and we have staff who speak multiple languages not only spanish but also vietnamese, chinese, tagalognd translating all of our documents in a way that is not just only the literal translation but also that is culturally competent, making sure that we are using words that our community is familiar with, using graphics that our community is familiar with, as well as we have done a lot of billboards around our county here in santa clara reminding people to get tested, reminding people to wear is their face covering and reminding people that they are not alone. we are here for them and we are all in this together. >> and let's talk about your title, latinas contra cancer. ricardo mentioned not feeling alone. we have a lot of patient advocates who have been there, been through it. talk about those resources that people can get through your agency so that they don't feel like they're in this battle. whatever that battle might be alone. >> as ricardo mentioned we've transitioned all of these just like the county all of our resources over to virtual spaces and telehealth type of situations. s

[speaking tagalog language] [end of translation]. >> interpreter: thank you. [speaking cantonese language] [end of translation]. >> interpreter: thank you. [speaking spanish language] [end of translation]. >> interpreter: thank you, madam clerk. >> clerk: and thank you to all the interpreters at our meeting today. we're working hard not to leave anyone out of these proceedings, so if you are having any trouble with any connectivity issues, we have a live person standing by in the clerk's office, 415-554-8584. and finally, pursuant to title two of the americans with disabilities act, we have an individual who has requested to make his public comment by telephone early. >> president yee: okay. thank you, madam clerk, and we will get to that individual shortly. but before we do that, i just want to thank, once again, the residents of san francisco for basically creating an environment in san francisco in response to covid-19 for us to be, in san francisco, and even within the bay area, a role model for the rest of the country for how we behave when we are facing

if you had the ability to speak mandarin or spanish or tagalog, how important it is to give members ofhe community the relief that that help is there. so i applaud you for your effort. please continue your work to be associated with the department and also with your work with los bomberos. congratulations to your membership, and thank you. >> thank you. >> president covington: thank you, commissioner nakajo. vice president feinstein? >> commissioner feinstein: i'm going to be echoing, lieutenant lopez, what everybody else has said. thank you for being a leader in this organization. one thing that just becomes more and more clear, i am, too, a native san franciscan is our department needs to look like our community and be part of our communities. and toward that in, showing young people what their work could be like and what their life could be like and stressing the importance of the work is really an important function. i don't know how you get all of this equipment around down to nicaragua, but i commend you for it, and i did not know the department was donating the equipment. i've l

[speaking tagalog language] [end of translation] [speaking cantonese language] >> thank you. >> clerk: thank you all for being here, and finally, mr. president, pursuant to title 2 for the americans with disabilities act, we have an individual who would like to make a statement via telephone. >> president yee: okay. thank you, madam clerk. before we get started, just a brief reminder to all supervisors to mute their microphone when they are not speaking to minimize audio feedback. maybe people have not heard from the public that san francisco has moved its color, i guess, in terms of where we are with the pandemic, and we've moved into the orange state as the color code that the state is using, which means that there will be a variety of businesses that will be able to open that have not been able to open from -- until tomorrow, i guess. and that includes restaurants. i want to say everyone in san francisco has really followed the safety suggestions, guidelines that our public health officer has made. continue to wear your mask and do your social distancing, and just because we're ret