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but since there was a tie, both simitian and low were set to join first-place finisher sam liccardo on the november ballot. that may change, though, depending on the results of this recount. tonight, evan low with a bitter response. we'll get to that in just a few minutes from now. >>> another headline that we're watching. librarians in san francisco sounding the alarm about safety. they say city libraries are a magnet for crime and unruly behavior. today a large group of the librarians gathered at city hall. you see them there. they want the city to put security guards in all 27 branches of the library system. one librarian told us she recently had to deal with a deranged man with a weapon. another described trying to calm a man down after he started screaming at other people. >> we were just hoping he would leave peacefully before anything happened, and he did end up leaving but on his way out, he kicked a window. >> a spokesperson with the library says guards are already posted at 12 branches, and they have a mobile patrol that can respond as needed. a spokesperson also said that se
but since there was a tie, both simitian and low were set to join first-place finisher sam liccardo on the november ballot. that may change, though, depending on the results of this recount. tonight, evan low with a bitter response. we'll get to that in just a few minutes from now. >>> another headline that we're watching. librarians in san francisco sounding the alarm about safety. they say city libraries are a magnet for crime and unruly behavior. today a large group of the...
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we know sam liccardo is going. we're saying instead of everybody low or joe simitian advancing, they'll both advance making this a three-way race in november. >> according to state law it's going to be this way. there is no doubt about it. instead of a majority to win, it will be a plurality. whoever gets more than the other two wins. so if you got four, i got three and somebody else got three, you would win. >> so does this favor sam liccardo? does this favor evan low? does it favor joe simitian? a lot of other people got votes in the race. i think there was 11 people initially. >> if i'm sam liccardo, i'm feeling pretty good. >> why? >> because the other two are going to split the vote. and i have my core already. he's got an 8,000-photo lead. bear in mind, there are 84,000 people who voted for others. in addition, there are maybe 100,000 more who didn't vote all together there is a big universe as we call it out there. but still, to be ahead, that's what you want. and if it's a two-person race, it gets much hard
we know sam liccardo is going. we're saying instead of everybody low or joe simitian advancing, they'll both advance making this a three-way race in november. >> according to state law it's going to be this way. there is no doubt about it. instead of a majority to win, it will be a plurality. whoever gets more than the other two wins. so if you got four, i got three and somebody else got three, you would win. >> so does this favor sam liccardo? does this favor evan low? does it...
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one is a former campaign staffer for sam liccardo, named jonathan padilla. in the paperwork for his recount request, he is not coordinating or communicating with any candidate or their agents. the second person is pacifica resident and former candidate for san mateo county supervisor dan stegnick. >> we want someone who can get 50% of the vote. we're a consensus democracy, and we want our elected to represent the people. we don't want an elected that represents only a third of the people. and we want each and every one of those votes to be counted. >> and here is a little twist to all of this. we're also learning of a mysterious poll right before the recount request. that poll asks how sam liccardo might do, depending on who he ended up running against. our media partners at the san jose spotlight obtain screen grabs of the poll. here it is. it was conducted by mcgwire research. one request asked who residents would vote for if the race included three candidates. another question requests who voters would pick if liccardo were only to run against evan low or
one is a former campaign staffer for sam liccardo, named jonathan padilla. in the paperwork for his recount request, he is not coordinating or communicating with any candidate or their agents. the second person is pacifica resident and former candidate for san mateo county supervisor dan stegnick. >> we want someone who can get 50% of the vote. we're a consensus democracy, and we want our elected to represent the people. we don't want an elected that represents only a third of the people....
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we asked sam liccardo's campaign directly if the former san jose mayor believes voters have the right to know who is paying for the recount. his campaign manager responded yes. so i asked if they know who was financially backing the super pac paying for it, and he said no. meanwhile, padilla says the super pac will disclose its donor list by july 15th in accordance with fec rules. the recount is expected to conclude by next friday. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> another political story that we are watching, a uc berkeley student making history after a special election. she's about to become the youngest person elected to the city council. she joins us in about five minutes. >>> okay. this is big news. panda diplomacy. a pair of pandas coming here to the san francisco zoo on loan from china. this rarely happens. only a handful of other zoos in the united states have been able to host the pandas long-term. >> i have some really exciting news. we have some cute, cuddly, black and white beauties coming to our city. >> she's fired up. mayor breed making the announcement during her multi-
we asked sam liccardo's campaign directly if the former san jose mayor believes voters have the right to know who is paying for the recount. his campaign manager responded yes. so i asked if they know who was financially backing the super pac paying for it, and he said no. meanwhile, padilla says the super pac will disclose its donor list by july 15th in accordance with fec rules. the recount is expected to conclude by next friday. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >>> another political...
