Accommodating this virtual rest conference in order to maintain social distancing during this very challenging time. I also want to take the opportunity to thank the people of San Francisco. This weekend, things looked like somewhat of a success in terms of social distancing for the most part and definitely an improvement from last weekend. The streets are pretty clear and there were some definite hot spot areas that well be focusing on, but the beaches and some of the parks and other places, people were practicing social distancing and we very much appreciate your cooperation. It will make a world of difference and, in fact, we already have made a difference in really saving lives. We may not realize the impacts this until this is all over, but eventually, we will learn, im sure, that because of what we have done and how we all have participated in complying with social distancing, it truly has saved lives. As of today, we have 374 confirmed cases with six deaths and that is six people who have passed away because of the coronavirus. And my heart goes out to the family members expect friends e have lost in San Francisco. One person is too much of a loss and as we have said before, this is a very deadly virus, as you are seeing, not just in San Francisco but throughout the country. And the reason we have taken significant steps has everything to do with saving lives and protecting Public Health. Because we know that there will be challenges on our Healthcare System and we know that people are anxious to know about the stayathome order and whether that will be extended. I know that our county Health Officers will be making an announcement tomorrow to talk about the specifics of extending the stayathome order until mar the sake of planning and everyone can begin to know this continue to have an impact, you should definitely plan to stay at home and this process and what were doing here will continue until at least may 1st. If anything changes, we will definitely notify the public. So i want to just talk a little bit about some of the challenges that we have having and will continue to have and what were doing to prepare for those challenges. Weve said from the very beginning we knew that our vulnerable populations, not only consisting of our ederly but those living in congregate settings and sadly those on our streets would be a part of that vulnerable population and so we would have to move quickly to make sure that in places where we have singleroom occupancy hotels, where our Shelter Systems are and places like ga laguna honda, we had a plan and would keep people safe. From the very beginning, we knew this would be a challenge. We have learn ed this nine employees at laguna honda hospital have tested positive, as well as two patients, and we are still testing people a at at laguna hospital and well have more information once that comes in. We knew the situation would be challenging and so immediately last week, i sent a letter to the federal department of Human Services asking for significant support so that we could not only focus on making sure we provide the resources and support to this hospital and we dont continue to drain other services, but we have the expertise and the testing on side and other things needed in order to prevent something from happening that we know has happened in other places throughout the country, including in washington, that house hav a significant populatn of ederly patients. Laguna ha honda is one of the largest hospitals of its kind in the country, housing over 750 very, very vulnerable residents who cannot take care of themselves. And this is basically their home and this is where they eat. This is where they live. This is where theyre cared for. And so we have been taken immediate steps in order to help support this hospital and support the people and the staff who are part of it. We were fortunate in that the cdc on friday, after sending that urgent request to the u. S. Department of health and Human Services, the cdc has sent two Infectious Disease doctors and two epidemiologists and the department of health has sent two prevention nurses to help assess the situation at laguna honda and make recommendations and we also have a dedicated staff member at the cdc in atlanta to help monitor and facilitate the situation specifically at l laguna honda because we know that, again, this is a very vulnerable population and more testing needs to be done and its going to be important that we have the resources and we have the support necessary to protect and save lives. Its just a start and im grateful for what weve received, but i want to be clear, its not nearly enough to get us to a better place specifically concentrating on la golaguna honda hospital. Well definitely be reaching out to federal and state partners to ask for Additional Support for the residents and the staff at laguna honda hospital. I also want to be clear that the situation will escalate at laguna honda and it will escalate here in San Francisco. The fact that we are taking such drastic steps to, in essence, pretty much shut down San Francisco has everything to do with how serious this is. I cant reiterate enough how important it is for all of us to continue to comply, for all of us to continue to be good citizens, to continue to cooperate. This weekend, i received a note from one of my neighbors. The note basically had the email address expect phone number of one of my neighbors on the block who said they were the block captain. So if i needed anything, whether its Grocery Shopping or pharmacy pickups or what have you, or even someone to take to, they were available. And i got really emotional when i received that note because it made me think about how amazing people are in this city and how ive heard so many stories about people reaching out to their neighbors, people identifying ederly people that they know need help and just dropping off groceries, folks just stepping up and being there for one another. Because