Lets get started. Good afternoon and welcome to the march 21st, 2020 special meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. Thank you, mr. President. Supervisor fewer. Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our
Costs as a result of the economic downturn. 600,000 of the tax collectors to administer individual loans for Small Businesses impactedded by sarscov2. Members of the public who wish to speak should be dialing to be added to the speakers list. You might recall we continued this item from last weeks meeting. Today we have with us supervisor ronen. Would you like to make some comments . We also heard the report last week, too. Supervisor ronen . I want to thank you for the question you posed last week. My intention with this ordinance is to get assistance to Small Businesses who are suffering enormous losses at this moment and do it quickly. Sorry. Let me shut the window. Sorry. Hard to work from home. Basically, what has happened between then and now is i have been working with the Mayors Office and with the director of the office of economic and Work Force Development, and with the enormous leadership of my chief of staff, and we have reached an agreement that will make this legislation
Now at 11 00 p. M. A struggling Bay Area Hospital kept open to treat coronavirus patients. But tonight, concerns it is not equipped for battle. Workers are tired of the excuses. If we get sick, who takes care of the patient . Millions of californias urged to wear protective masks. Coyotes are common in the parks but a rare attack as a coyote malls a little girl. The latest on the girls condition. New tonight at 11 00 p. M. , bay area medical workers in need of supplies. Good evening. A hospital on the verge of shutting its doors stayed open to treat coronavirus patients but workers say they are not prepared for what is to come. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on why some are describing the situation as a potential disaster. Reporter the Medical Center was on the verge of being shut down but now the state is leasing the hospital to treat covid19 patients but there is one problem, not enough protective equipment. We are very, very upset and apwe need the supplies. Reporter she said covid19 patients
And some good news on the job front, the bear businesses hiring right now. There are a number of growing companies in this area that have seen substantial spikes. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00, the possibility of an even longer shelter in place. Good evening, im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. The likelihood that this may 3rd date will be extended is possible. At the state level tonight, the governor predicted a sue in hoitalations peaking weeks after may 3rd. Dr. Mark gally, the health and Human Services secretary said today without any action or mitigation, the need for hospital beds would surge to at least 700,000 beds, represented by the dotted blue line spiking upwards on this chart. The purple line is what he is hoping for. It represents the effort to bend the curve, using social distances to limit the spread of the virus, buying time for hospitals. I want to point out that even in this scenario, which is not the bestcase scenario, this is if we do what we are doing to
Welcome to the april 6, 2020 meeting of the rules committee. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. Im joined on this Video Conference with rules Committee Vice chair supervisor katherine stefani. Our clerk today is victor young and id like to thank sfgovtv for staffing this meeting. Do you have any announcements . Yes. Due to the covid19 healthy emergency and to protect board members, City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors litingive chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotedly as in the same extent as if they were physically comment. Physically present. We are streaming numbers across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Commentses or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone, by calling 8882045984. Access code 3501008 and then press pound and dial one again. Press 0 and 1 to be added to the queue. You will be lined up in the system i