to thithis provides leave whose employers can opt out of the leave expansion. and it goes without saying that healthcare providers should gott go to work when sick or quarantined. this ordinance will give them expanded pay leave to use if they're sick or quarantined. we know that pfizer sent a letter asking for an exemption but we disagree that healthcare providers should be exempt. there's been discussion with the hospital council and northeast medical services, a major nonprofit healthcare clinic that has a significant place in my district. if healthcare employers are offering paid leave, it will count towards the additional 80 hours and to ensure we don't short staff this ordinance. its uses are incredibly narrow and only apply in cases where it's in the interest of public health for healthcare providers not to go to work. and it does not allow uses of public health emergency leaves by healthcare providers for a border range of uses that are allowed for workers at businesses with more than 500 employees that are covered by the public health emergency leave o

a private equity firm which provided $2 million to the school district to help with this effort. this donation along with others will ensure real equity, and will make sure that every kid in our school system has access to high-quality internet service as well as laptops that they need with the tools that they need so that everyone has access to learn during this very difficult time as we know it. it is really amazing to see the community come together, and so many people go out of the way to provide this level of resources that are instrumental to all children in san francisco having access to tools to learn. if you are interested in continuing to help in that effort, please feel free to reach out to us. i want to talk a little bit about the small business and economic recovery task force that was announced yesterday. i want to thank the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee, as well as the four co-chairs of the recovery task force. the treasure, executive director of the san francisco chamber of commerce and the director of the san francisco labor council. we know t

we can provide as much information as possible. i do know that people want to know what is going on, who has been impacted? people want to see the data. they want to know what is happening. many of you know the challenges we have the public health have a lot to do, the ability to provide information has a lot to do with privacy lots around someone's personal healthcare. as much information as we are able to share we will share that information with you. in the meantime, there are a lot of tools created out there, and one of the tools i personally started using is how we feel. it is an app that i uploaded on my phone. it tracks data and i basically log in every day. it asks how i feel and asks about my activities and locks in my zip code. this could help. john hopkins university is facilitating this tool. it helps potentially predict based on zip code the hotspots related to the coronavirus. the more people we track and we know what is going on the better we can identify locations and figure out where there might be challenges in th

aside from providing a one-stop-shop for customers, the addition of beer and wine sales will provide a much-needed increase in revenue which is crucial for the long-term viability of the gas station. in turn, this will help to preserve jobs for current employees and to provide new employment opportunities in the neighborhood. given the current economic crisis, it's imperative that the city support neighborhood serving and family-owned businesses. aside from the conditions that the police department has imposed and the owners have agreed to, the owners are also taking a number of other safety precautions. they're not providing any beer or wine near the entrance, they're requiring all employees to complete abc's online training course and the site will be monitored at all times for the insulation of 11 security cameras. and the owners have no tolerance for any loitering and they take the maintenance of the property seriously. and the addition of this type 20 license will ensure the continued viability of the gas station and most importantly it will look at the needs of those that live

the bill provides funding for hospitals in washington state. our hospitals are already nearing surge capacity. public health agencies that continue to work around the clock to combat the virus. and $16 billion for personal protective equipment to make sure that workers continue to provide for themselves and their families. the bill includes a $600 increase in weekly unemployment insurance, direct payment of $1200 for individuals, $500 per child for those who need it, and $3.5 billion for childcare and early education programs to help our kids who can't attend school. finally, the bill provides more 370 $5 billion in small business grants and loans to help keep workers on the payroll. and it puts guardrails on big businesses so they can't misuse federal support for things like executive bonuses or stock buybacks. i hope my colleagues will join me in supporting this legislation. and thanks to all of our public health officials, medical personnel, working around-the-clock combating covid-19. and to the first responders and workers supporting the d

