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These unprecedented times. We respectfully ask the public to have patience in delays and gaps during the meeting particularly during Public Comment. Madam secretary, would you please call the roll . thank you commissioner. Please say present when i call your name. roll call and please note that executive director is present. We have a quorum. thank you. Commissioners the next item is item three, communications that wed like to provide further instructions for the Public Comment process. Callers can dial into the toll free number and wait for members to be announced. Three minutes to provide comment on each item. During each Public Comment period callers will be instructed to call 18774153612. You will hear a notification when your line is unmuted. It is best to call from a quawet location and turn your television or radio down. Are there any communications from the Commission Members . okay. Hearing none. Next agenda item four approving minutes from wednesday june 3 Commission Meeting.
Not. Reporter they put out surveys, they had town Hall Meetings and in the end, they found that people were very divided when it came to reopening schools and i think districts have always wanted someone highup to help them with that decision. School districts in the bay area had every intention ofn the fal covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning, some parents came out to support inperson learning. There are chern who have not schooled since march 16th and 17th who need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe that it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open, he means open in full, kids being able to attend, each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore, continuing with the Distance Learning model ha
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Sweet week for the market, up nicely, but if you look a little bit farther back, were actually right where we ended up in may. We went nowhere in june. What would move the market up or down Going Forward . Yeah, thats right. The market had a great week. The s p 500 finished up 4 . Only up 2 from a month ago, its gone nowhere. Theres been this push and pull between good news, we had a lot this week, both the payrolls numbers close to 5 million new jobs added, better manufacturing surveys, and that caused investors to overlook a lot of the bad coronavirus news. But thats just making back what we lost last week when the coronavirus news was the focus of the market, and were really going nowhere right now. Jack so what could change that . Youre looking ahead to earnings, i assume. Yeah. Thats going to be the big one. The earnings reports are coming. Were going to get banks in a couple weeks. Were also getting a few trickling out. Theres companies that have these weird reporting schedules.