Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. Supervisor safai supervisor safai is present. Clerk thank you, supervisor safai. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Board Meeting, members will participate online as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. First, you are welcome to submit via email at board. Of. Supervisors sfgov. If you do not have internet or youd like to listen on the go, you can listen to the meeting on your cell phone. The telephone number is 8882045984. When prompted, enter the access code 3501008, press pou
Or regular benefits while theyre on active duty status. These same members of the militaries could be get the benefits for 9 11 response and conflict in iraq or related extraordinary circumstances. However, because covid19 response is not explicitly spelled out in the annual salary ordinance, they have been called into active duty and are being shortchanged. So today im introducing an ordinance to amend the salary ordinance to allow these individuals to receive the difference between the amount of the individuals gross military pay and the amount of gross pay that the individual would have received as a city officer or employee. Had that officer or employee worked his or her normal schedule, benefits and retirement credit. I believe that everyone is fighting the covid19 pandemic wherever they are is fighting to save us all. If any community in this country is exposed, we are all exposed. Those who have been called into active duty for covid19 relief should receive the same benefits as
One Santa Clarita county supervisor is saying the Coroners Office at this point release covid19 information soon enough. Do i go back to work to try to make money and risk getting sick or do i stay home and go broke . The heated debate and the latest projections from medical experts. And a bay area Seafood Company stays afloat, tonight the owner describes his struggles and has advice. Now at 11 00 p. M. And streaming on www. Kpix. Com, the discovery about the time line of the coronavirus is raising questions in Santa Clarita county. Good evening. I am ken bastida. I am elizabeth cook. The first coronavirus deaths were in february. The earliest reported in the county and that is not all. Kpix 5s Katie Nielson reports, one county official says the coroner should have spoken up sooner. Reporter he says it the supervisors would have known it could could have changed the way the county responded to the pandemic. Santa clarita county supervisor says the medical Examiners Office knew the numb
Notably russia, and surely it puts a crimp on the future of electric cars. Look at it this way. Why buy electric when a gallon of gas on average now costs 1. 81 and likely to fall much lower. In wisconsin, the average is all the way down to 1. 22. There are some places where its below 1. We will bring them to you. Its a big negative for the stock market. The dow industrials are going to open down 500 points. Thats roughly 2 . The s p down 1 . The nasdaq down 1. 93 . The oil crash really hurts stocks as well. Every energy stock is down. The airlines and the Car Companies, they cant cash in on cheap jet fuel and gas because people arent flying and theyre not driving. Where is the additional help for Small Business now that the first rescue package has run out of money . As of right now, it has not come through. Treasury secretary mnuchin negotiating with democrats over the weekend. Its supposed to be a better than 300 billion plan but its not here yet. Perhaps thats another reason for th
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl