I had few injuries, and i couldnt pursue the things that i needed to to dance, so i pursued my other passion, cooking. When i stopped dance, i was deprived of my creative outlet, and cooking has been that for me, specifically pastry. The good thing is we have students everywhere from places like the ritz to we have kids from every area. Facebook and google. Kids from everywhere. They are all over the bay area, and theyre thriving. My name is jeff, and im a coowner of nopa restaurant, nopalito restaurant in San Francisco. I attended city college of San Francisco, the culinary arts program, where it was called hotel and restaurant back then in the early 90s. Nopalito on broderick street, its based on no specific region in mexico. All our masa is hand made. We cook our own corn in house. Everything is pretty much hand made on a daily basis, so day and night, were making hand made tortillas, carnitas, salsas. A lot of love put into this. [ ] used to be very easy to define casual dining, fi
Outbreak. Im senator hi, patty murray from washington state. Right now, i know families in my state and across the country are alarmed by the continued spread of the novel coronavirus. Like so many of the families i have been hearing from, i have been incredibly frustrated and concerned by the trump administrations misstep and slow response to this crisis so far. People need the facts. They need a plan. They need transparency. And they need it now. So, i am working to make sure that we not only old the Administration Accountable for the delays, but we do everything in our possible in our power to immediately take the steps to this crisis. I know some many people are asking what they should be doing to keep their family and communities safe. The best thing we can do is to protecte that we can a spike in cases for our Health Care Workers on the front line. Something everyone can and must play a role in. There are simple, straightforward steps you can take. Touching your eyes and avoid cl
Thank you for everyone here . Good. Us, you for joining everybody. And im proud to be joined by my are agues who are here who leading the charge to help deal the this crisis and get support they need to weather the Public Health crisis. Today are emocrats introducing a series of measures provide can take up to immediate relief and economic elief to working americans during the coronavirus outbreak. Appalled that the administration, really, has no plan. Two we are, its close to months since we first knew about coronavirus. They have all kinds of problems, obviously, with testing, but they also have not come up with who need help people help. E believe the help should be aimed at people, not at corporations. E believe the help should be targeted at the people who have this coronavirus problem, directly or indirectly. We dont think they should just an airplane ut of and hope some of it lands on the people who are affected. Targeted our relief. E make it its aimed at people, not at big cor
Right. We have a quorum. Obviously, these are unique times, as we could say. Given the Public Health recommendations issued by the department of Public Health and Governor Newsom and mayor breed have lifted the attendance of Board Members by telephone, directors rubke and torres will be participating by phone at my request. Caroline and others in the room here to assist with our City Attorney deputy City Attorney, susan cleavelandknowles. We will say, at the end, get through this together. I will ask Board Members to mute their phones. It sounds great right now, but if you want to speak, unmute the phones and let us know. For this meeting, we would like public to participate remotely about writing a question and contacting us electronically. Thank you for honoring this request. Going forward, we urge the public to write the board at mtaboard sfmta. Gov or calling 4154464470. That information is also on our website if you need that. We usually ask for speaker cards, but today, we are no
[ inaudible ] as i said, protecting Healthcare Workers and First Responders one of the top three priorities at the health department. I dont have the numbers to share in terms of number of Healthcare Workers quarantined. They are at high risk for exposure. We are working with Hospital Systems across the city to prepare for the potential for a substantial portion of the work force to be under isolation or quarantine. One of the key things we are working on is insuring there is adequate protective equipment in keeping with the cdc guidelines to keep workers safe so they can care for the people most vulnerable for this disease. Do we not have enough healthcare wore concernings. We have a robust Healthcare System and everybody is stepping up. That will be posted on the frequently asked questions. What services at city hall are going to continue . Essential services will be continued. Essential City Services will be continued both at city hall and a cross the city. That will be provided, ab