the team of our district attorney bodine and mary ellen carol and her team at the department department of emergency management for allowing us to have the resources to help our domestic violence victims. we think the text 911 will be a game changer and will enhance public safety in our city. so i want to thank and -- and applaud the mayor and director carol and our district attorney for making that happen. to be able to provide the lifeline for those who are distressed but can't call 911. often people who aren't in a safe place can't call 911 so this resource is a game changer. our city's public safety dispatcher at the department of emergency management do a fantastic job every day. and they do the dispatch of our police officers to particularly domestic violence calls are

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirmed cases wit

through the leadership of mary ellen carol and her team we reached out to people to really give the education to the public about what needs to happen with this pandemic. what needs to happen is we need to stay true to the social distancing that public health officials have mandated. six feet apart, no gathering, social distancing when you go to grocery stores and the like, make sure you social distance and you practice those things. last time i was here i predicted there will be a time where we have to site. that time has come. we have begun citing. i will make this clear for the business owners and the mayor has done everything and continues to do everything possible to lighten the blow and we know this is a drastic impact to people's leaves. we have to abide by public health orders. we warned businesses, many of them, several of them rather, that they were nonessential and when those businesses have been contacted we have taken incident reports. those incident reports can lead to criminal or civil action, but if we have to go back, we are not going to ask twice. we have had to cite a busin

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol thank you to the press for accommodating ts

start by first thanking mayor breed, her team, the team of our district attorney bodine and mary ellen carol and her team at the department department of emergency management for allowing us to have the resources to help our domestic violence victims. we think the text 911 will be a game changer and will enhance public safety in our city. so i want to thank and -- and applaud the mayor and director carol and our district attorney for making that happen. to be able to provide the lifeline for those who are distressed but can't call 911. often people who aren't in a safe place can't call 911 so this resource is a game changer. our city's public safety dispatcher at the department of emergency management do a fantastic job every day. and they do the dispatch of our police officers to particularly domestic violence calls are critical. those situations can be time is of the essence. so we are very thankful for them and for the partnership. we also want to thank the people who made this come together, the text 911 service will provide an important way for people to reach out for help. and it will

breathing any >>and that's why these new guidelines are imptant to enforce director mary aaron mary ellen caroll says they enforce lots of behaviors that officials had already started noticing. such as distancing at grocery stores. they also give businesses some clear guidelines on how to conduct business during this uncertain time so many businesses of course are trying to find ways to stay afloat any way they can and these guidelines can kind of help make sure that they do everything correctly of course if you haven't yet the department of emergency management is also encouraging all san franciscans to sign up for alerts sf by texting your zip code to the number 8, 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, that way you're alert will be tailored to your area. not sure if you got these already, but tonight they did send out the new guidelines by text for everyone in the city who has signed up and you can kind of go ahead and look they're on their website for all of the information am alright noel, thank you for that. >>as people wait in long lines at grocery stores and have a difficult time finding some items grocery stor

grant colfax, director of the department of emergency management, mary ellen carole, director of the department of human services, trent rohr, the director of the department of homeless services, abigail khan, as well as the director of the department of the mta, jeff tumlin, the police chief, bill scott. and we have a special guest today from the interfaith council, michael pappas, who will speak directly after my comments. as of today we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus. and sadly, ten people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a really challenging time for san francisco. and what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference, is to reiterate the importance of staying at home. we know that a couple of weekends ago we had some real challenges with that, and as a result, over the past two weekends, people have complied and have been wonderful. we also think weather may have played a role in that, because it was raining and probably wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i just want to remind people, it's important t

battle-tested as far as emergencies we've been having with the rim fire and other things, that mary ellen carole who used to be our emergency point person is now head of d.e.m. and now she's identifying folks who she feels can come right in and sit in. and a lot of those folks are our people. so we're like, wait a minute, time out, we need these folks as well. so it's sort of a good thing, but we're opening up the doc and we're going to work together on how we can better balance doing our services and making sure that we protect our workers as well. >> to that end, i'll add we're sending folks to training specific to refresh that emergency response as g.m. kelly mentioned. the last time we went through something like this, it was the rim fire, so it's been a little bit. we want to capture people who haven't gone through that experience. that is going to be happening this week in preparation for activating our own doc. >> how about we've heard a lot about sick leave, how are we dealing with that? >> sure. so we're essentially expanding the use of sick leave as necessary and also relaxing certain

