dr. col colfax. now for questions on coronavirus variants, we invite the acting county health officer for san francisco, dr. susan philips. dr. philips, your first question is: what is the status of the new variants in san francisco? have you identified any of the variants from the u.k., south africa, or brazil? >> doctor: thank you very much for the question. i wanted to take a moment to step back. i know many of us have been hearing about variants, but to give a quick primer, when we're talking about variants, what this really means is viruses, as dr. colfax said, normally mutate randomly. this happens all of the time. when the mutations sometimes cause them to be less fit, we don't hear about them. occasionally there can be a mutation or a grouping of mutations that causes the virus to become more fit, to be able to transmit more, make people more sick, and that is what we're talking about when we talk about variants. these are random occurrences that then spread in our populations. so in san franc

dr. colfax. >> mayor london breed: okay. thank you again. dr. colfax, i'll let you do the white gown. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for your patience. dr. colfax, your first question comes from various media outlets. why are people from out of the county getting vaccinated at city college? >> thank you so much for the question. i think that city college has been a great partnership with ucsff, and if we had enough vaccine we could get you 3,000 vaccines there a day easily right now. but i think that key issues to understand right now is that for the vaccine, the focus has been eligibility for vaccine has been for health care providers and for people 65 and over. many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco. so many of the health care providers will be vaccinated here because it's a place of work. similarly, people who are 65 and over who are eligible for the vaccine, they may live in oakland but they may have their health care provider here in san francisco. so

dr. colfax. >> mayor london breed: okay. thank you again. dr. colfax, i'll let you do the white gown. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for your patience. dr. colfax, your first question comes from various media outlets. why are people from out of the county getting vaccinated at city college? >> thank you so much for the question. i think that city college has been a great partnership with ucsff, and if we had enough vaccine we could get you 3,000 vaccines there a day easily right now. but i think that key issues to understand right now is that for the vaccine, the focus has been eligibility for vaccine has been for health care providers and for people 65 and over. many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco. so many of the health care providers will be vaccinated here because it's a place of work. similarly, people who are 65 and over who are eligible for the vaccine, they may live in oakland but they may have their health care provider here in san francisco. so

dr. colfax.yor london breed: okay. thank you again. dr. colfax, i'll let you do the white gown. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for your patience. dr. colfax, your first question comes from various media outlets. why are people from out of the county getting vaccinated at city college? >> thank you so much for the question. i think that city college has been a great partnership with ucsff, and if we had enough vaccine we could get you 3,000 vaccines there a day easily right now. but i think that key issues to understand right now is that for the vaccine, the focus has been eligibility for vaccine has been for health care providers and for people 65 and over. many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco. so many of the health care providers will be vaccinated here because it's a place of work. similarly, people who are 65 and over who are eligible for the vaccine, they may live in oakland but they may have their health care provider here in san francisco. so they

dr. col colfax. unty health officer for san francisco, dr. susan philips. dr. philips, your first question is: what is the status of the new variants in san francisco? have you identified any of the variants from the u.k., south africa, or brazil? >> doctor: thank you very much for the question. i wanted to take a moment to step back. i know many of us have been hearing about variants, but to give a quick primer, when we're talking about variants, what this really means is viruses, as dr. colfax said, normally mutate randomly. this happens all of the time. when the mutations sometimes cause them to be less fit, we don't hear about them. occasionally there can be a mutation or a grouping of mutations that causes the virus to become more fit, to be able to transmit more, make people more sick, and that is what we're talking about when we talk about variants. these are random occurrences that then spread in our populations. so in san francisco, we have not identified the variants of interest that have be

dr. col colfax. w for questions on coronavirus variants, we invite the acting county health officer for san francisco, dr. susan philips. dr. philips, your first question is: what is the status of the new variants in san francisco? have you identified any of the variants from the u.k., south africa, or brazil? >> doctor: thank you very much for the question. i wanted to take a moment to step back. i know many of us have been hearing about variants, but to give a quick primer, when we're talking about variants, what this really means is viruses, as dr. colfax said, normally mutate randomly. this happens all of the time. when the mutations sometimes cause them to be less fit, we don't hear about them. occasionally there can be a mutation or a grouping of mutations that causes the virus to become more fit, to be able to transmit more, make people more sick, and that is what we're talking about when we talk about variants. these are random occurrences that then spread in our populations. so in san francis

