i also wanted to ask police chief bill scott to provide an up date on what happened in the city yesterday. i know that we have put this order into place, and the folks that have been really on the front lines, in terms of helping to implement the shelter in place order has been the san francisco police department and i want to chief scott to provide an update. >> thank you mayor breed. as of yesterday, the san francisco police department continued our efforts to help prevent the spread of the covid- 19 virus. and as we have stated before, our primary mission is to have compassion, common sense, and voluntary compliance. and if all else fails, we do have a legal order where we can enforce. i am happy to say at this point, we have not had to enforce, and i know that there have been sporadic sightings of people holding hands and that type of thing in the city. but i want to make it clear that we are doing everything that we can to message to people, to educate the people that we have come into contact with, to practice social distancing as laid out in the health order. this is a tremendous d

i would like to recognize mickey callahan, department of human resources, and bill scott from the san, and his assistant chief mike redman over there. thank you for being here, gentlemen. it is now my privilege to recognize the council general of ireland robert o driscoll who has a tremendous connection to san francisco because his son was born in san francisco. no matthe matter where his cares him, san francisco will always be his son's home. >> thank you very much. i think he is here today. this is his first st. patrick's day event. i am excited. if you see a green ball, that is mine. distinguished guests, mayor breed, and supervisors and department heads and everybody, very happy t to be here today. looking back for this event wondering what to say. it is 169 years since the first st. patrick's day parade. 170 years since the first mayor got appointed. how in the fliers year of a mayor was there not a st. patrick's day parade? the first mayor was appointed in may 1850. in january it would have been a parade that year, too. i have been reflected on my thoughts about the parade and f

the chief bill scott says his department is still seeing a lot of video from the cvs store. he was passing a note to the clerk. police say he claimed to have a gun and demanded prescription medicine, which the clerk gave to him. it happened at noon yesterday in palo alto on a store on middlefield road. the clerk was not hurt. >>> peninsula hospital may be ks to try to save it. talks to sell it have stalled. its owners say the hospital may be forced next week. in a exchange, the hospital's bankruptcy attorney talked about the challenge of finding a buyer. >> if i have idea to help us, we're open. >> really look in the mirror and figure out how you're going to sell this to a hospital buyer. >> at tomorrow's meetings, supervisors will debate having the county buy a hospital if a buyer cannot be secured. >>> riders can now pay for parking by phone. this is through the b.a.r.t. official app. antioch, west oakland, hayward, south san francisco, el cerrito and del norte are the stations, but b.a.r.t. plans to expand it to all stations by the end of the year. you can play with credi

police chief bill scott there. >>and after initially forcing pot dispensaries to close they were closed today. a reversal this evening from city officials the mayor said marijuana dispensaries will now remain open during this time because they quote provide needed medicine for many san franciscans ken pam. now back to you. >>thank you and parents in california should start preparing for campuses to be shut down for the rest of the school year. governor newsome made that announcement earlier tonight, he said he does not want children to return to campus until it is safe and they can do so without any fear. >>the planning with kids some of the most challenging a planning i would plan in assume that it's unlikely. many of these schools, a few if any will open up before the summer break and as a consequence of that i also want to make this announcement working with the guidance of our superintendent public education and linda darling hammond. we think it is totally inappropriate for kids to worry about coming back and

city look to control the crowds and get people to follow the stay-at-home order, and police chief bill scott said patrols will be out as well. >>> governor newsom announced a state wide moratorium on evictions through may 31st. dozens of cities have announced similar bans. renters must pay and must tell their landlords if they're not going to be able to make a payment. >>> some much needed financial help be coming to millions of americans, maybe you. this afternoon president trump signed an unprecedent $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law. it reached the president's desk after it overwhelmingly passed the house. it will speed payments of $1,200 to most americans and increase jobless benefits to those out of work. it will also provide loans to businesses as well as grants and tax breaks. >>> for the first time gig workers will be eligible for unemployment under the stimulus bill. >> let's bring in 7 on your side michael finney with a lot of information on this. michael? >> you know, when a lot of people think about the gig economy, especially older people, they think in terms of may

