With san quinton, as the states covid19 hot spot right now. The governor is ordering the release of as many as 8,000 prisoners system wide. More than 1500 inmates and employees have tested positive for the virus at san quinton, seven have died. The prison posted these pictures showing how inmates are being socially distanced in a repurposed furniture facility. We are live with the story. Reporter the covid19 outbreak here at san quinton has claimed the lives of seven inmates you can see the staff let willing people in and wearing face masks. Lets remember that the outbreak did not hit san quinton until late may. The spread of the virus has resulted in over 200 staff testing positive to covid19 and thousands of inmates. But the department of corrections estimates that 8,000 inmates currently could be eligible for release by the end of august because of new measures. Those not serving time for a violent kram, they will be the first eligible for early release. The founder of the fair and
We have a crew working on this story right now and well have more information as it becomes available, and arert abs state and local officials are ramping up efforts to support frontline efforts. San Francisco Mayor london breed today is making 24 7 Mental Health Services Available to City Employees and First Responders. Governor newsom is vowing to spend one billion to purchase up to 200 Million Masks a month. In Santa Clara County, Health Officials have ordered businesses to report if they have stockpiles of more than 5,000 gloves and 500 masks. Today the president said the government is inking deals with Companies Like philips to ramp up ventilator production. This will help ensure our company can produce enough ventilators in our country. That we can do it by ourselves. We expect to be sending quite a few to other countries. Now to the east bay, where Law Enforcement officers are out in force trying to make sure that everybody is following the rule g le wi t story. Eric . And larry
Guys. And thank you for being on top of this. No ones called our family, and my grandmother is going to be 85 years old. Something like this we should have been made aware of right away. It is a trying time right now because my grandmother is up in age. She doing well. She doesnt have a fever. Just the regular aches and pains a normal 85 would have. I have reached out to this facility to get more information. They have not returned my calls. The Health Department is only giving out the numbers here. The Health Department has notices up on the doors as well only allowing certain visitors. Now as to the time frame on when these patients had covid19, that is unclear this evening. I did talk with the Maintenance Worker here who didnt have any details about what happened, only saying that he has been wearing gloves and also a mask. It is important to note that we have been Wearing Masks out here as well, but have taken those off for this report. Well continue to follow this story and have n
Order it was recessed due to technical difficulties. Im supervisor stefani chair and to my left is supervisor dorsey. The clerk is stefani cabravera and thank jason of sfgovtv for staff thanksgiving meeting. Allow in person attendance and Public Comment and Remote Access via phone. Board recognized equal access is essential. Why in person allowed speak first then those on the phone line. When your item come up and Public Comment is called. Those in person line xup those on the phone dial star 3. If you are on your phone remember to turn down your tv and all listening device. Alternateively you may submit comment to Public Safety clerk john. Carroll sfgov. Org you may cent send it to city hall at 1 dr. Carlton b. Goodlett place room 244, San Francisco, california 94102. If you submit public ment in writing it will be forwardd and included part of the file. The item will appear on the board agenda of september 19, 2023 as a Committee Report unless otherwise stated. Thank you. Before we b
Chair will now recognize mes omis smiedy the mori andinit leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other th the jotyndinit leaders d thmirity whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Gutierrez i look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks and my friends in North Carolina and South Carolina too. When im not here in my district in chicago i have half a dozen events lined up over the next few weeks and i will be going from town to town state to state talking about the president S Immigration executive actions and what it means for them and their families. With local elected officials, i will be doing outreach to educate the community of im