And disagrees with public works current approach to remove public trash cans based on requests. They just do it based on complaints. And the result is theyre putting out trash cans and pulling them away all over the place, and they may pull one away and the result of that is there isnt one for block after block after block. Thats unreasonable. One solution being tested is a new automatic lock on private bins. This Pilot Program includes giving customers a key, a collection time window, and changing the times drivers work. We have switched our tenderloin drivers from servicing at night starting at 7 00 p. M. Until morning time so the carts out on the street all night. I want to appreciate you all for being innovative for really trying solve this problem. Now public works is working on a new design for city cans, and theyre hoping that will become a public process later this summer. In San Francisco, lauren martinez, abc7 news. All right, lauren. What is the impetus . You got to think they must be thinking other cities are doing a better job with trash cans. That the case . Supervisor heaney mentioned new york and how he saw trash cans there at every corner. Sometimes he saw multiple trash cans on a block. So he said it can only help. Back to you. All right. Well see. Lauren, thank you. So lets turn to safety. Now its another area where we are working to build a better bay area. The bart board of directors signed off on a Pilot Program that will put a team of people called ambassadors on a train to try to reassure passengers about their safety after dark. Laura anthony has more on how this will actually work. Laura . Well, hi, ama. Bart riders should begin seeing these ambassadors riding bart trains by this time next month. They will work in pairs. They will be on the trains armed only with radios, but ready to call police at a moments notice. Its all part of a larger effort to restore Public Confidence in the bart system. So will be visible to public. Bart police will soon have ten new sets of eyes and ears. Theyll come in the form of ambassadors, participant of a sixmonth Pilot Program designed to deal with specific issues regular riders see every day. That would be inappropriate behavior, safety and security, on and in the system, and biohazards. The ambassadors will be easy to spot on barts unlike sworn officers who ride trains a half a dozen times per day, the ambassadors will ride the system full time. They cannot intervene in a fight. They also cant issue a citation. Thats not their job. Their job is truly to greet you, see if there is a problem, radio in something and really be there to offer more comfort for our riders. The Ambassador Program had been stalled for the pat couple of years out of concern that the unarmed personnel might create more of a liability than a help. That hurdle was cleared when it was decided to pull the ambassadors from an existing pull of Community Service officers already trained by bart police. Its not a single solution. Its a big puzzle that were working on regaining the trust and again trying to be a world class system. Now bart staff will keep close track of how the ambassador Pilot Program is working. They will measure in terms of numbers, interactions, those sorts of things over the next several months. If they have success after the first sixmonth Pilot Program that. Hope to find the funding to make it a permanent program. In orinda, laura anthony, abc7 news. This Ambassador Program, its just one part of larger effort by bart to beef up safety. So what about the police force . Well, the police force is obviously the area that they would really like to beef up. In fact, they have 21 officers right now out in Field Training. They have another 19 in various police academies. Theyre hoping to have at least those who are Field Training out here working on the system within the next several months. Certainly some time this year. All right. Laura anthony reporting live for us tonight. Thank you so much. More now out of that bart meeting. The board voted to award a 798 Million Contract to design and build a new train control system. The new system will allow bart to run trains closer to together and improve transbay capacity. This is expected to be the largest bart contract in decades. The Current System 47 years old. Right now bart is handing out 10 tickets on this antioch line to apologize for last nights delays between the concord and Pleasant Hill station. A man officials describe as unstable refused to get off the tracks. The standoff forced thousands of passengers to use a bus bridge between the two stations. The man was finally removed this morning. Bart apologized for the delays that impacted thousands of riders. Tonight antiwar protesters are out in front of the grand lake heater in oakland. Sky 7 was overhead about 30 minutes ago. The demonstration comes amid the ongoing dispute between the u. S. And iran. The protest was organized by the groups move on and indivisible. A couple dozen protesters were getting close to traffic, but they didnt seem to be interfering. Even the trump chicken balloon showed up. Facebook says its sticking to its plan to allow political ads that target users. There was a quick reply from the nations federal election commissioner. In a tweet, Ellen Weintraub said facebooks plan suggests the company has no idea how seriously it is hurting democracy. A group of facebook users gathered outside the companys headquarters in menlo park tonight to demand accountabil y accountability. David louie is there with more of their concerns. David . Well, political advertising is expected to pump 1. 