Continue to take a look at. But we dont have a viable model yet that we can necessarily replicate. And thats why its not yet in the program. Commissioner fewer okay. Because i just want to also emphasize that some of these communities for a long time have not had equitable Transportation Services to begin with. When you eliminate these there are other viable means of transportation like many of these people, who are low income, have not had the same opportunities as other communities have. If we had millions of dollars to give this to everyone, i would just say theres no cause for it. When youre telling me its 70 to 100 people a week, i just think that sometimes we have to prioritize those who are the most in need, meaning that if they were to seek the Transportation Options themself, they would not be able to put their food on their table or feed their children or pay their rent. Some of us are in different positions than others. And i just wanted to make sure that these funds and everything that were looking at during this crisis, is through an equity lens. And also lets not forget a Racial Equity lens, too, as we see the greatest economic gaps between people of color and people who are not of color. So thank you very much. Thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you, commissioner fewer. And then madam executive director, do you want to speak to the amount of potential funding that we have, if this is a success . Sure. Yes. Yes, thank you, chair. As anna laforte mentioned earlier, i believe we do have another clean taxi purchase planned, that is potentially available, up to 250,000 of tfca funds that have been programmed, just like the first grant that we could the board to elect to reprioritize to expand this emergency essential worker ridehome program. In addition, the Transportation Authority we do receive annually about 750 to prioritize the program annually. And we already have a call for projects under way. And we can certainly consider adding funds from that annual pot for 2021 as well. Commissioner peskin thank you, director chang. Are there any members of the public who would like to comment on this item number 9 . Clerk yes, chair, there is Public Comment. Commissioner peskin okay. First speaker, please. Announcer you have one question remaining. Clerk welcome, caller, your two minutes begins now. Caller yes. Good morning. And thank you for the supervisors. I actually called in for something thats going to be placed on the agenda for thursday. But ive been listening to this. And my concerns are with the 197,500 transportation funds for clean air, is that going to also impact some of the homeless encampments over on jones and taylor or cleaning up and refreshing that air and remove ing some of the public waste, that now we realize that covid has now found in feces . So how is that going to impact some of the funds for homeless sanitation . Thank you. Commissioner peskin does that conclude your comment . Yes, sir. Thank you, supervisor, peskin. So Public Comment on this item is now closed. And with regard to the issue raised by the member of the public, this is the Transportation Authority commission, not the board of supervisors. And we allocate im sorry. Commissioner peskin transportation. Yes. Im looking at the prompter. I meant transportation. Commissioner peskin right. But im answering the question that you posed, as to other issues like homelessness, that are within the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors. This is a transportation funding agency. And were discussing Transportation Options during covid19 period for individuals that need to be taken from work. As commissioner yee raised to work. With that, a motion to move item number 9 . So moved. Commissioner preston. Commissioner peskin all right. Is there a second . Second by mandelman. Clerk on item number 9, seeking final approval on its first appearance. Commissioner. Commissioner aye. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner mar . Commissioner mar aye. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin aye. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston aye. E. P. A. Commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen aye. Clerk commissioner safai . Commissioner safai aye. Clerk commissioner stefani . Commissioner stefani aye. Clerk ye,. Commissioner yee aye. Commissioner peskin next item, please. Item number 10. Update on the Municipal Transportation Agencys transportation programs to assist seniors and people with disabilities. This is an information item. Commissioner peskin ms. La porte. Anna la la la porte, deputy director. The previous item was providing taxi rides for essential workers. And im pleased that were also able to shed light on the suite of programs that are offered to san franciscans and. And the next presentation is what is offered as far as assistance for seniors and people with disabilities. Several commissioners have asked about this, what Transportation Services the San FranciscoMunicipal Transportation Agency is offering to support the mobility of people with disabilities and older adults, due to the Transit Service reductions during the covid19 pandemic. In response, staff from the sfmta, ill provide an update to the board, including on how the current Transit Program is operating and also on the new essential trip card, which is helping seniors and people with disabilities take and pay for essential trips in taxis during this crisis. And with that, i would like to invite