Transcripts For SFGTV SFCTA Full Authority Board 20240711

The determination by the Planning Department that the proposed project is categorically exempt from further environmental review. Item 38 is a motion conditionally reversing the determination, and item 39 is the motion to prepare the findings. I believe you may be muted, mr. President. President yee i believe these items were continued to a later date. Supervisor mandelman, did you have any remarks . Supervisor mandelman yes. I did not anticipate we would be continuing this today. Weve continued it several times. Yes, this has been pending for us for sometime, initially, it was delayed because of shelter in place. More recently, we have continued it a couple of times because of the because of health issues. The counselor for the appellants is sue hester, who i think folks know, and she believed that she would be able to present and participate today, and then turned out, for reasons beyond her control, that she would not, but she promises that she will be available if and will not ask for any further continuances if we continue this to our december 1 meeting. In fact, the appellants have also raised a couple of issue does in s in the last week that we think would be helpful for planning to take a look at before we hear this, and so i am going to make the motion for a final continuance of this item to december 1. But as i have said to miss hester and her clients, i think it is we are at a point where we shouldnt be granting more continuances beyond that, i dont think. President yee okay. Is there a second . Supervisor fewer second, fewer. President yee second by supervisor fewer. Supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin i just want to start by saying i have immense respect for miss hester. This item has been continued any number of times excuse me but this cannot go on, so i just want to be very clear with supervisor mandelman that this is the last continuance. There are many people who think that ceqas being abused. I actually think that we adjudicated last matter very fairly, very impartially, but there are those who want to increase the barriers to entry on ceqa. I say that as somebody who actually brought a ceqa appeal to this board of supervisors as a civilian on treasure island, and some of my colleagues would like to incompeterease the bar to government decisions, which i profoundly disagree with. But relative to the incident case at 617 sanchez, through the president to supervisor mandelman, i would say if, for any reason, theyre not ready to hear this on 1 december 2020, they should substitute counsel. President yee okay. All right. Nobody on roster. Lets vote on the continuance. Madam clerk, roll call. Clerk mr. President , i believe you might want to take Public Comment on that continuance first. President yee oh, yes, thank you for reminding me. Are there any Public Comments on the continuance itself . Clerk operations, do we have anyone in the queue, and i will just say, if there are any listeners on the phone and youre interested in speaking on this item specifically to the continuance, press star, three now. Operations . Operator madam clerk, we have no callers in the queue. Clerk okay. Thank you. President yee okay. Seeing no commenters, Public Comment is now closed. Madam clerk, lets now take the roll. Clerk okay. To continue items 36 through 39 to december 1 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Motion to continue these items to december 1, 2020 passes. Okay. Lets see. Lets go back to item 20. Clerk item 20 is a motion to reappoint patricia spaniak to the aging Advisory Council term ending january march 31, 2021. President yee okay. Roll call, please. Clerk on item 20 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, then, the motion to approve is unanimous. Madam clerk, lets go to item number 21. Clerk item 21 is a motion to reappoint Steven Currier to the park, recreation, and open space advisory committee, term ending february 1, 2022. President yee okay. Go ahead and call the roll. Clerk on item 21 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam clerk, lets go to item number 22. Clerk item 22 is a motion to appoint kiana sezaw Kiana Sezawar Keshavarz to the sugary drinks distributor tax advisory committee, term ending december 31, 2022. President yee okay. Madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll. Clerk on item 22 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam clerk, lets go to item 22. Clerk item 23, mr. President . President yee 23, please. Clerk okay. I believe its item 23, mr. President. President yee correct. Clerk okay. Item 23 is a motion to reappoint mario paz, residency requirement waved, celine kennelly, and nima rahimi, terms ending june 6, 2021 to the immigrant rights commission. President yee okay. Madam clerk, go ahead and call the roll. Clerk on item 23 [roll call] clerk there are 11 ayes. President yee okay. Without objection, the motion is approved. Madam clerk, lets go to item 40, Committee Reports. Clerk apologize for my scrolling. Item 40 was considered by the land use and Transportation Committee at a regular meeting on monday, november 16, 2020. It was recommended as amended with the same title as a Committee Report. Item 40 is an ordinance to amend the administrative code to temporarily restrict landlords from evicting commercial tenants for nonpayment of rent that was not paid due to the covid19 pandemic and to allow certain tenants who are unable to pay rent to terminate their leases. President yee supervisor peskin . Supervisor peskin i recommend this to you colleagues. We all voted on this last week. This was a minor amendment that was in committee yesterday, and with that, colleagues, i hope you will all vote for this. President yee so this is first reading. Okay. Supervisor peskin right. So we already voted on the second reading on the underlying legislation. This is a very small tweak that has come to this board based as a Committee Report from yesterdays land use meeting, yes, sir. President yee got it. Okay. So roll call, please. Clerk on item 40 [roll call] supervisor fewer please add me as a sponsor. Clerk okay. We will do that. There are 11 ayes. President yee okay. The ordinance is passed on first reading. Madam clerk, introductions. Clerk first on introductions of new business, supervisor haney. Supervisor haney submit. Clerk okay. Thank you, supervisor. Supervisor mandelman . Supervisor mandelman thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, im requesting that we adjourn todays meeting in memory of nico diman who died from complications of surgery in greece. He participated in the fillmore rise in new york and queer uprisings in San Francisco, as well. He was a video artist and writer who documented the early lgbtq Rights Movement in more than 30 novels and memoirs. Nicos was born on november 1, 1936 in San Francisco. He spent stints in los angeles, paris, and new york before returning to San Francisco in the mid1970s. He was an avid geneaologist who leaves behind a brother, a sister, and a niece. May his memory live on forever. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor mandelman. Supervisor mar . Supervisor mar colleagues, today im just introducing a third back to work emergency ordinance. This will continue this policy which has already helped hundreds of san franciscans get rehired through a fair process on an emergency basis while this body considers codifying it through a regular ordinance which i previously introduced. The rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor mar. Supervisor peskin . Supervis supervisor peskin [inaudible]. Clerk okay. Supervisor peskin, well circle back. Supervisor preston. Supervisor preston submit. Clerk supervisor ronen . Supervisor ronen thank you, colleagues, i just wanted to wish my eightyearold daughter a very happy birthday. Since i couldnt celebrate with her, i thought id at least put it on the record. Clerk well make a note of that in the minutes, supervisor ronen. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai submit. Clerk okay. Thank you. Supervisor stefani . Ste supervisor stefani than you, madam clerk. I have two in memory memoriam, and the first is sam [inaudible] throughout his career, sam opened 30 restaurants and in San Francisco and was known for always pitching a new idea. Sam was passionate about food and even more passionate about creating experiences for his guests. With every restaurant, sam had the ability to combine these passions, creating so many places we loved to eat. His restaurants were always more than somewhere to grab a bite. Sam created restaurants that took you away from your daytoday and brought you into a new all encompassing experience. Sam is survived by his daughter, soninlaw, two grandchildren, and exwife. I loved reading in the chronicle that just a few months before he passed, he was already talking about new restaurant ideas in the city, including a new paella restaurant. He is terribly missed, yet i know his passion and legacy will continue to live on in our community of restauranteurs. I would like to close todays meeting in memory of a dear member of our district two office, alice long. At the age of 77, alice passed away from a. L. S. , or lou gehrigs disease. When i was appointed supervisor, i was both thrilled and honored that alice continues to serve the needs of district 2 residents. Up until city hall closed in march, alex was coming in each week to help me and my staff. While his time serving district two is just one of his many accomplishments on january 16, 1943, alex was born in new york, new york. His parents were both doctors and quickly immersed him in a world of exploration and curiosity. Alex spent much of his time with his mother on the campus of columbia university, where he was encouraged to interact with the Schools Research community. From an early age, he was captivated research. His coming age coincid of age with the computer age. While alex made strides with his studies and experiments, its where he met the love of his life, alison bowers. He went onto cofound expert e systems, a Software Company that pioneered the development of a graphic user incident face to support engineering model and analysis. Alex also shared many of our concerns with the help of our planet, in particular the impact that energy use has had on our environment. In 1992, alex founded environmental components. Throughout his time in the district 2 office, alex worked with countless constituents and city employees. His modest yet persistent drive to solve any problem that came his way always served an incredible role in the office. Alex put up a fight against the m. T. A. And won, we all know thats not an easy thing to do. A few years ago, the m. T. A. Had planned on ut canning the [inaudible] jackson bus, yet alex might it abundantly clear that cutting this bus to downtown was a big mistake. After rallying and gathering signatures, alex convinced the m. T. A. To keep the route. To my aides and supervisor farrells office, he made the struggle worth every ounce of effort. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his son, and loving extended family. After a life of service to improving the world around us, alex chose to spend his retirement constantly looking for new ways to serve. Its not often you find someone so humbled in their determination to serve others. His drive has been an inspiration for my own work. I cant imagine the countless others who feel the same way, but i also know that alex would never expect my praise or the praise of anyone. If theres anyone who truly embodies the naming of public service, it is our dear friend, alex long, and the rest i submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor stefani. I will miss stopping to speak with him at the front desk whenever i would go into your office. He was a wonderful person, and im grateful for his service to your office and to the city. Thank you. Supervisor walton . Supervisor walton submit. Clerk thank you, supervisor. Supervisor yee . President yee thank you. Colleagues, child care workers, like many other Small Businesses, are at the brink of survival, too. We forget that theyre actually businesses, and its even more adverse during a time when families are in desperate need of their services. Just as a preliminary just a most of you already know this already, but theres many, many forms of child care or preschoolers or Early Education organizations, whether the center is large or small. Theres even licensed family care homes that are serving six to eight, or the larger homes, which serve 12 to 14, and theres even coops that people never even talk about, but theres actually 14 existing coops in San Francisco serving another 600 families. Similarly, care and education organizations were fortunate to receive, through the federal paycheck protection program, p. P. P. , but most did not, and its pretty save to say that of the 600 families child care home providers that are licensed in San Francisco, very few, if any, received any of this funding. In San Francisco, we were fortunate to receive a donation of 1 million through the give to s. F. Fund to provide some dedicated relief for Family Child Care home businesses, and they helped a handful of them, but certainly not all of them. Health cares have severely restricted the number that can be served in a limited state. Certain child care businesses have shutdown, and many more are on the verge of closing [inaudible] because of health orders. [inaudible] parents choosing not to bring back their children to the programs, reducing the number of families theyre serving, and many Staff Members are in their vulnerable age category, so Child Care Centers face the choice of hiring more staff to serve the same number of children, increasing their costs, or serving fewer children, which decreases revenues. Programs that have government contracts, like state funding and or city funding to serve lowincome families are better off than those not receiving any support. Its not to say that these government supported programs are held completely fiscally harmless, but the contracts up to now have been fully honored. Other providers that do not receive government funding are in dire straits. Many have closed or are months away from closing their doors. There is already a shortage of child care providers in San Francisco, and with those closed, it will worsen the crisis that were already in. The San Francisco Economic Advisory task force recognizes that we cannot have a quick recovery without a robust child care system in place. We have a one Time Opportunity to allocate funding to help not only save our child care system from collapsing but to also strengthen it. The San Francisco san franciscans passed prop f earlier this month to unlock nearly 500 million of problem c dollars, and its an opportunity to assist the entire child care system, not just those under our current existing Early Learning scholarship system, which are contracts to entities to different organizations. The board of supervisors will be approving a spending plan for baby c, which is at budget and Appropriations Committee tomorrow. We know that our directive is clear; that with the unlocking of these funds, we must stabilize the workforce that have been severely underpaid and have aquiliccess to qualit child care slots for our families. The reality is the entire system is bleeding out, and we need to keep providers afloat in order for these dollars to be the most effective. Today, i am sharing an effort that i am undertaking by the office of Early Childhood care and education. We are working to establish a new group called the Early Childhood Education Recovery Program to provide grant and also possibly zero interest loans to child care providers for providers zero to six years of age, and it will be all to all child care providers that serve at least four children. All nonprofit child Care Organizations and coops serving children zero to six years of age, and even those forprofit licensed Child Care Centers that have more than two locations in the city. So we are crafting the details of this legislation, but i wanted to share this with all of you because in the last few weeks, i have been meeting with child care providers outside the system that are often unseen and unheard, and its clear after hearing from all of them that they need help. So i just wanted to bolster something. Connected to this is, of course, friday, november 20, i think its this friday, its world child rights day. [please stand by] the hon. London breed good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Were here with dr. Grant colfax of the department of Public Health to provide a very important update around whats happening in San Francisco as it relates to covid19. As of today, the total number of cases in San Francisco are 13,139. The total number of hospitalizations are 36. Sadly, the total number of deaths has reached 151, and we are seeing 5,000, almost 6,000 tests per day. Our Positivity Rate has went from a record low to now 1. 