. >> san francisco police chief bill scott agrees that foot patrols are important. but reportedly he said he doesn't think we need an ordinance to make adjustments to the procedures. >>> tonight's meeting of the antioch school district board is now cancelled. the union representing teachers had planned a rally beforehand to call for smaller class sizes and other demands in contract negotiations. the school district cancelled tonight's meeting because of the coronavirus concerns. the too mucher's teacher's union hasn't said whether or not the rally will continue. >>> it is 4:58. the san mateo county board of supervisors pledging 20 million (2) 000-0000 to help keep seton medical center open. that struggling hospital was expected to close as early as this week. seton is in daily city. it has 350 beds and almost 1500 employees. several local lawmakers say the hospital may end up being needed during this growing coronavirus outbreak. >>> san mateo county is getting a new coastal beach park for the first time in more than half a century. the san mateo county board of sup

police chief bill scott says that means you will see officers out in forcing the shelter-in-place order kron four's and herman joins us now live from marina green in san francisco with what police will be doing and the changes people can expect to see. >>well if you look out at the marina green now not a lot of people those who are here are pretty spread out that last weekend here in dolores park in ocean beach, lots of crowds very little separation and that is exactly what city officials do not want they say the social distancing is the only thing we've got going for us it must continue and police are ready to enforce it if people do not obey. >>we're going to have to make some changes at a news conference friday, san francisco mayor london breed said the bad behavior that occurred last weekend cannot we saw a number of areas in our city that word just jam-packed. >>and we saw people who were playing things like volleyball and basketball. >>the mayor says social distancing and stay at home orders must be followed to slow the spread of the coronavirus and to that in parking lots at ean

we have with us our police chief, bill scott to talk about the first day and what his officers have been doing throughout the city to help communicate the stay-at-home order that had taken effect at midnight last night. g scott? >> good afternoon, everyone. we believe our city is really ahead of the game and one of the leaders in trying to address this issue and prevent the spread. with that, the san francisco police department beginning at midnight commence to doing bar checks and restaurant checks. the order went into effect for midnight as the mayor described and at midnight our police officers were dispatched at the district stations around the city to follow up and check with the bar owners or operators and restaurant owners to make sure we have compliance. i am happy to report we had no issues last night. we checked every bar that we could in every restaurant that we could. we are pleased to say that san franciscans by and large or adhering to disorder and particularly in terms of the bar closures and restaurant closures. our officers are on the streets and we are checking business

policchief bill scott says that means you will see officers out in forcing the shelter-in-place order kron four's dan kerman joins us now live in san francisco with what police will be doing and the changes that people can expect to see from this weekend compared to last. just a more here at the marina green and if you come down the marina green you will find that there is no parking here. there's no parking it. >>crissy field, the speech there is no parking at ocean beach and that is because they have shut down these parking lots because they want people to stay in their own neighborhoods last weekend people were congregating they were not doing the social distancing. and city officials have taken these steps to make sure the ople continue to stay apart from ch other this weekend. parking lots at san francisco's ocean beach in the marina greein crissy field east beach are closed outdoor fitness sites are also off limits and so are neighborhood playgrounds it san francisco's latest move to stave off bad behavior this weekend in other words an attempt to keep social distancing going in

>> bill scott, the san francisco police chief said that is not happening. they're not using the resources of the police that way. in fact, they're still busy doing regular police stuff. >> that doesn't mean you shouldn't stay home. i'm just curious. >> they could. that's what the san francisco police chief said that's not what they're doing. so, you know, they're taking your word on it that you have to be out doing what you're doing. most people are staying home. as you can see, you can tell that in just the traffic. no one's out there. you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. no problems on 24. no problems really anywhere. there's been some road work. we're keeping it light for you out there. again, if you're an essential workers, you don't have to worry about being on the road. i'm pretty sure you're not going to be disturbed here getting out to your community. this is a look at the bay bridge. 4:52. let's bring steve in. >>> there's a little rain right now. but not too much. temperatures are in the 40s. we don't have the breaks in the clouds

