dr. grant colfax with an update from the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. as of today, there are 1,994 san francisco residents who have confirmed cases of covid-19, and sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died of the disease. while even one death is too many, i want to also stress to san franciscans that by flattening the curve over these past two months, these past two long months, you have indeed saved lives. san francisco's mortality rate due to covid-19 is four times less than that of los angeles and a remarkable 35 times less than new york city's. thank you, san francisco, for doing everything you can to slow the spread of the coronavirus here in san francisco and in the bay area as a whole. you have truly protected each other and you have protected populations who are most vulnerable during the pandemic. and today i would like to talk about our path, our shared path, our shared journey to recovery. we are ant

dr. grant colfax with an update from the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. as of today, there are 1,994 san francisco residents who have confirmed cases of covid-19, and sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died of the disease. while even one death is too many, i want to also stress to san franciscans that by flattening the curve over these past two months, these past two long months, you have indeed saved lives. san francisco's mortality rate due to covid-19 is four times less than that of los angeles and a remarkable 35 times less than new york city's. thank you, san francisco, for doing everything you can to slow the spread of the coronavirus here in san francisco and in the bay area as a whole. you have truly protected each other and you have protected populations who are most vulnerable during the pandemic. and today i would like to talk about our path, our shared path, our shared journey to recovery. we are ant

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed th

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. grant colfax: thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed th

dr. grant colfax with an update from the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. as of today, there are 1,994 san francisco residents who have confirmed cases of covid-19, and sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died of the disease. while even one death is too many, i want to also stress to san franciscans that by flattening the curve over these past two months, these past two long months, you have indeed saved lives. san francisco's mortality rate due to covid-19 is four times less than that of los angeles and a remarkable 35 times less than new york city's. thank you, san francisco, for doing everything you can to slow the spread of the coronavirus here in san francisco and in the bay area as a whole. you have truly protected each other and you have protected populations who are most vulnerable during the pandemic. and today i would like to talk about our path, our shared path, our shared journey to recovery. we are ant

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated se

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. grant colfax: thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody.ant to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed the sp

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. ant colfax: thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide m

dr. grant colfax: so thank you for letting me clarify the issue. so first of all, we count covid-19 cases during our outbreaks as cases, regardless of the county of residence. so when i report these outbreak numbers around nursing homes, that includes all the residents, not where their home address is. and our measurement of confirming deaths at -- with covid-19 is not specific to nursing homes. it's not even specific to covid-19. it's basic vital statistics, that if a person dies, even in the confines of the city, but has a permanent address somewhere else, that death is reported in that jurisdiction. >> next question is from jany harr, associated press. how much outside room time is given daily to people in hotel rooms recovering from covid-19? do they get smoke breaks? >> dr. grant colfax: depending on the facility, i can't speculate on the exact amount of time, but i can say in referring to the work that the agencies are doing, that the mayor thanked personally, and across the entire spectrum of our support system for people in isolation and qu

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. grant colfax: thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed th

dr. grant colfax with an update from the department of public health. >> dr. colfax: good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed. as of today, there are 1,994 san francisco residents who have confirmed cases of covid-19, and sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died of the disease. while even one death is too many, i want to also stress to san franciscans that by flattening the curve over these past two months, these past two long months, you have indeed saved lives. san francisco's mortality rate due to covid-19 is four times less than that of los angeles and a remarkable 35 times less than new york city's. thank you, san francisco, for doing everything you can to slow the spread of the coronavirus here in san francisco and in the bay area as a whole. you have truly protected each other and you have protected populations who are most vulnerable during the pandemic. and today i would like to talk about our path, our shared path, our shared journey to recovery. we are anticipat

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated se

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated se

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. t colfax: thank you, mayor breed. good afternoon. i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide med

