dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. and thank you, mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventati

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty. are there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mo

dr. grant colfax. >> well, good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the public health department for the city and county of san francisco. thank you, mayor breed. it was almost exactly six months ago that we stood on this balcony as you declared a state of emergency for the city. because of your leadership, mayor breed, and thanks to the scientific expertise and the community wisdom that we are so fortunate to have here in san francisco, and through the tireless dedication of city workers and community members, we are better off to do. we have been careful. we will continue to be careful. faced with a new highly infectious virus, we have taken a measured approach that protects the most vulnerable in san francisco and slows the spread of covid-19. we will continue to move forward with a thoughtful, incremental phased approach to reopening that will hopefully allow us to avert large outbreaks, keep our health care system at capacity, and mitigate even further damage to our economy and community. i want to provide an update on th

dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. and thank you, mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventati

dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. and thank you, mayor breed for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data the science the facts including the risk and preventative mea

dr. colfax and dr. aragon to address the ongoing isolation of nursing home patients and why health order c-1903 has not been revised. as you know, health order c-1903 does not allow any visitation on the premises of nursing homes, even if there's a physical set up that would allow safe outdoor or distanced visitation. and in addition, the nursing home administration is on power to refuse one-on-one visitors that have -- that are essentially medically essential nurses homes have been refusing to allow family support people to visit unless people are literally within a day or two of dying, and this is -- the state has much more liberal guidelines, and the state actually guidelines say that there should be outdoor visitation. i got a call from dr. aragon in early june, promising this would change. the city attorney told my colleague at california advocates for nursing home reform the system would change a month ago. this is not happening. nursing home cases have now been locked down, isolated from their fa

dr. colfax pointed out. so the probability of somebody walking into your dining, into your restaurant, is incredibly high. it's probably -- you're going to have an infected person eating in that restaurant, it's going to be a high possibility. if you sort of multiply that probability in the city. so high-risk activity is something we're going to look at as the numbers of infection go down. the other thing you mentioned is pod size, and the general rule is the smaller the pod size, the better. it's a general rule, and it's like a household. this is one of the challenges that we have in the latino household, the number of people that will live in a household can get very large, so when the infection gets into their household, a good proportion of them become infected. so the smaller is better. the state has given us guidelines. they're only allowing 14, so that's the number that we're focusing on around the children activities. and then playgrounds, playgrounds is always a tough one. the problem is you can hav

dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. you, mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventative measure

dr. colfax, director colfax mentioned thad dr. air gone is in communication if these discussions are already going on, on a state level, it seems to me that it would be just as important that the counties have a greater awareness of what is going on. apparently, there is no real plan yet, but i do think it's important that the county department have some sort of role in understanding on how vaccines are going to be distributed to the population. they haven't engaged a local health office yet but the bay area health official on the monday call are going to start bidding up on this very topic this thursday. so at least in the bay area, we're we're going to start talking about t. the other thing i want to point out is we're taking advantage of influenza season, as the opportunity not to just vaccinate people with influ ens a but to really exercise the distribution operations to deliver a vaccine. so for example, we're going to be offering influenza vaccine at the covid testing sites so we're beginning to operationally, what is it goi

dr. colfax. 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 happen. let's

dr. colfax, director colfax mentioned thad dr. air gone is in communication if these discussions are already going on, on a state level, it seems to me that it would be just as important that the counties have a greater awareness of what is going on. apparently, there is no real plan yet, but i do think it's important that the county department have some sort of role in understanding on how vaccines are going to be distributed to the population. they haven't engaged a local health office yet but the bay area health official on the monday call are going to start bidding up on this very topic this thursday. so at least in the bay area, we're we're going to start talking about t. the other thing i want to point out is we're taking advantage of influenza season, as the opportunity not to just vaccinate people with influ ens a but to really exercise the distribution operations to deliver a vaccine. so for example, we're going to be offering influenza vaccine at the covid testing sites so we're beginning to operationally, what is it goi

dr. colfax and dr. aragon to address the ongoing isolation of nursing home patients and why health order c-1903 has not been revised. as you know, health order c-1903 does not allow any visitation on the premises of nursing homes, even if there's a physical set up that would allow safe outdoor or distanced visitation. and in addition, the nursing home administration is on power to refuse one-on-one visitors that have -- that are essentially medically essential nurses homes have been refusing to allow family support people to visit unless people are literally within a day or two of dying, and this is -- the state has much more liberal guidelines, and the state actually guidelines say that there should be outdoor visitation. i got a call from dr. aragon in early june, promising this would change. the city attorney told my colleague at california advocates for nursing home reform the system would change a month ago. this is not happening. nursing home cases have now been locked down, isolated from their fa

