public health, nurses and doctors, experts, who will provide care, monitor patients and arrange transport to hospitals if their conditions worsen. the solution has been part of our emergency planning scenarios from the beginning. and it's the best one to preserve the health and safety of the shelter community. it will reduce transports and patients with a dedicated stuff of healthcare professionals -- staff of healthcare professionals who are attend their needs. staff members who have tested positive are being offered places in isolation hotels if they do not have a safe alternative in their own homes. this offering of hotel rooms will continue for staff who test positive at this and other

shelters across the city. other guests are being moved out to hotels as well. on a case by case basis, depending on the guest condition and exposure, we are working with our partner agencies to place each person in an appropriate setting, whether it's in isolation or quarantine site or a shelter in place hotel. this is a 24-hour round the clock operation and the situation and numbers are changing. department of homelessness and supportive housing and the human service agency are leading the effort to move guests out of msc south while the department of public health will continue to focus on providing excellence, experts, medical care, testing and contact tracing. now i would like to take a few

minutes to talk about equity, specifically health equity and how it relates to the coronavirus pandemic. as we prepare our hospitals and our city healthcare system to care for former patients, we are closely examining neighborhoods and community members that may need more access to care in this rapidly-changing and evolving situation. that is one of the reasons why we opened our first field care clinic this week in the bayview. we have also opened screening and testing sites in the castro mission neighborhood and the zuckerberg general hospital in the heart of the mission and potrero hill. we know -- we know that the health disparities and economic inequalities in our community are only made worse, unfortunately, only made worse by this pandemic.

global and national data are already showing the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on communities of color. in san francisco, we are seeing and expect to continue to see these inequities as well. although our current case data doesn't reflect major disparities yet, that data are also incomplete. we do not receive ethnic or race information for about a third of the test results that are reported to us. however, we have seen situations in the latinx community where people who live in multifamily or multigenerational homes are unable to self isolate. we have seen people in those households who must leave home to work and who have to make several trips a week for other

essential supplies in small amounts due to their income stream. people in such circumstances are going to be more at risk. and we are being responsive to those needs to help mitigate those risks. we have been working with leaders in the latinx community to ensure that people have the information they need, that they are aware of the available resources that san francisco is a sanctuary city where everyone will receive the best care possible regardless of immigration status. and that people continue to receive outreach in their own language in a culturally-appropriate way. meeting our city's equity efforts, director davis of the san francisco human rights commission, has established community roundtable weekly meetings. the roundtable is a dynamic group of community stakeholders who elevate concerns about the

city's response and communication with communities of color, low-income people and the lgbtqi community, specifically around covid-19. we would like to thank director davis for her leadership. with this corroboration, we can and are taking action on issues based on community input and practices. some of these issues include food insecurity, discrimination, appropriate culturally-focused outreach, financial resources and improved communication and support. san francisco is also one of the few counties in the country that has an equity officer embedded in its emergency operations centerrer. the goal of this team is to

mitigate inequity it is in the citywide response to coronavirus for our communities of concern including latinx, black african-american, asian-pacific islander and lgbtqi communities. we will continue to listen to community partners, improve our response and continue to use data to guide decisions. we, i, am committed to the health and wellbeing of san franciscos and doing everything we can to support health and full recovery for all communities in our city during and after this pandemic. now i would like to provide a brief update on the outbreak at laguna honda hospital and the steps we are taking to protect the health of residents and staff. we have 17 confirmed cases of coronavirus at honda hospital,

