>> this is public comment regarding online item 2 only. line item 2. 2. [please stand by]

>> as i told them very consistent with my experience

with members of municipal law enforcement. thank you. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> operator: that is all public comment. >> clerk: on the motion general over sight order 5.23 -- [roll call] >> vice president taylor: that background noise is pretty loud. can you mute yourself? [roll call] >> clerk: commissioner, you have

five yeses. [inaudible]. >> vice president taylor: okay. so the motion passes, and please call the next line item. >> clerk: line item 3, general public comment. the public is now welcome to address the commission for up to three minutes on items that do not appear on tonight's matter and are in the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. speakers that address their remarks to the commission or d.p.a. personnel [inaudible]

to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco, california, 94158. at this time, if you'd like to hit star, three to raise your hand. and president taylor, i will take the first call. >> vice president taylor: thank you. >> operator: okay. caller, you have two minutes. >> yes. i was dismissed the last two items. this is magic altman. i reported today that the

police held down a woman handcuffed and kneeled on her back. in the last two weeks, i've witnessed the police harass over and over again homeless people. it's obscene, what's happening in the city. you know, the whole report from the d.p.a., the main report we want to talk about is the mario woods decision took five years, and it was according to policy that he was killed, even though all five officers were trained in c.i.t. that was according to policy. isn't that interesting? and then, all of the reports that -- for, you know, a [inaudible] over a slap on the wrist for not putting on their body-worn camera or entering a house without a cause, 30 days suspension, that could have been a brie -- breonna taylor

again. after three hours, i was not allowed to talk and cutoff twice. there are two bureaucracies getting nowhere. you all voted unanimously against the budget. unanimously. what have you done since then? the p.l.a. is doing private negotiation. this is a waste of the public's time [inaudible] what causes violence is prejudice and racism and lack of education and lack of job opportunities. that's the question. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is peter hosy, and i'm

calling to demand that the police negotiation turn back all regulations involving the p.o.a. including negotiations in today's session. the police cannot be trusted and the public needs to know what happens in these situations. while people are facing unemployment and cuts in hours, the p.o.a. negotiated for pay raises for police officers. [inaudible] a vote to hold p.o.a. sessions in closed session is a vote for the p.o.a. and a vote against the people of san francisco. we need all discussions for the p.o.a. to happen in open session. it's a matter of public safety. thank you. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello, police commission.

i'm calling tonight again to request that the p.o.a. negotiations and negotiations for the brutal, oppressive and disgusting actions are discussed in public in this democratic society. i think especially a brutal, violent, and racism. they are an evil in our society, they are the storm troopers marching in our streets, and we need to figure out how to no longer have police in the manner that we do any longer in our country. it is an international shame, it is an international disgrace. when travelers to europe come to the united states, they are warned about our brutal, oppressive police forces.

we don't need incideternationa shame about our brutality. we need a functioning system, and our democracy right now is demanding that we defund the brutal, oppressive and violent agency that you are imposing on the city of san francisco. so it's imperative that the police commission do everything in its power to eliminate the brutality that is occurring daily on our streets. this violence, this racism, this absolute and completely disgusti disgusti disgusting vile behavior on the part of the government. you are disgraces. we want you gone. >> vice president taylor: thank you. thank you. next caller. >> clerk: caller, you have two

minutes. >> hi. good evening, commissioners, chief scott, and executive members. it's brian [inaudible] from the p.d.s office. on may 20, the d.g.o. was scheduled to appear in front of the commission so the commission could approve it whether to meet and confer. it was, however, removed from calendar. why? the revised d.g.o. is a substantial improvement over the previous version. represents a significant amount of hard work of many people, including several commissioners. on june 3, commissioners asked for the d.g.o. to be agendized again. three months ago, and it has yet to appear on the agenda. what's the delay? the commission needs to tell us.

