My staff works really hard, and i think we are doing everything we can to make it easier for providers and for consumers to be able to access the services that are available to them and serve the people of the city. Any questions . Thank you, kelly. It might be helpful for newer commissioners if you summarized how a consumer qualifies for ihss. What are the requirements . In terms of income or right. So in order to be able to qualify, you have to be medical eligible. If you are, you would call cristas shop, and they would arrange to have a social worker come who would determine how many hours per month you are entitled to. And once that happens, you can hire whoever you want. And about 85 percent of consumers in San Francisco have a friend or Family Member that will do the service for them, which i will also just add, keeps people housed, because then they know they can get paid to provide the service for a friend or Family Member, so there will still be income coming in. 15 percent wh
When it settled firefighters a man was underwater for two minutes. Paramedics performed cpr on the victim. Crews use ropes to get him up from the beach, then he was rushed to the hospital. We dont have any what on his condition, but the battalion chief told us ocean beach is dangerous on any day, but today the water was especially choppy. Now that that fear storm thats hammering the gulf coast right now, cities reporting hilly lane is live in new orleans were Tropical Storm barry has made landfall. Hillary . Reporter juliet, theres been steady rain throughout the day, and even though the mayor of new orleans says this area did not get a direct hit, there is still a lot of concern about flash flooding and storm surge. Early today, we were in morgan city. That is where the hurricane made landfall and batter the area. Barry hit the louisiana coast saturday as a category one hurricane, but quickly weakened into a Tropical Storm. Still the storm is forecasted to dump heavy and potential is
Berkeley. Reporter hundreds of people are here at berkeleys Civic Center Park for a city sponsored rally. Were city leaders are telling their own personal immigration stories. I think about the fact that that couldve happened to my family, if they were a younger me. Reporter her voice, shaking, berkeley city auditor jenny wong addressed the crowd gathered just the on the steps of city hall. We couldve been rounded up and placed in detention centers. Reporter wong says she, her parents, and her two sisters came to the United States illegally from taiwan when she was only six years old. Her family became legal citizens in 1986 thanks to Ronald Reagans amnesty law. That is what i experienced as a child. A government that showed compassion for immigrants. And, now, we dont have that compassion. If ice comes into our community, we will protest, we will fight for the rights of our immigrant brothers and sisters here in our community. Reporter todays rally was originally planned to demand mor
will help ensure proper spelling of the names in the written record. please place cards in the basket. there is a sign-in sheet on the front table. please show the small businesses slide. welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. it s the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. and i would like to welcome
front table. please show the small businesses slide. welcome. it is our custom to begin and end each small business commission meeting with a reminder that the office of small business is the only place to start your new business in san francisco. it s the best place to get answers to your questions about doing business in san francisco. the office of small business should be your first stop when you have questions about what to do next. you can find us online or in person here at city hall. best of all, all our services are free of charge. the small business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the economic vitality of small businesses in san francisco. if you need assistance with small business matters, start here at the office of small business. and i would like to welcome our two new commissioners this evening. cynthia huie and manny yekutiel. item number one, please. item one, call to order and roll ca