we have made several arrests on burglaries in our city. we want to thank the attorney's office to add the charges of burglary and vandalism during this time of a state of emergency. despite our drop in overall part 1 crimes, i want to highlight that we are taking this issue very seriously. and i also want to highlight and remind people about driving. the california highway patrol has reported that they've seen an 87% jump in violations of people driving more than 100 mph. that is completely unacceptable. we want to remind people that this pandemic does not give anyone the license to drive in a reckless and dangerous manner. please slow down. we know that the streets are easier, but please slow down. we have not had any focus on the deaths since this pandemic started and we want to keep it that way. personal responsibility, as the mayor stated, we all have a personal responsibility to do what is needed, that means driving at lower speeds. those folks who are conducting their travel in a safe way, we thank you and hope everyone else does the

i'm incredibly proud of the achievements of our city workforce, our public agencies and under the leadership of the mayor to provide thousands of hotel rooms to some of the most vulnerable residents. with the addition of the alternative housing program dashboard, to the city's open data attacker, the publi trackee better insight for those in need at this difficult time. as of today, we have 2,741 rooms under contract at 19 hotel locations throughout san francisco. the city has moved over 950 people from shelters, the street or hospitals into hotels thanks to the careful guidance and coordination from the department of public health and supportive housing. i want to emphasize and to clear up any misunderstanding that the city continues to implement or hotel plan and we continue to bring hotel rooms and other housing options online to meet the needs of these vulnerable populations. as i said, we have 2,741 rooms cutely under contract and wcurre have 2,153 rooms. it's important to note that these are all in a negotiation stage and at different stages of the negotiation and some are farther alon

the city is coming to help us. our hotels are staffed with hsh heroes, non-profits, first unite council and ecs of san francisco and many more on the way as well as disaster service workers from city partners. as we scale, we will be reaching out to the most vulnerable outside through the channels and with a careful and clear process in place. we are grateful to ihss which is part of the human services agency who have helped so people can self-care. we are excited that we are exploring a volunteer program that would allow peop

as of today, w we have a total f 1,332 cases coronavirus in our city. if you want more information, specific data around zip code and race and the number of people tested, you can check out our website, data sf.org/covid19. whenever we have accurate information and can provide it to the public, we provide it on our tracker and we made a number of announcements about the expansion of our tracker to include a zip code and to look at some of the despairties that exist in our city. the tracker is helpful in that regard and helpful in making sure that we are allocating resources in the places that need it the most. i want to be clear from the very beginning in our emergency operation's center, we have embedded the office of equity, which is focused on making sure that all of the decisions that we make are looked at through a lense of equity in the communities disadvantaged or left out the larger city-wide response, they get the resources and the support that they need. this past monday, cheryl davis here was to talk about an extensive list of things they're d

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

we must make progress in reducing the spread of coronavirus everywhere, everywhere, in our city or we will not emerge from this pandemic. even though our rates of the data are still incomplete because about a third of test results we receive do not include this information, i still felt it was important to start sharing the emerging picture now. let me walk through the map and explain what it does and does not tell us. the map shows confirmed cases of coronavirus in san francisco by zip code. it is based -- and this is very important -- it is based on the number of people we have tested. as you know, we have not testing nearly everyone. as of today, there are about 11,250 tests that had been reported in san francisco. about 1,200 are positive. the city-wide rate of the tests -- of the positive tests of the tests that had been done is 14.07 per 10,000 people. again, this is important. the map does not show the prevalence or the total number of covid-19 cases in the zip code because most people have not been tested. and i want to stress that no zip code or neighborhood is inherently saf

ist we should be focusing on our town, our cities, our states. >> in terms of your corroboration -- cooperation with the governor, do feel that illinois and the city of chicago is getting everything you need from the federal government? mayor lightfoot: we are not. from the beginning we have been talking about getting more ppe. it has been a big recurring issue, testing. we don't have enough testing at all in the states, certainly in the city. that continues to be an area where we are challenged. we clearly need help from the federal government on that. i also feel like we need to play the hand that we are dealt. we can't wait for the cavalry in the form of the federal government to come and rescue us. our residents demand immediate action. rightfully so. we have been trying to work hard within the constraints that we have to be able to move forward. i am grateful for the cares act and some of the other stimulus that has come so that we get reimbursed for the money we would have to lay out in response to covid-19 but there is a lot more work than is to be done. there are many small businesses t

