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happening out in the real world. >> the first time i heard about this program, i was working in a restaurant, and the sous chef had graduated from this program. he was very young to be a sous chef, and i want to be like him, basically, in the future. this program, it's awesome. >> it's another world when you're here. it's another world. you get to be who you are, a person get to be who they are. you get to explore different things, and then, you get to explore and they encourage you to bring your background to the kitchen, too. >> i've been in the program for about a year. two-year program, and i'm about halfway through. before, i was studying behavioral genetics and dance.
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i had few injuries, and i couldn't pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. when i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. >> the good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to -- >> we have kids from every area. >> facebook and google. >> kids from everywhere. >> they are all over the bay area, and they're thriving. >> my name is jeff, and i'm a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in san francisco. i attended city college of san francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called
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hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90's. nopalito on broderick street, it's based on no specific region in mexico. all our masa is hand made. we cook our own corn in house. everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, we're making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. a lot of love put into this. [♪] >> used to be very easy to define casual dining, fine dining, quick service. now, it's shades of gray, and we're trying to define that experience through that spectrum of service.
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fine dining calls into white table cloths. the cafeteria is large production kitchen, understanding vast production kitchens, the googles and the facebooks of the world that have those kitypes of kitchens. and the ideas that change every year, again, it's the notion and the venue. >> one of the things i love about vince is one of our outlets is a concept restaurant, and he changes the concept every year to show students how to do a startup restaurant. it's been a pizzeria, a taco bar. it's been a mediterranean bar, it's been a noodle bar. people choose ccsf over other hospitality programs because the industry recognizes that we
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instill the work ethic. we, again, serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. other culinary hospitality programs may open two days a week for breakfast service. we're open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner five days a week. >> the menu's always interesting. they change it every semester, maybe more. there's always a good variety of foods. the preparation is always beautiful. the students are really sincere, and they work so hard here, and they're so proud of their work. >> i've had people coming in to town, and i, like, bring them here for a special treat, so it's more, like, not so much every day, but as often as i can for a special treat. >> when i have my interns in their final semester of the program go out in the industry, 80 to 90% of the students get
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hired in the industry, well above the industry average in the culinary program. >> we do have internals continually coming into our restaurants from city college of san francisco, and most of the time that people doing internships with us realize this is what they want to do for a living. we hired many interns into employees from our restaurants. my partner is also a graduate of city college. >> so my goal is actually to travel and try to do some pastry in maybe italy or france, along those lines. i actually have developed a few connections through this program in italy, which i am excited to support. >> i'm thinking about going to go work on a cruise ship for
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about two, three year so i can save some money and then hopefully venture out on my own. >> yeah, i want to go back to china. i want to bring something that i learned here, the french cooking, the western system, back to china. >> so we want them to have a full toolkit. we're trying to make them ready for the world out there. >> how i really started my advocacy was through my own personal experiences with discrimination as a trans person. and when i came out as trans, you know, i experienced discrimination in the workplace. they refused to let me use the women's bathroom and fired me. there were so many barriers that other trans folks had in
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the workplace. and so when i finished college, i moved out to san francisco in the hopes of finding a safer community. >> and also, i want to recognize our amazing trans advisory committee who advises our office as well as the mayor, so our transadvisory community members, if they could raise their hands and you could give a little love to them. [applause] >> thank you so much for your help. my leadership here at the office is engaging the mayor and leadership with our lgbt
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community. we also get to support, like, local policy and make sure that that is implemented, from all-gender bathrooms to making sure that there's lgbt data collection across the city. get to do a lot of great events in trans awareness month. >> transgender people really need representation in politics of all kinds, and i'm so grateful for clair farley because she represents us so intelligently. >> i would like to take a moment of silence to honor all those folks that nicky mentioned that we've lost this year. >> i came out when i was 18 as trans and grew up as gay in
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missoula, montana. so as you can imagine, it wasn't the safest environment for lgbt folks. i had a pretty supportive family. i have an identical twin, and so we really were able to support each other. once i moved away from home and started college, i was really able to recognize my own value and what i had to offer, and i think that for me was one of the biggest challenges is kind of facing so many barriers, even with all the privilege and access that i had. it was how can i make sure that i transform those challenges into really helping other people. we're celebrating transgender awareness month, and within that, we recognize transgender day of remembrance, which is a memorial of those that we have lost due to transgender violence, which within the last year, 2019, we've lost 22 transgender folks.
