i wanted to say from the report it's useful to see from the inner richmond and the outer richmond we as a district, as a whole district, i think i would add up the over 80 -- 79-plus since the data was crunched, about 80 ellis act buildings that were, that many many seniors and family space evictions, it's probably the highest of all the different districts. i wanted to say district 1 in the report of the top 7 neighborhoods, the inner richmond and the outer richmond are fourth and fifth, so it's a huge amount of people, especially seniors and people with disabilities that we're looking at. that fear is real for people in the richmond as well. the growth in property values of homes in the richmond district coupled with excellent schools and improved public transportation and parks make it a very tempting target for many of the speculators out there that are looking to quote u.n. quote flip buildings and evict people. the high concentration of seniors in our district, i know there's a number of seniors who will be testifying in the inner richmond about 18 percent of the population are

inner richmond and the outer richmond are fourth and fifth, so it's a huge amount of people, especially seniors and people with disabilities that we're looking at. that fear is real for people in the richmond as well. the growth in property values of homes in the richmond district coupled with excellent schools and improved public transportation and parks make it a very tempting target for many of the speculators out there that are looking to quote u.n. quote flip buildings and evict people. the high concentration of seniors in our district, i know there's a number of seniors who will be testifying in the inner richmond about 18 percent of the population are seniors in the outer richmond it's about 18.5 percent, way above the city's averages, so i know there are a high number of seniors that are renters in our district. currently there's a building at 15 ogt and anza that's a renter's building. i want to thank mat for a story he broke, a story of ellis act evictions from an investor who admits to real estate conspiracy. in this 4-unit building michael winter and others include a single

it's impacting the richmond line. of course this could have an impact on other lines if this continues to be out there for a while. the trains are being stopped before they get to del norte before the medical emergency on the tracks. mass transit so far on time. a quick check of the roads, a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. 10 minutes to get you onto the bay bridge and your back to work commute for this tuesday looks pretty good traveling the nimitz freeway. 880 from oakland, no delays. that is your latest traffic, more on your wet possible forecast. >>> a couple rain drops could factor into your commute. headed out the door, high def doppler radar making its way in. you can see some of the showers as we have a weak cold front falling apart. it's moving on through. we'll take anything we can get at this point. looks like the showers beginning to make their way into the san bruno, pacifica. the further into the north in daily city. broken up over san francisco. the cold front moving by, bringing with it a chance

there are major delays on the richmond line. initially they were telling us it was a major medical emergency. someone was hit by a train. near the del norte station. this is the freemont, richmond, directions. they're calling this major delays for the richmond line right now. the incident happened near del norte station where trains are turning around. except for that incident with mass transit, everything else pretty much on time. this is a live look at the sensors, 101, guadalupe parkway, and 280 moving at the speed limit. we'll have more traffic coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> lawyers for boston marathon bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev are headed to court. they plan to ask a judge to ease restrictions placed on tsarnaev in prison as he awaits trial. in a motion filed last month, the defense argued the restrictions are impairing their ability to defend tsarnaev. they restrict access to mail, media, the telephone and

i wanted to say from the report it's useful to see from the inner richmond and the outer richmond we as a district, as a whole district, i think i would add up the over 80 -- 79-plus since the data was crunched, about 80 ellis act buildings that were, that many many seniors and family space evictions, it's probably the highest of all the different districts. i wanted to say district 1 in the report of the top 7 neighborhoods, the inner richmond and the outer richmond are fourth and fifth, so it's a huge amount of people, especially seniors and people with disabilities that we're looking at. that fear is real for people in the richmond as well. the growth in property values of homes in the richmond district coupled with excellent

