To note for the record that the p. U. C. Commissioners caen and vietor are not in chamber okay. Colleagues that brings us to the end of our joint special meeting agenda. Madame clerk, is there any further business before us today . That concludes our business for today, mr. President thank you. We are adjourned. [please stand by] the hon. London breed hello. Im San Francisco mayor london breed, and im joined today by a number of people for our First Virtual press conference so that we can demonstrate by example social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Im here with supervisors kathrin stefani and supervisor aaron peskin, as well as the director of the department of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax, department of Emergency Management mary ellen carroll, department of Human Resources trent rohrer, as well as police chief bill scott. As of today in San Francisco, we have 131 confirmed cases, and we are doing everything we can to provide that update on a regular basis. Im really pr
Discussing just that, an early return to work. 9 40 eastern time today on this program. There is outrage at Speaker Pelosi loading up the stimulus package with a host of items unrelated to supporting workers and industries. For example, canceling post office debt, the return of obama phones, same day voter registration, 35 million for the Kennedy Center for performing arts. What has all that got to do with getting money to people who have just lost their jobs, millions of workers thrown out of a job. However, treasury secretary mnuchin and senator schumer did meet last night, and they suggested that a 2 trillion rescue package, stimulus package, is close. Well see. All this has given the market a shot in the arm. For much of the morning, we have been limit up for the dow jones average and at the opening bell, the dow will be up, what, 900 points, maybe more when the restrictions of the limits on trading are off. S p, nasdaq also up 4 , 5 . Clearly, investors like the 2 trillion rescue
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Reminder that the office of Small Business is the only place to start new business in San Francisco and get the best answers. The office of Small Business should be your first stop when you have a question about what to do next. You can find us online or in person here at city hall. Best of all, all of our services are free of charge. The Small Business commission is here to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. If you need assistance with Small Business matters start here at the office of Small Business. Thank you. Item one, called to order and role call. role call . You have a quorum. Apparently, a computer went down and we didnt have sound. So i appreciate everyone being flexible. I want to thank everyone for the virtual kitchens known as government kitchens and i would like to thank all of you tuning in on sfgov tv. We know its not easy take time away from your business to participate in opportunities
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] if you miss any of our live coverage of the governments response to the coronavirus outbreak, watch it anytime at cspan. Org coronavirus, for daily briefings by the white house and the task force, and hardest hit states. Use the charts and map to track the global spread and confirmed cases in the u. S. County by county. Our coronavirus web page is your fast and easy way to watch cspans unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. Up next, a Senate Hearing on Bipartisan Legislation aimed at eliminating Child Sexual Exploitation on the internet. Good morning. Thank you all for attending this, what i think is going to be a very important hearing and senator blumenthal, i want to thank you for the hard work youve put into drafting this piece of legislation. Senator feinstein is on the way. She said it would be okay if we got started. I normally dont say a whole lot in opening statements, but i might take a bit of time today. I want to introduce