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think all but one are transgender women of color who have been murdered across the country. i think it's important because we get to lift up their stories, and bring attention to the attacks and violence that are still taking place. we push back against washington. that kind of impact is starting to impact trans black folks, so it's important for our office to advocate and recognize, and come together and really remember our strength and resilience. as the only acting director of a city department in the country, i feel like there's a lot of pressure, but working through my own challenges and barriers and even my own
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self-doubt, i think i've been try to remember that the action is about helping our community, whether that's making sure the community is housed, making sure they have access to health care, and using kind of my access and privilege to make change. >> i would like to say something about clair farley. she has really inspired me. i was a nurse and became disabled. before i transitioned and after i transitioned, i didn't know what i wanted to do. i'm back at college, and clair farley has really impressed on me to have a voice and to have agency, you have to have an education. >> mayor breed has led this effort. she made a $2.3 million investment into trans homes, and she spear headed this effort in partnership with my office and tony, and we're so proud to have a mayor who
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continues to commit and really make sure that everyone in this city can thrive. >> our community has the most resources, and i'm very happy to be here and to have a place finally to call home. thank you. [applause] >> one, two, three. [applause] >> even in those moments when i do feel kind of alone or unseen or doubt myself, i take a look at the community and the power of the supportive allies that are at the table that really help me to push past that. being yourself, it's the word of wisdom i would give anyone. surely be patient with yourself and your dream. knowing that love, you may not always feel that from your family around you, but you can
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>> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of
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excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city
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surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. >> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun. >> we get in a circle and group
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stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people throughout surfing. >> it can be highly developmental for students to have this time where they can
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learn a lot about themselves while negotiating the waves. >> i feel significantly, like, calmer. it definitely helps if i'm, like, feeling really stressed or, like, feeling really anxious about surfing, and i go surfing, and then, i just feel, like, i'm going to be okay. >> it gives them resiliency skills and helps them build self-confidence. and with that, they can use that in other parts of their lives. >> i went to bring amy family o the beach and tell them what i did. >> i saw kids open up in the ocean, and i got to see them connect with other students, and i got to see them fail, you know, and get up and get back on the board and experience success, and really enjoy themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are,
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like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that they're engaged in, and that we, like, care about them and
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how they're doing, like, in general. >> what i like best is they really care about me, like, i'm not alone, and i have a group of people that i can go to, and, also, surfing is fun. >> we're creating surfers, and we're changing the face of surfing. >> the feeling is definitely akin to being on a roller coaster. it's definitely faster than i think you expect it to be, but it's definitely fun. >> it leaves you feeling really, really positive about what that kid's going to go out and do. >> i think it's really magical almost. at least it was for me. >> it was really exciting when i caught my first wave. >> i felt like i was, like -- it was, like, magical, really. >> when they catch that first wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face
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lights up, you know you have them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after >> after my fire in my apartment and losing everything, the red cross gave us a list of agencies in the city to reach out to and i signed up for the below-market rate program. i got my certificate and started applying and won the housing lottery. [♪]
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>> the current lottery program began in 2016. but there have been lot rows that have happened for affordable housing in the city for much longer than that. it was -- there was no standard practice. for non-profit organizations that were providing affordable housing with low in the city, they all did their lotteries on their own. private developers that include in their buildings affordable units, those are the city we've been monitoring for some time since 1992. we did it with something like this. where people were given circus tickets. we game into 291st century in 2016 and started doing electronic lotteries. at the same time, we started electronic applications systems. called dalia. the lottery is completely free.
