grant colfax as well as dr. susan phillips, and members of the board of surprisers including the president of the board walton, members mandalten, dorsey and our state sin scott wiener. we are here because we as a city and county of san francisco officially are declaring a state of emergency for a public health crisis in san francisco involving monkeypox and more clearly, we want to make it known that san francisco has one of the highest case rates already of monkeypox of any other major city in the country. and just to put that into perspective recollect we saw over the past couple weeks the numbers begin to increase. at one point there was 60 and 80 and 140 and when there was 140 on july 20 i sent a letter to the secretary of the department of health and human service expressing significant concern and urgency for the need of vaccine in san francisco and we are at a very scary place and we dont want to be ignored by the federal government in our need. so many leaders of the lgbt community weeks ago asked for a

colfax, and dr. giraudo, i will get you more specific information about the mcah grant in the next couple of days. >> thank you. my next question, i think the vaccine program is great. i'm also working with a different ambassador program, and it's been very successful. my question is what are the specific areas that the ambassadors will target with the vaccine information? >> thank you for the question, commissioner giraudo, and i can't see everybody -- >> dr. colfax, i can answer. >> okay. thank you, dr. baba. dr. baba, it sounds like she has an answer for your question. >> the vaccine was focused on foster youth because that's where we found was a deep gap. there were focus groups about what potentially were barriers to getting vaccinated, and ucsf and their prime medical students came in on how to develop a program for the foster youth to get information out. so that's where it stands right now. we know that especially now, a lot of the covid hesitancy, it's going to be a long game and having memb

. >>> doctor grant colfax the public health director for san francisco is speaking right now after the city declared a public health emergency, because of the outbreak of monkeypox. let's listen in. >> for the lives of the lvt q community. we have always as a city, as a community, been at the forefront of advocacy treatment , research, for medical conditions that disproportionately impact our lgbtq plus community. and you know this is personal for me. as a man who came out and did my medical training during the peak of the aids epidemic, i personally and professionally experienced the indifference, the homophobia and the stigma by the medical and health institutions with regard to prioritizing hiv prevention dimension and care. but, san francisco's community driven and responsive care systems were a notable exception. and today we seek to emulate that history by elevating our response to this disease. this declaration will allow us to serve the city and its residents better. are covid-19 response has taught us that it is imperative that we mobilize city resources rapidly and this decla

colfax, supervisor safai. we're going to cut it here. oh, sorry. thought we were cutting it outside. sorry. >> everybody. five, four, three, two, one. [cheers and applause] june 22. rules committee. >> chair peskin: good morning. welcome to the rules committee meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors for monday, june 27. i am the chair aaron peskin joined by vice chair mandelman and remotely by committee member supervisor chan. our first meeting in this room in a couple of years. our clerk is mr. young. do you have any announcements? >> yes, the board of supervisors e

colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody. it is great to be here and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we call thi

most doctor colfax has requested enough supply to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at riskervisor rafael mandelman introduced a resolution tuesday calling on the cdc and department of health and human services to purchase and distribute more shots. this should be a preventable public health crisis criticizing the federal health plan to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of summer and 2 million by the end of next year. numbers that don't fly for those waiting to do their part in stopping the spread. it's impossible to get a vaccine here. >> what's it like in arkansas? what's like mississippi like that? it just, you know, baffles me. >> since june, the san francisco department of public health says it's received around 2800 monkeypox vaccines as your should be. more than 95% of those to community clinics and sites in the city reporting live in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> thank you, rob. and we are seeing more cases in the bay area. in fact, san francisco is now approaching nearly half the numbers in the whole state of monkeypox. more than 100 cases con

saying that the city is in dire need now of the vaccines and a key point that both she and doctor colfaxanted to stress is that san francisco has a history of advocating for and standing up for the lgbtq+ community saw that during the aids epidemic and now yeah, they're noting that monkeypox candid will affect everyone if not addressed, but obviously right now it is predominantly affecting met. so they're trying to, you know, make this declaration, this local health emergency free of money and also get some more federal help so that they can get vaccines into these clinics that they said they've had to close because they don't have any vaccine and those numbers are increasing. the mayor cited a figure of that 281. we're seeing 261, but there were 39 new cases in just the past. 24 hours. so it is spreading. in deep. so we'll continue to keep an eye on that press conference which is still going on. but we will move on to other news. we have a lot to get to tonight, including a friendly flight development. what one airline announced today that will give people more options when they have a

