Release program kron fours dan kerman joins us now live from San Francisco and dan as we understand it as many as 8,000 current inmates could be released by the end of august is that true. Thats right that is 1000 before the end of august now up to now weve seen about 10,000 inmates, according to state officials released this would be another 8,000 added to it and it would happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19 more than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths statewide so far the governor has announced plans to speed up the Early Release program and thin out the prison population. Under a new plan 8,000 debates could be eligible for release by the end of august with 4800 of those eligible before the end of this month and prison Officials Say no members of that group are violent or serious offenders are prisons are only supposed to hold 89,000 people. And they hold upwards of a 110,019 1000 people
News at 6. Now at 6 with the rapid spread of the deadly coronavirus and mounting pressure to protect california inmates from covid19 governor Gavin Newsome announces thousands of inmates could soon be freed from prison. Good evening. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron 4 news at 6 im Justine Waldman now with covid19 racing through the state prison system. Governor newsom is taking additional action to slow the virus is spread by thinning out the prison population through an Early Release program kron fours dan kerman is live for us now and dan as we understand it has many of these inmates almost a 1000 of them could be released by the end of august. Thats right 8,000 by the end of august so far the prison population has already been reduced by about 10,000 add another to that and thats going to happen in less than 2 months. Of the more than 2300 current state Prison Inmates that are positive with covid19. More than half are at san quentin with more than 30 inmate deaths state
Damaged because of this fire. Investigators are still determining where it broke out and how it broke out, several people are believed to be displaced tonight we still dont have those numbers and in terms of the amount of people but they will not be able to return to their homes. As firefighters are made on scene here if you take a look behind me. The firefighters had a number of ladders that were put up onto the roof areas of these apartment buildings that are really tightly knit together here on washington street. The flames were seen on top of the roof area also a lot of smoke that was seen by neighbors, but thankfully, no one was injured inside of these out in this again were still trying to learn how many people were there but a lot of people that saw the smoke say they were surprised and they were even more surprised once they saw the flames. Flames bursting up. It was quite spectacular and a tremendous outburst of black smoke. We have a smoke so from a distance or support a fire
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House considering Financial Relief for workers and businesses impacted by the virus. This is what the president said yesterday. We are going to be asking tomorrow, were seeing the senate, well be meeting with house republicans, mitch mcconnell, everybody, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial relief. Very substantial relief. Thats a big number. Were going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help, so that they can be in a position where theyre not going to miss a paycheck all right jim, we have a presser at 5 30, but right now dont expect specific proposals i think theyre mulling over some things. Theyll give direct support to workers, which is fabulous a lot of workers live hand to mouth. Theyre coming to work even though she shouldnt because theyre sick and this is a great holdover Small Business loans, they can expand that greatly. We have a lot of money coming into the treasury. They can waive the interest and penalties for people who file exte