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SFGTV Mayors Press Availability July 11, 2024
We are, we are at the balboa movie theater, but youre not going to be watching a movie today. Maybe tonight, but not during the daytime outside. Thank you all for being here. Im
San Francisco
mayor london breed, and im joined by a number of folks who ill introduce later to speak. But i wanted to take this opportunity to just start with, really, how far weve come. Its been a very, very challenging seven months in
San Francisco
. When this pandemic first hit, we had to make some really hard decisions. And with those hard decisions, we knew it was not only going to hit our economy as a whole, but it was going to have a tremendous impact on our
Small Business
es, especially businesses in the community. We saw, within the first time that we closed in the month of april, we saw unemployment go to over 60,000 people, and as of today, we have over 200,000 people who have filed for unemployment. Weve seen businesses close, and some that we have gone to our entire lives, weve seen them close permanently. Weve had to balance a 1. 5 billion budget deficit in
San Francisco
. Its been hard. Our unemployment before the pandemic was less than 2 , and at its height, went to 12 , and today, its 8 . So yes, from an economic standpoint, we have had some really challenges in our city, and the good news is that because we are a resilient city, there have been a lot of adjustments. Weve adapted, weve improvised, and when movie theaters called, what was it call . Oh, popcorn thursday. The hon. London breed i remember the first movie you played was clueless, and i was all excited about that. It was look, we cant have it inside, but lets particultake the streets. Lets come together as a community to enjoy something that all of us have missed, and thats going to the movies. And in addition with that jazz permit that we provide, it allows them to provide jazz music. Adapting is what we do best. Do we want to do it . No. We want to maintain our businesses and serve the community, but in the course of this pandemic, ive got to tell you, im so proud to be a san franciscan. Im so proud of what everyone has done to just say, you know what . Well figure it out. Well do the best we can. Well make changes, like these parklets and some of the great ideas that came out of carmen chu and the
Economic Recovery Task
force to say, lets make some adjustments. Lets try and continue to support our businesses in a way that we didnt before. And even though it has been challenging, i dont know how you feel about these incredible pa parklets that are all over
San Francisco
, but i feel like the city is alive again. And part of what we have to do in addition to some of the hard decisions weve had to make, we have to make decisions to get our economy going again, and that means making the right kinds of investments. Today, i want to announce that we are making an additional 7. 4
Million Investment
into the
Jobsnow Program
. And some of you might be wondering, what is jobsnow . In 2009, when we had the previous economic recession in this country under president barack obama, we had programs like cal fresh and job assistance. I was the executive director of the
African American
art and culture complex, and there were people that qualified for the
Jobsnow Program
, they started to work for me at the
African American
art and culture complex, and our organization got money to pay their salary. Now one time, they were late with the checks, trent. You remember that time, when i called you, wondering when is it coming . When is it coming . Ive got to meet payroll. Well, that program happened. Over 26,000 people were served, and many of them still working today. And so carmen chu, what was head of who was head of this
Economic Recovery Task
force, provided a lot of recommendations. And one of those recommendations was to get people back to work, we should look at investing more in the
Jobsnow Program
. To support
Small Business
es, we should make it easier for them to get help from this
Jobsnow Program
, and thats exactly what were doing here today, because what we want to make sure is when people reopen, that they are able to hire people, but theyre not generating the revenue that they want to generate. So this is another way that we can support our
Small Business
community. I remember, i went to a coffee shop in my neighborhood. And ive been going there many, many years, but this was the first time ive met the owner of the coffee shop. He told me that he couldnt afford to bring his employees back right away. So thats why programs like jobsnow and making programs like that available, its all about helping people. We want to get our economic going, we want to get people back to work, we want to support our
Small Business
es. We want to make sure that we come back out of this pandemic more successful and stronger more than ever before, because this is
San Francisco
. This is what we do, and this is one further step towards meeting that goal. I want to thank the
San Francisco
chamber of commerce for their work and their support. I want to thank ucsf for being an incredible partner with the jobs now program, and i really want to express my appreciation to this community, to folks in the richmond, because i know that its been hard, even before the pandemic, that this community sometimes feels neglected and forgotten. And as a native san franciscan, i want to make sure that so many outskirts of our city, that they receive the resources and help that they need to thrive. That is my goal, that is my hope, and that is my desire, and thats why it was important for me to come to this community. Weve got a lot of work to do, folks, and that is why we need to do as a city is make sure that we are not creating policies in a bubble. We want to make sure that we understand what the needs are of the folks that have the businesses out here, and that we are able to respond to these needs in a way that makes it easier for you to do business in
