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Supervisors reenact emergency SRO protections, press SFDPH on testing and tenant notice
Summary
The committee unanimously reenacted an emergency ordinance extending COVID-19 protections for single-room-occupancy (SRO) residents, added data- and notice-related amendments, and heard SFDPH explain why buildingwide testing after a single case is not SFDPH’s standard response.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Aug. 31 reenacted an emergency ordinance (originally Ordinance No. 84-20) to protect residents of single-room-occupancy hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic and forwarded the item to the full Board of Supervisors for hearing on Sept. 15, 2020.
Supervisor Aaron Peskin, committee chair, said the ordinance protects people living in congregate SRO settings — an estimated 18,000–19,000 residents — who share kitchens and bathrooms and are therefore at elevated risk for COVID-19 spread. Peskin thanked the Department of Public Health (SFDPH) for launching a publicly available SRO data tracker and for prior outreach, and he introduced targeted amendments requiring clearer posting and data reporting for residential hotels.
SFDPH infectious-disease physician Dr. Stephanie Cohen, med-epi lead for…
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