trying in collaboration with the support that we are getting, hopefully, from the state and federal government, we know there are other needs. yesterday we announced a fund to provide additional $10 million to support our small businesses where small businesses can request up to a $50,000 no interest loan with a flexible repayment schedule. we added additional moneys to the grant program for small businesses as well. we know that in the stimulus package provided by the federal government there will be resources for small businesses. we also know that there is a lot of uncertainty, and we want to make sure we are providing support and resources necessary to support our small business community and also to support our work force. if you are a small business or

if you are an individual who has financial needs, please visit our website oewd.org. there is a lot of resources that are provided with clarity around what programs could be made available. we also know that the governor, as i mentioned before, has extended the eligibility requirements for those who can apply for unemployment insurance. we want to encourage as many people as possible to apply. we want to make sure that people have access to resources. if you have any questions or concerns or you need access to resources, please visit oe oewd.org. i want to talk a little bit about the announcement made yesterday by our county health

officers in the bay area with a strong recommendation that people who are going out of their homes wear masks. i want to be clear that, number one, this is a recommendation from our county health officers, and, number two, this does not take the place of physical distancing. we want to make sure people understand that the policy of social distancing has been put into place as a way to prevent the virus from spreading. this is an additional precaution that is necessary to help continue to flatten the curve as we continue to talk about what is necessary to do that, additional recommendations will come into play. i also want to be clear, and dr. phillips will talk about this later, it is not necessary if you are not working in a

hospital with patients who possibly have the virus, then there is no need for you to wear an n95 mask. we want be to reserve those for healthcare workers. please continue to follow our orders around social distancing and please continue to do everything you can to keep you and your families safe. the other thing i would like to talk about today as part of our public health response, we have been focused from the very beginning on securing hotels in our city. i want to be clear that our priority has to be public health and so the system that we

developed for acquiring hotel rooms has everything to do with that. we had a number of people who were in our hospitals who were in hospital beds that didn't need to be in hospital beds. with that particular population of those who had the virus who do not need hospital beds and who do not have a home to go to or who live in congregate setting thes, we through the hotel program have provided hotel rooms to make sure that they are isolated from other members of the public for the recommended time of two weeks. then the next step is to provide them access to one of our expanded shelter systems like the one open in moscone west. the goal is to deal with public health and make sure our hospitals are not inundated with

people who don't need to be in the hospital because we need to preserve those beds for people who are really, really sick. there are people who have those symptoms and they are not in need of a hospital bed, but for those who are in need of one, we have got to keep our system clear to make sure they have access to one. in the past when trent rhorer provided updates about the categories of people that will receive hotel rooms, i want to just reiterate, our goal is to serve public health and to provide access to hotel rooms for those who don't need to be hospitalized but have been tested positive with covid-19. we also have plans to provide hotel rooms for our elderly

homeless population, those over 60, those who have underlying conditions and those who are in our shelter system now so that people are able -- so that we are able to practice social distancing in the shelter system now. the goal is to really focus on this particular population, and that is exactly what we are doing. we want to be clear hotel rooms will be provided to our first responders, our healthcare workers who have contracted covid-19 or who do not want to go home in fear of transmitting covid-19 to members of their families. that is where we are as it relates to the hotel rooms. the rooms that we have secured so far have supported those folks, and i know that many of

you here, dr. colfax talked about the surge and what is coming. i just want to remind everyone because people wonder when is it? what is going on? what surge? what are you talking about? i want to remind people when we declared a state of emergency in february, on february 25 of this year, not one person was diagnosed with the coronavirus in san francisco today we are at 497 people with seven deaths. i know it is hard to trust the information we are providing when you can't necessarily see it, and what i want to say is it is important that you trust the decisions that we are making as to how we manage this public healthcare crisis. we have some of the best

healthcare experts anywhere in the world right here in san francisco. u.c.s.f., c.p.m.c., san francisco general is world renowned for so many things, especially around trauma and saving lives. u.c.s.f. institutions and research and work they do is world renowned. we are working together to make sure that we have a system to address what we know, sadly, will be a situation where possibly all of our beds could be occupied, which could be very challenging to serve people in need of a bed. this is where our hotels will be very strumental. if someone does not need to be in a hospital bed and they are

