i am trent rhorer, director of the human services agency of san francisco. i want today to give everyone an update on our plan for hoteling as well as providing other housing and supports for individuals during this pandemic. as i said before, the human services agency is charged with providing care and shelter for the city residents under this pandemic. on march 9th our agency activated the emergency operations center in the expectation we were going to need to respond in a massive way to provide rooms and other housing options for individuals under covid-19. under the mayor's leadership we met early on with the hotel council, which is the group of hotel owners in san francisco representing over 80 hotels in the city to ask for their assistance to provide hotel rooms for the most vulnerable people in san francisco. the response to our request for beds was overwhelming. we received responses from over 45 hotels representing more than 10,000 rooms. these rooms were listed in the rpp for the following population. first those covid covid positive or persons und

i will really basically continue to do just that. >> next questions for trent rhorer. thank you, mayor. >> trentrent rhorer, human serv. >> this is the "san francisco chronicle." the 7,000 hotel rooms do not include homeless not covid-19 positive and not ranked as part of the vulnerable population. no ordinary homeless so to speak? >> let me clarify. the 7,000 rooms we are bringing online are for covid positive, persons under investigation who can't self-quarantine and vulnerable homeless individuals who are living in shelter or on the streets. vulnerable age 60 and above or underlying health conditions. that would make them more susceptible to the covid virus. 7,000 includes homeless on the street, shelter and covid positive and under investigation for covid. >> next questions for chief bill scott. >> this is a question from the "san francisco chronicle." has will been any change in calls related to domestic violence, increase as suggested by evidence? >> i can tell you what has been reported to the san francisco police department. we have seen a decrease in reported

director of human services agency, trent rhorer, will be making remarks. >> good afternoon, trent rhorer, director of human services agency. i want to provide you today with an update on the progress we're making for housing in the city's covid response. as you know, h.s.a. is directed to provide these housing options and under this covid response it's for individuals who are covid-positive or persons under investigation for having covid who have been tested and don't have a place to isolate or quarantine. these are typically, as you know, homeless individuals and individuals living in congregate settings such as single room occupancy hotels. in addition we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals who are in the homeless shelter system and on the street. these are individuals age 60 and above or individuals who have underlying health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to the virus. in addition, as mayor breed said, we as a city so value the work of our not only front line health care responders, but all city employees and non-profit employees working with the public every day

i am trent rhorer, director of the human services agency of san francisco. i want today to give everyone an update on our plan for hoteling as well as providing other housing and supports for individuals during this pandemic. as i said before, the human services agency is charged with providing care and shelter for the city residents under this pandemic. on march 9th our agency activated the emergency operations center in the expectation we were going to need to respond in a massive way to provide rooms and other housing options for individuals under covid-19. under the mayor's leadership we met early on with the hotel council, which is the group of hotel owners in san francisco representing over 80 hotels in the city to ask for their assistance to provide hotel rooms for the most vulnerable people in san francisco. the response to our request for beds was overwhelming. we received responses from over 45 hotels representing more than 10,000 rooms. these rooms were listed in the rpp for the following population. first those covid covid positive or persons und

director of human services agency, trent rhorer, will be making remarks. >> good afternoon, trent rhorer, director of human services agency. i want to provide you today with an update on the progress we're making for housing in the city's covid response. as you know, h.s.a. is directed to provide these housing options and under this covid response it's for individuals who are covid-positive or persons under investigation for having covid who have been tested and don't have a place to isolate or quarantine. these are typically, as you know, homeless individuals and individuals living in congregate settings such as single room occupancy hotels. in addition we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals who are in the homeless shelter system and on the street. these are individuals age 60 and above or individuals who have underlying health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to the virus. in addition, as mayor breed said, we as a city so value the work of our not only front line health care responders, but all city employees and non-profit employees working with the public every day

