Supplies, and work orders of other city services, such as department of Human Resources, Controllers Office services, and rent. We have six f. T. E. S with the Directors Office vacant since march of this year, and we have an open grant funded position that youre not seeing in this chart, just vacated last week that were working on filling quickly. We, like all City Departments were instructed to propose a 10 reduction. We proposed initial reductions amounting to 959,000 annually, and this was an across the board proposed reduction of almost 12 to our communitybased grant fees. Realizing the impact of these grant fees to the vulnerable populations and the populations these serve, the Mayors Office asked us to submit some lower alternative reduction scenarios. The Mayors Service accepted our approximately 7 reduction, which would come from the departments genderbased balance intervention program. Understanding that all of our grantees work serves vulnerable and underserved communities, t
Suspicious fire at a Berkeley Church last week. Police believe the person in the surveillance video, set a plastic trash been on fire outside Way Christian Center early wednesday. It happened hours after the church put out a black lives matter sign. Church members are calling on police to investigate it as a hate crime. Also right now, on the news at 7. Just in the past two hours, will i hope police have released this video. Highly criticized, Deadly Police shooting. We want to warn you, the video is graphic. Willie mcquay was asleep in the car when it happened in the taco bell drivethrough in february last year. The video was slow down to show down to see where mccoys hands moved before the open fire. Policeatear in hilap, officers unloaded dozens of rounds into his window. According to a newly released Police Department memo, in march the new chief try to fire one of the officers involved. The 20yearolds rappers fire family said that the police did react too quickly and it has drawn
Saying if the infection rate in new york state remained low and statewide give or take, it is low, hovering around the 1 mark the schools could open. Governor cuomo previously said if it stayed below 5 they could open if it were to spike up to 9 they would then close down so this is in line with that, what the governor is saying today. The most important part of all of this is what the local jurisdictions decide to do, and the way it played out in new york is that the local superintendents of School Districts around the state submitted their plan by last friday. Now, some didnt get a plan in at all but most did, and most of those superintendents submitted a plan that had some blended approach, meaning that even if School Districts be open to in person learning, students would not be going backtoschool five days a week, in some districts they would, but in most they would not. It be one or two or three days a week, some rotating system that allows the schools to have a smaller presence
It highlights the urgency with which supplies are needed to protect essential workers on the front lines treating those who have fallen victim. The governor said that higher numbers show that Health Care Workers are churning through supplies on hand. But when youre burning through 46 Million Masks monthly. Even having 100 million of the n95 masks and inventory you can go through those pretty quickly. Reporter going big is the name of the game. He announced the state is extending an agreement with a chinabased manufacturer to purchase 120 million n95 masks. In 300 million surgical masks. A big number for a big order which Governor Newsom says is far from over. We really get the price down significantly. We are in a different environment. And we will demand more competitive pricing. Not only in this environment going forward. Reporter is the name of the manufacturer sounds familiar be whitey. Thats because the governor inked a deal to pay the company 1 billion for masks. The federal gove
Coronavirus relief negotiations. Well also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. As the United States approaches 5 million confirmed covid19 cases, White House Coronavirus response coordinator dr. Deborah birx says that we have now entered a new phase of the pandemic. Good morning, its monday, august 3, 2020. We will start the program talking about that new phase. We will hear comments from dr. Birx on the state of the Union Yesterday and we will look at other headlines as well. Thes how to be a part of conversation. For those of you in the eastern and central time. 202 7488000 mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Send us a text if you like, 202 7488003. Make sure you tell us your name and where you are texting from. Your tweets are welcome as well, cspanwj, and we will look for your posts on facebook. One view from abroad, bdc and the reporting on her comments yesterday, headline from the new phase oftering coronavirus out