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Westbrook, the shelter’s proprietor, said homelessness has grown in the Bayview so precipitously that people sometimes sleep in Mother Brown’s dining room and hallways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the COVID-19 pandemic has required many San Francisco establishments to close, or maintain strict social distancing, and Mother Brown’s shelter was no different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Gwendolyn Westbrook, director of Mother Brown's Dining Room in the Bayview\"]‘No one wants to die from this coronavirus. But if I had waited on the city, people out here might’ve been dead.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Westbrook and other women from the Bayview took matters into their own hands. They walked over to what locals call MLK Park – which on city documentation is called Bay View Park – and measured out the distance between plots themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A renegade camping site was born, from the community, serving the community, with roughly 60 souls sleeping there in tents for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I came in early, they were all piled up in the [shelter’s] doorway … that wasn’t working for us,” Westbrook told KQED News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she set up the open-air encampment without city approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one wants to die from this coronavirus,” Westbrook said. “But if I had waited on the city, people out here might’ve been dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Tillman, 65, slipped his N95 respirator mask over and under his 49ers hat while sitting inside his blue tent on Tuesday. 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Jones Playground – also known as MLK Park – on May 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tillman was raised in the Bayview – it is his home – but his extended family is largely dead or gone. He also said he doesn’t want to “burden” his adult children with his own life choices. So Tillman has been living on the streets, slowly withering away, he said. Then he found the MLK Park encampment. It not only saved him from COVID-19, he said, but from his darkest thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t say I was going to kill myself. But I didn’t want to live,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he says he feels upbeat once again and is better prepared to find a job. Work is also a concern for Tasha Swift, 33, who is sleeping in a tent with her boyfriend on the other side of MLK Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift is an Oakland native who was living with her sister in San Francisco’s Sunnydale neighborhood so the pair could support each other financially. The two parted ways amid some acrimony, and Swift found herself living in her car while still working daily shifts at Split Bread, a San Francisco restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Tasha Swift sits inside her tent at the Bay View Park K.C. Jones Playground on May 5, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tasha Swift sits inside her tent at the Bay View Park K.C. Jones Playground on May 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In early March, Swift was only one tantalizing paycheck away from saving enough money with her boyfriend to go apartment hunting. The cramped confines of her car would be a dreary distant memory, her locked-up knees could heal. They saved every penny, cut every expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know all the things ‘normal’ people do to make themselves happy? I couldn’t do them. I didn’t even get one soda. No eating out. I cut everything,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then COVID-19 hit. The Bay Area-wide shelter-in-place order was instituted March 17, and Split Bread furloughed its workers, at least, Swift still hopes, temporarily. She and her boyfriend reached into their savings to weather the financial storm, their housing dream dashed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Living in her car was “really scary, I don’t like it. You never know when someone will come up to your window and rob you.” But at MLK Park she’s safer. Now she feels ready to get back to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This isn’t a whole home, but it feels like it,” Swift said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soon, more San Francisco neighborhoods could become homes for other folks who’ve been sheltering in cars, doorways and tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Citywide Sites in the Works\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Three sites across San Francisco are in the works to become safe sleeping sites like MLK Park. While not locked down as moving forward – various entities are still negotiating these safe sleep sites – KQED News has confirmed they are under consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the furthest along in planning stages is the former site of the Temporary Transbay Terminal. An \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6883382-Safe-Sleeping-Site-License-Agmt-Temp-Terminal-4.html\">agreement\u003c/a> between the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, which holds the lease to that parcel, and the City and County of San Francisco outlines the city’s right to operate it as a safe sleeping site. The document is dated April 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a neighborhood group represented by lobbyist Chris Gruwell has not formally announced opposition, sources close to the matter say it spells a threat to the Temporary Transbay Terminal safe sleep site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sitting on an open space in the Temporary Transbay Center is basically the same thing as being in a shelter,” said Gloria Li, a neighbor in South of Market who sits on the citizen advisory committee of the TJPA, and wrote to the agency to voice her concerns. “They’re sharing common space. It will be a train wreck for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney, who represents the South of Market neighborhood where the former Temporary Transbay Terminal resides, does not support the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we should bring people into hotel rooms,” Haney said. “That’s safer, more cost-effective and better for public health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everett Middle School is another site in the works. After a non-binding resolution authored by Supervisor Rafael Mandelman called for safe sleeping sites, Mandelman called for Everett Middle School’s parking lot to be open to homeless folks sleeping there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These makeshift encampments lack adequate social distancing as well as access to hygiene and sanitation, creating a public health hazard for encampment occupants and neighbors,” Mandelman said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/RafaelMandelman/status/1254884450330001408?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark Sanchez, president of the San Francisco Board of Education, agrees. He crafted a resolution for the school board allowing the San Francisco Unified School District to enter into an agreement with the city to allow school property to be used for safe sleeping sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While he emphasized that Everett was not yet a done deal, he did say the district is looking at only “one site” – Everett.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does look like it will be a good site because of the growing number of people on the streets in that area,” he said, adding that ultimately it will need more outreach to neighbors and a vote by the Board of Education to enact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last site in the works is probably the least far along: a former McDonald’s site in the Haight neighborhood, near Golden Gate Park, on Haight and Stanyan streets. Supervisor Dean Preston has publicly touted the site, but did not respond to KQED News to speak about the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Camp Breed’ Echoes Loma Prieta Past\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At City Hall’s front door, just past its grand lawn, lies a homeless encampment of roughly 90 tents sitting nearly on top of one another, bunched together in a nearly textbook example of how not to socially distance safely amid a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worries Kelley Cutler, a human rights organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness. San Francisco police have parked at the encampment, and barricades have gone up, keeping people sleeping in tents penned into a tight area next to the Asian Art Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re still being contained in these small areas so they can’t socially distance,” Cutler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816673\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816673\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. On Wednesday, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. On Wednesday, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A woman named Stephanie, who declined to give her last name, is from Daly City but went to high school in San Francisco. She had an apartment in San Francisco before falling into a drug habit and becoming homeless. She lives in the encampment near the Asian Art Museum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephanie wishes San Francisco would bring more services into the encampment. She spent time in a local hospital for a newly discovered diabetes diagnosis, and said navigating city services to get shelter is difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had highs and lows. I’ve had five years of sobriety,” Stephanie said. Now, though, she wishes she could have “harm reduction services, support services, just easy access to vocational training,” so she can work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Conrad, 29, from Pacifica, also struggles with a drug problem. His mother thinks he has housing, and he doesn’t want to tell her he’s homeless. He’s trying to help himself, but wishes the city could give him a leg up to stay safe from COVID-19 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They won’t give the shelter. They won’t give us no hotel vouchers because not everybody here has a so-called chronic diagnosis,” he said. “You know, we’re just kind of stuck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816722\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43042_013_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Conrad at a tent encampment where he currently lives on Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43042_013_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43042_013_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43042_013_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43042_013_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Conrad at a tent encampment where he currently lives on Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Without adequate staffing, Conrad said, the encampment is “dangerous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps its most disturbing feature is a single bathroom for its 200 homeless dwellers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A hundred tents and just one porta-potty in it? The bathrooms are all the way filled up with, you know, remains. It’s just disgusting. Absolutely disgusting,” Conrad said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People in the homeless community talking to Cutler have come up with a new name for the encampment Stephanie and Conrad live in, due to its proximity to City Hall: “Camp Breed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Camp Breed is making it even more challenging to provide needed resources for people,” Cutler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That nickname is derived from “Camp Agnos,” the name given to a homeless encampment in front of City Hall that arose in 1989 after the Loma Prieta earthquake made San Francisco homeless shelters unlivable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11765010 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/homeless-1020x663.