Youre welcome to our event series. Before i start, i want to mention real quick, if you have questions tonight, you ask us in the chat box or comments on the youtube page, and well get to as many as we can. If youre interested in purchasing the book, and i hope that you do, you can find it at most major retailers, but we like to point people toward bookshop. Org where you can find just about any book youre looking for and support independent booksellers across the country. Again, thats bookshop. Org. Please give them a look. I mentioned to someone the other day that i was reading the senates words in preparation for the event tonight, and they said, oh, thats the new faulkner biography. I said, well, you got the faulkner part right. The best way i can describe this book is equal parts. Literary history, social commentary and literary criticism. I think it will band to either of those subjects. What the book really did for me was force me to give serious thought on where faulkner stands
Idea, into your bill, out of your bill, appreciate that. I am curious if there have been any hearings about that. Now and as you stated, it is out of the bill. Lets go forward. Have there been any hearings on this legislation at all . Know, there were no hearings on the postmaster generals actions were he did not perform any of us and told us he wasnt stopping. Our constituents were saying they were being hurt. Can i respond . I would like to say i will give you more. Congressman tom and moran and Susan Collins, all republicans sent their own letters expressing concerns with the postmaster generals actions. I ask unanimous consent to place them into the record and for example congressman from montana stated the postmaster general on august 6th, 2020, delaying mail service is unacceptable as the country continues to combat covid19. It keeps our communities connected. Montanans defendant reliable access to receive prescription drugs, Online Purchases and financial documents. He also quot
Today, is additional worker safeguards to protect this workforce, to focus again always on preventive measures, to focus on helping support our employers. The governors plan includes expanding employer Education Resources and Protection Measures for workers who are sick or have been exposed to the virus. San jose has been added to a federal coronavirus watch list. Now, on that list, are cities from across the country. But leaders in the south bay say they didnt know this list didnt even exist the first place. Ann rubin joins us now live to explain why city and county officials arent sure what factors got them on that list. Still waiting to see what this all means. Reporter yeah, local leaders say they werent on the call when it was announced, nor have they heard from federal officials about, but still say they are concerned about cases on the way. The white housest he has a watch list on it, cities lagging behind in slowing the spread, among them san jose. Dr. Deborah birx, a Coronavir
Tagged with racist graffiti. Police to the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime. We are proud americans. America took us in and we believe in the American Dream and american ideals. And highest among them is tolerance for peoples, love for all creeds and colors. We defend that. An emotional evening at that school in San Francisco. Thank you for joining us. Members of the Armenian Community told us they are shocked after seeing those hateful and hurtful messages. Now that school is located on brotherhood way near the lake merced and San Francisco state. Live coverage with more on the investigation and reaction from across the state. Reporter the school does have security cameras. The District Attorney tells me hes working with police on the investigation. The rally tonight brought Families Together at the school and they said they will not be intimidated by this act of hate. As i came today at 8 00 this morning i saw the graffiti on the walls. I was shocked, i was appalled. R
31,000 as compared with 110,000 for white fames. As many as 19 of black children in San Francisco live in poverty. Black and African American individuals comprise 35 of the citys unhoused population, despite making up only around 5 of the population as a whole. We have been pushing for reparation for black people here in San Francisco for decades and we have continue to see our organizations disrecorded and left out of receipt of vital resources and in these times of continued system d systemic discrimination of black people, we have to be strong with our solutions. In other words to provide a real opportunity for equity, we need to repurpose resources and give them to the black community to tlefl Playing Field and achieve successful outcomes. Thises a concrete, bold and immediate step toward true reparations for black people and im urging all of my colleagues to support this redistribution of resources from the San Francisco Police Department to the black community. Also today, im sub