. >> reporter: it was just last wednesday that the mayor announced plans to move people into moscone west, saying that moving the home's population into hotels was challenging. >> i know we have thousands of hotel rooms here in san francisco, and i know people are asking why don't we just open the doors and let everyone who is homeless get access to a hotel room? and i wish it were that easy. >> they haven't even put in barriers. i mean, they haven't even done the plastic sheeting between the beds. >> reporter: jennifer is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness. >> they are afraid. they feel like the city is killing them. >> reporter: three newly confirmed cases of covid-19 at shelters have only added to the concern that the providers have, that the city has waited until people are sick to move them. >> i think obviin an ideal setting we would move everyone into private hotel rooms, that would be the best. >> reporter: the hotel industry is stepping up to help, partially because they themselves are struggling. 406 the cities 215 hotels have temporarily closed, and a major

when it re-opens, moscone west will be used to keep people who are recovering from covid-19. >>> and then word got out over the weekend the city was considering the land with other properties, and abc 7 spoke about that plan. >> this is moving quite quickly, and they learned lessons from moscone west, with people testing positive which i raised as a huge concern, and the only reason we should be doing this is to make sure people don't get sick. >> the city could still use the proprty but as an overflow medical facility. >>> are you craving a burger but can't get one because you are staying at home, and shake shack is making diy kits for the bay area. there are fresh patties, the sauce, and potato rolls and cheese. it costs $49 and you can order it on uber eats. >>> we are seeing so much gratitude around the bay area and wanted to share some of the stories with you. one example is this special sign with a simple message. dear, mailman, thank you and stay safe. >> i took pictures of them because i did feel something, you know. i am appreciative of the way they responded to that. felt r

>> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west. we opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing things that need do

if they choose to, they can receive a shot at the moscone west shelter with the appropriate physical distancing as well. the second shelter that we are setting up is at the palace of fine arts. it has room for 160 individuals. because this response is so fluid, what we are doing is setting up this shelter to respond to whatever need that may emerge. we are currently not planning to move individuals into that shelter at this time, but we have that under agreement and it makes sense to have relief valve of 160 slots for individuals should that need arise. we are in constant conversation with the department of homelessness and supportive housing, city department of public health regarding the potential use for this space. so i just want be to wrap up again by restating the populations we are providing hotel rooms to so we are clear. covid positive and persons under investigation, they have had a test and need quarantined and they can't at home. vulnerable individuals on the streets and shelters to provide a safe place to protect from the virus. first line responders. we are planning for

. >>> and then downsizing the shelter at moscone west. crews are now cleaning it and when it opens moscone west will be housing people who recovered from covid-19. >>> and voters in wisconsin will go to the polls today. the democratic governor called off the election because of coronavirus concerns. >>> number 6, heads up to our essential workers that need to be taking bart starting tomorrow. system wide, bart trains will be running 30 minutes for all weekday lines. >>> expect more sunshine and fewer showers, and we don't even need a storm impact scale. temperatures steady until they launch into the 70s this weekend. >>> we have new developments this morning with the navy captain fired amidst a coronavirus virus outbreak on a ship. acting navy secretary is apologizing after calling pwroezer stupid. a memo leaked to "the chronicle" and expressed his concerns about the navy's handling on what was going on on the "uss roosevelt." >> if he didn't think that information was going to get out into the public, and this information age that we liv

department of real estate, city attorneys and department of public health and in the case for moscone west we can't thank the director of the convention e confacilities for helping us set up th the space. it is amazing the level of work, expertise and partnership in the city. there is no way we could do this alone. no way the department of health can manage alone. mayor breed is steadfast in her leadership and guidance andy serves a lot of credit for the way the city has responded. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am assembly member david chu. i have been in touch with my legislative colleagues around the state regularly. what has been apparent to all of us is the leadership of san francisco and the bay area during this coronavirus we have been setting the standard, leading the way. i want to take a moment to thank everyone who is part of the emergency response and the public health response and the response to the economic challenges we are facing. the decisions that have been made earlier here in our region and our city have been setting the gold standard. i just want to come to thank you

