tomas aragon has been working for the city since 2011. most recently, he played a key role in san francisco's response to the pandemic. governor newsom announced the appointment today. >> tomas has been very active in the fight to eliminate this pandemic and has put out a lot of protocols that have been replicated all across the state. we're very, very enthusiastic to have him now on the the team. >> aragon replaces angel who stepped down from the role in august. >>> president-elect joe biden has tapped boceaa to lead the u.s. department of health and human services. about a month ago, he led 21 states in defending the affordable care act in front of the u.s. supreme court. >> why did california take action to defend the affordable care act before the supreme court? because no parent should have to wonder if they can afford to take their sick, ailing child to the hospital. >> it's a game changer for us. the stale air of normalcy versus the fresh air of progress is is how i would describe it in terms of a relationship with the federal gover

officers going to be leaving the county to become california's new director of public health doctor tomas aragon has been san francisco's health officers since 2011 and he will replace standard sure we who had been serving as the state department of public health's interim director since the previous director sonia angle stepped down in august. the position does require state senate confirmation. well today marks the 79th anniversary of japan's attack on pearl harbor, the surprise attack on the naval base in hawaii, propelling the u.s. into world war 2 2400 americans were killed on that day december 7th 1941 will forever be known as quote a day which will live in infamy as then president franklin delano roosevelt, famously proclaimed remembrance events are held every year at the pearl harbor national memorial and to our 4 zone forecast chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us for that lawrence still dealing with a red flag warning where we where are we with that actually just came down right now it's still windy in parts of the bay area but looks like things are going to improve overnight to

>>doctor tomas aragon has been san francisco's health officer since 2011 and he will replace sandra shuri who's been serving as interim director since the previous director stepped down in august. the position does require state senate confirmation up next the trump administration must accept new dhaka applicants this after a judge orders white house officials to restore the program. >>a bus in sports to is it the warriors hold their first team practice this season with a couple notable absences. jason dumas sports director has steve kerr has reaction. 2 other media members think have tested positive for covid. >>and nursing homes there at the top of the list to receive coronavirus vaccines. how health officials plan to safely distribute vaccinations in the coming weeks. this is right after the break. >>this week federal officials hope to dietribute the first round of covid-19 vaccines fingers crossed the cdc recommends that the first vaccine doses go to healthcare workers and people living in nursing hopes i don't want to key reports. >>mark parkinson with the american health care associ

tomas aragon, he with city policy he has appointed dr. susan phillips as acting health officer and that -- once he transitioned to the state the board of supervisors will appoint a new officer. >> president bernal: seeing no other questions or comments from commissioners on the covid update, director colfax, director's update, much of which we have probably covered. >> much of the director's report has been covered given the vaccine news. and the presentations that the commissioners saw. i did want to take a moment to highlight that dr. tomas aragon who has been at the department for decades has been a tremendous leader and mentor to me and others will be transitioning to be the state health officer, which is a tremendous benefit to the state, great opportunity for him and i think in the short and long-term, a benefit for san francisco given that his leadership will be there but he's also quite familiar with the needs of local health department. i'm very grateful. there may be a time we come back to talk more about his leadership and he's

tomas aragon, he with city policy he has appointed dr. susan phillips as acting health officer and that -- once he transitioned to the state the board of supervisors will appoint a new officer. >> president bernal: seeing no other questions or comments from commissioners on the covid update, director colfax, director's update, much of which we have probably covered. >> much of the director's report has been covered given the vaccine news. and the presentations that the commissioners saw. i did want to take a moment to highlight that dr. tomas aragon who has been at the department for decades has been a tremendous leader and mentor to me and others will be transitioning to be the state health officer, which is a tremendous benefit to the state, great opportunity for him and i think in the short and long-term, a benefit for san francisco given that his leadership will be there but he's also quite familiar with the needs of local health department. i'm very grateful. there may be a time we come back to talk more about his leadership and he's

tomas aragon, he with city policy he has appointed dr. susan phillips as acting health officer and that -- once he transitioned to the state the board of supervisors will appoint a new officer. >> president bernal: seeing no other questions or comments from commissioners on the covid update, director colfax, director's update, much of which we have probably covered. >> much of the director's report has been covered given the vaccine news. and the presentations that the commissioners saw. i did want to take a moment to highlight that dr. tomas aragon who has been at the department for decades has been a tremendous leader and mentor to me and others will be transitioning to be the state health officer, which is a tremendous benefit to the state, great opportunity for him and i think in the short and long-term, a benefit for san francisco given that his leadership will be there but he's also quite familiar with the needs of local health department. i'm very grateful. there may be a time we come back to talk more about his leadership and he's

tomas aragon, he with city policy he has appointed dr. susan phillips as acting health officer and that -- once he transitioned to the state the board of supervisors will appoint a new officer. >> president bernal: seeing no other questions or comments from commissioners on the covid update, director colfax, director's update, much of which we have probably covered. >> much of the director's report has been covered given the vaccine news. and the presentations that the commissioners saw. i did want to take a moment to highlight that dr. tomas aragon who has been at the department for decades has been a tremendous leader and mentor to me and others will be transitioning to be the state health officer, which is a tremendous benefit to the state, great opportunity for him and i think in the short and long-term, a benefit for san francisco given that his leadership will be there but he's also quite familiar with the needs of local health department. i'm very grateful. there may be a time we come back to talk more about his leadership and he's

