Of the death of a flag. And evacuations continue in california as multiple blazes banned uncontrolled in the u. S. State. We start with breaking news coming out of greece a huge fire is burning through the countrys lone just refugee camp located on the east an island of less bus crowds was seen running out of the a tents away from those flames overcrowded facility holds more than 12000 people and has also been dealing with a corona Virus Outbreak well lets now go straight to Douglas Hammond hes the cofounder of refocused media labs thats an organization that hosts of citizen journalists inside maria camp and he joins us now on skype from the island of les boss douglas thank you so much for being with us i know you were in touch with some of the students inside the camp right now on the fire is now burning inside the perimeter as i understand it how big is this place and how did it start. Its not one fire actually at the current moment there are several fires that are kind of all over t
We have a quorum. Commissioner very good. Announcements, madame secretary . During the coronavirus disease covid19 emergency, the San Francisco Public Utilities commissions sfpuc regular meeting room, city hall, room 400, is closed. Commissioners and sfpuc staff will convene Commission Meetings remotely by teleconference. Commissioners for those the live stream there be a delay. I would like to extend our thanks to sfgtv staff. If youd like to make a comment dial 18882733658 access code and dial access code 3107452. Youll hear a speaking tone when its expired. Madame president , your first order of business is item 3, aportfolio of the minutes of approval of the minutes july 14, 2020. Commissioner commissioners, before you, you have the minutes of july 14, 2020. Are there any additions or corrections to the minutes . Hearing none id like to ask the secretary to open it up to the Public Comment. Clerk for those who would mike make comments on the minutes of july from july 14, dial 18882
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Convention is continuing right now of course virtually streaming online because of coronavirus restriction speakers have been joining from across the country and to that live stream and we will have a look at that a little bit later on but right now he is the team for this hour Kimberly Halkett is our White House Correspondent bed because there is a good chance the president will be watching and reacting to this speech in real time as he did yesterday but were standing with alan fischer in wilmington delaware where the speech will be given by joe biden and well a moment 22 years in the making alan. Longer than that 32 he ran in 1808 had to step down because of allegations of plagiarism seems your math is as good as mine. So its certainly the biggest speech i think many people felt that when joe biden was Vice President he was awarded in the the final days of the Obama Administration the president ial medal of freedom that was the capstone and what had been to that point a long and fair
Going to transmit it. We have to understand that with more virus in the community you saw how quickly we went from four thousand to five thousand tcases. Please, please dont gather. We have a handful of questions about San Francisco issuing fines on people who dont wear masks in public. Weve been emphasizing the needs of these masks and the social distancing as we continue to emif i if emphasize. Were schorrin exploring how wey increase enforcement particularly in situations where requirements that are very clear are not being followed. This would be enforced following up with businesses an other situations where people gather. Were working with communities for voluntary compliance. Were looking at increasing enforcement. In regards to the press ci the. Who is paying for it and who will staff it . The city is funding the site. It will be staff by Health Departments and u c sf providers. Well take care of 93 patients. M what has it historically ben used for and is it prepared to accept