Electoral votes, President Trump has 214. 270 votes are needed. If any of the states that are still undecided go to biden he will have enough electoral votes to win the white house. President trump needs to hold onto pennsylvania, georgia and North Carolina and then take either arizona or nevada to take a second term. The closest race tonight is in georgia which is now a virtual type. That had not gone for democrat since 1982. Today several counties are again counting ballots into tonight. And in pennsylvania joe biden has steadily been gaining on the president but President Trump is Still Holding a small lead in a state he must win to keep the white house. Arizona has been called for joe biden although his lead is narrowing a bit as more votes are counted. Theres also a very close race in nevada, they will likely be counting ballots into the weekend. Biden has been building a small lead there, right now he has about a 12,000 point advantage. The tight race and unprecedented number of
It triggered evacuations in the area. Earlier flames were racing across trees and dry brush on the steel hipside. Firefighting planes dropped water on the fires. And fire crews responding to a three alarm fire. You could see the smoke there billowing up into the air from our sfo camera. This fire is on star lite street near north canal street. No word on which building is burning here, but we know this is an Industrial Area about a block or so away from the South San Francisco fire station. This fire was reported just before 3 00 this afternoon. As of 3 30 or so, it did look as the crews on the scene were getting a pretty good handle on this fire. Of course some very challenging conditions out there for fire crews across the bay area. Lets check in with Rosemary Orozco on the weather were seeing. Alex, that wind is Still Holding on, into the second part of the afternoon into the evening hours, with the advisory still in place as well. We can take a look at where were seeing a red flag
We dont want rookie paramedics out there doing this very important job. We want to do it by fall of this year. We want four units up by the fall of this year. Extra units is going to require extra training and hiring. Please let me know if im saying anything that is amiss. No, youre not. First i saw no getting the six units by februaryfor is that a yes, not . Im sorry, are you speaking to me . I think the question was if you could get the units up by february. I think that he said he could get four units up by the fall; is that correct . Ive known chief nicholson for a long time. She wanted to know that we could get started in the fall of this year. Extra units takes more time. Two additional would be february march of next year. This is all crucial information for the budget. Were figuring out how to cover this cost with the current budget. When we start its crucial to figuring out how were going to be doing that. This is crucial to figuring it out. Im sorry, supersizor. I want to mak
Clerk there are five ayes. Chair fewer thank you very much. Colleagues, id just like to say, get a good nights sleep tonight because tomorrow will not be so easy. I think we saw departments very compliant, and tomorrow, they will not be. Supervisor ronen im so excited. I have time to actually study. Chair fewer so everyone got the b. L. A. S report. Look at that, and say these are the recommendations, and if you can think of other things, great. This is where we start, and so we are growing that pot. Congratulations to all of you for growing that pot for the add back, and for the communities. Okay. Thank you very much. Seeing nothing further, this committee is recessed, and thank you, madam clerk. Clerk of course. Good morning. This is the august 20, 2020 rescheduled budget and Appropriations Committee meeting. I am joined by supervisors walton, mandelman and president yee. I would like to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have announcements . Due to the covid19 healt
Theres eight. Two teams have been funded in the mayors budget. Thank you, supervisor mandelman. Four are in the mayors budget and were working with dph to add two additional ones. And so, first question about these additional teams. Do the firefighters have the ability to 5150 someone if they believe it is necessary . At this time, we do not. However, simon p arang, in chare of community paramedicine, is here, and hes done outreach with dph and thinking about this and talking about this for a long time. So simon, can you please chief pang, can you please speak to that . Hi. How do you feel about us expanding ems six by six . Well, ive very grateful, but also, you know, anxious because i want to make sure that we dont oversell what we can possibly do. Although, its full steam ahead for us and we want to help the city in nr any way we can. If we wer would to get extra mo, it would start with hiring and training and we would get that done right away. I want to make sure i dont make any un