we know that its not just about the physical health and what we need to do to combat the coronavirus. We also understand that as human beings, theres an emotional toll that this will take on so many of us. So its so important that we continue to uplift one another and be there for one another as much as we possibly can. My thoughts and prayers go out to the team at laguna honda. I want to thank them for all they continue to do to give dignity to so many elderly patients who may not have family visits or support and resources to do anything just to be there and to know the nurses and those doctors and those social workers continue to put a smile on the face of those patients. They show up everyday and they just really deserve our respect, our support and we will do everything we can to continue to do just that. So at this time, i would like to introduce dr. Grant colfax to provide us with more detail specifically whats happening at laguna honda, what were doing to prepare for the inevitable and how, together, we will do everything we can to save and change lives and get through this. So thank you all so much. And let me wipe this mic down. Good afternoon, im gra grant colfax, director of health. Thank you, mayor. Today im saddened to report to the San Francisco community that laguna honda hospital has a growing outbreak of coronavirus. Weve prepared for since the start of the pandemic and we will continue to do everything we can to protect laguna honda hospital and staff. I want the community and all of the families to know how much i care, we care about them and they are our top priority. We are intensely focused on doing everything we can to protect everyone at laguna honda from harm, but i also need to be realistic and forthright. As we look at the data and the patterns around the world and in our country, we know that longterm care facilities are at most risk for coronavirus outbreaks. Therefore, we expect the situation to, unfortunately, get worse. Across the united states, many longterm care facilities have been hit hard by the coronavirus, including in california, washington, colorado, minnesota, new york and many other states. No local community is equipped to manage this escalating crisis alone. And that is why we have asked for help from the state and federal government and, i am thankful that some of our requests are starting to be answered. As of today, Infection Control nurses from the California Department of health and Infectious Disease physicians and e epidemiologists from the c are on la go laguna honda exper. They will make decisions for management that is expected to escalate and will work with leaders at the department of Public Health to develop a prospective Response Plan for longterm care facilities in addition to l laguna honda. I am grateful for this help and we need more. From the beginning of the global outbreak, efforts by the city to prepare for the coronavirus have prepared the most vulnerable population. Residents who are over 60 years old and those with certain Underlying Health conditions and chronic diseases. The residents of laguna honda hospital are in the most vulnerable of these groups. Laguna honda has a total of 11 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Nine are amongst staff and two are among residents. All are in good condition. Since march 26th, 158 staff and 54 residents were tested for the virus. Among residents, two have tested positive and 51 negative and one result is still pending. Among staff, 156 have tested negative and 25 more tests are underway. And i expect more cases of coronavirus in the laguna Honda Community among both staff and residents because it is now spreading throughout the bay area. We are drawing on all of the resources we can muster at the local state and federal level to strengthen our response. Laguna honda has been and remains a top priority in the citys preparation and response to coronavirus. The first Health Officer order after declaring a local Health Emergency in early march was to restrict visitors from laguna honda to protect the institutions residents. Laguna honda leadership has worked actively and diligently to train staff on coronavirus including the use of personal protective equipment, ppe, for all cleaning of common spaces of resident rooms and other prevention technique. Here is what is happening on campus right now to respond to the outbreak. First, the hospital incident command system is activated to manage the crisis and the incident commander, troy williams, is here to answer further details about that process. The state Infection Control nurses are creating expanded protocols on environmental cleaning, ppe, and staff safety. The cdc is intensifying the information to look for sources of infection and the pathway of spread and this will prevent a plan that taking the coronavirus situation fully into account. The two units where the cases have been diagnosed, south 4 and south 5, are under an extensive quarantine order. Each of these units houses approximately 60 residents. Within these units, doors have been secured, sheriffs are at the doors preventing residents from leaving and only allowing appropriate staff to enter and residents are being assessed for symptoms on every shift and staff are being screened twice for symptoms at every shift. Testing of all staff on south 4 and south 5 where staff cases have been found is almost complete. To date, nine positive cases have been confirmed. And testing of all patients on south 5 where patient cases have been found is complete and results are pending. To date, two positive cases have been confirmed. All nonessential personnel are restricted from entering the facility. All essential visitors, staff and residents are medically screened and all laguna honda staff are screened at the start of each shift. In addition, laguna honda is setting up a field care clinic on its grounds as a precaution in case there is a need to separate groups of patients. We are continuing