TOGETHER
TOGETHER WE WILL OVERCOME THIS CHALLENGE. SO I AM ISSUING A
DECLARATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY ORDER NUMBER FIVE
WHICH ADDS MORE RESTRICTIONS ON
PUBLIC GATHERINGS TO PREVENT
THE POSSIBLE SPREAD OF
THE CORONA VIRUS. THIS ORDER
WILL BE EFFECTIVE AT 11 15 NINE
P.M. TUESDAY. I'LL BE ASKING
CITY COUNCIL TO EXTEND THIS
ORDER THROUGH APRIL 9TH.
RESTAURANTS WILL REMAIN CLOSED
FOR DINING BUT DRIVE UP CARRY
OUT AND DELIVERY SERVICE WILL
REMAIN PERMISSIBLE. GROCERY
STORES GAS STATIONS OTHER
BUSINESSES PROVIDING ESSENTIAL
SERVICES DURING A CRISIS WILL
REMAIN OPEN. OTHER EXEMPTED
BUSINESSES MANY OF WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR ORDINARY HOME LIFE TO
CONTINUE ARE LISTED IN
THE ORDER SOCIAL DISTANCING
GUIDELINES PRESCRIBED BY
THE CDC MUST BE MAINTAINED IN
THOSE BUSINESSES REMEMBER WE DO
NOT HAVE SHORTAGES. OUR FOOD
SUPPLY REMAINS PLENTIFUL.
THE GROCERY STORE SHELVES ARE
EMPTY AT TIMES BECAUSE OF
UNNECESSARY HOARDING. STOP I
URGE ALL SAN ANTONIO IS TO
BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY WE'RE ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER AND WE MUST ACT
ACCORDINGLY. DURING THIS
DIFFICULT PERIOD UNNECESSARY
TRAVELING IS PROHIBITED BUT
RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO GET
FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE UNDER
THIS ORDER THESE ARE PAINFUL
STEPS WE KNOW BUT THEY ARE
NECESSARY TO PROTECT LIFE AND
SAFETY. EVEN AS WE MAKE THESE
TOUGH DECISIONS WE'RE LOOKING
AHEAD TO RECOVERY. OUR GOAL IS
TO GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND THAT IS WHY THESE
TOUGH DECISIONS ARE NECESSARY
NOW WHEN FACING THE DARKEST
TIMES. SAN ANTONIO HAS ALWAYS
SHOWN THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS OF
HUMANITY. WE'RE SEEING
DEMONSTRATIONS OF THAT AGAIN AS
OUR COMMUNITY RISES UP TO MEET
THIS CHALLENGE AND TO HELP OUR
NEIGHBORS SO STAY AT HOME STAY
HEALTHY PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS
TOGETHER NOW. ALAS BEAR COUNTY
JUDGE NELSON WOLFF TO TAKE
THE PODIUM THANK YOU MARY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'VE NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. WE'RE
FACING TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES
SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONE IS
THE HEALTH. PUBLIC HEALTH
CHALLENGE. AND AT THE SAME TIME
A TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC CHALLENGE
AND WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE
THOSE. WE'RE WORKING TO BALANCE
THE NEEDS TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC
FROM THE SPREAD OF CORVETTE 19
AND AT THE SAME TIME TRYING TO
PRESERVE JOBS AND PEOPLE'S
LIVELIHOODS TODAY. MAYOR
NIERENBERG AND I ARE ANNOUNCING
A POLICY THAT INSTRUCTS OUR
CITIZENS TO STAY AT HOME WHERE
WE CAN PLAY SAFE AND WORK SAFE.
WE'RE TAKING THE NECESSARY
STEPS TO PREVENT HEAD NIGHT
TEAM SPIKE THAT WOULD OVERWHELM
OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM. THERE WILL
BE EXEMPTIONS TO THIS POLICY
FOR ESSENTIAL TRIPS AND FOR
EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IN
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE DEEMED
CRITICAL. THERE WILL BE SEVERAL
INDUSTRIES EXEMPT FROM THIS
POLICY SUCH AS HEALTH CARE
OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT OPERATION AND
CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERAL
NECESSARY SERVICES TO MAINTAIN
THE READY READINESS OF
ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES SO TODAY
I'M ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
NUMBER THREE UNDER THE POWER
THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COURT
HAS GIVEN TO ME OVER THE LAST
90 DAYS TO ENACT THIS ORDER
MAYOR NUREMBERG AND I WORKED
THROUGH YESTERDAY AND THROUGH
TODAY WITH TREMENDOUS HELP FROM
THE ATTORNEYS TO DEVELOP
SOMETHING THAT TRACKS EXACTLY
IN TERMS OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE'LL BE DOING UNDER THE WORK
SAFE AT HOME AND AND AND HAVE
PEOPLE STAY AT HOME. SO WHERE
ARE OUR RESOLUTIONS AND OUR
EXECUTIVE ORDERS ARE STRICTLY
IN LINK WITH EACH OTHER. I WANT
TO THANK THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
FOR BEING LEADERS IN THIS
EFFORT. THEY'VE BEEN FAR AHEAD
OF MANY OTHER PEOPLE AND
THE AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS THAT
THEY HAVE TAKEN TO PROTECT
THEIR EMPLOYEES. I HAD
THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO TALK
TO PRESIDENT CHARLIE OUR MOTTO
OR S.W. B.C. PRESIDENT JOE
CARTER OF VALERO TO PRESIDENT
CRAIG POINT OF HIV TO PRESIDENT
BRAD BAYER AND A NEW STAR AND
TO GRAHAM WESTON PRESIDENT
PETER JOHN HOLT OF HOLT
CATERPILLAR TO ALERT THEM TO
WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING AND
THEY HAVE BEEN VERY VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THEY'VE BEEN ABLE
TO WORK WITH THEIR WORKFORCE TO
REDUCE THEIR ESSENTIAL PEOPLE
DOWN IN THEIR OFFICE AND AT
THE SAME TIME MANY OF THEM ARE
HAVING 70 PERCENT OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES WORK FROM HOME? SO
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF
THE CURVE IN MANY OF THESE
ENDEAVORS AND I CAN'T CANNOT
THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR WHAT
THEY'RE DOING. MEREDITH
HENNEBERG AND I BELIEVE THAT
THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING TODAY
WILL PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND
STOP THE SPREAD OF KOVIC 19
WHILE KEEPING OUR ESSENTIAL
BUSINESSES OR OUR ECONOMY
RUNNING. MR. BILLY AND FEATURE
OUR COMMUNITY IS AT
THE FOREFRONT FOREFRONT OF OUR
POLICY AND WE CAN ONLY DO THIS
WITH THE HELP OF THE CITIZENS
OF SAN ANTONIO AND TOGETHER WE
WILL WIN THIS WAR AGAINST
COKEHEAD 19 THANK YOU WILL TAKE
A FEW QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL
GO AND DO SOME INDIVIDUAL
BUSINESS. GO AHEAD. Q CAN YOU
CLARIFY WHAT YOU SAID IN
GEORGIA ALSO SAID MENTION TRIPS
BANNING TRIPS CAN YOU BE CLEAR
AS CLEAR AS YOU CAN BE BECAUSE
WE DON'T CREATE CONFUSION ON
THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED IN PUBLIC AND I
KNOW PHONE CALLS ARE HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE AWARE THE OVERALL
GUIDANCE AGAIN IS TO STAY AT
HOME UNLESS YOU ARE WORKING IN
A CRITICAL SERVICE OR AN
ESSENTIAL SERVICE THAT IS PART
OF CRISIS RESPONSE AND NORMAL
ACTIVITY REQUIRES US TO HAVE
CERTAIN ACTIVITIES LIKE FOOD
SERVICE GROCERY STORES THAT
SORT OF THING WELL JUST TO ADD
TO THAT IF YOU WILL TAKE THAT
TIME AND WE WILL SHARE THESE
EXECUTIVE ORDERS WITH YOU IT
GOES INTO QUITE SOME DETAIL
ABOUT THE BUSINESSES THAT WILL
BE EXEMPT. AND SO IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT ALL KNOW THAT
WE'RE KEEPING THE ECONOMY
GOING. WE'RE KEEPING A CRITICAL
INDUSTRIES GOING WHETHER
THEY'RE IN CONSTRUCTION OR
WHETHER THEY'RE IN HEALTH CARE
OR WHETHER THEY'RE IN
MANUFACTURING SO PLEASE TAKE A
LOOK AT THAT AND BE ABLE TO
SHARE THAT WITH YOUR LISTENERS.
I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY
THOUGHT GIVEN TO RAMIFICATIONS
OR ENFORCEMENT YEAH THESE ARE
ENFORCED ORDINANCES SO THERE
ARE CIVIL PENALTIES FINES AND
WE WILL BE USING LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. WHAT
WE'RE WHAT WE'RE ASKING
CITIZENS TO DO IS TO STEP UP
AND COMPLY THIS ON THEIR OWN.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT HAVE TO
INVOKE THE PENALTIES. I THINK
WE HAVE PENALTIES OF A THOUSAND
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS POSSIBLY
UP TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL. BUT
THE MAIN THING WE'RE ASKING OF
THE CITIZENS STEP FORWARD. WE
DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO ANY OF
THAT. HELP US GET THROUGH THIS
CRISIS SO IN TERMS OF
THE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF
THE ENFORCEMENT QUESTION I MEAN
HAVE YOU HAD ANYONE REPORT WE
SAW THE LEON VALLEY THE SENATE
ANY AQUARIUM ONLY ON VALLEY GET
SHUT DOWN. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY
OTHER REPORTS ON ON THIS AND DO
YOU TRUST CITIZENS TO GO AHEAD
AND DO THAT. YEAH. SO I'LL
ANSWER AND THEN I THINK
THE JUDGE HAS A COUNTY
PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. WE'VE HAD
A NUMBER OF REPORTED VIOLATIONS
CALLED IN OVER THE LAST WEEK OR
SO SINCE OUR ENFORCEMENT OR OUR
RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN PUT IN
PLACE BY AND LARGE IT'S JUST
MAKING MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF
THE RULES AND THEY'RE IN FULL
COMPLIANCE AFTER THAT. AND I'LL
ECHO WHAT THE JUDGE HAS SAID
ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW
SAN ANTONIO HAS COME TOGETHER.
