Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Our budgets are under extreme stress. Arts fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We run our cities with a balanced budget which we are required to do by law. So what does that mean . How do we possibly do that in the face of this tremendous crisis . It means the cut jobs. It means eliminating services and staff at the same time. Our First Responders have been on the job since day one of this pandemic transporting those with covid to hospitals with Public Health initiatives keeping social and family order
I want to thank her for an sent the National League of cities in the National Association of counties for their sheer dedication to this issue on badly needed federal assistance as we continue to fight the covid19 pandemic. A quick note for members of the press joining us today, we will take questions after brief opening remarks. If you have a question, please put your name and media outlet in the chat and well call on you. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Im keeping this brief and to the point. Local leaders have been sounding at definite alarm for months about the need for direct fiscal assistance from washington as the virus rages in our city. Fences are skyrocketing. Our essential lifesaving services are strained. The need for public assistance is through the roof. This has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic since march of last year. Today, only 38 cities have received direct relief yet mayors everywhere continue to do what we do everyday. We get it done. We r
Stuff on roadways at least the bay bridge not look at the worst ive seen it there right, yeah, theres a little bit of a line a little bit of a wait here at the pay gates job but this is good its actually. This year than yesterday okay yesterday was veterans day thursday heavy so friday light go with that i like that thursday heavy here at the bay bridge toll plaza, the line here is filling just the over crossing so filling in as i said yesterday was veterans day folks took the day off we didnt have any delays or backups at the toll plaza and now its back to business as usual right so 12 minutes and growing to make it into San Francisco but very quiet and trouble free here across the upper deck were checking in on the drive times and they look good, i dont have any hot spots are problems to report no problems for 5. 80 livermore to dublin 6. 80 looks good dublin to fremont the recovering from a crash in san leandro south 8. 80 to 38 and then rolling along to 37 westbound from 8. 80 over
Its back to the heavy winter jackets we go hopefully not always the roads as far as see the hot spot. You know theres an issue out looks like this one is in the east bay robin to write east bay south the city of fremont several big breaks and several construction trucks. Thats not good yeah, we have several lanes closed by the way to southbound 6 ad adMission South. Heres 3 right. Lanes close. We have big rigs and trucks involved in this crash theres order to scattered across the lanes here so a big mess for south 6 ad which was quiet just 15 minutes ago now we have traffic backed up a few miles leading up to the scene so yeah, this is a hot spot, ill keep my eyes on you can get by with just get out there a little early because youre delayed 19 minutes and growing from dublin to fremont because of that crash also checking in for vasco road for my folks who commute into livermore for southbound vasco an accident here about a mile or so before old vasco road thats blocking the southbound
. Residency julie i think he has. Think he has changed american perceptions of who can be president. I think he has changed about ns perceptions what the president should say, how the president should act, acceptable in that role. I do think there is a question, whether any future president acts in the same way trump does. Actually is a model president or of whether we see an effort to revert back. There is certainly now a much ifferent idea about the qualifications that it takes to become president and who could themselves r prepared and able to receive the votes of the american public. That i think really in an extraordinary way. Steve jon jon, your thoughts o Jonathan Karl, your thoughts to that question . Jonathan we havent had a president like donald trump before now. Actually dont think well ever again have another president like donald trump. Figure. Hes a singular but that said, julie is exactly right. Boundaries. The i think some of it will come back to normal. This k, you kno