>> thank you all again for joining us this afternoon. as of today, w we have a total f 1,332 cases coronavirus in our city. if you want more information, specific data around zip code and race and the number of people tested, you can check out our website, data sf.org/covid19. whenever we have accurate information and can provide it to the public, we provide it on our tracker and we made a number of announcements about the expansion of our tracker to include a zip code and to look at some of the despairties that exist in our city. the tracker is helpful in that regard and helpful in making sure that we are allocating

resources in the places that need it the most. i want to be clear from the very beginning in our emergency operation's center, we have embedded the office of equity, which is focused on making sure that all of the decisions that we make are looked at through a lense of equity in the communities disadvantaged or left out the larger city-wide response, they get the resources and the support that they need. this past monday, cheryl davis here was to talk about an extensive list of things they're doing for outreach and i want to thank all and all of the city staff that continue to support our most vulnerable residents. i've just a few updates that i want to talk about and i really want to start give to sf. we have been talking about give

to sf from the very beginning because we knew that when this pandemic hit, that it was going to impact people financially. and the city was not going to be able to do it alone. although we've done a tremendous job, many of our city agencies with reshifting resources that they already have in order to meet needs that we did not anticipate, we know it will be important to get assistance from private contributors. and give to sf, we announced over a month ago and as of today, we've raised over $10 million in private resources to help with give to sf and i want to be clear about the focus of this program. number one, food security. number two, housing security. and number three, small business support. and in particular, we knew that

a few things would happen as a result of this pandemic. there would be people who lost their jobs, but also didn't qualify for unemployment or had no access to resources whatsoever. we knew that food would be a challenge and although we've been able to invest more in programs and also a rent moratorium, an eviction moratorium and a number of other things we've put into place, people would need resources directly to ensure that they had food on their tables and that they had access to resources that pay their bills. and again, the spirit of the people of the city has been absolutely outstanding. it just really reminds me of how important it is that we look out for one another and this program, give to sf does exactly that. and i want to just take this opportunity to just talk about

what the program has already done. as i said, we've raised over $10 million for this program and already, we've allocated about 5.35 million to nonprofit organizations and other groups that have distributed the money directly to people that would need it the most, including providing grocery store gift cards to low income and non-documented residents because, again, we know people who are a part of our immigrant community would have the most challenging time getting access to food and we wanted to make sure we prioritize this community as recipients of gift cards so organizations that serve or immigrant community, as well as organizations that serve various low-income populations throughout the city have been the people that we've counted on to work with us to distribute

access to gift cards for grocery shopping. we're providing, as we did early on, grants to small businesses, as well as a no-interest loan with flexible repayment schedules because we want to provide not only money that people need in these small businesses immediately, but we want to make sure that they have a sufficient revenue to cover their expenses. when i think about the businesses who i know will need help the most and will most likely not be able to recover the cost that -- the amount of resources that they are losing as a result of these pandemics, i think about the people who do hair, the people who do nails, masseuse, the people who cut your hair, those kinds of services and i know that after we're able to move back into a place we can open up those businesses, they're still going

to have some real challenges with meeting the needs of their back rent and other financial issues, as well as their es. employees. we want to make sure those businesses that do not traditionally qualify for the resources that qualify for the state, that we provide them with some relief directly here in the city. and so, we are also providing funding for people who are at risk of losing their housing. although we have issued a moratorium on evictions within,w there other challenges besides what's happening with this pandemic that could lead to housing and security and concern about losing not only your housing but your business. so we wanted to make sure that we had a well-rounded network of support as a result to give to sf and we did just that, with the goals of getting the money into the hand os of the people o

need it the most. i want to reiterate, for example, if you are someone who has access to other resources, please make sure that you are not reaching out to this fund because there are so many people in need and the fact is, no matter how much money we raise, it's going to be difficult to help everybody. so if you need help, we are here to help you, but please don't take advantage of these resources if you don't need them. i want to neighboring this opportunity to also really highlight some of our major contributors to this fund who have been labor been incredibley one, the gershin baker foundation, dr. erica lawson and jeff lawson, google and stumsky

foundation. these organizations have contributed a significant amount of money, not only to give to sf but they also continue to support other nonprofit organizations throughout san francisco and have been really an important part of the fabric of philanthropic giving. you don't have to have a lot money to give to sf. we have received contributions between $10.1.5 million. if this is something you're able to do to help others, please look at our website or call 3-1-1.

