motion made by -- >> mandelman. >> and seconded by -- >> ronan. >> ronan. without then -- can we take roll on this or do we need to take roll on this continuance? >> mr. president, we should take the roll on all items pursuant to the -- the deputy city attorney would advise. >> ok. very good. >> on the motion to continue -- [roll call] >> there are 11 ayes. >> without objection, item 10 is continued. madame clerk, let's go to the next 3:00 p.m. special order, items 11 through 14. >> for items 11 through 14, due to the local health emergency on march 3, 2020, the board of supervisors approved a continuance of these items for a public hearing interested in the determination of exemption from environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as a categorical exemption by the planning department on december 24, 2019, for the proposed project at 1531 to 1581 howard street and 118 through 134 kissling street. [no audio] >> ok. supervisor haney, would you like to make any remark on this? >> yes. thank you. president yee, i've been in touch

motion made by -- >> mandelman. >> and seconded by -- >> ronan. >> ronan. without then -- can we take roll on this or do we need to take roll on this continuance? >> mr. president, we should take the roll on all items pursuant to the -- the deputy city attorney would advise. >> ok. very good. >> on the motion to continue -- [roll call] >> there are 11 ayes. >> without objection, item 10 is continued. madame clerk, let's go to the next 3:00 p.m. special order, items 11 through 14. >> for items 11 through 14, due to the local health emergency on march 3, 2020, the board of supervisors approved a continuance of these items for a public hearing interested in the determination of exemption from environmental review under the california environmental quality act issued as a categorical exemption by the planning department on december 24, 2019, for the proposed project at 1531 to 1581 howard street and 118 through 134 kissling street. [no audio] >> ok. supervisor haney, would you like to make any remark on this? >> yes. thank you. president yee, i've been in touch

. >> reporter: supervisor hillary ronan is leading the push to shelter more of the city's homeless and hotels, urging the city to take drastic steps to protect the homeless. a source in the mayor's office says that would cost upwards of $50-$60 million a month, money the city cannot get back from fema. but ronan says it's unconscionable to allow people to stay in close quarters are on the streets in the midst of a pandemic. >> from a common sense perspective and from a health perspective, we need to house, and hotels, in that are sittin empty as we speak people experiencing homelessness. >> reporter: now the city is trying to help send the population in the shelter system and slow the spread of coronavirus in the vulnerable homeless population. >> now with opening we will be able to accomplish that in a much more effective way. there california's governor also acknowledging the homelessness crisis saying he will have more details on a statewide response on friday. >>> california is making temporary changes to their cal fresh food stamps program. the state helps to make it easier for lo

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i do want to echo commissioner -- supervisor peskin and ronan. you guys were amazing to hit the floor running and get liquidity on the street when we needed it. obviously i represent the mission and the mission economic development agency and liquid thety for small business through an a equity lens is always something i'm going to champion. one of things here at meta we're working on is providing programs for people that don't have social security that their status is in question because a lot of our proprietors are immigrants and english is their second language. so we're a program that does that and we've been advocating for these funds to be administered by cdfis because we have a faster impact to those underserved communities and we could definitely have the capacity and the resources to execute at a much quicker speed than the larger banks and institutions. also, i think it's very important for the city to reach out to the community's benefit organizations in every neighborhood and reach out and maybe revise a game plan. we and every neighbo

>> commissioner ronan, are you still there? commissioner ronan, absent? [continuing roll call] the item will be continued. >> thank you. next item, please. >> item 20, approve programming priorities for up to $3,794,003 in san francisco's estimated fiscal year 2020-2021, state transit assistance county block grant funds. this is an action item. >> ms. leforte. >> good morning, commissioners. nice to see you all. nice to be with you all. i'm the deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. going to bring up my presentation. ok. so, this item before you is a block grant program that comes to the counties through the metropolitan transportation commission, state transit assistance funds. the revenues are generated from a sales tax on diesel fuel and these have been bottle source of funding even before covid-19 and we expect to receive the actual revenues that we have already programmed to projects and i'll get to in just a moment for fiscal year 1920 before we get the revenues in the fall and we expect to receive updated projec

