Reducing the Oakland Police departments budget by 50 . A first of its kind for stress in the workplace for e. R. Doctors. What it says about bay area physicians and beyond. Confrontation over mask wearing at a walmart that has gone viral. Ill show you the changes that well follow in time for the weekend. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Document a marathon evening of Decision Making in oakland including plans to slash the Police Departments budget in half. It comes on the sail day the mayors home was vandalized. What role enforcement plays in our community is our focus on building a better bay area. Live from the newsroom, Tonights City Council meeting is still going on right now in. Thats right, ama and dan. It started at 1 30 this afternoon and its still going on right now. Now some of the big headlines, move the handling of special events to the administrators office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be
Office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be a 15member Task Force Made of nominees that come from each district of oakland. Theyre also open to having youth members be a part of the team. Next week they will vote on this task force. Before these items were decided, Public Comments stretched on for nearly three hours. Defund the opd by an additional 1. 4 million this year and form a task force which must be led by the most impacted Community Members . I was really appalled. Defund opd was the main message from speakers. Those exact words were graffitied on mayor schaafs house overnight. Police are calling it an act of vandalism. This statement, this attack designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best longterm interests of her beloved home town. We will keep you updated on the other items that were discussed at th
Announcements, still a couple hours away. Edward lawrence where things stand. Reporter the Federal Reserve has not cutrate since december of 2018. Nowed administration would like to see 2008. The market is pricing in a 25 basis point rate cut at this point. If you look at the speeches over the past month or so, of the 10 voting members on the federal open Market Committee six of those, those six on the screen, have indicated they would favor a rate cut. Now this Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell says that the Federal Reserve will use its tools to keep the expansion going. This is important, his language is important, not to head off a downturn but keep the expansion going. That could signal the Federal Reserve could act before they saw any numbers that represent a downturn. They are slow and deliberate in the moves up. A Senior Administration official says the president will call for a more aggressive Monetary Policy. The official says the president want a 50 basis point cut today
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