director rohr is the director of the human services agency and will speak now. thank you. good afternoon. director of human services agency. thank you, mayor breed, thank you dr. colfax, thank you director khan. what i want to do today is update everyone on the status of our hotel, securing hotels and activation and deployment and give you data on the numbers we have both secured, under contract as well as individuals in the rooms. i know i'm going to repeat myself from the last press conferences, but there might be individuals from the press who are new. i wanted to start with an overview. one important part of the human services agency role in city-wide disaster planning includes mass care shelter for our most vulnerable residents. we continue to follow the latest guidance from local and national public health experts to minimize exposure to those who don't have adequate housing. and to ensure there are enough hospital beds available in san francisco to treat patients with covid-19. to this end, we started on march 9 when we activated our operation center. we began secur

the director of human services, trent rohr, the director of homeless services for the city, abigail stewart kahn and our police chief bill scott. we have a pretty lengthy press conference today because we have -- we have a lot of information to update the public with. so i want to first start with city test s.f. and we know that every single day there are people who are working, city employees who are on the front lines. our police officers, our firefighters, our muni drivers, our health care workers. they are essential city workers who are showing up and who are interact aing with the public more so than most others and they have, we know, concerns about their own health. so they can't always n their capacity, practice social distancing. that ier are taking care of us so it's important that we take care of them. and one of most basic things that we can do is to ensure that they have access to testing. now last week, we announced a partnership that would allow our first responders to get priority testing through a number of health care providers. and here in san francisco, we know that it h

now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now director trent rohr of the human service agency will provide an update on another key aspect of supporting our health workers and first responders. temporary housing in hotels to keep them and their families safe. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the human services agency. thank you, dr. colfax, for teeing up my discussion about first responder hotels. so, we knew from

now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohrow, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now director trent rohr of the human service agency will provide an update on another key aspect of supporting our health workers and first responders. temporary housing in hotels to keep them and their families safe. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the human services agency. thank you, dr. colfax, for teeing up my discussion about first responder hotels. so, we knew from the be beginning of this that

director rohr is the director of the human services agency and will speak now. thank you. good afternoon. director of human services agency. thank you, mayor breed, thank you dr. colfax, thank you director khan. what i want to do today is update everyone on the status of our hotel, securing hotels and activation and deployment and give you data on the numbers we have both secured, under contract as well as individuals in the rooms. i know i'm going to repeat myself from the last press conferences, but there might be individuals from the press who are new. i wanted to start with an overview. one important part of the human services agency role in city-wide disaster planning includes mass care shelter for our most vulnerable residents. we continue to follow the latest guidance from local and national public health experts to minimize exposure to those who don't have adequate housing. and to ensure there are enough hospital beds available in san francisco to treat patients with covid-19. to this end, we started on march 9 when we activated our operation center. we began secur

now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now director trent rohr of the human service agency will provide an update on another key aspect of supporting our health workers and first responders. temporary housing in hotels to keep them and their families safe. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the human services agency. thank you, dr. colfax, for teeing up my discussion about first responder hotels. so, we knew from

the director of human services, trent rohr, the director of homeless services for the city, abigail stewartn and our police chief bill scott. we

director rohr is the director of the human services agency and will speak now. thank you.

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference. >> we have private and public gardens throughout the garden tour. all of the gardens are volunteers. the only requirement is you're willing to show your garden for a day. so we have gardens that vary from all stages of development and all gardens, family gardens, private gardens, some of them as small as postage stamps and others pretty expansive. it's a variety -- all of the world is represented in our gardens here in the portola. >> i have been coming to the portola garden tour for the past seven or eight years ever since i learned about it because it is the most important event of the neighborhood, and the reason

now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohr will talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now director trent rohr of the human service agency will provide an update on another key aspect of supporting our health workers and first responders. temporary housing in hotels to keep them and their families safe. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the human services agency. thank you, dr. colfax, for teeing up my discussion about first responder hotels. so, we knew from

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines t

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines t

department of emergency management, mary ellen carole, director of the department of human services, trent rohr, the director of the department of homeless services, abigail khan, as well as the director of the department of the mta, jeff tumlin, the police chief, bill scott. and we have a special guest today from the interfaith council, michael pappas, who will speak directly after my comments. as of today we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus. and sadly, ten people have passed away as a result of this disease. this is clearly a really challenging time for san francisco. and what we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference, is to reiterate the importance of staying at home. we know that a couple of weekends ago we had some real challenges with that, and as a result, over the past two weekends, people have complied and have been wonderful. we also think weather may have played a role in that, because it was raining and probably wasn't as nice as it will be this weekend. i just want to remind people, it's important to really maintain our physical distance w

now i'd like to move to first responder testing and a brief mention of the hotels that director rohrwill talk about. as we all know, health workers and first responders are crucial to san francisco's battle against coronavirus. i am grateful to mayor breed, the port, our d.p.h. staff and our private sector partners for creating if new testing site for health care workers and first responders. these talented and dedicated professionals are courageously working on the frontlines every day. by providing them dedicated testing, we can assuage anxiety, answer uncertainty and speed the recovery so these first responders can be with their families and continue to support the health of our city. now director trent rohr of the human service agency will provide an update on another key aspect of supporting our health workers and first responders. temporary housing in hotels to keep them and their families safe. thank you very much. >> good afternoon. i'm the director of the human services agency. thank you, dr. colfax, for teeing up my discussion about first responder hotels. so, we knew from