annette williams, director of Accessible Services at the sfmta, to give her presentation. Commissioner peskin good morning, aannette. Good morning, commissioners. Can you see me . Hi. [laughter] im just going to pull up my slides. So nice to be here. My name is annette williams. Im the manager of Accessible Services. Let me just get to the main slide here. I really appreciate you having me. And i wanted to give you an update on the services that we provide, both now during covid and in terms of our whole suite of services. As you know, at this point muni is only really for essential trips. And for those who dont have other Transportation Options. Were very concerned about the safety of muni customers and operators. And that were retaining social distance on the system. So that has also resulted in some reductions to service, which ill talk about in just a minute. As youre probably aware, most people are now boarding at the rear door. But its very important for seniors and people with disabilities, who need the lift or the kneeler, to be welcomed and innovated in the front door. And so thats very important to us and thats a big part of making sure that access is continuing at the front door of the system. Were also making sure that on the vehicle, as i mentioned, that theres physical distance. And that both the operators are wearing p. P. E. And that any of the customers are using face coverings or masks. And they can ask verbally for a stop instead of needing to pull the stop request or pushing the stop request button. As youre aware, were now running as of last week, we were running 17 of the 79 lines. And thats 80 of the service pre this reduction was on those lines. So they were the most important lines, in terms of service. But it does mean a great reduction in the amount of coverage in San Francisco. Fortunately last friday we were able to add back some services on the five fulton, 12 f. Lsom. To add frequency on the l, the n and 39 r. As youre aware, the owl service is starting earlier at 10 00 p. M. Appear and 30minute headlines on the lines and listed there on your screen. You can see the map of the services that were currently providing. One of the mings that muni is very proud of is that were within a few blocks of every household. But in this covid period, were not able to be in that kind of distance. And, of course, many of you, as commissioners and those of us who work at m. T. A. , were very concerned about what does this mean for people with mobility impairments, for those whom getting to the further distance to the bus is very difficult. We developed a new program called the essential trip card program. And this is to make sure that people, though all of us are staying home, right, and were only going out for essential trips, but there are still trips that people must may need to take, because they dont have someone else to do Grocery Shopping for them or may need to go to a medical appointment. We started the program and it subsidizes those few rides. In order to qualify for the program, a person just needs to be 65 or older or have a disability. And how it works is for each 6 that they load on their card, they receive 30 in taxi value. Up to a maximum of 60 per month, which is about three to four roundtrips. And we also wanted to make sure it was easy, that we had good outreach, that everybody was aware of this program. And so we used 311 as our conduit to get into the program, because its an easy thing to remember. And we have people there at 311 at all hours. So if they call 311, then theyre transferred to the paratransit office, who then takes the registrations. And theyre open monday through friday from 9 00 until 4 45. Im really happy to say that we already have 600 people who have signed up for the program. We started it on april 16th. Another thing thats very encouraging is the i believe 587 of those people were eligible for free muni. So were getting to people who really dont have the income levels that may allow them to take taxis themselves. You know, on their own, paying the full fare. We also more than half of those people are people of color. So the next slide is for those of you at home, or later, please do check out this video about the program. It explains it. Its just two minutes long. It will give you a good overview of the essential trip card. So then i wanted to go into also explaining all of the programs that we have for paratransit. And paratransit is doortodoor services for people who are unable to use muni. Most people with disabilities, most seniors are able to use muni. But there are people, for whom its difficult to get to the bus stop. Theyre not able because of their bus stop to get to independently ride the bus. They may have alzheimers, they may be going to dialysis, where they dont have the strength to take the bus home. So the three main modes of service are s. F. Access, group van and taxi ramp taxi. The way that people become eligible for paratransit like i just said its a functional eligibility. Its based on the fact that theyre not able to use muni. Theres an application they fill out and usually an interview or sometimes professional verification from a medical professional. Currently under covid, were submitting the were really encouraging everyone to submit the applications by email or fax. So that it can be done quickly. And that they dont need to visit the office or leave their home. We have certification analysts that are performing the interviews and theyre doing all of the interviews