Complaint, one of the plaintiffs, a mother of two, documented being threatened with knives and hammers outside her home. These photos, showing a glimpse of their daily lives every day at all hours. People are dealing drugs and using drugs in front of their apartment building. There are encampments, people are lighting bonfires, their sidewalks are filthy, with all types of problems, from used syringes to human waste. The phoenix and best western hotels documented inaccessible sidewalks for guests and drug use throughout the area. The Phoenix Hotel decided not to renew their lease next year. The business is down so much because of the conditions around their hotel, randy shaw, director of the tenderloin housing clinic, is hoping this lawsuit leads to changing the area. We hope we get our Constitutional Rights protected, which has not been the case, and the people should not treat the tenderloin as if, oh, you want to sell drugs, you can do it in the tenderloin, but dont do it in cow hollow. In response to the lawsuit, in a statement, the City Attorneys Office said in part, the city is making efforts to reduce crime, disrupt open air drug markets and address homelessness, all while complying with the preliminary injunction issued in the coalition on homelessness case. The mayor said theyre seeing improvements in the tenderloin at un plaza in the daytime, but at night its still an issue and were going to continue to do everything we can to work as aggressively as we can to focus our resources and attention on the tenderloin. We met melvin jr in the neighborhood. He has lived in the tenderloin for 20 years and was glad to hear that a group of residents are suing the city. He doesnt feel safe in the area anymore. Its horrible. Now just yesterday, someone pulled a knife on me while i was walking home from work for no apparent reason at all. And these residents and businesses are not seeking any financial compensation from the city. They just want the courts to intervene and help the tenderloin, the city has about a month to respond to this lawsuit. Luz pena, abc seven news. Lucy, thank you. Theres also been a lot of talk about the San Francisco exodus. Well, that is apparently over. The citys population grew slightly last year. Abc seven News Reporter suzanne phan has the details, including why it will still take a while for the city to recover. Suzanne. So, kristen. Larry. In october 2022, census numbers were released, then revealed that San Francisco lost more than 6 of its population, 55,000 people moved out of the city in a single year during the pandemic, but the latest census numbers show that San Francisco is making a comeback. New census numbers show people are coming back to San Francisco. The exodus in the wake of the pandemic is over. I think the pandemic has really changed a lot of peoples lives, so im glad theyre coming back. I think thats wonderful. According to Census Bureau data, San Franciscos population is up growing between july 2022 and 2023 by about 1200 people to just under 809,000. Thats an increase of 0. 15. Im a little surprised at the number, the rebound following a big drop in 2021, shown here with the light blue line as a chef, a lot of my friends had left statewide. California lost more than 75,000 people from 2022 to 2023, but things are starting to turn around, says chef danny mercer, a San Francisco resident. I just started getting the phone calls, asking if i know of anybody with Jobs Available in our industry again, which is huge for us. We spent a lot of time in tahoe. A lot of people went to tahoe. They werent prepared for year round life in tahoe. So im not surprised that people want to come back. The pandemic allowed people to work remotely and in places that were a lot less expensive, but thats now changing, says the Public Policy institute of california. Now employers are being a little bit fussier in some cases about people showing up in person at least a few days a week. And i think thats drawing people back to california because the dynamic and high paying jobs, especially in the bay area, are still here. The bay area is also seeing a resurgence. The bay area in general, actually, its not just San Francisco has seen something of a turnaround. We have some new Dynamic Industries like i that are drawing people back to the state. Kevin ho, a Real Estate Broker in San Francisco with vanguard properties, says things have definitely improved. We have a lot of sellers who have previously would have left the city. Now theyre upgrading and staying in the city, buying bigger and better homes. We have clients who are locating and relocating back to the bay area. We had a couple just closed on an iconic property moving here from miami, an experts say San Francisco is in recovery mode. They say San Francisco needs to build more housing and make housing more affordable for people to be able to stay. Meanwhile, kevin ho, the Real Estate Broker we talked to, says hes seeing big crowds during open house on sundays. And he says listings are selling in less than a week in the newsroom. Suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. All right, thats a good sign , suzanne. Thank you. Bart. Service is back to normal after delays and disruptions along two of the transit lines. Service was stopped between rockridge and orinda due to a power outage caused by todays windy conditions. That outage also affected some Traffic Signals in orinda, and left more than 2000 homes and businesses without power. A separate outage shut down trains between dublin and daly city for more than an hour this morning. Speaking of the wind, we turn now to the north bay. Really windy day there. You can see the trees being blown around by the wind. Yep it was windy in San Francisco as well where trees and flags near the station here and