Here. Supervisor fewer, did you say present . Yes, i said here. Fewer present and supervisor haney . Here. Supervisor mandleman. Present. Supervisor marr. Present. Supervisor peskin. Present. Supervisor preston. Present. Supervisor ronan. Present. And supervisor sayaye. Present. Supervisor stephanie. Present. Supervisor walton. Present. And supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in the reciting of the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that the staff records each of our meetings and make transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. In the event that there are a few members of the public who are watching th
Issue for us. Its a key issue, as you know, across the country right now within our Public Health lab under the direction of dr. Susan philip and theyve done an amazing job of implementing testing. Our capacity is relatively small and theyre having to prioritize testing the people who are most in need of testing, requirementy symptoms in the hospital, at high risk for firstdegree exposures and then healthcare workers. So were really focusing on those flee populations 03 thre. To give you an idea of how our daytoday is going right now, were injecting a capacity of a days worth of test or at the best, a weeks worth. And so were getting tests delivered to us by the cdc in the very challenging fashion because were simply not able to be assure ed this either w assuh tests to last for months or to expand our capacity to run 24 hours a day. So thats within the dph side. Within our Public Health lab side. Were also working with private labs including Quest Diagnostics in our Health Network and
Mr. President , all members are present. Thank you. I guess this is unusual, but ill say it. Please place your right hand over your heart and would you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge that sfgtv record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, any communications . Yes, mr. President , issue have one. Due to the covid19 and to protect City Employees, Board Members and members of the public, the board legislative chamber is closed for the march 24th, 2020 Board Meeting upon action made bit board of supervisors to conduct their meetings Via Video Conference call remotely. This precaution is taken on the authority conferred b by the governors order. The members will attend meetings through the Vi
Im hillary supervisor. Im supervisor hillary ronen, chair of the committee. With me is vice chair supervisor Catherine Stefani and mr. Kirk. Mr. Clerk, do you have announcements . Clerk yes. Due to covid19, City Employees and public, the board of the supervisors room is lossed however, Committee Members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution on the authority conferred by governor newsom. Sorry. Im ruled into rules but have no audio. Im not sure that i should hold up the meeting, because im not sure if there are amendments that require me. Is there a way to let people know . Continuing with my statement, the precaution taken on authority conferred by governor gavin newsom, and all proceeding and preceding local state and federal orders and directives. Committee members will be atening the meeting through Video Conference and participating in the meeting to the same extent as if they were present. Public comment will be available on this agenda, both channel 26 an
Tested to know and think that could put an end to what we are experiencing, and i want to be clear that in light of having sufficient testing for all san franciscans, social distances is the key. I keep mentioning it, but i cant mention it enough because regardless of how many tests or who we are able to test, that at the end of the day is going to make the most impact. Please continue to practice social distancing. I want to talk about, since this is friday and the weekend is approaching. We know what happened last weekend. What happened last weekend, you did see people out, of course, enjoying the fresh air, walking dogs, walking with families, and kids and practicing social distancing. Sadly, we saw a number of areas in the city just jampacked. We also saw people who were playing things like volleyball and basketball and other sports together that are not thinks that we are able to do at this time as a result of the order. Just to make it clear, we are going to have to make some cha