Clerk mr. President , all members are present. President yee okay. Thank you. Will you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] so id like to acknowledge the staff of sfgtv, karina and michael, who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts of the meetings available online. Madam clerk, is there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. On march 7, 2020, a Citywide Health order was issued by the health order, issuing aggressive recommendations to slow down or reduce the spread of the covid19 virus and protect the health of general populations. During the call for general Public Comment, i will provide more comment on how the department of Public Health is encouraging more participation remotely. Thank you, mr. President. President yee thank you, madam clerk. Colleagues, as you know, we are not operating on a routine process in the state of california and San Francisco. I want to remind everyone that the board of supervisors is an eventual govern
A menace to migrants aid groups say that greeces overcrowded migrant camps should be evacuated a warning outbreak on the island of less folks would be catastrophic and for millions in india the fear of starvation is greater than the fear of infection workers whove lost their jobs trying to get home and a mass exodus from the cities is this a pandemics perfect storm. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome tonight it is getting desperate in new york the state Governor Andrew Cuomo has made an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus the police came as the death toll in the state climbed past. 1200 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered the call meanwhile a u. S. Navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on new york citys hospital its. A welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ram
Overcrowded migrant camps should be evacuated. They warn an outbreak from the island of lesesbos would be catastrophe. And for millions in india, the fear of starvation, greater than the fear of infection. Workers who have lost their jobs try to get home in a mass exodus from the cities. Is this a pandemics perfect storm . Im brent goff. Our viewers on pbs and the United States and all around the world, welcome. Tonight it is getting desperate in new york. The state governor, andrew cuomo, has made an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what hes calling a Staggering Number of deaths from the coronavirus. The plea came as the death toll in the state climbed past 1200. Most of them in new york city. So far, around 80,000 former medical professionals have answered the call. Meanwhile, a Us Navy Hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on new york citys hospitals. Aa welcome sight for new yor. As the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. A u. S. Navy medical ship with 1,
Do you have any plans at this point to shut down highways for any points of venture into and out of california either at the Mexican Border or at borders with other states . We have no plans at this moment. We havent even discussed any planning along these lines. We have a scenario with the federal government. There is a variant of that in Southern California on the border that was anticipated by the administration. We are in real time adjusting to the concerns. I am very worried about National Capacity with our air Traffic Controllers to stay healthy, to make sure that the logistic folks stay healthy and all those things will force us to adjust in realtime. We put out 500 National Guard not to shut anything down were for enforcement operations but humanitarian work to provide for the food banks. I should note, we have seen the number of volunteers drop just in our backyard. Two days ago they were down 65 of their volunteers. We have a whole volunteer effort and the National Guard is p
Support that employee needs, whether its emotional support, whether they need attention in the Emergency Department or any kind of physical or behavioral support they need. So its quite a lot that we do to respond. Supervisor stefani i just want to make sure, too, because if a violent incident is occurring, like say someone is under meth induced psychosis and in that moment a nurses life is threatened, how quickly i know there is the deputy sheriff. I just want to make sure the Response Time is quick and thats what im trying to get at. Its not just verbal assault from what i heard, especially with p. S. And what were experiencing on the street with methamphetamine and what that can do to people and what that can do to the nurses. I didnt mention the sheriffs department. We have a multimillion dollar contract with the sheriffs department. We have posted positions. We have roefg positions. Our Security Director oversees that contract. We have a captain and many others throughout the heal