many of you know that we provided city test s.f. on our peers with the partnership with the port -- to help get city employees tested as quickly as possible. the feedback from city employees is incredible. the response and the ability, you get your time, you go in, you get tested and you get your results back quickly. people are so appreciative of that. so i just want to, again, appreciate and thank the department of public health and the work they're doing with the private sector as well to get these tests up and running. today, we want to announce in addition to pier 30 and 32, we want to announce another site. they're working with the office and the department of public health to create city test s.f. in soma. so the goal is to increase our capacity, although i want to be clear this is not someplace you can walk up to. you have to meet the criteria in order to be tested. we just want to able to test people more quickly, get the results back quickly, so that we can make sure that people are prepared to do what is necessary to, of course,

of our public health response, we have been focused from the very beginning on securing hotels in our city. i want to be clear that our priority has to be public health and so the system that we developed for acquiring hotel rooms has everything to do with that. we had a number of people who were in our hospitals who were in hospital beds that didn't need to be in hospital beds. with that particular population of those who had the virus who do not need hospital beds and who do not have a home to go to or who live in congregate setting thes, we through the hotel program have provided hotel rooms to make sure that they are isolated from other members of the public for the recommended time of two weeks. then the 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 nee

the legacy of our city was at risk. d give up or what we show up and work together to overcome this tragedy? our choice was not to let this act of violence define who we were as a city or who we were as a people. response was quick. our first responders, police, fire, medical community came immediately and people stood in long lines to give blood. our community asked, "what can we do? " people were placing others before themselves and gave birth to what is noun -- now known as the oklahoma city standard. today we remember those who died, those who survived and those changed forever. a promise we have kept for 25 years. once again our nation is at a crisis and we are afraid. we do not know who to turn to -- we know who to turn to -- the great i am, the one who promised we can cast our anxiety upon him because he has promised to never leave or forsake us. so help us not to allow the past to determine our future but to look forward to our mission statement of showing strength and unity in the face of violence. we pray in th

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 help us to effectively respond to those calls for help. so whether you use text 911 or call directly, we want you to know our city emergency responders will be there for you and be ready to respond. i want to emphasize, though, that

as of today, w we have a total f 1,332 cases coronavirus in our city. f you want more information, specific data around zip code and race and the number of people tested, you can check out our website, data sf.org/covid19. whenever we have accurate information and can provide it to the public, we provide it on our tracker and we made a number of announcements about the expansion of our tracker to include a zip code and to look at some of the despairties that exist in our city. the tracker is helpful in that regard and helpful in making sure that we are allocating resources in the places that need it the most. i want to be clear from the very beginning in our emergency operation's center, we have embedded the office of equity, which is focused on making sure that all of the decisions that we make are looked at through a lense of equity in the communities disadvantaged or left out the larger city-wide response, they get the resources and the support that they need. this past monday, cheryl davis here was to talk about an extensive list of things they're do

as you know we're dealing with, you know, a public health emergency in our city. and our state and country, that we have never, never had to encounter before. on behalf of the commission, i urge all d.b.i. staff and customers to follow the instructions under public health officials and to do their part to prevent the spread of covid-19. i applaud the department for taking steps to limit the virus spread such as increase social distancing between the customers and d.b.i. staff, and the more frequent cleaning of commonly shared public services. continue to pay attention to all of the public health instructions and take all of the possible precautions for your own health and your loved ones. be proactive and help to keep each other safe. and that concludes, madam secretary, my comments. >> clerk: is there any public comment on the president's announcement? seeing none, our next item, item 3, general public comment. matters within the commission that are not part of this agen agenda. >> good morning, my name is jerry grantler. the resignation of tom huey in the march 1

of our public health response, we have been focused from the very beginning on securing hotels in our city. i want to be clear that our priority has to be public health and so the system that we developed for acquiring hotel rooms has everything to do with that. we had a number of people who were in our hospitals who were in hospital beds that didn't need to be in hospital beds. with that particular population of those who had the virus who do not need hospital beds and who do not have a home to go to or who live in congregate setting thes, we through the hotel program have provided hotel rooms to make sure that they are isolated from other members of the public for the recommended time of two weeks. then the 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 nee

lastly, our frontline city workers who are vital, of course, to our ability to handle the pandemic. and we're securing rooms to limit their exposure to the covid-19 virus as well as to prevent them from exposing their family members. our current plan is based upon the most recent guidance from federal and state authorities and city partners, both with public health and the department of homelessness and supportive housing. and our goal based on the populations noted above is to secure over 7,000 hotel rooms. thanks to the leadership of mayor breed -- and i've mentioned this before -- we recognized early on the need for rooms. we met with the hotel council. we released requests to get bids from hotels, received an overwhelming response, dozens and dozens of hotels, totalling over 11,000 rooms. as of today, we have secured 2082 rooms. these are currently under contract and they're at 13 different hotel locations. we will continue to negotiate leases, identify sites and assess them and bring hotel rooms online on a rolling basis to continue to meet the needs of the population i noted e