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty.re there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are most

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty. are there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mo

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty. are there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mo

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty. are there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mo

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty. are there indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mo

dr. colfax and dr. aragon to address the ongoing isolation of nursing home patients and why health order c-1903 has not been revised. as you know, health order c-1903 does not allow any visitation on the premises of nursing homes, even if there's a physical set up that would allow safe outdoor or distanced visitation. and in addition, the nursing home administration is on power to refuse one-on-one visitors that have -- that are essentially medically essential nurses homes have been refusing to allow family support people to visit unless people are literally within a day or two of dying, and this is -- the state has much more liberal guidelines, and the state actually guidelines say that there should be outdoor visitation. i got a call from dr. aragon in early june, promising this would change. the city attorney told my colleague at california advocates for nursing home reform the system would change a month ago. this is not happening. nursing home cases have now been locked down, isolated from their fa

dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health.mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventative measures we c

dr. 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

dr. colfax. thank you secretary morewitz.ust 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 abilit

dr. colfax, director colfax mentioned thad dr.communication if these discussions are already going on, on a state level, it seems to me that it would be just as important that the counties have a greater awareness of what is going on. apparently, there is no real plan yet, but i do think it's important that the county department have some sort of role in understanding on how vaccines are going to be distributed to the population. they haven't engaged a local health office yet but the bay area health official on the monday call are going to start bidding up on this very topic this thursday. so at least in the bay area, we're we're going to start talking about t. the other thing i want to point out is we're taking advantage of influenza season, as the opportunity not to just vaccinate people with influ ens a but to really exercise the distribution operations to deliver a vaccine. so for example, we're going to be offering influenza vaccine at the covid testing sites so we're beginning to operationally, what is it going to take to va

dr. colfax. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of health.nk you, mayor breed for your ongoing leadership and supervisor. it is an unprecedented time in san francisco. because of your leadership, we are in a better place. there are so many places across the united states with regards to covid-19. i want to thank e.j. jones. thank you so much for spearheading this effort to get to work on the ground. also, the southwest community corporation. catholic charities, thank you for making this available, and to all community partners for their collaboration and support to the true community assets. this is so much more than just a testing sight. this is that collective and wraparound service centre that we need and that we know we need to have our approach to covid-19 take root and our prevention work. we are supporting people when they test positive in helping people in their recovery. not only individuals, with families, friends and the community. like the mayor just noted, more than 50% of our cases are in the latino community. when we saw this t

dr. colfax. this is from ev baty.here indoor dining problems that keep it off the list of those you are hoping to open in september and october? >> if you look at the pieces we released today they fall into the buckets of the lower risk activities. the component of indoor dining there are a number of things that are concerning. outdoor dining and takeout is open. there are opportunities there. indoor dining would be in a later date at this point because of the risk that is entailed in people sitting down for long periods of time in crowded croud quarters taking off masks. i miss going to restaurants. if we all do our part we will be thrilled to see it coming online sometime in the future. >> many next question with healthner from the san francisco chronicling. any plan for re-opening kids playgrounds and basketball courts and outdoor recreation item? >> we are evaluating. one of the key things with regard to playgrounds. i would love to see them re-open and many parents and kids would as well. playgrounds are mostly u

dr. colfax, director colfax mentioned thad dr.ir gone is in communication if these discussions are already going on, on a state level, it seems to me that it would be just as important that the counties have a greater awareness of what is going on. apparently, there is no real plan yet, but i do think it's important that the county department have some sort of role in understanding on how vaccines are going to be distributed to the population. they haven't engaged a local health office yet but the bay area health official on the monday call are going to start bidding up on this very topic this thursday. so at least in the bay area, we're we're going to start talking about t. the other thing i want to point out is we're taking advantage of influenza season, as the opportunity not to just vaccinate people with influ ens a but to really exercise the distribution operations to deliver a vaccine. so for example, we're going to be offering influenza vaccine at the covid testing sites so we're beginning to operationally, what is it going

