In recent years the relationship between the city of santa clara and the 49ers could be described as adversarial at the best. Can sometimes it was just downright ugly. Now, these three newcomers to the city council say they are not in the 49ers back pocket, but they do say that they believe the voters want them to change the tone of the relationship between the city and the team. There was a perception of people are trying to buy a city council or by an election. Guy think that the people who know me and the people who have been following my career know that im not someone whos going to be bought by a team. Kevin park is found to bring independence to the santa clara city council, even while acknowledging that unseating incumbent Teresa Oneill represent a Seismic Shift in the balance of power. The point im trying to get across is i didnt do this for the 49ers. I did this for santa clara. They have led a campaign for greater oversight and accountability for the 49ers and the my stadium
Case. Ever . Ever. Vice mayor patricia is talking about cities all across the state that are being ordered by judges to get rid of their atlarge voting system, implement districts, and get in compliance with the california voter rights act. But i have not seen any legal precedent that says three districts electing six councilmembers satisfies the voter rights act. That is the basic, the basic issue here. I called to order this meeting of the charter review. The idea to switch to three districts came after countless hours of research and debate by the socalled charter review committee. Council member terms with dagger so theres always an election in every district. Mayor lisa gilmore says the cocounsel members can share the workload, and Council Member Teresa Oneill says constituents will have not one, but two people to go to to solve their problems. Reporter how do you know this is going to work . Well, we never know. If two, three or four years from now people dont like it, we can cha
This is very poorly, i dont lose businesses. Kpix 5 news at 7 starts right now with new photos from the fbi. Twitter employee accused of spying arrested. Another one still on the run tonight. That evening, im ken bastida. Im veronica de la cruz. Will get to our top story in just a moment, not to view Police Officer who followed his instincts is being credited with stopping a pair of thieves. He spotted something that appeared to be out of the ordinary. A uhaul parked right outside a kohls store. And, minutes later, Police Department got a call from the store about these two suspects. They told the police that a pair was wanted for stealing from its other stores in the area. After talking it to the suspects and discovering that they rented a uhaul, inside the vehicle, they found that for double bags full of stolen items including police gear. Personal id belonging to other people, and, stolen items from kohls. Mountain view police are saying that the stolen police gear is from a state a
Stages. They say that the cancel strike may be a tactic to restart negotiations after the u. S. Withdrew from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement last year. With the iranians wanted to see happen with an immediate reaction. The president rejected that and said you will come on my terms. Reporter at the request of the United States, the United Nations Security Council will meet in a closed door session on monday. They will discuss both the latest incident and the attacks on oil tankers last week. Back to you. Ray bogan live in washington, thank you. About 30 minutes ago we spoke to the professor of politics in the Eastern Studies at the university of San Francisco. He said a u. S. Airstrike couldve easily escalated into something more serious. Iran can distract disrupt shipping in the strait of hormuz. And that could then trigger almost certainly some kind of load large global recession. The iranians have allies and forms of various extremist groups around the middle east including in iraq where
Immediately and they posted the signs warning of the sewage spill. It is ongoing problem that has plagued the lake because of the citys aging infrastructure. Reporter do you know how many thousands of gallons of sewage has entered the lake . We do not, we do not that is estimated by the city of oakland and it is an estimate. Reporter last year, 2 investigates found out they loud 230,000 gallons of sewage to overflow from street into waterways. The epa even fined the city a quarter Million Dollars for letting the toxic water flow into the bay. Still, it hasnt stopped some from venturing into lake temescal. Some algae in here but i am up to my knees. They love being in the water and it makes it really easy for me to pack up the car and drive down here and have a place that feels safe, where they can come and swim and have fun. Reporter earlier this month high levels of e. Coli again forced the lake to close or four days. The reason for the high levels is not known. I shower thoroughly af