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you can apply two ways. you can submit a paper application, which you can download from the listing itself. if you a plo apply online, it wl take five minutes. you can make it easier creating an account. to get to dalia, you log on to housing.sfgov.org. >> i have lived in san francisco for almost 42 years. i was born here in the hayes valley. >> i applied for the san francisco affordable housing lottery three times. >> since 2016, we've had about 265 electronic lotteries and almost 2,000 people have got their home through the lottery system. if you go into the listing, you can actually just press lottery
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results and you put in your lottery number and it will tell you exactly how you ranked. >> for some people, signing up for it was going to be a challenge. there is a digital divide here and especially when you are trying to help low and very low income people. so we began providing digital assistance for folks to go in and get help. >> along with the income and the residency requirements, we also required someone who is trying to buy the home to be a first time home buyer and there's also an educational component that consists of an orientation that they need to attend, a first-time home buyer workshop and a one-on-one counseling session with the housing councilor. >> sometimes we have to go through 10 applicants before
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they shouldn't be discouraged if they have a low lottery number. they still might get a value for an available, affordable housing unit. >> we have a variety of lottery programs. the four that you will most often see are what we call c.o.p., the certificate of preference program, the dthp which is the displaced penance housing preference program. the neighborhood resident housing program and the live worth preference. >> i moved in my new home february 25th and 2019. the neighborhood preference program really helped me achieve that goal and that dream was with eventually wind up staying in san francisco. >> the next steps, after finding out how well you did in the lottery and especially if you ranked really well you will be contacted by the leasing agent. you have to submit those document and income and asset
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qualify and you have to pass the credit and rental screening and the background and when you qualify for the unit, you can chose the unit and hopefully sign that lease. all city sponsored affordable housing comes through the system and has an electronic lottery. every week there's a listing on dalia. something that people can apply for. >> it's a bit hard to predict how long it will take for someone to be able to move into a unit. let's say the lottery has happened. several factors go into that and mainly how many units are in the project, right. and how well you ranked and what preference bucket you were in. >> this particular building was brand new and really this is the one that i wanted out of everything i applied for. in my mind, i was like how am i going to win this? i did and when you get that
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notice that you won, it's like at first, it's surreal and you don't believe it and it sinks in, yeah, it happened. >> some of our buildings are pretty spectacular. they have key less entry now. they have a court yard where they play movies during the weekends, they have another master kitchen and space where people can throw parties. >> mayor breed has a plan for over 10,000 new units between now and 2025. we will start construction on about 2,000 new units just in 2020. >> we also have a very big portfolio like over 25,000 units across the city. and life happens to people. people move. so we have a very large number of rerentals and resales of
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units every year. >> best thing about working for the affordable housing program is that we know that we're making a difference and we actually see that difference on a day-to-day basis. >> being back in the neighborhood i grew up in, it's a wonderful experience. >> it's a long process to get through. well worth it when you get to the other side. i could not be happier.
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>> good afternoon, and thank you everyone for joining us here today. i am london breed. i am the mayor of san francisco. i am joined by the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee along with other members of the board of supervisors. the director of the department of public health, our police chief, bill scott, and the department of emergency management director mary ellen care ron. i want to thank everyone for joining us today. as you know. the city has been working to
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prepare for what we know would be a significant public health challenge here in the city, and we are seeing it play it out all over the bay area and all over the world. as the city prepared its response, we explained to the public we would be year every step of the way what the challenges are and the steps we need to take to protect public health. some of the challenges we have, of course, faced from an economic standpoint as well. every step of the way i want be to thank not only members of puckly for your understanding. i want to take this opportunity to thank so many public health staff as well as the public safety people who rose to the occasion to help us through what
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we know is an evolvingation and a challenging one. i want to say that san francisco has, as we know, experienced challenges in the past. because of those challenges, we have become more of a resilient city. that is why we took the step before any other cities to declare a state of emergency so that when this happened in our city we were prepared. we are prepared. but we also know that there are some very, very significant things that need to be done, some significant steps. even more so than what was announced by the governor to ensure public safety. today we are announcing those steps and what we need to do, and part of what we are also seeing definitely a change in behavior, a change in what
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people do in our every day lives, many are calling this is new normal. it is term por temporarily to pt public health. we appreciate your cooperation and those folks on the front line to combat what is continuing to be an evolvation. the new public health order that we are announcing will require those in san francisco to remain at home with exceptions only for essential outings. these measures will be disruptive to day-to-day life, but there is no need to panic. essential government services, like our police, fire, transit and sanitation will continue. your garbage will be picked up. police officers will be out there on the front line. fire and safety firms and others. also grocery stores and
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pharmacies and banks and gas stations will remain open. restaurants will be open for theout only. nonessential stores like bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. my fellow san francisco, we ask you to remain at home for all but the most essential outings for your safety and the safety of those around you. doctor colfax will provide more details, but i want to also be clear, this is not a time to panic. we are not closing grocery stores. when you need to go pick up prescriptions, please practice social distancing. maintain at least 6 feet of distance from others. continue washings your hands and cleaning high touched surfaces.
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we know that this will have an even larger impact on what we have already put into place, and we will continue in this city to do everything that we can at the local level to support those who will continue to be impacted. i also want to express that this directive is coming from our county health experts. this is not just happening in san francisco county. it is happening as we speak in alameda county and in santa clara county and marin county. the bay area is coming together, understanding the significance of the impacts of the coronavirus for the purposes of making sure we keep people safe because we know in san francisco we can't do it alone. we have to work together, and our public health experts are some of the best in the world.
