The curve. Good afternoon reporter california secretary of health and Human Services doctor galley confirmed the state is in the midst of a coronavirus surge, saying he is telling it the californians the way he would tell any patient. As i said, my patients, often when im worried i will tell you, she penry with me and we are there. Reporter infection, hospitalization and icu rates, all up sharply over the course of the last two weeks. Here, since the beginning of november in the same oneweek period it has been a 47. 1 increase. This is almost a 20 faster rate of rise in the fastest rate of rise we have seen in california. Reporter with thanksgiving less than two weeks away and families considering gathering, dr. Galley also announced a travel advisory, urging people to not travel and if they must come asking them to quarantine for at least a full two weeks, in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. Travel, having others travel to your home could potentially cost increased transmi
Regular meeting of the Public Safety services committee. Im rafael mandleman, the chair of this committee, and im joined by our vice chair and supervisor, our clerk is john carroll. As usual, id like to thank the folks at sfgov tv for staffing the meeting and i. T. In lending their support. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I do. Thank you very much, mr. Chair. In order to protect the public, board member and City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee will close v. This was pursuant to declarations and directives. Community members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically presentment Public Comment will be available for each item on this agenda. There a Public Comment callin number across your screenful your opportunity to speak and speak during Public Comment speder available via phone by calling 4156550001. Once youre connected and prompted, enter the meeting i. D. Of 146
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Good morning, everybody. The maoe willing come to order. Welcome to the october 8, 2020 regular meeting of the Public Safety services committee. Im rafael mandleman, the chair of this committee, and im joined by our vice chair and supervisor, our clerk is john carroll. As usual, id like to thank the folks at sfgov tv for staffing the meeting and i. T. In lending their support. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I do. Thank you very much, mr. Chair. In order to protect the public, board member and City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee will close v. This was pursuant to declarations and directives. Community members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically presentment Public Comment will be available for each item on this agenda. There a Public Comment callin number across your screenful your opportunity to speak and speak during Public Comment speder available via phone
They finally discussed how that waiver works and what it means for the bay area. State superintendent tony thurman. So good to have you with us again. Thank you, kristen. Thanks for having me on. Our timing could not be better because, you know, the state just issued the guidelines for that waiver process last night. Literally, we are all just diving into the details now. And before we get into which schools should or should not apply for a waiver based on that, whats the idea behind the waiver . Why give an exception to Elementary Schools . The department of Public Health put out this guidance and the notion is you could create small centers of students on campus and that really provides for support for parents that have to go to work and students do better with inperson instruction. Our schools struggle with space demand, so its hard to maintain physical distance but if you can accommodate safely that you can some students on campus in small numbers, that does create an important opt