equitable support for those who are hurting and equitable pathways to opportunity as we emerge from this crisis and rebuild, including for those most marginalized communities, the undocumented, the incarcerated, the homeless. i'm grateful for this chance to continue this work, to earn trust and to find success through genuine partnerships with the people and communities who have been hit the hardest during and before the crisis. on this team, you will be heard, you will be counted, and you will be valued. thank you. >> president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris, thank you so much for asking me to be part of this covid response team. i hope that you don't mind that the reason i'm sending this video is because a close friend and colleague at the nih, dr. harvey alter, is receiving the noble prize in medicine at the same time and we wanted to attend the ceremony at the nih to show our support. such an achievement is a reminder of the incredible public servants we have at the nih and of america's place as a pioneer in science and medicine. i believe, as you do, that in the fight a

the remediation of this is in the equitable development plan to ensure healthy conditions.ike to share our support for the remediation and urge the commission to approve the remediation contract. thank you for your time. >> thank you. anyone else with a hand raised? >> no, just those two. >> in you further public comment. >> i would like to make a comment. so sorry. >> okay. is this jackie? >> this is jackie. >> okay. you are in the meeting. most of the public comment is coming from the call in numbers. that is why paul didn't see you there. you can speak. palm put up a two minute timer, please. >> thank you so much. good afternoon everyone. i am jackie flynn executive director of the institute of san francisco. apri. i wear another very important hat on this project as the equitable development plan manager. i am here to really thank the rec and parks department charlene and omar have been tremendous support. i don't think the staff get enough credit for the work they do. i want to applaud them for every day work and commitment to the excellence of parks and open spaces an

they have to be received, and ibuted, administered done so fairly, equitably and free. going to do ink is hose jobs if you don't respect state and local government in all of this? don't think about it as government. people.out it as think about yourself needing all of that. see would hope that as we the need for what we have done n this nearly $900 billion legislation that we'll vote on today that everyone understands a first step. it's a first step, as biden has said. it's a first step. we will need to do more. to to get virus assistance crush the virus. more money to buy vaccines. e need to have the defense production act in play to hasten he manufacturing of these vaccines. and we need to be able to, as i done.o get the job and that takes people. respected.need to be valued.rk needs to be and -- again, and their entities for whom -- under whose auspices work -- public hospitals, all the rest. important.on, so and yet, many of our teachers have lost their jobs. weneed more teachers because need more space to separate to, protect our children. the ways said, if you wan

they deserve to be prioritized in a society that values equitable access to education, and values the essential work of educating and taking care of our children. furthermore, providing vaccines to our essential school workers as early as possible in the vaccine distribution process. woods sent a powerful signal to children that they themselves are essential and that their needs are being centered and prioritized by our society and by our leaders. we can do no less. send a strong message to governor newsom and california stakeholders. >> do we have additional callers? this is seth, i was just giving comment. >> your two minutes has expired. public comment is two minutes long. are there any other members of the public for public comment at this time? >> and i want to first acknowledge and really thank supervisor ronen for her leadership on this issue censuring that all workers that work a -- toget the vaccine andn into consideration rather than just saying schools are made up of teachers and students and i really want to acknowledge that schools are made of an echo system and more than

-- and the commitment to equitable distribution of the vaccine. we are all keeping our eye on things like testing and things like treatment. we have to ensure equity in those domains, as well. >> senator booker, i want to go to you next. there are a lot of lessons learned in this moment. as it relates to how to handle this life and death situation. what is congress prepared to do? what is the senate prepared to do come january 20, when the is making sure 70%-80% of americans are actually vaccinated? >> it's great to be on with you tonight, april, for the second time. we were on earlier talking about justice for black farmers and had a chance to talk about some of these very important conversations, which makes me want to thank president johnson all the more for not just his leadership during this pandemic, but for making sure we are staying connected to each other. when it comes to congress enacting, we know when joe biden swears his old and becomes the next president of the u.s., we are going to still be in the middle of this pandemic. in fact, w