the city will be cracking down on violators police chief bill scott says that officers are routinely patrolling the city. >>if in the event that we keep having to go back to the same group of people are saying people we've worked with the city attorney on a tie protocol on when tonforce. and that enforcement can be a citation it could be an arrest this is not a vacation this is not. >>time for social gatherings we want toiscourage the gathering of large groups as uch as possible. >>well the city also reallocated or relocated its emergency operation center to the mosque only center that would allow for more social distancing among the staff there and it has been expanded to include disaster workers as well. california could lead to a race now for coronavirus treatments, u c davis scientists are working very hard right now and developing a vaccine and they're moving closer to testing how primates react to the virus from forcefully to call takes a closer look. >>eventually u c davis intends to study how monkeys respond to a covid 19 infection. their reactions will hopefully help scienti

we have the police chief, bill scott, is here, and the director of the department of human resources -- i mean, human services, trent rhorer, is here. >> okay. i'm going to go ahead and call on you. dominick, san francisco chronicle, question and follow-up. >> can someone talk about the mechanics of the unified plan, and who's calling the shots as these resources come in. thank you. >> the hon. london breed: so i think either dr. mary ellen carroll or dr. colfax, either one of you want to address that? okay. >> thank you. mary ellen carroll, department of emergency management. so we are centralizing resource acquisition and purchasing and distribution. we are working hand in hand with the department of public health to identify the resources that are needed and to make the appropriate purchases and also request for aid through the state and the federal government. the public health department will be our link to our partners here to determine the overall city needs. all of that will be centralized here through the emergency operations center, and we will work through our existing sys

would maybe want to do in your homes city officials say most are voluntarily complying police chief bill scott says his officers are patrolling and responding to calls to make sure that continues. >>we have had not had to go back to the same place over and over again in the event that happens the law allows us to enforce. and again, i mean we don't. this is not an issue we're looking for a test case what we're looking for people to comply the city's health director says compliance is the only way to not overwhelm the health care system. >>to that end. he says the city is already hired 70 new registered nurses and hopes to hire more on the spot at a weekend job fair we need as many nurses as we can get so i'm hoping that over this weekend. shortly thereafter it's not that day we will have 50 more nurses on board and then we'll get scores more on in the meantime, the city's emergency operations center has expanded to include disaster workers and has now relocated to the moscow knee center to allow for social distancing. for the same purposes, the city is in the process of leasing 3500 hotel room

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, maryllen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people

but chief bill scott says his department has seen a lot of transformation. >>> the billion dollar megatechportedly just broken ground in san jose. the "san how amercury news" says two similar projects have broken ground in the past nine months, but no word yesterday on when construction will be completed. >>> b.a.r.t. riders can now pay for parking by phone through b.a.r.t.'s official app, initially rolling out at five stations. but b.a.r.t. plans to extend it to all stations by the end of the year. you can pay with credit card, debit card, venmo or paypal. >>> a warning from police in ohio about distracted driving. i want you to look closely. you see right through, the department posted this video of a woman knitting behind the wheel. members of the social media team took that individual use. >>> once the light turned green, she stopped knitting and then continued to drive. mike, they're reminding everyone to pay attention to the road at all times. >> yeah, i think you can just say don't knit while driving. >> we've talked about texting. >> you do see people eating, putting on makeup, the

. >> reporter: at a news conference, police chief bill scott joined u.s.down on a gang that terrorized victims they believed were rivals. >> it was fired at such a close range that the shotgun wad lodged in the chest of the victim. >> reporter: four days later, investigators say these men stabbed a victim at a muni bus stop. >> 15 stab wounds. the victim lost two liters of blood. >> reporter: another incident happened in 2018. >> brutal beating and strabing. the victim suffered a head injury, stabs to his back and neck. >> reporter: almost exactly a year later, one of those indicted in the crackdown was shot in the park. >> our parks and playgrounds and other public spaces do not belong to transnational criminal organizations. our public spaces belong to all of us. they operate freely with no consideration for the location of the people that they terrorize and exploit. we will diligently investigate crimes and present the best possible case. >> reporter: if convicted of these federal crime, the defendants could face lengthy time behind bars. >>> president

