Six indicators. One, the ability to expand testing, monitor and possibly isolate anybody that has been exposed or infected. Two, the ability to protect our most vulnerable population such as the elderly and the homeless. Three, that we have hospitals and the Health Care System that can handle surges. Four, that were able to develop therapeutics to meet demand. Five, the ability for businesses, schools and child care facilities to support physical distancing. And six, the ability to determine when to reinstate certain measures, such as the stay at home if necessary. We have state vision, but it will be recognized at the local level. So what will it look like . Newsom said its too soon to get a timeline for meeting these measures. He says when we do, it wont look like a perfect back to normal. Face covers will likely be recovered and large gatherings still banned. There is no light switch here. I would argue its more like a dimmer. And that dimmer is about what i was talking about, this toggling back and forth between more restrictive and less restrictive measures. Newsom is calling this easy in phase the suppression phase, a phase with more individual accountability for face covers and physical distancing. He hopes to have a sense of the timeline for when it may begin in two weeks. Ask me the question then, and we will be in a very different place where we could be more prescriptive on giving people timelines. I know you want the timeline, but we cant get ahead of ourselves at dream of rhett rest gre regretting. Lets not make the mistake of pulling the plug too early as much as we all want. To. More of a gradual process, a loosening of some of the shelter in place orders. In order to get truly back to normal, were going to need to get vaccine. Liz kreutz, abc7 news. Liz, walk us through why two weeks needs to happen before we get a sense of the timeline. What are they looking for in the next two weeks . Governor newsom says the next two weeks are going to be critical in determining a few things. One is a decrease in hospitalizations, a decrease in icu case, a decrease in cases overall and a decrease in ppe needs. And if we hit all of those things, then he will feel comfortable setting those parameters for a timeline. But even when he does that, expect it to be vague. He mention nod precedence for this at this point we need to remain vigilant and keep adhering to the shelter in place orders. No arbitrary date is going to be set by anyone for obvious reasons. Thanks, liz. Californias plan is coordinated with the rest of the west coast, including oregon and washington. Today their governors shared their governors as well. Here is Oregon Governor kate brown. These are the key elements of the framework. Slow the growth, more ppe, testing capacity, contact tracing, and a quarantine and isolation program. Now washingtons governor jay inslee today tweeted, quote, these are challenging times, but i have never been more proud to be a washingtonian. Restaurants and other businesses desperate to gradually reopen were hoping for some kind of timeline from the governor. Abc7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez has more on the uncertain future. Last month, tads steakhouse reopened at a different location with much fanfare, only to see expectations fizzle. Today the restaurant is only open for takeaway. Were probably down 90 . The owner told me its uncertain how much longer he can remain open. Still, he grid with Governor Newsom in that restrictions at restaurants are needed even months after they reopen. If we reopen, yeah, we might get a lot of business. But we may have to shut down again if it doesnt if there is no restrictions in place. John constant of johns grill says theyre ready to follow any guidelines imposed by the governor. Well conduct business to make sure that our team is safe and were safe first. Business comes second. The losses have been devastating for the state. Joe dee xandro says nothing that we have seen before. Really bad during 9 11, but last month the impacts last month were seven times worse than the impacts of 9 11 on the travel industry. But as we inch forward, the governor said what the new normal will look like will vary. You may be having dinner with a waiter wearing gloves, maybe a face mask. Dinner where the menu is disposable. And when that day comes, the iconic johns grill here in downtown San Francisco wants to be the first to reopen. There is some history behind that. Johns grill was burnt to ashes, went down to the ground during the earthquake, the big earthquake in 1906. And we were the first restaurant to open up and rebuild. The website visitcalifornia also released this video hoping that day will soon come. When the time is right, rest assured, that this will be here. Perhaps a new version of california dreaming. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. Its been more than a month since most bay area counties banned large events. According to the governor today, we wont see them resume for a while. Prospect of Mass Gatherings is negligible at best until we get to herd immunity, and we get to a vaccine. Today San Franciscos pride parade was finally canceled. The annual event which usually draws thousands of people had still been on the calendar for june. This years livermore rodeo set for june has been canceled. The Indoor Football League has canceled its entire 2020 season, which means the oakland Panthers Team will postpone its debut with the league. The San Francisco opera has canceled its Summer Season for this year. Governor newsom also talked today about schools and the potential changes that could come when they finally do reopen. Abc7 