The man escaped sunday from the Monterey County jail by cutting a 22 inch hole in the bathroom ceiling. Track down salazar at the motel 6 yesterday though he was nowhere to be found after an hours long standoff. The two are currently on their way back to Monterey County. Truckers continue their statewide protest over a. B. 5. The law changes the classification of independent workers as employees and that means it will impact Truck Drivers. Cristina rendon is live from San Francisco or one of the protest has wrapped up. Reporter good afternoon. There is some progress to report. Nine Truck Drivers were invited up to senator scott wieners office and i spoke to one of those Truck Drivers after the meeting ended a short time ago. He said he appreciates the Staff Members taking the time to listen but said their fight is far from over. [ crowd chanting ] reporter right now these truckers are joining forces to let state lawmakers know they want an exemption from a. B. 5. Dozens of drivers rall
Car during a traffic stop, thrown to the ground and arrested. Really uncivilized, uncouth gang type of behavior that has to stop. Reporter in april 20yearold jenkins says she was pulled over at gunpoint while in a car with three girlfriends, tased and arrested for not having her drivers license with her, all the more nerveracking because her uncle willie mccoy was shot numerous times and killed in a vallejo taco bell parking lot by police after passing out with a gun beside him. I was thinking, are these the same officers . Reporter burris says its telling the d. A. Has not pursued charges against any of his clients in the cases. He also says hes seen a pattern of this behavior from vallejo pd over the years and the department may need a courtappointed monitor to keep it in line. It is an outofcontrol department where africanamericans and brown people are routinely mistreated and subject to unconstitutional stops. Reporter late this afternoon we got a response from the Vallejo Police d
Centre of any in the united states. It is the largest collection of monumental municipal buildings of any city. It is a National Treasure and we need a Strong Organization to help tell that story and get people to come because for the last 50 or 70 years, the area has been misunderstood, it has been neglected, and it has been ignored. The c. B. D. Is one of the biggest steps along with a number of others in the last ten years to try to overcome that but more needs to be done. If case in case you havent seen it, i have written it all up in a book that i have put out recently and i hope that you all have gotten a copy and read it closely because the last chapter underscores a lot of the things that happened to mess things up. So i will leave some of my flyers here to encourage you to get the book. [laughter]. Next speaker. Good afternoon. My name is susan and i represent the San Francisco conservatory of music. We are enthusiastic supporters of the c. B. D. We have 400 and more students
Francisco opera. I walk every day from the castro neighborhood into the civic centre neighborhood. I have been in San Francisco for over 11 years and i am just amazed by the transformation that i have seen in civic centre we do have more to do and we would appreciate your support in helping us do that. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. Patrick mills here representing the bayreuth family of businesses including the by right cafe kiosk on Civic Centre Plaza to enthusiastically support the renewal of the c. B. D. At Civic Centre Plaza and to attest to the astute management of our facilities, your support and opening our business, the safety and cleanliness of the plaza and most importantly, the building of Community Within the Community Benefit district. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. I live at 100 van nuys. I worked with him on ways to improve civic centre and in 2006 , he authorized the creation of a civic centre c. B. D.
Maintaining order in the rightofway. Some of the most beautiful streets of the city are to be found in jackson square. We hope to be underway by 2020. So thats the presentation. Its long in coming, about 12 years in the making, and i think youll see substantial support from all the Property Owners who have returned their ballots to improve this Great Community benefit district. Thank you. President yee thank you. Okay. We will now open public testimony. If youre here to in support of the assessment district, please come up. You have two minutes. Hello. My name is frank collins. Im here representing clint mark landmark properties. This has been a long time coming, as marco said, but nothing worth doing comes easy. We urge you to support the formation of this district. This is both an opportunity and responsibility of all the Business Owners in the district, and were very excited to get going. Thank you very much. Supervisor rodney fong with the San Francisco chamber of commerce. I seek