. >> reporter: san diego works for supervisor hillary ronan's office and helps get people signed up for tests while educating them about flattening the curve. >> i can see there is a gap inned inning a lot in the community. it's gone better. >> reporter: two types of test election done. first a pcr test to determine whether a person is positive or negative, and second an antibody test to determine if a person has been infected and developed antibodies against the disease. >> all of the information that we're trying to collect is strictly for usage in this project. there's no identifying information. and status is not even a question. >> reporter: june johnson is all for this testing. she said someone in her building has the virus, which make herself want to get tested as soon as possible. >> i don't think everything is going to get tested. i grabbed a flyer, and they said it was free, but you still got call and make an appointment. but i want to be tested. >> reporter: door-to-door outreach starts tomorrow. the testing will take place here along with some other locations across the miss

. >> supervisor ronan. >> present. and supervisor sayaye. >> present. supervisor stephanie. present. >> supervisor walton. >> present. and supervisor yee. >> present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> yes, mr. president. in the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching this meeting, we jilwill say due to the covid-19 emergency, the board is pratting in this meeting via teleconference and are participating to the same extent as if they were physically present. to the members of the public, when general public comment is called, you may contribute live

. >> supervisor ronan. >> present. and supervisor sayaye. >> present. supervisor stephanie. present. >> supervisor walton. >> present. and supervisor yee. >> present. mr. president, all members are present. >> thank you. please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. madam clerk, are there any communications? >> yes, mr. president. in the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching this meeting, we jilwill say due to the covid-19 emergency, the board is pratting in this meeting via teleconference and are participating to the same extent as if they were physically present. to the members of the public, when general public comment is called, you may contribute live

>> commissioner ronan, are you still there? commissioner ronan, absent? [continuing roll call] the item will be continued. >> thank you. next item, please. >> item 20, approve programming priorities for up to $3,794,003 in san francisco's estimated fiscal year 2020-2021, state transit assistance county block grant funds. this is an action item. >> ms. leforte. >> good morning, commissioners. nice to see you all. nice to be with you all. i'm the deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. going to bring up my presentation. ok. so, this item before you is a block grant program that comes to the counties through the metropolitan transportation commission, state transit assistance funds. the revenues are generated from a sales tax on diesel fuel and these have been bottle source of funding even before covid-19 and we expect to receive the actual revenues that we have already programmed to projects and i'll get to in just a moment for fiscal year 1920 before we get the revenues in the fall and we expect to receive updated projec

. >> reporter: an opinion echoed by supervisor hillary ronan who points the finger at the white house worrying the president's tough talk could discourage people with immigration issues from getting government help. >> i want to make it very clear that's not true in the case of covid-19, that the immigrant population can accept medical services, offers of hotels to isolate and quarantine. >> the la latin excumulatiommui shows the tight living conditions could be driving up the infection rate. >> the levels of the virus are very high even before people have symptoms. so when people are close together, they don't even know they are infected, they can spread it with each other. >> the push to test everyone is similar to the operation in belinas earlier this week which became the first place to test everyone in a community. the aim is to find who has it now and who has already been exposed and might not even know it. dr. diane hadler, division chief at ucsf who specializes in infectious diseases says once they determine who has it and who has been covered, they can beat covid-19. in san f

ronan haney preston peskin and walton say that the delay in filling these rooms puts the public at risk. mayor breed meanwhile released. of website to track the progress of alternative housing for people who are homeless. the site shows close to 2800 hotel units have been acquired in more than a 1000 of those units are currently occupied. marin county meanwhile is extending its moratorium on evictions through may 31st. the county board of supervisors passed a resolution today for people who are struggling financially because of the covid-19 pandemic the amended resolution bans evictions prompted by the loss of income related to coronavirus through may 31st and renters also have up to 90 days after the expiration of the resolution to pay rent without late fees. college students are suing and the university of california system demanding refunds because campuses were shut down due to the pandemic the class action lawsuit. we're first lawsuits plural were filed in federal courts in los angeles and oakland. they say the universities are refusing to refund campus related fees. despite them b