dr. colfax.i was thinking this morning about how february 2020, a year ago, kaiser permanente was preparing for greeting the very first covid-19 patient into california that were coming from the princess cruise ship. and it has been quite a year for all of us. and throughout this year, we have constantly asked ourselves how can we do more. and this site, this hub, is an example of coming together, doing more together to create something that would not have been possible without all of us working together. this is the largest vaccination, mass vaccination site in the state of california with the 10,000 a day capacity. only limited by vaccine supply. and i want to thank so many people here who helped. and of course, the city. and the city leadership for offering moscone city, which is the perfect location and type of venue for this mass vaccination. i'd like to thank the state leadership, governor's office and department of public health for believing in the vision of the consortium to provide the

dr. col colfax. now for questions on coronavirus variants, we invite the acting county health officer for san francisco, dr. susan philips. dr. philips, your first question is: what is the status of the new variants in san francisco? have you identified any of the variants from the u.k., south africa, or brazil? >> doctor: thank you very much for the question. i wanted to take a moment to step back. i know many of us have been hearing about variants, but to give a quick primer, when we're talking about variants, what this really means is viruses, as dr. colfax said, normally mutate randomly. this happens all of the time. when the mutations sometimes cause them to be less fit, we don't hear about them. occasionally there can be a mutation or a grouping of mutations that causes the virus to become more fit, to be able to transmit more, make people more sick, and that is what we're talking about when we talk about variants. these are random occurrences that then spread in our populations. so in san franc

dr. colfax.ndon breed: okay. thank you again. dr. colfax, i'll let you do the white gown. >> good afternoon. >> thank you for your patience. dr. colfax, your first question comes from various media outlets. why are people from out of the county getting vaccinated at city college? >> thank you so much for the question. i think that city college has been a great partnership with ucsff, and if we had enough vaccine we could get you 3,000 vaccines there a day easily right now. but i think that key issues to understand right now is that for the vaccine, the focus has been eligibility for vaccine has been for health care providers and for people 65 and over. many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco. so many of the health care providers will be vaccinated here because it's a place of work. similarly, people who are 65 and over who are eligible for the vaccine, they may live in oakland but they may have their health care provider here in san francisco. so they would

dr. colfax.inking this morning about how february 2020, a year ago, kaiser permanente was preparing for greeting the very first covid-19 patient into california that were coming from the princess cruise ship. and it has been quite a year for all of us. and throughout this year, we have constantly asked ourselves how can we do more. and this site, this hub, is an example of coming together, doing more together to create something that would not have been possible without all of us working together. this is the largest vaccination, mass vaccination site in the state of california with the 10,000 a day capacity. only limited by vaccine supply. and i want to thank so many people here who helped. and of course, the city. and the city leadership for offering moscone city, which is the perfect location and type of venue for this mass vaccination. i'd like to thank the state leadership, governor's office and department of public health for believing in the vision of the consortium to provide the vaccines

dr. col colfax. now for questions on coronavirus variants, we invite the acting county health officer for san francisco, dr. susan philips. dr. philips, your first question is: what is the status of the new variants in san francisco? have you identified any of the variants from the u.k., south africa, or brazil? >> doctor: thank you very much for the question. i wanted to take a moment to step back. i know many of us have been hearing about variants, but to give a quick primer, when we're talking about variants, what this really means is viruses, as dr. colfax said, normally mutate randomly. this happens all of the time. when the mutations sometimes cause them to be less fit, we don't hear about them. occasionally there can be a mutation or a grouping of mutations that causes the virus to become more fit, to be able to transmit more, make people more sick, and that is what we're talking about when we talk about variants. these are random occurrences that then spread in our populations. so in san franc