to assess the situation and adapt our response accordingly. Working with our state and federal partners. However, even best efforts are no guarantee against the spread of the virus. There are currently 374 cases and six deaths due to coronavirus in San Francisco. In addition to our focused, Rapid Response efforts at laguna honda hospital, they are preparing for the expected surge of hospital patients. I remind all of sanfrancisco to do your part in slowing down the virus. By decreasing community spread, you will help protect vulnerable groups like the very residents of laguna honda and other longterm care facility residents across the country, other ederly people and those with underlying he health conditions. This is the time to come together as a community while we stay home whenever possible. I cannot stress that enough. Unfortunately, we will be seeing more cases and deaths in the coming days and weeks. Please do your part to keep those numbers as low as possible. Thank you. And i would like to introduce mr. Yee, board of supervisors. Good morning. Im t norman yee, president of e board of supervisors and im in district 7 in which laguna honda is located. I want to thank dr. Colfax and mayor breed in taking a stand with these vulnerable populations were dealing with. We knew that at some point somebody was going to be infected. So as tough as its been to say no visitors coming to laguna honda, its something we had to do. Think about it. The people that are there in the hospital are now not with their families, not with their friends visiting. And the love that the family and the friends want to provide for them, they cant. So a tough decision, it was very difficult to make, but think it was the right decision. Problem, in fact, it delayed any infection there. It probably, in fact, reduced the numbers that were seeing today. What im saying is probably reiterating what dr. Colfax was saying, that we need to take an aggressive stance. We need to attack this aggressively and do everything we can to slow it down, to minimize how many people are going to be infected, whether its staff or the seniors themselves. One thing that we could do even more aggressively if we have the tools is to Start Testing everybody there, everybody. We cant be working in a vacuum. We cant be guessing oh, where is the next person that will be positive . We have to get ahead of that. So as dr. Colfax and mayor breed were saying, were reaching out to the state and federal government and please respond because we need your help. Thats all i have to say today and thank you very much to the residents who are behaving the right way, social distancing, stay at home as much as you can and enjoy whatever you can at home and if you have to go out, make sure you are staying away from people, at least six feet and to continue washing your hands. Thank you very much. Well open it up to some question. Madam mayor, this is a question from abc7. What is the city doing to help Small Businesses during this crisis. So one of the first things that we announced early on, because we knew there would be some real challenges with our Small Business community, is a fund to provide a Million Dollars in grants right away and that money has dried up and we provided a delay in business taxes until 2021 so that businesses here can hold off on paying taxes until next year. We put a delay on a number of fees that businesses get charged and we also provided a 10 million fund for employees where you have businesses who have sick leave and, for example, if an employee only has two weeks of sick leave, we could provide an additional week of sick leave through a fund that is available and weve tried to make sure that we provided all of these options to Small Businesses. They can check out the website oewd. Com for more information on how they can get additional assistance. The governor added additional there are others other actually before did not qualify for Unemployment Insurance that now qualify for Unemployment Insurance. And so state Unemployment Insurance is available to a lot more people than it hav ever has before. So its important that people apply because you may not think youre qualified, but you are. Im working to develop a nointerest loan fund where weve partnered with a number of nonprofit agencies excuse me, folks in the private sector to contribute money along with public dollars and were hoping to make that Fund Available to businesses sooner rather than later. We understand that businesses are suffering and theres some real challenges with paying bills, but i think our commercial moratoriums on convictions and a number of other things were doing to really slow down or hold off on extreme responses to the lack of our Business Community and their inability to pay bills because of the resources that theyre no longer able to regenerate, i think that some of the measures we put in place will be helpful. I know they wont be enough so well continue to add a number of resources to help support our Small Business community and i just want to be clear, theres a lot of folks who are hurting out there and wer were going to do everything we can but this is a problem that doesnt exist in San Francisco. Its all over the country, all over the world and it will be difficult to help every single person, but well do our very best. Question from sin singh tao. For affordable housing, but what about luxury Home Building . The fact is in San Francisco, costle building anything is so expensive, the fact we dont build is a problem. It doesnt matter what sort of housing gets built. The fact is, when this is all over, people are going to need places to live and so im not going to pit between one housing versus another. Housing is essential, period. And what we dont want to happen is what happened, especially when we started to focus on Job Opportunities between 2010 and 2015 during the time when we were attracting a number of Tech Companies and other businesses to sanfrancisco. For