California is now in possession of nearly 20 million surgical masks which he says is allowing the state to move into its next phase sooner newsome said wednesday, the state is in the process of distributing the masks, theyre part of a billion deal newsoms Administration Made to secure personal protective equipment for california, but weve never been in this we were beneficiary of these larger contracts and some security in our supply chain the governor first announced the contract last month saying it would bring in about 200,000 units of personal protective equipment monthly into the state we just make sure we deliver ultimately on the needs of so many whose lives literally at risk. The governor says california now faces an obstacle and delay with n 95 masks requiring federal certification to bring them into the state newsoms administration has kept contract details with chinese manufacturer b y d for the n 95 and surgical masks under wraps citing numerous reasons including security l
State. But the bay areas current order is more strict and that looks likely to continue. Tonight there are now more than 9,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 333 people have died from the virus. Santa clara continues to be the hardest hit in the bay area with more than 2200 covid19 cases in that county san Mateo San Francisco and alameda counties all have more than 1300 cases for county by county breakdown you can head to our website at kron 4 dot com much of the state is getting ready to start reopening later this week but it will likely be a different story here in the bay area there are 5 goals, San Francisco officials want to meet. Before moving to the next phase. Kron fours justine waltman live in the newsroom with details on what all this is just seen what. As director of Public Health said today the virus does not have a timeline and it will be here in the summer and the fall and beyond even so the state is getting ready to reopen some parts of the econo
Cases there will be more joyful these people were years that actually calling now as you know john the nation words youve got to be warriors week. We cant keep our country close down. And we have to do something. The president went on to say this pandemic is worse than both the attack on pearl harbor and the attack on the World Trade Center in new york. If we tested every single american in this country at this moment, we have to retest them an hour later and then an hour later after that because at any moment you could theoretically contract this virus. So the notion that Everyone Needs to be tested is just im simply nonsensical. The notion of testing has long been an issue during this pandemic doctor Anthony Fauci has said that testing is important an important factor when considering reopening the country to its fullest today. The new White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany clarified who President Trump believes should be tested. More than 57 need to be tested are vulnerable po
This is thursday, april 23, 2020. I will again enter the following comments into the record that on february 25th, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency ey related to the covid19. Since that declaration, the county Health Officer issued a stateathome order followed by the governor of the state of california doing the same. Furthermore, the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws applicable to boards and missions making it possible to hold this Commission Hearing remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace order. Recogniseing that the commissions consideration of certain projects is an essential government operation, and that the authorization directs the commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not per
Commission to prioritize consideration of action items pertaining to infrastructure housing and small business. I will also remind everyone that the platform that we are operating on is not perfect. And will be clumsy. There worrytherefore, we requesr patience. In event the at t bridge fails us, we may need to recess in order to log out and log back into the system, at which time we will notify members of the public to call back in. To enable public participation, we are broadcasting and streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each item on todays agenda. Sf gov tv is streaming across the bottom of the screen and comments or opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling the 888 2733658 number and entering the access code of 3107452, pressing pound and pound again. When you want to speak to an item, you need to press 10 to get into the cue. Each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes and when you have 30 seconds left, youll hear the first chime