Lockdown, it remains particularly emotional for families with older relatives in isolation. More than 400 u. S. Facilities now have residents infected with the virus. And texas remains one of the biggest states to not yet impose a statewide stay at home order. Why dont i start with the number 794. That is the number im most focused on. The number of people in icu and the number of people hospitalized in the state of california. Those numbers represent our most urgent need in terms of keeping people alive and keeping people healthy and safe in the state of california. It is incumbent that we prepare for a surge in the number of hospitalizations and the number of icu patients. That 774 may be deceiving. Many of you may think, that sounds relatively modest what is happening in other parts of this country. And that may be true. But its incredibly important to impress upon you that, that number represents a quadrupling compared to where we were just six days ago. The number of people hospit
News conference begins, we will bring it to you live. In fact, it is getting underway right now. Lets listen in. Is. The individuals in the state of california that are in icu beds. That represents a 16. 4 increase from the prior day. Why do i start with the number 774 . Because that is the number i wake up to that i am most focused on as governor of the state of california. The number of people in icu, and the number of people hospitalized in the state of california. Those numbers represent our most urgent need in terms of keeping people aleve and keeping people healthy and safe in the state of california. It is incumbent that we prepare for a surge in the number of hospitallyizations and the number of icu patients. That were 74 may be deceiving. Many of you may think that sounds relatively modest to what is happening in other parts of the country. And that may be true, but it is incredibly important to impress upon you that that number represents roughly a quadrupling compared to whe
Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions and the impact it has on our Civil Service industry. I realize that discussions have been ongoing between the department of Public Health and local 21 regarding a process of conversion for these positions since the last hearing that we called on this issue in april 2019. Since that time, this agenda at the time that this agenda was posted for todays meeting and this morning, an agreement has been confirmed between d.
Support that employee needs, whether its emotional support, whether they need attention in the Emergency Department or any kind of physical or behavioral support they need. So its quite a lot that we do to respond. Supervisor stefani i just want to make sure, too, because if a violent incident is occurring, like say someone is under meth induced psychosis and in that moment a nurses life is threatened, how quickly i know there is the deputy sheriff. I just want to make sure the Response Time is quick and thats what im trying to get at. Its not just verbal assault from what i heard, especially with p. S. And what were experiencing on the street with methamphetamine and what that can do to people and what that can do to the nurses. I didnt mention the sheriffs department. We have a multimillion dollar contract with the sheriffs department. We have posted positions. We have roefg positions. Our Security Director oversees that contract. We have a captain and many others throughout the heal
Good afternoon, and thank you everyone for joining us here today. I am london breed. I am the mayor of San Francisco. I am joined by the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee along with other members of the board of supervisors. The director of the department of Public Health, our police chief, bill scott, and the department of Emergency Management director mary ellen care ron. I want to thank everyone for joining us today. As you know. The city has been working to prepare for what we know would be a significant Public Health challenge here in the city, and we are seeing it play it out all over the bay area and all over the world. As the city prepared its response, we explained to the public we would be year every step of the way what the challenges are and the steps we need to take to protect Public Health. Some of the challenges we have, of course, faced from an economic standpoint as well. Every step of the way i want be to thank not only members of puckly for your under