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Description
Governor Gavin Newsom is joined by Senator Anna Caballero as he signs bills to help small businesses recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Governor also provides an update regarding the response to the statewide wildfire crisis.
Recorded September 9, 2020 in Sacramento, California.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
Well,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
privilege
of
your
time
and
opportunity
update
on
a
number
of
issues
that
this
state
is
facing.
One
of
the
most
pressing
and
important
issues,
the
city
or
rather
state
needs
to
face,
is
the
state
of
small
businesses
and
the
imperative
and
importance
that
we
do
everything
in
our
power
to
support
our
small
businesses
all
throughout
the
state
of
california
that
have
been
hampered
and
hammered
by
this
pandemic.
C
I
am
very
proud
in
terms
of
the
work
that
I
was
able
to
do
before
I
got
into
politics
to
have
developed
and
conceived
a
number
of
small
businesses
in
this
state.
It's
a
point
of
deep
pride.
It's
a
point
of
deep
privilege
that
we
were
able
to
grow
one
small
business
with
one
part-time,
employee,
pat
kelly,
to
a
number
of
businesses,
23
businesses
at
peak
and
employ
at
peak
roughly
1
000
people
throughout
the
state
of
california.
C
I
say
that
not
to
impress
anybody
but
to
impress
upon
you
my
deep
pride
and
deep
passion
for
entrepreneurialism.
I
recognize
that
each
and
every
small
business
is
not
just
about
dollars
and
cents.
It's
about
dreams!
It's
about
people
coming
together,
families,
putting
everything
on
the
line
for
opportunity
for
new
beginnings.
C
It's
about
the
character
of
our
neighborhoods.
It's
about
the
pride.
We
all
feel
when
we
embrace
sense
of
community
that
small
businesses
provide
and
small
businesses
advance,
and
so
the
issue
is
near
and
dear
on
a
personal
level
and
by
definition
it
is
foundational
in
terms
of
the
economy
of
this
state,
when
you
consider
just
shy
of
one
half
of
all
of
the
businesses
in
the
state
of
california,
some
48.5
percent
find
themselves
employed
in
the
category
of
small
business.
C
7.1
million
people
employed
in
this
state
through
a
small
business,
4.1
million
small
businesses,
specifically
operating
in
the
state
of
california,
and
a
substantial
percentage
vulnerable
to
the
vagaries
of
this
current
economy
and
to
the
challenges
that
are
posed
because
of
this
pandemic.
In
fact,
by
one
estimate,
survey
recently
came
out.
44
percent
of
businesses
in
this
state
small
businesses
are
feeling
vulnerable
to
the
pressures
of
this
pandemic,
so
much
so
that
they
believe
they
are
likely
to
close
in
the
not
too
distance
future.
C
C
I'll
talk
in
much
more
detail
about
a
number
of
those
actions,
but
I
want
to
bring
up
one
of
the
leaders,
one
of
the
great
advocates
in
the
state
legislature
for
small
businesses,
someone
who
was
a
small
businesswoman
herself
for
roughly
quarter
of
a
century.
Someone
who
understands
the
challenges
and
travails
of
small
businesses
all
throughout
the
state
of
california,
not
just
in
her
current
capacity
as
a
state
senator
in
her
own
district.
C
That
targets
the
needs
of
our
small
businesses
in
particular,
and
addresses
the
direct
impacts
of
coven
19
in
this
pandemic
in
effort
and
in
order
to
provide
more
supports
for
businesses
to
come
back
more
robustly
and
hire
more
people
and
have
a
financial
leg
up
in
that
process.
So
with
that,
let
me
just
invite
up
the
senator
she'll
talk
about
her
bill
brought
her
package
and
then
I'll
walk
through
some
of
the
other
bills
that
we're
signing
and
some
of
the
more
specific
reforms
we're
also
advancing
in
the
state.
Senator.
D
D
D
Because
of
the
of
the
requirement
to
shelter
in
place
and
to
keep
their
family
safe,
and
so,
as
I
talked
with
these
small
businesses
all
over
the
state,
the
their
number
one
issue
was:
where
am
I
going
to
get
the
capital?
Where
am
I
going
to
get
the
ability
to
start
hiring
the
people
that
have
been
staying
at
home
that
have
not
been
working?
D
It's
going
to
be
critically
important
for
them
to
be
able
to
access
this
resource
that
to
be
able
to
to
bring
their
their
resources
together
and
and
to
move
to
move
forward.