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our advising us to take these additional steps to ensure public health. we will continue as we have done in addition to protecting public health, taking into consideration the impact of decisions on our economy. we will do everything we can to protect residents and workers and businesses through challenging times. this morning we announced the $10 million paid sick leave package for workers impacted by the coronavirus who are not city employees. we provide advanced paid city sick leave for city employees as well. we are deferring business taxes and licensing fees, launching a relief fund for impacts businesses. supporting non-profits so
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workers don't lose their income. working with partners and advocating for state and federal funds. moratorium on residential evictions. we know that there will be more that we need to do, and we all clearly along with many of the department heads with me, a number of city leaders, elected officials are coming together to put forth the kinds of initiatives to help us get through this very difficult time. i want to encourage employers and employees who are impacted to visit www.oewd.org/covid-19 for more information and available support. if you have any questions or concerns and need access to information, you can also call 311. again, let me reiterate that the
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time now is not to panic. it is for us to come together. it is for us to follow the directives. it is for us to do everything we can in our respective capacities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus so that we can get over this very challenging time. ultimately we will, so we are talking about a what is considered long time but a short term inconvenience for the possibility of having a more significant impact as it relates to the public health system. we are grateful for your support and ask your cooperation. this will go into effect through april 7th and could be amended to either be short error longer depending on the advice from public health experts. at this time to provide more details around what this means
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and how we will be impacted county wide in san francisco as well as the entire region throughout the bay area, i want to introduce doctor grant colfax. >> thank you, mayor. good afternoon. i am doctor grant colfax, director of health for the city and county. as the coronavirus continues to change rapidly in the city and region, i want to make sure all those in san francisco understand we are entering a new phase-in our response. our response has always been grounded in data, science and facts. that continues to be the case today. as we look at the patterns in our country, state and region, we are seeing rapidly escalating
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cases and serious illnesses due to coronavirus. this requires an escalating response. the evidence tells us that now is the time to implement this step. today we are ordering that everyone in san francisco who can remain at home until april 7th. this is a critical intervention that we know can reduce harm and save lives. the coronavirus is spreading in our community, and we need to slow it down. over the weekend, the health officers from six counties conferred and agreed this step is needed immediately. based on what we can predict, now is the time to do everything we can to prevent the situation from getting much worse in a
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matter of days or weeks. every hour counts. with everyone cooperating with these orders, both locally and regionally, we will be able to adjust to the new rules over the next few weeks. we know that there will be a lot of questions and concerns at the beginning of this. we are committed to providing the most clear up-to-date information you and everyone needs. we will have frequently asked questions on the sfgovtv and department of public health web site, bus shelters and radio ads and update the public through the media. and, please, do not rush to urgent care or emergency rooms for covid-19 testing or nonemergency needs.
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do not overwhelm the health system or the emergency response systems at this time. we need these services to care for those who are seriously ill. if you are sick or concerned you may have coronavirus, please contact your healthcare provider. in fact, i urge us not to rush anywhere. with this order in place, you will still be able to get food, care for relatives, runness errands and conduct the essential parts of your lives. you will still be able to walk your dog or go on a hike alone or with someone you live with or even with another person as long as you keep six feet between you. grocery stores, gas stations,
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banks, laweddr laundromats and l services will continue to remain open. restaurants will continue to do takeout or delivery. please be patient and kind to one another. stay informed with the facts and don't propagate rumors or miss truths. together we will get through this and our families and communities' health will be better protected. during these next weeks, the health department, department of emergency management and all city agencies will continue to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. this work is essential and must go on. for the health department and partner we will focus attention on the top three priorities to fight the spread of the virus.
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to decrease harm and save lives. the first priority is to reduce community spread. the virus is here in san francisco. we must practice social distancing to slow it down. this order escalates that response. another priority is doing everything we all can to protect vulnerable populations. that means people who are 60 or older or who have certain underlying health conditions. these are the people most at risk forgetting seriously ill and dying if they get coronavirus. the condition covid-19 caused by the coronavirus. third, we must protect healthcare workers. across the city, health care workers and first responders are
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on the front lines keeping our community healthy and safe. we must provide them with the support, protection and supplies they need to respond to coronavirus. this is the work of public health. nothing is more important for our community today. we greatly appreciate the way the city is coming together during this emergency. under the leader hip of mayor breed, city agencies, businesses schools, healthcare system and individuals are stepping up to do their part. all those in san francisco please do your part. abide by the new health order. if you do have to go out, practice social distancing. stay six feet apart from others and wash your hands frequently.