5.03 can't get here soon enough. black people represent 35% of all stops and 37% of all searches. those percentages are the highest of all racial groups in those categories. in a recent abc news store ae that analyzed data from 2014 to 2020 found that racial disparities across san francisco have gotten worse since 2014. the report found that black drivers were 4.4 times more likely to be stopped than white drivers. 5.03 is no panacea, but it's a good start. it's time to discuss and move 5.03 forward. >> vice president taylor: thank you, caller. i agree. next caller. >> operator: caller, you have two minutes. >> okay. hello. i'm calling to demand that the police commission conduct all negotiations and discussions regarding the p.o.a., including today in an open session.

the p.o.a. cannot be trusted, and the public needs to know what happens in these discussions. we've seen what happens when the p.o.a. operates in the shadows when union workers are facing salary freezes. the p.o.a. negotiated behind closed doors with the mayor and the department of human resources to keep their salaries, prevent any layoffs, and negotiated raises: p.o.a. will continue to steal resources from the rest of us. transparency is a matter of public safety, so these negotiations inflict harm on communities with impugnity. one of the rights of the public is the right to know act. we cannot allow the commission and the p.o.a. to go behind closed doors and bargain away

one of the last things available to us. there is no law requiring the police commission to hold a closed session. even assuming that these discussions actually involve labor negotiations, the brown act and the sunshine ordinance allow but do not require a closed session. we have heard multiple members of this tran mission call for transparency and more police accountability work. there is god's consensus not just in san francisco but across the country to hold negotiations in the public. many agencies have called for complete transparency for all contract approvals -- >> operator: thank you. caller.

okay, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. my name's katie ann from district 9. i am calling to demand the police commission conduct all negotiations including the p.o.a. in open session. the p.o.a. cannot be trusted, and the public needs to know what happens in these discussions. the only thing preventing an open session is your desire to protect the p.o.a. before the people. there's no law requiring the police commission to hold a closed session. even assuming that these negotiations actually approve labor negotiations, the brown act and the sunshine ordinance allow but do not require a closed session. we need you to live up to your proclamations about against holding a closed session. there's broad consensus not just in san francisco but across the country that police

contract negotiations must happen in public. organizations from the major cities, chiefs police association, to the u.s. conference of mayor to the naacp legal defense and to the aclu have called for complete transparency for law enforcement contract proposals for the sake of the common good. the sunshine ordinance states that he electricitied official -- elected officials, commissions, and agencies conduct the city's business [inaudible] about the operations of local government. a vote to hold p.o.a. related discusses in closed session is a vote for p.o.a. president tony montoya and a vote against the people of san francisco. we need all discussions regarding p.o.a. to happen in open sessions. it's a matter of public safety. >> vice president taylor: thank you.

next caller. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello. my name is [inaudible] i am a resident of san francisco, and i am calling in to this commission meeting for probably the fourth or fifth public comment that i've been calling into, and i'm sure you all enjoy the sound of my voice because apparently, you all can't do jack shit on this commission, so you want us to continue calling in because you're not doing jack shit. so we're going to keep calling in to these public comments, and we're going to keep calling in, and we're going to keep calling in until you do something. you know, as one of the previous callers said, you all -- the police officers who shot mario woods, they were acting under policy, so you're going to give them a slap on the wrist. are you proud of that as commissioners on the police commission? like seriously, i'd like you to

think about that. i'll be silent for five or ten seconds while you think about that. are you proud of this, that san francisco police officers can murder people with impunity, and you say it's just under policy. like, give me a fucking break. grow some fucking balls, and make this commission do what it's supposed to do, which is oversight for police and not just internal discussions that go nowhere. thanks again, and i'll be talking on the next public comment thing right after this. bye. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> operator: caller, you have two minutes. >> hi. i just want to give a heads up that i have another caller on the line after me. my name is jessica soto, and i'm a resident in district 5, and i'm calling to discuss that

the police commission conduct all negotiations regarding the p.o.a. in open session. the p.o.a. can't be trusted, and the public needs to know what happens in those negotiations. they've repeatedly cited the meet and confer project in their proposal and they manage to delay even the most mild policy changes. they attempted legal action to reject policies by prohibiting officers from shooting at living cars, which is how sfpd murdered jessica williams and the use of restraints that killed eric gardner. just last week, they declared meet and confer so they could kneel on the necks of san franciscans. [inaudible] the courts have ruled against the p.o.a. time and time and time again. despite numerous court rulings

rejecting the negotiation of p.o.a., they continue to distribute misinformation across the government. [inaudible] it wasn't until outside attorney showed supervisor yee earlier court rulings that directly contradicted the p.o.a. that the charter amendment was able to move forward. i also want to thank you guys for hearing out all of the comments from people today and wanted to yield the rest of my time, and then, i have another person after me. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> yeah. >> hi. i'm sorry. hi. so i'm cindy [inaudible] from district 5, and i'm calling in to demand that the police commission conduct all negotiations and discussions regarding the p.o.a., including today's, in an open session. the p.o.a. cannot be trusted,

