Importance and urgency of making sure that the states are in the front line of this have that support. Thank you for doing this. I want to talk. Earlier today some officials in San Francisco were saying cdc guidance is not to move people from the streets into housing unless they have symptoms. Also today at a press conference in san diego officials there were saying that among those 1900 rooms they are not exclusively for the homeless. There seems to be mixed messaging from the state and the local. I would like you to clarify is it your expectation that all Homeless Individuals will be moved into hotels or just those showing symptoms . What efforts are being done to identify Homeless Individuals with symptoms and to get them tested . Weve been looked working with local Health Officials. One thing we know about california one size does not fit all. As it relates to the issue of homelessness. That is a bottomup issue. It is defined very individually. In a very culturally competent way. Meeting people where they are. Even outside of a crisis like this. Within that frame within that construct and within that mindset we are working with local leaders. She was working very collaborative with the county. Nathan fletcher is the supervisor and city leaders about how they we use the conventions facilities in the hotels rooms differently than in other parts of the state. It is a work in progress. Most important thing for me is that we see Real Progress in terms of the number of available units and rooms that we procure and bring online. But working with Health Officials we have provided guidelines as a release to triaging seniors is a priority. Those with chronic conditions. As priorities of the streets and certainly isolating as the top Health Priority isolating that is the purpose of the hotel rooms in particular. Those the test positive for covid 19. We have 2400 units as you know from seven counties that have been procured 1900 and san diego. You are correct. These hundreds and hundreds of Additional Hotel assets be made available for homeless. We are looking to procure them more broadly for general population. Will be advancing more specific guidelines and we have a team that by Jason Elliott in my office that is working in real time with all the local leaders to address their best practices and share them or address the concerns and ambiguity that may persist between counties in real time. We are a couple days into this. Thank you for doing this. One one sunday march 15 you mentioned a plan to get hot food to seniors and to people who are self isolating. Working with private companies to do that. Are you satisfied the jails in the state are doing enough to reduce inmate population . Im wondering if they have done enough. As you know im a fierce advocate for reforming the criminal Justice System and laid out new benchmarks of expectation in my january budget of what i think it looks like. I just looking at the work we have done in the past. Led by former governor jerry brown. But one thing is certain. That we need to meet the issue of covid 19 in our prison and Correction System head on. I have had conversations back to back with our secretary of cdc ralph diaz about the protocols and procedures we have been preparing and anticipating that some of our Staff Members may be tested positive. That has happened as you know. Potentially some of our inmates. We had our first positive test that has happened as well. The good news about our corrections facilities and im talking about the state level. One needs to amplify a broader mindset as it relates to the county level in the jail level as well. We have strong isolation protocols. We have programs and procedures around Infectious Disease that are more broadly defined around isolation and testing protocols. In the light. The scale of magnitude if this spreads quickly certainly creates a pause and that is why we created a workgroup a task force around this a few weeks ago. That was establishment we are working closely with our sheriffs at the county level. To do a number of things. Look at intake protocols. In looking at augmenting them and looking at transfer protocols between prisons. And augmenting them. Those are happening in real time. That then goes forgive me for the longwinded in this. That goes to your question about releasing. I have no interest and i want to make this crystal clear. And releasing violent criminals from our system. I wont use a crisis as an excuse to create another crisis. I dont see the criminal Justice System and corrections in isolation. I see it as a california issue. Let me give you specifically what i mean. If we start to release prisoners that are not prepared with their parole plans they may end up out on the streets and sidewalks in a homeless shelter. If we dont prepare people to get back on their feet they may end up in the Emergency Rooms clogging the system that we were trying to address in the first place. We have to be very thoughtful about this. We are working to those protocols and procedures. There is a lot of advocacy in this space saying lets just let out tens of thousands of prisoners. That is not the way we will go about this. We would do it in a deliberative way. To the extent we have to have a release valve which at the local level you have been reporting about and people have been discussing across the country. Not just here in california. It will be for those nonviolent offenses. We would do it in a very systemic way. We are working in real time with our sheriffs to see what that looks like. And with our folks at the state system. We are looking to share best practices. Im pleased some of those best practices are well established in the state of california. We have our counterparts reaching out to us to learn more about our protocols. I have confidence right now in the protocols and procedures. This is one of our top points of concern. And