. >> reporter: san francisco police chief bill scott joins u.s.attorney david anderson in announcing a successful crackdown on a gang that terrorized victims they believed were rival rivals. >> was fired at such a close range, the shotgun wad lodged in the chest of the victim. >> reporter: four days later, investigators a these men stabbed a victim at a muni bus stop at 24th and patrero. >> the result of the attack was 15 stab wounds. the victim lost two liters of blood. >> reporter: another incident happened in 2018. >> brutal beating and stabbing. the victim suffered a head injury. >> reporter: almost exactly a year later, fernando bonilla, one of those indicted in the crackdown was shot in the park. >> our parks and playgrounds and other public spaces do not belong to transnational cri organizations. our public spaces belong to all of us. they operate freely with no consideration for the rotation of the people that they terrorize and exploit. >> we'll diligently investigate crimes that prevent the best possible case to prosecutors in order to p

public defender mano raju wrote a letter to police chief bill scott to make sure people who are beingnot being exposed. he went on to say to tell officers to reduce all unnecessary contact with the community by not citing people for violations of municipal infractions by stopping citations and arrests for low level misdemeanors that don't pose a public safety risk, and, also, to suspend additional arrests unless there's a clear and present danger of imminent physical harm. >>> a dozen people are now in custody in the suspected laptop theft ring. officers recovered more than 2,000 laptops and phones with an estimated value of 1.5 million 00-0000. $1.5 $.5 million. they also reeed stolen cars. >> we want the word to get out there for these criminals. if you're going to steal laptops don't come to fremont and the bay area because we're going to go after you wherever you are. >> this is directly related to the high number of car break- ins in the fremont area. >>> the helicopter crew took these photos last saturday night. it shows officers breaking up four large side shows in the cities o

. >> now, san francisco police chief bill scott agrees foot patrols are important but reportedly saiddoesn't think we need an ordinance to make adjustments to the department's plans. >>> the antioch school district board meeting has been cancelled. union representative teachers were planning a rally beforehand to call for smaller class sizes and make other demands. the school district cancelled tonight's meeting because of coronavirus concerns. the teacher's union hasn't said whether or not they're going to go ahead with tonight's rally. >>> the san mateo county board of supervisors pledged 20 $20 million to try to the struggling hospital was expected to close as early as this week. seton is located in daily city. it has more than 350 beds and almost 1500 employees. administrators and efrl lawmakers say that hospital may be needed during the growing coronavirus outbreak. >>> san mateo county is also getting a new coastal beach park for the first time in more than a half century. the san mateo county board of supervisors voted to buy the one mile long tonitas creek beach. that property

would maybe want to do in your homes city officials say most are voluntarily complying police chief bill scott says his officers are patrolling and responding to calls to make sure that continues. >>we have had not had to go back to the same place over and over again in the event that happens the law allows us to enforce. and again, i mean we don't. this is not an issue we're looking for a test case what we're looking for people to comply the city's health director says compliance is the only way to not overwhelm the health care system. >>to that end. he says the city is already hired 70 new registered nurses and hopes to hire more on the spot at a weekend job fair we need as many nurses as we can get so i'm hoping that over this weekend. shortly thereafter it's not that day we will have 50 more nurses on board and then we'll get scores more on in the meantime, the city's emergency operations center has expanded to include disaster workers and has now relocated to the moscow knee center to allow for social distancing. for the same purposes, the cities in the process of leasing 3500 hotel rooms

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirm

chief bill scott says two police employees have tested positive for coronavirus at the hall of justice. >> the san francisco police department had two of our employees test positive for covid-19. we have quarantined 24 officers . 27 total employees, 25 sworn and two non-sworn employees. we have sanitized the location. >> reporter: they are also making strides in the rapid result test for covid-19. they say they are able to perform about 400 per day. they say that will be critical going. they are asking people who live in san francisco to continue to follow the state home order. that will be key to saving lives. san francisco, christian captain, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> health officials and school superintendents from six bay area counties said today that school closures will be extended through at least may 1. tom vacar tells us how the district came to that decision. >> reporter: six county offices of education including alameda, contra costa, marin, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara as well as the county health officer of berkeley which has its own health officer have announced the c