to thithis provides leave whose employers can opt out of the leave expansion. and it goes without saying that healthcare providers should gott go to work when sick or quarantined. this ordinance will give them expanded pay leave to use if they're sick or quarantined. we know that pfizer sent a letter asking for an exemption but we disagree that healthcare providers should be exempt. there's been discussion with the hospital council and northeast medical services, a major nonprofit healthcare clinic that has a significant place in my district. if healthcare employers are offering paid leave, it will count towards the additional 80 hours and to ensure we don't short staff this ordinance. its uses are incredibly narrow and only apply in cases where it's in the interest of public health for healthcare providers not to go to work. and it does not allow uses of public health emergency leaves by healthcare providers for a border range of uses that are allowed for workers at businesses with more than 500 employees that are covered by the public health emergency leave o

the same providers have incurred unanticipated covid costs, providing more meals to their clients and staff on site, subsidizing transportation due to cuts in public transit, buying masks and cleaning supplies and to my knowledge, the extent of those costs is not known. the resolution today is not only about incentive pay, it's about how we support our frontline workers and services for the most vulnerable san franciscans, which includes widespread testing in our shelters and congregate housing to keep our vulnerable populations and workers safe. and ultimately to keep our whole city safe. my hope is that we can learn more about the decisions behind the additional funds already added to h.s.h. contracts, identify where gaps exist and opportunities to continue to augment those service contracts by using the general fund savings for the department of homelessness and support housing. thank you again, chair fewer. and the committee for hearing the item. i believe we have emily and gigi here from h.s.h. as well as b.l.a. >> supervisor fewer: emily? >> good morning, chair fewer -- afternoo

i want to provide an update on the other statistics. i reported monday we had issued 26 warnings or add mommishments that is now 41. ththe majority are to businesses deemed to be nonessential. we are tracking, taking reports and as i said we will not ask a second time. for those businesses that are operating we do understand and we are very empathetic to the fact that this is uncharted waters for all of us, and this impacted people's livelihood and there is stress and anxiety. what w we are trying to do is to keep people alive. please add here to the public health orders. keep doing well as we have seen for the first three weeks of the order. as far as crime. we are still seeing downward trends in terms of rates of crime. i want to go in a little more detail than i did the other day in terms of crime statistics the past week. 24% decrease in violent crimes is a decrease in 19 crimes. 71 the week before and 58 this week. property crimes we saw alarminger decrease. 146 fewer property crimes and that number went from 569 to 455. our part o

and i want to provide an update and detail on that today, as well. in march, as the city continued to strengthen this response to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, we announced the leasing of recreational vehicles to provide indoor spaces for homeless individuals to help protect them from covid-19 and to help protect the surrounding communities. the city is now operationallizing a temporary shelter using these lease recreational vehicles to new resources provided to us by california's office of emergency services. 29 recreational vehicles and 91 trailers arrived at seawall lot 344, known as the backlands of pier 94, to provide indoor shelter for homeless individuals living on streets or in shelter in district 10, including the bayview community and southeast sector of the city. i want to give a huge thank you to the port of san francisco commission for approving our land-use agreement for this critical need last night in a unanimous 5-0 vote. following the assessment of several public lands, the city selected this location for the rv and trailer

number six, matches the health care provider definition to provider regulation. and number seven, additional paid leave voluntarily provided during the emergency toward this new requirement if the composition offered meets the standard. you know, i would like to request that deputy city attorney anne pearson provide her assessment of these amendments and whether any of these are substantive and would require continuance before the committee takes action. >> good morning. can you all hear me? >> yes. >> thanks. so i've had a chance to review all of the amendments that supervisor mar just described and the first one on his list is one that is substantive and that is the amendment that would require health care -- employers of health care providers to provide them with leave under some limited circumstances. the other ones are not substantive and would not require a continuance today. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar, do you want to split the file and move forward the portion that's not substantive and we can continue the other just to get this moving as quickly as p

