Chair ronen the meeting will come to order. Welcome to the december 7 meeting of the rules committee. I am hillary ronen, rules of the committee. With me are supervisors Catherine Stefani and supervisor victor mar. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. [inaudible] Clerk Committee members will attend the meeting Via Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Comments or opportunitied to speak during the Public Comment are available by phone by calling 4156550001. Again, thats 4156550001. The meeting i. D. Is 1460305414. Again, thats 1460305414. Press pound twice, and when you enter the meeting, you will be in listening mode only. When your item of interest is called, enter star, three to be entered into the queue. Alternatively, you may submit Public Comment by email to me, at
Passed another unfortunate milestone on the global scale as well the number of reported deaths from covid19 has surpassed 350,000 worldwide. And there are now more than 5. 6 million confirmed cases overall in the u. S. There are nearly 1. 7 million cases and in california there are now more than 100,000 cases and over 3800 people have died. Today governor Gavin Newsome told leaders in the gym and Fitness Industries that that new guidelines on reopening gyms and Fitness Centers in california will be coming soon. Those comments came during a round table he held via zoom. The governor did not give a specific timeline and said he is not even ready to have gyms reopen as soon as next week, but that the guidelines could be out by that. Now we hope to put out in the very very near future and i say very near future because i dont want to say next week but but with in a week or so we believe will be in a position make public the in your sector. This comes a day after the governor announced the
Who are standing in a driveway at an apartment complex. The shooter then ran from the scene, none of the victims injuries are considered life threatening. Well have updates for you throughout the morning as we get them. Another big story that were following for you this morning. The country is marking a grim milestone. Less than 4 months since the coronavirus pandemic began. According to Johns Hopkins university, the u. S. Surpassed 100,000 deaths currently there are more than 1 million cases in the u. S. Globally there are over 5 million cases, 355,000 deaths as a number of coronavirus cases continues to rise one Infectious Disease expert says the numbers are not getting the full picture doctor George Rutherford is an epidemiology professor at ucsf he says the number may not be complete. The bay area has more than 13,000 coronavirus cases and more than 400 deaths, some victims who died at home might never have been tested and then theres the cases that have not been counted. We know t
Signaling that it may need to do more to the boe, signaling that it may need to do more to combat lower growth. Bloombergs Francine Lacqua spoke to andrew bailey, the bank of england governor, following that policy decision. Gov. Bailey we are keeping options open on that. Im very clear on that. Other members of the committee thought it was a sensible decision to take in our next meeting, when we may have more information. Francine are we any closer to negative rates, or is that not an option right now . Gov. Bailey we are not ruling anything out because it would be unwise of us to rule anything out in terms of responses. I dont want to say we are nearer to negative rates, but we are not ruling anything out. Francine under what circumstances will we get negative rates . Gov. Bailey its a complicated question. You have to view it in the context of the times, also in the context of the financial structure we have, and what are the consequences of it. I just want to caution, we are nowher
Back into our community, and making sure that all of the businesses that have supported us over the years are here to support us in the future. Reporter time is of the essence, and the time is now. It is essentially critical, were talking about businesses that for many, work on a month tomonth misses. Reporter economic develop Alliance Just released a survey of 2000 east bay businesses, predominantly sole proprietorship. Overwhelmingly, they say this is the biggest challenge for now. To make the most critical piece of that is reestablishing the connection with customers, hitting orders going, and starting to get back into the flow of things. Reporter overdue rents, bills, hiring people paled by comparison, their Small Matters but any could end the business. Trying to get out of that hole is a daunting proposition for many. Reporter this is really about survival, we will see how it gets in the future, but nobody knows so far. No one knows how may businesses and Contra Costa County and e