Business this morning and youre wearing a mask for you now as you know Santa Clara County at the most coronavirus cases so theyve made significant strides when it comes to now rolling out this phase 2. Now in addition to these retail establishments, the manufacturers in the warehouses are also allowed to star back to Santa Clara County has been under a shelterinplace order for 2 months and has been called ground 0 here in the bay area now this Holiday Weekend a lot of residents are going to be out and about its a lot of people already out and about this morning we talk to. Some of the residents and they give us their thoughts about moving into phase 2. Been a lot of waiting. A kind of excited because. Being stuck at home get kind of and see kevin event things like that the order has support local businesses and good luck to them. All right how other businesses that can open today include outdoor museums as well as Historic Site as long as visitors remain outside on the sidewalk. I gues
Governor unveiled a revised state budget that calls for steep cuts to Public Schools and a pay cut for state workers. California is facing a debudget cit of 84 billion due to declining tax revenues and soaring job losses. Also, california state senators returned to sacramento with two innovative relief packages that would help people stay in their homes. Meanwhile, House Democrats arin propa 3 trillion round of federal aid despite opposition from the white house and senate republicans. Joining usare the kqed Senior Editor of politics, scott shafer, and correspondent risa lagos. Thanks for being here. It has been all about the benjamins this week, whether we e are talking state or the federal level. Talk about the heroes h t, wh the democrats new to 3 trillion proposal for Coronavirus Relief what compromises would need to be made fothis fifth Coronavirus Relief package to actually come a reality . I think in fact, it may never become a reality and democrats in the house generally know t
Businesses will have to implement a sitespecific plan to protect employees and customers including disinfecting and social distancing. None of this means anything if customers dont feel safe. And none of this matters, in the spirit of your question, and direct response if employees dont feel safe and dont want to come back to work i dont see the issue of economic opening and growth disconnected from health. Other businesses include pet groomers and dog walkers. The governor said counties can remain under stricter orders if they decide to do so because of local conditions. That includes these six bay area counties that have collectively decided to remain under stayathome orders through the end of may. Mini bay area Restaurant Owners are trying to see how they can adapt to these new guidelines. Ktvus rob roth spoke to some of them. They see opportunity, but also struggles ahead. Reporter when slow hand barbecue i did have it to take out orders only the owner didnt know what to expect. We
The white house. Whats happened to the world and to our country with all of the death. We are going to build our economy back bigger than ever, but with all of that death you could never replace whats taken. Its very sad for a lot of families, you know, so horribly hit and so unnecessary. They could have stopped it. They could have stopped anytime china where it came from. But didnt happen that way. Maria i want to ask you about china, ill get to that. But lets talk about the reopening of america right now. About half of the states have begun this process. Right. Maria is it too soon . There are some calls out there that theyre talking about a relapse in the fall. Is it too soon . So i want them to open when they can, when they want. The governors are opening them. Most of them are either opened or opening or considering it. I think that we have to get back to work. We have to get our country back. We have to take it back. It was artificially closed. I think were doing incredibly well
Whats happened to the world and to our country with all of the death. We are going to build our economy back bigger than ever, but with all of that death you could never replace whats taken. Its very sad for a lot of families, you know, so horribly hit and so unnecessary. They could have stopped it. They could have stopped anytime china where it came from. But didnt happen that way. Maria i want to ask you about china, ill get to that. But lets talk about the reopening of america right now. About half of the states have begun this process. Right. Maria is it too soon . There are some calls out there that theyre talking about a relapse in the fall. Is it too soon . So i want them to open when they can, when they want. The governors are opening them. Most of them are either opened or opening or considering it. I think that we have to get back to work. We have to get our country back. We have to take it back. It was artificially closed. I think were doing incredibly well considering the f