the performing arts in san francisco is what has made san francisco what it is. people are going to need to have these places that they can feel that sense of community and feel that sense of safety. i believe it's going to take more than $1.5 million. even though that's a great start. i support increasing that funding up to $48 million to ensure that we can continue and maintain the legacy that san francisco has. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hi, i'm michelle catel, i'm with the lost church in san francisco. i'm calling in support of the venue recovery fund and also long-term future by increasing that $48 million. venues are part of the culture. san francisco has a story and reputation. i think it's time to make a bold move by at least $48 million so we can regrow that area of culture in san francisco. the tech industry thinks we're moving away. i encourage $48 million to save our local venues. i yield my time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hi, i lived in the bay area 12 years ago. the reason was because i want

we are going to change that in san francisco. thank you both for joining us and now we will open it up to questions from the press. >> thank you mayor breed, thank you chief scott and district attorney boudin for your remarks. we're going to allow our reporters to submit any questions they the first question is for district attorney boudin from the s.f. business times. many small business owners do not feel safe because they have been hit increasingly by break in burglaries and vandalisms because of the pandemic. there is perception that your office is not pursuing prosecution of these cases. what are you doing to assure the victims that there are consequences for property crimes in san francisco? >> thank you so much for the questions and thank you to our business community for helping to create jobs and for weathering an unprecedented year of challenges. no one more than small businesses, because of the constant challenges around health restrictions and around decline in tourism, we know that it's been a year in which many busi

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 be getting vaccinated here. vice versa, if you live in san francisco but you have a health care provider in oakland, you could go to oakland to get vaccinated. the issue is that the bay area is porous and we're all interconnected and we need to get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from various media outlets. why are we reopening with new virus variants circulating? how will the city deal with new variants and avoid shutdowns? >> so we are opening at a high level of case diagnosis. we're at about 30 per 100,000 right now, which as the mayor mentioned, is substantially lower than we were just a few weeks ago. so this is very good news. we know that the rate of t

office for san francisco housing, they're still in san francisco .cause it would change where it's spending happens in san francisco butthat's a foreseeable outcome. anotheroutcome is people wherever they moved to the suburbs , they don't move . the decline in rates that we are seeing out induces other people who couldn't afford to live in san francisco or tomove into the city and it changes the composition of the city's population .vis-@-vis where it was a year ago. that's another possibility. and then the other possibility is perhaps employers decide this remote work from home thing two years from now isn't as relevant as it was during the pandemic. it's just not a concern so people start having to come back to the office the way they did during the pandemic. there's a lot of unknowns but it's important to keep track what employers are saying about where they want people to work and what theemployees are saying in terms of where they want to live . those are two different questions and how those questions resolve will be ultimately i think have a l

vaccine getting to us in san francisco and getting in the arms of people in san francisco is also veryry complex. so the federal government directly allocates a small portion of the doses that it has and then the rest of it gets divided up and allocated by the federal government to the 50 states. once our california share has arrived, then it gets allocated not just to our 58 counties, but also large health care organizations. in fact, in san francisco, two-thirds of the vaccine that is coming into the county is going straight to our health care partners. that's important to realize. as you mentioned, not only are we not receiving all of the allocation, but just a minority, but it's very erratic and unpredictable because of the supply issues. that means we can't know from week to week how many spots we'll have available for people to get vaccinated. the state also determines what the priorities are for vaccination. again, as you said, very important to know. and right now, the priority groups are health care workers and they are people that are 65 and older. these are the people who ar

office for san francisco housing, they're still in san francisco .cause it would change where it's spending happens in san francisco butthat's a foreseeable outcome. anotheroutcome is people wherever they moved to the suburbs ,

they may being san francisco san francisco. a business like ours i would hope that has the reputation will be able to continue to be something special that we bring to the city as we are all in desperate need of help. any and all help. we love being small business owners and want to continue to bring what we can to the city. i please urge the board of supervisors to pass legislation and i appreciate you considering it and i am looking forward to the day when it is easier for small business owners to keep doors open and keep those in san francisco employed and to keep contributing to our economy in our city. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. are there any other caller in the queue? >> that competes the few. >> thank you. madam clerk and let me also thank everyone who called in for your support and for your resilience during the last year. as we heard, this past year was one of the toughest years for our small businesses. i just also want be to thank you all for organizing and for fighting for not only your own business