department of real estate, city attorneys and department of public health and in the case for moscone west we can't thank the director of the convention e confacilities for helping us set up th the space. it is amazing the level of work, expertise and partnership in the city. there is no way we could do this alone. no way the department of health can manage alone. mayor breed is steadfast in her leadership and guidance andy serves a lot of credit for the way the city has responded. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am assembly member david chu. i have been in touch with my legislative colleagues around the state regularly. what has been apparent to all of us is the leadership of san francisco and the bay area during this coronavirus we have been setting the standard, leading the way. i want to take a moment to thank everyone who is part of the emergency response and the public health response and the response to the economic challenges we are facing. the decisions that have been made earlier here in our region and our city have been setting the gold standard. i just want to come to thank you

. >> now the city is still working to open moscone west, don't help within the homeless population. >> now with the opening of moscone west, we will be able to accomplish that in a much more effective way. >> california's governor also acknowledging the homelessness crisis and he will have more details on a statewide response on friday. >> this time tomorrow we will specifically be laying those things out. >> homelessness advocates say the current pandemic is a perfect example of why they believe homelessness is at its core, a healthcare issue. they say going forward they will be looking for long-term fixes to homelessness.>>> a new food map resource is available in the south bay. the city of san jose and their schools have partnered with the second harvest food bank. you can find the interactive map, and it shows more than 400 locations where people in need can get food. it also details free meals for seniors and children as well as locations of food banks and which restaurants are open for pickup. >>> looking into the weather, we've got rain coming your way as we head into the bay a

my understanding right now is moscone west is the only shelter expansion. they mixed the plans for the other two at the tennis club and the palace of fine arts, correct? >> i am not certain of the status of the tennis club or palace of fine arts. i will get back to you on that. i think you are correct. other than the fact there is some expansion of hours and services at the existing shelter system in the city. in terms of new shelter beds, the west is the significant one at this point. >> the major expense thus far is for moscone west? >> i believe so. i think the state has provided a certain number of trailers at a lesser expense. we can certainly pull together a summary for you of the shelter-related costs. >> that would be great. i would appreciate that. will fema be for 60 or 65 and older? >> i believe the current fema guidance is 65 and older, which differs somewhat from the city's guidance of 60 and older as the vulnerable population. >> what are the other categories people that fema will reimburse anyone with out a home that is covid-19 positive? >>

>> thank you for the opportunity to clarify the status at moscone west. it is not being used for shelter-thinning. shelter thinning is being moved into hotel rooms. moscone west is in the process of being developed for medical stepdown, people who are post covid and still require shelter but are safer to be in a congregate setting due to their medical status. >> thank you. those are your questions. the next questions are for director trent rohr, human services agency. >> reporter: first question, from san francisco examiner. of the 15 who died, could you tell us how many were homeless, how many were in nursing homes and if so, how many city employees and how many died in hospitals? >> that question is most appropriately directed to the director of public health. >> okay, so why don't we go ahead and go to john sing, san francisco chronicle. mayor breed stated it is not easy to ensure staffing. what is done to ensure there are enough case monitors? >> similar to the human services agency, we have a department of operations center here. the city's departmen

my understanding right now is moscone west is the only shelter expansion. they mixed the plans for the other two at the tennis club and the palace of fine arts, correct? >> i am not certain of the status of the tennis club or palace of fine arts. i will get back to you on that. i think you are correct. other than the fact there is some expansion of hours and services at the existing shelter system in the city. in terms of new shelter beds, the west is the significant one at this point. >> the major expense thus far is for moscone west? >> i believe so. i think the state has provided a certain number of trailers at a lesser expense. we can certainly pull together a summary for you of the shelter-related costs. >> that would be great. i would appreciate that. will fema be for 60 or 65 and older? >> i believe the current fema guidance is 65 and older, which differs somewhat from the city's guidance of 60 and older as the vulnerable population. >> what are the other categories people that fema will reimburse anyone with out a home that is covid-19 positive? >>

>> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west. we opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing things that need do

mayor london breed originally planned to then out the shelter population with mega shelters like moscone west. would you move your family into that shelter? of course not. monday, the maversed course on that, saying homeless individuals over the age of 60, and initial with underlying health conditions will be prioritized for hotel rooms. today the board of supervisors introduced an emergency ordinance that goes further and faster than that. it immediately would begin pulling people out of shelters and placing them in hotels. >> every single hour that we wait, we are putting people at risk. >> reporter: the ordinance reallocates 8,250 private hotel rooms secured by the city. 7,000 would go to the homeless. 750 would be for front line workers, and 500 would go to those in need of medical quarantine. supervisors are demanding people be placed in hotels by april 26th, when the virus is expected to peak in california. mayor breeze issued this statement which reads in part we are moving forward with getting our vulnerable residents into hotel rooms. the city is moving at an unprecedented pace under

specifically, the change we made to moscone west, the changes we are making around the hotel rooms that we are fortunate enough to have access to and to provide the staffing for those particular locations. that will ensure safety. that will ensure that when we provide a room to someone that person is the only person who is in that rumor that person with their family members. that we are working with the hotels, that we are providing the 24 hour care and support, laundry service, food and all of the things needed. that takes a lot of people. it takes a lot of people who are part of our work force and the reality we are this is that some of those people are afraid. they are afraid to come to work. we want to make sure when we set these systems up we are not only providing places for people to be during this crisis but we are providing protection for those we are expecting to put their live on the line. we are expanding our capacity significantly quickly, and that takes a plan that is focused, that is developed, that is consistent, that is something we can actually deliver. that is really

>> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west. we opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing things that need do

next step is to provide them access to one of our expanded shelter systems like the one open in moscone west. the goal is to deal with public health and make sure our hospitals are not inundated with people who don't need to be in the hospital because we need to preserve those beds for people who are really, really sick. there are people who have those symptoms and they are not in need of a hospital bed, but for those who are in need of one, we have got to keep our system clear to make sure they have access to one. in the past when trent rhorer provided updates about the categories of people that will receive hotel rooms, i want to just reiterate, our goal is to serve public health and to provide access to hotel rooms for those who don't need to be hospitalized but have been tested positive with covid-19. we also have plans to provide hotel rooms for our elderly homeless population, those over 60, those who have underlying conditions and those who are in our shelter system now so that people are able -- so that we are able to practice social distancing in the shelter system now. the goal is

department of real estate, city attorneys and department of public health and in the case for moscone west we can't thank the director of the convention e confacilities for helping us set up th the space. it is amazing the level of work, expertise and partnership in the city. there is no way we could do this alone. no way the department of health can manage alone. mayor breed is steadfast in her leadership and guidance andy serves a lot of credit for the way the city has responded. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am assembly member david chu. i have been in touch with my legislative colleagues around the state regularly. what has been apparent to all of us is the leadership of san francisco and the bay area during this coronavirus we have been setting the standard, leading the way. i want to take a moment to thank everyone who is part of the emergency response and the public health response and the response to the economic challenges we are facing. the decisions that have been made earlier here in our region and our city have been setting the gold standard. i just want to come to thank you

. >> i did talk with a restaurant owner in that care near moscone west and some of the folks that livedround there. no one had any major issue with the decision to house the homeless at that location. certainly lot of heavy hearts for those individuals. dan, ama, now back to you. >> thank you so much, j.r. >>> in the south bay at the santa clara county fairgrounds dozens of cots and other supplies arrived today. they're being turn sbood a makeshift shelter for the homeless. this will provide a place to practice social distancing. >> with the pandemic hitting bay area businesses very hard, some tenant rights groups are calling for statewide rent strike next month. cornell barnard has that story. >> we have had all of our events through june cancel. >> tara thomas is a wedding floral designer but all the weddings she was planning are now gone to the coronavirus shelter-in-place order. now the rent is due. >> right now it's really a choice between making sure i have enough money for food and for health care versus rent. >> monica perez is a teacher from pittsburgh with two kids to support