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed the spread of the

dr. grant colfax to come forward and provide us with an update. >> dr. . i'm dr. grant colfax, director of health for the city and county of san francisco. before beginning my coronavirus update, i would like to thank the thousands of nurses in the department of public health and throughout the city for their dedication and courage as they continue to serve patients and our community during this unprecedented pandemic. this is national nurses week, and it couldn't come at a better time. all of san francisco's nurses are demonstrating the utmost professionalism, compassion, courage and heart, as they always do. i personally give thanks to the nurses in our public health system as zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, as laguna honda hospital, our many health centers, public health centers across the city, including maxine hall health center, chinatown health center, castro mission health center and city clinic for their provision and care of services for communities across our great city. you provide medical care, but you do so much more. you provide

dr. grant colfax: so thank you for letting me clarify the issue. so first of all, we count covid-19 cases during our outbreaks as cases, regardless of the county of residence. so when i report these outbreak numbers around nursing homes, that includes all the residents, not where their home address is. and our measurement of confirming deaths at -- with covid-19 is not specific to nursing homes. it's not even specific to covid-19. it's basic vital statistics, that if a person dies, even in the confines of the city, but has a permanent address somewhere else, that death is reported in that jurisdiction. >> next question is from jany harr, associated press. how much outside room time is given daily to people in hotel rooms recovering from covid-19? do they get smoke breaks? >> dr. grant colfax: depending on the facility, i can't speculate on the exact amount of time, but i can say in referring to the work that the agencies are doing, that the mayor thanked personally, and across the entire spectrum of our support system for people in isolation and qu

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. grant colfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated se

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. lfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated settings.

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody.t to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed the spre

dr. grant colfax with the department of public health. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, everybody. i want to thank mayor breed for her leadership, and mayor was just a great experience to have that conversation with you yesterday on zoom, of course, about where we are headed and the phases of -- the potential phases of reopening and the key indicators we are going to be looking at going forward. so i'd really encourage people to watch that. it is available. it was recorded. i'll allude to a few of those points today, but if you really want more detail, please go to that conversation. and certainly we'll be sharing more information in the future as we move forward together. so as of today, as the mayor mentioned, there are 2179 san francisco residents who have been confirmed with covid-19. sadly, 36 san franciscans have died from the disease, and again, my condolences to their family, friends and community. and as we move into a new phase of our response and recovery, i would like to thank you all for doing your part. everything that you have done has truly saved lives and slowed th

dr. greg colfax. >> dr. grant colfax: good afternoon, i'm dr. lfax, director of the department of public health for the city and county of san francisco, and thank you, mayor breed, for your leadership during these very difficult and challenging times. it's been a week since the new health order took effect across san francisco and the bay area region. as of today, there are 1954 san francisco residents with confirmed cases of covid-19, and, as the mayor mentioned, sadly a total of 35 san franciscans have died. i send my condolences to their loved ones, their friends and their community. of the people with confirmed covid-19 in san francisco, 156 are experienced homelessness, and one of those persons has unfortunately died. this is why we continue to prioritize vulnerable populations in our ongoing response, including people over 60 and those with underlying health conditions. these groups include people experiencing homelessness and those who live in congregate settings, such as shelters and skilled nursing facilities and incarcerated settings.

dr. grant colfax, the director of the department of public health. and dr. colfax was a public health leader during the h.i.v./aids crisis and has been leading us through this pandemic. so we appreciate his leadership. we're also joined by dr. susan philip, the director of the disease control and prevention branch in the department of public health. she's been leading our testing and contact tracing efforts in response to the coronavirus. so what we want to do today is to talk specifically about the criteria related to -- i'll start with the information related to where we are in terms of testing and hospitalizations and other information. and the criteria. where do we need to be to begin to open up safely. and then also an outline of those phases. phase one, phase two, a and b and so on and so forth as to what is possible if we continue to follow the social distancing requirements. it is possible that we can get things to a better place, sooner rather than later. so the goal is to also to go into depth with dr. susan phillips around testing and where we are

dr. grant colfax, as well as the police chief, bill scott. the director of the human services agency, trent rohrer, the director of housing and

