koufax, dr. philip for this declaration of a state of emergency, which i think is incredibly important. i'm so proud to be a san franciscan and live in a city where our city as a whole and leadership really value public health and understand what public health is about. just like the city did and our mayor and the department of public health did so quickly at the beginning of the covid pandemic. just like this city did 40 plus years ago when the federal government completely and utterly abandoned our community when gay and bisexual men were just dying in droves, and absolute mass die off and the federal government completely abandoned us and san francisco stood strong and prioritized, focused, and build public health infrastructure to try and save lives. so i'm proud to be a san franciscan. what is frustrating is what is happening now is completely preventable. we need to always remember that. because this won't be the last virus that impacts us. completely preventable, unlike covid and hiv. monk

grant koufax says so far they have received just under 2900 vaccines since the start of june. 2300 of which are showing up this week. >> we are day by day and hour-by-hour but we are committed to giving out as much vaccine as we have and are able to do. >> we are giving out hundreds a day and we need to move more quickly than that. >> rafael introducing a resolution to help speed up the response. >> we see the problem and we know there is a response. unlike hiv-aids, there is a treatment, a vaccine we can give out right now. but we just don't have enough of it. it is very frustrating. >> with plans in place to work with community-based organizations to help those at the highest risk, once more, supply starts to roll in. correct the new district attorney is promising to crack down on the tenderloin's open-air drug market. >> no longer can children and families and our elderly residents have to walk through the situations i walked through this morning. seeing the drug dealing, the open drug use on the street, that is not something we can tolerate in the tenderloin any longer. >> jenkins

will help us with in san francisco is the director of the department of public health doctor grant koufax. san francisco mayor london breed. they're at a news conference talking about the declaration in the city of san francisco, a state of emergency tied to monkeypox, lgbtq activists and really, health leaders have been sounding the alarm about monkeypox for weeks, the city now taking an act, hereby declaring that state of emergency as the mayor said 281 cases in san francisco. looking at the state numbers is about 800. so just doing the quick math. 35% of the cases right now in california are in the city of san francisco will continue to monitor this news conference and get you updated on that coming up tonight on the six o'clock news gas new at five, though caught in the act, emeryville police say they arrested a suspect stealing mail from a condominium complex, but it's what else they recover. that's proving mail theft is on the rise. ktvu brooks jarocz joins us now from the newsroom with the story brooks jarocz load of evidence. investigators say the suspect had £37 of unopened stole