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The growing homeless camps also torpedoed Mayor Art Agnos’ second mayoral run, as his political opponents laid the burgeoning homeless problem at his feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As Yogi Berra said famously, it’s deja vu all over again!” Agnos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agnos likened the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on homeless people to what happened during his tenure, post-earthquake. Shelters were unavailable then, much as they are now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is struggling with a much bigger number of people than I had to deal with,” he added. So will “Camp Breed” also torpedo Breed’s political future? Agnos didn’t think so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And touching on the fight between the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Mayor Breed – the former who wants the homeless to be housed in hotels, and the latter who is enacting safe sleeping sites while calling hotels for homeless unreasonable – Agnos was magnanimous to all involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are nuances between all their strategies, but they’re all working their asses off,” Agnos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>San Francisco is set to enact a homelessness solution it once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, San Francisco police have ordered tents removed from city streets, even at times \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/shotwell-tents-destroyed-as-friends-mourn-homeless-man-shot-by-sfpd/\">slashing them with knives themselves\u003c/a>. Public Works employees have tossed the ever-ubiquitous nylon homes of desperate people into dump trucks on a weekly basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, however, San Francisco will launch the first of five planned “Safe Sleeping Sites,” KQED News has confirmed, with the hope that unhoused people will be kept socially distant amid the COVID-19 pandemic in a controlled location, replete with services like showers and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tents, once an ultimate bogeyman of San Francisco’s government, will be revered as lifesaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first location was announced Wednesday by Mayor London Breed: an encampment of roughly 90 tents piled nearly on top of each other near the Asian Art Museum – on City Hall’s front doorstep – will be officially sanctioned and allowed to expand onto Fulton Street, between the museum and the Main Library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safe, healthy, social distance will finally come to Civic Center’s homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816697\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43039_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. On Wednesday, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43039_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43039_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43039_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43039_009_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. On Wednesday, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The second city-sanctioned safe sleeping site is already under operation by a local nonprofit, Mother Brown’s Dining Room in the Bayview, at a park known locally as MLK Park, on Third Street and Armstrong Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now it’s a rogue operation, but later this week the official OK from San Francisco City Hall will see services, showers and other resources blow in like a breeze under the sails of that existing effort, Gwendolyn Westbrook, Mother Brown’s executive director told KQED News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those wrap-around services are planned for all of the city-sanctioned sleeping sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went into the park and set up the tents,” said Westbrook, who had help from Bayview advocates Gloria Berry and Michelle Pierce. “The city left us alone, and now, as a matter of fact, they’re going to help us a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three other sites are now under various phases of negotiation to potentially become San Francisco’s next wave of safe sleeping sites, public documents and City Hall insiders confirmed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The former Temporary Transbay Terminal at Howard and Main streets\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Everett Middle School on Church Street\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A former McDonald’s restaurant on Haight and Stanyan streets near an entrance to Golden Gate Park\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=1jjbKOIgxK7WIUAoDuTcW4FXVMbQgXMUM\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bayview Neighbors United\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Mother Brown’s shelter, nestled on Jennings Street and Van Dyke Avenue in the Bayview, sees nearly 70 people sleeping in it nightly. Westbrook, the shelter’s proprietor, said homelessness has grown in the Bayview so precipitously that people sometimes sleep in Mother Brown’s dining room and hallways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the COVID-19 pandemic has required many San Francisco establishments to close, or maintain strict social distancing, and Mother Brown’s shelter was no different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Westbrook and other women from the Bayview took matters into their own hands. They walked over to what locals call MLK Park – which on city documentation is called Bay View Park – and measured out the distance between plots themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A renegade camping site was born, from the community, serving the community, with roughly 60 souls sleeping there in tents for weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I came in early, they were all piled up in the [shelter’s] doorway … that wasn’t working for us,” Westbrook told KQED News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So she set up the open-air encampment without city approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one wants to die from this coronavirus,” Westbrook said. “But if I had waited on the city, people out here might’ve been dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddie Tillman, 65, slipped his N95 respirator mask over and under his 49ers hat while sitting inside his blue tent on Tuesday. Tillman told KQED News that he is only a few years out of prison, where he was for “decades” after stealing cars in his troubled youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816699\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43032_002_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Tillman stands outside his tent at Bay View Park K.C. Jones Playground - also known as MLK Park - on May 5, 2020.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43032_002_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43032_002_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43032_002_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43032_002_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Tillman stands outside his tent at Bay View Park K.C. Jones Playground – also known as MLK Park – on May 5, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tillman was raised in the Bayview – it is his home – but his extended family is largely dead or gone. He also said he doesn’t want to “burden” his adult children with his own life choices. So Tillman has been living on the streets, slowly withering away, he said. Then he found the MLK Park encampment. It not only saved him from COVID-19, he said, but from his darkest thoughts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t say I was going to kill myself. But I didn’t want to live,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he says he feels upbeat once again and is better prepared to find a job. Work is also a concern for Tasha Swift, 33, who is sleeping in a tent with her boyfriend on the other side of MLK Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift is an Oakland native who was living with her sister in San Francisco’s Sunnydale neighborhood so the pair could support each other financially. The two parted ways amid some acrimony, and Swift found herself living in her car while still working daily shifts at Split Bread, a San Francisco restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11816710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11816710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43038_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Tasha Swift sits inside her tent at the Bay View Park K.C. 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Supervisor Dean Preston has publicly touted the site, but did not respond to KQED News to speak about the effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Camp Breed’ Echoes Loma Prieta Past\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At City Hall’s front door, just past its grand lawn, lies a homeless encampment of roughly 90 tents sitting nearly on top of one another, bunched together in a nearly textbook example of how not to socially distance safely amid a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worries Kelley Cutler, a human rights organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness. 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On Wednesday, city staffers started drawing out socially distant spaces with chalk on the street for the tents to stay.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43046_018_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents line a gravel sidewalk off Fulton Street near City Hall on May 5, 2020. 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Now, though, she wishes she could have “harm reduction services, support services, just easy access to vocational training,” so she can work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Conrad, 29, from Pacifica, also struggles with a drug problem. His mother thinks he has housing, and he doesn’t want to tell her he’s homeless. He’s trying to help himself, but wishes the city could give him a leg up to stay safe from COVID-19 during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They won’t give the shelter. 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And now, they have more leverage than they’ve perhaps ever had before, as demand for their services continues to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is keeping a running tab on the conditions of workers in a variety of different sectors who have been thrust onto the front lines of this pandemic. Below, we describe the conditions in some of the most impacted industries in California, links to related stories we’ve covered and resources for workers or those who want to support them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Store Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810502\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4800\" height=\"2973\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg 4800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1920x1189.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4800px) 100vw, 4800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items piled high at the checkout counter of a Ralph’s Supermarket in North Hollywood on March 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until recently, most major grocery store chains were telling workers\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808742/grocery-store-workers-fight-to-wear-masks-gloves-while-on-the-job\"> they could not wear their own masks to work\u003c/a>, and in some cases even discouraged wearing gloves. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has successfully pushed to have those restrictions lifted and helped some workers negotiate hazard pay raises of up to $2 an hour. The union represents some 1.3 million grocery and food service employees, but doesn’t include workers at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and a number of other massive grocery outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, workers at Whole Foods called for a nationwide “sickout” to push for higher pay and better working conditions. There have been reports of workers contracting coronavirus at Whole Foods stores in several major cities,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809819/sf-whole-foods-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-store-stays-open\"> including in San Francisco at the Upper Haight Street location\u003c/a>. Some Whole Foods employees who are continuing to work during the pandemic are asking for double the current hourly wage for employees, paid leave for all workers who have to stay home or self-quarantine and free coronavirus testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Pharmacists and Drugstore Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810417\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810417\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Cheung, 49, a pharmacist at New Oakland Pharmacy on April 1, 2020. His business has started a delivery system to encourage customers to stay home and keep the number of people in the store to a minimum. He said the store has enough PPE for his employees to use, but currently has no extra stock to sell to customers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many drugstore workers also belong to UFCW and are pushing for similar protections as their counterparts in grocery and retail. The lack of adequate paid time off has been a prime concern, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cvs-updates-policies-after-workers-petition-for-sick-leave-2020-3\">protests at CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/richard-ashworth-hazard-pay-and-family-leave-for-walgreens-employees?recruiter=410752018&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition\">a petition for Walgreens employees\u003c/a> and other labor actions. KQED interviewed a drug store employee\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who says she and several other coworkers went to work in recent weeks with flu-like symptoms because they could not get any paid sick days. Some workers are asking for major pharmacies to switch to a drive-thru model to limit exposure, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/cvs-pharmacy-make-pharmacies-drive-thru-only-during-the-corona-crisis?utm_source=grow_us&utm_medium=media\">over 100,000 people recently signed a petition\u003c/a> demanding that major drugstores like Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS make that change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Warehouse Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11633738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After an Amazon warehouse worker in Staten Island \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/amazon-worker-in-staten-island-warehouse-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/\">tested positive for COVID-19\u003c/a> in late March — one of a growing number of Amazon warehouse employees across the country to contract the virus — workers at that location \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/30/21199942/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-new-york-protest-walkout\">staged a sickout\u003c/a> on March 30, demanding safer conditions, protective gear and hazard pay of double their regular salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon recently raised worker pay by $2 an hour through the end of April and increased the rate of overtime pay, among other changes. The group Amazonians United New York City is continuing to gather signatures of workers pushing for improved conditions, and posted their demands \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitednyc/we-amazon-workers-demand-coronavirus-protections-16f28ad8b15f\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Delivery Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11810168 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg\" alt=\"Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her cellphone to check orders while picking up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-1020x645.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her phone to check orders as she picks up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers at app-based delivery companies like Instacart, Postmates, and Shipt have also been demanding higher compensation and more protection. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809184/instacart-workers-set-to-strike-on-monday-demanding-hazard-pay-and-protections\">Instacart workers on Monday participated in a one-day nationwide strike,\u003c/a> demanding hazard pay of an additional $5 per order, sick pay for anyone considered at-risk or needing to self-quarantine and personal protective equipment (PPE) like hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.Instacart has said it will provide the protective gear, but has so far not agreed to the additional hazard pay demand. Working with a group called the Gig Workers Collective, Instacart workers\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency-walk-off-ebdf11b6995a\"> posted their demands online. \u003c/a>The company also \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/shopper-news/shopper-health-safety-update-ec518ad3841c\">posted its response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, app-based delivery companies are experiencing a surge in both customers and workers. Instacart has reported higher sales than ever before, and said it was now employing 40 percent more workers than normal, with 250,000 new workers added just in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Ride-Hail Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto in Oakland on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership and are asking for the state to ensure that they quickly get unemployment benefits. The lack of legal clarity over their employment category has led to many drivers having their claims denied or put on hold. Like Instacart and other grocery delivery workers, they share the burdens and requests of gig workers outlined below. Rideshare Drivers United, an advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://drivers-united.org/a/demand-coronavirus-relief-for-platform-workers\">has released a set of driver specific demands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Restaurant, Bar and Food Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Lopes works at Nick’s Lighthouse in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Like many service industry workers, he worries about the decline in revenue at the restaurant and what that means for his job. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With bars and restaurants closed, or only offering takeout orders, many workers in the food service industry have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help\">laid off or had their shifts cut significantly\u003c/a>. The maximum unemployment benefit in California is $450 per week, not nearly enough to cover most expenses — especially in places with high rent like the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">Bartender Emergency Assistance Program\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantworkerscf.org/\">Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation\u003c/a>, are collecting donations to help workers in need, but can only accommodate a tiny fraction of the overwhelming number of suddenly unemployed restaurant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Farmworkers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11781801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11781801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/IMG_7077-1-e1571854504431.jpg\" alt=\"A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas. \u003ccite>(Alex Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s farm belt pumps out more than a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts every year. But employers who manage the state’s orchards, packing sheds and fields of row crops are now faced with a dilemma: continue operating and hope their workers don’t get sick or shutter their businesses, forcing their workers (who are eligible) to file for unemployment and putting the country’s food supply at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\">Food and Drug Administration is reassuring\u003c/a> consumers that there’s no evidence the coronavirus can be transmitted through food or food packaging. Another question, however, is how to keep farmworkers safe from exposure on the job, when social distancing is often difficult or downright impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers union is \u003ca href=\"https://ufw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-2020-Open-Letter-from-UFW-FINAL.pdf\">calling on employers\u003c/a> to extend worker sick pay to 40 hours or more and to eliminate the 90-day waiting period for new employees to be eligible for sick pay, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808267/farmworkers-cant-pick-crops-remotely-how-can-they-stay-safe\">Read more of this story \u003c/a>by KQED’s Sasha Khokha and Alexandra Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>In-Home Supportive Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1913px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/IMG_0164-e1585931231219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1497\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low-wage in-home health service providers like Carnella Marks of Chico say they can’t get adequate protective gear to safely care for the sick and elderly. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Amy Day)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are roughly half a million in-home supportive service providers in California. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.udwa.org/\">United Domestic Workers of America\u003c/a> (UDW), a union representing house cleaners and in-home child care providers, the average hourly pay in California is $13.43, and only 9 percent of workers get employee-sponsored health care. Contract negotiations for these workers often drag on for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like health care professionals in hospitals, these workers are not provided with nearly enough PPE. Masks and other protective gear are particularly crucial for them because they typically enter other people’s houses, and many of the patients they serve are elderly and immunocompromised. The UDW is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to order a handful of emergency measures, including paid sick leave for workers who need to self quarantine, free treatment for those infected, guaranteed unemployment insurance and increased recruitment of new providers to make sure care is not interrupted for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Domestic Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810415\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lourdes Dobarganes, a member of the San Francisco Women’s Collective and the California Domestic Workers Coalition on Treasure Island on April 1, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A growing number of domestic workers, including many child care providers and house cleaners, are being asked not to come to work by clients who do not want people entering their homes. Since many of these working arrangements are not officially on the books, it is difficult for these workers to apply for unemployment insurance or effectively advocate for themselves. Many workers are also undocumented, which bars them from applying for state or federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more coronavirus coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]Some families that are able to work from home and continue to earn incomes are continuing to pay their domestic workers during the pandemic, even without receiving their services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Domestic Workers Alliance has \u003ca href=\"https://domesticworkers.org/coronavirus-care-fund\">set up a care fund \u003c/a>for these workers, and is accepting donations. It is also working on legislation — \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB1257&version=20190SB125798AMD\">SB 1257 \u003c/a>— that would allow domestic workers to be covered under Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Gig Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Individual groups of gig workers and labor advocates in different industries have released specific demands, but the main ask is to gain employee status and have basic job protections. As employees, gig workers would be guaranteed minimum wage and overtime pay, unemployment insurance and workers compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driver advocacy groups like Rideshare Drivers United (RDU), along with some local leaders are calling for state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Labor Secretary Julie Su to enforce AB 5, a measure that went into effect in January, making it harder for companies to classify their workers as contractors instead of employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Undocumented Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The $2 trillion \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package\">federal aid package\u003c/a> signed by President Trump last Friday will expand unemployment insurance and send cash to Americans hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn. But immigrants who lack work permits won’t benefit from those provisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though many undocumented workers collectively pay billions of dollars in taxes, they are excluded from unemployment insurance benefits — which require applicants to show federal work authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/releases/covid19-newsom/\">More than 125 organizations signed on to a letter sent to Newsom\u003c/a> and state legislative leaders to designate emergency funding to support undocumented residents and others who are ineligible for unemployment insurance benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809657/new-covid-19-relief-benefits-leaves-out-some-undocumented-immigrants\">Read more of this story by KQED’s Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>‘Essential’ or ‘Unessential’?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Retail chains like GameStop and manufacturers like Tesla have argued that they are essential in a bid to remain open during the pandemic. Both are now closed. Some establishments are more in the gray area, like cafes. Should places like Peet’s Coffee and Starbucks stay open if they are mainly serving coffee instead of food?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808489/your-boss-says-youre-an-essential-worker-what-if-you-disagree\">Workers have been pushing back\u003c/a>, urging employers to close so as not to put them in the position of having to stay home and earn no income or go to work and risk getting sick. If stores close or reduce hours, workers can collect unemployment benefits, but not if those businesses remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers or customers who believe a store is not essential and should be closed can contact city or county officials, but as yet, there is no state agency handling this issue\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong> Some counties, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/news/Pages/press-statement-032120-reporting-of-non-essential-businesses.aspx\">Santa Clara County,\u003c/a> have set up hotlines. In others, sheriffs’ offices are handling complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a continually updated post. If you know of resources for specific groups of workers on the frontlines, please send them to sharnett@kqed.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tens of millions of workers in the U.S. with jobs once considered “low skill” — like grocery and drugstore clerks, delivery drivers and in-home care providers — have suddenly been recognized as “essential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And with the coronavirus pandemic more than likely to remain a fact of life for months to come, some of these workers are now demanding higher pay and better working conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, many employers of low-wage workers have chipped away at benefits like paid sick time and health care, shifted positions from full- to part-time or contract work and suppressed wages. With the sharp decline of union membership and spike in personal debt, more of these workers have had to take on second and third jobs to survive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now on top of all this, they are on the front lines of a global pandemic, one that has exposed their precarious situation, while adding another layer of burden and responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employed by businesses considered essential, these workers are putting themselves and their families at risk by continuing to go to work, enabling everyone else to access food and other basic necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even so, many of the workers KQED has interviewed in recent weeks said their employers have not provided sufficient safety protections or offered adequate additional compensation to account for the health risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Instacart shopper Vanessa Bain put it, “Right now there’s a heightened sense of awareness, thankfully, that our labor is essential, but it’s still not paying like it’s essential, and we’re still not being protected like we’re essential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the coronavirus hit, a number of these workers were already struggling to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the workers KQED has recently profiled: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806175/coronavirus-poses-heightened-hardship-for-workers-who-cant-take-sick-leave-or-work-from-home\">Lyft and Uber driver Erica Mighetto \u003c/a>had been searching for a steady job for three years in Sacramento, and had started sleeping in her car and on friends’ couches after being kicked out of her apartment. Alina Martinez,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808522/chase-center-workers-left-unemployed-and-uninsured\"> a suite attendant\u003c/a> at San Francisco’s new Chase Center, was negotiating with her employer for health insurance, which she hasn’t had since September. Hotel housekeeper Larrilou Carumba had spent years paying down about $35,000 in credit card debt incurred after a personal disaster, and she was getting ready to finally move with her three kids out of her crowded sister’s house in San Leandro. And in-home health care provider Carnella Marks was being paid just over minimum wage in Chico to feed, nurse, bathe and tend to a patient with severe dementia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the coronavirus crisis has been a boon for many employers of low-wage workers. Grocery stores across the country are breaking sales records. App-based delivery services are being flooded with new users. Products are surging through the warehouses of Amazon and Walmart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To meet rising demand companies are hiring. Instacart alone plans to add 200,000 shoppers. Amazon said it’s looking to add 100,000 more workers in its warehouses. Individual grocery chains are adding on thousands and thousands of jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from workers, many of these companies are beginning to do things like provide hand sanitizer and let workers wear masks and gloves on the job. Some companies have started to offer hazard pay of an additional dollar or two an hour. Others are adding emergency paid time off for those who end up getting sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some of the workers KQED spoke to said these efforts fall far short, given the level of risk involved. And now, they have more leverage than they’ve perhaps ever had before, as demand for their services continues to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is keeping a running tab on the conditions of workers in a variety of different sectors who have been thrust onto the front lines of this pandemic. Below, we describe the conditions in some of the most impacted industries in California, links to related stories we’ve covered and resources for workers or those who want to support them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Store Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810502\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4800\" height=\"2973\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1.jpg 4800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/GettyImages-1207671809-1-1920x1189.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4800px) 100vw, 4800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Items piled high at the checkout counter of a Ralph’s Supermarket in North Hollywood on March 19, 2020. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until recently, most major grocery store chains were telling workers\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808742/grocery-store-workers-fight-to-wear-masks-gloves-while-on-the-job\"> they could not wear their own masks to work\u003c/a>, and in some cases even discouraged wearing gloves. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) has successfully pushed to have those restrictions lifted and helped some workers negotiate hazard pay raises of up to $2 an hour. The union represents some 1.3 million grocery and food service employees, but doesn’t include workers at Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and a number of other massive grocery outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, workers at Whole Foods called for a nationwide “sickout” to push for higher pay and better working conditions. There have been reports of workers contracting coronavirus at Whole Foods stores in several major cities,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809819/sf-whole-foods-employee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-store-stays-open\"> including in San Francisco at the Upper Haight Street location\u003c/a>. Some Whole Foods employees who are continuing to work during the pandemic are asking for double the current hourly wage for employees, paid leave for all workers who have to stay home or self-quarantine and free coronavirus testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Pharmacists and Drugstore Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810417\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810417\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42501_004_KQED_Oakland_EssentialWorkers_04012020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raymond Cheung, 49, a pharmacist at New Oakland Pharmacy on April 1, 2020. His business has started a delivery system to encourage customers to stay home and keep the number of people in the store to a minimum. He said the store has enough PPE for his employees to use, but currently has no extra stock to sell to customers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many drugstore workers also belong to UFCW and are pushing for similar protections as their counterparts in grocery and retail. The lack of adequate paid time off has been a prime concern, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cvs-updates-policies-after-workers-petition-for-sick-leave-2020-3\">protests at CVS\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/richard-ashworth-hazard-pay-and-family-leave-for-walgreens-employees?recruiter=410752018&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition\">a petition for Walgreens employees\u003c/a> and other labor actions. KQED interviewed a drug store employee\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>who says she and several other coworkers went to work in recent weeks with flu-like symptoms because they could not get any paid sick days. Some workers are asking for major pharmacies to switch to a drive-thru model to limit exposure, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.change.org/p/cvs-pharmacy-make-pharmacies-drive-thru-only-during-the-corona-crisis?utm_source=grow_us&utm_medium=media\">over 100,000 people recently signed a petition\u003c/a> demanding that major drugstores like Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS make that change.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Warehouse Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11633738\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11633738\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1272\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/11/AmazonTracy-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After an Amazon warehouse worker in Staten Island \u003ca href=\"https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/amazon-worker-in-staten-island-warehouse-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/\">tested positive for COVID-19\u003c/a> in late March — one of a growing number of Amazon warehouse employees across the country to contract the virus — workers at that location \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/30/21199942/amazon-warehouse-coronavirus-covid-new-york-protest-walkout\">staged a sickout\u003c/a> on March 30, demanding safer conditions, protective gear and hazard pay of double their regular salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon recently raised worker pay by $2 an hour through the end of April and increased the rate of overtime pay, among other changes. The group Amazonians United New York City is continuing to gather signatures of workers pushing for improved conditions, and posted their demands \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@amazoniansunitednyc/we-amazon-workers-demand-coronavirus-protections-16f28ad8b15f\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Grocery Delivery Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11810168 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg\" alt=\"Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her cellphone to check orders while picking up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1214\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-800x506.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Instacart-worker-1020x645.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instacart employee Monica Ortega wears gloves while using her phone to check orders as she picks up groceries for delivery on March 19, 2020 in North Hollywood. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workers at app-based delivery companies like Instacart, Postmates, and Shipt have also been demanding higher compensation and more protection. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809184/instacart-workers-set-to-strike-on-monday-demanding-hazard-pay-and-protections\">Instacart workers on Monday participated in a one-day nationwide strike,\u003c/a> demanding hazard pay of an additional $5 per order, sick pay for anyone considered at-risk or needing to self-quarantine and personal protective equipment (PPE) like hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes.Instacart has said it will provide the protective gear, but has so far not agreed to the additional hazard pay demand. Working with a group called the Gig Workers Collective, Instacart workers\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GigWorkersCollective/instacart-emergency-walk-off-ebdf11b6995a\"> posted their demands online. \u003c/a>The company also \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/shopper-news/shopper-health-safety-update-ec518ad3841c\">posted its response.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, app-based delivery companies are experiencing a surge in both customers and workers. Instacart has reported higher sales than ever before, and said it was now employing 40 percent more workers than normal, with 250,000 new workers added just in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Ride-Hail Drivers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806429\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806429\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS41942_005_KQED_Oakland_RideHail_03102020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ride-hail driver Erica Mighetto in Oakland on March 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft drivers have seen a decline in ridership and are asking for the state to ensure that they quickly get unemployment benefits. The lack of legal clarity over their employment category has led to many drivers having their claims denied or put on hold. Like Instacart and other grocery delivery workers, they share the burdens and requests of gig workers outlined below. Rideshare Drivers United, an advocacy group, \u003ca href=\"https://drivers-united.org/a/demand-coronavirus-relief-for-platform-workers\">has released a set of driver specific demands\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Restaurant, Bar and Food Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11806950\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11806950\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42045_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_Coronavirus_03132020_-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roberto Lopes works at Nick’s Lighthouse in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. Like many service industry workers, he worries about the decline in revenue at the restaurant and what that means for his job. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With bars and restaurants closed, or only offering takeout orders, many workers in the food service industry have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807773/big-debt-little-savings-no-income-many-california-workers-need-help\">laid off or had their shifts cut significantly\u003c/a>. The maximum unemployment benefit in California is $450 per week, not nearly enough to cover most expenses — especially in places with high rent like the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some groups, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbgfoundation.org/beap\">Bartender Emergency Assistance Program\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.restaurantworkerscf.org/\">Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation\u003c/a>, are collecting donations to help workers in need, but can only accommodate a tiny fraction of the overwhelming number of suddenly unemployed restaurant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Farmworkers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11781801\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11781801\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/IMG_7077-1-e1571854504431.jpg\" alt=\"A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crew of migrant farmworkers harvest celery just outside Salinas. \u003ccite>(Alex Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s farm belt pumps out more than a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts every year. But employers who manage the state’s orchards, packing sheds and fields of row crops are now faced with a dilemma: continue operating and hope their workers don’t get sick or shutter their businesses, forcing their workers (who are eligible) to file for unemployment and putting the country’s food supply at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/food-safety-and-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\">Food and Drug Administration is reassuring\u003c/a> consumers that there’s no evidence the coronavirus can be transmitted through food or food packaging. Another question, however, is how to keep farmworkers safe from exposure on the job, when social distancing is often difficult or downright impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Farm Workers union is \u003ca href=\"https://ufw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/COVID-19-2020-Open-Letter-from-UFW-FINAL.pdf\">calling on employers\u003c/a> to extend worker sick pay to 40 hours or more and to eliminate the 90-day waiting period for new employees to be eligible for sick pay, among other changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808267/farmworkers-cant-pick-crops-remotely-how-can-they-stay-safe\">Read more of this story \u003c/a>by KQED’s Sasha Khokha and Alexandra Hall\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>In-Home Supportive Service Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810359\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1913px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/IMG_0164-e1585931231219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1913\" height=\"1497\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Low-wage in-home health service providers like Carnella Marks of Chico say they can’t get adequate protective gear to safely care for the sick and elderly. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Amy Day)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are roughly half a million in-home supportive service providers in California. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.udwa.org/\">United Domestic Workers of America\u003c/a> (UDW), a union representing house cleaners and in-home child care providers, the average hourly pay in California is $13.43, and only 9 percent of workers get employee-sponsored health care. Contract negotiations for these workers often drag on for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like health care professionals in hospitals, these workers are not provided with nearly enough PPE. Masks and other protective gear are particularly crucial for them because they typically enter other people’s houses, and many of the patients they serve are elderly and immunocompromised. The UDW is asking Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office to order a handful of emergency measures, including paid sick leave for workers who need to self quarantine, free treatment for those infected, guaranteed unemployment insurance and increased recruitment of new providers to make sure care is not interrupted for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Domestic Workers\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11810415\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11810415\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42506_001_KQED_TreasureIsland_EssentialWorkers_04022020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lourdes Dobarganes, a member of the San Francisco Women’s Collective and the California Domestic Workers Coalition on Treasure Island on April 1, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A growing number of domestic workers, including many child care providers and house cleaners, are being asked not to come to work by clients who do not want people entering their homes. 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"content": "\u003cp>California officials say the state will be ready for the November general election, despite the coronavirus pandemic. But questions remain about key issues, including whether groups pushing ballot measures will be able to collect signatures before the June deadline given current social distancing requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also remains unclear whether traditional polling places will be up and running by the fall, given concerns about the virus. In the March 3 primary election, 75 percent of registered voters in California received a vote-by-mail ballot — and Secretary of State Alex Padilla said he is confident that counties can expand that number to all voters by the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said his office is working with counties to ensure that by November, anyone who wants a ballot in the mail gets one — and safe opportunities will be available for people to vote in person if they prefer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"California Secretary of State Alex Padilla\"]‘It’s important to recognize that throughout our nation’s history, voters have gone to the polls in times of peace, in times of war, in good economic times, during economic recessions, including the Great Depression and even during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to recognize that throughout our nation’s history, voters have gone to the polls in times of peace, in times of war, in good economic times, during economic recessions, including the Great Depression and even during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic,” Padilla told KQED on Thursday. “We’ve had our share of challenges over the years, but our democracy has proven to be resilient. And I think it’s with that spirit that we look at how to best prepare for this November’s election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said many policies embraced in recent years by the state, including online voter registration and increasing the ease of using vote-by-mail ballots, “will serve us well in terms of keeping our democracy going during this public health crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation — a nonpartisan group dedicated to ensuring access to voting — said it’s true that California is in a good spot compared to many other states, given its commitment to voting access. But she noted that Los Angeles County saw big problems during the March primary, when it moved to a new voting system and eliminated hundreds of polling places in favor of voting centers, resulting in hours-long lines on Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So there already was a discussion going on — and there is a discussion going on — among lawmakers, the secretary of state and the LA County Board of Supervisors about the feasibility of expanding vote-by-mail ballot distribution in Los Angeles County to all 5.5 million registered voters there,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if counties can get all voters a ballot in the mail, another challenge remains, noted Alexander: making sure voters know they have them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When voters don’t connect with their ballots, they end up showing up at polling places on Election Day asking to vote, and then they’re stuck voting with a provisional ballot. … That creates a lot of unhappy voters because they don’t want to cast provisional ballots and it makes more work for election officials,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla said counties will get some practice in the coming weeks, and the state will learn some lessons, when three separate jurisdictions — Riverside County, portions of Los Angeles and Ventura counties and the city of Westminster in Orange County — hold separate special elections in April and May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3.20.20-N-34-20.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> executive order\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> making all three of those elections vote-by-mail ballot only. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And broadly speaking, Padilla added, voting by mail “has been gaining in popularity,” in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, in some counties maybe 50% or slightly higher vote by mail. Other counties have been north of 70% for some time,” he said. “So moving to a model that calls for every voter being mailed a ballot automatically shouldn’t be as big of a shift for counties in California as for jurisdictions in other parts of the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange County Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley will oversee the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/20/emotions-and-campaign-signs-flare-up-before-westminster-recall-vote/\">April 7 election in Westminster\u003c/a>, a vote to recall the mayor and two city council members. Since about 80 percent of voters in the county are already used to voting by mail, he doesn’t think the switch to an entirely vote-by-mail election will be all that difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve done for Westminster is we’ve actually sent out a communication to every single voter in that jurisdiction,” he said. “We would do the same thing for any upcoming election as well, to let them know, ‘Hey, here’s the options for you’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the March primary, Kelley said, Orange County for the first time allowed disabled and overseas voters to electronically mark a ballot online and then mail it in — and that option is being expanded in the upcoming election to anyone affected by the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the credit of the state, and particularly the secretary of state, they’ve already put together a working group looking forward to November, how we’re gonna meet those challenges. So those discussions are just now starting to take place,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Election 2020\" tag=\"election-2020\"]Padilla, however, said that other states may not be in as good shape as California, and he slammed Congress for not putting more than $400 million in the $2 trillion stimulus legislation signed by President Trump on Friday. California is expected to get $36.2 million from that allocation of federal funds to address voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think the model is very clear in terms of how to best serve the voters across the country as we prepare for the November general election: vastly increased vote by mail, vastly increased early voting opportunities, vastly expanded online registration in states that don’t have it already,” Padilla said. “Unfortunately, it was a missed opportunity by Congress to do exactly that. The stimulus package does include $400 million dollars for states to invest in elections, but no requirement that they do what California’s already doing, frankly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander, of the California Voter Foundation, agreed. Across the nation, elections have historically been underfunded by state and federal officials, she said, leaving counties scrambling to pick up the pieces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in California, the biggest unknown is the fate of the reams of statewide and local ballot measures that haven’t yet collected enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Currently, those signatures are constitutionally required to be turned in by June 20 — and supporters of the initiatives are getting nervous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area city of Richmond, conservationists pushing a local open space measure sent a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ps8gjt6hjxdlsx/letter%20to%20governor%20and%20SOS.pdf?dl=0\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">letter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the governor last week, noting that they are legally prevented from collecting signatures, given the statewide shelter-in-place order. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stuart Flashman, an attorney representing the measure’s backers, asked for several remedies: a delay of the signature-gathering deadline; the opportunity to collect signatures electronically and the possibility of a special election in 2021 for ballot measures that don’t meet the signature requirements in time.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said this week that he hasn’t decided whether to delay that constitutional deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Padilla said doing so could be difficult given how early ballots and election materials have to be printed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re gonna be limited in terms of what we can do, given some practical deadlines, as we prepare for the November election,” he said. “And frankly, as we focus on November, first and foremost, we have to make sure we maintain free, fair, safe and healthy elections, and we’ll do our best to accommodate anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Scott Shafer contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The city hopes to allow people to move into more rooms as early as Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials also intend to use hotel rooms to relieve pressure on hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Grant Colfax, the head of San Francisco’s Department of Health, said “twenty to thirty” patients at Laguna Honda Hospital right now are well enough to get care outside of the hospital and will be offered hotel rooms. He described the patients as people “physically and mentally able to be supported outside a hospital setting,” who are not under investigation for having the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news came as counties across the Bay Area mobilize resources to protect residents who are homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. 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So people are upset and fearful.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also distributing $100 million of the emergency funding to cities and counties to support shelter services and respond to the outbreak among homeless residents in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a potential 56% attack rate, state public health officials anticipate some 60,000 homeless people could contract COVID-19, Newsom said, just one of the many scenarios the state is modeling. If it manifests, California would need upwards of 19,000 new hospital beds, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That creates a deep point of anxiety for the existing population but moreover for our health care delivery system,” Newsom said, “and our capacity to move people in and out of the shelter safely without contacting other people and putting them at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified search for places where people living in encampments and shelters can self-isolate came just three days after a man in Santa Clara County became the first person in California experiencing homelessness to die of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department declined to say where the man was living or if he could have exposed others to the virus. But news of his death had many people in the South Bay’s homeless communities on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials said that the virus can spread more quickly in shelters and encampments because of the close proximity to others and limited access to clean water and soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless people are also more vulnerable to the disease because many have underlying health conditions. Last year, 12% of the county’s homeless population was 61 years old or older, according to the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Report.pdf\"> county’s biennial homeless count\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this begins to spread, there will be a lot of casualties,” said Sandy Perry, president of the Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County. “So people are upset and fearful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is what Bay Area counties are doing to protect residents who are homeless and how you can help:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sj\">San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sc\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#al\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sm\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#so\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#cc\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#help\">How You Can Help\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sf\">\u003c/a>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On March 10, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806002/coronavirus-sf-to-provide-quarantine-spots-for-homeless-residents\">San Francisco city officials announced\u003c/a> they had leased 30 RVs to house people who were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 and needed to self-isolate. It also identified more than 8,000 to potentially house people who need to be quarantined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also appropriated $5 million to expand cleaning at shelters, resource centers and residential hotels. It will also use that money to increase meal offerings and expand shelter hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sj\">\u003c/a>San Jose\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials in San Jose have distributed hand washing stations, portable toilets and clean water to 14 encampments, as well as arranged for trash pickup. San Jose has also paused sweeps of encampments and halted evictions of renters who have lost income from the COVID-19 health emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/932/4699\">partnering with the nonprofit WeHOPE\u003c/a> to operate a mobile medical trailer with virtual doctor’s visits. The organization will help distribute hygiene kits with hand sanitizer, gloves, masks, fresh fruit and healthy snacks to encampments on a bi-weekly basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sc\">\u003c/a>Santa Clara\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County officials say they have offered guidance in multiple languages to people living in shelters and in encampments and given that same guidance to homeless services providers. The county is deploying mobile healthcare teams to first help homeless seniors or people who have underlying health conditions. And officials say they are developing a plan to distribute hand washing stations, portable toilets and clean water to encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To bring more people inside, Santa Clara County said it is working to expand shelters. This would also allow people to have more space inside the shelters for social distancing. It’s also working to provide shelters with more hygiene kits, medical supplies and washers and dryers. In addition, the county said it is looking at finding properties for people living in shelters who might need to quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, however, it was unclear how soon additional housing and hygiene kits would be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"al\">\u003c/a>Alameda\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Oakland city officials have installed 42 hand washing stations and portable toilets at 19 encampments and increased garbage pickup at camps. Outreach teams are distributing hygiene supplies to encampments, community cabin sites, and RV Safe Parking sites. City officials say, barring any public health concerns, it will refrain from carrying out scheduled encampment sweeps during the COVID-19 health crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11806966 label='Look Up Local Food Banks That Need Your Help' hero=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42178_012_KQED_SanFranciscoMarinFoodBank_03182020_-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County and Oakland city staff are also providing shelters and transitional housing providers with cleaning supplies and CDC guidance for quarantining or treating any residents who show symptoms for COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, March 16, Gov. Newsom announced that about 390 rooms in two hotels near the Oakland airport will be used to provide isolation and quarantine for unsheltered residents who are infected or exposed to the novel coronavirus. Alameda County is leading efforts to assess homeless individuals who meet the guidelines set by the state to be placed in the available rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is prioritizing homeless people who test positive for COVID-19, show symptoms, or are at high risk and have underlying health conditions, said Alameda County Public Health spokesperson Neetu Balram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know community spread is happening in the Bay Area,” said Balram. “We need to be prepared for a positive case of COVID-19 in Alameda County’s homeless population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11807872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11807872\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Kevin-Berkeley-Encampment.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Coddington, 52, at the tent encampment where he lives under a freeway overpass in Berkeley on Mar. 19, 2020. When asked about outreach to his community in response to the coronavirus crisis, he said, "It's very scary. They haven't given us anything." He said that private donations were all that they had received, which helps them to supply their own portable restrooms, but that they could use running water as well as masks, gloves and sanitizer.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Kevin-Berkeley-Encampment.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Kevin-Berkeley-Encampment-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Kevin-Berkeley-Encampment-800x549.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/Kevin-Berkeley-Encampment-1020x700.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Coddington, 52, at the tent encampment where he lives under a freeway overpass in Berkeley on Mar. 19, 2020. When asked about outreach to his community in response to the coronavirus crisis, he said, “It’s very scary. They haven’t given us anything.” He said that private donations were all that they had received, which helps them to supply their own portable restrooms, but that they could use running water as well as masks, gloves and sanitizer. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sm\">\u003c/a>San Mateo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>So far, San Mateo County officials say 50 people who were unsheltered have been moved into three local motels. The county is working to expand that model and hopes to utilize motels to temporarily house more homeless individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Information about social distancing, hand washing and hygiene protections is being shared with shelters and community organizations, the county said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"so\">\u003c/a>Sonoma\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In Sonoma County, public health officials are offering guidance to homelessness service providers and shelters on how to practice social distancing and properly disinfect facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are encouraging folks to find available shelter, and that may be through one of the shelters existing shelters in the county,” said Jennifer Larocque, spokesperson for Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"cc\">\u003c/a>Contra Costa\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Health officials at Contra Costa County say they have offered preliminary guidance to homelessness services agencies and shelters on how to identify and respond to homeless residents who develop symptoms. The county says it’s working to find isolation and quarantine facilities including hotels or motels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For unsheltered homeless communities, outreach staff are distributing hand sanitizer and educational flyers on COVID-19 at encampments, say county health officials, including to people living in vehicles and RV’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>How You Can Help\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Homeless service providers say they need donations to help buy more cleaning supplies and pay staff who are working overtime to get folks indoors and to keep facilities clean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re facing extreme scarcity right now,” said Candice Elder, founder of the East Oakland Collective. She said panic buying at grocery stores has made it difficult for her nonprofit to purchase and distribute canned goods, bottled water and hygiene supplies to homeless communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are healthy and don’t have any underlying health conditions, consider volunteering. Many homeless service providers rely on volunteers to make food, for example, or hand out supplies, and many of those volunteers have stopped showing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Small groups can do amazing things. Over the weekend, six volunteers with the organization People’s Breakfast Oakland served 150 meals to a homeless encampment in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BlakeDontCrack/status/1239268298971205632\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mutual aid is essential at this time,” People’s Breakfast Oakland wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BlakeDontCrack/status/1239268298971205632?s=20\">Twitter post\u003c/a> that showed organizers in N95 masks and gloves passing out prepackaged meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a garage, an accessory dwelling unit or a spare room where you could house a healthy person until the shelter-in-place order has lifted, please consider opening your home. Service providers can help link you to a person in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle compiled \u003ca href=\"https://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/how-to-help/\">a list of homeless organizations around the Bay Area.\u003c/a> Find one near you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated on Monday, March 23. Check back for more updates. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 23\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco city officials said Monday they had identified more than 8,000 hotel rooms to possibly use to house people who need a place to self-isolate as the city tries to slow the spread of the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trent Rhorer, director of the city’s Human Services Agency, said he expects the city will need to rent hotel rooms for up to 4,500 people. So far, the city has communicated with 31 hoteliers who said they have rooms available for rent, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first priority will be given to people who have tested positive for COVID-19 or who are awaiting test results but don’t have a home where they can quarantine alone. This could include people experiencing homelessness, living in residential hotels or other congregate settings, such as shelters. But it could also include firefighters, police officers or health workers who don’t want to expose their families to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A coalition of San Francisco County supervisors is also pushing for the city to offer hotel rooms to anyone who is homeless and doesn’t have anywhere to shelter in place – regardless of whether they are experiencing symptoms of the virus or are considered at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We believe that just like you and I, they should have an opportunity to keep themselves safe,” said Supervisor Hillary Ronen. “[They should be able] to shelter in place and keep all of us safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 300 rooms were available as of Monday, Rhorer said. The city has leased rooms for 60 people so far. The city hopes to allow people to move into more rooms as early as Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials also intend to use hotel rooms to relieve pressure on hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Grant Colfax, the head of San Francisco’s Department of Health, said “twenty to thirty” patients at Laguna Honda Hospital right now are well enough to get care outside of the hospital and will be offered hotel rooms. He described the patients as people “physically and mentally able to be supported outside a hospital setting,” who are not under investigation for having the coronavirus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news came as counties across the Bay Area mobilize resources to protect residents who are homeless during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced last week that it would spend up to $150 million in emergency funding to lease hotel rooms and purchase trailers to house people experiencing homelessness and help slow the spread of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is using $50 million to buy about 1,300 travel trailers and to help cities and counties lease hotel rooms, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. More than 950 hotels and motels across the state have been identified as potential lease sites, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also distributing $100 million of the emergency funding to cities and counties to support shelter services and respond to the outbreak among homeless residents in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assuming a potential 56% attack rate, state public health officials anticipate some 60,000 homeless people could contract COVID-19, Newsom said, just one of the many scenarios the state is modeling. If it manifests, California would need upwards of 19,000 new hospital beds, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That creates a deep point of anxiety for the existing population but moreover for our health care delivery system,” Newsom said, “and our capacity to move people in and out of the shelter safely without contacting other people and putting them at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intensified search for places where people living in encampments and shelters can self-isolate came just three days after a man in Santa Clara County became the first person in California experiencing homelessness to die of COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County’s Public Health Department declined to say where the man was living or if he could have exposed others to the virus. But news of his death had many people in the South Bay’s homeless communities on edge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health officials said that the virus can spread more quickly in shelters and encampments because of the close proximity to others and limited access to clean water and soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homeless people are also more vulnerable to the disease because many have underlying health conditions. Last year, 12% of the county’s homeless population was 61 years old or older, according to the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/osh/ContinuumofCare/ReportsandPublications/Documents/2015%20Santa%20Clara%20County%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey/2019%20SCC%20Homeless%20Census%20and%20Survey%20Report.pdf\"> county’s biennial homeless count\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If this begins to spread, there will be a lot of casualties,” said Sandy Perry, president of the Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County. “So people are upset and fearful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is what Bay Area counties are doing to protect residents who are homeless and how you can help:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sf\">San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sj\">San Jose\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sc\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#al\">Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#sm\">San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#so\">Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#cc\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#help\">How You Can Help\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sf\">\u003c/a>San Francisco\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On March 10, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11806002/coronavirus-sf-to-provide-quarantine-spots-for-homeless-residents\">San Francisco city officials announced\u003c/a> they had leased 30 RVs to house people who were confirmed to have contracted COVID-19 and needed to self-isolate. It also identified more than 8,000 to potentially house people who need to be quarantined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city also appropriated $5 million to expand cleaning at shelters, resource centers and residential hotels. It will also use that money to increase meal offerings and expand shelter hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sj\">\u003c/a>San Jose\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>City officials in San Jose have distributed hand washing stations, portable toilets and clean water to 14 encampments, as well as arranged for trash pickup. San Jose has also paused sweeps of encampments and halted evictions of renters who have lost income from the COVID-19 health emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/932/4699\">partnering with the nonprofit WeHOPE\u003c/a> to operate a mobile medical trailer with virtual doctor’s visits. The organization will help distribute hygiene kits with hand sanitizer, gloves, masks, fresh fruit and healthy snacks to encampments on a bi-weekly basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sc\">\u003c/a>Santa Clara\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County officials say they have offered guidance in multiple languages to people living in shelters and in encampments and given that same guidance to homeless services providers. The county is deploying mobile healthcare teams to first help homeless seniors or people who have underlying health conditions. And officials say they are developing a plan to distribute hand washing stations, portable toilets and clean water to encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To bring more people inside, Santa Clara County said it is working to expand shelters. This would also allow people to have more space inside the shelters for social distancing. It’s also working to provide shelters with more hygiene kits, medical supplies and washers and dryers. In addition, the county said it is looking at finding properties for people living in shelters who might need to quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, however, it was unclear how soon additional housing and hygiene kits would be available.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"al\">\u003c/a>Alameda\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Oakland city officials have installed 42 hand washing stations and portable toilets at 19 encampments and increased garbage pickup at camps. Outreach teams are distributing hygiene supplies to encampments, community cabin sites, and RV Safe Parking sites. City officials say, barring any public health concerns, it will refrain from carrying out scheduled encampment sweeps during the COVID-19 health crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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