tomas aragon, he with city policy he has appointed dr.alth officer and that -- once he transitioned to the state the board of supervisors will appoint a new officer. >> president bernal: seeing no other questions or comments from commissioners on the covid update, director colfax, director's update, much of which we have probably covered. >> much of the director's report has been covered given the vaccine news. and the presentations that the commissioners saw. i did want to take a moment to highlight that dr. tomas aragon who has been at the department for decades has been a tremendous leader and mentor to me and others will be transitioning to be the state health officer, which is a tremendous benefit to the state, great opportunity for him and i think in the short and long-term, a benefit for san francisco given that his leadership will be there but he's also quite familiar with the needs of local health department. i'm very grateful. there may be a time we come back to talk more about his leadership and he's on a well-deserved break, w

tomas aragon, who on friday, four days from now or three days from now is going to leave to be the chief health officer of the state of california. congratulations, dr. aragon, on that. the board of supervisors has very few appointments. the 11 of us get to hire a handful of staff. we collectively, if we're lucky enough, get to hire angela calv calvillo to be our clerk. [inaudible] i would like to have a hearing on how we choose a new public health officer. barbara garcia, who was not an m.d., held the head of d.p.h. position, and that was bifurcated. i know many of us, in the last 24 hours, has had that conversation with dr. colfax, who does not think we should merge the positions, but i would urge us to have a hearing on that in early january, and thank you, mr. president, for that indulgence. >> president yee: okay. thank you. i guess we'll really close now. okay. let's see...where are we? madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the beloved following individual, on behalf of supervisor mann mandelman for the late miss mary bot

tomas aragon, who on friday, four days from now or three days from now is going to leave to be the chief health officer of the state of california. congratulations, dr. aragon, on that. the board of supervisors has very few appointments. the 11 of us get to hire a handful of staff. we collectively, if we're lucky enough, get to hire angela calv calvillo to be our clerk. [inaudible] i would like to have a hearing on how we choose a new public health officer. barbara garcia, who was not an m.d., held the head of d.p.h. position, and that was bifurcated. i know many of us, in the last 24 hours, has had that conversation with dr. colfax, who does not think we should merge the positions, but i would urge us to have a hearing on that in early january, and thank you, mr. president, for that indulgence. >> president yee: okay. thank you. i guess we'll really close now. okay. let's see...where are we? madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the beloved following individual, on behalf of supervisor mann mandelman for the late miss mary bot

tomas aragon, who on friday, four days from now or three days from now is going to leave to be the chief health officer of the state of california. congratulations, dr. aragon, on that. the board of supervisors has very few appointments. the 11 of us get to hire a handful of staff. we collectively, if we're lucky enough, get to hire angela calv calvillo to be our clerk. [inaudible] i would like to have a hearing on how we choose a new public health officer. barbara garcia, who was not an m.d., held the head of d.p.h. position, and that was bifurcated. i know many of us, in the last 24 hours, has had that conversation with dr. colfax, who does not think we should merge the positions, but i would urge us to have a hearing on that in early january, and thank you, mr. president, for that indulgence. >> president yee: okay. thank you. i guess we'll really close now. okay. let's see...where are we? madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the beloved following individual, on behalf of supervisor mann mandelman for the late miss mary bot

aragon, are you all going to -- who's going to present on this? >> yes, tomas, are you going to present first? okay, he may have -- but i will go ahead, and thank you, commissioners. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to be with you this afternoon. today i wanted to focus on population health division and our covid-19 efforts as well as some of the priorities, non-covid priorities and operational challenges that exist. so since the beginning of the pandemic, and since january 2020, phd played a leadership role. initially we activated our departmental observations center and led the covid response until it got to be much bigger than we could handle, and that opened up, then the mayor declared a public health emergency and we were able to have the covid command center. initially the elc and then the covid command center. public health efforts have saved lives, and resourced prevention, and i can tell you that almost all of our staff at one time or another have been asked to [indiscernible] as part of the covid-19 efforts. currently we have 310 staff activated, and o

tomas aragon who on friday, four days from now or three days from now is going to leave to be the chief health officer of the state of california. congratulations, dr. aragon on that. the board of supervisors has very few appointments. the 11 of us get to hire a handful of staff. we collectively if we're lucky enough, get to hire angela calvey calvillo to be our clerk. [inaudible] i would like to have a hearing on how we choose a new public health officer. barbara garcia, who was not an m.d., held the head of d.p.h. position and that was bifurcated. i know many of us in the last 24 hours, has had that conversation with dr. colfax who does not think we should merge the positions, but i would urge us to have a hearing on that in early january, and thank you, mr. president, for that indulgence. >> president yee: okay. thank you. i guess we'll really close now. okay. let's see...where are we? madam clerk, please read the in memoriam. >> clerk: today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the beloved following individual, on behalf of supervisor manned mandelman for the late miss mary bott