dr. grant colfax. >> good morning. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of public health. thank you, mayor breed, for your remarks and your ongoing leadership during this unprecedented time. this week, some of our local businesses opened their doors for the first time in many months. i want to acknowledge the sacrifice and perseverance of their owners and the employees. thank you so much for helping make our community safer during these past months. as you reopen, thank you for keeping safety at the forefront. we are indeed in this for the long haul. whether we think of this as a marathon or a longer-inning game, our perseverance is necessary for us to carry forward. for us to continue reopening in san francisco, to carefully add limited indoor services, to bring children back into classrooms, to rebuild our economy as safely as possible, we all have to remain vigilant in our fight against this virus. and we do know more about the virus today than we did six or even three months ago. we know more about the data, the science, the facts, including the risk and preventative m

dr. ko 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 cost measure. that creates a surplus available for the first

dr. colfax, says the city is averaging 75 new cases of covid a day. even if hospitalizations and icu admissions are in a good place. >> we are placing an emphasis on city indicators, while deciding whether we can reopen and at what pace. >> reporter: both the mayor and public health director made a plea to people over labor day weekend, not to have family parties inside. they urge going outside to make sure that we don't see the spikes that way south post memorial day, and post fourth of july. live in san francisco, tonight. kpix 5. >>> thank you. >> a live look at the state capital tonight, a new state law, just past, means that starting this month, renters will be on the hook for at least some of their rent. under the measure, passed late last night, renters will be required to pay landlords at least 25% of the current month's rent, or they could face eviction. renters, still on the hook for back rent between march and august of this year. >> we have an inflamed housing system in america, this is the richest country in the world. we should be able t

dr. colfax. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of health. you, mayor breed for your ongoing leadership and supervisor. it is an unprecedented time in san francisco. because of your leadership, we are in a better place. there are so many places across the united states with regards to covid-19. i want to thank e.j. jones. thank you so much for spearheading this effort to get to work on the ground. also, the southwest community corporation. catholic charities, thank you for making this available, and to all community partners for their collaboration and support to the true community assets. this is so much more than just a testing sight. this is that collective and wraparound service centre that we need and that we know we need to have our approach to covid-19 take root and our prevention work. we are supporting people when they test positive in helping people in their recovery. not only individuals, with families, friends and the community. like the mayor just noted, more than 50% of our cases are in the latino community. when we saw this tre

dr. colfax. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of health., mayor breed for your ongoing leadership and supervisor. it is an unprecedented time in san francisco. because of your leadership, we are in a better place. there are so many places across the united states with regards to covid-19. i want to thank e.j. jones. thank you so much for spearheading this effort to get to work on the ground. also, the southwest community corporation. catholic charities, thank you for making this available, and to all community partners for their collaboration and support to the true community assets. this is so much more than just a testing sight. this is that collective and wraparound service centre that we need and that we know we need to have our approach to covid-19 take root and our prevention work. we are supporting people when they test positive in helping people in their recovery. not only individuals, with families, friends and the community. like the mayor just noted, more than 50% of our cases are in the latino community. when we saw this trend,

dr. colfax. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of health. thank you, mayor breed for your ongoing leadership and supervisor. it is an unprecedented time in san francisco. because of your leadership, we are in a better place. there are so many places across the united states with regards to covid-19. i want to thank e.j. jones. thank you so much for spearheading this effort to get to work on the ground. also, the southwest community corporation. catholic charities, thank you for making this available, and to all community partners for their collaboration and support to the true community assets. this is so much more than just a testing sight. this is that collective and wraparound service centre that we need and that we know we need to have our approach to covid-19 take root and our prevention work. we are supporting people when they test positive in helping people in their recovery. not only individuals, with families, friends and the community. like the mayor just noted, more than 50% of our cases are in the latino community. when we saw th

