on the motion to forward number 8, 200422, as stated by supervisor preston. supervisor preston. preston, aye. supervisor safai. aye. safai, aye. supervisor peskin. peskin, aye. you have three ayes. >> all right, that concludes the business before this committee after almost eight hours and we are adjourned. see you tomorrow, everybody. >> i had to put a sweater on like president yee. >> we are adjourned. >> good night. >> good night, everyone.

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: it's not something strict liability, if it's 2:05, the landlord is somehow on the hook for something, it's how long the repair is anticipated for. so i hope i'm reading that right. the issue is a repair or procedure that's anticipated to be over two hours. i don't think anybody is going to be sitting there, with a stop water, saying 2:01, there's going to be consequences. am i reading that right? >> chair peskin: you are reading that right. and furthermore, on page 5, section 4 -- this legislation is really aimed at the bad actors. upon a finding of a first violation, d.b.i. sends a warning and does a little education, so you've really got to be a bad actor before you get a notice of violation. this is actually a pretty amazing piece of legislation, but if the bad actors intend to keep acting body, i intend to beef it up. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> chair peskin: supervisor preston, do you have any other comments or questions? >> supervisor preston: i jus

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: it's not something strict liability, if it's 2:05, the landlord is somehow on the hook for something, it's how long the repair is anticipated for. so i hope i'm reading that right. the issue is a repair or procedure that's anticipated to be over two hours. i don't think anybody is going to be sitting there, with a stop water, saying 2:01, there's going to be consequences. am i reading that right? >> chair peskin: you are reading that right. and furthermore, on page 5, section 4 -- this legislation is really aimed at the bad actors. upon a finding of a first violation, d.b.i. sends a warning and does a little education, so you've really got to be a bad actor before you get a notice of violation. this is actually a pretty amazing piece of legislation, but if the bad actors intend to keep acting body, i intend to beef it up. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> chair peskin: supervisor preston, do you have any other comments or questions? >> supervisor preston: i jus

judith moritz, bbc news, preston.countries less prepared for covid—19 than venezuela. its economy was already on the verge of collapse, and the healthcare system was in a similar state. the government has struggled to contain the virus and human rights groups say the authorities are going too far in enforcing a lockdown, as tim allman explains. lined up in rows, sitting in the heat of the daytime sun, these people will are being punished. crime? breaking the rules during a pandemic. there are claims others have been forced to carry out physical exercise and some have even been beaten. translation: this thing the authorities are doing is not right. i leave my house to work and get food for the day and they won't let us work. it is easy for the soldiers because they have food and how do we poor people do it? accurate figures are hard to come by but so far the authorities have confirmed around 23,000 cases of covid—19 and more than 200 deaths. cu rfews have been and more than 200 deaths. curfews have been imposed and the

this cafe in preston market only moved into new premises just before lockdown.is getting back on its but the owner remains nervous. infectn rates have searched in the city, and she fears the consequences unless they are brought under control. >> i'm concerned because we have all invested a lot of money into our businesses. what i don't want to see is another lodown again. businesses.for small independent it would be a real struggle. >> the cafes' northwest england, covering some eas were governsent restrictre in placend others where they are not. >> it is not a doubt that it is the clarity. if we just knew what was going to happen. there needs to be clear midance. i think people ae than willing to supported, but they need that clarity and support. >> infection rates have spiked across preston. cases i the under 30's have rocketed. nightclubs are not allowed to op under the current restrictions. lancashire police criticized this club on preston high street, people were not surprised to hear that restrictions are being tightened. >> just using commo sense, which i

judith moritz, bbc news, preston.cretary, priti patel, says the rising number of migrants reaching the uk across the english channel in small boats, is "unacceptably high". more than 1,000 people arrived last month, while 235 were detained yesterday, a record for a single day. so far this year, more than 300 boats, carrying almost 4000 people are known to have attempted the journey. our home editor, mark easton reports from dover. calm seas are attracting desperate people. in the early hours, our camera spotted this group — among the occupants, several children and a pregnant woman. it's just one dinghy among more than a dozen that yesterday left france seeking a better tomorrow in britain. where are you from? from iraq, we are iraqis, from iraq! iraq? ruthless smugglers convince those in migrant camps that it's now or never, while the waters are benign and the land borders are open — covid or brexit, they lie, will soon shut off this route to asylum. during the course of the day, we watched dozens of rescued migrants

