we'll be back with another pandemic-related episode shortly. this is coping with covid-19. i'm chris mathers. thanks for watching. you can f out more information about this data and on our data tracker, on

our online data sunny skies sf.org/covid-19 for full details. i want to just kind of update all of you on a few things and get to dr. colfax and some important things that definitely need to be discussed. first of all, this past monday dr. colfax and i had a -- monday was yesterday, right? it feels like monday every day, but yesterday dr. colfax and i, along with dr. susan phillips, had this great conversation about what it would take to reopen, and we talked about the indicators and the hospitalizations and a number of other things and the various phases. it was a very good conversation, and i think it is needed. what we found from that conversation are, of course, a number of questions, and many questions centered around when

will we will able to get child care open, summer camps, schools and other things centered around children because i know many parents are anxious to not just get a break from their children but to get back to work and to get their kids involved in activities, and i know kids are anxious to play with their friends, and so this friday at 11:30 i, along with bill ginsburg who is the director of park and rec and others will have a conversation around some of the options that we have available and what you can expect for the future. it will center around opportunities mostly for the summer and transitioning kids into, you know, a place where we can allow in some cases some summer activities, and we will be able to speak to more details about that on friday and

hopefully get to some of the questions that so many of the parents have. so we appreciate you all tuning in. we decided to cut back on some of the press conferences and really focus on the conversations with a lot of the leaders who are leading around public health, who are leading around support for children, youth and families, folks who are helping us to make the decisions about economic recovery as we move in our new normal of covid-19 this provides us with an incredible opportunity to really get to the heart of, you know, what is of most concern to the people of san francisco and answer your questions so that you are able to make plans or arrangements as information is provided to you. so we know that it's been probably very challenging that we have not been able to provide you with specific dates or times

around the things that you want to know the most, and as we have said before, this is a fluid situation and things can change at a moment's notice, but because most san franciscans have complied with the orders, people have been wearing their masks, socially distancing themselves, and again i say most people. i didn't say all people, but most people have complied, and because many people are taking this directive seriously, we have seen a decline in the curve, and that is something to be proud of, but our goal is to get rid of it entirely, and that's going to take continued work. yesterday was the first day that shops were able to open for curbside pick-up, and some offering delivery. i stopped by green apple, a bookstore, in the inner sunset, and they have another location further out. i was so happy to buy a book.

i just didn't know what to do with myself. it felt good to go out to the community and to support this incredible institution. this past friday i picked up dinner at the golden mira. i stopped by, you know, the garden center, and it just -- you know, to be able to support these businesses was really incredible, and i think that it's important -- i know that we are all sheltering in place, going out to run errands and do essential things, but here's an incredible opportunity. we want to support our businesses, and this is a way that we can do that. so rather than making that next purchase on amazon, maybe consider finding a place in your community and trying to shop at the local stores that may have availability for pick-up and

delivery. i am really -- i needed a cord, and so i made sure that i checked in with the local hardware store. they didn't have the cord at the hardware store that i called, but i found it at another place. so i like the idea of making sure that we are purchasing things from businesses in our city that are able to offer their services, but i think it's going to take a lot more effort so we can make sure that after we get through this hump those businesses are able to open they are not able to bring back their entire workforce. they still have to pay their rent and bills. it's been a really challenging time, even though they are raising private money and we're putting public money together and we're trying to support our small business community, and there have been a number of other initiatives, it's not always reaching the people who need it the most because we still have our hair salons, our nail salons, our barber shops,

our masseuse, people who do services that require direct contact with people, they are still not open, still not in business, and this is a really challenging time for so many people. so whatever we can do to support our local economy, our local businesses, i really want to strongly encourage you to think about supporting the businesses in your neighborhood and just maybe seeing what's available, going online and doing some research to see what's available to support small businesses in san francisco. another way that we are able to help some small businesses in san francisco and help our seniors is through this great plates food program. and i'm really excited about this because we know that, first of all, when we first issued a -- before we issued a shelter-in-place for everyone, we specifically asked that vulnerable population, our seniors and those who have

underlying health conditions, to stay home. and what we found, of course, you know, there are some seniors, for example, who qualify for calfresh, some concerns who qualify for meals and wheels and are lucky to have those opportunities, but there are a number of seniors who are just above that threshold. they may even own a home but are on a fixed income and can barely take care of themselves and take care of their home. and i do think it's important, regardless of whether or not you have the means to make sure that all of our seniors are taken care of. and so this program is a program that partners seniors with local restaurants, and what we're able to do is provide three meals a day from local restaurants. so it not only helps support our seniors, it helps support our restaurants. and it provides a no-contact delivery. it makes it so easy for them,

and i am so excited that along with all the other programs that are available, including the food bank, the san francisco -- food bank, meals on wheels and a number of other initiatives and people who are doing it on their own, the fact that we have even another program that will provide food to our seniors and also support our restaurants is really great and i want to thank governor gavin newsom for his support for this program. i want to talk a little bit about testing because i know that comes up. the great news is we've come a long way. the fact is, if you are a san franciscan and you exhibit one symptom, you could have a cough, you could have a temperature, call 311 or go online to sfgov.org and sign up and you'll get sent to a testing center to be tested, any san franciscan. but we also will test any

essential worker, whether you are a san francisco resident or not. if you're an essential worker in san francisco and you don't exhibit any symptoms because you're on the front line, whether you're selling groceries or driving muni or out there as a paramedic, those are the people who are in contact with folks on a daily basis, putting their lives on the line to provide us an essential service, so we wanted to make sure that you know that testing is available for you. we've expanded the number of sites, and in addition to a site in selma area, in the western addition and bayview and a few other sites scattered throughout san francisco, we wanted to make it a lot easier for communities where we know testing is needed. we specifically announced a few mobile sites, including the mobile site in the tenderloin, a site in ocean avenue and the omi, the lakeview area, and

another site in the bayview hunters point community, and the site in the bayview hunters point community, the testing will be over the course of a few days, specifically in hunters view. but anyone from the bayview is definitely welcome to receive a test. we did this in collaboration with a number of community-based organizations, similar to what was done in the mission, because we know that there are high rates of covid-19 in the bayview hunters point community, and we know that people need access to testing, and we also understand that sometimes they may not call or they may not go online to figure out whether or not they should be tested. and we also want to make sure we detach the stigma associated with getting tested, and so on friday, myself as well as supervisor walton, we will be going to the bayview hunters

point. we will be tested, and the goal is to show people how easy it is and to make sure that folks feel comfortable and they feel safe, that they can be tested whether they have insurance or not, whether they are documented or not. the more that people know they have access to testing and they feel comfortable when they exhibit a symptom or if they think they've been exposed, the better we'll be. and so our goal is to get to a certain level of testing in the city because it's gonna be critical to our ability to reopen. and that's why we want to make sure we set up these mobile locations. we hit all of the neighborhoods and we make it easy for people to get tested, and this is another opportunity to do that. so with that, i just want to, again, thank all of you for your patience and your cooperation. we have come a long way, and i just want to appreciate how far

we've come. there was a time where access to testing was very, very limited, and now we're at a place where we have expanded testing, and this is absolutely critical to reopening. there was a time when we were having discussions about requiring everyone to stay home, and now the pick-up and deliveries and other things are available. we're going to have a conversation, as i said, this friday about the options available for families because i know that there are so many parents who are anxious to figure out what is gonna happen for their kid this summer. we want to make sure that kids have, you know, a great experience. it has been challenging and will continue to be, but it's important that we make sure that there are options available, and so our goal is to have an in-depth conversation on friday at 11:30, so i hope you will tune in, and with that, i know dr. colfax has an update of

where we are as it relates to public health overall, as well as some information, the latest on laguna honda hospital, and so, again, thank you so much for your cooperation, and with that i'd like to introduce dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have

that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for

doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed the spread of the coronavirus in our community. you have protected each other. you have protected your families, and you have protected your community. and most importantly, you have protected the populations that are most vulnerable to this virus, the populations over 60, people with co-morbid conditions who we know, both on our local data and from our national data, are unfortunately most likely to die from this disease. today there are 62 patients with covid-19 hospitalized in san francisco across our nine health care hospital entities, and while this is an increase since yesterday, the curve has been remarkably flat for many weeks now and steadily declining since

may 5. although, of course, and you've heard me say this many times, but it's -- i will continue to say it, this could change at any time, but we must acknowledge that big accomplishment that, again, all of us have made major contributions to. you have all been a part of this, and for this i thank you. and let's continue to flatten and push that curve down together. we are certainly making this measurable progress in our fight against coronavirus, and because of that, we are starting here locally under the mayor's leadership and across the region with regard to the gradual process of reopening. yesterday we issued new health orders that allow curbside pick-up for most retailers in the city, and we are taking steps in this regard with

caution as our focus on community health remains a top priority. we will need to watch, continue to watch for the effects of increased movements that this opening will bring. we know that before the shelter-in-place went into place, order went into place, the more we moved, the more the virus moved. and we are certainly hoping, based on the data, the science and the facts, that as we continue to take the precautions necessary, the masking, the social distancing, the intense hygiene that i think we've all adapted to over these last few months, i don't know about you, but my hands are a little red from the washing, and i've used a lot of hand gel recently, but as we adapt, we are hoping that as we move more we will not see increased movement and transmission of the virus. and remember the virus has no

timeline, and our new stay-at-home order reflects that reality. we are in the second inning of a long game, and most scientists expect that this long game is going to be with us for 18 to 24 months. so the new updated health order will allow for future expansion and the reopening of additional businesses provided, again, we continue to flatten and even see a decrease in that curve. and again, the health indicators need to continue to look good. this new order doesn't have an expiration date so we can act with maximum flexibility and not be penned in, literally, by artificial deadlines. and i have hopes, and i think we should all have hope and good reason to believe, as i said, that if people continue to take precautions we will continue to

make progress. but at the same time, if needed, we will dial back. if that curve starts to go up, if we start to see indications that the virus is spreading in the community at an alarming rate, if our intensive care unit numbers start to go up, the hospitalization numbers over all start to go up, we will need to take a step back and decrease our activity in our community. i hope that doesn't happen, and again, the more vigilant we are in our preventive activities, the more likely it is that we will be able to make incremental but sustainable progress going forward. it will take resilience. it will require that we stay nimble, and it will require that we continue to monitor the evolving health situation, you know what i say here, using

data, science and facts. so in terms of our reopening phases, and i think we have a slide up to show this, this is the focus of our steps will be aligning generally with the state's plan that you see on this slide. we are currently in stage 2(a), which is really, again, focusing on that allowing curbside pick-up and then having the manufacturing and supply chains to support that curbside pick-up in place. so again, this is just the beginning, and over the next period of two to four weeks, we will continue to watch the data to see if we can enter into that next phase, the 2 (b) phase. again, if things go well, we would then be, over time, moving

into stages 3 and ultimately into stage 4. but this is, again, an iterative process. it's going to take nimblism, and it's going to take a lot of vigilance on all of our parts. we are working locally with the economic recovery task force, the office of economic and workforce development, and the community -- the business community and other stakeholders to design smart ways, to design smart ways, ways that are informed, again, by the science, to help businesses come back while protecting public health. these things can go and will go hand in hand. i look forward, we look forward to bringing the next steps together and will continue to provide updates in this regard. and again, we will continue to study these indicators over a two to four-week cycle, which

will give us sufficient information to determine whether we can gradually open up into these next stages. so one of the key things we will be doing in this, the vital statistics, as it were, for this staging, is looking at the five indicators that i have mentioned before, but we have another visual for you to see here. as we move towards this reopening, the five indicators we are going to be looking at are cases, the number of covid-19 cases, our hospital capacity, testing, contact tracing, and p.p.e., or personal protective equipment. the mayor mentioned these indicators earlier, and as i said at the beginning of my remarks, we had a very good conversation, along with dr. susan phillip, about how we

will be determining and following these indicators as we go forward into these new phases. so again, i would encourage you to watch that session, and we will be coming back to these indicators during this next phase of reopening and onwards. many of these indicators are also represented on our data tracker, and so i would encourage you to follow along, if you haven't already, particularly that hospital curve that i continue to look at every day. i know many of you are doing that. you can also look at our testing data. as the mayor mentioned, we have dramatically scaled up our testing over these past few weeks, and that information is, again, available on our website. so those are the slides, and i'm going to talk more specifically

around testing in one of the most vulnerable populations in a setting in our health department, which is laguna honda hospital. and one of the most important testing expansions we have launched is to require universal testing of residents and staff at all skilled nursing facilities in san francisco, including, of course, the largest skilled nursing facility in the region, and one of the largest if not the largest in the nation, laguna honda hospital. i'd like to provide a progress report on how our universal testing is going at laguna honda hospital, and we'll have final results next week on this. but we were -- as we initiated the universal testing order, laguna honda was the first skilled nursing facility in the city to begin universal testing, and that started on may 4.

resident testing, so the people who live in the facility, the residents, resident testing is now complete, and staff testing will conclude next week. so far we have -- of the approximately 2500 staff and residents of the laguna honda, we have completed screening, the universal testing of 2,087 people. so just in this facility alone, over 2,000 people have been tested, screened if you will, tested on a routine basis because they either live or work there. this testing allows the hospital to proactively protect residents and staff from exposure by identifying covid-19 cases among people without symptoms, and we know that many people have

covid-19. they may not show symptoms, whether it's because they don't show symptoms at all during the course of the infection or whether they are in the early stages of covid-19 disease. as of yesterday, 718 residents and 1369 staff have completed the universal testing, and we've had just four positive results, two among staff and two among residents, as, again, a result of this universal testing. that is a less than 1% positivity rate for -- in fact, to be very specific, i know i'm throwing out a lot of numbers today, but it's a 0.19% rate. that said, with increased testing at laguna honda, we do anticipate additional covid-19 cases. we know these institutions are

highly vulnerable to infection with covid-19, and while we are being extremely vigilant, we know that it is likely that there will be more cases. the key thing is that we do as much as we can to prevent cases, to detect covid-19 cases when they are in the facility, either amongst staff or among residents, and then take aggressive action to limit the outbreak and, of course, care for both the staff and residents who are found to be infected. the people who have followed up -- who have tested positive, excuse me, we have followed up with contact tracing and so far have tested additional residents and staff based on the possible exposure from these four cases. this past weekend that follow-up enabled us to small a outbreak

in the south two neighborhood. these neighborhoods are historically been -- you may think of them as hospital wards. it's a neighborhood because these are long-term residents and certainly goes beyond sort of the traditional hospital ward, but it's an area of the hospital where residents live together and where staff work together. so we did identify a small outbreak on south two precisely because we implemented this universal testing, this universal screening process. we had found two cases there through the universal testing in that neighborhood, and case investigation led us to test additional contacts as a result of that. this additional testing resulted in four positive cases in residents who had previously tested negative. so again, because of our vigilance and repeated testing, we were able to identify four

positive cases of residents who had tested negative before. this is an example of the systems that we have put into place working in the way that they should and in the way that they must, enabling us to take action quickly and to move quickly in response to testing results. staff who test positive are immediately sent home to self-isolate and provided with supports. and residents who test positive are immediately transferred to the new dedicated covid-19 unit at laguna honda where all best practices and best medical care is provided. all staff and residents who have tested positive, i'm thankful to say, are in good condition, and we have quarantined south two and continued to monitor, test and investigate contacts. so these new cases bring the

total confirmed covid-19 cases to laguna honda to a total of 29. again, that's going all the way back to march 22. eleven residents and 18 staff. several of these cases have fully recovered, and i'm thankful to say that the rest remain in good condition. i'm also thankful that to date there have been no deaths from covid-19 at laguna honda hospital. and i'm really just so personally grateful to the residents and the staff at laguna honda who have worked tirelessly to continue to contain the spread of covid-19. this universal testing, which will now become routine at laguna honda, a huge lift, something that took really a great amount of investment and time, and i'm just so grateful to the leadership at laguna honda and the staff there who

are not only doing the work that they did so well before this pandemic but now being resilient, being flexible, being nimble and ensuring that they are protected -- they are continuing to take the best care for residents possible. i am proud of our work and really want to thank the ongoing collaboration with the cdc, the centers for disease control and prevention and the california department of public health. the improvements that we've made at laguna honda not only benefits the more than 700 residents of laguna honda and the workforce there, but we are also sharing what we learn with other skilled nursing facilities across the city. in san francisco, approximately 40% of all skilled nursing facility patients and residents have been tested through universal testing to date. five facilities have completed universal testing.