28 , and what does all this mean . We are seeing an uptick. Two weeks ago, we put a pause on our reopening efforts, and we made it clear to the people of San Francisco that we are seeing the number of cases increase, and we should be concerned. We had plans. We had plans not only to continue our reopening efforts, but we had planned to really expand so many services, so many businesses, and a number of other i think thisethings, o weeks ago, we knew we were probably headed in this direction, and sadly, what were seeing today has put us in a situation where we have to take a moment and to recognize that there is a problem. The upticks that we have seen are really a cause for concern, and its put us in a situation where we have had to make yet another hard choice. San francisco has been praised over the past couple months around the number of cases, our Testing Capacity and Positivity Rate and having one of the lowest number of cases in the country, but thats only because many of have been very cooperative and have supported the efforts that we put forward. And unfortunately, you know, weve been in this for a long time now, and people are tired, and so people have gotten complacent, and as a result, because of behavior, were seeing an uptick. And as a result of that uptick, it has forced our city to make some very, very hard decisions, and not just pause the reopening efforts, but to, in fact, roll back some of the gains that we have made. So sadly, beginning the end of the day friday, we will need to eliminate Indoor Dining, we will need to reduce capacity as gyms and movie theaters. We will be putting a pause on opening additional high schools, and so there are a number of things that, unfortunately, we will now need to do as a result of this. And dr. Colfax will talk a little bit more about what that entails why we are in a place of doing something that i wish we didnt have to do, because i understand, especially as the weather gets colder and its the Holiday Season, and people are starting to hire back their employees and purchase food and get prepared, that this is having a tremendous impact on so many businesses and, in particular, the Restaurant Industry in San Francisco. I understand that, you know, were not making any roll backs on any elementary or any middle schools because what we know about high schools is, unfortunately, the transmission rate is similar to adults, so we need to put a pause on opening high schools, but it doesnt mean we shouldnt move forward and get our elementary and middle schools open as soon as possible. In fact, we know that the board of education has plans to vote on a resolution to get our schools back open sooner rather than later. We are committed as a city to work with them to do just that. This concern around this uptick does not mean that we cannot still move in a direction to get our schools open sooner rather than later. We also know that, again, some of our cibusinesses are struggling, and we cant do it alone. Just recently, we put out some information around providing some Additional Support for our restaurants. 2. 5 million in fee and tax waivers, 1 million in grants to restaurants to support outdoor dining, and were redirecting the 3,500,000 interest s. F. Help loans towards low and moderate income residents. We know that help is needed, we cant do it alone. This is why i wholeheartedly support the restaurant act, h. R. 107, which will support investing 20 billion in restaurants in this country. We need to do more, but the fact is the virus is spreading, and we have to make the hard decisions. The good news is that we have a new president and a new Vice President , and we just heard the good news yesterday that we made progress on the vaccine, but those things arent going to help us today with what were seeing. Theyre going to help us for the future, but for now, we have to make sure that were protecting and saving lives here in the city right now. Its a very hard thing to think about just what impact this is going to have on the people of San Francisco. When making these decisions, we dont take them lightly. We look at the science, we look at the data. We think about every single restaurant and every Single School and every single business that has not collected any revenue whatsoever since this pandemic began. We understand cthat challenges exist, and its why weve continued to recavamp our jobs now program to pay for employees, and deferred and even waived city fees, and we will continue to work to do as much as we can, and like i said, were not going to do it alone. Were going to count on the decisions made in washington to provide some Additional Support that could help put us in a better place. But for now, we have to do whats necessary to protect the people of San Francisco. And so when there are people who are out, not wearing their masks and not following the Public Health orders and doing things that, sadly, spread the virus, then it causes us additional delays on our reopening efforts. When i think about, you know, whats been happening as it relates to the virus, we know that in the past, we talk about the disproportional impacts with particularly the latino community. We made a record 28 Million Investment to try and curb that, and the good news is were seeing the numbers change slightly. So we are seeing is more impact by the virus. Were seeing people hanging out at the bars and some of the places, and were seeing masks coming off and people who are getting comfortable and complacent. This virus definitely reacts to behavior that does not follow the suggested Public Health guidelines around mask wearing and social distancing, and so we know that were going to have to change our behavior as we come possible the Holiday Season. We know that people are going to want to get together, families and friends, and its a little bit colder outside, so people are going to want to be theyre going to want to be indoors, and so were going to have to think about how thats going to impact this virus and its ability to move around. The hard choices that we make now will help make things better in the future. It will get our city open, it will get our businesses open, it will get our kids back in school faster, so we have to continue to make the hard choices. I know that the people of this city are tired of me asking so much of you. Time and time again, ive come out here and have asked you things that make it very, very difficult for you in your life, whether its taking care of your children, your elderly parent, or even going to work, but we need everyones cooperation, we need everyones support. We know this has not been easy. We know its not been easy for so many people for so long, and we didnt think wed be in the midst of a pandemic as long as we are. Were seeing places like europe, where theyve had to roll back their reopening efforts. Weve seen upticks all over the country, not just San Francisco. And the reason why and so many of you have been understanding, and youve cooperated. So i want to thank you for doing that, but we are asking for a lot more, i know. And as we approach the Holiday Season, we need everyone to be mindful as to what is at stake. Making a decision to support opening a business and then asking that business to close, it is heartbreaking. It is very, very unfortunate, but it is necessary, and the way that we make sure that this does not continue to happen is if we realize that the possibility of rolling back even more could happen if we dont change our behavior. So sadly, we are at a different place. Im hopeful that we are going to have a president and Vice President that is already working on a Covid Response and a National Response around Wearing Masks and doing whats necessary in order to get this country through this because even if San Francisco is doing well, it Means Nothing if everyone else isnt. Think about this Holiday Season and people traveling and moving around more. That could potentially spread the virus, so were asking people not to do unnecessary traveling at this time because we really want to get this undercontrol under control so next year, were able to do exactly what we want, and thats celebrate with one another. Were asking you to sacrifice so we can get back to life as we know it. This is hard, yes, but its necessary. I want to thank you again for your cooperation and understanding. This is really tough to put a pause and to hold back some of the things. I know how hard this is to do, especially with reopening businesses and things that people were preparing for, and the cost of that preparation. Were going to do