our hope s.f. sites. we have been working along with the s.f.p.d. to distribute face coverings and information about social distancing. working in partnership with our communities, our street violence prevention program and our faith-based leaders. today we delivered over a thousand face coverings in the tenderloin and the western edition. this week we will work in partnership with s.f.p.d. to do some caravans, to distribute face coverings, to share

information about social distancing, and working with trusted messengers to share that message. we have been supplying essential household needs directly to community to minimize the time they have to spend outside. as the mayor mentioned, we've been giving gift cards out to families and working with seniors so they can purchase things online using those cards. we've been developing distance learning materials and distributing thousands of books, computers, and activity sheets throughout communities that have not only been hit by coronavirus, but prior to this pandemic and having this shelter in place were struggling with the achievement and opportunity gap. we are trying to work with our partners that ensure that after this is over those gaps are not wider. we have been partnering with the equity studies task force to develop strategies to allow us

not only to address what is happening now but to be more intentional moving forward. closing the digital divide by providing equipment for students. we were able to purchase hundreds of computers in partnership with the housing authority and hope s.f. as well as with rafiki, young community developers and collective impacts. we are working with them to distribute the equipment. we have been supporting trusted community care ambassadors. really working to make sure that we recognize the people who have existing relationships that have the ability to go into communities and ask people to social distance, to see what their needs are, and to meet those needs. they have helped to distribute flyers. we have been able to also offer gift cards and personal

protective equipment for them as they go out and do that work. we have been launching successful webinars focused on our african-american asian-pacific islander, and latino community and also by focus areas working with our faith-based communities, lgbtq communities, and working with education and doing some work around geography. organizing a community care event, as i mentioned earlier, where we are working with the police department, the faith-based groups and our local community stakeholders to make sure folks are aware of the new rules around face coverings and to make sure they have what they need to follow that order. we have been working with black-led media outlets and developing a communications strategy to e-mail, text, and post on social media, targeting our most vulnerable population. again, in partnership with communities that already have those relationships. people who are already posting on social media maybe their

friends and their family would be more inclined to work with them and listen to them than they would be to sfpd. we have been able to build and develop our relationships. centering strategic partnership. we have developed a partnership with schools, schools like hilltop for the pregnant parenting teens. to be intentional and think about how those people can help others. working with the mayor's office on the implementation of the family relief fund and what it looks like for us to be very intentional and make sure that we are not leaving out any families. our civil rights division at the human rights commission is continuing to process complaints of discrimination and manage

inquiries that people may have about what their rights are during this time. we were grateful to work with the emergency operations center and to be able to embed an equity officer at the emergency operations center, focusing on ensuring our disaster response is intersectional and doesn't exacerbate pre-existing structural issues. at the human rights commission we have allocated nearly $1 million for emergency funding and to address many of the needs that have been identified earlier. we are working with our lgbtq2 communities around housing and food security. we are working with our non-profits, and again to thank the non-profits who have been leading that work to provide housing, food security, and to provide gift cards. and to think about our youth and transitional age group, they are concerned with what happens through this process. as we are thinking about employment and economic recovery, a lot of our young

people are very concerned. they have been contributing through the years to their families' household income. last but not least, i want to thank the people and organizational partners for their dedication and commitment to serving our community. people have stepped up, as the mayor said, individually and collectively. organizations have stepped up. they have put themselves at risk. they are distributing food and books. they are figuring out how to utilize the internet. when one part of the city is hurting, we are all hurting. as we move towards recovery, our fight will not be just against a virus. dr. king talked about fighting our finite disappointment with infinite hope. despite the data disappointments that we have, we believe that working together we can actually

make a difference. we are looking forward to overcoming this at this point in time, but staying connected and working collectively to address the disparities that have only been heightened during this pandemic. after me, it will be jeff tumlin from the director of sfmta who will speak. thank you.