i appreciate it. >> thank you, supervisor preston. while the d.a. is largely done, i would like to suggest that there are still some accommodations that could be made between the parties in the d.a., including but not limited to a representation that there will be no going back in the future on affordability and the reopening of the d.a. will never go to that issue as well as the involving conversation around timely performance, the quote/unquote "use it or lose it." so those things are still in play as is the issues with the m.o.u. of city college are but i do want to thank the development team, and the public and particularly president yee and his staff for a long, long haul and we're not done yet. and given the pending ceqa appeal, colleagues, if there are no -- i see supervisor safai, so i'll recognize supervisor safai, but then if it's acceptable i would like to make a motion to send these items to the full board without recommendation. given that there is a pending ceqa appeal. supervisor safai, the floor is yours. >> president yee: and before

on the motion to forward number 8, 200422, as stated by supervisor preston. supervisor preston. preston, aye. supervisor safai. aye. safai, aye. supervisor peskin. peskin, aye. you have three ayes. >> all right, that concludes the business before this committee after almost eight hours and we are adjourned. see you tomorrow, everybody. >> i had to put a sweater on like president yee. >> we are adjourned. >> good night. >> good night, everyone. >> coping with covid-19. today's special guest. >> i am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest is the director of economic and work force development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help small businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to be here, chris. >> start by talking about gift to sf. it provides many of the resources we are talking about. could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. then we will talk about specific programs. >> i very much appreciate the question. for anyo

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: submit. >> clerk: thank you. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: thank you, madam clerk. today, i want to end also in memorial of one of our long time residents. her name is florence aguera. her parents were natives of the philippines. she graduated from polytech high school class of 1968, and in 1972, she married m mel aguera. f flo worked for bank of america for nearly 30 years. flo loved going out to lunch with her friends, taking a ride down to half moon bay with carmelita, eileen, and rose, and she liked walking around the playground that had a wonderful renovation just a few yea years ago. after retirement, she and mel enjoyed going out to lunch and shows of vintage cars in and around the bay area. one of the things that flo loved during the last few years was she loved going to bethel church three days a month and monthly pot lucks, and friends would say that she and mel were like two peas in a pod, always together. she enjoyed cruising around the bay ar

on the motion to forward number 8, 200422, as stated by supervisor preston. supervisor preston. preston, aye. supervisor safai. aye. safai, aye. supervisor peskin. peskin, aye. you have three ayes. >> all right, that concludes the business before this committee after almost eight hours and we are adjourned. see you tomorrow, everybody. >> i had to put a sweater on like president yee. >> we are adjourned. >> good night. >> good night, everyone. >> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason it is so important is b

on the motion to forward number 8, 200422, as stated by supervisor preston. supervisor preston. preston, aye. supervisor safai. aye. safai, aye. supervisor peskin. peskin, aye. you have three ayes. >> all right, that concludes the business before this committee after almost eight hours and we are adjourned. see you tomorrow, everybody. >> i had to put a sweater on like president yee. >> we are adjourned. >> good night. >> good night, everyone. >> i'm e leadership of the department of public health flattened the curve in san francisco. the steps we have taken together have saved lives. one of the reasons the city acted so quickly so early was to not overburden our health care systems. as the state of california and bay area counties have begun to gradually reopen, we are seeing some troubling signs. we have a seven day average of ninety eight new cases per day. our demand for acute care for covid positive patients has goan each week. today dr. and i are announcing the establishment of our first low acuity medical site. located a 163. it will open with twenty patients. it's not ex

