No place or at least no other place than the street. The city shelters cant go in there because they would be too close to one another. Instead, nonprofit organizations are giving them tents and tell them to shelter in place. And in this case, in the tenderloin, that place is the sidewalk. The idea is that theyre contained, not going to be spreading the virus. But theyre going to stay in the tents. But the reality is different. Just take a look. Theyre not staying in the tents. Theyre out on the streets. And with it are the other problems, the Mental Illness, the drugs, the other things associated with population that are going with them. Its one thing what youre seeing on the streets. The other thing is what youre not seeing all the time. Those are the people that are living in the hotels here and apartments here that are virtually being held prisoner because they cant go out on the streets and mingle with this. Theres tents right down there. Theres people passed out. Theres tents dow
That is a 2. 9 increase from yesterday. Gov. Gavin newsom announced a partnership with the governors of oregon and washington 10. They are agreeing to Work Together in a plan to slowly reopen their state. Cristina rendon own is live with more on that announcement. Reporter there are no specific timelines given but gov. Newsom says the west coast issued stayathome orders early and now these three states are working together to slowly lift restrictions. I want to acknowledge and thank the governors of washington, the governors of oregon. Reporter he introduces a west coast packed, an agreement between california, oregon and washington, in a move to reopen the economies together. The shared vision and talks to us early last week. We begin a process of establishing more formally what it would look like and how we could begin the process of the kind of incremental release of the stayathome orders. Reporter no specific details were outlined but there was not a plan to reopen. The governors a
Today he announced he is banding together with governors of. We begin a process of establishing what it would look like and how we can begin the process of the kind of incremental release of the stay athome orders, that advanced fundamental, keeping people safe, using science to guide our decisionmaking, not political pressure. The state will spend 42 million on support programs for children. Especially children in foster care to help with certain challenges during this pandemic. The white house says it is seeing progress in the coronavirus pandemic, with new infections flatten out across the country. Resident trump also spent time this afternoon pushing back against criticism, by the new york times, and others, that the u. S. Was slow to urge social distancing to fight the virus. This weekend, dr. Anthony fauci set on cnn that if the u. S. Had taken action earlier, it could have saved lives. Today, he said that was in response to a hypothetical question. Mitigation works, and you inst
Today we are announcing a new effort, healthcore. Ca. Gov that will provide a platform to match individuals that may have retired in the last five years that are nursing students or medical students that are nearing to incorporate and encourage them to be good on the platform to provide for the platform and meet the moment over the course of the next number of weeks as they continue to rise. We couldnt be more pleased by the incredible professionalism of nurses and doctors, our professional representatives that came together across many differences and organized to provide more flexibility, more Surge Capacity for the system. Allowing us to utilize our existing resources in a more resourceful way. I want to thank all the representatives for putting aside those differences and meeting this moment head on. To provide the flexibility that is required to meet this moment. We have an executive order that went out that will provide flexibility through june 30. This is temporary flexibility o
Businesses and residents on their part. San franciscos Little Saigon is getting blasted. 104. As he supervisor with the department of public works. He is leaving a crew of 20 through a power blast of parts of market street, spraying down intersections, Power Washing sidewalks for gum and human waste. Do a real deep cleaning beginning at the beginning of the clock. And not missing one inch of the whoa block from one corner going down to the next one. It is a sixmonth Pilot Program to deep clean the corridors. They said something had to be done because Small Businesses were complaining with a drop in traffic and tourists. It translates directly into dollars for the merchants. People dont want to walk through filth. He owns the golden lotus restaurant. He pitched in this morning sweeping streets. He believes cleaner streets will be a boost for business. All the people say, oh, good. The city insists for the streets on stay clean, businesses and residents have to do their part with upkeep.