Reporter here is what will remain open, Grocery Stores, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, police, fire, transit and sanitation. What is asked is folks only leave their homes for essential trips out. And other than that, stay at home. We are doing things that are restraining order to ensure we can recover quickly and bounce back once we have worked through this moment. Reporter bars and gyms will close at midnight. Restaurants will move to take out and delivery only. Coffee shops like a starbucks will be the normal, just grab your order and go. The hope is such drastic measures will keep the bay area from experiencing the same catastrophe as italy. And staggering deaths from the disease. Violating the order could be punishable by a misdemeanor but the chief says the goal is education. We are asking for compliance. Yes, by Law Enforcement is an option. That is not what we intend to do. Reporter as for getting fresh air, this was offered by a doctor. You will still be able to walk your dog
Economy heading into recession. Well it may be one i think in terms of recession with engines and the virus kron 4 news at 5 starts right now. Thank you for joining us tonight at 5 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan and our top story tonight, slowing the spread of the coronavirus. And how you can help protect yourself and others as you can see we are practicing socialdistancing here kron 4 catherine an eye. Our different desks hi catherine high were going to be doing this for the foreseeable future we obviously have much more than the recommended 6 feet of the distance between theres lawrence over here to my right is about 8 feet away so the gangs all here but just in a little bit of a different set up at least for the time they together but not exactly. And now to our top story roughly 7 Million People are being told to stay home in the bay area. The legal order does limit activity a travel and business functions to only essential needs. Heres what it means all re
The total there to 24 also tonight, 21 people have tested positive for coronavirus aboard the grand princess cruise ship that is now being held off the coast of the bay area that includes 19 crew members and 2 passenger as for the major changes of San Francisco, local leaders are urging people to avoid going to large gatherings of such as concerts and sporting events we have Live Team Coverage on the recommendations and the cruise ship update kron fours dan thorn is live in San Francisco tonight to get us started dan. Pam and ken people are also being asked to consider working at from home is this coronaVirus Outbreak continues. This is all in an effort to help star stop spread coronavirus here in the city of San Francisco these recommendations although not enforceable o will be in place for at least 2 weeks and will be adjusted accordingly. San francisco, Public Health officials are taking drastic steps following the announcement of 2 confirmed cases of coronavirus within the city dir
With today. It isnt to say we dont have challenges with muni, but every mayor that has come along, including a mayor i will not name said, im going to fix muni in a hundred days, you remember that . Leaders are not the one s who fix the problems, the people who actually work for the institution are the ones that fix the problems. The people who are the mechanics who are the cleaners, who are the operators, who are the folks who day in and day out deal with the challenges of our Public Safety system and continue to show up every single day for the people of San Francisco. The reason why we are here today is to really highlight something that has changed, and the pandemic changed us of course. It changed how we work, how we go to work, downtown and other neighborhood, it changed work from home and other things but muni has to keep going and it has. It has become cleaner. It has become more reliable and it has become safer and many of the surveys juf tumlin will talk about today will help
Be specific, and just to be mindful of time, noting especially that our muni equity strategy is our last agenda item, and i would like us to give that item sufficient attention, and id like to get to that item at a reasonable hour. So thank you all in advance for your cooperation and support on moving efficiently through our agenda. Please call the roll. The roll director Heminger Heminger present director henderson here. Henderson. Present. Director henry. Here. Kinsey. Present. Director. So here. So present. Chair. Eken. Here. Eken. Present. Director. Tarloff is not expected today, but may join this later. After. Later this afternoon. We are expecting director shortly. For the record, i note that director hinchey is attending this meeting remotely. Director hinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items, places you on item number three. The ringing and use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Device