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check in on your neighbors. do not leave children who are out of school with elderly relatives if at all possible. do not go to emergency rooms unless you have a true emergency. take care of yourself and loved ones and make a plan to manage the changes upon us. i know this is a lot to take in. i and the department are committed to providing all those in san francisco with as much information and guidance as we can to help you do your part. today's decision was reached collectively and the entire region is acting as one. we will be developing more detailed information as soon as it is available. again, please stay up-to-date by visiting the department's website or sfgov. today if you haven't already sign up for the text alert
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service. text covid-19 sf to 888777. that is covid-1 covid-19 sf to . i know today's order is a radical step. it has to be. we need to act now, all of us, to protect the public health. thank you. >> mayor breed: thank you, doctor colfax. before we open it up to the questions i will introduce the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee. >> supervisor yee: thank you, mayor breed. i thank you for your leadership and the leadership of all six counties coming together to fight this as a joint effort.
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it can't be isolated. i acknowledge my colleagues. supervisor walton, mandelman, stefani, supervisor peskin, mar, ronen and preston. we are here standing together with the mayor, and i want to thank all of them working in unity with the mayor's office to respond to this. i want to thank the mayor to be aggressive about this effort. this is not a game at all. i want our seniors, in particular, those most vulnerable to take this seriously. we can give orders if you don't follow it, it is use less. we all must do our part. that is what we need to do. now, the mayor has rolled out
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many initiatives to the press, public. these are some of the things we are doing as a city to help the small businesses, to help people that are residents in san francisco. those are great ideas, great ideas generated by all of us standing behind me, and i want to say two other things. those ideas are not the only ideas. we will continue to find policies to help our population in san francisco while we are all sitting and being impacted by this one way or another, economic or emotional. on tuesday, we are going to continue that discussion to see what else we can do. what other ideas we can come up with, and i am happy that we will take that initiative to work together. the other thing i want to say is
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that during this emergency it is so important that the board of supervisors membership, my colleagues are well informed. as you know many of the residents come to our offices for information. we need to communicate back both ways to the department of emergency management or eoc to make sure this strong communication that goes on between us. we are going to work on that, also. i want to thank, once again, mayor breed, for your leadership in this. thank you. >> mayor breed: thank you, president yee and to all members of the board of supervisors for joining us here today. as i said, from the very begin, the priority in making these decisions is public health. i know this has been very difficult for so many people. we will continue to do
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everything we can with a number of initiatives to mitigate the impact on our vulnerable community, not just the vulnerable communities of people we know are at risk of contracting the coronavirus but the people we know might be suffering financially. we have a lot of work to do and we will continue to do that every day to provide initiatives we know we can deliver for the people of san francisco. i thank you all for being here, thank you for your patience and cooperation. this order will go into effect at midnight tonight. do not panic. the grocery stores and gas stations will remain open. the bankings will remain open. the pharmacies will be open. there is no need to rush out to do things at these particular locations because they will be available to you. at this time we will open it up
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to questions. again, our goal is to try to mitigate the impacts as we have said time and time again, provide essential services to the public to the fullest extent possible, provide mitigation around the economic impacts on what we know impact people's lives on a regular basis, especially those who sadly have already been laid off because of the lack of business for various restaurants and other places. we know there is more to do. i will say that i am really proud of the leadership here in san francisco because we are ahead of the curve in comparison to so many other cities throughout the state, throughout this country. they are not even close to doing many of the things we have already put in place from san francisco. there will be more to come. i thank you for your cooperation and thank you to the public health officials and others who
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have stepped up and provided the most meaningful support during a very difficult time. i am happy to open it up for questions. >> i am going to let the chief scott answer some questions around enforcement. >> thank you, mayor breed. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership. enforcement. we will take a compassionate common sense approach. number one, education. the mayor is clear to the leadership team we need the information out to the public what this is all about. don't panic. we have frequently asked questions published to the public. we are looking for voluntary compliance. we are asking the public to