13 of the confirmed cases are among staff and four are among residents. of the staff, ten have been in patient care positions and three have not. all four positive resident cases are in the south five neighborhood. testing of that neighborhood is currently complete. we have also completed testing for south residents, and i'm happy to say at this time we have not detected an additional case. overall, to date, 301 honda hospital staff have been tested, either by the health department or by their own provider and 208 residents have been tested. as part of our ongoing response, we continue to test staff and patients throughout the hospital that had been identified as being exposed to contact

investigation or have other risk factors, including showing symptoms of the virus. unfortunately, we do expect more positive cases. but it is crucial that we know the facts so that we can continue to take evidence-based informed action to preserve the health and mitigate the spread of the virus in the institution. we continue to work with the cdc experts on the ground to reinforce and inform our aggressive response. as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic, i would like to remind you that our top priorities continue to be reducing the spread of the virus in the community, flattening the curve through the physical distancing that we are continuing to enforce and ask you to do, protecting vulnerable populations, healthcare workers and first responders, preparing

our healthcare system for the expected surge of hospital patients and expanding testing capabilities. in all of this work, we seek to continually do better as we incorporate the latest science, data and facts into actions and recommendations. we are working quickly to integrate new information all the time and adjust our recommendations accordingly so that we are providing the very best most up to date advice to you to the community that we can. thank you. >> and director of homelessness and supportive housing will now provide remarks.

>> hello. the city and our nonprofit partners are battling two simultaneous health emergencies. the ongoing crisis with homelessness and the compounding issue of covid-19 pandemic.

this has taught us time and time again that everyone's health is intertwined, the homeless and the housed. protecting the health of people experiencing homelessness is essential to safeguard their health and all of our health. therefore we must focus not only on improving the health and safety of our shelters and programs but also moving people to safety as quickly as possible. when people do not have homes to reside in and reside instead in public places and congress -- congregate shelters, they have less access to healthcare. people who are homeless and unsheltered are far more likely to have underlying health conditions. the city has taken many proactive steps to improve the

health and safety of people experiencing homelessness. today i want to focus as dr. colfax did on msc south. thank you to our staff at hsh provider st. vincent depaul and all our city partners who under the mayor's leadership have wrapped their arms around this site its guests and its staff. for the last many days, we have been working on this, both preventively and since we had our first positive test. this is a large shelter, with 340-bed capacity and a 70-person drop-in center. due to our early and rapid actions to limit the spread of covid by pausing shelter intakes, we reduced the census to approximately 175 people. before and since our first positive test at this site, we have moved over 70 people out

and now have a census of approximately 100. our partner staff are focused on the site 24/7. as you have heard it is now a medical shelter. we are also moving vulnerable people from other sites rapidly and have been for the past several days and ahead of positive tests. we are deploying the plan we have created, and while this virus is dangerous, we are working urgently and taking all the necessary steps. i also want to provide you an update on our first covid positive test family shelter. this one is operated by hamilton families. the same plan that has been in place for division circle and for msc south is in effect with this site. the individual who has the positive test is in good condition and is off site

already. our thoughts are with division circle msc south and hamilton and our gratitude is with every san franciscan today. thank you. >> good afternoon. i want to start by first thanking mayor breed, her team, the team of our district

attorney bodine and mary ellen carol and her team at the department department of emergency management for allowing us to have the resources to help our domestic violence victims. we think the text 911 will be a game changer and will enhance public safety in our city. so i want to thank and -- and applaud the mayor and director carol and our district attorney for making that happen. to be able to provide the lifeline for those who are distressed but can't call 911. often people who aren't in a safe place can't call 911 so this resource is a game changer. our city's public safety dispatcher at the department of emergency management do a fantastic job every day. and they do the dispatch of our

police officers to particularly domestic violence calls are critical. those situations can be time is of the essence. so we are very thankful for them and for the partnership. we also want to thank the people who made this come together, the text 911 service will provide an important way for people to reach out for help. and it will help us to effectively respond to those calls for help. so whether you use text 911 or call directly, we want you to know our city emergency responders will be there for you and be ready to respond. i want to emphasize, though, that calling 911 is always the best course of action if it is safe for you to do so. if you can't, you can use the new text 911 feature.

