colfax. dr. colfax, the question comes from abc 7 news. a group of san francisco gym owners are claiming the city received a waiver from calocia to open gyms at various city spaces, including the police department, public works and the coroner's office while private gyms are facing closure due to restrictions. can you confirm the city employee gyms are open, and what relief is possible for gym owners? >> i'm not aware of any waivers. there are allowances in the order for government services to deem what is essential, so there is at least a theoretical possibility that gyms could be open. certainly this goes against public health advice. i certainly wouldn't recommend people working out inside enclosed quarters at this time. >> thank you, dr. colfax. there are no further questions at this time, and this concludes today's press conference. thank you, madam mayor, assessor chu and dr. colfax for your time, and thank you everyone for joining us. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon, welcome to the land use and transportation committee of the san francisco bo

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. thank you and welcome. can you fleacan you please prove where we are in san francisco as it relates to the numbers. >> thank you for your leadership during this time and really supporting all of us as we focus on the data, science and facts. i have a presentation with a lot of data i would like to go through. if there are questions that you would like to share during the presentation, please let me know. i will just give us a snapshot where we are today, talk about what we can all do to bend the curve, reduce infections across san francisco and talk about what the future may hold if we do not wear face masks, practice social distancing and good hygiene. can we go to the slide presentation, please. first slide is number of cases in san francisco. all the way back, please. okay. we have a preview. this is where we stand right now in san francisco. anybody can follow these data on a daily basis at our san francisco data tracker sf.gov and follow to see where we stand. today we have nearl

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax for also mentioning his support for that. keeping in mind we do have a blueprint for how we're going to make sure that this body has the opportunity to provide oversight with the report of proposed expenditures and updates on the process to expend funds. and i just want to again say thank you to the department and i hope my colleagues low pressure grant the same opportunity, so we can get the money in the community quickly. and appropriately. thank you. >> chair fewer: the budget legislative analyst like to speak on that, the particular recommendations? >> sure, chair fewer. this is -- as supervisor walton alluded to, this is a very similar to our recommendation that was presented yesterday on the office of economic and workforce development. this is a recommendation number is d.p.h. 25 on page 10 of our report. it is to put $36 million of the public safety reinvestment initiatives on budget and finance committee reserves. it's part of a larger $120 million reinvestment. we did recommend that as a way that the budget and fina

colfax. thank you secretary morewitz. just a few things to highlight in the director's report, what you have before you. mayor breed presented her covid-19 budget for the next fiscal year, which is over $400 million, $446.1 million to be exact with significant portions allocated to help operations, including of course most of that to the department of public-health and focusing also on housing and shelter programs and food security and human services in emergency communications and operations. this budget is being presented in various components by different departments to the board of supervisors. we presented the covid-19 dph portion of the budget to the board last week and there were a few questions and we'll go before the board for our fourth hearing on the budget on friday. i will give an update on covid-19 in more detail in the next agenda item. just to say that as some of you may have been reading in the paper, there were reporting delays and charges with regards to the state cal ready system that impacted our abil

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. thank you secretary morewitz. just a few things to highlight in the director's report, what you have before you. mayor breed presented her covid-19 budget for the next fiscal year, which is over $400 million, $446.1 million to be exact with significant portions allocated to help operations, including of course most of that to the department of public-health and focusing also on housing and shelter programs and food security and human services in emergency communications and operations. this budget is being presented in various components by different departments to the board of supervisors. we presented the covid-19 dph portion of the budget to the board last week and there were a few questions and we'll go before the board for our fourth hearing on the budget on friday. i will give an update on covid-19 in more detail in the next agenda item. just to say that as some of you may have been reading in the paper, there were reporting delays and charges with regards to the state cal ready system that impacted our abil

