Good afternoon. Welcome to the december 1 meeting of the board of supervisors. This will be one of the three meetings in december. And the third to the last, i believe, that i will be on. So madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] supervisor safai, were you able to join us . Mr. President , you have a quorum. Supervisor yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciteling the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The Meeting Minutes will reflect that Board Members participated in this proceeding remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though p
Changed as is the case often thanks for joining us. On this monday night everybody im grant lotus yeah, its a sad fact, im Vicki Liviakis this a death toll in the u. S. Has doubled since just the end of may and the number is projected to climb even higher before the years and the top covid19 projection model is predicting nearly 380,000 coronavirus deaths here in the u. S. By january. If that happens were going to hit half the death toll of the 1918 pandemic. And the united is on the. Grant i believe youre next all right there is some growing confusion tonight over the cdcs latest guidelines on covid last week. The cdc updated its website to say it is possible that covid may be spread through droplets. An airborne particles that are formed to a person infected with the virus. Coughs sneezes sings talks or briefs teaser things that were widely known at least if you talk to medical experts the cdc said it last week but now the city says the cdc says that was a mistake to issue that guida
On the traffic now were taking a peek at the role around the bay area and we are looking good. I dont see any big trouble spots into San Francisco, the drive here across the upper deck right through downtown is smooth and at the limit so far so no big trouble spots all right, lets head over to 92 are checking in on the san mateo bridge traffic is moving well so far no big problems here, its just a little sluggish, but that does not mean its a bad commute its going to be off and on like this heading over to foster city and send the tail and then after that its a pretty good connection off to highway one oh one. All right were checking in on the Richmond Sandra fell bridge west 5. 80 leading up to the toll plaza. No delays and its a good trip across the span into the north bay. All right, well take a look at this a Mountain Lion was caught on camera following 2 children who are just riding their bikes you can see that big cat right there between the children at the top of your screen. Th
Really pleasant weather 70s and 80s for high temperatures for most of the day which well talk more about still ahead over to you robin. All right, thank you john traffic us improving heading into San Francisco looks a little bit better now compared to the last hour its starting to thin out. I cant guarantee that its going to stay this light and quiet, but its really not bad into San Francisco are averaging 12 minutes from the bottom of the maze to fremont street with no big trouble spot. So far so we are looking pretty good. All right were checking in on highway 4 because we had a crash in bay point we also have one on the concord side and traffic is still slow on west for backed up all the way through pittsburgh. So youre averaging 34 minutes for highway for western antioch to concord because of those 2 accidents when you make it over to 2 42 6. 80 both look good no problems for the nimitz and one oh one averaging 32 minutes from san jose to menlo park james. All right robin, thank yo
Keeping it clean and fresh for the bay area. It is because of that ocean breeze kicking in and that is why we are looking at temperatures a little cooler someboo inand an82day as 67n ano in san jose and 85 for concord. You can see the seasonal temperatures as we go through our day. We will talk about some changes by the end of the week and it will feel more like summer. Details on that are coming up lets see how it is getting busy on the altamonte. It is already. It was busier than usual even at last check of the roadways. A possible broken down vehicle right around airway. That might be adding to an already busy ride. I will keep a close eye on that. I am not sure if it is on the eastbound and westbound side but it is sluggish on tracy and mount house yawned north flynn. There is one advisory that might be adding to slower travel times. It is 35 minutes, 205 towards 680. Now along the 101 southbound area out of sausalito, it is a little slower as they work to now to campaign 2020, it