why the need to provide flex ability in? where do you think we are headed or where we should be headed in terms of payment? how do you see as moving forward? for flexibility and the need for flexibility is areas in particular do not have many of the the urban areas with their higher density have, can draw on. what we were talking about is the need for more broadband. it is not an issue in most urban areas. we need to be smarter in recognizing that we need to show some flexibility, greater flexibility, then has been available in the past. it was why my comment that i beingthe results of forced to be more flexible as a result of covid-19 experience is going to mean that health care delivery, particularly of telehealth as a more normal way for clinicians and patients to howract, is going to change health care is delivered going forward. it will be especially important in rural areas because of the distancesy and high that are frequently required and because of the scarcity in some areas in certain types of specialists. it is go

some of the simple things, providing gift cards to families with food, providing help for filling out unemployment insurance applications. providing assistance and understanding of some of the laws and things we've implemented in the city and making sure people are connected, informed, and supported through basic services. it's really key to supporting all of our residents and we have been doing this since day one. i want to take this opportunity to thank the non-profit organizations and our faith leaders, because they are on the frontlines, communicating with their congregations, providing support and delivery services informally and on the ground doing everything they can to support their residents. i want to express my appreciation to so many community members who have taken it on themselves to ask community members who they may need, especially the people we know who are in isolation, their neighbors and everyone in this. this means we have to continue the acts of kindness and support for our neighbors. speaking of neighbors, i want to talk a little bit about some additional thing

we can provide them rooms here to allow them to stay. some of the front line health responders are exposed to the virus and will be exposed. we have rooms set aside to quarantine in hotels in san francisco rather than quarantining at home. last population for hotel rooms would be the vulnerable population. let me restate that. individuals aged 60 and older or individuals with underlying health conditions to make them vulnerable to could individual. covid. they are living on the streets unsheltered. they are prioritized for hotel rooms. they need to self-care. if they are quarantined they will be in the rooms with -- with meals delivered to them. the secondary response. let me give you numbers. i know you will ask. to date the city has entered into contracts with six hotels providing a total of 479 rooms. the priority population for those rooms are the first category which are individuals being discharged or diverted from the hospital who are homeless and who are covid positive or have been tested. to date we have moved 123 individuals to

to provide access. -- through a bank to provide microloans to provide access across the pinal plate of what we are doing for those without doc mentation in the state of california. more will be done and more needs to be done. >> final question, fox news. inquiries from doctors and health care workers in los angeles about tasking for them -- testing for them. she is wondering if you have a plan to prioritize testing for health-care workers and if you are expanding testing for that group? gov. newsom: yes and for first responders. tomorrow we will specifically lay out our new testing strategies, protocols, moving not just toward more ptr tests but also serological test and blood base tests, protein antibodies, looking at immunity. more broadly looking to extend points of access and the speed of diagnostics on the test. that remains stubborn in the state of california and it is a huge issue across the country, as commercial labs have such large, cute, so many tests are now being done at the same time, it is taking six to 12 days to get test results back. so we want rapid tests. we want

and it is important that we continue to provide support, we continue to provide services, so that we can help the people who we know need it the most. and i know that so many domestic violence survivors out there are probably thinking about what we are doing as a city to protect others who have not been able to escape those very challenging situations. and i am grateful to ending domestic abuse and so many of the folks who work tirelessly on helping to end domestic violence and the work they have continued to do. they have sadly seen an uptick in the calls that they receive for help, for assistance, for their shelters. and as a result, we teamed up with the district attorney and veritas, a property owner in san francisco, to provide 20 new units that are fully furnished so that when we need to get people out of a situation, we can move quickly. so i want to thank veritas, and i want to thank our district attorney for working with us to recognize this very serious issue and reacting quickly to provide resources in addition to the shelters and the other support that we have been able t

