We are going to start on time. I am london breed, mayor of San Francisco. Today i am joined by the carmen chu, director of department of Public Health, doctor grant colfax and director of emergency management, director of housing and homelessness and the director of the office of economic and work force development. Today we are going to do things a little different because we actually have good news, and we actually have a guide for what San Francisco will look like as we begin to envision a new normal, and a future where we can get our city going, get back to work and get back to our lives as we know it, although we will be making a number of adjustments in this process. Four months ago we operated the Emergency Operations center, and we called attention to what we knew potentially was coming to San Francisco. About three months ago we declared a local state of emergency. At that time we had not one case in San Francisco. 10 weeks ago, we ordered shelterinplace. The fact is we acted
Of essential workers and whats available. What we plan to have this summer and what people can do to either sign up or what other programs to do to prepare under the new guideline for the programs that they want to make available to people. So, lets get started. Phil, you we hit the ball running, both you and maria su got together because we knew the schools were going to close. But we also knew that there was an essential workforce out there. People who were driving muni, people who were working at hospitals. They had children. They needed child care. They were concerned about taking their children to their elderly parents. They couldnt leave them at home. Tell us a little bit about the program that you established that is available currently and will potentially be extended once programming starts for june 15 during the summer. Thank you, mayor. Yeah. You asked us as soon as the schools closed to start thinking about our kids and working families, particularly our Health Care Workers
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That the public is aware of what is going on and the decisions that were making and what to expect. Theres so much uncertainty. This has been a very fluid situation and at any given time information can change. So we believe that it is critical that you understand how were making those decisions. And some of the experts who are leading these efforts are important people that i think that everyone should know and should hear directly from them. So today were going to dive into the statistics are and the criteria our Public Health officials are looking at and what they need to see for us to continue to reopen and advance our recovery efforts. Here in San Francisco, you all have been doing an amazing job. And as a result of following this order, and i would say maybe not everyone but for the most part a lot of folks are, because you have been following these social distancing requirements, you have made it possible for us to just move further into the stages that have been outlined for ou
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