we want to ensure it's reaching people who need it the most and thank you all for stepping up to support people in our city to make sure no one is left behind. i want to talk a little bit about testing expansion. from the very beginning, we announced a number of test sites to help some of our first responders and city employees, in particular. and as many of you know, testing is very, very challenging to do because we have limited test capabilities available and so, we want to be very strategic about how we make testing available. of course, anyone exhibiting symptoms should be tested, whether they have insurance or not and the fact that here in san francisco, we've not only extended our capacities to meet the need of many of our first

responders and healthcare professionals and muni drivers and others, but we are today taking it even a step further. the selma location that we opened is available to anyone in san francisco who exhibits any type of symptoms as it relates to the covid-19 virus. again, your immigration status, your lack of insurance, nothing should be a barrier to being able to get tested and we want to make sure that if you think that you have symptoms, then we're able to test you and this will be used for covid-19 testing and data. but we wanted to take it a step further and the location we're testing first responders and people who work in our healthcare industry that it was limited to that particular group of people, we know there are a lot of other people on the

frontlines and when we talk about essential workers, essential workers doesn't only mean people who work in the healthcare industry or those public safety folks who work for the police and fire departments. it also means our grocery store clerks. it also means our janitors and our in-home support services, people who we need to continue to work to support other folks throughout the city and so, if you are in a category of an essential worker, the location where we are testing our first responders and our healthcare professionals, we are extending the ability to test you at this particular site. dr. colfax will talk a lot more about the specifics of that, but again, we do not want anything to be a barrier to making sure you're able to get a test now, especially if you exhibit the symptoms. dr. colfax will also talk a little bit more about how we're limiting the number of symptoms that would allow for testing, p

you think you've been in touch with someone with covid-19 or in some way, you're infected, we want to expand the number of people that we can test and he will talk a little bit more about that as resources come ind as we evaluate on a daily basis, we will expand our ability to test more people. last week talked about contact tracing and trying to identify not only the person, family members who have contracted covid-19, but also others that they've come in contact with. our goal is to do everything we can to enhance contact tracing, expand testing capacities. because as we talk about reopening our city and oh region, these tools are going to be critical to our ability to move forward in this direction.

so if you are someone who needs tested, please give us a call at 3--311 and we will get you to a location to get test results. dr. colfax will talk about this more, if you're an essential worker and you think you have symptoms and you get tested today and you find out tomorrow that you're negative and you're back at work and you're working and later on, a week later, you significanexhibit symptoms agait you to get tested again if you think there's a possibility that you may have the virus because you are out there working and being exposed the virus because of your interactions with the public. and so, we want to keep that in mind as we move on about our lives, but especially as we look at the possibility of reopening

our city, and these are the things we'll need to pay attention to in the future. i want to thank color, carbon health and one medical who are collaborating with us to help provide these additional resources for testing and i want to thank the port of san francisco and the department of public health, as well, because it does take a lot of people and resources to put together any of these testing sites and the goal is to, again, to try to test as many people as we possibly can. if you have questions and you need to be tested, please call 311 or visit sfgov/citytest. hope flehopefully we are gettina

point we can get back to our daily lives. we're not there yet and we're hoping to get there. a couple of weeks ago, i, along with the president of board of supervisors, norman yee, to start a economic recovery task force. that is being cochaired by our recorder carmen choo, the labor council, executive director, rudy gonzalez, and the director of the san francisco chamber of commerce, rotney fong. and the goal of this economic recovery task force is to work with a number of stakeholders throughout san francisco and when i say stakeholders that's from the nonprofit community and business areas. so, again, i go back to the

folks who do hair and nails and making sure they're represented in this economic recovery plan and organizations that serve the community, people who are community stakeholders, we want to make sure that we are thinking about what happens after we start to get back to our daily lives. what happens with our restaurants and tourism? what happens with our hospitals and our hotels? what happens with job opportunities that may no longer be available and what other industries will be coming increasingly available as a result of this pandemic. how do we repurpose our educational institutions and other resources that we have available to fit the needs of what is our new normal? how do we shift our focus so that those who have lost their jobs and have no access to other opportunities or have limited