homeless, the opportunity to provide them with a bed in a hotel is so critical to their recovery and limiting their ability to spread it to other people, and it is important to making that bed available for someone who really is in need. we are focused on what is necessary to save lives. we know that there are a lot of frustration and emotion attached to what we know is a real homeless problem in our city. we are not going to be able to solve our homeless problem in san francisco with this crisis. we cannot deviate from what information we have and what systems we are putting in place in order to address this challenge and really truly flatten the curve. this is our ultimate goal, and

we are busy focusing on exactly that and doing everything we can to support the most vulnerable homeless population that is sleeping on the streets now. in fact, our goal is to really target those who are over 60 and those who have underlying conditions who are not yet in the shelter system. the ability to provide sufficient capacity for the expanded shelter bed programs, hotels, food, cleaning, management, oversight, work, resources, wraparound support services, all that we have to do to address this issue is a very challenging thing to do when many of the folks that we have working in this field are already still showing up to work

and working very hard to keep our existing programs running. we have to also protect them. this is more complicated than opening up every hotel room in san francisco and making it available. if that were possible we would do it in a heartbeat. there are a lot of other things that come with doing this right. ultimately our goal is to focus on our public health experts and recommendations there and to do this in a way that truly provides the help and the support that we need to those who are most vulnerable to get through this. i want to thank you all again for your understanding and your patience as we grapple with these challenges. i also want to say as the weekend approaches, today is friday, i think it is going to run. the sun is out. i just want to remind people how

important it is to follow the directive. we are in week two of this stay at home order, and we know that it is not easy when you are in line at the grocery stores, follow the social distancing order. when you are out at a park or walking around your neighborhood, please continue to follow the social distancing order. this is so critical to the success of our city. when you think about what is happening in san francisco and compare it to places like new york, people are -- the numbers in new york, sadly, skyrocketed out of control. the united states have surpassed other countries in the world, and here in san francisco we have been able to really, i think, do a tremendous job in

maintaining numbers that people thought would be completely out of control at this time. yes, it will get worse before it gets better. yes, we will have challenges ahead. the reason why everyone is praising san francisco for our swift action in closing down the city and looking at the numbers and what is happens is because everyone here knew how important it was to follow the instructions and everyone come dated the request for the most part in our city. that is going to get us through and make us successful as a city. that is going to keep us safe because we know that when we come together and we work to follow the instructions provided that we will get through this. the last thing i want to say before i ask susan phillips to

come up is, you know, put positivity out into the world. this situation is like nothing that i think anyone alive today has ever experienced in their lifetime. it can be scary for some people, especially people who are struggling financially and have a lot of uncertainty about their future. there is a lot of anxiety, frustration, fear. there is a lot of things that are going on in various people's lives and households, and what i think is important is that when we are going through all of this, yes, there is work that needs to be done and the people at the emergency operations are working every single day to do that work to make things better

for all of us, but at the same time we need to continue to put out that positive energy, to put out that love and goodness in the world. an example is exactly what we know some neighbors gather and they open their windows or come outside to the front of their places at, i think, 7:00, they clap and thank the healthcare workers. we saw on the cell force tower there was clapping to help the healthcare workers. we lit up city hall in blue to thank the health care workers. if we continue to put out positive energy and love and feeling of togetherness and comfort, that is going to help us through because we can drown out all of the negativity, all of the hate, other stuff that divides us by focusing on what matters. this really has put so many

things into perspective even for me and how short life can be, how precious it is that we are all here today, and what we can do with our voices, our commitment, our passion. how we can really demonstrate it by example and how we can help others get through it. i want to bring up the note that i mentioned before that i received from a neighbor that just basically said here is my cell phone number, my e-mail address. if you need someone to run errands, grocery store run or pharmacy or someone to talk to, i am here. that means a lot to someone who may not have received a visitor this whole time. i just want to remind us to be good to each other. the kindness of so many of you has gone a long way and really

helped people get through it because when i say we will get through it together, we will get through it together when we support and uplift one another. that is exactly what we need to do as time goes on because this is going to get even harder, and the only way to get through this is by trying to focus on supporting each other, uplifting each other and just really trying to push for more positive outlook on things because there will be a time that we will wake up and life will be back to what we know and love. at this time i would like to ask from the department of public health, filling in for doctor grant colfax, we have doctor susan phillips.

