Couldnt help over at the table that what they were offering us was sophies choice. Not enough money for food not enough nothing for housing in terms of rentals a moratorium thats nice but its not money. For rent. It not enough money for money in the pockets of the American People who really need this who through no fault of their own. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talking about how desperate people are in this pandemic to get that stimulus money from congress but after 3 hours of talking yesterday they could not reach a deal know the deadline for a new stimulus deal with today. The whole thing appears in limbo right now little chances, daryn mention of any kind of bipartisan agreement least before this. Weekend begins John Lawrence has the latest from washington. Talks about the stimulus are in a stalemate Top White House negotiators say big roadblocks remain after thursdays 3 hour meeting with Democratic Leaders were willing to stay engaged. But i can tell you the difference are still si
Sierra club, now that organization is calling him out for racism. When we called this, pulling down our monument, we are not trying to erase history, we are trying to learn from it. No one is going to take away the legacy that he left us with. The Sierra Club President says no organization is exempt from rethinking its history of race relations. After 128 years, the club is rethinking him, a man who has quietly bothered historians and environmentalists were sometime. Anytime you read about him, the problems that have come up now i rarely are regularly apparent, he shared the Racial Attitudes of his time in the he certainly thought indian people were inferior. His conservation legacy is not going anywhere, his complexities speak to a more compact contemporary problem for the environmental movement. He has been turned into an environmental saint. One of the real problems and burn middle has him has had for a long time is that he is seen as on some of that into nonwhites. That is seen as
Okay. President lazarus, did you have something in. President lazarus no. Clerk okay. So we are now going to move onto the permit holders, miss busterud and mr. Videbaek. You have seven minutes. Thank you. Yes. Thank you to everyone, and thank you for your time. We all saw some of these photos, but im going to go ahead and share my screen just to frame the frame the conversation a little bit more . Clerk why dont we start the time when you actually start your presentation. Ill start talking. Clerk no, thats fine. You dont have to start talking. At this point, when you get your presentation up, thats when well start the time. Okay. I rye set your clak. I i reset your clock. So this permit was issued legally and appropriately. We believe that mr. Lynns concerns about the light, privacy, and the noise impacted about the proposed deck are unsubstantiated and do not violate the planning policies. Given the existing structure that the proposed structure would replace, the pergola, there woul
The board requests that you turn off or silence all phones or other Electronic Devices so they will not disturb the meetings. Parties are given seven minutes to present their case and three minutes for rebuttals. Members of the public who are not affiliated with the parties have up to three minutes each to address the board and no rebuttal. For jurisdiction and rehearing requests, the parties shaf three minutes to present their case with no rebuttal. Four votes are required to grant an appeal or modify a permit. If you have questions about requesting a rehearing, please email board staff. This is broadcast on sfgov tv on channel 26. The video is also available on our website. Now we will swear in or affirm all those who intend to testify. Please note that any member of the public may speak without taking an oath. If you intend to testify at any of tonights proceedings and wish the board to give you evidentiary right. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will
Global pandemic. Lawmakers were told this week that the virus would continue to spread in this country and that the worst is yet to come. We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. How much worse well get will depend on our ability to do two things, to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. Bottom line, its going to get worse. Paul dr. Borio, the former director for medical and biodefense preparedness policy at the white house, a position she left in 2019. Welcome, doctor. Appreciate you coming in. Thank you. Paul lets talk first about testing. This is a big issue of contention. Where do we stand now on the availability of tests for the coronavirus . So, testing is just now becoming more available. In addition to the Public Health lab testing, academic labs are beginning to test. The good news is that some private Developers Already have tests authorized for us