And ordinary budget presentation governor Gavin Newsome thursday presented his proposed version of the state budget axing 19 billion from his original spending plan in january as the states economy struggles amid the coronavirus newsome anticipating unemployment could peak at 24. 5 in california with a 22 drop in overall state revenue the billion budget keep some programs like boost the minimum wage and maintaining the states earned income tax credit for working families along with continued commitments to health and Public Safety but the governor prepared to throw out 6. 1 billion in Program Expansions and new proposals including extending state Health Insurance to undocumented seniors. The governor also proposing to cut state worker pay by 10 including Health Care Workers and Public Safety personnel. His own salary also included you will hear of cuts that. Not make none of us crowd. But the values nonetheless we are holding on to for now new some plans to use 16 billion from californ
Set them back years as anything like it was in 2008 and its going to be horrible. I mean we lost 33 thousands of teachers for students, California Teachers Association president ito be boyd says the cuts will result in layoffs furloughs an increased class sizes ultimately the students will suffer any loss to our classrooms who are for students to benefit. Well be devastation. The governors proposed cuts include a 10 reduction in the States School funding formula and a 10 cut to both the usi and California State University systems. The School Funding is less than what the governor and vision earlier this year, but it may be enough to maintain current Academic Year services, the proposal, however is still a significant setback for schools everyone is going to feel the pain and its unfortunate that. Our students our children that we actually educate have to feel that pain again hasnt been that long ago that occurred before. Governor newsome says hes trying to soften the blow and avoid wha
Little bit deeper this week exactly one week into phase 2 a little bit deeper meaning Childcare Centers like the one right behind me at mount taylor. Now because they have shown that they have been handling coronavirus to the satisfaction of governor newsome that there will be able to accept. Children of non essential workers this location has been open throughout this whole shelter in place to deal with children of essential workers but because now were deeper into phase. 2. They can do that we also can have car washes pet groomers you can go there cleaning services will now be available to people in Sonoma County and those who cannot work from home. Now theyre be theyre able to go into the office says they still have to practice social distance, but now they can go into the offices and get back to work so the good news is whats the bottom line daria that they can have a little bit of wiggle room they can still do us social distance, but also get back to what they felt was normal incl
20 aftershocks. The strongest one was about 5. 1. Which on any normal day would be a pretty sizable earthquake in its own right, but this was the aftershock and that happened about 20 minutes or so after the main quake struck at 4, 3, this morning, but had about 20 aftershocks, a ground still shaking just good news is that while were all quarantine or a home this year already with your family theres no like scattered plan or altogether color out is you know where they are thats good point there in your house. So lets talk about coronavirus now as the bay area continues to ease its restrictions in phase 2 now of the states reopening. The guidelines overnight and there are new details this morning about what this entails Sonoma County is now going to join napa and solano counties in phase 2 and starting monday marin county will join San Francisco and san mateo counties in easing restrictions. Alameda contra costa and santa clara counties, those still remain however in phase one which clo
In daly city today, congresswoman jackie spear she was helping hand out food at a food bank event, thousands of people showed up kron fours Charles Clifford has details. Well here in daly city on thursday Second Harvest food Bank Sponsored a Food Distribution event here at Jefferson High School now it started about 11 oclock this morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says that the man now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up