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voluntarily comply. this order by law is enforceable as a misdemeanor or fail year to comply with it. that is a last resort. i want to be clear. this is not about criminal justice approach to a public health issue. this is about educating the public, this is about social distancing and practicing safe protocols. we are part of that. if we get called we will educate the public to point out why we are doing this. we are asking for voluntary compliance. yes, by law enforcement is an option. that is not our desire, not what we intend to do. we intend to add here to the spirit what this is about to keep people safe and keeping this virus from spreading. we will do our part. thank you. [ inaudible ]
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>> we are not putting a ban on food delivery. we are still working with the governor's office to not only make sure that we have places for people who are homeless to self-quarantining but we also know in this challenging time that the homeless along with other vulnerable populations fit into a vulnerable population. our goal is to provide some additional resources that we are working on now. we do have locations just in case there is someone who is diagnosed and may not need hospital service but may need to self-quarantine. it is something we are
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continuously working on, and we will provide more information when we have all of the details. >> what about travel? >> under this order all but essential travel will be restricted. your first question was about media role. it is essential to communicate effective information, accurate information and push back against rumors. this is a radical step. essential services will continue. ensure that people understand that they will be able to support themselves and their families to get the vital resources that they need during this time and that this is an evidence-based intervention to make sure that people stay at home as much as possible to prevent the spread of the virus. this is an evidence-biased,
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science based intervention. thank you. >> at this time in compliance with the order, people who leave the county during this time would not be -- except for essential travel -- would be out of compliance coming back between now and april 7. people out of the county currently would be able to return at this time. going forward to april 7th essential travel is only allowed under the order. thank you. [ inaudible ] >> as i said, protecting healthcare workers and first responders one of the top three priorities at the health department. i don't have the numbers to
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share in terms of number of healthcare workers quarantined. they are at high risk for exposure. we are working with hospital systems across the city to prepare for the potential for a substantial portion of the work force to be under isolation or quarantine. one of the key things we are working on is insuring there is adequate protective equipment in keeping with the cdc guidelines to keep workers safe so they can care for the people most vulnerable for this disease. >> do we not have enough healthcare wore concernings. >> we have a robust healthcare system and everybody is stepping up. >> that will be posted on the
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frequently asked questions. >> what services at city hall are going to continue? >> essential services will be continued. essential city services will be continued both at city hall and a cross the city. >> that will be provided, absolutely. >> are you short equipment right now? >> every local jurisdiction needs more personal protective equipment. i cannot emphasize how important that is. given the need to protect our healthcare work force. we asked at the federal level for more in terms of what is availability. all local jurisdictions that i have talked to and i am aware of
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are working under a short supply. this is a key gap in our ability to collectively respond to the epidemic. we are working locally, regionally and state level to develop more up-to-date guidelines with regard to what is the necessary protective equipment and also to make sure that we have a clear sense of what is available going forward. personal protective equipment is a vital part of this response, and i want to ensure we are able to keep our healthcare workers protected with the best evidence possible so they can do their job. >> under the order, take out will continue and coffee take out as long as social distances is maintained under the order
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that would be permissible. >> we will post essential activities on the website. cleans is especially important for all of us during this period of time. front line workers include the janitors who are keeping us all protected. >> what is the plan for the -- [ inaudible ] >> we have an ad campaign on the radio and tv and print media. today we are switching all messages as we speak. you will be hearing and seeing and be able to read those as of today. >> all of that is out. you can either go to sf72.org
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and find all of that material ready to print and share. >> i want to add also there are a lot of non-profits we partnered with to distribute information in various languages all over the city. that information has already been going out. thank you. >> hand cleaner. what are you doing? >> thank you for your question. greg, it is not just hand sanitizer. regular soap works just as well. i will let doctor colfax answer the details about supplies. >> i reinforce what the mayor is saying about soap and washing hands. hand sanitizer we are working with our supply chain operators to ensure as much is available as possible. we work with what we have and we are trying to get more.
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>> . >> we have been in preliminary conversations with a company. i don't have specifics to share. they are working with us and a couple other counties to try to i would emphasize this is pilot intervention at this time. we want to make sure given the national limitations of test kit available that those tests are reserved for the people who need the tests the most. if i could give that to you i would. i don't have that timeline that is not established yet.