WE KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE. WE
KNOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MATTER THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT
EACH OTHER. AND SO WE ARE
HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL DO THIS
BECAUSE THEY'RE PROTECTING NOT
ONLY THEMSELVES AND THEIR
FAMILY MEMBERS BUT EVERYONE
AROUND THEM. SO AT THIS POINT
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY SERIOUS ONES
AS YOU KNOW. WE'VE HAD SOME
INCIDENTS HAPPEN. I THINK ONE
OF THE FOOD SITES THERE WAS A
SCUFFLE THAT BROKE OUT THERE
AND WE HAD TO SEND
THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE
TO BREAK IT UP. WE'RE HOPING
THAT OF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN BUT
WE'LL BE READY IN CASE DOES
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE
GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE OR FOLKS
THAT WORK IN CALL CENTERS THAT
THEY'RE STILL BEING REQUIRED TO
COME INTO WORK. DOES IT SEEM
LIKE UNDER THIS IN SOME CASES
CALL CENTERS MAY BE REQUIRED TO
HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEES COME IN.
WHAT DO PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
TOLD BY THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT
THEY STILL HAVE TO COME IN EVEN
AFTER AN ORDER LIKE THIS. I
MEAN WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT
PROTECTIONS DO PEOPLE HAVE FROM
THEIR EMPLOYER THAT MAY REQUIRE
THEM TO COME IN AFTER THIS IS
ISSUED AND SIGNED. SO IF THEY
ARE NOT EXPRESSLY PERMITTED IN
THE ORDER THEY ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO OPERATE. THAT'S
NUMBER ONE. BUT IF SOMEONE IS
OPERATING PERMITTED UNDER
THE ORDER THEY MUST OBEY
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY THE CDC
AND THAT CAN BE REPORTED IN
THE SAME WAY AS ANY OTHER
VIOLATION. AND WE HOPE THAT ALL
THE BUSINESSES WILL UNDERSTAND
AND I KNOW THE ONES I'VE TALKED
TO ALREADY HAVE YOUR ESSENTIAL
EMPLOYEES THAT YOU REALLY GOT
TO HAVE THEIR IN-PERSON SHOW
UP. HAVE THE REST WORK FROM
HOME AND GIVE A LEAVE TO THOSE
THAT MAYBE NOT BE ESSENTIAL. SO
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT EACH
COMPANY STEP UP AND HELP US IN
THIS EFFORT. WHAT ABOUT ISSUE
LAST QUESTION? WHAT ABOUT
THOSE? JOBS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO
GO TO PEOPLE'S HOMES LIKE SAY
CLEANING POOL OR DOING
GARDENING OR THE CLEANING
STAFF. YEAH. AGAIN I MEAN WHEN
WE REFER TO THE ORDER ANYTHING
THAT ISN'T EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED
PERMITTED IN THE EXECUTIVE
ORDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
CONTINUE IN THE EVENT THEY ARE
ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THEY MUST
EXHIBIT THE PROPER SOCIAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND WE
WOULD SURE DISCOURAGE THAT.
IT'S NOT ESSENTIAL. AS YOU KNOW
WE'RE FIXING TO ENTER THE ERA
OF REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE FOR
THE CONSENSUS AND THAT'S GOING
TO BE A BIG DETRIMENT TO US.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO BE
GOING UP TO EACH OTHER GOING UP
TO DOORS AND TALKING TO PEOPLE
AND NOT KNOWING EACH OTHER AND
MAYBE SPREADING THE DISEASE. SO
IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE HARDER
ON US BUT IT'S NOT GOOD TO DO
THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS TO REACH
PEOPLE WITH RESPECT TO
THE CENSUS. WHY THE HOMELESS
POPULATION IS NOT EATING OUT.
SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE COUGHING
AND DOING A LOT OF THOSE SAME
HOW DO YOU WANT TO CONTROL THAT
PART OF THE YEAH. SO WE HAVE WE
HAVE PUT IN PLACE TESTING AND
SCREENING FOR THE SHELTERS AND
WE ARE WORKING NOW TO MAKE SURE
THAT FOLKS THAT ARE ON
THE STREET OR ARE PUT INTO
SHELTERS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE
ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY
EVIDENCE OF ILLNESS. SO WE CAN
WE CAN NOW MOVE TO SOME
INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS AND ANYONE
UP HERE IS AVAILABLE FOR FOUR
QUESTIONS.