Officials caution that those next steps must be Done Gradually thats right and tonight there are nearly 8,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus here in the bay area and 280 people have died from the virus. Alameda and Santa Clara County both reported new deaths today. Santa clara continues to lead the bay area with more than 2000 covid19 cases and 107 deaths today, the shelterinplace order that affects most of the bay area was officially extended through may 31st. The new order largely keeps the existing order in place but there are some changes to be aware of kron fours Justine Waltman live for us in the newsroom with the details on what those changes are justine well can the next month of shelter in place is going to look. A little bit different for Santa Clara Alameda contra costa, san Mateo San Francisco and marin counties. Thats because Health Officials are easing some restrictions and letting some businesses return to work most construction will now be allowed as long as physical di
We are placing people into hotel rooms on a daily basis. We have opened four hotel rooms for the noncovid Homeless Population in a very short period of time. There is another one opening today. And more opening over the course of the next week in rapid in a rapid approach. Reporter okay, thank you. That concludes all the questions for todays press conference. I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on L
Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comments to board. Gov. Supervisors sfgov. Org. Thank you, mr. President. Ok. Thank you. We have a we will be having supervisor fewer sharing an update from the Emergency Operations center. So we will come back to this after our 2 00 p. M. Special order. So madame clerk, before we get started, just a friendly re
I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comme
Deputy City Attorney lisa powell, sophia kitler in mayor breeds office, and my legislative aide, edward wright. Colleagues, im open to my questions that you have, and i urge your support for this emergency ordinance today. Thank you. President yee thank you. Supervisor safai . Supervisor safai thank you, mr. President. I just want to say a true great deal of gratitude for supervisor mars leadership on this issue. We did a similar thing on the city side all in the vein of ensuring that city workers would have access to the appropriate amount of leave during this time of crisis. Supervisor mar, i want to thank you for your leadership on taking this to the private sector and thinking about and including those Health Care Workers and other frond line essential workers that have been left out of the conversation. Were in a big fight right now with the large Property Owners in the city and county of San Francisco as pertaining to janitors, frontline workers, and theres all kinds of attempts