You
know
this
is
a
tough
time
and
we've
asked
everybody
to
make
sacrifices,
both
personally
and
professionally
in
terms
of
the
business
community
but
they're,
looking
for
hope,
they're
looking
for
leadership
and
they're
looking
for
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
access
resources
to
make
them
successful,
and
this
tax
credit
is
going
to
be
tremendously
important.
D
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
the
governor
for
his
support
for
his
commitment
to
small
business
and
for
allowing
us
to
do
the
work
that
we
needed
to
do
to
be
able
to
put
a
bill
on
his
desk.
It
doesn't
happen
without
without
the
cooperation
of
everyone
and
and
I'm
very
proud
to
say
that
that
this
came
together
in
the
last
days
of
the
legislative
session,
because
there
was
a
commitment
among
all
of
us
to
make
sure
that
our
small
businesses
come
back.
D
We
we
absolutely
need
to
see
them
be
successful,
and
this
is
going
to
be
one
of
the
tools.
Thank
you,
governor
newsom,
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
for
the
bill
signing
here
today.
Thank
you
for
giving
our
small
businesses
hope
as
we
move
into
the
future,
and
thank
you
because
this
is
going
to
be
a
tremendous
asset
in
in
our
community.
And
we
really
appreciate
it
very,
very
much.
C
Thank
you
senator
and
thanks
again
for
your
leadership
and
also
your
co-authors,
cervantes
and
bradford,
that
worked
hard
on
this
100
million
dollar
tax
credit
thousand
dollar
per
higher
tax
credit
to
work
against
your
income
tax
or
your
sales
and
use
tax.
It's
eligible
for
small
businesses,
less
than
100
employees,
and
it
marks
a
consideration
that
directly
relates
to
the
pandemic
that
your
gross
income
had
to
have
declined
by
50
percent
since
this
time
last
year,
and
the
reason
we
created
that
construct
of
considerations
is
so
often
with
tax
credits.
C
It
goes
to
the
haves,
not
the
have-nots.
So
often
these
open-ended
tax
credits
go
to
a
handful
of
well-resourced
companies,
not
necessarily
those
small
businesses
that
need
them
the
most.
So
I
want
to
thank
again,
I
use
the
word
refinement
for
the
refinement
of
this
bill
to
really
target
those
most
in
need,
and
I
want
again
senator
caballero
for
her
leadership
and
her
stewardship
to
advance
this
cause.
This
cause
includes
a
number
of
other
specific
supports
for
our
small
businesses.
C
125
million
dollars
was
made
available
in
the
recent
budget
in
the
I
bank
to
support
small
businesses
that
fall
through
the
cracks
that
aren't
getting
sba
loans.
They
didn't
get
the
federal
ppp
loans,
82
percent
of
people
that
have
applied
for
that.
I
bank
loan
program
accessing
125
million
dollars.
82
are
women
and
minority
owned
businesses.
That's
exactly
why
we
designed
this
program.
It's
exactly
who
we
were
targeting,
so
we're
very
pleased
with
the
progress
already
been
made
in
that
space.
Again,
that
was
new
money
that
was
put
in
recently
in
the
budget.
C
Addition
to
that
we
put
10
million
dollars
in
what
we
refer
to.
As
a
seed
program,
these
are
for
immigrant
social
entrepreneurs
again
leading
the
way
in
this
space.
Not
a
lot
of
states
have
put
any
resources
in
this
space.
It's
a
novel
program.
It's
a
seed
fund
itself,
meaning
we
want
to
see
how
effective
this
program
is
we'll
consider
next
year
the
opportunity
to
substantially
increase
the
amount
of
funding
in
this
space,
but
it's
a
novel
program
and
one
that
we
collaboratively
work
together
to
advance
this
year.
C
We
also
work
to
support
our
small
businesses
in
number
of
other
ways.
We
are
absolutely
committed
to
manufacturing
in
this
state.
Vast
majority
of
manufacturers
aren't
the
large
manufacturing
factories
that
we
tend
to
identify
in
the
space.
Many
of
them
are
small
businesses.
Give
you
an
example
of
those
businesses.
C
We
have
450
companies
now
on
that
site,
providing
over
560
products
specific
to
the
ppp
issues,
sanitation
issues,
be
it
hand,
sanitizers
face
shields,
masks,
gowns
and
the
like
a
small
company,
just
as
an
example
that
put
their
name
on
this
platform
recently
and
we're
providing
face
coverings.