support services and provide sites to address the homeless crisis. and $150 million through leadership we were able to provide a couple weeks back. through appropriation. so $850 million dollars, 100% of awards are out. 75% reimbursement from fema. one tragic death of a homeless individual in santa clara. we had a number of counties in the last days that have reported incidents of positive test results in counties large and small, including san francisco and los angeles, that have shown at least a dozen, 14 and our last count and we know that is in undercount. that is just what has been reported. heightened concern around the need to do more in our congregant facilities to isolate people into shelters like this, to provide those basic, essential services, as we work through this crisis. a few final points before i bring over the head of our homeless task force, mayor darrell steinberg, to say a few words. it is important to note as well that this is also an operation supported by the federal government. $118.5 billion of direct grants have come from

the truth and we provide facts, we are open and we provide facts, we are open and transparent but itool we have in fighting information and propaganda is the free and independent press. it is journalist asking difficult questions, asking for a response or checking their sources so news, i should say, institutions like the bbc and all other free and independent media are playing a key role in making sure that we are not victims of propaganda. right. now you tell me that the world needs to find unity, global unity, you have said, several times during this interview. what did you make of the fa ct interview. what did you make of the fact that the leader of by far the most important nato member state, the united states, of course, i'm talking about president donald trump, refers to the coronavirus as his phrase "the chinese virus" and claims that china has deliberately withheld information to damage the united states and there is now —— he is now attacking the world health organisation, claiming that it is china— centric. organisation, claiming that it is china- centric. my main respons

or their own provider. as part of the ongoing outbreak response we continue to assess staff and patients throughout the hospital that have been identified as being exposed from contact investigation or have other risk factors like showing symptoms of the virus. while i do expect more positive cases, we continue to take actions informed by facts and evidence to protect health and mitigate the further spread of the viruses at the facility, both among staff and among residents. i am thankful that laguna honda continues to receive support from cdc, centers for disease control experts, who remain on site and continue to help advise and guide our efforts. these recommendations are also informing efforts to be applied to protect staff and residents at other nursing home facilities across the city. as we continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic together, i would like to remind you that our priorities continue to be reducing the spread of the virus in the community, protecting vulnerable populations, health care w

number six, matches the health care provider definition to provider regulation. and number seven, additional paid leave voluntarily provided during the emergency toward this new requirement if the composition offered meets the standard. you know, i would like to request that deputy city attorney anne pearson provide her assessment of these amendments and whether any of these are substantive and would require continuance before the committee takes action. >> good morning. can you all hear me? >> yes. >> thanks. so i've had a chance to review all of the amendments that supervisor mar just described and the first one on his list is one that is substantive and that is the amendment that would require health care -- employers of health care providers to provide them with leave under some limited circumstances. the other ones are not substantive and would not require a continuance today. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar, do you want to split the file and move forward the portion that's not substantive and we can continue the other just to get this moving as quickly as p

i also want to provide an update with muni and we have the director, jeff tumblin of sfmta to provide more details. we know that there are going to be some changes with muni and the bus service in the coming days and that is why it is critical we get this city test s.f. site up and running. once the site is fully implemented, we'll be able to provide tests for muni drivers so if they have questions about any illness they feel is covid-19, they can get tested. if they're not, they can help keep our critical public transportation system running. but right now one of the main reasons why we have had to reduce our service, has a lot to do with a lot of uncertainty around testing and around keeping our muni drivers safe and this is why it's so critical and so important. these drivers work really hard for us. they are people out there every single day. they are essential workers to our workforce. and people who do not need to use muni, please don't. i know that director tumblin mentioned this before. this is the last thing we want to say. but we want to make sure that people who need muni t

this provides taxi rides. the proposal is to provide additional taxi rides for essential workers, who are not able to take transit home, due to service reductions. now by way of background, the transportation authority has been funding the emergency ride home program with transportation funds for clean air funds since 2009. these are funds that come to the county for programming for projects that have clean air benefits. and so what we are proposing to do is to expand the program. the program at its core is to encourage people to walk and bike and take transit and take sustainable modes of transportation to get to work. and that if there is an emergency, it provides a taxi reimbursement for a ride home for these workers. and the proposal is to expand this existing program during the covid-19 emergency-related transit service reductions. and it is a proposal that responds to the needs of the special workers. and it will also provide air quality benefits, which is one of the goals of the transportation fund for

