When one is approved. This comes as more than 157,000 cases were reported just yesterday marking the 28th straight day of at least 100,000 cases in the u. S. And more than 96,000 people are in the hospital getting treated for covid, another record. So debra lfarone is in wshington. Debra, the big question is how soon can we expect doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine to be made available . Reporter well, annemarie, they could be coming out in just a matter of weeks. It really depends on what category you fall into. It is expected Health Care Workers will be the first to see doses and after that the elderly. Today the centers for Disease Control is holding an emergency meeting to recommend who should get the Coronavirus Vaccine first. Vaccinations, that is going to be the weapon that will end the war. Reporter governors will have the final say, but the cdc is expected to prioritize the elderly and Health Care Workers. Of course with the positivity rates being high, we have both Staff Member
That housing remains a priority, Small Business remains a priority, and that San Francisco really goes back and actually makes due on its promise to include black san franciscans in every part of the Economic Development and the success of the city moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. That completes the cue. Chairwoman thank you so much. Thanks for the tremendous amount of really knowledgeable and compelling Public Comment. Supervisor mar . Thank you, chair ronan. I also just wanted to thank all of the Africanamerican Community leaders and activists for sharing your powerful comments. And, of course, thank you to supervisor walton, director davis, and mayor breed for your bold and thoughtful leadership on reparations for the Africanamerican Community and reinvestment and full support and equity for the Africanamerican Community looking ahead. So, yeah, i you know, as so many speakers noted, this is long overdue, but im really excited that, you know
Want to make sure we have a robust system of investigating and acting on those complaints. With that, ill wrap it up again with thank you so supervisor safai for calling this hearing. Thank you supervisor preston and thank you ms. Torez and lets open this up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public who would like to comment on item number 3 . Thank you mr. Chair. We have james from dp checking to see the status of the callers and it looks like we have 10 listeners with eight in queue. James, if you can unmute the first speaker, please. First speaker, please. Hello, thank you all so much for your time today and for your detailed conversation. Im speaking on behalf of the San Francisco chamber of commerce. At the chamber, weve had the pleasure of working with sense and theyre the only Scooter Company pardon me nerring with the chamber of commerce and its a great member of work with as well as the only micro Mobility Company that was nominated as a finalist for business awa
Hopkins camera. You can see the clouds in the sky through the afternoon, mid to low 50s to low to mid 60s for the afternoon. I will take you hour by hour on live in a few minutes. Lets go to gianna. Still slow it is. No friday light here unfortunately. Construction is blocking a couple lanes. Everything was supposed to be cleared by 6 00 but it doesnt seem thats the case. You can use 580 through oakland as an alternate but they have a couple lanes blocked because of the trouble spot along the nimitz freeway north bound. Elsewhere, a slow ride into the Altamont Pass. Delays on 205 at mount house and extend with a 32 minute drive time towards 680. We just heard from the chief of the World Health Organization about the coronavirus. He is urging all of the countries in the organization to not rely solely on a vaccine to solve the pandemic. We have a long way to go. The world cannot put all its eggs in one basket and neglect the many other tools at our disposal. Reporter he says when we do
Quarantine for 14 days. They are asking people to limit activities to immediate household as california topped 1 million covid19 cases, washingtons cases doubled in the past two weeks. We expect to hear from the state, health and Human Services director, when his address we will bring it to you. Governor knewsome attended a Birthday Dinner for one of his political advisors last week. The chronicle is reporting there were 12 people at the outdoor gathering at the French Laundry and yachtville. Representatives declined to specify how many households they represented but did not deny the number was more than three. In San Francisco, it will be the last night people can eat indoor at restaurants. Six weeks ago, San Francisco allowed Indoor Dining for the first time but the number of covid19 cases continued to rise. San francisco remains in the yellow tier, the least restrictive one. We want to take you to the News Conference involving the health and Human Services director. Absolutely, sea