News Reporter luz pena has that part of the team coverage. We need to get our kids back to school. I need to get my kids back to school. Thats the sentiment that many parents across the state agree with, but not without hesitation. I dont think its fair to put teachers or focus that work in School Buildings in danger or jeopardy just because im struggling as a home school parent. Sarah baltazar has been teaching her 7 and 2 1 2yearold for weeks. Every day is a new lesson for her and her daughters as they navigate Distance Learning together. Today on a call, a kid said over spring break, my grandfather died of covid, but he lived until he was 87. Theyre 7 years old. This is hard. Its hard for a parent to watch, and then you know, do to help her cope and continue to learn . Governor hype pot what it would look like. We have to figure Something Like that out. A new perspective that many across the state learned about today. Including Oakland Unified School district, 37,000 students and 83 schools. We just know that we have to exercise extreme caution in just determining exactly when its going to happen. This new insight into what schools will look like will include social distancing within that school. But before all that, deep cleaning will come first. Disinfecting our parks, our playgrounds, our benches, our swings, our sidewalks, our streets. In San Francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. Late this afternoon, we received a statement from San Francisco unified, the Biggest School district in the bay area. It reads, quote, we anticipate that we may need to change our practices upon reopening schools. The state laid out how it wants to handle a gradual lifting of the shelter in place rules, but the governor said some of the particulars will be up to individual counties. Santa clara county was the first to start putting restrictions into place on large events before shelter in place rules went into effect. Abc7 News Reporter chris nguyen joins us live with the countys perspective. Chris . Well, make no doubt about it, ama, the county says that were just at the beginning of a very long marathon, and that were going to need to keep at it for a bit longer. In the fight against covid19, Santa Clara CountyHealth Officer dr. Sarah cody says progress is being made, but its still not enough to return to normalcy. We just lifted the shelter in place and went back about our business, wed be right back where we were, very, very quickly. In california, county Health Officers are quite a bit of authorities to do whats necessary to protect the health of the public. Tuesday morning dr. Cody shared three factors that could lead to a loosening of the shelterinplace order. We really need to understand our lab testing capacity, our ppe supply, as well as our staffing and resources for case and contact investigations. The county recently issued an order for businesses and individuals with large inventories of ppe to report their numbers by april 15th so that officials can have a better understanding of what can be sourced locally. As for testing, public and private labs are now required to report all results back to the county, not just positive cases. By sifting through our data is to understand are there populations at greater risk, and are there places or communities in our county where the virus is circulating and amplifying more quickly than in other places. Thats really the key question. This comes as the economy takes a beating because of the Novel Coronavirus crisis. The challenge of getting more of silicon valley, more of Santa Clara County back to work is very urgent. San Jose State University professional Robert Chapman wood says the areas economic inequality is now on greater display. There is a real danger that well get into overregulating during the reopening as well. And that can be a new driver of ness. Poverty and more pomona but as challenging as this has been for more families, many say sheltering in place remains the right thing to do. It should definitely continue for as long as they feel that this is needed and necessary, that im definitely willing to do my part and stay home, that i feel like its really, really important. The county series says our collective efforts are paying off. Behind me is the county data dashboard. Here is a graph of the numbers. The numbers are holding steady. So new cases per day are not spiking. Theyre holding steady, which is a good sign. Were live in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc7 news. All right, chris, thanks. Lets bring in chronicle insider and abc7 news contributor phil matier for some perspective on all of this. Yes, and phil, a lot of people were hoping for a definitive date when the state might reopen. We didnt get that. No. But we did get the six indicators of this west coast plan. What did you think about what the governor had to say . Well,t was interesting. As he said, he was presenting a road map to recovery, but he didnt say are we there yet or when were going get there. The six goals he outlined go from everything from setting up dynamics to see how were doing to ensuring we dont fall back to even testing and how to handle those who are in quarantine and take care of those who are most vulnerable. And ama, thats going to take some time. I think thats one of the reasons why i said come back and talk to me in two weeks. One, he does want to how the state is doing. But he needs to set up the program getting the funding out there. When he is talking about cleaning every classroom, talking about cleaning every park, thats going take a workforce and work, and he has to set that up as well. Weve gone from prepping for the