life so i'll be glad to get back to it. 2019 was a breakthrough summer for philip and his partner ronanthe world cup regatta in rotterdam. with an olympic medal still firmly in his sights, philip admits the current restrictions have been difficult. if you have been on oui’ been difficult. if you have been on our rowing machine, it's not very stimulating. on the water, it's beautiful, lovely scenery, you push your body and you see yourself going fast pass to hedges. inside, nothing moves, just you, and it's the same movement, over and over for two moves, just you, and it's the same movement, over and overfor two or 3000 times per session. this is a very welcome change for the next few months, but it will be very challenging to continue the training programme alongside that. returning to hospital at this time, it's quite remarkable. i wouldn't say that. there are people who have done more with less in the world, so i'm lucky i have a great support network, a national federation i have a great support network, a nationalfederation behind me, equipment in my garage that some people don't ha

. >> reporter: but ronan and other community leaders say people will get testing and housing if they need it without fear of retaliation. >> i have to tell everyone how very important it is right now to be part of this so that we can find solutions in how we fight covid-19 out of the mission. >> reporter: the district has seen a disproportionate amount of cases among its latinx community. some wondering if the tight living quarters or the fact that many in the mission work essential jobs is playing a part. the testing will also be conducted over the next three days. in san francisco, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> the world health organization is warning against the idea there could be immunity passports in the near future. what that means is there's no evidence yet that people who have recovered from covid-19 are protected against a second infection. some companies and other organizations have suggested that people get tested for antibodies before being cleared to return to work or to travel. the world health organization urging more research. it argues people who assume they a

. >> thank you, madam clerk is i would like to thank my cosponsors supervisors preston, ronan, fewer and hainy. robert collins is on hand if colleagues, you have any questions. as the clerk stated this is a pretty straightforward emergency ordinance and it lasts about 60 days and prohibit any lords imposing a rent resident rent iy tenant and that would apply to as of increases that are set forth under chapter 37 the administrative code, as well as utility and capital improvement pass-throughs and i want to thank the san francisco apartment association that has been cooperative and supportive of this legislation. indeed, if you look on their website, this is the advice they have been giving to landlords, including small landlords like myself and i want to thank the tenant advocacy community and many, many people will be terribly -- are already terribly impacted by this crisis and i want to say to all of them that whether it is supervisor preston or the mayor, we are not only dealing with the current situation but we're very focused on our recovery. with that, colleagues, do you have a

i do want to echo commissioner -- supervisor peskin and ronan.you guys were amazing to hit the floor running and get liquidity on the street when we needed it. obviously i represent the mission and the mission economic development agency and liquid thety for small business through an a equity lens is always something i'm going to champion. one of things here at meta we're working on is providing programs for people that don't have social security that their status is in question because a lot of our proprietors are immigrants and english is their second language. so we're a program that does that and we've been advocating for these funds to be administered by cdfis because we have a faster impact to those underserved communities and we could definitely have the capacity and the resources to execute at a much quicker speed than the larger banks and institutions. also, i think it's very important for the city to reach out to the community's benefit organizations in every neighborhood and reach out and maybe revise a game plan. we and every neighbor

>> commissioner ronan, are you still there? commissioner ronan, absent? [continuing roll call] the item will be continued. >> thank you. next item, please. >> item 20, approve programming priorities for up to $3,794,003 in san francisco's estimated fiscal year 2020-2021, state transit assistance county block grant funds. this is an action item. >> ms. leforte. >> good morning, commissioners. nice to see you all. nice to be with you all. i'm the deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. going to bring up my presentation. ok. so, this item before you is a block grant program that comes to the counties through the metropolitan transportation commission, state transit assistance funds. the revenues are generated from a sales tax on diesel fuel and these have been bottle source of funding even before covid-19 and we expect to receive the actual revenues that we have already programmed to projects and i'll get to in just a moment for fiscal year 1920 before we get the revenues in the fall and we expect to receive updated projec

. >> thank you, madam clerk is i would like to thank my cosponsors supervisors preston, ronan, fewer and hainy. robert collins is on hand if colleagues, you have any questions. as the clerk stated this is a pretty straightforward emergency ordinance and it lasts about 60 days and prohibit any lords imposing a rent resident rent iy tenant and that would apply to as of increases that are set forth under chapter 37 the administrative code, as well as utility and capital improvement pass-throughs and i want to thank the san francisco apartment association that has been cooperative and supportive of this legislation. indeed, if you look on their website, this is the advice they have been giving to landlords, including small landlords like myself and i want to thank the tenant advocacy community and many, many people will be terribly -- are already terribly impacted by this crisis and i want to say to all of them that whether it is supervisor preston or the mayor, we are not only dealing with the current situation but we're very focused on our recovery. with that, colleagues, do you have a

