s.r.o. residents, not only in chinatown and district 3, but citywide. this is really important legislation. and while we are reassured by dr. cohen's words to reflect that they don't support a warting-down of the legislation, we do continue to insist on testing being a critical need. we have seen that testing, when it's done at the building, is effective. we have also seen in many neighborhoods when testing is offered off-site, it is less effective and people are less interested in being tested. we really want to frame this as a tenants' righ right-to-know perspective. this ordinance is about what the tenant needs to know in terms of the city's covid response. and what the city -- and what the tenants, you know, has a right to know in terms of what is going on in their buildings. we have testimony a little bit later, that's going to show you that, of course, when d.p.h. comes around and does outreef and says that, you know, there's covid-wide testing, kind of sounds stupid. they know that that means that there's an outbreak or there are cases. so we hop

s.r.o. is located. so on the left, you see, since the beginning of the pandemic, the positivity for people who live in the tenderloin has been 6.7%. for mission, 5.1, and chinatown, 2.4, and you see the positivity just for the month of july 2020. highlighted in the yellow, across those same time periods, you see the positivity rate of those who live in an s.r.o. so this suggests in the absence of an outbreak. an -- out break, an s.r.o. resident is not at higher risk of an outbreak than any other resident. >> chair peskin: and, miss cohen, can we chair that to the rest of the population of san francisco and the rest of the population statewide? i mean, these numbers tell us that we're all in deep trouble, but that we're doing a better job in s.r.o.s, even though they're more transmissive environments. but can you compare those numbers, whether they're all-time or for july, not only between the rest of the neighborhood but the rest of the city? >> so, supervisor peskin, i think it's most appropriate to look at that question locally. i think that comparison statewide and nationally would not be as relevant because positivity is very reflective of rates of testing,

s.r.o. is located. so on the left, you see, since the beginning of the pandemic, the positivity for people who live in the tenderloin has been 6.7%. for mission, 5.1, and chinatown, 2.4, and you see the positivity just for the month of july 2020. highlighted in the yellow, across those same time periods, you see the positivity rate of those who live in an s.r.o. so this suggests in the absence of an outbreak. an -- out break, an s.r.o. resident is not at higher risk of an outbreak than any other resident. >> chair peskin: and, miss cohen, can we chair that to the rest of the population of san francisco and the rest of the population statewide? i mean, these numbers tell us that we're all in deep trouble, but that we're doing a better job in s.r.o.s, even though they're more transmissive environments. but can you compare those numbers, whether they're all-time or for july, not only between the rest of the neighborhood but the rest of the city? >> so, supervisor peskin, i think it's most appropriate to look at that question locally. i think that comparison statewide and nationally would not be as relevant because positivity is very reflective of rates of testing,

s.r.o. collaborative, chinatown c.d.c. partnership and senior partnership. i'll extract a few portions of that letter. we are very concerned to learn that the department is requesting an amendment eventually to water down a key component of the legislation. we think that the testing mandate is essential aspect of the order, and that we note that the order has gun to serve its purpose by enhancing testing in s.r.o.s, and the -- what -- what was noted in the presentation by staff is that in some of the tested buildings, there have been more than 40 residents who have been infected. many of those who tested positive, we informed, were workers in the service or construction industry and shared rooms with these workers. given the high concentration of cases of people of color and people living in s.r.o.s and a resurgence in cases, this is no time to scale back in testing. we note that the department was not in compliance with the order regarding compliance of data until last week, when we received the initial consultation. >> chair peskin: i'm sorry, madam clerk.