>> bart trains are all stop on the richmond line affecting other trains, as well, in the richmond, fremont, and millbrae direction. a person was found on the tracks, possibly hit by a train so we have investigators headed out had and crews are there. what they are doing, bart is trying to arrange for a.c. transit bus bridges to come and off load the passengers. it was a full train with the folks on their way hopefully shortly. for other folks depending on bart, avoid it if you can arrange a car pool. eric and kristen? >> coming up on 6:04. after a six day delay workers will begin demolition of the original eastern span of the bay bridge by removing 1,400' of road on the upper deck cantilever section. it will take six weeks. officials say the contractor needed more time to get ready. >> now the latest of typhoon haiyan in the philippines. a 4.8 earthquake hit that country and no tsunami threat. you are be looking at new video into the abc7 news room this morning giving us a dry by view of the destruction in the hard hit city of tacloban where petroleum are trying to line up for gas. >> more

theven this one in richmond. joe vazquez tells us a silver dodge challenger blew through a red light and smashed into another car with two women inside. >> i'm here at the intersection of 6th and macdonald, an area known as the iron triangle. back there, you can see the accident scene. that silver car apparently t-boented the darker-colored car sending the two occupants to the hospital, a mother and a daughter. it all began with a police chase around 3:40 this afternoon, officers spotted a man wanted for a felony warntd. the cops say they tried to stop the car, but it sped off. the chase was on and ended up here at 6th and macdonald. paramedics rushed the mother and her daughter to area hospitals. the daughter, who is believed to be in her twenties, has critical injuries. police were able to capture the original suspect, the one with the warrant with the help of a police dog, the richmond police

this is at the red oak victory ship in richmond which is undergoingrestoration. right ne to it, though, a ribbon cutting and dedication for the newly restored rigger's this is part of the chmond revitalization that's been going on down here. this was bui in the 1940s to part of the building will be a this morning we saw veteran tting a look at the ship. eaier in the morning, scouts and members of the lions club placed american flags on veterans graves. some of the younger scout surpsed by how far back the date andonflicts go. we caugh up with a vietnam veteranho said he really appreciates the recognition. first, here's the scout master. >> one of the parts of their scout oa is fulfilling their duty to their country. so i think it's imptant for them to come outnd remember those wh have made sacrifices in their lives on behalf of their country. >> like it because it's -- i think -- the veterans, we're geing more respect than w ever g before. i think about friends that i had in the war zone. ihink about friends that i have here. . >> reporter: that geneman was at th

christie smith is live i richmond with look at some of the events today. good mning. >>eporter: good morning to you. we have three very different veteransay events going on the east bay. we're at one now. i can hear sinng going on in the background. i also had a chanc to talk to some veterans. this ent just getting underway right now. this is at the red oak victory ship in richmond which is undergoingrestoration. right ne to it, though, a ribbon cutting and dedication for the newly restored rigger's this is part of the chmond revitalization that's been going on down here. this was bui in the 1940s to part of the building will be a this morning we saw veteran tting a look at the ship. eaier in the morning, scouts and members of the lions club placed american flags on veterans graves. some of the younger scout surpsed by how far back the date andonflicts go. we caugh up with a vietnam

s for today richmond s.f. 55 and 57 for downtown san francisco. antioch's very mild. we will see one more weather for rest of the area and i will take a look at the 7 day around the bay coming up. >> developing news out of hayward this morning, fire crews spent most of the early morning battling a 2 alarm fire. kron4 will tran is live in oaklan hayward with the update. >> this fire was so huge and this person cannot even get out of his unit. he was forced to jump from the second-floor balcony. he entered his arm and he was treated at the scene. his pulse beat diet. here is video that we receivppy died. ws video from someone who recorded this affirmation of his ipad. six units or more damage and six were destroyed. we do not know of someone was cooking at the time this was about 3:00 a.m.. it did start in a kitchen and that investigators will try to go in there to find out what the cost. three people did stay in this unit that caught fire. they all managed to escape and there are no injuries for them. i had a chance to talk to people who came out of their units and sau

i'm committed to exploring the best way to reach residents of the richmond district with you, supervisor. i also share your deep concern that rez densest throughout san francisco including the richmond district are facing displacement as a result of ellis act and so called no fault evictions. as you know, i started my career as an affordable housing add voluntary cant and tenants right lawyer and pride myself to to extend the -- of an ellis act eviction and in turn help tenants remain in their homes for as long as we could. with our economy recovering from recession, there are speculators looking to take advantage of the strong real estate market at the expense of long-time tenants with no place to go. buying a building with the sole intent to evict rent controlled tenants, speculators are undermining the affordability of our entire stock, in past economic cycles, we've seen the number of el evictions as property values increase. i'm committed to taking action on the ellis act before this disturbing trend start to spiral in even great e larger crisis, so what can we do, colleagues? well,