. >> police chief bill scott agrees that the foot patrols are important but does not think legislationmake adjustments to the department's procedures. >>> jury deliberations are underway in oakland in the trial of the man charged with the murder of nia wilson. the prosecutor urged the jury to convict john cowl of first degree murder for the deadly stabbing at the bart station in oakland. in her summation to the jury, her defense attorney said her client is schizophrenic and suffers from dilutions. >>> delusions. >>> the goal is to get everyone counted. we'll talk live with the policy director for the latino community foundation for more on how the coronavirus could impact outreach. >> up next, federal officials meeting with private insurance companies working to help those who are showing tichlts of the coronavirus. managing type 2 diabetes? dimitri's on it. eating right... ...and getting those steps in? on it! dimitri thinks he's doing all he can to manage his type 2 diabetes and heart disease, but is his treatment doing enough to lower his heart risk? maybe not jardiance can reduce t

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during a press conference today, chief bill scott said 25 officers and two civilians are now under quarantinehave sanitized that work location, and we had already restricted some of our workforce from being in the office. >> reporter: chief scott says the investigative units are now only working in the office when essential. how well officers can work from home remains to be seen. but just like closing city hall, first responders and health officials feel they don't have a choice. hours at that coronavirus testing center in hayward. since it opened a few days ago on monday, that center has tested hundreds of people. today, it closed early when it ran out of tests, but they are getting more. the center is now asking people to line up either on foot or by car between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. and then again from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. the hope is that the new hours will make it easier to make it socially distance while in line. testing is reserved for people who are experiencing symptoms of covid-19. that could be a sore throat, fever, homeless and over the age of 65. >>> the push to get more ma

the message is from chief bill scott, who everyone from the angeles police department sends his thanksthis challenging time. we want to thank them as well for all of their efforts. >>> here's a final check of the weather. >> we're looking at a system offshore that will spin up showers, possibly thunderstorm later on today. it's got unstable air associated with it. later on in the afternoon in fremont, san mateo, peninsula, you can see a brief heavy downpour. north bay partly cloudy late in the day. mild temperatures today. 60s to near 70 with the level one system. tomorrow cloudy but dry and much colder system tuesday and wednesday. highs only in the 50s. not much rain out of this one and looking sunnier the rest of the week. joe vina? >> thank you lisa and all of you for joining us here. we want to thank you so much for joining us from home. with many religious gatherings off-limits, we're hoping to help our community come together with the people they love. coming up next, we're bringing together religious leaders to share their sermons with you. abc7 presents "finding faith: better

taking additional steps to try and slow the spread of the virus with t weekend arriving police bill scott says that means people wil see officers out in the shelter at home order force nd carmen reports on what police will be doing and the changes that residen can expect to see. >>parking lots at san francisco's ocean beach in the rina green in crissy field east beach are closed outdoor fitness sites are also off limits and so are neighborhood playgrods it san francisco's latest move to ave off bad behavior this weekend in other words an attempt to keep social distancing going in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus i want to be clear that it will save lives. >>if we continue to practice social-distancing every single d as we are. at during this stay at home order. we will get toa better place. >>and the police chief says his officers will be around patrolling to make sure people are staying apart think of your grandfather think of your grandmother think of your sick child think of the other people who you may be putting your wrists by not adhering to is. public health order cit

the city will be cracking down on violators police chief bill scott says officers are routinely patrolling the city. >>if in the event that we keep having to go back to the same group of people are saying people we've worked with the city attorney on a tie protocol on when to enforce. and that enforcement can be a citation it could be an arrest. >>the city also relocated its emergency operation center to the moscow knee center to allow for social distancing and it has been expanded to include disaster workers. mayor breed also took the time today to criticize president trump calling the coronavirus the chinese virus. she called the terms bit and says it puts asian americans at risk for being targeted. >>this is a time not for divisiveness is the time for us to come together and to support the residents of our city and not make people feel excluded. so this continues to be a problem where the continues to. stand by his messaging around his labeling of the coronavirus and we want to make it clear that that is not something that's acceptable or tolerated here in san francisco. the president h