skillsets, how do we reshift our focus to make sure that they have opportunities? this economic recovery task force is about the future. and just so you know where we stan as istand, as of april 4th0 people in san francisco have filed for unemployment and we anticipated that another 40,000 people in san francisco will file for unemployment. the recession that happened in 2008 and 2009, 45,000 people applied for unemployment. and today, in 2020, we're already at over 60,000 which means that we're going to have some real challenges with our economy and that will not just be the economy here in san francisco. it will be all over the country

and all over the world. and how are we going to redirect our focus on recovery so that people are able to get jobs and take care of themselves and their families? and this economic recovery task force is critical to the success of our future. i mentioned last week or maybe the week before -- i don't think i can keep up with the days -- that we anticipate a 1.1 to $1.7 billion budget deficit. so the city's budget deficit, a number of companies might be going out of business, restaurants, small businesses and we have some real challenges ahead which is why this economic recovery task force and the work they do to help with plan for our future is so important. so i just want to appreciate all of the work that they are doing

and just remind everyone that this will be a very challenging time. one in which i know that because we are here to work together, that we will get through it. and in that regard, there's a lot that we're going to need to do to support our small businesses and our business community in general. because of the real challenges that they face. from the beginning, we provided grants to small businesses that, basically, were quickly swallowed up and we have deferred the payment of your business tax until february of 2020. we actually deferred the payment of certain fees for a few months with the commitment to defer those fees to a longer period of time and, also, i think it's important as a city that we look at all of the fees that we

charge our businesses and make some decisions to eliminate fees in general that have a negative impact on the ability for our small business community to return and that is something we're going to continue to work on. and i want to just talk a little bit about the announcement that was made yesterday by myself and treasurer cysneros to delay the fee for four months until september 30th. this business registration fee that businesses pay, the fact that we're delaying it until september will be helpful to our business community. this will lead up to $49 million in deferrals for at least 90,000 businesses in the city. and we're also extending the deadline again for the unified license fee, which is a fee we

had initially extended for three months. this fee that includes charges to restaurants, bars, small retailers, hotels, tour operators and other businesses and it has been especially hit hard by the pandemic. we're extending that to ensure that we support our small business community and with an opportunity to try to reevaluate what fees we can eliminate entirely. so i want to express the need to continue to make sure that not only are we dealing with the health impacts of the coronavirus here in the city. at the same time, there are other challenges and other needs that need to be met and so part of what we have to do in addition to our physical and mental health and well-being, we have to focus on our economic health. and so that will be a critical

focus for us over the next couple of weeks. and so, for my business that needs any support or has any questions or there's any way we can help you, please reach out at oewd.org/covid-19 or call 311. for any of the announcements that you hear today, if you don't have access to the internet, you can call 311 and you will be transferred to the right location or provided a phone number or information on how you get access on what we talked about here. and if you have access to the internet and you can't remember all of these websites, because i definitely can't, please just go to sfgov.org and you should able to find information about any city services. there's a tracker for the information on the number of people who have the virus in the city with details and there's

information about food and access to food. there's information about housing and other things. there's just a lot of great information if you're looking for it or if it's confusing and you want to just get straight to the point, you can either do a search our sfgov.org or call 311. we will continue to work with our federal and state partners to get even more resources for the people here in san francisco. but we also know the challenges of how long it can take to not only get legislation passed but to get it through the doors where the resources actually hit the public and we want to make sure that we're doing all we can here loyal to support the residents of the city. yes, the city government plays an important part in doing just that, but also, the incredible people of san francisco, so many folks who have been really kind they're neighbors and others and provided resources, spending

money out their own pockets or running errands or the things you've done, that is impactful, as well, and we appreciate all that you continue to do to make sure that we are really looking out for each other because as we continue to say, yes, we are all in this together, what impacts one person impacts us all. and if someone in the city isn't doing well, then it has a tremendous impact on each and everyone of us. so the fact we have so many people in san francisco that are extending their hands and helping out, it means a lot, so i want to express my appreciation and just end it quickly with a story about my grandmother. you know, when you are at home a lot, it gives you a time to not only clean up and do the kinds of house chores that you probably put off for a really long time. it gives you time to reflect

about the people in your life and the value of experiencing you've had. experiences you've had. i grew up in public housing and we didn't have a lot and a lot of the food we received came from the free food program. if any of you receive this food, you know it was a white box of powdered milk or the silver cans of beef or the juice, the grapefruit joyc juice and so ond so forth. we got a lot of the free government cheese and my grandmother was a really good cook. so she would take this free government food and make magic happen. and what i appreciate the most, because people would come to our house, especially when they know dinner was ready, and we knew that they were always coming there to eat. and so i remember one time, i said, mama, why are we always