>> thank you, director davis. i am jeff tumlin. as all of you know, on april 8th, we made deep and painful cuts to muni service. now thanks to the leadership of mayor london breed and the support of half a dozens departments in the city's emergency operations center, along with the support of over 100 disaster service workers in my agency, people whose normal work is being a clerk or a middle manager, who are now supporting us in car cleaning, i'm very pleased to announce that we've begun our efforts to restore muni service. starting april 25, we are going to be bringing back portions at least of four muni lines and we're bringing those lines back using the same process we used to cut muni service.

we used our abundant data looking at where our riders are. we also used our data about where essential services are. most importantly, we looked at where are the riders who have the fewest choices and neighborhoods who have suffered the most from historic disinvestment. finally, we've listened to a lot of feedback from our riders and from various community-based organizations about where service was needed the most. the five lines we're going to be bringing back include a portion of the 5 fulton running from 6 and fulton to downtown, serving st. marys hospital and the western tenderloin. we'll be bringing back a portion of the 12 fulsome, running from battery street to mena, serving chinatown, the chinese hospital, and a corridor full of seniors who have limited access to other

forms of transportation. we're also bringing back, thanks to lots of community feedback, a portion of the 28-19 avenue running up 19 avenue and making important connections to the end, serving ucsf and serving three hospitals on geary avenue. finally, we're bringing back most of the 54 felton, which runs through a long series of neighborhoods, including hunter's point, bayview, the portal district, the excelcior, amazon, and connecting to balboa station. we also started improving service frequency on the 9, the n, and the l, based on data that we have inadequate space for our passengers and crowding. this is a reminder that even though we're starting to bring service back, please do not ride

muni unless you are an essential worker, making an essential trip, and unless you don't have another choice. it's important that if you do have other options than riding muni, please take them and save a seat and a space for the essential workers who have no other choice. many parts of san francisco are still left without nearby muni service. i would like to remind you if you are over 65 or disabled to please sign up for our essential trip card, which provides deep discounts on taxi service in order for you all to access essential services. as always, you can find the latest and most up-to-date detail at sfmta.com/covid. thank you again for your patience. we're all in this together. now i would like to introduce the chief of the san francisco

police department, chief william scott. thank you, chief scott. >> thank you, director tomlin. good afternoon, everyone. first of all, again, i'd like to thank our mayor, mayor london breed, and our director of public health, grant colfax, for their leadership during this very challenging time. i want to update you on our

enforcement efforts of the public health order and give you an update of this weekend's activities. this weekend we had a very visible presence in our city's parks and other public areas to remind people of the public health order. the vast majority of the public, as we've said in many other of these press conferences, have been compliant with the measures meant to stop the spread of covid-19. with that said, we continue to cite people and businesses who after being warned continue to flout the public health order. to date we've cited 16 such persons and that breakdown is seven businesses and nine individuals who were violating either the county's public health order and/or the state's public health order. we admonished 67 between businesses and individuals, we issued 67 formal admonishments.

that means an incident report has been taken. in addition to that, we have had dozens of informal warnings, warning people to abide by the health order and social distance. an update on our crime statistics for the week. during the fifth week of the shelter-in-place order which was from april 13 to april 19, we saw an increase in violent crimes, which was led by 11 additional robberies over the previous week and two additional assaults. we saw 31% decrease in part 1 property crime, which was 154 fewer property crimes from the previous week. there was a 25% decrease in part 1 crimes. that means there were 142 fewer crimes than the previous week. this is compared to the week of

april 6 through april 12, which was the fourth week of the shelter-in-place order. again, we've had burglaries and vandalism of businesses. we continue to step up our patrols in that area to make sure our businesses are protected as much as we can protect them while they are closed. we have had some arrests in those cases. again, i would like to thank our partnership with the district attorney and his office. they have been able to add looting charges to 19 of these instances of burglary. we thank them for their partnership there. we encourage everyone to report all crimes, but do so in a way that helps to decrease face-to-face contact and inhibit the spread of covid-19. we have the crime-reporting unit in place where you can call and make the report over the phone and you can report on the

internet. always call 911 to report violent crimes and crimes in progress and we will respond, as we always do, to the scene to make sure we do everything possible to investigate those crimes and arrest the offenders. please make sure to make use of the city's new text 911 service, if you are unable to make a telephone call to report a crime, but you need emergency help. particularly if it is a domestic violence situation, we want to emphasize the use of the text 911 feature. some people aren't able to safely make the phone call from their cellphones or home phones or landlines, that feature will allow you to text the police so we can get help to you. for crimes that have already happened, that includes non-violent property crimes or crimes that have already occurred, please call our

