Taxes didnt break the protection of the citizens system it was just the working class was the lore middle class and a way for the middle. Grade and deformed to serve the exclusive demands of Corporate Power and corporate profit has been unable to cope with the stress caused by the current pandemic the Us Government has proven incapable of protecting its citizens from the ravages of covert 19 or providing leadership to the Global Community the disastrous handling of the outbreak of covert 19 which has included an absence of federal planning severe shortages of basic medical i dont see such as test kits masks gallons and ventilators and a white house that peddles quack remedies and patent false woods has exposed the deep rot within American Society the United States now has them. Most confirmed cases of covert 19 in the world 15 times the number of cases reported in china the 2 ruling parties rushed to pass 3 relief bills but some 85 percent of the Financial Relief is for corporations th
Were watching up on some of that work as well as completing the westportal cross over that the former director advocated for. We should be able to complete the westportal cross over in time for the restorative rail service allowing us to be able to potentially offer threecar shuttles in the subway between westportal and embarcadero stations. Were also moving forward rapidly on the van ness Improvement Projects and the lack of transportation on van ness avenue and it has been able to allow the crews to accelerate the sewer and water work thats been the source of so much of the disruption on that street and that work is continuing quickly and it means that well be able to start the sfmta portion of that project and the transit portion starting this spring. Ill remind you all, that while the sfmta is in the lead of the brt project, none of our work has started yet. The work for creating the bus Rapid Transit line so were very much looking forward to that work getting moving and many of yo
Apply to selfemployed, part time, and gig workers, people like uber and lyft drivers who have been hoping for state benefits. Basically, if you lost her job because of the coronavirus pandemic, on a planet benefits will likely be available and they are retroactive to the date you lost your job. Not just the day that you file. That is a big victory for people who have held protest arrests over the last month after their income dried up. Benefits are only being offered to fulltime company employees. These new benefits are part of the federal cares act which was passed earlier this month. Here are some of the qualifications if you are trying to apply for these new benefits. You have to be unemployed, partially up employ, partially or unable to work as a direct result of the coronavirus. You can apply even if you dont have a robust work history during the last 18 months, like if youre selfemployed or independent contractor. You can also apply if you have collected all in a planet benefits
Shelter in place order. Specifically he will address reopening businesses and schools. The hope and expectation is we will be in a position in a number of weeks to make meaningful modifications but again the data will guide that and the indicators will guide that. That was the governor yesterday talking and earlier this month Governor Newsom did lay out the six part plan to bring california back to normal life. It included widespread coronavirus testing and protecting those at most risk. Today again expected to discuss redoing floorplans at schools, childcare facilities and businesses like restaurants and to still encourage social distancing. Here in the bay area six counties are extending their stayathome orders all the way through the end of next month, alameda, contra costa, marin, San Francisco, san mateo and santa clara, and official more detailed announcement will be made later this week. No date has been given but we know when the announcement takes place it will include easing
Governor newsom two weeks ago today we laid out a road map for reopening the california economy in a phased, thoughtful approach. We put forth six indicater to indicate dwrors drive our Decision Making. Politics wont drive our Decision Making prork tests wont drive our Decision Making, political pressure wont drive our Decision Making. The science, the data, Public Health will drive our Decision Making. We set forth a week ago a deep dive on one familiar indicater around testing and tracing, track, issues of isolation and quarantine. Today i want to update you on another indicater specific to businesses, schools and child care facilities. First i want to remind all of you what the six indicaters are. Mentioned testing as one of the principal indicaters, we have made progress in that space. Not nearly where we want to go and need to be but Real Progress we are now see in the space. 578,000 tests have been conducted in the state of california. We averaging over 20,000 tests a day. And we