>> good morning morning. i am deputy health officer san francisco. thank you, mayor breed. i would like to update you on our ongoing work to respond to coronavirus and protect our community. todays there are 497 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of coronavirus. six are in hospitals across the city and half of these are in i c .u.s. sadly, seven san franciscans died from the disease. i would like to send condolences

to families and friends. as we continue to fight the pandemic, i would like to remind you that our top priorities remain reducing the spread of the virus in the community, protecting vulnerable populations, healthcare and first responders, preparing health system for an expected surge of hospital patients and expanding testing capabilities. in all of this work we see continuously to do better as we incorporate the latest science, data and facts. we have known from the start this this is a rapidly evolvingation and that continues to be true. we are working quickly to integrate new information and adjust recommendations accordingly so we are providing the best most up-to-date information and advice that we can. the issues of mask and face

coverings is a good example. yesterday bay area health officers joined to recommend members of the public cover their mouthsanos when -- mouth and nose when they go outside. cloth face coverings combined with physical distance and hand washing may prevent additional transmission of the coronavirus. the state health department issued new guidance this week as well. key point is this. if you cover your face, you are protecting other people around you. we know people may be contagious before they have symptoms or people with coronavirus could get only mildly sick. it could be you or me. covering your mouth is a good way to be a good neighbor and community member. this is not a substitute for physical distancing, staying at home and washing our hands. these are the mainstays. it is an additional tool and one

to use. i also want to stress medical masks such as isolation or n95 masks are in very short supply and must be reserve would for healthcare and first responders. face covering can be a towel, scarf, anything to absorb droplets is fine. this is new advice. there will be questions and frequently asked questions on sfgov.org and those will be updated. update on laguna honda. we are concerned about an outbreak. we are continuing to do everything we can to protect the health of residents and staff there. we gathered some of the best minds to help prevent the spread of this virus. we have some of the experts at u.c.s.f. and expanding to work

with the california department of health and with experts around the country. we also know long-term care centers are at great risk. if we can make progress here, it will benefit people in other places. experts from the california department of public health and u.s. centers for disease control and prevention are on site at at laguna honda are working closely with us advising how we should do contact tracing investigations and giving us recommendations for further improved preparedness going forward. we are all working together on the preparedness and response plan for the long-term care facilities in san francisco. i also want to give you an update as of today laguna honda has 12 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 10 are among staff and two are residents. of the staff, seven are in

patient care positions and three have not. as we speak the california department of public health and centers for disease control are on site helping us with contact tracing and investigations. to date 94 patients have been tested throughout the hospital. to date 278 staff members have been tested. either by dph or their own provider. every staff member on the two units where staff have been sick have been tested. every patient where there was a sick patient has been tested. we are working with cdc to identify and test those that are most concerned may have had exposure to coronavirus. why don't we test everyone on campus? we must prioritize the clinical decisions and resources. first to be tested will be those showing symptoms or who have

been exposed to a person with coronavirus. the contract tracings will tell us who these people are and drive further action and decision making. we are committed to keeping you all informed. testing has been taking places every day this week. it has taken place on the four south among patients with symptoms or identified having risk of exposure. cdc advices about additional tests on campus. we will act on those recommendations. we have talked at the meetings, dr. colfax and mayor breed kept you informed about testing supplies. if we had unlimited supplies we could do more tests. we want our testing to go by science. we have taken steps to place the entire laguna community under