number six, matches the health care provider definition to provider regulation. and number seven, additional paid leave voluntarily provided during the emergency toward this new requirement if the composition offered meets the standard. you know, i would like to request that deputy city attorney anne pearson provide her assessment of these amendments and whether any of these are substantive and would require continuance before the committee takes action. >> good morning. can you all hear me? >> yes. >> thanks. so i've had a chance to review all of the amendments that supervisor mar just described and the first one on his list is one that is substantive and that is the amendment that would require health care -- employers of health care providers to provide them with leave under some limited circumstances. the other ones are not substantive and would not require a continuance today. >> thank you. >> supervisor mar, do you want to split the file and move forward the portion that's not substantive and we can continue the other just to get this moving as quickly as p

they provide critical roles to providing jobs in disadvantaged communities. we would like to expand elgability for p.p.p., eidl and other economic relief to 501-c4 which are -- i forget what 501-c4 was. this is from memory now because it is not in the memo i'm reading. they include, i believe, councils and other business organizations that aren't organized at 501-c6. we'd also like to expand eligibility to 501-c6 organizations that are known as business leagues. this includes the chamber of commerce and destination marketing organizations. these organizations not only employ thousands of people but they significantly support our local economy. next we'd like to increase the universal charitable deduction from $300 to $2,000 for contributions above the standard deduction. and we'd like to temporarily expand the cap for property owners exempt from 501-c3 public charity lessees of commercial property. the next categories we'd like to provide support for essential business workers. we'd like to fund personal protective equipment for home health care workers, work

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it provides grants. it provides forgivable loans to help businesses keep their workers on board. and critically needed investments to our hospitals are also funded. urgedin this process, i that negotiations include relief for contract workers and gig economy workers. that my requests are in this bill. as our communities hunker down to beat this virus, i want you to know that i am fighting for you. i wish you well. i wish your loved ones well. i am praying for you every single day. >> i'm here at the capital today for this critical vote to provide relief in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. we have to get resources to those on the front lines. health-care workers, physicians, nurses working in emergency rooms and hospitals, and health care clinics across the country doing their best to keep us safe. we have to provide resources for those who experience economic dislocation. millions of workers across the country have lost their jobs. that in the form of unemployment insurance benefits. we have to step up as we have done in this bill for small businesses, provide those loans th

that's going to provide funding directly to hospital providers across the state. those dollars will be forthcoming and that will provide assistance specifically to hospitals in every part of the state. >> thank you. >> next, we will go to grace kane with wpi are. your line is open. if the states numbers to rise consider when will you putting stricter guidelines in place? gov. lee: in the same way we follow data to make decisions about how we got us to the place we are today, the data decisions that drove our fight to slow the spread of it is the same kind of data we will watch going forward. we will make decisions about particular issues as we see something happen. it's difficult to predict what those will be, what that will look like, but we are committed to the health of tennesseans and public safety. that's the utmost commitment, the utmost priority. when we start looking at data going forward when we begin to open our economy, that is what we are going to look at. where do we have any risk that is getting to a place that needs to have some sort of different ac

some of the simple things, providing gift cards to families with food, providing help for filling out unemployment insurance applications. providing assistance and understanding of some of the laws and things we've implemented in the city and making sure people are connected, informed, and supported through basic services. it's really key to supporting all of our residents and we have been doing this since day one. i want to take this opportunity to thank the non-profit organizations and our faith leaders, because they are on the frontlines, communicating with their congregations, providing support and delivery services informally and on the ground doing everything they can to support their residents. i want to express my appreciation to so many community members who have taken it on themselves to ask community members who they may need, especially the people we know who are in isolation, their neighbors and everyone in this. this means we have to continue the acts of kindness and support for our neighbors. speaking of neighbors, i want to talk a little bit about some additional thing