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk, and i just wanted to speak further to the resolution that supervisor walton mentioned earlier that we were submitting together today. i wanted to thank supervisor walton and his entire office for their work on this in collaboration with our office. i also wanted to -- supervisor walton mentioned john templeton, who urged this resolution and who was part of founding the national black business month, and just wanted to recognize his leadership and thank him for working with both of our offices to move this forward. colleagues, i -- i, as you know, represent one of the last remaining districts in san francisco with a large african american population here in the fillmore, and the number of black owned businesses that have closed in recent years is just tragic, and our office is working with entrepreneurs -- african american entrepreneurs in the fillmore who are trying to go in business and those who are struggling to stay in business. these

philip norton, bbc news, preston.figures which don't include northern ireland, show there were 758 new confirmed cases of covid—i9 across the uk, in the latest 2a hour period, with the average number of infections each day in the last week, being 832. there were 55 deaths recorded, taking the overall total in the uk to 46,566. on average in the past week, there were 53 deaths every day. three quarters of a million coronavirus testing kits used in care homes, have been recalled by regulators. the government said last month their swabs were not up to standard, but the test results from the kits, provided by the healthcare group, randox, are not affected. tougher rules on the wearing of face coverings also took effect today. if you're in england and scotland you now have to wear them in museums and cinemas, as katy austin reports. the big screen is back. ten of cinema chain vue's 90 sites reopened yesterday, including this one in london's shepherd's bush, after more than four months closed. so, are you a little bit excit

supervisor preston, i've seen the website. we can provide answer by answer to that list, and along with any discussion that any on that -- does it increase, decrease, or stay the same in year two? that's what i've been unable to ascertain in the budget documents, and i think that would help us as a board as we discuss the policy implications of potential cuts. >> yeah, sure. >> supervisor preston: thank you for the time, chair fewer. >> chair fewer: thank you for joining us, supervisor preston. supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yeah. i do want to associate myself with a lot of the discussion and questions of supervisor preston. i appreciate your analysis and what you had to say and was planning to ask many of the same questions. and my understanding, chief, is that -- and this was going to be my main question. i think we are ready today to get police out of hsoc for the most part and out of the h.o.t. team for the most part. if there's some qualifications to that statement, then we can debate those, but i've been saying t

we can speak now to habeeba shaikh, a student who lives in preston. on that message that greater vigilance, tougher restrictions are now necessary? yes, ido restrictions are now necessary? yes, i do think that we need to take more vigilance than we have, especially with lockdown easing kind of. but yes, i think there is more to be done, but i think there is also a bigger responsibility on business owners and restaurants in enforcing these measures, as well. do you think the measures are clear now? urge you all clear about what you are supposed to be doing, and how did that message about the rules get communicated to you? honestly, i don't think it is that clear still. ifind don't think it is that clear still. i find out about it through some article shared online that was sent to me, but i didn't get anything directly from the council. i think that there should be some clearing up that there should be some clearing up about it. they talked about a social bubble, which nobody really seems to know what that is. in terms of the new rules in preston, do y

remain open and preston, there is a kind of mixed message.” pubs remain open and preston, there is ating that extra police and drafted into preston to deal with it, what do you want them to do in that context of the social life of pubs and reference? this is a partnership with the police and the public and we are very fortunate in lancashire that we we do notjust flip in lancashire that we we do notjust flip into heavy—handed policing, we engage and educate and to try and explain the reason for that but equally whilst the majority of people are following the rules that isa people are following the rules that is a small minority that are not following the rules so the police have the power and authority to take appropriate action to help prevent the virus spreading so that is the main purpose, it is about keeping the people of presidency.“ main purpose, it is about keeping the people of presidency. it is a week —— the people of preston say. do you think of preston had been included with the likes of manchester you might have avoided this spike? we took action even before yesterday, we

good afternoon supervisor preston and supervisors safai. as supervisor mar has noted, this is not normal times. these are critical times. we need to assess our work, to be able to identify what needed strategies and policy and plans to meet the needs of our community. we'll start with a brief context of our challenges. this is our transdata report and share some key highlights. some of those are the reports that supervisor mar has requested. they will follow with a presentation with some of the recent reports. i will provide overview -- [audio breaking up]. today, supervisor mar has already discussed san francisco and most of the work is battling with the pandemic like never before. this is impacting all of us at many levels. many businesses and schools are closed. many people are experiencing mental health challenges. in this context, it is very clear that communities of colour have been hit the hardest. if we look at the latin-x community, they only represent 15% of the population. if you see the map, the neighborhoods where we have commu