San Francisco
but also makes you a success in
San Francisco
. That is my goal. That is why im excited about this incredible program. Ive worked with this program directly, as i said, before, and because of my experience in the jobs now program and getting my check late, i made it clear to trent that we have to do better with not this reimbursement model. Weve got to get folks their payroll. So at this time, i want to introduce trent rorrer whos going to talk a little bit about the program, how
Small Business
es can connect to the program, and how quickly theyre going to get reimbursed from the program. Trent . Thank you, mayor breed. As mayor breed said, im trent rhorer, executive director of the citys
Human Services
agency. The jobsnow was borne out of president
Barack Obamas
jobs program. We immediately in the city seized on the opportunity right after 2009, when it passed, which, in its first year under the stimulus act, placed over 5,000 people in subsidized jobs. This went to unemployed san franciscans, san franciscans on benefits, and impacted hundreds of thousands of san franciscans, businesses big and small, and it was able to make a big impact on the recession. So this time, mayor breed didnt wait to pass a stimulus packages to assist residents and the unemployed, and its a good thing she didnt because wed still be waiting. In it, she included 7 million to the
Human Services
agency to expand jobsnow to serve an additional 3,700 people as well as businesses looking to reopen, to expand, or to simply start a new business. This mayors investment, as she said, is in line with the
City Investments
programs. So what is jobsnow . Its the
Subsidized Employment Program
that we at the
Human Services
agency operate that matches lowincome unemployed or underplayed people with
Job Opportunities
in the public sector, the private sector, and also the nonprofit. What is subsidized employment . It is a job strategy that uses public dollars, in this case, over 7 million, to reimburse employers for the wages that they pay to workers that are hired through jobs now. The idea behind the program is very simple and straightforward. As businesses are thinking about opening for the first time or reopening or expanding, theres obviously a lot of uncertainty, given the pandemic, and given the local connect rig economy right now. Things like what will be the
Customer Base
when it reopens . How immediate and how robust will the supply chain be . All of these thinks are what employers are thinking about when theyre thinking about rehiring. So its all about us saying say, lets lessen your risk and allowing you to pay for a large risk in your business, which is wages. The other benefit of jobsnow which isnt talked about a lot, but other people who participate in the program will talk about it, is it takes care of businesses hiring needs. The
Human Services
agency does the
Job Announcement
s, the outreach, resume screening based on the skills of the people that were working with. Rearrange all the incident we arrange all the interviews. It allows the employer to get all that work done by us rather than the employers who are thinking about other
Critical Issues
related to reopening and expansion and other things. Time and time again, in 2009, we heard from employers who said this program is great. But even the best thing, above the wage replacement, is we are meeting their
Human Resources
needs. They wouldnt have to place a
Job Announcement
on craigslist, schedule interviews, and have one person show up. We do everything. So we are offering several tiers of wage reimbursement to meet the specific needs of businesses. Im not going to go into the different tiers and the levels, but i want to talk more broadly about what our strategy is. Were offering the deepest subsidies to businesses that are trying to reopen and rehire staff that they had to layoff or businesses opening for the first time. For these situations, were reimbursing 100 of the wages for the first three months and 50 of the wages for the next three months. [applause] ill take that. Were also not excluding existing businesses, of course, well reimburse businesses 1500 a month for the
First Six Months
depending on the wages that theyre offering and their ability to offer full time or parttime work. Initially, the program is designed to meet
San Francisco
s residents needs who are enrolled in benefit services. But this is going to allow us to open up this to any job seeker in
San Francisco
. If theyre unemployed, if theyre underemployed and generally, someone whos unemployed is lowincome. If theyre unemployed or underemployed, theyre eligible for jobsnow. So well be partnering with the office of workforce development, and doing a biggobig
Outreach Campaign
so that any san franciscan knows they can come to jobsnow, and well get them a job. Right now, more than 270,000 san franciscans have filed for unemployment. At this time in 2009, about 44,000 san franciscans applied for unemployment. A year ago, the
Unemployment Rate
at this time was 1. 8 . Were now well over 8 . In addition, the public assistance caseloads have sky rocketed. Were seeing thousands and tens of thousands of people applying for food stamps, and calfresh services to provide for their families. Even as importantly, if not more importantly, the
