated by social distance found themselves packedin together. While others attended scaledback ceremonies or held backyard barbeques. The president and his 2020 rival for the White House Former Vice President joe biden each participated in wreathlaying events to commemorate memorial day. But the president also took to twitter. Lashing out at opponents. As well as those who criticized him for playing golf over the weekend. There is a lot of newshis holiday monday. And our correspondents are covering it all. Cbs Jonathan Vigliotti leads off our coverage tonight from los angeles. Jonathan . Rep
Were back with a small brush fire raging on a hillside about 30 miles east of downtown los angeles. Firefighters were able to save a nearby restaurant, but the heat wave is hanging over Southern California for another few days. Miami is headed for another warm but soggy day. As much as 7 inches fell in parts of southern florida, washing out memorial day for many and making driving hazardous. More rain and severe storms are expected today because a big storm system is sitting right off the coast and will continue to drench the area. That system could become the second tropical system of the year, and its moving north towards the Kennedy Space center. That nasty weather could impact tomorrows scheduled launch of a pair of american astronauts into space. It comes as nasa and spacex give a final go for the historic launch, the first liftoff of american astronauts from u. S. Soil in nine years. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter worries that the weather will delay this Historic Mission to spa
Clara, cupertino, saratoga and san jose. Higher clouds looks like were on the tail end of it. Some will drag across. Look at that. Rain. Moving into the desert. And also east of l. A. And san diego. If youre going down there, keep an eye on things for us. Well get the higher clouds. Still be there. Not as intense as what we saw yesterday afternoon. Warm to hot. Kind of muggy. But by tomorrow, that low starts to make its move. And pretty significant. Highs today, 60s, 70s, 80s. To near 90 degrees. Sal is here at 7 01. And he tells us, the traffic is mostly moderate. Our friends in Livermore Valley are having a tough morning. Ill explain in just a second. If youre driving over to marin from richmond this is your commuter. It looks normal. When you get over to marin, you wont find it especially hard to drive in marin county. This is 880. Its recovered after an earlier crash northbound near 23rd that was gone. And traffic is recovering nicely. Westbound bay bridge. Backed up full strength.