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The County of Santa Clara conducts a press conference to provide updates following the State’s announcement that the Bay Area Region is no longer subject to the State’s Regional Stay At Home Order.
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Recorded January 25, 2021.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
D
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
everyone,
I'm
james
williams,
the
county
council
for
the
county
of
santa
clara
as
you're
all
well
aware.
Earlier
today,
the
california
department
of
public
health
and
the
governor
announced
that
the
regional
stay-at-home
order
has
been
lifted
in
all
regions
in
the
state
of
california.
D
This
also
applies,
of
course,
in
the
bay
area
and
here
in
santa
clara
county
as
a
result
of
these
changes
by
and
large
the
county
of
santa
clara
and
most
of
the
bay
area,
and
in
fact
most
of
california
will
return
to
being
governed
from
a
health
over
order
perspective
by
the
purple,
tear
restrictions
that
were
previously
in
place
under
the
state's
blueprint.
So
let
me
take
just
a
minute
to
remind
folks
what
that
means
and
what
that's
about
and
then
I'll
talk
specifically
about
how
that
translates
here
in
santa
clara
county.
D
D
We
still
have
seriously
impacted
hospitals
and
icu
capacity
here
in
santa
clara
county,
and
so
no
one
should
misunderstand
what
these
changes
at
the
state
level
mean
here
in
santa
clara
county
and
indeed
around
the
state
and
in
southern
california,
where
the
situation
is
frankly
even
more
concerning-
and
this
is
also
true
in
the
context
of
new
variants
that
we're
seeing
around
the
world,
but
also
showing
up
in
southern
california
and
here
in
santa
clara
county.
And
so
this
is
not
a
time
for
our
community
to
be
less
vigilant.
D
That
being
said,
we
are
now
under
the
purple
tier
level
of
restrictions,
and
so
that
means
for
this
county
that
a
couple
categories
of
activities
are
allowed
to
once
again
resume.
Probably
the
most
significant
is
outdoor
dining
and
personal
care
services,
that's
hair
and
nails
and
other
services
that
are
allowed
to
resume
both
indoors
and
outdoors.
D
There
are
a
number
of
other
changes
as
well
that
come
with
being
back
in
the
purple
tier
specifically,
the
family,
entertainment
centers
are
allowed
to
be
open.
Outdoors
card
rooms
are
allowed
to
be
open
outdoors
and
gatherings
which
were
prohibited
completely
under
the
regional
state
home
order,
except
for
first
amendment
purposes.
D
There
are
a
number
of
more
minor
changes
and
our
website
is
in
the
process
of
being
fully
updated
with
all
of
the
revisions
to
the
various
directives
to
reflect
the
fact
that
we're
back
in
the
purple
tier
now
in
santa
clara
county,
there
were
some
important
local
directives
that
were
in
place
to
help
keep
us
safer,
that
predated
the
regional
state
homeowner
and
that
continue
to
apply
here.
The
most
significant
is
the
travel
directive
related
to
travel
and
the
need
to
quarantine
if
you've
traveled
from
more
than
150
miles
out
of
the
county.
D
That
directive
again
predated
the
regional
state
home
order
and
it
remains
in
place
even
now.
In
fact,
this
may
be
even
more
critical
now,
given
the
lifting
of
the
regional
state
homeowner,
given
the
variance
that
we're
seeing
around
the
world
and
in
southern
california
and
the
need
to
try
to
slow
the
spread.
While
we
continue
to
ramp
up
push
out
and
focus
on
vaccinating
as
many
of
our
vulnerable
population
as
possible.
D
All
those
rules
remain
in
effect,
just
as
they
have
for
for
many
months
and
our
expectations
that
all
of
us
in
the
community
should
have
entering
into
any
business
or
work
site.
What,
if
you're
an
employee?
Those
are
expectations
you
should
have
of
your
employer
if
you're
a
patron
customer.
Those
are
expectations
that
you
should
have
of
any
place
that
you
go
visit
and
those
baseline
rules
remain
unchanged
and
really
form
the
core
of
our
safeguards
here
in
our
community.
D
I
want
to
conclude
just
by
again
going
back
to
that
broader
point.
It
is
indeed
good
that
we've
come
down
a
bit
from
that
peak,
but
the
level
of
hospitalizations
that
we're
at
is
not
something
that
is
sustainable
on
an
ongoing
basis
and
the
state's
actions.
The
state
itself
described
are
based
on
forecasts
of
continued
improvement
over
the
next
several
weeks.
E
D
So
the
question
was
about
professional
and
college
sports,
and
that
is
one
of
the
directives.
That's
changed
today
as
well,
so
collegiate
and
professional
sports
can
resume
in
santa
clara
county
again
without
audiences,
but
can
resume
in
santa
clara
county
consistent
with
that
directive.
