state senator scott weiner and the district attorney will hold a news conference at noon today. >>> and health has launched a contact tracing investigation after uc berkeley reported a surge in coronavirus cases over the past week. at least 47 new covid-19 cases have emerged with the university saying new cases are tied to parties in the calgary community. it could jeopardize his plans for the fall. some students are not happy with the parties. >> stop having them because you're not only hurting yourself but hurting everybody at berkeley. they were not following any social distancing or mask wearing rules, so a lot of the berkeley community got frustrated. >> in a letter written to students, uc berkeley says at the rate we are seeing increases in cases it is becoming harder to imagine bringing our camp's community back in the way we are envisioning. >> we have a party culture but the other thing is student housing is not something that is subsidized. they can hardly afford it so you can hardly blame students for living on top of one another. >> university says if they can keep case numb

received support from many local lawmakers such a state assembly men mark levine and state senator scott weiner. >> covid-19 infections searched back in april and this is very late coming to this but it is something that must be done. >> it's a disaster for the people in those prisons, human beings in the prison it's a disaster for the community at large because the prisons are not sealed and if we have a massive outbreak then it will absolutely spread into the community at large. >> reporter: out of the 8000 prisoners statewide, only a couple hundred are expected to be released here from san quentin. >>> there is support for this, obviously as we just saw but what more can you tell us that the timing of the releases?>> reporter: we are hearing that 3500 prisoners are expected to be released by the end of this month and it will continue until august and possibly go into september. >>> thank you. >>> california experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic yet averaging more than 80 deaths per day and that is the average. nearly 7800 new confirmed cases yesterday and yesterday 140 new debts. th

are currently made up of registered voters and drivers, but under a bill reintroduced by senator scott weiner the bill would include all taxpayers. he argues that current jury pools are not reflective of the state as a whole and skews towards white and wealthy jurors. he said his plan would diversify the jury pool and give minority defendants a better chance at a fair trial. >>> new numbers detailing coronavirus outbreaks at two different bay area jails. we learned this afternoon the santa clara county main jail, a single unit had more than one dozen covid-19 infections over the past two weeks. and the santa rita jail in dublin, sheriff's officials saying that 40 inmates tested positive for the virus since wednesday, that brings the total there 246. >>> ucsf medical center nurses demanding all staff be tested for covid-19 network. they say only symptomatic nurses have been offered tests. those nurses were protesting the policy outside of the test site earlier today. this site is not run by ucsf but nurses say this is where they must cover testing if they are not showing any symptoms of the vi

. >> assembly member david chiu and scott weiner of san francisco held a news conference to say enoughs enough. >> but after almost four months of this, at some point the agency has to get it right. >> around two hours after the news conference, the e.d.d. backed off its one a week edict. laura davis has been unemployed for weeks and has never been able to connect with a live person at e.d.d. >> the closest i got to getting through was i got a recorded message that said, we're experiencing an supremely high volume of calls right now. good-bye. >> a group of republican lawmakers may know why she's had such trouble. in this letter accusing the e.d.d. of misleading the public by announcing they had opened phone hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., when specific questions were only answered in the morning. the letter which asked for an audit also accuses the department of misleading legislative offices by claiming they are currently responding to claim inquiries sent on a specific date when the department isn't doing that at all. republican assemblyman kevin kylie represents district 6 north

. >> assembly member david chiu and scott weiner of san francisco held a news conference to say enough is enough. >> but after almost four months of this, at some point the agency has to get it right. >> around two hours after the news conference, the e.d.d. backed off its one a week edict. laura davis has been unemployed for weeks and has never been able to connect with a live person at e.d.d. >> the closest i got to getting through was i got a recorded message that said, we're experiencing an supremely high volume of calls right now. good-bye. >> a group of republican lawmakers may know why she's had such trouble. in this letter accusing the e.d.d. of misleading the public by announcing they had opened phone hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., when specific questions were only answered in the morning. the letter which asked for an audit also accuses the department of misleading legislative offices by claiming they are currently responding to claim inquiries sent on a specific date when the department isn't doing that at all. republican assemblyman kevin kylie represents district 6 nor

assemblyman scott weiner and david shoes say they have been overwhelmed by people calling for help for jobless benefits. some of the people said they have gone without income for months. they could ease the crisis. >>> is not clear if congress will pass another economic relief bill. the house had passed the $3 trillion heroes act. so far the senate has not taken it up. president trump says he's open to the idea of another bill and he would actually support a bigger second stimulus check payment to them the $1200 that democrats propose. >> i support it. it has to be done properly. i support larger numbers of democrats. it has to be done properly. >>> president trump also says he supports a back to work bonus over extending supplemental employment benefits. two proposals are on the table. one would give americans who go back to work a 450 weekly bonus, another would give workers a $1200 payment. >>> most of the world supply of remdesivir , the dragon made uses a treatment option for coronavirus patients that have severe symptoms. trump administration has purchased 500,000 doses a, or mor