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san franc

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have

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mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san franc

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san franc

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san franc

start by first thanking mayor breed, her team, the team of our district attorney bodine and mary ellen carol and her team at the department department of emergency management for allowing us to have the resources to help our domestic violence victims. we think the text 911 will be a game changer and will enhance public safety in our city. so i want to thank and -- and applaud the mayor and director carol and our district attorney for making that happen. to be able to provide the lifeline for those who are distressed but can't call 911. often people who aren't in a safe place can't call 911 so this resource is a game changer. our city's public safety dispatcher at the department of emergency management do a fantastic job every day. and they do the dispatch of our police officers to particularly domestic violence calls are critical. those situations can be time is of the essence. so we are very thankful for them and for the partnership. we also want to thank the people who made this come together, the text 911 service will provide an important way for people to reach out for help. and it will

through the leadership of mary ellen carol and her team we reached out to people to really give the education to the public about what needs to happen with this pandemic. what needs to happen is we need to stay true to the social distancing that public health officials have mandated. six feet apart, no gathering, social distancing when you go to grocery stores and the like, make sure you social distance and you practice those things. last time i was here i predicted there will be a time where we have to site. that time has come. we have begun citing. i will make this clear for the business owners and the mayor has done everything and continues to do everything possible to lighten the blow and we know this is a drastic impact to people's leaves. we have to abide by public health orders. we warned businesses, many of them, several of them rather, that they were nonessential and when those businesses have been contacted we have taken incident reports. those incident reports can lead to criminal or civil action, but if we have to go back, we are not going to ask twice. we have had to cite a busin

start by first thanking mayor breed, her team, the team of our district attorney bodine and mary ellen carol and her team at the department department of emergency management for allowing us to have the resources to help our domestic violence victims. we think the text 911 will be a game changer and will enhance public safety in our city. so i want to thank and -- and applaud the mayor and director carol and our district attorney for making that happen. to be able to provide the lifeline for those who are distressed but can't call 911. often people who aren't in a safe place can't call 911 so this resource is a game changer. our city's public safety dispatcher at the department of emergency management do a fantastic job every day. and they do the dispatch of our police officers to particularly domestic violence calls are critical. those situations can be time is of the essence. so we are very thankful for them and for the partnership. we also want to thank the people who made this come together, the text 911 service will provide an important way for people to reach out for help. and it will

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas well as director of the department of m.t.a., jeff tumlin, police chief, bill scott, and we have a special guest today from the interface council who will be speaking directly after my comments. as of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a challenging time for san francisco. what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. we know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. we also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i want be to remind people. it is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. we may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that san franc

through the leadership of mary ellen carol and her team we reached out to people to really give the education to the public about what needs to happen with this pandemic. what needs to happen is we need to stay true to the social distancing that public health officials have mandated. six feet apart, no gathering, social distancing when you go to grocery stores and the like, make sure you social distance and you practice those things. last time i was here i predicted there will be a time where we have to site. that time has come. we have begun citing. i will make this clear for the business owners and the mayor has done everything and continues to do everything possible to lighten the blow and we know this is a drastic impact to people's leaves. we have to abide by public health orders. we warned businesses, many of them, several of them rather, that they were nonessential and when those businesses have been contacted we have taken incident reports. those incident reports can lead to criminal or civil action, but if we have to go back, we are not going to ask twice. we have had to cite a busin

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirmed cases wit

through the leadership of mary ellen carol and her team we reached out to people to really give the educationthe public about what needs to happen with this pandemic. what needs to happen is we need to stay true to the social distancing that public health officials have mandated. six feet apart, no gathering, social distancing when you go to grocery stores and the like, make sure you social distance and you practice those things. last time i was here i predicted there will be a time where we have to site. that time has come. we have begun citing. i will make this clear for the business owners and the mayor has done everything and continues to do everything possible to lighten the blow and we know this is a drastic impact to people's leaves. we have to abide by public health orders. we warned businesses, many of them, several of them rather, that they were nonessential and when those businesses have been contacted we have taken incident reports. those incident reports can lead to criminal or civil action, but if we have to go back, we are not going to ask twice. we have had to cite a business

grant colfax and we are joined by police chief bill scott, the director of emergency management, mary ellen carol and thank you to the press for accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. i also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of san francisco. this weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. the streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that we'll be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. it will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. we may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, i'm sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. as of today, we have 374 confirmed cases wit