everything continue to do everything we can as a city to make sure we support our communities and our businesses and our schools and our families. It is a hard, long road, but were going to get through this. A vaccine is inevitable, but its not here yet. So at this time, to provide clarity around the data and what it means and to provide specifically detail around what will open and what will be paused right now, the director of the department of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax. Good afternoon. Dr. Grant colfax, director of Public Health for the city and county of San Francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. As always, we are fortunate as a city to have your leadership and tenacity. Today, we are unfortunately taking a step back. We are taking a step back to ensure that we can move forward in the future. If we take these steps today, we can mitigate the spread of the virus and, in the long run, we will be safer and stronger. But this is difficult, and this is a sacrifice. We are halting Indoor Dining, pausing on inperson learning at additional high schools, and reducing the capacity of some indoor activities. This is because the spread of the virus is aggressive and threatening. Let me do a deep dive to show you where we are, and where we could be headed if we do not take these aggressive steps. Our cases in San Francisco have been increasing dramatically over the last month. We have seen cases increase, as shown in this slide, by 250 since early october, and, in the past two weeks, from october 21 through november 5, our rate has increased from 3. 7 per 100,000 people to 9 per 100,000 residents. We are averaging nearly 80 new cases a day now, up from just 32 new cases at the end of october, and this is consistent, unfortunately, with what we are seeing across california and across the bay area region. In fact, while california still remains in much better shape in terms of case increases compared to the rest of the nation, california has seen a 29 increase in cases in the past two weeks. So where may we be headed if we do not reverse this trend . Lets go to the next slide. This shows how cases are increasing, and the projection for those cases. So you can see on this slide that were in a position where cases have increased dramatically. Our reproductive rate of the virus, that rate which the virus spread through the community, has increased above 1, meaning cases will continue to increase dramatically in the future. As you can see, we will go up to over 300 cases a day by late december if this increase continues, a sharp, rapid increase in cases. Reproductive rate above 1, remember, that means that the virus is rapidly spreading through our community. Lets go to the next slide. So our current level of increase is greater than the last surge. This suggests much greater transmission and has the potential to be explosive. The orange line here shows what happened this summer, when we had that summer surge of the virus. We peaked in our cases on july 19, but again, as this slide indicates, we are on track to exceed the surge in the summer as our current cases show are shown here in blue. So that blue line indicates since july 25. That summer surge is imposed on the orange line, at the beginning of that summer surge, june 15 to june 30. The point is not only this increase that were having now in this fall surge commensurate with this increase. This means if we do not turn this around, our fall surge will exceed our summer surge. If we stay on our current course of activities, if we do not pause, and we do not reverse, it is entirely plausible that we will face a situation where our Health Care System could become overwhelmed and reverse the Community Progress that weve made all these many months. Therefore next slide our action today will limit indoor activities. We will close Indoor Dining and bars serving food 11 59 fridfridap. M. Friday this friday. We will also close we will also limit can i have the next slide, please . I think theres a next slide here. Yes. We will also pause the opening of more high schools and restaurants and movie theaters. Schoo high schools already open wi high schools that are open at this time will be allowed to stay open, and elementary and middle schools will be allowed to continue open, but high schools that are not open at this time will be paused as we determine our next steps in possible reopening or even a further restriction of activities. I also wanted to discuss the Holiday Season, which is quickly approaching, and we need to remember that the virus is not only still with us, but there is more around than ever before. The virus, unfortunately, has no boundaries, no limit, and unfortunately, it certainly does not have a holiday schedule. Todays announcement goes a long way in making sure that we will have a much healthier Holiday Season. As we move into these holiday months, we are maintaining our focus on our Hospital Capacity and ensuring san franciscans can receive the care that they need during this Holiday Season. And we want to do everything we can to avoid reinstating a shelter in place order that would unfortunately shut our city down for the holidays. And even if we beat back the rapid and aggressive spread of covid19 that is currently racing through our city, we must continue to act with caution and diligence during this Holiday Season. This means following the principles and guidelines that i have been sharing with all of you since the beginning of the covid19 response. And i know that these messages continue to remain demeaning, but we have to continue to beat back the virus. For the holidays, our guidance includes the following. Traveling outside the bay area increases your chance of getting the virus and spreading it upon your return. Nonessential travel, including holiday travel, is not recommended. Additional precautions must be taken when hosting and interacting with people who are traveling to the bay area, especially from other communities with widespread covid19. Wear face masks and stay 6 feet away from people outside your immediate household, and that includes family members who are not in your immediate household. Eating and drinking together is higher risk because people must takeoff their masks to eat and drink. Restaurants are often relaxed around social distancing, while eating and drinking create more respirato respiratory droplets. Please, have that holiday meal in person only with the ones you live with. Join your family over the holidays on zoom, on teams, on the phone. This is not the year to pull together a big holiday table with multiple households, multiple members of your family indoors, potentially spreading the virus to your loved ones. If you do have a holiday dinner or gathering, please, it must be outside. People must say 6 feet apart and wear masks, and please, use caution when actively eating or drinking. Now, i know this is not how we imagine this is not how i imagine this Holiday Season, but unfortunately it is the Holiday Season we need to have this year top truly show the people that we care and to protect the people we love how to keep ourselves, our families, our friends, our communities safe. We need to protect our aging parents or grandparents, and this can only happen with caution and diligence that includes that masking and that social distancing and limiting interactions. But Everyone Needs to do this part, and do it with caution and care. We will get through this together, and i continue to thank all of you in San Francisco for doing your part. Thank you. Operator at this time, we have a few Health Related questions for you when you are ready. The first set of questions are from alex bareireira. Are the numbers today from business openings attributed to these activities . So we are taking a break from reopening based on the science, data, and facts on the most risky. We know that the virus is likely to be transmitted indoors where people take their masks off, so the decision the difficult decision that we made today is based on the data that we know how the virus is spread, and that those activities increase the risk. We also know that the virus is more likely to be transmitted in large groups or gatherings, which is another reason why weve reduced the limit on gatherings today. Operator thank you. The next question comes from gerald chin, San Francisco bay. Does the city expect the state to put the San Francisco back in strict [inaudible]. So what were responding to is the local date on that we have, and as data, that we have, and as you saw, i