feeding everybody? we don't have anything ourselves. my grandmother said shutup, girl. she was just like, that's what you do. be quiet. and this what you're supposed to do to take care of your community. you never know what whe when the you. you never know when you'll be in that same situation. so just remember to be good to people. and so, she always had a way -- she said a lot less diplomatic than what i just said, but the fact is, i got the message. and i think that so many people in our city, they have probably at some point in their life have gotten the same message as they grew up to learn that it is definitely a blessing to give and to be supportive of one another and that's the spirit of what this city represents and so, i just want to express my appreciation to all of you for

your continuous leadership and support and your compliance with this order. i know it's been a long time and everyone is ready to get back to their lives, but trust me, this is for the best. and we are in the process of reevaluating some of the health orders and looking at ways in which we can get back to that point safely. and so, as soon as we are able to evaluate that and make good decisions to protect public health, you will all be the first to know as i've committed to every step of the way of this process, to ensuring that we are providing you with information and doing what's best and making sure we're keeping people safe and that's exactly what we'll do when it's time to reopen our doors and to allow us to begin to gradually get back to the life we all know and miss. so thank you for your cooperation and i want to ask dr. grant colfax to come up and

provide an update at this time. >> thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. today, there are 1233 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of coronavirus.

i start out my remarks with this fact to remind you that the data and science continue to tell the story here in san francisco and will continue to guide a response. now 21 people in san francisco have died from coronavirus. this is a loss to our community and i send my condolences to their loved ones. we know that 20 of the people who have died were over 60 years old and all 21 had underlying health conditions. this is consistent with what we know about who is most at risk. our hospitalization numbers for covid-positive patients have been holding relatively steady for the past two weeks. if you look at the graph on the

data tracker, you can see that the curve is flat. san francisco, you made that happen. it is an incredible achievement and i thank you. and we must continue to flatten the curve. i remain very concerned about outbreaks that are occurring in the homeless population, long-term care facilities and other congregate living settings. as we have known and as i have said from the beginning, that this is where the virus presents the greatest threat. if people affected by these outbreaks get very sick, it could still overwhelm our healthcare system. that is why we have prioritized vulnerable populations in these settings from the very start.

and now, i want to talk in some detail about testing. as you've heard the mayor say, we have made a major stride in offering testing to every healthcare workers, first responder and essential worker which has symptoms in the expansion of city test sf. this expansion applies to public and private sector workers and also to any san francisco essential worker with symptoms who do not have other access to testing. it is critical to test people with symptoms so that swift action can follow to provide care, contact investigation and isolation and quarantine. these steps reduce the risk of further exposure and slow the spread of the virus.

there have been many bumps on this road with getting the right test, a reliable test and a persistent shortage of supplies needed to conduct the test. let me be clear, our vision, my vision is that everyone in san francisco has universal access to testing. let me repeat that. the vision is that everyone in san francisco has universal access to testing. we cannot get there overnight.

but we are certainly headed in that direction. today people with any symptoms consistent with covid-19 will be able to get tested. today people who have had close contact with a confirmed covid-19 case, even if they do not have symptoms will be eligible for testing. as we move towards this vision of universal access for testing, this will be a step-wise process consistent with our public health priorities in fighting the pandemic. our values to promote equity and the feasibility based on testing capacity and supplies.

and these challenges will continue, but we will iterate and improve and respond. i want to remind you of priorities to litigate outbreaks, protect vulnerable populations, protect healthcare workers, frontline workers, essential workers, including first responders. test people as a result of contact investigations that include all close contacts and test people with symptoms who hey nomay not be covered by thee other criteria. we base these priorities on the facts about coronavirus. and by keeping to them, we have been able to test everyone in those groups with symptoms, even in the face of scarce supplies

and other challenges. we have been expanding testing capacity ever since we started in our public health lab on march 2nd. and that lab alone, thanks to the hard work of our public lab staff and director dr. susan philip. we are committed to continuing to expand that testing capacity, both in that lab and other partners across the city. as of today, 12,054 people in san francisco have been tested and an average of 12% have tested positive. here are some examples of our commitment to expanding and growing testing capacity to date. we have opened two city test sf

sites for healthcare workers, front-line workers, essential el workers and other people in san francisco with symptoms. the health department, in addicts taddition to expanding r capacity has opened multiple test sites in the city, including the castro mission health center and southeast health center. and i am happy to report that another community-based testing site will open tomorrow in the western addition next to the maxine hall test center. these community sites give patients the opportunity to be tested without leaving their own neighborhood, keeping themselves and others safer. these health department test sites are part of a growing capacity across the city to test people.