surge to handling the surge and now pivoting to go forward, and thats got to take time. Today he bought himself some time as well as deliver a bit of phalornia has done such b, l countr in terms to the deliberate response. The next phase appears to be in the same vein. There is probably no payoff in picking a date because its likely to change. Lets talk quickly. I like something he said when i was watching this afternoon. He said its not a light switch, its really a dimmer. Thats a great metaphor to explain the process by which we can slowly get back the normal. You cannot just flip a light switch and resume. No. You can switch the light switch off, and thats what weve seen done in San Francisco, the bay area and the state. Getting it back on is twice as difficult. And thats why the famous words are you can win the war but lose the peace. The tough time is when you are coming back. It has to be toggled. It has to be brought up. It has to be done slowly. But at the same time, it cant be done so slowly or with so many rules that it stifles the economic return. For example, if youre talking about r face masks and serve with rubber gloves and be spread out apart, are they going to stay in business . San francisco has already lost conventions well into july. Theyre optimistic they can bring it back, but if there are stringent rules, whats going on . Also, were going to be in competition with other states. Only three governors agreed to this on the west coast, nevada, arizona and utah we didnt hear too much about. It is like a toggle switch, and its very difficult to get it back up, because eventually youre going have to turn that light up to the point where it illuminates and hopefully doesnt have to get turned back down. Thats the toughest call to make. Thats the trick, isnt it . Phil, thank you very much. You can read phils columns in the San Francisco chronicle every wednesday and sunday. Here are the latest bay area coronavirus totals. There are more than 5400 cases in these ten counties. 147 people have died. Solano county is reporting five more infections. Today uc santa cruz announced that a campus shuttle driver died from covid19. Were also keeping track of cases in lake and mendocino counties for viewers there. Mendocino county is reporting four. Lake county is reporting five. And were charting the total number of local cases on to this graph so we can see the trend. Remember our goal is to bend the curve, to flatten it out. This includes data for 14 counties, the bay area and beyond. Im dan noyes at the kaiser in fremont, where doctors want to send an 89yearold patient back to the nursing home where she contracted coronavirus. Her family asked me to investigate. Im spencer christian. High temperatures soared well above average today. How long will this warmup last . Ill have five years ago, i had psoriasis everywhere. My skin hurt, i felt gross. But then i started cosentyx and i havent really had to think about it. Real people with psoriasis. Look and feel better with cosentyx. 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Our dan noyes is live now with the story and a story that you will see only on abc7 news. Dan . Well, dan, this is a tough one. I spoke to the elderly patient at kaiser today. She is clear. She thinks if she goes back to gateway, shell die from the coronavirus. 89yearold evelyn tomei is a twotime cancer survivor, now battling bronchitis and the coronavirus she picked up at gateway care and rehabilitation in hayward. Now at kaiser fremont, doctors say she has responded to hydroxychloroquine treatments, so they want to send her back to gateway. What do you think about going back to gateway . No, no, no. Why . Because i dont want to die. The nursing home is in the throes of a coronavirus outbreak. We received word overnight that a tenth and 11th patient that contracted covid19 there have died. At least 66 residents and staff have been infected. Were here sacrificing, were here taking care of our residents as have always been our priority. And the staff is at wits end working very long hours. I spoke with man who wouldnt give his name but described himself as a nurse manager. We cannot control whats happening out in the world. This is a pandemic thats affecting the world. Please, express that, not a gateway issue. In an email statement, kaiser defends sending mrs. Tomei back to the place where she acquired coronavirus because she no longer needs acute care and is ready to be discharged. It is important to understand being a covid19 positive patient does not pose an increased risk to a Patients Health and safety. Now kaiser saying they want to send her back there. What do you think about that . Its nuts. Dr. Michael wasserman is president of the California Association of longterm care medicine. Sending someone back who has the virus, who is still possibly fighting the virus only is going to add stress to an already stressed facility. Dr. Wasserman tells me the risk is probably creating another kirkland, that nurse home in Washington State that has seen more than 120 cases and at least 37 deaths. Yeah, its very emotional. The ordeal is weighing heavily on mrs. Tomeis son and daughterinlaw. I was frantic. Thats when i called you. I did not know what to do, what to think, where to go with it. All i knew is oh my god. You put her back into a place that has covid already. Whos to say they havent found out anything yet, if she would get it again . And evelyn tomei tells me even some of kaisers own staff apparently disagree with the doctors decision. I had a nurse this morning tell me she said are you from over there . I said yeah, but im not going back. She said dont. You fight it.