. >>> a murder mystery in richmond. we investigated when google street view spotted something no one expected. >> reporter: the images found on google street view are disturbing. an aerial shot of sanford avenue in richmond and a grim geological marker. zoom in and you can clearly see a crime scene, cop cars and officer. and look closely, a body. until now, it's been a mystery, but richmond police confirmed the aerial shot was taken in august 2009. the same day the body of this 14-year-old boy was found in the area. richmond police say that boy was kevin barera. the fact that google happened to be shooting images in the area that day, pure coincidence. >> it's a real pain to see those pictures on the internet. >> reporter: jose, kevin's father, saw the images. crime scene for the first time tonight. >> it bring me back, you know, some memories. that hurt me a lot. >> reporter: kevin's murder is still uninvolved. his family only knows that the boy was walking in his neighborhood one night and called a friend on his cell

the richmond times dispatch reporting that person was deed's son. deed's unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2009. >>> lebanese officials say 23 people were killed in suicide attacks out of the iranian embassy in beirut. and an al-qaeda-linked group says it is responsible. here is more from beirut. >> scenes of devastation. two powerful bombs were detonated outside of the iranian embassy in beirut early on tuesday. firefighters rushed to the scene to put out the flames and help the wounded. >> translator: i am syrian, i work opposite the iranian embassy. on my way to work the first explosion shun took place, and minutes later the second took place. >> reporter: al-qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. >> it is a message that says you are not hide, if you are going to be involved in syria, then we can also hit you in front of the iranian embassy in beirut or for that matter anywhere else. >> reporter: iran is a major back for of bashar al-assad. the attack appears to be the latest spillover from the syria war, and it isn't the first. those who

i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more seniors in that area. we are trying to focus on whether a stop sign or stoplight might help. >> tried to look at issues of senior nutrition programs, alzheimer's research, even housing policies that allowed our buildings to become more senior-friendly. also looking at how to suppo

, "richmond times dispatch." a mental evaluation yesterday, went to this bath county hospital in virginia, but he was released, according to "the times dispatch," because there were no psychiatric beds available. joining me from charlottesville is chris lawrence, our pentagon correspondent. chris lawrence, i know any min we should be seeing state police for new information here, hopefully, on the condition of the senator and also what more happened. but just set the scene for me. >> yeah, brooke. basically we're expecting an update here in the last couple minutes. it's been pushed back, but we expect to get more details issue probably in the next 20 minutes or so. we're already getting a little more fuller picture of what happened in those crucial minutes after this stabbing and the shooting at the house. police have now confirmed that creigh deeds walked out of that house after the stabbing. he walked down to the main road where he was then picked up by his cousin and driven to a local farm at which point that's

they think richmond will stay in the mid-60s.ame goes for downtown san francisco will '70s north of the golden gate bridge in all a meeting with a high of 64 per it into tomorrow, a little bit warmer. more and the white of sunshine bridge fire concern however is elevated thursday and friday with sustained winds between 20 and 30 mi. per hour. here's a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast for it to are shaping up to be the warmest day of the week. temperatures however will start to cool as we transition into the weekend. >>james: thank you erica print speaking of the weather. it's turning out to be an early winter and chicago. the national weather service reported nearly half an inch of snow fell in all here yesterday. meteorologist said the first day of record snowfall is around november 16th. and while it's colder than average for this time of year it's not a record low print-o-hare. --record low. >>darya: a new technology may make it so that japan take liquid onto planes again. at least n europe. london is trying out liqu