the embarcadero not too far away. You can see they were blowing around in a strong breeze. Take a live look outside. Right now it seems like things have died down a little bit. You know, you dont see the effects of the wind. In fact, the water looks great at pier 39, but the wind is still, still definitely out there for a little bit longer, a little bit longer. In the meantime, we do like the crystal clear. Lets check in with abc7 news meteorologist sandyha patel with more on that wind advisory. Yeah, thats right, it is going until tomorrow morning. Larry and kristen, lets take a look at a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. And this camera has been bouncing around as the strongest winds are still over the higher terrain. Right now, oakland is at 36 miles an hour. Gusts to 30 in concord, 28 in livermore and napa over the higher elevations. Mount diablo, 40 mile an hour. Winds so still be aware of your surroundings. Things are getting blown around. You may have already seen it and still could see an isolated power outage or two, along with downed trees. A wind advisory remains up until 11 a. M. Tomorrow. Up to 60 mile an hour. Winds in the hills 45 to 55 mile an hour. Wind gusts at the other locations as we take a look hour by hour, you will notice those winds continuing. They die down just briefly this evening, only to pick back up again overnight tonight. Now, as you look at your peak wind gusts so far for mount diablo, 72 miles an hour, mount 70 healdsburg hills, 62 miles an hour. Ill be back to let you know when well get a chance to actually notice those winds dropping off. But certainly seeing the warmth because of the winds, seeing 60s and 70s out there full. Look at the forecast coming up, larry, kristen, all right, sandy, thank you. Despite all the recent rain and snow, there are actually still calls to conserve water. The California Water resources control board is proposing new regulations to help conserve. But as abc seven news south bay reporter Dustin Dorsey explains, that plan is controversial. Make Water Conservation a way of life has been a mantra in california for many years. Thats why the state Water Resources control board has approved new regulations for the agencies that provide water to people and cities for things like toilets, showers, landscaping and car washing. The rules aim to combat Climate Change in the hotter, drier weather it brings. But environmentalists believe theyll actually do more harm than good. The updated regulation makes it too easy to kick the can down the road, and we have no time to waste our next drought is right around the corner. We need strong water efficiency standards now, not in 2040. After being criticized for asking cities and water agencies to cut back too much, too fast, water regulators have relaxed their proposed standards. Now any cuts to those agencies would spread out until 2040 and wouldnt begin until 2027. In the bay area, no initial reduction would be needed for water agencies. Under the proposed rules, most only face cutbacks of less than 5 by 2040. Heather cooley with the pacific institute, says this will lead to far less water savings than the previous plan. The water savings from the revised regulations are just 180,000 acre feet uh in 2030. Thats nearly 400,000 acre feet less than the august proposal, and far short of the 500,000 acre feet goal in the governors water supply strategy. The association of California Water agencies represents more than 450 public agencies. In a statement, regulatory Relations ManagerChelsey Haynes says the aqua is still reviewing the regulations, but she applauds the more reasonable and attainable new draft, saying it appears to address our primary concerns and is moving in the right direction toward a regulation that is feasible, Cost Effective and avoids unintended impacts while establishing an ambitious framework for advancing long firm water use efficiency. In california, nothing is set in stone yet. The water board will hear Public Comment and vote on the updated plan in july. If approved, it will go into effect next year. Dustin dorsey, abc seven news. Another new set of regulations could have a costly impact. Not on the water we drink, but the wastewater weve used. Managers are showing off improvements at the oro loma Wastewater Treatment plant in san lorenzo today. Its one of dozens of bay area sewage facilities that could soon be required to cut the levels of nutrients that eventually make their way into San Francisco bay. Those nutrients, like nitrogen, are believed to play a part in extending destructive algae blooms. The upgrades are expected to cost roughly 11 billion across the bay area, or about 4,000 per household, but wastewater managers say the cost will be spread out over years and bring other major benefits like improved water reuse, recycled water is one of those methods for getting multiple benefits, where we can increase our drought resiliency and offset Potable Water use while reducing nutrient discharges to the bay. The oro loma facility is also testing Nature Based Solutions for purifying water, including a horizontal levee system that could also help protect the shoreline from sea level rise. Coming up on abc seven news at four. A deadly street and fed up neighbors are now taking safety into their own hands. We are a month away from the tax deadline, but some filers are getting a rather unwelcome surprise. Seven on your side digs into a fake filer. And did you know its pi day, the San Francisco history behind you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball. Or save money the easy way, with xfinity mobile. Existing customers can get a free line of our most popular unlimited plan for a year not only will you save hundreds but youll also be joining millions who have connected to americas