and the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan.i want to thank you for tuning in today and joining us to talk about a few updates we have related to covid-19 here in san francisco. as of today, we have 1,013 total cases of those who have been diagnosed with covid-19. and sadly, we have lost 17 people. there are 17 people who died as a result of this virus as of today. as a reminder, you can visit data sf.org for the full tracker with information on what -- who has been diagnosed, the number of tests and other resources that are available or any questions you may have. and i want to just start today by reminding us really how far we've come from the very beginning. we've made it our mission to slow the spread of this virus, to help those vulnerable populations, to keep people safe and we're continuing to do all we can to do just that. we're still dealing with the number of cases in san francisco and we also know that there will continue to be challenges and we will continue to see increases in the number of cases of the coronavirus

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

and i think it's time to open for questions. >> the first question is for director abigail stewart-khan, homelessness and supportive housing. director stewart-khan. are you concerned about the crowding of tents and people in general in the tenderloin? and what measures are you taking to address it? >> we are extremely concerned about the crowding of tents and the unsheltered population during this pandemic in the tenderloin and across our city. when people are anxious, which many of us are now, we seek connection. this is a natural human instinct and that connection is putting everybody in danger now. i want to thank the healthy streets operation center partnership, which is led by jeff co-sitski because the moment this was declared, they pivoted and starting providing education and ceased any encampment resolutions. what this means is they're out there every day, the hot team, the police department, the department of public health, department of public works, rec and park, and many, many others working together to provide information to our unsheltered neighbors, first on the epidemic

director of public health, grant cofax, trent roar, the director of homelessness and housing abigail stewart-khan, the police chief, and the director of emergency management. today we'd like to provide an update and of course answer questions to the press during this virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,216 confirmed cases of covid-19 in san francisco. sadly, we have 20 people who passed away as a result of the virus. as a reminder, datasf.org/covid-19 is where you can find details to find out who is actually infected as well as those who have been tested. i want to be clear from the very beginning when we heard about what was happening with the coronavir coronavirus, specifically in wuhan, china, sadly there were a lot of xenophobia of those in our asian community. this virus is not discriminating on the basis of race. sadly, the xenophobia continues. we want our community to know we are here to provide the resources and the support necessary to deal with the challenges around discrimination. so it's not tolerated here in san francisco. in fact, as we look at the data and the inequit

next questions are for director abigail stewart-khan, director of homelessness and supportive housing. >> reporter: the first question. "huffington post". how many people in total in the city have been moved to the hotel rooms? >> as i said in my earlier remarks, as of yesterday it was 750 and we know we're moving people actively today. it's important to note that people experiencing homelessness are coming to hotels through many different means. some are coming from hospitals. some are coming from shelters. and they're going into different levels of hotel rooms in terms of the needs of their care. >> reporter: what is the city's current criteria and plan to move homeless into hotels? and by when? >> that's a great question. so as dr. colfax and director rohr have shared, we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals because of their risk of mortality. it is not that other people may not contract covid or we're not concerned about that, we're deeply concerned about it. at this stage in the epidemic, we need to, according to the department of public health, work towards preventing mortalit

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chiefl scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just

and i think it's time to open for questions. >> the first question is for director abigail stewart-khan, homelessness and supportive housing. director stewart-khan. are you concerned about the crowding of tents and people in general in the tenderloin? and what measures are you taking to address it? >> we are extremely concerned about the crowding of tents and the unsheltered population during this pandemic in the tenderloin and across our city. when people are anxious, which many of us are now, we seek connection. this is a natural human instinct and that connection is putting everybody in danger now. i want to thank the healthy streets operation center partnership, which is led by jeff co-sitski because the moment this was declared, they pivoted and starting providing education and ceased any encampment resolutions. what this means is they're out there every day, the hot team, the police department, the department of public health, department of public works, rec and park, and many, many others working together to provide information to our unsheltered neighbors, first on the epidemic

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achieve that reductioner in our shelter and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into conta

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

director of public health, grant cofax, trent roar, the director of homelessness and housing abigail stewart-khanpolice chief, and the director of emergency management. today we'd like to provide an update and of course answer questions to the press during this virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,216

and the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan. i want to thank you for tuning in today and joining us to talk about a few updates we have related to covid-19 here in san francisco. as of today, we have 1,013 total cases of those who have been diagnosed with covid-19. and sadly, we have lost 17 people. there are 17 people who died as a result of this virus as of today. as a reminder, you can visit data sf.org for the full tracker with information on what -- who has been diagnosed, the number of tests and other resources that are available or any questions you may have. and i want to just start today by reminding us really how far we've come from the very beginning. we've made it our mission to slow the spread of this virus, to help those vulnerable populations, to keep people safe and we're continuing to do all we can to do just that. we're still dealing with the number of cases in san francisco and we also know that there will continue to be challenges and we will continue to see increases in the number of cases of the coronavirus

