She said not all employees needed the 600 per week and hopes the next stimulus plan makes revisions. I wish that now we could investigate who needs what and it will be distributed differently. Some think that is discouraging people from getting back to work. The 600 would drop to 200. July is going into the books as the worst month so far for california during the pandemic with the state recording the most cases and deaths yet. This is a chart showing the number of cases each month for california. April, may, doubling in june. There may be testing that wasnt so widespread. In april and may, drops down in june to about 900 and then a spike up to 2,800 deaths, 1,000 more than the month ahead. Several Health Experts said they are seeing the worst of their outbreak right now. A Record Number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths this week. One doctor sent out it is not just the elderly dying in nursing homes. We had a shift in the demographics that we noticed younger people are dying. W
Its getting dark at this point. Reporter county residents say being on the watch list first to be able to have a mental release, we work from home, we have a work space, but this is an extra space to get away. Reporter some political leaders say they disagree with the states decision. We need to find a better way when it comes to metrics. Reporter as for shopping malls like the only shopping youll be able to do as of saturday will be outdoors or via pickup and delivery. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Contra costa county says its experiencing the worst of the pandemic. Health leaders were urging, almost begging people, to wear masks and social distance. This week the county reported a Record Number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Leaders say its not just elderly dying in Nursing Homes but younger adults. One doctor responded to the idea that herd immunity would be a good way and letting that large portion of our population to get infected could have dire consequences. We dont w
Okay. Welcome to San Francisco Planning Commission remote hearing for thursday, july 9, 2020. Before we begin, as i have in the past, i would like to enter the following into the record. On february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a local state of emergency related to covid19. Further more the mayor and governor have issued emergency orders suspending select laws amicable to boards and commissions. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace remotely. This is the 15th remote hearing. I am requesting everyones patience in advance. The platforms are not perfect and at times may even be clumsy. If youre not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. To enable public participation, sfgovtv is streaming this live. Sfgovtv is broadcasting and streaming the toll free phonein number across the bottom of the screen. Opportuni
Meeting will come to order. This is the july 16, 2020, special budget and finance committee. Im sandra lee fewer joined by the Committee Members walton and mandelman. Our clerk is linda wong who is assisted by brent. I would like to thank sfgov for broadcasting this meeting. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements. Yes, this the board of supervisors and Committee Room is closed however members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is due to the state, federal, and local orders. Committee members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the extent as if theyre physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Channel 26 and sfgov. Org are streaming the number across the screen. Committee members have an opportunity to speak during Public Comment meeting, you can call 4156550001, meeting i. D. 1463207645. Press pound twice. When connected you will hear the meeting discussion and you will be muted and li
Spreading. Here in the bay area the number of pos ive tests generally remains bel of 5 with the exception of marin county where cases have shot up due in part to an outbreak at san quentin prison. Joining me to discuss the prison situation is dr. Matthew willis joining from san rafael. Marin county is experiencing the largest covid spiking the bay area largely due to the outbreak at the prison. In what is done to manage that contagion . We have seen in the past few weses a remarkable incrin cases attributed to marin county because that facility is within our boundaries. There has been alcast 600 s now at that facility and about 600 if you include staff. Up until, for the first three months of our outbreak here in marin county we had a tol of 1000 cases. You can imagine almost 600 in two weeks drives those case rates up dramatically and has established us as havingthe highest incidence they wide. We are working with th California Department of corrections to offer consultation and techn