Wuhan. That is 50 more than reported. What else might china not be telling us . The 350 billion Small Business Bailout Program is officially out of money. What that means for america. Velshi starts now. Good morning. It is saturday, april 18th. Im ali velshi. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the commander in chief sowing the seeds of division as states begin the process of reopening. Donald trump said liberate michigan, minnesota and virginia after antiprotest in the states after restrictions brought on by covid19. The three governors doing their best to maintain order. As the facts show the rate of new cases and deaths continue to rise nationwide. The total fatalities climb to over 36,000. The confirmed cases in the United States surpassing 699,000. On thursday, the white house laying out a phase three approach on how to get folks back to work. Ultimately the decision to get back to work to states and their governors. Over the next very short period of time, it support to the
Law today los angeles laws that have passed and sometimes it does practically change the design. Sometimes there are differences in code that really make that change and it might be to the detriment of how we might see the design. I think it would be useful in your analysis to look at some of those projects and where the code has changed and how that can be impacted in the over all project design. Im all fore this kind of 60 day window process because i dont particularly find our discussion as particularly robust until they come back for extension but its worth having a hearing if we choose those projects to review drawings. I recognize the challenges that what they may not people might opt in the process without actually being quite Building Permit ready. Thats the challenge we have when people come for a 3 year entitlement. What they may come for a 3 year extension may not manifest when they do build. Thats something we should have a whole separate discussion if the issue of design a
Think should be a part of it. I can talk to the principals personally. That help is invaluable. I will tell you i was surprised when we did our first fundraiser. We have raised over 100,000 each year for this. I thought when people would talk about budget cuts and the reasons why we couldnt open the schoolyards, this is true. The use of proceeds i thought would be 100 paying for people to open and close the gates. The majority of the money is going to the ptas, and thats a good thing for them to apply on the weekends to program their school site. Layering an Additional School site is incrementally expensive. A, the funds are there to begin with. But b its not a cost issue, but a principal buyin issue. And i know that principals are talking to other principals. And parents talking. And michael and christine going to the schools is invaluable. Making the principals and the parents feel the buyin. I would like to say one other thing that is really, its so much now a part of the fabric tha
Okay, so we will be calling item 2 first. Madam clerk, can you please call item 2. Thank you, file number 130159, the hearing on shared scho scho schoolyards project. By member farrell. Thank you, i want to call up supervisor farrell and to make comments first. Thank you, chair kim, much appreciated. And its great to be here with all the school board members. Colleagues, today we will do a hearing and update on a shared schoolyards project. I have worked on this closely over the last two years with hydra mendoza and a number of people as well as rec and park and denny. And other folks from rec park as well. I want to thank all of those involved over the last two years. To give you background, i have talked about this a lot publicly. For me the impetus came up when first in office. And my children were learning to ride there, with the training wheels off of their bikes, and we lived close to roosevelt and thought that would be a great place to learn. We went over there on a saturday mor
Sfgov and those taping todays session. Madam clerk, any announcements . Seeing none. I would like to change order of the agenda and call up item 2 first, if thats okay with the committee . Okay, so we will be calling item 2 first. Madam clerk, can you please call item 2. Thank you, file number 130159, the hearing on shared scho scho schoolyards project. By member farrell. Thank you, i want to call up supervisor farrell and to make comments first. Thank you, chair kim, much appreciated. And its great to be here with all the school board members. Colleagues, today we will do a hearing and update on a shared schoolyards project. I have worked on this closely over the last two years with hydra mendoza and a number of people as well as rec and park and denny. And other folks from rec park as well. I want to thank all of those involved over the last two years. To give you background, i have talked about this a lot publicly. For me the impetus came up when first in office. And my children wer