dr. aragon? >> this is grant colfax. i'll start, and dr. aragon will continue. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to present to you an update on the city's covid-19 response. in talking with dr. aragon yesterday, i thought it would be good to provide an overall overview to frame the discussion and also within the context of the presentation answer some of your questions. so a couple of key points to start with. i'm really so proud of the supports of mayor breed, the support of the board with regard to the aggressive actions we took as a community to the covid-19 response, and it is clear at this time that we have flattened the curve. and not only have we flattened the curve and slowed the spread of the virus in san francisco, but we have literally quantitatively saved lives. and just to provide some data with regard to that, while any death from covid-19 is one death too many, we are currently -- our mortality rate is four times less than the mortality rate in l.a. just more than half the rate of california overall, and a striking 35 times lower than new york. and it was not too l

dr. aragon? >> this is grant colfax. i'll start, and dr. aragon will continue. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to present to you an update on the city's covid-19 response. in talking with dr. aragon yesterday, i thought it would be good to provide an overall overview to frame the discussion and also within the context of the presentation answer some of your questions. so a couple of key points to start with. i'm really so proud of the supports of mayor breed, the support of the board with regard to the aggressive actions we took as a community to the covid-19 response, and it is clear at this time that we have flattened the curve. and not only have we flattened the curve and slowed the spread of the virus in san francisco, but we have literally quantitatively saved lives. and just to provide some data with regard to that, while any death from covid-19 is one death too many, we are currently -- our mortality rate is four times less than the mortality rate in l.a. just more than half the rate of california overall, and a striking 35 times lower than new york. and it was not too l

dr. grant colfax. as a result of that dialogue, the mayor will have another conversation with leaders this week, centered this time on children's activities. >> i know many parents are anxious to not just get a break from their children, but to get back to work and to get their kids involved in activities, and i know kids are anxious to play with their friends. so this friday at 11:30, i, along with phil ginsburg, who is and maria su will have a conversation around some of the options that we have available and what we can expect for the future. it will center around opportunities mostly for the summer in transitioning kids into, you know, a place where we can allow in some cases summer activities. and we'll be able to speak more details about that on friday and hopefully get to many of the questions that so many of the parents had. >> so many parents worried about the rest of the summer for their kids. and yesterday san francisco allowed retail stores to open for curbside pickup, as we talked about. t

dr. grant colfax also made the point of san francisco's mortality rate for covid-19 is four times less than los angeles. and are you ready for, this larry? more than 35 times less than new york city. so that's why san francisco and the bay area is in the position it is in. the question will be as we begin to reopen, can we stay many this position or will we face a rebound of coronavirus cases. >> right. let's hope those numbers stay where they are right now. thank you, dan. >> thanks, dan. >>> protesters took a stand outside tesla headquarters today, even though the battle between tesla and alameda county is over, at least for now. the two sides have announced an agreement that will allow the fremont plant to legally reopen its manufacturing process. abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live outside the tesla plant. laura? >> well, hi, kristen. under this agreement, tesla can resume producing cars here at the plant on monday. that happens to be the same day that automakers in detroit also can resume production. besides that, though, the protests who stage their efforts just down the road her

dr. grant colfax may not be coming to this one. dr. aragon and deputy director of health will get started in a second. then the other thing that i would like to say is this is a continuation of the briefing we had last week. we didn't get to many of the questions that were provided in writing. and we get certain questions and to remind my colleagues that if you had smithed questions, don't jump ahead of questions being answered because then it becomes random in term of what we are talking about. let's get started here. dr. baba? >> yes. thank you, president yee and thank you to member of the board. there were questions last week about homelessness, so i will be very brief and quick with my comments and i will also answer some of the questions that were related to this population that were put to dr. aragon and then turn it over to him. so just from a high level perspective, our approach to the homeless population comes kind of in three buckets. the first is the hotel response, and d.h.p. has really taken the lead and isolation and quar