equitable support for those who are hurting and equitable pathways to opportunity as we emerge from this crisis and rebuild, including for those most marginalized communities, the undocumented, the incarcerated, the homeless. i'm grateful for this chance to continue this work, to earn trust and to find success through genuine partnerships with the people and communities who have been hit the hardest during and before the crisis. on this team, you will be heard, you will be counted, and you will be valued. thank you. >> president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris, thank you so much for asking me to be part of this covid response team. i hope that you don't mind that the reason i'm sending this video is because a close friend and colleague at the nih, dr. harvey alter, is receiving the noble prize in medicine at the same time and we wanted to attend the ceremony at the nih to show our support. such an achievement is a reminder of the incredible public servantswe america's pla pioneer in science and medicine. i believe, as you do, that in the fight against this pandemic, we must l

they have to be received, and ibuted, administered done so fairly, equitably and free. going to do ink is hose jobs if you don't respect state and local government in all of this? don't think about it as government. people.out it as think about yourself needing all of that. see would hope that as we the need for what we have done n this nearly $900 billion legislation that we'll vote on today that everyone understands a first step. it's a first step, as biden has said. it's a first step. we will need to do more. to to get virus assistance crush the virus. more money to buy vaccines. e need to have the defense production act in play to hasten he manufacturing of these vaccines. and we need to be able to, as i done.o get the job and that takes people. respected.need to be valued.rk needs to be and -- again, and their entities for whom -- under whose auspices work -- public hospitals, all the rest. important.on, so and yet, many of our teachers have lost their jobs. weneed more teachers because need more space to separate to, protect our children. the ways said, if you wan

equitable support for those who are hurting, and equitable pathways to opportunity as we emerge from this crisis and rebuild. including for those most marginalized communities the undocumented, the incarcerated, the homeless. i'm grateful for this chance to continue this work. to earn trust and to find success through jeagenuine partnerships to those who work hard effort before and during the crisis. on this team you will be heard, you will be counted, and you will be valued. thank you. >> president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris, thank you so much for asking plea to be part of this covid response team. i hope that you don't mind that the reason i am sending this video is because a close friend and colleague at the mih, dr. harvey alter, is receiving the noble be nobel prize at medicine at the same time and we wanted to attended ceremony at the nih to show our support. such an achievement is a reminder of the incredible public servants we have at the nih and at america's place a as a pioneer in science and medicine. i believe as you do that in the fight against this pand

so with this economic system in order to have a more equitable and sustainable system this is necessary to address changes to the system and that affect could have those incentives and if it ever treats you in the same way she and then with that courtesy to have that global change and it is a process so if you look today as the process of liquidity it does have more that has more and equal access then over all the centuries. so if there is a reason. and for those who accept the discussion to change that system so for more liquidity so thank you for your attention and i look forward to continuing the conversation. >> i love talking about ideology because it was that dominant ideology the one word that you didn't use is the neoliberal. and with that political ideology does that originate with margaret thatcher and this idea that the government is not the solution to your problem but the government is your problem. and with that ideology. >> and with that rise of socialism is very important. and with this ideology. and with that i do want to stress the fact that with that property and basi

equitable support for those who are hurting and equitable pathways to opportunity as we emerge from this crisis and rebuild. including for those most marginalized communities, the undocumented, the incarcerated, the homeless. i'm grateful for this chance to continue this work, to earn trust and to find success through genuine partnerships, with the people and communities who have been hit the heaardest during and before the crisis. on this team, you will be heard, you will be counted, and you will be valued. thank you. >> president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris, thank you so much for asking me to be part of this covid response team. i hope that you don't mind that the reason i am sending this video is because a close friend and colleague at the nih, dr. harvey alter, is receiving the nobel prize in medicine at the same time and we wanted to attend the ceremony at nih to show our support. such an achievement is a reminder of the incredible public servants we have at the nih and of america's place as a pioneer in science and medicine. i believe, as you do, that in the fight a

one of our greatest social injustices in this country and so ensuring that all americans have an equitable opportunity to receive the vaccine and promoting vaccine confidence and equitable uptake will be critical as we want to save lives and ensure the production of all americans against covid-19 and and this pandemic. we know lack of trust is a major cause for reluctance, especially in communities of color. that lack of trust is not without good reason as the tuskegee studies occurred within many of our own lifetimes. to truly combat vaccine hesitancy and encourage diverse enrollment in clinical trials we must first acknowledge this real history of mistreatment and exultation of minorities at the medical community and the government. the thing we need to explain and demonstrate all that has been done to address these wrongs and the protections and safeguards in place like the hhs office of human research protection and independent institution review board and data and safety monitoring board to make sure tragedies like the tuskegee syphilis study were the exultation of henrietta never hap