The
directive
requires
across
the
board
testing
and
also
requires
that
each
of
these
teams
ensure
that
their
athletes
and
that
their
personnel
are
limiting
any
exposure
to
the
broader
community
and
basically
keeping
within
their
households
or
participating
in
their
activities
because
close
contact
sports,
obviously
there's
not
social
distancing.
D
E
D
So,
youth
and
adult
recreational
sports
and
other
forms
of
youth
sports
that
are
not
contact
sports,
in
other
words,
where
you
can
maintain
social
distancing
where
they
are
being
conducted
outdoors
and
where
you
have
a
stable
cohort.
Those
can
resume,
but
not
where
there
is
close
contact
and
not
if
the
activity
is
indoors.
C
D
So
the
the
question
was:
can
we
say
that
you
know
this
has
been
a
result
of
of
what
people
have
done
and
that's
certainly
true.
So
we
have
definitely
seen
cases
and
hospitalizations
come
down
the
last
few
weeks
and
we
definitely
have
seen
that
there
was
less
travel
and
activity
over
the
christmas
and
new
year
holiday
period
than
over
thanksgiving
and
there's
no
question.
D
C
D
D
One
is
with
the
lifting
of
the
regional
order
across
the
entire
state
and
given
the
fact
that
southern
california
has
such
a
significantly
increased
case
rate
positivity
rate,
and
also
that
we
know
that
there
are
variants
circulating
the
the
so-called
uk.
You
know,
b117
variant,
for
example,
has
been
detected
in
southern
california.
F
William,
as
I
understand
it,
the
county
has
suspended
all
deliveries
of
vaccine
to
good
samaritan
hospital
after
it
was
apparently
vaccinating
teachers
and
school
of
district
staff
in
los
gatos,
inappropriately
apparently
according
to
the
county.
First
of
all,
what
is
the
county's
position
on
what
happened
there.
D
Sure
so
the
question
is:
what's
the
county's
position
on
what
happened
at
good
samaritan
hospital
with
respect
to
vaccination
of
los
gatos
school
district
teachers
and
staff
we
became
aware
of
you
know
this
email
that
had
gone
out
basically
saying
there
was
this
special
deal
for
vaccination?
There
were
a
lot
of
factors
there
that
were
very
concerning
to
us,
as
reflected
in
the
letter
that
we
sent
the
hospital.
D
One
of
those
factors
was
the
fact
that
the
hospital
itself
had
said
that
it
was
only
in
a
position
to
be
vaccinating
health
care
workers
and
hadn't
done.
The
outreach
to
the
priority
75
and
older
tier
another
concerning
factor
was
that
it
appeared
that
they
were
reaching
out
to
the
specific
district
based
on
the
way
it
was
framed
anyway.
Based
on
you
know,
meals
and
other
things
provided
to
good
samaritan
staff,
as
opposed
to
districts.
D
More
generally,
a
third
concerning
factor
was
that
they
appeared
to
be
affirmatively,
suggesting
that
staff
should
sign
up
registering
themselves
as
if
they
were
health
care
workers.
Those
were
all
things
among
others
that
we
outlined
in
the
letter,
as
as
things
of
concern,
and
not
consistent
with
our
expectations
for
vaccine
providers
in
the
community.
D
F
On
the
other
hand,
that
later
that
night,
the
school
district
was
telling
its
employees
on
that
that,
well,
you
can
start
signing
up
and
over
the
course
of
the
next
day
and
through
the
week
people
were
going
to
be
getting
this.
Did
you
buy
the
explanation
that
it
was
just
getting
rid
of
65
doses,
that
day.
D
Well,
we're
we,
the
question
was:
do
we
buy
their
explanation
about
it
being
potentially
wastage?
You
know
we
saw
the
same
email
that
I
think
all
of
you
saw
and
our
concerns
expressed
in
the
letter
were
based
on
the
content
of
of
that
actual
document
that
was
being
distributed
and
circulated
which
doesn't
appear
related
to
wastage.
D
Worker
people,
when
people
come
for
vaccinations
questions,
what's
legal
significance
when
you
go
and
sign
up,
you
know
we're
not
requiring,
for
example,
in
the
county's
own
health
system,
and
I
don't
believe
any
other
health
systems
are
requiring
any
extensive
documentation,
but
we
are
requiring
people
to
attest.
That
means
under
penalty
of
perjury
to
affirm
their
eligibility
and
that
system
relies
on
people
being
truthful.
G
D
The
question
is:
what's
the
justification
for
the
regional
state
homeowner
being
lifted
when,
for
example,
in
santa
clara
county,
by
the
way,
much
like
many
counties
in
southern
california
and
elsewhere,
icu
capacity
is
at
or
below
the
15
percent
right
now
yeah.
