The reporters we will update you with the latest numbers in and when this is over, the state. 39,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 96 we will all, continue, to thrive. Have died just yesterday bringing the total death toll in california now to more than 1500. The deadliest day so far came is so irresistible, youll wanna eat them anywhere, wednesday when there were 115 so dont resist pop em outside, or on the go, who died in one day. Or on the way home pop my 100 allwhitemeat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just 5. 99. Right here in the bay area there are currently more than 7000 confirmed cases of covid 19 with 243 deaths. Half 1 Million People have been tested for coronavirus here in the state and for the first time california has cleared its backlog of tests. That backlog reached 60,000 earlier this month and some people waited nearly 2 weeks or results of the test which slow down treatment. The forecast for warm weather is attracting more and more people back outside
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Supervisor brown, do you have any comments . I am happy that we have finally worked together and Found Solutions because as, you know, we know when we are talking to everybody on the streets, our constituents this is a top priority. In my district, i used to have the most board and cares in the city. Now half of them have been lost in the last five or six years, which is actually scary. There is one that is up right now we are trying to buy so we can keep everyone there. These are so important we need to make sure that we have places people can go when they need that. I am happy now we are at this place. This is moving forward. It is going to be realty. Thank you. We are going to go to Public Comment now. I have speaker cards. I will read the names. If you can if your name is called please line up on the right side of the room and step up to the microphone. Vivian, jennifer, marcus, connie, jennifer and denise louise. Please state your first and last name. Good morning. My name is vivi
Former clients of us. I come today to show my appreciation to your support to save the beds at the arf and save our clients from being moved away from their homes for many years. Thank you, supervisor ronen and mandelman for coming to see what a Great Program we have at the arf and the buildings in general. Thank you for taking time to listen to their stories as well as how the program works. I look forward to work to improve the working environment. I am eager to cooperate with management and staff and residents to form a safe and healthy working place as provide the best care for our residents. Thank you for your support. I am amy wong. I am a Mental Health specialist and member of ifpte local 21. I have worked at the Health Center for 20 years. 18 of our clients were suddenly given eviction notices. Many would have been put on the path to the streets at a time when the city is in the Mental Health and homelessness crisis. Our union gave me hope for this change. After months of fight
Speaking over 12 languages. That is a big asset to international visitors. We have my sf which trained 400 people to be tourism ambassadors. San francisco saw 25 million visitors. We hope that continues to climb. We will continue to try to make that number climb. We 4,375,000,000 3. 7 million visitors and that is over 1 21 Million Dollars in impact. Our twitter had 215,000 followers. Our facebook over 500,000. I want to note for context that our Destination Management organizations were in the top tier in terms of social impact. These are impressive when you look at other dmos around the country. Our moscone expansion had 500 million project. It was completed on time and on budget and opened earlier this year. We had a phasedin portion of the construction so we allowed the building to stay open to accommodate Convention Attendees to continue to come through the building. This was challenges with construction noise and impact. We were able to mitigate the impacts to continue the economi