This evening, 2 to 4 inches of additional snowfall, todays storm is the weaker of two this week. Details on the next one are coming up in a few minutes. The other big story, oakland mayor libby schaaf stands by her tweet. She warned the people of oakland about pending immigration sweeps. The question is was she within our rights or was it obstruction of justice . As kpix5s phil matier tells us, her critics found this reckless, right, phil . Thats right. This is a combination of politics and public safety. Those are two volatile issues that when they mix up, create controversy. Thats just what oakland mayor libby schaaf did when she warned about the i. C. E. Raids. The question is did she cross the legal line . Lets hear what she has to say. Everything ive done has been legal. So she has, but former federal prosecutor tony brass said putting out a public warning about a planned immigration sweep may have crossed the line. Shes on the threshold of obstruction of justice tore doing what s
And you know what . Im thinking about doing it. Trumps level of vindictiveness, knows no bounds. He is threatening to pull Law Enforcement out of california . A couple weeks ago, he threatened to arrest elected officials like myself just for being the heads of century cities. That is not america, that is not democracy. Senator Dianne Feinstein released a statement saying the president renewed his attacks on california with more insults and threats. The president s obsession with our state is growing more outrageous by the day. San Francisco Mayor said if the president believes that threatening century cities with federal action will coerce us into betraying the trust and cooperation of our immigrant communities, he is sorely mistaken. The mayor maintains that Immigration Enforcement is the purview of the federal government, and that it is a citys right, legal right, to be completely handsoff. A spokesperson for i. C. E. Referred all questions to the white house. Were live in oakland. N
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Chaos at city hall over a shocker. Theres a new mayor suddenly tonight. After a heated debate and a vote. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im dion lynn. Mark farrell was elected by the board and sworn in tonight. He unseated london breed who has served since the death of ed lee. Katie utehs has the story. Reporter the new mayor held a press conference moments after being sworn in. Its clear that he was trying to diffuse a tense situation that followed hours of heated public testimony. San Francisco City hall erupted as supervisor mark farrell unseated act are mayor and bord president in a final board of supervisors vote of 82. I, mark farrell. Reporter he was sworn in in quick fashion and will hold the office until june. To me, its not about politics. Its about moving the city forward and the continuity of our government. All i can say is, that i will work to represent every single San Francisco resident. No matter their race, ethnicity, their re
Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Chaos at city hall over a shocker. Theres a new mayor suddenly tonight. After a heated debate and a vote. Good evening, im dan ashley. And im dion lynn. Mark farrell was elected by the board and sworn in tonight. He unseated london breed who has served since the death of ed lee. Katie utehs has the story. Reporter the new mayor held a press conference moments after being sworn in. Its clear that he was trying to diffuse a tense situation that followed hours of heated public testimony. San Francisco City hall erupted as supervisor mark farrell unseated act are mayor and bord president in a final board of supervisors vote of 82. I, mark farrell. Reporter he was sworn in in quick fashion and will hold the office until june. To me, its not about politics. Its about moving the city forward and the continuity of our government. All i can say is, that i will work to represent every single San Francisco resident. No matter their race, ethnicity, their re
Testimony. San Francisco City hall erupted as supervisor mark farrell unseated act are mayor and bord president in a final board of supervisors vote of 82. I, mark farrell. Reporter he was sworn in in quick fashion and will hold the office until june. To me, its not about politics. Its about moving the city forward and the continuity of our government. All i can say is, that i will work to represent every single San Francisco resident. No matter their race, ethnicity, their religion. It doesnt matter. My job for the next six months is to make sure our City Government continues to function. Reporter the supervisor called for the vote for interim mayor because breed was acting as mayor and board president , following the death of ed lee in december. It raised concerns regarding separation of power. Breed has already declared her candidacy for mayor in the upcoming election. Tonights vote shocked her supporters. What london represented as mayor is an opportunity for us to rise up and take