Housepassed government funding bill. Now, live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, help us. Turn us back to the paths of integrity and faith. Be for our lawmakers a protecting rock of safety, rescuing them from the powers of evil. Help them to fix their hearts on you, trusting your guidance and wisdom. May love for you be reflected in the ordering of their priorities, as they seek to give you first place in every important decision. Lord, make them servants of your purpose, as they seek to increase the treasures of your kingdom. Satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts. And, lord, in these toxic times, bless america. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, o
We are all in it together, good evening, everyone. I am julie haener, working from home. Im frank somerville. It is tough to gauge progress when the numbers continue to go up. The death toll from the coronavirus is now past 10,000 here in the United States and is approaching 11,000. In california, gov. Newsom said that he expects the outbreak will peak in midmay but he also said there are already indications that the hospitalization rate is slowing down. Signs of progress in the fight against the coronavirus in new york. Retail and travel stocks were among the biggest gainers with markets up more than 7 today. And the Prime Minister of Great Britain was put in intensive care at the hospital after his symptoms for coronavirus took a turn for the worst. Boris johnson was diagnosed with coronavirus 10 days ago, the white house is now reaching out to offer assistance. Gov. Newsom said california will be lending 500 ventilators to the National Stock file to help u. S hotspots. At the same t
Firefighters, 911 dispatchers, and healthcare workers. A similar testing site opened across the bay in oakland, along with First Responders and healthcare workers testing is also available from Grocery Store employees. And appointment is required. The site is located in the parking lot of the Henry J Kaiser convention center. United states has now seen more than 10,000 deaths from coronavirus, and 360,000 cases. Here in california, there have been at least 380 deaths, from the more than 16,000 cases. Specifically now to the bay area, santa clara today reported three more deaths, for a total of 39, and more than 1200 cases. Alameda, San Francisco and San Mateo County each have more than 500 cases. Getting around San Francisco is going to be more challenging in the weeks ahead. Muni is making drastic cuts to service in an effort to protect its writers. Christien kafton has more on what is ahead of the sfmta is asking riders to do. Reporter they rely on muni to get people around the city,
And thats where the rain was over the weekend especially on sunday. Santa clara mountains, and 35 inches of rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The system off the mendocino coast and it swings in and you can light up the rain gauge again today and 30s and 40s very cold. This time of year we are well below average for the morning and the rain south bay even sneaking over parts of the east bay into the Santa Cruz Mountains and briefly at times and on the peninsula. Penn temperatures upper 60s low 60s in hamilton. It looks to be San Francisco oakland south. Sal is here now and he will tell us if there is anything going on. South . People are driving and whenever it rains we get crashes in effect because the roads are wide open as we look at the san mateo bridge here. Westbound 92 traffic is moving along pretty well heading out to the highways and you can tell the roads are damp and weve had a couple of incidents is clear. For the most part the traffic is moving along very well and airports
Fewer present. Haney present. Mandelman present. Mar present. Peskin present. Preston present. Ronen present. Safai present. Stefani present. Walton present. President yee present. All members are present. President yee thank you. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. President yee so on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Thank you. Madame clerk, any communications . None to report, mr. President. President yee thank you. I do want to take this opportunity to share with the public that given the stayhome order issued yesterday by the mayor to reduce the spread of covid19, the board of supervisors will continue to meet and deliberate on essential action items during this time