Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting. Your written correspondence on any item will be made a part of the official file. Address any mail to San Francisco city hall, 944 carlton e. Goodlett place, San Francisco, california, 94102. If using
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the august 18, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, can you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee all right. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart, and would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The minutes will reflect that during the covid19 pandemic, the members of the board participated remotely Via Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present in their meeting chamber. The city believes that it is essential all communities with and without internet have the ability to participate remotely in this meeting
Right now at 5 30, we are counting down to carnaval San Francisco, the largest multicultural celebration in california. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. More than 400,000 people attend the event every year. Latino Community Leaders are all about celebrating milestones, but as kenny choi shows us, theyre also shining the spotlight on a problem for many in their community. Reporter when marias husband got deported to mexico, she understood her journey would come with struggles, including cleaning three large homes a day, with most of the payments going to the Small Business she worked for. I started almost nine years ago with 80 a day. Reporter thats 26 and change per home and less than 9 an hour. At the onset of the pandemic when she couldnt find much work, she began volunteering at the Mission Food Hub which launched Food Distribution days to three times a week. The people asking for a little bit more, so im telling maybe two or three pieces more. Reporter reynosa not only served, but
A direct hit and we will see some impressive showers. A mild start, sunny and dry but soggy for tomorrow and details of the morning commute, coming up. Some new incidents are slowing things down. At the Richmond San Rafael bridge, the toll plaza has headlights moving west bound starting to back up and getting heavy. Reports of an accident blocking both lanes westbound closer to send quentin. Expect delays as you head toward 1 01. Highway for a slow route and reports of an accident along westbound 4 approaching 680 was speeds dipping below the limit and we are talking about a 32 minute ride from antioch to 680. Thats it check of the traffic and i send it back to kenny choi. A bay area congresswoman said she was sexually harassed in the workplace. It comes ahead of a hearing to find solutions to Sexual Harassment on capitol hill. Anne makovec has more. Reporter Jackie Speier called congress a breeding ground for hostile Work Environment and said she will speak her mind at a hearing today
Results our Political Insider will weigh in the hot topics of the ballots and the results Going Forward a lot is coming up in the next a hour but lets check on your Weather Forecast because we are seeing rain in the north bay a live look at the golden gate bridge. Its not fog you are seeing. Those are low rain clouds. Keeping the temperatures relatively mild this morning. Upper 40s low 50s. And there is our high def doppler rain moving through petaluma and fairfield right now all of that is going to move north and entire bay area will be seeing showers throughout the day. Wet start to the workweek as well. So be aware of your morning commute tomorrow. Dry weather will return to finish off the week. We will have closer look at the extended forecast coming up but mark has headlines. And the navy fired an unarmed missile from a submarine off the coast of Southern California last night. It was so bright peels people as far away as mexico reported seeing it. Southern california airports did