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk, and i just wanted to speak further to the resolution that supervisor walton mentioned earlier that we were submitting together today. i wanted to thank supervisor walton and his entire office for their work on this in collaboration with our office. i also wanted to -- supervisor walton mentioned john templeton, who urged this resolution and who was part of founding the national black business month, and just wanted to recognize his leadership and thank him for working with both of our offices to move this forward. colleagues, i -- i, as you know, represent one of the last remaining districts in san francisco with a large african american population here in the fillmore, and the number of black owned businesses that have closed in recent years is just tragic, and our office is working with entrepreneurs -- african american entrepreneurs in the fillmore who are trying to go in business and those who are struggling to stay in business. these

stricter lockdown measures are reinforced in preston following a spike in virus cases in the english city. people are warned to stay away from some of the uk's busiest beaches amid fears over the lack of social distancing as the heatwave continues.

the studio with the latest so surely what is happening then in preston well preston council has told its residents to stop following the same restrictions as other areas in a localized lockdown sonoran off the huge spikes of 19 being detected within the area now in a way it's a decision to try and preempt a government one as the health secretary is meeting with medical experts and science professionals and any changes to lock downs in any regions will be confirmed as of tomorrow but preston council simply say they cannot wait until tomorrow as the figures really do speak for themselves in fact cases in preston almost doubled in the week leading up to july the 31st from 22 to 49 that's roughly 35 cases per 100000 people that also means that preston has now the 2nd highest number of cases in england just behind blocked by darwin who have 119 cases but preston also saw a staggering 800 cases confirmed in just one day now all of this comes as a nightclub just reopened in the area last weekend it's actually the 1st across the united kingdom and despite the current climate on the expense o

thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, supervisor preston. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i'm okay, chair. thank you. thank you for this very informatiinfor informative. it's good to know for people living in s.r.o.s, and thank you for focusing on this. i know when we had our initial conversations, i know this could have been a situation that turned out to be really bad for the community. could have been an explosion in passing as a source for covid, but instead, we got out in front of it. thank you for your leadership and thank you to d.p.h. and everyone here today for all your hard work. i know the minute you moved on this, we were focused on this back in march. >> chair peskin: i actually appreciate that, supervisor safai. when i asked what i thought was a related question to the rates in s.r.o.s compared to the surrounding neighborhoods, and i receive the answer from dr. cohen, compared to not statewide or nationally, but the rest of the population, for one hand, chinatown, for reasons i had my own nonmedical beliefs about, has fared well, compared

i want to go to what supervisor preston says. if you look at the fifth column and because of the way my computer works i could not see the total number at the bottom. it was in excess of 3,000 units over the time period. the reality is if we can stop the disruption of people of lives through speculation, eviction, gentrification, that is about a third of your units. there you go. 5,000 units. >>> 3951 units. that is the fifth column. if we can actually stop people from evicting human beings from aging in place, there is the number. i understand the libertarians don't get that because they don't believe in protecting people. that is actually the way we can solve this problem in large part without tearing people of lives up. you need not comment on that. i am commenting on something i have been working on for 20 years. those numbers used to be worse. >> i agree, supervisor peskin. i guess i have one final question around the housing element on presentation that is related to my concern about the housing affordability strategy refle

supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you madam clark. clerk. i would like to offer memoriam today for leon fleischer. a renowned pianist who at a very young age help put san francisco on the map for classical music. he died of cancer on august 2nd at the age of 92. what many folks who may know his music and legacy, may not know he had deep roots here in san francisco and specifically in district five. leon was born at mt. zion hospital in san francisco on july 23, 1928. his parents were jewish immigrants from eastern europe who made their way to san francisco in 1930, they opened a hat shop on fillmore street between mcallister and golde goldengate. they moved around the neighborhood almost every year. there are several great classical musical talentings growing up in the area. including isaac stern. leon began playing the piano at age four. at the age of nine, leon performed with the san francisco symphony and committed to studying in italy with the austrian, maestro. leon was able to move to new york to continue his piano studies that have be

