Long stretch of extreme heat for the bay area. We will see some of the hottest temperatures this season. Were looking at record highs. Looking at 108 in concord and 98 for san jose and 94 oakland. Here is that extended forecast, we are still going to stay hot as we look ahead to our weekend. Maybe a little cooler on sunday but still warm conditions. The pois th00e cio ght now. The outage 0 and is affecting parts of the civic center. They believe it may have been caused by scheduled maintenance and they hope to get the power back on within the hour. State officials have issued a flex alert for today hoping to prevent any problems with the power grid and asking everyone to conserve energy between 3 00 and 10 00 p. M. Lets go to the governor for an update on the coronavirus. Not as governor, but as a parent of four young children. We have different situations and different ages and different schools. We are having conversations which i know millions of americans and millions of california
Implementing this program but there are other parts that have access indie indiscernible . Operator you have three questions remaining. Speaker i would like to commend the sfmta on the slowstreets program. I think its great and particularly, i have frequently used the one on sanchez and if anything, thats to be extended even further and the slow street on 20th can be extended west, as well. I think that would be a great idea. I want to reiterate what everybody else said regarding the tenderloin, an equity standpoint in ten in terms of mg everyones lives better, its unfair they dont have slow streets. And people should take a step back and remember 30 of people in San Francisco dont even own a car and yet up until now, almost 100 of the streets where dedicated largely to cars and even now, 95 , so i think thats important perspective to keep in mind and just remember as we go forward, i think that this would be great to implement, especially after the pandemic and hopefully, make the cit
Commander ford showed in the powerpoint. Its not as much increases in the applicant pool. We only hire about 5 or 7 percent of the applicants. We have lot of applicants to get at the end. Very small number of candidates actually get through the whole process. I think its important to say, i hope this isnt taken the wrong way. Background process is strenuous and its strenuous on purpose. We ultimately from the entire pool, it is a small percentage that ultimately gets in the door and we armed with our equipment and guns. I guess i was in background for many years. I remember early on, this was years ago, the underlying theme was that the background process, it is exclusive to a degree. Were looking for a certain type of individual who has certain mindset and heart to come in this organization and do this kind of work. This is a unique profession and it requires a very unique personality. Were very all organizations are very particular about who we ultimately hire. Obviously, the implica
You know that. Reporter there are a lot of it is not intentional, i just firsts today. The first full day of senator Kamala Harriss role as joe bidens running mate. The first time the two will wanted to put together a list make an appearance together. Today where i think we have the release ad of the campaign. Made a lot of progress. Reporter and a moment captured in their new campaign it is by no means an exclusive ad, joe biden made his choice for a running mate. List of the considerations that california senator kamala we are advancing over the harris. Is the answer yes . Course of this legislative session that concludes on august 31. Absolutely yes. With that, and concluding my presentation. Reporter they will talk all right. About working together, you have been listening to Governor Newsom talking about a lot of things. Restoring the nation and the we can sit here and rehash it all. No need to do that. Fight for working families. Tonight they will go to a if there were a few high
Pandemic, everyday we suffer losses. People are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their Mental Health. Worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. Even as we endure these losses, im hopeful for the future. These months of Public Health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. Not just save lives but to address systemic racism head on and change society as we know it. I know today is about our budget and our path forward. As we step into the future, one that im hopeful for, is important we take a moment to recognize where weve come from. At the beginning of this year, we were living in a different world. Our Unemployment Rate was at a historic low. Tourism was at alltime high. Hotels were full, we had all plans to shape the future of this city we all love. I know i have plans to address homelessness and housing, to reimagine our Mental