next i want to talk about enforcement over the easter weekend and resen forcement, let me -- resident enforcement. let me frame that in the context of compliance. as the mayor and doctor said that by and large, san franciscans are complying with our public health orders and that's really good news but we need to keep going. we need to keep in. we are not out of the woods yet. please listen to the public health officials. we need to keep this going. so what you can expect to see from the san francisco police department, you will see us out. you will see us in the parks with park rangers. you will see us in the business corridors and your residential communities. and we are going to continue to spread the message of social distancing. and as i said in other conferences, news conferences, for those that have been warned, we are making a record so we will not warn you twice.

today we have had notifications and a number of those have been nonessential businesses that have been, we make sure those businesses stay closed when they are supposed to be closed. we have not had an issue with businesses reopening. we are still issuing citations -- we have not issued any citations since the first two. i want to reemphasize what mayor breed said, please, this is going to be an easter weekend where we are used to family gatherings, attending religious services, being around people, going to restaurants and really socializing. we know it's hard. and this is a change for all of us, believe me. but we need to adhere to the public health orders. this is a matter of life and death. so please comply and let's all make san francisco safe.

as the mayor said a number of our religious organizations supported this effort. michael pompas from the interfaith counsel is very supportive. i know this weekend is a holiday, and that's difficult for people, but again, the religious organizations are asking that everybody comply. shelter in place throughout this weekend. we are still seeing a downward trend. we have had some burglaries and

we are going to be in those areas to make sure that our business owners are safe. we ask you to all 911 if you see crimes occurring, particularly violent crimes. you can also call or utilize our website to file police reports. we are taking reports. we have a call center.

do not let people of this nature into your homes. somebody asks to come into your home to inspect or give away masks, they are not legitimate, we are not doing residential inspections to people's houses. you will see our disaster service workers passing out fliers and information pamphlets

but they are not going to anybody's home so if you see that happen, please call 911 because it probably is a scam. information is key and we want to make sure that the public is informed. that distribution of information does not include us asking to come into your home. if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. so for those people that are offering something that sounds too good to be true, please get a second opinion, investigate it before you act. don't carry large sums of money. we have seen a couple of home invasion robberies. please don't have large sums of money in your house. we ask that you use your financial institutions for that. and don't open your doors to people that you don't know. it's as simple as that. use simple, basic safety precautions to keep yourself safe. the last thing we need is for

people with all the anxiety of this public health pandemic to be worried about their safety. so use good, sound safety practices and good common sense and lock your doors for people you don't know and keep your doors locked. with that i ask that you please help us this weekend, help yourselves, keep your family safe by complying with the stay at home orders and social distancing requirements and have a happy and great easter weekend. thank you.

>> dr. grant colfax. >> good afternoon. the city considered closing some residential streets off to

traffic in order to provide more safety and social distancing for residents who like to go out to walk, jog and bike. >> it's very important that we keep physically distancing from each other. and while we understand, and i won't encourage people to get out and exercise -- i will encourage people to get out and exercise and get fresh rare, we want to make sure that crowds do not congregate those areas. as the mayor said, over the weekend, it's very important that people respect and have no plans but to stay in quarantine. >> question from tan with nbc bay area. can the bay area afford to send resources such as doctors to other areas such as new york to help? how quickly could we get resources back if we have a surge of cases?

>> i can't speak for the institutions that are sending aid there. as a provider myself, i respect the need for them to do that. and i certainly would also respect if the situation worsens here that we would be able to respond to the cases we have here and keep the resources in san francisco. we have an ongoing need for testing supplies in order to increase our testing capacity. we have a great need for personal protective equipment to protect our health workers and first responders. those are dire shortages in san francisco across the country. so we need to ensure that we are

meeting our local needs as well as when we have the ability to help our colleagues who are struggling with the pandemic in certain regions across the country. >> another question from nby bay area. n nbc bay area. are the rest of the staff and guests there being [off mic] >> is the department of public health tracking the cases in hotels. >> the cases we know about are really through contract investigations. so that person either tested positive or we find a case that was tested as a result of a

