Really a violation and of course, i understand her reaction to this issue and so that means we have to work harder to make sure that we have more Police Officers on streets, that we are addressing some of the causes of crime in the first place and investing in the right programs and doing everything we can to deal with these issues. Reporter we shared the mayors response with angela. What do you think . Im glad to hear shes taking seriously and addressing the root causes. I would love to see the statistics that show car breakins and crimes are down because that doesnt really match with everyday experience. And im glad to hear shes thinking about it but i think we need really specific plans. I want to know exactly what the plan is. So about plans, angelas city supervisor said the city made significant investments in place and drug treatment and pretty hopeful the changes will help turn things around in the next few years. Ls hope yeah. All right. Thanks. Crime is one issue that drives people to the breaking point with the bay area. Cost of living is another. Housing here is among the most expensive as you know in the entire country so its a struggle that a lot of us can relate to. While cities are trying to build more housing, it may come late for teachers and firefighters and anyone trying to earn a living wage. Lyanne melendez is live with the story of a teacher desperately, leeann trying as best she can to stay in the city. Reporter yes, indeed, dan. We heard of people having two, three jobs just to be able to live in San Francisco and other parts of the bay area. This teacher went on next door to say my teaching job is no longer sustainable so i need a couple of jobs to make it work. The ever increasing cost just to live in San Francisco has impacted the quality of life of this struggling teacher. Going out just around the community will be youll spend 100 in a weekend, which is something that personally i cant afford to do that. Reporter raleigh works for a nonprofit teaching english to adult refugees. She earns 25 an hour. I wouldnt teach forever. I cant see myself doing administrati administrative jobs. Reporter despite to make ends meet, she asked on the Neighborhood Network how to get help getting a second job. My child needs ftutoring. Reporter the city maintaining the only way to keep people like her in San Francisco is to build more affordable housing. Today aboard of superi voorsuper approved spending 19 billion to buy this property with the intention of developing affordable housing. The Mayors Office of housing and Community Development set a goal of 10,000 affordable units by 2020. As of last december, the city had completed 7,386 units and confirmed 2,827 units are in the pipeline expected to be completed by 2020, which would surpass the goal set by San Francisco. The California Legislature is also trying to pass a bill that would cap yearly rent increases in the state at 10 . To keep people from being forced out. I rent when im 20 one year, many people have experience those spiking increases and for many people in the bay area, thats a matter of life and death. Its a difference between keeping a roof over their familys head and being on the street. It makes no sense anymore sometimes to struggle here when we could go somewhere else, make the same amount of money and make it work. Recently the city agreed to put a 600 million bond on the November Ballot to produce or preserve more housing, 20 million will be set aside for teacher housing. Still, many will agree that the city waited too long to Start Building more homes. In the newsroom, lyanne melen z melendez. Lets talk more about solutions, our mission is building a better bay area. Tonight we have examples. One is big picture, the other is in a smaller scale but with a large impact. Lets begin with chris nguyen who is live in san jose for us, chris . Reporter hi, ama. Here having a roommate isnt the most appealing option but for some, it has become a lifeline in groups Like Catholic Charities here in Santa Clara County doing their best to help bridge the gap. As the bay area continues to grow, its safe to say most of us are having a tough time keeping up and with some of the highest housing prices in the country, some people are now doing whatever they can to keep themselves from being forced out. There is some help outside. We just need to be looking for. Reporter meet this woman thats relieved because of a recent home makeover that will provide her with recent stability. I couldnt believe it. If thats true or not. They said yes, were going to help you. You qualify. Reporter waters was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and lives on a fixed income. She got in touch with Catholic Charities after learning about the organizations home share program. They connect people that need housing with homeowners that have under utilized space. Waters had a Spare Bedroom to rent out. We do the background check and get to know our clients. I got to know her and find out what they are looking for to make the match perfect. Reporter there was a slight problem. Waters home had fallen into disrepair and didnt have heat nor was it wheelchair friendly so Catholic Charities connected to rebuild silicon valley. Volunteers came in and made the repairs valued at 5,000 for no cast to whereat aters. The ramp the toilet set. Reporter local organizations working together. It utilizes the home more and preserving the Housing Stock we have and making the most of it. Reporter most room rentals are around 900 per month. To see if you qualify, head to our website. We put a link there on abc7news. Com. Chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Chris, in