quarantine to limit opportunities for the virus to be brought to campus. we stopped rotation of staff to various units and limited impacted areas to essential personnel. we made the hard but necessary decision in early march to restrict visitors on site. this week in partnership with the cdc we have escalated action to further decrease movement to a minimum to fight the outbreak and reduce spread. >> it served 1700 staff. we have restricted access to the hospital by closing all but twoence transes tight limontored and controlled. staff are medically screened as they enter. residents are not allowed to leave. we restricted access to areas where residents may gather,

including the library. they are providing much needed clinical leadership and support to our very strong dph team to strengthen the approach including contact and tracing. we continue to test staff and residents. they have joined the ongoing discussions about other long-term care facilities and how we can strengthen them to prevent outbreaks. laguna honda is a top priority and we are working to protect the residents and staff there. we want to thank everyone who has been involved in this very large and important effort. these teams brought knowledge and resource from the work all over the country and world shared city-wide. we are fortunate to have their help at laguna honda. thank you.

>> now, i would like to introduce chief scott, who will say a few words. >> good afternoon everyone. i want to follow the mayor's lead and talk about positives. i must say overall we have seen really good compliance in our city. we had good compliance overall with social distancing last week. thanks to the proactive leadership of our mayor, director of public health and city leaders who jumped out in front of this.

we had rain last week, and that probably helped as well. this is a week of good weather. we are still continuing to see for the most part compliance with the public health orders and social distancing. there are challenges, and i will discuss those in a little detail to make sure we all understand what is at stake here. there have been a couple of instances or several rather where we have seen social distancing challenges. we are talking about public plazas in some parts of the city, we have seen as this has progressed we have seen people playing on playgrounds and playing team sports and soccer in the parks. thanks to our director of rec and parks we have closed many of those parks so we are not having those issues. we are working as hard as we can to educate the public.

the police department, city workers, emergency operations center has a community branch. through the leadership of mary ellen carol and her team we reached out to people to really give the education to the public about what needs to happen with this pandemic. what needs to happen is we need to stay true to the social distancing that public health officials have mandated. six feet apart, no gathering, social distancing when you go to grocery stores and the like, make sure you social distance and you practice those things. last time i was here i predicted there will be a time where we have to site. that time has come. we have begun citing. i will make this clear for the

business owners and the mayor has done everything and continues to do everything possible to lighten the blow and we know this is a drastic impact to people's leaves. we have to abide by public health orders. we warned businesses, many of them, several of them rather, that they were nonessential and when those businesses have been contacted we have taken incident reports. those incident reports can lead to criminal or civil action, but if we have to go back, we are not going to ask twice. we have had to cite a business in the last 24 hours and we have cited individuals in the last 24 hours. these are people that have been warned before. i would like to ask again for

the public's help and compliance. let's help each other and help ourselves. this is serious. we need to abide by the public health orders. if we have to go back, and you have been warned, you will not get a second warning. we understand not everybody has access to the internet or social media or gets the newspaper. that is why we are warning and educating where we can and where that is appropriate. as i said a couple days ago and again today we are not warning you twice. please heed these orders. we are trying to save lives and keep everybody safe and healthy. this weekend, it might rain. right now it is nice and people want to go out and get exercise. we respect that. if you live in the same

household still practice social distancing. in the same hose how ol the -- e rules are different. please abide by it. you will not be asked twice. there are situations, and the city is doing everything it can. the mayor, director of public health, director of homelessness, we are working together to work with these impacted populations that don't have shelter, don't have a home. we are being very patient and educating. we need you all, those individuals in those populations to practice social distancing. this is really important, and i can't stress it enough. we have begun to site. we will not ask you twice. we have been extremely patient.

