Balancing Health and the Economy During COVID-19
b'The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted this week to ask the state to provide the city with more latitude in moving up dates for reopening things like bars, indoor dining, and hair salons.\\xa0 San Francisco is one of only six counties in the state that had not yet sought this flexibility around reopening.\\xa0 The move comes at a time when officials are working to strike a balance between keeping residents safe and COVID-19 hospitalizations manageable while gradually reopening the economy.\\xa0 More than 243,000 Californians filed for unemployment last week, and while many San Franciscans are struggling to stay afloat, the pandemic has also exposed long-term economic inequities.\\xa0 In this hour, we talk with San Francisco health and economy officials about how they balance those concerns.'