Small Business
owner to my right, its a benefit for
Small Business
es and
Large Businesses
struggling in
San Francisco
to stay open or who are trying to reopen. All the citys 311 line. Theyll connect you or sfhsa. Org sla sfhsa. Org jobsnow. I want to thank our partners like the mayor, but also our other partners. Office for workforce development,
Joaquin Torres
and joshua arce, and then, the cochairs of the citys
Economic Recovery Task
force, rodney fong, the president of the chamber of commerce, as well as assessor carmen chu, for their vision and their leadership in crafting an economic
Recovery Plan
thats sure to make a difference for our citizens and our residents. So im really happy to introduce one of the cochairs, assessor carmen chu. [applause] thank you very much, trent. Couldnt be more pleased to be here today, and i want to just start off by sharing my deep appreciation for the mayors leadership in all of this. I know that many of you are aware that its through her leadership and her vision that brought together businesses small and large, community leaders, and nonprofits to put forth ideas to assist in recovery. Im joined by awe teen torres from eowd as oewd as well as
Joaquin Torres
from oewd as well as my cochair, rodney
San Francisco
, from the chamber of commerce. Through the partnership of our professionals at the department of public health, weve put forward a plan that has been thoughtful and measured, something that has put
San Francisco
apart from the rest of this nation. Were one of the only counties in the state of california to have just recently hit the yellow tier, the least restrictive tier when it comes to the state tiering system. But not only that, we did it in a way that was responsible, in a way that didnt ping pong businesses back and forth to open and close, to open and close. These are really hard decisions, tough things to do, but i think that
San Francisco
did it right. This doesnt mean that we dont have a lot to do, that we can let down our guards, but it shows that we can reopen and do it safely. But just because we say that were opening businesses, that restaurants can open, that movie theaters can reopen, it doesnt mean that businesses can come back. Through our conversations with folks in the neighbor, weve heard about how even with reopening, people are really worried about bringing back their memployees. Do employees feel safe coming back to work . These are questions that many of our businesses do face. Thats why a program like jobsnow and its 7. 4 million is so incredibly important. Its a way for
Small Business
es to be able to make those choices to bring people back in a responsible way that help them get through this time. If youre a
Small Business
, and youre wondering whether youre going to see customers coming in through your doors, youre going to have the ability to hire someone and get those wages reimbursed for the first three months and 50 for the three months afterwards. Thats a big deal. I certainly would do that if i was a
Small Business
, and i think this
Jobsnow Program
creates the stage to get the help that all our businesses need to get in the right space. So again, i couldnt be more pleased as a member of the
Economic Recovery Task
force, representing my cochairs and all the members of the community to see this investment come back and be made in
San Francisco
. Thank you, mayor breed, for your wonderful investment and for your wonderful leadership. [applaus [applause] and with that, i am really pleased to announce our next speaker, someone who i have come to know, and the owner of this wonderful establishment that we all know and love in the
Richmond District
. Adam is going to be coming up to say a few words on behalf of not only the
Richmond District
but the balboa theater. Hello. Im
Adam Bergeron
of the balboa theat theater. We thought we had used this stimulus money and the p. P. P. And the loan money, but this has just gone on for so long, that even though strategically using it, we just ran out of our p. P. P. Money last thursday, so now were in a position where the rubber is hitting the road. Its time to make some pretty big decisions, and it was right at that moment that i was turned on by my friend to the possibility of jobsnow, and it really does seem like this could be a lifeline to get us from now to the end of the pandemic to keep some of the valuable staff that we have on board, right, and be able to bridge that gap until were in a spot where we feel a little more kment about business, the ability to do business. You know, the theater business is a little unique in that i think were all a little weary of being in a room with people for hours, and its something we need to consider if were allowed to reopen, whats going to be the financial viability of the business, and is it going to be safe . Thanks, everybody, mayor breed, and thanks, everybody. [applause] the hon. London bree i want to join ucsf in thanking mayor breed for bringing us together, and putting
San Francisco
back to work by expanding the
Jobsnow Program
. Ucsf is the second largest employer in
San Francisco<\/a> mayor london breed, and im joined by a number of folks who ill introduce later to speak. But i wanted to take this opportunity to just start with, really, how far weve come. Its been a very, very challenging seven months in
San Francisco<\/a>. When this pandemic first hit, we had to make some really hard decisions. And with those hard decisions, we knew it was not only going to hit our economy as a whole, but it was going to have a tremendous impact on our