that sfpd must create a department that is equitable and inclusive. the division is simple and clear. next. creating a strategic plan you have to look at your data and so we started from a general process of looking at the department over all and so in the department, in just thinking about ok, within the six sections that we're going to tackle, what is our data tell us? and so, just i wanted to general low highlight to you we started off looking at ok, what is our workforce look like at sfpd as it relates to the employees that we have and over all, as of november 30th, is that correct? as of november 30th, 2020, we had 2,979 employees and that includes all of our staff. and, of the 2,979 employees, 42% are white, 21% asian, 16% latinx, 10% african american and 7% fill phone owe so we looked at ok, we locked at our general employees and let's break it down and let's lock at our sworn staff and see as it relates to our data ask we locked at breaking it down and we have 2,226 foreign officers and various ranks and 37% white, 17% hispanic and 16% asian a

there is a commitment to equitable and efficient distribution of the vaccine. but we're also keeping our eye on things like testing and treatment. we have to ensure equity in those domains as well. >> senator cory booker, i want to go to you next. there's been a lot of lessons learned in this moment as it relates to how to handle this life and death situation. what is congress there to do. what is the senate there to do on january 20, when the mentality and the people in leadership change as it relates to making sure that this 70 to 80% of americans are actually vaccinated. >> april, it's great to be on with you tonight. for the second time. we were on earlier talking about justice for black farmers. we had a chance to talk about some of these very important conversations which makes me want to thank president derrick johnson not just for his leadership during the pandemic, but for making sure that we are staying connected with each other with real talk and invaluable information. when it comes to congress, acting we know that when joe biden source his oath to

but yet be equitable. and it is really a very difficult equation to make, but foremost, of course, we want to make sure the equitable systems, but also make sure that there's alternative transit, that we don't in the end run out of money so that we don't have the alternative transit, so that people can use other means other than their cars. so it's quite a balancing act. i understand that. but are there -- yes. i see linda, very quickly, please. >> yes. i just wanted to interject very quickly. earlier when i was asking about the --ed forward-looking scenarios, that implies funding, a mechanism and the fact that this is going to be extremely very expensive. and the reason that we have the -- again to offset the congestion at the bay bridge, it only takes ten minutes from ferry in san francisco to get to treasure island. that would be something that -- should be a priority for, you know, considering in and out of treasure island. one thing that i want to the state here, rachel, the san francisco county trans

thank you for your support for the study and commitment to equitable outcome. >> thank you. i am tracey. ehs pil and on the board of the merchants and legislative committee for district merchants. we feel in favor of any outreach proposed. we are encouraged by the ability of the organization to continue working on this project in outreach into communities. there has been no economic study done to assess the impact of pricing on small businesses. then moving through the assessment areas most of them are neighborhoods. the downtown and neighborhoods border on the associations and tenderloin and the valley, south of market, chinatown, fisherma fisherman's wharf and mission. we should be putting the pandemic behind us. is we do expect to be included in outreach, especially those in the mostly traveled-to areas. thank you for your time. >> this is kit carter. we are involved with the committee. we do support the passage of this appropriation at this time to continue the study outreach. to continue to make sure we get the congestion pricing that is an important tool. it will help

i think it's the scientific and pharmaceutical structures that's going to contribute into active equitable distribution but in terms of the type you take certainly that monoclonal antibodies or on the horizon if you will the monitor landed bodies have had edges that allow not to have it. well but certainly the progress all are being made max the european union has been so criticized this past year for its handling of the pandemic you know there are meetings going on right now to try to get to some point where there is more coordination between countries because there is so much fear about this new mutation are there any indications that the european union will do anything differently this time that it has learned its lesson from the failings of the past year oh i certainly hope so i think you mean within the european union you have some of the governments that have handled this crisis is best in the world so you have some really good experience and to be honest you're sitting here in the u.k. i think i'd rather be any year in terms of our government and our ability to handle this crisis al

