[roll call]. directors, that s seven ayes and item 14 is approved. at this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. we have not yet received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. however, they have an opportunity to do so now by pressing star 3 if they have already dialed in. since there is a slight delay between our speaking and sf gov tv s live streaming, we will go ahead about wait about ten seconds or so, giving folks an opportunity to indicate whether they would like to speak on the items for discussion in closed session. all right, it does not appear that any member ts of the public wish to address you on any of the items in closed session. there are a couple of members from staff and the team, so what s going to happen now is the i.t. function is going to take effect to change your viewing ability, basically exiting the room, if you will, so that the board can get into closed session. i will as well be doing so.
to account for over half of cases. and i just want to emphasize that we are strategically evaluating our efforts specifically in the latino community. i m happy to come back to the commission to report back on those efforts. we ve done a lot, and it s clear that we need to continue to do more. this inequity has been with us since the beginning of the pandemic. we are focusing more testing and more testing resources and working more with the latino community providing low-barrier testing. our contact tracing and case investigation teams have expanded dramatically, and including providing culturally appropriate services and also providing wraparound services in broader health care needs and behavioral health needs, and you ll be happy to know that we continue to offer isolation and quarantine options for people who are not able to safely quarantine at home. but there s certainly more to invest there, and i m happy to return to the commission to report specifically on our effort
great. well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the public health commission. welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you i m chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernal s his 50th birthday, and i can t imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. however, he s decided to do so, and so i m sure you ll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. so i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. yes. thank you, commissioner. item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone that s in public comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. i have a change to the minutes. the minutes show me as present, and i don t believe i was present at that meeting. thank you. commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. that was me. and there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so i
[roll call] great. well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the public health commission. welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you i m chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernal s his 50th birthday, and i can t imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. however, he s decided to do so, and so i m sure you ll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. so i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. yes. thank you, commissioner. item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone that s in public comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. i have a change to the minutes. the minutes show me as present, and i don t believe i was present at that meeting. thank you. commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. that was me. and there was actually somebody with their hand
minimize the opportunity for illness to be introduced into the site and triggers that we would that the school needs to establish to switch to distance learning, and also specific trainings for staff and communication plans specific to school. of course, some of the universal factors are things like cleaning and disinfecting, face coverings as much as possible, healthy hygiene habits, making sure there s enough hand washing stations and soap and water, hand sanitizers on-site, contact tracing, and, of course, physical distancing. this is a copy of our guidance that we released earlier this month or actually technically last month on specifically k through 12 schools. next slide, please. we are recognizing that school is not open at this moment in time to accommodate for distance learning support. we produced a guidance for out-of-school times, and this is impacting community learning hubs, both public and private. and to the commissioners earlier question, there is recom