Today is sunday, january 31st, can you believe the the month is already over. Im rahel solomon. Meteorologist Justin Drabick is joining us now. Justin were ending on a warm note. Real nice way to finish off the weekend. We have a high near 50 today. Nice break from the cold but you know what, january wasnt that bad. Overall. It just seems like it was because of last week. Yes, were still above average about a deyeah. Really. So there you go. It is all perception. Good call there. We will get a break from the cold temperatures. Were staying above freezing throughout the the entire weekend at nighttime, it looks like temperatures, staying above 32 degrees. We have icy spots possible this morning. Especially outside the city. We are at freezing in the airport. Mid 20s in allentown. Thirtysix in millville, new jersey. Twentynine palmyra and doylestown, pennsylvania. Five to 18 degrees warmer now. That is the temperature change compared to 24 hours ago. So that is a sign of is what happenin
I would like to very much agree with an with the gentle lady said the first speaker about the need for the i supervisors to get out into the fields so to speak. Where the Public Housing problems are growing. Where there is a lot of fear about people losing their Public Housing and on top of that fear of losing their Public Housing theres also the additional stress if they lose the Public Housing theyre basically not going to being able to afford finding another place to live in San Francisco. Were losing so many of our wonderful vibrant folks across the many spectrums their gay or separate and blaerd and old and young weve not addressed the problems with the Public Housing such things as the accelerator working and the folks who live on the top floor many are elderly they cant get in and out of their apartments on a regular basis to make considers appointments and foods and see friends. If you were to step out of this chamber on occasion and Holding Hearings in the aid tomorrows in tho
This measure if we pass it today will be the strongly e cigarette legislation on any city in the united states. I wanted to thank the Youth Institute tobacco reduce like malaysia centers and the commissioners and many others from the b y d c and the grassroots for helping to educate me. Last december i introduced this legislation to strike it in San Francisco it will amended the Current Health care and prohibit the Electronic Cigarettes where smoking is prohibited. Im going to do a demonstration so i can see the simulation like at about Electronic Devices side when you inhale it a little light goes on and it emits a substance that has nicotine and other harm fill toxins in the room. Its important i had a banana flafrd one but other flavors from bubble gum and gummy bears and other flavors are not targeted at elders their targeted at the teens and youth. Different billboards that are in our coalition have put up over the year the e cigarettes are being sold in American People wild west
And it sounds good by why dont you come out to the community and talk to the folks that live there are theres the ones that are going through the trauma. And i was at a funeral today we were burying two to three people a week from the toxins in the air. The tenants can tell you you much better. Thank you very much just does not let this continue its madness any other members of the public wish to speak on this public item. Yes. Im laurie live in Public Housing in the tenderloin. I know recently were going through bad things about phase 1, 2, 3 and western edition about the rosa parks. We know that in this city our Public Housing is not being managed for all people correctly. I think the people in bayview Hunters Point out there really know theyre kind of like the last mohegans but were the test examples of Public Housing in district 6, you know, as we live in section 8 we dont get the rights of section 8 theyre putting us and taking the money and putting us in the smallest darn room th
Supervisor avalos supervisor avalos. Thank you president chiu i wanted to say thank you to supervisor kim and supervisor yee for bringing those issues forward. The board of supervisors and the Transportation Authority have really taken leadership on a Current Crisis were having. Its clear we can pass resolutions but the effort weve made and the hearings weve have brought u brought the agencies together. This leadership weve taken at the board is significant and we have to stay on our departments to make sure were moving forward with clear plans around our 3 es here so i look forward to working with you colleagues weve created a special committee on the Transportation Authority that will be meeting especially on our 24 project in 24 months that will enable us to make a difference rapid in the city for the bicyclists. Supervisor wiener thank you, mr. President. Im excel supportive of this i want to thank the authors. I know that the education and enforcement pieces will fall into place a