From san jose. Those impacted by the coronavirus crisis. Some people are them h ty le recenauthod by the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley they found that more than 43,000 families countywide will be at risk of homelessness if current protections arent extended. Sandy perry of the Affordable Housing says more needs to be done related to rent forgiveness. With the pandemic and the layoffs related to the pandemic, people are absolutely destitute. They have no way to pay the back rent. Now, Property Owners are alsd too, n to be p of the conversation. Some have gone months without receiving payment from their tenants and are now at risk of foreclosure themselves. The board of supervisors will meet today and may vote on this issue. Reporting live from san jose, lauren martinez, abc7 news. This morning we are hearing from a single mom who is homeless just six months after she gave birth to twins. This is a rosanna and her twins elijah and elias. She was the property manager at the mobile Home
The weeks before school starts, a lot of people are talking about when school opens this fall, school is going to open in the next two to three weeks, august 5th, august 6th, so good morning, how are you all . So much happens, two months since we passed the heroes act, as we observe that, calling upon the president to activate the defense production act so we can get the equipment we need. The president has made so many bad executive decisions, we wish he would make a good executive decision and do that. Observing his behavior, i have concluded that he is like a man who refuses to ask for directions. All of the answers are there. The scientists have the answers. He know that testing, tracing, treating, distancing, masking, sanitation, can stop the spread of this virus and yet the president continues to go down the wrong path and refuses to ask for directions from scientists who know better than any of us. So again, we observed two months in that period of time, 2 million more people, 2
We are live on capitol hill waiting for a house markup to get underway. The Appropriations Committee is working on 2021 spending for state Department Foreign operations, agriculture and military construction. This is live coverage on cspan2. Please be seated. We are ready to begin. My friends, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. I call the meeting of the Appropriations Committee to order. I would first like to welcome all members to the first full Committee Markup of fiscal year 2021. This will be a markup season unlike any other. Not only are we going to complete our work in record time, but we will be joined by a handful of our colleagues who were unable to be here due to the pandemic. Before we begin i have a number of housekeeping announcements. First, we should all be mindful of our health, and take appropriate actions. Following doctor monahans guidance, everyone, everyone must wear a mask and provide social distancing. Also, this information was previously conveyed to your s
To do here. I have always been reluctant to say this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. The world is experiencing today and what the american and as is americas face is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad news is that its entirely possible that it will happen again. I say this of course because the experts tell us that this virus that made the leap from one species to another can very easily happen again and if there are 2000 of these viruses out there you have no idea what they can do when they get into a human being. Thats what experts and scientists tell us have identified within their branch about 2000 different viruses. Having said that we need to look forward and i want to stress what im trying to do with this and what about all of us are trying to do, to look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on and a lot of hyperbowl going on and a lot of blame a
Nuisance. At last count, the project had secured 15,700 rooms and the state had filled 9400 of them with mostly homeless that tested positive for coronavirus. Fema paid 75 of the cost and the latest buzz in sacramento showed the state by the Hilton Hotels and converts them into housing. Their win for the live update out of pittsburgh. Will bring it to you once it begins. We are monitoring a protest to demand taxes on the rich in california instead of cuts to programs and jobs. Educators and Union Leaders and seniors and environmentalists held a car caravan around city hall this morning to call on state leaders to avoid balancing the budget by widening community inequities through cuts only. They want more taxes on billionaires and corporations. It is their time to give back. Workers shouldnt have to give up their raises or their healthcare or whatever little they have in order to balance this budget. 54. 3 billion deficit by temporarily raising taxes on businesses and delaying payments