the case of this homeowner, sounds like she doesnt want to move out of the bay area even though it may be cheaper elsewhere . Good point, ama. She is currently on a fixed income and depends on Social Security and just to put things into perspective, when she bought that condo eight years ago, it cost around 250,000. The latest appraisal was around 800,000. So easy for people to say hey, you know, you should be able to move out of the bay area and be fine and get a cheaper place elsewhere but she says why should i have to move . This is my home and this is where her medical team is. Thank you so much, chris. To the east bay where they are thinking big picture when it comes to creating new housing. Development planned whats now the south shore center in alameda would transform the island with some big city style high rises, construction could last for decades. Liz continues coverage with a look at the details on this plan, liz . Reporter hi, dan and ama. This proposal would build 1200 units here including an eightstory Apartment Building in this parking lot. It will help address the detail and lease space here in the Shopping Center as well as address housing shortages but people who live here, many say its the size of the proposal that has them concerned. The south shore Shopping Center may soon be cutting down on retail and adding in residential units. The longterm vision for this land is that we make it a more dynamic mixed use space by adding residential here. Reporter the developers proposed to build 1200 units across the retail space. The first phase would begin at this parking lot which they hope to convert into an eightstory Apartment Building with stores and restaurants on the ground floor and 300 units above. The proposal that some who live in the area are questioning. I think it would be sad to have the building stop this view. Were a little concerned about the number of units that will be brought into town, traffic of course reporter the eightstory building would block his views i understand thelaisnd. S wl a we cant deny that it is. Were on a waterfront site here and there is a car wash and mcdonalds close by. A big five. We think the highest and best use for the land is really housing. Reporter there is no denying thats something alameda needs. We live in the bay area where we have a housing crisis and we do need more housing. Reporter we sat down with the mayor to ask about the housing proposal. Shes open to the new development but wants to make sure it includes low Income Housing but housing for middle income families, as well. I think there is great potential. Last night the number thrown out is 1200 new housing units. I dont know thats the correct number but again, thats the start of a very preliminary process. Reporter now the Developers Say they plan to have a mix of low income, middle income and market value units this is preliminary. It could take several years for it to get approved. If it does, they hope the first phase will be built by 2025. Liz kroiz, abc 7 news. Yes, still a few years ago. Liz, traffic in alameda just like everywhere else around the bay area is a big concern for folks. Did the developer say if they have a plan to address it . Reporter yeah, you know, they didnt really have an answer to that concern. They say its still an early phase. They are getting input as they try to figure things out. The mayor said its incumbent on everybody to do their part to help, take the bus, walk, take the ferry, carpool. She said if you want to help with congestion, you know, be part of the solution. Okay. Liz, thanks very much. What do you think about all of this . We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. New at 6 00 tonight, the abc 7 news iteam digs into a report pg e knew the equipment could spork wildfires. The evidence thats specifically linked to the deadliest wildfire in state history. Novembers campfire in spencer. It will be down right hot by the weekend and well have a look at temperatures where you are coming up. 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Dan and ama, this comes as were heading into another fire season. Scrambling to find lines and towers can hold up as brush and trees dry and high winds hit. Pg e admitted the transmission line sparked the campfire that spread to the town of paradise and beyond last november killing 85 people. That caused sparks, the sparks fell down into the brush and the fire started. Wildfire victims attorney dario showed the iteam photographs of tower 27 to 22 with a broken sea hook that held an insulator, flash mark and other damage. If you look at the picture of the view going southwest, you can see that the mountains torched. If you look at the view going to the northeast, no damage. There is no question that this is where the fire started. There is nothing else around it that could have started the fire. Today the wall street journal reports documents obtained under the freedom of information acre show before the campfire, pg e knew the 49 of the steel towers that carry the electrical line failed needed to be replaced entirely and some of the towers are more than 100 years old but the journal says pg e delayed upgrades to some of the oldest lines ranking them as lowrisk projects. This company puts profits before people again and again and again. Consumer activist are calling for the state to take over the transmission lines saying pg e cant be trusted to spend money wisely. When they need a lobbyist, they have no problem lining one up and hiring one when they need 100 lobbyist. When they need 100 lawyers for a bankruptcy filing but when they need someone to walk from one transmission line to another, they cant do it. Pg e has long been criticized for its maintenance program. We spoke with state senator jerry hill in february. Pg e had improvements they would make on the line and they deferred them. They got the money for it, spent the money on Something Else and asked for the money again and then had every year they were supposed to do it and still havent started the work that was going to be done on the line. Last month, pg e announced inspections found thousands of repairs needed for the line and decided to retire it permanently. The journal reports they began detailed inspections only after the campfire that destroyed paradise. The company has begun using drones and provided the iteam this video of inspectors at work. Pg e emailed me statement today, were taking action to meet the challenge pg e is completing advance inspections of the electric infrastructure in the high fire threat areas and will make the status of the high priority repairs publicly available next week. Also today, the judge overseeing pg es federal probation issued this order. The company has to respond to the wall street journal article paragraph by paragraph and to explain why they paid out 5 billion in dividends before filing bankruptcy instead of fixing the lines and towers and trimming trees. How to use your money. Fair question. It is. Thanks, dan. Tomorrow pg e will host a second open house meeting this week so customers can learn about preemptive power shutouts in times of high fire danger. The next meeting is at walnut creek from 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. Fire danger may tick up because we have heat coming back. We do. Spencer christian is here with details. It will be hot in some inland areas. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Sunny skies and still now. They are a little area of low clouds forming well offshore but at the moment, its still pretty warm out there. 24hour temperature change shows most locations are about four to five degrees warmer than yesterday at this hour right around the bay and near the coast. Inland areas up to nine degrees warmer. The warmup is underway. This is the view. The Golden Gateway off in the distance, low clouds beginning to develop but we dont have a marine layer yet. Oakland 71, 78 redwood city and 80 morgan hill and 63 at Half Moon Bay and you can see the blue sky over the golden gate. The fog certainly has not reach that location yet. 79 at santa rosa and petaluma 73. One more view, this is santa cruz beach. There were lots of people there and still are. Many more may follow as the warmup continues. These are the forecast features, areas of fog and spotty morning drizzle mainly near the coast and bay. Warming trend continues tomorrow and there will be hot days inland friday through sunday. Overnight, though, as the fog develops and pushes locally out and produces spotty coastal drizzle, low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s and milder concord abo antioch. 88 morgan hill and. Up on the peninsula 76 and palo alto 79. On the coast, mainly mid 60s under breezy conditions and downtown San Francisco 68 and 88 clove dale and 87 lake port and 86 and over to the east bay we go where well see highs of 74 and hayward 77 newark and 76 Castro Valley and inland east bay mainly upper 80s to 90. Its going to get even warmer on friday. Inland highs in the low to mid90s, maybe a couple upper 90s. Right around the bay, not much of an increase on friday but saturday will be a warmer day just about everywhere. Upper 90s in many inland areas saturday. We expect that to be the hottest day in the forecast feature and on sunday, not much change. Some of the inland areas in the upper 90s on saturday will drop down to mid90s on monday. Down into the gulf of mexico it is quite warp. The waters are warm and a tropical system developing there likely to become a Tropical Storm by tomorrow. Its name will be berry. Its expected to be a huge rainmaker for the gulf coast and may intensify to level one to a hurricane. Excuse me. Making landfall in the central gulf coast near lake charles louisiana on saturday. Well keep watching it. Here is the sevenday fors ec we have warm, warm weather through sunday. A little cooldown on monday. Not much, though. And the cooling continues tuesday and wednesday. By tuesday, wednesday next week well see temperatures back at a more typical range but well have well above average temperatures friday through sunday. Going to be a little toasty. All right, thank you. Lets give you a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza as the evening commute is well underway. Pretty smooth out there. Yeah, before this year, there was a pretty easy way to cheat new at 6 00 police made an arrest in a drug investigation thats gone on for weeks. Today detectives served a warrant while hes at work. Inside his home, officers say they found 11 ounces 152 ectasy pills and loaded firearm magazines. He was arrested at work and booked for felony charges. Crews took samples from a 30gallon drum that caused a hazmat response in daly city. Sky 7 was over the scene. This was at south gate and west ridge avenues not far from skyline boulevard. The product is stable and person neal personnel removed the drum. A San FranciscoCitizens Group filed a lawsuit to stop the citys plan to build a homeless navigation center. That 200bed center will be located on the embarcaderembarc. Safe embarcadero for all, the filing seeks a temporary restraining order and stay to keep the development from progressing until the lawsuit is decided. The City Attorneys Office emailed abc 7 news in response to the lawsuit state income part quote rather than try to shift t