four are under way with our support, and the remainder are planned in the next coming weeks. so in conclusion, over the next weeks and months, we will continue to focus on vulnerable populations and expand universal testing to more congregate settings, including shelters. we will continue to focus on the five indicators that i and the mayor have emphasized. we will continue to work together with community businesses and other stakeholders across the region and coordinate with the state to accomplish as much restoration of activity as we can. and we know that the coronavirus is still here. but we are going to find a way to protect each other and enter a new era for our city, for san francisco, for our community.

we continue to rise to this occasion. and san francisco, i can't thank you enough for your dedication to the entire health of the entire community, and i look forward to moving forward together. thank you. >> good afternoon. the first questions are for dr. colfax. the first question is from mel baker, san francisco public press. when will san francisco residents and staff of all san francisco's nursing facilities be tested for coronavirus? >> dr. grant colfax: so as i detailed in my remarks, this effort is going well. i don't have a specific end date for you, but i can tell you that with our health order and with the aggressive actions that we are taking and supporting in nursing homes across the city, i expect that it will be done

soon. and again, this is an iterative process. it's not as though we do one round of universal screening or testing of all residents and staff. this is a process that will be ongoing because we, again, want to support the staff and respects in the nursing homes in early detection of covid-19 to prevent it from spreading through these communities. i would also add that the health department is supporting many of these institutions. they haven't had the technical expertise, the capacity to test residents, and as we enter this new normal, one of the key things we're working with them to do with support and engagement of the state, is to make sure that they make the investments necessary so that routine testing becomes part of their model as they support the communities in their nursing homes. >> next question is from joshua sabotini, on testing at laguna honda, you mentioned there was an outbreak at south two but

there was also an -- but was there also an outbreak in north four? >> so that was a prior situation which has been contained, and again, i think in that earlier outbreak one of the key things that we did was bring in our own infectious disease experts, experts from the state and the cdc who helped us provide the best techniques and monitoring efforts to contain the infection. that did contain the infection in that neighborhood, and so now we're using that evidence and those guidelines to now mitigate the outbreak in this new neighborhood. and again, these lessons learned will be applied across nursing facilities, not only in san francisco but i expect across the state, if not across the nation. so this is hard work. it's challenging work, but as we

expand our testing and our ability to care for people and detect the covid-19 virus early, i'm hopeful that we will be in a much better situation than we would have otherwise been. >> since the patients who tested positive are outside of the initial outbreak detected in south five, are you concerned about how widely the virus may have spread throughout the facility? >> dr. grant colfax: well, this is exactly why we tested all the residents and why we're testing all the residents and all the staff. so you heard, this is exactly why we issued a health order to require this testing and, you know, needed to make sure that we were following our own orders, which is why we started with laguna honda. it's also a very large facility. you heard me say, you know, we found a relatively small number of patients and residents on -- i'm sorry, of staff and residents on that routine screening, but the system worked because we found a few and then that helped us focus our efforts in a specific neighborhood where

we were able to detect more cases and take aggressive control actions, as well as ensuring that the residents who tested positive who were in good condition and might not have otherwise been detected get the best care possible. so you know, yes i'm concerned that we need to be vigilant and this vigilance is paying off in terms of ensuring that we're protecting the health of the residents and the health of the staff to the best of our ability based, again, on the data, signs and facts. >> the next question is from ron lynn, l.a. times. can you update us with the percent of people testing positive for coronavirus in san francisco compared to the worst point? >> so i think if you go to our data tracker, you can see the percent of people testing positive in our system of care, and that percent that test positive varies depending on how

testing is being scaled up, whether there may have been an outbreak at a facility or in a setting where there's likely to be more positives. what i think we really need to focus on in terms of i think the gist of the question is how do we know that we're doing better, that's really best reflected in the hospital data. those are the people who are living with covid-19 who are the sickest. that's the curve that we really need to be looking at. that curve, again, is flat or going down. as we expand our testing, and i think this is a key point, as eexpand our testing, we will surely detect more cases in the city because if we test more people we will get -- the numbers will go up. we will be watching that percent, that positivity rate over time. the last few days that positivity rate has hovered around 7 per cent. >> the next question is from

jamie har with the associated press. the governor floated the possibility of having live sporting events without spectators as early as june 1. is this in any way possible for san francisco? >> well, i think we need to, again, look at the data and monitor carefully work with the sports business community and determine whether that is something that could be done safely and commensurate with best practices. i can't speculate on a date, but i would say that i know many of us are looking forward to getting back to watching sports, and it's certainly something that we've been discussing. >> the next question is from sf chronicle. given sf's grim budget projections for the coming fiscal year, is the department of public health bracing for big cuts to its own budget? >> dr. grant colfax: so, look, we're in a situation where we have an unprecedented public health emergency and we also

have a major fiscal crisis. and we're looking across the department to figure out how can we accomplish the goals of ensuring that the pandemic -- that our pandemic response is robust while also looking at how do we continue to provide as many services possible for people in our clinics, in our hospitals, behavioural health services and so forth. so we're taking a hard look of where we can make adjustments. i will give you a key example of where things have accelerated, for instance, because of the pandemic. our telehealth work has accelerated in primary care and behavioural health services. so we are looking at how do we shift our response and whether there are commensurate cost savings in that work. so a lot of work to do going forward with ensuring that our budget goals are met, but also

ensuring that our pandemic response and that our ability to provide care to the safety net populations is -- continues. >> specifically -- this is a follow-up. specifically, should programs within the behavioural health care system, like drug treatment programs and mental health facilities, prepare for reductions in service they are able to provide? >> dr. grant colfax: i'm sorry, could you repeat the last part of the question? >> i'll read it again. specifically, should programs within the behavioural health care system, like drug treatment programs and mental health facilities, prepare for reductions in services? >> dr. grant colfax: so you know, i think it's too early to speculate on that. right now we are looking, again, at multiple factors that will help determine what our proposed budget will look like in the future. i think that certainly as we look at the intersection of the covid-19 pandemic and the behavioural health challenges

that we already have in the city, we will certainly be looking at what programs need to be supported that intersect with both the behavioural health needs and the covid-19 response, and increasingly, you know, as we enter this new era, one of the key things we will be looking at across the health department is how do our services not only continue the strong work we've done in supporting health, but how do those intersect with our ongoing pandemic response, and those will be particularly -- those will be services that we will particularly focus on adjusting and maintaining and in some cases i think strengthening. >> thank you, dr. colfax. our final questions are for director abigail stuart khan, homelessness and supportive housing.

dr. stuart khan, your question is: the mayor tweeted on friday about the newest safe sleeping site and said the city is looking for new sites. what are the sites that are currently still being considered? >> thank you. so as the public may be aware, and just thanks for the opportunity to revisit things

that are happening for residents who are unsheltered on our streets, when the epidemic began, the healthy streets operation center, which hsh is a part of, paused shelter encampment -- excuse me, encampment resolutions. this is because moving people into shelters was no longer possible given that congregate sites are a difficult location for people during a pandemic caused by covid. and so we know that this means that there are more people living unsheltered than there were before, and we know that even before the pandemic we didn't have enough space for people. we also understand that in a crisis people, unhoused and housed, want to be together, that community is what makes us feel safe during times of high anxiety, and so similar to the physical distancing that i need to create with my colleagues or people who are not in my close family, we worked through our partnership to provide education, outreach, access to

hand sanitizing, access to sanitation, access to food, and we continue to work in an ongoing way with the unsheltered population. it's become extremely clear that that is insufficient given the number of people living unsheltered and how difficult it is to physically distance on our sidewalks. and so as you note, kathy, the mayor tweeted about the first sanctioned safe village in san francisco. this is not something that the department of homelessness or the city has ever approved before, even though many, many cities across our country have done so. and this is really related to the pandemic and the need to provide safety for people living unsheltered during the pandemic. so to the specifics of that site, it opened last week. it is seen as a short-term solution. it is run incredibly well by urban alchemy with our deep gratitude and all of the partners working together. the intention at that site via

our hsoc partners is to move people out of it as quickly as possible, whether that is into our traditional housing, if they are housing referral status, or into a hotel if they were known to our system of care before april 1. and then to find other solutions and resolutions for other individuals so that that location does not remain long term or even longish term. there is another location that has been identified that's been talked about publicly in the hate, and we are looking forward to its opening in the next couple of weeks, and to our partnership with larkin around that site and their subcontractors. each site needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis. based on the needs of the unsheltered individuals, the community, the community input, and we look forward to that. the healthy streets operation center and the emergency operations center remains point on evaluating and looking at future sites. for example, we are looking at a

site to serve the mission and the castro districts, and we look forward to that partnership and the role that hsh will play. and other sites will continue to need to be evaluated based on the need in the community, community resident input, and the specifics of each location. >> follow-up question: how can local residents participate in discussions about the site? >> yeah, that's a terrific question, and for those of you who know how we do our community process around navigation centers, you know that it is robust and it is extremely time consuming before the covid pandemic. and so we will not be able to do that -- we can't come together in meetings, community meetings of 100 people and share all the details because we can't all be together. but i know that the healthy streets operation center and the emergency operation center, as they look at each site, partners with local leaders, takes a look at the neighborhood, tries to understand how to mitigate the impact if, in fact, a site is

important. listens to the residents and reaches out as quickly as they possibly can for that engagement, understanding that given the crisis that we're in we need to move in an expedited manner. >> thank you, director stuart khan. that concludes our questions for today's press conference. ♪

>> my name is miguel gustos and this is the regular meeting of the community investment and infrastructure for tuesday, may 19, 2020. i'd like to welcome the members of the public who are listening or watching on sfgov tv or by phone. i'd like to welcome our staff and partners who will be presenting today for today's meeting. due to the current health emergency, the san francisco department of public health, mayor london breed and governor gavin newsom have declared that the coronavirus is a public health emergency and have extended the order for people to shelter in place. this meeting is being held virtually with all members of staff and commission participating today via teleconference. this will ensure the safety of everyone is well taken care of. the mayor's office has determined that the commission

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wishing to comment on this item. >> ok. hearing no request to speak on this item, i will close public comment. turning to my fellow commissioners for their comments or questions and i will start with commissioner scott. do you have any questions or comments? >> no concerns or questions at this time. >> thank you. commissioner brackett? do you have any comments or questions? >> no questions at this time. >> thank you. commissioner vice chair rosales, any comments or questions? >> no, but i do offer a motion for approval of the minutes of january 21 and april 7, 2020. >> great. thank you, vice chair. do we have a second motion? >> commissioner brackett seconds the motion.

>> please take roll. >> please announce your vote when i call your name. [roll call] >> mr. chair t vote is four ayes. >> thank you. please call the next item. >> the next item is the regular agenda. agenda item 5b through 5g related to the proposed plan amendments for the redevelopment project area will be presented together but acted on separately. 5b, adopting environmental review findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act related to the approval of the amendments to the redevelopment plan for the mission bay south redevelopment project t mission bay south owner participation agreement, the design for development for the mission bay south project area, the mission bay blocks 29 through 32 major phase application and the basic

concept design/schematic design for mission bay south blocks 29 through 32, including findings concerning the implementation of the threshold of significance for evaluating transportation impacts based on vehicle miles traveled. mission bay south redevelopment project area. discussion and action resolution number 5-2020, 5c, approving the report to the board of supervisors on the amendment to the redevelopment plan for the mission bay south redevelopment promise in connection with a hotel and a residential development on blocks 29 through 32, adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act and authorizing transmittal of the report to the board of supervisors, mission bay south redevelopment promise area. discussion and action resolution number 6-2020, 5d, approving an amendment to the redevelopment plan for the mission bay south redevelopment project in connection with a hotel and residential

development on blocks 29 through 32, recommending adoption of the redevelopment plan amendment by the board of supervise source and submiting the recommendations, including the redevelopment plan amendment to the board of supervisors and adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, mission bay south redevelopment project area. discussion and action resolution number 7-2020, 5e, conditionally authorizing a seventh amendment to the mission bay south owner participation agreement with focil-mb, l.l.c., a delaware limited liabilities company, and adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, mission bay south redevelopment project area. discussion and action resolution number 8-2020, 5f, approving an amendment to the design for development for the mission bay south project area in connection with a hotel and

residential development on blocks 29 through 32 and adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, mission bay south redevelopment project area. discussion and action resolution 9-2020, 5g, conditionally approving amendments to the major phase application and the basic concept/schematic design for mission bay south blocks 29 through 32 to add a mixed-use building consisting of hotel, residential and associated retail uses and adopting environmental findings pursuant to the california environmental quality act, mission bay south redevelopment project area. discussion and action resolution 10-2020. madame director? >> thank you, madame secretary. i'm excited to present to you today the redevelopment plan amendment that allows for a range between 129 and 230 hotel

rooms and between zero and 21 residential units. the plan amendment will also increase the amount of retail and would also allow for the flexibility for the project to aggregate some of the small size of these spaces. in addition, we are also proposing an increase in height and staff has been working with our partner, golden state warriors, for the last year and working through the kinks and making sure that the project we have before you is sound and we on ocii staff are recommending approval of this item. what you hear today from richard he -- heckman and the development team is the benefits of the promise and the commitments that come with it that the developer has made in

consultation with our office. in addition, they'll talk about next steps and we're thrilled to be before you today because of the amount of work that's been done and the partnership with the warriors since the completion during the construction of the arena and since then. so looking forward to hearing your feedback. with that, i'll turn it over to gretchen heckman to present on this item. >> thank you, director. good afternoon, chair bustas, chairwoman rosales. my name is gretchen heck man and i'm a development specialist in the mission bay group at ocii. today i'm joined by the development team consisting of peter bryan, the vice president of construction and development at the golden state warriors and eugene lee, a senior associate who is the architect for the proposed project. there are six items before you today regarding the golden

state warriors hotel and residential project, which is proposed within the existing chase centre site on blocks 29 through 32 in mission bay south. this project requires an amendment to the mission bay south redevelopment plan and associated plan documents ton the already approved design documents the major phase and basic concept or schematic design for the chase centre site. all of these actions together require environmental findings, which are also before you today. please note that in your files for this item, you have an updated version of the redevelopment plan amendment and the commission memorandum, which were redistributed with corrections. in addition your files and our online posting were also updated to include the technical studies for the addendum. next slide, table of contents. here is an overview of today's presentation.

first we will cover the six action items before you and will understand the context around them, then the warriors and gensler will review the project. we'll they think talk about community out reach and the status of the warrior's work on this project in meeting ocii's contracting and workforce requirements and finally we'll end with a summary of all the actions that will happen after this hearing, including a schedule for the planning commission and various board of supervisor sessions. next slide is, approval action summary. resolutions five through 10 are before you today for approval. ing to, the amendments approved through these resolutions create new land uses for the existing chase centre site on blocks 29 through 32 and they set parameters that match the specific proposed design for the hotel and residential

project. next slide proposed promise. -- project. the warriors have submitted a design for a 160-foot building with 129 hotel rooms on the lower floors and 21 residential units on the upper floors. while the project is specifically designed in their schematic design package, the plan documents allow forability in programming in the event the warriors need respond to changing market conditions in the residential market and thus must pursue a higher hotel room count. the whole set of planned document amendments does four things. it allows for the submitted bcsd design to move forward, the document language allows for potential changes to hotel room and a residential unit counts, up to as many as 230 hotel rooms and as few as zero residential units. the document three classify retail entitlement on the

existing chase centre site and increase the entire retail entitlement in the project area in order to do so. and finally the document amendments define the fee amendments that are required to build the project. all of the approval items will go before the ocii commission today and then various agencies will review and approve a subset of them. for instance, the board of supervisors will only review the redevelopment plan amendment and the oversight board will only review the owners' participation agreement or what we call the o.p.a. next slide, proposed project location. this slide orients us in the mission bay south project area and shows us where the hotel and residential project is planned on the chase centre site. currently within that footprint stands a three-storey retail building which will be demolished once the warriors are ready to start construction. next slide, neighbourhood