colfax. dr. colfax, the question comes from abc 7 news. a group of san francisco gym owners are claiming the city received a waiver from calocia to open gyms at various city spaces, including the police department, public works and the coroner's office while private gyms are facing closure due to restrictions. can you confirm the city employee gyms are open, and what relief is possible for gym owners? >> i'm not aware of any waivers. there are allowances in the order for government services to deem what is essential, so there is at least a theoretical possibility that gyms could be open. certainly this goes against public health advice. i certainly wouldn't recommend people working out inside enclosed quarters at this time. >> thank you, dr. colfax. there are no further questions at this time, and this concludes today's press conference. thank you, madam mayor, assessor chu and dr. colfax for your time, and thank you everyone for joining us. ♪ san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritim

mayor london breed, health director grant colfax. director of the department of emergency management mary ellen carroll and abigail here do you to the bad air quality due to the wildfires. you can submit up to two questions by chat only. submit them as clearly as possible and include your name and outlet. we'll do our best to take your questions in the order received until the q&a begins. we'll be happy to take your e-mails. welcome, madame mayor. >> thank you, very much and good afternoon, everyone. fire season unfortunately has begun in the state of california. and with that here in san francisco comes challenges with our air quality. in a normal year we'd be able to focus entirely on the air quality challenges but as you know we are not in normal years. we're living in covid. even as we have been focussed on responding to the covid public health emergency, we haven't lost sight of the need to respond to other emergencies. whether that's an earthquake or air quality event due to wildfire smoke. in san francisco we know we have to b

colfax. there no further questions at this time. this concludes today's press conference. thank you madam mayor and dr. colfax for your time. >> hello i'm san francisco mayor london breed i want to thank everyone in san francisco. thank you for your patience, for your resilience and listening to our public health leaders. i know the last several months haven't been easy for anyone. they certainly haven't been easy for me. everyday i hear about the struggles people are going through from friends from family members and from the community. while san francisco has been a leader in the fight against this pandemic, everyday we suffer losses. people are losing their jobs, people are losing their grip on their mental health. worst of all, people are losing family members to this disease. even as we endure these losses, i'm hopeful for the future. these months of public health crises and social unrest has shown us that when we come together, we can have the hard conversations and make the tough choices to do what needs to be done. not just save lives but to address systemic racism

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. i believe there were a few residual issues for us to address. can you give us an update that shows your existing budget. i personally would like to follow-up on a conversation on infant health investments. are we able to dedicate general funds money into these programs. i believe there's a question about testing capacity for the community hubs. dr. colfax you have the floor. >> thank you. with regard to the three items that you mentioned. we will go in order and our budget director will provide further information to the conclusion for health sf and the other questions you had. i will turn it over to mr mr. wagner. we have a solution that appears to work from a technical and budgetary perspective to get us where we hope to be. essentially what this is is in the mayor's budget submission there was an assumption that-i don't have the exact figure but eight point x million dollars was associated to the capital budget for mental health sf plan. we're able to fund that cost with a one time

colfax for your time. >> coping with covid-19. today's special guest. >> i am chris manners, you are watching coping with covid-19. my guest is the director of economic and work force development here to talk about the programs the city has in place during this crisis to help small businesses and vulnerable and disconnected residents. welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. it is a pleasure to be here, chris. >> start by talking about gift to sf. it provides many of the resources we are talking about. could you tell us a little bit about the focus of gift to us. then we will talk about specific programs. >> i very much appreciate the question. for anyone who is watching right now, so much of the work that has been accomplished to serve most vulnerable is because of very generous donations to the give to sf covid-19 response and recovery fund. over $28 million has been fund raised to support areas as important as housing stabilization for vulnerable communities, food security programs which has been a big issue not only in

colfax's presentation it's dynamic. by the time the allocation is received by the hospital, they no longer need it or they need more. when we tried to exchange within the city we do it through our hospital unit here at the covid-19 command center however when we don't have that ability we need some and we'll go outside the county and so we have helped out slano county that needed an emergency transfer. that's an example that came through the mohawk. coming in and out of the county most recently you are aware from imperial county and the surge they had down there and from the difficult outbreak at san quinton, san francisco is still receiving some patienc patientsk when this started in february or so we had the grand princess cruise liner that came in with several patients that had to be distribute today the bay area counties and participated in the distribution of those patients' determination of where they went to. we've been helping with plans on the dph side and board and care facilities utilizing a blended ems provi