every eight jobs we created, we created only one unit of housing. You had people lining you in the western Housing Community where i grew up, where you would never see anything like this for one apartment, which i think drives up prices. So the fact is, all housing is essential. And we dont need to pick one over the other. The fact is, when this is all over, just think about it, we have thousandscs of people on streets. You think well able to afford thousands of units to house them . This will require every single unit that we can get on the market, no matter what kind of unit it is. Thank you, madam mayor. The next questions are for dr. Colfax. This is from reedasm lbergati from the washington washington . What date are you used to make your posts positive . Whats the view of using modeling to predict what will happen with the virus and are you relying on any models . Thank you. We have some of the best people in the help department helping us pull in data from all sources, both locally, nationally and internationally to make an informed response. Some of the key things were looking at, obviously, are the number of cases and very importantly, the number of people who are hospitalized, including people in the intensive care unit, following numbers carefully, and using other data from china, italy and now new york t of what to be prepared for in worse Case Scenarios and updating the numbers to see where we stand. So in terms of what were missing, you know that theres clear testing deficiencies across the country and were working to expand our Testing Capacity in San Francisco. We still do not have an accurate prevalence number and, in other words, we not know overall per thousand people in San Francisco what the rate of the virus infection is and we are working, again, with the uc berkley and ucsf colleagues to determine that number as quickly as possible to get the estimates and those will be very important in informing our models. With regard to whether models are helpful, yes, i think they are very helpful and they provide a number of plausible scenarios and they certainly do not provide certainty about where were headed but provide plausible scenarios to help us plan our response Going Forward. The next question is from jamie harr of the associated press. The department of Public Health is sending Health Inspectors to conduct inspections at sros. How many are checking and what are you looking for or not looking for . So we are focus on a number of things, but particularly with regard to hygiene, making sure that the procedures are being followed and making sure that were doing outreach and education to the community, around the social distancing order and making sure that people have the information they need and, also, making sure that people have the information they need in the event they need care. They know who to call, when to call and to get the help from the Public Health department, their community and other Healthcare Providers and systems across the city. And this is a followup, if there are unsafe conditions, what will you do . Will you move people out . Were looking at focusing on the conditions are as safe as possible and if peopl symptoms, they are protected and that theyre provided with resources and physical spaces that allows them to selfquarantine from their community and other people that they may come into close contact with. And the next question is from shannon lim of kqed. Theres a question and followup. What are San Franciscos plans to Start Testing hopeless people for the coronavirus . Do they have a protocol for who they will be testing and when this will begin. So i appreciate the question and im emphasized that we are expanding our testing and its a key priority of the departments. I just want to be transparent, though, what were doing. To give you an example, when we send our request up to state with regard to asking for more help and responding to the laguna honda situation, part of that request was the request for more swabs, testing swabs. Therthis is not just limited ton francisco but a National Shortage and we are struggling to get swabs in order to test and so along the supply chain for testing, there are severe limitations. While we are working to expand Testing Capacity, my Public Health lab is expected to triple its potential Capacity Starting today and we are still struggling along that supply chain to ramp up testing as long as possible. So anything from the specimen collection you need for swabs, from the processing reagents that are needed, our supply chains are episodic and hard to determine. So with regard to testing people who are tendernessin experiencig homelessness, we will focus on people who are symptomatic and people with highrisk exposures. Miss lins followup and similar to question from dan simon from cnn. The medical director of the er at ucsf believes theres a flattening of the curve and credits the stateathome order and not seeing a surge of expected of patients. Do you believe this is so . I havent spoken to the er directly. I think its still too early to tell. We are monitoring the numbers. The thing is when this disease takes off, if it takes off, it takes of rapidly in Communities Just like new york, the escalation, the curve is very upsloping very quickly. Its what we call a logrythmic increase. We need people to stay at home and we are expanding the stayathome order and more details will follow. We are watching the data very carefully and i do not know whether the aggressive actions early on have had the tentative effect but we need data to confirm that. From the l. A. Times, a similar question, asking to clarify how many people with the virus are hospitalized in San Francisco right now. And the sheltered place in terms of flatten the curve, if thats not happening now, when do you think we might see that happening . So to answer the first question with regard to hospitalizations from the latest data i have from the city systems, we have 