vaccine getting to us in san francisco and getting in the arms of people in san francisco is also veryly allocates a small portion of the doses that it has and then the rest of it gets divided up and allocated by the federal government to the 50 states. once our california share has arrived, then it gets allocated not just to our 58 counties, but also large health care organizations. in fact, in san francisco, two-thirds of the vaccine that is coming into the county is going straight to our health care partners. that's important to realize. as you mentioned, not only are we not receiving all of the allocation, but just a minority, but it's very erratic and unpredictable because of the supply issues. that means we can't know from week to week how many spots we'll have available for people to get vaccinated. the state also determines what the priorities are for vaccination. again, as you said, very important to know. and right now, the priority groups are health care workers and they are people that are 65 and older. these are the people who are most likely to get covid-19 and the people

number two, san francisco police department has no deterrent on criminals coming into san francisco. number three, the district attorney must resign. if she has any ethics at all, she should go live with his father immediately. number four, the department of public health should be censored for two settlements of suspicious deaths at san francisco general hospital. al those millions of dollars could have been used for the poorest people in san francisco. number five, the city and county of san francisco is responsible for the poor housing in san francisco. you refuse to put in affordable housing 100% in hunter's point and soma. if that would have been done, we would have no affordable housing problems right now. the biggest problem in san francisco and in the nation is we must stop big tech and big media. no matter who you are. the two of them will silence you. i assure you they won't silence me. and i have a feeling they won't even silence the ex-president. thank you for your time. >> operations, is there another caller on the line please? >> madam clerk, that completes. and seeing

in san francisco, we had to get ready. as much as dr. colfax and i fought over what was going on and whether or not we needed to close down the city because we understood the significant impacts on people's lives by making these hard decisions, we knew it was the right thing to do. we knew it was the right thing to do because it was about saving lives. when you look at where san francisco is in terms of our death rate, even though every life lost is tragic, we are the second densest city in the country with the lowest death rate of any major city in the country. we've saves thousands of lives here in the city. it started here at moscone center. i want to thank the director of the department of emergency management mary allen carol for her hard work. [applause] >> mayor breed: and the people who came here to work not only the folks who work within her department but so many city employees, who signed up as disaster service workers, who answered the call, and who have been showing up to deal with challenges around this pandemic. whether it

is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco. assessor chu has really stepped up during covid to lead our economic recovery task force as one of the co-chairs. this was not in her job description, nor was it her responsibility, but when i called carmen to ask for her help because we needed all hand on deck to address the challenges that none of us thought we would be dealing with with covid, she immediately said yes. and with her leadership the task force developed 41 recommendations and policy ideas to make the city's economy stronger, more resilient, and more attainable. prior to the career as assessor, she was an elected representative of the board of supervisor. when she served as budget c

san francisco has a network of sites all around the city. we have the capacity of over 10,000 sites where we can do over 10,000 vaccines per day. and that's pretty remarkable, and it is really exciting, especially once we get the supply. we know that we can get them distributed quickly as possible. i really appreciate those who have been vaccinated and have gone to places like masconi center and ucsf, and the really nice notes and positive experiences that you have shared with us going to those sites, and how friendly the people have been, how comfortable they made you feel, and how, of course, how assured you feel knowing you have been vaccinated, and i'm looking forward to everyone in san francisco having that exact same experience. so thank you for sharing just your appreciation to the city, your appreciation to many of our health care workers, our volunteers, and a number of people that are out there helping to vaccinate people as quickly as possible. it definitely takes a village, and we've had a village of support with the department o

office for san francisco housing, they're still in san francisco .where it's spending happens in san francisco butthat's a foreseeable outcome. anotheroutcome is people wherever they moved to the suburbs , they don't move . the decline in rates that we are seeing out induces other people who couldn't afford to live in san francisco or tomove into the city and it changes the composition of the city's population .vis-@-vis where it was a year ago. that's another possibility. and then the other possibility is perhaps employers decide this remote work from home thing two years from now isn't as relevant as it was during the pandemic. it's just not a concern so people start having to come back to the office the way they did during the pandemic. there's a lot of unknowns but it's important to keep track what employers are saying about where they want people to work and what theemployees are saying in terms of where they want to live . those are two different questions and how those questions resolve will be ultimately i think have a lot to shape what the f