focus as an administration. Homelessness seniors and getting people to understand you have to meet this moment. In social distancing. And corrections. Governor we know there have been 26,000 test conducted in the state of california. We have seen in new york there is 80,000 test that have been done. Can you explain why california is lagging behind new york in terms of its ability to test . We have a number of different tests and new protocols that are not part of that 26,400 number. That you received this morning. In fact on wednesday we will be providing a reset on the total test. That will go deeply to explain that ambiguity and that ambigui answer your question. All i can say is as a proof point to this and conversation i had with the la mayor. He yesterday announced a new testing protocol. That has not been run into the new system. We are putting the system in place in real time. We had the system for our 22 labs. We had the system in place for the four original hospitals part of the original protocols. We had the system for quest the commercial provider and lab core of commercial provider. We now have three additional hospitals that have come online. They are getting into this new testing regime. We are getting more information from the hospitals. You will get a reset of that number. You should rest assure those numbers will substantially increase. Thank you so much. I wanted to specifically speak about the National Guard. Beinhere in california. I wanted to see if you could specifically speak about what they will be assigned to do and maybe perhaps the last time something the serious brought the National Guard to work . I want to acknowledge another point that was brought up last night and president trumps press conference. He has afforded three states california one of those three states the ability not to direct the National Guard. That is afforded under our rules and regulations. At the gubernatorial level. But to allow full reimbursement of the cost of those deployments. There was a significant announcement yesterday. Some may have missed it. It didnt change how we organize our National Guard. He was not federalizing the National Guard. It is under the command of the governor of respective states. I did an executive order a number of days ago that outlined as onfood supply and logistics related to food supply. One of the areas of concern was the significant decrease in volunteers at our food banks. As a consequence we made the determination through a letter in order to send 500 of our National Guardsmen and women to help support the efforts at our food banks. That has happened. It has been quite successful. We have the capacity to do thousands and thousands and thousands more. As needed in real time to make sure the supply chains are operating efficiently and effectively to make sure all essential services are being provided to the public has confidence that we have their back at this moment. And they are organizing to make sure when they are needed that they are able to be dispersed in real time. Let me also punctuate that by saying this. As we procure all these things that are insulated reporter more hotels and motels. More sites for our homeless. We are able to transition our Winter Shelter Program which exist in some of our armories and bring back and repurpose the original construct around armories. That was predeployment and asset resourcing for our National Guard. They are beginning to take back some of those facilities and allows them to preposition so they are able to move on a regional basis in a much more efficient and effective way. Thank you for taking the time. Can you walk us through you mentioned the remodeling of how many beds would be needed in the hospital system. We heard 20,000 additional beds just a couple days ago. Can you walk us through how we are now seeing we need 50,000 additional beds . Kane talk about the change of modeling . We are every day adding to the arsenal of data that we have at our disposal. Let me be specific about what that data includes the health data provided by the cdc. Not only patterns that we see developed within the state and also outside the state. But what has happened around the rest of the country. John hopkins very significantly put out their own frame. We incorporate all of these things. We stacked the data sets up and we use Artificial Intelligence to run scenarios based on travel patterns within the state. Within regions. Utilizing open source. We partner with blue dot. We partner with facebook and others to get open source data. And remind that data based upon these changing conditions. In real time every day i wake up i get a dashboard with those data sets evolving. Based on what happened today and last night and what is happening around other parts of our state and the rest of the country. That is where we were yesterday. We sat down. Based upon the new modeling to came in this weekend. We needed to update those numbers. We went to work working with Hospital Association said can we go from the 10,000 bed surge and triple its a 30,000 . They said you got it. We can get that done in our at the system. Weve got to double that to 20,000. The good news came on the uss mercy and that help. Good news came with the eight federal medical units. And that is 2000 units. That helped. The seton announcement and st. Vincent announcement help. Community hospital helped. The conversations surrounding with sutter affiliates. Ccp. That is my old hospital in San Francisco where my kids were born and i cannot say. The hospital just shut down and we are trying to reopen it. We will take it back. We are going to try to get that back as well. We are doing our part. To get all of those assets. We feel weve got that under control. In terms of our current pacing. Again looking at making sure we bend the curve and make sure we are prepared over the course of the next few weeks. And