Administration it will be, i guess time will tell. The latest on trumps legal challenges to the election and how the delay in the transition is leaving president elect biden in the dark on critical issues. Deadline approaching. Federal relief set to run out for millions of americans struggling to make ends meet. With covid cases growing as well as lines at food banks lawmakers at an apparent stalemate. Can they resolve their sticking points . And set for launch. Ignition, liftoff. The new liftoff date for a Historic Mission and the final preps under way for nasa and spacex. The two astronauts ready to make history and crew1s nod to a challenging year as they get ready to rocket into space. Hey, good morning, everybody, happy saturday. Were going to start here with the surging coronavirus pandemic. America has just shattered the daily record again with more than 193,000 new cases reported in just 24 hours. Several state and local officials announcing new lockdowns, pauses, freezes and o
Digital citizenship pandemic, political information and action in 2020. I am rebekah tromble, director George Washington universitys institute for data, democracy and politics and and i am pleam welcome you to our conference. Today we had the opportunity to speak to a number of renowned experts, academics, journalists, medical and Public Health professionals as well as grassrootsro activists about how the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped digital communication, campaigning and activism in the lead up to what is the most consequential elections in this nations history. We will discuss thehe challengef Fact Checking political claims in real time, the targeting and effects of this information on communities of color, potential postelection violence being organizedol online and much, muh more. However, before we begin our first panel i would like to invite you to watch a few remarks from George Washington universitys president. Good morning. Im thomas leblanc, president of the George Washi
United States Supreme Court and when these cases result in the opinions of the court, history turns. The ways in which we think about and live under the constitution are reflected in the courts interpretations in both their Historical Context and their legacies. Some cases and the courts opinions in them so profoundly alter our constitutional understandings that they can only be rightly be called landmark cases, markers of where we have traveled as a nation. As a part of an initiative begun in 2015, the National Constitution center partnered with cspan to create a 12part series illustrating the history, issues and people involved in monumental landmark cases. Through the resulting online videos and other classroom Resources Available at landmarkcases. Cspan. Org, students and educators can analyze some of the most famous and infamous cases. Last year we continued this initiative through a series of town hall discussions. In depth articles on our constitution daily blog and the publicat
Area well, just in case things are getting a little bit too boring, Mountain Lion seen roaming the streets of San Francisco was around last night and around this morning and has been captured and an officer spotted the animal oracle park this morning and called for backup and police surrounded it until animal control arrived. Crew safely capture the Mountain Lion near the park and along the waterfront. The Mountain Lion is now in the custody of the California Department of fish and wildlife and when i saw this last night i was thinking, boy, this has been quite a year, add this everything thats happened something serious or something not and it has been quite a year and i never thought i would the amount lion in downtown San Francisco. I was shocked as well and i was kind of to twitter is eyesight popping up i live in east bay and we get an occasional wild turkey with foxes in the backyard but since the pandemic started we have had deer all over the back hill and more wild turkeys and
Madam clerk, can you please call item 5. Clerk yes. Item 5 is a resolution authorizing the Mayors Office of housing and Community Development to accept and expend a gift of 100,000 from San Francisco 722 montgomery. Chair fewer supervisor peskin, do you have anything you would like to add . Supervisor peskin i would like to thank steven sang for accommodating my request for this additional 100,000 on top of the inclusionary fees and interest and the Mayors Office of housing for preparing for the accept and expend and recommend it to you for full recommendation to the board of supervisors. Chair fewer thank you. Is amy chan here from mohcd . Okay. Supervisor peskin, is this something that you want to present on since emmy chan is not in the audience today . Supervisor peskin so yeah, sure, im happy to present. This is a gift to the Affordable Housing fund of the city and county of San Francisco in the amount of 100,000 from the developer of 722 montgomery street. Chair fewer okay. No b.