The San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk okay. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov or sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The record will reflect that since the declaration of local Health Emergency as a result of the covid19 disease, the members of the board of supervisors are participating in the Board Meeting through Video Conference and to the same extent as if they were physically present in their legislative chamber. Provisions have also been made for the public with and without the internet to be able to
Test. Test. Test. Test captions. Test captions. Test captions. Test. Test. Test. Test captions. Test captions. Test captions. Test. Test. Test. President yee good afternoon and welcome to the may 19, 2020 regular meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk okay. Mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgov or sfgtv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. The record will reflect that since the declaration of local Health Emergency as a result of the covid19 disease, the members of the board of supervisors are participating
A business that opens up how they operate, how close, how many employees, how close can they operate. What they have to wear. And yet you say nothing about lets say, tents on the street. You just leave it to the c. D. C. Guidelines about how far things need to be apart. There seems to be my impression and i will close with my impression is that you have put anything related to homelessness into a category that you have decided is a policy matter for someone else to deal with rather than a Public Health issue. And i am telling as a District Supervisor and shared by some others on this board that that is creating, that lack of guidance is creating enormous confusion in the streets. It is creating confusion among the Police Department who are not sure what they are enforcing out there in the district. It is created really complete chaos in the streets. We are all trying to deal with it, but were not the folks who have the power to issue Public Health orders tomorrow like you do. So i woul
Blackout period for the residents this year. Hopefully they will be able to keep to that 8 00 timeline because the sun will be going down about that time, as well. Long day for them. No doubt. Len, thank you. The other big story tonight, President Trump with a blunt warning to north korea. He is promising, quote, fire and fury if that country threatens the u. S. Cbs reporter weijia jang on the unusual warning and words coming from an american president. Reporter as tensions with north korea continue to rise, a warning from President Trump. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He has been very threatening beyond any normal statement. And as i said, they will be met with fire, fury and, frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen. Before. Thank you. Reporter the president spoke shortly after cbs news confirmed that a new intelligence assessment has concluded that north korea can
Gotten back to us with any official comment. Santa cruz county says they hope to have their new regulation about where grow sites are permitted completed by early next year. In boulder creek, devin fehely, kpix 5. New at 6 00 a north bay city could give police more power to crack down on crimes associated with the homeless. Critics say its criminalizing people who live on the streets. Kpix 5 reporter Susie Steimle live in santa rosa with the debate. Reporter when i talked to the mayor earlier he said the city of santa rosa has tripled the amount of money it spends on homelessness in the past through years. He says this is a sign of what they are doing isnt working. He hopes enforcement can bring about change. The problem is, not all City Council Members agree with him. Its an issue nearly every community in the bay area cant seem to solve. Homelessness and how to handle it. My primary concern is that we shouldnt be criminalizing homelessness. Criminalizing homelessness is putting peopl