dr. colfax. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of health. thank you, mayor breed for your ongoing leadership and supervisor. it is an unprecedented time in san francisco. because of your leadership, we are in a better place. there are so many places across the united states with regards to covid-19. i want to thank e.j. jones. thank you so much for spearheading this effort to get to work on the ground. also, the southwest community corporation. catholic charities, thank you for making this available, and to all community partners for their collaboration and support to the true community assets. this is so much more than just a testing sight. this is that collective and wraparound service centre that we need and that we know we need to have our approach to covid-19 take root and our prevention work. we are supporting people when they test positive in helping people in their recovery. not only individuals, with families, friends and the community. like the mayor just noted, more than 50% of our cases are in the latino community. when we saw th

dr. 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

dr. colfax wants to close out the item with any comments? >> just to thank you, just really quickly, thank you, michael. and michael and i -- when we talked about your joining the department last november, i don't think that any of us expected -- we knew that there was a lot to do and i think that you have done a remarkable job in bringing the department if a new direction that we needed to go. and thank you for bringing this data forward and to committing to the work. i also want to thank rega for her work and her team. and karen hill, i believe that karen is on the line and just done an incredible job in our covid-19 response and hiring people. there's a lot of work to do as you saw from the data, but i think we are moving in the right direction. and i'm just so -- pleased with the work that this team has done. in unprecedented circumstances, not to say that there's no challenges, there's a lot of things to prove but it will take time but, michael, and thank you for your commitment, so, thanks. >> commissioners, with your item we can move

dr. grant colfax said getting to 80% mask wearing appliance will help. >> whether we think of this as a marathon or a multi-inning game, our perseverance, our resilience, and our hope is necessary for us to carry forward. >> reporter: dr. mark galley said what keeps him up at night is gains against the disease could be left out by vigilance fatigue as the months of the pandemic wear on. >> how do we continue after many, many months of sending the same message without having people. fatigue aid round some of these simple to follow, but not always fun to follow guidelines. >> reporter: now counties will remain on the running that that they are for at least three weeks on the state system before they can graduate to the next one. updates will i announced every tuesday, just like today when marin county was moved. >>> other counties moving to the red level, san francisco, napa, santa cruz, and santa clara counties. bay area first streamed dr. galley's press conference, and you can watch live events right on your cbs news app. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area. >> those chimneys remind me o

dr. colfax wants to close out the item with any comments? >> just to thank you, just really quickly, thank you, michael. and michael and i -- when we talked about your joining the department last november, i don't think that any of us expected -- we knew that there was a lot to do and i think that you have done a remarkable job in bringing the department if a new direction that we needed to go. and thank you for bringing this data forward and to committing to the work. i also want to thank rega for her work and her team. and karen hill, i believe that karen is on the line and just done an incredible job in our covid-19 response and hiring people. there's a lot of work to do as you saw from the data, but i think we are moving in the right direction. and i'm just so -- pleased with the work that this team has done. in unprecedented circumstances, not to say that there's no challenges, there's a lot of things to prove but it will take time but, michael, and thank you for your commitment, so, thanks. >> commissioners, with your item we can move

dr. colfax and the staff, and to have a robust discussion on what we need to do to get infection rates down in the latinx community, and i will be asking this hearing be scheduled as soon as possible. and then finally, today, i'm introducing a resolution in support of california state p proposition 17, free the ballot. when passed, it will allow the california constitution to allow people who committed felonies to vote after their prison term and while they are still on parole. we will join 17 states in doing so. right now, there are 50,000 californiians w californiia californians who have completed their prison term, and yet, california denies them the most fundamental right to participate in our democracy. make no mistake, stripping the right to vote from formerly incarcerated people is a form of voter suppression, and part of the legacy of jim crow segregation and continuing racial discrimination that proportionally locks black and brown people out of voting participation. it is time for our state to be a leader in progressive and inclusive democracy. initially authored by kevin mccarthy

dr. colfax. commissioners, any questions or comments? not seeing any questions or comments, thank you again for your presentation and for giving us an update on this critical work. i just personally i particularly appreciate the slides showing the journey of someone who is receiving care and their experience and how we can provide services to them. it helps visualize and understand what the experiences from sort of a client perspective so thank you for that as well. >> commissioner christian raised her hand after you began speaking. >> thank you president bernal and thank you mark. i just want to say thank you and how grateful i am as a person who lives in san francisco and someone who works in the criminal-justice system and has spent a number of years working with the population that people who need and and seeing up close and firsthand what a difference it makes to have these great emphasis on providing the care that the person needs and a coordinated way in a way that is collaborative with who do work closely with some people in the