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 help us to effectively respond to those calls for help. so whether you use text 911 or call directly, we want you to know our city emergency responders will be there for you and be ready to respond. i want to emphasize, though, that

the city is coming to help us. our hotels are staffed with hsh heroes, non-profits, first unite council and ecs of san francisco and many more on the way as well as disaster service workers from city partners. as we scale, we will be reaching out to the most vulnerable outside through the channels and with a careful and clear process in place. we are grateful to ihss which is part of the human services agency who have helped so people can self-care. we are excited that we are exploring a volunteer program that would allow people at home to regularly check in on individuals living in hotels to reduce isolation and support on site staff. we believe in san francisco and in our community to set this up so people can shelter-in-place. it is going to take all of our creativity and strength, but we are built for this. thank you. >> is the city working with homelessness related outreach groups to transition people to hotel rooms. if so which groups and what role do they play? >> i think i understand the question. i will answer

hamilton family is a longtime provider of family care in our city. they've gone above and beyond just like st. vincent de paul to implement guidance from our department and the department of public health long before these positive cases occurred. and they've gone even further since positives have been reported. at a system level, we have been working tirelessly to create what is called shelter-thinning or shelter equilibrium. shelter thinning, shelters are dense places, places that we know people should not reside for long periods of time, but they do. equilibrium to me means that the vulnerable individuals have been moved out as part of thinning so we know they can be taken care of in hotel rooms. as of yesterday, approximately 750 people experiencing homelessness are in isolation, quarantine and shelter in place hotels across our city. this is a massive, massive task and accomplishment. as the mayor noted, we cannot simply open the doors of hotel rooms and invite people in. where that is happening, we have care. we have to -- we have to care for ev

the city is coming to help us. our hotels are staffed with hsh heroes, non-profits, first unite council and ecs of san francisco and many more on the way as well as disaster service workers from city partners. as we scale, we will be reaching out to the most vulnerable outside through the channels and with a careful and clear process in place. we are grateful to ihss which is part of the human services agency who have helped so people can self-care. we are excited that we are exploring a volunteer program that would allow people at home to regularly check in on individuals living in hotels to reduce isolation and support on site staff. we believe in san francisco and in our community to set this up so people can shelter-in-place. it is going to take all of our creativity and strength, but we are built for this. thank you. >> is the city working with homelessness related outreach groups to transition people to hotel rooms. if so which groups and what role do they play? >> i think i understand the question. i will answer

i think this is going to be an incredible opportunity for our city. if you are interested, please reach out to us. i also want to talk a little bit about some of our efforts and trent will talk more about hotel rooms, shelters and some of the things we have planned to help house our unsheltered population. i want to just start by saying that i know that we have thousands of hotel rooms here in san francisco. i know that people are asking why don't we just open the doors and let everyone who is homeless get access to a hotel room? i wish it were that easy. i wish it were that easy to help people who unfortunately are struggling with addiction, sadly struggling with mental illness. i wish it were that easy to provide a place for them to be. i want folks to understand part of the challenge we have here we have secured over 400 hotel rooms. we hope to increase that number and again trent will talk in more detail about the priorities and purposes and how we are preparing, but i want to be clear that the capacity and the resources in general needed to provid

the city is doing well. ourpublic has responded to the calls to stay at home and we really need you to heed to that advice and stay at home. and if you don't follow that advice, we'll be there. and, again, we will cite, we will arrest if we have to, but we'll be there to make sure that we keep this city as safe and healthy as we can. just a reminder again, please do not engage in 4-20 activities in the city or anywhere else for that matter during this pandemic. with that, i close and thank you again, and turn this over for questions. >> reporter: okay. our first set of questions are for dr. grant colfax. >> reporter: dr. colfax, the first question is from fox news. today the first antibody test results showed an infection rate in santa clara county up to 85 times higher than the number of people who actually tested positive. for an infection fatality rate of 1.2%, what do you make of the numbers and how might they be used to formulate adjustments to the current recommendation? >> so i think that those data are i

the city is doing well. ourpublic has responded to the calls to stay at home and we really need you to heed to that advice and stay at home. and if you don't follow that advice, we'll be there. and, again, we will cite, we will arrest if we have to, but we'll be there to make sure that we keep this city as safe and healthy as we can. just a reminder again, please do not engage in 4-20 activities in the city or anywhere else for that matter during this pandemic. with that, i close and thank you again, and turn this over for questions. >> reporter: okay. our first set of questions are for dr. grant colfax. >> reporter: dr. colfax, the first question is from fox news. today the first antibody test results showed an infection rate in santa clara county up to 85 times higher than the number of people who actually tested positive. for an infection fatality rate of 1.2%, what do you make of the numbers and how might they be used to formulate adjustments to the current recommendation? >> so i think that those data are i

