hello, welcome toed newsroom. tonight we are continuing ongoing coverage19of covid-. it has been five weeks of sheltering in ace here inthe bay area. on wednesday, millions of americans received economic impact payments in the bank accounts, up to $1200 per

person. also those we come another 5 million people file for unappointed. altogether, 22 million americans have lost their jobs due to the coronarus. this week'sinfusion of cash from the government will help, several legislators such as our first guest this evening say americans need some sort of ongoing financial relief. joining me now by skype from washington, dc islooking congress ermethank you so much for being with us. >> things are havi me on. three make you pointed to the bipartisan white house advisory council which just held its first call on thursday. can you tell me about this councils makeup and at it is expected to actually do? >> well it is bipartisan counsel, it has about 10 house democrats, 10 senate democrats including senator durbin. we are priding advice abou what we need to do. to rebuild our economy. i emphasized two planes, that we need testing, massive testing to be able to reopen

our economy weand that need critical investment in advanced manufacturing of the industries of the future. it is not acceptable that we are dependent on china and even ireland for critical medical eqpment. three back to you expected counsel to accomplish any of these goals of adding more testing or to change the way manufacturing is done? >> i don't know, all i can do is offer my eas, my recommendations, my willingness to work. and obviously ultimately it is the president's decision. i have disagree with them as people know, very strongly. but i thought in a time of crisis, it is important for us to put the countrfirst. i was going to do my point to offer ideas. >> do you filled his ideas are beg listened to by president trump? >> they were listened to on the call, whether there is action that follows it, remains to be

seen. >> this wiki al introduced the emergency money for the peop act which heco-authored with ohio congress member tim lyon. under the provisions of this proposed legislation, you had sent $2000 a month to make en over the age of 16 for 12 months. >> it is very simple, right now we still have not had the stimulus checks, but estimates check of $1 0 limited to people who make under 75,000 is not enough to deal with this crisis, to pay the rent and put food on the table and pay your mortgage is. what we say is that we need to give $2000 to every household a under $260,000 month, and they would qualify and last for the duration of the covid crisisup to a year. we are underestimating the severity of this crisis, people yment. this crisis was not their fault, the gove ment needs step in.

>> when you say we are underestimating the severity, he was underestimating it? >> the government is underestimated underestimating it the impact of this is had on working families, how many peopleg are not beable to pay the rent, how many people are running out of funding to buy basic groceries and basic supplies, how many people are out of jobs and maybe out of i think the issue is that a one- time payment is not sufficient. >> you also talked about how this ia time when we really o see people might otherwise be more invisible rise up and be the heroes in our community. we're talking about food service workers, we are talking about healthcare workers, the lights on day today. our there are 60 million americans who are so working. can you tell me a ablittle bit t how you are expected this money to

go out to them and who it will go to. >> that is a great int and that is why senator war i proposed a workers bill of rights. the reality is, in and a l digie, there a lot of people who are still physical labor who we are so relying on this'll crisis has shown us that we are reliant on the person who delive our groceries, the one who dries the trucks to warehouses or our warehouse ployees, we are dependent on the technicians that keep the internet running the electricity flowing. a lot of those people are under contract and they have not been getting a fair wage or any benefits or healthcare. it is time that our society, ouuntry provide them healthcare anovide them with childcare with benefits they deserve. >> i want to dive into that l essent care of rights that forward this weekn have put

in it, you highlight the need for health and safety precautions, but he also include more long-stans.ng progressive go the need to collect bargaining units. the exciting action taken from this bill of rights or is apa pea way of stating progressive values during this crisis? >> no, we need this to be part syof the next em was built. senator warren and i are were writing this closely, lkwe're g her and other colleagues. all can agree on that is at someone is going to the grocery store to work, they should be safe and get a decent wage and be paid for the risk they are taking. they should have childcare, they should have an ability to bargain r their right. the point is, is is just me during t covid crisis, itis not a permanent thing. it is something that is needed. >> the government worked fairly quickly topass the $2 trillion relief package. lately there

has been disagreement over a smaller sum, $250 billion to go to small business owners. are we seeing a breakdown in bipartisan action already? >> well, we want ivto the money to small business owners, but we are recognizing the problem. the prlem s 350 billion, the first thing that happened is that the companies that had the banks, wells fao's and others, got the money. the mom-and-pop's clearers or aurants who do not have these relationships with banks, they were left out. what we are fighting for is say, if we are going to have t make sure that the businesses that need them thmost are getting it and not these businesses that are being funded by rich investors. >> let's come back closer to home now. you represent califoriia's 17th di which includes silicon valley, san jose, tells about the impact of the coronavirus on your district. >> our district has been hard- hit but i want ectonize dr.

