Community and the dozens and dozens, it is worrisome to me that none of those have been chosen. I see, director davis, did you have anything to add on this point, director davis . I did, thank you so much, supervisor ronen. I just think, too, director simles point, we have been engaging with quite a few partners and folks on the ground and one of the challenges weve seen just with outreach and engagement, especially in the Latino Community is a disconnect and we have to be intentional about outreach and engagement, where those trusted messengers are and where folks feel like they can trust the information theyre getting is not a setup for something. We have to be really intentional and we have some of those relationships. We have the ability to leverage that, and so, i wanted to drop that point in there, because we have seen so many challenges where some folks are skeptical and cynical about why someone is sharing information with them and so they need to be connected with folks that t
About covid19. Foreign nationals reporter on january 31st the president restricted travel from china. The next week, in a phone call, mr. Trump told woodward what hed been learning about the virus. This was february 7th. It goes through air, bob. Thats always tougher than the touch. The touch, you dont have to touch things, right . But the air, you just breathe the air. Thats how its passed. So thats a very tricky one. Thats a very delicate one. Its also more deadly than your, you know, your even your strenuous flus. This is deadly stuff. Reporter three weeks after that call, the president said this to the public. Its a little like the regular flu that we have flu shots for. And well essentially have a flu shot for this in a fairly quick manner. Yeah, go ahead. In that february 7th interview, its clear that the president knows what the stakes are, but hes not sharing that with the public at that time. Yes. This is the tragedy. A president of the United States has a duty to warn. The pu
Phone lines to be open to see if there is a Public Comment . Chair borden yep and is there you have chair borden how many . You have zero questions remaining. With that, well close Public Comment. Directors, do i have a motion . Secretary boomer, please call roll . Chair borden aye. Director brinkman aye. Vice chair eaken aye. Director heminger aye. Director lai aye. Madame chair, the minutes are approved. Item 5, communications. Madame chair. Chair borden as many of you have learned, our heart was broken this weekend with the untimely passing of one of our own. Antonio, a muni operator with the Transportation Agency for 19 years, was known for being deeply committed to his job and well known by the people on his buses and in many communities. He was born and raised in the Richmond District and leaves behind wife jennifer, three children and grandchildren. Well have this meeting adjourned in his memory, but im devastated. I want to thank his family to loaning him to us. He did die in s
Covid, as we deal with Climate Change as we deal with a number of other challenges we need to keep in mind that the need to wear your mask to socially distance and to even be just reminding ourselves and being a little more diligent throughout this process is necessary. Because we are also focusing on making sure that as we as we reopen we dont turn back the clock. You all know what happened a few months ago when one day, i announced we were going to be opening a number of places and today, some of those places are open, and some of those places are not open. But we do have some good news hair salons and nail salons and other places from my perspective that cannot open outdoors are able to operate indoors. I know those businesses are going to be working hard to stay open. Theyre going to follow the guidelines and we need your cooperation too in not only supporting the businesses and following the guidelines in those businesses but following the guidelines outside of your every day ever
California tonight where at least a dozen people are now dead and thousands of homes and businesses have been incinerated in a fire season that is as devastating as it is historic. As we come on the air tonight, nearly 30 enormous and fast moving blazes are burning across the state, forcing 20,000 people to flee their homes and leaving thousands more in the danger zone. From Washington State to oregon, down through california, entire towns have now been wiped off the map, including berry creek, california, and the surrounding area, where tonight at least three people are dead and a dozen more are still missing. The deadly firestorm is now spewing so much toxic ash into the skies, the smoke trails from the blazes are visible from space and on the ground the devastation is even harder to fathom. Tonight fire crews are trying to keep pace with the flames but just cant keep up as heavy winds continue to push the flames into a tinderbox of dry brush and houses. More than 100 major fires hav