most reliable 5g network. Sure is a lot safer than becoming a stuntman for money. Get a free line of unlimited intro for a year when you buy one unlimited line. Visit xfinitymobile. Com today to learn more. Neighbors say is just being ignored. So now theyre taking road safety into their own hands. Abc seven News Reporter ryan curry has the story from franklin street. White lanes and traffic barriers. It looks like something the city put up, but its not. This was installed by San Francisco residents. The street is as you can see, its so many cars, drivers go really fast on it sometimes and get really dangerous. The goal is to shrink the lanes on franklin street so drivers slow down. Whats happening here is that these these these soft flex posts and they reduce the width of the street from three lanes to two lanes. And so theres, theres less space for cars. And so they go a little slower. Sfmta and city leaders promised to make safety changes here back in 2021 after andrew zeman, a school teacher, was hit and killed while walking to his job at sherman elementary. More than two years have passed and the city hasnt done anything. These residents are tired of waiting. They had the design already. Its still all ready and theyve kind of backed off from installing it, probably for political reasons. And a bunch of Community Members said, you know, no, they they want like they really want to see this happen. They want to see the street get safer. This road diet stretches about a block and a half. Public works now has to come in and unscrew and remove all of these cones on the road. And this paint is permanent paint. According to some of the police on scene, it could take hours or even days to get it fixed. We reached out to sfmta and were waiting to hear back. These residents understand doing this is illegal and theyre ready for the repercussions. They say the goal is to send a message to the city. Sometimes you have to have really hard conversations with yourself, and you know, with others in your community about what is right. How do we stand up for what is right and how do we balance that with what the laws are . And sometimes what is right is not always what is legal in San Francisco, ryan curry, abc seven news. A Traffic Alert for drivers in the east bay southbound interstate 680, in pleasanton will be closed for repaving this weekend. The project near koopman road is starting and ending ahead of schedule. Caltrans says during the work, all at once means drivers wont have to endure 40 nights of closures. Well, imagine filing your tax return. Then you find out somebody else already claimed your refund. This actually happened to a rohnert park mother who was told somebody used her identity to claim almost 9,000. Abc seven news anchor karina nova has this report from seven on your side. Its very creepy, let alone, you know, the steams already coming out of my ears. Brianna rooney was about to efile her tax returns last week when she found out somebody had beat her to it. Breanna rooney claimed two dependents refund amount 8900 and some change. Brianna said she was finishing her taxes at h r block when that message came up on the computer screen. A return had already been filed in her name. You know, in my head, im freaking out because this is a big deal. H r block said it would investigate, but no answers. Brianna called the irs yes, there has been a return filed in your name with your social 100. Everything in the file is like they were, you know, immediately i start asking her like, whats the account number . Where is the refund going . And shes like, maam, we legally cannot give you any of that information. Thankfully, brianna had an irs pin number which the thief could not supply, so the irs blocked any payment to the scammer said, hold on, person who are you . Verify yourself. And they didnt verify so they didnt get it. They would have got the refund. Theyd be out shopping with nine grand of my money. Still, brianna must submit this affidavit to prove her identity and file a long form tax return. Even then, she was told it could take up to two years to get her tax refund. About 6,000 on hold. Whats worse, the irs would not say what information the thief knew about her and her two children. Thats what freaks me out the most. My new baby and my 12 year old. Like theyre young. Their information is out there. The irs has been using more fraud filters to deter theft. It flagged more than 1 million suspicious tax returns last year. As you find out about Identity Theft within the federal tax system, you want to let the irs know immediately. Or if you get a letter from the agency and find out that way reactively, you want to respond to that immediately. If you think you may be a victim of tax id theft, log on to irs. Gov. Slash Identity Theft central. Youll find information on what to do for seven on your side. Karina nova, abc seven news now tomorrow seven on your side is hosting a tax chat exactly one month before taxes are due. United way, bay area sponsoring this opportunity so you can get your questions answered by tax professionals. You can send them in right now. In fact, go to abc seven news. Com. Click seven on your side and youll find the form right there to type in your question. And then you can watch tomorrow here on abc seven. All day well have great coverage answering your tax questions. In the meantime, your question is probably when will the winds quiet down. Yeah. And if you have some plants outside, you should probably check on them to see where they are now. Not where i left it. Yeah yeah, yeah, theyre probably somewhere else. Especially if theyre the lighter plants. Kristin and larry, lets take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. We are running warmer up 11 degrees in half moon bay, six degrees in san jose