[inaudible]. mission bay is near completion. the project area is well-served by neighbourhood retail services and transit as shown in this amenities map. next slide, site plans. this slide is a site plan for the chase centre site, shown looking down from a birds eye view. it shows the existing arena, the existing two office towers and the proposed hotel and residential project. as you can see out of the four blocks that comprise the chase centre site, the hotel stretches across two of them, 29 and 30. there is a building in that northeast corner that will again be demolished once the warriors are ready to start construction on the project. the next few slides will cover the proposed changes in the redevelopment plan to.p.a. and the design for development document. next slide, redevelopment amendment.

the redevelopment designates the boundaries of regulates land use four and defines general controls and limitations on development in the project area. overall t plan amendment increases the number of hotels and hotel rooms as well as the amount of retail entitlements. these overall increases are restricted to block 29 through 32 and specifically for the hotel and dwelling units they are restricted to blocks 29 and 30. this is the third redevelopment plan amendment since the plan was adopted in 1998. next slide, blocks 29 through 32 after plan amendment and design approval. this slide shows the land use summary before and after the hotel and residential project entitlements for blocks 29 through 32. the left-most column shows the applicable land uses on the site and 18,000-seat arena,

hotel, residential, retail, commercial, those are the two office towers and the arena and finally open space. you can see that the hotel and retail are being added to the site and that the retail square footage appears to be increasing. this is more akin to a reallocation which we will discuss further on the next slide. finally, you'll notice the open space decrease slightly to accommodate the footprint of the project from 3.8 acres to 3.6 acres. this decreeds amount is still above the 3.2 acres of open space originally approved by ocii in 2015 during the arena's entilements. next slide, blocks 29 through 32, retail summary. this slide breaks down the reclassification of already-built retail space. the 15,000 square feet of the top of the slide is the amount of retail entitlement provided to the warriors at the time of

their arena entitlements at the time of 2015. the redevelopment plan calls out certain exclusions for retail space, one of which is for spaces under 5,000 square feet in size. such space has been and is currently excluded from the retail tally in the redevelopment plan. but as long as it is considered exempt, it is restricted to a size of 5,000 square feet or less. the warriors had requested more flexibility in these spaces so they can freely move [inaudible] walls according tenants needs. this currently excluded space that is already built tallies to 54,000 square feet on the site. in addition to the previously exempted space, there are a few outdoor terrace spaces attached to already-built retail that require flexibility in their level of enclosure. o country, i is proposing to add those tariff bases to the retail entitlement to redesign

screens and coverings to indraoes comfort of future patrons. next slide, south o.p.a. amendment. the south o.p.a. is a development agreement between ocii and through an assumption of rights and responsibilities, to match the developer focils. it has been amended six times in the past. this proposed seventh amendment authorizes hotel and residential land uses on blocks 29 through 30 and specified development range of up to 230 hotel rooms and between 0 and 21 residential units. the amendment also lays out the fees required in order to build the project as well as augmented housing fee and additional contribution toward open space. next slide, public and fiscal benefits.

this slide shows the impact fees required in order to build the project. the first section shows all the one-time funds that would flow through ocii in the city. these funds mrafp what's in the planning code with the exception of the inclusionary housing programme which is an augmented fee. over 1.3 million by increasing the percentage of gross floor area assessed from 20% to 30%. the part of the slide shows a park maintenance fee intended to offset the maintenance cost by patrons of event centre utilizing park 22, which is direct across from blacks 29 through 32 in the chase centre as you will see an up coming rendering. the amount of the fee was determined in conjunction with the management company that maintains parks in mission bay south and is used for cleanup

after giants games at oracle park t. fee is an annual fee and acrews upon opening of bayfront park, which is currently under construction and is expected to finish next summer. next slide designed for development amendment. the mission bay south design for development is the government earning document for design controls for each land use type specified in the redevelopment plan and is care out through the south o.p.a. it is also referred to as the d for d. as we go through the amendments on the next slide, one thing to keep in mind is that these amendments are restricted to blocks 29 through 30, specifically in order to meet the needs of this proposed project. next slide, designed for development amendments. the main proposed changes to the d for d have to do with height and bulk. as we saw in the site plan slide, the footprint of the hotel and residential project within the existing built

conditions on blocks 29 through 32 are quite constrained. in other words for the warriors to fit in all the necessary programming, staff recommends allowing an ib crease above 90 feet to allow the residential portion of the building to increase up to 160 feet. in addition, the proposed d for d changes show an increased plan length from 200 feet to 240 feet. allowing for additional length for the hotel portion of the building. again, to create a feasible project. vument of the height and bulk increases, the tower developmentable area for the block -- and that is for the height zone also increase slightly. there are a few minor additional d for d amendments that the warriors have requested. these include a change to the percentage of the building's rooftop area that a recreational structure can occupy and this change was meant to create a comfortable

amenity for the residents of the dwelling unit and then the final amendment is for a larger projection in the form of a canopy that will help mark the hotel entrance. next slide, major phase amendment. the final of the six actions a conditional approval of an amendment to both the existing major phase development and the bcsd for blocks 29 through 32. the major phase document provides the overall programme and infrastructure needed for the 2015 event centre and mixed use project. this proposed amendment incorporates at a high level the new hotel and residential project into the site. next slide, basic concept and schematic design overview. the proposed hotel and residential project amends the 2015 event centre bcsd as well to allow for the replacement of an existing three-storey retail building in the northeast corner of the site and to make

changes to the retail entitlement open space and parking counts. the project includes 129 hotel rooms, retail and use associated with the hotel, such as meeting rooms and a ballroom, as well as 21 residential units on the upper floor of the massing. and now i'm going to turn over the presentation to peter bryan, vice president of construction and development from the warriors. he will speak in more detail about the project, its programming and the development team. >> thank you, gretchen. good afternoon, chair, vice chair, commissioners and director. it's a pleasure to see many of you again, albeit remotely today. we are excited to present to you our hotel project blocks 29 to 30. we believe there is a great need for hotel rooms as envisioned in the original plan

to support the area today. with an ultimate plan area build-out of over 6500 residential units or 4.4 million square feet office, an 18,000-seat event centre and active hospital complex and ample open space, we believe and have heard from many neighbours during our outreach efforts that having a hotel at blocks 29 to 30 would be a tremendous asset, not just to the redevelopment area, but the city as a whole. you have been provided with several letters of support from some of these neighbours. including local business in mission bay and surrounding neighbourhoods, residents of mission bay properties, residents of nearby neighbourhoods. we at g.s.w. are confident in the long temple health of our community and intend to be a vital contributor to the mission bay community and san francisco as a whole. i'm joined today by many key

members of our project team to assist me in presenting our project and a in answering questions you might have. s.h. hotels and resorts our management and operating partner. and will operate this property under their one hotel brand, which is well-suited to san francisco. one hotel focus on being environmentally consciousness and a member of the local community. from sourcing locally to reducing the use and environmentally damaging materials and to bringing nature into the interior spaces, one hotel is a brand we will be proud to have operating at blocks 29 to 30. gensler is our exterior designer abarchitect of record and jones la salle is the development manager for the project. next slide, please. gretchen already gave you an overview of the programme for the project. and this is a bit more detail of that programme.

of the 129 hotel keys, there will be 115 standard rooms and 14 suites. ott 21 residential unit there is will be 13 two-bedroom units, two three-bedroom penthouse unitsful supporting this will be a ballroom and meeting room spaces, a fitness centre, utility spaces and around 12,000 square feet of leasable retail comprising of a spa and three restaurants, two of which have exterior terraces above ground level to take advantage of the views of bayfront park and the bay. next slide, please. the proposed project does not change the current pedestrian and bicycle paths of travel for visitor and workers that the chase centre, thrive city and the office buildings. we believe this project will help to activate warriors way and the northeast corner of the property. next slide, please. this is a rendering of the

entire site and includes the proposed project shown at the back right of chase centre with the downtown skyline in the background. we have attempted to be conscientious and considerate of how this project faces bayfront park and the waterfront. we have designed the portion immediately adjacent to terrier françois boulevard to be the lowest at 84 feet and step it up to a proposed height of 160 feet on block 30, which is one of the action items in front of you today. we have worked extensively with your staff to make sure that the fencing and roof designed a to the architectural character of mission bay while being sensitive to the plan area. at this point, i would like eugene lee to walk you through some of the design components of the project. >> thank you, peter. the proposed mixed use hotel

needs to be blended really well with the neighbourhood. as mission bay community is an important, vibrant neighbourhood for san francisco, new massing has to represent other mission bay massings. first, top massing is at 160 feet in height, which is at the same level as other mission bay massings. and it steps down toward the nature bayside. step down massing and the 84 feet in height and it is well integrated with other lower massing a along terrier françois boulevard. because of stepping down terrace massings, new massing fits well between urban in nature. next slide, please. it is also very important new proposed mix. -- mixed-use hotel architecture

creates a great relationship with marine architecture. we apply arena architectural curvature lines to create a natural gateway for people. there will be a lot of people on new bayfront park to enjoy community and nature. with the arena, new massing will invite people up to arena level where there will be new programmes that say restaurants and cafe amenities will enhance people's experience. next slide, please. this view is taken from warriors way. currently, warriors way is not excavated because there are either backside of retail at upper podium level or garage louver system at ground level. but new design will activate the street with a special hotel amenity programme such as ballroom and meeting rooms at upper podium level.

and condo hotel lobbies at ground level. new massing with a new programme will activate the warriors way for people. next slide, please. we also like the share four elevations with you. first one is north elevation. which is the warriors wayside. dynamic facade design will bring transparency and texture to the community. you'll stéphane dionsinger fa ?ad many different ways. from right to left, it gradually changes from urban fabric texture to nature terraces will -- where you will see more horizontal shadows. next slide, please. south elevation also highlights massing the curvature. roofline is also very dynamic and it is well integrate with

the massing below. next slide, please. if elevation is very transparent with horizontal terraces to maximize the experience of nature. next slide. less el will anchor the urban side with a texture that reminds you of the city grade. next slide. please. and peter bryan will walk you through the plans again. >> thank you, you gene. at the ground level, we want to activate warriors way as you hear from eugene. the next slide up. >> not yet. >> ok. give it a second. there we are. perfect. hopefully everyone can see that.

so at the ground level, activating warriors way has been a critical component of this proposed project, given its current state. what you see here is the ground level. the blue being the main lobby reception areas that serve the proposed building and spaces within it. and on the right side in pink is one of the three restaurants. this one having, you know, direct connection to the public right-of-way, pedestrian access and across terry a. françois boulevard to bayfront park. next slide, please. one level above grade, we begin our ballroom and meeting room programme space that you see in the pinkish colour. next slide. level 200, this level not only has a continuation of the ballroom and meeting room programme from below, again the pinkish area on the middle to

left side of the drawing, but also a cafe, restaurant and terrace overlooking bayfront park on the right that you see in the lighter pink and the yellow colour. next slide, please. here you can see a typical hotel floor with the mix of standard rooms and suites. next slide. at level 700, this is our primary amenity level. it sits 84 feet above grade and consists of fitness centres, spas, hotel rooms and a restaurant with outdoor terrace overlooking bayfront park in the bay. next slide, please. and finally this is a typical residential floor showing five units with a mix of two and three-bedroom units. now i'd like to turn the presentation back to gretchen heckman of ocii and thank you for your time. >> thank you, peter.

again, commissioners, this is gretchen heckman with ocii and i'm going to continue on with our environmental review slides. the sxhition required to make environmental findings pursuant to california environmental quality act or ceqa as part of its approval of today's actions. on november 3, 2015, the commission certified the final impact report that covered the event centre in mixed use development at mission bay south lots 29 through 32 as required by and in compliance with ceqa. as part of the commission to consideration of the proposed project and today's actions, which are also refered to in the ceqa finding resolutions as the 2020 actions, ocii has prepared the first addendum to the event centre at sbir. the first addendum evaluates the environmental effects of the 2020 actions and makes

conclusions that we will recommend the commission adopt. in compliance with state law, addendum number one uses a vehicle miles traveled based threshold for measuring significance of transportation impacts due to vehicle trips. next slide, environmental review continued. to determine whether an environmental effect is significant, ceqa now calls for agencies to transition from using thresholds that are based on what is known as levels of service at roadway intersections to what's based on the vehicles miles traveled methodology. next slide. environmental review, continued. staff recommends that the commission adopt v.m.t. standard for purposes of analyzing the warriors related 2020 actions as recommended by the state's technical guidance and as supplemented for vehicle impacts by the planning department's guidance.

finally, staff recommends that the commission, consistent with the conclusion of addendum number one, fine that the environmental effects of the proposed 2020 actions are within the scope of the project analyzed in the event centre sfbir and will not result in any new, significant impact or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects that would alter the conclusions reached in the sfeir. next slide, community outreach. the proposed project in action were presented to the mission bay citizens advisory committee, or c.a.c. twice, once in december of 2019 as a workshop and then again in january 2020 as an action item. at the workshop, warriors invited questions and feedback on the project. some members of the mission bay c.a.c. and the public requested that the warriors provide more information on thing like staging during construction and any potential traffic impacts.

many expressed support for the project. in january, the mission bay c.a.c. voted on each of these actions separately and, while the votes in favour differed for each action, all actions passed by majority. s the warriors also did significant outreach work to other neighbourhood organisations as shown in the list on this slide. as peter bryan mentioned earlier in your packet i don't say can reference letters of support for many of these organisations. next slide, small business enterprise and contracting programmes. as you are aware, the warriors have worked closely with ocii's contract compliance staff on the chase centre and don't do so as the team moves through its professional services hiring for the project. this project will comply with the south o.p.a. programme in diversity and economic development, which includes can ocii small business enterprise or s.b.e. programmes.

the warriors are on track to meet s.b.e. participation goals based on the team's recommendations and selections thus far in its professional services hiring. the warriors have also agreed to apply the requirements of the s.b.e. programme to their hotel tenant improvement work. which, unless performed by an owner as part of owner improve. s, it is currently excluded from the requirements of the s.b.e. programme. next slide, workforce programme. once the project nears construction, the warriors will work closely as they have done with the chase centre with ocii as first source and local hiring for construction and permanent jobs. the warriors have also worked very closely with the office of economic and workforce development and workforce-related nonprofits such as mission hiring hall and young community developers and will continue utilizing those relationships for local placement on this proposed project.

next slide, summary of amendments. here again is a summary of all of the changes for each planned document before you today which allowed for this submitted project to move forward but the flexibility in case market conditions change. as a note here, if the warriors choose to pursue a different project than is proposed in the bcsd submittal, they will need to resubmit a bcsd submittal that shows a higher range of hotel rooms and that will come before the commission. next slide, next steps. finally, as mentioned earlier, there are more approval entities that review the planned document changes after ocii commission and this slide lays out all the planning, board of supervisor and oversight board hearings as well as the final mayoral signature, department of finance determination and

effective date for the redevelopment plan amendments. next slide, conclusion and team member updates or introductions. sorry. that concludes the presentation and we can answer any questions you may have. also, on the line for this item and available for questions from ocii are sally orth, jose campos, director of planning and the environmental review officer, george bridges, contract compliance supervisor and laura scheifele p associate planner and urban designer. and if the warriors have any additional speakers they would like to name, they can do so now. >> thank you, gretchen. yeah. we do have several members from our team here today, specifically we have yoyo chan

from governmenttal affairs and the president of s.h. hotels and resorts. and adam lutz and other representatives from our entilements team and gensler as necessary. >> great. well, thank you so much for the presentation. madame secretary, do we have from the public wishing to speak on this item? >> operator: your conference is now in question and answer mode. to summon each question, press 1 and then 0. >> at this time, members of public who wish to provide public comment on these temperatures should call 888-557-8511. enter access code 7500645. followed by the pound sign and then pound sign again. when prompted, please press 1 and then 0 to be placed in the

queue. an automated voice will let you know when it is your turn. to withdraw your question, press 1 and then 0 again. our phone moderator will let us know if there are any callers on the line. we'll give the public a few moments to call in. >> great. thank you, madame secretary. >> do we have any callers in the queue? >> operator: you have six questions remaining.

