Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
Get tested to feel better about gathering with family and friends this holiday. Kris sanchez is joining us now with what Health Experts are saying about that testing strategy that a lot of people are doing right now, kris. Reporter you know, a lot of folks seem like maybe this is a little workaround here, but every single bit of information coming out seems to point in the other direction. Were here in campbell where there is one of 17 covid testing sites for santa clara county, but it is really hard to get an appointment here in this county or around the bay area because so many people are clamoring to get those tests. There are people who arent feeling well who want to get tested, people who think they might have been exposed and now there are people who are trying to get tested so that they can maybe feel a little bit better about gathering with friends and family over the holidays. Health experts say that could offer a false sense of security. Rapid tests have a high rate of false
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