. >>> now to breaking news in richmond. news chopper 2 is over the scene of a police chase that ended in a crash on sixth street and mcdonald right near nevin park. two people are injured one of them critically. it all started when a police spotted someone with a warrant. news chopper 2 is giving us a good look at the intersection of sixth and nevin. this is not far from nevin park. we're counting at least six police vehicles in this picture alone. a number of people watching this end of this police crash. we know two people have been injured. we are reaching out to the police department in richmond to find out what happened and the conditions of those hurt. once we get that information we will pass it along to you. >>> happening now it's the beginning of the end. you're looking live at the old bay bridge where workers today began a long demolition process. the work comes 77 years to the day the bridge first opened. tom vacar was invited on to the bridge to see the demolition work up close. and tom is now live from yerba bu

we have a major medical emergency on the richmond line headed in the fremont, richmond direction so expects. it could exceed 15 minutes. caltrain, muni, and everything else is on time. 580 from tracy to dublin is under 15 minutes and highway 4 is half an hour to get you from antioch do concord and 101 through san rafael to san francisco is not a problem and we will see what it looks like with traffic slowing along 101 southbound and wide open with no rain falling, either. >> a week late but work will begin today on tearing down the eastern span of the bay bridge. crews were supposed to start the demolition last week but they hit a problem. >> today they will let the media get a close look at the start of demolition project. we will take some fabulous pictures and bring that to you. we will share it with you. they will start with the upper deck that will be east of the entire plan will take three years using jackhammers and saws. it will be noisy. it will be dangerous. that is why they will take out one piece at a time. they thing it will cost $281 million, a costly time-consuming project t

early this month another resident as well working with me to convene the richmond no evictions town hall and efforts to defend our homes in the richmond district and really raise the awareness of renters and everyone in the richmond district of what's happening and to support solutions like the great ones that supervisor campos and others of my colleagues are presenting and the mayor as well. a recent fire at 12th and clement also damaged a number of apartment -- an apartment building that displaced 8 residents. though we're hopeful all of them will be able to return to 24r units we've seen as supervisor campos has mentioned as many buildings are not repaired in a timely manner and tenants give up and move away but it's one of the ways that land lords instead of evicting people use different tactics to push them out and it's another example of why we need better data gathering as well. lastly, i'm aware of a number of landlords that carry out what i would call unnecessary construction in order to make it for difficult for tenants to live peacefully in their units. it may not be to a leve

traffic alert issued just quickly cancelled so we're talking about richmond. there was a traffic alert issued because they had been blocking up to three lanes westbound 80 approaching cutting boulevard, still slow in the area even though they just reopened lanes within literally the last few minutes, so all the way down westbound it's still pretty stacked up but again they've reopened lanes and cleared everything to the right hand shoulder hopefully we'll begin to see a bigger improvement very shortly. a traffic alert was issued from caltran, southbound 101 grand avenue this is south san francisco, a couple of the lanes blocked here, so both of those accidents just popping up, and both causing some slowdowns. we're waiting for word when the metering lights can be turn on at the bay bridge, still looks like the middle lanes get by with no big delay once you get past the mcarthur maze so the cash lanes, they're obviously backing up looks like jamming up towards the overcrossings and that east shore freeway, because of that earlier traffic alert already up to 36

in richmond, john ramos, kpix 5. >> richmond police are asking anyone with information about this case to please come forward. >>> new tonight the national rifle association is taking on a strict gun ordinary nas recently approved in san francisco. the nra filed a lawsuit today challenging the ban on gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. the nra argues the magazines are protected under the second amendment. the magazine ban is set to take effect on december 8. it's an attack on common sense gun laws designed to save lives. >>> the deal that could end the dispute we san jose and the police department that agreement would restore a 10% pay cut that officers took a few years ago. but it's not known whether it will be enough to stop the large numbers of officers who have been leaving to take jobs with other departments. >> on one hand it's good that we'll get some money into our officers' pockets. some still trying to hold on to their homes. on the other hand, though, in 2015, our officers are still going to be making what they were making in 2009. >> i'm hopeful that

the richmond district, our richmond district neighborhood scented, our foot pantry in richmond, we have two, but they want to announce that thanksgiving food pantry event is being organized for thursday, thanksgiving at 2:30 p.m. and it is located at 741-30th avenue, preregistration is required and you can kault 750-8554 for more detail, i'm supporting small businesses for small business saturday on november 30, the day after black friday, it's to support small businesses, a day to celebrate and support how the small businesses are the backbone of our economy and haul that they do for our communities, it's sponsored by the u.s. small business administration, if you want more information, shop smaum.com is the information. i'll be out on klem meant street and also in the outer balboa area throughout the day, but there's a lot of activity in our small business corridors as well, shop small and support our small businesses. >> thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor wiener? thank you, supervisor, supervisor yee? >> thank you, madam clerk, i'm introducing a resolution to urge the california d