i didn't maenention that, but rhorer told us that people living in s.r.o.s would be included. that's why this number of 5500 scared me, because we know that the number is much greater, and the need is much greater than that. >> chair fewer: is that it, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: yes. my comments echo supervisor ronen, so i won't belabor that. i just wanted to say thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. colleagues, any other comments or questions? i know this has been a somewhat brief presentation. i think what we're missing are a lot of the hard numbers, i just wanted to secure a presentation for our april meeting, and to take note. i'm wondering how much we have allocated for the expense of the hotel rooms, and how much we anticipate paying for hotel rooms, and what is the rate that we are paying for hotel rooms? also, i understand -- piggybacking on supervisor walton's and ronen's questions about it, i think we would all like updates on any numbers on people being released from jai

i am trent rhorer, director of the human services agency of san francisco. i want today to give everyone an update on our plan for hoteling as well as providing other housing and supports for individuals during this pandemic. as i said before, the human services agency is charged with providing care and shelter for the city residents under this pandemic. on march 9th our agency activated the emergency operations center in the expectation we were going to need to respond in a massive way to provide rooms and other housing options for individuals under covid-19. under the mayor's leadership we met early on with the hotel council, which is the group of hotel owners in san francisco representing over 80 hotels in the city to ask for their assistance to provide hotel rooms for the most vulnerable people in san francisco. the response to our request for beds was overwhelming. we received responses from over 45 hotels representing more than 10,000 rooms. these rooms were listed in the rpp for the following population. first those covid covid positive or persons und

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. > reporter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with lau

i didn't maenention that, but rhorer told us that people living in s.r.o.s would be included. that's why this number of 5500 scared me, because we know that the number is much greater, and the need is much greater than that. >> chair fewer: is that it, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: yes. my comments echo supervisor ronen, so i won't belabor that. i just wanted to say thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. colleagues, any other comments or questions? i know this has been a somewhat brief presentation. i think what we're missing are a lot of the hard numbers, i just wanted to secure a presentation for our april meeting, and to take note. i'm wondering how much we have allocated for the expense of the hotel rooms, and how much we anticipate paying for hotel rooms, and what is the rate that we are paying for hotel rooms? also, i understand -- piggybacking on supervisor walton's and ronen's questions about it, i think we would all like updates on any numbers on people being released from jai

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. > reporter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with lau

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 to really focus on this particular population, and that is exactly what we are doing. we want to be clear hotel rooms will be provided to our first responders, our healthcare workers who have contracted covid-19 or who do not want to go home in fear of transmitting covid-19 to members of their families. that is where we are as it relates to the hotel rooms. the rooms that we have secured so far have supported those folks, and i know that many of you here, dr. colfax talked about the surge and what is coming.

i didn't maenention that, but rhorer told us that people living in s.r.o.s would be included. that's why this number of 5500 scared me, because we know that the number is much greater, and the need is much greater than that. >> chair fewer: is that it, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: yes. my comments echo supervisor ronen, so i won't belabor that. i just wanted to say thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. colleagues, any other comments or questions? i know this has been a somewhat brief presentation. i think what we're missing are a lot of the hard numbers, i just wanted to secure a presentation for our april meeting, and to take note. i'm wondering how much we have allocated for the expense of the hotel rooms, and how much we anticipate paying for hotel rooms, and what is the rate that we are paying for hotel rooms? also, i understand -- piggybacking on supervisor walton's and ronen's questions about it, i think we would all like updates on any numbers on people being released from jai

a month ago, we had a hearing, and director rhorer and others were there, and they made it clear that this was not part of their plan, to actually put the number of homeless in hotels to shelter in place. so over the past few weeks, we had tried to work in partnership. we had calls with them that said, let us know how we can help, yet during that time, there was a failure to move people quick enough, and the 70 people in my district who contracted it who are unable to shelter them in place, that is putting them at risk, and that is putting all of us at risk. so i would respectfully say that we did everything that we can work in partnership. this was never about politics, this was about saving people's lives, and that is how we -- peoples' lives, and that is how we approached it from the very beginning, and a lack of working together is what led to the biggest outbreak in a homeless shelter in the country last week. we have a duty as elected supervisor to protect the public and protect them from the spread of this virus, and that has not been done. we should have introduced this legisl