just showed the recent data, you saw the slides. We are going to continue to watch the state, we expect the state will shift us to another tier, but we need to move fast here. We need to look at our local information, and thats why were responding so quickly right here. You saw that that rate of increase. That increase is very concerning, particularly the fact that it exceeds the rate of increase that we saw at that summer surge, so we need to act to turn the tide now on this fall surge. Operator there are no further questions, and this concludes the press conference. Thank you, mayor breed, and dr. Colfax. Working with kids, they keep you young. They keep you on your tones on your toes. Teaching them, at the same time, us learning from them, everything is fulfilling. Ready . Go. [ ] we really wanted to find a way to support Women Entrepreneurs in particular in San Francisco. It was very important for the mayor, as well as the Safety Support the dreams that people want to realize, and provide them with an opportunity to receive funding to support improvements for their business so they could grow and thrive in their neighborhoods and in their industry. Three, two, one because i am one of the consultants for two nonprofits here for entrepreneurship, i knew about the grand through the renaissance entrepreneur center, and through the Small Business development center. I thought they were going to be perfect candidate because of their strong values in the community. They really give back to the neighborhood. They are from this neighborhood, and they care about the kids in the community here. When molly molly first told us about the grant because she works with Small Businesses. She has been a tremendous help for us here. She brought us to the attention of the grand just because a lot of things here were outdated, and need to be uptodate and redone totally. Hands in front. Recite the creed. My oldest is jt, he is seven, and my youngest is ryan, he is almost six. It instills discipline and the boys, but they show a lot of care. We think it is great. The moves are fantastic. The women both are great teachers. What is the next one . My son goes to fd k. He has been attending for about two years now. They also have a summer program, and last summer was our first year participating in it. They took the kids everywhere around San Francisco. This year, owner talking about placing them in summer camps, all he wanted to do was spend the entire summer with them. He has strong women in his life, so he really appreciates it. I think that carries through and i appreciate the fact that there are more strong women in the world like that. I met dandrea 25 years ago, and we met through our interest in karate. Our professor started on cortland years ago, so we grew up here at this location, we out he outgrew the space and he moved ten years later. He decided to reopen this location after he moved. Initially, i came back to say, hey, because it might have been 15 years since i even put on a uniform. My Business Partner was here basically by herself, and the person she was supposed to run the studio with said great, you are here, i started new Nursing School so you can take over. And she said wait, that is not what i am here for i was by myself before for a month before she came through. She was technically here as a secretary, but we insisted, just put on the uniform, and help her teach. I was struggling a little bit. And she has been here. One thing led to another and now we are coowners. You think a lot more about safety after having children and i wanted to not live in fear so much, and so i just took advantage of the opportunity, and i found it very powerful to hit something, to get some relief, but also having the knowledge one you might be in a situation of how to take care of yourself. The selfdefence class is a new thing that we are doing. We started with a group of women last year as a trial run to see how it felt. Theres a difference between selfdefence and doing a karate class. We didnt want them to do an actual karate class. We wanted to learn the fundamentals of how to defend yourself versus, you know, going through all the forms and techniques that we teaching a karate class and how to break that down. Then i was approached by my old high school. One once a semester, the kids get to pick an extra curricular activity to take outside of the school walls. My old biology teacher is now the principle. She approached us into doing a selfdefence class. The girls have been really proactive and really sweet. They step out of of the comfort zone, but they have been willing to step out and that hasnt been any pushback. It is really great. It is respect. You have to learn it. When we first came in, they knew us as those girls. They didnt know who we were. Finally, we came enough for them to realize, okay, they are in the business now. It took a while for us to gain that respect from our peers, our male peers. Since receiving the grant, it has ignited us even more, and put a fire underneath our butts even more. We were doing our summer camp and we are in a movie theatre, and we just finished watching a film and she stepped out to receive a phone call. She came in and she screamed, hey, we got the grant. And i said what . Martial arts is a passion for us. It is passion driven. There are days where we are dead tired and the kids come and they have the biggest smiles on their faces and it is contagious. We have been operating this program for a little over a year all Women Entrepreneurs. It is an extraordinary benefit for us. We have had the Mayors Office investing in our program so we can continue doing this work. It has been so impactful across a diversity of communities throughout the city. We hope that we are making some type of impact in these kids lives outside of just learning karate. Having selfconfidence, having discipline, learning to know when its okay to stand up for yourself versus you just being a bully in school. These are the values we want the kids to take away from this. Not just, i learned how to kick and i learned how to punch. We want the kids to have more values when they walk outside of these doors. [ ] 5, 4, 3, 2 , 1. Cut. We are here to celebrate the opening of this community garden. A place that used to look a lot darker and today is sun is shining and its beautiful and its been completely redone and been a Gathering Place for this community. I have been waiting for this garden for 3 decades. That is not a joke. I live in an Apartment Building three floors up and i have potted plants and have dreamt the whole time i have lived there to have some ability to build this dirt. Let me tell you handout you how to build a community garden. You start with a really good idea and add Community Support from echo media and levis and take management and water and sun and this is what we have. This is great. Its about environment and stewardship. Its also for the we implemented several practices in our successes of the site. That is made up of the pockets like wool but they are made of recycled plastic bottles. I dont know how they do it. There is acres and acres of parkland throughout golden gate park, but not necessarily through Golden Community garden. We have it right in the middle of good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us. Last week when we announced some rollbacks around the restaurants and a number of other businesses, we did make it clear that we are sadly seeing an increase in the number of covid cases and in fact, last week our reproductive rate was at 1. 2 and today it is at 1. 3. Just this past friday we have seen an increase in over 20 o cases. Our case as of today are 13,756 with 38 people who are hospitalized, 156 people who have lost their lives since the beginning of this pandemic in San Francisco in particular and the Positivity Rate is at 1. 