dr. colfax. i was thinking this morning about how february 2020, a year ago, kaiser permanente was preparing for greeting the very first covid-19 patient into california that were coming from the princess cruise ship. and it has been quite a year for all of us. and throughout this year, we have constantly asked ourselves how can we do more. and this site, this hub, is an example of coming together, doing more together to create something that would not have been possible without all of us working together. this is the largest vaccination, mass vaccination site in the state of california with the 10,000 a day capacity. only limited by vaccine supply. and i want to thank so many people here who helped. and of course, the city. and the city leadership for offering moscone city, which is the perfect location and type of venue for this mass vaccination. i'd like to thank the state leadership, governor's office and department of public health for believing in the vision of the consortium to provide the

dr. colfax. i was thinking this morning about how february 2020, a year ago, kaiser permanente was preparing for greeting the very first covid-19 patient into california that were coming from the princess cruise ship. and it has been quite a year for all of us. and throughout this year, we have constantly asked ourselves how can we do more. and this site, this hub, is an example of coming together, doing more together to create something that would not have been possible without all of us working together. this is the largest vaccination, mass vaccination site in the state of california with the 10,000 a day capacity. only limited by vaccine supply. and i want to thank so many people here who helped. and of course, the city. and the city leadership for offering moscone city, which is the perfect location and type of venue for this mass vaccination. i'd like to thank the state leadership, governor's office and department of public health for believing in the vision of the consortium to provide the

dr. colfax said the city is scheduled to receive 11,000 doses this week. in the newsroom luz pena, abc 7 news. >> luz, real quickly here, the coronavirus as we have covered continues to mutate. one would think vaccinating as many people as possible would be the best strategy here. >> reporter: dion, several ucsf doctors have told me the second dose is important but the virus continues to mutate and become more infectious, it's actually better to vaccinate as many people as possible, at least with the first dose. but today dr. colfax said they're following the cdc's recommendations and will continue to store those doses for those people who have second appointments. >> all right. we appreciate you staying on top of this very important story. luz, many thanks. >>> statewide latinos make up more than half of california's coronavirus cases. that's according to the latest data. and nearly half of all deaths. today's numbers show an overall slowdown in coronavirus activity statewide from test positivity rates to new cases hospitalizations and deaths. all metrics

dr. colfax because we want to understand better the strategy for the 90 buildings and the several thousand seniors that are in our facilities that need to be vaccinated. we want to know what the mobile vax unit will look like, how they will be taken care of, and how do we make sure we protect our seniors and most vulnerable, and so that letter will be forwarded to this committee, as well. separately, from the task force, seconding s.f. megablack comments. i want to make sure we have equitable distribution of this vaccine. we need it to come to the places that are hardest hit and make sure that we are prioritizing those that need the assistance and the most vulnerable. i thank you for calling this hearing, supervisor haney and the gang, and look forward to rolling out with you the vaccine. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, mr. jacobo, and i look forward to you sending me the letter so i can include it in the file. mr. tue, next caller, please. >> operator: mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chair preston: thank you, operations. thank you, mr. clerk. hearing no further callers, pub

dr. colfax made today regarding the reopening of certain businesses late they are week. we're making great progress towards containing the virus in the city and managing the surge of cases. we are hopeful that we are finally on the road to recovery. please call item number one. >> item one, call to order and roll call. commissioner adams. >> here. >> commissioner dooley. >> here. >> commissioner huie. >> is running late. commissioner laguana. >> here. >> commissioner ortiz-cartagena. >> here. >> commissioner zouzounis. >> present. >> mr. president, you have a quorum. >> great. thank you. next item please. >> item two, presentation, small business and public safety. update and report from the san francisco district attorney's office and the san francisco police department on public safety and small business concerns. discussion item. the presenters are san francisco district attorney chesa boudin and deputy chief of police david lazar. >> welcome, district attorney, and deputy chief. we are pleased you are with us today to talk about this critical issue affecting our comm