non-emergency line at 415-553-0123. you can still call 311 or utilize the website to file police reports and we encourage you to do that to help slow down the spread of covid-19. again, this is a national crime victims' rights week. traditionally, this week is meant to reach out to violent crimes homicides. and there is an event in sacramento to honor the victims of these violent crimes and this year that will not occur. so we want to reach out to those victims and their families, to say we are still thinking about you and we are there if you need it. it is a time when we honor the survivors and their loved ones. truly, if you need us, we will be there, the city and county of san francisco, as well as the

san francisco police department. i want to reiterate the mayor's comments about 4/20. so far, so good. i thank the members of the public who have stayed away from golden gate park where this event is held. so far things are going really, really well. i want to thank everyone for that. but please keep this momentum going. this is literally a matter of life or death and i don't think i'm being mellowdramatic when i say that. your intention to attend or not attend these gatherings could be the life of you or someone you love. we ask you to keep up the cooperation so we can continue to flatten the curve and slow down the spread of the virus. with that, i'd like to thank you

all and i think we open it up for questions. thank you. >> for those joining us virtually, the first set of questions are for dr. grant colfax. thank you, dr. colfax. the first question is from molly solom

solomon. supervisor matt haney is introducing a resolution to provide free testing to all clients and staff in the homeless response system. is universal testing possible for the city's homeless community and staff? if not, why. >> answer: so as i've talked about previously, we need to ensure that the population who are prioritized for testing are the people who need it most. that includes people who are symptomatic with covid-19, people who have had high-risk exposures, healthcare workers, and first responders. i want to say in those first few groups, there are a number of people experiencing homelessness who fit into those groups. we are also following the data, science, and facts in terms of how to prioritize testing when there is a positive case discovered. you will see in our approach

from the m.s.c. south shelter to the case in the division circle navigation centers, following the information with the experts and the investigation teams, we take different approaches depending on the circumstances. at m.s.c. south it became clear there was a widespread outbreak and that is why we tested everyone in that shelter and we provided them with the care and support services that they required and needed and closed that shelter. another approach was taken at the navigation center, where there was a case detected and there was contact investigation done and testing was done there on a more limited scale because at that time we didn't find an increased number of cases as a result of that investigation. as our testing capacity expands and as we are able to obtain more of the swabs and the gunk,

the medium for transporting the testing materials, we will be testing more people. based on state guidelines released this morning, the guidelines will include testing people who have had close contacts with covid-19 cases, but who meet the definition of having a close contact, but does not exhibit symptoms. so that would be another place where we would be expanding our testing, including of course with people experiencing homelessness. the other places we are currently in discussions with and i think it makes sense is exploring where and when it would be appropriate to test people coming into the hospitals, patients coming into the hospital and what that would take.

i think in some cases it's easier to do that when you have one of these rapid tests that takes 45 minutes, but we obviously don't have nearly as many of those as the tests that take one to two days. obviously we can't wait one to two days to admit somebody to the hospital. so my point is as we expand our testing capacity, we need to continue to follow the science and data about who needs the testing most, focus on the vulnerable populations, so that as we expand our testing and contact investigation, we are saving the most lives possible and focusing on those that are most vulnerable to dying from this disease, whether the person is housed or experiencing homelessness. >> question: a follow up. have staff and residents at shelters and navigation centers already been tested? >> answer: yes. as i've said, we do this on a

basis of what we have learned about the specific situations where there is a detected case. in the case of m.s.c. south, all the residents and the staff were tested in those situations. we will continue to test as guided by our disease investigations at shelters, navigation centers, and elsewhere in the city. >> question: next question. more than 60 people have tested positive for covid-19 at the central garden assisted living facility. when did this outbreak get learned of and what support is the department giving to this facility? >> answer: the latest numbers i have from that facility is that a total of 67 cases have been detected in that facility. if i can do my math right, i believe it's 39 residents and 28 staff. so it is a very serious

outbreak. the state has oversite of these facilities and they are the lead agency in this. but when we became aware and were notified of the initial cases on march 30, we immediately started collaborating with the facility and with the state in terms of ensuring that as much was being done as possible to protect both the residents and the staff. and i would say that one of the key things that we're ensuring is that the lessons learned with the c.d.c. investigation, the two-week c.d.c. investigation at laguna honda are being applied to this facility as well. so very concerned. i said from the beginning and many said from the beginning that nursing homes and other congregate living situations for older adults are a major area where, unfortunately, people will suffer from this disease.