contact of another case. so we will be recording those data and ensuring the data if and when they are accurate. >> a follow-up to that, how is department of public health handling any positive cases at sros in terms of contact tracing and isolating vulnerable residents? >> we are aggressively contact tracing residents in sros and we are ensuring that if necessary they are providing with hotel rooms to self isolate and protect themselves and their families and the rest of the members in that sro. >> a question from janey at associated press. are the 70 people who tested positive at msc south connected to the two people who tested positive on sunday? >> tested positive on sunday -- i need a clarification, what two

people? >> i believe what she's trying to ask is we announced at some point last week that the original two cases at msc south are these cases related? >> yeah, i think it's -- i really -- i certainly can't say affirmatively that those two cases are directly related to all the remaining cases that we detected. the point is from a public health perspective when we assess the situation, when we look at the patterns of engagement and interaction at the shelter, and as we tested more people, it became clear that the outbreak was widespread, and that's why we are testing everybody in the shelter and made the decision to test everybody in the shelter at the time as well as staff to ensure that the people knew their status, that we can monitor them appropriately, house them and ensure that they get the best medical care possible as well as taking

aggressive steps to protect other people from potential infection. >> a follow-up to that question, which i hope i'm clarifying correctly. the two we previously talked about, we understand those folks were moved out of shelter. the remaining 68 guests, where are they now? >> so, again, it's a rapidly-evolving situation and as we talked about, the msc shelter is now going to become a covid-19 recovery center. so many of the people who are -- of the guests who tested positive at south will be in that shelter being taken care of by expert medical professionals, our excellent doctors, nurses, and social workers from the department of public health with support from the department of department of homelessness and supportive housing as well as the human service agency staff. >> question from john king of the san francisco chronicle.

will testing now be done on all of the residents in all shelters given the number s found at south? >> we are again looking at the evidence and contact tracing cases and shelters and will make a decision on how many people need to be tested depending specifically on the case and really using christian science monitor in terms of how best -- really using science in terms of how best to trace and when contact tracing is needed >> a follow-up question to that from mr. king. given the turnover at shelters from night tonight, how are you finding people to test if they are no longer sleeping at the shelter? >> so, again, we are working with the experts on that shelter system. our colleagues at the department of homelessness and supportive housing are colleagues at the human services agency, as you know, they run the shelters and the support systems for those

shelter across the city along with our contact investigation teams. we are literally going through, case by case contact by contact to take sure that we are doing everything we can to find people who are at high risk to ensure people who are at high risk for bad outcomes are placed in hotels and to ensure people who had a high risk exposure for covid-19 are receiving testing. >> the final question for you from wilson walker at kpix. with the outbreak in the shelter does that give you any added concern that you also have spread among the unsheltered population on the street as well? >> well, i think really if you take -- if you think about where we started when we were -- when we started talking about this pandemic in february i always said that vulnerable populations were most potentially affected by coronavirus and would unfortunately suffer the

greatest consequences based on data from international data sources, china, italy. we have seen what's happened unfortunately in new york. i'm very concerned when we talk about flattening the curve and when we talk about our current hospital capacity, i am very concerned about the spread of coronavirus in the population experiences homelessness. unfortunately we know this population suffers from greatest health disparities without a pandemic, higher rates of chronic respiratory diseases, higher flu rates, higher rates of hospitalization. unfortunately, this pandemic will only put those inequities, those disparities in greater relief which is why my department is working as hashed as we can with key community partners, other key departments to ensure that people are getting the testing they need, the care they need, and with hsa and with hsh, that people who

are at greatest vulnerable from bad, bad outcomes from this business are placed in hotel rooms to protect them and our community. >> one final question from the san francisco examiner. to we know how many of those 70 people testing positive at msc have had underlying conditions or in the age range to be more vulnerable? >> i do not have those numbers yet but certainly some of them have those chronic conditions and we are looking through those numbers right now. i want to emphasize that we are deploying our team of medical experts to ensure that people who have tested positive, whether or not they have a chronic condition, are getting the best care possible and certainly if need n need of greater levels of care they will be transported to the appropriate medical facility. >> thank you dr. colfax.

the next questions are for abigail stewart-kahn. >> a two-part question and a follow-up from nbc bay area. inside city shelters are homeless people now being sheltered in a way that allows for safe social distancing? if shelters need to be thinned out to achieve that, when do you expect that to be complete? days, weeks, months?

