The streets of San Francisco could look like this at midday of a workweek and its had a profound effect on caltrain. Its been super empty and even sometimes when im commuting during rush hour before it was hard to get a seat. Now almost got a whole full car to myself. Reporter caltrain was one of the most efficient Transit Systems in the bay area with 70 of its expense paid for by riders fares, but that means its hurt even more when there are fewer riders. In good times were really happy not to need extra support through a sales tax, but caltrain is never unlike every other Transit System has never had a dedicated source of revenue. Reporter so measure rr would create an eighth of a cent sales tax on each dollar spent specifically to fund caltrain. Transit officials hope one day the money can be used to increase the reach and frequency of the service, but right now it will be a lifeline. In the next few years without this caltrain will have to shut down and that is animminent and real
He promises to support workingclass americans and reform the tax code read Michael Pompeo notifies the u. N. Of demands to reinstate sanctions against iran while slamming european allies who oppose the move. Good morning morning and a warm welcome. There is a lot for investors to digest. Hope in the vaccine front. A rise in joblessness. The tech sector is pushing stocks. Ms asiapacific up 1 . Z q futures, up near nearly three point 0. 3 . Joblesset shrugging off claims. Tech is the right spot. Dollar index under some pressure. 10 year yields, pretty steady. That is what is going on between asia and the futures market. Now to politics. Joe biden has accepted formally the Democratic National nomination to challenge President Trump. Vote for aericans to new leadership that will overcome local division in the the current president has american darkness. Too much anger, division. Wordand now i give you my you can trust me with the presidency, i will draw in the best of us, not the worst. I
Slightly but are still topping 100 with 165 cases reported on wednesday. Experti expertings are oespecially concern concerned. Translator the numbers couod be many times from now. That would mean 1200 people. It would increase my 256 fold. The governor is calling on residents to refrain from nonessential travel to other prefecture prefecture. The number of infections continue to rise in other parts of japan. 61 cases were confirmed in the western prefecture of osaka on wednesday. Thats the highest since the nationwide state of emergency was lifted in may. Now, across japan, morore than 22,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. Nearly 1,000 people have died. Officials are also closely watching developments in the southern prefecture of okinawa home to several m military u. S. Bases. The okinawa governor met the defense minister in tokyo. He asked the minister to push the u. S. Militaryy to swiftly provide detailed information on the infected people. Translator i hope he w
Mr. President , you have quorum. Thank you, madam clerk. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to public online. And madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the Ongoing Health emergency, members are participating in the Board Meeting through Video Conference to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting and members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely in the following ways. If you do not have the internet, the u. S. Postal service will deliver your written correspondence, address the envelope to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, San Francisco california, 94102 or you may
Through city hall or set hours until 4 00 p. M. How is that for a nonlawyer on the fly . [ laughter ] that sounds good to me and the provided would be, basically, subject to the city administrators determination. So the board wouldnt be requiring the front door to be open, but you would be conditioning the reopening of the treasurer Tax Collectors Office on the city administrator allowing assets through the front door. What i said was either that theyre allowed access or that its there to redirect individuals to the growth street entrance. I dont want anybody to come to the front door didn and nobodyl be there and then theyll end up in some unfortunate situation. Thats what im trying to solve for here. Ive got it. I think thats provided that language or provided however language. That accomplishes that. Im not an attorney, but i think ive expressed my policy considerations. We will commit to having if the door is not open, we will have staff out there in orange, bright vests, easily id