Good morning, everyone. The meet willing come to order. Welcome to the may 28, 2020 regular meeting of the Public Safety and neighborhood committee. Were joined by vice chair Catherine Stefani and supervisor shamann wallton. Our clerk is john carroll. I want to thank corwin cooley at sfgov tv for staffing this meeting as well as i. T. For lending their support to todays matter for all that you are doing to keep the board of supervisors running smoothly in these strange, virtual times. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Thank you, mr. Chair. In order to protect board members, City Employees and the public during the covid19 health emergency, the legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda. Both San Francisco cable channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming a Public Comment callin number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes
Confirmed that two people had traveled on the grand princess cruise ship that was held in the port of oakland earlier this month have also died from complications from the coronavirus. As for testing, Governor Newsom said today the 66,800 tests have been performed. The results for those tens of thousands tests are being delayed due to a shortage of necessary chemicals to process them as well as materials such as swabs and files. Your in the bay area, more lives are being lost. San mateo county reported upon the death, bringing the total up to five. Three of the people who died are older adults. The fourth person was described only as an adult. In a statement, the county help officer said he believed the virus is growing adequate exponential rate. Santa clara county continues to have the highest number of deaths with 17. That is an increase of one compared to yesterday but Alameda County now has two death. San francisco, sonoma, and carter countys each have one death from the virus. Hea
Banks have agreed to delay foreclosures and defer mortgage payments for 90 days. Wells fargo, u. S. Bank and chase. However, no relief for renters in all of this. As for all the families, Public Schools in six bay area counties will remain closed until may 1 at least. Some districts telling parents they are prepared to reopen school on may 4 if they get the green light from the governor and cdc. Take a look. We have the latest numbers for you now. Today, more than 1100 people have tested positive in the bay area. Santa clara county still leading with 459 cases, 84 more cases since yesterday. Bay area wise, there have been 27 deaths. At a time when San Francisco hospitals are ramping up for that potential surge in patients of coronavirus, one of the citys hospitals is under lockdown. The nursing home laguna honda on lockdown after five staffers tested positive. Hes bring in our reporter that joins us from that hospital. Whats the plan from the city . Reporter raj, this is a massive nurs
That had to turn patients away today and not because they ran out of test kits. Also this thing can come on very quickly. Hospital in the hot zone. The startling number of infected patients at a south bay hospital. And a doctors warning for other Medical Centers. Good evening, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Im Jessica Aguirre in the nbc bay area studio. Im raj mathai in the newsroom. That money is coming. 2 trillion. And most americans will get a check from the government. The next step likely approval from the house of representatives on friday. Lets bring in nbc bay areas jean elle who joins us in San Francisco with the late details. Jean . Reporter raj, tonight senator Kamala Harris says this bill is not perfect but she says it will help Small Businesses and families who are on the brink of financial disaster. The Senate Passes a 2 trillion Coronavirus Relief package. A deal senator Mitch Mcconnell says came together because democrats and republicans put their differences aside to
Its already cold now. Most of the focus will be to the north. They may not get too much colder than what were seeing right here. But thats mainly i see temperatures in the 20s and also in the the 30s. So back to you. Time is now 4 01. The u. S. Senate has passed a 2 2 trillion economic package. Now it moves on for a vote. Providing hundreds and billions of dollars for businesses and direct Cash Payments to american taxpayers. Our expectation is within three weeks where we have depository information. 350 billion in loans will be provided to small businesses. It would set up a 500 billion lending for companies. And send direct Cash Payments of 1,200 to people who earn up to 75,000 a year. The payment would start to phase out for individuals who earn more than that. 90 of henrys are expected to get full or partial payments. Well im keeping an eye on stocks. Wall street this morning. Looks like the market. Thats likely fears about the unemployment its expected to show millions of new jobl