i really want to take this opportunity to thank our essential city workforce. a special thank you to our health care workers, our muni bus drivers, our para transit operators showing up to work every single day. the grocery store clerks, they are doing incredible work. they are putting their lives on the line to really serve and protect and support the public. our public works department, the folks who are out there cleaning the streets. yesterday i went to the disaster service worker training for employees who are stepping. up and leaving their homes to work in hotels for homeless individuals. this is a tough job for anyone. but for people who we know are not necessarily the ones who are responsible for working in this capacity, we really appreciate the work that they are doing and the training that they are taking to learn about what's necessary in order to be a disaster service worker. we asked hundreds of our city employees across 41 departments to leave the safety of their homes and step up into a role that is well outside the scope of their normal jobs to

in this challenging moment, we must remember our identity. we are a city of compassion and empathy and response to disease as we have proved collectively throughout our history. i urge those who may be fighting this virus, who may be isolated at home, or who may be waiting for test results, this is our time to stay apart while we stand together as san franciscans. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm trent rohrer. i'm the director of the human services agency. the human services agency is the lead city agency under this pandemic to provide shelter, care, and housing for our response. we activated our department operations center two weeks ago today, knowing that we had a large task in front of us to set up a system to allow us to respond to this in the most effective and compassionate way possible. we have two main efforts going in terms of offering housing and support to those who may need it under covid. the first, as mayor breed said -- and thanks to her leadership in meeting with the hotel council, as well as supervisor peskin, who has been instrumental i

it's critically important role in our city and for our communities. i just had some follow-up questions, sort of i'm drawing on chair ronen's questions around how you would approach the difficult and challenging decisions that the m.t.a. board is going to have to make in light of the significant increased budget deficit. so, yeah, thank you for sharing your sort of general priorities around equity and expanding access, particularly for the disability -- disabled community and pedestrian safety. but i was just wanting to hear a little bit more about how you're going to approach making these really difficult budget decisions, particularly to ensure equity in our transit service and transit system in our city. yeah, i guess. i'm sorry. just a little more. i'd appreciate it. >> go ahead. >> supervisor mar: a little more elaboration on how you approach these difficult decisions. >> right. sees as a we move forward in just the financial situation, that we all are facing. is that right? >> supervisor mar: yeah. >> right. i think this goes back to one of the

we have made several arrests on burglaries in our city. ant to thank the attorney's office to add the charges of burglary and vandalism during this time of a state of emergency. despite our drop in overall part 1 crimes, i want to highlight that we are taking this issue very seriously. and i also want to highlight and remind people about driving. the california highway patrol has reported that they've seen an 87% jump in violations of people driving more than 100 mph. that is completely unacceptable. we want to remind people that this pandemic does not give anyone the license to drive in a reckless and dangerous manner. please slow down. we know that the streets are easier, but please slow down. we have not had any focus on the deaths since this pandemic started and we want to keep it that way. personal responsibility, as the mayor stated, we all have a personal responsibility to do what is needed, that means driving at lower speeds. those folks who are conducting their travel in a safe way, we thank you and hope everyone else does the same

professional in the public health department and around the country are saying, and we will save lives in our city and country. i thank you in advance for your coulyourcooperation. please stay safe and stay healthy. thank you. >> questions for mayor breed from nbc bay area. earlier this week you explained the city doesn't have the resources to provide wraparound services needed to allow just any homeless person in the shelter in the city-leased hotel. yesterday five supervisors made the argument the city does have the resources so long as they can self-care. are the supervisors wrong or are you wrong? >> 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

this decision was pivotal as it allowed under the circumstancesy faster in our city's collective response. on march 5th, we had our first confirmed cases as we had anticipated. on march 11th, we made strong social distancing recommendations so that the public could understand how to help slow the spread of the disease. slowing the spread has always been our goal. later, on march 16th, the entire bay area issued a shelter-in-place, also known as a stay-at-home order and over 7 million people joined together to protect the health and safety of our region. that health order was renewed on march 31st and the work that all people in san francisco and bay area residents have done has been a model for the nation. we are also following and are aligned with the governor's state-wide stay-at-home order and the framework he has laid out for the state's recovery. we are fortunate and grateful that our state leadership is so focused on protecting public health, leveraging resources and following the data, science and facts. and yet, at this time, none of us can get complaisant. we need to stand our gr