dr. grant colfax. dr. colfax. >> hi, good afternoon, commissioners. dr. grant colfax, ek doctor of health. it includes details on covid-19 and vaccine, which i will provide in my slide overview, i did want to point out a couple of other non-covid related components, with regard to the director's report. one is i'm really divided to announce that one of our doctors has been appointed as the new director of children, youth and family system of care for behavioral health services. i've had the pleasure of working with the doctor for several years now, a couple of years now in her role as acting director. she has been a great leader, a great champion of this work. and really i think it's a great benefit to the department to have her in this new permanent role. just want to congratulate her on this. and look forward to working with her in this new capacity. just to point to the commissioners, with regard to our activity -- d.p.h.-related activities promoting healthy eating and healthy living during the year of the ox. a number of events at the chinatown public

dr. grant colfax. dr. colfax. >> hi, good afternoon, commissioners. dr. grant colfax, ek doctor of health. it includes details on covid-19 and vaccine, which i will provide in my slide overview, i did want to point out a couple of other non-covid related components, with regard to the director's report. one is i'm really divided to announce that one of our doctors has been appointed as the new director of children, youth and family system of care for behavioral health services. i've had the pleasure of working with the doctor for several years now, a couple of years now in her role as acting director. she has been a great leader, a great champion of this work. and really i think it's a great benefit to the department to have her in this new permanent role. just want to congratulate her on this. and look forward to working with her in this new capacity. just to point to the commissioners, with regard to our activity -- d.p.h.-related activities promoting healthy eating and healthy living during the year of the ox. a number of events at the chinatown public

dr. grant colfax. dr. colfax. >> hi, good afternoon, commissioners. dr. grant colfax, ek doctor of health. it includes details on covid-19 and vaccine, which i will provide in my slide overview, i did want to point out a couple of other non-covid related components, with regard to the director's report. one is i'm really divided to announce that one of our doctors has been appointed as the new director of children, youth and family system of care for behavioral health services. i've had the pleasure of working with the doctor for several years now, a couple of years now in her role as acting director. she has been a great leader, a great champion of this work. and really i think it's a great benefit to the department to have her in this new permanent role. just want to congratulate her on this. and look forward to working with her in this new capacity. just to point to the commissioners, with regard to our activity -- d.p.h.-related activities promoting healthy eating and healthy living during the year of the ox. a number of events at the chinatown public

dr. colfax to come meet with us. that's who i would like to talk to >> change is possible. and you have to believe that internally. you have to believe that people want to and can live differently. you just saw examples. our working group has 80 people in it. we're no different than the people in the tenderloin or the mission or in soma right now, possibly dying. i'm going to turn the meeting over to victoria westbrook and call on tom wolf and richard beal. and supervisor stefani, thank you. >> this is victoria westbrook again. dr. martin, you said that most people you're dealing with at the s.i.p. hotels and community are not seeking treatment. i went to treatment not seeking treatment. right? as a drug addict, what i was seeking was drugs and more drugs and more ways to use drugs. so i really think that -- and there could be a lot of reasons why people aren't seeking treatment, right? in addition to the fact that what they want to do is keep using because that's what they know. they could have been to some of the programs and not gotten clean, so why try again? or know pe

dr. colfax have been able to announce the good news. we are no longer subject to the california regional stay at home order and that was the state order that really prescribed what we could and could not do. we tomorrow will find out what tier we'll go in, we expect we'll be in the purple tier given the very high case rate. that is the most limited tier. and that will happen tomorrow. our goal is to very much match as much as possible all of the sectors and activities allowed in the purple tier. in some cases we may have additional safety limitations to stop the spread of the virus in san francisco, but for the most part, we'll follow the tiers. if you remember, the last time we had tried to open, we had been trying to stay one tier behind. we were sort of artificially going behind what the state would allow us to do. this time we want to match what the state is doing and that's going be the region as well matching the tier. we know it was challenging previously and we're hoping this is a little more simple to understand and to follow.

dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted. can you speak. please let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners.

dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted. can you speak. please let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners.