>> thank you. just to clarify, so we are following guidance from the federal state and local authorities around creating six feet of distance, physical distancing in our shelters. and as the journalists notes, this is very difficult to accomplish. our shelters are very close and compact, and they vary significantly from site to site. we just know that that puts these folks at more risk. we began implementing creative physical distancing at all of our sites several weeks ago. and i really want to thank our providers who found space where there was no space to make this possible, even before we were able to start moving people out of sites. we are well on our way to reaching what i am calling shelter equilibrium which involves moving the most vulnerable individuals out into hotels. and we should be able to accomplish that very shortly. >> a follow-up, what is the

total amount the city has spent so far on hotel rooms for the homeless and what is the range of the daily hotel room rates? >> thank you. so i will take this question on behalf of director ror, the director of human services agency. as we have articulated at past press conferences, under an emergency, human services agency is responsible for mass care and shelter so i'm happy to provide this response on behalf of the human services agency. so the numbers that have been shared with me are that for the first three months of all of the hotels that have been brought online and under contract by the human services agency, is a total cost of approximately $35 million. much of this is reimbursable by fema and other sources of information. and i think there was another question in there. i apologize. >> i think that's it. there is a related question from robert of nbc bay area about

those hotel rooms. what is the current number of leased rooms for unsheltered people and how many have checked in? >> thank you, robert. so i'll give all the hotel numbers briefly because i think it's important to understand the scale and magnitude of this challenge. again, these are numbers from the human services agency not from my department. the hotel rooms for all priority populations that are under contract right now is 1,892. approximately 880 are for first responders and approximately 1,012 of these are for vulnerable populations as we have articulated in the past. >> thank you. and another question from robert compos of nbc bay area. to date, how many homeless people from tested positive with the coronavirus and what is their condition? >> thank you for that question

and for your care for our unhoused neighbors. the department of public health is not analyzing and separating their data in that way in particular. and so we may have other -- we likely have other individuals who are experiencing homelessness and are also covid positive but are at isolation and quarantine rooms. we know the majority of people are either from sros, semi congregate sites or shelters or the unsheltered population. what we know now is what we can't speak to is who is positive in our shelter sites and that is one at division circle, one at hamilton and the 70 that have been discussed today at msc south. >> thank you. question from kerry. is there an effort to move unhoused residents off crowded sidewalks, especially in the tenderloin, into public open spaces that are currently underutilized? >> yes.

thank you for that. so immediately at the beginning of this pandemic, and i'll speak here on behalf of the department of emergency management, which oversees our unsheltered operations but we are in partnership with them. so immediately at the beginning of this epidemic we know our unhoused neighbors are vulnerable. so all removals of tents, what people refer to as encampment resolutions were paused and the operation went into a mode of educating and providing services. as things back to shut down, access to restrooms and food, it became the job of our outpreach providers to -- outreach providers to be the voice of education, knowledge and linkage for people who are unsheltered and experiencing homelessness. we know that more people have become unsheltered because of our need to pause shelter

intakes. this is a significant and important population for us. what we want to do critically and urgently is to move the vulnerable individuals experiencing unsheltered homelessness into hotels and we will get to work on that and we are working on that as we speak and we are also working on continuing to remind people will social and physical distancing while unsheltered and looking at and starting to explore possibilities for safe places to be. more to sharon that in the coming days. >> final question from kat of kcbs. you have talked about the group of unsheltered people who will be prioritized when it comes to moving to hotel rooms. will that change now because of the news of the outbreak and will more people be moved quickly into hotel rooms? >> thank you for that question. i said from the beginning that we are very concerned with individuals living in congregate