, including 26 sites across the city at ucsf, one medical, kaiser, fedder, chinese hospital and dignity help. health. in addition, we are testing all people coming so the jail who will be housed in the jail, and we will begin to test all close contacts of people with confirmed covid-19 regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. as we look forward to our goal of universal access, the next steps will be the testing of more people who do not have symptoms. the focus must be on congregate settings, workers and we must do this work through an equity lense. i want to expand on this a bit, because it's very important to

understand the connection between testing expansion and the unwavering commitment to our priorities that, again, are based on data, science and facts. the next phase of testing people without symptoms will include testing in congregate settings such as shelters, long-term care facilities and sros. testing of healthcare workers, frontline workers and other essential workers, testing in geographic and cultural communities that are affected by despairties and the spread of the coronavirus. and in reaching toward our as as spir racial goal of universal testing, we must recognise several points.

question will rely on those in the healthcare sector. the timeline for these next steps is dependent on several factors, multiple factors, including the ability to meet the demands of current work, managing new outbreaks, a growing number of positives, as well as testing capacity and supplies. and supplies continue to remain a challenge. we recognise and we all must recognise that not every positive test result can be met with full wrap-around supportive services. we will continue to work with our partners as a human service agency and supportive housing department. but we must take a harm

reduction approach. we know from experience that most people who know they are positive will take steps to protect themselves and others. and even with the efforts of the human service agency and the department of homelessness and supportive housing, we must ask people to protect themselves and others. we will take the harm reduction approach which has always been a foundation of our public health system and an effective approach based on science, data and facts, that most people who test positive will do everything they can to protect themselves, to protect others and to protect the community. and it is very important that we realize that negative tests are only a point-in-time finding and should not be cannot be a signal

to forego or relax the use of precautions. therefore, universal testing for people in san francisco will mean that all individuals have a responsibility to act on the basis of their results to the to the best of their ability, they must take this responsibility by self-isolating, seeking care, taking precautions and continuing to protect themselves, their family and community members. and, of course, our systems will do everything that we can to support individuals, their families and the community in this work. we also recognise that science and technology is rapidly evolving and will continue to inform our response and testing strategy. as more rapid tests become available, as we have a better

understanding of what antibody tests really mean and whether neutralizing antibodies confirm long-term, medium term or short-term protection, our toolbox of testing options will likely grow and be implemented as quickly and as effectively as possible. again, supplies continue to be a challenge, but we are making progress and we will continue to do everything we can to ensure that people in san francisco have what we need. and it is very important that we recognise the testing is an important piece, but it just one piece of an overall approach to fighting the coronavirus. the mayor emphasized the importance of contact tracing and this is a vital component

and must be paired effectively and over the long-term with our testing strategies. it is also crucial to continue to do everything we can to prevent people from getting sick in the first place. that includes staying at home, social distancing covering your face around other people and frequent handwashing. it is also important that we continue to ensure that the healthcare system is on high alert and prepared to handle a surge of cases and to be able to treat everyone safely. and it is critical that we do all of this work with an eye towards equity. the health department is commit to the health and well-being of all people in san francisco and

to do everything we can to support the health and full recovery of all communities in our city during and after this pandemic. thank you. is and now police chief bill scott who has been incredible partner to this pandemic will make a few weeks. remarks.