they keep san francisco grounded and keep san francisco san francisco. i urge you to pass this legislation as fast as possible. be champions of small business and pressure the mayor and board members to take more action towards saving the small business from the worst economic catastrophe in generations. thank you. i yield my time. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for championing this, all of you. it is a group effort. i appreciate it. it takes a village. i am the president of the council district merchants and long time san francisco and owner of the four locations in some of your districts. thank you. i urge you to approve this without any restrictions. i hope this will be just one of numerous aids to come to help small business. we need to be able to thrive not only thrive but recover. i invite you all to make a commitment and not to pass any legislation that will impede any sort of business growth or economic vitality. when you give us room to grow, we grow and put money in the coverers and bring in people to spend mon

she has served the city and county of san francisco since 2005. she currently serves as our assessor recorder and in that role she is responsible for managing a team of over 200 people. under her leadership, the aassessor's office has reversed a decades old backlog of assessment cases and generating $3.6 billion in property tax revenue annually to support public services in san francisco. had it not been for carmen's leader snip that role, we would have a budget that was deficient in the amount of $3.6 billion. that gives you an indication of how amazing and how valuable she is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco. assessor chu has really stepped up during covid to lead our economic recovery task force as one of the co-chairs. thi

do you believe that it has played a role in crime in san francisco? >> mayor: i think, unfortunately, being in the midst of this pandemic, seeing, sadly, a lot of people lose their jobs has probably played a role in what we're seeing as it relates to crime. i do think when we talk about crime and accountability, i think the that there is -- you know, it is not an easy solution because specifically when you talk about someone who has committed a violent crime against another human being, you know, that's a different punishment versus someone who it may have been their first offense, they stole something, and they need to be held accountable, but at the same time jail may not be the best solution because ultimately we want rehabilitation or we want support or we want an option to try to get that person on the right path. so i think there are various layers of accountability that need to be implemented in our criminal justice system here in san francisco, regardless of a proposition. it is what we're working with, and it's what we are in a position to tr

vaccine getting to us in san francisco and getting in the arms of people in san francisco is also very, very complex. so the federal government directly allocates a small portion of the doses that it has and then the rest of it gets divided up and allocated by the federal government to the 50 states. once our california share has arrived, then it gets allocated not just to our 58 counties, but also large health care organizations. in fact, in san francisco, two-thirds of the vaccine that is coming into the county is going straight to our health care partners. that's important to realize. as you mentioned, not only are we not receiving all of the allocation, but just a minority, but it's very erratic and unpredictable because of the supply issues. that means we can't know from week to week how many spots we'll have available for people to get vaccinated. the state also determines what the priorities are for vaccination. again, as you said, very important to know. and right now, the priority groups are health care workers and they are people that are 65 and older. these are the people wh

many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco.ny 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 be getting vaccinated here. vice versa, if you live in san francisco but you have a health care provider in oakland, you could go to oakland to get vaccinated. the issue is that the bay area is porous and we're all interconnected and we need to get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from various media outlets. why are we reopening with new virus variants circulating? how will the city deal with new variants and avoid shutdowns? >> so we are opening at a high level of case diagnosis. we're at about 30 per 100,000 right now, which as the mayor mentioned, is substantially lower than we were just a few weeks ago. so this is very good news. we know that the rate of the vir

many health care providers work in san francisco, but outside of san francisco.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 be getting vaccinated here. vice versa, if you live in san francisco but you have a health care provider in oakland, you could go to oakland to get vaccinated. the issue is that the bay area is porous and we're all interconnected and we need to get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from various media outlets. why are we reopening with new virus variants circulating? how will the city deal with new variants and avoid shutdowns? >> so we are opening at a high level of case diagnosis. we're at about 30 per 100,000 right now, which as the mayor mentioned, is substantially lower than we were just a few weeks ago. so this is very good news. we know that the rate of the virus spr

