WORK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RAIN WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SOME YARD
WORK BECAUSE WE DO HAVE RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST.
>> THANK YOU SARAH LEADING SA THE SECOND HERE ON KSAT WE SPEAK TO LEADERS WERE COMMUNITY
TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE
SEE IN ISSUES YOU SEE, AND WHAT
OUR LEADERS ARE DOING TO
ADDRESS
THOSE ISSUES.
>> STEPHANIE SERNA: TODAY WE
ARE JOINED LIVE BY SAN ANTONIO
CITY MANAGER ERIK WATCH GOOD
MORNING. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
AND GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING
RIGHT OFF
THE BAT. YOU THE MAYOR AND THE
POLICE CHIEF HELD A MIDNIGHT
PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE
PROTESTS TURNED CHAOTIC.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE COMMUNITY
TO TAKE AWAY FROM LAST NIGHT.
>> WELL STEPHANIE, THANKS FOR THE GREAT NEWS ON THIS YOU KNOW LAST NIGHT WAS A.
A SERIES OF DESTRUCTIVE THAT
DONE BY A SMALL GROUP OF AND THAT WILL MEAN IN TERMS OF NUMBERS WE HAD OVER
5,000 PEOPLE. DOWNTOWN LAST
NIGHT AND WE HAD A
PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION. AND THE
ORGANIZERS AND THAT THE BET
THAT DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAID
THEY WERE GOING
TO DO. BUT BUT IT IS NIGHT
STARTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
SECURE FOR AN OLD THAT
CAME OUT. AND WAS INTENT ON ON
KNOWN ON BEING STRUCK 2.
SHE WILL WIN. DOWNTOWN SHOULD
BE. AND THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL
WENT IN. YOU SHOULD PARDON DID
A VERY GOOD JOB RESTRAINING.
AND UH YOU KNOW IT’S
IT’S SO IT WAS DISAPPOINTING TO
SEE A SAN ANTONIAN. BUT
I THINK I THINK WE’RE PREPARED
AND WILL
AS YOU SAID AT THE TOP OF THE
AIR THAT THIS BROADCAST.
WE’RE OUT THERE ALREADY
CLEANING BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT
QUICKLY DO THAT.
>> THERE IS NOW A CURFEW IN PLACE CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REASON BEHIND THE CURFEW AND
HOW YOU PLAN TO ENFORCE IT.
>> SO YES, YES TO THE PEOPLE THAT A CURFEW LAST BEGIN AT 1130 TO 06:00AM THIS MORNING.
WE’VE ALSO GOT IN PLACE FOR
TONIGHT FROM 10:00PM TO 6
O’CLOCK
MONDAY MORNING. THE IDEA IS TO
GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ADDITIONAL TOOL TO BE ABLE
ENSURE THAT FOLKS ARE NOT OUT
ON THE WITHIN THE CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICT. AND IF DAY
AT THE
OFFICER’S DISCRETION CAN
UTILIZE THAT CURFEW EITHER
ARREST FOLKS ALONG. I DO WANT
TO POINT OUT THAT THAT
THE CURFEW DOES HAVE A
PROVISIONS IN IT TO ACCOMMODATE
FOR FOLKS THAT ARE.
>> GOING TO WORK OR OR WHERE
HAVE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS. THAT THE
CHIEF SAID LAST MONTH THE
PRESS CONFERENCE. BUT THE IDEA
IS AND ISN’T THAT THEY WERE
THAT THEY’RE STOPPING EVERYBODY
BUT THEY DO WANT TO KEEP THE
STREETS CLEAR. THIS EVENING.
>> AND ERIC IS THERE ANYTHING
PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING.
>> YOU KNOW NOT NOT OFFICIALLY UM I THINK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS WILL WILL
CONTINUE TO
MONITOR IT. I AS WE’VE SEEN
AROSS THE COUNTRY IN
OTHER CITIES. LAST NIGHT’S
EVENTS THAT RIPPLED THROUGH THE
LAST 3 NIGHTS. AND SO WE
HAVEN’T HEARD
ANYTHING OFFICIAL. BUT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT
THERE AGAIN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO A TO ENSURE
THAT THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> ALL THESE PROTESTS HAPPENING IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC SINCE THE START OF THE
CORONAVIRUS MORE THAN
40 MILLION AMERICANS FILING FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT HOW SAN ANTONIO’S
ECONOMY, HOW THEY FEELING THE
EFFECTS.
>> YOU WE HAD TREBLED OVER A 100,000 SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS WHO CLAIM
AND OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LOCALLY. IT’S ABOUT 2 AND A
HALF PERCENT. SO IT’S
BEEN DEVASTATING. A NUMBER OF
OUR SPECIFIC SECTORS
HAVE BEEN REALLY SEVERELY
IMPACTED SUCH AS THE
RETAIL TRADE. ONE OF THE
DOWNTOWN HOTELS. AND I THINK A
KEY PART OF THAT USE SO THE
IMPACT THAT WE SEE THE PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE OR LESS
TUNA MONTHS. BUT BUT A LOT OF
FUN FOR 1000 OAKS OUT OF BOOKS
AN ATTORNEY WHO FILED FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT PULLING UP PERCENT
IS A LOT RIGHT.
>> STEPHANIE SERNA: AND WITH
THAT 12 AND A HALF PERCENT
HOUSE, THE CITY WORKING WITH
THE STATE AND FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO HELP OUR
COMMUNITY.
>> SO YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN
WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
STATE TO ALL THE WAY BACK TO
THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY
>> REPATRIATED AMERICANS
STARTED COMING BACK TO
LACKLAND.
YOU KNOW I SEE THE CONNECTION
THAT WE’VE GOT WITH THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND THE STATE
PARTICULARS
BEING HELPFUL HELP US TECH
ACCOMPLISH COUPLE THINGS ONE.
SETTING UP THAT TESTING SITE
AT FREEMAN. THE NURSING HOME
TEST AND I THINK A YARD LAST
NIGHT THAT THE MAYOR’S
BRIEFING. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE
CENTRE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
COMPLETED. TESTING EVERY
NURSING
HOME RESIDENT, AN EMPLOYEE OR
LESS 2 WEEKS WHICH
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
DO LOCALLY UH THAT WAS UNDER
GOVERNOR’S ORDER. I THINK WE
WERE THE FIRST BIG CITY SO
ACCOMPLISHED THAT THOSE CAR GET
SETTINGS OR OR
WE’RE FINDING
POTENTIAL HOT SPOTS FOR COVID
AND AND THEN UNITED DO THE
HARDER WE WORK WELL
WITH THE THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE
ISN’T A LINE IN OUR EMERGENCY
ORDERS.
THE ROUTE EVERY TIME THE JUDGE
EVERY TIME THE MAYOR OF SURREY
EVERY TIME THE GOVERNOR.
ISSUES EMERGENCY ORDER. THE
MAYOR THE JUDGE.
JUST OF OUR LOCAL ORDERS SO
THAT IT’S A AND THE HAND IN
GLOVE AND VERY CONSISTENT
APPROACH FOR EVERYONE THAT’S
BEEN HELPFUL.
>> AND TASK CITY MANAGER ERIK
WALSH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. WE
KNOW THAT YOU’RE OUT AND ABOUT
LATE LAST NIGHT YOU HAD A
MIDNIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE SO WE
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING
US. EARLY THIS MORNING. THANK