. >> i did talk with a restaurant owner in that care near moscone west and some of the folks that lived around there. no one had any major issue with the decision to house the homeless at that location. certainly lot of heavy hearts for those individuals. dan, ama, now back to you. >> thank you so much, j.r. >>> in the south bay at the santa clara county fairgrounds dozens of cots and other supplies arrived today. they're being turn sbood a makeshift shelter for the homeless. this will provide a place to practice social distancing. >> with the pandemic hitting bay area businesses very hard, some tenant rights groups are calling for statewide rent strike next month. cornell barnard has that story. >> we have had all of our events through june cancel. >> tara thomas is a wedding floral designer but all the weddings she was planning are now gone to the coronavirus shelter-in-place order. now the rent is due. >> right now it's really a choice between making sure i have enough money for food and for health care versus rent. >> monica perez is a teacher from pittsburgh with support and a mort

my understanding right now is moscone west is the only shelter expansion. they mixed the plans for the other two at the tennis club and the palace of fine arts, correct? >> i am not certain of the status of the tennis club or palace of fine arts. i will get back to you on that. i think you are correct. other than the fact there is some expansion of hours and services at the existing shelter system in the city. in terms of new shelter beds, the west is the significant one at this point. >> the major expense thus far is for moscone west? >> i believe so. i think the state has provided a certain number of trailers at a lesser expense. we can certainly pull together a summary for you of the shelter-related costs. >> that would be great. i would appreciate that. will fema be for 60 or 65 and older? >> i believe the current fema guidance is 65 and older, which differs somewhat from the city's guidance of 60 and older as the vulnerable population. >> what are the other categories people that fema will reimburse anyone with out a home that is covid-19 positive? >>

yeah, the city has very congested shelters so they are hoping to get 400 people moved into the moscone west, and 30 people today they hope to get in, and then the rest over a period of time. this is about getting the congested shelters -- there's only three feet between each cot, and they already have cots moved into the moscone center, and they will have six feet or more between the homeless population as they are sleeping in the vacant convention center, and they will get meals and television and showers while here at the moscone center. and then we are talking about almost 1,000 cases of positive covid-19 there in santa clara county, and this also targeting the homeless population there, and also hoping to get that social distancing by getting the homeless in the fair grounds and giving them wide open spaces and more space between the vulnerable population. back here in san francisco the city already leased about 500 hotel rooms for the homeless, hoping to get another 2,000 by next week, and hoping to nail down two more leases on big pwaeldin buildings like this one to get them that spac

moscone west will be transformed into a temporary homeless shelter. 400 cots have been laid out in the convention center. the goal is to help the homeless better social distance. >>> number four. everyone in los angeles is encouraged to wear a nonmedical mask. that is the recommendation from the city's mayor. this comes the same day as the state department of public health announced wearing masks combined with other measures. >>> dr. anthony fauci now has personal security at all times. someone is sending him death threats. he encouraged president trump to shut down the country which aggravated several right wing personalities. >>> number six. get outside, even if it's in your backyard today and tomorrow while it's dry and pretty mild because we've got wet, cold weather this weekend. the chance of thunderstorms. and even snow down to 3,500 feet. >>> and number seven. overall our major roads across the bay area are looking great. taking a live look right now showing you san jose, 101 and clear conditions in the area. >>> the singer behind the hit song "stacy's mom" has died from complic