education and child care workers are emergency services workers, including our police officers, dr grant colfax, saying once again, the city can vaccinate as many as 10,000 people per day, including teachers and school staff. but the city continues to be at the mercy of vaccine or. arriving in the city in large enough quantities. we hope that it increases dramatically in the next couple weeks. especially s o. we can vaccinate those would be essential workers, along with the remainder. people 65 over who need to continue to get vaccinated. the mayor in public health director also arguing that educators can safely go back to school, saying that 113 private and parochial schools have shown that it can be done. when we reach that phase one be teachers will be eligible for vaccine. we want to make sure that we that we vaccinate teachers as as quickly as possible. the school district released a statement saying, in part quote, bringing students back to school in a large public school district is very complex and requires partnership were eager for the city to make vaccines available to our staff who

dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted. can you speak. please let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners.

dr. colfax have been able to announce the good news. we are no longer subject to the california regional stay at home order and that was the state order that really prescribed what we could and could not do. we tomorrow will find out what tier we'll go in, we expect we'll be in the purple tier given the very high case rate. that is the most limited tier. and that will happen tomorrow. our goal is to very much match as much as possible all of the sectors and activities allowed in the purple tier. in some cases we may have additional safety limitations to stop the spread of the virus in san francisco, but for the most part, we'll follow the tiers. if you remember, the last time we had tried to open, we had been trying to stay one tier behind. we were sort of artificially going behind what the state would allow us to do. this time we want to match what the state is doing and that's going be the region as well matching the tier. we know it was challenging previously and we're hoping this is a little more simple to understand and to follow.

dr. colfax to prioritize our officers and i checked in with president of the p.o.a. to find out if he got a response. he hasn't got an response. i put in a call to the department of public health to let them know that the commission and the department and the p.o.a. and united and desired to see the officers get their vaccinations quickly. i had a conversation with the mayor she's imploring that the governor release more vaccinations to the city. >> president cohen: we'll have more to report next week. any other questions that you have for the chief? >> vice president elias: to, that was it, thank you. >> president cohen: any other commissioners out there? >> i have couple of little questions. for c.a.r.t, you and the mayor talked about cutting the budget and giving money to the community. do you have input in terms where -- are you in discussions with the mayor? does the department have an input where in money is going to go. do you have the ability to make recommendations such as this c.a.r.t program that was discussed little earlier? >> input in terms of the decis

dr. colfax and his entire team as well. but i have learned so much from dr. aragon during my time on the health commission. and i'm so grateful for that. and i look forward to continue working with him for many years to come. so thank you for that. commissioners, do we have other comments? i see commissioner chow. >> commissioner chow: yes, thank you, and i echo everything that you have just said but i wanted to also personally thank dr. aragon for all of the years that we've been able to work together. and to be able to develop a strong population health division and to have accomplished within that division the accreditation agenda that we were all striving for and working for to show that we do meet all of the standards and exceed them. i think that he's exceeded expectations that i even had concerning how the division would function. he's always been very kind with that. i thank his own staff and with his approach to the management of his people and i really have admired that because i think that he's developed a division there that i am hoping -- i know

dr. colfax to come meet with us. that's who i would like to talk to >> change is possible. and you have to believe that internally. you have to believe that people want to and can live differently. you just saw examples. our working group has 80 people in it. we're no different than the people in the tenderloin or the mission or in soma right now, possibly dying. i'm going to turn the meeting over to victoria westbrook and call on tom wolf and richard beal. and supervisor stefani, thank you. >> this is victoria westbrook again. dr. martin, you said that most people you're dealing with at the s.i.p. hotels and community are not seeking treatment. i went to treatment not seeking treatment. right? as a drug addict, what i was seeking was drugs and more drugs and more ways to use drugs. so i really think that -- and there could be a lot of reasons why people aren't seeking treatment, right? in addition to the fact that what they want to do is keep using because that's what they know. they could have been to some of the programs and not gotten clean, so why try again? or know pe

dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted. can you speak. please let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners.

