A present. Haney, present. Supervisor mandelman. Present. Mandelman, present. A supervisor mar. Present. Supervisor melgar . Okay. Supervisor peskin . Present. Peskin, present. Supervisor preston . A present. Preston, present. Supervisor ronen . Ronen, present. Supervisor safai . Present. Safai, present. Supervisor stefani . Present. Stefani, present. Supervisor walton . Present. And melgar . Melgar, not present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you so much, madam clerk. The San Francisco board of supervisors acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, they have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the care takeers of this place as well as all peoples who preside in this traditional territory. We benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the
Restrict vote fres exercising their voting rights. We try to make our elections as accessible and possible by opening early voting and at city hall and vote by mail ballot last year in the middle of a pandemic and providing drop off boxes in every district including all precincts on election day. Georgias new voting law is a clear attempt to make it harder for back people and people of color to exercise their rights to vote. Throughout history, theres been efforts to restrict people of color from vote north this country and we have another example of that. This is a threat to democracy and here are some of the restrictions, voters will have less time to request absentee ballots. There are strict new i. D. Requirements for voting and residents when need a georgiaissued photo i. D. It is now illegal for Election Officials to mail in app ot applications for our vetters. They have to request it themselves. Early voting sex pannedded in small coun tease and not in populous coun tease and of
Escalate the use of force. They say the elite teams happen to be among the agents ready and available to deploy. I. C. E. s acting director says i. C. E. Is utilizing cpb to supplement enforcement activity in response to the resource challenges stemming from sanctuary city policies. Were removing illegal Border Crossers at a tremendous pace and making it clear that if you break our laws, you will be sent back home. Reporter the move comes as President Trump continues to crack down on sanctuary cities and illegal immigration. Immigrant advocates from the bay area say theyre ready for the beefed up actions urging people not to panic. We want, first of all, the community to remain calm. This is very typical of the president. When they are in their homes, they have the most protections, and they have a right not to open the door. We appreciate you. We love you. Its valentines day, that no one should be subjected to this kind of fear and scare tactics. That was Jodi Hernandez reporting for
880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 3 from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 Oakland Police are on the scene of an earlymorning homicide. Officers say a shooting was reported around 7 this morning on the 900 block of 40th street. When police arrived, they found a man who had died from gun shot wounds. Police have not released any information about the shooter. darya while the rain is making its way out of the bay area. People in the midwest are not so lucky. Extreme cold is impacting a large part of the mid west. Millions grapple with the frigid temperatures, at least 11 deaths have been linked to the extreme cold so far this week. Chicago have been experiencing frost quakes. Thats when the water underground freezes and expands causing the soil and rock to crask. Thousands of flights have been cancelled. And the weather forcing the Postal Service to stop deliveries in several states. But relief is in sight with aho. james a
As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-important income tax revenues in April slightly exceeded