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for the richmond line in a send. we lookt the roadways and another mawe see that the seors have yeto catchup. from the coliseum up past the area, 23rd one crash, the the both of those causing a stir through oakland. 580 westbound,ou are clear from basically the oakland z to the maze. e caldecott tunnel is not causing issues. richmo, the roadway moving smoothly. we're geing a bit of a build. i'm told tt b.a.r.t. trains from richmond all t way into the el cerrito statn, traffic going through because of the major medical emergency at the station. that might mean more folks hit the road so. they catch back on the line and take it over to san francisco or into the fremont area. trfic moves into dublin interchange. nothing unexpected here but w had crash a north livermore, here 84 in through the city itself, quite slowdown, that willause a build where there is new crash, repts in lanes, andt's gng to cause a slowdown folks come out of livermore here. here's the northbod routes. welet you a look at palo alto and wend this s

thank you for being such a great district in the richmond district. chris and yucka. >> thank you very much. we are blessed to have neighbors to have achieved the success we never dreamed of. thank you, your office has been great to work with and even a great help. thank you. i'm glad that we made a choice to open our business in richmond and i think it's very under rated and i think it's coming up. thank you. >> thank you board members and supervisor mar for recognized our neighborhood and restaurant as well. >> please give it up for kas ba bakery. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you supervisor mar. why don't we go now to supervisor kim. >> i don't see my restaurant in the audience. can i be referred back? thank you. >> why don't we now go to supervisor ferrel? >> thanks, president chiu, colleagues i'm really excited. i get to honor one of the restaurants i get to most and one of my favorite ones. that is socially. socially has become a staple in district two and one of the most incredible restaurants that we have. it's located on sacramento street

. >> i'm here at the intersection of 6th and mcdonald in central richmond. an area known as the iron triangle. you can see the accident scene. that silver car t-boned the darker colored car. sending the two occupants to the hospital, a mother and a daughter. it all began with a police chase around 3:40 this afternoon on san pablo avenue. officers spotted a man wanted for a felony warrant. the cops tried to stop the car, the chase was on and ended up here at 6th and mcdonald. witnesses tell police the silver dodge challenger ran the red light and smashinged into the dark saturn with two women inside. paramedics rushed the woman and daughter to area hospitals. the daughter has critical injuries. police caught two of the three suspects. in fact, police were able to capture the original suspect, the one with the warrant with the help of a police dog. the riches monday police canine ended up biting the suspect. one man is still on the loose and if you have any information, you're asked to call the richmond police department. in richmond, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> a

. >>> 8 different kinds of radioactive material have been found at the south richmond shoreline. ktvu's amber lee is in richmond where residents are demanding answers tonight. >> reporter: the public meeting is scheduled to start in half hour. inside the civic center building. people are concerned about the radioactive material found. neighbors suspend a plant that used to be located nearby may have used the site as a dump. now they want answers from agencies about how dangerous the site is and what they plan to do about cleaning up the area. >> what does this mean to us? we need to know what is going on. >> reporter: neighbors formed a advisory group years ago to get the state to test the area and clean it up. reporting live in richmond, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we have new information this hour about a bank robbery that prompted the lock down of several schools today. we received stills from a surveillance camera inside the west american bank. it shows the suspect approaching the teller. police say he passed a note demanding money and was given cash and ran away. pol

amy hollyfield is in the richmond district with more on the story. amy?yes, i got an update from the investigators. she thinks it started in the back of the building which is gutted. she does not think it is suspicious but does not know the cause. firefighters are pulling all this stuff out and hosing it off and getting it out to make sure they prevent flare-ups. this is the internet archive building, a nonprofit working to archive everything on the internet. on one side of the building is a restaurant. it has a residence or residences on top. the homes were damaged. everyone got out okay. working in conjunction with the internet archive and was completely involved and burning through the roof and threatening the apartment building. we had concern about getting the residence in the apartment building out immediately. no one was hurt in this fire. a, worry at the internet archive center says it was the scanning center that burned, the library is fine. if you want to look at the library it is beautiful, an old historical building and it is okay. everything