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>> mayor breed: we can't sit back to wait for the federal government to do anything. unfortunately, they have not been as proactive as they should in recognizing this is a crisis throughout the entire world. as you know, i sent a letter to the vice president two weeks ago around the lack of support for test kits, around protective equipment, around the very terrible response in dealing with this. sadly, now is not the time to point fingers. it is the time to come together to provide as many resources as we can locally to protect public health and we hope that people will cooperate with us. [ inaudible ]
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>> so the public health officers for the counties that i listed are all in constant communication and are the ones who put forth this specific directive. they are definitely in touch. i will let doctor colfax talk about what that entails. we as leaders of the city are in constant contact along with the governor's office to provide coordinated responses for the suggestions or the mandates coming down from public health officers. there is a coordination that is happening around the region as a result of this particular situation, and we are working together, and we are working directly as well with the governor's office, who is very supportive in our efforts. i will let doctor colfax talk about the public health officers
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and their coordination and response. >> thank you. i think it is key to emphasize how important this regional response is. from the data that we are receiving from other countries, we know our regional approach must be taken, particularly with regard for social distancing, to have an optimal impact. over the weekend the health officers from nearby counties came together and shared data information what we were doing and made a commitment to working regionally and collaborating and working lock step towards this order. while the order released today is specific to san francisco, the order reflects the concepts that are being implemented and executed in all six counties, and the timing of the order and effect of the order, the date and time that the order is effective is consistent across
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the six counties. >> there will be a press availability with the director of m.t.a. at 3:00 today to provide details on muni and our transportation system here. we unfortunately can't speak on behalf of bart. [ inaudible ] >> well, the first thing is if we are practicing the social distance requirement, the likelihood of somebody being stopped is extremely low unless they are doing else. if they are called in as a disaster service worker, they
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would need to have the regular credentials on them. that is explainable. we are taking a very common sense compassionate approach to this. we understand certain things have to happen, we have to have essential services in our city. our officers will be very thoughtful about that. if social distances is being practiced there is no reason to stop anybody. >> mayor breed: we said this information is online. we realize that not everyone has access to the internet. 311 is also a tool. i want to reiterate this is not the time to panic. if people have questions, concerns, they can call 311, look at the department of public health website for any questions or any other concerns. we are here to provide as much information as we possibly can to help every resident of the
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city get through this very difficult situation which is something that again we have experienced maybe not in this magnitude but we have had challenges before, and we have become a more resilient city as a result of those challenges. we will emerge stronger and better because of this. please cooperate with the order. please continue to work with us to comply so that we can get through this sooner rather than later. thank you all so much for being here today. [music]
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>> san francisco city clinic provides a broad range of sexual health services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into
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conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan b. pap smears and [inaudible]. we are was entirely [inaudible]people will come as soon as were open even a little before opening. weight buries a lip it could be the first person here at your in and out within a few minutes. there are some days we do have a pretty considerable weight. in general, people can just walk right in and register with her front desk seen that day. >> my name is yvonne piper on the nurse practitioner here at sf city clinic. he was the first time i came to city clinic was a little intimidated. the first time i got treated for [inaudible]. i walked up to the redline and was greeted with a warm welcome i'm chad redden and anna client of city clinic
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>> even has had an std clinic since all the way back to 1911. at that time, the clinic was founded to provide std diagnosis treatment for sex workers. there's been a big increase in std rates after the earthquake and the fire a lot of people were homeless and there were more sex work and were homeless sex workers. there were some public health experts who are pretty progressive for their time thought that by providing std diagnosis and treatmentsex workers that we might be able to get a handle on std rates in san francisco. >> when you're at the clinic you're going to wait with whoever else is able to register at the front desk first. after you register your seat in the waiting room and wait to be seen. after you are called you come to the back and meet with a healthcare provider can we determine what kind of testing to do, what samples to collect what medication somebody might need. plus prophylactics is an hiv prevention method highly effective it involves folks taking a daily pill to prevent
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hiv. recommended both by the cdc, center for disease control and prevention, as well as fight sf dph, two individuals clients were elevated risk for hiv. >> i actually was in the project here when i first started here it was in trials. i'm currently on prep. i do prep through city clinic. you know i get my tests read here regularly and i highly recommend prep >> a lot of patients inclined to think that there's no way they could afford to pay for prep. we really encourage people to come in and talk to one of our prep navigators. we find that we can help almost everyone find a way to access prep so it's affordable for them. >> if you times we do have opponents would be on thursday morning. we have two different clinics going on at that time. when is women's health services. people can make an appointment either by calling them a dropping in or emailing
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us for that. we also have an hiv care clinic that happens on that morning as well also by appointment only. he was city clinic has been like home to me. i been coming here since 2011. my name iskim troy, client of city clinic. when i first learned i was hiv positive i do not know what it was. i felt my life would be just ending there but all the support they gave me and all the information i need to know was very helpful. so i [inaudible] hiv care with their health >> about a quarter of our patients are women. the rest, 75% are men and about half of the men who come here are gay men or other men who have sex with men. a small percent about 1% of our clients, identify as transgender. >> we ask at the front for $25