87. Dr. Grant colfax is joining me to talk more specifically about the numbers and what they mean and where we are, the same way he did so last week. What were seeing here and what weve seen all over the country is what looks like to be a significant uptick, one that we have to pay i a tension to. And more importantly, one that has put San Francisco which has been really a leader on fighting against this pandemic, it has put all of the incredible gains that we have made at jeopardy. Effective tomorrow, we have been informed by the state of california, and we will be going from the yellow tier which we were so proud to be at to the red tier. And what that means is, sadly, a number of things will need to come off the table. One of the things that i have made clear from the very beginning is we are going to proceed with caution so that we can do everything we can to avoid a complete shutdown. And as of tomorrow, we will need to unfortunately roll back nonessential office space, making sure that people who are nonessential, that have opened their Office Spaces will need to close them at this time. And unfortunately, the gyms will need to go from 25 down to 10 . These particular things were mostly chosen because under state law in red we have to follow those guidelines, but also we understand that there are certain things that put us more at risk of increasing the virus than other activities. And again, dr. Grant colfax is joining me today and will explain some of the specifics around what this means for our city, especially in light of what we see happening. And we want to continue to make sure that we dont go backwards. And how do we do that . We dont go backwards by not getting comfortable, not getting complacent. The weather has been pretty nice even though its been cold. But the sun has been shining. People have been enjoying San Francisco. I had an opportunity to walk around the city this weekend, and i saw so many people out and about enjoying the parks, doing walking, jogging, hanging out at the restaurants and other things. A lot of people were outdoors. And what we have to continue to do is not get comfortable because the fact is the virus is still out there. And we are still going to have to adjust to this so that we dont continue to see a significant spike in San Francisco. Whats happening next week, of course, is one of our favorite holidays, and thats thanksgiving. And so we know that so many people want to travel and then theres other family members that want to come visit. The department of Public Health has put out a travel advisory asking residents to avoid nonessential travel, but more importantly, we need to think about the folks that come to visit us as well, especially in places where we are seeing higher case numbers. This year were asking people to sacrifice because of thanksgiving when we get together and we see large family gathering, especially indoors, when those happen, we could be dealing with the impacts of those decisions by christmas with a significant increase in hospitalizations. So what were asking people to do is sacrifice. Sacrifice and put off the things that we all know and love especially during the Holiday Season. For the sole purpose of trying to get to a better place and for the sole purpose of making sure that people dont continue to catch this virus and so that folks arent continuing to be hospitalized and that we dont see increased number of deaths as a result of wanting to come together for the holidays. This is where we are now. This is me sounding the alarm. This is me asking san franciscans to do exactly what i have been asking this entire time, to make adjustments, to make sacrifices, and to do everything you can to remember that this virus exists and make sure that our behavior and what we do helps to avoid circulating the virus in the first place. We remember not too long ago the when we finally made the announcement that we would be opening gyms and hair salons and nail salons. Just think about how good it felt to feel normal. To go and get your hair done or your nails done or to go and workout at the gym and enjoy your time there, but just think about how much more important it was to the people who were finally able to open their business, who were finally able to get a paycheck, who finally had some level of certainty in their lives that they would be able to take care of themselves. Now, think about whats happening now. Im sure that so many of those people are scared. Last week we told the restaurants that they would no longer be able to operate indoors. What that meant was not only layoffs, but it also meant that there was a lot of lost revenue because of the food that they no longer were able to use. When you think about some of the things and the sacrifices that people are making, thats what makes me continue as much as i want to be around people and i want to be around friends and family, its why i choose to make sure that i am doing my part by keeping my distance and by avoiding large crowds and by not getting complacent. Its not just because im the mayor of the city and i am asking you to do, but its because i want to get our kids back in school. It pains me every time we have to make an announcement to close a business because i know what that means financially for that business. And it has been very, very difficult for so many people. We know that since the pandemic began, almost 300,000 san franciscans have filed for unemployment. And we know that people continue to suffer financially. And we also know that people are still in the hospital and people are nervous and concerned about their own personal health. We know that we disproportionately have seen a lot of infections in our latino community, and we made significant investments and we are seeing a real difference. Im really proud of that work, but theres more that needs to be done because when we look at the data, which has been the driving force behind every decision that we have made, we make good decisions. We make adjustments as it relates to the data. One of those such adjustments is moving soma location, a testing location, to the alamany Farmers Market because we know in this community which touches the o. M. I. , touches the bayview hunters point, and it touches that whole region, we know there is a need for more access, more consistent testing. This location was doing over 500 tests a day, and in San Francisco, were going close to 5,000 tests a day. When i think about how far weve come, being able to provide people their test results anywhere between 24 and 48 hours, it is significant. When i look at the maps of what shows us specifically where the areas which carry the higher infection rates and where the areas are that have testing both public and private, we have to make an adjustment. We had no choice. So tomorrow that location will be at the Farmers Market. And i am really grateful to the department of Public Health and the work that was done in order to make the adjustment and to move the site to this specific location as well as the work that has been done to get us to this point where we are adjusting to the needs of the people of San Francisco. This will continue to be a challenge, and its hard to get up here and tell people that youre going to have to close your business. Youre going to have to make some adjustments. Cant see your grandmother who is in a nursing facility. You cant hang out with your friends. Children cant spend time with one another like they used to. It pains me. And so because of that, we need everyones cooperation so that peoples lives arent impacted as a result of our decisions. Weve come a long way, San Francisco. We have been a leader on combatting this virus. We should be so proud that weve done an incredible job. And now im asking for more. And i know its hard. I know its hard every single day that you have to make that decision. I know its hard, but im asking for more. As we come upon the Holiday Season with different kind of flu and hopefully you got your flu shot, we know that this is going to be a next tough couple of months. So lets continue to do our part. Lets continue to be creative and keep our distance. Lets minimize the number of households and the people that we interact with. Lets cutback on those holiday dinners with large families gathering on the inside. Lets do what we can so that we can see the change. And as we see the change, that will put us in a better situation to begin to reopen our city and to put our economy back on track and to put our kids back in school and to look behind us and say because of everything we did, we are in a better place and we are so grateful for the sacrifices that we all made to get there. Thank you, all, so much for your cooperation, and at this time, i want to introduce dr. Grant colfax to talk specifically about the data, where we are, what we need to continue to do, and information from the department of Public Health. Dr. Grant colfax. Good afternoon and thank you mayor breed. We are now experiencing on the national, state, and regional level. So let me be clear that San Francisco is in the midst of the major surge of covid19 cases. It is sobering that we have reached this point again. As you know, this is the third surge we have experienced and unfortunately, the