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference. you. >> when i first moved here people come to san francisco to be the person you want to be can be anyone you want. >> the community is so rich and diverse that i'm learning every single day san francisco is an amazing photoy town historically been base on evolution and that applies to every single professional field including philanthropic arts today what i do is photo based art manifests traditional forest and some colonel lodge and other frames of digital forest is a meeting that has been changing like super rapid and the quality is not extended by the medium if you took forest in school or you get a job in a new

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines t

director rohr is the director of the human services agency and will speak now. thank you. good afternoon. director of human services agency. thank you, mayor breed, thank you dr. colfax, thank you director khan. what i want to do today is update everyone on the status of our hotel, securing hotels and activation and deployment and give you data on the numbers we have both secured, under contract as well as individuals in the rooms. i know i'm going to repeat myself from the last press conferences, but there might be individuals from the press who are new. i wanted to start with an overview. one important part of the human services agency role in city-wide disaster planning includes mass care shelter for our most vulnerable residents. we continue to follow the latest guidance from local and national public health experts to minimize exposure to those who don't have adequate housing. and to ensure there are enough hospital beds available in san francisco to treat patients with covid-19. to this end, we started on march 9 when we activated our operation center. we began secur

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference.

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference.test. >> 3, 2. one. the riles committee. i'm hillary supervisor. i'm supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. with me is vice chair supervisor catherine stefani and mr. kirk. mr. clerk, do you have announcements? >> clerk: due to covid-19, and to protect board members city employees any public the board room is closed for the meeting, however, members will be par cities remot palting remotely on the authority conferred by -- i >> i'm logged into rules and can't hear anything, period. i'm not sure i should hold up the meeting because i don't knol that they have amendments that t require my input, is there a wa

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference.. >> welcome to the land use transportation committee of the san francisco board of supervisorses. i'm the chair of the committee, aaron peskin, joined virtually on microsoft teams by vice-chair supervisor safai and committee member preston. our clerk is ms. erica major. ms. major, do you have any announcements? >> yes, due to the covid-19 health emergency and to protect board members, city employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee room are closed. however, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. public comm

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr. currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines t

as we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with pre-existing conditions. we will work with homeless outreach but we are not ready for that yet. we will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid-19 cases. we are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. thank you. >> thank you very much. that concludes our press conference. >> while this technology allows us to hold these meetings via teleconference, it may not be as seamless as we would like it to be. there will be some gaps and dead air, so we beg everyone's indulgence, but we think it's important that muni go about its business and hold the meeting, and we'll have to go ahead and cope with the limitations that technology presents us. sounds like everybody has done this before, but if you're participating via remote technology, please keep your microphone on mute so we don't get feedback on everything. i'd like to thank people who made this meeting possible. our secretary, roberta boo

it has a very higher rohr rate a lot of people who say you will get back tests and have antibodies don'tsanta clara last week, you have to look at it cautiously in terms of the pcr tests that look for active infection, the accuracy is highly variable. it's high for a lot of machines. some of the point of care diagnostics might have low sensitivity. it might be on the order of 75%. the gene expert, some of the more accurate machines can be close to 100% precise with a decent sample. a loft of the variability isn't in the machine itself but the sample prep. how good of a sample are you getting and how effective are you in extracting the viral rna in that sample. >> dr. scott gottleib. always good to see you thank you for seeing us. i know we will see you tomorrow. >> thanks a lot. >>> jim cramer joins us from cnbc headquarters. jim, there's only one word to talk about this morning i think and it's oil i imagine the rest of the world is going to key off of that. what do you think is going on here >> i think becky got it completely right this is the rollover of the futures. this is where you

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohrurrenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines that

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohrrector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines that definitely a

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohrrenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines that d

grant colfax as well as the police chief bill scott, department of human resources director trent rohr currenttor odirector of emergeny management. we will help guide you through this unique challenge. i want to thank the workers who are in the hospitals working with people every day, healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, support staff showing up every day. i have seen a outpouring of love and support from san franciscans who are social distancing outside and giving hand claps and love to our healthcare workers. we appreciate what you are doing every day to keep people safe. we also want to say thank you to first responders, police and firefighters, bus drivers, grocery store clerks, so many people who are showing up to work to help provide help and support and assistance to others. what you are doing on the front lines means so much to us. we truly have a deep appreciation for your commitment to serving others during this pandemic. we all know that yesterday the county health officers in the bay area announced an extension until may 3rd of this stay at home order with new guidelines th