They
just
got
an
order
of
twenty
five
thousand
face
coverings
at
small
company
out
of
chico
california,
just
an
example
of
the
benefits
already
of
this
new
marketing
platform.
This
new
marketplace
this
new
manufacturing
platform
that
we
put
together
recently
here
in
california.
C
E
C
C
We
also
provided
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollar
loans
interest
free
for
up
to
one
year
for
small
businesses
that
otherwise
are
required
to
collect
sales
tax
and
then
send
those
collections
to
the
state.
We
said
there
are
no
collections
required
for
a
year
and
you
can
you're
able
to
access
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
those
sales
tax.
You
can
float
those
dollars
to
deal
with
cash
flow
needs
without
any
penalty
and
without
any
interest
attached.
C
That's
a
significant
program
that
currently
has
provided
over
106
million
dollars
of
relief
for
small
businesses,
so
100
million
dollar
hiring
tax
credit,
106
million
dollar
relief
in
terms
of
floating
loans
up
to
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
sales
tax
that
is
owed
to
the
state,
a
delay
in
terms
of
requirements
on
sales
and
use
tax,
as
well
as
income
tax
coming
into
the
state.
Re-Licensing
requirements
pushed
aside
support
in
terms
of
marketing
and
support
that
will
be
included
in
the
package
of
bills
that
I'm
also
signing
here
today
to
conform.
C
C
That
is
a
part
of
what
we
refer
to
as
the
budget
junior
bill
that
I'll
also
be
signing.
I
said
there
were
a
dozen
things
probably
lost
you
on
seven
or
eight
of
these.
We
put
out
information
in
this
space,
including
an
update
on
our
great
plates
program.
We
are
here
at
solomon's
deli.
This
is
a
deli
that
opened
up
last
year
in
july,
two
extraordinary
women
one
who's
here
with
us,
andrea,
been
involved
in
the
restaurant
business.
C
They
put
this
deli
rather
organize
this
deli
at
the
peak
of
our
economic
growth
last
july,
only
to
run
in
the
buzz
saw
of
this
pandemic.
They
closed
on
march
17th
of
this
year,
as
so
many
other
businesses
did
peak.
They
had
26
employees,
but
they've
been
able
to
scratch
their
way
back.
Even
though
their
revenues
weighed
down
they've,
been
able
to
work
through
a
number
of
programs
that
the
city
of
sacramento
has
provided
and
the
state
has
provided,
they
were
able
to
draw
down
a
little
ppp
money.
C
They
were
able
to
use
that
entrepreneurial
mindset
long-windedly
to
figure
out
a
way
just
to
keep
the
doors
open,
have
some
outdoor
seating
and
they're
still
operating,
not
as
many
employees
about
half
of
where
they
were
at
peak,
but
they
also
took
advantage
of
that
great
plates
program.
That
great
plates
program
now
has
supported
eight
thousand
nine
hundred
and
four
jobs.
That's
an
exact
number,
eighty,
nine
hundred
and
four
jobs.
C
Since
we
conceived
this
first
in
the
nation
program,
a
9.1
million
meals
have
been
served
to
seniors,
supporting
businesses
like
this
that
are
providing
meals
that
we're
getting
reimbursed,
75
percent
of
the
dollars
reimbursed
by
fema
and
the
federal
government,
the
state
providing
counties,
an
additional
12
and
a
half
percent.
It's
a
virtuous
program
that
helps
our
seniors
that
are
isolated
that
are
quarantined
that
are
addressing
their
own
health
needs
that
are
in
an
economic
box
where
they
can't
afford
nutritious
meals.
They
can't
afford
hot
meals.
They
can't
afford
deliver
meals.
C
All
three
delicious,
nutritious
hot,
delivered
meals
are
provided
through
this
program,
supporting
restaurants,
keeping
jobs,
encouraging
job
growth
and
generating
sales
tax
back
to
the
counties
which
actually
creates
more
revenue
than
the
12
and
a
half
percent.
The
counties
are
responsible
for
providing
in
this
program.
Great
thing
about
great
plates
success
leaves
clues.
This
program
is
now
being
replicated
in
a
number
of
other
states.
C
B
C
C
They
helped
generate
some
of
the
ideas
that
supported
this
hiring
tax
credit
that
supported
our
efforts
to
accelerate
bonds
that
had
not
gone
out
and
been
been
put
to.