6 million into the coffers of online sites. Protesters who have been outside facebook for the past two hours say they want facebook to separate fact from fiction in the ads, but the company says it has no plans to do so. The protesters say this is only the beginning of their campaign aimed at facebook. Theyve already collected over 23,000 signatures from all over the world in a single day, urging the social media giant to prevent misleading political ads from running on its site. Facebooks Ceo Mark Zuckerberg has already been on the hot seat before congress after user data got into the hands of political operatives. The issue now is policing fact from fiction, which Facebook Says it doesnt want to do. We shouldnt have to be worrying about the integrity of our democracy, and we are. And in large part, its because of this huge social Media Company in our backyard, facebook, that facebook is facilitating bad actors putting out disinformation, putting out divisiveness. It can actually jeopardize our election. Facebooks position is people should be able to hear from those who wish to lead them, warts and all. And what they wish to say should be scrutinize and debated in public. Facebook does plan to roll out new features to give the almost 2. 5 billion users more control over political ads. The first one later this month can address how advertisers target them. Blocking political ads will be available this summer. A local republican leader doesnt want what he calls leftleaning facebook employees filtering political ads. Quote, these activists cannot be trusted to take an even handed approach in judging the accuracy of political hyperbole, says the chair of the Santa Clara County gop. Its not just political ads in the crosshairs. So are videos such as the one in which house leader nancy pelosi appeared to be slurring her words, a video that had been manipulated. Employees of facebook have already spoken up. The public is speaking up, and were going keep the pressure on until they do do something. We also reached out to the chair of the Santa Clara County democratic party. Bill james tells us that he believes that facebook has a responsibility to combat disinformation as a means to undermine democracy. Were live in menlo park, david louie, abc7 news. All right, david, thank you. Finding a place to house the homeless can be a challenge. How a plan in Sonoma County was scuttled because of what was found underground. Also, hundreds of people facing eviction in the south bay. With housing already tight, well look at what the city is doing to help them out. A young girls dream vacation to cancun with her friends and family is jeopardized by flight delays. Im michael finney. What we did to help, ahead on 7 on your side. Im spencer christian. There is another storm coming our way just in time for the weekend. 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Abc7 News ReporterWayne Freedman has been following the story for weeks. Do we know what happened, wayne . Good evening. This is an indication of just how seriously sonoma is taking this homeless problem. Jeffrey ross had a performance evaluation yesterday. He resigned today. We were told from sources inside the county government that the evaluation did not go well. There was a concern about a lack of urgency during this homeless emergency. With every passing day along the joe widodo trail, to find a solution and to move these 200 plus people. Today jeffrey ross, the countys number one man in charge of getting it done resigned. And according to sources inside the county, he did so under criticism. This is off the table. Today supervisor james gore showed off the latest disappointment, a county Storage Facility near the airport that they had hoped would serve as a shelter for the residents. But yesterday the county learned of mustard gas canisters beneath the concrete. No way are we going put a vulnerable population somewhere where we have ordnance and mustard gas and other things from world war ii underground. Meanwhile, the county has promised a decision by tuesday about where to put those residents. With that decision looming, they still need a location. Theyre now considering the near oakmont. It has plenty of land and some buildings, but lies far out of town. The not in my backyard factor weighs heavily here. Would you mind having them nearby . No. Because . As long as they didnt come in my yard. Here is another possibility. A parking lot inside the snohomish center. Out of sight, out of mind dont work anymore. No nearby neighbors to complain and convenience in terms of providing help. It would be centralized. And i think more importantly it is appropriate because it is close to services and its on a major transportation line. The supervisors already have a replacement in mind for jeffrey ross. She is barbie robinson. She has been working on the homeless issue. The supervisors will vote about giving her an interim appointment on tuesday. Wayne freedman, abc7 news. Wayne, thank you. In the south bay, residents of san joses largest Mobile Home Park find themselves in the middle of a dispute between the Property Owners and the owners of the park. Chris nguyen is live in North San Jose with the story. Chris . Hi, kristen. Hundreds of homeowners received a warning letter last week touching off widespread panic across the neighborhood. City officials are now working to prevent displacement, but some people wonder if those efforts will be enough. Fears of displacement over a possible redevelopment plan. This is the only home me and my sister have ever known. And the thought of having to leave that is scary. An unsettling start to 2020 after residents at the west winds Mobile Home Park in san jose received an eviction warning saying they may be forced to move out by august 2022. These people cant lose their homes. They cant afford to go anywhere else. So we dont want to leave here. Last week Mobile Home Park manager mch operating sued the property owner, the Nicholson Family partnership, accusing them of wanting to push residents out on the street, saying in a statement displacing residents without cause or justification is contrary to the way we do business, and our lawsuit is the first step in opposing the Nicholson Family partnerships outrageous demands. No word yet on those exact demands, but the partnership says mhc has been unwilling to collaborate to find a longterm solution for the tenants, taking the unfortunate position that it has no obligation whatsoever to its tenants or to us when the land leases expire. Affordable housing advocates say time is of the essence. Other Mobile Home Parks have been threatened with closure. So its been a period of great stress for tenants and for and for Mobile Home Park owners. Mayor sam liccardo issued a memo today urging the city to establish an exclusive Mobile Home Parkland use designation in the general plan, which would require Council Approval before any landowner can redevelop a Mobile Home Park. You have a legal fight brew right now. Its obvious someone decided to drop a nuclear bomb. And the result is a lot of sleepless nights by 723 families. The mayor hopes to have the new land use designation in place within the month. Were live in san jose tonight, im chris nguyen, abc7 news. Chris, thank you. Ful. All right. Time to get a check on our weather. Weve got a little bit of rain. Lets check things out with spencer christian. More tonight or are we done . Well, were done tonight, but there is more coming tomorrow night. A fewer showers the morning and cleared up this afternoon. Now weve got clear and cool condition. Chilly settling in. Here is a look at live doppler 7. Skies are mainly clear right now. From the exploratorium camera, looking back at part of the San Francisco skyline from pier 15 on the embarcadero. Current temperatur reads are 53 in San Francisco, down to 48 in oakland. 50 at redwood city. 49 at san jose. 54 in gilroy, and a chilly 45 at half moon bay. From emeryville, a nice clear view looking back across the bay bridge. 49 in santa rosa. 47 in napa. 45 fairfield, 47 concord and livermore. You can see how many of the inland communities are cooling down quite significantly already. Here is a view from sutro tower looking over San Francisco. And these interest forecast features. It will be mostly clear and lets call it cold overnight as opposed to chilly. Next rain arrives tomorrow night into saturday morning, and this wet unsettled pattern weve been talking about all week long will continue through next week. Overnight, look for low temperatures dropping down to 29 in lakeport and getting a little farther south. Mid 30s in santa rosa and napa 37. Vallejo 33. Fairfield over in the inland east bay. Livermore, antioch, concord in the mid30s. Morgan hill, 37 at san jose. Its going to be quite chilly. Even right around the bay shoreline, lows will drop to 40 degrees and upper 30s on the coast. Tomorrow mainly sunny skies. Well see a few high clouds in the southern part of our viewing area. Highs will range, high temperatures from 56 to about 58, 59 degrees. The warmest spot may be san jose with a high of 60. Now lets talk about the approaching storm. Its a light storm. Ranking only 1 on the storm impact scale. It will produce scattered showers late tomorrow night and early saturday. We expect less than 0. 2 of rain from the storm. It will be breezy with wind out of the northwest at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. Perhaps up to 30 Miles Per Hour. Here is the forecast animation starting at 7 00 tomorrow evening. Notice how the rain starts to develop in the north bay late tomorrow night. Then it spreads southward and eastward during the overnight hours into saturday morning. And by late saturday morning to midday, well see the system winding down. Rain will tamper off. And it will give way to the departure of the storm will give way to at least partial clearing and i expect mostly sunny skies in some locations by midday on saturday. Rainfall totals will probably not exceed 0. 2 of an inch. In many locations totals wont be more than a tenth of an inch. Here is the accuweather sevenday forecast. After that level 1 storm on saturday, and we get partial clearing, i have a mainly sunny day on sunday, but more showers may move through late sunday night into early monday, although not a significant enough system to post a ranking on it. Tuesday will be the next ranked storm, 1, with morning showers. And then later on the week a wet and windy storm comes in next wednesday. And the pattern keeps going every day, a little rain. Thats right. 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