Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. I guess this is unusual, but ill say it. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in reciting 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. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that sfgtv record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , issue have one. Due to the covid19 and to protect City Employees, Board Members and members of the public, the board legislative chamber is closed for the march 24th, 2020 Board Meeting upon action made bit board of supervisors to conduct their meetings Via Video Conference call remotely. This precaution is taken on the authority conferred b by the governors order. The members will attend meetings through the Vi
Im hillary supervisor. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is vice chair supervisor Catherine Stefani and mr. Kirk. Mr. Clerk, do you have announcements . Clerk yes. Due to covid19, City Employees and public, the board of the supervisors room is lossed however, Committee Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution on the authority conferred by governor newsom. Sorry. Im ruled into rules but have no audio. Im not sure that i should hold up the meeting, because im not sure if there are amendments that require me. Is there a way to let people know . Continuing with my statement, the precaution taken on authority conferred by governor gavin newsom, and all proceeding and preceding local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will be atening the meeting through Video Conference and participating in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. Public comment will be available on this agenda, both channel 26 an
I am joined by a member of the board of supervisors, supervisor aaron peskin as well as doctor grant coa colfax, police chief t and fire chief nicholson as well as other officials. We are definitely practicing social distancing by having at least six feet apart from one another in this location, but also this Virtual Press conference is an opportunity to demonstrate the kind of behavior we want to see happening all over the city. We want to thank members of the press for their patience and for accommodating the change in order to help protect and keep them safe as well. We also want to thank members of the public because we know for the most part so many in San Francisco have really stepped up and really focused on social distancing and also helping to support and educate neighbors and other people as to what is most appropriate to do during this time. I know that we often times refer to social distancing as saving lives. I want to be clear that it will save lives. If we continue to pr
Russian tax fraud. Europes top table. Eu parliament votes to confirm new commission has today. We will be live from strassburg all morning and we will be speaking with the Incoming Commission president , ursula van der leyen. Lets look at those futures. We have quite a positive picture coming through in the futures right now. European markets expected to go in little bit higher at the start of trade. Fresh alltimed highs on the s p 500, the dow jones, and the nasdaq in yesterdays session. It is easy to see why stockmarkets are going to head upwards from here. These are the futures as per europe. Lets show you what the u. S. Story is. We have had these lines from President Trump saying a trade deal is in its final throes. We continue to see upside for u. S. Stocks but not perhaps by as much as the european futures are suggesting. You see quite a broad picture of green coming through on the equity page here. We have money going into equities and sovereign bonds. It seems this rising tide
Down we are usually very heavy rain and theres no more have you know today and march is letting it out on those that the foot. Of government i think thats going to be key to see how many people are going to turn out there today and im going what kind of numbers the momentum has really been sustained in tripoli has value and even in beirut to be honest that night people will still gather in the square and they will debate about how this country is that is to reach a move forward where were now politically were still in a political crisis funny were all waiting to hear from when the president is going to announce whats called binding consultations to make a complicated story a little bit more simple who is going to be the next Prime Minister they need to agree on that and that they need to form a government while the people agree the message here is that they dont want the president nor the foreign minister to go but the other camp wants everyone to go so nothing has been resolved yet at