the shelteres by relocating some in makeshift shelters, including the city's convention center, moscone west. and it could still leave roughly 5,000 unsheltered people in the streets. >> this is a ticking time bomb. >> reporter: san francisco supervis supervisor matt hayne yip says most of the homeless are in his strunt. >> people on the streets now n the shouded shelters harks is where the worst places the virus can be spread. >> reporter: are you wor rired it can be an outbreak there? >> it's a dense environment and people are not spaced. it could spread quickly. it's terrifying. it puts everybody in the city a risk. if it spreads e to people on the strees n shelters, it's going to affect all of us. >> reporter: reducing the homeless encampments is a top priority for mayor breed. the city is encouraging tens as a first line of for the thousands of home ms that could gnt in shelter. we counted 18 tents on one block. jeff manages the city's outreach team. >> if somebody sneezes inside their tent, it's better than if they are lying next to somebody in the open air. >> jake saps the housing op

>> thank you for the opportunity to clarify the status at moscone west. it is not being used for shelter-thinning. shelter thinning is being moved into hotel rooms. moscone west is in the process of being developed for medical stepdown, people who are post covid and still require shelter but are safer to be in a congregate setting due to their medical status. >> thank you. those are your questions. the next questions are for director trent rohr, human services agency. >> reporter: first question, from san francisco examiner. of the 15 who died, could you tell us how many were homeless, how many were in nursing homes and if so, how many city employees and how many died in hospitals? >> that question is most appropriately directed to the director of public health. >> okay, so why don't we go ahead and go to john sing, san francisco chronicle. mayor breed stated it is not easy to ensure staffing. what is done to ensure there are enough case monitors? >> similar to the human services agency, we have a department of operations center here. the city's departmen

mayor breed moved to rehouse people already in shelters to larger areas like moscone west. the tests spiked to more than 100 over the past week and now she, too, agrees separating people in hotel rooms may be safer and more effective. this new measure says the city has to get all of these rooms ready by april 26th, so that deadline is coming up. fema could reimburse the city tens of millions of dollars but how much money that would be is up in the air. >> those rooms are much needed. san francisco supervisors have approved additional paid sick leave for frontline health care workers. the emergency measure allows two additional weeks for anyone who shows symptoms or is forced to self-quarantine. workers with the largest health care providers are covered in the agreement which takes effect immediately. >>> a live look atsfo on this wednesday morning. some airlines say business is down 90%. this morning some relief for the major airlines which have reached an agreement on a bailout plan. the treasury is expected to release that funding this week. airline stocks soared yesterda

starting next week, moscone west will open up and supplies are delivered this weekend. we are going to use that as a place to thin out shelters so we can start to have places so that people who are living in congregate settings like shelters can be spread out. moscone west will play an important role. i want to talk about hotel rooms. we put out an r.f.p. for hotel rooms to be used for people who are in congregate living settings, homeless as well as first responders and healthcare workers and those who may not want to go home because of concerns around impacting families. we have been able to -- because there is even with the declaration of emergency, there is still insurance to be worked out, staffing needs and security needs and support and resources. so far we have been able to this week secure at least 300 hotel rooms for self-isolating or quarantine for folks in the sro or those who are homeless. we estimate by next week we will secure at least another 3,000. bringing on some much needed hotel rooms, and we will keep working towards making sure that those people w

those unknown costs and work to move people who were already in shelters to large open areas like moscone west. over the last week the number of positive covid-19 tests in the homeless population spiked to more than 100 and now she, too, agrees separating people in hotel rooms may be more effective and safer. ultimately fema could reimburse tens of millions of dollars of this cost back to the city, but that, too, is unknown exactly how much money fema would give back to the city. we're live in san francisco, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> all right, thom, thank you. >>> san francisco supervisors have unanimously approved a new additional paid sick leave. this is for frontline health care workers. the emergency measure allows two additional weeks for anyone who shows symptoms or is forced to self-quarantine. workers with the city's largest health care providers are covered in the agreement which takes effect immediately. >>> here is a live look at sfo on this wednesday morning. some airlines say business is down 90%, but this morning relief is coming for major airlines which reached an agr