by phone during this period. And if when they get their i. D. , it wont have a photo on it now, because we dont want people to come in for a photo. So in terms of s. F. Access in covid19, were still providing doortodoor service, prescheduled one to seven days in advance. Many people are going to dialysis and have a standing ride. It covers the entire city, including daly city, three quarters of a mile around the bart station. And were encouraging people to only take essential trips, just like all of us. We minimized the van capacity to make sure that theres social distancing and were not taking more than two riders per van. And were providing masks to all of the drivers and p. P. E. And the vehicles are cleaned significantly with significant cleaning every night. Group van where groups of people are going to one location, like an Adult Day Health care center or a seniors center, those services were operating for the first few weeks for some agencies. But all of the agencies now have closed their doors. And so during shelterinplace, the group van services are not happening any longer. In terms of tax service, were providing sameday ondemand services. All taxes are are required to participate. Were encouraging customers to take essential trips also on taxis. And as director tern mentioned earlier, weve done a lot in terms of making sure that the taxi drivers have p. P. E. Kits. And that its clear that theyre required to clean the vehicle between trips and theyve been trained. Both we have a video and the companies have been given the p. P. E. And the cleaning supplies for the drivers, so that they have that available to them. And dont need to get it themselves. Theyre required to wear face recoverings as well. One of the other one operating is the shoparound program, which is a van that takes people to shopping centers. Usually we have five to seven people that may sign up. Now were only doing two per vehicle and providing more vehicles, if theres more demand. Theres also a shoparound taxi drive. And this is for people who arent a. D. A. Eligible and paratransiteligible, for whom taking muni would be difficult to do shopping. Taking your groceries back may be difficult. So theyre able to use the Shopping Service instead. We also have the van van go shu. And any agency or group in the city that has seniors and people with disabilities, that would like to use the van go program, it is available to them. Unfortunately now with shelterinplace, its temporarily suspended. But we look forward to that ramping up again when were all back. Paratransit bus is a taxi program that we have for those who are not a. D. A. Eligible, but may have great difficulty or had difficulty in using muni. They theyre able to get paratransit plus. It just provides a benefit for taxi for some occasional trips. Another program that im sure youre probably aware of is a Grant Program that we have done with the Department Department c health. Were calling the Choice Transportation program. And this is to address the Transportation Needs of people going to Public Health clinics. And we have transportation navigators who meet with the individuals, to make sure they that they know about all of their Transportation Options, like free muni, discounted clipper, travel training, paratransit, shoparound. If those services dont immediate their meet their needs. One last thing i wanted to mention is that the sfmta has a mobility management center, which is run out of our paratransit office. And this provides a way for people to get nell information they might need for caregivers or others who want to understand what are the things that are available to me. How do i get from point a to point b. I have a new disability, im not sure how its going to affect my travel. And so we have personalized transportation information thats available there. And weve also done a lot with our website to make sure that its easier for people tomorrow navigate. If theyre a caregiver, how do i get through to see what other services are available for the person i work with or a child looking for their parent or the person themselves who just wants to understand what services are available. And we have a lot of personal relationships with the communitybased organizations. We believe its really important to work with them. And thats part of why i think so many signups for the trip card, weve done a lot of outreach through community organizations. So heres a list of quick ways to get into the website for particular programs. All of the information on covid. Information on the e. T. C. Program, paratransit, paratransit taxi, shoparound. And then i wanted to just show you a quick little video. One of the things during this kind of time is, you know, there are a lot of people who are working excuse me. Working very hard. And some of those are our paratransit employees. They are making the difference in terms of peoples lives. And what they can do. So were just going to quickly show you this oneminute video that says thank you to those people. Commissioner peskin thank you, annette. [music playing] i know that paratransit serves some of the most Vulnerable People in the city of San Francisco. Paratransit needs to be there for them to just allow them to even go to the grocery store. And its one of the things that people are struggling with as we go through this Health Crisis right now. Really appreciate having a job. I guess directly help people. A lot of them that have jobs, i felt like i didnt really see the