most doctor colfax has requested enough supply to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at risk supervisor rafael mandelman introduced a resolution tuesday calling on the cdc and department of health and human services to purchase and distribute more shots. here we are with cases rising vaccines. sparse and urgent action by our federal public health institutions absence the san francisco aids foundation has received 290 doses of the vaccine, but that's not nearly enough. according to ceo tyler trim near our monkeypox hotline, received one to 2 phone calls per minute criticizing the federal health plan to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of summer and 2 million by the end of next year. numbers that don't fly for those waiting to do their part in stopping the spread. it's impossible to get a vaccine here. >> what's it like in arkansas? what's like mississippi like that? it just, you know, battles me. >> since june, the san francisco department of public health says it's received around 2800 monkeypox vaccines happening right now, the san francisco aids foundation is holding

meeting of the president bernal is taking a well deserved day off with his family as his director colfax. we will start by calling the meeting to order. and taking the roll call. >> sure. >> i will start with commissioner chow. >> can you hear me? commissioner giraudo. >> yes. >> commissioner guillermo. >> present. >> commissioner green. >> present. >> commissioner chow. looks like he is not having that. let me me call we cannot move forward without. >> hello it seems like you can't hear me. commissioners, commissioner chow is going to sign in again. hopefully he will be here. i can read the land acknowledgment. >> thank you. we will do that. >> the san francisco health commission acknowledges we are on the unseed home land of the ramaytush ohlone who were the original inhabitants as stewards of this land and with their translations. the ramaytush ohlone never seeded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as caretakers and all who reside in their traditional territory. we rescue night we benefit from living and working on their home lands. we wish to pay respects knight honoring the

grant colfax as well as dr. susan phillips, and members of the board of surprisers including the president of the board walton, members mandalten, dorsey and our state sin scott wiener. we are here because we as a city and county

most doctor colfax has requested enough supply to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at risk supervisor rafael mandelman introduced a resolution tuesday calling on the cdc and department of health and human services to purchase and distribute more shots. here we are with cases rising vaccines. sparse and urgent action by our federal public health institutions absence the san francisco aids foundation has received 290 doses of the vaccine, but that's not nearly enough. according to ceo tyler trim near our monkeypox hotline, received one to 2 phone calls per minute criticizing the federal health plan to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of summer and 2 million by the end of next year. numbers that don't fly for those waiting to do their part in stopping the spread. it's impossible to get a vaccine here. >> what's it like in arkansas? what's like mississippi like that? it just, you know, made since june, the san francisco department of public health says it's received around 2800 doses of the monkeypox vaccine distributed more than 95% of those 2 community clinics and sites

and the two newest crossings are planned to be built east of colfax. >> these are important features that we want to continue incorporating. >> the crossings will be tunnels 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide giving animals a safe way to get to the other side of the highway without getting hit. >> they've got that in canada. the animals actually use it. >> i've seen them go above the tunnels. >> they also discovered that predators figured it out. so when deer were crossing the bridge, some of the predators were lying in wait for the deer. it's so hard to get it back to the way it should naturally be. >> it's the circle of life. ind oeepi the g i balathere. >> so, we did a big warmup today. whatever a difference from yesterday to today. if you were inland, if you're near the bay, you didn't change that much. that's the view of that beautiful gray blanket coming in over the golden gate bridge. that's real localized. we're not all doing that. if i put the numbers up here to show you the daytime highs, and these are not the official highs yet. we'll have those in the next half hour. we've alr

most doctor colfax has requested enough supply to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at risk supervisor rafael mandelman introduced a resolution tuesday calling on the cdc and department of health and human services to purchase and distribute more shots. this should be a preventable public health crisis criticizing the federal health plan to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of summer and 2 million by the end of next year. numbers that don't fly for those waiting to do their part in stopping the spread. it's impossible to get a vaccine here. >> what's it like in arkansas? what's making us a city like that? it just, you know, baffles me. >> for the latest information on this disease. you can scan this qr code on your screen. it will take you right to our website where you'll find the most up to date coverage and a monkeypox case tracker. >> well, we're not. we're not giving up. we're going to keep we're going to keep searching. we're going to keep trying our best. >> a family's desperate search for answers continues more than 6 months after their daughter was last seen. a

colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody.great to be here and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we call this low b

and the two newest crossings are planned along highway 80 east of colfax. tunnels will be 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide. that would give animals a safe way to get to the other side of the highway without getting hit. >>> good news if you are traveling on highway 101 headed to marin. those two left lanes are back up and running after a weekend-long closure that really didn't result in anything that bad. the project wrapped up ahead of schedule tonight. >>> coming up next, three men lost their wives trying to rescue a child from a rushing river. how a local community is mobilizing to help ♪ >>> now to an update to a story we first brought you last night at 11:00. the son-in-law of the man attacked at the front door of this fairfield home is speaking out tonight. this video difficult to watch. doorbell video capturing the moment a suspect runs to the front door, tried to rob the man. the victim had just gotten back from running an errand. the victim's son-in-law with his baby at the window. the family is in shock. >> this is a peaceful neighborhood, everyone's

san francisco director of health grant colfax. >> this declaration will allow us to serve the city andts residents better. >> reporter: it begins on monday, it allows the city to prepare and allocate resources to prevent the spread of the virus. california has 800 monkeypox cases on the books. san francisco has 261 of those cases. outnumbering all other cities in the state. >> if there were any other community that was disproportionately impacted by monkeypox the way the gay community was impacted the whole country would be up in arms, let's not treat this community different than we would anyone else. >> it is tough to be in the lbgtq community to say doc i want a monkeypox. you are essentially coming out. a lot of people want to be more private about it. >> reporter: so far san francisco has 12,000 doses and needs 70,000. the city has clinics ready to distribute the shots but the officials don't know when they will arrive. >> even though no one has died of monkeypox in san francisco it is causing severe suffering and pain for many individuals. >> reporter: the virus is not a gay dise

westbound interstate 80 is right now shut down in colfax just east of auburn. again, this is westbound 80 now shut down. there's why. a big rig fire that spread to nearby brush. no word on when 80 will reopen. we'll keep an eye on this for you. the back up stretches for more than ten miles. >>> let's talk about draymond green now. he's putting all of his complexities online for all the world to see. >> i love basketball, and i hate losing. >> i'm hopeful that we can help him find a little more peace within himself. >> the fans surely know green wears his heart on his sleeve, passion on the court, and occasionally lands him in hot water. but now his work to improve his emotional and mental well being is part of he's working with deepak chopra to gain better self-awareness that's something we all can do. >> the highest intelligence is the ability to observe yourself without judging yourself. so have an experience and observe yourself making a choice and then begin to harness the freedom that is beyond your mind and spirit. only the spirit is free. the mind is alw

colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody. it is great to be here and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we call thi

air was the 1st, can she in africa to take delivery as kind of it 19 vaccines under the un back to colfax initiative. but so far less than half, i think 13000000 people have had the job, even though millions, if dances are available. but not all gone asians. a hesitant when some now lining up to get that booster shot. elvis a jetty, so on is electra and debris sat chair at the public, tertiary institution, and gone as capital across. he hasn't been to work the days following a surgeon cove at 19 infections at his school. so i was staying away from work as a precaution. boswell, am i normally mother? and m m and t and who also have an ada conditions like diabetes like hyper tension i which also puts them at oxford console. that was a situation and, and, and that was a kind of apprehension i had that he via contract the, the virus, just some, did i time piece of wood. then i could also infect these people. either mine kate's all my, my, my, my, my parents or that was, i was a child and i shall come for this whole psychological twitter. so i went to his pope at schultz, at the peak of the pa

colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody.ere and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we call this low barrier access

grant colfax. [applause] >> hi, everyone. i thought yfs going to be the first to start crying tonight. so, it is wnderful to be here and thank you mayor breed for your leadership in the pandemic and i want to say thank you for everything that you all have done for public health and covid has changed the department and think all of us forever and our commitment is to continue to evolve and learn with all of you and be as collaborative department as we can be as we move forward with the health challenges we have in the city. it is my pleasure to not only see-so many from the covid command center and acknowledge and celebrate that infrastructure still carries forward today in the covid task force while still managing covid and covid cases and working with community in way we learned over the last 2 years works so acknowledge that work is still going on. today i have the honor to celebrate emergency operation awardees and perhaps you come up behind me. that is what i was told i am supposed to do, so just following orders. [applau

