To account for over half of cases. And i just want to emphasize that we are strategically evaluating our efforts specifically in the Latino Community. Im happy to come back to the commission to report back on those efforts. Weve done a lot, and its clear that we need to continue to do more. This inequity has been with us since the beginning of the pandemic. We are focusing more testing and more testing resources and working more with the Latino Community providing lowbarrier testing. Our Contact Tracing and Case Investigation teams have expanded dramatically, and including providing culturally appropriate services and also providing Wraparound Services in Broader Health care needs and Behavioral Health needs, and youll be happy to know that we continue to offer isolation and quarantine options for people who are not able to safely quarantine at home. But theres certainly more to invest there, and im happy to return to the commission to report specifically on our efforts in the Latino C
As 3 policeman escaped charges for her death. Long running protests in thailand forced parliament to delay plans to amend the constitution. And can the World Leaders get the Climate Crisis back on the un agenda or is the opportunity for change melting away. Senior republicans and democrats are pushing back against donald trump after he refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power in november the president has repeatedly caused doubt in the legitimacy of mail in ballots i dont buy it and say it was a vase of when asked about the possibility of losing the election. Well have to see what happens you know that ive been complaining very strongly about the ballots and the ballots are disaster and the people arriving committed to making sure that theres a nice little word for all of the want to have get rid of the ballots and youll have a very transfer will have a very peaceful there wont be a transfer or frankly there will be a continuation of the ballots out of control you know it and
Great. Well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the Public Health commission. Welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you im chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernals his 50th birthday, and i cant imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. However, hes decided to do so, and so im sure youll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my tim
[roll call] great. Well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the Public Health commission. Welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you im chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernals his 50th birthday, and i cant imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. However, hes decided to do so, and so im sure youll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let m
In august i approved a major disaster declaration for california. I approved, i think, gavin, about 40 stafford act declarations, so very quickly, because we want to get this thing taken care of including Fire Management assistance grants to help multiple states stop the fires. More than 28,000 firefighterrers and First Responders are combating the fires in california, oregon and washington. Over 230 soldiers are fighting the august complex fire, and thats the largest fire in california. Thats the biggest. Yep. And we want to thank all of the brave fighters. We want to thank these incredible people, the First Responders, Service Members who are racing to the extreme peril, really, to their lives and extreme danger. Lou and the president is now on his way to phoenix for a Campaign Round table with latino voters there. It will be his seventh state that the president has visited in as many days. And where is joe biden . Well, well find out later in the broadcast. And red storm rising, the