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Gauging the response, what is working and what has done well. We made toefforts implement travel restrictions and limit travel from china clearly bought us some time. It slowed the rate of new cases coming into the country, i think the question becomes what we do with that time and we did some things well and some things not so well. I think we prepared the nation, we got the Health Care System prepared. We will educate providers. Learn more about the virus and how it spread and how you can combat it. One thing we didnt do that we should have was had in place broader screening. We should event omitted screening weeks ago and really a month ago or even more. To try detect small outbreaks early. We had problems rolling out a diagnostic test, we took a very linear approach in my view and depended upon one test promulgated by the centers for disease prevention rather than not it also working with academic labs together diagnostics. Then we had to scramble and so we are now just getting in
Termination of and kirkpatrick now and were told that this was a week in conversation but they have been monitoring this about 2 and a half years we do also want to say that. She. There will be an acting chief to take her place until they move forward with a nationwide search to take this new job but lets take you into the press conference that just wrapped up minutes ago. So tonight. Oaklands Police Commission voted to terminate the chief and request that i as mayor join them in a joint no cause termination which i accept it. The Police Commission is the communitys voice. The voters of oakland and 20 16 created the most powerful and independent Police Commission in the country. Tonight they exercise that power. Its my duty as the mayor to recognize the role and authority of this commission. And also to recognize when the trust between the Police Commission and the police chief has become irrevocably broken. That will prevent this city from moving forward. Now on they would not discuss
Announcements today . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. We considered this item last week. If youll recall, i offered amendments which needed to sit for a week, so i would ask today that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Chair fewer thank you, supervisor. There is no b. L. A. Report on this, and so lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public want to comment on item one . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer id like to make a motion to move this to the full board with a positive recommendation. I can do that without objection. Thank you very much. [gavel]. Chair fewer madam clerk, please call item number two. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. And i believe today, we have Michelle Geddes project manager in the San
Chair fewer good morning, everyone. Accept my apologies for being late. This is the wednesday, november 6, 2019 budget and finance committee meeting. I am chair of the budget and finance committee. I am chairman sandra lee fewer. I am joined by supervisor Raphael Mandelman and catherine stefani. Madam clerk, do we have any announcements today . Clerk yes. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer thank you very much. Madam clerk, can you please call item number one. [agenda item read]. Chair fewer supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, chair fewer. We considered this item last week. If youll recall, i offered amendments which needed to sit for a week, so i would ask today that we forward this to the full board with a positive recommendation. Chair fewer thank you, supervisor. There is no b. L. A. Report on this, and so lets open this up for Public Comment. Any members of the public want to comment on item one . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. [gavel]. Chair fewer id li