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. dr. colfax, the question comes from abc 7 news. a group of san francisco gym owners are claiming the city received a waiver from calocia to open gyms at various city spaces, including the police department, public works and the coroner's office while private gyms are facing closure due to restrictions. can you confirm the city employee gyms are open, and what relief is possible for gym owners? >> i'm not aware of any waivers. there are allowances in the order for government services to deem what is essential, so there is at least a theoretical possibility that gyms could be open. certainly this goes against public health advice. i certainly wouldn't recommend people working out inside enclosed quarters at this time. >> thank you, dr. colfax. there are no further questions at this time, and this concludes today's press conference. thank you, madam mayor, assessor chu and dr. colfax for your time, and thank you everyone for joining us. ♪ ♪today. >> (clapping.) >> i've been working in restaurants forever as a blood alcohol small busin

. [♪] today we have madame mayor london breed, health director grant colfax. department of emergency management mary ellen carroll and abigail here do you to the bad air quality due to the wildfires. you can submit up to two questions by chat only. submit them as clearly as possible and include your name and outlet. we'll do our best to take your questions in the order received until the q&a begins. we'll be happy to take your e-mails. welcome, madame mayor. >> thank you, very much and good afternoon, everyone. fire season unfortunately has begun in the state of california. and with that here in san francisco comes challenges with our air quality. in a normal year we'd be able to focus entirely on the air quality challenges but as you know we are not in normal years. we're living in covid. even as we have been focussed on responding to the covid public health emergency, we haven't lost sight of the need to respond to other emergencies. whether that's an earthquake or air quality event due to wildfire smoke. in san francisco we know we have to be prepared. now,

grant colfax from the city's department of public health said he want tuesday see that number drop to below 50 to get in the city out of the red zone. dr. colfax cautions there is still a lot of hard work ahead. >> so even as we see some of our numbers, just some of our numbers improving slightly, we must stay vigilant. we will continue to pause our reopening. that is one likely reason for the slight slowdown the cases. >> dr. colfax says when it comes to opening schools, the city now has some direction from the state, and will be developing a plan in the days and weeks ahead. >> the state has issued it's guidance for local health officers on how to evaluate elementary schools applying for open, in person instruction. so we are evaluating that guidance right now. >> the doctor says another reason we're likely seeing those rates starting to come down is because more people are complying with the public health directives, especially staying away from others as much as possible, and wearing a mask every time they leave their home. >>> the bay area's latino community has struggled to acce

. >> thank you director colfax. commissioner giraudo. >> >> my question is about the increase in the rate of children that was up rather significantly it seemed and if you have any information on the root of the increase in this population of camps? >> so there are a number of consideration that's have been taken into with regard to that rate of increase. the most basic one is the outbreaks are more widespread and occurring in multi generational households and adults who are essential workers and working are essentially infected bringing it home to the households and kids are becoming infected as a result. the other plausible explanation is we're six months into shelter in place and the kids are just getting out more and interacting more with other kids and perhaps other families and there may be increased transmission there as well. >> thank you. you don't see an increase in the daycare centers? >> specifically. >> i will check. we're not seeing a sustained increase in the centers that i'm aware of but i can report

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. what specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have

colfax. thank you and welcome. can you fleacan you please prove where we are in san francisco as it relates to the numbers. >> thank you for your leadership during this time and really supporting all of us as we focus on the data, science and facts. i have a presentation with a lot of data i would like to go through. if there are questions that you would like to share during the presentation, please let me know. i will just give us a snapshot where we are today, talk about what we can all do to bend the curve, reduce infections across san francisco and talk about what the future may hold if we do not wear face masks, practice social distancing and good hygiene. can we go to the slide presentation, please. first slide is number of cases in san francisco. all the way back, please. okay. we have a preview. this is where we stand right now in san francisco. anybody can follow these data on a daily basis at our san francisco data tracker sf.gov and follow to see where we stand. today we have nearl

