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Less Than Half of Nursing Home Patients, Staff Tested

by Mel Baker May 19, 2020January 12, 2021

Some two weeks after a universal coronavirus testing mandate for nursing facilities was announced, 40% of the city’s nursing patients and staff have been tested, according to San Francisco health director Dr. Grant Colfax.

News

Sunshine Board May Return to Keeping an Eye on City Hall

by Noah Arroyo May 19, 2020July 7, 2020

One of the key panels maintaining local government accountability will soon get back to work after being sidelined for months if the head of the Board of Supervisors gets his way. The Sunshine Ordinance Task Force has not met since Mayor London Breed suspended most public meetings in mid-March, but board President Norman Yee aims to change that.

“Civic” Podcast, Food Systems, Health, Labor

Outbreaks Among Food Supply Chain Workers Reflect Crowded Conditions

by Laura Wenus May 14, 2020January 12, 2021

An estimated 3 million people work on farms in the United States every year to raise and harvest the nation’s produce. The meat and poultry industry is estimated to employ another half million. Working conditions in both industries tend to be harsh, and many workers have limited access to health care to begin with.

“Civic” Podcast, News

Media Focus on Trump Misinformation Distracts From Serious Pandemic Coverage — ‘News in Context’

by Gina Baleria May 14, 2020January 12, 2021

As we seek out relevant and reliable information on COVID-19, we are also exposed to misinformation, opinion and mixed messages from our leaders. We rely on journalists to give us timely fact-based reporting about all aspects of this developing story — to help us navigate the onslaught and contextualize, not editorialize or spin.

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“Civic” Podcast, Economy & Business, Health

San Francisco to Allow Curbside Retail Sales, Warehouses to Reopen on Monday

by Mel Baker May 13, 2020January 12, 2021

Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday that up to 95% of retail businesses should be able to reopen for limited curbside service starting on Monday, May 18. Many warehouses and factories should also be able to resume operations.

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“Civic” Podcast, From the Newsroom, Media

How ‘Civic’ Is Produced and Broadcast From Home

by Daphne Magnawa May 11, 2020January 12, 2021

Under shelter-in-place orders, the Public Press staff has been producing the local current affairs program “Civic” from home, conducting interviews remotely and managing a radio station at a distance.

City Hall, Coronavirus, Homelessness, Housing

Homeless Activists’ Latest Tactic: Occupying Hotel Rooms

by Brian Howey May 11, 2020July 7, 2020

Seven protesters from Poor Magazine, a publication and activist organization, attempted to occupy the Marriott Marquis hotel in downtown San Francisco on Monday morning to demand that the city house more homeless residents in the thousands of hotel rooms left vacant during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus testing in the Mission District on April 27, 2020. Barbara Ries / UCSF

“Civic” Podcast, Community, Coronavirus, Health, Housing, Neighborhoods, Social Justice

Testing in Mission Shows Virus Hits Workers, Latinos at High Levels

by Laura Wenus May 8, 2020January 12, 2021

A Mission District coronavirus testing initiative has shown stark disparities in who has been getting sick — 95% of those who tested positive in this initiative identified as Hispanic or Latinx. Most earned less than $50,000 a year. But evidence of this disparity had been mounting even prior to the testing, when doctors in San Francisco hospitals saw that the majority of the coronavirus patients who needed to be hospitalized were also Latino.

Coronavirus, Labor

Weekly Unemployment Payouts in State Skyrocket to Record $4.4 Billion

by Laura Impellizzeri May 7, 2020July 7, 2020

California doled out a record $4.4 billion in jobless benefits last week, more than triple the amount it paid out the previous week, data from the state’s Employment Development Department shows. In the week ending April 25, the state disbursed $1.4 billion in benefit payments.

“Civic” Podcast, Community, Coronavirus, Health, Neighborhoods, Social Justice

Mission Coronavirus Tests Reveal Longstanding Inequities

by Laura Wenus May 7, 2020January 12, 2021

In late April, a coalition of medical, community and government organizations called Unidos en Salud tested nearly 3,000 people in one Mission District census tract for the new coronavirus. Sixty-two of them tested positive, slightly more than 2% of those tested. Among those testing positive, 95% identified as Hispanic or Latinx, though they made up only 44% of those tested.

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