we should make that happen in san francisco. that is already in san francisco. we are so far ahead of our commitment to parks. we take that for granted. we all do. we assume this is the way the world is. when you look at so many communities around the country and world, they don't live anywhere near a park. they may not have a backyard and they don't have a park where they can easily take their kids. what an amazing thing. no matter who you are in san francisco, how rich, how poor, if you have real space at home or don't, whether you have a home or not, everyone can access these parks and pools and play grounds and recreational facilities. you may being that happen and thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything that you do. have a wonderful holiday everyone. >> the five most popular words 2020. i am thanking senator weiner not just for being here today but for advocacy for city and park system. he takes his park advocacy all the way to sacramento. it really matters and helps us with state park bonds and opportunities for funding that are so important t

she has served the city and county of san francisco since 2005. she currently serves as our assessor recorder and in that role she is responsible for managing a team of over 200 people. under her leadership, the aassessor's office has reversed a decades old backlog of assessment cases and generating $3.6 billion in property tax revenue annually to support public services in san francisco. had it not been for carmen's leader snip that role, we would have a budget that was deficient in the amount of $3.6 billion. that gives you an indication of how amazing and how valuable she is to san francisco. such achievements have earned her office the prestigious 2020 good government award, an honor recognizing excellence in public sector management and stewardship. she currently serves on the san francisco employees retirement system board where she oversees the investments and policies of a $26 billion public pension system in san francisco. assessor chu has really stepped up during covid to lead our economic recovery task force as one of the co-chairs. thi

we are going to change that in san francisco. thank you both for joining us and now we will open it up to questions from the press. >> thank you mayor breed, thank you chief scott and district attorney boudin for your remarks. we're going to allow our reporters to submit any questions they the first question is for district attorney boudin from the s.f. business times. many small business owners do not feel safe because they have been hit increasingly by break in burglaries and vandalisms because of the pandemic. there is perception that your office is not pursuing prosecution of these cases. what are you doing to assure the victims that there are consequences for property crimes in san francisco? >> thank you so much for the questions and thank you to our business community for helping to create jobs and for weathering an unprecedented year of challenges. no one more than small businesses, because of the constant challenges around health restrictions and around decline in tourism, we know that it's been a year in which many busi

andrea tenor is the operation section chief for san francisco's covid command center. >> if san francisco wants to make sure that their non-english speaking community does president fall through the cracks, why doesn't san francisco lean more on these community clinics that have spent years building this hard-earned trust and have active patient rosters? >> yeah, that is a part of our strategy gentlemen. so working with those clinics is a key part of our strategy. >> reporter: but they don't feel that way. >> i think, you know, as i said, i think if that's -- that's something where we can improve. >> reporter: dr. tenner said san francisco is battling a vaccine supply problem plus they have to ensure clinics are prepared. last week we told you about 100,000 doses sitting unused in santa clara county, showing some smaller clinics struggle to administer vaccines as larger entities. the state has been criticized for falling behind on vaccinations. but the value in community clinics isn't quantity, their organizers say, it's equity. >> and certainly i think as we are working through this, aga

mlb team the san francisco giants played at candlestick from 1960-1999. fans came to see players such a willie mays and barry bonds, over 38 seasons in the open ballpark. an upper deck expansion was added in the 1970s. there are two world series played at the stick in 1962 and in 198 9. during the 1989 world series against the oakland as they were shook by an earthquake. candlestick's enclosure had minor damages from the quake but its design saved thousands of lives. nfl team the san francisco 49ers played at candlestick from feign 71-2013. it was home to five-time super bowl champion teams and hall of fame players by joe montana, jerry rice and steve jones. in 1982, the game-winning touchdown pass from joe montana to dwight clark was known as "the catch." leading the niners to their first super bowl. the 49ers hosted eight n.f.c. championship games including the 2001 season that ended with a loss to the new york giants. in 201, the last event held at candlestick park was a concert by paul mccartney who played with the beatles in 1966, the stadium's first

