Posted December 22, 2020
There were some problems at the start, and Twitter crashed. Congress had just passed the Cares package, and much of the talk was about that, and about the vaccine regimen and unemployment problesms. He talked about emphases for the new legislative session: housing in general, extending the eviction moratorium, helping small landlords, reforming criminal justice (policing), and mental health programs, including safe injection sites. The legislature has a windfall for the state budget due to the stock market and other reasons; SF has a drug overdose epidemic to deal with; there are problems with the EDD payments, with the PG&E bankruptcy, and with the Homekey program. (No specific bills were mentioned)
He ended the hour by saying there would be more town halls in the future, with some great guest speakers…
Regards,
Charles