>> great. hello, caller. are you there? >> caller: yes, i'm here. thank you. good afternoon, commissioners. my name is jeanette and i'm a resident at the radion. we're a 99-unit condominium building within three blocks of the chase centre and about three or four blocks from the giants stadium as well. i'm in favour of the project. i think that it's adding value to the community here on many different levels. and really my only concern going forward with any public space that is being developed that we acknowledge and support public restrooms. we seem to be at a deficit in our area. we have a lot of public urination going on all around our building on a regular basis. but in terms of the hotel, i think it is a great idea and i

support the warriors. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. >> operator: you have six questions remaining. >> caller: hi. can you hear me? >> yes. thank you. >> caller: ok. my name is deborah and my husband michael, we are residents at the madrone building which is just down the street from the chase centre. unfortunately we object to this hotel and i sent a letter in with our comments. but i would just like to reiterate that there are several hotels in the area. the marriott that is being built just down the street, the via, the hyatt. so, to say that there are no hotels in the area is really inaccurate. we very much object to the

height of the building, the hotel. it's just add aing more density to our neighbourhood that's already very dense and so we were really would object to the increase in the height and, you know, i just really feel that it's so much easier for large companies to pay fees rather than to actually provide the things that the city really needs. such as more affordable housing, more open space. and we still get lots of litter and lots of garbage from what is already occurred in the last year from chase centre coming in. i can't imagine that we're going to have any cleaner parks, unfortunately, with more people and more traffic coming in with regards to a hotel of people coming and going, etc.. we have very tight streets and the traffic is always

abominable and so this just makes me feel that there is going to be more. >> just one thing about this nature is the building is -- coincides with the nature of the neighbourhood. we'll have a 16-storey white wall from 16th street to the cove when this whole project is finished. and they're looking at an artificial plastic with chemicals floating around. it's just -- they'll destroy nature. >> thank you. >> caller: thank you. >> thank you. >> operator: you have six questions remaining. >> caller: hello. good afternoon. i'm keith goldstein. i am president of the cherry

dog patch association and the chair of the eastern neighbourhood c.a.c., although neither of those entities has had the opportunity to take a formal position on the proposed project so right now i'm speaking as an individual. i think the proposed hotel seems like real benefit to the neighbourhood, to the waterfront and to the city. i think it's going to bring new opportunity to those of us who live, work or operate businesses in the southeast segment of the city. i'm confident the warriors will go out of their way to provide employment opportunities to nearby residents in such areas as they have done at chase arena. and the hotel, i think l help to invigorate a section of the city that has been so adversely affected by a virus. firstly it will provide construction jobs in the short term and then it will, i'm sure, provide many long lasting

employment opportunityings as we've seen at chase arena. i think the warriors will go out of their way to partner with locally owned business. they have done that in a really exemplarly manner with chase arena, hiring many locally-owned business as vendors there and even hopeful that some hotel guests might be adventurous and patronize our businesses beyond. i think the whole loyalty design is evocative off the waterfront and fits the neighbourhood. it looks anything like chase, it will be spectacular. i feel proud of our city when i walk along warriors way and it will be great to show up at that wonderful mission bay waterfront to our out of town hotel guests. thank you for listening to me and i hope you'll support this project. >> thank you.

>> operator: you have five questions remaining. >> hello. can you hear me? >> yes. thank you. >> caller: ok. great. well, good afternoon, commissioners. my name is vivian lee and i'm the principal of etmans and me architect, a small women-minority owned business that is pa h part of the projects team. we're the architecture and interior design firm and our role on this project is the designer of the condos and also acting as the associate architect for the building. while the project is still very -- in its early stages, the warriors and the project team have demonstrated they're committed to ensuring small businesses like ours are fairly represented on the project team. it started by participating in one of the public solicitation meetings a couple of months ago and have been working closely with the project team on this effort.

while we are very much in this uncertain times of the pandemic. but we believe that projects such as this will help re-open the economy and the city and frankly we're very proud to be a part of this team. thank you and i hope you will approve the actions before you today and support the project that's proposed. >> thank you. >> operator: you have four questions remaining. >> caller: good afternoon, chair, commissioners, executive director. my name is bruce aggad. for identification purposes, i'm a native san franciscan, 11-year resident of mission bay, a board member and transportation rep of the south beach neighbourhood association. i'm speaking in support of the golden state warriors proposed hotel mixed use project outlined in items 5b through g in the agenda today. as a resident of mission bay

for the past 11 years, i believe this project in its proposed uses are much needed in our neighbourhood. where hotels and hospital amenities are currently lacking. this proposed project will also complement the existing activities at the chase centre and help to create additional public activation and retail opportunities that will benefit our neighbourhood. i have a few comments regarding the warriors and the chase centre as neighbours. during the planning and construction of the arena, we in the community were engaged on a regular basis, learning about specific aspects of the project. community impacts regarding design, lighting, sound, etc. outreach to neighbourhood stakeholders and general next steps. specifically during construction, contractors were sensitive and took immediate action to resolve any complaints or areas of concerns identified by neighbours and community. our confidence it will be replicated in any efforts going forward. since the opening of chase centre in september, i've been

impressed with the ongoing operations and warriors collaboration in communications with the surrounding community. as a member of the neighbourhood association board and the mission bay transportation improvement fund a advisory committee, i've had the opportunity to engage in very detailed conversations with the warriors team. it has pleased me to this point as their commitment to not only execute on what is required by their development and related agreements, but go above and beyond to engage the community, incorporate feedback, bring on resources to ensure deep dives into operational matters, and be proactive in managing all aspects of operations. as a result of their efforts has the community talking about the wonderful entertainment and experience associated with the centre and not about impacts on the neighbourhood. i hope you will support this item. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you. >> operator: you have three questions remaining.

>> caller: hello, commissioners. my name is dana himmel and i work with urban design consulting engineers. we're a small, local 12-year-old company and we work in urban civil engineering storm water and joint trench. and we're an 11-person, small local, minority-owned business as l.b.e. for this project, we were selected to work with joint trench and dry utility coordination which involves working with pg&e to get the gas, permanent power, temporary construction power and also co-ordinate services from comcast, at&t and other communication companies that will provide service to the project. as vivian, the associate architect previously mentioned t warriors and the project team have demonstrated their commitment to include small businesses, like urban design consulting engineers on this project team and we're also very honoured to be a part of that. so i would also ask that you approve the actions before you

today as we also believe that this would be a very important project to help open up the opportunities in the city as we're recovering from the pandemic. >> thank you. >> operator: you have two questions remaining. >> caller: good afternoon, commissioners. my name is alex lanceberg. i'm a director with the san francisco electrical construction industry. i'm calling in here to lots our industries and really the entire building trade support for the warriors project. they've been operating under the -- they built their stadium under the project labour agreement that we've had at mission bay. they will be continuing to build this hotel under the project labour agreement that they have on mission bay and continuing to work with really all of labour, both from the operational side and local from down to the building trades to ensure that this project is entirely successful. i myself personally am a

resident of southeast down in bayview hunters part and india basin. my family and i go through mission bay all the time. and it's going to be great to see -- to see the progress happening. i think we need to embrace the fact that we're in a dense city and people do want to come visit here and give them the funds to do so. we want to make sure that we capture those economic benefits of their visits and we want to make sure that we direct those to our community folks, whether it's local construction workers, local contractors or the local employment through the operational use of hotel. so, looking forward to seeing you approve this and have it move on to the board of supervisors. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. >> can i remind folks if you have any [inaudible]. >> operator: you have one questions remaining. >> caller: my name is ralph

hannity and i'm a resident of the madron building near the arena. i'm opposed to the development on the basis that the height is outside the boundaries of what was the original plan for mission bay as well as the approved 130-foot, which was a concession to the warriors. 160 feet is well beyond what was ever conceived on these blocks. which are kept at 90 feet. my second point is that the hotel may be in addition to the neighbourhood, but the upper floors are actually luxury condominiums and everybody is glancing over it, but the only reason to have these upper floors are -- is to put luxury condominiums and i'm opposed to that. i have another opposition and that is that the warriors have made commitments to open stores

and restaurants that would feed the neighbourhood needs and unfortunately most of these are shuttered and closed, not just because of corona, but because they have never really made an effort to meet the needs of the neighbourhood. therefore, i'm very opposed to the variance on the height and the addition of these condos. thank you. >> thank you. >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> mr. chair, at this time, there are no more members of the public on the phone wishing to comment on this item. >> ok. hearing no further requests to speak on this particular item, i will close public comment. i'll turn now to my fellow commissioners for their pending comments and questions they may have. and i'd like to start with commissioner brackett.

>> hi. good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to say that in the few years that the warriors have been active with ocii and producing projects that i've been impressed with the commitment to small businesses, especially providing opportunities to bayview firms as well as women-owned businesses. to me that is one of my big highlights as seeing this project moving forward is that we have a lot of support going back to our small businesses who really need that support, especially post-covid. three other points that i want to naention take me over the top to be able to say i would like to support this project is increasing in affordable housing amount, which is the 1.3 million that far exceeds the city minimum requirement as

well as preservation of open spaces. so not just having open spaces but additional investment and dollars to maintain any public space as well. and lastly, the workforce participation. i would like to see a little bit more increase in terms of public participation from people living in dog patch area as well as bayview. other than that, i don't have any questions at this time. >> thank you. i'd like to go next to commissioner scott. do you have any comments can or questions? -- comments or questions? commissioner scott? >> she may be on mute. >> yeah. if you're speaking, commissioner, we can't hear you. ok. i'm going to jump to

commissioner vice chair rosales for any comments or questions until we get commissioner scott back. >> chair bustas, good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for the presentation. and also the commentary by members of the public. certainly the warriors are a tremendous organization, pretty much the chase centre and all in my memory, all of the agreements, the negotiation, the efforts were definitely in good faith had, i think, [inaudible] [garbling] there is room for improvement on the transportation side. you know, people coming and going from the arena.

i think that comment by commissioners and staff are [inaudible] so i [inaudible] support this project. and actually i'd like to [inaudible] [audio garbling [ just want to understand a little bit more -- >> your -- your -- sounds like you're under water so i would just speak a little bit slower and so we can capture what you're saying. >> ok. yeah. i have technical difficulties here. how about now? >> sounds good. >> ok. i'll talk slower. so, one question i have is about more recent outreach. from what i understood, there was outreach to the mission bay

community, the latest -- i believe i heard this correctly in january. do we have any kind of post-shelter in place feedback other than the folks who have written to the commission? have we gone back to the c.a.c. post-shelter many place orders? >> thank you for that question, vice chair rosales. this is gretchen heckman with ocii. so, when we went to the commission in january, there was still one outstanding piece of the o.p.a. that was not yet finalized with the warriors and that was the specific amount of the park maintenance fee and we have updated the c.a.c. members on that specific amount obviously since january. and during shelter in place, we have not received any direct

comments or remarks about, you know, changed opinions on the project, from shelter in place from the c.a.c. and i don't know if yoyo chan of the warriors or peter bryan have any other anecdotes to share about outreach, you know, since quarantine. >> absolutely. this is yoyo chan on the line. as gretchen mentioned t last opportunity we were at the c.a.c. was in january. however, we have been meeting one-on-one with different members within the mission bay community as well as the [inaudible] and bayview community and continued to meet for one-on-one on zoom post shelter in place, some for folks who may not have been completely brought up to speed. so that outreach is still continuing as we're here today. but we have done a couple of individual meetings withle immediate neighbourhoods and shelter in place, namely about

two weeks ago we're be the dog patch business association. a number of other folks along [inaudible] in terms of getting them up to speed on the latest as you've seen today. and we will continue to update folks as needed. but that is the latest since shelter in place. >> ok. thank you for that. the other questions i have concerned the impacts of the project on not just mission bay, but this part of mission bay, the impacts for instance on the park. the park will have been open to the public for the schedule that i have in my mind and how this is going forward. so aye like to hear about construction impact, neighbourhood impact and -- and park use impacts as a result of the construction process, if you will.

>> yeah, commissioner, i'll take that. this is peter bryan. just so you're aware, we have been working extensively on a site logistics plan that actually doesn't impact the park we intend to stage the construction from the sidewalk of warriors way. obviously with an active event centre and office buildings and the other retail that will be open on our site during construction. you know, we need to maintain that access, too. we looked at the end of every work day, how there's adequate pedestrian flow to allow people to travel west and east along warriors way to keep that connection to bayfront park if they're coming from west of terry françois boulevard. it's something we've been

conscientious of today and our neighbours have reminded us also we have a loading dock across warriors way that gap-old navy uses so we've been in coordination there, too, on how we minimize the impact during construction. but the goal is to keep the park open, to keep our closet areas open and to have this really be more of a downtown construction site you would see in areas like new york city or even here in san francisco where life goes on around or the impact of the spronl really not noticed as we ensure all the right safety measures are in place to keep everyone safe and open. >> thank you. i don't have any questions at this time. >> ok. thank you, commissioner. commissioner scott, are you here? >> i think you can hear me now. >> yes, we can. comments or questions you may have? >> yes. comments, i do, definitely.

again, as i was saying, thank you so much to gretchen and peter and eugene for this presentation. i'm listening to the community. i'm listening to the residents there. i, too, am native here, resident and live very close to your community. we're not in a perfect world and i do hear all of your concerns. but we are in a world and a city and metropolis that has great needs and post corona, when we get there, we'll need the jobs, we will need the eateries and i didn't know we need help with continuing to better our transportation and the things around our parts. but i believe if we continue to keep the warriors' feet to the

fire and to keep an eye on their commitment, this is an organization that i am watching and may not be perfect and what is in our world today perfect? but i do see them as an organization moving toward perfection. i believe that they will stick with their commitment and work hard to try to make sure the concerns are met and addressed and that the growth development will happen. i'm pleased that they're still working with and commiting to our small businesses. i'm pleased that they are with y.p.d. and the job and all that are possibly opening up. so, it's something i am for and believe will be a great asset

to the city of san francisco. >> thank you, commissioner scott. thank you, commissioners, for your comments. you know, i -- i had an opportunity and i've been -- i think we've all had an opportunity to sort of, while we've been sheltering in place, you know, going for walks. of course, at safe distancing and masks. and i've gone down to the warriors location many, many times as someone who grew up in the city, in the mission district and that whole area was empty for a long, long time and i hear the concerns from some about nature and about density and the fact that anybody who lives in that area

has contributed to the density. because remember, i -- it was an empty space so we are a growing city. and we're all contributing to the density and to this city. so, i just want to acknowledge those concerns but also we need to be very honest that there was nothing there before and there was a dream to build out that area and the dream is coming alive and so i'm really proud of this commission and this agency for its work towards that. but i'm also qualify proud with the partners who have many, before the buildings were built, you know had to sort of take a leap of faith that the city and the community would come along and the warriors were one of those partners that came to us a few years ago,

asking us for their -- for our support for their dream and, as i mentioned, when the arena was being built or before the approvals, i'm not a sports fan. and that's not why i wanted to approve that project. but it is because of how they did the outreach and how they committed to local hire, how they worked with us to make sure that some of the concession stands were of local long-term businesses, restaurants that were here in the city and that partnership has actually bourn a lot of fruit. and not just the chase arena itself, but outside. so i'm really excited about what they want to do. i think that it's going to bring more jobs. it's going provide more benefits to the community. and, you know they have been a very good partner thus far and there is no reason why i think we shoildened support this

project. so i just hope that the warriors have heard some of concerns about litter, about traffic impact and i know that, because you've done it in the past, you worked with the local community and that's something that i know you'll do because you've done it and you've really proven yourself as a good partner with the community and the city. i want to thank you for that. we have several votes before us that we have to do one in a row and so i would like the ask -- was someone going to say something? ok. so, i will need a motion and a second, if there is one, for each of the items. madame secretary, you'll call item individually. but just to move this along, i will ask for a motion for this

particular item and a second. if there is one. >> actually, if i may, and with maybe we need councillor morales to chime in, it sounds like we had additional callers that didn't show up in our telephone queue and they wish to provide public comment. would that still be allowed if we provide them a couple of minutes? because i think there were at least a couple of item who somehow didn't get queued in and they submitted an e-mail and they wish to speak. i don't know if we can do that. >> city attorney morales? >> i think the prudent thing to do would be to allow the speakers to give their testimony, given the possibility that there are

technical difficulties in getting through. since we're not at a public hearing venue where you can see individuals who might want to speak so i would recommend that you allow them to speak. >> ok. >> so, madame secretary, what we'll do -- we won't accept any motions yet until we hear these speakers and then get back to regular proceedings. thank you. >> i'll pull up the public comment screen again. ms. nguyen, if you can activate the question and answer portion one more time to allow the callers to queue in again. >> operator: your conference is now in question and answer mode. to summon each question, press 1 and then 0. >> for the members of the public who were unable to get connected to our public comment line earlier, if you're still on the line, or if you still wish to call in, we'll allow

you a few moments to call in and provide your public comment. if you're listening, the phone number to dial is 888-557-8511. the access code is 7500645. make sure you press the pound sign and pound sign again to enter as a participant and dial 1 and then 0 to be placed in the queue. and when you're prompted, it will let you know when it is your turn to speak. again, that phone number is 888-557-8511. and the access code is 7500645. do you have any participants on

the participant list that may not have queued in or may not have dialed 1-0? >> i don't have anybody queued for question and answer mode. >> we'll allow them a few seconds in case they logged off. thank you. >> ms. nguyen, is there anybody in the queue? >> no. >> callers, can you please dial

