Explaining a troubling trend as covid19 cases spiked to new levels how california is trying to maintain a balancing act of reopening the economy safely. Plus protesters pounding the pavement calling for change an antioch after controversial comments from the president. The police union there. Good evening, everybody im pam moore and im ken wayne thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8 oclock the oakland board of educators will vote tonight on whether or not the citys School District will eliminate its Police Department, a Virtual Meeting is being held right now kron fours gayle ong joins us live with whats been discussed so far gayle. Ken and pam i just listened and right before the show and it looks like theres some of both going on about amendments to the resolution were about to hear about and this package, but earlier in the meeting a lot of parents and teachers called in for Public Comment calling for the process to be sped up. This is a historic moment, letting go of the issue
Us year go ahead with your story. Can board of voted to dismantle its Police Department tonight, a long way for the group who initiated this resolution. Wednesday night a celebration moments after the Oakland Unified School District Voted to eliminate its Police Department this has been a i or humanity. A fight to value black and brown students just a black is when black organizing project the organization has been calling to remove police from oakland schools for the last decade, this is very historic for members and for the people of oat bran. And we are really hoping that we can set a or what. Remove Police Free Schools looks like throughout the country wednesday night board of educators approved the george floyd resolution calling to eliminate the districts Police Department in the wake of George Floyds death districts are looking to join the Police Free Schools Movement District proposed a resolution earlier this month. The resolution calls for redirecting money spent on police in
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[ applause ] thank you, thank you, everybody. You know how long these things going to last. Let me sit down. Thank you, yall. I attempted to make some comments about being lieutenant governor. But dont do it. All right, i wont make my. Thank you for your introduction and thank you mr. Speaker for welcoming me to your house and madame and members of legislatures and fellow californians and thank you once again for the privilege of this podium. Traditionally this is where governors stand before you and report with practice and grandiosity and the state of our state is getting strong and getting stronger. Yes, we still are americas comicom common attractions by any standards and by any recognizable metrics. The state of california is leading the country, inventing the future and inspiring the nation. We remain the fifth largest economy in the world, enjoying 118th consecutive month of net job growth. Some 3. 4 million jobs have been created since the Great Recession and four million busin
Thank you, everybody. Thank you. You know how long these things go. Why dont we sit down . Thank you. Thank you all. Im tempted to make some comments about being lt. Governor. But dont do it. All right, i wont make any, but thank you madam lt. Governor for your introduction and thank you, mr. Speaker for welcoming jen and me to your house and madam pro tem, members of the legislature, fellow californians, thank you once again for the privilege of this podium. Traditionally, this is where governors stand before you and report with practiced grand 0sty that the state of our state is strong and getting stronger. And largely, that is still true and yes, proudly, we still are americas coming attraction. By any standard and by nearly every recognizable metric, the state of california is not just thriving, but in many instances leading the country, inventing the future and inspiring the nation. We remain the fifth largest economy in the world and join 118 consecutive months of net job growth,