home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus the mayor was joined by san francisco police chief bill scott who says police are now routinely out there patrolling to make sure residents are nonessential businesses are complying. mayor breed went on to criticize the president for using the term chinese virus when talking about the coronavirus saying it puts asian americans at risk for being targeted. our first also the mon in is in the newsroom with that and where people can turn to if they fall victim to xenophobia l a. >>mayor for you called out president trump for using what she said was enough over terminology that is divisive and inappropriate while we fight this global pandemic the chinese community as you might remember in san francisco was the first to suffer from a drastic drop in business. immediately after the covid 19 outbreak now she's worried they will further fall victim to racism while several republican senators are backing the president. >>we know that this disease is not discriminating against someone based on race, we know that people who are being diagnosed are of all ra

. >> just wanted to also ask police chief bill scott to provide an update for what happened yesterday and we put this order in place and the folks on the front line in eromosele its of helping to implement the shelter in place order has been the san francisco police department. i wanted chief scott to provide an update. >> thank you, mayor. as of yesterday, the san francisco police department continued our efforts to help prevent the spread of covid-19 virus. as we've stated before, our primary mission is to have compassion, common sense, and voluntary complains and if all else fails an order we can enforce. we have not had to enforce and i know that sporadic sitings that i wanted to get clear that we're doing everything we can to message to people, to educate people we come in contact with to practice social distancing as laid out in the health order. this is a tremendous disruption to everybody's lives and we understand that and so the education is key. we started doing bar checks the minute the order went into effect and that was midnight on the 17th of march and tuesday morning ou

. >> reporter: bill scott completed 57. me, i did 7.ged abc 7 news talent to do the same. lauren martinez with 7. david louie coming in hot with eight. and chris nguyen with four. fortunately, other trending challenge aren't so physical. simple pleasures while sheltering in place. >> it's fun to see how playful social media has gotten again. it's been refreshing. now we're challenging abc 7 news viewers. post to our facebook page and use or us on instagram. i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> i love it. >> how many have you done, julian? >> you know what, i woke up this morning and saw her video. so, i have to record mine when i get back home because i'm not doing it in the studio. >> i don't know if i'm doing it at all. i'm supporting you. >> i'll do your seven. >> okay. >> julian's got to go home and get his tank top on like chris. >> he was trying to show the guns off, right. >> guns out. >> he was pretty impressive. i can give you seven for sure. but i don't bench press any more or do push-ups. seriously i have a shoulder injury

to try to slow the spread of coronavirus with the weekend arriving, san francisco police chief bill scott says that means you'll see officers out in forcing the shelter-in-place order. yeah they don't want tosee what they saw last weekend kron four's dan kerman has more on what police will be doing and the changes that residents can expect we're going to have to make some changes at anews conference friday, san fransco mayor london breed said. >>the bad behavior that occurred last weekend cannot repeat itself. this weekend. we saw a number of areas in our cities that word just jam-packed. >>and we saw people who were playing ings like volleyball and basketball. >>the mayor says social distancing and stay at home orders must be followed to slow the spreadof the coronavirus and to that end parking lots at ocean beach. the marina green and crissy field east beach have been closed outdoor fitness sites are now off limits and so our neighborhood playgrounds. >>what we want people to do is stay at home and when they need to go out and gesome air walk outside go and to a your neighborhood. pleas

. >> reporter: san francisco police chief bill scott said his officers will enforce the shelter-in-place for both individuals and nonessential businesses who repeatedly break the order. >> we've worked with the city attorney on a tight protocol on when to enforce, and that enforcement can be a citation, an arrest, and an offense. that person can be taken to jail. >> reporter: chief scott and mayor london breed said much of their work during the first three days of the shelter-in-place has been about education rather than enforcement. >> we have people who speak multiple languages who are doing the outreach to those businesses, and to make sure that they understand that they will need to close as a result of this order. >> we need as many nurses as we can get. >> reporter: director of public health grant colfax said they plan to immediately hire 15 nurses in the next week. i asked about numerous reports from health care workers at hospitals and clinics who say they do not have the personal protective equipment they need, like a n-95 masks. >> the information i have is health care workers