and the public needs to know what happens in these discussions. we've seen what happens when the p.o.a. operates in the shadows. while union workers are facing salary freezes, the p.o.a. negotiated behind closed doors with the mayor and the department of human resources to keep their raises, prevent any layoffs, and lock in two more years of 7% raises. without transparency, the p.o.a. will continue to [inaudible] and continue to steal resources from the rest of us. transparency is just a matter of public safety. police contracts materially affect public safety and cops' ability to inflict injury on the community with impunity. [inaudible] which gives the public acticess to records of police misconduct. we cannot allow the commission and the p.o.a. to get behind closed door and bargain away

one of the few measures of public accountability that's available to us. the public must have a seat at the table in order to hold police accountable. thank you. i'll yield the rest of my time. >> vice president taylor: thank you. i've said this before a few times, but we are not negotiating with the p.o.a. in closed session. i think the public knows this by now, but we are meeting with our lawyers. it's a meeting with legal council only, and we even changed the agenda to reflect. the p.o.a. is not going to be in closed session. this is not a negotiation with the p.o.a. i think people know that, and they're still calling in because they want to. but i just want to say that's not what's happening. thank you. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi there. i totally heard what you just said, so i won't talk about this closed session, but i just

want to read to everybody what the p.o.a. overview is and remind everybody what -- why we're here. so according to the website, it says, the san francisco police officer's association is dedicated to improving the working conditions of its members as well as being actively involved in the communities we serve. all the members of our association are committed to the welfare and protection of every city -- citizen of san francisco. so i just want to remind you, regardless of whether or not these meetings are to be closed, we're asking for them to be public. we want to be involved in this process. just like it says on the p.o.a. overview, we want y'all to be involved in the protection of us. we want y'all to see us alive and actually thriving, yes.

i yield my time. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next caller. >> operator: caller, you have two minutes. >> i'm a resident of san francisco district 5, and i understand, supervisor, that these are all private meetings held with lawyers. at the same time, this is all being held in the public interest, and i think it all needs to be held in public. i'm just going to use the rest of my time to talk about how we need to defund, disarm, and disband the police. just going to reiterate what everyone else is saying in the allegiance that seems to be played to the police officers' association, and again, just want to echo that transparency

is a matter of public safety and if there's anything going on behind closed doors, that it's not being done with respect to public safety. and it's quite disrespectful. i hope you can take all of these comments genuinely. thank you. i yield my time. >> vice president taylor: thank you. i would just say that anyone who thinks that there's an allegiance to the police association has not been listening to this commission. you're welcome to call in and give public comment, but that's not what's going on here. next caller. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. caller, you have been unmuted, and you have two minutes.

[inaudible]. >> operator: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. so did you just commit to holding all future p.o.a. contract negotiations in open session, as well? i realize that the session today is not in open session,

but i'm talking about future contract negotiations you may be holding with the p.o.a. i'd like confirmation on that. if so, that's great. can anyone respond to that? is that a commitment right now? >> vice president taylor: we are not holding contract negotiations with the p.o.a. sfl are you committ >> are you committed to doing that in the future? >> vice president taylor: we don't hold contract negotiations with the p.o.a. this commission does not hold contract negotiations with the p.o.a. we do not, we have not. >> thank you. all right. do you know which commission does? like, who -- when are these contract negotiations held -- >> vice president taylor >> vice president taylor: it's the mayor and d.h.r. it's contract negotiations. we don't know what's going on.

sfpd is not a part of it. we're trying to figure out what's going on, but we are not in any contract negotiations with the p.o.a. >> thank you. >> commissioner hamasaki: i think we would be interested in knowing -- [inaudible]. >> so you support that, is what i'm hearing. all right. thanks for the clarification. i'll yield the rest of my time. >> vice president taylor: thank you, sir. next caller. >> operator: you have two minutes. caller, you have been unmuted. you have two minutes. all right, commissioner, that is the end of public comment.