meeting of the president bernal is taking a well deserved day off with his family as his director colfaxill start by calling the meeting to order. and taking the roll call. >>

grant colfax as well as dr. phillips, and members of the board of surprisers including the president of the board walton, members mandalten, dorsey and our state sin scott wiener. we are here because we as a city and county of san francisco officially are declaring a state of emergenc

colfax. >> thank you and good morning everybody.is great to be here and thank you mayor breed and thank you president walton. thank you dpw. acting director short for your work and it is amazing what is accomplished when community government came together and i just got a tour of the building and it is so incredibly inspiring. the physical spaces where we deliver care really matter. the quality of the building, the artwork on the wall and design and layout contribute to long-term health. there are few american cities that provide this level of direct care to the residents and deeply proud of the network 13 clinics including this new state of the art building. in particularly the southeast family health center is a special place with service few neighborhood clinics have and already mentioned we now have-will be having x-ray on site, so you can get care when you need it, not have to go to another place to go to another place to get something. we have a new facility where we will be doing on-site optomry for eye exams. we call this lo

. >> doctor grant colfax says that he requested enough doses to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at risk. the federal health plan is to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of summer and 2 million by the end of next year. but critics say those numbers just aren't enough. >> the sonoma county board of supervisors has approved 4 million dollars to address homelessness. the money we'll pay for more interim housing and outreach programs to help prevent people from losing their homes in the first place this year. the county says there are nearly 3,000 people who are homeless and that's up 5% in the last 2 years. but children experiencing homelessness. that is up 68%. san francisco supervisor dean preston wants the city to support starbucks workers efforts to unionize. he introduced legislation that calls on starbucks to allow workers to form a union if they want to without any interference. preston is hoping his resolution will put pressure on the coffee chain to stop any anti organizing campaigns. more than 300 starbucks stores across the nation have filed for union a unio

doctor colfax says he has requested enough supply to vaccinate at least 35,000 people who are most at risk. >> the federal health plan is to distribute 800,000 vaccines by the end of the summer. and 2 million by the end of the year. critics say those numbers are not enough. >> earlier tonight, the san francisco aids foundation hosted a virtual town hall to give the public more formation about monkeypox, how to get tested for the virus and way to get the vaccine. the a's foundation is one of only 3 sites offering testing and vaccinations in the city. officials with the foundation say they are doing all they can to try and meet the growingemand. our taylor listened in on the town hall discussion. she will have much more coming tonight on kron. 4 news at 9 for the latest information on the disease, including a monkeypox case tracker. you can scan the qr code on your screen. it will take you right to our website. we continue to monitor the wildfire that's s s burning inside yosemite national park, threatening those giant sequoias. the washburn fire has now burned more than 3200 acres. and

reporter: the two newest crossings are planned to be built in placer county along interstate 80 east of colfaxf 70,000 cars and trucks pass by each day. >> we're up in the mountains so you have the potential for large wildlife. >> reporter: the two crossings are tunnels 12 feet tall and 12 feet wide giving the critters a safe way to get to the other side of the freeway without getting hit. >> most people will not even know they're there when they're driving on the highway. >> reporter: cal trans says these underpasses have been successful in other forested evidence. >> we have evidence of bear, mountain lion, deer, you name t they're using it. >> reporter: how do wildlife learn why to safely cross? >> we do have kind of fencing that helps direct them to these areas. >> reporter: many people who drive through this area support the idea. >> i think that would be awesome. i've seen them other places and they seem to work. >> reporter: the new crossings are part of a larger $93 million project along this six-mile stretch which will also repave the road, widen lanes and improve drainage to help pre

have nowhere else to go for skilled nursing other city leaders like mayor london breed and doctor colfax. they all released statements saying >> they are so so relieved to hear that the federal government listen to their pleas and now they can really focus on what's important. and that's getting this hospital, laguna, honda recertify that way. they can get that money and they can make sure that services in care are provided to those who need it. we'll send it back to you guys. all right. thanks a lot. thank you, sir, for the update. >> well, still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news, a party in richmond that was all about that bass out that base. >> how a $500 reward help soften the stay. mister e that lots of people await last weekend. plus, republicans are pointing fingers at the president for rising inflation rate. why they say his policies. i'm making things a lot worse. after the break. we're going to break down how much money californians are going to get inflation relief payments rollout time. >> and it is just very cloudy and foggy out there this morning. watch for some drizzle. so