stricter lockdown measures are reinforced in preston following a spike in virus cases in the englishity. and people are warned to stay away from some of the uk's busiest beaches amid fears over the lack of social distancing as the heatwave continues. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. more than 60 people are still missing in beirut after tuesday's explosion, according to lebanon's interior ministry. at least 154 people are now known to have died and thousands more were injured. meanwhile, ahead of a meeting on sunday of international donors to discuss how to help, the united nations has warned of widespread shortages of medicine, and said food shortages could soon make things even worse. thousands are expected to take to the streets of beirut later in protest as anger rises against the country's government. it follows a series of anti—government demonstrations that took place on thursday near parliament when demonstrators and security forces clashed. many in lebanon beli

thank you. >> chair peskin: thank you, supervisor preston. supervisor safai? >> supervisor safai: i'm okay, chair. thank you. thank you for this very informatiinfor informative. it's good to know for people living in s.r.o.s, and thank you for focusing on this. i know when we had our initial conversations, i know this could have been a situation that turned out to be really bad for the community. could have been an explosion in passing as a source for covid, but instead, we got out in front of it. thank you for your leadership and thank you to d.p.h. and everyone here today for all your hard work. i know the minute you moved on this, we were focused on this back in march. >> chair peskin: i actually appreciate that, supervisor safai. when i asked what i thought was a related question to the rates in s.r.o.s compared to the surrounding neighborhoods, and i receive the answer from dr. cohen, compared to not statewide or nationally, but the rest of the population, for one hand, chinatown, for reasons i had my own nonmedical beliefs about, has fared well, compared

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk. today, i am calling for a hearing on things that the city can do to maximize affordable housing on public land to increase public housing projects. this body has had significant conversation about the project at balboa reservoir, and i want to recognize the work of president yee, as many of my colleagues have done during the course of this hearing in really balancing many interests to arrive at a project with significant affordability on public land, a project many years in the making. i've been in office nearly nine months, and president yee has been working for this years before i got here. i'm concerned about a trend that i see in which the floor of 33% affordable on public land set by voters in proposition k has become not just a floor, but i think the floor, the ceiling, and everything in between in a sense, and i fear that we are as a city accepting rather than challenging as a notion the fact that public land can be used primarily for market rate housing rather than the despera

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: thank you, madam clerk. today, i am calling for a hearing on things that the city can do to maximize affordable housing on public land to increase public housing projects. this body has had significant conversation about the project at balboa reservoir, and i want to recognize the work of president yee, as many of my colleagues have done during the course of this hearing in really balancing many interests to arrive at a project with significant affordability on public land, a project many years in the making. i've been in office nearly nine months, and president yee has been working for this years before i got here. i'm concerned about a trend that i see in which the floor of 33% affordable on public land set by voters in proposition k has become not just a floor, but i think the floor, the ceiling, and everything in between in a sense, and i fear that we are as a city accepting rather than challenging as a notion the fact that public land can be used primarily for market rate housing rather than the despera

i want to go to what supervisor preston says. if you look at the fifth column and because of the way my computer works i could not see the total number at the bottom. it was in excess of 3,000 units over the time period. the reality is if we can stop the disruption of people of lives through speculation, eviction, gentrification, that is about a third of your units. there you go. 5,000 units. >>> 3951 units. that is the fifth column. if we can actually stop people from evicting human beings from aging in place, there is the number. i understand the libertarians don't get that because they don't believe in protecting people. that is actually the way we can solve this problem in large part without tearing people of lives up. you need not comment on that. i am commenting on something i have been working on for 20 years. those numbers used to be worse. >> i agree, supervisor peskin. i guess i have one final question around the housing element on presentation that is related to my concern about the housing affordability strategy refle