living. we are talking about thousands of people. and if you include sros we are talking about tens of thousands of people. so this is a task, moving these individuals into shelters is a task that has never before faced our city in the scale and magnitude. so i want to use this opportunity to talk a little bit about what it takes to take on this massive undertaking. so first human services agency has secured sites and rooms, you've heard about the scale they have been able to reach there. for each site, the city and nonprofit staffing has to staff up immediately, visit the site, understand the site, staff enough people, everything from monitoring to security to medical to counselors to all of the supplies that need to be on-site, thinking about meals and hygiene, thinking about things like accessibility for people in wheelchairs and with other accessibility concerns.

we have to do a screening for vulnerable -- vulnerability to understand who should be moving in when we aren't sure. we have to do an assessment of ability to self care. what that looks like is if you can't self care, you are still going to come inside but we need more care wrapped around you. we have to work on transportation which has proven challenging because of the physical and social distancing required. so the buses have to be big with very few people in them. we have talked about meals and hygiene kits. we have to look at things like individuals with substance use issues and we have to look to support people with mental health concerns in a harm reduction environment. and then we have to think about what comes after this, where do people step down when they are able to step down to a lower level of care and what do we do after we move through this pandemic? all these things have to happen for every site to come online so

it's really a massive undertaking that has the city's entire focus now. >> thank you. that concludes our press conference. >> thank you. [please stand by]. >> working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrate and dynamic city on sfroert of the art and social change we've been on the edge after all we're at

the meeting of land and sea world-class style it is the burn of blew jeans where the rock holds court over the harbor the city's information technology xoflz work on the rulers project for free wifi and developing projects and insuring patient state of at san francisco general hospital our it professionals make guilty or innocent available and support the house/senate regional wear-out system your our employees joy excessive salaries but working for the city and county of san francisco give us employees the unities to contribute their ideas and energy and commitment to shape the city's future but for considering a career with the

city and county of san francisco >> people of san francisco. i am proud to introduce the honorable mayor of san francisco, london breed. >> mayor breed: all right. first of all, thank you all for coming out here. as you know, thousands of people take caltrain in and out of san francisco every day. since 2009 we have seen ridership increase by 76%. we know that this is the location where we have at least eight municipalny lines that frequent this neighborhood. as people move around this an effort to get to their train, their bus, hospital on the bike, walk around, move around, we have to continue to develop safe transportation networks so

people are able to move around safely in san francisco. the improvements here today we are excited about do just that. it allows for people to get around safely, which is clearly what we care about the most. as our city grows, as more people are working in san francisco who are coming from all parts of the bay area, we know that we are going to have more crowded city. making sure that people could use different modes of transportation to get around safely is critical, whether by bicycle, jogging, scooter, or vehicle or what have you. our ultimate goal is safety. that is why we are committed to moving forward the changes to our infrastructure that will ultimately lead to what the goals are about, no fatalities

on our streets. we know in 2019 we had about 29 people who died on the san francisco streets. in fact, this year we have already had two deaths. that is two deaths too many this year. we have to do more. last year i set a goal of doing 20 miles of bike lanes throughout the city. so far we are at 7.5 miles of those dedicated bike lanes. we are on the way to meeting that goal. this is not about pleasing one group over another. this is about public safety. it is about making sure no matter how you are trying to move around san francisco you know you can do it safely. san francisco is changing. we want to make sure that people are moving around in a way that provides an opportunity for us to feel safe and secure. i am excited about this project. it looks great down here.

the streets are clean and smooth and paved. your bus ride won't we bumpy in this section of townsend. i want to thank s.f.m.t.a., san francisco public works for the work they have done to move this project forward quickly along with other projects in san francisco that we have seen improvements on. i want to thank walk sf and the bicycle coalition and the folks who advocated for improvements that are going to lead to a better experience for all of us here in san francisco, and also ultimately saving countless lives. that you also much for being here today. [applause] >> i would like to introduce the acting director of the san francisco department of public works. >> thank you, jeff.

