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Effect at 10 00 p. M. On saturday and last four weeks. Reporter indeed. The thing thats important is there are some details that are important to add to the Broad Strokes that you just put out there. What it is that california will impose a socalled stay at home curfew in purple tear counties. You got to be in a purple tear or if you go into a purple tear. It prohibits most nonessential activities outside the home between 10 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. All of this is trying to prevent an uncontrolled spread, a meltdown, if you will, of covid. That spread is trying to be stopped in the most critical period, thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Here is the state of Secretary Health and what he had to say. We too are seeing this surge growing faster and faster and we must address it immediately. We are putting forward a limited stayathome order, one that is more targeted, one that is more focused in the following ways. It impacts counties that are in the purple tear. We are asking that as par
Chair where are you . I see myself but not on the screen. Thats a background in san pablo bay. Chair i thought your office was getting better. I didnt realize that was my background. Im not speaking from there, but my home office. Im very grateful. The issues raised are important and fair. We cannot supervisor peskin, you brought this up in the very first hearing that is critical for our society. I feel like the department of building inspection and all the other city Agency Agencies willn this. I am committed to working with everyone and excited to get going. Thank you for this opportunity. Chair thank you, ms. Rafael. Do you do that in conjunction with the office of economic and Workforce Development or do you have that function within your department . We work very closely with joaquin tores and the office of development. We will be working with them to get developers ready to comply with this ordinance and to understand the legalities of their compliance, what those issues are. And
Good afternoon. Welcome to the land use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors for today, monday, november 2nd, the day before the most important election in our lives. Our clerk is miss erica major, miss major, let me announce actually, call the roll, miss major. Call the roll, supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor safai. Safai absent. Supervisor preston. Present. Thank you, sorry, safai is present. The only reason i asked for you to call the roll, the screen that i have doesnt show me everybody who is participating, so im not sure why this device is doing that. But all right. Ms. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements. Yes, mr. Chair. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect board members, employees and the public, board of supervisor legislative chamber and Committee Room are closed. However, members will participate in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the statewide stayathome order and all local and state orde
Choice for americas voters in just over a weeks time. A good part of the evening was spent on the big news of this week, talking about the business act deaths of mr. Bidens son hunter. Unlike our colleagues and some other news organizations, we wont ignore the issue, but well discuss it later in the show. The biggest differences were around policy, the economy, health, energy and other areas. Joe biden got off to a start by warning of a dark winter of covid ahead while President Trump insisted that the primary responsibility is to get the economy moving again. Were opening up our country. Weve learned and studied and understand the disease. Were learning to live with it. We have no choice. He says that were, you know, were learning to live with it. People are learning to die with it. Gerry in many ways, this frames the election. President trump is eager to get the country back to work, end the lockdowns and manage the risk from covid. Joe biden emphasizes caution and Public Health and