philip norton, bbc news, preston.hitely, known as sideman, has resigned. the dj said it follows the failure of the bbc‘s senior management to apologise for allowing the use of the n—word in a news report about a racially aggravated assault. with the bbc‘s sanctioning the n—word on television is something i can't agree with. i can't just something i can't agree with. i can'tjust smile something i can't agree with. i can't just smile through something i can't agree with. i can'tjust smile through the process and act like everything was ok. when the slur was broadcast, more than 18,500 people complained. the bbc defended its decision, saying the victim's family wanted the word to be used to highlight the severity of the attack, although it did accept, people were upset, by its use. one of india's leading film stars, abhishek bachchan, says he's been discharged from hospital after testing negative for the coronavirus. osting on twitter, he said ‘i told you guys i'd beat this', before thanking staff at mumbai's nanavati ho

supervisor preston. >> supervisor preston: thank you madam clark. clerk. i would like to offer memoriam today for leon fleischer. a renowned pianist who at a very young age help put san francisco on the map for classical music. he died of cancer on august 2nd at the age of 92. what many folks who may know his music and legacy, may not know he had deep roots here in san francisco and specifically in district five. leon was born at mt. zion hospital in san francisco on july 23, 1928. his parents were jewish immigrants from eastern europe who made their way to san francisco in 1930, they opened a hat shop on fillmore street between mcallister and golde goldengate. they moved around the neighborhood almost every year. there are several great classical musical talentings growing up in the area. including isaac stern. leon began playing the piano at age four. at the age of nine, leon performed with the san francisco symphony and committed to studying in italy with the austrian, maestro. leon was able to move to new york to continue his piano studies that have be

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: president yee, yes, i'd like to sever item 11 for a separate vote. >> president yee: okay. any others? seeing none, madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll on the remaining items. >> clerk: on items 1 through 18, with the exception of item 11 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. the items are adopted and passed on first reading and passed unanimously. so let's go back to item 11. >> clerk: item 11 is an ordinance to authorize settlement of the lawsuit filed by hastings college of the law against the city for zero and a stipulated injunction. lawsuit involved federal civil rights violations, federal americans with disabilities and california disability persons act violations, negligence, public nuisance, private nuisance, and inverse condemnation. >> president yee: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: oh, president yee, i didn't have any comments, i just wanted a separate vote. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, c

"don‘t kill granny" — that‘s the message going out in preston after a spike in cases there.easures — which includes a ban on meeting people from outside of your household. judy hobson joined officers on the beat on saturday night. saturday night, and the streets of preston are quieter than usual, but pcjulie stewart and her team still have their work cut out. your hands are sanitised... i‘m coming in here to look at licensing objectives and seeing whether those are being adhered to, but also the covid measures — whether people are socially distancing, whether they are from the same household. bars are asking people to book ahead, but some owners are cancelling bookings for large groups. they say keeping people safe is a priority. how are you finding the new measures that are in place? do you understand them? yeah. i think as alcohol was involved it can be quite challenging at times but, to be honest with you, most people are being very good and very cooperative. the latest lockdown rules were announced for preston late on friday, but bar owners say enforcing these rules is a

supervisor preston? >> thank you, clear fewer and committee members. thank you for all of your work and thank you, director fewer. let me just start by saying that i want to give some credit where it's due beyond all of us who are politicians or who work for the city to try to imagine where we would be look at these expenditures were it not for the vision for homelessness advocates going and getting prop c on the ballot and passed. and i won't put you on the spot to ask because i knew we don't have a lot of time. but i think we all need to envision how bad this would be in we did not have prop c funds which hopefully will be unlocked following the this november. and i see the increases, the significant increases, over $100 million, as we talked about, coming to the department and i think we're all in agreement of the need to really tackle the homelessness crisis and address the tragedy on our streets. i do need to note as the d5 supervisor, that i'm concerned with how the decisions are made around what's a priority neighborhood and what isn't. i repres

supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: president yee, yes, i'd like to sever item 11 for a separate vote. >> president yee: okay. any others? seeing none, madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll on the remaining items. >> clerk: on items 1 through 18, with the exception of item 11 -- [roll call] >> clerk: there are 11 ayes. >> president yee: okay. the items are adopted and passed on first reading and passed unanimously. so let's go back to item 11. >> clerk: item 11 is an ordinance to authorize settlement of the lawsuit filed by hastings college of the law against the city for zero and a stipulated injunction. lawsuit involved federal civil rights violations, federal americans with disabilities and california disability persons act violations, negligence, public nuisance, private nuisance, and inverse condemnation. >> president yee: thank you. supervisor preston? >> supervisor preston: oh, president yee, i didn't have any comments, i just wanted a separate vote. >> president yee: okay. madam clerk, c

supervisor preston? >> thank you, clear fewer and committee members. thank you for all of your work and thank you, director fewer. let me just start by saying that i want to give some credit where it's due beyond all of us who are politicians or who work for the city to try to imagine where we would be look at these expenditures were it not for the vision for homelessness advocates going and getting prop c on the ballot and passed. and i won't put you on the spot to ask because i knew we don't have a lot of time. but i think we all need to envision how bad this would be in we did not have prop c funds which hopefully will be unlocked following the this november. and i see the increases, the significant increases, over $100 million, as we talked about, coming to the department and i think we're all in agreement of the need to really tackle the homelessness crisis and address the tragedy on our streets. i do need to note as the d5 supervisor, that i'm concerned with how the decisions are made around what's a priority neighborhood and what isn't. i repres

well ken and pam district 5 supervisor dean preston says that this.lation is necessary to keep people who are struggling from being thrown out on the street. but landlords say that this addiction ban is only going to hurt them and they call it unfair. >>san francisco tenants struggling to pay rent because of the covid-19 pandemic are off the hook for now a superior court judge striking down a challenge from landlords keeping a

i want to go to what supervisor preston says. if you look at the fifth column and because of the way my computer works i could not see the total number at the bottom. it was in excess of 3,000 units over the time period. the reality is if we can stop the disruption of people of lives through speculation, eviction, gentrification, that is about a third of your units. there you go. 5,000 units. >>> 3951 units. that is the fifth column. if we can actually stop people from evicting human beings from aging in place, there is the number. i understand the libertarians don't get that because they don't believe in protecting people. that is actually the way we can solve this problem in large part without tearing people of lives up. you need not comment on that. i am commenting on something i have been working on for 20 years. those numbers used to be worse. >> i agree, supervisor peskin. i guess i have one final question around the housing element on presentation that is related to my concern about the housing affordability strategy refle

stricter lockdown measures are reinforced in preston following a spike in cases in the city.news, philippa thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid—i9 has changed their lives. welcome to coronavirus: your stories, a programme about how covid—i9 is affecting the lives of people around the world. i'm philippa thomas, and this week we're hearing inside stories from scientists, some of them directly involved in the fight against the virus, others using ingenious methods to carry out their research while working from home. later, we'll hear what it's like to be leading one of the global teams trying to develop a vaccine. we'll find out how students learning online with the uk's open university can remotely conduct experiments, programme robots, even point a telescope to the stars from a spanish island. and we start with two young research scientists who answered the call for expert volunteers as the uk faced its own pandemic emergency. abigail perrin and jessica olsen both work at the renowned francis crick i

for tenants across the city in a district overwhelmingly filled with renter's city supervisor dean preston says he introduced the legislation to protect people. he feared without covid-19 rent forgiveness, a wave of evictions would follow the small property owners of san francisco weighed in on their failed attempt at suing the city over the eviction ban saying in part quote we are very disappointed in the decision we are not looking for ways to evict people we simply want the same rights in access to the state courts that any other citizens have the county board of supervisors has overstepped their legal authority they have the right to appeal and maybe they'll do that, but that's up to them but in the meantime, we know that for the foreseeable future this law will take effect it will stop any evictions preston has maintained the law does not mean the rent is wiped out renters will still have to eventually pay what's owed but without any late fees or interest most tenants are still paying their rent. for for those who can't they should lose their homes reporting in san francisco, dan thor