>> thank you and good afternoon. i'm bill scott, chief of police of the san francisco police department and i would like to start off as i always do by thanking our mayor, london breed, and director of public health, grant colfax to for their outstanding leadership during this ver very challenging time. i want to thank the members and the people of san francisco for their support and for their compliance. the vast majority of the public are compliant with the measures that are meant to stop the spread of the covid-19 virus. with that said, we do have some instances in which we've had to issue citations to people and

businesses who after being warned continued to flout the order. to date, we've issued 1 16 citations, seven businesses and nine individuals for violating the county public health order or the state public health order. we admonished or warned 71 people which breaks down to 48 businesses or business owners or managers and 23 individuals. our enforcement will continue and in addition to those figures that i just mentioned, we've informally reached out and contacted hundreds of individuals for warnings to gain voluntary compliance. we've already received press inquiries about how we will enforce the updated public health order regarding the face coverings. from the outset of the original public health order that was issued in mid-march, the sfpd

paid it clear oudmade it clear t has been an option of last resort, but i have stated and continue to state that we will use that option for those who flout the order. that motto has been largely successful and we will continue to use that motto going forward in the issuance of the latest public health order which requires face coverings. our compliance pathway, again, started with educating the public and asking for voluntary compliance. we then issue warnings and formal warnings come with an incident report that our officers take if they issue a formal warning and as a last resort, particularly for those who continue to disobey the order after being warned, we

have cited those individuals or businesses. i want to say that we are working with director cheryl davis, who you heard from during wednesday's press conference. director davis has mobilized key stakeholders in the community and, basically, those stakeholders along with director davis is other city workers plan to distribute face coverings thanks to the mayor's gift to sf campaign. those face coverings have been donated and we think that will go a long way in preventing the spread of covid-19 as well as voluntary combines. scompliance.thank you to directd the others who have been involved that effort because we think that will make a difference. for those interested in our enforcement protocols, visit our covid-19 website on our department's web page and read

the department notices that lay out all of our enforcement protocols. as we've stated before, the purpose of the public health order is not to arrest or cite. it's about promoting the public health practises that will help to prevent the spread of the virus and the san francisco police department's role in that is to help our community get through this extremely difficult time in ways that don't make the situation worse. by working with our community members and by working with our other city partners, we have been largely successful and we ask for continued cooperation and support to stop the spread of this virus. now i want to turn to our crimes to give you an update. we saw an 18% update and that

was mainly fueled by 11 additional robberies and two additional assaults. there was a 31% decrease in part one property crime, which equates to 154 fewer property crimes this past week. and overall, there was a 25% decrease in part one crime which equated to 142 fewer crimes from the previous week. as we've stated, we have had burglaries and vandalisms of businesses and we want to ensure the public and let the public know and let those would-be criminals know that we take this extremely seriously. we've made progress on several of those investigations and are well on our way to identify the perpetrators so those individuals can be brought to justice is held accountable for those crimes. we want our business owners to know that during this difficult time, that the san francisco police department will be out

patrolling, particularly during the night-time, because that's when we've seen many of these crimes occur and our field operation's bureau chief, as well as our operation's assistant chief, michael redman, and their teams are working tirelessly to make sure we do everything possible so that we don't have people being victimized during this difficult time and in some cases our investigators by working with the district attorney's office have been able to get additional charges for looting, which is section 463 of the california penal code and we've had 22 instances where individuals have been arrested and charges of looting have been brought fort anbrought forth.so thank you tot attorney for working with us on that. as always, we encourage people

to report crimes but do so in a way that decreases face-to-face contract in the midst in the spread of the coronavirus. call 9-1-1 to report violent crimes and crimes in progress. we will respond to those crimes as we always do and we will be there for you. please also make use of our newly implemented text 911 service if you are unable to make the phone call but need emergency help. particularly for those that might be experiencing domestic violence, if you are unable to get to the phone to make the call, please take advantage of the text 9-1-1 service. for crimes that have already happened, use our nonviolent property crimes, use our nonemergency line at (415)553-0123. that's (415)553-0123. you can also call 3--1 or

utiliz-1-1 orrequest a copy of g police report. as a reminder, this is national crime's victim's right week is we want to honor crime victims and raise awareness for victim's crimes victims for what they have gone through. lastly, the men and women of the san francisco police department want everyone infected by crime to know that we are always here to provide the service that you need with dignity, compassion and respect. please listen to the direction of our public health officials under the leadership of dr. grant colfax. if you must go outside, please wear a face covering as the most recent order mandates. also, maintain six foot of social distancing and stay six

feet apart. let all do our part for the prevention of the spread of the covid-19 virus and flatten the curve. thank you. >> thank you, chief scott. the first question is for you. from marco gonzalez, kqed, how will sfpd enforce the new public health order regarding face coverings? >> as i stated, our motto has not stated from where we started when the first issue was ordered. i want to make something clear. when i talk about progresstive e pathways to combines, admonished, warnings, it doesn't mean we're not engaging. our officers are engaging on a