i also want to provide an update with muni and we have the director, jeff tumblin of sfmta to provide more details. we know that there are going to be some changes with muni and the bus service in the coming days and that is why it is critical we get this city test s.f. site up and running. once the site is fully implemented, we'll be able to provide tests for muni drivers so if they have questions about any illness they feel is covid-19, they can get tested. if they're not, they can help keep our critical public transportation system running. but right now one of the main reasons why we have had to reduce our service, has a lot to do with a lot of uncertainty around testing and around keeping our muni drivers safe and this is why it's so critical and so important. these drivers work really hard for us. they are people out there every single day. they are essential workers to our workforce. and people who do not need to use muni, please don't. i know that director tumblin mentioned this before. this is the last thing we want to say. but we want to make sure that people who need muni t

the bill also provides critical funding for health care providers, hospitals, and those working on vaccines and treatments. it also provides significant funding for personal protective equipment. there's also significant funding for small businesses who are struggling deeply and whose survival is essential to getting americans back to work. flexible small business loans to tax credits, aid and incentives to help keep workers working. in the last few years, ventura county has seen unprecedented challenges. we face those challenges by coming together and supporting one another. for the sake of the country, we must follow ventura county's example and do exactly the same. this bill was not without its differences, but ultimately we came together and we put together the biggest emergency aid package in american history in record time. behout a doubt, there will more we must do to keep people healthy, get them back to work, and make sure the economy can bounce back as quick as possible. as the crisis evolves, you have my word that i will continue to fight for you in congress and ensure the federa

to network provider whether you go no vision provider a or b, et cetera. but the ideas to try to map the approximate percentage of frames someone could purchase in full given those allowances on page 8. we know the costco organization with the much dope deeper discog versus other providers in the vsp network. you raise a great question on what percentage of tole frames dispensed are coas costco that l be something that will last vsp to follow-up on because i do not know that answer. >> that's helpful. just to be sure i'm clear, vsp has a network of optometrist who provide frames so the member has to look, if they want to get this reimbursement they have to use a vsp provider that's available to them in a brochure or online. >> and you can secure benefits outside the network. you are just subject to much more cost sharing on your own for purchasing let's say a friendshiframeoutside of the nee it's a retail price versus toes wholesale price that vsp has negotiated and vsp's goal in working with the plan design. so for instance, this 150, 300 for non costco i

we have to address that problem and provide funding to the 501 c 6 organizations. the small business credit support act would help business development companies invest more money under the small business investment company program, increase the amount they invest in these fdics to incentivize main street to help during these critical times. as millions of business apply for and receive assistance from the small business administration we need to address the cyber security need of the sba considering recent developments that might have had their personal information exploited from cybervulnerability. my bill would require them to report breaches within 180 days and create better infrastructure framework to address vulnerabilities. as we all know over site of important loan and grant programs is one of the most important rules of the committee. we are concerned about recent reports of larger publicly traded companies using programs intended for the nation's small businesses. i look forward to working with all members of the committee to address any misuse of these p

we've been providing services of training providers and health departments and health plans around california state in how to train other providers in opioid stewardship and managing opioid use disorder and clinical practice. those efforts were supported by the cdc through the department of public health and the second project -- so that's the first project, a continuation of that -- of those efforts for another three years. and then the second project is expanding to provide technical assistance on these issues nationally. >> supervisor fewer: okay. >> and the -- yeah. i'll stop there. >> supervisor fewer: please continue. >> the reason for this delay is the usual reasons of the time it took to process the receipt of the award. >> supervisor fewer: okay. thank you very much. colleagues, any comments or questions for dr. kaufmann? seeing none, there is no -- on this, let's open the items up for public comment. are there any people that would like to comment on items 4 and 5? please get in the queue and don't forget to press 1, 0. >> clerk: operation is checking to see if there are callers. op

