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The city just released new health orders regarding the timeline for business reopening and wearing face coverings:

• People must wear a face covering anytime they’re outside the home and are indoors (such as at work or other allowed activities) with some exceptions. This means that all of us who live in apartment buildings must wear masks in common areas such as elevators and laundry rooms. Please urge your management to email residents and post signs to educate them of this order. It also mandates masks when exercising with others in the vicinity (e.g., running, bicycling within 30 feet). Exceptions apply for children under twelve.
  • See https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/Order-No-C19-12b-RequiringFaceCoverings-05282020.pdf
  • A video showing how to make a face covering and additional information about how to wear and clean face coverings are available on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website
• On a positive note, if everyone complies with the health orders, it’s more likely that the city will be able to reopen activities on its tentative timeline.

Here are some highlights from Supervisor Peskin’s May 16, 2020 Newsletter:

• Curbside pick-up for small businesses: Over 200 District 3 small businesses have petitioned for this option
• Slow Streets and public space for small business recovery: District 3 will add slow streets in the next phase of this program
• SF COVID19 Data Tracker and Services: Check out San Francisco’s response to COVID-19 as guided by science and data
• Increasing food needs in District 3: Food distribution has skyrocketed from 140 families per week to over 1,200 per week during this crisis. For those with food needs, please refer to this updated guide of food resources. Here’s how you can help: Donate to local foodbanks or give to SF COVID19 Response and Recovery fund
• Check out the local resources list, especially for seniors and families in District 3

Our friends with North Beach Neighbors have launched an exciting initiative to support local restaurants called North Beach Delivers. Each week, one North Beach restaurant is highlighted and equipped with a team of volunteers to provide free Thursday dinner delivery to local residents. So far, the project has generated almost $10,000 for North Beach restaurants, while avoiding fees charged by delivery companies (Caviar, GrubHub, Uber Eats, etc.). This service has now expanded to the Barbary Coast neighborhood! This week, North Beach Delivers is partnering with Bask Restaurant for a great menu of tapas and sangria. Just place your order by Wednesday night to have dinner delivered for free on Thursday. Visit North Beach Delivers to learn more, place your order, and support our local restaurants!

The Job Forum is providing free virtual job skills workshops and job search coaching sessions to help out-of-work San Francisco residents. Please spread the word!

• The April 30 workshop features two recruiters who will cover how to interview confidently and succeed in today’s digital interview processes. Their company is still interviewing, hiring and onboarding.
• On May 6, the Free Virtual Networking Session will offer individual coaching for job hunters in a virtual setting, as has been offered in regular evening group meetings since 1952. These sessions include networking and coaching advice from businesses such as Google, Salesforce, facebook, Visa, UCSF, Autodesk, Nektar Therapeutics, Zillow, Splunk, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America, and help job hunters succeed in finding their next career positions.
• On May 7, the Job Forum will host a digital workshop on How to Get to a Resume That Best Sells You — Now — or What’s Ahead.

Visit the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce website and The Job Forum website to keep up with the many events offered for Bay Area job hunters, solo business consultants, and entrepreneurs and small businesses, as well as job resources, including regularly updated lists of companies that are still hiring.

Please contact Janet Beach if you have information about companies that are hiring or might be willing to donate to the Job Forum, or if you or someone you know would be interested in volunteering.