How has your department been preparing for the crisis . Well, because our citizens are sheltering in place and our buildings are closed to the general public, a substantial amount of city staff and city departments are still open and operating and doing city businesses. So we still have to do the cleaning and engineering on the portfolio and things that need to be service. And the other thing is all our workers are Disaster Service workers, so we have been providing the Emergency Operations center with various staffing needs such as drivers of trucks and accounting staff to assist them in this crisis. Have you obtained Additional Space for the city to use during this crisis . Yes. The crisis has actually required numerous transactions, and so we help basically the department of Public Health, the department of human services, and the department of homelessness determine where they can put the services that they need. So, for example, if they need a testing site or if they need a buildi
Welcome to the Transportation Authority meeting for today, tuesday, may 12th, 2020. My name is aaron peskin. And i am the chair. Our clerk is ms. Angela tsao. Ms. Tsao, if you could please call the roll. Clerk yes. Commissioner fewer . Present. Clerk commissioner haney . Commissioner haney present. Clerk commissioner mandelman . Commissioner mandelman present. Clerk commissioner mar . Commissioner mar present. Clerk commissioner peskin . Commissioner peskin present. Clerk commissioner preston . Commissioner preston present. Clerk commissioner ronen . Commissioner ronen present. Clerk commissioner safai . Absent. Commissioner yee . Yee absent. We have quorum. Supervisor safai is here. Clerk safai present. Thank you. Madam clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes, i do. Thank you. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda via telephone by calling 888 2045984. 2045987. Enter access code, as seen on the screen. Then follow the system prompts. Once you join, you
Have lost their lives. 71 people are currently hospitalized, and dr. Colfax will continue to provide an update of where we are and why the need to continue the work weve done around sheltering in place is so important to continuing to maintain the curve. As a reminder, data sf. Org covid19 is our website so that you can access data or information that you may need regarding the numbers that we know exist around those who have been diagnosed, but also information by zip code as well as the number of tests and other valuable information that weve done. Now last week we announced the next steps for gradually reopening San Francisco, and i know that people are anxious to see our city reopen. Im anxious to see our city reopen. And this has been a very tough and challenging time for all of us. When you think about what weve all sacrificed, kids who are graduating from high school and will not be able to have a traditional graduation or attend prom, those parents who cannot go back to work be
Welcome to the San Francisco hearing. I would like to enter the following, on february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency due to covid19. Therefore, due to the health emergency, city hall is called and there will be emergencies with boards, commissions and other policy hearings. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received permission to reconvene through the end of the shelterinplace. They prioritize infrastructure, housing and Small Businesses. This will be our fifth remote hearing. Im requesting everyones patience in advance. The merged platforms are not perfect and at times may even seem clumsy. If you are not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your video camera. Do not hit any controls that may affect other participants. Allow the producer to do her job. To unable participation, sf gov is streaming this hearing live and we will receive Public Comment for each agenda. They are streaming the tollfree number across the bottom of the screen. Comments or op
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