>> commissioner ronan, are you still there? commissioner ronan, absent? [continuing roll call] the item will be continued. >> thank you. next item, please. >> item 20, approve programming priorities for up to $3,794,003 in san francisco's estimated fiscal year 2020-2021, state transit assistance county block grant funds. this is an action item. >> ms. leforte. >> good morning, commissioners. nice to see you all. nice to be with you all. i'm the deputy director for policy and programming at the transportation authority. going to bring up my presentation. ok. so, this item before you is a block grant program that comes to the counties through the metropolitan transportation commission, state transit assistance funds. the revenues are generated from a sales tax on diesel fuel and these have been bottle source of funding even before covid-19 and we expect to receive the actual revenues that we have already programmed to projects and i'll get to in just a moment for fiscal year 1920 before we get the revenues in the fall and we expect to receive updated projec

that haney and hillary ronan are not waiting. at the supervisors meeting they are pitching their legislation which would still allow polling places to allow people to vote but would require vote by mail to include everyone. >> we don't want to have to force people to worry about if they are registered the right way or signed up for vote by mail. they should get that pallet directly either way. we don't want people having to go line up. >> the election department has already designed envelopes for november so if they need to put in an order with suppliers they can do it early so they won't get caught up in a supply bottleneck if other areas moved to vote by mail ballots as well. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> coming up, the latest on the health of the north korean leader kim jong un, amid reports that he is incapacitated following heart surgery. and in nova scotia the death toll has gone up again from the mess shooting that happened last weekend. ♪ this virus is testing all of us. and it's testing the peo

ronan haney preston peskin and they say the delay in filling the rooms is putting the public at risk. mayor breed released a statement on the website and they have a whole web site that she put ice era here at tracks the progress, i'm the alternative housing for the homeless. and the show the site shows that i'm close to 2800 hotel units have been acquired and only just over a 1000 are currently occupied. marion county is giving renters a break extending their moratorium on evictions now through may 31st. the county board of supervisors passed a resolution for people who are struggling because of the covid pandemic this a resolution bans evictions prompted by the loss of income related to covid through may 31st renters have up to 90 days. after the expiration of the resolution to come up with that rent without a late fee. our coverage continues online go to kron 4 dot com we've got all of the latest angle, everything you need to know about the coronavirus. and there's also some other news breaking from overnight a deadly freeway shooting on i 80 it happened just west of the bay bridge

supervisors ronan, haiti. preston peskin and walton all say that the delay in filling these rooms puts the greater public at risk. mayor breed released a web site to track the progress of alternative housing for people who are homeless. the site shows close to 2800 hotel rooms have been acquired and more than a 1000 of them are currently occupied. marin county is extending a moratorium on evictions through may 31st. the county board of supervisors passed a resolution today for people struggling financially because of pandemic the amended resolution bans evictions that were prompted by a loss of income because of the pandemic through may 31st and renters will have up to 90 days after that to pay rent without late fees. >>it is defending not wearing a mask. when he went to see coronavirus patients at the mayo clinic in minnesota wear masks are required and as you can see here everyone was complying except for him. and the reason he said that he said that he's tested so he knows he doesn't have coronavirus said h

well so providers ronan haiti preston peskin and walton all say the delay in filling those rooms puts the public at risk. mayor breed released this web site to track the progress of alternative housing for people who are homeless. the site shows close to 2800 hotel units have been acquired and more than a 1000 of the units are currently occupied. >>a michigan man faces fraud charges for allegedly targeting health care workers here in the bay area. investigators say 24 year-old romney's stevenson the second made up a company in falsely claimed to have those desperately needed n 95 masks in-stock stevenson allegedly made sales despite not having the mask 3 of the 4 victims in the case are from the bay area, including one hospital employee. stevenson faces a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison. a disturbing trend during the covid-19 pandemic some criminals are apparently using a cough as a weapon and tonight, the fbi says it is cracking down on those offenders as kron four's haaziq madyun reports it is all to protect essential workers. >>the boys of that store. to the right not

