Guest today from the Interface Council who will be speaking directly after my comments. As of today, we have confirmed 676 cases of the coronavirus, sadly, 10 people have passed away as a result of this disease. This is clearly a challenging time for San Francisco. What we have done time and time again, especially during this press conference is to reiterate is importance of staying at home. We know that a couple weekends ago we had real challenges with that. Over the past two weekends people complied and have been wonderful. We also think that weather might have played a role in that because it was rain, it wasnt as nice as it will be this weekend. I want be to remind people. It is important to really maintain our physical distance when we are out in public. We may need to run errands and take walks and we are hearing about a lot of data that indicates the early signs that San Francisco is in a decent place. The fact is, we need to be mindful that this virus is out there. We cannot ge
This process may be different than we normally do. If i may, i may move on to item 2, the approval of the march 3rd, 2020 minutes. Do we need to do a call to order and role call . Yes, thank you. So ill start with you, commissioner. role call . Well move on to item 2, the approval of the march 2 minutes. Reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, does anybody have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. All those i in favor . Do we need to do a role call . role call . Thank you. Item 3, the directors report. The directors report is in front of you and i would ask that if you have any questions, of course, im happy to answer them, but given that the majority of our meeting with focus on covid19, i will not need whats in front of you, but im happy to answer any questions you see fit to raise at the time. Any commissioner questions . Im not receivining a Public Comment request. Commissioners, if not, we can move on to the next item. Item 4, the coronavirus update. So good afternoon, c
Announcements . Clerk thank you, mr. Chair. I have announcements. Due to covid19, the board of Supervisors Committee and legislative chambers are closed at this time. Members will be participating remotely. A Committee Members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgovtv. Org are streaming the callin number up near the top of your screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available via phone by call 8882045984. That phone number again is 8882045984. There is an access code. The access code is 3501008. Again, the access code for Public Comment is 3501008. Once youre connected, wait until Public Comment is opened on an agenda item and dial 1, then 0 to be added to the queue to speak. Call from a quiet location. Speak slowly
Residents. We will provide extra resources to support staff and residents coping with the impact of the outbreak. For example the chaplain is available for Spiritual Services and guidance for staff and residents. We have opened a dedicated phone line. Staffed by clinicians to provide emotional support to residents in realtime. This support is in addition to the regular Clinical Behavioral Health services. We also have a Behavioral Health specialist on site dedicated to staff needs who is proactively reaching out to the staff on the two units that have been impacted to provide support and coping mechanisms. The Behavioral Health specialist is available to all staff and our clinicians will continue to reach out to provide services. We know, i know that caring for the most vulnerable is some of the most intense and selfless work in the city. I am grateful to the compassion of the laguna honda team. They are true heroes. With regard to Infection Prevention and control, laguna honda continu
Statement of our agencys values and it determines how we use our very, very limited resources in order to uphold the public good. Public transportation plays a Critical Role in the unfolding of this Health Crisis and in the unfolding of what will be likely a long economic crisis. Our job is to figure out how to steward our declining resources in order to therefore the services that essential workers need to have to get to work and in order to poise San Francisco for recovery, thats what were here for. Everything we do, whether its muni, parking is connected with the health and safety of budget of San Francisco. I want to introduce my colleague, victoria wise, who will facilitate this meeting. Do you want to go over what were doing today. Thank you, jeff. Good morning, everybody and almost afternoon. While we cant meet inperson were grateful you are joining us today online and really appreciate that you are taking the time to provide input on our budget. Its especially important that we