results of my work. I appreciate everything that we do. So i try to be as loving and caring as possible, because thats how you feel, you know, when you help. I feel like im giving back. That makes me feel good and proud of myself. Commissioner peskin thank you, ms. Williams p thank you to all of the people working so hard out there. And im available to answer any questions you might have. Commissioner peskin thank you so much. Commissioner safai. Commissioner safai thank you, chair. Just wanted to say that this essential trip card program is so important for us. Theres a number of pockets in our community that have been completely isolated, as the m. T. A. Service has the muni service has been reduced. We were very happy to work with the Transit Workers Union and roger, local 250a and jeff and his team and julie. We just god word that were going to be restoring the mline in a variation of that, starting monday, may 4th, 6 00 until 9 0. 6 00 a. M. To 9 00 p. M. In 20minute intervals. Were really excited about that. I want to thank sfmta and for everyone working with us on that. Theres still pockets of my community that really, really will rely on this essential card program, because seniors dont feel comfortable going out, even on buses or even in large setting. Theyd rather be in an environment that they know is safe and they are by themselves. I just want to thank annette and her team and others and the t. A. For really prioritizing this. Because its an essential piece of getting seniors, who are socially isolated, geographically isolated, lack of service right now from muni, to be able to get the essential items that, you know, many of them dont have a computer. Many of them dont have internet access. They cant order things online. They might have language barriers. And so this is an Important Program that were really excited. And happy its available. Along with paratransit, of course. Thats also very important. But just wanted to say that this is important. Were going to continue to promote it through every avenue we can. And i thank the t. A. And the sfmta for working on this. Thank you, chair. Commissioner peskin thank you, commissioner. Commissioner preston. Commissioner preston . Commissioner preston i was muted there. Thank you, chair peskin. So concur with commissioner safais comments about the importance of this program. Thank you, ms. Williams for all of your work on this. I just had one question. Im curious about the age 65. Obviously right now vulnerable populations in San Francisco are defined by using the age of 60. And i was just curious whether any thought was given or whether it might be possible to expand eligible for this program, during the shelterinplace period and state of emergency from 65 down down to 60. Can i respond . Commissioner peskin yes, ms. Williams, please. What we did is we followed our guidelines in terms of the fare categories at muni, which is 65 and over is a senior and below 65 is r. T. C. So anyone who has a mobility impairment, thats under 65 and is a muni user, they are probably already in our r. T. C. Program, using it because they have a mobility need. And so we think that we captured everyone who would be affected by the, you know, the additional distance that they need to walk to get to the muni line. Because they would already be in our r. T. C. Program. So thats how you know, we think we captured everybody who has mobility issues with this eligibility. Do you understand the way that the Regional TransitDiscount Card Program works is that if youre under 65, then you get that card. And if youre over 65, you get the senior clipper card. So it should capture everybody who has any kind of mobility limitation, that would affect their ability to walk to muni. Commissioner peskin commissioner . Commissioner preston thank you. I think that i understand that that probably captures most folks. I do think folks who may not have that mobility issue, but are still on this highrisk category, could possibly benefit. I dont know logistically if redefining it poses other administrative challenges. I can definitely take that back to our policy group and discuss it with them. Im more than willing to do that. But i do feel that were probably captured most of those people in the 60 to 65 category, who have mobility impairments, because of the way that the fare programs work at m. T. A. And in the region. Commissioner preston thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you, commissioner. Commissioner mandelman. Commissioner mandelman im not quite i may be being slow i didnt quite follow that last explanation to supervisor preston. So the and maybe you can say it again. Ill try. Commissioner mandelman it occurs to me that if im 60 years old and i live in twin peaks or diamond heights, and i dont necessarily have an impairment and 61 years old and walking its a little harder to walk, you know, half a mile uphill with a bunch of groceries than maybe it was 15 years ago. What program would i be under . So what i was explaining is if youre a muni rider, and you have any kind of mobility impairment, most muni riders then would apply for the r. T. C. Program or senior clipper to get the discounts or the free muni, if youre low income. And so anyone under 65, who has a mobility impairment is eligible for the r. T. C. Program. And if they had applied for that, or had a disability, theyre eligible. Access to which program . Access to the discounts on muni, to free muni, if theyre lower, moderate income. And to the