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candidate for the november mayoral election in 2019, but now there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. he faces election much sooner. i was planning on another two years of campaigning, now it will be a mere six month. reporter: leno has already been raising money and building coalitions since he declared last may. but he may be facing board of supervisors president london breed who is now acting mayor. if she runs, you might call her sort of an incumbent. should president breed decide to run, it will be an uphill battle for anyone that s going to be looking to challenge her. reporter: other potential candidates, state assemblyman and former supervisors president david chu who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2011. former supervisor and assemblyman tom amiano says chu will have to roll the dice. his challenge will be the race for assembly is this year as well, so if he ran in june, he would have to give up his assembly race. reporter: also r ....
the sudden loss of life here in ed lee, it is also important that city look to the future and right now the president of the board of supervisors, london breed is acting mayor. a special election will take place june 5th of next year. the winner chosen by voters will finish out lee s term which ends in january of 2020. between now and june, however, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than lon don brie to serve as acting mayor. the. there is no one like him. because he wasn t a politician, he did things very differently. sudden death of mayor ed lee, an earthquake that s shaken the political landscape of the city. who will be the next mayor? former state senator mark leno is the only one who is a declared candidate for the november mayoral election in 20 2019. but now, there will be a special election for interim mayor in june. he faces election much sooner. i was prepared for another two years of campaigning. now it will be a me ....
future and right now the president of the board of supervisors london breed is the acting mayor. a special election will take place june 5th of next year. the winner chosen by voters will dpnch out lee s term. between now and june, the board of supervisors can meet at any time to vote on someone other than london breed to serve as acting mayor until the special election. abc7 news vic lee is live with a look at who might be interested at taking the job. strik? reporter: well, dan, a lot depends i guess the conventional wisdom is that a lot depends on whether london breed, the acting mayor will declare her candidacy for interim mayor in that special june election. a lot of people here at city hall with whom i spoke, mostly off record, believe she will. now in respect to mayor lee, once he s laid to rest, the gloves should come off. there is no one like him. but because he wasn t a politician, he did things very differently. reporter: the sudden death of mayor e ....
heard much about that closed door meeting with state regulators and uber. on the day uber announced it was launching its self-driving car service, a cabbie shot this video of a self-driving uber car blowing through a red light. the company hats since said that car was not in self-drive mode, but the car bryden windmire was. during course of our trip through the street of soma it made two illegal right turns, while in self-driving mode across a bike lane. he was invited to ride in one of uber s autonomous vehicles just before the company announced its robot car service. christopher witnessed a different uber car run a red light. the driver did not have his hands on the wheel and was actually looking at the passenger who had his laptop open and was looking at his laptop and the two were having a conversation and they were completely shocked. reporter: as uber meets with state regulators over its autonomous vehicle project, one thing is clear, authorities don t kno ....
illegally using a spring as a water source and it was contaminated with e-coli bacteria. we directed the landlord to disconnect the spring. the owner says the spring was a back up, used when some pipes froze during a cold spell. he reconnected the pipes, defying the order. it s been inspected by the water board agency. reporter: the state water agency disagrees. the water system never sought a permit to provide treatment. the landlord says it was grand fathered in when the property was developed in the 1940s. and that he does not need a permit. it s not backed up by a statute or by any law. and as a matter of fact, it s criminal. we can use the court system to pursue this. he says he s a victim of oppression. the state says he s violating the law. there is more still to come. we have breaking news on the dispute between state and city officials and uber over self driving cars. uber announced it stopped the program because the dmv pulled registrations ....