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

and i think it's time to open for questions. >> the first question is for director abigail stewart-khanhomelessness and supportive housing. director stewart-khan. are you concerned about the crowding of tents and people in general in the tenderloin? and what measures are you taking to address it? >> we are extremely concerned about the crowding of tents and the unsheltered population during this pandemic in the tenderloin and across our city. when people are anxious, which many of us are now, we seek connection. this is a natural human instinct and that connection is putting everybody in danger now. i want to thank the healthy streets operation center partnership, which is led by jeff co-sitski because the moment this was declared, they pivoted and starting providing education and ceased any encampment resolutions. what this means is they're out there every day, the hot team, the police department, the department of public health, department of public works, rec and park, and many, many others working together to provide information to our unsheltered neighbors, first on the epidemic an

director abigail stewart-khan of the department of homelessness and housing will now make some remarks. >> hello. providing safe places for people experienci experiencing homelessness to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place is a top priority for the department of homeless and supportive housing, the department of public health, and the entire city. additionally, the city is working to expand testing city-wide with a focus on vulnerable communities, as dr. colfax just shared in detail, including people experiencing homelessness. as we expand testing capacity, we know that we will need more places for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for covid-19 to go to isolate, receive care, and to recover. so that end, h.s.h., in connection with our partners, are opening new facilities. you've heard about this. to date we've opened five shelter-in-place hotels as well as multiple quarantine hotels with more planned rapidly. this has been incredibly hard and incredibly a critical expansion. i want to share a story of a voicemail i received from a colleague of someone who moved fr

director of public health, grant cofax, trent roar, the director of homelessness and housing abigail stewart-khan, the police chief, and the director of emergency management. today we'd like to provide an update and of course answer questions to the press during this virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,216 confirmed cases of covid-19 in san francisco. sadly, we have 20 people who passed away as a result of the virus. as a reminder, datasf.org/covid-19 is where you can find details to find out who is actually infected as well as those who have been tested. i want to be clear from the very beginning when we heard about what was happening with the coronavir coronavirus, specifically in wuhan, china, sadly there were a lot of xenophobia of those in our asian community. this virus is not discriminating on the basis of race. sadly, the xenophobia continues. we want our community to know we are here to provide the resources and the support necessary to deal with the challenges around discrimination. so it's not tolerated here in san francisco. in fact, as we look at the data and the inequit

and i think it's time to open for questions. >> the first question is for director abigail stewart-khan, homelessness and supportive housing. director stewart-khan. are you concerned about the crowding of tents and people in general in the tenderloin? and what measures are you taking to address it? >> we are extremely concerned about the crowding of tents and the unsheltered population during this pandemic in the tenderloin and across our city. when people are anxious, which many of us are now, we seek connection. this is a natural human instinct and that connection is putting everybody in danger now. i want to thank the healthy streets operation center partnership, which is led by jeff co-sitski because the moment this was declared, they pivoted and starting providing education and ceased any encampment resolutions. what this means is they're out there every day, the hot team, the police department, the department of public health, department of public works, rec and park, and many, many others working together to provide information to our unsheltered neighbors, first on the epidemic

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achieve that reductioner in our shelter and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into conta

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achieveer and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into contact with them. this allow us to

and the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan.to thank you for tuning in today and joining us to talk about a few updates we have related to covid-19 here in san francisco. as of today, we have 1,013 total cases of those who have been diagnosed with covid-19.

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chiefl scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. we go

next questions are for director abigail stewart-khan, director of homelessness and supportive housing. >> reporter: the first question. "huffington post". how many people in total in the city have been moved to the hotel rooms? >> as i said in my earlier remarks, as of yesterday it was 750 and we know we're moving people actively today. it's important to note that people experiencing homelessness are coming to hotels through many different means. some are coming from hospitals. some are coming from shelters. and they're going into different levels of hotel rooms in terms of the needs of their care. >> reporter: what is the city's current criteria and plan to move homeless into hotels? and by when? >> that's a great question. so as dr. colfax and director rohr have shared, we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals because of their risk of mortality. it is not that other people may not contract covid or we're not concerned about that, we're deeply concerned about it. at this stage in the epidemic, we need to, according to the department of public health, work towards preventing mortalit

director of public health, grant cofax, trent roar, the director of homelessness and housing abigail stewart-khane police chief, and the director of emergency management. today we'd like to provide an update and of course answer questions to the press during this virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,216 confirmed cases of covid-19 in san francisco. sadly, we have 20 people who passed away as a result of the virus. as a reminder, datasf.org/covid-19 is where you can find details to find out who is actually infected as well as those who have been tested. i want to be clear from the very beginning when we heard about what was happening with the coronavir coronavirus, specifically in wuhan, china, sadly there were a lot of xenophobia of those in our asian community. this virus is not discriminating on the basis of race. sadly, the xenophobia continues. we want our community to know we are here to provide the resources and the support necessary to deal with the challenges around discrimination. so it's not tolerated here in san francisco. in fact, as we look at the data and the inequities