58 people hospitalized with confirmed covid19 in the Hospital Systems across San Francisco. Again, that number could rapidly change. And its too early for me to speculate whether were succeeding in flattening the curve. The next question, may i ask if San Francisco or dr. Colfax are coordinating with any other bay area counties in the city excuse me counties, cities or the state of california on how long to extend the stayathome order . Yes. Certainly i am in regular contact with Health Directors across the region, as well as direct contact with state Health Leaders and the response to this pandemic and confrontatio yard e healthhealth order. This is far more effective from a regional approach. The order that will be released tomorrow will be another regional approach Going Forward and it is essential that we collaborate, share information and react to reduce the pandemic spread. And the final question is from dominick vercasa of the chronicle. Will any activities currently permitted, like Housing Construction be prohibited under the extended order . So the order will be released tomorrow and those details will follow. Thank you. That concludes our press conference. Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the march 12, 2020, regular meeting of the Public Safety and Neighborhood Services committee. Im supervisor mandelman. Our clerk is john carroll, and i want to thank s. F. Gov. Tv for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Yes. Please silence all electronic devices. Your completed speaker cards and documents as part of the file will be submitted today as to the clerk. Items acted upon today will appear on the march 21st, 2020, board of supervisors agenda, unless other stated. And related to the coronavirus disease, we are asking all attend decees of this meeting to maintain at least four feet between themselves and others, regularly wash your hands for 20 seconds at a time, and try to avoid touching highvolume services as much as possible. Thank you for that, mr. Clerk. For reasons related to the current Public Health crisis, we are likely to continue items 3 and 4. So if anyone is here for those, you should be aware of that. So mr. Clerk, can you please call the first item. Item 1is a hearing to consider that the issuance of a type 57 special onsale beer and wine Liquor License to the owners association, doing business as the four seasons private residences, will serve the public convenience or necessity of the city and county. Thank you. Good morning members of the board. You have before you p. C. M. For 607 mission, Residence Owner association. They have applied for a type 57 license, and if approved, it should allow them to sell special onsale general. There are zero protests, zero items of support. Theyre located on plot 212, consider a highcrime area, and a high saturation area. The southern station has no opposition, and a. L. U. Recommendation is to approve the license without recommending any new conditions. Chairman great, thank you. Is the applicant here, or a representative . Yes. Good morning. Im beth hopalofia, representing the applicant. We understand that the Supervisors Office has requested a continuance of this item and would like to meet with the project sponsor. So were making plans to do that prior to the next meeting date. Chairman fantastic. Thank you. If there are no comments or questions, well open this up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public who would like to testify on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. As the applicants representative said, supervisor haney has requested with continue this item to allow additional time for his office and the applicant to meet. We can continue this item to the march 26th regular meeting and still not go past our 90day period during which were trying to make action. I will move we continue this to the march 26th regular meeting. We can take that without objection. Mr. Clerk, please call the next item . Item 2 is the hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 48 onsale Liquor License to buzz works incorporated, at 365 11th street will serve the convenience and necessity of the city and county. You have before you p. C. M. For buzz works. If approved, this would allow them to operate an onsale. There are zero letters of protest. I understand there are letters of support. They are located on plot 242, considered a high crime area. On census track 1082, considered a high saturation. And a. L. U. Recommendation is to approve this license without any new conditions. Chairman great. Thank you. Is the applicant here . Members of the board, distinguished chair, im ladd coupe, and im the owner and operator of buzz works. Ive been in San Francisco and owning a variety of nightclubs and restaurants during the last 30 years. I own butter, a legacy venue, that has been there for quite a while. I opened up buzz works about four years ago. And weve had seamless integration and carefree operations. Weve been operating as a type 42, which is 21 and up, craft beer sports bar. The only thing that this new application will allow us to do is add a line of craft spirits, in addition to our craft beer offerings, which are the widest variety in the city of San Francisco. We look to complement our existing operations, which wont change because well still be a 21 and up drinking place. There is really no operational changes needed, other than having an additional line of product. Otherwise, you know, we appreciate your support. And we have a lot of support from our neighborhood, from all of the residents. And people who have been patronizing and supporting our operations and our venue for quite some time. And we look forward to moving forward and having a great relationship with San Francisco and the a. L. U. , and the Police Department and fire department, as we always have. Thank you. Chairman thank you. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. Colleagues, my understanding is that supervisor haney is supportive of this application. And i dont see any reason not to make a motion or not to therefore direct our clerk to prepare a resolution, finding that this transfer will meet public convenience and necessity, and i will move to forward that resolution to the full board with positive recommendation, and we can take that without objection. Great. Mr. Clerk, please call our next item. Item 3is an ordinance amending the health code to require the director of health to adopt minimum and healthy standards in adult sex venues, but prohibiting them from adopting or regulate doors or mandate unlocked doors in areas where Sexual Activity may occur. Chairman colleagues, as i indicated earlier, although i am eager to have this item acted on by the full board, as part of the citys response to covid19, president yee has requested that Board Members postpone hearings that have large turnouts. So im going to be moving to continue this item to a future meeting, on a date to be determined, by the call of the chair. We do need to take Public Comment on this. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is now closed. And so i will move that we continue this call of the chair. We can take that without objection. Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Clerk, please call our next item. Agenda item 4 is a hearing to discuss the affects of ondemand delivery and Delivery Companies on Small Businesses. Chairman similarly, this is an extremely important topic, but in light of the current crisis, and president yees direction to postpone nonessential legislation are hearings with large public turnout, im going to, after taking Public Comment, move to continue this to the call of the chair. Are there any members of the public who would like to speak on this item . So ill just rules in Public Comment are we allow you two minutes. Please state your first and last name. If you have prepared written statements, youre encouraged to leave a copy with the clerk. No applause ar or booing is allowed. I will ad lib a small part of Public Comment that i feel it is a wonderful topic for you guys to bring up as a member of Small Business, and seeing the impact of the Delivery Services have had on myself and neighboring businesses and throughout the city. I think it is time that the city does take some sort of steps to regulate the viral spread of this and its impact. I mean, its really killing small restaurants and bars and stuff. And its hurting our bottom lines. Theyve got no overhead the way we do, and most of them use tactics to take advantage of the businesses that they serve. And it really needs to be really addressed. Thank you. Chairman thank you. Are there any other members if there are members of the public that would like to speak on this item, if folks could line up on the far side of the chamber. Hi. I heard what you said about the reasons for postponing it, and i thought that might happen today, but i rearranged my whole week to be here today, and i called city hall to find out if this meeting was happening specifically for this item. Im trying to figure out how in the future to make sure i have to get coverage for people at home, so how do i know if an item and the agenda is actually going to be heard, or if it is not, before i come to city hall. Is there a way for me to check that before i get here . Chairman i answer that or try to attempt to answer that after Public Comment is over. Thank you very much. Chairman are there any other members of the public . You wanted to say the same thing . Im victor eskovito, and we own two restaurants and a food truck. Really, this is really affecting us, where location Means Nothing anymore. And so there is its a real problem. And it could work. We could make it work, and i think it should be something that we should really address because it is going to put people out of business, and it is really going to change. If you want to attract good chefs to San Francisco, they have to start out with a Small Business and then maybe get hired with bigger restaurants. The whole dynamic of the San Francisco culinary culture is going to suffer if this is not really just regulated, and it has to happen. So it would be great to have it really taken seriously. Chairman thank you. Are there any other members of the public who would like to speak on this item before i close Public Comment. Public comment is now closed. So this is an extraordinary circumstance that were in. I would say one way to check on whether a hearing is happening is to call the office of the principle sponsor. In the case of ondemand delivery, perhaps supervisor safai or peskin ts office wouldnt necessarily have known these were going to be continued. Mr. Chair, if we do know, we can pass on this information or we can provide more direct Contact Information of someone who works in the office of the sponsoring supervisor to provide the information. My phone number is also on the front of our agenda. 4155544445, and interested constituents can contact me directly from that phone number. Chairman thank you, mr. Clerk. And the other thing i would say is i would, now for the duration of however long this lasts, i think it is worth, particularly if the agenda item looks like it might be nonessential or something that could be deferred until later, its worth checking before coming down here because we are trying to significantly limit members of the public congregating in any of these rooms and potentially spreading covid19. And, yes, chair ste stephanie . Thank you, chair manhandlmandelman. If you cant come to the next hearing, you can email us and the clerk and let us know your story and it can be added to the file. I want you to know your voice will be heard no matter what, if you cant make the next hearing date. There are other ways to communicate. I feel this is such an important topic. I would like to be added as a cosponsor to the hearing, and just know your voice can still be heard if you cant make the next