we moved to san francisco early on.e mission district and moved out to daily city and bounced back to san francisco. we lived across the street from the ups building. for me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. when i was seven-years-old and i'm in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. i have to make sure that we do our homework. it's a lot of responsibility for a kid. the weekends were always for family. we used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new mission theater and then afterwards going to kentucky fried chicken. that was big for us. we get kentucky fried chicken on sunday. whoa! go crazy! so for me, home is having something where you are all together. whether it's just together for dinner or whether it's together for breakfast or sharing a special moment at the holidays. whether it's thanksgiving or christmas or birthdays. that is home. being so close to berkley and oakland and san fra

san francisco same thing. santa rosa, 38%. so well below 50%.we hope that in march and april we can get some more rain and bring the numbers up. live doppler 7, no rain right now as you take a look at the temperatures. the wind is playing a role in holding the numbers up. mostly 50s and 60s. we do have a few outlying areas where we have drop down the 40s. from our sutro tower camera look at san francisco tonight, and it is sparkling. gusty winds overnight. strongest over the hills. we're looking at bright and breezy tomorrow afternoon, and winds increasing again on saturday. here is the hour-by-hour forecast. over 30, 40-mile-per-hour winds at midnight, but notice the offshore winds begin to dial back, especially tomorrow morning, even though it's still going to be breezy in some parts of the bay area, not nearly as strong as what we've been experiencing today. as we head into the afternoon, breezy along the coastline. most other areas will see those winds coming down as well. temperatures in the morning, 40s, 50s with high clouds. unless you're

they keep san francisco grounded and keep san francisco san francisco. i urge you to pass this legislation as fast as possible. be champions of small business and pressure the mayor and board members to take more action towards saving the small business from the worst economic catastrophe in generations. thank you. i yield my time. >> next speaker, please. >> good morning, supervisors. thank you for championing this, all of you. it is a group effort. i appreciate it. it takes a village. i am the president of the council district merchants and long time san francisco and owner of the four locations in some of your districts. thank you. i urge you to approve this without any restrictions. i hope this will be just one of numerous aids to come to help small business. we need to be able to thrive not only thrive but recover. i invite you all to make a commitment and not to pass any legislation that will impede any sort of business growth or economic vitality. when you give us room to grow, we grow and put money in the coverers and bring in people to spend mon

we are going to change that in san francisco. thank you both for joining us and now we will open it up to questions from the press. >> thank you mayor breed, thank you chief scott and district attorney boudin for your remarks. we're going to allow our reporters to submit any questions they the first question is for district attorney boudin from the s.f. business times. many small business owners do not feel safe because they have been hit increasingly by break in burglaries and vandalisms because of the pandemic. there is perception that your office is not pursuing prosecution of these cases. what are you doing to assure the victims that there are consequences for property crimes in san francisco? >> thank you so much for the questions and thank you to our business community for helping to create jobs and for weathering an unprecedented year of challenges. no one more than small businesses, because of the constant challenges around health restrictions and around decline in tourism, we know that it's been a year in which many busi

san francisco.in oakland. looking at low 50s in mountain view. 52, half moon bay. looking at our pier 39 camera, plenty of clouds. if you are an early riser, you managed some sun. right now, numbers are pretty mild from the mid-40s in livermore to about 52 in novato. from mt. tam, we could see a chance of showers late in the afternoon, sonoma county, maybe isolated showers over the hills. but the weak system arrives tomorrow with more widespread rain. cloudy, chance of showers today. lingering showers for the holiday on presidents' day. we rank our storm systems, and this one certainly a weak one, a level 1 with the spotty showers today. more widespread rain with the passage of a weak system tomorrow. and that will provide for slick roadways. so hour by hour tap with spotty showers in the north bay. this is 7:30. it will take a while to see activity, but don't be surprised if you get mist or drizzle tomorrow morning, maybe some wet pavement, but it's towards the later morning hours we see the system

sarah, you're on the ground in chinatown in san francisco. what's been the impact on the community financially, emotionally, mentally? >> i think it's definitely a huge impact. as you can see, a lot of our senior population do not feel safe in the community. and most of the families with young children do not feel safe at the same time. we really want to raise awareness and get help and call for all the major stakeholders like a mayor and our board supervisor to help support efforts to help insure that not only do the victim and survivor get the services they need, but how do we do prevention and intervention programs. >> as part of that, today, cyc is one of six groups that joined together this morning, held this news conference to really call for not necessarily more policing, but as you said, other forms of investments in the community to prevent these attacks. maybe give us a little more examples of the three, you know, approaches that you're talking about, and examples for each. >> right. since last year, with the escalation of violence,