virus is moving aggressively in our community. Unlike the previous two surges, this surge is impacting every state in the nation. In the last two weeks, deaths have increased and the c. D. C. Cited a new record and as you can see on this slide, San Francisco is trending behind the National Average of cases per 100,000. And that is no reason for us to believe that we couldnt catch up to the average and catch up quickly. And in california, we are seeing the fastest growth in daily cases since the pandemic began. The rate of increase that we are seeing in california is faster and steeper than the summer surge. And here in San Francisco we are seeing an explosion of new cases throughout is city becoming more widespread. We are now averaging 10 dayses per 100,000 people in the red zone and you can see represented in the blue bars the sharp increases in cases we have had since october. And the black line represents the sevenday rolling average of new cases in our city. From october 10 to november 10, daily new covid cases jumped from an average of 29 cases a day with the additional perspective, let me share additional numbers. It took us 29 days to go from 11,000 to 12,000 total cases in San Francisco. It took us 18 days to go from 12,000 to 13,000. And now we anticipate that it will take us just 12 days to go from 13,000 to 14,000 cases. Lets go to the next slide. This slide shows the increase in cases in San Francisco per 100,000. You see the rapid rise. This rate of rise is higher than ever before. Right now the other Health Indicators remain stable. The hospitalizations remain stable at the green level. However, and unfortunately, we do expect to see an increase in hospitalizations. We currently have sufficient hospital beds in i. C. U. And intensive care unit capacity, but if the surge continues, we could exceed that capacity as, unfortunately, we are seeing in certain regions and states across the country. And we continue to test more than 5800 people a day with the testing rate and Contact Tracing over 85 of cases. So let me take a moment to talk about the state tier changes. Today the state announced they have seen an increase in cases and in most cases that increase has been dramatic. The state has placed them in the most restrictive purple tier. And we have moved from the least restrictive tier, yellow, to where virus transmission is minimal to this red tier where virus transmission is substantial. That means instead of moving back to just one tier to orange as was previously anticipated under is state system, we have unfortunately moved back two tiers. This is indicative of how fast and due to the red tier designation, we will have to have people return to return to remote work and reduce gyms and indoor climbing walls to 10 capacity. I do not want to continue to move backwards. Additional restrictions could be necessary if each of us does not take immediate action today to do our part to limit the spread of the virus. So lets take a moment and think about that. Lets think about how that relates to the upcoming holidays that i wish we could celebrate in the normal times. Next week is thanksgiving. So as hard as it is to say this, please do not travel. Please do not travel. Stay at home with the immediate household. As hard as it might be, we must exercise caution and do our part. And please do not use testing to determine whether you can travel or not. We have seen the repeated failure, the repeated failure of this type of testing strategy across the country including in washington, d. C. A negative test cannot be an excuse to put yourself or others at risk. Remember, please remember, that people who test negative can still harbor the virus if they are early in their infection. That is why when people are exposed to the virus, they must quarantine for 14 days regardless of their test results. San francisco, once again, we simply must double down or triple down and do everything we can to stop the spread of the virus. We cannot be reckless or complacent and take everything precaution to protect ourselves, our family and the community. The choices we, the choices you, the choices i make in the next two weeks will determine the remainder of the Holiday Season. We have the ability to bead back the third surge in other parts of the country. And we can choose by the actions we take this week and the upcoming week. The safest way to celebrate is to to not expose and i strongly recommend against it and strongly recommend against it keep it to no more than six people and keep the masks on, period. The best way is to give your friends and family the gift of good health. As we have learned, the past months is we have learned that together we can beat it back. So we have done it twice and we can do it again. I know that everyone is tired and fatigued. And i know i can sound like a broken record. But covid 19 is not resting. And neither can we. Remember, we know how to sol slow the spread of the virus. Limit gatherings and wear your mask and lets be cautious, diligent and safe. Lets make sure that we and our loved ones are here for that vaccine so that we can really celebrate big next year. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Colfax. And welcome, madam mayor, as we begin the q and a portion. The first question somes from should Public Schools continue to aim for a january 20 target date . Absolutely. It is essential to get our schools open as safely as possible and before the science makes it clear that the spread of covid amongst elementary and middle School Students and is not the same as amongst adults and kids who are in high school. So we know what the data is. We know that educators and others are involved and we know that its so critical that between now and january we do the work to prepare to safely open as quickly and possible. So we are hopeful to get to a better place. They have provided a significant amount of resources to continue the process so that we are prepared to open as quickly and safely as possible. We now have a few healthrelated questions for director colfax. In terms of testing, is there an increase in demand or are they providing better access . As the major mentioned, we are to go to where the virus is now averaging 5800 tests a day, higher than any other jurisdictions we are aware of. And from the beginning we focus on insuring that people have access to the testing to the essential workers who have symptoms and who have a high rf risk exposure and who do not have insurance. The city is also currently conducting 55 of the 5800 tests. With the probably testing and kaiser, for instance, has greatly eliminated many barriers in testing. Any explanation on this . This reflects the overall surge from across the city and is important to emphasize that the virus remains concentrated in the communities most impacted by the the the virus and it is important no matter where you are that everyone does their part to reduce the risk of the viral transmission. This is not a time to let up and not a time to socialize in close quarters with other people. Keep activities outdoors and wear the masks. Thank you, doctor. The last set of questions. Is there any plan to reduce ak pan si at retail store or personal services such as salons . To reduce occupancy. And if San Francisco were to drop to purple, what would that mean for businesss . We are focussing on trying to keep from moving further backward which is why it is so important as the Holiday Season that we see the surge that everyone do their part. If we do into purple, we will need to take the steps that the state requires and purple require. Right now we do not have any media plans to place further restrictions. As you know, Indoor Dining closed on saturday. This is with madam mayor for your time. There are no further questions and this concludes todays press conference. Thank you. Coping with covid19. Todays special guest. I am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid19. 