e. T. C. Program, the essential trips per card program. So if they have an r. T. C. Card, theyre automatically eligible for the e. T. C. Program. Commissioner mandelman it just strikes me and i had some conversations with people who are sort of in this kind of late 50s, early 60s kind of category. Like me. Like me. Im one of them. Commissioner mandelman wouldnt necessarily feel like i have a mobility impairment that would have caused me to enroll in a particular program. Its just half a mile to a mile up a hill with groceries is maybe more than i can handle. So i do i just want to i think for simplicity sake, for user friendliness, i want to concur with and echo supervisor prestons, you know from what i have heard, also some flexibility around, you know, people who do have, you know, maybe not over 65, but maybe you do have a mobility issue and maybe well give you the e. T. C. That way and theres been some of that. And we are. Commissioner mandelman and im pretty sure of that. I wonder if it might make sense to push the qualifying age down to 60. And then i just i really appreciate the expedited kind of process around paratransit eligibility. So what is timing like now from i call 311 to im in the program . The staff is trying to process them as quickly as possible. Under the a. D. A. , they have up to 21 day. I think most are processed within a week. Sometimes the problem is getting information back from a doctor, if theyre waiting for something and they have to wait for that information and, you know, follow up with the doctor. But theyre trying to do them as quickly as possible. No longer than three weeks. Most are happening in less than two weeks, some even in money. Commissioner mandelman okay. Okay. I didnt know by the paratransit plus program. How does that relate to any of these other any of these other options . Its just its something that weve had for quite some time. We put in place were always trying to meet the needs. We know muni meets a lot of needs, paratransit meets others. But sometimes some gray area in the middle. And the paratransit bus we put together a probably more than ten years ago, when there was some people who didnt quite meet the a. D. A. Criteria, but knowing they had a taxi trip if something was really difficult, made a big difference to their mobility. So we did this paratransit plus program. Its generally offered to people who dont get a. D. A. Eligibility, but still have some difficulty occasionally with using muni. The taxi industry has been huge to paratransit for many, many years. Theyve been a backbone in terms of providing a lot of services for seniors and people with disabilities. And people love it. You know, they like to be able to call a cab and have it come right away and be able to get to where they need to go quickly and easily. Because of those relationships and what weve built, we were able to put this program, this e. T. C. Program in place like, you know, very, very quickly. Im really proud that we have that kind of relationship with the industry. Commissioner mandelman great. Thank you for your work on that. And im done. Commissioner peskin thank you. Are there any other members who would like to speak to this item number 10, which is an information item. Seeing none, are there any members of the public who would like to make Public Comment on this item . Clerk there are no members of the public at this time. Commissioner peskin okay. Public comment is closed. Colleagues, is there any introduction of new items . Seeing none, is there any general Public Comment . And before we open it up, i do want to mention that we are all in receipt of Public Comment via email from alvin, that our clerk distributed to all of us this morning, prior to the meeting. Now well open it up for Public Comment. Are there any members of the public here for general Public Comment . Clerk yes, chair, there is a Public Comment. Commissioner peskin all right. First speaker, please. Announcer you have one question remaining. Clerk welcome, caller, your two minutes begins now. Hello, caller . Caller can you hear me . Commissioner peskin yes, we can hear you. All right. Sorry, i was muted. I apologize for the breach of protocol earlier, in that basically a brain fail on my part. The only thing id like to ask, two items at the last board meeting, 17 and 18. I did come in on 17, no time left to come in on 18, because both items were together. So i followed up. I do have a question through the chair, though, about what happens to written Public Comment from the general public, because the sfcta and m. T. C. Does not the communication to the agenda item on the website. The last comment i have is that i think it is unfortunate that the c. A. C. Has not been able to chime in on multiple prop k allocations for the last two board meetings. Even though the sfcta have had the ability to hold multiple Community Meetings via teleconference. Thank you. Commissioner peskin thank you for those comments, mr. Lebrun. And we do get all of the Public Comments that are distributed individually to each of the members. I think i acknowledged your comment from the last meeting on item 18. You make a good suggestion about actually appending those and making them part of the publicly available file online. And with regard to the c. A. C. , we are getting there. This is our second sfcta meeting, virtual meeting. But im working with staff to make sure that we are able to reconvene our c. A. C. Are there any additional Public Comments . Seeing go ahead. Clerk i apologize. I was just going to say there is no additional comments. Commissioner peskin okay. Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. And the sfcta is adjourned. [taps gavel] announcer youre watching coping with covid19. Todays special guest is dr. Steven getnick. Hi, im chris man us and youre watching coping with covid19. Today my guest is the director of the Behavior Therapy Center of San Francisco and Professor Emeritus in counseling psychology at the university of San Francisco. Doctor, welcome to the show. Thank you. Lets talk about managing anxieties during this pandemic. What types of issues are people facing at the moment . There are a number of issues and i really want to point out that this is affecting everyone and has come on very quickly. So it is normal. If you are not experiencing some anxiety, something is a touch off because this affects us all. I think some of the main ones are our health and worried about getting the virus and our developing serious complications. I think for a lot of people who are single, living alone, in isolation, has been very difficult. I think being in close quarters with people who we normally have some space from now are together 24 7. Thats produced a lot of stress and anxiety. That loss of connection with others. We already addressed. And having kids home. For a lot of people. Yes, absolutely. What are the other problems that they might have . I think without that dynamic, the good things are not a problem. It is the difficulties we have. And when were together 24 7, again its like hooking everything up to an amplifier. So, what kind of problems could be created from working home from home, perhaps for the first time in your career . A lot of people are not used to working at home and a working at home just isnt the same. For one thing, there is a lack of social interaction. Some people find that that affects them greatly. Some people are actually finding theyre getting more work done at home without distractions from work. The lack of structure is probably the most common. We see it here with work at the office. People are kind of watching. We know that our schedule is, suddenly youre at home and you are on your own. Absolutely. If those are some of the issues people are facing, what are some of the techniques people can use to overcome their anxiety . Caller i think there are many. One of the first is how managing and keeping track of your thinking, we think and talk to ourselves a lot. Thats normal. We have a dialogue with ourselves often and we need to monitor that a bit. People tend to ruminate versus problemsolve. That is they tend to worry about all the things that might go wrong. And what i suggest is, look, there are things that can go wrong, but ruminating about the worstcase scenario is not going to be very productive. Sit down, figure out what the things are that you have to deal with and try to problemsolve. I think any of the selfcontrol techniques for anxiety can be helpful. And there are dozens of them. The common ones are meditation, relaxation techniques, yoga, for example and another is diaphragmattic breathing. If you google that, you can learn diaphragmattic breathing in about 10 minutes online. Its incredibly simple and it is a really nice way to reduce anxiety in the moment. Selfcontrol procedures, exercise. Whether if youre fortunate enough to have equipment at home, thats great. If youre not, get outside and go for a walk, keep your safe distance, of course. But you need to be active. Thats helpful. I think people marry be dealing with information overload at the moment. How do you suggest people manage that . I was just going to say that. I think it is really important to kind of limit the information you get. Not in terms of accuracy. I think in terms of accuracy, you want to identify a few sites where people are coming with evidencebased information and scientific information so you can form yourself well. Once youve informed yourself, you need to not be watching all day long. Ive talked to people who are mesmerized from the tv and a it keeps that anxiety going so you need to limit your viewing for sure. This can be stress for people who have economic concerns and worried about their family and friends and loved ones who are essential workers. What would you suggest they do to help manage anxiety and stress . There is a number of things. One of major ones for depression is behavioral activation. Simply, it really means that people will tend to not be depressed as a number of reinforcing activities to engage in. Whether it is hobbies, you read, you listen to music, you crochet, you whatever. These kinds of things are very important so you want to make sure that youre engaging in activities that literally make you feel better as opposed to sitting around ruminating, worrying about the worstcase scenarios that might happen. What about trying to do some selfdevelopment . Yeah. Its a very interesting time. Ive talked to a couple of my own clients who are finding, in a very positive way, that this isolation, while at first can generate a lot of anxiety, particularly if youre just not good at living alone. For a number of people, its giving them a chance to sit back and really think about what is important in their lives, what are the priorities. I think that maybe if there is any Silver Lining in this epidemic, its really forcing all of us to kind of rethink whats really important. Indeed. You know, though, at the same time, there are people who