sarah, how she and the entire country was ahead of the curve. she got the bay area to shelter in place on mah 16th, that was four days before negovernor om, that was weeks before andrew cuomo. re as alt of her greatest action and decisive action, our death rates have been lower, are corovirus rates have been lower, she real deserves our thanks and our appreciation. of course, our district has been hit, there businesses that have been hit, restaurants, hotels, hospitality business, some of them are facing the road prospect of going under. our startup community has been hit. i worked very hard suto make startups are qualified for the paycheck protection program, so they don't have to have layoffs.

but e economic impact on many small businesses ve been devastating. >> in the last few minutes before me go, how do you see society on the other side in the region as we start to reopen as a wenation? are going to be seen permanent governmental structure changes, and what might those be? >> i think we're all aware our vulnerability of both economically and to pandemics. my hope is after we emerge is thwe have far more support for public health and public health infrastructure, we will realize the need to otcooperate withr nations and be tactful, things are global problems. we will realize how vulnerable each of us are economically and prdo more to ide people with a fair wage, with healthcare with thchildcare and the basics you need to leave the lead a decent life >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for taking the time. is wesan francisco showed new economic data forecasting future impacts from the coronavi the city. immediate losses include hotel

cells, parking and transfer taxes. in the coming years, there will be lossefrom property and business taxes. just how hard with the city be had by this economic downturn? journey me by skypto discus these topics is ted eagan. joining us from sonoma is arthur sisco travel ceo joe dalessandro. thank you gentlemen both for joining us. we've asked you about to come on the show at methe same because tourism is the city's biggest industry and what is happens in tois going to effect the economy. cayou start by giving us a lay of the land, how do how does the city's econany look where does tourism factor in? >> the tourism industry is under a shock because of the shutdown because of thegl al concern about the virus. there are at least 100,000 rebs directlyted to industries likehotels, restaurants, arts, recreation, other visitors

serving attraction, drinking places and retell those serve largely tourist. all of those industries are impacted and not just by the travel and place order but becausalof the glclimate around trouble that is happened over the past couple months. >> how big a piece of the ispie tourism? >> i was say, tourism pays more than other industry in texas because of the hotel tax in the city which is a 14% tax. whis that industry hit, the city fills it disproportionately. >> we have gone through 10 years of growth, that is en in the travel industry as we the coronavirus has ended that. can you give us an apples to apples comparison of tourism activity lester in april to is onth? >> sure, lester in april we would probably have experienced

about 87% thoccupancy in city of san francisco. this year we will be lucky to get a percent. i am going from 87% to 8% is a huge blow to the industry. visitors and services goes t about $1billion a year in our economy. the hit is terrific this year. it is nothing we've ever expressed before. in fact we are saying about nine times worse than the impact of travel that was felt during 9/11. >> you've laid t some new couple of different scenarios this week. tell us what you're looking at for the future. >> there are a lot uncertainties about the cities future economics. it depends first and foremost about how the viru is going and how quickly things can get wack to the they were a couple mohs ago. it also depends on how consumers respond when things both of those are major unknowns. at, under an optimistic oking

scenario, weare looking at 3 million over the next few years and under a pessimtic, these early estimates. the real economic, that is only justjor role in from march and so they will be subject to arn more. it revision as we we have these losses rolling in, what will it mean for the city's budget, how deeply will it need to be cut? >> because we've had 10 years ofonomic growth, the city is much better positioned in this recession that has been in the past. werehave got rves between rainy day funds, general reserves, in the range of seven to 8 million llars. that wihelp with that when i úextended recession. ere and an it is gog tobe recession time in city hall. where will have to be looking at savings. >> joe, they stop in tourism

