This is abc7 news. [ chanting this is what democracy looks like] many of them ready to vote for the very first time and want to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Count them down, only two days left before the election, and the final push is on to get out the vote across the bay area. Youth voter turnout could be pivotal on tuesday. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live at San Francisco city hall where young people took to the streets today to make sure their voices are heard. Cornell . Reporter yeah, dion, they really did take to the streets of San Francisco. Many of them are firsttime voters, and they say that they know that they have the ability to make a change on tuesday. [ chanting ] reporter election day closing in fast, young voters are feeling empowered. This event called march for our future made its way through San Francisco sponsored by youth advocates for change. We are two days fro
Swh she was first appointed on the december circuit she may not have been a household name, but for those of us who were law students at the time it was a significant appointment. Reporter miller has met ginsberg. She was riveting. Reporter and calls her a role model. She was a leading attorney at a time when there werent that many women attorneys. That established the whole panoply of womens rights and gender equality. Reporter uc professor david levine spent a week in italy with ginsberg teaching law students. The problem was she didnt like seat belts so im driving these narrow two lane italian reads that im not familiar with and thinking, oh, the fate of the country is in my hands. Reporter they survive the drive of course and ginsberg went onto effect nation shaping decisions on the Supreme Court. In terms of moving civil rights in the 20th century its Thurgood Marshal for africanamericans. Its Ruth Bader Ginsberg for women. All right, lisa, wow, big friday night news. Looking at s
More progress bay area leaders headline in the l. A. Times. Try to fast track new help for west coast cities leading the the victims of recent fires. World in the worst air quality. Details on that plus todays San Francisco is number three. Visit to the fire zone by portland taking the top spot. Senator Kamala Harris. And all new for you that morning that smoke is not just and cover up or pay up. Bad for your lungs but may be berkeley considering fines for covid rule breakers. A look at who the rules are meant to target the most as the bad for the pinot. Third hour of today in the bay continues right now. Wine growers in the middle of the harvest. Bob . Reporter marcus, the threat thats right, were here for you of socalled smoke taint on the starting at 4 30 in the morning. Grapes here behind me is a real 6 00 right now. Thanks so much for joining us. Im laura garcia. Concern for wine makers in napa and im marcus washington. Mike is keeping his eye on the and sonoma and livermore. Comm
Gatheringpeople doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have that happen. Lets not gather for things that could otherwise be delayed or be done on zoom or in other virtual ways. With regard to specific out breaks, i cant comment on drawing conclusions from the gathering at dolores park except to say thats behavior that were very concerned about it. Our message continue continues o not gather unless absolutely essential. Do not gather out side your immediate household. If you do, wear those face masks and use good hygiene and socially distance when possible. Look, when i walk or drive around the city, we know this is still not happening to the degree it needs to be. We need to hit that 80 mark. Lets go for 90 or one hundred. We need to crush this curve. Thank you. The next set of questions are from the associated press. How have the states problems with cal ready effected San Francisco effective reproductive rate. Its based on the number of hospitalizations.
You may address the board once per agenda item for two minutes. Item number 1, call to order. [roll call] president tsen here. Director dunlop here. Vice president lai here. Director richardson here. We do have a quorum. President tsen excellent. Before we begin, hello, directors and members of the public. Thank you so much for joining us today. I am sorry that we still to conduct our meetings by teleconferencing. And i ask that everybody be patient as there is a lag time sometimes to hear the Public Comment. But our able secretary kate austin will guide us through the process. I would like to start the meeting with a quote, whose life and words inspired so many of us. He wrote a letter which was published and i quote from that letter. He says, ordinary people with extraordinary visions can redeem the soul of america by getting into what i call good trouble, necessary trouble, building and participating in the democratic process are key. Democracy is not a state. It is not an act. Each