daily basis and engaging with many, many people. and i want to let you know, that, yeah, you might be contacted with a san francisco police officer who might ask questions about either where you are or why you don't have your face covering on. please be patient with us because we are here to help. our goal is to further promote the public health orders. our goal is not to write a bunch of citations and arrest a bunch of people. our goals are actually to keep our public healthy is safe. be patient, and understand the orders are there to keep us all healthy and safe and please don't mistake the fact that progresstive enforcement or progressive pathway to compliance equates to lack of engagement. we are engaging thousandsch people and will continue to do so because we want to get to voluntary compliance. in order to do that, it takes

engagement. >> thank you, chief scott. the next set of questions are for mayor london breed madam mayor, the first question, the san francisco county committee chair, david compose switchewageswitch to all mail fs election and what is made to make this a reality? >> to be clear, as someone comes

from a community who, unfortunately, has a history in thiscallinthis country of not hg access to the voting booth, we, of course, take the ability for people in san francisco and others to have access to voting very seriously. in fact, we've already started this process over a month ago, working with the department of elections to prepare for what could happen if in november we still are in a very similar situation to the one we're in. we want to make sure that this in no way impedes anyone's ability to vote. so preparing to have access to more mail-in ballots and also more outreach around voting will be critical to ensuring that everybody has the ability to vote in this election and it's something we've beesomething wen for over a month and we will continue to do so. >> the next question is from

joyce cutler, bloomburg law. the board of supervisors passed requirements for companies to pay for or reimburse gig workers for protective equipment and sanitizing products. will you be signing the legislation? >> i want to be clear that it's important that not only does any other company or business in san francisco provide the appropriate support to their employees, including soap and hand sanitizer and protective equipment, especially to those essential workers. it's important that we do so at a city level. the legislation was just passed and so, we're still reviewing it, but it's definitely something overall that i agree with. >> thank you. also from joyce, what is the proposed level of budget cuts and how many positions will be eliminated to deal with the upcoming $11 billion deficit? >> as i said earlier, we anticipate based on the

controllers' report that there will be a budget deficit of anywhere between 1.1 and $1.7 billion and i think that what that means in the upcoming budget and next year's budget, we'll have to look at the financial projections and where we could make specific changes in order to cut the budget. we don't have the specifics as to what positions or what programs or anything of that nature might be impacted. because that is something we will continue to discuss as we move through this crisis based on what we're spending and based on what we would receive in federal or state reimbursements, as well as some of the resources we've allocated, some of the revenue loss. it's not as simple as being able to answer a question like that right now to say that definitively something is going to happen. but the fact is, close to

$1.7 billion projected deficit means there will be major shift in priorities and definitely some significant financial impacts on services in our city. thank you. thank you, madam mayor. the next set of questions are for dr. grant colfax.

the first question is from kt u.s. tvu. are there any measures to address the black latino americans who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic? >> welling, yes. >> yes. these populations have been a focus of our work since the beginning of the pandemic. there are resources to ensure that they have the educational materials, the support and access to the care that they need in order to pi to mitigatee effects and get the testing, care and treatment they need. one example would be at

southeast health center. we have established a field clinic so that people can get their primary care and urgent care needs met there rather than going to another medical setting. we've established a testing site there and i mentioned that maxine hall center, we will start testing site there tomorrow. and within the mission district, which has a high proportion of latin x residents, zuckerburg san francisco hospital is right there and we will continue to care for the population, for all of san francisco, but especially and including the mission . and an example of a collaboration with regard to learning more about what we can do better, we are collaborating with ucsf on a study of a census track in the mission which has

many latin x residents to better understand the prevalence of the virus there. so the goal there is to test thousands of residents in that track over a relatively short period of time to better understand the dynamics of the pandemic in that community. but i think beyond that, that's a study and i think the important thing is that we are reasoarereinforcing and buildinh community leaders and stakeholders and ensuring everyone in sanfrancisco, regardless of where you live in san francisco has access to testing and care during this time. and also general healthcare overall. >> the next question is from dominick from search f chronicle. sf chronicle. is the volume of swabs keeping