>> vice president taylor: all right. call the next line item, please. >> clerk: item 4, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 6 below, including public comment on item 5, vote on whether to hold item 6 in closed session. at this time, callers can press star, three to make public comment on closed session. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> yes. you know, i've been coming to -- this is magic altman. i've been coming to police commission meetings for years, and i have repeatedly ask for you to open closed session, and you don't even wait until i get to the podium. it never happens. you never even consider doing

these negotiations with the p.o.a. around issues of policy. i can understand why you might feel intimidated because the p.o.a. has been attacking government representatives for decades, and they carry weapons and kill with impunity. now you know how citizens feel all the time when police are roaming the streets and targeting people of color. just last week, i saw them harassing homeless people on the streets. actually, they should be charged with theft. you know, the p.o.a. from the beginning shouldn't even be a union because police were started to kill the unions and actually kill union organizations, and the afl-cio

says they want nothing to do with the police because they're killers. you should not even meet with them about anything in private. all of it should be public. we want to hear it all. we are tired of this. we're tired with the police getting away with murder, and then five years later, you declare it policy. are you kidding me? what kind of humanity is being masked behind policy? and then, the mayor is starting a committee to study all of this. isn't that helpful. we know what's needed. we want money for our own communities, housing, education, and -- >> operator: thank you, caller. >> vice president taylor: guys, we are not meeting with the p.o.a. i know that no one cares, and they're still going to closed

session. we are not meeting with the p.o.a. in closed session, ever. that's not what's happening. any other callers? >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> yeah. first off, i'd like to say that the nature of this meeting has been very confusing. you know, we -- we've been sort of jumping from -- i agree, there was a commenter earlier who said we have this line item 1 that has, you know, a whole bunch of different reports, and so it's very difficult to comment on any of the individual reports because you can only comment on line item 1, and so that's frustrating. i am also concerned about,

like, the repeated closed sessions. so i understand that you say you're not meeting with the p.o.a., and that you're not involved with the bargaining with the p.o.a., but if you're not involved with bargaining with the p.o.a., then why are you meeting with the labor negotiator? like, why -- why is that on the agenda at all? like, why do you have anything to do with it? why is it not just left to d.h.r. to deal with? just the lack of transparency is very concerning, and i would like to echo the sentiments of other callers that we need more transparency in the process. so yeah, i think that's pretty much all i have to say. thank you. >> operator: thank you, caller. good evening. caller. you have two minutes. >> my name is peter, and i live in district 5. i want to thank the

commissioners for clarifying the process around the p.o.a. negotiation. i'm glad to hear that your discussion in item 6 will be with the city attorney and not with p.o.a. i hold that the public should be able to hear your discussion with the city negotiationors. transparency is critical to police accountability, and i encourage you to uphold that value by voting to hold item 6 in open session. thank you. >> operator: thank you, caller. good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. i think that in the future, it might be really helpful for the commission to explain to the public, like, what you do in closed session and why you're legally bound to do it in closed session and that it's not this nefarious thing that you are legally required to be in closed session, and what they're for, and why it's done

this way. because clearly some groups are wasting the public's time, wasting the commission's time that could be spent doing other things. to all the people who are listening that are somehow convinced this commission is -- like, for instance, we had magic johnson saying oh, i've been coming to these for years. if you've been coming to these for years, you should know that the commission does not negotiate the contract for the p.o.a. it's not something that the commission does. it's never something that the commission has done, and so, like, all of these people, like, there is real work to be done. there is real, actual work to be done for reform, and all of this nonsense just gets in the way of that. focus on real reform stuff. you don't even know who you're calling. it's so frustrating and such a waste of time on such an

important thing: >> vice president taylor: thank you, caller. next caller. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hello! my name is simon maganelli, and i'm a resident of san francisco, as you all know. regarding all the conversations between the commenters and commissioners. dude, like, this agenda is so confusing. you may not be negotiating the p.o.a. contract behind closed doors, but it says sfpd association. you're still talking about it. we want to know about it. we don't give a shit what you say, what you're deliberately trying to confuse us with with the agenda or tell us that you're not bargaining with the p.o.a. to the previous caller, that's the whole point.