has had lla heavy on hotels and restaurants and even on your organization. i understand you have had to let go about 60% ofyour staff and thoswho have remained have taken 20% pay cuts. do you have an expectation th someday wewill get back to tourism as it was pre- coronavirus or do you think tourism is forever changed here in the bay area? >> you know i don't think it is forever changed. i think it bawill come , it will not come back anytime soon. i think the way people travel on the way people travel especially in large groups will change. it will change unl we havea vaccine and until we have some sort of solution to the health crisis that we are havi right now. in some estimates, we won't see numbers like 2019until maybe 2023 again. it will come back, it will just take some time. >> one of the ways you inare loat pivoting is doing some virtual tourism. unexpectedly and unbelievably going online this year. what about big san francisco

tradition eventse,, prhardly strictly, blue grass, wi you be looking at moving those online? >> i think a lot of events will go online to get the characte of the event alive. especially this year. it is like that have to be in person. you will exhave to rience those things directly in order to really benefit. the economic benefit of ople are actually when participating, when they are actually going to restaurants and going to meetings and conventions and ing to the theater and to an arts activity or to an event. although this year will be very challenging for these major events to continue to happen, i think we will see them coming back in the future. that is kind of the necessary part of a thmajor event like , and also part of the dna of san francisco. >> we talked with the golden gate resta ant association laek. they were saying that about 30% of restaurants in california could close permanently.

where do you see the hotel industry landing on the other side of this coronavirus pandemic? 3 i think hotels are different animal, their larger operations thanrestaurants. 70 restaurants wrecking right now are mom-and-pop stores smaller operatio. 70 people come here for our food and culinary scene. think hotels will survive, a lot of them have suspended the operations right now. in fact a large percentage ve suspended their operations. as business travel starts to come back, as leisure travel socialcoback, the hotels will reopen, and will rehire people. they will tostar experience the industry we knew before the pandemic. >> more than 20 million jobs have been wiped out. what does at mean for this area and when do you expect to

see those come back? or do you expect to e them come back? >> i think it is reasonable to think that there is going to be a period ofadjustment once the children place orders are lifted and once things get back to normal. th could be some period of time. that could be up to a year, or a year and a half a gradually getting back to normal. i think scenarios of 2023 are not out of e range of possible at all. i'm hoping that once enthe chilplace lists, we are going to start seeing growth, if that happens we can start seeing growth by the second half of the year. the client ck to full it is going to take some number of years. >> this crisis is impacting not only the tourism industry, but houses are being felt in the san francisco bay area economy? >> i think it is fair to say to fill it and it is really very deeply.

for example, virtuay all of the construction industry in san francisco is shutdown. retail businesses that are nonessential businesses are shut down. essential businesses that are not in helsel for example are shut down. so cross aboard your seeing industries at the very least affected by and if they can't manage to work remotely like a lot office workers, then they are in a sit they're not able to raise resident revenue if you were not able to work. >> what are toyou going be watching for as indicators that the economies intimate back, that the trouble industry starting to flow again? >> what we thought was going to happth is we filled beginning of people traveling again, will be regional traveling. people from northern california. people that feel comfortablwh and understand is be happening in northern california. it will spread a little further maybe to the specific northwest we will start to see business travel start to come back.

when they start to function, they need to travel and have interactions directly with individuals. they can't do itall on the phone or a conference call. the travel industry world. l we will see the first and then slowly it will start to open at and then will grow wider and wider. it will not happen immediately, we will have to see what the protols are. all of those types of things will help get a feel of how quickly the industry will come back. >> the same question, wha be the indicators will show the economy is working into rea deeperssion or is improving? >> i think we're going to have to start looking at the responsiveness of businesses and consumersas a restrictions began to lift. we need to see whether it is a sharp return, which some economists are forecasting. i would say, slightly more economists than note expecting rapid growth in the second half of 2020.

locally, are going to be watching what happens with businessesonce they're allowe to reopen. are they all reopening? are they for the customers?rm his life ? but if you're in a world for example where you can't admit as many people in your business if you are used to, even if people want erto go they're looking at curtailed revenue when you're opening and that is long change. >> gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you >> thank you. >> pemany le stuck at home have decided now is the perfect time for a pet. so many in fact at shelters are reported record people looking to adopt or foster animals. justice shelters were strange empty out, new trend is more pets are beinreturned or abandoned as their owners become unemployed.