hearing. Thank you. And i would just like to apologize to the folks who did come down and your voice has been heard, but i hope youll be able to come to this when it does eventually happen, when we are on the other side of the curve. Mr. Clerk, are there any other items before us today . Youve made a motion to call the chair chairman i have made a motion. Well take that without objection. Thank you. There is no further business. Chairman there is no further business, so were adjourned. Thank you. Hi, im with building San Francisco. And we have a special program of stay safe today where were going to talk about what you can do to your home after an earthquake to make it waterproof and to be more comfortable. Were here at spur in San Francisco, this wonderful exhibit of safe enough to stay. And this is an example of what your home might be like after an earthquake. And we have today with us ben latimer from tvan. Thank you for joining us. Thank you. Well talk about things you can do you dont have to be a professional contractor to make your home more livable after an earthquake. I want to talk about things a homeowner can do. We have comfort and we have things like a little bit of maybe safety if your front door is ajar and waterproofing if you have a leak in your roof, or if you have broken glass on the window. So unr, one of the most important fib use is keeping outside out and inside in. Lets look at windows. Lets assume this window is broken in the earthquake. We have wind and rain blowing in. One of the most important things you need to do as a homeowner is secure the plastic properly. If you just take staples or nails and put them into the plastic, were going to get a strong wind and rip it right off. What im going to have somebody do is theyre going to have this is an old piece of shingle. You might have everybody has a piece of wood in their basement. It doesnt have to be fancy. They take out this rusty screw begun, and hopefully you have one of these. There is one at the neighborhood support center. At the neighborhood support center. Youre going to wrap this plastic around this board, take your screw. And then screw that in. You need a permit for this . You do need a permit for this. And you can contact the former head building inspector to get that permit. Thats it. Now when the wind blows, its tight and its not going to pull through, having a single point of contact. Great. What about this door . Take a look at this door. What can you do . Lets say it doesnt shut tight. What can you do . For the sake of argument, were on the inside. I cant lock my door at night. I have a very similar, very similar idea. Im going to take my 2 by 4. I can put it across the jamb in the door. One. Two. Maybe i want another one up here, maybe another one down there. But i can go to sleep. And that quickly, i can get it off in the morning. Terrific. What about the roof up here . We see people throw blue tarps over their roof after an earthquake. That seems reasonable. I think the blue tarp is reasonable. The things that people want to know that they need to know is if you have multiple tarps, how you overlap. Starting from the bottom and moving up so that youre overlapping this way. So, rain running down doesnt slide under your tarp. Right. And the same technique we did over here, as silly as it may sound, wrapping the end of that blue tarp with your board and then securing that if you can underneath, if you have to on top is fine. But making sure that you dont have an area where the wind is going to get under and bill owe that tarp. The wind can rip it right off. And then youre back up there again. Lets go inside and check out what we can do inside. Old fun. Here we go. So, ben, i see you have nails, universal tool right here. Mans best friend. Duct tape. Let me show you a couple things we can use this for after an earthquake. This window right here, because its off kilter, we have open seams all along. I have a lot of air coming through. I want to stay comfortable at night. I want to keep that air out. Its as simple as that, all the way around. Excellent. Now i dont have any air coming in. Lets say this one is one that would annoy me. Everything is a little off. My doors wont stay closed. I take a piece of my favorite duct tape here, close it up. And at least it will stay out of my way when im trying to live throughout my day. If were not talking about pressurized water, were talking about just the drain, sometimes theyre going to get a crack here. Right, sure. And youre going to get a leak. Duct tape around that is going to help us get through until we can get a plumber out and get that fixed as well. Lets say we only have electricity in one room, so were running extension cords across the house. If im going to run an extension cord from one room to the other, i dont want kids tripping on it. I dont want to trippon it. I take my trusty duct tape, tape it to the floor, and i dont have to worry about it getting kicked. Great, great. Look at this. Lets look at the duct tape here because we see a big yes. In the event of an earthquake, i dont think were going to have too many too much debris thats safe to put into a plastic bag, even as strong as it might be. These are called vice bags. This is what they use to put rice and things when they ship it. This is something where i take my glass, i can take broken pieces of wood, i can take anything sharp and fill it. And its not going to puncture and come out. Its not going to fall all over the floor. Ive not going to have it sticking out, maybe scratch myself, cut myself or anything like that. These are a great thing to have. You have a little goto box for emergencies. Thats great. Thanks very much for joining us, ben. Its really been interesting. And i want to thank you all for joining us here at the spur urban center. And well see you again test. 3, 2. One. The riles committee. Im hillary supervisor. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is vice chair supervisor