next we have our senator, state senator scott weiner who was elected in november 2016, senator scott resents district 11 in the california state senate. district 11 includes all of san francisco, broadmoor, daily city and portions of south san francisco. the senator helped to champion compassionate cannabis care programs by introducing senate bill 34 which was approved by the governor in 2019. prior to his election to the state senate, he served on the board of supervisors representing district 8. thank you and happy to have you on the call, senator. >> thank you very much for -- excuse me, for having me, and hello remotely to treasurer ma and to nicole. and hello, i'm sorry to be here by phone, but i hope you can hear me okay. hello to the entire cannabis community. we're going through some really hard times right now as a community, and we all need to look to the light at the end of the tunnel. we are going to get through this, and our goal needs to be that when we do get through it we can get both individuals and businesses back up on their feet, and so a lot of the work that we're

next we have our senator, state senator scott weiner who was elected in november 2016, senator scott iner represents district 11 in the california state senate. district 11 includes all of san francisco, broadmoor, daily city and portions of south san francisco. the senator helped to champion compassionate cannabis care programs by introducing senate bill 34 which was approved by the governor in 2019. prior to his election to the state senate, he served on the board of supervisors representing district 8. thank you and happy to have you on the call, senator. >> thank you very much for -- excuse me, for having me, and hello remotely to treasurer ma and to nicole. and hello, i'm sorry to be here by phone, but i hope you can hear me okay. hello to the entire cannabis community. we're going through some really hard times right now as a community, and we all need to look to the light at the end of the tunnel. we are going to get through this, and our goal needs to be that when we do get through it we can get both individuals and businesses back up on their feet, and so a lot of the work th

next we have our senator, state senator scott weiner who was elected in november 2016, senator scott iner represents district 11 in the california state senate. district 11 includes all of san francisco, broadmoor, daily city and portions of south san francisco. the senator helped to champion compassionate cannabis care programs by introducing senate bill 34 which was approved by the governor in 2019. prior to his election to the state senate, he served on the board of supervisors representing district 8. thank you and happy to have you on the call, senator. >> thank you very much for -- excuse me, for having me, and hello remotely to treasurer ma and to nicole. and hello, i'm sorry to be here by phone, but i hope you can hear me okay. hello to the entire cannabis community. we're going through some really hard times right now as a community, and we all need to look to the light at the end of the tunnel. we are going to get through this, and our goal needs to be that when we do get through it we can get both individuals and businesses back up on their feet, and so a lot of the work th

senator scott weiner and david hsu said that officers have been overwhelmed by people calling for help and getting their jobless benefits and they want the legislative audit committee to look into the problems. >> edd is truly failing our state. people are suffering tremendously. we have constituents who have gone without benefits from edd since march, just absolutely heart wrenching stories. constituents who have depleted their entire life savings, who have gone into extreme debt, who are in a deep panic. >> it's estimated more than one in three california workers has now filed for unemployment and if it's since the pandemic began. >>> 30 year mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest level ever. the average rate for a 30 year loan fell to 3.0%, 3.07% this week. it's the lowest since they started tracking rates in 1971. 50 year mortgages also fell to 2.56%. analysts say many would- be homebuyers are having a hard time getting approved for loans, but many homeowners are taking advantage by refinancing. >>> stocks rally on wall street today and the positive jobs numbers. the dow was up

. >>> san francisco state senator scott weiner wants new legislation to [inaudible] district attorneyr during the online news conference e says his idea will help reduce the prison population. he also says california has to end the system of mass incarceration, which affects black and brown communities more than others. >>> california is now suing the trump administration over a rule rolling back antidiscrimination protections of the affordable care act. california state attorney general becerra and the attorney's generals of massachusetts, and new york, are leading a coalition of 23 states. the legal challenge claims that the trumpp administration is undermining part of the affordable care act that prohibits discrimination based on gender, race, national origin, sec, age or disability. >> it is more important than ever that everyone can access central health care. section 1557 in the affordable care act was the first federal civil right law that comprehensively prohibited discrimination in health care. that brought health care law in line with our nation guiding principle that everyo

scott weiner and david choose say they are overwhelmed by the number of people calling for help to getenefits, and some have gone without income for months. lawmakers will tell us if they plan to ease the crisis. >>> four were injured in a freeway shooting in east oakland, and it backed up traffic for hours or it happened on eastbound 580, yesterday it chp says all the victims, all in early teens and 20s, two of them have serious injuries. the other two were not hurt as bad. all our suspected to survive. traffic was backed up on both sides of 580 and all throughout the neighboring side streets. >> i'm kind of disappointed that something like this is still going on at a time like this, you know? going through a hole pandemic right now. it's scary! we are going through this, why are people still hurting each other? it is just wild. >> investigators still don't have any information on the shooter or car, anyone with information is asked to call authorities. >>> changing posting booking photos to prevent racial bias. research shows showing mug shots increases bias against people of color.

scott wiener continues his push today for reforms in the criminal justice system. he is announcing new legislation to end mandatory jail sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. weiner believes the time is right for change. the new measure would allow sentencing alternatives for some drug offenses. today's announcement comes on the heels of his recent plan to widen jury pools to include more minorities. >>> happening today california's attorney general xavier becerra willoin attorney generals in massachusetts and new york to urge president trump to protect the affordable care act. the trump administration is asking the supreme court to strike down the health care law commonly known as obamacare amid the pandemic. recently the supreme court indicated that private businesses could opt out of providing birth control to its employees under the affordable care act. >>> vowing for your vote. the unusual moments during kanye west's first campaign event over the weekend. >>> and happening now for you americans are now banned from the bahamas. the restrictions coming three weeks after the island reopened its boreders to travelers. 49 new cases have been confirmed since the r