supervisors ronan, haiti preston peskin and walton say that the delay in filing these rooms puts the public at risk to mayor breed released. a website to track the progress of alternative housing for people who are homeless. the site shows close to 2800 hotel units have been acquired and more than a 1000 of those units are currently occupied. while marine county is extending a moratorium now on evictions through may 31st the county board of supervisors passed a resolution today for people struggling financially because of the covid-19 pandemic the amended resolution bans evictions prompted by the loss of income related to covid-19 through may 31st and renters to have up to 90 days now after the expiration of the resolution to pay rent without a late fee. college student are suing california state university and the university california demanding refunds because campuses were shut down because of the pandemic how are we just talking to him just yesterday we are paying for mission right and a fees and stuff to go to college and you kids out there and there's certain services that are

several supervisors are calling the pace mayor breed's pace in filling those rooms slow supervisors ronan haney preston peskin and walton all say the delay in filling those rooms puts the public at risk. mayor breed released this web site to track the progress of alternative housing for people who are homeless. the sideshows close to 2800 hotel units have been acquired and more than a 1000 of the units are currently occupied and unsettling scam in the middle of this pandemic a michigan man has been charged for allegedly scamming customers into paying for n 95 masks. >>they never received 24 year-old ronnie stephens in the second is accused of setting up a web based company and falsely claiming to have the respirator masks in-stock and available for sale and shipment stevenson allegedly made sales despite not ever having the mask 3 of the 4 victims in the case are from the bay area, including one hospital employee. stevenson faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. >>today was another gorgeous day in the bay area normally people would be heading to the beaches but that of course is

most important one was a lunch with a gentleman who founded the coffee house in this building, frank ronan was a great afficianado of modern art. he was everybody's favorite, and had miles and acres of friends throughout new york city and conde had lunch with him probably at the coffee house actually, i don't know where exactly, and he said, i've got a problem. i've bought two magazines called "dress" and ""vanity fair"", i've tried to he had debt him myself. i'm a publisher not an editor. what do you think i'm getting wrong? frank said, it's simple, you have to make a sizzle. you have to make it a cocktail party every time somebody turns the page, they're actually joining you in a conversation. they're actually understanding what it is that everybody in society or everybody who we read about is thinking about. and so conde decided to hire frank on as the editor for "vanity fair" on a handshake. he did his best deals on a handshake. they had one competitor at the time, mankin was the editor and it was the smart set where they said, one civilized reader is worth a thousand boneheads. [laugh

. >> district 9 supervisor hillary ronan has known about these cases for three weeks now. >> what has happened during that time to help this community? >> we're doing weekly outreach through spanish language media, explaining how to protect yourselves and what services are available to you. we've been working with ucsf to create the first study of its kind. >> overcrowded housing arrangements and the latino community's fear towards government has contributed to these cases. central american resource director identifies a bigger issue here. >> we have a chance to flatten the curve and the xenophobia and the racism this country is suffering from. >> today supervisor ronin is also authoring legislation to push for more inclusion of the latino community in the federal relief package. >> are you asking for the immigrant community in our city to receive a stimulus check like everyone else? >> absolutely, yes. >> so far, two testing sides have been set apart here in this neighborhood. testing will begin on saturday. and today 450 people registered. in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. [ cl

certainly supervisor peskin has and supervisor ronan and supervisor haney has held several small business hearings. supervisor fewer has done important work at the budget community. supervisor mandelman has written an op-ed along with other business leaders, including laurie thomas from tgra that i thought was very impactful. i think we have some pretty good advocates and i appreciate you bringing that up and i think it's our job to help them do an even better job and gave them good advice. so, thank you for mentioning that. ok. commissioner adams, he is on the phone. >> i am on the phone. [laughter] >> i started this new job and i am dealing with a lot of small businesses right now. so it was our monday call. so i apologize. but i will echo what everybody said. i think the supervisors are doing an excellent job. i think this mayor has done an outstanding job. i mean, unfortunately the shelter in place, you know, we had to do it and our numbers show that we're notlike the rest of the country right now, thank god. but it's interesting i will tell you in my line of work that i'm doing, the