are feeling very lonely at home. How would you encourage them to overcome that . You get online. Facetime, skype, zoom, like what were doing right now. You can stay connected. Its very possible. Most connections are important. We are social critters and we need that connection. I think for people who dont have those options, pull up photos, take a look at pictures of family. You need to stay connected. And its very important. And finally, do you have any suggestions that are specifically for families . Yeah. Well, again, i think one of the interesting things thats come about from all of this, is i talked to families on video is theyre obviously spending more time together. While its a bit awkward, particularly for parents who are in the house working a lot. Its a chance to really deepen relationships and spend more good, quality time together. I think parents really need to step back and kind of plan their day a little bit. Not micro manage it, but have some ideas. Can the family play games together . A lot of people i talked to, theyre even together as a family for the first time. So i think there are a number of things that people can do. I think it is qulaouzful for the families to take five, 10 minutes and say how did the day go . I talked to someone in the phone book before we started who said they noticed what time of day all their anxiety kind of comes together and they start sniping at each other. Now theyre taking a few minutes at tend of the day to say, ok, how are we doing . I think they need modeling good behavior, something you can do within the family, too, to try to thats right. I think thats relevant. Very relevant to how children are going to do. Most of the research from crises, particularly things we cant control showed that children do as well as their parents do. So i think it is important for parents to think about how theyre react aing and they stay calm because whatever they do is modeling, coping for their children. So, that can be very useful. It can also be problematic. When we talked earlier, you mentioned that acknowledging that your kids are afraid is important. Yes. I think that ties to your last question. I think modeling you know, its not incompatible with saying, yeah, you know, mom or dad is a little nervous, too. It means a lot of stuff is going on, but were going to be ok. Were going to stay together. We have our time together. Were going to be safe. Well fill in the blank. So you can do both. You can reassure but in a realistic way that once the kids know its normal to be anxious in these times. Thank you for coming ton show, doctor. I really appreciate the time youve given us. Youre welcome. Thank you for having me. And that is it for this episode. Well be back with more covid19 related information shortly. You have been coping with covid19. Thank you for watching. Bonnie banks. Bonnie banks. My definition of noise is uncontrolled music. Without format. Pretty simple affair. Pancakes, and youre people get up on sundays around noon, weekends or whatever. Should not be too hard to walk into place. Have your audio alarm clock go off for two hours waking your up while you are eating breakfast with many interesting visuals once in a while. Improvisation. Listening or not to the person youre playing up against or people or machines. Trying to get as many different people in as possible. Different genres, experimental noise, electronics, dissonance some drums. A tiny bit of ambient the first noise pancake shows, 1999, the first waffle noise, 2001. Godwaffle noise, noise pancake came out of cubist art, place on mission street, brutallo, where the church opened up his house and saturday morning cartoons. A big space. You can have everybody set up and barely move equipment around; small room for an audience to move around, walkover and get pancakes without getting burned up in the kitchen. Theres like people in their hardcore gabber; people into really fast death metal; black metal. People who dont listen to music at all. Guy like larnie bock sounds like set up huge, motor driven harp. I dont know how to explain it. 40 foot of motors that he had running over strings and wires. And then played each string individually with the mixer. There is a feeling of euphoria when somebodys really good at what they do. Experiencing a buffer, pushing your bowels out your rear. Different. A lot of noise. You dont play clubs with a cleaning schedule, a guy coming in the morning emptying the beer bottles. You play the warehouse. If you travel around you will see the exact same kind of weirdos doing their own thing. It is like in the bay area its even more absurd. There seems to be more people that in a place like new york or tokyo. We did a show in new york, i didnt think that anyone was at hardly, and people come up and said i saw the show. I wish they had some kind of breakfast noise going on over there. I think a lot of people were being, walking out of the shows. That was incredible. I cant believe its over already, after two hours. If you are reluctant to enjoy Something Like this it will probably take a mass of peers to sell you on it. Its fine if you stay away. Most of the people that come to the shows are pretty happy to be here. You may not be one of them. Which is fine. This is the School District for april 28, 2020. It is now called to order. Roll call please. Ms. Collins. Here. Mr. Cook. He is not here yet. Ms. Lam. Here. Ms. Lopez. Here. Ms. Norton. Yes. Are if student delegates with us . Thank you. All right. Here