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 to really focus on this particular population, and that is exactly what we are doing. we want to be clear hotel rooms will be provided to our first responders, our healthcare workers who have contracted covid-19 or who do not want to go home in fear of transmitting covid-19 to members of their families. that is where we are as it relates to the hotel rooms. the rooms that we have secured so far have supported those folks, and i know that many of you here, dr. colfax talked about the surge and what is coming.

director of human services agency, trent rhorer, will be making remarks. >> good afternoon, trent rhorerdirector of human services agency. i want to provide you today with an update on the progress we're making for housing in the city's covid response. as you know, h.s.a. is directed to provide these housing options and under this covid response it's for individuals who are covid-positive or persons under investigation for having covid who have been tested and don't have a place to isolate or quarantine. these are typically, as you know, homeless individuals and individuals living in congregate settings such as single room occupancy hotels. in addition we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals who are in the homeless shelter system and on the street. these are individuals age 60 and above or individuals who have underlying health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to the virus. in addition, as mayor breed said, we as a city so value the work of our not only front line health care responders, but all city employees and non-profit employees working with the public every day du

director rhorer also spoke about social distancing now moving to be focused in hotels. top priorities for the use of the hotel rooms are to provide quarantine and isolation rooms for cov irk d-positive people or people awaiting testing results living in crowded settings or rooms in high-risk populations such as people experiencing homelessness. h.s.h. has opened a hotel to provide shelter in place for high risk people experiencing homelessness in our existing shelter system. this new capacity brought online very rapidly will allow for greater physical distancing at existing shelters and will protect the health of seniors and people with preexisting conditions in our shelter system. now the challenge is scale. h.s.h. in partnership with h.s.a. plans to continue to expand the use of hotel rooms for shelter in place for people experiencing homelessness. excuse me. homelessness, who are both sheltered and unsheltered. there are many factors that go into opening hotel rooms that include hotel staffing, meals, transportation, security, cleaning and i want to thank our departm

trent rhorer, executive director, member services agency. we have secured leases for 300 rooms. we have contracted with the department of public health to move others who cannot self-quarantine out of the hospital and into these isolation rooms. this is our number one preparation for individuals who are in the hospital who only need to be there because they cannot self-isolate. we have assessed certain hotels for their viability, and we will be entering into contracts as soon as we can come to agreements with the hotel owners. with respect to individuals that are on the streets, the priority must remain to keep the hospital beds open for the potential surge s. the second priority must be to thin out our existing homeless shelters, meaning creating social distancing within those shelters as part of that plan. we are targeting the vulnerable individuals in our homeless shelters. these are people who are aged 60 or older or with underlying health conditions. they will be prioritized -- if they can self-care -- will be prioritized for some of our smaller hotel rooms. in addition, we

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. > reporter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with lau

we were pushing almost daily, trent rhorer, the mayor herself, dr. grant colfax, we were on the phone daily, saying this makes no sense. people are going to die unless we get people in hotels. during that period of time, supervisors peskin -- i'm sorry -- preston and haney, while advocating for the large community, by themselves, raised money, and fitted out shelters during that time. during that time, the mayor and her cronies created moscone center medical west. behind the scenes, we begged them please don't do that. behind the scenes, we were speaking with medical experts trying to get them to not do that. what broke the camel's back with me, if i am not doing my job as a supervisor, i am not respecting our different branchs of government where different branchs of government disagree with one another. that's why we have separation of powers. it's worked well for our democracy for a long time, it's time for me in a moment of crisis to come forward and express in public my disagreement. that happened the day that i was called early in the morning a

