Part of californias phase 2 those decisions and announcements have led to a little bit of confusion and some frustration by this time next week just about all the bay area counties could move into phase 2 of reopening sonoma napa and solano counties are already in phase 2 on monday, the 18th San Francisco marin and san mateo counties will join in phase 2. And today we learned alameda and contra costa counties are in the process of deciding when phase 2 will start Alameda County says it anticipates moving into earlystage to next week. Contra costa county will decide on monday so while San Francisco marin and san mateo counties are starting face to monday for now contra costa and alameda counties are holding back. Health officers and both of those counties say they will likely reopen early next week but they have not set a date just yet kron fours michelle kingston has more. Its pretty difficult to her side story as early as her theres no sidewalk jim and sandy rowdy on a small yarn shop
Very popular spot for wineries and restaurants and she has more for a scale. Sonoma county not met all criteria to move past the states, not timeline but county leaders here they believe the science proves otherwise. 18 counties in california got the green light from governor Gavin Newsome to further ease covid19 restrictions Sonoma County is hoping to make that list the criteria is not the ballot by a u. S. Scientist or a doctor in the cdc. Developed by the state according to the governor to of the criteria to pass the states timeline must have no deaths from covid19 in 2 weeks and just one new case per 10,000 people for 2 weeks while the county has not met those criteria. They believe a request to further relax restrictions is reasonable because sonoma counties infection rate remains low youve been so conservative. In terms of our approach and keeping sheltering in place and froing down or businesses and then we very few infections because of that last week phase 2 of the states guid
But well start to see more clouds moving in as a new storm system approaches. Temperatures in the low 50s and well see it only reach into the upper 60s today and looking at where that rain is now still to our north but moving in later today. The forecast is coming up in a few minute. Laura . All right, thank you very much. Going to take you to washington because on capitol hill a dire warning on states just opening up too soon. A top expert with president Trumps Coronavirus Task force tells congress the disease is certainly not under control and it could affect students going back to school in the fall. Tracie potts is live in washington this morning with more steps on that and all the steps that are even being taken in our state of california. Good morning, tracie. Reporter good morning. California making National News because of the states schools deciding not to reopen in the fall and part of what we heard from the top Infectious Disease experts speaking to congress, dr. Anthony fau
Anticipating moving into early to next week. Contra costa county will decide about that on monday. Santa clara county in the south bay currently remains in phase one and its not yet providing the date on when it will move into phase 2. That decision not to move forward in Santa Clara County is fueling some frustration for Business Owners despite making significant headway in the Hospital Capacity testing in infrastructure. County Health Officer doctor sara cody says conditions there havent changed much. But the San Jose Downtown Business Association very unhappy that local orders dont match what other lawmakers in the bay area and the state are putting into place. Its really frustrating that were all not on the same page here there was a youre going to be open by this date folks can start planning been scheduling weddings again in making plans right now its so up in the air. Everybody still twisting when too much that is no way to run a business thats no way to bring it come back. With
Homeless crisis during the coronavirus outbreak. Today she addressed a plan to address it. We have live coverage tonight from ktvus amber lee. She has been speaking with the city officials overseeing the plan and those living on the streets. Reporter i also spoke with neighbors. They tell me homeless tents have taken over the tenderloin neighborhood. We took a look at the problem and how the city is responding. With city hall as the backdrop, tense set up by Homeless People lined the streets of the tenderloin. By the citys own estimate there are no more than 310th, a 285 increase since january. Its very, very tight. People are edgy, people need space. Reporter mayor london breed rolled out a block by block play on wednesday that would include giving Homeless People space. Painted lines mark where a tent can be set up with six feet of social distancing on the street between the Asian Art Museum and the main library. It would transform the area to a sanctioned encampment for 52 tents and