normally preston city centre would be heaving now but, as you can see, it's still quite quiet.n impressed with how the venues are enforcing these new lockdown measures. workforces have changed — the way they run and operate has totally changed — and i believe they're doing a brilliant job. they've tried their best and i'm really proud of them. so how are the customers behaving? guys, you won't get in unless you're with your social bubble... almost half of positive cases here are in people under 30. the local authority believes the main cause of the spike has been gatherings in pubs and homes. i'm just meeting my mates, so obviously i've asked them if they've got symptoms of covid and they haven't, so if they're safe then i'm safe. i'm sure it's not a problem. are you from the same household? we're all from the same uni. in the seven days to august 4th, there were 61 new cases in preston — twice as many as the week before. this is a high—risk area but you're happy to come out. yeah, as long as we are away... like, we're keeping to the rules — we're two metres away from other peo

local leaders in preston a warning that could face lockdown restrictions.he south—east. we could get up to 36 degrees. tomorrow temperatures have been updated. greater london could get up to 35 degrees but it is not like this across the board. as we move northwards, 30 degrees for the midlands. northern england the mid— 205 in scotland and northern ireland around the 20 degrees month. if we ta ke around the 20 degrees month. if we take a look at the weather forecast, we have rising heat and humidity. it will be hot and muggy by day and by night. a weather front draped across western scotland and northern ireland. that is producing some rain. for the rest of the country, we have the air mass chart. you can see the higher temperatures in the eastern quadrant. a fair bit of cloud around for northern ireland. some drizzle across western parts of england and wales. that could linger. some sunshine away from that across northern england and eastern scotland. the temperatures ranging from 20 in the north to 36 in the south, despite what you can see in the charts.

rich preston, bbc news.ried for more than 1,000 years. the money dates back to the era of the abbasid caliphate, which ruled much of the region for centuries. the coins would have been worth a huge sum when they were buried, enough to buy a luxurious home in one of the empire's wealthiest cities. speaking last week when the discovery was made, the teenager who found the coins explained how his eye was drawn to something unusual in the dirt. translation: we were digging strips along the square and when i removed the soil with a hoe, i saw something that looked like leaves. i wanted to clear them but realised they might be coins. i looked down. at first i found about three of them. when i picked them up, i saw some more underneath. the oldest polar bear living in britain has died afterfalling ill on friday. victor, who was 22 and lived at the yorkshire wildlife park near doncaster, suffered a terminal kidney failure and vets put him to sleep. park managers described him as the "most prolific breeder" in europe

rich preston has this. the golden state. more than 4,000 square kilometres of it burning.h cam. an ominous orange sky around a deserted university of california, santa cruz. fire retardants are being dropped from the sky to try and stop the flames spreading. but for some, it‘s too late — the damage has already been done. president trump has declared the fires a major disaster. i spoke to governor newsom as they battle two of the worst wildfires in the history of their state. that continues. the federal government has already deployed over 26,000 first responders and personnel to battle the wildfires. we‘re working very closely with the governor. more than 100,000 people have been forced to flee, but where they‘d normally sleep in shelters, many are avoiding them overfears of the spread of coronavirus. we have more than 400 red crossers who are on the ground and hundreds more who are helping virtually, and those folks are out there making sure that we're getting people in shelters or in hotel rooms where it's available. and they're also there just to make sure that the peop

well ken and pam district 5 supervisor dean preston says that this. >>legislation is necessary to keep people who are struggling from being thrown out on the street. but landlords say that this addiction ban is only going to hurt them and they call it unfair. >>san francisco tenants struggling to pay rent because of the covid-19 pandemic are off the hook for now a superior court judge striking down a challenge from landlords keeping a permanent ban on evictions in place really big win and just a huge relief for tenants across the city in a district overwhelmingly filled with renter's city supervisor dean preston says he introduced the legislation to protect people. he feared without covid-19 rent forgiveness, a wave of evictions would follow the small property owners of san francisco weighed in on their failed attempt at suing the city over the eviction ban saying in part quote we are very disappointed in the decision we are not looking for ways to evict people we simply want the same rights in access to the state courts that any other citizens have t