we're doing everything we can to mitigate the spread of the virus, both in this facility and in facilities across the city. >> question: how many homeless people to date have tested positive for the virus in. >> answer: so as we've described in m.s.c. south, we have a total of 96 positive cases there. we've had several additional cases in other shelters and navigation centers across the city. i do not have a total number of -- to share with you at this time. that is really because much of the testing that's been done across the city, there's no requirement to record housing status and our data team is working hard to provide better estimates based on hospital numbers and our own d.p.h.

systems to try to cross-match the data with the positivity that's on the testing form with a hospital admission data that are under d.p.h.'s jurisdiction. i hope to share that soon. >> question: are you confident you know the rate of infection in the homeless population and are there any plans to expand testing for the homeless, as is being done in l.a. county? >> answer: i think as i mentioned with regard to to the data tracker and the map that i showed, it's important that see that the rates that we're presenting are the rates that are based on the positive test results of the people who have been tested in the city. so no, we do not know the true rate, if you will, of coronavirus of populations in the city. we don't know that for the state, regionally, or

nationally. what we are doing is ensuring that we are testing people again who are at most risk for the disease based on their symptoms and close contacts. we will be expanding our testing criteria as the materials we need to do the testing, as it becomes clear we will be getting more of that, as our response is able to have more reliable sources of those materials, we will be expanding the testing including close contacts of people with covid-19 for people who do not show those symptoms. currently you have to have symptoms consistent with covid-19 and be a close contact in terms of being tested. so we will be expanding our testing criteria, including for people experiencing homelessness. >> question: the next question is from mission local. is there a possibility that

california, like new york, will begin to produce its own supply of testing swabs? >> answer: i would -- it's a possibility. i don't have any additional information to speculate on that at this time. >> question: the next question is from the s.f. examiner. what is the next type of dataset you plan to release to the public on datasf and when? >> answer: we have quite a bit of data on the data tracker at this time and we are continually updating that information. i don't have a specific timeline to share with you about what would next be released. i do want to ensure you that the relevant data are accurate and it helps inform the public that it's my commitment at the health department to ensure that we are sharing accurate data as quickly and as transparently as possible

with the public to help them better understand the dynamics of the pandemic in san francisco. >> question: as a follow up. will the department release zip code data for death? >> answer: well, i think one of the key things -- there are two things i think to emphasize right now about the response in san francisco. one is if you go to the data tracker and you see the numbers of hospitalizations, both in general and in the i.c.u., those numbers have been fairly flat over the last two weeks, which is again a testament to the response of all san franciscans in terms of taking this pandemic really seriously. when we keep talking about flattening the curve. remember, we are looking at the hospitalizations because those are the people that are sick and need our help the most. right now, our system is able to -- has enough capacity to

manage those most seriously ill people. the curve looks flat. that could change at any time, but for now it's important to note that we have the capacity. going back to the question, we have had unfortunately 20 deaths, and obviously that's concerning to me and my condolences goes out to the family members and friends and community of the people who have died. that number is still relatively small compared to other jurisdictions. i expect those numbers to increase and as those numbers do increase, we will share data as appropriate on our data tracker. >> question: thank you. delores park was apparently crowded this sunday. are you concerned all of our efforts to go to waste as the

weather improves and more people visit parks? >> answer: i think it's important for people to continue to ensure the social distancing guidelines are followed. that people take the proper precautions in terms of washing your hands, other infection precautions that we've talked about. as you do go to work as an essential worker, that you do not go if you're sick, that we adhere to the facial guidelines that were issued, that we do not become complacent. the curve that i talked about is relatively flat is because of the work, the hard work that all san franciscans are doing in terms of complying with this order. i think it's important that we enforce and recommit ourselves to this.

because as the weather gets better, i will say, this is hard to do. it's stressful and becomes tiring. it's even harder to deal with situations that we've seen elsewhere. we really need to continue to commit ourselves to taking the social distancing and other public health measures necessary until we start seeing signs that the shelter-in-place orders could be relaxed in a scientific and data-driven way as we move forward into potentially another stage of this epidemic. >> thank you. that concludes today's press conference.