colfax or dr.ammer or anyone who's the appropriate person to do so, sort of what this additional money in this year's budget for behavioral health is that doesn't fund mental health s.f.? >> greg, do you want to start with that, and then, we can have dr. hammer fill in the other points on the question? >> sure. so these funds are the one-time funds that we discussed, and that is the vast majority of it. the other category is -- and i'm not sure who's got the slide show, but if we could bring it up to the second-to-last slide. it's the slide that is entitled -- >> it's slide 13, right? >> i believe so, yes. >> sorry. do you see it? >> yeah. i'll -- yeah, and so the other category is this slide. >> supervisor ronen: i see. >> so these are the backfills of various funds that were set to expire, and also some new programs, such as -- i failed to mention previously, but one of the larger ones is the creation of a new psychiatry class, which will make us more attractive in retaining psychiatrists. [pleas

colfax.specifically is the city doing to shorten the time it takes to get test results and boboaster contact tracing. >> the turn around times have averaged general 48 to 72 hours. we did fall behind because of the great surge in testing. we have caught up on that. we're increasing looking to expand our city test sf capacity. those times will hopefully continue to be shorter than a few weeks ago. we've trained three hundred people in contact tracing. we're try to go catcing to catcm the flood of cases. making great progress on that. we continue to expand our capacity and contact tracing. as you see in the budget there's investments to strengthen that work going forward. >> thank you doctor. have any out breaks been traced to a gathering in dolores park. where are the out breaks happening. >> we know that out breaks occur when people gather. indoor gatherings are more at risk than outdoor gatherin gathering-people doing essential work and need to work in close proximity, we need to have that h

>>which means i'm healthy the director of the san francisco public health department doctor grant colfax talks about the group's most vulnerable and the spare the air and air quality index members of sensitive groups include people with lung disease, including. >>those who have asthma and seal pee dee your and christina older adults. >>and children in fact, the air quality management district officials say most facial coverings offer a false sense of security in these unhealthy air quality conditions. yeah, absolutely so the mass of people ran for cover laws do anything for particulate matter they're not me or not. >>3 and then down a surgical masks cars will not stop the particulate pollution from getting into your lungs and 95 or higher amounts to prevent that like the scent. >>if you had you know if you have the area here in florida facing the very same face in norman says. >>it will seal best advice stay indoors, keep your windows and doors close. >>has it made you kron 4 news. >>as we continue our wildfire coverage. we will take a live look outside at the smoke-filled skies across t

colfax says when it comes to opening schools, the city now has some direction from the state, and willdeveloping a plan in the days and weeks ahead. >> the state has issued it's guidance for local health officers on how to evaluate elementary schools applying for open, in person instruction, so we are evaluating that guidance right now. >> reporter: the doctor says another reason we're likely seeing those rates starting to come down is because more people are complying with the public health directives, specifically staying away from others as much as possible, and wearing a mask every time they leave their home. >>> cover california rates has said its participation for next year. they put in place the smallest increase since the launch of the affordable care act. >>> in los angeles, one woman was killed and four other people were wounded during a shooting at a house party near beverly hills. it happened just before 1:00 this morning at this huge home on mulholland drive. hundreds of people were at they have party. a music video was being shot inside the home. police had to be called t

all on camera on colfax street. man on the right walks up to man in shorts and pushes him. not clear what led up to the exchange. >>> california's ban on high capacity gun magazines has been thrown out. banned magazines with more than ten bullets. came in wake of deadly attack in san bernardino. the judges overturned it on grounds it violates the second amendment. hasn't decided whether to ask the full panel to take up the issue or appeal to the u.s. supreme court. >>> lake tahoe, locals are protesting influx of tourists in the pandemic. truckee, meyers, incline village and kings beach. not just complaining about the spread of the virus but says there's a litter epidemic. some of the signs protesters are waving this weekend will say don't trash our home. >>> san francisco eatery is bucking the odds, opening new location in the middle of the pandemic, it's on the edge of chinatown, neighborhood hit particularly hard by the economic fallout from covid-19. >> in san francisco, she spoke with the owner about grand owning in the midst of closures. >> reporter: owner said he had