we want to stay ahead like we have done at this point. we want to flatten the curve and save lives. there are a few updates in terms of the general policing in the city. as we have reported, crime has been drastically reduced since the stay at home order was issued. we are continuing to see that trend. for those that have to go out, be careful. social distance. we had a significant drop in property crimes and violent crimes. the overall crime is down over 26% from this time last year when you do a month to missouri comparison. that is -- a month to missouri h comparison. report crimes if you experience them. we are doing what we can to try

to limit exposure to officers, general public and general public to officers. you can call in if it is nonviolent call the emergency line (415)553-0123 to report the crimes. you can utilize 311 or utilize the website. some crimes you can report online as well. we have started a call in center for crime reporting to make it easier to report those crimes. if you have suffered a crime, report it. if it is violent we will respond to those crimes in person. i ask everyone watching this add he'd the public health orders, keep your distance, listen to what the professional in the public health department and around the country are saying,

and we will save lives in our city and country. i thank you in advance for your coulyourcooperation. please stay safe and stay healthy. thank you. >> questions for mayor breed from nbc bay area.

earlier this week you explained the city doesn't have the resources to provide wraparound services needed to allow just any homeless person in the shelter in the city-leased hotel. yesterday five supervisors made the argument the city does have the resources so long as they can self-care. are the supervisors wrong or are you wrong? >> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west. we opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically

self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing

things that need done because there will continue to be challenging, but i want to be clear that we have a system by which we are focusing on making sure that we are helping the most vulnerable homeless population. that is people in the shelters, people who are over the age of 60 and have underlying conditions, people who we know have no place to go or may live in a congregate setting and have no place to shelter-in-place. we have to prioritize those people, and that is what is most important. we are hopeful that we will, of course, be able to do more, but it is going to require more money and staffing. there are limitations what we can cover but what we get

reimbursed for from the federal government. it is a lot more complicated than what some are trying to imply, and this is why we have professionals in our public health industry. this is why we have departments where people have been doing this work for many, many years. the folks who are part of the emergency operation center are the professionals with the expertise and understanding. the city's office and others have a building what we need to do and we are putting what we need to do into place based on what we know we can deliver on. >> next questions for doctor susan phillips. >> i want to take a moment to

make sure i said the numbers of cases across the city and people in the hospital in case i didn't say it clearly. as of today there are 497 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of coronavirus. 60 of them are in hospitals across the city. half of those are in i c .u. sadly, 7 people from san francisco have died from the virus. >> california is 50th in terms of testing with only oklahoma testing fewer people than california as of this morning. california has a huge number of tests pending, close to 60,000. why can't california process these tests and what is being done about this?

>> the situation in san francisco and the people in leadership in the state of california and public health can answer about pending tests. i can talk about what we are doing and how we responded in san francisco. doctodr. colfax and the mayor td about expanding testing in the sites we work with and control the public health and clinical laboratory at zuckerberg general hospital. we have had very strong partnerships with university of california california and u.c.s.f. lab has capacity to test. we are increasing our local capacity to test. that is our focus. we do not have a backlog of tests for residents in san francisco testing at the sites we are working with. as the mayor and dr. colfax have said.

everyone across the country is facing a limitation on the collection kits needed to do testing. tainmenthe tests in the lab ares good to get the tests from patients and to the laboratory. we are working to allow for different types of test kits and swabs to be used. that is going on with the eoc and department of health laboratory experts and u.c.s.f. staff. we are in a challenge. we are increasing every week the numbers of tests available. later today we will have information available to the public to see the progress on testing. >> related to that question from the "san francisco chronicle." how many tests does the department of public health have every day? how are you rationing and

prioritizing the tests. >> the issue is not the tests and kits. it is the collection supplies. we are working to get hands around the numbers of those supplies. in normal situations many of these would be at clinics and locations throughout dph. we are gathering that together to understand what we have. those will be prioritized based where we see the most vulnerable populations. we talked about laguna honda hospital and how we are in discussion with california department of public health and our experts about testing there. as we decide on the need for testing we will prioritize that population for the tests we center. we continue to increase capacity for testing. we are bringing on experts to help optimize the work flow and get the most out of our equipment and bring on more

people. we are ramping up capacity in the lab. we work to make sure we have more collection kits needed for testing. we are trying to partner and bring on new ways of doing testing with partners in sites that may be new that we haven't fried before such as walk up or drive up testing. you will hear more about that in the coming weeks as well. >> another question from the "san francisco chronicle." the number at laguna hospital has remained at 12. is it under control or too early to tell? >> too early to tell. we take the situation seriously. that is why we are briefing the public about it on a regular basis. we asked for expertise from c dc to be added to our own we want

