President has narrowed advantages in North Carolina and ohio. Biden leads in florida, pennsylvania, michigan and arizona. We begin our coverage with what to expect as the votes are tallied tomorrow. Reporter nearly 100 million votes have already been cast. With the pandemic prompting a lot of mail in ballots, experts say there is a good chance that we will not know a winner on Election Night. President trump and joe biden focus on midwestern battleground states. Both holding rallies in pennsylvania where the race is tight. Biden urged voters in his native state to get their ballots in. The power to change this country is in your hands. I dont care how hard President Donald Trump tries, there is nothing, nothing that will stop the people of this nation from voting. Reporter about 700,000 of the 3. 1 mailin ballots requested in pennsylvania are outstanding. President trump stump near scranton on a tour with rallies in North Carolina michigan and wisconsin. I think we will do well in wisc
Icu admissions up more than 27 . He suggested some counties are poised to move backward in the states fourtiered reopening system. Take seriously how deadly this disease continues to be. Averaging 44 deaths every single day in the state of california over a sevenday period. This disease continues to be deadly. And a vaccine will come, but its not going to come soon enough. Health and Human Services secretary dr. Mark galley says that private household gatherings are a major source of spread. Health officials urging the public not to let their guard down at this point. Businesses that dont follow the proper safety protocols to help reduce the spread could also be in for a rather rude awakening. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen with the story from the south bay. Reporter with the holidays fast approaching, Santa Clara County Health Officials are on high alert after seeing a sharp uptick in covid19 cases. The rate of change has been very steep, and that is a certain. Weve seen this before
There are four of you and there is quorum, i will text the commissioner to see if she needs help. President bernal with the quorum present, we move on to the next item. The approval of the meetings of the minute of september 1st. Wrong date, im looking at the minutes. The minutes of the meeting of september 15. Upon reviewing the minutes and without amendment, do we have a motion to approve or any amendments from the commissioners . So moved. Second. Before you all vote there is nobody on the Public Comment line, so there is no need to take Public Comment. I can take a roll call vote, commissioner. President bernal yes. Commissioner green yes. Commissioner chung yes. Commissioner chow yes. And lets see if okay, i will call her as we move into the next item. That looks like the minutes passed. The next item is the directors report. Director colfax. Good afternoon. The director report, grant cocolfax. One item of note, september 30, state department of Public Health released details rega
Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live with some battleground on each of those doctors. And stephanie what they bring to the table. Reporter yes, dan, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf represented on this board. All of them bring a wide range of expertise to this team, highlighting the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, includes ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very d
Madam clerk, do we have any announcements . Clerk yes, due to the covid19 health emergency, the City Employees and the public and the board of supervisors and the legislativ legistate meetins closed. And precaution is taken to the local, state and federal orders, and declarations and directives. The Committee Members will attend through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if physically present. Public comments are available on each item on channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org or streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments are opportunities to speak during a Public Comment period via phone call by calling 1 415 6550001. Again, 1 415 6550001. And meeting i. D. 1466495693. Again, 1466495693. And then press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussions but you will be muted and in listening mode only. When your item of interest comes up, dial star, 3, to be added to the speaker line. And ca