Mayor london breed we are on day way too many of this covid19 shutdown. I want to just start by thanking sf gov tv and those who are participating in this Virtual Press conference today. I am joined by the department of Public Health, dr. Grant colfax, as well as the police chief, bill scott. The director of the Human Services agency, trent rohrer, the director of housing and homelessness, Abigail Stewart khan, and im San Francisco mayor, london breed, here to provide you with an update on what is happening with covid19 in our city. As of today we have 1,994 casis of those san franciscans who have been diagnosed with covid19, and sadly weve lost 35 people and about 70 people have been hospitalized, and as a reminder, we want to ask folks to visit datasf. Org covid19 for more information. I have a number of announcements today, and i am excited to announce some good news for a change. I know that last friday we made an announcement that on may 18 there would be a number of businesses, i
Mr. President , all members of president. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you 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 makes under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv. The special order is the appearance with the honnable mayor, london breed. There being no questions submitted from supervisors one through four, the mayor may address the board up to five minutes. Ok. First of all, i want to welcome madam mayor breed and there were no topics submitted by supervisors today, but before you get started, i want to take the time to address the public on what we are preparing to announce next week. I want to acknowledge how we are collectively are reevaluating the structures we have in place with the Emergency Response. Communications between the board and Emergency
Good afternoon, welcome to the may 12, 2020 meeting to the board of supervisors. Madam clerk, will you please call the role. role call . Mr. President , all members of president. Please place your right hand over your heart. Will you 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 makes under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv. The special order is the appearance with the honnable mayor, london breed. There being no questions submitted from supervisors one through four, the mayor may address the board up to five minutes. Ok. First of all, i want to welcome madam mayor breed and there were no topics submitted by supervisors today, but before you get started, i want to take the time to address the public on what we are preparing to announce next week. I want to acknowledge how we are
In San Francisco, jfk drive, shelley and mclaren park, great highway and twin peaks, have been very popular among san franciscans. Have you considered extending those closures beyond the shelterinplace order and making them permanent . Mayor london breed i think it does depend on what happens in the future. Because we are in a situation where i mean, covid19 is going to be with us for a while. And so as businesses start to reopen, as people start to get back to work, things are going to be a lot different than they were before. So it wont be that we reopen the city and then all of a sudden things go back to what they used to be. And i think that we will evaluate every street closure and every decision that was made and make a determination as to whether or not we should continue or whether or not that street is needed for any other purpose. So its hard to make a definitive its hard to make a decision at this time about whether or not that will continue, but we will evaluate those locat
Of those san franciscans who have been diagnosed with covid19, and sadly weve lost 35 people and about 70 people have been hospitalized, and as a reminder, we want to ask folks to visit datasf. Org covid19 for more information. I have a number of announcements today, and i am excited to announce some good news for a change. I know that last friday we made an announcement that on may 18 there would be a number of businesses, including florists and bookstores and cosmetic stores and other places that will be allowed to reopen for pickup and Delivery Services. And the good news is that is still happening. The even better news is that we are able to extend this to all retail in San Francisco with a business that is actually directly connected to the street. And so what this means now for our city is incredible because were talking about many of those Small Businesses in various neighborhoods where you see many of those shops that are closed. They will be able to open for pickup and for Cur