President yee good afternoon and welcome to the april 21, 2020, meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the roll. Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call]. Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. Supervisor safai supervisor safai is present. Clerk thank you, supervisor safai. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Board Meeting, members will participate online as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. First, you are welcome to submit via email at board. Of. Supervisors sfgov.
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 16. The bill, as amended, is passed. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for wisconsin. Mr. Johnson mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i come to the floor today to urge the senate to immediately take action to address the issue of elections. And specifically to address technical changes to the 400 million in electric security funding passed in the cares act and to talk about the coronavirus threat to our democracy itself. 16 states have already postponed their president ial primaries or transitioned that i primary their primaries to almost voting entirely by mai
The organ stateline population has zero coronavirus cases. 100,000 people flock to florida beaches to protest the order to close. They ordered the shutdown today. They went to court today to fight the order but the judge decided the beaches will remain close. Governor newsom announced 91 more deaths in the past 24 hours. That brings the death toll to more than 21,000. More than 50,000 confirmed cases. The governor said there was a bit of encouraging news with the flattening and even dropping. Pertaining to hospitalization and people in the icu. Flat in terms of total icy and drop in p uis. A modest decrease in hospitalization but a nice drop in the pois. Thats good news. Bad news positive test, good news stable line that you have provided us the opportunity to announce because of your individual behavior and the physical distancing that you have done in scale in the state. Thats why i feel some confidence that over the course of the next week, we will be able to make some announcements
We debate the speed to open the country from the covid19 pandemic. Live coverage now from ktvus Jana Katsuyama and how peoples perception of this may be swayed by their politics. Remake certainly the images show the clear frustration those people are feeling. But a new poll released today shows it may not represent what a majority of californians are thinking. In sacramento, a crowd of some 1000 protesters gathered outside the capitol building, many disregarding stay orders for masks and the six feet of social distancing meant to stop the coronavirus spread. We are trying to reach out to the government in make their concerns, worries, fears, anger , frustration known. Reporter the balance between public experts at home orders and the economic toll increasingly is becoming partisan politics. Trump 2020 flags were flying above the crowd near signs depicting democratic governor gavin newsom as hitler. Amid other protests across the country, trump mega hats and signs were visible. Whats st
Clerk mr. President , you have a quorum. President yee thank you. Everybody, please place your hands over your heart, and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee thank you. Supervisor safai supervisor safai is present. Clerk thank you, supervisor safai. President yee okay. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who air the meetings and make the transcripts available online. Madam clerk, are there any announcements . Clerk yes, mr. President. During the Board Meeting, members will participate online as though they were present in person, and the public is invited to participate in the meeting in the five following ways. First, you are welcome to submit via email at board. Of. Supervisors sfgov. If you do not have internet or youd like to listen on the go, you can listen to the meeting on your cell phone. The telephone number is 8882045984. When prompted, enter the access code 3501008, press pou