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padilla is a former staffer for sam liccardo. political analysts say having a two person race instead of a three person race in november would benefit liccardo. now, there's been absolutely no talks with mr. liccardo or his campaign. anybody on the campaign? this is done completely without any of their knowledge. and you know, they even want us to do things we're not necessarily willing to do right now, like reveal the donors. we're going to do that following fec guidelines and mid-july, padilla has challenged 32 ballots that are still in envelopes across the district. he argues they should be added to the results. those challenges will have to be ruled on before the recount can be finalized by the state of california. also tonight, some encouraging news about our freeway shootings. our investigative unit has the new data showing that freeway shootings are trending down. but is it enough? take a look. here are the numbers. show the new numbers. in 2021, we saw a surge in freeway shootings 178 in the bay area alone. since then, yo
padilla is a former staffer for sam liccardo. political analysts say having a two person race instead of a three person race in november would benefit liccardo. now, there's been absolutely no talks with mr. liccardo or his campaign. anybody on the campaign? this is done completely without any of their knowledge. and you know, they even want us to do things we're not necessarily willing to do right now, like reveal the donors. we're going to do that following fec guidelines and mid-july,...
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liccardo, who you just saw there. if there's still a tie aft t recount, both low and simitian will advance to november along with liccardo. so we would have three candidates. joining us now is nbc's robert handa. robert, you were there today at that recount location. what's the process here? take us behind the scenes. >> reporter: well, basically earlier i described it as controlled chaos because that's kind of what it seemed like. people were running around. there's about 30 different workers all hired for this recount going around and people don't realize that all the ballots are basically just put into boxes later. so what happens is you mentioned 150,000 ballots that they have to go through. they have to go through these boxes and find the ones that come from the precincts that are from the 16th congressional district. once they get all of those assembled by district, by precinct, i mean, from the district, then once those are completed, then they get sent to the people who are running the machines for the tabulat
liccardo, who you just saw there. if there's still a tie aft t recount, both low and simitian will advance to november along with liccardo. so we would have three candidates. joining us now is nbc's robert handa. robert, you were there today at that recount location. what's the process here? take us behind the scenes. >> reporter: well, basically earlier i described it as controlled chaos because that's kind of what it seemed like. people were running around. there's about 30 different...
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liccardo. >>> another headline we're watching, a new target today from demonstrators demanding an end to the war in gaza. they're making their voiced heard at the google cloud offices in sunnyvale. this is the scene tonight. google employees protesting project nimbus. that's a google a.i. and cloud tech service being used by israel. the protesters are demanding that google end the contract with israel. they also want their company to stop what they call harassment, intimidation, and censorship of palestinian and muslim google employees. >> we demand that google execs drop project nimbus now, and we also demand that google protect their arab, muslim, and palestinian workers, who are speaking out against project nimbus and who have been facing harassment, suppression, retaliation at work. >> similar sit-ins and walkouts are also happening at google offices in seattle and new york city. right now, the protesters are livestreaming actually their takeover, and they say they are prepared to be arrested. >>> here's the story that a lot of people are still talking about, and a lot of people a
liccardo. >>> another headline we're watching, a new target today from demonstrators demanding an end to the war in gaza. they're making their voiced heard at the google cloud offices in sunnyvale. this is the scene tonight. google employees protesting project nimbus. that's a google a.i. and cloud tech service being used by israel. the protesters are demanding that google end the contract with israel. they also want their company to stop what they call harassment, intimidation, and...
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former san jose mayor sam liccardo already secured his spot in the general election. he won this. he came in first. so now it's either simitian or low who will finish second, and that person will face liccardo in november. tonight the ballot curing process is done. that's when if a voter didn't sign their ballot or the signatures didn't match, the county contacts that voter and gives that voter a chance to fix the ballot so their vote can be counted. next, the county needs to certify the results. that happens this thursday. then the secretary of state will certify the results on april 12th. >> how close it is, you know, at one point i saw they're only two votes apart or even one, and then one day it's five, you know. so, yeah, it's a prime example of why votes really do matter. >> a recount is a real possibility here. a candidate or voter would have to ask for a recount. after certification, they have five days to make that request. that makes the deadline april 9th. they can choose between two options here, a manual or machine recount. a manual count takes ten days and expected t
former san jose mayor sam liccardo already secured his spot in the general election. he won this. he came in first. so now it's either simitian or low who will finish second, and that person will face liccardo in november. tonight the ballot curing process is done. that's when if a voter didn't sign their ballot or the signatures didn't match, the county contacts that voter and gives that voter a chance to fix the ballot so their vote can be counted. next, the county needs to certify the...
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liccardo. >>> up next, dozens of bay area cities and counties not meeting the state mandated housing and affordable housing goals. we investigate why they're falling short and the consequences they could face. >>> plus, a brazen smash and grab in vallejo now going viral on tiktok. we have the exclusive interew we have the exclusive interew with tvihe she got that dress with the extra money she saved using our brand new grocery outlet app. it's been really fun seeing what everyone's doing with the extra money they save. nice shirt. just got back from vacation. a butler? super nice guy. i got to start using the app. >>> welcome back to nbc bay area news tonight. we know this. we have a housing shortage around here, and now california is dropping the hammer when it comes to forcing communities to build new housing. this week, portola valley became the first place in the state to get its housing plan decertified. but portola valley isn't alone. our investigative unit found dozens of other bay area cities and counties may also be in trouble because their housing plans also do not meet the
liccardo. >>> up next, dozens of bay area cities and counties not meeting the state mandated housing and affordable housing goals. we investigate why they're falling short and the consequences they could face. >>> plus, a brazen smash and grab in vallejo now going viral on tiktok. we have the exclusive interew we have the exclusive interew with tvihe she got that dress with the extra money she saved using our brand new grocery outlet app. it's been really fun seeing what...