Today. The county has reported nearly 1000 new cases in the last 2 weeks and 4 new deaths if the county cannot get the case rate under control in the next 3 days. It will be forced to shut down into operations for several businesses 93 of the states population is now on the states covid19 monitoring list tonight, the bay area death toll is more than 750 this is california reports a singleday high. Of a 197 deaths and the United States surpasses a 150,000 fatalities. More than 48,000 covid19 cases have been confirmed in the bay area most of the cases have been reported in Alameda County. More than 10,000 infections. There. Theyve also been a 181 deaths there Santa Clara County has seen the most deaths in the bay area though at 187. And legally not allowed to work in the space is how can i be forced to pay for something that im not legally allowed to work in. With many Small Businesses not back to work some landlords are starting to panic many have tried to be flexible. But its been mont
End Domestic Violence in their community, we are so happy to see you and we are so happy to stand with you always. Survivors and their children are our heroes. They take the courage every year they are beyond heroic every day to step out of violent situations and risk becoming homeless or worse. They risk it because of this safety net here. We have to get rid of gun violence, we have to protect our citizens, we have to protect our residents, our most Vulnerable People in San Francisco and we can do it. I think supervisor stefani really gave us a good task. Lets get this legislative work going, lets work with the Police Department, lets get guns out of the hands of abusers and stockers. It is pretty simple. Dont let anyone make it complex for you. It is not out of the hands of abusers and stockers. So their lives in the lives of children count. We are all here to do everything we can to end Domestic Violence in every community to make San Francisco the safest city in the nation. Can we
First off, i want to give a huge shout out to the Domestic Violences consortium and fearless leader of the event, beverly upton. [cheers and applause] Domestic Violence is an issue that spans many departments and agencies here in San Francisco. As a safety, we have worked very hard to develop strong partnerships. I want to welcome supervisor Catherine Stefani. [cheers and applause] supervisor safai, City College Trustee i. V. Lee, fire chief janine nicholson, we welcome her david lazar. Representing San Francisco airports, front seth francesca garcia, and on her way is the sharp director Kelly Densmore who is the new director of the office of Sexual Harassment and assault response and prevention. So tonights theme is building pathways to safety. We recognize that Domestic Violence is an issue that impacts every gender, race, sexual orientation, immigration status, and we need to meet our Diverse Community members where they are. We are so proud of our Partner Agencies that work so hard
Department heads that have joined me, in addition to fire chief janine nicholson. Linda, department of department apartment of technology, we could not have done the app without her and her staff. Please recognize linda. Also, walking torres has joined us, director of the office of economic and workforce development. Our next speaker is kathy black, executive director of the [speaking spanish] the first domestic shelter in california. Please give her a warm welcome. Thank you. Orchid, you are awesome. I just want to say that. In keeping with todays theme, building pathways to safety, i want you to know, i will take it a little bit more local and i want you to know that we respond to calls for help from victims of Domestic Violence of all ages , 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We give survivors the tools to transform their lives. We seek to prevent future violence by educating the community and redefining Public Perceptions about Domestic Violence. We attempt to accomplish this by enga
In 2017, our partners filled in 25,000 service calls, provided 25,000 hours of counseling and reach 12,000 individuals in violence education and prevention programs. Our Strong Network of partners and Provider Services and dozens in dozens of languages works to ensure that their work with the survivors is done in a culturally competent and sensitive way. Again, we always look past the numbers and the humanity. The people that faces every day to make sure that we are providing the needs of this community. So make some noise again for our Partner Agencies who are doing this work every day. We are so proud of you. [applause] even with all of that, the demand is greater than the supply. For every one person served in our Emergency Shelters, we are about four people who are turned away every day and placed outside of San Francisco. We have to do better. There is more work to be done to ensure that survivors and their families are on a path toward safety. Every day, survivors are faced with