dr. colfax and other city officials are working on that, but we have to have more of that. we just don't have enough. >> vice president elias: are you aware of anybody being turned away? >> i'm not aware of anybody being turned away prior to -- what was yesterday? monday? tuesday. i know for a fact that there were officers vaccinated at moscone whether they lived here or not. if they are getting turned away, my advice is to get their name to the list. >> vice president elias: i appreciate that. if you can just inquire, chief, if any officer was turned way and let us know offline, that would be helpful. >> i'll follow up. >> vice president elias: that would not great. thank you. >> president cohen: all right. thank you. next speaker is john hamasaki. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you, chief cohen. my question is about the shooting kicking off in the bayview, it's really involving the vandalism, but the clearance rate is really well. >> yes. we actually are doing pretty well you our homicides and our shootings. >> commissioner hamasaki: okay. is that -- are those coming thr

dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted.ease let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners. i'm calling in abo

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dr. colfax so these people can come across with no disruption. so, caller one, you are unmuted. can you speak. please let us know that you are there. >> can you hear me? >> yes. please, go on. >> caller: hi, i just have a question. knowing that covid-19 has had a large impact on mental health, especially for low-level populations how is san francisco adapting to overcome these challenges in terms of policy or relief funds? >> this is a good time to note the commissioners and dph staff hear comment but there's not a back and fourth. i'm noting your question but it won't be responded to directly and even though it's frustrating, it's how we avoid having the public begin to take over the meetings with the discussion and questions. thank you for that comment. i'm note particular in a minute and hopefully we can get it answered. i'm going to move on to next person. give me one second to change the caller. next caller, please let us know that you are there. >> caller: yes, hello. >> i'm with the national union of healthcare workers, good afternoon, president bernal and commissioners.

dr. grant colfax in the san francisco department of public health five times over the past couple days, but the county has yet to release any race or ethnicity vaccination data. meanwhile, dashboards in san mateo, santa clara, contra costa, and alameda counties are all publicly available. let's sergeant with san mateo county. of the nearly 70,000 health care workers and people 65 and older vaccinated in san mateo county, 40% are white. around 9% are latino. 28 asian, with only 1.4% black. >> the completeness of the data by race and ethnicity has been pretty good. it's less than 10% that don't have race and ethnicity complete. so that gives us more confidence in displaying that data. >> reporter: in contra costa county, more than 145,000 doses have been administered. 37% went to white people. 17% went to multiple races. 13% to asians with only 4% to black people. 12 people didn't disclose. >> just been looking at the data and making sure we've got a good solid measurement. >> reporter: kimmy watkins tart made it a priority. >> i would want our data to be available to share. >> reporter: of t

dr. grant colfax for an update on how the city is fighting covid-19. you can watch that live on cbsn bay area, at 11:00. >>w thmorning, mar nty. about discussions he was found on the number of vaccine, owing to members of certain races. according to la county public health, to 5% of all administered doses have gone to white residents. another 25% went to latin x residents. 18% to asian residents and 17% have gone to mixed race residents. only 3.5% of all the administered shots so far have gone to black residents, even though they make up nearly 8% of the county's population. and although healthcare workers do make up a majority of those numbers, the rate of black residents, 65 and up, who have received vaccine is only about half the amount of white seniors. one dr. at a clinic and la says many workday jobs and can't make appointments, so his hospital is opening things up. >> we have reduced every barrier, so they are not having to fight with the website. they don't have to get an appointment. they don't have to have a car and drive, and that is why we

education and child care workers are emergency services workers, including our police officers, dr grant colfax, saying. once again, the city can vaccinate as many as 10,000 people per day, including teachers and school staff. but the city continues to be at the mercy of vaccine arriving in the city in large enough quantities. we hope that it increases dramatically in the next couple of weeks. especially s o. we can vaccinate the one be essential workers along with the remainder. people 65 over who need to continue to get vaccinated. the mayor in public health director also arguing that educators can safely go back to school, saying that 113 private and parochial schools have shown that it can be done. when we reach that phase one be teachers will be eligible for vaccine. we want to make sure that we that we vaccinate teachers as as quickly as possible. you know, the school district, also releasing a statement saying, in part quote, bringing students back to school in a large public school district is very complex and requires partnership. we are eager for the city to make vaccines available to