the early data suggests that there is still work to be done to be sure vaccines are administered equitably and understandably communiquÉs who have faced long-standing and continuing racial and ethnic injustice in our healthcare system may feel greater distrust for vaccines. we are partnering with trusted community leaders and organizations to provide accurate information to all north carolinians and also with our vaccine providers to ensure equitable access to vaccines. long-term care residents and staff are being vaccinated right now and the federal government is overseen that long-term care vaccination through a partnership with walgreens and cvs. this effort began on monday and data is not yet included in our vaccine dashboard. we anticipate moving to the next phase, phase one of be in early january. currently, there is not enough vaccine for everyone in phase 1b to be vaccinated at the same time. to best manage vaccine availability we will open phase 1b in groups. we will add additional groups from phase 1b over the month of january, one at a time. vaccines will first open to group one

i think there is definitely work to do to make sure we are getting that equitable distribution. that is why we are working areely with partners that community-based organizations from marginalized populations and other leaders from the community who represent communities to make sure they are getting good information about the vaccine so they can make informed decisions for them and their family. we want to make sure folks know that this vaccine is safe. it has been tested in clinical trials. it is 95% effective. you cannot get covid from the vaccine itself. there is only one vaccine for everybody. it is the same vaccine for everyone. there obviously are two kinds, a pfizer and moderna, but they are the same for everyone. we want to make sure folks are getting the good information. we are going to keep sharing the good information. we also have to work to make sure folks know about the availability of vaccines and when it is their spot in line, that they come take their shot. thanks. thanks.per: next question please. is from thequestion news and observer. >> thanks for taking my

cnn's david mckenzie is life in johannesburg, south africa, the issue of the equitable distribution ass so so important. what more are you learning? >> reporter: well, it's very important as you heard from dr. fauci, laura, but it isn't being listened to. several countries, rich countries, have ordered, one group describes it as a shopping spree, preordered vaccine candidates on a massive scale. in particular, you have the uk, eu, and especially canada which has ordered five times roughly the amount of vaccines they need to cover their population. now, public health officials say there's some logic to that, they want to protect their citizens, and it was unclear which vaccine would win the race, and there will not be a much talked about equitable distribution of vaccines. thatst both a moral issue and public health issue. i spoke to a top vaccine expert on the continent who said until everyone is safe, no one is safe. >> until everybody is protected, nobody can be safe. we are now living in a global village, as we say it, and even for those countries that are protecting themselves, i t

and we will expand and upgrade our transportation system in a way that is equitable. serving communities of every size, urban and rural, across our country. the choice president-elect biden has made to help spearhead this work is simply outstanding. i got to know pete over the last couple of years. we traveled to the same states. attended the same events. and shared a debate stage being -- many mimes. we have had long conversations he and i about the future of our country, about the need for bipartisanship, and about family and faith. and along the way pete and his wonderful husband have become very dear friends of doug's and mine. pete is an innovative problem solver. he has a sharp intellect and deep commitment to uniting people across party lines and meeting our challenges together. he is a trailblazing leader from the industrial midwest who understands we need to create opportunity for people of all backgrounds. and he is, of course, a veteran and a dedicated public servant who represents the very best of our country and the next generation of american leadership.

in terms of equitable distribution, we have no say in how this is being distributed. we are simply the transportation arm and the job is to get it from point a to point b. that just isn't a decision that we make. we are told where to take the vaccines on a daily basis and that is what we do. then getting out to the rural areas we service every zip code in the united states and so does ups and we do that every day on an overnight basis by 10:30 the next day. the beauty of the network is that it works only as a network so we are planning 100% with the package cars and drivers and trucks but we also have a very extensive courier network so if we get into trouble anywhere we have to get a vaccine overnight on the commercial aircraft we have relationships with all of them and charter aircraft and we are working with a lot of the manufacturers to move into the united states from overseas on the charter aircraft so we have that ability to go back to the question helping the states we got very familiar with the state governments and state jurisdictions and health authorities

