Todays hearing on had committee of Small Business and entrepreneurship will come to order, and i want to thank everyone for joining us here today. I want to thank you both for being here though far away. And all the members for being here today. This is our first opportunity to hear from both of you about the enactment of the cares act in particular as it applies to Small Business. The cares act is landmark legislation. In less than 2 Weeks Congress passed the largest Economic Relief package in our nations history. And now after the passage of two further reforms the Paycheck Protection Program is the largest component of the Economic Relief enact by the cares act. Opthat point i just want to say a couple of things. First of all, it was the extraordinary work of many people, staff, of course worked tirelessly to make this possible. The partnership we had from both the sba and the treasury was extraordinary. Members on this committee, every single one participated. Obviously the leaders
They said this happened despite the moratorium on evictions. This behavior is shocking at any time and particularly shocking during the covid19 crisis. Reporter named in the lawsuit is the landlords and a moving company. The city is asking for a restraining order to block homeowners from further harassment. Reporting live , henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. There are more than 86,000 coronavirus cases here in california. That is an increase of 2100 new cases in the past 24 hours for the number of people who have died is now at 3500. That is a 106 uptick since yesterday. More than 1 Million People have been tested for covid19 in california. The National Unemployment rate is three times greater than it was in the 2008 recession. Here are the very latest unemployment numbers. An additional 2. 4 million job claims were filed last week bringing the total to 38. 6 million over the last nine weeks, 70 of americans. Heres more on the story from tom vacar. To consider this, its as if the United State
Washington journal program. Go through our social media feed. Cspan, created by americas Cable Television companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Cherry treasury secretary Stephen Mnuchin and carranza testified on the implementation of the cares act corona virus relief law. The Small Business Committee Members asked about the rollout and the effectiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program referred to as ppp. [inaudible] todays hearing on this committee on Small Business and entrepreneurship will come to order and i want to thank everyone for joining us here today and welcome both secretary mnuchin and administrator carranza. Thank you for being here so far away and all the members for being here today. This is our first opportunity to hear from both of you about the enactment of the cares act as it applies to Small Business. The cares act as landmark legislation and less than two Weeks Congress passed the largest Economic Relief ka package i
Kinds of beams. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Thank you for joining us tonight. Merchants in Santa Clara County had the green light to reopen tomorrow with curbside sales at nonessential stores. All of the other bay area counties have already started phase 2. The southbay was hit hard by the coronavirus and is just beginning. New tonight, we spoke with Business Owners and some welcome the baby step forward. Others are frustrated. Small Business Owners hope Curbside Service will boost sales but theyre not counting on it. Others are finding new ways to test the system and reopen. The Small Business owner is displaying new merchandise. Hoping to attract customers. I am super happy that were finally getting to this point. Santa clara county will commit curbside pickup. A move they have already taken. Napa can now offer dining. It is frustrating to watch other counties open. Hard to watch when businesses are hurting. We are chomping at the bit to get to that next point. The c
Explosion of a small propane tank at 415 in the morning. We heard an explosion in the fire just burst out of the building. All i heard was a big bang. And it was just, it made it loud because of the warehouse echo. Mayor sylvia zahn had just arrived at work. She helped to evacuate other workers at nearby buildings. It was scary but i had to act fast and call 911. Workers say what was a small fire quickly spread and in less than five minutes engulfed the building with thick black smoke. Shooting out of the roof, it was big and it was hot. Really up in my face. Felt the heat. Flames shut up about 100 feet into the sky. Right now we are dealing with surround and ground, we are getting this from all sides, it is too dangerous for our members to be in there. Two fire votes is water to prevent the flames from jumping to the ss Jeremiah Obrien Floating Museum which is docked next to the warehouse. It is my professional opinion that without the fire we would have lost the Jeremiah Obrien. 4 re