who may not live in san francisco and who may receive healthcare in san francisco and these vaccines are administered in san francisco so we're always looking at the number of san francisco residents as well the number of doses administered in san francisco and so we're making progress with vaccines coverage and it is slower than any of us would like and we've talked about those challenge and details the last health commission meeting and we are building a ecosystem of vaccine delivery focused in communities we will give shots in the arms, particularly in the populations most effected and those dying which is people 55 over and death in san francisco so getting vaccines into arms and we asked them to stay together and it's a long tunnel but we hopefully will get there. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you. mark, shall we take public comment on this portion and commissioner comments or questions before moving forward? >> at your pleasure, if that is what you would like. i saw one hand. if you would like to make comment on this portion of item 4, please press star 3. you will each ha

by the way the most beautiful church in san francisco i ke lt . y cathho et' ae lives around here has a kind of impression. they were not, sing saint dominic's is doing really well. get the newsletter from the dominicans, with 20 new vocations issue. they seem to be doing something right. speak of theirs to success, pershing in place of the conventional wisdom says maybe we shouldn't hurt san francisco is a pretty secular city. we got this fantastic church. same thing is important, something is in seattle. tempting los angeles. then again, at our university center at the universities, our ministries are flourishing. and it's also reflected in the fact that men are showing up. we are growing. which is incredible. it think these days we talked about the priest shortage, and all the bad news in the olofnew especially our vocation numbers being up. and a lot joining. and doubling up in this way. >> i've had that impression. but it's a long course of discernment. >> yeah, and they are sticking it out. >> our retention rate is much higher than it has be

sector, but also in the san francisco unified school district. i currently work at ucsf, leveraging ucsf resources to help get at both health and economic equity leveraging, or economic and science resources to support getting equity in san francisco. that has included work on reducing diabetes and chronic disease disparities. but i've worked as a street outreach worker for the mayor's gang prevention program, at the real alternative's program "rap," and primarily served folks in the commission district and bayview hunter's point my entire life. i lived half of my life in bayview hunter's point before getting displaced there several years ago. so i would need a residency waiver. and i still have family members living in poverty, still have family members living in homelessness in san francisco, and family members recently out of homelessness by way of support through navigation centers, thankfully. so, you know, i would be happy to serve in any way i could serve san francisco. including in this capacity. to bring to bear evidence, whenever possib

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 be getting vaccinated here. vice versa, if you live in san francisco but you have a health care provider in oakland, you could go to oakland to get vaccinated. the issue is that the bay area is porous and we're all interconnected and we need to get vaccines into arms as quickly as possible. >> thank you, dr. colfax. your next question comes from various media outlets. why are we reopening with new virus variants circulating? how will the city deal with new variants and avoid shutdowns? >> so we are opening at a high level of case diagnosis. we're at about 30 per 100,000 right now, which as the mayor mentioned, is substantially lower than we were just a few weeks ago. so this is very good news. we know that the rate of t

san francisco has a network of sites all around the city.e have the capacity of over 10,000 sites where we can do over 10,000 vaccines per day. and that's pretty remarkable, and it is really exciting, especially once we get the supply. we know that we can get them distributed quickly as possible. i really appreciate those who have been vaccinated and have gone to places like masconi center and ucsf, and the really nice notes and positive experiences that you have shared with us going to those sites, and how friendly the people have been, how comfortable they made you feel, and how, of course, how assured you feel knowing you have been vaccinated, and i'm looking forward to everyone in san francisco having that exact same experience. so thank you for sharing just your appreciation to the city, your appreciation to many of our health care workers, our volunteers, and a number of people that are out there helping to vaccinate people as quickly as possible. it definitely takes a village, and we've had a village of support with the department of