Work
also
provided
support
for
our
shop,
safe
shop,
local
program,
provided
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
for
psas
to
support
safely
reopening
and,
of
course,
have
provided
supports
for
our
sectoral
guidelines
in
our
reopening
our
economy.
I
want
to
just
acknowledge
our
co-chair,
both
our
co-chairs,
my
chief
of
staff,
ann
o'leary
and
tom
steyer
for
their
outstanding
work
on
that
task
force.
C
A
lot
of
the
work
we
are
announcing
advancing
here
today
comes
from
that
brain
trust.
Accordingly,
I
want
to
thank
my
team
at
gobis.
They
put
together
an
entrepreneurial
task
force,
that's
partnered
now
with
20
different
regions
in
this
state,
providing
webinars
and
supporting
our
entrepreneurial
ecosystem.
That
program
is
alive
and
well
go.
Biz
is
also
supporting
our
network
of
small
business
centers.
C
We
were
able
to
draw
down
34
million
dollars
from
the
federal
government
to
support
those
small
business
centers
that
are
also
more
robust
and
more
engaged
than
they've
ever
been,
and
so
gobiz
team
and
our
economic
development
task
force.
Thank
you
for
all
your
good
work
as
well,
and
let
me
just
conclude,
as
I
now
sit
down
and
sign
these
three
piece
legislation
by
acknowledging
the
obvious
good
enough.
C
This
is
foundational
and
it's
fundamental
to
the
revival
and
the
recovery
of
our
economy,
and
so
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
just
end
on
that
foundational
point
as
well.
But
with
that,
let
me
end
my
formal
remarks
on
this
topic.
I'll
come
back
up
update
you
briefly
on
health
numbers
in
the
state
related
to
coronavirus
and
update
you
on
the
fires
and
then,
of
course,
we'll
take
questions
now
with
the
senator's
concurrence.
B
C
C
C
Four
fires,
in
particular,
have
generated
a
lot
of
attention
and
deservingly
slow,
so
the
fork
fire,
the
fire,
bear
fire
up
in
butte
county.
The
willow
fire
in
particular.
Those
three
in
particular
are
points
of
concern.
New
fire
starts
that
have
spread
throughout
northern
part
of
the
state.
Primarily
we
have
made
progress
additional
progress
on
the
czu
complex
in
and
around
santa
cruz
mountains.
We've
made
progress
last
night,
encouraging
progress
in
the
lnu
complex
and
the
scu
complex
around
santa
clara.
C
Looks
a
little
bit
more
favorable
from
a
wind
perspective
and
a
weather
perspective
that
will
aid
our
efforts
on
these
28
major
fires
in
the
state.
The
wind,
of
course,
over
the
last
48
hours,
has
presented
challenges
not
only
with
the
existing
fires,
but
these
new
fire
starts,
but
also
with
air
quality
throughout
the
state.
C
There
is,
there
is
obvious
concern
around
air
quality,
obvious
concern
that
has
been
highlighted
by
not
only
those
images
but
the
reality
as
this
wind
events
have
generated
a
lot
more
air
quality
problems,
particularly
as
it
relates
to
ash
that
has
now
created
well
and
sort
of
an
ash
dust
up.
That's
obviously
impacted
the
air
quality
in
and
around
not
only
the
bay
area,
but
other
parts
of
this
state.
C
We
continue
to
get
out
of
state
resources
and
support,
though
we
have
wildfires
in
the
pacific
north
that
we
are
struggling
with
as
well
or
states
like
washington.
Oregon
are
struggling
with,
so
the
mutual
aid
system's
a
little
stretched
up
there,
but
the
mutual
aid
system
coming
in
from
other
states
a
kind
of
support.
You
would
expect
of
the
conditions
that
we're
currently
facing.
B
C
Night,
we
received
two
additional
f
mags.
These
are
the
fire
management
assistance
grants.
Two
additional
fmags
were
approved
by
the
white
house.
I
want
to
thank
the
white
house
for
that
support
and
the
timeliness
of
that
support,
and
we
have
the
prospect
of
two
additional
declarations
of
emergency
for
two
different
counties.
That
information
will
be
forthcoming
as
we
assess
the
efficacy
of
doing
so
later
this
afternoon.