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fee for services but we don't turn anyone away for funds. we also work with outside it's going out so any amount people can pay we will be happy to accept. >> i get casted for a pap smear and i also informed the contraceptive method. accessibility to the clinic was very easy. you can just walk in and talk to a registration staff. i feel i'm taken care of and i'm been supportive. >> all the information were collecting here is kept confidential. so this means we can't release your information without your explicit permission get a lot of folks are concerned especially come to a sexual health clinic unless you have signed a document that told us exactly who can receive your information, we can give it to anybody outside of our clinic. >> trance men and women face really significant levels of discrimination and stigma in their daily lives. and in
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healthcare. hiv and std rates in san francisco are particularly and strikingly high were trans women. so we really try to make city clinic a place that strands-friendly trance competent and trans-welcoming >> everyone from the front desk to behind our amazement there are completely knowledgeable. they are friendly good for me being a sex worker, i've gone through a lot of difficult different different medical practice and sometimes they weren't competent and were not friendly good they kind of made me feel like they slapped me on the hands but living the sex life that i do. i have been coming here for seven years. when i come here i know they my services are going to be met. to be confidential but i don't have to worry about anyone looking at me or making me feel less >> a visit with a clinician come take anywhere from 10 minutes if you have a straightforward concern, to over an hour if something goes on that needs a little bit more
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help. we have some testing with you on site. so all of our samples we collect here. including blood draws. we sent to the lab from here so people will need to go elsewhere to get their specimens collect. then we have a few test we do run on site. so those would be pregnancy test, hiv rapid test, and hepatitis b rapid test. people get those results the same day of their visit. >> i think it's important for transgender, gender neutral people to understand this is the most confidence, the most comfortable and the most knowledgeable place that you can come to. >> on-site we have condoms as well as depo-provera which is also known as [inaudible] shot. we can prescribe other forms of contraception. pills, a patch and rain. we provide pap smears to women who are uninsured in san francisco residents or, to women who are enrolled in a state-funded program called family pack. pap smears are the recommendation-recommended
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screening test for monitoring for early signs of cervical cancer. we do have a fair amount of our own stuff the day of his we can try to get answers for folks while they are here. whenever we have that as an option we like to do that obviously to get some diagnosed and treated on the same day as we can. >> in terms of how many people were able to see in a day, we say roughly 100 people.if people are very brief and straightforward visits, we can sternly see 100, maybe a little more. we might be understaffed that they would have a little complicated visits we might not see as many folks. so if we reach our target number of 100 patients early in the day we may close our doors early for droppings. to my best advice to be senior is get here early.we do have a website but it's sf city clinic.working there's a wealth of information on the website but our hours and our location. as well as a kind of kind of information about stds,
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hiv,there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for there's a lot of information for providers on our list as well. >> patients are always welcome to call the clinic for 15, 40 75500. the phones answered during hours for clients to questions. >> >>. >> my name is naomi kelly the single-story for the 775 i
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started with the city and county in 1996 working for the newly elected mayor willie brown, jr. not only the chief of staff a woman but many policy advisors that were advising him everyday their supportive and nourished and sponsored united states and excited about the future. >> my name is is jack listen and the executive director of a phil randolph institution our goal to have two pathways to sustaining a family here in san francisco and your union jobs are stroen to do that i have this huge way to work with the community members and i think i found my calling i started in 1996 working for willie brown, jr. i worked in he's mayor's office of housing
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in the western edition and left 3 years went to law school of san francisco state university and mayor brown asked me to be the director of the taxicab commission and through the process i very much card by the contracting process and asked me townhouse the city purchaser and worked with me and i became the deputy administrator and . >> having trouble struggling to make ends meet folks will not understand what importance of voting is so we decided to develop our workforce development services after a couple of years offering pathways to sustainable jobs. >> (clapping.) >> we've gotten to a place to have the folks come back and have the discussion even if participation and makes sense we do public services but we
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also really build strong communities when i started this job my sons were 2 and 5 now 9 and 6 i think so the need to be able to take a call from the principal of school i think that brings a whole new appreciation to being understanding of the work life balance. >> (clapping.) >> i have a very good team around me we're leader in the country when it comes to paid and retail and furiously the affordable-care act passed by 3079 we were did leaders for the healthcare and we're in support of of the women and support. >> in my industry i feel that is male dominated a huge struggle to get my foot in the door and i feel as though that definitely needs to change this
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year needs to be more opportunities for i don't know women to do what tell me dream i feel that is important for us to create a in fact, network of support to young people young women can further their dreams and most interested in making sure they have the full and whatever they need to make that achieveable. >> education is important i releases it at my time of san mateo high ii come back to the university of san francisco law school and the fact i passed the bar will open up many more doors because i feel a curve ball or an where you can in the way can't get down why is this in my way we have to figure out a solution how to move forward we
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