colfax.d welcome. can you fleacan you please prove where we are in san francisco as it relates to the numbers. >> thank you for your leadership during this time and really supporting all of us as we focus on the data, science and facts. i have a presentation with a lot of data i would like to go through. if there are questions that you would like to share during the presentation, please let me know. i will just give us a snapshot where we are today, talk about what we can all do to bend the curve, reduce infections across san francisco and talk about what the future may hold if we do not wear face masks, practice social distancing and good hygiene. can we go to the slide presentation, please. first slide is number of cases in san francisco. all the way back, please. okay. we have a preview. this is where we stand right now in san francisco. anybody can follow these data on a daily basis at our san francisco data tracker sf.gov and follow to see where we stand. today we have nearly 4600 cases

. >>> police say the cowardly and unprovoked attack happened last week along colfax street. the suspect was caught on camera shoving a man. police say the victim did suffer severe injuries. if you recognize the suspect, you are asked to call concord police. >>> many people have been heading to lake tahoe to escape the heat locals say they are tired of the crowd and they are set up with all of the trash left behind. >> the locals here kind of have a sense of respect just because this is our home and we feel very passionate about wanting to keep the lake very pristine. >> i don't blame them. everybody should pick up their trash. we always do. >> one of them is plan for tomorrow morning at 9:00. >>> now to the fire watch. about 1500 firefighters are still fighting that lake fire with the mandatory evacuations in place near lake hughes and the surrounding area. containment is only at 12%. >>> this bizarre optical for fire crews there are fighting that blaze. a ball named ferdinand chased firefighters as they were trying to clear a road. nobody was hurt and ferdinand was eventual

>>which means i'm healthy the director of the san francisco public health department doctor grant colfax talks about the group's most vulnerable and the spare the air red air quality index members of sensitive groups include people with lung disease. >>including those who have asthma and seal pee dee your and christina older adults. >>and children in fact, the air quality management district officials say most facial coverings offer a false sense of security in these unhealthy air quality conditions. yeah, absolutely so the mass of people ran for cover laws do anything for particulate matter they're not me for that. >>3 and then down a surgical mask arms will not stop the particulate pollution from getting into your lungs and 95 or higher amounts to prevent that like the scent. if you had you know if you have the area here florida facing the very same face in norman says. >>it will seal best advice stay indoors, keep your windows and doors close. >>has it made you kron 4 news. >>we will take a live look outside right now along the embarcadero here in san francisco, a spare the air alert

grant colfax here, director of health.'m going to provide a brief overview of our investments and services for the city and county of san francisco, and you'll see three key things that we're highlighting today: our covid response, our focus on equity, and our focus on expanding mental and behavioral health. these are ongoing and overlapping issues. next slide, please. so this is our overview of our d.p.h. budget by division. on the left side is our total proposed budget, which is nearly $2.8 billion. it includes our two major hospitals, zuckerberg general hospital, nearly $1 billion, as a 24-hour level three trauma care center. laguna honda, $1.8 billion, and then our other investments in public health. y on the right side of the slide, you see our budgeted staffing first-time equivalents. as one might expect, the two hospitals take a large share of this with regard to staffing and behavioral health, primary care, population health, and so forth. so our total budget is f.t.e. nearf.t.e. -- budget f.t.e.s is nearly 7300. [