aren't and so the city will now have to start cracking down on violators that th find police chief bill scott saysthat officers are going to be patrolling. >>if in the event that we keep having to go back to the same group of people are saying people we've workewith the city attorney on a tie protoc on wh to force. and that enforcement can e a citation it could be n arrest this is not a vacation this is not. >>time for social gatherings we wantto discourage the gatheringof large groups as muchaspossible. >>now the city's also relocating its emergency erationcenter to the moscow knee center to alfor mor social distancing among those critic employees and also it's beg expanded to include disaster workers as well. >>everybody is suffing and a lot of people are out of work if they had worked to begin with the salvation armis trying to help by packing up meals for those need. but they'r changing the wa you get that con four's will tran is live in san francisco with an date. well. >>even procedures and i mean thesedays teams and area in the past people could show up with their bags and thenget that

noticing, others ignoring it and so they can start cracking down on violators in fact police chief bill scott says that officers are going to begin patrolling and in forcing. >>if in the event that we keep having to go back to the same group of people are saying people we've worked with the city attorney on a tie protocol on when to enforce. and that enforcement can be a citation it could be an arrest this is not a vacation this is not. >>time for social gatherings we want to discourage the gathering of large groups as much as possible. >>the city also relocated its emergency operation center to the moscow knee center to allow more social distancing between those critical employees and it's also expanded too to include disaster workers. >>there's a growing fear the hospitals all around the country are going to be overwhelmed with patients. and now there's an urgent call for medical volunteers, the city of coma has issued a call for he. they're asking any current or retired medical professionals to sign up to volunteer. >>we're certainly in a unprecedented times unchartered waters. you know we

the message is from chief bill scott thanking everyone who is part of the san francisco police departmentmitment to the city and its residents during this challenging time. >>> let's get a final look at this weekend's forecast. meteorologist lisa argen is here with us with more. >> hey there, jovina. we have a system well off the coast, several hundred miles off the central coast. you can see it is spinning up some showers there, even thunderstorms are in the forecast today, with our level one system, this is for the afternoon. look you can see some heavier downpours from the east bay to the south bay, to the peninsulh. the north bay maybe a few scattered light sprinkles. the accuweather seven-day forecast will see the clouds and cooler temperatures for monday. level one system tuesday and wednesday, with not a lot of rain but very cool numbers and we'll get brighter skies, warmer weather after that system exits wednesday. so the first half of the day looking pretty nice out there. >> all right, thank you, lisa. i'll take it. thank you all so much for joining us for "abc 7 mornings." i'm

the first day san franciscans had to officially shelter in place, san francisco's police chief bill scott said he is proud of how the city is complying with the restrictions. is i'm happy to report that we had no issues last night. >>i can't guarantee that we checked every bar in the city, but we checked every bar that we could ever a threat that we could. and very pleased to say that san franciscans via large our ed heating to this order. and the terms of the our closures and restaurant closures. >>one other note after initially forcing pot dispensaries to close during the shelter in place they were closed today. we learned about a reversal this evening from the mayor who said marijuana dispensaries will remain open because they quote provide needed medicine for many san franciscans end quote, the city officials urging people to try to get their pot products delivered to their homes but if they cannot customers can go in and pick up items kind of take out style like what restaurants are having to do the states. pam ken back to you thank you grant there is fear tonight for business owners

the director of the department of public health, our police chief, bill scott, and the department ofanagement director mary ellen care ron. i want to thank everyone for joining us today. as you know. the city has been working to prepare for what we know would be a significant public health challenge here in the city, and we are seeing it play it out all over the bay area and all over the world. as the city prepared its response, we explained to the public we would be year every step of the way what the challenges are and the steps we need to take to protect public health. some of the challenges we have, of course, faced from an economic standpoint as well. every step of the way i want be to thank not only members of puckly for your understanding. i want to take this opportunity to thank so many public health staff as well as the public safety people who rose to the occasion to help us through what we know is an evolvingation and a challenging one. i want to say that san francisco has, as we know, experienced challenges in the past. because of those challenges, we have become more of

