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Mayor Breed directs overhaul of San Francisco's poor-air-quality response and orders task force

San Francisco Disaster Council · December 7, 2018
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Summary

Mayor London Breed announced an executive directive ordering the Department of Public Health and Department of Emergency Management to revise the city's poor-air-quality plan, create a task force to identify public respite facilities and improve multilingual and disability-accessible communications; DPH urged public education on respirator use and fit testing.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced an executive directive at the Disaster Council meeting instructing the Department of Public Health and the Department of Emergency Management to co-lead a revision of the city's plan for poor‑air‑quality incidents and to establish a task force to recommend locations and standards for public respite facilities.

The directive, Breed said, will "get to a better place in terms of being able to deal with any situation as it occurs," and directs DEM, led by Mary Ellen Carroll, to convene a multiagency task force including DPH, the Human Service Agency, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, Recreation and Park, and the San Francisco Public Library to develop…

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