education and child care workers are emergency services workers, including our police officers, dr grant colfaxying once again, the city can vaccinate as many as 10,000 people per day, including teachers and school staff. but the city continues to be at the mercy of vaccine arriving in the city in large enough quantities. we hope that it increases dramatically in the next couple weeks. especially s o. we can vaccinate those one be essential workers, along with the remainder of people 65 over who need to continue to get vaccinated. the mayor in public health director also arguing that educators can safely go back to school, saying that 113 private and parochial schools have shown that it can be done. when we reach that phase one be teachers will be eligible for vaccine. we want to make sure that we that we vaccinate teachers as as quickly as possible. the school district released a statement saying, in part quote, bringing students back to school in a large public school district is very complex and requires partnership were eager for the city to make vaccines available to our staff who will be

san francisco mayor london breed and the city's health director, dr grant colfax, were given an update right now specifically when it comes to the city's vaccine rollout, mayor breed did say just a few minutes ago that the city is now averaging 4000 vaccines administered a day. she added that the city will be moving into phase one beyonce deb, you ery 26. what does that mean? well teachers, emergency service workers, including police officers can start to get vaccinated. the city now has a network of sites. we're more than 10,000 vaccines can be administered per day. if the city has the supply. san francisco has a network of sites all around the city. we have the capacity of over 10,000 sites. where over 10 that where we can do over 10,000 vaccines per day on dats pretty remarkable and it's really exciting, especially once we get the supply. we know that we can get them distributed. quickly as possible. according to city data more than 91,000 people have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine and more than 24,000 have received both the first and the second dose. ah group of

education and child care workers are emergency services workers, including our police officers, dr grant colfax, saying once again, the city can vaccinate as many as 10,000 people per day, including teachers and school staff. but the city continues to be at the mercy of vaccine or. arriving in the city in large enough quantities. we hope that it increases dramatically in the next couple of weeks. especially s o. we can vaccinate those one be essential workers, along with the remainder people 65 over who need to continue to get vaccinated. the mayor in public health director also arguing that educators can safely go back to school, saying that 113 private and parochial schools have shown that it can be done. when we reach that phase one be teachers will be eligible for vaccine. we want to make sure that we that we vaccinate teachers as as quickly as possible. and the school district, releasing a statement saying, in part quote, bringing students back to school in a large public school district is a very complex is very complex and requires partnership were eager for the city to make vaccines ava

dr. colfax because we want to understand better the strategy for the 90 buildings and the several thousand seniors that are in our facilities that need to be vaccinated. we want to know what the mobile vax unit will look like, how they will be taken care of, and how do we make sure we protect our seniors and most vulnerable, and so that letter will be forwarded to this committee, as well. separately, from the task force, seconding s.f. megablack comments. i want to make sure we have equitable distribution of this vaccine. we need it to come to the places that are hardest hit and make sure that we are prioritizing those that need the assistance and the most vulnerable. i thank you for calling this hearing, supervisor haney and the gang, and look forward to rolling out with you the vaccine. >> clerk: thank you for your comments, mr. jacobo, and i look forward to you sending me the letter so i can include it in the file. mr. tue, next caller, please. >> operator: mr. chair, that completes the queue. >> chair preston: thank you, operations. thank you, mr. clerk. hearing no further callers, pub

dr. colfax to prioritize our officers and i checked in with president of the p.o.a. to find out if he got a response. he hasn't got an response. i put in a call to the department of public health to let them know that the commission and the department and the p.o.a. and united and desired to see the officers get their vaccinations quickly. i had a conversation with the mayor she's imploring that the governor release more vaccinations to the city. >> president cohen: we'll have more to report next week. any other questions that you have for the chief? >> vice president elias: to, that was it, thank you. >> president cohen: any other commissioners out there? >> i have couple of little questions. for c.a.r.t, you and the mayor talked about cutting the budget and giving money to the community. do you have input in terms where -- are you in discussions with the mayor? does the department have an input where in money is going to go. do you have the ability to make recommendations such as this c.a.r.t program that was discussed little earlier? >> input in terms of the decis