I
think
that's
a
question
that
you
really
should
ask
the
state
department
of
public
health.
D
Sure
so
the
question
was
the
related
to
lodging
directive,
which,
which
kind
of
goes
hand
in
glove
with
the
travel
directive
remaining
in
place.
That
directive
has
to
do
with
limiting
bookings
at
lodging
facilities
to
only
essential
travel,
and
the
travel
directive,
of
course,
strongly
discourages
any
non-essential
travel
and
puts
the
quarantine
in
place.
So
those
two
kind
of
fit
together
as
as
part
of
a
broader
effort
to
discourage
any
non-essential
travel
in
santa
clara
county.
D
D
Potentially
more
fatal.
Is
the
latest
news
that's
coming
out
of
the
united
kingdom,
related
to
it?
There's
a
so-called
south
africa
variant
and
there's
studies
ongoing
about
its
impact
on
vaccination
and
then
there's
a
variant
that
we
found
here
in
santa
clara
county
and
that
elsewhere
across
the
state,
the
l452r
variant,
where
there's
a
lot
that
still
is,
is
under
research.
The
bottom
line,
I
think
for
all
of
these-
is
there's
a
lot.
We
don't
know,
including
their
exact
impacts.
D
Some
of
these
variants
definitely
appear
to
be
more
transmissible,
meaning
that
the
virus
spreads
more
easily
more
people
get
sick,
and
that's
very
concerning
for
sure
and
potentially
that
there
could
be
other
impacts
from
them.
It's
something
that
we
know
the
cdc
and
the
state
department.
Public
health
are
closely
looking
at.
D
We
actually
do
a
lot
of
genetic
sequencing
here
in
santa
clara
county,
a
disproportionate
amount
compared
to
other
places
in
california,
which
is
one
of
the
reasons
we
found
information
around
the
l452r
variant,
because
it's
something
that
that
our
public
health
department
and
our
public
health
lab
has
been
concerned
about
and
interested
in
paying
attention
to.
So
we're
definitely
monitoring
all
that,
but
we
really
don't
know
a
lot
of
what
it's
going
to
shape
up
to
be.
D
So
questions
about
vaccination
and
and
what
are
we
doing
to
expand
access?
I
don't
have
the
specific
numbers
with
me,
because
I
was
focused
on
the
on
the
health
orders
and
we'll
definitely
have,
and
we
have
dashboards
and
so
forth,
related
to
the
vaccination.
So
I
don't
have
the
specific
numbers
up
to
date
on
vaccination.
D
D
That's
from
the
county
health
system
itself
that
kaiser
paul
to
medical
foundation,
stanford,
healthcare
and
others
are
also
standing
up.
Significant
vaccination
capacity
and
links
to
all
of
that
information
is
available
at
sccfreevax.org
and
people
can
schedule
appointments
and
we
have
appointments
that
are
available.
So
there
is,
it
looks
in
the
systems
that
there
is
some
available
capacity
for
people
who
are
eligible
which
again
healthcare
workers
and
people
65
and
sorry
75
and
older
individuals,
75
and
older.
D
We're
going
to
continue
to
ramp
up
capacity,
so
a
lot
of
work
is
happening
with
the
county's
own
health
system,
and
we
know
that's
happening
in
other
health
systems
that
serve
county
residents
to
ramp
up
capacity.
The
big
limiting
factor
remains
vaccine
supply
and
we
haven't
seen
an
increase
in
in
supply
coming
in.
D
We
are
hopeful
with
the
with
the
statements
from
president
biden,
with
the
biden
administration's
new
plans
to
see
how
that
translates
on
the
ground.
We
know
it'll
take
a
little
time,
but
they
clearly
have
this
as
one
of
their
core
missions,
and
so
I'm
sure
that
there
will
be
changes
coming.
That
will
be
very
concrete.
D
D
So
questions
around
enforcement,
so,
as
I
think
many
of
you
know
we
do
have
an
enforcement
and
compliance
team
does
take
an
education
first
approach,
but
if
people
have
issues
they
can
go
to
the
portal
sec
covetedconcerns.org
and
fill
out
a
form
on
that
portal.
It's
a
web
portal
and
those
are
all
looked
into
by
our
enforcement
team.
We
do
have
enforcement
officers
that
go
out
and
and
look
into
compliance
and,
if
necessary,
they
do
issue
fines
and
we
do
follow
up
on
those
we
take
these
very
seriously.
D
D
We
have
a
unit,
we
focus,
we
prioritize,
you
know,
resources
are
limited,
but
it
is
something
that
that
we
want
to
make
sure,
first
and
foremost,
that
the
businesses
that
are
operating
in
our
county,
all
the
other
entities
operating
our
county,
are
doing
so
in
a
manner
that's
safe
and
protective
of
their
employees
and
of
their
customers.
Thank.