Hospitalizations in real time to make a determination if there should be tougher restrictions for counties in the purple tier. Based on covid cases on the last number days and thanksgiving gatherings, california will see an increase of cases in the next few weeks. Things will only get worse if we do not change our ways. We could see an increase in hospitalizations. It is greater than the current sentence in just one calendar month. Reporter what is concerning is an increase in hospitalizations and the state growth rate and Positivity Rate. The sevenday averages close to 15,000. The peak in the summer was roughly 9881 in july. The Positivity Rate is 6. 2 . 50. Percent are occupied. They could increase to 62 . Currently 72 percent are occupied. It could reach 91 by christmas eve. They could be at capacity in january. California could see another stayathome order. The potential for stay at home order for those regions and purple because of hospitalizations in icus. That is the quibbling,
Clerk madam chair, you have a quorum. Wonderful. Clerk item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting. Its clear were using sound producing devicing duries duri meeting, so we wont announce this. Item 4, approval of minutes of the november 3, 2020 meeting. Directors, is there anyone who wishes to make any comment . Okay. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who wish to make Public Comment this item on the agenda . You have zero questions remaining. Okay. With that, ill turn it back over to the directors. Directors, do i have a motion . Motion to approve. Second. Okay. Secretary silva, would you please call the roll. [roll call]. Clerk madam chair, you have five votes to approve the minutes. You are on item five, communications. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency, this meeting is being held virtually, and all members of the staff and the public are attending Via Teleconference. This will ensure the safety of the sfmta board of directors, t
For a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. Museums closed, churches no longer allowed to hold indoor services. A curfew forcing nonessential businesses to close. A new round of restrictions is taking effect in San Francisco and san mateo counties. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. It is a reopening rollback. San francisco and San Mateo County have moved to the purple tier today. The curfew we mentioned kicks in tomorrow night, and in the bay area only marin county remains in the less restrictive red tier. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard joins us live from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco where the ferris wheel and museum are now closed. Cornell, it seems like they just reopened not too long ago. Reporter youre right about that. So many people caught off guard, diane. Surprised to see their favorite attractions temporarily closed due to new purple tier restrictions including indoor worship. You teach us to love the things of heaven and hold fast t
Sports. And that means no games at levis stadium. Azenith smith is here with a reaction from the head coach. Reporter the niners next to home games are now out of the question and in the midst of their season the team will have to act fast, their options are to postpone or cancel games or find an alternative location to practice and play. Some options that have been thrown out, the stadium in San Francisco, or maybe the oakland coliseum. The team says they are aware of the new order and working with nfl. In a post game interview this afternoon you can sense the frustration of the 49ers coach who says the team wants nothing more than to stay in their hometown and play at levis stadium. He shared his disappointment finding out yesterday as the team was on the plane heading to los angeles. He also says he is very proud of how his team played today despite the devastating news. It was a very disappointing thing we got yesterday. Our organization has been working their tails off with the co
40s. Even some of our interior valleys dropping down to the 20s this morning. Here is a look at the clear skies as we look across San Francisco. Looking at 36 in concorde right now. Oakland coming in at 44. 33 in livermore, san jose you are at 39 degrees. Santa rosa down to freezing at 32 degrees this morning. As we head through the afternoon, mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures. Mainly in the 60s. We will have the rest of the week coming up in just a moment. Now lets check in on traffic. I heard from chp. They are getting ready to open all lanes eastbound 24 through lafayette. That is where we had an overturned vehicle resulting in serious injuries. It took some time to clear out the lanes. But again, eastbound 24 near oak hill road, lanes should be opening up within the next couple of minutes. We will keep an eye on that and let you know when they are officially opened. A couple of other trouble spots. If you are 24 in the highway for ariel wesler now, we have a traffic collisio