1-0 if you'd like to be queued in, please. >> i do have one on the call now. >> operator: ok. you have one question remaining. >> caller: hi. good afternoon, commissioners. this is pete barmer, national association of community contractors. i'm pleased to see that you opened the phone line for public comments. first of all, thank you. thank you to golden state warriors for the beautiful arena they had built and don't build great projects in the city of san francisco. personally, i would like to thank the warriors leadership, peter bryan.

his engagement with our association -- national association of minority contractors provided jobs in the community, created contract opportunities contractors, small contractors and also some of the bigger contractors and suppliers. this was a wonderful project and i hope that the commissioners approve this project and move forward so they can create more jobs in the community. it has been a great benefactor and a great leadership that warriors bring to the city of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. >> are there anymore? >> operator: you have zero questions remaining. >> great. thank you so much. thank you, mr. chair. >> ok. so, we are now closing public comment for sure. and we are looking at item 5b

and i will need a motion and second if there is that. >> on b? i move that we adopt the environmenttal review findings. can you hear me? >> yes. >> ok. thank you, mr. chair. i move that we approve and adopt the environmental review findings purchase student the california environmental quality act a. >> great. thank you. is there a second? >> yes, i second. >> so we have a motion and a second. madame secretary, please take roll. >> and mr. chair, just to confirm, we're taking one motion for all items that act on it separately? >> yes. >> with all the votes. got it. ok. so, the motion for all action

items. >> wait. no. >> i think you need to get a vote on each item. >> each. >> right. ok. >> yeah. >> thank you. commission members, please announce your vote for item 5b when i call your name. commissioner brackett. >> yes. >> commissioner scott. >> yes. >> vice chair row salless? >> yes. >> chair bustos. >> yes. >> 5b passes. i'd like to call for 5c. may be use the same house? commissioner scots and commissioner rosales first and seconding? >> i move that we move the report to the board. >> commissioner, are you seconding that? >> yes. >> ok. so, we have a motion and a

second and madame secretary, please take roll. [roll call] >> mr. chair t vote is four ayes. >> motion passes. i would like call the vote for agenda item 5ds. there somebody else who would like to motion and second? >> mr. chair, i move that we approve the amendment to the redevelopment plan. for the mission bay south redevelopment project. >> thank you, commissioner scott. is there a second? >> i'll second. >> ok. madame secretary, please call the roll. >> commission members, please announce your vote for item 5d. when i call your name --

[roll call [ mr. chair t vote is four ayes. >> ok. motion carries. calling the vote for agenda item number 5e, may i have a motion? >> i move. >> go ahead. >> yeah. i was going to move item 5e. >> thank you. >> additionally authorizing the seventh amendment. >> si second that. >> ok. we have a motion and a second. madame secretary, please call the vote. >> commission members, please announce your vote for 5e when i call your name. [roll call]

mr. chair t vote is four ayes. >> ok. motion carries. i'd like to call the vote for agenda number 5f. may i have a motion, please? >> mr. chair? >> yes, commissioner scott? >> i move that we approve an amendment to the d for d for the mission bay south project area. >> thank you, commissioner scott. is there a second? >> this is mara, i will second. >> madame secretary, we have a motion and a second. please call roll. >> commission members, please announce your vote for item 5f when i call your name. [roll call] mr. chair t vote is four ay irks.

>> motion carriesful i'd like to call a vote for agenda -- item 5g. may i have a motion? >> mr. chair? >> yes, commissioner scott? >> i move that we conditionally approve the amendment to the major phase application and the basic concepts and schematic design for the mission bay south lots 29 through 32. >> thank you, commissioner scott. is there a second? >> [inaudible]. >> vice chair seconds this motion. so we have a motion and a second. madame secretary, please call the roll. >> commission members, please announce your vote for item 5g when i call your name. [roll call] >> mr. chair, the vote is four

ayes. >> ok. motion carries. thank you very much for the presentation to the staff and to the partners and thank you, members of the public for your comments. please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 6, public comment on nonagenda items. mr. chair? >> madame secretary, do we have any speaker cards for this item? >> your conference is now in question and answer mode. to summon each question, 1 and then 0. >> at this time, members of the bhoubl wish to provide public comment on nonagenda items should call 1-888-557-8511. enter access code 7500645, followed by the pound sign and then pound sign again. when prompted, please press 1 and then 0 to be placed in the queue. an automated voice will let you

know when it is your turn tom withdraw your question, press 1 and then 0 again. again, that number is 888-557-8511 and enter access code 7500645. followed by the pound sign and then pound sign again. and then enter 1 and a then 0 to be entered into the queue. ms. nguyen, just let us know if there are any callers, please. thank you. >> madame secretary, there are no callers on the line. >> thank you. mr. chair, at this time, there are no more members of public on the phone wishing to comment on this item.

>> ok. hearing no further requests to speak on this item, i will close public comment. madame secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order of business is report of the chair. mr. chair? >> there are no reports. please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 8, report of the executive director. madame director? >> i don't have knowing report at this time. thank you. -- i don't have anything to report at this time. thank you. >> the next order of business is item 9, commissioner questionses and a matters. >> there anybody wishing to speak on this item, commissioners? ok. hearing none, madame secretary, please call the next item. >> the next order of business is item 10, closed session. there are no closed session items. the next order of business is item 11, adjournment. mr. chair? >> thank you.

fellow commissioners, thank you so much for being a part of this meeting today. i would need to motion to adjourn. >> mr. chair, i move to adjourn. >> moved by commissioner scott. seconded by mutual fund- -- >> i second the motion. >> commissioner brackett. thank you so much. we are adjourning at 2:31 p.m. >> thank you. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, of the public and of gentlemen, of the public and of the staff.

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get to dr. colfax and some important things that definitely need to be discussed. first of all, this past monday dr. colfax and i had a -- monday was yesterday, right? it feels like monday every day, but yesterday dr. colfax and i, along with dr. susan phillips, had this great conversation about what it would take to reopen, and we talked about the indicators and the hospitalizations and a number of other things and the various phases. it was a very good conversation, and i think it is needed. what we found from that conversation are, of course, a number of questions, and many questions centered around when will we will able to get child care open, summer camps, schools and other things centered around children because i know many

parents are anxious to not just get a break from their children but to get back to work and to get their kids involved in activities, and i know kids are anxious to play with their friends, and so this friday at 11:30 i, along with bill ginsburg who is the director of park and rec and others will have a conversation around some of the options that we have available and what you can expect for the future. it will center around opportunities mostly for the summer and transitioning kids into, you know, a place where we can allow in some cases some summer activities, and we will be able to speak to more details about that on friday and hopefully get to some of the questions that so many of the parents have. so we appreciate you all tuning in. we decided to cut back on some

of the press conferences and really focus on the conversations with a lot of the leaders who are leading around public health, who are leading around support for children, youth and families, folks who are helping us to make the decisions about economic recovery as we move in our new normal of covid-19 this provides us with an incredible opportunity to really get to the heart of, you know, what is of most concern to the people of san francisco and answer your questions so that you are able to make plans or arrangements as information is provided to you. so we know that it's been probably very challenging that we have not been able to provide you with specific dates or times around the things that you want to know the most, and as we have said before, this is a fluid situation and things can change at a moment's notice, but

because most san franciscans have complied with the orders, people have been wearing their masks, socially distancing themselves, and again i say most people. i didn't say all people, but most people have complied, and because many people are taking this directive seriously, we have seen a decline in the curve, and that is something to be proud of, but our goal is to get rid of it entirely, and that's going to take continued work. yesterday was the first day that shops were able to open for curbside pick-up, and some offering delivery. i stopped by green apple, a bookstore, in the inner sunset, and they have another location further out. i was so happy to buy a book. i just didn't know what to do with myself. it felt good to go out to the community and to support this incredible institution. this past friday i picked up

dinner at the golden mira. i stopped by, you know, the garden center, and it just -- you know, to be able to support these businesses was really incredible, and i think that it's important -- i know that we are all sheltering in place, going out to run errands and do essential things, but here's an incredible opportunity. we want to support our businesses, and this is a way that we can do that. so rather than making that next purchase on amazon, maybe consider finding a place in your community and trying to shop at the local stores that may have availability for pick-up and delivery. i am really -- i needed a cord, and so i made sure that i checked in with the local hardware store. they didn't have the cord at the hardware store that i called,

but i found it at another place. so i like the idea of making sure that we are purchasing things from businesses in our city that are able to offer their services, but i think it's going to take a lot more effort so we can make sure that after we get through this hump those businesses are able to open they are not able to bring back their entire workforce. they still have to pay their rent and bills. it's been a really challenging time, even though they are raising private money and we're putting public money together and we're trying to support our small business community, and there have been a number of other initiatives, it's not always reaching the people who need it the most because we still have our hair salons, our nail salons, our barber shops, our masseuse, people who do services that require direct contact with people, they are still not open, still not in business, and this is a really

challenging time for so many people. so whatever we can do to support our local economy, our local businesses, i really want to strongly encourage you to think about supporting the businesses in your neighborhood and just maybe seeing what's available, going online and doing some research to see what's available to support small businesses in san francisco. another way that we are able to help some small businesses in san francisco and help our seniors is through this great plates food program. and i'm really excited about this because we know that, first of all, when we first issued a -- before we issued a shelter-in-place for everyone, we specifically asked that vulnerable population, our seniors and those who have underlying health conditions, to stay home. and what we found, of course, you know, there are some seniors, for example, who

qualify for calfresh, some concerns who qualify for meals and wheels and are lucky to have those opportunities, but there are a number of seniors who are just above that threshold. they may even own a home but are on a fixed income and can barely take care of themselves and take care of their home. and i do think it's important, regardless of whether or not you have the means to make sure that all of our seniors are taken care of. and so this program is a program that partners seniors with local restaurants, and what we're able to do is provide three meals a day from local restaurants. so it not only helps support our seniors, it helps support our restaurants. and it provides a no-contact delivery. it makes it so easy for them, and i am so excited that along with all the other programs that are available, including the

food bank, the san francisco -- food bank, meals on wheels and a number of other initiatives and people who are doing it on their own, the fact that we have even another program that will provide food to our seniors and also support our restaurants is really great and i want to thank governor gavin newsom for his support for this program. i want to talk a little bit about testing because i know that comes up. the great news is we've come a long way. the fact is, if you are a san franciscan and you exhibit one symptom, you could have a cough, you could have a temperature, call 311 or go online to sfgov.org and sign up and you'll get sent to a testing center to be tested, any san franciscan. but we also will test any essential worker, whether you are a san francisco resident or not. if you're an essential worker in san francisco and you don't exhibit any symptoms because

you're on the front line, whether you're selling groceries or driving muni or out there as a paramedic, those are the people who are in contact with folks on a daily basis, putting their lives on the line to provide us an essential service, so we wanted to make sure that you know that testing is available for you. we've expanded the number of sites, and in addition to a site in selma area, in the western addition and bayview and a few other sites scattered throughout san francisco, we wanted to make it a lot easier for communities where we know testing is needed. we specifically announced a few mobile sites, including the mobile site in the tenderloin, a site in ocean avenue and the omi, the lakeview area, and another site in the bayview hunters point community, and the site in the bayview hunters point community, the testing will be over the course of a few

days, specifically in hunters view. but anyone from the bayview is definitely welcome to receive a test. we did this in collaboration with a number of community-based organizations, similar to what was done in the mission, because we know that there are high rates of covid-19 in the bayview hunters point community, and we know that people need access to testing, and we also understand that sometimes they may not call or they may not go online to figure out whether or not they should be tested. and we also want to make sure we detach the stigma associated with getting tested, and so on friday, myself as well as supervisor walton, we will be going to the bayview hunters point. we will be tested, and the goal is to show people how easy it is and to make sure that folks feel comfortable and they feel safe,

that they can be tested whether they have insurance or not, whether they are documented or not. the more that people know they have access to testing and they feel comfortable when they exhibit a symptom or if they think they've been exposed, the better we'll be. and so our goal is to get to a certain level of testing in the city because it's gonna be critical to our ability to reopen. and that's why we want to make sure we set up these mobile locations. we hit all of the neighborhoods and we make it easy for people to get tested, and this is another opportunity to do that. so with that, i just want to, again, thank all of you for your patience and your cooperation. we have come a long way, and i just want to appreciate how far we've come. there was a time where access to testing was very, very limited, and now we're at a place where we have expanded testing, and

this is absolutely critical to reopening. there was a time when we were having discussions about requiring everyone to stay home, and now the pick-up and deliveries and other things are available. we're going to have a conversation, as i said, this friday about the options available for families because i know that there are so many parents who are anxious to figure out what is gonna happen for their kid this summer. we want to make sure that kids have, you know, a great experience. it has been challenging and will continue to be, but it's important that we make sure that there are options available, and so our goal is to have an in-depth conversation on friday at 11:30, so i hope you will tune in, and with that, i know dr. colfax has an update of where we are as it relates to public health overall, as well as some information, the latest on laguna honda hospital, and

so, again, thank you so much for your cooperation, and with that i'd like to introduce dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential

phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed the spread of the coronavirus in

our community. you have protected each other. you have protected your families, and you have protected your community. and most importantly, you have protected the populations that are most vulnerable to this virus, the populations over 60, people with co-morbid conditions who we know, both on our local data and from our national data, are unfortunately most likely to die from this disease. today there are 62 patients with covid-19 hospitalized in san francisco across our nine health care hospital entities, and while this is an increase since yesterday, the curve has been remarkably flat for many weeks now and steadily declining since may 5. although, of course, and you've heard me say this many times, but it's -- i will continue to say it, this could change at any

time, but we must acknowledge that big accomplishment that, again, all of us have made major contributions to. you have all been a part of this, and for this i thank you. and let's continue to flatten and push that curve down together. we are certainly making this measurable progress in our fight against coronavirus, and because of that, we are starting here locally under the mayor's leadership and across the region with regard to the gradual process of reopening. yesterday we issued new health orders that allow curbside pick-up for most retailers in the city, and we are taking steps in this regard with caution as our focus on community health remains a top priority. we will need to watch, continue to watch for the effects of

increased movements that this opening will bring. we know that before the shelter-in-place went into place, order went into place, the more we moved, the more the virus moved. and we are certainly hoping, based on the data, the science and the facts, that as we continue to take the precautions necessary, the masking, the social distancing, the intense hygiene that i think we've all adapted to over these last few months, i don't know about you, but my hands are a little red from the washing, and i've used a lot of hand gel recently, but as we adapt, we are hoping that as we move more we will not see increased movement and transmission of the virus. and remember the virus has no timeline, and our new stay-at-home order reflects that

reality. we are in the second inning of a long game, and most scientists expect that this long game is going to be with us for 18 to 24 months. so the new updated health order will allow for future expansion and the reopening of additional businesses provided, again, we continue to flatten and even see a decrease in that curve. and again, the health indicators need to continue to look good. this new order doesn't have an expiration date so we can act with maximum flexibility and not be penned in, literally, by artificial deadlines. and i have hopes, and i think we should all have hope and good reason to believe, as i said, that if people continue to take precautions we will continue to make progress. but at the same time, if needed, we will dial back. if that curve starts to go up, if we start to see indications

that the virus is spreading in the community at an alarming rate, if our intensive care unit numbers start to go up, the hospitalization numbers over all start to go up, we will need to take a step back and decrease our activity in our community. i hope that doesn't happen, and again, the more vigilant we are in our preventive activities, the more likely it is that we will be able to make incremental but sustainable progress going forward. it will take resilience. it will require that we stay nimble, and it will require that we continue to monitor the evolving health situation, you know what i say here, using data, science and facts. so in terms of our reopening phases, and i think we have a slide up to show this, this is

the focus of our steps will be aligning generally with the state's plan that you see on this slide. we are currently in stage 2(a), which is really, again, focusing on that allowing curbside pick-up and then having the manufacturing and supply chains to support that curbside pick-up in place. so again, this is just the beginning, and over the next period of two to four weeks, we will continue to watch the data to see if we can enter into that next phase, the 2 (b) phase. again, if things go well, we would then be, over time, moving into stages 3 and ultimately into stage 4. but this is, again, an iterative process.