dr. aragon? >> this is grant colfax. i'll start, and dr. aragon will continue. good afternoon. it's a pleasure to present to you an update on the city's covid-19 response. in talking with dr. aragon yesterday, i thought it would be good to provide an overall overview to frame the discussion and also within the context of the presentation answer some of your questions. so a couple of key points to start with. i'm really so proud of the supports of mayor breed, the support of the board with regard to the aggressive actions we took as a community to the covid-19 response, and it is clear at this time that we have flattened the curve. and not only have we flattened the curve and slowed the spread of the virus in san francisco, but we have literally quantitatively saved lives. and just to provide some data with regard to that, while any death from covid-19 is one death too many, we are currently -- our mortality rate is four times less than the mortality rate in l.a. just more than half the rate of california overall, and a striking 35 times lower than new york. and it was not too l

dr. grant colfax, the director of the department of public health. and dr. colfax was a public health leader during the h.i.v./aids crisis and has been leading us through this pandemic. so we appreciate his leadership. we're also joined by dr. susan philip, the director of the disease control and prevention branch in the department of public health. she's been leading our testing and contact tracing efforts in response to the coronavirus. so what we want to do today is to talk specifically about the criteria related to -- i'll start with the information related to where we are in terms of testing and hospitalizations and other information. and the criteria. where do we need to be to begin to open up safely. and then also an outline of those phases. phase one, phase two, a and b and so on and so forth as to what is possible if we continue to follow the social distancing requirements. it is possible that we can get things to a better place, sooner rather than later. so the goal is to also to go into depth with dr. susan phillips around testing and where we are

dr. grant colfax, the director of the department of public health. and dr. colfax was a public health leader during the h.i.v./aids crisis and has been leading us through this pandemic. so we appreciate his leadership. we're also joined by dr. susan philip, the director of the disease control and prevention branch in the department of public health. she's been leading our testing and contact tracing efforts in response to the coronavirus. so what we want to do today is to talk specifically about the criteria related to -- i'll start with the information related to where we are in terms of testing and hospitalizations and other information. and the criteria. where do we need to be to begin to open up safely. and then also an outline of those phases. phase one, phase two, a and b and so on and so forth as to what is possible if we continue to follow the social distancing requirements. it is possible that we can get things to a better place, sooner rather than later. so the goal is to also to go into depth with dr. susan phillips around testing and where we are

dr. grant colfax, at this moment, and this briefing is occurring under the authority of the governor's executive order, which allows policy bodies to receive updates from local officials relevant to the declared emergency and to ask questions of such officials, provided that the members of the policy body do not take action or discuss amongst themselves any item of business that this is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the body. this will allow the body to be fully briefed on the public health, and to ask questions. so i just wanted to ask questions that i want to thank all of you for submitting questions that

dr. grant colfax, the director of the department of public health. and dr.er during the h.i.v./aids crisis and has been leading us through this pandemic. so we appreciate his leadership. we're also joined by dr. susan philip, the director of the disease control and prevention branch in the department of public health. she's been leading our testing and contact tracing efforts in response to the coronavirus. so what we want to do today is to talk specifically about the criteria related to -- i'll start with the information related to where we are in terms of testing and hospitalizations and other information. and the criteria. where do we need to be to begin to open up safely. and then also an outline of those phases. phase one, phase two, a and b and so on and so forth as to what is possible if we continue to follow the social distancing requirements. it is possible that we can get things to a better place, sooner rather than later. so the goal is to also to go into depth with dr. susan phillips around testing and where we are with testing as well as contact

dr. grant colfax may not be coming to this one. dr. aragon and deputy director of health will get started in a second. then the other thing that i would like to say is this is a continuation of the briefing we had last week. we didn't get to many of the questions that were provided in writing. and we get certain questions and to remind my colleagues that if you had smithed questions, don't jump ahead of questions being answered because then it becomes random in term of what we are talking about. let's get started here. dr. baba? >> yes. thank you, president yee and thank you to member of the board. there were questions last week about homelessness, so i will be very brief and quick with my comments and i will also answer some of the questions that were related to this population that were put to dr. aragon and then turn it over to him. so just from a high level perspective, our approach to the homeless population comes kind of in three buckets. the first is the hotel response, and d.h.p. has really taken the lead and isolation and quar