as a result, the children can receive the best possible education and be set up for a more equitable prosperous future. the partnership with mayor breed, the director and dcyf team, all of the other city departments, community-based organizations like ymca, comcast has been successful because of the commitments we all have to ensuring we educate and empower the san francisco students and families. we so look forward to continued partnership. thank you so much. back to you, madam mayor. >> mayor breed: thank you, breath. i hope brooklyn will get the laptop and internet so she has all she needs to thrive in the city. comcast support has been strumental to make sure the killeds have access to internet at the hub and this new contribution of 800 laptops is great news in addition to the contribution to staff and the work they will continue to do. we appreciate you joining us today. thank you all again. you can tell we are all excited about the community hubs initiative and what it means for families and students in san francisco. it has been a team effort. it has shown what this city can

that sfpd must create a department that is equitable and inclusive. the division is simple and clear. next. creating a strategic plan you have to look at your data and so we started from a general process of looking at the department over all and so in the department, in just thinking about ok, within the six sections that we're going to tackle, what is our data tell us? and so, just i wanted to general low highlight to you we started off looking at ok, what is our workforce look like at sfpd as it relates to the employees that we have and over all, as of november 30th, is that correct? as of november 30th, 2020, we had 2,979 employees and that includes all of our staff. and, of the 2,979 employees, 42% are white, 21% asian, 16% latinx, 10% african american and 7% fill phone owe so we looked at ok, we locked at our general employees and let's break it down and let's lock at our sworn staff and see as it relates to our data ask we locked at breaking it down and we have 2,226 foreign officers and various ranks and 37% white, 17% hispanic and 16% asian a

how to manage equitably. how to create policies, all of those things are things we're going to try to get to relatively quickly. we were doing something like that with equity fellowship. the people most often being held in the dead end positions are people who started at a very low level. that doesn't necessarily happen in other parts of our department. getting those log jams cleared is an act that will benefit everyone but disproportionately benefit our black, latinx and pacific islander staff. getting better performance management, getting better tracking again, releasing job opportunities in communication and getting training for staff about how to move to the next level so we don't have training available and everybody's union but we have training needs that people will have in order to progress. that's true for ebs who wants to become the manager and true for someone in the kitchen as much as it is for physician who wants to become the cmo. next slide. organizational culture, it's a very complicated thin

how to manage equitably. how to create policies, all of those things are things we're going to try to get to relatively quickly. we were doing something like that with equity fellowship. the people most often being held in the dead end positions are people who started at a very low level. that doesn't necessarily happen in other parts of our department. getting those log jams cleared is an act that will benefit everyone but disproportionately benefit our black, latinx and pacific islander staff. getting better performance management, getting better tracking again, releasing job opportunities in communication and getting training for staff about how to move to the next level so we don't have training available and everybody's union but we have training needs that people will have in order to progress. that's true for ebs who wants to become the manager and true for someone in the kitchen as much as it is for physician who wants to become the cmo. next slide. organizational culture, it's a very complicated thin

we're supporting them with fair and equitable allocation based on population of their force. and so they will figure out their plan. they well understanding and they have the same professionals that the jurisdictions have in their alignment and execution of the fda and eua guidance and the cdc and asip guidance. i do not know what the department of defense's plan is after that. >> i think we have time for two more questions on today's briefing and follow-up questions can be sent to media@hhs.gov. two more questions. >> our next question is from omer afan, your line is open. >> for dr. slaoui, you talk about the johnson & johnson vaccine, how would that affect the plans for distribution? would operation warp speed ship its resources toward a one dose vaccine or how would that allocation proceed at that point? >> i mean, first, we need to look into the performance, i should say that strategically we decided with that vaccine to try a one shot vaccine, but at the same time we also decided to test it as a two-shot vaccine. and that phase three trial has started already. so we cov

of the concerns that you expressed to us back in june whether we could do equitable outreach during shelter in page. we were focusing on reaching underrepresented folks. i have an update here. the goals of the study are to meet the 15% vehicle trip reduction weekdays. looking forward to planning for as we recover from the pandemic and congestion is down. we are seeing it start to increase in some locations around the bay bridge. the goal is to get traffic moving when the traffic resoundses and ad vance equity. along the lines of advancing equity when we started looking at data we looked at who travels downtown during the peak commute hours. in the bottom bar you can see the folks driving during those peak morning rush hours are disproportionate lehighe lehighr income. those were less likely to be driving. iin fact, all of the folks downtown only 13% were low income drivers. those are the folks most concerned about protecting from equity as we think about policy solution. from the perspective of looking at drivers representing a quarter of the drivers. half are in the top two income groups.

