Alone will not be enough. We have to complement those efforts with a thirdparty investigation appointed by the board of supervisors, tasked with effecting change. We will continue to provide direction where the focus of this special investigator will be and better defining this scope of work, but this is the next step in terms of actually moving forward. The motion allows us to move forward with the process of procurement, and i ask for everybodys support. President yee okay. Seeing no other name on the roster, can we take this same house, same call . Without objection, motion passes. [gavel]. President yee next item. Clerk item 16 is an ordinance to amend the health code to require the medical examiner to report the information to the mayor and board of supervisors once every four months of deaths arising from Drug Overdoses. President yee supervisor haney . Supervisor haney thank you, president yee. I want to thank the cosponsors of this, supervisors walton, fewer, ronen, and mar. As
Earlier today. Several large corporations have already taken steps to follow public guidelines, and this is helpful, but we know its not an option for many Small Businesses, most of whom survive month to month like many residents. A shutdown lasting weeks or even a slow down could mean the end of them or for them. In San Francisco, there are thousands of these Small Businesses employing hundreds of thousands of workers. Small businesses are the life blood of our neighborhoods and our communities, and we simply cant let them go under, so im working with the City Attorney and the Treasurers Office to create a Small Business rent stabilization loan to issue no interest loans to businesses who are unable to meet rent, mortgage, or other fixed operating costs. I plan to introduce this next week. As the covid19 crisis evolves, we want to send a message loud and clear. If you are following the Citys Department of Public Healths recommendations, which you all should do, weve got your back. San
Im heather holmes. Im andre senior in for alex savidge. The centers for Disease Control report more than 15,000 u. S. Cases of the coronavirus. A sharp jump from yesterday when they were just over 10,000. And numbers compiled by Johns Hopkins university are higher at over 18,000 infections. The number of deaths sup from 150 yesterday to 201 today. New york and ilnonotice have joined california issuing stayathome orders for residents. Health Officials Say there are 1,06 confirmed cases inical will, up from 675 yesterday. 19 people died. And we are getting word of at least three more deaths in the bay area too. In santa clara and one in contra costa county. In clair, the two people who died were both men, one in his 70s, the other in his 80s. This death underscores the urgent need for all contra costa residents to follow the stocks down 4 as we see more sprefd the widespread stayathome order, maintain economic toll on the social distancing, and also the state order just issued by coronav
Resource center, and this Resource Center would be more those new parents who have gotten that diagnosis, and we want to be this one centralized place that allows parents to breathe for a second. I would love to empower from the bottom up, from the kid level, and from the top down, from the teacher level. So many things that i would love to do that are all about changing peoples minds about certain chunts, like the Transgender Community or the autistic community. I would like my daughter to know theres no wrong way to go through life. Everybody experiences pain and grief and sadness, and that all of those things are temporary. President yee good afternoon and welcome to the march 10, 2020 meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. [roll call] clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina a
Election campaign on al jazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i have a question as coronavirus challenges society and spreads across america whats the domino effect of keeping millions of students at home lets get to the bottom line. Across the u. S. So far about 5000 cases of coronavirus have been recorded and restrictions are going into effect one of the biggest decisions has been shutting down schools from coast to coast people are more than happy to do what it takes to protect themselves and their families but no one knows how the School Shutdown will affect this generation of students and their parents what happens if the School Closures go beyond a few weeks does the entire term get written off what happens if it least one parent cant stay at home with the kids what happens to folks who depend on the free lunches and the breakfasts offered by the Public Schools and with all the talk about Distance Learning is america competent at scale to pull off such a feat so many questions today a