are in the san francisco bay. a spill at a chevron is putting locals and wildlife at risk. emily turner is live from richmond with the impact of this massive spill. emily. >> yeah. we are told that you can smell it from where i'm standing last night. it happened right down there behind me. you can see the lights off the shower. for hours locals were told to stay inside in richmond and parts of san pablo. it's not good for wildlife but the full implications remain to be seen. you can see the sheen on top of the water. they had the bumpeers out. it started at about 3:00. it was happening at a rate of five gallons a minute. now it was all down to keller beach as well. authorities were gathering water samples down there with the long wharf in the background. residents in richmond, they were all warned about potentially hazardous air. >> i have never seen this before. i have never seen that before. i have been here 30 years. i have never seen a spill like that before. >> it's a major haul out for harbor seals so expert

we're live in san francisco, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> let's take a close look at san francisco's vaccine rollout to date. so far more than 151,000 doses have been administered. in the city, 764,000 people over the age of 16 are eligible for the shot. 15% of those people have gotten one dose, 4% have gotten that second dose. let's see how california is doing with vaccine distribution. so far the federal government has shipped 8.5 million vaccines to the state. a little over 8 million of those have actually arrived. of that, about 6 million have actually been injected into arms. now, the oakland coliseum getting ready to open as a mass vaccination site. it opens tuesday. but today people who live in alameda county and are eligible for the shot were able to start scheduling those appointments. you have to do that. b.a.r.t. is encouraging people to get their vaccines. anyone headed home from the coliseum after getting a shot can ride b.a.r.t. for free. all you have to do is show your vaccination card. >>> new at 6:00, as more people get vaccinated, some states are actually lifting re

the drug crisis in san francisco is alarming. i never thought i'd see a day we normalize shooting in public. in 2018, my then-colleague, who is now working in the office, had an idea to openly discuss treatment and addiction realities. after our first summit, we sent a call to action, created a working group charged with creating recommendations that would hopefully improve san francisco's response to addiction. historically, policy makers do not include the voices of those in recovery. we're hope to go change that. personally, i recognize, especially in san francisco, addiction is a tough conversation to have. i want to be clear. we are not asking the city to stop any current efforts. rather, we are asking the city to enlarge the solution space until it's big enough to meet our challenges. right now, there are thousands of people in san francisco suffering from addiction. that is the tragedy. in october of 2020, the council made up of 12 city departments including the department of public health, representatives from the mayor's

. >> i'm san francisco mayor london breed. i'm so excite the to be here today to swear in the next assessor-recorder for the city and county of san francisco. joaquin torres. i want to say a few things about joaquin. i known him for so many years. we started off many years ago in city government in the mayor's office in neighborhood services, doing work to help support communities. he has really an incredible personality. he always focused on getting the job done for people who need it the most. it is not a surprise in he's been able to work his way up into numerous positions that has helped steer the city in the right direction. let me just give you an example. when the san francisco housing authority was in trouble, we were having numerous challenges. the federal government threatened to intervene. joaquin torres was appointmented to serve on the commission. at that time, he became the president of the commission and he helped move us in a direction that has allowed for us to get investments to rehab 3400 units to get us off

who may not live in san francisco and who may receive healthcare in san francisco and these vaccines are administered in san francisco so we're always looking at the number of san francisco residents as well the number of doses administered in san francisco and so we're making progress with vaccines coverage and it is slower than any of us would like and we've talked about those challenge and details the last health commission meeting and we are building a ecosystem of vaccine delivery focused in communities we will give shots in the arms, particularly in the populations most effected and those dying which is people 55 over and death in san francisco so getting vaccines into arms and we asked them to stay together and it's a long tunnel but we hopefully will get there. thank you, commissioners. >> thank you. mark, shall we take public comment on this portion and commissioner comments or questions before moving forward? >> at your pleasure, if that is what you would like. i saw one hand. if you would like to make comment on this portion of item 4, please press star 3. you will each ha

vaccine getting to us in san francisco and getting in the arms of people in san francisco is also very, very complex. so the federal government directly allocates a small portion of the doses that it has and then the rest of it gets divided up and allocated by the federal government to the 50 states. once our california share has arrived, then it gets allocated not just to our 58 counties, but also large health care organizations. in fact, in san francisco, two-thirds of the vaccine that is coming into the county is going straight to our health care partners. that's important to realize. as you mentioned, not only are we not receiving all of the allocation, but just a minority, but it's very erratic and unpredictable because of the supply issues. that means we can't know from week to week how many spots we'll have available for people to get vaccinated. the state also determines what the priorities are for vaccination. again, as you said, very important to know. and right now, the priority groups are health care workers and they are people that are 65 and older. these are the people wh