Small Business<\/a>es, especially businesses in the community. We saw, within the first time that we closed in the month of april, we saw unemployment go to over 60,000 people, and as of today, we have over 200,000 people who have filed for unemployment. Weve seen businesses close, and some that we have gone to our entire lives, weve seen them close permanently. Weve had to balance a 1. 5 billion budget deficit in
San Francisco<\/a>. Its been hard. Our unemployment before the pandemic was less than 2 , and at its height, went to 12 , and today, its 8 . So yes, from an economic standpoint, we have had some really challenges in our city, and the good news is that because we are a resilient city, there have been a lot of adjustments. Weve adapted, weve improvised, and when movie theaters called, what was it call . Oh, popcorn thursday. The hon. London breed i remember the first movie you played was clueless, and i was all excited about that. It was look, we cant have it inside, but lets particultake the streets. Lets come together as a community to enjoy something that all of us have missed, and thats going to the movies. And in addition with that jazz permit that we provide, it allows them to provide jazz music. Adapting is what we do best. Do we want to do it . No. We want to maintain our businesses and serve the community, but in the course of this pandemic, ive got to tell you, im so proud to be a san franciscan. Im so proud of what everyone has done to just say, you know what . Well figure it out. Well do the best we can. Well make changes, like these parklets and some of the great ideas that came out of carmen chu and the
Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force to say, lets make some adjustments. Lets try and continue to support our businesses in a way that we didnt before. And even though it has been challenging, i dont know how you feel about these incredible pa parklets that are all over
San Francisco<\/a>, but i feel like the city is alive again. And part of what we have to do in addition to some of the hard decisions weve had to make, we have to make decisions to get our economy going again, and that means making the right kinds of investments. Today, i want to announce that we are making an additional 7. 4
Million Investment<\/a> into the
Jobsnow Program<\/a>. And some of you might be wondering, what is jobsnow . In 2009, when we had the previous economic recession in this country under president barack obama, we had programs like cal fresh and job assistance. I was the executive director of the
African American<\/a> art and culture complex, and there were people that qualified for the
Jobsnow Program<\/a>, they started to work for me at the
African American<\/a> art and culture complex, and our organization got money to pay their salary. Now one time, they were late with the checks, trent. You remember that time, when i called you, wondering when is it coming . When is it coming . Ive got to meet payroll. Well, that program happened. Over 26,000 people were served, and many of them still working today. And so carmen chu, what was head of who was head of this
Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force, provided a lot of recommendations. And one of those recommendations was to get people back to work, we should look at investing more in the
Jobsnow Program<\/a>. To support
Small Business<\/a>es, we should make it easier for them to get help from this
Jobsnow Program<\/a>, and thats exactly what were doing here today, because what we want to make sure is when people reopen, that they are able to hire people, but theyre not generating the revenue that they want to generate. So this is another way that we can support our
Small Business<\/a> community. I remember, i went to a coffee shop in my neighborhood. And ive been going there many, many years, but this was the first time ive met the owner of the coffee shop. He told me that he couldnt afford to bring his employees back right away. So thats why programs like jobsnow and making programs like that available, its all about helping people. We want to get our economic going, we want to get people back to work, we want to support our
Small Business<\/a>es. We want to make sure that we come back out of this pandemic more successful and stronger more than ever before, because this is
San Francisco<\/a>. This is what we do, and this is one further step towards meeting that goal. I want to thank the
San Francisco<\/a> chamber of commerce for their work and their support. I want to thank ucsf for being an incredible partner with the jobs now program, and i really want to express my appreciation to this community, to folks in the richmond, because i know that its been hard, even before the pandemic, that this community sometimes feels neglected and forgotten. And as a native san franciscan, i want to make sure that so many outskirts of our city, that they receive the resources and help that they need to thrive. That is my goal, that is my hope, and that is my desire, and thats why it was important for me to come to this community. Weve got a lot of work to do, folks, and that is why we need to do as a city is make sure that we are not creating policies in a bubble. We want to make sure that we understand what the needs are of the folks that have the businesses out here, and that we are able to respond to these needs in a way that makes it easier for you to do business in
San Francisco<\/a> but also makes you a success in