we don't care about reform, we want to defund and abolish the police, and we don't give a shit. we want to hear everything that happens in closed session. this commission decided on disciplinary actions in previous closed session, and this closed session may not deal with that, but we want to hear about that. we want to hear about all of this shit because this commission hasn't been doing anything in the last five years, and it's evidenced by mario woods getting killed and all of these other people getting shot. we don't literally care what shit it on the agenda. we want to hear it. by the way, i want a little bit of that popcorn, too, because you should share all-around. thanks, bye. >> vice president taylor: so i hate these agendas the way they're written. they're incredibly confusing, but it's the way that agendas have to be written and it drives me nuts. i know there is confusion, but

we are not meeting with the p.o.a., and you're meeting with lawyers. if you're only here to tell us to defund the police, guess what? you're in the wrong place because we cannot defund the police. i'm always glad of public comment, but if you're calling here to defund the police, great, but we cannot do that. if you're calling to tell us to not meet with the p.o.a., we're not doing that. next caller. >> operator: caller, you have two minutes. >> hi. my name is lawrence stringer, and i live in district 9. i'm calling for the commission to vote on item 5 for item 6 to be in open session. clearly there has been a lot of confusion about what the intent of item 6 is in the meeting. of course, there's confusion.

the agenda is written. it's not ridiculously clear. as you just said, you don't write it, but nothing has to exist in that way just because it has before. it's almost as if it's intentionally unapproachable and if it's intentionally confusing. but any way, people are finally interested in local government, and that's a good thing. the members of this commission are actually in a position to do good and help the public. take the opportunity. vote on closed session in item 5 so that we have access to the session. it's a win-win, right? okay. thank you. >> operator: caller, you have two minutes. >> hello, yeah. first of all, i can understand, on your end, the frustration, and also just as a resident of

district 5, looking for more transparency so there can be more accountability in the system. i think that what people are asking for is for item 6 to be in open session. the more items that are in open session, the more we can give it to our citizens to be involved in the safety of our communities. also, reiterating again that this agenda was really confusing, so it's one of those things that we're looking at access, and who are we giving access to to make change. so i understand frustration at all levels, but we are calling for transparency and

accountability, and that's something that we can all agree on in the work that you're doing, and i think that should be had in the items that you're conducting, as well. >> vice president taylor: thank you. >> operator: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. caller, you've been unmuted. you have two minutes. [inaudible]

>> vice president taylor: thank you. next line item -- or next caller. >> operator: that is all of public comment. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next line item.

>> clerk: item 5, vote on whether to hold item 6 in closed session, san francisco administrative code section 67.10, action. >> vice president taylor: do i have a motion? >> commissioner dejesus: so moved. >> vice president taylor: is there a second? >> commissioner hamasaki: second. >> commissioner elias: second. >> clerk: all right. on the motion to hold the item in closed session -- [roll call] >> clerk: you have five yeses. >> vice president taylor: okay.

>> clerk: all right. we are now going to closed session.

>> vice president taylor: can i have a motion? >> motion. >> commissioner brookter: second. >> clerk: okay. at this time, the public is welcome to make public comment on-line item 7. members of the public wishing to make comment, please press star, three now, and there is no public comment, commissioner. >> vice president taylor: okay. please call roll for the vote. >> clerk: on the motion whether not to disclose closed session, how do you vote? [roll call]

>> clerk: vice president taylor, you have five yeses. >> vice president taylor: great. the motion passes. please call the next line item. >> clerk: line item 8, adjournment. >> vice president taylor: do i have a motion? >> motion. >> commissioner dejesus: chief scott is making the motion. [inaudible] >> vice president taylor: did you call roll or are we all on the same page? >> clerk: we have a motion and a second, we just need a roll call. [roll call]

>> vice president taylor: get some sleep, everybody. motion passes. >> commissioner hamasaki: all right, everybody. thank you, and have a good night. good night. >> commissioner brookter: good night.

>> roughly five years, i was working as a high school teacher, and i decided to take my students on a surfing field trip. the light bulb went off in my head, and i realized i could do much more for my students taking them surfing than i could as their classroom teacher, and that is when the idea for the city surf project was born. >> working with kids in the ocean that aren't familiar with this space is really special because you're dealing with a

lot of fear and apprehension but at the same time, a lot of excitement. >> when i first did it, i was, like, really scared, but then, i did it again, and i liked it. >> we'll get a group of kids who have just never been to the beach, are terrified of the idea, who don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water

and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the gear together, and then, i drive and go get the kids, and we take them to a local beach. >> we usually go to linda mar, and then occasionally ocean beach. we once did a special trip. we were in capitola last year, and it was really fun.