he are glad there have been only 12 cases identified. we continue to be thinking about additional patients and staff that might require testing, and we know we have to be vigilant based on what we have seen about how vulnerable patients are and because of the size and scope and sheer number of people involved we want to be very cautious how we proceed. we pay the highest amount of attention to laguna hospital. it is encouraging that we have not seen more than 12 cases. we need to keep that level of vigilance up. >> are you considering making mask wearing in public mandatory and under what circumstances might that happen? >> i want to clarify we are not talking about masks. we are talking about face coverings.

any type of homemade cloth, a scarf, bandanna, we are not talking about masks. specifically isolation masks and n7979595 masks should be reservr healthcare workers. we are trying to decrease the amount of unwittingly how we are spreading virus particles to other people even if we don't feeling safe. we are protecting people around us. we are not considering mandatory covering of space. this is a good tool and we know that people in san francisco have been doing their part by staying home, keeping distance, limiting outings to essential services and looking for additional ways to protect the

community and work to flatten the curve. this is in addition to those important activities san francisco is already undertaking. it is not mandatory at all at this time. >> have you personally started wearing a mask when you go out? if so, when, what kind, how has the experience been? >> i have started covering my face when i go out. i have used a scarf on some occasions. i do have an isolation mask that i use as part of the eoc and doc being an essential worker for the city and needing to come to work every day. if you do have a mask that ushusing, if you are not just using a homemade face cover extend the use. i have had the same mask for two weeks. there is no need to discard it to have a new one every day. it is an odd thing at first as we walk around the streets we

see more people doing it, and we think it will become the norm. that is the way in which san franciscans are giving us the courtesy to move out of the way and the mask will be a reminder that life is not normal yet. we are looking forward to the time when we can go back to the city more normal. for now it is a reminder to keep our physical space, reminder to stay home as much as possible. i don't want to overlook washing hands and using hand sanitizer is one of the best things to do to keep ourselves healthy and others around us. >> last question. from the "new york times." how familiar icu beds and ventilators have been made available in san francisco? will the city hospitals be securing more of them? >> in san francisco advance

planning has been going on for weeks, very early in our planning as the city. as the mayor has said through her leadership we declared an emergency early on on february 25th. since this time there are teams doing advanced planning for i c .u. availability and beds. later today we will have up information available to the public about just that. we know people are very interested in hospitals, capacity and surge. we currently do not need to use any of our surge capacity. as we said there are 60 people hospitalized throughout the city with covid-19 at this time. 30 are in i c .u. that is well with in our capacity as a city. the full numbers are percent occupied and all of that will become available later. as we get additional information, it will be shared.

there is ongoing planning about surge, ongoing planning about how we would accommodate that. there are requests put in by the mayor to secure additional beentilators and surge capacity. that has been going on for a long time in san francisco. >> thank you. next questions are for abigail stewart conn. >> . >> as i get started here, i want

be to introduce myself. i am the interim director of the department of homelessness and supportive housing. before i respond to questions, i want to note a couple things. this pandemic gives us the opportunity to keeply understand that housing is healthcare. that is clear now more than ever. thanks to the leadership of mayor breed before the crisis hit, she supercharged our homelessness response system with expansion. as i was visiting many housing and shelter and navigation site yesterday i saw 9,000 homeless that are safer because of that housing. immediately after the homelessness response after the coronavirus became evident we pivoted the response system to care, prevention and response. echoing mayor breed's note about

positivity our system of care is tremendously grateful for the h.h.s. staff, guests, tenants and clients and people living unsheltered in our community, to our city partners annan profits and community we see you out there thanking us. i know my family has been out at 7:00 cheering with musical instruments and putting signs in windows. that is deeply helpful to all of the amazing front line workers in the homelessness response system. >> first question. what is the current number of homeless people that have been moved into hotels? >> that is an excellent question. at the direction of the department of public health, the first hotels have been used for people coming out of hospitals and medical care when they don't need to be in the beds.

