Before it get better. How the governor plans to help hospitals that have reached capacity. 7 01. Im gasia mikaelian. Youre way over there. Six feet at least. Were practicing social distancing. Good morning. Im dave clark. Its a chilly wednesday morning with light rain for some people. Steve is going to tell you about the forecast and how everything is going to be. Steve . I am indeed. At last a little snow up in the sierra, just in case you have to go there. That will continue today into tomorrow. Not a lot, but maybe an additional two to four between today and tomorrow. We have some light rain around, 40s on the temperatures, livermore 42, santa rosa 44. The system to the north is sending in light rain. Theres been some pocket around the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Nothing too heavy. Its not going to do much as it moves south toward the Santa Cruz Mountains. Well see mostly cloudy skies, offandon rain, highs cool in the 50s. Anything new, sal, or still quiet . Even with the rain comin
Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern
First senator testing positive. Kentucky senator rand paul. Mitt romney having to go into quarantine after recently coming into contact with paul. This as negotiations over a 2 trillion stimulus bill to help the economy recover from the outbreak are hitting a road block. Democrats say the two sides are still far apart taking issue with key elements of the bill, including a 500 billion relief fund for corporations without any protections for workers. And what it has is, for instance, a giant, giant Corporate Bailout fund with no accountability. Reporter Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell insists the bill is moving forward. Were fiddling here. Fiddling with the emotions of the american people. Fiddling with the markets. Reporter the senate plans to vote on that bill today, but with at least five senators now in isolation, there are growing calls for lawmakers to vote on that bill remotely. Abc news, washington. In just a few hours, the city of hayward will open its own covid19 testin
All of this out. Stocks are in and out of touching 7 fall i dont have that would trigger another Circuit Breaker. At the worst we were down 6. 7 . Now down about 5 1 2 . That translates into a dow barely above 20,000. The same drama, surreal one continues to play out across the country. I want to show you what is happening this is new yorks times square, this has been pretty much the youre not seeing many people drawn to the crossroad of america, among some of the busiest thorough fares on the planet. Youre seeing similar situations play out in seattle, washington. Youre also seeing it play out in the likes of hoboken new jersey where the mayor there has, is saying that people should go ahead and obviously selfquarantine themselves, if you will, or selfisolate. New york Governor Cuomo by the way has distanced himself from new york city mayor de blasio who is advocated an across the board crackdown, a lockdown here, that would call for pretty much everyone, at least in manhattan, at lea
Public health, the total number of confirmed cases in the state, 598. 13 people have died. But todays Santa Clara County did announce another death bringing the death toll to at least 14. State officials are warning the coronavirus here in california could get better before it gets worse. The governor signed a bill to spend as much as a billion dollars to help hospitals handle an expected rush of patients. He says california could need as many as 20,000 hospital beds. The governor would not comment on the shortage of supplies saying he didnt want to cause further concern. National guard troops across the country are now on notice in case theyre needed during r Governor Newsom said he guard on alert. The troops should be prepared to perform humanitarian missions. Troops will also support Public Safety when required. Today is day two of a shelterinplace order. People are being told to stay at home unless they are going out for a walk, buying groceries or picking up medication. Sky fox fl