it's going to take nimblism, and it's going to take a lot of vigilance on all of our parts. we are working locally with the economic recovery task force, the office of economic and workforce development, and the community -- the business community and other stakeholders to design smart ways, to design smart ways, ways that are informed, again, by the science, to help businesses come back while protecting public health. these things can go and will go hand in hand. i look forward, we look forward to bringing the next steps together and will continue to provide updates in this regard. and again, we will continue to study these indicators over a two to four-week cycle, which will give us sufficient information to determine whether we can gradually open up into

these next stages. so one of the key things we will be doing in this, the vital statistics, as it were, for this staging, is looking at the five indicators that i have mentioned before, but we have another visual for you to see here. as we move towards this reopening, the five indicators we are going to be looking at are cases, the number of covid-19 cases, our hospital capacity, testing, contact tracing, and p.p.e., or personal protective equipment. the mayor mentioned these indicators earlier, and as i said at the beginning of my remarks, we had a very good conversation, along with dr. susan phillip, about how we will be determining and following these indicators as we go forward into these new

phases. so again, i would encourage you to watch that session, and we will be coming back to these indicators during this next phase of reopening and onwards. many of these indicators are also represented on our data tracker, and so i would encourage you to follow along, if you haven't already, particularly that hospital curve that i continue to look at every day. i know many of you are doing that. you can also look at our testing data. as the mayor mentioned, we have dramatically scaled up our testing over these past few weeks, and that information is, again, available on our website. so those are the slides, and i'm going to talk more specifically around testing in one of the most vulnerable populations in a setting in our health department, which is laguna

honda hospital. and one of the most important testing expansions we have launched is to require universal testing of residents and staff at all skilled nursing facilities in san francisco, including, of course, the largest skilled nursing facility in the region, and one of the largest if not the largest in the nation, laguna honda hospital. i'd like to provide a progress report on how our universal testing is going at laguna honda hospital, and we'll have final results next week on this. but we were -- as we initiated the universal testing order, laguna honda was the first skilled nursing facility in the city to begin universal testing, and that started on may 4. resident testing, so the people who live in the facility, the residents, resident testing is now complete, and staff testing

will conclude next week. so far we have -- of the approximately 2500 staff and residents of the laguna honda, we have completed screening, the universal testing of 2,087 people. so just in this facility alone, over 2,000 people have been tested, screened if you will, tested on a routine basis because they either live or work there. this testing allows the hospital to proactively protect residents and staff from exposure by identifying covid-19 cases among people without symptoms, and we know that many people have covid-19. they may not show symptoms, whether it's because they don't show symptoms at all during the course of the infection or whether they are in the early

stages of covid-19 disease. as of yesterday, 718 residents and 1369 staff have completed the universal testing, and we've had just four positive results, two among staff and two among residents, as, again, a result of this universal testing. that is a less than 1% positivity rate for -- in fact, to be very specific, i know i'm throwing out a lot of numbers today, but it's a 0.19% rate. that said, with increased testing at laguna honda, we do anticipate additional covid-19 cases. we know these institutions are highly vulnerable to infection with covid-19, and while we are being extremely vigilant, we know that it is likely that

there will be more cases. the key thing is that we do as much as we can to prevent cases, to detect covid-19 cases when they are in the facility, either amongst staff or among residents, and then take aggressive action to limit the outbreak and, of course, care for both the staff and residents who are found to be infected. the people who have followed up -- who have tested positive, excuse me, we have followed up with contact tracing and so far have tested additional residents and staff based on the possible exposure from these four cases. this past weekend that follow-up enabled us to small a outbreak in the south two neighborhood. these neighborhoods are historically been -- you may think of them as hospital wards.

it's a neighborhood because these are long-term residents and certainly goes beyond sort of the traditional hospital ward, but it's an area of the hospital where residents live together and where staff work together. so we did identify a small outbreak on south two precisely because we implemented this universal testing, this universal screening process. we had found two cases there through the universal testing in that neighborhood, and case investigation led us to test additional contacts as a result of that. this additional testing resulted in four positive cases in residents who had previously tested negative. so again, because of our vigilance and repeated testing, we were able to identify four positive cases of residents who had tested negative before. this is an example of the systems that we have put into place working in the way that

they should and in the way that they must, enabling us to take action quickly and to move quickly in response to testing results. staff who test positive are immediately sent home to self-isolate and provided with supports. and residents who test positive are immediately transferred to the new dedicated covid-19 unit at laguna honda where all best practices and best medical care is provided. all staff and residents who have tested positive, i'm thankful to say, are in good condition, and we have quarantined south two and continued to monitor, test and investigate contacts. so these new cases bring the total confirmed covid-19 cases to laguna honda to a total of 29. again, that's going all the way back to march 22.

eleven residents and 18 staff. several of these cases have fully recovered, and i'm thankful to say that the rest remain in good condition. i'm also thankful that to date there have been no deaths from covid-19 at laguna honda hospital. and i'm really just so personally grateful to the residents and the staff at laguna honda who have worked tirelessly to continue to contain the spread of covid-19. this universal testing, which will now become routine at laguna honda, a huge lift, something that took really a great amount of investment and time, and i'm just so grateful to the leadership at laguna honda and the staff there who are not only doing the work that they did so well before this pandemic but now being resilient, being flexible, being nimble and ensuring that they

are protected -- they are continuing to take the best care for residents possible. i am proud of our work and really want to thank the ongoing collaboration with the cdc, the centers for disease control and prevention and the california department of public health. the improvements that we've made at laguna honda not only benefits the more than 700 residents of laguna honda and the workforce there, but we are also sharing what we learn with other skilled nursing facilities across the city. in san francisco, approximately 40% of all skilled nursing facility patients and residents have been tested through universal testing to date. five facilities have completed universal testing. four are under way with our support, and the remainder are planned in the next coming weeks. so in conclusion, over the next weeks and months, we will

continue to focus on vulnerable populations and expand universal testing to more congregate settings, including shelters. we will continue to focus on the five indicators that i and the mayor have emphasized. we will continue to work together with community businesses and other stakeholders across the region and coordinate with the state to accomplish as much restoration of activity as we can. and we know that the coronavirus is still here. but we are going to find a way to protect each other and enter a new era for our city, for san francisco, for our community. we continue to rise to this occasion. and san francisco, i can't thank you enough for your dedication

to the entire health of the entire community, and i look forward to moving forward together. thank you. >> good afternoon. the first questions are for dr. colfax. the first question is from mel baker, san francisco public press. when will san francisco residents and staff of all san francisco's nursing facilities be tested for coronavirus? >> dr. grant colfax: so as i detailed in my remarks, this effort is going well. i don't have a specific end date for you, but i can tell you that with our health order and with the aggressive actions that we are taking and supporting in nursing homes across the city, i expect that it will be done soon. and again, this is an iterative process. it's not as though we do one round of universal screening or testing of all residents and

staff. this is a process that will be ongoing because we, again, want to support the staff and respects in the nursing homes in early detection of covid-19 to prevent it from spreading through these communities. i would also add that the health department is supporting many of these institutions. they haven't had the technical expertise, the capacity to test residents, and as we enter this new normal, one of the key things we're working with them to do with support and engagement of the state, is to make sure that they make the investments necessary so that routine testing becomes part of their model as they support the communities in their nursing homes. >> next question is from joshua sabotini, on testing at laguna honda, you mentioned there was an outbreak at south two but there was also an -- but was there also an outbreak in north four? >> so that was a prior situation which has been contained, and

again, i think in that earlier outbreak one of the key things that we did was bring in our own infectious disease experts, experts from the state and the cdc who helped us provide the best techniques and monitoring efforts to contain the infection. that did contain the infection in that neighborhood, and so now we're using that evidence and those guidelines to now mitigate the outbreak in this new neighborhood. and again, these lessons learned will be applied across nursing facilities, not only in san francisco but i expect across the state, if not across the nation. so this is hard work. it's challenging work, but as we expand our testing and our ability to care for people and detect the covid-19 virus early, i'm hopeful that we will be in a much better situation than we

would have otherwise been. >> since the patients who tested positive are outside of the initial outbreak detected in south five, are you concerned about how widely the virus may have spread throughout the facility? >> dr. grant colfax: well, this is exactly why we tested all the residents and why we're testing all the residents and all the staff. so you heard, this is exactly why we issued a health order to require this testing and, you know, needed to make sure that we were following our own orders, which is why we started with laguna honda. it's also a very large facility. you heard me say, you know, we found a relatively small number of patients and residents on -- i'm sorry, of staff and residents on that routine screening, but the system worked because we found a few and then that helped us focus our efforts in a specific neighborhood where we were able to detect more cases and take aggressive control actions, as well as ensuring that the residents who tested positive who were in good

condition and might not have otherwise been detected get the best care possible. so you know, yes i'm concerned that we need to be vigilant and this vigilance is paying off in terms of ensuring that we're protecting the health of the residents and the health of the staff to the best of our ability based, again, on the data, signs and facts. >> the next question is from ron lynn, l.a. times. can you update us with the percent of people testing positive for coronavirus in san francisco compared to the worst point? >> so i think if you go to our data tracker, you can see the percent of people testing positive in our system of care, and that percent that test positive varies depending on how testing is being scaled up, whether there may have been an outbreak at a facility or in a

setting where there's likely to be more positives. what i think we really need to focus on in terms of i think the gist of the question is how do we know that we're doing better, that's really best reflected in the hospital data. those are the people who are living with covid-19 who are the sickest. that's the curve that we really need to be looking at. that curve, again, is flat or going down. as we expand our testing, and i think this is a key point, as eexpand our testing, we will surely detect more cases in the city because if we test more people we will get -- the numbers will go up. we will be watching that percent, that positivity rate over time. the last few days that positivity rate has hovered around 7 per cent. >> the next question is from jamie har with the associated press. the governor floated the possibility of having live sporting events without spectators as early as june 1. is this in any way possible for

san francisco? >> well, i think we need to, again, look at the data and monitor carefully work with the sports business community and determine whether that is something that could be done safely and commensurate with best practices. i can't speculate on a date, but i would say that i know many of us are looking forward to getting back to watching sports, and it's certainly something that we've been discussing. >> the next question is from sf chronicle. given sf's grim budget projections for the coming fiscal year, is the department of public health bracing for big cuts to its own budget? >> dr. grant colfax: so, look, we're in a situation where we have an unprecedented public health emergency and we also have a major fiscal crisis. and we're looking across the department to figure out how can we accomplish the goals of

ensuring that the pandemic -- that our pandemic response is robust while also looking at how do we continue to provide as many services possible for people in our clinics, in our hospitals, behavioural health services and so forth. so we're taking a hard look of where we can make adjustments. i will give you a key example of where things have accelerated, for instance, because of the pandemic. our telehealth work has accelerated in primary care and behavioural health services. so we are looking at how do we shift our response and whether there are commensurate cost savings in that work. so a lot of work to do going forward with ensuring that our budget goals are met, but also ensuring that our pandemic response and that our ability to provide care to the safety net populations is -- continues.

>> specifically -- this is a follow-up. specifically, should programs within the behavioural health care system, like drug treatment programs and mental health facilities, prepare for reductions in service they are able to provide? >> dr. grant colfax: i'm sorry, could you repeat the last part of the question? >> i'll read it again. specifically, should programs within the behavioural health care system, like drug treatment programs and mental health facilities, prepare for reductions in services? >> dr. grant colfax: so you know, i think it's too early to speculate on that. right now we are looking, again, at multiple factors that will help determine what our proposed budget will look like in the future. i think that certainly as we look at the intersection of the covid-19 pandemic and the behavioural health challenges that we already have in the city, we will certainly be looking at what programs need to be supported that intersect with

both the behavioural health needs and the covid-19 response, and increasingly, you know, as we enter this new era, one of the key things we will be looking at across the health department is how do our services not only continue the strong work we've done in supporting health, but how do those intersect with our ongoing pandemic response, and those will be particularly -- those will be services that we will particularly focus on adjusting and maintaining and in some cases i think strengthening. >> thank you, dr. colfax. our final questions are for director abigail stuart khan, homelessness and supportive housing.

dr. stuart khan, your question is: the mayor tweeted on friday about the newest safe sleeping site and said the city is looking for new sites. what are the sites that are currently still being considered? >> thank you. so as the public may be aware, and just thanks for the opportunity to revisit things that are happening for residents who are unsheltered on our streets, when the epidemic began, the healthy streets operation center, which hsh is a

part of, paused shelter encampment -- excuse me, encampment resolutions. this is because moving people into shelters was no longer possible given that congregate sites are a difficult location for people during a pandemic caused by covid. and so we know that this means that there are more people living unsheltered than there were before, and we know that even before the pandemic we didn't have enough space for people. we also understand that in a crisis people, unhoused and housed, want to be together, that community is what makes us feel safe during times of high anxiety, and so similar to the physical distancing that i need to create with my colleagues or people who are not in my close family, we worked through our partnership to provide education, outreach, access to hand sanitizing, access to sanitation, access to food, and we continue to work in an ongoing way with the unsheltered population. it's become extremely clear that

that is insufficient given the number of people living unsheltered and how difficult it is to physically distance on our sidewalks. and so as you note, kathy, the mayor tweeted about the first sanctioned safe village in san francisco. this is not something that the department of homelessness or the city has ever approved before, even though many, many cities across our country have done so. and this is really related to the pandemic and the need to provide safety for people living unsheltered during the pandemic. so to the specifics of that site, it opened last week. it is seen as a short-term solution. it is run incredibly well by urban alchemy with our deep gratitude and all of the partners working together. the intention at that site via our hsoc partners is to move people out of it as quickly as possible, whether that is into our traditional housing, if they are housing referral status, or

into a hotel if they were known to our system of care before april 1. and then to find other solutions and resolutions for other individuals so that that location does not remain long term or even longish term. there is another location that has been identified that's been talked about publicly in the hate, and we are looking forward to its opening in the next couple of weeks, and to our partnership with larkin around that site and their subcontractors. each site needs to be taken on a case-by-case basis. based on the needs of the unsheltered individuals, the community, the community input, and we look forward to that. the healthy streets operation center and the emergency operations center remains point on evaluating and looking at future sites. for example, we are looking at a site to serve the mission and the castro districts, and we look forward to that partnership and the role that hsh will play. and other sites will continue to

need to be evaluated based on the need in the community, community resident input, and the specifics of each location. >> follow-up question: how can local residents participate in discussions about the site? >> yeah, that's a terrific question, and for those of you who know how we do our community process around navigation centers, you know that it is robust and it is extremely time consuming before the covid pandemic. and so we will not be able to do that -- we can't come together in meetings, community meetings of 100 people and share all the details because we can't all be together. but i know that the healthy streets operation center and the emergency operation center, as they look at each site, partners with local leaders, takes a look at the neighborhood, tries to understand how to mitigate the impact if, in fact, a site is important. listens to the residents and reaches out as quickly as they possibly can for that engagement, understanding that given the crisis that we're in

we need to move in an expedited manner. >> thank you, director stuart khan. that concludes our questions for today's press conference. ♪

>> the bicycle coalition was giving away 33 bicycles so i applied. i was happy to receive one of them.