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. > reporter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with lau

trent rhorer provided the update 120 people, 90 to 95% of those individuals are homeless or formerly homeless. that number increases a bit each day but will decrease as those individuals through the direction of public health have completed their isolation or quarantine period and are able to move to other locations. >> when do you expect more will be moved in and how many total by when? >> that is a great question. let me be clear. from the beginning of this issue, the mayor and all of the leadership of the city has put housed public health and unsheltered public health on equal footing. our sheltered and unsheltered population on the list of people receiving services from day one. first from the hospitals, the individuals now in the hotels. in the coming days we will stand up hotels with the support of human services agency responsible for mass care and shelter to rapidly expand the hotel capacity they have already obtained those hotels. we are pivoting to moving to staffing, supplying and transporting those individuals. we are be beginning this process with people vulnerable to co

director of human services agency, trent rhorer, will be making remarks. >> good afternoon, trent rhorer, director of human services agency. i want to provide you today with an update on the progress we're making for housing in the city's covid response. as you know, h.s.a. is directed to provide these housing options and under this covid response it's for individuals who are covid-positive or persons under investigation for having covid who have been tested and don't have a place to isolate or quarantine. these are typically, as you know, homeless individuals and individuals living in congregate settings such as single room occupancy hotels. in addition we're prioritizing vulnerable individuals who are in the homeless shelter system and on the street. these are individuals age 60 and above or individuals who have underlying health conditions that make them especially vulnerable to the virus. in addition, as mayor breed said, we as a city so value the work of our not only front line health care responders, but all city employees and non-profit employees working with the public every day

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 to really focus on this particular population, and that is exactly what we are doing. we want to be clear hotel rooms will be provided to our first responders, our healthcare workers who have contracted covid-19 or who do not want to go home in fear of transmitting covid-19 to members of their families. that is where we are as it relates to the hotel rooms. the rooms that we have secured so far have supported those folks, and i know that many of you here, dr. colfax talked about the surge and what is coming.

we were pushing almost daily, trent rhorer, the mayor herself, dr. grant colfax, we were on the phone daily, saying this makes no sense. people are going to die unless we get people in hotels. during that period of time, supervisors peskin -- i'm sorry -- preston and haney, while advocating for the large community, by themselves, raised money, and fitted out shelters during that time. during that time, the mayor and her cronies created moscone center medical west. behind the scenes, we begged them please don't do that. behind the scenes, we were speaking with medical experts trying to get them to not do that. what broke the camel's back with me, if i am not doing my job as a supervisor, i am not respecting our different branchs of government where different branchs of government disagree with one another. that's why we have separation of powers. it's worked well for our democracy for a long time, it's time for me in a moment of crisis to come forward and express in public my disagreement. that happened the day that i was called early in the morning a

the director of the department of human services trent rhorer. director of the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan and our police chief bill scott. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i want to start by providing the most updated numbers currently. we have 1,058 cases here in san francisco of those diagnosed with the coronavirus. and sadly, we have 20 people who died from this illness. and for more information, please visit data sf.org/covid-19 for our full tracker and more information that you may be interested in reviewing. today i just

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. > reporter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with lau

the director of the department of human services, trent rhorer. and the department of homelessness and housing, abigail stewart-khan. i want to thank you for tuning in today and joining us to talk about a few updates we have related to covid-19 here in san francisco. as of today, we have 1,013 total cases of those who have been diagnosed with covid-19. and sadly, we have lost 17 people. there are 17 people who died as a result of this virus as of today. as a reminder, you can visit data sf.org for the full tracker with information on what -- who has been diagnosed, the number of tests and other resources that are available or any questions you may have. and i want to just start today by reminding us really how far we've come from the very beginning. we've made it our mission to slow the spread of this virus, to help those vulnerable populations, to keep people safe and we're continuing to do all we can to do just that. we're still dealing with the number of cases in san francisco and we also know that there will continue to be challenges and we wi

