Continue. At least for me, ive heard the arguments that people have presented, and i think this is valid on both sides of this, and i personally, not knowing whats going to happen in the next two days, i personally would vote on the side of supporting it. But if, in the next two days, we find that the situation has calmed itself radically, i would say theres no need for the emergency. So thats how im looking at it. Supervisor haney, were you going to Say Something . I wasnt sure. Supervisor haney no, that was the point. President yee oh, okay. Supervisor haney i think that we need a unanimous vote ahead of it, to accept it or reject it. Otherwise, it stays in place until saturday. President yee right. So i made a motion. Its seconded, and we can vote on this. Clerk mr. President , we would take Public Comment first. Supervisor walton president yee, i had questions. I hate to ask twice ahead of your motion. I had a clarifying question. I dont want to vote no on your motion without a lit
Million cases of coronavirus and 63,000 peop have died from covid19. Also, six bay area counties announced they have shelter in g place orders extendrough the end of this month. Meanwhile, testing is growing and Public Health officials are focused on context tracing as a second vital phase contain the virus. Joining us is dr. Rutherford, a ucsf epidemiologist, advisor to san franciscos department of Public Health, who is leadg the prograthat started this week in san francisco. Think you for joining us again. Thank you for having me. Wi we get to Contact Tracing but first i want to talk about breaking news today. The fda e s authorized emergency use of toreduce the mortality and duration of covid 19. It has beenproven to do this and some studies although one study was negative. How quickly can be utilized . I think it is a great step forward. The fact at there was a negative study from china does e not really bothervery much. That study did not really have a lot of power for people and
Million cases of coronavirus and 63,000 people have died from covid19. Also, six bay area counties announced they have shelter in place orders extending through the end of this month. And Public Health officials are focused on ntt tracing as a second vital phase to contain the virus. Joining us is dr. Rutherford, a ucsf epidemiologist, advisor ton san scos department of Public Health, who is leading the program that started this week in san francisco. Think you fojoining us again. Thank you for having me. We will get to contact talk about breaking news today. The fda has authorized the emergency use of to reduce the mortality and duration of covid 19. It has been proven to do this and some studies although one study was negative. How quickly can be utilized . I think it is a great step forward. The fact that there was a negative study from china does not really bother me very much. A lot of power for people and it to really get the effects or understand exactly what the effects are. Th
To regularly check in on individuals living in hotels to reduce isolation and support on site staff. We believe in San Francisco and in our community to set this up so people can shelterinplace. It is going to take all of our creativity and strength, but we are built for this. Thank you. Is the city working with homelessness related outreach groups to transition people to hotel rooms. If so which groups and what role do they play . I think i understand the question. I will answer as best i can. As we move to as director rohr said we are working on sheltered and unsheltered 60 and over people with preexisting conditions. We will work with Homeless Outreach but we are not ready for that yet. We will provide more information in the coming days how to bring them inside and we are working with those with covid19 cases. We are getting to scale rapidly and look forward to providing further updates. Thank you. Thank you very much. That concludes our press conference. While this Technology Allo
Microphone on mute so we dont get feedback on everything. Id like to thank people who made this meeting possible. Our secretary, roberta boomer, along with shawn, art, jack from sfgtv, the staff at the board of supervisors, carolyn and sophia. A lot of people worked to make this happen at this unprecedented time. I will say to our staff, from jeff tumlin down through the ranks, the response has been remarkable, and well talk more about this as the meeting goes on, but i just want to say thank you. You guys are emblematic about this city. Clerk announcement of prohibition of sound producing meetings at this time. There is no prohibition at this time with respect to this meeting. Item 4, approval of the minutes. This is for the minutes of march 17 regular meeting. Okay. Very good. Board members, as is always, this has been circulated to us in advance. I assume there are no comments, so at this point, i will ask first if there is any Public Comment on item 4. Miss boomer, do you see any c