Homicides, assaults and burglaries are going down this new data comes as the city tries to shake its reputation as a hotbed for violence. Good evening. On this thursday, im cristina rendon. Despite crime falling across the city of oakland, not everyone is feeling safe. New tonight ktvu crystal bailey is live in oakland and crystal, whats behind these numbers and why are some residents still feeling uneasy . Well, christina, you have to remember this comes just after the shooting right near Bishop Bishop Odowd High School earlier today. And, you know, city leaders are saying that this Crime Reduction is actually because of the ceasefire program. But so many people i talked to today have some mixed reactions about whether or not theyre actually feeling any safer. Numbers dont lie in the numbers. Say crime in oakland is down 33. Violent crimes like homicide, assault, rape and burglaries are all coming down over last year, with robberies up by 11. But the city says that number is also decr
Evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im Claudine Wong. That incident happened last thursday morning when there were children inside of that facility. Surveillance video showing two suspects, one armed with a gun, pulling up in front of that center and stealing a car right from the driveway. New at ten ktvu zac sos is live in oakland after speaking with the owner of that daycare. And zach, what is she telling you . Well, understandably, just how relieved she is that no one was hurt, as you mentioned, this all happening around the time that parents were dropping off their their kids. Kids were already inside the building. Employees were inside the building. And the owners son, i spoke to him as well. And he says that gun was drawn, despite the fact that there were a number of signs that read child daycare on the building. Any situation like that, you kind of just think about what could have happen. Like, you know, what if he just decided to fire . It was around seven in the morning last
Coming next year whose spirit is stream lined, stop obstructing, delaying, build more housing, and this is absolutely the time. We need the housing. As much as folks would like, its not possible to build a wall around the mission. Somehow thats going to help whats going on there. This is a citywide crisis that affects every neighborhood. Approve this project without delay. Thank you. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi. My name is richard hack. Ive heard these are a lot of good arguments. Just a couple of things, the architecture of this project and the one before are hideous. I mean, they look like shopping bags or boxes. Our Architectural Commission created a lot of create buildings. I wonder here what happened to the architecture. The demand to live in San Francisco is almost infinite. Its absolutely impossible to build enough units to drive the rents down. Now and then theres a little dip, because markets fluctuate, but thats not a valid argument and should be reje
Thing id like to see, a. And secondly, if you decide to go ahead with this project. It should have a component of Affordable Housing, at least 33 . Weve got that from lennar from their project on 25th and south vanness, and i think you should do nothing less than that. Talk to the community and send it back to the developer. President hillis thank you. Next speaker, please. Hi name is is vincent chao. Im a retired prince and resident of the mission. You know, weve been dealing with so many homeless kids in this School District in the recent years, so when i hear that theyre building more housing in the mission, it was wonderful. Unfortunately, i just from what i just heard, its not going to be for those homeless kids, unfortunately. But in general, as an educator, and as a parent, i think its cruel and unusual punishment to subject little kids, two to five years old to a Major Construction right next to them for all these years. I mean, think of all the things they have to put up with.
On where the parking is. I think people will be surprised how little of an impact this has when it actually gets hit on the street. The design is vastly improved. I dont know if you did the earlier design but if you did you vastly i am improved it. It remembers of van ness. Originally it was a good design but didnt not turn out as as well as originally planned and part was materialiality. I think your balconies add texture to it which they dont have and it looked like an office complex. I like this one but i hope we dont cheapen the design. I thank supervisor farrell in working on this and getting it to where it is. Hopefully the retail will be active. It is a tough corner but youre wine shop is doing well and making it there so hopefully that retail will add to the vibrancy of whats there. So very supportive. Commissioner richards. I didnt make the motion but id like to add the condition we have carshare spaces. The planning code only requires one and i think what we would say is the