>> we get in a circle and group stretch, and we talk about specific safety for the day, and then, we go down to the water. >> once we go to the beach, i don't want to go home. i can't change my circumstances at home, but i can change the way i approach them. >> our program has definitely been a way for our students to find community and build friends. >> i don't really talk to friends, so i guess when i started doing city surf, i started to, like, get to know people more than i did before, and people that i didn't think i'd like, like, ended up being my best friends. >> it's a group sport the way we do it, and with, like, close camaraderie, but everybody's doing it for themselves. >> it's great, surfing around, finding new people and making new friendships with people

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themselves and make a connection to nature at the same time. >> for some kids that are, like, resistant to, like, being in a mentorship program like this, it's they want to surf, and then later, they'll find out that they've, like, made this community connection. >> i think they provided level playing fields for kids to be themselves in an open environment. >> for kids to feel like i can go for it and take a chance that i might not have been willing to do on my own is really special. >> we go on 150 surf outings a year. that's year-round programming. we've seen a tremendous amount of youth face their fears through surfing, and that has translated to growth in other facets of their lives. >> i just think the biggest thing is, like, that they feel like that they have something that is really cool, that

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wave, and their first lights up, you know -- their face lights up, you know you have them hooked. >> i was on top of the world. it's amazing. i felt like i was on top of the world even though i was probably going two miles an hour. it was, like, the scariest thing i'd ever done, and i think it was when i got hooked on surfing after >> the hon. london breed: what that means is we can't relax. with the unhealthy air quality and the number of challenges that we face, that in the midst of all of this, we are still living with covid. now as of today, our status as

far as our air quality, is yellow. we're not in the green yet, but it is so much better than what we were in the past, and we are fortunate in that people can go outside and breathe a little better, and we hopefully will see the air quality improve over the next couple of days. but as i said, we are not out of the wood as we deal with covid, as we deal with climate change, as we deal with a number of other challenges, we need to keep in mind that the need to wear your mask, to socially distance, and to even be -- just reminding ourselves and being a little more diligent throughout this process is necessary. because we are also focusing on making sure that as , as we re, we don't turn back the clock. you all know what happened a

few months ago when one day, i announced we were going to be opening a number of places, and today, some of those places are open, and some of those places are not open. but we do have some good news, hair salons and nail salons and other places from my perspective that cannot open outdoors are able to operate indoors. i know those businesses are going to be working hard to stay open. they're going to follow the guidelines, and we need your cooperation, too, in not only supporting the businesses and following the guidelines in those businesses but following the guidelines outside of your every d everyday life. we know this is necessary so we don't turn the clock backwards.

we know there are a number of places able to operate, including salon and massage locations and nail and barber shopped. we've expanded the capacity of churches outdoors. we know this is not enough. we want to do more, and everything is contingent on where we are with the numbers. yesterday, there was just a slight glimmer when we opened the learning hubs. kids were available to come together in their variety of cohorts, and they were able to learn their lessons with people that could help them. we are hopeful if we get to a

better number, we will be able to open up. what we've been able to do as a city is provide financial resources early on. we know at the end of this month, the eviction moratorium on commercial evictions will expire, and the way that we are able to help that depends on how we do in the future. as i said, we are doing

everything we can to work with the governor's office to make sure that we can extend that just to give small businesses a little bit of assurance. we know that before this pandemic, small businesses were suffering, and we have a number of initiatives that we're putting forward to try to provide some financial relief. we have seen so many businesses across this state that are shutting their doors for good, and we've heard from so many other -- other businesses that have already shut their doors. i know people are pretty much tired of what we're living in as it relates to covid.

i'm tired of talking about it, i'm tired of living it, things that you're going through because i want to live my life. i want to get back to the normal. but we want to protect our children and the elderly. we want to protect them, and we don't want to roll back the clock. if i know anything about this city, we can sacrifice this time to get to a better future. we can sacrifice this time so that kids and grandparents are able it.

