Contract that has no Harm Reduction efforts . The community is paying attention and we know that you have yet to take a stand against police brutality. Its your chance to stand up for the people and to take a stand against police brutality. It was renegotiated behind closed doors and subverting the power of the public to weigh in on our most vulnerable. Cities are Holding Police fraternities accountable. And in chicago, they are asking for 40 disciplinary reforms and had all negotiations in public. Philadelphia even passed a law to prohibit talks with their Police Fraternity until the Community Demands are incorporated into the negotiations it is your responsibility to prevent it from operating in the shadow. Mayor breeds threat to layoff workers if this is not pass side unimaginable. A shortage of funds in the sfpd workers would lead to workers being laid off. I want to remind that you these negotiations arent just about money. Theyre about lives lost on San Franciscos streets, about
And then you have other counties, as well. San mateo in orange, and you have Alameda County in the da darker blue. But theyre still on the upper trajectory in all the counties. But i want to point to the last couple of days. Lets take santa clara. Lets go to the purple one in santa clara. They havent reported the numbers yet for today, so it looks flat there, but even if you look at the past few days, it looks like the climb is a little less steep, at least thats what im hoping thats suggesting and im hoping it suggests our growth is a little flatter in some of the counties. Of course, we need more data, somebody that can make sense of the data. Joining us today is dr. George rutherford. He is at ucsf as head of disease and global epidemiology. Welcome, dr. Rutherford. Thank you very much. Really glad stof you. Ive been trying to get you on for a couple of weeks. You worked with the cdc, helped San Francisco set up an Hiv Aids Program in the 80s. Youve been the States Health officer an
Agencies as well. This is our first hearing on the president s fiscal year 2021 budget request. However, i want to start with a matter of urgency. The coronavirus, covert 19, cases are growing as is alarm, this is both domestically and internationally. The u. S. Government has responded to the covert 19 outbreak with aggressive measures, significant travel restrictions, mandatory 14day quarantine for individuals returning to the u. S. From province. Mr. Secretary, i support your declaration of a Public Health emergency, we are dealing with the likelihood of a global pandemic, interesting to note yesterday from the cdc that commented that with regard to the United States its not a question of if but a question of when we will face the issue seriously here. That said, i have serious concerns about the administrations responsiveness with respect to funding, i understand senators of both parties expressed a similar concern to you at their hearing yesterday. I have repeatedly asked for info
Come to order. I just want all members to know that our Witnesses Today have to leave at 5 00 p. M. The questions for the first panel on the hhs budget with secretary, and, welcome, mr. Secretary, will be limited to four minutes. The second panel on the minutesl case, but only 10 members will be able to ask questions during that round. I will have to be strict with the gavel, since the witnesses have a tight timeframe. I know that you will all cooperate with that. Let us begin. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We are glad that you are here. We have a lot to take up. Every bit of it is, obviously, serious. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me begin with mr. Secretary. I think that the confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of coordination to the Coronavirus Response is on full display. We all know that. Markets are reacting, i think, at least in some parts, to the lack o
Warmer than yesterday. In fact, by noon time we will be close to 90 degrees inland, upper 70s around the bay. By 4 00, it is a warm one out there with low to mid 90s inland, with low 80s around the bay. More dramatic changes for the week ahead. I will have it all for you in a few minutes. Chris. Thank you. New overnight, one person is in the hospital after a big rig crashed and then rolled on to its side on highway 101 in San Francisco. It happened just before 12 30 this morning in the southbound lanes near zucker berhe San Francisco General Hospital and vermont street known as hospital curve. The crash closed three of the four lanes. Theyve since reopened. It is unclear what caused the truck to crash. Happening now, Tropical Storm barry is closing in this morning. Here is a live look at louisiana where the storm is bringing in 65mileperhour winds. Barry is expected to make landfall as a category one hurricane. The most dangerous threat is the chance of extremely heavy rainfall which w