Coronavirus Resources Page
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OFFICIAL INFORMATION
City Hall has two official coronavirus websites. One is focused on details about what activities are allowed. The other has information on services to help people through the pandemic.
This website focuses on updates to social distancing and shelter in place orders. It also explains which types of businesses are allowed to open and on what timeline.
This website provides information on testing and other services offered during the coronavirus pandemic.
Face Masks Are Required
Residents of San Francisco are required to wear masks whenever they are outside their own home and within 30 feet of someone who does not live in their own household. This article explains the circumstances in detail. The masks can be any kind of cloth that covers your nose and mouth.
How To Stay Informed
Text COVID19SF to 888-777 to receive text updates from City Hall.
City Hall’s “Stay Home/Save Lives” website has updates on social distancing and shelter in place orders. It also explains which types of businesses are allowed to open and on what timeline.
City Hall’s official coronavirus website has information on testing and other services offered during the pandemic.
The San Francisco Chronicle is providing free access to its live coronavirus updates and offers an updated map that tracks the number of infections in every California county.
The Chronicle has an online calendar that lists key reopening dates.
Visit official websites from the California Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control that provide information about the coronavirus.
FOR SENIORS
Meals on Wheels delivers meals to homebound seniors. Call 415-355-6700 to sign up.
The Department of Disability and Aging Services connects seniors, people with disabilities, and caregivers to supportive resources. Call the helpline at 415-355-6700. It operates every day from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The SFMTA has set up the Essential Trip Card, which subsidizes the cost of two to three round-trip taxi rides for essential purposes for seniors and people with disabilities. To apply, call 311 between 9:00 am and 4:45 pm.
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly pairs volunteers with homebound seniors to provide wellness calls or video chats twice a week. helps fight isolation for homebound seniors ages 65+ by pairing them with dedicated and caring volunteers who will provide wellness calls or video chats 2 times per week. Click here to enroll.
Jewish Family and Children’s Services offers deliveries of meals, groceries and supplies to homebound seniors and people who are disabled. Call 415-449-3700.
The state has partnered with AARP to set up a hotline for seniors to call for information and be directed to support services. Call 833-544-2374.
Nextdoor.com, the social media website for neighborhoods, has created a new “help map” that shows the location of volunteers willing to run errands and check in on seniors. If you have a need, you can click on the map to self-identify so volunteers can locate and contact you.
The Neighborhood Empowerment Network connects members of a community during times of disaster so the neighborhood can be resilient. Visit the communities page to see if your neighborhood has a resilience chapter. They have been activated during the coronavirus crisis and to identify and deliver supplies to seniors in need.
VOLUNTEER AND DONATION OPPORTUNITIES
TogetherSF: The group organizes volunteers willing to help individuals and small businesses and connects them to the people who need help.
#CaliforniansForAll: The State of California has set up a website where Californians can sign up to be matched with volunteer opportunities.
Give2SF: You can make a tax-deductible monetary donation or a bulk donation of critical items to GiveSF, the fund organized by the City and County of San Francisco.
City Hall has partnered with Mon Ami and the Shanti Project to match healthy volunteers with people who are homebound and need support. To learn more or sign up as a volunteer, visit the program page.
If you live on the Westside in the Lakeshore or Merced Manor neighborhoods, volunteers are needed for a new neighborhood resilient program supported by City Hall’s Neighborhood Empowerment Network. The program serves the most vulnerable residents during times of disaster. It is being activated during the coronavirus crisis. The program seeks volunteers to make regular wellness calls to seniors, assist in locating residents who need wellness checks, and safely make grocery/pharmacy runs and deliver supplies to seniors. Click here to sign up to volunteer in the Lakeshore and Merced Manor neighborhoods. Click here to see other neighborhoods participating in the program.
Let us know of other volunteer and donation opportunities at info@engardio.com
FURTHER QUESTIONS
Assessor Carmen Chu and her team are accepting questions from residents and will connect you to an expert who can provide an answer. Submit your question here.
The State of California has a hotline to answer questions about COVID-19 resources. Call 833-544-2374