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 anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid19 response and recovery fund. Over 28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as Housing Stabilization for vulnerable communities, Food Security programs which has been a big issue not only in San Francisco but up and down california and of course across the nation. Very much thinking about workers and family members who may not have been access to state and federal programs the same way that others who are impacted have and do. That was to make sure families and workers were supported with woulrelief. Small Business Community to make sure they have access to loan was and grants. We are excited how diverse we have been able to do this. We have been able to roll these out to ensure that our communities are supported by our city together with all of us with city funds and philanthropic dollars to help realize them on behalf of the communitys needs. That is great. Now, many of our Small Businesses dont have large payrolls. They are unable to qualify for the federal ppp loans. Does the city have active programs available for Small Businesses to help with ongoing expenses such as rent while they are still closed . Certainly. One of the programs we launched in partnership and because of the ability of the give to sf loan fund presented us with was for loans and grants to do that. We knew in the beginning that it was not easy for smaller businesses not connected or those who were to get an answer around relief provided through ppp. We have seen success of the program. We knew it was important at the time to also have the San Francisco hardship mcwas Emergency Loan Program be launched and designed to support businesses who needed resources the most. We have committed 15. 5 million in ongoing covid19 Small Business Financial Relief. We have awarded grants and loans to over 400 Small Businesses thus far. We wanted to make sure that we were equitable about that approach always guidings work through Racial Equity lens. One of the most important pieces is ensuring every district would be represented and also more equitable work and places where we were doing that work would be supported through these efforts. In the first phase 1 million to 128 Small Businesses and 29 different neighborhoods with up to 10,000 in funds to support those who were experiencing loss. We set aside a minimum of 2 million for low and moderate income owners to ensure they were supported with relief efforts. Neighborhood goes like lower filmore, bayview, castro and excelsior. Longterm businesses have given to the city and we want to give bamto them as well. Then because we were looking for additional funding sources, we took dollars that we had with existing partners already with our partners to do Small Business work and help convert to support Women Entrepreneurs around San Francisco and very specific neighborhoods for mini grants to serve immediate needs. Every little dollar helped. One of the programs that just become available. Right to recover. I am glad you are asking about right to recover. We know that it is extremely valuable right now as we look to incentivize Community Members disproportionately impacted by covid19 by economic hardship, spaces to work in because they need to provide for families, having access to the Economic Relief or wages that you count on to protect yourself, stabilize your families, support your families and children or parents or extended family. That is a huge disincentive if you believe you may not have access to quarantine to do what we want you to do. If you are sick to get tested. If you test positive to quarantine and stay home. So that you can get better and not infect anyone else. That comes at a cost. You are not going to work, not making wages. For so many low income workers that is not acceptable. This is to provide relief based on the individual to give minimum wage for that period of time. When they walked into the testing site they knew if i test positive is there a program to help me, we could say yes . That was important to mayor breed, extremely important to supervisor ronen and they worked together to make 2 million available to support these individuals. Together with the department of Public Health we have a holistic system to fill the gaps that may exist to encourage people to get tested to do the right thing. Wear a mask, social distancing, not going places when they are sick and doing our part to make sure they were incentivized. Not having sick pay with the virus would be really stressful. Iit is important for undocumented. We know the lat inx is more than 50 of the positive cases and may not have access to sick leave or Financial Hardship to do the right thing and to quarantine with financial reli relief. As we start another new releaf program. Africanamerican Small Business Revolving Loan fund. How will that fund work . Well, i am very, very proud. This fund. I do have to give a shout out to our invest in Neighborhoods Team who worked day and night with the africanamerican chamber of commerce and main street launch to support the zero percent interest loan up to 50 thousand dollars. We have been striving to be specific and target communities of color and africanamerican Small Business Entrepreneur Community. It is so much more difficult for this community to access resources and it was important to do something in this moment that is reflective of a movement we know has been emotion for such a long time. For us to do something real, provide Financial Relief for the community in this ka this way ar them specifically. We are very proud to get this up and running. We look forward to applications being live so people from the africanamerican and black business communities to get relief. Flexible terms. Forgiveness up to 50,000 for those loans which can make a huge difference fought only for relief when you think about rent for a Small Business but also in terms of longterm recovery and being smart about the moment. There are businesses with the ability to be open, even a little bit. It is a stress on them. There are others that dont have the ability to do this at all. Where is their relief . They wait for us to do our collective part to ensure we can reopen. These dollars, very specifically for the black Entrepreneur Community are important for longterm viability success. That is good for them, the diversity of the city we hold dear and we need to be proud of. Do we have active programs for disconnected or underserved communities . Absolutely. As i was mentioning just simply about the right to recover program. When people go to the mission hub at 701 alabama within the Mission District to serve the community, they are providing Food Security, access to resources. What they have done is extraordinary in terms of partnering with the city with relief efforts to help pay and maintain Food Distribution for families. Thing are important like the latin x to do so many dishes with one item masa. Access to rise, cereals, milk, butter, fresh foods and vegetables. That is across the city in the entirety in those areas of need. To ensure those programs are made available for our most vulnerable communities. Seniors or families who desperately need that help. Finally, is there a website specifically designed to provide access and information about these resources . One of the easiest things to do, people have a general question and to want dont have access to the internet call 311. Reach out. We have been working closely to ensure the members and staff have the information they need to get what you need. As you call in. Most specifically for workers, employers, nonprofits to go to our website oewd. Org and click on covid19 which is a large button on the site. You will find a full list of information specifically designed for you as employer, as worker and nonprofit so that you know where to go for resources. Also, our phone number 5546134 for the small acciden small bus. The incredible staff are administering those lines. If they dont answer they will get back to you so you can talk to a real person in multiple languages. Also email sfosbasfgov. Org. Again, visit the website oewd. Org and you can find that. In terms of workforce 415 7014817. Someone will get back to you if they dont pick up immediately to answer your questions if you are a worker. Then to donate. Give to sf. Org. All of that information is to find to the website if you need resources or you need an understanding how we are phasing reopening or updated information, please visit us. We will get back to you. We look forward to serving you and the community to get through this very, very challenging time. That is great information. Thank you so much for coming on the show. I really appreciate the time you have given us today. It is a pleasure, chris. Thank you for helping get information out to our communities. People are aware your government is hard at work on your behalf to get you what you need during a dynamic and challenging time. That is it for this episode. We will be back with more information shortly. This is coping with covid19. I am chris manners, thanks for watching on sfgovtv