thank you, mayor breed. it is great to be here this morning. it is a beautiful day. as i stand here, this is an amazing project. it shows we as a city can do. this is a city that has traveled with folks off buses, bicycles and skateboards. it takes it all to come together to make this happen. it was public works and urban foresty that constructed this island we are on right now. they built the bus pad and loading zones. overall, and the workers and

1300-tons of asphalt on this project along with 750 cubic yards of concrete. keep in mind, this was a project not done by just public works. it was a collaboration with m.t.a., san francisco bike coalition along with walk sf. again, i want to say thank you all. after being here today, public works is happy to be part of this celebration. thank you all. [applause] >> next is the partner at the san francisco bicycle coalition. >> good morning. i am claia.

i am the organizer for the bicycle coalition. for the last five years i worked on advocacy in district six. you grew up in the tenderloin and live in the south of market. traffic is superimportant to me. i know what it is like to bike, skateboards and bike on streets without the proper infrastructure. it is not safe. town send is one of the important streets in soma for biking, walking and transit with bus lines connecting. town send is a critical connection to get through soma and beyond. when this project was under threat of a year's long delay we made sure the city didn't drop the ball. we are thrilled today we get to celebrate these improvements we won together. before the changes people were walking in the streets because there was no physical sidewalk

in place. people biking had to compete with buses, uber and lyfts. now there are dedicated, safe and welcoming spaces for people to bike and block. a block long boarding island separates the chaos. this is smart design to make the street so much more inviting and will encourage more people to walk, bike and take transit in one of the busiest neighborhoods in san francisco. when we set the bar high for city planners they can rise to the challenge and deliver. we want to thank the hardworking staff at the s.f.m.t.a. and matt haney to see this through to construction. setting a high bar we want to thank mayor london breed for pushing the s.f.m.t.a. to deliver 20 miles of new bike lanes within the next two years.

we will work with you all and the city departments and our membership to make streets safer for pedestrians and people on bikes. i would like to introduce jody, executive director for walk san francisco. thank you. >> good morning. thank you, mayor breed, berrum m director and our partners of the san francisco bicycle coalition. i am the walk san francisco executive director. this is one of the places in san francisco where there are huge numbers of people walking every single day. for so long it is dangerous for pedestrians. no sidewalks, mixing with cars and unable to get to the caltrain service where we heard of the buses and trains and people moving about the bay

area. today town send is making a step towards safety for thousands of people every day. i want to give the s.f.m.t.a. a big thank you for doing this very quick league. we encourage them to keep it up. how can we do this more often? there is no time to waste in ending fatal traffic clashes. we have a goal to end all fatalities and serious injuries in the next five years. there are so many more areas where thousands are walking every day need to be made safe asap. we need to create streets that put people and safety first. this is reality for san francisco. thank you to the staff at the s.f.m.t.a., department of public works, mayor's on the supervisor's office who are part

of the important project to keep us all safer. thank you so much. [applause] >> i am jeffrey tumlin, director of transportation for the san francisco municipal transportation agency. i am so proud of my entire agency and the san francisco department of public works who collaborated together. the planners, engineers, work crews representing a dozen different trades, concrete, asphalt, signs, striping. they all worked to advance the quick build project which for the first time is designed to accommodate every mode of transportation. i am very proud of the spring design decisions they have made. for example right here, the curb work to allow us to save $5 million and two years of delay required to move the

utility polls. this is quick build. we moved quickly. everyone worked and we delivered this is a city family to serve thousands in san francisco in a part of the transportation network where every mode comes together. caltrain, public and private buses, light rail, pedestrians, bikes, scooters and the entrance to the central subway observing a year and a half from now. this is amazing work. i hope this is considered the pilot for another five years worth of intensive quick build work that we owe deep gratitudes to the staff of both agencies but the leadership of the board of supervisorboardof supervisor.

i would like you to join us to cut this ribbon. mayor, would you like to lead us. >> five, four, three, two, one. there we go. [applause]