A few but hundreds of thousands of them we meet an environmental activist in russia. And increasing numbers of migrants are willing to attempt the illegal and very risky crossing from frumps to britain. Most people who flee their homes do so out of utter desperation war violence human rights abuses hunger and the effects of the Climate Crisis are often behind displacement every year tens of thousands of people try to reach europe roups often change and new ones are added instead of leaving from libya many now set out from tunisia on a dangerous journey across the mediterranean or from lebanon to e. U. Member state cyprus. At the end of 2019 there were around 6600000 refugees in europe but landing on european soil. Well marks the start of a new odyssey those who want to reach the United Kingdom face an illegal and potentially deadly crossing over the channel estimates suggest that so far this year 7000 people have managed it. Crossing the English Channel in rubber dinghies its a journey
Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
Contract that has no Harm Reduction efforts . The community is paying attention and we know that you have yet to take a stand against police brutality. Its your chance to stand up for the people and to take a stand against police brutality. It was renegotiated behind closed doors and subverting the power of the public to weigh in on our most vulnerable. Cities are Holding Police fraternities accountable. And in chicago, they are asking for 40 disciplinary reforms and had all negotiations in public. Philadelphia even passed a law to prohibit talks with their Police Fraternity until the Community Demands are incorporated into the negotiations it is your responsibility to prevent it from operating in the shadow. Mayor breeds threat to layoff workers if this is not pass side unimaginable. A shortage of funds in the sfpd workers would lead to workers being laid off. I want to remind that you these negotiations arent just about money. Theyre about lives lost on San Franciscos streets, about
Tonight. Calistoga continues to get beat up the last couple of months. Reporter they certainly do, jessica. Once again folks in calistoga or many folks here in calistoga are without power. You can see the traffic light at this intersection is not working tonight. But people here are understanding. Last nights wind caused a lot of worry. Pg e crews are busy repairing the damage caused by last nights windy weather. Sustained winds of up to 76 miles an hour in the north bay did, indeed, topple trees and take down power lines. This giant pine tree in angwin fell right onto pg e lines, pulling down three power poles. We would have had a major issue by all means. Reporter luckily the neighborhood was part of pg es Public Safety power shutoff. Folks here fear if the electricity had been on, theyd have been in a world of trouble. Pg e was right this time. They prevented a big fire. Our house is safe, and were thankful for that. Reporter pg e started turning off the power late yesterday afterno
And increasing numbers of migrants are willing to attempt the illegal and very risky crossing from from to britain. Most people who flee their homes do so out of utter desperation war violence human rights abuses hunger and the effects of the Climate Crisis are often behind displacement every year tens of thousands of people try to reach europe routes often change and new ones are added instead of leaving from libya many now set out from tunisia on a dangerous journey across the mediterranean or from lebanon to e. U. Member state cyprus. At the end of 2019 there were around 6600000 refugees in europe but landing on european soil marks the start of a new odyssey those who want to reach the United Kingdom face an illegal and potentially deadly crossing over the channel estimates suggest that so far this year 7000 people have managed. Crossing the English Channel in rubber dinghies its a journey that more migrants are making than ever before the British Government is getting tough control