what we refer to as phase 1 of this pandemic. He is strongly considering scaling back steps to contain covid 19. Two severe impact on the economy. He tooted the 15 day period he will make a decision after that. Have you talked to him specifically on this and are you prepared to go along with him if he eases those controls . An update on the States Coronavirus response from the governor. We have breaking developments on how the bay area is battling this outbreak. Good evening. We begin tonight with the very latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic. Hundreds of people in the bay area are now able to be tested for the virus. A new drive up testing site open in hayward. There is a specific type of person that Health Officials are looking for. In the south bay in new tipline is flooded with calls. People reporting nonessential business that may be violating orders to shut down. A stern warning from San Franciscos mayor after plenty of people ignore the advice to stay home. And packed beaches and parks. Residents dont follow the rules she is threatening to close public parks. The New York Stock Exchange opens with no traders on the floor. It is all digital in the wake of the virus. The outcome is about the same. Another down day. We have coverage of the pandemic. We began with andrea. On the drive through testing that began today in hayward. Reporter this will run from nine until six in haard. So toy eyve screened 625 people. And since 170 test to a lab in menlo park mac along hunt would drive screening for the coronavirus happens first in your car. What we are looking at is if you have a fever above 100 degrees. You will be looked at further. It is the criteria we are dealing with. Reporter after the initial screening and with a fever of 100 degrees you head into medical tense on the grass and tennis and park to get swapped. Will wait until we get 20 test kits together. A courier will take it to menlo park. Reporter there are special cues for medical workers and first responders. The screening process is incomplete without flaw. Just ask this nurse who spent half the day trying to get a test. I took a shower. I had some tylenol ready. But i had the flu on the last three or four days. It is getting worse. But i was denied because my temperature was not 100. It was 99. She went to the hospital which has confirmed cases of covid 19. I had viral symptoms. It is all they are. They talked to one of the chiefs here. They sent me back here. Reporter she finally got a test but has been feeling flulike for at least four days. I have a hard time breathing. But i feel better since i tested. Just to make sure. Reporter workers checking for signs of the virus in the park hope to get more people swabbed and fewer driving away. That could change and hopefully it will loosen up. And we will get more people to be tested. Reporter just moments ago i was given updated criteria for screening hereby hayward fire. Let me read those. Fever respiratory problems travel to europe or asia. Exposure to the virus either confirmed or suspected. Over the age of 55. Chronic diseases like Kidney Disease and liver disease. A compromised immune system. A current or recent pregnancy. Diabetes Heart Disease lung disease neurological disease or homelessness. You do not need a referral to drive up and get screened here in hayward. Off of tennyson park. A desperate plea from the mayor of San Francisco. She is hinting at tougher enforcement if people keep violating the shelter in place orders. The folks who are out on the streets have drinking parties. The folks that are out on the street socializing and coming together and not taking this social distancing requirements seriously. You are putting lives at stake. You are putting Public Health in jeopardy. The mayor has said this is not a snow day. And she is exactly right. It is not a time for outings. Gatherings at home. Or any occasions that raise your risk of being exposed or transmitting the virus. The message comes after the first weekend of that statewide lockdown. As you can see some people were still out and about this weekend. Hanging around at dolores part. The mayor is closing playgrounds and is prepared to close other public spaces to make sure people stay at home. Nonessential business is not complying with the shelter in place order could possibly face felony charges. Live in san jose with more on the crackdown. Reporter that is right. District attorney jeff rosen is reminding the public tonight that orders from the Health Department like the one we are under here in Santa Clara County carry the full weight of the law. He said for now businesses throughout the county will continue to get warnings and be advised on what to do. But after that they could face a variety of charges. Reporter businesses are struggling to stay alive. But nonessential business is ignoring orders to close could risk human life. It is impossible to explain to a son or daughter why our community didnt do everything it could when their mother or father is dying because of this terrible virus. District attorney jeff rosen set up a new hotline to report nonessential businesses that are staying open in defiance of the shelter in place order. The number is 408792 2300. The das office will contact instances with a phone call and then police could be called to issue a warning. If the Business Owner does not close the business after receiving a warning they will then be cited for a misdemeanor. It may also be a violation of the unfair Business Practices penal code sections and business and professions code sessions which can be a felony. San jose police are deploying what are called compliance cards which are driving the city to issue those warnings. Most businesses are complying. Are you guys supposed to be open . Reporter if you questionable ones are being open. A customers asked him to stay open so he did. Business is dead. N