Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending Via Teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
We have some ideas that will not only enhance our district, but will enhance the city if we get the opportunity to do it. We have a wonderful culture,and this gives us an opportunity not only to educate, but also to entertain in a way that benefits us finally, and not everybody else. So please, with all of your might, put all of the resources and all of the commitments you can into finally giving the Africanamerican Community an opportunity to highlight itself in a positive instead of a negative way. Thank you. Thank you. Can we have the next caller, please. Caller good morning again, virginia marsh, the president of the San Francisco alliance of blacks of educators. The africanamerican cultural district in the bay view is so wonderful. It supports our students. My school is right next due to the bayvie bay view hop pra house opera house. And they have been very supported to our students. She posts the students art around the walls. Weve had our band club there over the years. If you h
Track any adverse reactions. At least five ultracold freezers similar to these have been installed in various county owned facilities with more on order. They will store the vaccines at up to minus 90 degrees fahrenheit. Some freezers are portable and they are currently compiling a list of where ultra cold storage is available. We are prepared to store, then distribute the full volume of what we received. Everything can go wrong, the logistics are enormous. Dr. Schwartzberg says that the debate is on about who is next in line, police, firefighters, people with comorbidities, and so on. That just seems like a very difficult conversation to have. It is, you can see that people with resources, and the money will demand special favors. I hope our society is able to withstand that. The cdc has shortened its quarantine recommendation time from 7 to 10 days, and Santa Clara County imposed a 14 day travel quarantine on monday. Without possibly change now . They are considering it or they will
Reporting its second highest single day covid death toll. In california shattering a record, nearly 21,000 cases in 24 hours. 113 deaths. And the Positivity Rate hovering around 7 lets take a live look at san jose were Santa Clara County appears to be in the worst shape this evening. There are only 44 intensive care beds left in the entire county. But there is some hope on the horizon for these vaccines. Reporter just a short time ago the county sent us the final draft of the Vaccine Distribution plan that just got uit is 65 pages long. No indication as to exactly how many doses they have or when they will get here but they are working on it. Before we get into that lets talk about hospitalizations, it is not looking good. These numbers are gravely concerning. The assistant chief medical officer development is sounding the alarm about hospitalizations. Currently there are more than 1900 and the hospital right now, 287 or covid patients. Santa clara county is at 80 capacity, only 44 icu
The letter, urging districts to reopen schools and get kids back into the classrooms came from Assembly Members and state senator and say they are backed up by Public Health experts. There is a roadmap for schools all over the state to really be opening up. The letter cited excessive screen time for young minds as well as until Health Issues students are facing. Also spoke about how many Public Schools remained closed for in Person Learning while private schools have reopened. We are seeing an even your gap between those who have the means to get private education versus those going into public education. That is it sentiment echoed by an Infectious Disease expert who calls opening schools a moral imperative. Im worried that will lead to downstream effects that are really difficult to see unless we reopen schools. Eight months into the pandemic, the science and data from european schools indicates it is safe to reopen with precautions. The science says kids under 12 are particularly pr