san francisco must pressure the state to improve vaccine priorities, but san francisco can also do itswn actions to ensure vaccine equity and justice. more outreach and making sure that community can go to any community sight rather than go to a health provider. and prioritized occupations you should be going to those who are actually at risk. and when these workers are vaccinated, they should bring along the people they take care of to get vaccinated also. only the county does that. the demand for vaccine equity is a matter of fighting racism and societal racism has rendered so many people who are -- people of color and are disabled. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. okay, operations, let's hear from the next caller, please. welcome. >> good afternoon. my name is jordan. i am a disabled individual. we need vaccine priority for disabled people. they have similar risk factors. guess what? she was able to get her first shot without having the documentation. [indiscernible] i don't recall a time where governor newsom was ever good for this city. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] th

and san francisco wouldn't be san francisco without the queer communities. >> reporter: a new city reliefd for struggling venues could help down the line, but oasis needs a lifeline now. with a little help from his friends who are donating their time and talent, the shine and sparkle may return to oasis. >> i can't imagine having to let it go. >> reporter: in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> well, in the meantime, old st. mary's cathedral in san francisco has survived since 1854, but now it's at risk of closing. the commuter has taken a big hit during the pandemic. it had to cut back on services, of course, which brought down the amount of money raised during collections. the church also relied on donations from tourists who are now gone. church leaders also had to close the preschool and say off staff. >> if you love old st. mary's or our ministry or whether it's our history, our service, the history of this building, we need your support. >> and there is more. the church owes the archdiocese insurance another cost and it also is in need of renovations. there is a gofundme

san francisco legislators and delegation in the capitol. this was a leadership deal, left no time for amendments, no real opportunity for public input. no hearing such as this for the public to call in and to be heard. it was passed on thursday last week and then signed into law by the governor on friday. this news i greet with mixed feelings. in an immediate sense, the state bill provides some peace of mind for impacted tenants that are worried about what would happen today on february 1st, when so many folks had their rent come due. so there's a five-month window before evictions are allowed to move forward and that is certainly very important and good news, particularly in parts of the state that don't have a city council or a board of supervisors that has been passing protections against evictions where these state protections are the only protections that exist at all. so given the proposed 60-day effective period of the emergency legislation that's here before us in committee, and given the length and the timing of the state-wide exte

it gtia li b y ge >>t'ba thotat the bay , r u of east bay to san francisco. no word yet if they've turned on the metering lights but with the pattern, that's likely happened. you are seeing brake lights almost to the 880 over pass. sluggish across upper deck into san francisco so give yourself a few extra minutes. we have reports of a trouble spot south bound 101 in the north bay. two cars and a work truck, a utility truck involved in the crash. most activity is reported to the shoulder but tow crews have been called to the scene. you might see a lane or two blocked as they clear this out of the road way. >> thank you. >>> california is making a big push to boost covid vaccinations in central valley. it could be squeezing vaccine supply in the bay area. that's according to a report in the sacramento bee. take a look at the latest numbers from state department of public health. between february 16 and february 21, seven bay area counties saw a drop in vaccine allocation. solano and san mateo down more than 26%. contra costa and marin, more than 10%. >>> a live

the performing arts in san francisco is what has made san francisco what it is. people are going to need to have these places that they can feel that sense of community and feel that sense of safety. i believe it's going to take more than $1.5 million. even though that's a great start. i support increasing that funding up to $48 million to ensure that we can continue and maintain the legacy that san francisco has. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hi, i'm michelle catel, i'm with the lost church in san francisco. i'm calling in support of the venue recovery fund and also long-term future by increasing that $48 million. venues are part of the culture. san francisco has a story and reputation. i think it's time to make a bold move by at least $48 million so we can regrow that area of culture in san francisco. the tech industry thinks we're moving away. i encourage $48 million to save our local venues. i yield my time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hi, i lived in the bay area 12 years ago. the reason was because i want