director rhorer also spoke about social distancing now moving to be focused in hotels. top priorities for the use of the hotel rooms are to provide quarantine and isolation rooms for cov irk d-positive people or people awaiting testing results living in crowded settings or rooms in high-risk populations such as people experiencing homelessness. h.s.h. has opened a hotel to provide shelter in place for high risk people experiencing homelessness in our existing shelter system. this new capacity brought online very rapidly will allow for greater physical distancing at existing shelters and will protect the health of seniors and people with preexisting conditions in our shelter system. now the challenge is scale. h.s.h. in partnership with h.s.a. plans to continue to expand the use of hotel rooms for shelter in place for people experiencing homelessness. excuse me. homelessness, who are both sheltered and unsheltered. there are many factors that go into opening hotel rooms that include hotel staffing, meals, transportation, security, cleaning and i want to thank our departm

i didn't maenention that, but rhorer told us that people living in s.r.o.s would be included. that's why this number of 5500 scared me, because we know that the number is much greater, and the need is much greater than that. >> chair fewer: is that it, supervisor ronen? >> supervisor ronen: yes, thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. thank you. supervisor walton? >> supervisor walton: yes. my comments echo supervisor ronen, so i won't belabor that. i just wanted to say thank you. >> chair fewer: okay. colleagues, any other comments or questions? i know this has been a somewhat brief presentation. i think what we're missing are a lot of the hard numbers, i just wanted to secure a presentation for our april meeting, and to take note. i'm wondering how much we have allocated for the expense of the hotel rooms, and how much we anticipate paying for hotel rooms, and what is the rate that we are paying for hotel rooms? also, i understand -- piggybacking on supervisor walton's and ronen's questions about it, i think we would all like updates on any numbers on people being released from jai

the next questions for trent rhorer, human services agency. >> trent rhorer, human services agency. >orter: how are the shelter hotels run? are they safe for nearby neighborhoods? >> thanks for the question. first, let me say that because there has been some confusion. when the city enters into a contract with the hotel, we're taking 100% of the rooms in that hotel. there has been some confusion that we're taking or contracting a portion of the rooms in a particular place. we're not. we have the entire hotel. and we staff it accordingly. specific to the question, individuals who are placed in hotels who need to be isolated or quarantined are -- arrive to the hotel and they're counselled by the department of public health staff on site about the need to remain in their rooms. in addition, all of the needs that the patients might have when they're in the hotels are met in their rooms. most notably, the food. we bring three meals a day directly to the patient's door. the patient, when they're done, leaves the empty -- or the dirty dishes outside where they're picked up. same with laundry

a month ago, we had a hearing, and director rhorer and others were there, and they made it clear that this was not part of their plan, to actually put the number of homeless in hotels to shelter in place. so over the past few weeks, we had tried to work in partnership. we had calls with them that said, let us know how we can help, yet during that time, there was a failure to move people quick enough, and the 70 people in my district who contracted it who are unable to shelter them in place, that is putting them at risk, and that is putting all of us at risk. so i would respectfully say that we did everything that we can work in partnership. this was never about politics, this was about saving people's lives, and that is how we -- peoples' lives, and that is how we approached it from the very beginning, and a lack of working together is what led to the biggest outbreak in a homeless shelter in the country last week. we have a duty as elected supervisor to protect the public and protect them from the spread of this virus, and that has not been done. we should have introduced this legisl

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

director rhorer also spoke about social distancing now moving to be focused in hotels. top priorities for the use of the hotel rooms are to provide quarantine and isolation rooms for cov irk d-positive people or people awaiting testing results living in crowded settings or rooms in high-risk populations such as people experiencing homelessness. h.s.h. has opened a hotel to provide shelter in place for high risk people experiencing homelessness in our existing shelter system. this new capacity brought online very rapidly will allow for greater physical distancing at existing shelters and will protect the health of seniors and people with preexisting conditions in our shelter system. now the challenge is scale. h.s.h. in partnership with h.s.a. plans to continue to expand the use of hotel rooms for shelter in place for people experiencing homelessness. excuse me. homelessness, who are both sheltered and unsheltered. there are many factors that go into opening hotel rooms that include hotel staffing, meals, transportation, security, cleaning and i want to thank our departm

mary ellen carol, director of department of human services, trent rhorer, abigail stewart conas welldirector of the department of m.t.a., jeff