Clerk okay, mr. President , you do have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee welcome, supervisor safai. Lets see. Where are we . On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record all of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. President yee go ahead. Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during covid19, members of the board of supervisors participate in the same extent as if they were in the chambers. The board of supervisors believe that all communities with or without the internet have the following available options to participate in this meeting. We will receive your correspondence and make it part of the legislative file. Address the mail to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, Sa
Oon, b the breezes will win out keeping us below average, 61 at the coast, 76 around the bay, 82 inland. And enjoy a comfortable evening mainly in the 50s and 60s. A look at the weekend coming up. The battle over whether california schools should physically reopen could be headed to court. Education just one of the things were focused here on abc 7. The governor decided that schools have to remain closed if the county has been on the states watch list for two consecutive weeks or more. Amy hollyfield is live with this new lawsuit who says it shouldnt be up to the state. Amy. Reporter yeah, they want to see it go through the courts. The lawsuit says that the governor is playing politics with this decision and that children belong in school. According to this lawsuit, the plaintiffs believe that this order to stay at home will disproportionately hurt children of low income families, students of color and students wheith disabilities but says that all children will suffer from Distance Le
Instead. H hs said they are trying to streamline Data Information which will be used to form policy at the federal level, but critics say its just another move to sideline the cdc and other Health Experts and potentially political size the findings. Here in california, officials are calling for new strategies to streamline covid testing, as many test sites are being overwhelmed. The new goal is to allow doctors to do some testing in their own offices, and pharmacists, too. Andre, there have also been problems such adam delayed test results. Yeah, julie, so they have created a Testing Task Force to face problem we have not seen since the airline days of the pandemic. The Alameda County fire chief told the board of supervisors tuesday that covid19 testing has hit a bump in the road. The one issue were running into is getting First Responders testing on a rapid basis. Many of the test sites by noontime are out of tests for the day. Across the bay in San Francisco, superintendent matt hane
Emergency crews want more Rapid Testing sites around the bay area. The latest on who gets tested and how fast the results should be ready. History, whether its beautiful or difficult, needs to be told. A statue serving as a history lesson. The 30foot tall black lives matter sculpture being created by a bay area artist, and where it will be when its completed. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Good morning, im pam cook. Just like that we are halfway through july. It is wednesday, july 15th. Checking in with steve because the first half of july was pretty hot. Second half is starting off much cooler. This week was quiet. We have the usual night and morning fog and highs near the seasonal averages. I dont see much change here, and going into the weekend as well, and maybe beyond that. Things can warm up rapidly this time of year. 50s on the temps, oakland 59. Highs yesterday, antioch was 90, livermore 87, fairfield 85, thats cool for them.
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