. >> thank you, madam clerk is i would like to thank my cosponsors supervisors preston, ronan, fewer and hainy. robert collins is on hand if colleagues, you have any questions. as the clerk stated this is a pretty straightforward emergency ordinance and it lasts about 60 days and prohibit any lords imposing a rent resident rent iy tenant and that would apply to as of increases that are set forth under chapter 37 the administrative code, as well as utility and capital improvement pass-throughs and i want to thank the san francisco apartment association that has been cooperative and supportive of this legislation. indeed, if you look on their website, this is the advice they have been giving to landlords, including small landlords like myself and i want to thank the tenant advocacy community and many, many people will be terribly -- are already terribly impacted by this crisis and i want to say to all of them that whether it is supervisor preston or the mayor, we are not only dealing with the current situation but we're very focused on our recovery. with that, colleagues, do you have a

. >> thank you, madam clerk is i would like to thank my cosponsors supervisors preston, ronan, feweron hand if colleagues, you have any questions. as the clerk stated this is a pretty straightforward emergency ordinance and it lasts about 60 days and prohibit any lords imposing a rent resident rent iy tenant and that would apply to as of increases that are set forth under chapter 37 the administrative code, as well as utility and capital improvement pass-throughs and i want to thank the san francisco apartment association that has been cooperative and supportive of this legislation. indeed, if you look on their website, this is the advice they have been giving to landlords, including small landlords like myself and i want to thank the tenant advocacy community and many, many people will be terribly -- are already terribly impacted by this crisis and i want to say to all of them that whether it is supervisor preston or the mayor, we are not only dealing with the current situation but we're very focused on our recovery. with that, colleagues, do you have any questions for myself or mr.

certainly supervisor peskin has and supervisor ronan and supervisor haney has held several small business hearings. supervisor fewer has done important work at the budget community. supervisor mandelman has written an op-ed along with other business leaders, including laurie thomas from tgra that i thought was very impactful. i think we have some pretty good advocates and i appreciate you bringing that up and i think it's our job to help them do an even better job and gave them good advice. so, thank you for mentioning that. ok. commissioner adams, he is on the phone. >> i am on the phone. [laughter] >> i started this new job and i am dealing with a lot of small businesses right now. so it was our monday call. so i apologize. but i will echo what everybody said. i think the supervisors are doing an excellent job. i think this mayor has done an outstanding job. i mean, unfortunately the shelter in place, you know, we had to do it and our numbers show that we're notlike the rest of the country right now, thank god. but it's interesting i will tell you in my line of work that i'm doing, the

and i'm calling in support of supervisors hanye, ronan and peskin and walton for people experiencing homelessness during this crisis. also i would request that the supervisors attempt to clarify what yar coordination between te department of veteran affairs and our public health response team that's happening with the city now, because a lot of the federal resources that are available to veterans who are experiencing homelessness right now and if we had any proper connection between va and our team on the street today, we could help to alleviate some of the local burden of the veterans that are unhoused right now today. thank you. >> thank you for your comments. >> you have four questions remaining. >> is the speaker prepared to make comments? >> yes. thank you very much, supervisors. i'm the policy director at compass family services and i'm the cochair of the hopeless emergency service providers association. i wanted to express our support, compass' support for item 20, the resolution introduced to prioritize the need for people experiencing homelessness during the covid-19 crisis.

have to go back to the rowing afterwards. 2019 was a breakthrough summer for philip and his partner, ronand you see yourself going fast past the hedges. but inside, nothing moves, just you, and it is the same movement over and over for 2000 and 3000 times each session. and it is a very welcome change for the next few months, but it will be very challenging to continue the training programme alongside that. what you are doing, returning to hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkable. hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkablelj hospital at this time of crisis, it is quite remarkable. i wouldn't say that. there are people in the world who have done more with less, so i am very lucky that i have a great support network around me. the national rowing federation behind me, i have equipment in my garage that some people don't have. i have it all set up. there are a lot of people doing more with less in the world, so you can't give yourself a pat on the back too often. you just have to get on with it. and that's exactly what this 0lympic rower has been doing, straight in