we've got through challenging times before, and we will get through this challenging time once again, and we will look back and think wow, if we can get through that, we can get through anything, and it also will make us a stronger, more resilient city. this time is really testing our ability, it's testing our resolve. and if i know anything about the people of san francisco, i know this: i know that we are strong, i know that we are fearless. i know that when things happen

in san francisco, the rest of the country follows. and and so the work that we have done here in reducing the number of deaths and being the first out of the gate to say that we're going to shutdown, and being leaders around greenhouse gas emissions and combatting climate change head on, the work we've done around eviction moratoriums, you name it, we have been the leaders and others have followed. and so we will get through this. it is going to require a lot out of each and every one of us, and so i ask you to continue to do your part, and to remember what you do impacts me, and what i do impacts you. thank you for all that you do to keep this city going.

it's a challenging time. it's time to uplift one another, it's time to put some energy in the air. enough with the complaints, enough with the negativity, enough with the divisiveness. enough with that. we have an opportunity to do in the first of the pandemic, when notes were given to neighbors: what can i do for you? we have an opportunity to do for one another and put positivity in the air. we're not going to get through this on our own, we're going to get through this together, and i'm counting on each and every one of us. thank you all so much, and at this time, i want to welcome

the director of public health, dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. and thank you, mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing

leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our

economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventative measures we can and must take to continue to slow the spread of the virus. it is why san francisco's approach has been to open incrementally so that we can manage the reed of covid-19 as much as possible and sustain the progress that we have made. as we continue to reopen schools and indoor businesses, it is important that we continue to track the virus. we do that by tracking the

local covid-19 data. the five key health indicators, which i encourage everyone to follow on-line, at datasf.gov track data keeping the numbers stable and managing risk of infection. i look, the health department, many of us across the city, because i hear from you, look at this data closely on a daily basis. it helps drive our decisions on reopening san francisco, so let's take a few minutes to look at some of these data with regard to where we are today. we've had 10,430 san franciscans diagnosed with

covid-19, and satly, 91 of them -- sadly, 91 of them from died. my thoughts are with their loved ones, their friends, and their community. we also know that 51% of people with positive cases have identified as latino. but let's look at some graphics. here is the number of -- let's go back to that first slide, please. this is the number of covid-19 cases diagnosed in our city at this time. our case growth remains stubbornly in the red zone at about 61 new cases a day. this number has been slowly trending downward for the past few weeks, but we must remain vigilant, and i must say, with

labor day and the crowds, we must continue to mask, to socially distance, to avoid mass gatherings whenever possible. we know from the data that this virus is responsive to our prevention measures. if we are careful and thoughtful, if we get to that 80% masking prevalence, if we keep 6 feet apart, if we avoid large gatherings, the virus slows down, and if we don't do those things, the virus speeds up. it's really that simple at this point. let's go to slide 2. this is the history of hospitalizations of covid-19 patients across our hospitals in the city. again, these data are available to review on our data tracker, but you can see that our

happenings a hospitalizations are starting to rise again on that far left of the slide. we have had a 29% increase -- recent increase in covid-19 patients in san francisco hospitals recently. we do have sufficient hospital capacity for them now, and this is one of the key indicators that we monitor very closely. i also want to take a moment to emphasize the pattern that we see on this slide since the beginning of the slide. san francisco, we didn't just flatten the curve, we crushed the curve, seeing cases go down to a low of 26 in june. we saw an increase, that surge that we talked about starting in late june, early july, peaking at 111 hospitalizations. that number's started to go

down again. we went down to 51, and we are starting to see an increase again. but we can do this again. we did it twice, we can do it again. let's flatten and crush that curve for the fall. next slide. with regard to testing, we are now testing an average of more than 3400 people a day for covid-19. 3400 people a day in san francisco are getting tested for covid-19. that's nearly twice our goal. we are following the virus and targeting our testing where the virus is most common in the city. we are focusing on vulnerable populations and people who are exposed to the virus, and people within those systems. and within our testing system, i am pleased to say that our turnaround time for test

results is down to less than 1.5 days. our other covid-19 indicators and case investigation, contact tracing, the personal protective equipment or p.p.e. remains steady. it is still our goal to reach 90% of people who test positive for covid-19 and 90% of their close contacts. recently, it's been closer to 82%, but we continue to make progress towards that ultimate goal. we have 100% of the personal protective equipment we need to protect health care workers and first responders in addressing covid-19, and because of 51% of all covid cases are within the latino community, we are

working to continue to bring resources, particularly testing, contact testing, eye owe lation and quarantine, and other -- isolation and quarantine, and other wraparound services to those communities. we have low exact testing sites set up in those neighborhoods, including the mission, bayview, and will continue to bring more testing sites to the southeast areas of the city, and we have increases our contact tracing to include spanish speakers, and nearly 50% of our hospitalization beds are occupied by people who identify as latino. but we must do more. and d.p.h. has committed to more services and resources to serve those communities that are most impacted by the virus.

