To the economy. Also it could be even more contagious. The new study raising a red flag about a new strain of the virus. Good evening and thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai. And im jessica aguirre. Despite warnings to stay home, Police Officers are managing Cinco De Mayo crowds and traffic, and san jose is a trouble spot. Heres nbc bay areas jean elle. Reporter mexican pride on display in san jose tonight. Cruising with flags flying and music playing in east san jose. Downtown the line of cars took over several city blocks. Bu also gatherings. Cinco de mayo and the activity, you know. Its fun. Reporter in this parking lot, strangers mingled, some wearing masks, some not. Santa clara county has the highest number of coronavirus cases in the bay area. The lopez family was trying to celebrate carefully. Obviously theres some people not respecting the social distancing rules, and we still wanted to come out here and celebrate. This is why we havent left our cars. Reporter simon ortiz
Probably suffering the most. Because if they dont work they dont have any income. So this is a very challenging time for all of us. And as we deal with the protecting of Public Health, we need to always protect the Financial Health of our families and communities. After were able to reopen what is that going to look like . And how will we be able to continue to make sure that everyone has a decent paying job with benefits . Thats the foundation of our city and its necessary for us to figure out ways in which we can help to support one another and uplift one another. Just a few things that we have been doing here in San Francisco include providing additional sick leave for private sector employees and also making available funding that employers have paid into our fund that establishes the support for Health Care Benefits and were able to give that back to the employees to use for important things like rent or food, finding Creative Solutions to give to s. F. , where were using those re
Good morning. This is the may 6, 2020 budget and finance committee meeting. I will be calling the rescheduled committee. I am supervisor fewer. Our clerk is ms. Linda wong. I would like to thank sf governosfgovtv. Madam clerk, do y announcements. Due to the covid19 health emergency, City Employees and the public the board of Supervisors Committee rooms are closed. Members will participate in the meeting remotely as if they are presently present. Public comment is available for each item. They are streaming the number across the stream at sfgovtv. Each speaker is allowed two minutes. Comments to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by calling 888 2045984 access code 3501008. 3501008 press pound. You will beelined up in the order you dialed. While waiting the phone will be silent. All callers will remain on mute until the line is open. You must account for timely days between life coverag cover coved streaming. Turndown your radio. You can make Public Comment by
What that says is that even though we locally are doing everything that we can to provide resources to the public, we know that theres so much more that needs to be done. We cant wait for a federal stimulus check in many cases, people who are living paycheck to paycheck and need money to pay their bills. And we know, especially our hairdressers and our nail salons, our barbershops, theyre probably suffering the most. Because if they dont work they dont have any income. So this is a very challenging time for all of us. And as we deal with the protecting of Public Health, we need to always protect the Financial Health of our families and communities. After were able to reopen what is that going to look like . And how will we be able to continue to make sure that everyone has a decent paying job with benefits . Thats the foundation of our city and its necessary for us to figure out ways in which we can help to support one another and uplift one another. Just a few things that we have been
And if you want more information, you can please visit datasf. Org covid19. Its or tracker with detailed information around testing and other helpful information by zip code that people may be interested in seeing. And today, i had a couple of things to talk about specifically, the new health order issued on friday by our county Health Officers and i really mention this on friday, but i think this is really exciting, that even though we still have challenges that exist, the ability to allow people to get back to work is so important. And construction in our city will be allowed, as well as outdoor businesses and today, i just want to express, again, my appreciation of the outdoor activities, outdoor businesses and how important it is to make sure that we start to gradually get back to business. We know our governor announced a plan that he will release on guidelines, as well as timing of when some of our Small Businesses, our book stores, small retailers can get back to work and i thin