To move even faster. Liz kreutz is live to break down what we learned today. Liz . Hi, ama, thats right. A lot of the bay area counties seem to be splitting off a little bit from each other when it comes to these gradual steps to reopening. We learned that big news from San Francisco today and san mateo moving into phase 2. Here is what we know about all the counties in the bay area. When it comes to reopening the bay area, its baby steps forward. I am excited to announce some good news for a change. San Francisco Mayor london breed today announced that the city will formally enter phase 2 on monday and allow for all street side businesses to open for delivery and Curbside Pickup and for manufacturing and warehouses to reopen with modifications. Last week we made an announcement that it would only be a certain limited number of stores and locations. And now weve expanded that. Breed says that means 95 of businesses in San Francisco will be able to reopen, even if it is just partially.
Saidid aa oint femo starthase t. An annnc fm llyfie, abc7 news. Happening today, governor gavin newsom will release his revised state Budget Proposal to balance a shortfall caused by this pandemic. His revised plan will include more than 200 million to increase the states firefighting efforts. That will be used to manage a surge in wildfires and hire 600 new additional firefigters. Newsom will have to decide what will be cut. Some state lawmakers areern waing against cuts to education and others are suggesting a statewide tax increase. California does have at least 16 billion in its rainy day fund. You can watch the governors briefing at noon live right here on abcden 7. Your health, your childrens emgication, the changing workplace and the economy. These are all areas that abc7 news is committed to covering in the effort to build a better bay area. As we see progress in reopening the bay area, we know well have to adapt to a much different world. The question that is weighing on paren
Here are just a few bay areabased companies that have announced big job cuts recently. Uber is laying off 3700 workers. Lyft is cutting 982 positions. Airbnb laying off 1900 people. And we dont know how many local workers are affected at those three companies. We do know that the oakland as are laying off nearly 800 people. The San Francisco giants cutting 1200 jobs, and bon appetit management is laying off more than 1500 workers in San Francisco. I think in the shortterm, there are going to be some sectors that are going to have trouble coming back, even under the best Public Health response. Uc berkeley Public Health policy professor Jesse Rothstein says that includes restaurants and Small Businesses, but includes even powerhouses like uber who thought treating drivers as independent contractors made them less susceptible to layoffs are finding thats not true in this pandemic. But even when all this begins to quiet done, some things may never go back to the way they were. Set your ex
For 12 months and get xfinity flex a personalized streaming dashboard for all your favorite apps. Click or call today. Next at 5 00, the reality on e bay are mtrter regulations stay in place. Coronavirus and homelessness. The new crisis in a San Francisco neighborhood and the new plan to target more than a thousand tents on city sidewalks. Also tonight, from the elevator to the hallway to desk configures, we have new insight into what offices will look like when the economy reopens. Plexiglas becomes a booming business. The north bay company now creating chat changing workplace. Plus the gym of tomorrow. What Fitness Centers are doing to get you back when the lockdowns ease. Now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. Going to take a lot longer than people are saying. This is serious. Never experienced anything like this in our lifetime. The long road ahead. As california begins to reopen, finally, were getting some answers as to which bay area counties might move forward into ph
Professor green absolutely, i agree. And what is interesting about that statement, it was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities and duties than today. If anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. Susan unlike the senate majority, this position is named in the constitution, without a lot of detail beyond that. I am wondering, when the framers created the position, they were look into the english model, what are they have in mind . Professor green they were thing about a model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. So the job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. But they also understood the position could take on other responsibilities. I think it is telling it is only mentioned once in the constitution, and says only, the speaker,ll choose the and leaves the rest up to the house itself to determine what the speakers responsibilities should