Wong. Pam cooks office this morning. It is friday. You made it. Steve paulson, excited to see the weekends coming around the corner. I could see it yesterday dave and claudine. Yes. We have a different twist here on the friday forecast. Not bad but not much in the way of fog and clouds. This week has been a solid overcast extending well inland but that is not the case here. We do have a pretty good fog bank but again theres a more of a northwest breeze so there are holes in the fog especially north of the golden gate. 50s on the temperatures, santa rosa to san jose. Embarcadero southwest at 8 56, just a few low clouds, theres plenty of low clouds coast and bay. A west southwest wind at travis. They have had just 46 Miles Per Hour this week. If you liked this weeks whetmos i hope there isnt anything new, but lets ask him. Good morning to you. It is nice and quiet, just the way we like it. We hope that this is going to be a nice and quiet commute. Thats look at the bay bridge. You can se
Lot, lets get to the news this morning in the east bay, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure. To make sure that the Citizens Police commission is more independent in its decision making. The oakland Police Commission was established by voters back in 2016. Under measure l l earlier this year, the commission made headlines when it was involved in the firing of former Oakland Police chief Anne Kirkpatrick the lead author of the Measure Council member Rebecca Kaplan says this will protect the cities. Public of the public civil rights and also help increase Police Accountability and oversight. The residents of all clinton voters, the bulk and tired of this and we want to make sure than we have someone in there that can make sure that these reforms are man. Well if this measure passes in november civilian Inspector Generals Office will be established within the commission the office will research an audit the commission on the Police Departments effect in this at f
In the center of lot of 70s rather and the Santa Clara Valley got that and were also check the tropics quite busy including down around texas with a new Tropical Storm. All right dave thanks a lot. We begin in the east bay this morning more accountability for the Oakland Police department thats the change. The City Councils putting. In the hands of the voters. The City Council Unanimously approved a ballot measure to make the Citizens Police commission more independent in its decisionmaking kron fours dan thorn reports. In an effort to strengthen oaklands citizen Police Commission City Council Members vote to eliminate what oversight advocates called a poison pill now that weve excluded wording of exigent circumstances. Well give the Police Commission more authority and more independents exigent circumstance would have allowed the open police chief to change policies without the commissions consent in relation to Public Safety mariano contrasts with the coalition and Police Accountabil
List the white house puts us on what we need to do is what we know we need to do all along which is individually we need to take responsibility. So Wearing Masks socially distancing. Thats san jose mayor sam liccardo responding to the White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator doctor deborah birx she called out san jose is one of 12 cities in the country that she says are quote lagging behind the need to do a better job of slowing the spread. Take a look at this map from Santa Clara Countys Health Department it shows a higher rate of coronavirus cases in san jose compared to some other cities in the county. Some city leaders say that its tough to argue with the data while others say theres nothing to worry about. And we sure sips here in the city and county and the state and we are all watching the numbers so im im not concerned about. About that i dont speak the doctor birx is speculating i think that if hes making that list. Hes coming off of data theres no arguing with that i ca
Announcements . Clerk yes, please shut off any cell phones or any devices. Speaker cards should be submitted to the clerk. Items will be appearing on april 4, 2017. Would you like to take a vote on excusing supervisor tang for todays meeting. Yes. Do we have an approval to excuse supervisor tang. That is approved. Madam clerk, please read item 8 and 10. 170214 [purchase and Sale Agreement lendlease development, inc. 30 van ness avenue 70,000,000] sponsors mayor; kim reading code . Supervisor malia cohen all right. Thank you very much, supervisor kim has joined us today who is the sponsor for these two items. I will give her the floor now. Supervisor jane kim im only the sponsor to no. 8. Thank you, chair cohen and members of the budget and finance committee. We know this issue very well. This has been before the board of supervisors for some time. This is regarding the sale and acquisition of 30 van ness owned by the city county of san franciscans. In september when 2016 when we first