the director of the department of public health, our police chief, bill scott, and the department ofrgency management director mary ellen care ron. i want to thank everyone for joining us today. as you know. the city has been working to prepare for what we know would be a significant public health challenge here in the city, and we are seeing it play it out all over the bay area and all over the world. as the city prepared its response, we explained to the public we would be year every step of the way what the challenges are and the steps we need to take to protect public health. some of the challenges we have, of course, faced from an economic standpoint as well. every step of the way i want be to thank not only members of puckly for your understanding. i want to take this opportunity to thank so many public health staff as well as the public safety people who rose to the occasion to help us through what we know is an evolvingation and a challenging one. i want to say that san francisco has, as we know, experienced challenges in the past. because of those challenges, we have become

hospitals, nursing homes, everybody can make sure people to work -- senator scott: and i also want to make sure, in the bill that you have an unemployment system in the states that work and we need to continue to work that and we supplement to it. senator sasse: everybody wishes they had rick scott's bank account. i get it. you go to any coffee shop in nebraska, you go to omaha, we go to 93 counties, you go to small towns and you go in the coffee shop and say, do as a people think what america wants to do is say, let's have a federal government that says we m want to incentivize severing people's work relationships? hell, no. in work.lieve work has dignity. work gives us purpose. work is how we provide for our families. we love our neighbors. we want to affirm the worker in america. working people in america don't comes in ernment that and says, actually, you know, people in d.c. know better than severd would be better to your employment relationship. nobody wants that. drafting when did this error -- when was it discovered? senator graham: as i know -- i know is -- we're on the phone getting briefed. and i

was a scary interview with bill who clear sli concerned that we're not doing enough >> i'm sure, bill -- scott, excuse me, i'm sure that he wasn't shorting the market and trying to talk it down i understand he wasn't hiding anything he was very open about his intentions to buy stocks in the fact that he thinks the market is go to going higher. but i do think there is a little butt bit of a conflict in what he was saying just as if he said company x stock is going go to the moon but by the way, i'm selling it the same suggests that i'm buying stocks but saying things that are going to push the market down to create better buying opportunities i don't think for any second that was calculated by him i'm not suggesting that. i do think that there is a bit of conflict there that we should point out to viewers in terms of the way that market dynamics works and the typical disclosures we make. >> i will say this at times like this and other times we bring on investors who are positive and negative. we don't decide based on their view at this particular or that particular time who gets to come on the

i would like to recognize mickey callahan, department of human resources, and bill scott from the san, and his assistant chief mike redman over there. thank you for being here, gentlemen. it is now my privilege to recognize the council general of ireland robert o driscoll who has a tremendous connection to san francisco because his son was born in san francisco. no matthe matter where his cares him, san francisco will always be his son's home. >> thank you very much. i think he is here today. this is his first st. patrick's day event. i am excited. if you see a green ball, that is mine. distinguished guests, mayor breed, and supervisors and department heads and everybody, very happy t to be here today. looking back for this event wondering what to say. it is 169 years since the first st. patrick's day parade. 170 years since the first mayor got appointed. how in the fliers year of a mayor was there not a st. patrick's day parade? the first mayor was appointed in may 1850. in january it would have been a parade that year, too. i have been reflected on my thoughts about the parade and f

. >> bill: kristen, thanks christian do my kristin fisher and i want to bring in chief investment officer, the managing firm and contributor for fox news, scottyou. i see you on skype and looking as handsome as ever. >> it might be the sky filter mike sky filter i'm using so keep it up. >> bill: the chairman fdic's says that the banks are safe. and here on the show, watch. at a certain point, we will get a spread of the virus under control and at that time, confidence will return, and people will come back to work. so you may well the significant rises in unemployment and negative declines in economic activities, but there can also be a good rebound on the other side of that. that is actually one of the main things we are trying to do but i assure the slow and the economy and keeping rates low and to assure the rebound comes as vigorous as possible. >> i tell you, scott i what's up this morning and a long way from alan greenspan. i understood what he was saying but his message was at the fed we have the back of everyone in the country. that has a really strong message. but he also said, we may well be in a recession as of right now so go ahea

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, marylen c

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirm