ucsf only considers what is best for ucsf. we count on you, our officials, to advocate for what is best for the city of san francisco. i support to take appropriate time to review this 30-year multibillion dollar plan that will change the city forever. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, next speaker. you will have tw two minutes. >> caller: hi, i am calling in support of the campus. the expansion offers crucial needs to meet the growing demands of the region. imagine if we had that capacity now, we can meet the next health crisis and the day-to-day needs of the community. ucsf has only gone through a process that had 70 elected officials and had surveys. and it's not only unnecessary but dangerous for san francisco. we must act with urgency, our economy is freefalling and we need more jobs and housing and health care. and (indiscernible) it's creating more division, and we can't let exclusionary communities to continue to exclude. it will boost activity for all san franciscans with transit. and i can attest to the need for improv

wants to support ucsf. let's support our health care heroes by not delaying this project any further. thank you. >> hello. my name is cass. i have served on community advisory groups. our only role on the parnassus plan has been to say what could -- palatable to neighbors. not how could the plan be improved with neighbor input? ucsf does provide many benefits to san francisco and west coast patients, however, ucsf has long gotten a free ride as it benefits from emergency services, city streets, water, transit and housing in san francisco without to this point ever contributing to their -- [indiscernible] i'm glad to see that ucsf is offering some compensation back to the city. however, at best, ucsf offers housing which we have fought for very hard and many offers to explore or make a good effort or identify opportunities or increase opportunities, these things are not tangible. on the subject of transportation, based on current access to campus. approximately 2500 additional cars will be arriving at campus

with ucsf. those were executed by the department heads for the -- around the surrounding issues and core competency. so that's -- i mean, the answer is that it's -- you know, the power is invested within the departments, to execute it and to hold it accountable. >> supervisor peskin: so, mr. buckley, through the chair, that's not what i was asking. mr. sullivan, perhaps you can list these three decision makers and relative to u.c.'s sovereign powers. that's not what i'm asking. i'm asking, mr. sullivan, what the authority, the legal authority of this board, relative to the m.o.u. is. >> chair melgar: is mr. sullivan available? >> of course. charles sullivan, city attorney's office. thank you, supervisor peskin, supervisors, for the opportunity to speak. as written currently, the m.o.u. is -- a statement of the party's good faith intent to work together to cause certain things to happen, as you've already heard and people have stated, we have no authority over ucsf. so as written, the idea is tha

ucsf must improve parnassus campus. we have concerns about transportation, air quality, housing availability in the community. this isn't about blocking ucsf they need to renovate it's pushing back against over development and giving real considerations to the jobs and housing balances that have been troubling the city before they moved forward. i support the resolution to delay the vote. >> thank you, next speaker, please. you have two minutes. >> caller: hello, supervisors, i'm a policy manager at the barrie council and i'll calling in support of ucsf parnassus plan and m.o.u. with the city and i am proud to support this -- and having continue to take the community back. it will have serious consequences from the public's health. as we would covid-19 pandemic in the medical needs. this project is limit today campus has not expanded further into neighborhoods and they are sim making improvement that's will benefit the community including $20 million of public transit improvements. i suppose sort building 1,000 housing

ucsf only considers what is best for ucsf. we count on you, our officials, to advocate for what is best for the city of san francisco. i support to take appropriate time to review this 30-year multibillion dollar plan that will change the city forever. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, next speaker. you will have two minutes. >> caller: hi, i am calling in support of the campus. the expansion offers crucial needs to meet the growing demands of the region. imagine if we had that capacity now, we can meet the next health crisis and the day-to-day needs of the community. ucsf has only gone through a process that had 70 elected officials and had surveys. and it's not only unnecessary but dangerous for san francisco. we must act with urgency, our economy is freefalling and we need more jobs and housing and health care. and (indiscernible) it's creating more division, and we can't let exclusionary communities to continue to exclude. it will boost activity for all san franciscans with transit. and i can attest to the need for improveme

she lives close to ucsf. i'm worried ucsf won't be around for our kids. thank you so much for your time. >> clerk: next speaker please. you'll have two minutes. >> sorry. i'm a resident of district 2. two of my cousins were born at ucsf. i think it's ridiculous parking over human lives and how this over pandemic. i ask that you please move forward with this project and look towards building more housing on the west side of san francisco. thank you. >> we have 53 listeners with 11 in the queue. next speaker. >> good evening supervisors, cory smith on behalf of the housing action coalition. we are in support of the ucsf proposal. we think it's a win-win-win with new jobs, new homes and improve transit. transitions have sent in a -- 85% of residents live in san francisco, 32% of the signers indicated that they live in either -- we all think that our healthcare workers in the middle of this health pandemic are heroes and building homes for them seem absolutely appropriate. >> the second reason that i'm calling, i support further negotiations that could result

ucsf only considers what is best for ucsf. we count on you, our officials, to advocate for what is best for the city of san francisco. i support to take appropriate time to review this 30-year multibillion dollar plan that will change the city forever. thank you. >> clerk: thank you, next speaker. you will have two minutes. >> caller: hi, i am calling in support of the campus. the expansion offers crucial needs to meet the growing demands of the region. imagine if we had that capacity now, we can meet the next health crisis and the day-to-day needs of the community. ucsf has only gone through a process that had 70 elected officials and had surveys. and it's not only unnecessary but dangerous for san francisco. we must act with urgency, our economy is freefalling and we need more jobs and housing and health care. and (indiscernible) it's creating more division, and we can't let exclusionary communities to continue to exclude. it will boost activity for all san franciscans with transit. and i can attest to the need for improveme

make business sense for ucsf. one thing that may not but has been pretty clearly identified in the medical services master plan for the city, is the skills nursing beds and so i, as a district 7 supervisor, we have laguna honda in district 7. i appreciate ucsf because it's our only hospital easily accessible on the west side and yet for a lot of folks who have seen this issue in skilled nursing beds in our city and care about issues of seniors and long-term care and families who have to ask us that service at the end of life of their loved ones, i was involved at the planning commission when we negotiated benefits agreement for cdmc and it didn't make it and now we have this and i'm hearing from a lot of community members alarm that this is not including so can you tell me a little bit about your thought process and not including that in the m outaouais? >> skilled nursing facilities are complex entities to run and manage and they're not in our core competency if you like so we have partnered with killed nursing p

i want to see us work together like ucsf. please support ucsf without delay. thank you. >> clerk: next speaker please. >> i was born and raised in san francisco. i live in district 8. i'm calling mostly because of the e.i.r. elements of this hearing. i believe that there needs to be more time for not just the board but to review such things. also the transportation aspect of this. the transportation aspect, $20 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the impact that it's going to be had by this development. unless the housing to jobs ratio is one to one, you can expect that people will be coming from relative distance other parts of the city and bay area to this location. i believe that the plan should include a mailbox underneath the structure that will be used for future underground whether it's bart or muni metro station. $20 million is less than a tenth of what a b.r.t. project would cost. less than 1% central subway. i'm doing my math. but still it's a drop in the bucket. it's not nearly enough of a commitment long-term impact that transportation has

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

so ucsf is part of what is called a multi-county system. along with other facilities throughout california. as such, the vaccine is allocated to ucsf directly by the california department of public health. and then the deliveries come to ucsf from the vaccine manufacturers directly, based on the allocation of the california department of public health. it is clear that this is a major and complex initiative, and all of us are learning as we go. what is also clear is that we need to increase the rate at which we're able to deliver vaccine to people. and i believe that from the beginning of the time we started vaccinating two and a half weeks ago, that this is already happening. for example, at ucsf, we're now able to vaccinate up to 1100 people per day, and are working to increase this number even further. at the moment, we are continuing to focus our efforts on vaccinating health care workers primarily, and hope to move on to additional groups in the next few weeks. and i can say that so far the supply of vaccine from the manufacturers and

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

>>doctor monica gandhi is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. >>what matters is you want to keep people the hospital you don't want people to get sick and then you want to get to herd immunity. so getting the herd immunity is getting everyone back says quickly as possible to bringing down with just a cult barriers that except for the vaccine supply i think it's all the state's new guidelines just that guidelines until the vaccine supply increases substantially. >>ucsf and many other providers will continue to limit the next priority group. >>to 75 years of age and older. not so san francisco's public health department within our san francisco health. >>that work. our clinical care system. the health department people 65 years of age and older, we'll begin to be offered vaccine, san francisco's public health director says people 65 and up only account for 15% of san fraacisco's covid cases. >>but account for 80% of its deaths and nearly half of its covid hospitalizations. >>as a result local experts believe that lowering the number to 65 will mak

we know you have blue shield through ucsf. please log on and get your vaccine. >> supervisor haney: i think it's very important we are preparing for that particularly when a group like our educators. there are categories of individuals or workers for whom when you read the actual requirements -- sorry, read the priority tiers or look on the website, it's not immediately obvious whether you fall into that or not. who is the arbiter of that? i've had people who reach out to me who are frontline service provider under city contracts with s.h.h. or d.p.h. where do these people get sort of any exact determination and from whom as to which priority they fall under? who decide that? >> i try to start. within the city leadership, we have a covid-19 city work group that includes department of human resources and d.p.h. we look at those guidelines. for example, it says one of those categories is community health worker and public health field staff. most people don't have that exact title in their job. there's an umbrella position that

doctor monica gandhi at ucsf explains the roller coaster of fluctuations. >>this whole icu capacity thing is a little murky because what happens is people sometimes stay in the icu because there's no room on the floor because they can't be discharged out because there's no congregate settings and so it's actually not a hard measure and so what probably happened is a lot of people just got released from the hospital can people can go out from the icu it's fluctuating for sure and we're always busy during the winter according to california's current guidelines state looks at hospital icu capacities across all counties within a given region. >>and then based on that data comes up with an icu capacity percentage that represents the entire region that numbers then used to determine what can and cannot operate within the region so even though the city and county of san francisco has an icu capacity of 29%. >>it doesn't matter it's limited operations allowed under the entire region's icu capacity we're still in a search we still have increased hospitalizations and

>>yeah that's a good point but this ucsf study also compares. cook still all essential workers were talking nurses as well so according to this ucsf study cooks are at a higher risk of dying of coronavirus then a nurse a working at ucsf hospital. take a look we've written out the top 5 highest risk of dying of coronavirus from that study and you can see on your screen of we said cooks machine operators agricultural workers. baker's construction, laborers these are the top 5. highest at risk of dying of coronavirus now they were as i said comparing all essential working working adults and they saw that had a 22% increase in death. food and agriculture workers saw a 39% increase. in the study analyzed deaths of the coronavirus of the central workers rather between the ages of 1865. even comparing cooks to all of the types of essential workers you can think of us as i said including nurses. agricultural workers baker's very high at risk as well, the concern for these workers was one. they were going to get the vaccine because on monday governor new

we know you have blue shield through ucsf. please log on and get your vaccine. >> supervisor haney: i think it's very important we are preparing for that particularly when a group like our educators. there are categories of individuals or workers for whom when you read the actual requirements -- sorry, read the priority tiers or look on the website, it's not immediately obvious whether you fall into that or not. who is the arbiter of that? i've had people who reach out to me who are frontline service provider under city contracts with s.h.h. or d.p.h. where do these people get sort of any exact determination and from whom as to which priority they fall under? who decide that? >> i try to start. within the city leadership, we have a covid-19 city work group that includes department of human resources and d.p.h. we look at those guidelines. for example, it says one of those categories is community health worker and public health field staff. most people don't have that exact title in their job. there's an umbrella position that

we know you have blue shield through ucsf. please log on and get your vaccine. >> supervisor haney: i think it's very important we are preparing for that particularly when a group like our educators. there are categories of individuals or workers for whom when you read the actual requirements -- sorry, read the priority tiers or look on the website, it's not immediately obvious whether you fall into that or not. who is the arbiter of that? i've had people who reach out to me who are frontline service provider under city contracts with s.h.h. or d.p.h. where do these people get sort of any exact determination and from whom as to which priority they fall under? who decide that? >> i try to start. within the city leadership, we have a covid-19 city work group that includes department of human resources and d.p.h. we look at those guidelines. for example, it says one of those categories is community health worker and public health field staff. most people don't have that exact title in their job. there's an umbrella position that

>>at ucsf this morning with the story sarah. >>darya james that's right they are seeing the biggest surge yet here at ucsf 83 new patients 14 on ventilators let's take a look at a graph now-you can really get a good idea you can see from october until until now there really has been a steady increase but this is the highest surge yet and the positivity rate is not looking good 5.1% which is the highest yet you can see on their the icu rate keeps going up. the people number of people on on ventilators also goes up now we've got this graphic from ucsf department of medicine chair and doctor bob watcher, he has been commenting on this surge. he says it's interesting that despite cases rising within their hospitals cases are plateauing in san francisco with 237 new cases a day compared to the peak of 290 so cases are plateauing hospitalizations are increasing the mayor even says this is the case across the city, there's a little bit of a plateau really across the bay area in cases but our icu capacity went down a little bit keep in

between the city and ucsf. and for us to come together to make any necessary changes before finalizing the proposed memorandum of understanding. i do want to note that the m.o.u. was released to the public for the first time at the beginning of this month and we know there are a lot of viewpoints on this project and the proposed m.o.u. as clear from the public comment. but what is not contra vertible, the public should have more than a matter of few days to digest this and propose changes before the expansion plan is brought before the regents. so concerns have been raised about whether this would delay the project. i just want to make clear that this will not change the overall project timeline by urging the regents to move consideration of this piece to its next meeting given that a separate eir will be needed, the approval of the new parnassus hospital which will be in the side of this, and that's slated for the eir to go before the regents in the summer. so even the chancellor noted on the record yesterday,

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

but they say here at ucsf they're doing okay, they said that they have about 5.59% of the first group. >>that's an aide with the first shot in the arm and they have the second shot in the arm planned, but nobody has the second shot in the arm quite yet so that will definitely help but stay tuned, we'll keep an eye on these numbers new year's eve new year's surge will happen in doubt what a week week and a half from now daryn james is going to be interesting to see. another surge was have to brace ourselves 2021 home, scary absolutely, thanks very much. sara scary is what it is 5 '07 in the east bay there nearly 90 active covid cases. >>at the santa rita jail. the alameda county sheriff's office reports 80 inmates and 9 staff members have covid to date there have been 414 inmates and 93 staff infected. no one at the prison has died of covid. a big story this morning, california leaders have requested the deployment of more than 500 federal doctors and nurses. >>amidst the rise in cases this request comes as the federal government notified the state that the u.s. and as mercy hospital s

>>this new vaccination site is a partnership between the city's department of health ucsf and dignity health in order to be eligible to receive a vaccine here someone must live or work in san francisco and qualify under phase, one a of the vaccination rollout plan which includes health care workers and people who work or live in long-term care facilities, the city is also now allowing residents 65 or older to sign up for a vaccination way it works is you first need to make an appointment online then you drive here, you don't even need to get out of your car you receive a vaccine and then you have to wait 15 minutes to make sure there are no severe reactions and then you're done order to get the second dose the vaccine you have to make another appointment in a few weeks now the problem at the moment is that the supply of vaccines is very limited earlier in the week mayor london breed had said that the city was close to running out of vaccines due to hold being put on the use of a specific batch of the moderna vaccine. but we have learned today that that hold has been lifted and the cit

this is the third day where, the city and ucsf ar ucsf ar ucsf ar five,000 a day. city officials say they generally get 24 hours notices when they'll get more vaccines. efficiently as possible, so that as soon as we have much more volume of vaccine, we'll be able to get vaccine into arms. >> reporter: in san jose, vaccinations continue at the santa claire acounty fairgrounds. cdc data shows california received more than 4.9 million doses and has distributed less than half. we're monitoring our rollout with the vaccine tracker. it also shows when you might be able to get the vaccine in california. >>> turning to the weather and we definitely have a rainy week ahead. look behind me. it's kind of murky out there. a first look at our weather. drew. >>> showers return for the second half of our weekend and we're tracking the showers for the next couple of hours. another slug of moisture moving on shore along the peninsula. we have moderate showers working through the north bay. we have a pop of yellow and orange moving in the east bay and wintry precipitation on mt. ham

we asked ucsf infect shun disease specialist dr. peter chin-hong. >> so we had the first evidence today that at least for the moderna, and i believe it will be true for the pfizer vaccine as well, that they're also effective against the south african variant, and, you know, if i had to choose one that i'm a little bit more scared of it is the south african variant. so the fact that the moderna vaccine was shown to be effective against that as well is reassuring news. overall i think the vaccines will be effective against the variants. it may mean with a more transmissible variant, more of us in the community, that is more than 70% eventually, would need to be protected before we reach herd immunity. >> that might take several months. >>> let's take a look at sfo now, a live look at the new variant prompted president biden to add south africa to the travel ban. he reinstated an expanded covid travel restrictions. they take effect tomorrow. the new rules are non-u.s. travelers from south africa, brazil, ireland, the uk, and 26 other e

reporting live at ucsf sarah stinson kron 4 news, thanks sarah. we'll be right back. >>and the weather is getting better just didn't have the weekend it is gorgeous shot there the golden gate bridge in the distance a few clouds overhead sunshine though we've got john in the weather center with more on the good news for the john kerry guys, yeah, really good news, especially after so many days of rain now we get a look forward to a weekend with some sunshine breaking through the clouds and that's exactly what we're seeing right now there's definitely still some cloud cover across the bay but more and more bright skies being seen through those clouds your view from center towers our tower a prime example of that little bit of saving in parts of financial district, but also some bright skies making its way down as well. you are looking at still some snow up in the sierra nevada as well as the central valley, but once a zoom in on the bay, it's really quiet for us no rainfall across the northern sections of the bay nor across the southern tier, the bay either now temperat

>>ucsf stopped or george rutherford was also asked whether the state's decision to lift the regional stay at home order which will allow outdoor dining to resume is a good one there not randomized controlled trials, it's a outdoor dining sums up thumbs down we're working with the city to put together a series of case control studies. >>that could really examine those questions in greater detail. >>also points out that this move is moving most counties to the purple tree or which is the most restrictive tier so this letting up of the break he says is only a slight letting up at the break live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news thank you dan well, congress could begin work on passing the next covid relief package as early as next week, democrats and the biden administration are pushing for nearly 2 trillion dollar aid effort but. >>the proposal has not gone over. well with republicans on capitol hill our washington dc correspondent kellie meyer joins us live with the very latest kelli. >>and guys will democrats and republicans are split on the cost of the covid-19 relief proposal. but demo

>>kron four's dan kerman live at ucsf with more on all of this dan. well that's right you know some would say that 75 is arbitrary why not 7473 or 65 and up the real issue here will be. >>not whether it's a good idea, but whether there will be enough vaccine to do it. after health care workers and nursing home residents state guidelines had suggested those 75 and over should be next for the covid-19 vaccine. >>now those guidelines have changed to 65 and over getting the people who are most vulnerable to this infection vaccinated is the right approach i like doctor monica gandhi is an infectious disease specialist at ucsf. >>this will be a big deal because we are not just seeing 90.8 eur year-old son. >>getting sick, we're seeing 65 year-old 70 year olds getting sick. it is the older population and 65 to me seems like the right number for what i see the state's new guidelines are just that guidelines and due to limited supply of vaccine. ucsf and many other providers will limit the next priority group to 75 and over and the other hand san francisco jus

>>come back scenes in variance took center stage during ucsf us weekly online roundtable grand rounds, medical experts confirmed that current vaccines may be less effective against the south african variant though they said it would still provide protection against the most serious cases given that >>some reasons for concern it would be wise to develop updated vaccines that could have better recognize these particular variance that that they are so different than what's been seen in the past and indeed already. and pfizer have the past few days that they that they are going to do that medical experts also said the vaccines in their current form are effective against the uk variant. >>which is critical considering it appears to be 30 to 70% more transmissible and possibly more deadly we see that people who tested positive for the very end. >>look as i am i have a slight decrease mortality is not a very big but we think it may be looking about from different angles as couple increased transmissibility and possibly an increase in mortality, but experts say it's what the variance have in

vaccines and variance took center stage during ucsf us weekly online roundtable grand rounds. >>medical experts confirmed that current vaccines may be less effective against the south african variant though they said it would still provide protection against the most serious cases given that >>so you know reason for concern it would be wise to develop updated vaccines that could have better recognize these particular variance that that they are sort of different than what's been seen in the past and indeed already. and pfizer have seen the past few days that they that they are going to do that medical experts also said the vaccines in their current form are effective against the uk variant. >>which is critical considering it appears to be 30 to 70% more transmissible and possibly more deadly we see that people who tested positive for the very end. >>look as i am i have a slight decrease mortality is not a very big but we think it may be looking about from different angles as couple increased transmissibility and possibly an increase in mortality, but experts say it's what the

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

>>at ucsf with more on what they're doing today and how they're bracing for that holiday surge. >>and as we brace for another surge after christmas and the new year holidays. there's already a surge here at ucsf they've seen the most hospitalizations far were 83 new patients 14 of which on ventilators due to coronavirus i'm told that it's a busy inside but they haven't hit capacity in the hospital or the icu but we'll see after the coming weeks take a look at this graph it given to us from ucsf department of medicine. doctor bob watched her and you can see it shows a steady increase of hospitalizations after each holiday from october until now we can see that major spike also 50 or 5.1% of tests come back positive which the highest rate yet. doctors here find it interesting that despite hospitalizations on the rise cases are plateauing in san francisco. 237 new cases a day compared to the peak of 290. mayor london breed says there has never been this many people hospitalized in the city from covid-19 keep in mind though we are still waiting to see the effects of people celebrati

ucsf want to build 200 scare feet including a hospital. ucsf has agreed to devote 20 p.m. to transportation improvement that's expected to begin in about two years. >>> coming up a group of google workers announces plans to uniize. why they say they need a stronger voice. >>> we're not offering to go field or outdoor dining. we can't make it work. >> now a state program cement up to help didn't work. >>> the rain is in it for now. we have more on the way. valley fog will be a thing for your tuesday. the 5 day forecast is coming up after the break. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. you can adjust your comfort on both sides... your sleep number setting. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but, can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so, you can really promise better sleep? not promise. ...prove. don't miss our new year's special the queen slee

they stress though the vaccine will still provide some protection against the most serious cases ucsf infectious disease expert doctor george rutherford says what the variance have in common is what is going to be the most helpful in the fight against covid. >>important thing is as that there's nothing different about these variants are still transmitido droplets. and so that masking and social distancing remains a primary means of protection. >>outdoor dining in san francisco as we've been telling you has reopened now as it has around the bay and doctor rutherford says his team is working to conduct some studies. and with them to like hone in on what's going on with the virus specifically when it comes to outdoor dining. >>the cdc in terms of vaccine distribution about 4 million people now in the u.s. have been fully vaccinate that means they've received both their first and their second shot more than 21 million people have at least gotten their first shot and more than 48 million doses have been distributed so far that's nationwide here in california. the cdc says that of the 5 and

i'm so happy that ucsf and the county partnered to do this. >> the county of santa clara mountainview have partnered. vaccines available with a virtual townhall, saying mass vaccination sites will be up and running until about mid-february, but the oakland coliseum is one of those locations. with all those mass vaccination sites opening, it is important to make sure you're actually eligible to receive the vaccine at that time, at that particular site. this was by appointment only, partnership with ucsf, city of san francisco, all 500 individuals that received the vaccine today were contacted by the health care system to receive that. a lot of important information to keep in mind. of course, we'll have it updated on our website, nbcbayarea.com. live in san francisco, cierra johnson, today in the bay. >> thank you, skrchlt ierra. let's take a look at how many people have been vaccinated in san francisco. it's 31,000. nearly 100,000, but that's in the county of 2 million. in contra costa county, 60,000 doses. 54,000 people have received one of the first doses and 10,000 have received bo

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

c., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon

ucsf infectious disease expert supports going to age-base tiers. >> it's easy to enforce. you have a driver's license. nobody worries who is more essential than who. >> reporter: he expects pfizer and moderna production will ramp up and points out there are others waiting for approval, like the one-shot johnson & johnson vaccine. >> it may not be months. estimates of what's coming in the pipeline is more robust than people believe. >> reporter: now a factor in the state, people 61 and older account for 61% of i.c.u. submissions and 83% of deaths. more details could come as soon as tomorrow. ian cull, nbc bay area news. >> president joe biden spent his first day on the job signing executive orders from vaccines to reopening schools. the plan welcomed the bay area health department finding the vaccine in short supply. nbc bay area's jean elle has more on where vaccine sites are taking place. >> reporter: this drive-thru location is by appointment only and it's fully booked. but city leaders say there will soon be three locations ready to go. working into the night, crews are

so ucsf where dr chen homeworks is administering vaccines a little disruption. california counties continued toe leg in vaccine distributions, california ranks amongst the bottom 10 states and that minister in vaccine doses the county and the state is not like ucsf. unfortunately so. there's a lot of variation for one. california is the most populous state in the country, with many hands in the covid vaccine distribution pot. we're dividing into all of these different systems, so there's. the department of public health. there is connie level, there's a state level and there are there's a federal level that distributes vaccines all the different. streams two different groups of people, for example, doctor jin hyung, said a health care worker who works at a hospital and an outpatient facility may be offered the vaccine twice where as a person with a private insurance company and no access to register for the vaccine online could lose out on that opportunity, so i think all of these gaps and redundancies make its. obvious that our health care system still has a lo

a ucsf dan kerman kron 4 news. >>well still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news, another bay area hospital reports a coronavirus outbreak among its staff will have more on that coming up after the break. >>4.26 is the time more controversy surrounding the kaiser hospital in san jose at the very center of a deadly coronavirus outbreak. one person has died and at least 60 others have tested positive for covid-19 since that outbreak on christmas day santa clara county officials have find kaiser $44,000 for failing to report the initial cases in a timely manner which is a violation of the health order. >>under health order all employers are required to report cases public health within 4 hours of learning of any case there's a portal that they have to use this has been in place for many months now. >>while the source of the outbreak hasn't been confirmed officials are investigating whether resulted from a hospital staff member wearing an air-powered holiday costume on christmas day. those types of costumes have sinc

the director of the ucsf covid response doctor g noble be one of them. >>as we approach the one-year mark of covid she says there is now more data showing that schools are safe. >>so right here in the bay area again we have an orange county which is essentially the only county that his success of successfully opened its school sen send september they've had about 30,000 kids in 5,000 teachers back in school kindergarten through 12th grade during that time that's about 450,000 student days and that many students back them any day since september they've had exactly 6 cases of campus spaced transmission, however, some school district officials and teachers in the bay area say in addition to questioning if it's safe not all school districts have the same resources to safely reopen at this time the disparities are real there's an equity that we all knew existed and so you do have like perhaps re-opened they definitely have more resources. >>but you have districts that are struggling on the regular been teaching nothing unified for 26 years and i when i start

the director of the ucsf covid response doctor g noble be one of them. >>as we approach the one-year mark of covid she says there is now more data showing that schools are safe. >>so right here in the bay area again we have an orange county which is essentially the only county that his success of successfully open that school sen send september they've had about 30,000 kids in 5,000 teachers back in school kindergarten through 12th grade during that time that's about 450,000 student days and that many students back them any day since september they've had exactly 6 cases of campus spaced transmission however, some school district officials and teachers in the bay area say in addition to questioning if it's safe not all school districts have the same resources to safely reopen at this time the disparities are real there's an equity that we all knew existed and so you do have like perhaps re-opened they definitely have more resources. >>but you have districts that are struggling on the regular been teaching in oakland unified for 26 years and i when i star

it launched with ucsf last friday with 500 doses because that's the amount we have now, but as vaccine flows in at a more robust rate, we'll be able to increase the number of people that get vaccinated there. all these sites, we're looking at drive-thru as well as walk-in so people can get to the sites. >> mayor breed: i'm understanding that the city college site basically, based on the number of doses that they have left, so that the appointments are through tomorrow, is that correct? >> that is correct. they are through tomorrow. and that's, again, based on the vaccine allocation. we will hopefully get more news about allocation in the next 24-48 hours and we can start planning ahead. >> mayor breed: so tell us about who can get vaccinated at these high-volume distribution sites? i think -- are they open to anyone regardless of who their insurer is? >> so, mayor, again, the limiting factor as you've both said, it is limited to health care workers and people that are 65 years of age and older. but as you pointed out, we really want to do all the complicated work on the back end and bu

. >> reporter: those encouraging words from ucsf epidemiologist dr. george rutherford after the state reported the bay area's icu capacity saw a dramatic improvement from 6% last week to more than 23% on saturday. >> all this strongly suggests that we're on the down slope of this third wave of the epidemic, finally. >> r covid-19-related hospitalizations have dropped at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> the icu patients are staying down. and so overall, that has given us capacity, and it's very encouraging, certainly compared to where we were just one week ago. >> reporter: that's when covid hospitalizations were seeing a dramatic spike. now the big question, when will the state's stay-at-home order be lift food interest bay area? that's still unclear. sacramento where icu numbers are worse is no longer in lockdown. in a statement to abc7 news, the california department of health says we see promising signs that california is slowly emerging from the most intense stage of this pandemic. it's important to know that a region's exit from the

., ucsf, kaiser, and so far. we are waiting for the state to finalize the next phase, which is proposed to include frontline essential workers, such as public safety, grocery workers, teachers, and those over the age of 75. and we are working with the city's health care providers and pharmacies to scale up vaccine delivery. since the federal and state government are distributing vaccine directly to health care providers, these partnerships are vital to our collective success locally, as a region, and across the state. we are discussing with our health partners ways to increase vaccination capacity. our goal is to ensure that vaccination is provided to as many people as possible, and as soon as we get vaccine. this is an unprecedented undertaking, the mass vaccination of the entire nation to end the pandemic. we are working hard, but right now vaccine supply remains limited, and many questions remain unanswered with regard to how soon vaccines supplies will meet demand. but please know, and we expect, that everyon