joining me now to ,discuss th elsa jewell. thank you so much for joining us. tell me about family dog rescu and about how business has been going since the quarantine was put into place. >> okay, we're celebrating our 10th year and this is our third year at this location, we are in the bayview in o.san franci since covid-19 has happened, a lot has changed for us. some of my low-cost clinic than they used to be able to go to to gegssimple thsuch as vaccinations are no longer available to me. source and cleaning supplies has now become a chalconge. vaccinations i had a little bit of above there but managed to get over that hump. dogs are being abandoned in central valley because of the economic crisis and the illnes that it afis cting everyone. municipal shelters are no

longer taking owner surrenders, animal control officers are known are picking up gs who are stray in the field. it has put us in a really unique position because we have always been here, but now we are definitely a safety net for th e animals. we aworking with our partners as we've always done, and now we don't really have an in between asuch, we are working directly with people th who are in e areas where we get our dogs. the need has increased, it crdo not se. we are still pulling dogs, our adoption of foster rate, the h day of ma16th when we got the shelter in place order, i was here until 10:00. we put 40 dogs into foster, 10 adoptions. normally we leave like seven or 8:00 at night and a pil day , we were seeing you know on a weekend, maybe seven or eight dogs. now we the seeing adoption number consistently and our foster number has gone up as well. >> your adoptions imposters have gone up, but the numbers of ds anita home it sounds

like is also increasing pretty significantly. >> yes, i honestly cannot quantify that for you. i would like to say, it is not as high of a number. i would say we are seeing, 3 to mes the number of dogs getting done. and it was sad before, it is now definitely in a crisis mode. >> are using it mostly in the central valley or are you seeing ttht here in bay area as well? >> we don't really pull that many dies from the bay area. we are accepting sodogs that were adopted out a well back in the people lost her job so their owners argiven the docs back to us. it has not been a huge number that way, but in the central valley, puppies, seniordogs, you know adult dogs, we tend to take the more challenging cases and we continue to do that. we brought coin a le dogs

that definitely re in great shape. we will take them to the vet and care for them and then when they are ready to be adopted they may go into st until they are adopted or he enough to be adopted. yes though, the numbers, it is really bad right now. >> do you need more people to volunteer to foster animals were to adopt? >> oh, yes, both. we are not at this point taking any walk-ins. we are only doing it appointment. we've been swamped. i believe our calendar is booked starting into june at this moment. ins, we are lofor foster's , we're looking for thadoptions e are some stipulations where people should send us an email. but yes, we are still looking. the need has not decrease at all. >> is is a od time for people to adopt a pet or is the setting up some unrealistic expectations for that animal? >> that is an excellent question. gse of the thwe've done recently is caution people who are adopting puppies to day with the dog. 24 hours a

you're going to end up, when life gets back to normal, u're going to then go to work and the kids will go to school and the dog will be left alone e for some od of time. we don't like it when dogs are left alone for any more than six urs at a time. we are utioning people th you actually have to leave the puppy in the home and to ever increasingly large increments ofime that you'renot with the puppy. that would be true also for an adult dog. spend a fair amount of time with the dog but you have to create a relationship where the dog is able to by yourself and feel comfortable in the home. it is a new component that we have added, pain the people would be like hey, i'm going to be out of my house for a couple eyof hours. ould leave and then the dog would just get accustomed to that. everyone has his fantasy, itchi a good time to bring a dock home. you're right, it is an amazing time to bring a dock home. but then, you can't let the ead

out when it is not used you not being around. >> what kinds of changes have u needed to make it the shelter to implement social distancing guidelines? >> we no longer take walk-ins, so you ven only arat appointed times. ea we a had rims that were set up for adoption appointments or foster appointment, so if family will come iand we are having people sign in at a station that says there are healthy. we are wearing face masks, hopefully if they have their own protective gear, their wear that. we will bring them in the room and meet th them, introduce them to the it is only really i think a physical distancing component that we are just having to focus on. obviously, we are keeping the shelter clean and sanitized. we can also offer gloves. we are not discouraging people from coming, but if you know u're healthy and ve not been exposed, citizen email.

you may not get an appointment anytime soon, buyes, we are here we want people to come in dog that woulbe right for he your household. yes, we are here. >> thank you so much. as always, you can find more of our coverage at cake ee d. you can reach me through my soal media handle. thank you for joining us and stay safe.

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