San Francisco<\/a>. That is my goal. That is why im excited about this incredible program. Ive worked with this program directly, as i said, before, and because of my experience in the jobs now program and getting my check late, i made it clear to trent that we have to do better with not this reimbursement model. Weve got to get folks their payroll. So at this time, i want to introduce trent rorrer whos going to talk a little bit about the program, how
Small Business<\/a>es can connect to the program, and how quickly theyre going to get reimbursed from the program. Trent . Thank you, mayor breed. As mayor breed said, im trent rhorer, executive director of the citys
Human Services<\/a> agency. The jobsnow was borne out of president
Barack Obamas<\/a> jobs program. We immediately in the city seized on the opportunity right after 2009, when it passed, which, in its first year under the stimulus act, placed over 5,000 people in subsidized jobs. This went to unemployed san franciscans, san franciscans on benefits, and impacted hundreds of thousands of san franciscans, businesses big and small, and it was able to make a big impact on the recession. So this time, mayor breed didnt wait to pass a stimulus packages to assist residents and the unemployed, and its a good thing she didnt because wed still be waiting. In it, she included 7 million to the
Human Services<\/a> agency to expand jobsnow to serve an additional 3,700 people as well as businesses looking to reopen, to expand, or to simply start a new business. This mayors investment, as she said, is in line with the
City Investments<\/a> programs. So what is jobsnow . Its the
Subsidized Employment Program<\/a> that we at the
Human Services<\/a> agency operate that matches lowincome unemployed or underplayed people with
Job Opportunities<\/a> in the public sector, the private sector, and also the nonprofit. What is subsidized employment . It is a job strategy that uses public dollars, in this case, over 7 million, to reimburse employers for the wages that they pay to workers that are hired through jobs now. The idea behind the program is very simple and straightforward. As businesses are thinking about opening for the first time or reopening or expanding, theres obviously a lot of uncertainty, given the pandemic, and given the local connect rig economy right now. Things like what will be the
Customer Base<\/a> when it reopens . How immediate and how robust will the supply chain be . All of these thinks are what employers are thinking about when theyre thinking about rehiring. So its all about us saying say, lets lessen your risk and allowing you to pay for a large risk in your business, which is wages. The other benefit of jobsnow which isnt talked about a lot, but other people who participate in the program will talk about it, is it takes care of businesses hiring needs. The
Human Services<\/a> agency does the
Job Announcement<\/a>s, the outreach, resume screening based on the skills of the people that were working with. Rearrange all the incident we arrange all the interviews. It allows the employer to get all that work done by us rather than the employers who are thinking about other
Critical Issues<\/a> related to reopening and expansion and other things. Time and time again, in 2009, we heard from employers who said this program is great. But even the best thing, above the wage replacement, is we are meeting their
Human Resources<\/a> needs. They wouldnt have to place a
Job Announcement<\/a> on craigslist, schedule interviews, and have one person show up. We do everything. So we are offering several tiers of wage reimbursement to meet the specific needs of businesses. Im not going to go into the different tiers and the levels, but i want to talk more broadly about what our strategy is. Were offering the deepest subsidies to businesses that are trying to reopen and rehire staff that they had to layoff or businesses opening for the first time. For these situations, were reimbursing 100 of the wages for the first three months and 50 of the wages for the next three months. [applause] ill take that. Were also not excluding existing businesses, of course, well reimburse businesses 1500 a month for the
First Six Months<\/a> depending on the wages that theyre offering and their ability to offer full time or parttime work. Initially, the program is designed to meet
San Francisco<\/a>s residents needs who are enrolled in benefit services. But this is going to allow us to open up this to any job seeker in
San Francisco<\/a>. If theyre unemployed, if theyre underemployed and generally, someone whos unemployed is lowincome. If theyre unemployed or underemployed, theyre eligible for jobsnow. So well be partnering with the office of workforce development, and doing a biggobig
Outreach Campaign<\/a> so that any san franciscan knows they can come to jobsnow, and well get them a job. Right now, more than 270,000 san franciscans have filed for unemployment. At this time in 2009, about 44,000 san franciscans applied for unemployment. A year ago, the
Unemployment Rate<\/a> at this time was 1. 8 . Were now well over 8 . In addition, the public assistance caseloads have sky rocketed. Were seeing thousands and tens of thousands of people applying for food stamps, and calfresh services to provide for their families. Even as importantly, if not more importantly, the
Small Business<\/a> owner to my right, its a benefit for
Small Business<\/a>es and
Large Businesses<\/a> struggling in
San Francisco<\/a> to stay open or who are trying to reopen. All the citys 311 line. Theyll connect you or sfhsa. Org sla sfhsa. Org jobsnow. I want to thank our partners like the mayor, but also our other partners. Office for workforce development,
Joaquin Torres<\/a> and joshua arce, and then, the cochairs of the citys
Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force, rodney fong, the president of the chamber of commerce, as well as assessor carmen chu, for their vision and their leadership in crafting an economic
Recovery Plan<\/a> thats sure to make a difference for our citizens and our residents. So im really happy to introduce one of the cochairs, assessor carmen chu. [applause] thank you very much, trent. Couldnt be more pleased to be here today, and i want to just start off by sharing my deep appreciation for the mayors leadership in all of this. I know that many of you are aware that its through her leadership and her vision that brought together businesses small and large, community leaders, and nonprofits to put forth ideas to assist in recovery. Im joined by awe teen torres from eowd as oewd as well as
Joaquin Torres<\/a> from oewd as well as my cochair, rodney
San Francisco<\/a>, from the chamber of commerce. Through the partnership of our professionals at the department of public health, weve put forward a plan that has been thoughtful and measured, something that has put
San Francisco<\/a> apart from the rest of this nation. Were one of the only counties in the state of california to have just recently hit the yellow tier, the least restrictive tier when it comes to the state tiering system. But not only that, we did it in a way that was responsible, in a way that didnt ping pong businesses back and forth to open and close, to open and close. These are really hard decisions, tough things to do, but i think that
San Francisco<\/a> did it right. This doesnt mean that we dont have a lot to do, that we can let down our guards, but it shows that we can reopen and do it safely. But just because we say that were opening businesses, that restaurants can open, that movie theaters can reopen, it doesnt mean that businesses can come back. Through our conversations with folks in the neighbor, weve heard about how even with reopening, people are really worried about bringing back their memployees. Do employees feel safe coming back to work . These are questions that many of our businesses do face. Thats why a program like jobsnow and its 7. 4 million is so incredibly important. Its a way for
Small Business<\/a>es to be able to make those choices to bring people back in a responsible way that help them get through this time. If youre a
Small Business<\/a>, and youre wondering whether youre going to see customers coming in through your doors, youre going to have the ability to hire someone and get those wages reimbursed for the first three months and 50 for the three months afterwards. Thats a big deal. I certainly would do that if i was a
Small Business<\/a>, and i think this
Jobsnow Program<\/a> creates the stage to get the help that all our businesses need to get in the right space. So again, i couldnt be more pleased as a member of the
Economic Recovery Task<\/a> force, representing my cochairs and all the members of the community to see this investment come back and be made in
San Francisco<\/a>. Thank you, mayor breed, for your wonderful investment and for your wonderful leadership. [applaus [applause] and with that, i am really pleased to announce our next speaker, someone who i have come to know, and the owner of this wonderful establishment that we all know and love in the
Richmond District<\/a>. Adam is going to be coming up to say a few words on behalf of not only the
Richmond District<\/a> but the balboa theater. Hello. Im
Adam Bergeron<\/a> of the balboa theat theater. We thought we had used this stimulus money and the p. P. P. And the loan money, but this has just gone on for so long, that even though strategically using it, we just ran out of our p. P. P. Money last thursday, so now were in a position where the rubber is hitting the road. Its time to make some pretty big decisions, and it was right at that moment that i was turned on by my friend to the possibility of jobsnow, and it really does seem like this could be a lifeline to get us from now to the end of the pandemic to keep some of the valuable staff that we have on board, right, and be able to bridge that gap until were in a spot where we feel a little more kment about business, the ability to do business. You know, the theater business is a little unique in that i think were all a little weary of being in a room with people for hours, and its something we need to consider if were allowed to reopen, whats going to be the financial viability of the business, and is it going to be safe . Thanks, everybody, mayor breed, and thanks, everybody. [applause] the hon. London bree i want to join ucsf in thanking mayor breed for bringing us together, and putting
San Francisco<\/a> back to work by expanding the
Jobsnow Program<\/a>. Ucsf is the second largest employer in
San Francisco<\/a>, and for us, ensuring that our workforce reflects the communities that were in is part of a longstanding commitment and critical to our priorities. The health and
Science Field<\/a> is a huge job generator in
San Francisco<\/a>. At a time when other parts of our economy are struggling to survive and recover from covid19, ucsf is committed to doing our part in creating a skilled workforce, not just for our employees, but for the communities we serve. I served on mayor breed kazz task force, and i, too, want to thank the leadership for rodney fong and carmen","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia802707.us.archive.org\/18\/items\/SFGTV_20201106_133500_Mayors_Press_Availability\/SFGTV_20201106_133500_Mayors_Press_Availability.thumbs\/SFGTV_20201106_133500_Mayors_Press_Availability_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}