police say the unprovoked attack happened last week along colfax street. the suspect was caught on camera shoving the man and the victim did suffer severe injuries. if you recognize the suspect you are asked to call the police. >>> new, an an unemployment fraud ring is under investigation. authorities say the scam resulted in more than $250,000 in fraudulent payments. 21 suspects have been identified, many of them inmates at mcguire correctional. they were busted after investigators heard them talking about the fake claims. police arrested several suspects today who aren't serving time at mcguire but voey revered $150,000 in cash. whilseeing a lot of moving van around san francisco, there is a reason. more on the mass exodus. >> and the message delivered to the head of the mail service. >> and a man jumps off his surfboard to punch it's game day live, here at bill and julie's house. a fan-favorite venue, ever since they got gig-speed internet. hey, amy? wanna grab a seat?we'rlive. ite , gig-speed ever since they got rnet from xfinity.. it htrade him. learn

colfax. there no further questions at this time. this concludes today's press conference. thank you madam mayor and dr. colfax for your time. >> good evening. welcome to the august 12 meeting of the police commission. please call the roll. [roll call] >> i a quorum. chief william scott is here and chief of staff is here with us tonight. >> thank you very much. for members of the public who wish to make a comment on any of the items on the agenda the phone number is (408)418-9388 access (146)187-6545. the board of supervisors meeting is still happening right now. this is viewable on sfgovtv.org. for anyone who would like to watch it live, it is streamed on that website. members of the public please mute any devices. sergeant junk blood. >> this meeting is televised by sfgovtv. please dial the number on the screen and enter the access code on the screen. >> one more housekeeping item. members of the public and presenters there are three different english proficiency reports tonight. after the sfpd report i will ask sarah from d.p.a. to start so they can be heard together. wh

grant colfax says phase three trials developed by oxford university will begin this month. >> reallywe're taking part in this trial. >> san francisco's participation in the trial would not be possible without dr. susan buckbinder who is on the executive committee. >> i did bring it here. it is such a need and so of the solution. >> she has spent her entire 32-year career at san francisco's department of public health, working on hiv vaccines and prevention. she's one of the nation's leading experts. it is really work on the work we've done on hiv and understanding the immunology of the disease. many of the leading scientists working on covid vaccines and treatment come from the hiv field. >> which is why so many of the trials are taking part in hiv clinics. >> things that they said can't be done, are being done. >> out of the 30,000 taking part, 1,000 will be from the bay area. 500 will be in oakland. 250 at zuckerberg hospital and another 250 through bridge hiv san francisco where dr. buckbinder is the trial's principal investigator. >> it is a very promising vaccine. what we know i

grant colfax says phase three trials developed by oxford university will begin this month. >> really excited that we're taking part in this trial. >> san francisco's participation in the trial would not be possible without dr. susan buckbinder who is on the executive committee. >> i did bring it here. it is such a need and so exciting to be part of the solution. >> she has spent her entire 32-year career at san francisco's department of public health, working on hiv vaccines and prevention. she's one of the nation's leading experts. it is really work on the work we've done on hiv and understanding the immunology of the disease. many of the leading scientists working on covid vaccines and treatment come from the hiv field. >> which is why so many of the trials are taking part in hiv clinics. >> things that they said can't be done, are being done. >> out of the 30,000 taking part, 1,000 will be from the bay area. 500 will be in oakland. 250 at zuckerberg hospital and another 250 through bridge hiv san francisco where dr. buckbinder is the trial's principal investigator. >> it is a very

colfax says the city has seen about 90 new cases every day. he says he wants to see the number dropped to below 50 to get the city out of the red zone. >>> at 11:00, police uncover a meth lab at a san francisco hotel room that was meant to shelter people during the covid pandemic . >> reporter: a hazmat team responded and fortunately no one was injured. but they did arrest two adults for cooking meth at what was supposed to be a safe shelter. san francisco police say the call came in about a strong chemical odor coming from a hotel room. officers responded to the civic center motor inn at about 2.30 saturday afternoon. police and residents had to wait for hazmat team. >> i was like shocked. >> reporter: one hotel guest said a police officer knocked on her hotel door. >> he was like yeah, there is a meth lab right above your room. so we need you to evacuate, because they're going to explode at any time. >> reporter: police say they found a low level meth lab and an upper floor room. >> officers conducted an investigation and discovered chemical