Has converted operations to refurbish old ventilators. Thank you for joining us today. Im andre senior. Good evening. Im cristina rendon. President trump is also working to curb the spread of the coronavirus on the east coast. Earlier today, the president said he was considering a quarantine of new york, new jersey and connecticut, the 3 states hit hardest by the coronavirus. By later this evening, the president backtracked and said acorns he was not necessary instead implemented a strong travel advisory. This is the number of cases in the United States hits 124,000. In california, now 5000 cases and 120 deaths and 5 people have died bringing the total number of deaths to 25. Governor gavin newsom toward blue manager this morning and said the company is already scaling up operations to manufacture ventilators for severe covid19 patients. Tran wants Leigh Martinez has more on the growing need in california for more of the life saving devices. Reporter governor gavin newsom says the stat
Suffering, including during this, yet another christmas season. Please work harder. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is lisa. Im a proud district 5 resident. And im here on behalf of my friends and neighbors and as a board member of the Bay Area Housing Advocacy Coalition to thank supervisor brown for her Wonderful Service for district 5. She has always led with her heart and with her head as a pragmatic progressive. We are so thankful for everything shes done for our district, for district 5 and advocating for the people who are most vulnerable in securing Affordable Housing for those who need it and honestly, every weekend and weeknight, just picking up the trash and cleaning up graffiti, talking with everybody and really making connections with everybody in our district. We are so appreciative. And we will really miss supervisor vallie brown. Thank you for your service. Thank you. Next speaker. My, im kathy. Im coming to talk about city colleg
Im a long time resident of district 5, i to california in 1947, and i watched all the things that have happened over the years. Met anyone who cared so much to pick up the garbage, to pick up the people, try to find places for people to live, try to help all of us to develop new relationships and understanding here in our district. And i would like, again, to thank you so very much for what you have done. I want to say, im with you all on the city college. But i came here to talk about the Reparations Initiative. And i also came here to not necessarily talk about racism and those type of things, but to talk about acknowledgement and being overlooked. Most of the time when black people are hired, you know, except for franklin, most of the time when black people are its about us struggling against something and fighting some oppression, but you never acknowledge this, and i understand the city, you never acknowledge this for our contribution. We actually contributed to the fabric of this
Privatization scheme. So no matter how progressive we consider ourselves in San Francisco, we need to look at chile as an example in terms of whatnot to do, including the issue of our pensions, which have become privatized, and which are trying to they are trying to do that to us as well as working as well, privatize our pension systems whereas the [off mic] thank you. Next speaker. Thank you. Next speaker. Right behind you. Thank you. Hello. Members of the board, supervisors, i am aurelius walker, pastor of True Hope Church in bayview point. A pastor for 15 years and San Francisco leaders demand San Francisco create a Reparation Fund with hotel and marijuana taxes. The city must make amend for the past injustice with support for education, housing and economical opportunity. Martin luther king said the arc of a moral universe is long but it bends toward love, compassion, mercy and justice. We go forever and justice lives, creating crashes that will drive the power structure to change.
Se inconsistent with International Law. Denied states breaks with the decades of mideast policy. Plus this migrant camp was meant to house 3000 people but now its home to over 13000 reeses moving to reduce the numbers at the warrior cap unless. Im brian thomas great to have you with us some 100 protesters remain barricaded inside a Hong Kong University campus as the standoff with police there in to news and thats according to the territorys chief executive kerry lamb clashes have been raging for days now with 600 people who were inside that University Already having surrendered. Police others made a vote escape by climbing out of buildings lammas called on those remaining inside to surrender saying the Hong Kong Government was trying to find a peaceful solution meanwhile china says high court does not have the power to end the ban on protesters Wearing Masks now that move by beijing could add even more fuel to the ongoing protests. For the very latest lets bring in deede abused kong sh