as we learn more about this virus, we will be targeted in our response as well as our reopening. we know that indoors is riskier than outdoors, which is why indoor services and in-person learning remain limited. we know that mixing households in large gatherings is risky, too, and, once again, we know that face coverings make so much difference. as people continue to move about the city in increased activities, we will likely experience an ongoing increase in cases, and to keep this reopening, to keep it moving forward, we need everyone's help to limit that spread.

our hope, our progress, our hope of continuing to do more depends on you, on me, and on all our neighbors and friends. please keep washing your hands, keep covering your faces. find ways to connect with families and friends while keeping 6 feet apart. this is how we have, and this is how we will continue to protect san francisco. this is how we get san francisco back on track. thank you. >> thank you, dr. colfax, for your time. at this time, we have a few health-related questions for you when you're ready. >> thank you. >> the first set of questions

are from ida from the san francisco examiner. the c.d.c. just issued a report about utah, where children in school settings spread covid to their households. how will san francisco ensure that the same doesn't happen here with schools opening in person as soon as next week? >> yes, well, we continue to review the data with regard to school opening, and we are working very closely with educators and schools to ensure that we can open as safely as possible. look, there is risk, and i would not be surprised that even with the precautions that we're taking, that will be covid diagnosed in cases with school settings. schools are required to have safety plans. we are visiting schools to

ensure that things like ventilation and classroom structures are able to open as safely as possible, and we will continue to work with the school systems and educators to ensure that school opening can be done as safely as possible with the many precautions that we do know slow the spread of the virus. but this is the time of living in a situation with covid-19, and there is risk. there's no way to completely eliminate that risk in the settings, including educational settings. >> operator: thank you, doctor. the next set of questions are from alexander barreira from the san francisco business times. dr. colfax, do you anticipate indoor dining will be allowed in any capacity before the end of next month? if so, what criteria are you using to determine whether or not indoor dining is safe enough to be allowed?

>> so again, we're reviewing data on transmission of the virus in indoor settings, potential transmission of the virus. there was an article out by the c.d.c. with regards to traditional indoor dining, so that gives us pause. we are working with experts and city leaders to see what that opening might be, and we will share the timeline for any opening of indoor restaurants. i would obviously emphasize that outdoor dining and takeout remain options in san francisco. >> operator: thank you, doctor. the next set of questions are from christian captain with ktvu. are we seeing any increases in covid rates that may be associated with labor day activities?

>> so we will continue to watch this data over the next week or two to see if we do see an increase. we did see an associated risk of cases a couple of weeks after memorial day, so monitoring that very carefully. i would also 'em if a ice that the hospitalizations are -- 'em if -- emphasize that the hospitalizations that are affected will show up later. so we're looking at the case rate, which would show up earlier, and then, the hospitalizations will increase a couple of weeks after that. we're watching -- again, so much depends on people wearing those fasces, social distancing, and avoiding large crowds whenever possible.

this is imminently doable. we know it works at this point, we just need to all do it. >> operator: thank you, doctor. the last question is from amy graff with sf gate. san francisco has the lowest number of cases of any major city in the united states. how has san francisco been able to keep its death rate lower than other cities? >> well, i think there's a couple of other things, and i want to express gratitude to the hospital settings across the city, the hospitealth care systems across the city, the hospital systems. we found a way to coordinate and come together in terms of the hospital units and the medical surge beds that would need to be available. the other piece is we have

world-class medical facilities in the city, and literally, the state-of-the-art care for covid-19 is being done here. and i think we also have, compared to other cities, excellent access to hospitals, including at zuckerberg san francisco general. so while there's more to be done, our access to health care, to testing, to hospital systems, is very high compared to other jurisdictions. so i think it's a combination of other factors, but i'm so grateful to the fact that we do have a lower death rate, and let's all work hard to keep it that way. >> operator: thank you, dr. colfax. there are no further questions at this time, and that concludes today's press conference. thank you, mayor and dr. colfax. .

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