C
So
we
continue
to
lean
in
making
progress
on
major
complexes
that
have
been
highlighted
over
the
course,
the
last
few
weeks
continuing
to
focus
on
that
creek
fire,
the
sqf
fire
but
tulare
county
and
obviously
the
willow
fire,
and
now
these
new
fires
coming
in
around
oroville
coming
through
butte
county.
This
bear
fire.
In
particular,
I
want
to
just
extend
again
my
absolute
appreciation
for
all
the
mutual
aid
that's
coming
from
within
the
state,
not
just
out
of
the
state.
C
You
see
fire
engines
from
all
jurisdictions,
all
throughout
different
parts
of
this
state,
just
testament
to
the
incredible
collaborative
spirit
that
defines
this
moment
and
defines
the
state
of
california's
response
to
these
wildfires.
It
relates
to
response
to
another
challenge
in
the
state
and
issues
related
to
covet
19.
total
number
of
new
positive
cases.
We're
reporting
today
is
1616..
C
Our
positivity
rate
over
a
seven
day
period
has
dropped
to
3.6
percent.
Our
positivity
rate
over
a
14-day
period
has
dropped
to
4.
So
that's
encouraging
news.
3.6
positivity
rate
over
a
seven
day
period,
four
percent
over
a
14-day
period.
Our
tests
continue
to
well.
We
continue
to
struggle
to
get
back
to
where
we
were
in
total
total
number
of
tests
coming
in
in
the
state,
primarily
due
to
the
wildfires.
C
That
continues
to
be
an
issue
and
we're
aggressively
trying
to
work
around
some
of
those
issues,
but
nonetheless
we're
averaging
still
over
110
000
tests
on
a
daily
basis.
We
tragically
lost
83
lives
in
the
latest
reporting
period
that
averages
out
over
a
14-day
period
about
107
lives,
lost,
reinforcing
how
deadly
this
disease
continues
to
be
and
how
seriously
we
must
take
the
transmission
and
our
concerns
around
large-scale
events
and
the
transmission
of
this
virus.
C
We're
monitoring
that
as
well
as
monitoring
the
progress
of
many
different
counties
in
the
state
that
are
moving
from
that
purple
status
into
the
red
status,
some
from
red
status
into
the
orange
and
some
orange
status
into
the
yellow
status.
So
that's
an
update
on
the
wildfires
update
on
covid
and
again
we're
here
to
update
you
on
the
three
bills
we
signed
and
our
absolute
resolve
and
commitment
to
help
our
small
businesses
all
up
and
down
the
state
and
with
that
happy
to
take
any
questions.
E
Hi
governor
I'm
phil
willen
with
the
la
times
and
I'll
be
asking
questions
on
behalf
of
the
california
press.
You
mentioned
recently
that
your
administration
may
add
a
new
metric
on
testing
diversity
for
counties
to
reopen
that
would
target
resources
and
efforts
to
prevent
and
fight
coven
in
communities
with
the
highest
risk.
But
there's
no
there's
scat
details
about
what
you
mean
by
these
new
metrics.
Can
you
explain
that
a
little
more
and
should
counties
be
worried
that
you
might
inject
some
some
of
your
liberal
policies
into
the
pandemic
response?
Well,.
C
It's
an
interesting
question:
I'm
a
pragmatist
when
it
comes
to
the
issue
of
addressing
this
pandemic,
we're
driven
by
data,
we're
driven
by
science,
not
ideology,
and
as
it
relates
to
the
issue
of
equity.
That's
a
foundational
principle
that
I
believe
should
be
universally
embraced,
not
just
here
in
the
state
of
california,
but
around
this
nation
for
that
matter
around
the
rest
of
the
globe.
It's
a
fact
that
disproportionate
number
impacted
by
covet
19
are
over
represented
in
the
black
community
and
in
the
latino
community.
C
It's
a
metric
to
which
we
consider
some
are
over
testing
compared
to
others,
meaning
some
are
committing
to
deeply
testing
their
diverse
communities,
deeply
reaching
out
to
underserved
communities
and
providing
abundance
of
testing
compared
to
other
counties.
So
that's
a
factor
that's
considered
as
well,
in
relationship
to
the
positivity
rate
in
the
case
count.
So
it's
a
simple
metric,
but
primarily
that
metric
is
considered
in
respect
or
in
relationship
to
the
issue
of
how
the
testing
is
being
conducted
and
how
robust
and
how
inclusive
the
testing
protocols
are.
