Good afternoon and welcome to the august 25, 2020 regular meeting of the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, please call the roll. [roll call] mr. President , all members are present. Please place your right hand over your heart join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] thank you. Behalf of the board, i like to acknowledge the staff of sfgov tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Colleagues, i like to take a few meetings to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. The 19th amendment which guarantees and protect womens constitutional right to vote was ratified on august 18, 1920. Hundredth anniversary of this historic milestone is to reflect on incredible efforts to secure womens Voting Rights. It is a reminder of the unfinished work ahead of us to fulfill the promise of our democracy. For decades after the ratification of the 19th amendment, many women of color were preven
I think you need about 25 points to get back to the previous record that was set, were about 25. 68 points below it. The s p futures indicated up by 21 s p has now been on a sevenday winning streak, and youre looking at the longest winning streak its seen since april of 2019 nasdaq was down yesterday, but it is indicated up by close to 60 points this morning the dow was up by over 350 points yesterday to kick off the week treasury market this morning, right now youre looking at the tenyear yielding right about where it has been. 0. 599 that yields a little higher than we have been sitting. Brian, this news about putin and this potential vaccine is huge, but i think we do need to take it with a grain of salt. Youve been all over this already this morning. Well, trying to make sense of it, becky. Good morning as well you have what you think are the markets sort of key points, right . Trillions of dollars in stimulus, potential for payroll tax cuts, all the market themes weve been talking
Roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. The light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. Working with kids in the ocean that arent familiar with this space is really special because youre dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. When i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. Well get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who dont like the beach. Its too cold out, and its those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. Over the last few years, i think weve had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. Surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. Weve start off wit
To the weather in just a little bit. Its going to be hotter as this week wears on. Were going to find out more about that. Musician david blayne by the way is taking his latest stunts to new heights. If you have not heard about him for a while, this is the First Student in nearly a decade. He will do the best and attach himself to 100 balloons and attempt to cross the hudson river from new jersey to new york. Weather permits, its going take place on august 31st. Blain is going to live stream this on the youtube channel. As we go to mike. I have to think that the reason no one has done this before is because its super dangerous. I really hope that he makes it. So do i. This reminds me when my towel and jump off the couch saying i can fly. Cannot this might be a nice diversion and what we need right now. Yeah, i think so. Im not too in to magic and watch ing watching the shows. The movie itself was great. It came out ten or 11 years ago and playing carl. That was a great film. Yeah, i am
A big question about Political Risk heading into november. Francine we will have plenty more on u. S. Politics. We start with Leslie Vinjamuri shortly. Lets start with first word news with ritika gupta. Ritika joe biden is counting on thela harriss ties to Africanamerican Community and herself branding as a prosecutor. As a progressive prosecutor. She is the first black woman in the first asianamerican on a major Party President ial ticket. Before being elected to the senate, she was californias attorney general. Upcoming trade talks with the u. S. , bloomberg has learned to chant that chinese will bring up President Trumps second ban on the two apps, wechat and tiktok. In hong kong, media tycoon jimmy lai has been released from jail after being arrested monday, the most prominent figure detained yet under chinas sweeping new National Security law. It is seen as a sign of how hong kongs independent Justice System is being undermined. The apple daily is critical of chinas communist part