now, i'll pass it over to the president of the chamber of commerce rodney fong. >> thank you, joaquin i want to say hello to everyone. we're in this together. we're all feeling the same things, we're all feeling the same frustration, the level of fear going on, but hopefully we'll get through this together and support our way through a great recovery. i want to thank mayor breed and all that her office has been doing, and joaquin has been working like a work horse over the last four, five weeks -- it seems like months, i'm sure -- but he and his staff are doing a great job. they have been working extremely hard. just a little bit of recap: over the last few weeks, the city and the mayor have deferred some of the business registration fees. and they deferred them until september. that adds up to about $49 million in cash flow to the city of san francisco. several fees that apply to storefront businesses have also been deferred until september, helping to preserve another $14 million in cash flow. i want to be very clear that the mayor is clear about this, we are going to be looking at

rodney fong, president of the san francisco chamber of commerce and cochair, and rudy gonzales, director of the san francisco labor council and cochair, and also to recognize the work of melissa lighthouse who has been playing a key role in facilitating all of these discussions. and lastly, supervisors mandelman and peskin have been engaged, as well on the task force as well as many of you on the various committees and working groups who have been meeting throughout the month. so the last task force meeting was june 11. the policy committee meetings have been working regularly and working groups. that's been ongoing. i'll give sense a folks of what's coming up. as you all know, the plans to expand the reopening that were set for june 29, the additional businesses were put on hold as a result of increase in the number of covid cases in san francisco and statewide and the -- the gradual reopening of local businesses has really been put on pause right now and will resume when recommended based on key health indicators. the city is evaluating the other businesses that have been proposed to r

rodney fong, president of the san francisco chamber of commerce and cochair, and rudy gonzales, directorf the san francisco labor council and cochair, and also to recognize the work of melissa lighthouse who has been playing a key role in facilitating all of these discussions. and lastly, supervisors mandelman and peskin have been engaged, as well on the task force as well as many of you on the various committees and working groups who have been meeting throughout the month. so the last task force meeting was june 11. the policy committee meetings have been working regularly and working groups. that's been ongoing. i'll give sense a folks of what's coming up. as you all know, the plans to expand the reopening that were set for june 29, the additional businesses were put on hold as a result of increase in the number of covid cases in san francisco and statewide and the -- the gradual reopening of local businesses has really been put on pause right now and will resume when recommended based on key health indicators. the city is evaluating the other businesses that have been proposed to reo

leading former commissioner rodney fong is leader on that group. i'm work with department of public health. there is a lot of guidances about how to do things safely. i think quite frankly, the one of the hardest parts now is what activity we can really have while living with the virus in this stage, pre-treatment and vaccines that help make the impact less hoa horrific and extreme. i think that is the conversation -- the real estate team has done an amazing job s soliciting feedback. we're all struggling what's really possible whether it's outdoor dining, retail indoor retail. is the customer base there to support and will we have to close the door on a reopen day. many states are having to roll back. we had to pause. public health department may have to recommend a rollback because as we see, this virus, once it spreads, it spreads rapidly. that's the kind of thing i will corporate to work with our tenants and get answers through economic reopening task force in the city and leaders involved on reopening, listening to the mayor, listening to her