E
C
Well,
we've
made
a
lot
of
public
comments
about
our
efforts
in
that
space.
We
clearly
identified
this
as
a
concern
and,
as
a
consequence,
we
have
our
edd
investigations
unit
working
on
this
we're
working
in
partnership
with
the
u.s
department
of
justice.
We
have
new
protocols
in
terms
of
eligibility
that
we
put
into
place.
E
To
stick
on
edd
for
a
little
longer
there
are,
I
know
you
have
a
strike
force
in
place
to
look
at
payment
of
claims,
but
there
are
still
hundreds
of
thousands
of
californians
who
have
not
received
payments.
What
would
you
say
to
these
people
who
may
see
your
response
to
this
as
a
failure?
Something
that's
been
unfixed
for
months
and
months.
C
Yeah,
we
are
committed,
we've
done
more
than
any
other
state
in
terms
of
total
number
of
claims,
we're
trying
to
work
aggressively
through
that
backfill.
We
have
a
strike
team,
five
new
people
that
we
pulled
in
thousands,
quite
literally
thousands
of
people
that
we've
trained
from
other
agencies,
other
departments
to
come
in
and
help
support
our
efforts
at
the
department.
We
have
been
very
vocal,
very
transparent
for
many
many
months.
Updating
the
public
updating
the
extent
possible,
the
millions
and
millions
of
people
that
are
trying
to
access
this
system.
C
I'll
say
what
I've
said
in
the
past.
This
is
unacceptable,
but
so
was
the
condition
of
this
system
when
we
inherited
it.
I
don't
look
at
that
as
an
excuse,
but
I
can
assure
you
this.
Having
talked
to
almost
every
governor
in
this
country,
they
are
experiencing
similar
challenges
with
their
systems
that
were
not
designed
for
the
kind
of
level
of
activity
this
pandemic
has
advanced,
and
so
we're
committed
to
not
only
addressing
the
short-term
issues
and
addressing
the
speed
at
the
same
time
verifying.
C
So
we
can
address
fraud
on
the
one
hand,
which
means
go,
slow
and
be
accountable
at
the
same
time
move
expeditiously,
and
so
it's
that
push
and
pull
that
we
have
to
balance
in
terms
of
advancing
these
efforts.
But
my
commitment
is
to
no
longer
balance
on
the
pin
of
an
inadequate
database
and
inadequate
I.t
system,
and
that
is
to
commit
to
the
medium
and
long
term
to
completely
overhaul
and
refine
the
edd
system,
which,
by
definition,
is
inadequate
to
any
future
pandemic.
C
E
C
E
Alexi
kosov
at
the
san
francisco
chronicle
has
a
question
about
the
the
new
book
that
came
out
by
bob
woodward
and
about
president
trump
downplaying
the
virus.
If
the
president
had
been
more
forthright
with
the
public,
would
californians
lives
have
been
saved
and
the
economy
have
taken
less
of
a
hit.
C
I
am
not
able
to
answer
that
question.
I
don't
know
anything
about
the
details
of
the
book.
I've
been
focused
primarily
particularly
today
around
the
issue
of
the
pandemic,
the
fires
and,
obviously,
our
support
of
small
businesses.
When
I
have
a
chance
to
read
the
book
or
references
from
the
book
that
the
the
question
is
referring
to
I'll
be
able
to
respond,
I.
C
Yeah,
it's
a
different
question
and,
to
the
extent
that
I'm
here
to
adjudicate
as
a
pundit
my
feelings
about
how
the
president
has
responded
to
this
it's
difficult
to
do
because
I
think
the
context.
Your
question
is
in
relationship
to
the
book
and
whatever
may
have
come
forward
from
the
book.
So
I
don't
want
to
answer
that
question
out
of
context.
The
relationship
we've
had
with
the
trump
administration
in
terms
of
the
supports
we've
received
the
requests
that
we
have
made
of
the
administration.
Those
requests
have
not
been
denied.
C
Those
requests
have
actually
been
supported
on
a
consistent
basis.
I
have
not
been
shy
about
stating
that
again,
I'm
not
here
to
play
partisan
to
play
at
partisan,
I'm
here
to
call
balls
and
strikes,
and
I've
done
that
fairly
consistently
throughout
and
so
in
terms
of
the
relationship
that
we've
had
with
the
white
house
in
terms
of
getting
the
supports,
the
specific
requests
that
we
have
made
and
getting
that
support.