so that we can ensure fair and equitable distribution. dr. slaoui: next question. our next question is from tom with "washington pre sorry, ""washington post." hey.ter: it's tom howell from "the washington times," thanks for doing the call. i wanted to know what you're hearing from the states in terms of their ability to distribute the vaccine. do they have enough funding to -- it is one thing to ship it to them today, but enough funding to distribute it or do you need congress to step in and provide more? lot of work : so a is going on in the collaboration and coordination of the distribution to what we would like to see down to the lowest level. and so as long as they have the enrolled, i.e., octor's office, hospital, c.v.s., walgreen's, etc., then the vaccine can be delivered to locations. and in theory administered at those locations. if the state chooses that they would rather have it go to deliver - and we will to those locations. chooses would like to have a hub and spoke to make executing their hubs, we'll deliver to the they designate. if they require addi

they are both running execution of vaccine through the equitable distribution of vaccines to all states, jurisdictions and metropolitan cities. it is really about what requirements are and how they execute it, a great collaboration between ups and fedex, but there is no line in the united states that says fedex has the east coast or ups has the west coast. it is about the operational execution of the vaccines available and the requirement each day as it occurs. thank you. >> our next question is from the washington times from tom howell. >> in the states told you where to send the vaccines, the initial shipments. can you give us a flavor of what these sites look like? are they big warehouses or places where there are smaller sites? >> one of the reasons why we regulated the flow of the initial doses going out to america, because we do have capacity to expand to good volume. one of the things i on it to ensure was the vaccine initially on monday goes directly into freezer capability. the locations accordingly vary from hospitals to major hubs for distribution. it is directed by the state

they deserve to be prioritized in a society that values equitable access to education, and values the essential work of educating and taking care of our children. furthermore, providing vaccines to our essential school workers as early as possible in the vaccine distribution process. woods sent a powerful signal to children that they themselves are essential and that their needs are being centered and prioritized by our society and by our leaders. we can do no less. send a strong message to governor newsom and california stakeholders. >> do we have additional callers? this is seth, i was just giving comment. >> your two minutes has expired. public comment is two minutes long. are there any other members of the public for public comment at this time? >> and i want to first acknowledge and really thank supervisor ronen for her leadership on this issue censuring that all workers that work a -- toget the vaccine andn into consideration rather than just saying schools are made up of teachers and students and i really want to acknowledge that schools are made of an echo system and more than

we have had equitable distribution since the beginning of the program. the outcomes on the street have not matched the intentions. we are looking to redo the requirements again because we do not see what we want. >> mr. parks, can i call on myself? >> go ahead. >> the three companies permitted are owned by what interests? >> speed is owned by. [indiscernable] >> stop. >> who is burt? >> burt is a scooter company. when we get into this venture capital i do not know who owns the companies. it is a multi-billion dollar company. >> started by the people who came from uber. go ahead. >> lime is owned by lime. there is some complicated interests with uber related to the purchase of jump and a controlling interest from ford. the nature of the ownership of the companies is complicated and difficult to keep clear. >> are these companies that care about geographic distribution, equity, companies that need to have a city that enforces against them with a strong hand, yes or no? >> they need policy guidance and enforcement from san francisco to meet our goal. >> goo

at -- equitable number of votes. virginias vote counting the same as rhode island. what was the absolution? what was the some of these various practices, that inevitably the smallest state, so jealous of their sovereignty, should hold back the progress of all? all for the purposes of that selfsame identity and sovereignty? now, let us examine this new federal constitution where, under the house of representatives in accordance with the proposed article one, virginias votely should count in accordance with its population just as connecticut, rhode island, something which if we are masters of arithmetic, we know shall not cede any sovereignty other than what is owed, virginia being the largest and wealthiest of the provinces and we three gentlemen likely constituting the whole population of rhode island upon the stage? it comes down to that selfsame idea, mr. harris. whom shall we be? citizens of virginia, or citizens of these united states? mr. harris: thank you, mr. madison. mr. mason, do you agree with mr. patrick h