Order. Will you please call the roll. roll call . All right. Moving onto the next item. The approval of the minutes of the Health Commission meeting of july 21, 2020. Before we begin with this item on maf o behalf of my fellow commissioners we approved to help equity resolution declari declaringit was based by the Human Rights Commission during their june 25th meeting. Ours had the addition of some resolved statements that were tailored to health and programs. On behalf of my fellow commissioners i want to acknowledge the critical work of the commission and their staff along with members of the Community Group mega black sf. And develop the resolution of the same name that was approved of the commission and all the hard work and energy they put in to creating that resolution. The commission is very proud of the resolution that contains some measurable outcomes to achieve equity and combatant eye black racism. It was apparent that there were some issues with respect to the development o
Increase. If you go to a gathering and somebody has the virus and is going to transmit it. We have to understand that with more virus in the community you saw how quickly we went from four thousand to five thousand tcases. Please, please dont gather. We have a handful of questions about San Francisco issuing fines on people who dont wear masks in public. Weve been emphasizing the needs of these masks and the social distancing as we continue to emif i if emphasize. Were schorrin exploring how wey increase enforcement particularly in situations where requirements that are very clear are not being followed. This would be enforced following up with businesses an other situations where people gather. Were working with communities for voluntary compliance. Were looking at increasing enforcement. In regards to the press ci the. Who is paying for it and who will staff it . The city is funding the site. It will be staff by Health Departments and u c sf providers. Well take care of 93 patients.
Coming up in a bit. Well marty. Dave our top story this morning, senator Kamala Harris will appear with joe biden today for the very first time as his running mate is going to be a historic moment as senator harris is the first woman of color to appear on a president ial ticket todays event will be held in bidens home state of delaware. The Biden Campaign shared this photo that you see a showing the moment the biden told hair is over zoom that she was chosen as his running mate. And then on twitter biden described harris as a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest Public Servants. Senator harris also took to twitter to praise joe biden saying she is honored to join him as the democratic nominee for Vice President. And that she will do whatever it takes to make him the next commander in chief. Harris is the first black woman in the history of us politics to join a Major Party Ticket and the 3rd woman to serve as Vice President ial candidate for a Major Politi
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is. Okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
Test test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 as i described in my testimony, we know that Nursing Homes with a higher proportion of black and latin residents have higher death rates, however theres not universal reporting of the race and ethnicity of those individuals within Nursing Homes who have been affected by covid. That presents for us a significant challenge when it comes to targeting resources in order to prevent the transmission of covid. Because, you know, when covid19 enters a nursing home its because someone has brought it in and what its telling us that if those Nursing Homes are following the same safety procedures of restricts visitors, ensuge that providers have clean ppe every time theyre coming in, then we shouldnt see these disparities. However we do. And the likelihood these disparities in rates of covid infections within Nursing Homes are going to occur are going to be even higher in communities with a higher burden of covid19. And so what were