mayor london breed is working to move people who were already in shelters to large open areas like moscone west. now she says that having the homeless in hotel rooms may be more effective to stop the spread of the coronavirus. fema could reimburse the city tens of millions of dollars, but the exact amount is unknown. >>> just in, the marin county fair has been canceled and it's just the latest event to be affected by the pandemic. it's been rescheduled for july 1st, 2021. and we're learning that safeway open presented by chevron in napa will be played september 10th to 13th. that's one week earlier than scheduled. this is because of the new pga tour schedule. >>> turning to decision the dem presidency, joe biden. she released this video on twitter this morning. yesterday former president obama endorsed his former running mate. warren is the last of the top democratic contenders to support the former vice president. on monday senator bernie sanders announced his support. >>> a family in livermore is doing something good to help their community. they created a farmers market stand stocked with fr

next step is to provide them access to one of our expanded shelter systems like the one open in moscone west. the goal is to deal with public health and make sure our hospitals are not inundated with people who don't need to be in the hospital because we need to preserve those beds for people who are really, really sick. there are people who have those symptoms and they are not in need of a hospital bed, but for those who are in need of one, we have got to keep our system clear to make sure they have access to one. in the past when trent rhorer provided updates about the categories of people that will receive hotel rooms, i want to just reiterate, our goal is to serve public health and to provide access to hotel rooms for those who don't need to be hospitalized but have been tested positive with covid-19. we also have plans to provide hotel rooms for our elderly homeless population, those over 60, those who have underlying conditions and those who are in our shelter system now so that people are able -- so that we are able to practice social distancing in the shelter system now. the goal is

and i think people have to also understand, for example, at moscone west, where we will have 400 beds open, we were delayed by an additional day because of our inability to completely staff the shelter beds we have available. if this is not just something we can do. we have to protect the people who were actually working with the population as well and we have to make sure we have the capacity. we are expanding our capacity like never before in addition to getting access to these hotel rooms are. for example, when we take patients out of the hospitals, which is our priority, those are our covid-19 positive, and move them into hotel rooms, we had to have support their 24/7. we have to make sure they are fed, we need to make sure they never leave those rooms. there is a whole system that has to be implemented that has never been implemented before when managing access to hotel rooms. our focus has been the most vulnerable population. for example, we are providing the folks who don't need a bed, who need to be quarantined, we have already moved many of those patients out of the hospital

moscone west will be transformed into a temporary homeless shelter. 400 cots have been laid out in the help the homeless better social distance. >>> number four. everyone in los angeles is now being encouraged to wear a nonmedical mask. this is the recommendation from the city's mayor. and it comes the same day as the state department of public health announced masks could be helpful when combined with other measures. >>> all right. number five. let's take a look at your forecast for today and it is chilly this morning. mid-30s to mid-40s. a delightful sunny afternoon. a little breezy at times. temperatures in the mid to upper 40s at the coast and low to mid-60s at the bay and mid to upper 60s inland. >>> number six. we have great news for our essential workers that need to head out the door this morning. clear conditions across our bay area roads. taking a live look at the toll plaza. that stalled car that was on the upper deck of the bridge just before treasure island has cleared. >>> number seven dolly parton is launching a new youtube series tonight where she reads bedtime stories

my understanding right now is moscone west is the only shelter expansion. they mixed the plans for the other two at the tennis club and the palace of fine arts, correct? >> i am not certain of the status of the tennis club or palace of fine arts. i will get back to you on that. i think you are correct. other than the fact there is some expansion of hours and services at the existing shelter system in the city. in terms of new shelter beds, the west is the significant one at this point. >> the major expense thus far is for moscone west? >> i believe so. i think the state has provided a certain number of trailers at a lesser expense. we can certainly pull together a summary for you of the shelter-related costs. >> that would be great. i would appreciate that. will fema be for 60 or 65 and older? >> i believe the current fema guidance is 65 and older, which differs somewhat from the city's guidance of 60 and older as the vulnerable population. >> what are the other categories people that fema will reimburse anyone with out a home that is covid-19 positive? >>

>> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west.opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing things that need done b

if they choose to, they can receive a shot at the moscone west shelter with the appropriate physical distancing as well. the second shelter that we are setting up is at the palace of fine arts. it has room for 160 individuals. because this response is so fluid, what we are doing is setting up this shelter to respond to whatever need that may emerge. we are currently not planning to move individuals into that shelter at this time, but we have that under agreement and it makes sense to have relief valve of 160 slots for individuals should that need arise. we are in constant conversation with the department of homelessness and supportive housing, city department of public health regarding the potential use for this space. so i just want be to wrap up again by restating the populations we are providing hotel rooms to so we are clear. covid positive and persons under investigation, they have had a test and need quarantined and they can't at home. vulnerable individuals on the streets and shelters to provide a safe place to protect from the virus. first line responders. we are planning for

if they choose to, they can receive a shot at the moscone west shelter with the appropriate physical distancing as well. the second shelter that we are setting up is at the palace of fine arts. it has room for 160 individuals. because this response is so fluid, what we are doing is setting up this shelter to respond to whatever need that may emerge. we are currently not planning to move individuals into that shelter at this time, but we have that under agreement and it makes sense to have relief valve of 160 slots for individuals should that need arise. we are in constant conversation with the department of homelessness and supportive housing, city department of public health regarding the potential use for this space. so i just want be to wrap up again by restating the populations we are providing hotel rooms to so we are clear. covid positive and persons under investigation, they have had a test and need quarantined and they can't at home. vulnerable individuals on the streets and shelters to provide a safe place to protect from the virus. first line responders. we are planning for

>> mayor breed: let me start by talking about moscone west. we opened a day later, almost 400 shelter beds because we didn't have sufficient staffing to cover what we know we need as it relates to those sellter beds as well as other locations that we need to house people. it is not as simple as we can open up a hotel room except for those who we know can basically self-care, people that we are working within our shelter systems and other places. it is a real challenge. the fact is if there is someone who is diagnosed or suspected of coronavirus they have to stay in that particular hotel room, and we have to make sure that there are resources there, including food, cleaning, security to make sure they don't leave those locations. there is a lot that goes into not only having the resources but making sure the people working with other people, we have to keep them safe. we have to make sure everyone understands the protocol. social distancing applies in the shelters. social distancing applies when people are cleaning and doing things that need do

department of real estate, city attorneys and department of public health and in the case for moscone west can't thank the director of the convention e confacilities for helping us set up th the space. it is amazing the level of work, expertise and partnership in the city. there is no way we could do this alone. no way the department of health can manage alone. mayor breed is steadfast in her leadership and guidance andy serves a lot of credit for the way the city has responded. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am assembly member david chu. i have been in touch with my legislative colleagues around the state regularly. what has been apparent to all of us is the leadership of san francisco and the bay area during this coronavirus we have been setting the standard, leading the way. i want to take a moment to thank everyone who is part of the emergency response and the public health response and the response to the economic challenges we are facing. the decisions that have been made earlier here in our region and our city have been setting the gold standard. i just want to come to thank you fo

department of real estate, city attorneys and department of public health and in the case for moscone westthe director of the convention e confacilities for helping us set up th the space. it is amazing the level of work, expertise and partnership in the city. there is no way we could do this alone. no way the department of health can manage alone. mayor breed is steadfast in her leadership and guidance andy serves a lot of credit for the way the city has responded. thank you. >> good afternoon. i am assembly member david chu. i have been in touch with my legislative colleagues around the state regularly. what has been apparent to all of us is the leadership of san francisco and the bay area during this coronavirus we have been setting the standard, leading the way. i want to take a moment to thank everyone who is part of the emergency response and the public health response and the response to the economic challenges we are facing. the decisions that have been made earlier here in our region and our city have been setting the gold standard. i just want to come to thank you for that. havin