>> the community bike build program is the san francisco coalition's way of spreading the joy of biking and freedom of biking to residents who may not have access to affordable transportation. the city has an ordinance that we worked with them on back in 2014 that requires city agency goes to give organizations like the san francisco bicycle organization a chance to take bicycles abandoned and put them to good use or find new homes for them. the partnerships with organizations generally with organizations that are working with low income individuals or families or people who are

transportation dependent. we ask them to identify individuals who would greatly benefit from a bicycle. we make a list of people and their heights to match them to a bicycle that would suit their lifestyle and age and height. >> bicycle i received has impacted my life so greatly. it is not only a form of recreation. it is also a means of getting connected with the community through bike rides and it is also just a feeling of freedom. i really appreciate it. i am very thankful. >> we teach a class. they have to attend a one hour class. things like how to change lanes, how to make a left turn, right turn, how to ride around cars.

after that class, then we would give everyone a test chance -- chance to test ride. >> we are giving them as a way to get around the city. >> just the joy of like seeing people test drive the bicycles in the small area, there is no real word. i guess enjoyable is a word i could use. that doesn't describe the kind of warm feelings you feel in your heart giving someone that sense of freedom and maybe they haven't ridden a bike in years. these folks are older than the normal crowd of people we give bicycles away to. take my picture on my bike. that was a great experience. there were smiles all around. the recipients, myself, supervisor, everyone was happy to be a part of this joyous

occasion. at the end we normally do a group ride to see people ride off with these huge smiles on their faces is a great experience. >> if someone is interested in volunteering, we have a special section on the website sf bike.org/volunteer you can sign up for both events. we have given away 855 bicycles, 376 last year. we are growing each and every year. i hope to top that 376 this year. we frequently do events in bayview. the spaces are for people to come and work on their own bikes or learn skills and give them access to something that they may not have had access to. >> for me this is a fun way to get outside and be active.

most of the time the kids will be in the house. this is a fun way to do something. >> you get fresh air and you don't just stay in the house all day. iit is a good way to exercise. >> the bicycle coalition has a bicycle program for every community in san francisco. it is connecting the young, older community. it is a wonderful outlet for the community to come together to have some good clean fun. it has opened to many doors to the young people that will usually might not have a bicycle. i have seen them and they are thankful and i am thankful for this program.

all of these amazing organizations that exist in san francisco, it's great to be here and great to talk about the incredible work that all of you are doing despite what our very challenging times for our city and our country, so let's get started and let's get to hear your questions and, also, i just want to make sure that you put in a plug for your organizations and the work that you are all doing and people don't have to sit at home by themselves. they can sit at home and maybe watch a great film that's going to be aired online by the film festival. let's make sure we get the word out.

>> thank you, mayor breed. i want to thank the panelists and welcome to all of the viewers at home. as asian pacific americans are facing extraordinary challenges at this time, not only because of the pandemic, but also because the rising tide of anti-asian violence. this reminds us about history when asian americans became scapegoats. the immigration station and the japanese americans during world war 2, the asian communities have been through it all! and that's why the communities are coming together to continue

to navigate through the crisis and to track the future and that's why this afternoon's conversation with you, mayor breed, is so important as we continue on this journey. to that end, we have selected two special topics to talk about this afternoon and one is the impact of the pandemic and anti-asian violence on youth and children. we are very concerned about how students will be treating each other when they get to go back to school. and the other one is -- the other topic is the impact on culture. this is what we normally would look to to bring communities, to bring comfort during times of crisis. however, we all know that the arts and culture communities are being hit very hard and they're going to have an even harder time next year when we may or may not get a tax refund.

we are all in this together. so i hope this conversation is going to help us focus our thinking a little bit more about some of the topics so close to our hearts and close to the community. without further ado, i would like to introduce the moderator, thomas lee, of this conversation. he iwe're lucky to have thomas s one of our celebration cochairs and the master of our website. everything to do with communication and all things social media and so thomas. >> thank you, cla claudine. thank you. we are bringing this celebration online virtually, like many organizations, we're finding new ways to celebrate and we're

doing it all online. at this time, i would like to welcome our distinguished panel presenters, the mayor of san francisco, mayor london breed, and all of the viewers on facebook live. so i hope you're watching. tell a friend and we are on facebook live, at facebook.com/sf. you can text that to a friend. for this afternoon's program, we have six community leaders representing civil righters, children and youth services, as well as arts. each presenter will have two minutes to share their perspectives and have the opportunity to ask mayor breed a question. we have a lot of ground to cover and let's get right to it. our first presenter is vincent penn, for affirmative action. for over 50 years, he has been at the forefront of events introducing civil rights and justice and providing equal opportunities for chinese and asian americans, caa co-launched a program to collect data of

anti-asian incidents in the country encouraging asian pacific americans to report these incidents. please welcome vincent penn who will provide us an update on asian violence incidents. >> thank you. at the outset of the pandemic, san francisco state universities and the asian pacific study's gunpoint anplanning in los anget community members could report incidents that were happening against asian americans and pacific islanders. in the past month and a half, we have received 1700 reports for both harassment, bullying, physical assaults and race-related property vandalism from across the country, including 117 incidents here in san francisco. the data shows that women have been proportionately harassed

and all asian communities are being harmed. most is happening under shelter-in-place orders, so we expect the situation to get worse as orders are lifted. in some ways, this is not a new problem, just an escalated problem, made worse by the covid-19, as well as the trump administration to blame everything on china. we all appreciate, mayor breed, the strong, strong stance you have made towards hate towards asian americans and all communities, but given the difficult economic and budget situation facing the city and the community, are you able to have resources to build in the capacity to address these anti-asian situations? >> well, i will say that as many of you all know, it's going to be a real challenge for our city financially. but, from the very beginning, before people were really paying attention to this pandemic, to

the coronavirus, our asian community in san francisco was already being impacted. the level was zenophobia, the attacks and other violence against ederly seniors and we were experiencing that before the pandemic hit hard and so, this is something we've paid close attention to, working with law enforcement, working with our small business community and trying to provide resources, but it's knot goin not going to be h the situation we're in. i'll start with, specifically, with what's happening around a lot of the attacks and the violence and the robberies. i want to just express how important it is that people report these things to the police, because this is going to help inform a lot of the decisions that we make. and we heard about a lot of incidents that have not been reported and we know there might be fear or people who are

uncomfortable with that. i'll be looking to so many of your organizations to be that vehicle. we've provided access to a bilingual act that's available, so some of our officers can call and get a translators on the phone to communicate and report crime. we need to do this now more than ever, because that's going to be important so that we can make sure people understand that not only this is happening but the work we have to do has to be started on supporting where we know the challenges are. recently, i a nancy tong has reported on the board of supervisors and there's rumblings of not supporting her. as much as i believe in criminal justice reform and as much as i don't want to put people in jail, if you commit an act of

crime, you should be held accountable, and there should not be a negotiation there. having someone who believes that on the police commission, on the law enforcement community is important to making sure that people don't feel comfortable coming to san francisco, committing crimes or attacking other people. so that's part of one of the challenges we will continue to face and i'm definitely planning to do everything i can to make sure that the investments are there to support this community. the businesses, it's really been tough. it's been tough because, again, it hit our asian businesses before it even touched anyone else and already, with the millions of dollars that we allocated to support our small businesses, whether it's a $10,000 grant or up to 50 $50,00 no-interest loan, we know we need to do more. so i'm raising money, as well as

redirecting resources to support our businesses. and again, your help and your support to get people to apply for the funding is really necessary. we have an equity team that's embedded in our emergency operation's centre, where their sole goal is to work with communities that are usually disenfranchise. so, for example, from day one, there were a number of businesses who were supposed to shut down but they didn't shut down because they didn't understand, they didn't speak english and there had to be another level of communication to make sure that they understood and they were connected to resources. and so we're going to have to continue that. because this is going to be really hard for us because some of these businesses are not going to be able to reopen. so the question is, how do we make sure that we outreach to the community? how do we make sure that we provide them with the records and the support that they need to maybe even transition into doing something other than what

they were already doing? it's going to be a partnership with all of you because we cannot do this alone. we need trusted community representatives who people support and respect and who will help to identify where there are holes, what we may not be doing right and how we can make that connection to support our communities. we've made a lot of gains over the years because we've had really good budget times, but we are really in trouble. and it will require all of us to work together and it's going to require a big sacrifice. we want to make sure we're not leaving anyone behind, especially our asian community, which has been impacted over this virus more than any other community. >> thank you, mayor breed. and you have a great bunch of allies on this call in addition to people on facebook who are tuning in right now. so are next presenter is sarah

wong, the executive director of the community center of san francisco. she started as an organization that focuses on addressing issues for at-risk in chinatown. and over the years, she gets involved in the city-wide agency serves over 8,000 multi cultural youths, and please welcome sarah wong. >> thank you, thomas, thank you, mayor. thomas is doing the best job so i'll jump right into the topic. to the pandemic has really become another reason to target asian communities a communitiese country. it's our hope to turn the table around in education. ethnic study's courses have been instituted in all of san francisco school district high schools to give students an introduction to the experience of the ethnic communities that are rarely represented in

textbooks. we need to work with project-based learning on racial justice in cross-cultural relationship buildings, such as by educational documentaries, and also chinese exclusion acts. what most of our youth programming have moved to virtual settings, most of our youth are still dealing with fear, isolation and this triggers depression and other mental health symptoms. and many of our youth couldn't even talk on the phone with our staff to share their feelings due to the lack of privacy and space. it is crucial to prioritize the offering of cultural competent mental health services to students at the schools and community settings in this current crisis. and as the incidents of violence will continue to increase, especially after the school reopens, i would like to ask

mayor breed to not only send a strong message to our young people in response to the alarming escalation in xenophobia, but to create a task force where our community members track incidents of anti-hate violence in communities and schools that target our young people. kind of similar to the current hate campaign at the national level, and also the policy in action plans to ensure all of our young people will be able to be in a violence-free community. some thank you, sarah, and thank you for providing that perspective. i think that's an incredible idea. i think that -- i'm happy to do whatever i can and i love the idea of -- as i was hearing you speak, i was thinking we needed to launch some sort of campaign around this, to really highlight how this is not the way.

and i will touch bases with the superintendent to figure out whether or not this can be incorporated into their distance-learning strategy. in fact, as you know, as a recipient of some of the resources where you're able to help support your youth through opportunities for all and other programs, i love the idea making sure that the opportunities for all kids who are participating in paid internships, working with them to come up with strategies and ideas and outreach in order to be the ambassadors. when i was in elementary school here in the city, my teacher, because i talked a lot and drove my teacher crazy, if someone was

sitting in the corner by themselves, i would try to solve their issue and i think that's the level that we got to get back to. we have to get back to caring about what's happening with each other and we want to make sure that, especially kids who, unfortunately, may not even know better because of their upbringing or what have you, we have to make sure that they are educated about how harmful, what they do is when they attack anyone with a racial slur or anything else for that matter. i think the time is now for bridge building and for a campaign and something that could be inspired through our young people. and i know you, along with john osaki, jcyc would be two incredible resources for all programs to look at a way to incorporate that into the work we do and we'll touch bases with our superintendent, dr. vincent matthews and then the director of the human right's commission,

cheryl davis, who oversees the opportunities for all programs and maybe there's something we can get started with now to really turn the tide on this. >> a lot of discussion about opportunities for all. in facebook, we've been operatinparticipating for oppors for all and this year, we're looking at new ways toengage with cheryl. >> i don't know all of the answers and so i'm looking to many of you for strategies or even these kids, because kids can come up with some of the best ideas. >> absolutely. >> and i know there are young people. just given the opportunity, they can kind of push these campaigns over. they're the ones who know how to use this technology and social media and stuff like that to do stuff, right? so let's tap into that in a way

that could spread like wildflowers and bring our city closer together. >> speaking of opportunities for all, let me bring on our next speaker to discuss the impacts on youth and children, it's john osaki, the japanese community youth council and this year jcyc is celebrating 50 years focusing on japan youth and a broad range of programs from preschool to college prep to opportunities for all and jcyc is leading many youth initiatives is please welcome john osaki. >> thank you, mayor breed and thank you for being a part of this town hall. i'll focus on some of the things you were just talking about regarding building bridges. they talked about safety and education and i think that the area that i really want to

emphasize is that i think it's so important that we find ways to build and promote understanding between communities here in san francisco. as i'm sure you know, san francisco is the birthplace of anti-asian sentiment in this country. and so i think it's so important that san francisco be a leader in this area and really think about how it can promote strategies that really build understanding. i think the thing that's been so alarming to me is to see how quickly and easily asians could become a target again in this country. and so, i think one of the things that we would be very interested this is a systemic approach to putting together a planning effort that's going to address this at many different levels because, unfortunately, this virus is not going away any time soon. it could easily pop back up. and i think many of us are very interested in figuring out how

do we come up with recommendations and ideas, such as some of the work that sarah has been pioneering in the bayview, where she's really been promoting understanding between the chinese community and the african-american community. and i think efforts like that are so critical to promote -- making sure we understand each other's experience and can appreciate all of oppression the communities have experienced so that we can ban together push back against the tide of hate and the type of targeting that's going on right now. so i would like to know if you would support an effort to bring together a systemic approach and recommendation for house san francisco can be a leader in pushing back against some of hate we're seeing today. >> thank you, john, for putting that in perspective and i think it's overdue and we need to get started on something of that nature now which incorporates all of the different layers.