you heard that from the deputy health officer earlier. trent rhorer provided the update 120 people, 90 to 95% of those individuals are homeless or formerly homeless. that number increases a bit each day but will decrease as those individuals through the direction of public health have completed their isolation or quarantine period and are able to move to other locations. >> when do you expect more will be moved in and how many total by when? >> that is a great question. let me be clear. from the beginning of this issue, the mayor and all of the leadership of the city has put housed public health and unsheltered public health on equal footing. our sheltered and unsheltered population on the list of people receiving services from day one.

first from the hospitals, the individuals now in the hotels. in the coming days we will stand up hotels with the support of human services agency responsible for mass care and shelter to rapidly expand the hotel capacity they have already obtained those hotels. we are pivoting to moving to staffing, supplying and transporting those individuals. we are be beginning this process with people vulnerable to covid-19 among the homeless. we hear you and know that being homeless makes you vulnerable, and we need to start somewhere. at the direction of public health that is people who are over 60 or who have an underlying health condition that makes you vulnerable to covid. >> i know you have a priority to

keep hospital beds open, would families with young children or pregnant women be eligible for the hotel rooms you are talking about? >> we are spending a tremendous amount of time on the single adult to population. our staff and partners are working tirelessly with young people and families. let me talk how that looks. san francisco under the mayor breed attained functional zero in unsheltered homelessness. we maintained that through the covid-19. that doesn't mean somebody is sleeping in their car and not wanting to come into shelter. it means we have the capacity to take them in when we outreach to them and they say yes. that continues today. families, women who are pregnant can come indoors immediately into a congregate setting and

through a partnership with human services increasingly to hotel rooms through cal works and additional hotels coming online. >> last question for you. cathy novak k cbs radio. how many people from the navigation center have been moved to the hotels and what is the plan for the rest of the residents? >> thank you for the question. thank you for your compassion. i am going to use this opportunity to speak about the full response of the city to our first covid positive individual staying at a navigation center. immediately upon learning of the diagnosis the shelter site was supplied with masks. they are wearing them at all-time and they initiated contact tracing to identify who

that special, we call them guests. the individual i am not sure we should share the gender, has initiated contact tracing with the individual who is now a patient in very good condition. that allows us to understand who is considered exposed, vulnerable and so on at our site. in response to the positive test the department of public health rapidly employed a physician and health workers to conduct system as and temperature screening beyond what was already in place. any guest with symptoms with covid-19 will be tested and relocated to staff quarantined rooms immediately. other guests will be moved to hotel rooms based on exposure and risk of disease. they will be provided medical support and space to

self-isolate. they are considered healthcare workers in this situation. the city is deploying a professional cleaning crew in addition to the cleaning resources led by may or breed at the beginning of this epidemic and that is ongoing. staff will be on site to answer questions. they will guide social distancing and implement shelter health screening pro pocols. i am with that community. division circling is near my children's school. it is a favorite spot of mine. it is important to understand this is not a place those not staying there should visit. we bring our germs to people experiencing homelessness when we try to show up to help. you can help by going out to cheer for people on the streets, you can help in all of the ways to donate. don't try to enter the site. it is not allowed at this time. that is reserved for guests and

staff there. thank you for your compassion for that community. >> final question. have people started moving to the facilities at moscone west? >> that is happening today. as mayor breed said setting up a shelter because of the 1,000 shelter bed challenge is not a small feat. we need to do this with care and compassion. we need this to be succes succel for people to shelter-in-place. thanks to human services agency we are rapidly expanding the sites and people are moving in there today. >> next questions are for the chief.

>> chief a question about the citations you referenced. how many people and businesses have been cited. are these misdemeanor citations? >> with the businesses we have taken six incident reports for businesses that were not essential this should have been closed apweren't. one of those six had to be cited. we have stated publicly that our enforcement posture is progressive. we educate initially, sometimes at the beginning we educated more. we still do everything we can to educate. with the businesses, if they are not supposed to be