capacity with the testing capacity and what is needed for ppe and frontline healthcare workers? so this remains a huge challenge, a challenge locally, regionally, state-wide and nationally. our aspirational goal for universal testing is further complicated in amendmen implemeg because on a day-to-day basis, i do not have the metrics needed to plan as intent fullfully as d because it's unclear of the supplies will arrive and there is simil simply no centralized m to help local jurisdictions to figure out in a clear way how do we expand. right now, where we stand, we

have enough testing materials and equipment to of course pan to that next set of eligiblability criteria and mean have any symptoms consistent with covid-19, close contacts with people who are known to have covid-19 and then, as we expand to these broader populations and testing, it's going to be an iterative process and it will be dependent on the supply chains stabilizing over time. >> the next question, based on the facts this was weeks earlier than believed, are there any indications that san francisco's first death may have been earlier than we believe? >> i do not have indications of that. it a theoretically possible and we are having conversations with

our medical examiner to determine what retrospective analyses can be done. from the beginning of this pandemic, we have been vigilant in testing unexplained cases of death for covid-19. but it's certainly something given the data that was released yesterday that we will be looking at. >> thank you. the next question is from kathy novack. will essential workers seeking tests at the two sites need a referral? >> so with regard to this testing program, people can go online and are screened online for eligibility and then they can take the next steps depending on their answers with regard to receiving testing at those sites. >> can the city start to reopen before we reach the goal of universal testing for all people in san francisco? >> so i think there are a number

of factors that will help us determine based on data, science and facts how we will potentially relax the shelter-in-place order. certainly expansion of testing is one important tool and another important tool that is linked to that testing is the ability to do aggressive contact tracying stracing, so that in pg where there are outbreaks, we can quickly response. then we need to ensure there's a consistent methodology to how we ensure there's capacity in our healthcare system in the event of an outbreak or a surge in need. there are many other components that will help us to determine relaxation of shelter-in-place orders and the number of switches we turn on overtime, we need to be flexible and have the capacity to shut those down if,

indeed, we start seeing coronavirus cases increase. >> thank you. the next question is from mission local. dr. colfax, you mentioned that lab testing has increased four-foal. four-told. four-followed. whafour-fold. what is the testing capacity in numbers now? >> at our public health lab, we increased from being able to do 50 a day to 200 tests a day. and that's with regard to the machines that are used to do the tests. the mechanical capacity to actually run the test is generally not the right step here. it's around the supplies and around ensuring that seven-day s are expansive are most at need and the most vulnerable.

>> to clarify, the expanded testing for essential workers can be conducted at two city sf sites as well as those who exhibited positive covid cases. >> the two testing sites are focused on providing city workers and other essential workers with access to testing if they have any symptom consistent with covid-19. and then through our public health work and collaboration with partners across the city, we will be testing people who have come into close contact with somebody covid-19, even if they do not exhibit symptoms of covid-19. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next set of questions are from abigail stewart kahn, homelessness and supportive housing.

>> the next question is from the public press. in recent weeks, city officials have discussed the possibilities of opening sanctioned cabinets to help homeless people better socially distance themselves. does the city have a time table for opening these incantments?

>> we know living in shelters put you at risk that many experienced before the global pandemic. meal as this became an issue, the healthy street's operation center paused their resolutions and began providing under the leadership of just kazitki to work with our unsheltered neighbors to physically distanced while unsheltered. i want to implore those living unsheltered to take heed of our hr stock partner's request and to physically distance as much as possible and to continue to ask all partners who are out

there how to access the resources that are available. there a isto get to the questie sleeping, we know that it isn't always possible in sidewalk spaces or in tight areas to safely sleep. the healthy street's operation center is evaluating the possibility of safe sleeping and weather the global pandemic of coronavirus warrants the movement in that direction by the city. i want to note that many cities across the country have had mixed success and safety. and so the city is evaluating whether the coronavirus makes that more urgent now and is working towards plans, towards safe-sleeping sites for the most

impacted neighborhoods and vids individuals in san francisco. we'll be able to provide more information in the coming weeks. the most final thing to note is the reality here. the reality is that the very people who will help us open these safe sleeping sites are the same talented individuals helping us to open hotels and so we cannot, without the help of our providers and all of our dsws and city workers open an of these thing at ths safely. we have to have a conversation how do we bring individuals into hotels in a safe way and we've spent a lot of time talking about the steps required there. as we also consider safe sleeping sites . >> thank you, director. that concludes today's press conference.

>> good afternoon. welcome to the land use and transport community. this is april