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it spread. let s bring in sergio quintana tracking the news for us. the delta fire started this afternoon and according to the national forest service, it s already grown to more than 5,000 acres. several tractor-trailer trucks were burned as the fire swept over the freeway. but so far, there are no reports of injuries. tonight fire crews are mobilizing as fast as possible to get out ahead of the delta fire. in just a few hours, it s grown to 5,000 acres and a 45-mile stretch of 5 has been closed from mountain gate in the south to highway 89 near azalea in the noi heading back home to san francisco this afternoon. we were the first people that got turned around right at that point mt.ecau the fire had taken over the freeway in front of us. and people were having to run from evacuate from their cars or trucks or whatever. he says he had to drive 30 miles back north of where he was turned around to find a motel to stay the night. closer to the fire, evacuations by ....
mishandled? yeah, so just when the dmv is recovering from those long wait times and all of the drama there, now they re taking another hit. this one may impact your right to vote in the november election. now, california is still fuming about how long it s been taking to get a driver s license, a real i.d., really any kind of registration or business at the dmv, and now they re admitting they may have botched 23,000 voter registrations. the dmv sent incorrect information from people who are registering at the dmv automatically to the registrar of voters affecting voter choice related to political parties, languages they want their materials in, and vote by mail status. in more positive news, the average wait time did drop by an average of 20 minutes, but one california assemblyman said hold the applause. patting themselves on the pack from getting two thirds of their windows empty to half of their windows with individuals there to help out. our dmv did set up a li ....
so important to this movement. supervisor carmen chu, i know you and mayor newsom had this initial effort back some years ago to recognize the need to abolish human trafficking. an san francisco being such an international city, many of our roots are from immigrant families. we understand the problem. we did do something about it and continue that effort. i want to thank the us attorney s office for being here. and so many of you who have from the community done and continue to do what you can do to end human trafficking. this is such an important challenge for all of us. and because we here at from immigrant families; we hear from immigrant women and girls. the stories are real. they come across international borders. and so san francisco being the city that is not only aware of this, and aware of international traffic that occurs we have to continue doing something about it. if anything, our goal is of course to educate our youth; to make sure they understand that the ....
representative of the mayor s office and other nonprofits. this event also attracted members of the state assembly and a few congressional offices. at a meeting following our conference a i was asked to chair the larger group and my condition was that there be a cochair from the mayor s office at that time was catherine dodd. the san francisco collaborative against human traffic was born. in 2010 - from the beginning emily morassie (sounds like) executive director of the san francisco commission on the status of women was always involved as well as theresa sparks, executive director of the human rights commission. they were not only the core of the beginning but also generously offered to help us and support us and today that is where we are housed. we have a membership of over 28 agencies public and private representing a wide area of government agencies, law enforcement agencies, service providers, educators and community members. we are committed to ending human traf ....
it s so great to see a full house like this. it means the world to us and to the whole cause of anti-trafficking. we are waiting for mayor lee. my name is nancy goldberg, cochair of the seven cisco collaborative against human trafficking. i wanted to introduce my past chair, and my new cochair. when i tell people of my involvement their shock to hear that san francisco is in major definition of human trafficking. they think it is people from other parts of the world. there are also so many right here, from our own bay area communities. in the city that is out of human trafficking we are also committed to being an agent of change. i want to give you a brief history of sf cat, san francisco collaborative against human trafficking. in response to what we saw is a growing problem, four organizations formed up in 2008, the jewish coalition against human trafficking; national council of jewish women, jewish reel fund, we then realize would needed a wider coaliti ....