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Newsom lifts stay-at-home order, new CA eviction moratorium extension leaves many questions around rollout; Plus: Santa Rita jail COVID outbreak: hundreds in quarantine, so why isn’t the virus being contained?

0:08 – Governor Newsom lifts California’s stay at home order

Lauren Hepler (@LAHepler) is an economy reporter with Calmatters.

0:15 – Reaction to re-opening

Dr Peter Chin-Hong (@PCH_SF) is a professor of medicine and an infectious disease specialist at UCSF.

0:34 – Atmospheric river in the forecast for the Bay Area today, and where we are compared to average rainfall

Alison Bridger is professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University.

0:45 – San Francisco: Unsheltered residents brace for rain, with few shelter options due to the pandemic; plus a new CART plan aims to shift emergency response to social workers not police

Keegan Medrano (@keeganmedrano_) is Policy and Social Media Director at the Coalition on Homelessness.

1:08 – California extends eviction moratorium to June

Leah Simon-Weisberg (@Leahfsw) is the Legal Director for Anti-Displacement and Land Use Programs with ACCE Institute (and chair of the Berkeley Rent Board).

1:34 – COVID outbreak at Santa Rita jail continues, hundreds in quarantine – so why hasn’t the virus been contained?

Sana Rita Jail, Dublin CA (Photo: Wikipedia)

Lina García Schmidt is with the National Lawyers Guild-SF (@nlgsf), and is the Santa Rita Jail Hotline Coordinator.

1:48 – Richmond: Climate action today demands just transition away from fossil fuels

Isabella Zizi is an organizer with Idle No More SF Bay Area (@IdleNoMoreSFBay), a coalition of Native Americans and allies rising up for indigenous people, the planet, and future generations.

Event: Today Tuesday January 26th at 10am, there’s a car caravan in Richmond for the #BuildBackFossilFree Day of Action to call on Joe Biden to continue to kick off his term to take executive action to transition from fossil fuels. 

Where: 13220 San Pablo Ave Fallas Paredes parking lot, ending at 325 Civic Center Plaza Richmond Public Library. Find out more on the Idle No More SF Bay Facebook page