Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
Will have more on the San Francisco fire in a moment. I am frank mallicoat. Good morning i am allie rasmus but we have rosemary wrestle with us to give us a check on our weekend weather. It is going to be one for most of us this weekend. So becky has a notable warmup. We are waking up with mostly sunny skies, just a little bit a patchy fog along the coastline. Temperature will take a notable jump today. Getting alive look over areas of the golden gate bridge. If you look to the flag on the right side the wins are, and light. We are looking at temperatures well into the 70s, even mid 80s expected for inland cities today. The warming trend continues on sunday when are in land cities get very close to 90 degrees. It looks like memorial day monday will be even hotter than that. Temperatures are expected to peak in the mid to upper 90s before this warming trend is over. Details what you can expect r e up with just a bit but with the in San Francisco. The Early Morning fouralarm fire not too
Had several friends at lost family members to coronavirus, you dont think its real until it hits home. Its real. This mariachi band is still performing but only half people feel comfortable going out. There are two Cinco De Mayo parties at the Senior Centers but they require social distancing. We dont want to create more problems than there are already. We will stay back and perform that way. Luckily, music carries. San jose police chief said expect to see officers out tonight but know that their number one priority is public safety, not enforcing the health order. We are reporting in the south bay. Thanks marie. The governor said there is promising news on the corona virus outbreak. He said the number of new cases is Holding Steady despite an increase in testing. 1270 five new cases identified in the last 24 hours. In the past three days nearly 100,000 people tested statewide. 63,000 people yesterday thats up from 39 the day before. The governor held a briefing in a Small Business in
Punch. Both by the economy and health. The recent study found more than 3000 people tested in the mission last month, 2. 1 came back positive for covid19. By comparison a similar test in the other community turned up zero positive test. 90 of those testing positive were unable to work from home. They were almost all latinos. The virus exploits creek assisting vulnerabilities in our society. Hopefully with this data we can respond and start putting resources to work. It saddens me to hear that we are the highest population affected by the virus. And worse, what really bothers me is that people who have the virus, dont even know about it and they are living in a Housing Condition that they are living in. This man agreed to be tested and he was glad he did, the results are negative. My kids are concerned about me so for them i oh it to them as well as myself to know i am not infecting anybody else. Residents say that many live in overcrowded conditions and worry if they will still have jo