director abigail stewart-khan of the department of homelessness and housing will now make some remarkslo. providing safe places for people experienci experiencing homelessness to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place is a top priority for the department of homeless and supportive housing, the department of public health, and the entire city. additionally, the city is working to expand testing city-wide with a focus on vulnerable communities, as dr. colfax just shared in detail, including people experiencing homelessness. as we expand testing capacity, we know that we will need more places for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for covid-19 to go to isolate, receive care, and to recover. so that end, h.s.h., in connection with our partners, are opening new facilities. you've heard about this. to date we've opened five shelter-in-place hotels as well as multiple quarantine hotels with more planned rapidly. this has been incredibly hard and incredibly a critical expansion. i want to share a story of a voicemail i received from a colleague of someone who moved from the s

director abigail stewart-khan of the department of homelessness and housing will now make some remarks. >> hello. providing safe places for people experienci experiencing homelessness to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place is a top priority for the department of homeless and supportive housing, the department of public health, and the entire city. additionally, the city is working to expand testing city-wide with a focus on vulnerable communities, as dr. colfax just shared in detail, including people experiencing homelessness. as we expand testing capacity, we know that we will need more places for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for covid-19 to go to isolate, receive care, and to recover. so that end, h.s.h., in connection with our partners, are opening new facilities. you've heard about this. to date we've opened five shelter-in-place hotels as well as multiple quarantine hotels with more planned rapidly. this has been incredibly hard and incredibly a critical expansion. i want to share a story of a voicemail i received from a colleague of someone who moved fr

the director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just wanted to talk about the anniversary of the 1906 earthquake. this weekend marks the 106th anniversary of the earthquake. when we all can look back on our history and remember during that time, not only did the earthquake hit and it really physically destroyed buildings and many parts of our city, there was a very devastating fire that occurred. and, in fact, over 3,000 people lost their lives. and during that time, san franciscans didn't throw up their hands. we took to our feet, we came together with businesses, with people from all over the city and we focused on rebuilding. w

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achieve that reductioner in our shelter and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into conta

director abigail stewart-khan of the department of homelessness and housing will now make some remarks. >> hello. providing safe places for people experienci experiencing homelessness to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place is a top priority for the department of homeless and supportive housing, the department of public health, and the entire city. additionally, the city is working to expand testing city-wide with a focus on vulnerable communities, as dr. colfax just shared in detail, including people experiencing homelessness. as we expand testing capacity, we know that we will need more places for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for covid-19 to go to isolate, receive care, and to recover. so that end, h.s.h., in connection with our partners, are opening new facilities. you've heard about this. to date we've opened five shelter-in-place hotels as well as multiple quarantine hotels with more planned rapidly. this has been incredibly hard and incredibly a critical expansion. i want to share a story of a voicemail i received from a colleague of someone who moved fr

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achievethat reductioner in our shelter and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into contac

director abigail stewart-khan of the department of homelessness and housing will now make some remarks hello. providing safe places for people experienci experiencing homelessness to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place is a top priority for the department of homeless and supportive housing, the department of public health, and the entire city. additionally, the city is working to expand testing city-wide with a focus on vulnerable communities, as dr. colfax just shared in detail, including people experiencing homelessness. as we expand testing capacity, we know that we will need more places for people experiencing homelessness who test positive for covid-19 to go to isolate, receive care, and to recover. so that end, h.s.h., in connection with our partners, are opening new facilities. you've heard about this. to date we've opened five shelter-in-place hotels as well as multiple quarantine hotels with more planned rapidly. this has been incredibly hard and incredibly a critical expansion. i want to share a story of a voicemail i received from a colleague of someone who moved from t

the director of that department, abigail stewart khan, is here to talk about how we're going to achieve that reductioner in our shelter and on the streets as well as to talk to you about our system response to the covid navigation center as well as at the m.s.c. homeless shelter. abigail stewart kahn. >> thank you, director. thank you, mayor breed, and to the guests, h.h.s. staff, city partners and owl of those in san francisco who care so deeply about people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. h.h.s. and our nonprofits hear you. this reminds us day in and day out that housing is health care and relationships are the best form of treatment. those without these suffer the most. today, three shelter guests have tested positive for covid-19. protocols have been implemented in response to both sites. first, supplying the shelter with additional masks and that all shelter guests and staff wear masks at all times. this is advice being given to all of our shelter sites as we speak. the department of public health initiated contact tracing with these patients when they came into conta

and the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan.ant to thank you for tuning in today and joining us to talk about a few updates we have related to covid-19 here in san francisco. as of to

director of public health, grant cofax, trent roar, the director of homelessness and housing abigail stewart-khane police chief, and the director of emergency management. today we'd like to provide an update and of course answer questions to the press during this virtual press conference. as of today, we have 1,216