because again, when kids were in school, we know there were kids who were picked on about this virus before it hit. businesses were suffering and being discriminated against and people were attacked and robbed and a number of other very violent incidents have occurred. and we know that it's important to develop solutions and to start to really change the tone of folks who are a part of our city who represent the asian community, how they are treated. and i think that we can put this together in a way that proposes solutions that we can work towards. and i do think it's important and i go back to the schools, because that learned behaviour that starts when you're a kid continues to develop into

adulthood. so it's so important that we really work with and use our kids in a way as an opportunity to bridge that gap because that is going to help to fill out, i think, the rest of the city. so i'm definitely open to the idea of developing a campaign, developing a system, putting together a committee, a diverse committee of folks who care about this issue. i know that folks from the nacp of san francisco and other organizations would be happy to participate and we can work as partners in developing solutions. but i also want to say that it's going to take a level of consistency unlike evacuee seen in the past. we've seen tensions, in particular, and i'm using this

as an example because i know that our asian community is being discriminated against by all races. but in particular, in this city, we've had tensions in the past, you know, sometimes between the african-americans and our asian community and to our chinese community, in particular. and when those things happen, what we would do, woe come we we together, have these forums, try to work together and they would die down. so i think the difference here is that we have to maintain this effort of a coalition of people who are really consistently active in making sure that we spread a different message, that we combat this and that we not allow xenophobia to be tolerated against people in our asian community or any community, for

that matter. and soy think there' so i thinkn opportunity to work together to be consistent and to try to make sure that we get over this hump and that even after this pandemic is over, we have to hold steady on the work we need to do to address these challenge. challenges. >> thank you, mayor breed and thank you, john. we'll shift gears a minute and we'll talk about the arts and culture sector and how that pandemic has impacted it. so next, i would like to bring on jay xi, the director of the asian art museum, which is home to one of the world's finest and collection of asian art over the 50 plus years. the museum has been successful in achieving the mission of inspiring new ways of connecting diverse communities to both traditional and contrary art. please welcome jay xi. >> thank you, thomas, for the

introduction and hello, mayor breed. i would like to thank you for your leadership and thank you for making the video statement, the owner of the ap heritage month in speaking strongly against the anti-asian racism that is going on right now. we at the museum have turned our museum into a virtual museum. and we are featuring a wide range of artists, not only visual artists but performing artists and particularly asian american artists and our programs are diverse, too. not only offering the thoughtful meditation. at this time in the crisis, everybody needs time to meditate and take stock of what happened and what the future lies for all of us, but also programs speak strongly in action and in group discussions about the common efforts, fighting against anti-asian racism. in addition to very wide-range

of programs which i encourage all of you and the audiences to check out our website. follow us on our social media. and asian museums is itself a diverse workforce, having strong representation for asian american community. and in addition to giving back artistically, our staff has been also donating hundreds of masks and spending of hundreds of hours to helping service work. so we are there as an element, a very strong community to navigate together through this crisis. today is poignant because today, may 8th, was supposed to be the day we would open the transform expanded asian museum for our public. mayor, you were supposed to do the ribbon cutting for all of us and sorry for me getting a little caught up here, because

this is ver a very emotional dar us. we will stay on course and transform the museum to the public, hopefully in the fall. just behind me, there's a new rorendering of our facade, turng the museum inside and out. you can also enjoy the museum from outside. we're also turning the asian museum into a national leading platform promoting asian american artists. the artists that you see are my backdrop are all featuring asian american artists. i think the more artists amplified, the more they're empowered. i want to echo the theme about community and how we're playing

an important role. i think the more artists can speak up, the better chance we will have in winning the war against the entire asian race. racism. my question to you is that you have implemented measures to support local artists. what are the further measures that you can develop, plans you can develop in supporting asian american artists and measures to enhance or efforts in the fight against anti-asian race? >> thank you for that question. first of all, one of the things that we did was to provide grants for artists, because we know, for example, those filmmakers, those musicians, performers, people who paint and do other arts-related things, this is their livelihood and especially now during this pandemic, i think people are

realizing the importance of art, because every time you hear about something, you hear about someone singing. you hear about someone showcasing some level of art and how that is what is getting people through this. and i do think it's important that we pull together resources, financial resources. i think it was around $2 million or so dollars for immediate grants to artists with the goal to increase that even more, but the arts are going to take a big hit and as we lose revenue for hotel tax and other things, it's going to be very challenging. and my commitment is to really focus on making sure that we are supporting san francisco art's organization, that we are supporting san francisco artists, as much as we possibly can.

my goal is to make sure that -- and let's be honest, there will be cuts and then usually, arts is first on the chopping block and that won't be the case with me. i'll be looking for waste and places where money -- things that are not necessarily as valuable as making sure our kids are participating in paid summer internships or art's related functions. i mean, all of those things are important, but it's going to be difficult or we'll continue to do what we can. i think when we're talking about what john and sarah brought up in terms of coming together and developing the plan and possibly even developing a campaign of sorts, and maybe using the arts as a vehicle to support and promote that, you know, that is something that i think is important and it's something that should be prioritized and

so, because it does matter. it does matter in terms of what's happening in our city and if that's a vehicle by which we can supportive, we will. so it doesn't give you, maybe, reassurance that things will be great. they're not. and so, fortunately, as a museum, you have the ability to encourage many of your board members to possibly even contribute more. but there are shawler smaller institutions and other organizations that will have a much more difficult time. and so we want to be mindful of that and we also want to live within our means and i remember when i was the director of the african-american art and culture complex and we had a number of challenges in the western edition with violence, we could have fought for funding for our

organization, but all of the organizations got together and because the community center -- and john, you remember this -- they were on the verge of closing. so we basically put aside what we needed to make sure that organization had its support and i think that's where we are as a city now. because we have to remember that it can't just be us pushing for more funding for our organizations. let's be realistic. we're going to suffer. there will be budget cuts and let's try to be mindful of the fact there will be other organizations that will need something more than others. and so, i see thomas giving me the signal. >> madam mayor, i just got pinged by your staff that we are running late on time and we wanted to get through two more speakers about the arts before you have to go. iwe'll make sure you get in and

out on time. so next we have irene almario, the studio that was founded in 1969, dedicated to showcasing emerging philippino artists and providing access to a broad range of performing art's programs. please welcome irene. >> thank you for having me. first of all, thank you, mayor breed, for your action and early shelter-in-place order. we're grateful for the people in the cities who adjusted to this crisis, the bcyf, which allowed us to utilize our art's grants for direct covid relief services. now and so primarily, this is a expect organization and space that is dedicated to philippino american arts. we have a thriving artist community providing cedar workshops to seniors and youth

in our local neighborhoods. all of our. eventevents have come to ahalt . artists who rely on contract work are finding it difficult to meet basic needs, dealing with isolation and digital accessibility. we have had to completely pivot our operations to directly address the covid crisis in our community. we are now aiding service organizations like up, west bay, equity center and com-can. however, we want to continue to create and put on productions. we are trying to shift into alternative means to engage with our community, but we actually need more support. so madam mayor, my question is, small performing art's benefits will find it nearly impossible to implement social distancing measures in a viable way. will the city able to offer any support to small venues searching for alternative ways to present work, such as technical resources to move to the virtual platform?

or when we can gather once again, creating a program that allows venues to stage performances in large public places like parks, gymnasiums, et cetera, while still making it affordable for a small organization? thank you. >> well, thank you for your question. first of all, i am anxious for the day when our artists can get back to performing and playing and that is really what we so desperately need even now. and i think that -- i'm not familiar with all of the resources that will be specifically available for art's organizations. , bubut i do know that our plans to try to make sure that we're supporting art's organization and make sure -- i mean, you have your space, but there are also expenses associated with that. we want to make sure that you're still getting your grant support and able to provide some

additional resources to your office. and we have not -- i'm not familiar with the technical aspect of online and what's going on there, but i will check with our equity team. the director of the human right's commission, she is managing the equity team out of the emergency operation's center and i think that if you -- if there is something you're specifically in need of, i think that there is a way to connect you to access to the technology or resources that are necessary to get you online. i will say that, unfortunately, artists can perform on their own. but they can't necessarily come together and perform at this time because of the six feet of requirement. so i know whatever it is that you choose to do, i want to make sure that you do it within the help order and i will make sure that we follow up to figure out

ways to help support you and the artists that you help. represent. >> on the topic of artists, let's turn to our friends at cam. our last presenter is steven gong, the executive director for center of the asian american immediatmedia. they're celebrating 40 years this year and the leein leading present of american asian television. the cam-fest is right here and around the world. so welcome steven gong. >> thank you thomas and claudine and mayor breed. it was a year ago when you joined us at the castro theater for opening night. and like so many others, we were ready to present a fabulous festival again and had to cancel. but we have pivoted and next week, as you can see from the

information behind me on may 13th, we will kick off our cam-fest online and, again, thank you for doing a welcome for us and so, you've answered one of my questions already and you've shown your leadership here in support of the arts and cultural community. and i would also just want to mention that we have a national broadcast of a five-hour series of the on history of asian americans broadcasts from kdtv on monday and tuesday nights. the bay figure area, so prominently in the asian area. this is a time when the asian america is coming together in a way that we have waited generations for and at a time, we know we're facing such hardship. i wanted to make my turn,

because i know i can count on your leadership for us. my question now from after what i have heard from all of my fellow speakers is to ask you to task us and that is to say what role can we play to help support the kind of vision that you want and that we share your vision for a more unified community and diverse community? and even though it is a time of tremendous risk and challenges and hardship, we also know in this is time to shift and make new things happen. because you might as well start over and bill it th bill build . so please elaborate and give us a task. >> thank you for your leadership and the work you continue to do and thank you for your work on the series. i put it out on social media and i've announced it and asked

people to tune in with a message, exactly of what we're talking about here. sadly, in liberal san francisco, we have seen xenophobia play out from our hurrican children to os in a message and to learn more about the rich history of our asian community in san francisco, you know, tune into this series. i like the idea of really starting to shine a light only things that give people a perspective and part of that -- and what you do and as jay mentioned, the arts is a vehicle for that. filmmaking is a vehicle for that. performance on stage, all of those things can be used as messages and i know -- i remember there was a play because in the western community, we grew up and it was

predominantly african and japanese and there was this relationship that existed with our communities of just respect and trust and that relationship has carried over the years and someone did a performance, a play about -- i think you might remember this one, john. when the japanese americans were placed in internment camp and how there were african-americans who occupied their housing. when they were released, they turned their housing units back over. there was this very informal relationship. and i think a lot of it had everything to do with the fact that there were two communities living next to each other that were both treated poorly and were discriminated against and they, in some ways, we talk together. and we supported and respected each other. i mean, john osaki and his

organization has helped more african-american kids than any other organization in the city. and i think part of what will be important is how our we using the vehicle we have to bridge that gap? whether it's in the cam film festival and providing, of course, films featuredpy asian americans, but how do we begin to broaden that and make sure that they are maybe an african-american filmmaker who has asian people playing various roles in those films and featuring those films? i think the charge is, how do we begin to be together more in what we do? how do we start to work together to really make sure -- and again, it starts with the schools. it starts with the kids because

i learned about the various asian cultures because of my school, because of the different festivals that highlighted the different times of year that were significant to all of us. that's how i learn. and so part of this is really going to be a learning experience. how are we going do a better job around our communication strategy of promoting and supporting and helping people to understand and learn about the asian experience, not just in this city, but in this country and in this world and the value that is not only placed on your community because what makes us an incredible place is because we all have values. we all have values because of our own cultures but also our shared experiences. and so i think the call is really to remind people of that,

how much alike we are and now more than ever, with this pandemic, what we see, it does not matter what color you are or matter about your socioeconomic status. it doesn't matter. this virus does not discriminate against anyone. anyone could be affected at any given time and it shows that we are all on the same playing field. so how do we emerge out of this crisis stronger and better than ever? i think is really how we communicate, a consistent, positive message around the asian community and how we come together, whether it's a task force or a group. we've put together people who care about these issues with various races and we put out the right messaging and an implementation strategy to support our communities and our kids. and either consistent iand we'r.

i would like to continue working with you all on just that because it's so important, especially now, because it just makes me crazy that people are targeted because of their race. and as you know, as an african-american woman, as someone who gets targeted myself, like the last thing i want to see is this happen to anybody. it is the worst feeling in the world to be treated a certain way because of your race, to be discriminated against or attacked. it is the worst. let's turn the tide with our positive energy, our positive reinforcement, our positive solutions of coming together and really focusing on the things that we know our organizations can do and collectively what we can do to really turn the tide. that's what i would like to see us do. this is the beginning, i think, of it, because i know this is

apa heritage month in san francisco and i'm glad that we are celebrating in this way, but it gives us also an opportunity to have this very important conversation and shine a light on this. and i think the next step is, let's put a team together and let's start to move forward on some real solutions, especially with our young people. >> thank you, mayor breed. thumbs up. on that note of togetherness, let's turn it over to claudine for closing remarks, the person who brought us together in the first place. >> thank you. i feel very uplifted from your message, sharing your thoughts from us and i feel there is hope seeing all of us together and i think that many more out there that we need to expand this circle of discussion and i'm very happy to hear about the campaign. this is a positive energy. in fact, i know that many of

educators are listening to us and hearing us, this program online. and i think we can view that alliance and network and have a multicultural solution to all of this and bringing people together and thank you so much, mayor, and we are here to roll our sleeves up and work together. i think this conversation is started in this month, but i hope we will regularly have our other conversations and keep doing on and engage all together. thank you so much. >> thank you, claudine. >> thank you to everyone. to everyone in the public, go to apa@sf.org. >> thank you.

>> hi. i'm chris mathers with channel 19, and you're watching coping with covid-19. today, i'm going to be talking about exercising during the pandemic. first, i'm going to tell you what i've been doing, and then i'm going to be checking in with some friends and family. i've been riding my bike. all i take is a pair of gloves and a mask if i come into contact with anyone. i try to ride my bike during the time i'm sheltering in place. i try to ride for at least 30

minutes. surfing is my other regular outdoor activity. california state guidelines recommend you don't drive more than ten minutes for a spot to exercise, and although i'm close to ocean beach, i'm a bit wary to go there, so i'm using the time to do some maintenance. filling in gouges and dings, and sanding it down. i'm also repairing holes in my suit. fellow sfgovtv producer chris took his first yoga lesson a couple of years ago and used to go to a class regularly before

the lockdown. he and his wife set up a space in their garage for exercising. this routine is from an on-line class by power yoga. deann and andy have been using the ping pong table that they bought off craigslist and set it up in their back yard. ellie has been using this home gym to stay fit. it has everything she needed. and lastly, if the weather is bad outside, you can exercise your mind by doing a puzzle, sudoku, or just by reading a good book. here's a quick recap. since i started this episode, the guidelines have changed. for instance, jack may be able to go golfing with some restrictions. go to sf.gov to get the most

>> this is a huge catalyst for change. >> it will be over 530,000 gross square feet plus two levels of basement. >> now the departments are across so many locations it is hard for them to work together and collaborate and hard for the customers to figure out the different locations and hours of operation. >> one of the main drivers is a one stopper mitt center for --

permit center. >> special events. we are a one stop shop for those three things. >> this has many different uses throughout if years. >> in 1940s it was coca-cola and the flagship as part of the construction project we are retaining the clock tower. the permit center is little working closely with the digital services team on how can we modernize and move away from the paper we use right now to move to a more digital world. >> the digital services team was created in 2017. it is 2.5 years. our job is to make it possible to get things done with the city online. >> one of the reasons permitting is so difficult in this city and county is really about the scale. we have 58 different department in the city and 18 of them involve permitting.

>> we are expecting the residents to understand how the departments are structured to navigate through the permitting processes. it is difficult and we have heard that from many people we interviewed. our goal is you don't have to know the department. you are dealing with the city. >> now if you are trying to get construction or special events permit you might go to 13 locations to get the permit. here we are taking 13 locations into one floor of one location which is a huge improvement for the customer and staff trying to work together to make it easy to comply with the rules. >> there are more than 300 permitting processes in the city. there is a huge to do list that we are possessing digital. the first project is allowing people to apply online for the a.d.u. it is an accessory dwelling

unit, away for people to add extra living space to their home, to convert a garage or add something to the back of the house. it is a very complicated permit. you have to speak to different departments to get it approved. we are trying to consolidate to one easy to due process. some of the next ones are windows and roofing. those are high volume permits. they are simple to issue. another one is restaurant permitting. while the overall volume is lower it is long and complicated business process. people struggle to open restaurants because the permitting process is hard to navigate. >> the city is going to roll out a digital curing system one that is being tested. >> when people arrive they canshay what they are here to. it helps them workout which cue

they neat to be in. if they rant to run anker rapid she can do that. we say you are next in line make sure you are back ready for your appointment. >> we want it all-in-one location across the many departments involved. it is clear where customers go to play. >> on june 5, 2019 the ceremony was held to celebrate the placement of the last beam on top of the structures. six months later construction is complete. >> we will be moving next summer. >> the flu building -- the new building will be building. it was designed with light in mind. employees will appreciate these amenities. >> solar panels on the roof, electric vehicle chargers in the basement levels, benefiting from gray watery use and secured bicycle parking for 300 bicycles. when you are on the higher floors of thing yo of the buildt

catch the tip of the golden gate bridge on a clear day and good view of soma. >> it is so exciting for the team. it is a fiscal manifestation what we are trying to do. it is allowing the different departments to come together to issue permits to the residents. we hope people can digitally come to one website for permits. we are trying to make it digital so when they come into the center they have a high-quality interaction with experts to guide then rather than filling iin forms. they will have good they will have good

good morning, everyone. the meeting will come to order. this is the may 20th, 2020, rescheduled budget and finance committee meeting. i'm sandra lee fewer, chair of the budget and finance committee. i'm joined by committee members shamann walton and rafael mandelman. our clerk is miss linda wong. i'd like to thank lawrence bryant from sfgov tv for broadcasting this meeting. madam clerk, do you have any announcement? >> clerk: yes, ma'am. the board of supervisors, legislative chair and committee room are closed. however, members will participate in the meeting remotely, at the same extent if they're physically present. public comment will be available both