613, s p down about 75 and nasdaq off by almost 200 on concerns about what we heard out of the white house last night. Joe mentioned those numbers. 100,000, to 240,000 americans potentially dying from this. The treasury market where yields have come down right at about 0. 619 . Some pressure as people move into treasuries as a safe haven. Andrew part of that, we talked about, so much of the money being rebalanced to some degree was propping that up that money wont be there today or the rest of the week or rest of the month because so many of the Pension Funds were there irrespective of the numbers we were hearing well put some pressure on the market in the meantime, the number of confirmed cases has reached 189,000. More than 4,000 people have died in new york city alone the latest death toll has exceeded 18,000. Maine is the latest state to issue stay at home order joining 28 other states. This morning, three out of four americans are facing some sort of lockdown due to the coronaviru
Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. I guess this is unusual, but ill say it. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that sfgtv record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , issue have one. Due to the covid19 and to protect City Employees, Board Members and members of the public, the board legislative chamber is closed for the march 24th, 2020 Board Meeting upon action made bit board of supervisors to conduct their meetings Via Video Conference call remotely. This precaution is taken on the authority conferred b by the governors order. The members will attend meetings through the Vi
Im hillary supervisor. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is vice chair supervisor Catherine Stefani and mr. Kirk. Mr. Clerk, do you have announcements . Clerk yes. Due to covid19, City Employees and public, the board of the supervisors room is lossed however, Committee Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution on the authority conferred by governor newsom. Sorry. Im ruled into rules but have no audio. Im not sure that i should hold up the meeting, because im not sure if there are amendments that require me. Is there a way to let people know . Continuing with my statement, the precaution taken on authority conferred by governor gavin newsom, and all proceeding and preceding local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will be atening the meeting through Video Conference and participating in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. Public comment will be available on this agenda, both channel 26 an
And Everyone Wants to know how long social distancing will last but the real question may be how many times will we have to do this. Hello the World Health Organization has sounded a note of hope for the european nations worst hit by the corona virus pandemic saying steps taken in italy and spain should see case numbers drop soon despite the number of infections in spain has posture in the past 24 hours while it saw 800 new deaths and in italy the number of new cases continued to fall but deaths past the 11000 mark and the u. S. Is bracing for the outbreak there to get worse a hospital ship with a 1000 beds has now docked in new york while the top Infectious Disease expert says there will be clusters in other big cities and a 3 week lockdown has begun in zimbabwe with police and forcing some of the toughest measure seen in africa shops have been shut and Movement Restricted the countrys seen one death so far so with many countries in europe and lockdown the fight can take continues to
Comment is closed. If you have an item not on the agenda under the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission you may speak under general Public Comment in item 4. Please note if the fire alarms activate you must evacuate the building. If you need assistance make the way to the closest area across the hall in the mens rest room. There is a speaker box. Press it and the city hall security will answer. They will assist you. We are on item 2. President s report. I will be brief. I like to read emails that talk about the parks. This is to the general manager. I wanted to say thank you. I love my Neighborhood Parks. The San Francisco park and Rec Department does a fantastic job. I love how there is a park nearby no matter what neighborhood. You have worked hard to make that happen. I know maintenance challenges are daunting you do an amazing job of keeping up. Every employee is helpful and professional if i am getting exercise or enjoying the lovely trees and flowers, your department mak