he was there providing three meals a day for all the passengers and crew. his organization is now going to provide three meals a day for all our homeless on these sites. incredible contribution to the efforts and it just shows you the spirit of people meeting this moment. the spirit that defines this moment. the spirit of generosity and support. i just cannot thank a world central kitchen enough for connecting themselves to this cause, connecting themselves to this movement and providing those meals, working with local restaurant people in each of the areas throughout the state of california to help support these efforts. so that's the framework of what we are doing. 15,000 units, 7,000 we have identified. we start to move these contracts, county by county, county run, state led in of pro framework of support. we recognize the county stress, the city stress as it relates to resources and that's why it's important that i remind all of you that we have provided some $800 million in addition to the work we are doing to identity these motels and hotels caia $80

i hope we're providing some specifics as it relates to responses. we are working on other issues even touched on that touch the lives of millions and millions of californian addressing the challenge in our jail system to our california corrections system, more broadly dedined, cdcr in making sure we are working with probation and parole and continuing our work to address the agitis coming up around payroll, tax being dune on april 10th. encouraging people to sign up for the new federal programs, small business loan programs, loan forgiveness loan programs that we promoted yesterday. following up on all the things we've been promoting including perhaps the most important thing you can do outside. >> you are listening to governor newsom giving hi daily update. so many different stories, so many different angles to this pandemic. right off the top, just giving you some numbers here. the governor saying 10,710 confirmed cases here in the golden state. more than 2100 people currently in the hospital. 900 people in the icu. that icu number he mentioned a

the initial funding provider under cares lasted two weeks. we need to establish automatic mechanisms such as those in bipartisan extensions so that we cannot keep lurching from crisis to crisis. now is the time for swift action by small businesses. my district is home to many small businesses and i thank you for the time to testify in front of the committee. >> the gentleman yields back and we recognize the gentleman from a story a. >> is it working? >> i think the chairwoman and the committee for holding this member day hearing on the coronavirus crisis. since the establishment of a paycheck protection program i have heard from countless constituents, small business constituents and owners that the application process was difficult to navigate and many lenders were not receptive to their needs, meanwhile we discover many well-known business chains receive millions of dollars in program funds and impose applications may have been prioritized by lending institutions. in response to these revelations i submitted committee and leadership a lette

we can provide them rooms here to allow them to stay. some of the front line health responders are exposed to the virus and will be exposed. we have rooms set aside to quarantine in hotels in san francisco rather than quarantining at home. last population for hotel rooms would be the vulnerable population. let me restate that. individuals aged 60 and older or individuals with underlying health conditions to make them vulnerable to could individual. covid. they are living on the streets unsheltered. they are prioritized for hotel rooms. they need to self-care. if they are quarantined they will be in the rooms with -- with meals delivered to them. the secondary response. let me give you numbers. i know you will ask. to date the city has entered into contracts with six hotels providing a total of 479 rooms. the priority population for those rooms are the first category which are individuals being discharged or diverted from the hospital who are homeless and who are covid positive or have been tested. to date we have moved 123 individuals to

it is targeted at providers, since we know 10% to 14% of cases are at providers. it gives capacity for surveillance and monitoring. director carson will use that time to build up ppe. we will also be doing predictive analytics based on data we are getting out to see where we .ight see areas of outbreaks the ones that come to mind right now are meatpacking plants, long-term care facilities. and then finally one of the things we look closest at his hospitalizations. we have been incredibly fortunate in missouri that we have never had to enter a crisis care type of situation. we will be using that time to store up resources and making our plans, and we feel really good about that. thank you. gov. parson: let me just add to what dr. william said on the question you asked and what is so important. i go back to the time frame when this started, about 50 days ago. at that point we were all trying to figure out how to deal with this virus, no matter if you were in the medical profession, the directors who are a peer today. i think the thing we are all going to be much mor