>> this is one place you can

always count on to give you what you had before and remind you of what your san francisco history used to be. >> we hear that all the time, people bring their kids here and their grandparents brought them here and down the line. >> even though people move away, whenever they come back to the city, they make it here. and they tell us that. >> you're going to get something made fresh, made by hand and made with quality products and something that's very, very good. ♪ >> the legacy bars and restaurants was something that was begun by san francisco simply to recognize and draw attention to the establishments. it really provides for san francisco's unique character. ♪ >> and that morphed into a request that we work with the city to develop a legacy business registration.

>> i'm michael cirocco and the owner of an area bakery. ♪ the bakery started in 191. my grandfather came over from italy and opened it up then. it is a small operation. it's not big. so everything is kind of quality that way. so i see every piece and cut every piece that comes in and out of that oven. >> i'm leslie cirocco-mitchell, a fourth generation baker here with my family. ♪ so we get up pretty early in the morning. i usually start baking around 5:00. and then you just start doing rounds of dough. loaves. >> my mom and sister basically handle the front and then i

have my nephew james helps and then my two daughters and my wife come in and we actually do the baking. after that, my mom and my sister stay and sell the product, retail it. ♪ you know, i don't really think about it. but then when i -- sometimes when i go places and i look and see places put up, oh this is our 50th anniversary and everything and we've been over 100 and that is when it kind of hits me. you know, that geez, we've been here a long time. [applause] ♪ >> a lot of people might ask why our legacy business is important. we all have our own stories to tell about our ancestry. our lineage and i'll use one example of tommy's joint. tommy's joint is a place that my husband went to as a child

and he's a fourth generation san franciscan. it's a place we can still go to today with our children or grandchildren and share the stories of what was san francisco like back in the 1950s. >> i'm the general manager at tommy's joint. people mostly recognize tommy's joint for its murals on the outside of the building. very bright blue. you drive down and see what it is. they know the building. tommy's is a san francisco hoffa, which is a german-style presenting food. we have five different carved meats and we carve it by hand at the station. you prefer it to be carved whether you like your brisket fatty or want it lean. you want your pastrami to be very lean. you can say i want that piece

of corn beef and want it cut, you know, very thick and i want it with some sauerkraut. tell the guys how you want to prepare it and they will do it right in front of you. san francisco's a place that's changing restaurants, except for tommy's joint. tommy's joint has been the same since it opened and that is important. san francisco in general that we don't lose a grip of what san francisco's came from. tommy's is a place that you'll always recognize whenever you lock in the door. you'll see the same staff, the same bartender and have the same meal and that is great. that's important. ♪

>> the service that san francisco heritage offers to the legacy businesses is to help them with that application process, to make sure that they really recognize about them what it is that makes them so special here in san francisco. ♪ so we'll help them with that application process if, in fact, the board of supervisors does recognize them as a legacy business, then that does entitle them to certain financial benefits from the city of san francisco. but i say really, more importantly, it really brings them public recognition that this is a business in san francisco that has history and that is unique to san francisco. >> it started in june of 1953. ♪

and we make everything from scratch. everything. we started a you -- we started a off with 12 flavors and mango fruits from the philippines and then started trying them one by one and the family had a whole new clientele. the business really boomed after that. >> i think that the flavors we make reflect the diversity of san francisco. we were really surprised about the legacy project but we were thrilled to be a part of it. businesses come and go in the city. pretty tough for businesss to stay here because it is so expensive and there's so much competition. so for us who have been here all these years and still be popular and to be recognized by the city has been really a huge honor.

>> we got a phone call from a woman who was 91 and she wanted to know if the mitchells still owned it and she was so happy that we were still involved, still the owners. she was our customer in 1953. and she still comes in. but she was just making sure that we were still around and it just makes us feel, you know, very proud that we're carrying on our father's legacy. and that we mean so much to so many people. ♪ >> it provides a perspective. and i think if you only looked at it in the here and now, you're missing the context. for me, legacy businesses, legacy bars and restaurants are really about setting the context for how we come to be where we are today. >> i just think it's part of san francisco. people like to see familiar

stuff. at least i know i do. >> in the 1950s, you could see a picture of tommy's joint and looks exactly the same. we haven't change add thing. >> i remember one lady saying, you know, i've been eating this ice cream since before i was born. and i thought, wow! we have, too. ♪