xhg over different months we're hearing from the marina, the bay view, inner sunset out er sunset richmond and neighborhoods you represent there's tremendous demand and the city has certainly paid attention to move to serve that demand and to extend the benefits of biking to as many people as possible to continue to open up bicycling and benefits to the city in general and thank you i appreciate your ongoing concern on this issue and we hope to work with everyone in the city to move this program forward quickly. >> thank you very much. >> good afternoon supervisors i'm mike solomon from the mission i'm seeing a lot of folks riding the bicycles there and safety is an issue. there's that much congestion we'll have to figure out ways that bike sharing doesn't delay transit because it's so popular so if you look at things like the richmond golden gate park i doubt i could bike from bay to breakers in 35 minutes and i'm a strong cyclist so to get san francisco neighborhood served it's going to be a one way commute ask thank you is there any additional public comment. seeing none public comment

san rafael, across the richmond san rafael bridge, you will find that one slick. the bay bridge as well. it looks like the west edge of san francisco getting a bit of a break but the east section and south san francisco reporting a few light scattered showers into the east bay from pinole, richmond, oakland, hayward, all of the small communities in between along 880, 680 as we shift over into concord, san ramon, light showers reported here along highway 4 and into antioch. so again, we just got started earlier this morning. it's going to continue into today as well as tomorrow. want to head you to the hills because we have south lake tahoe where you can see mainly dry. south lake tahoe picking up showers from time to time. as i mentioned earlier, this is a warm storm. snow levels are relatively high. caltrans was out there a little bit earlier this morning but you shouldn't have any widespread delays because of the snow. it looks like the freeways up over the path are pretty much in the clear. so we'll continue to track that for you. but some of the ski resorts ar

if you are taking the richmond-san rafael bridge want out for that if you are driving a high-profile vehicle proceed with caution. observe westbound -- westbound 580, be careful. bart is now out of service and you can take caltrain, instead, starting at 4:30 and a.c. transit does not start rolling until 5:00 this morning, as well. you want to plan ahead and hopefully they will get things cleared up. >> any, weather situations? we have clear conditions from live doppler 7 hd and you do not see any runs so clear conditions. we do have gusty winds. we are going to have a high wind advisory in effect until 10:00 tonight. from mount tamalpais camera to san francisco, it is leaving us with very clear and beautiful skies. you will see plenty of sunshine later today. the current temperatures are going to be on the chilly side at 56 degrees in san francisco and oakland and mountain view is in the upper 40's and mid-40's to los gatos and half moon bay at 55 degrees. when the winds subside that will bring our temperatures down. here is a look at the temperatures, you will see the temperatures d

especially if you use the richmond fremont line. >> on the freeway, here's a quick look at the nimitz freeway. there's a new accident reported at fifth were two of the left lanes are blocked. this may create a major problem with this is not cleared quickly. you should use interstate 580 as a precaution. >> still want tracker 4 is shown some stray showers developing. again, not all of this moisture is hitting the ground i did want to let you know where want brain is actually hadn't. it abwe are weak enough to the potential of what weather for the afternoon. s for today

the mayor says it will keep people in the homes and save richmond millions in fees. >> we're seeking voluntary purchase and if they don't sell voluntarily, we'll utilize legal authority of imminent domain. this is, again, a last record. >> reporter: no bank has volunteered, but the city counsel doesn't yet have the votes to force imminent domain. critics say many of the targeted homes are in nice neighborhoods, two on this street and loans aren't dell link went. >> judges have sued and there isn't a plan yet. other cities are considering using imminent domain but don't want the expensive lawsuits. >> boston massachusetts looked at it and rejected it and north las vegas examined it and decided that was not for them. >> reporter: now richmond's mayor is talking to california cities and wants to form a joint powers authority to take on banks with more cloud. >> we've waited for the banks, federal government to step in and provide a solution. it hasn't been forthcoming so the city is doing this, this common sense fix. >> reporter: jeffrey wright believes the fix is in if the plan passes.