C
E
C
Yeah,
so
we're
what
I've
requested
of
the
chp
is
to
put
together
different
protocols,
and
so
what
we're
requesting
is
the
chp
and
the
department
of
public
health
to
put
different
protocols
into
place,
obviously
highlighted
by
concerns
of
this
large
large
event,
where
practice
where
no
social
distancing
was
practiced,
where
physical
distancing
was
not
practiced
or
the
safety
protocols
wearing
a
simple
mask
were
not
advanced.
The
vast
majority
of
people
that
participated
in
this
rally.
This
event
there
were
singing.
C
That
will
be
forthcoming,
but
it
has
to
be
based
on
constitutional
rights,
constitutional
protections
at
the
same
time,
public
health
and
public
safety.
It's
not
just
for
religious
events.
This
would
include
events
more
broadly
permitted
by
the
california
highway
patrol
protests
and
other
public
events.
E
C
It's
not
currently
under
consideration.
We
are
advancing
our
efforts
to
suppress
the
transmission
of
this
virus.
The
state
of
california
has
seen
seven
day,
positivity
rate
drop
below
four
percent.
To
three
point:
six
percent:
we
put
out
new
tiered
protocols,
a
new
color
colored
protocols,
as
relates
to
the
reopening
of
the
economy.
We
did
so
in
partnership
with
local
health
officers
in
partnership
with
industry
sector
by
sector.
C
We
are
confident
in
our
approach
and
our
direction.
We've
substantially
mitigated
the
rise
in
the
transmission
of
these
rates,
as
it
relates
to
wildfires
the
california.
Mutual
aid
system
is
working
as
it's
designed.
Cal
fire
is
doing
an
extraordinary
job,
we're
getting
support
from
out
of
state
we're
very
blessed
to
have
had
the
support
of
previous
legislatures,
as
well
as
this
current
legislature,
to
advance
an
historic
amount
of
funding
to
effort
and
aid.
Our
efforts
to
prevent,
as
well
as
mitigate
the
spread
of
these
fires.
C
What
we're
experiencing
this
year
is
simply
without
precedent,
and
no
legislative
session
could
address
the
14,
000
lightning
strikes
that
we
experienced
over
the
last
few
weeks.
No
legislative
session
can
foundationally
address
the
conditions.
This
heat
wave
has
produced
in
terms
of
the
heat
dome
and
the
impact
that's
had,
as
well
as
the
santa
ana
and
diablo
wins,
and
so
at
the
moment
that's
not
under
consideration,
but
again
when
it
comes
to
any
legislative
session.
E
Now
you
spent
today
it's
talking
a
lot
about
a
lot
of
the
assistance
for
small
businesses,
including
tax
credits
and
tax
deferrals.
Eventually,
the
bill
will
come
due
for
all
this,
whether
it's
for
tax
credits,
kind
of
sapping
state
revenue,
tax,
deferrals,
will
eventually
have
to
be
paid.
How
well
equipped
is
a
state
to
deal
with
the
loss
of
revenue
and
how
well
equipped
do
you
think
small
businesses
are
to
pay
this
tax
liability.
C
You
want
to
create
revenue,
you
want
to
create
jobs.
If
you
want
to
create
jobs,
you
can't
be
anti-business,
and
so
the
whole
point
of
this
effort
is
to
stimulate
economic
recovery,
which
stimulates
revenue
which
stimulates
virtuous
cycle
of
of
tax
support,
and
so
the
idea
is
not
very
complicated.
We
balanced
our
budget
last
year
with
consideration
of
all
of
our
priorities
in
the
state
125
million
we
put
in
the
ibank
was
part
of
our
budget.
C
C
We
felt
it
was
a
necessity
with
this
additional
100
million
dollar
request,
based
upon
the
sluggedness
of
this
recovery,
to
provide
an
additional
100
million
dollars
of
support.
It
didn't
in
any
way,
significantly
impact
our
projections
in
terms
of
shortfalls
next
year,
and
I
think
the
sooner
we
get
people
working
again
sooner.
We
get
people
back
to
work,
which
is
the
intention
of
all
these
programs.
The
revenue
will
more
than
offset
the
investment
that
we're
making
in
those
supports.
E
I
have
a
question
from
roz
vora
of
the
zagati
newspapers
in
india.
I
guess
you
have
a
worldwide
audience
on
these
briefings.
He
wants
to
know
if
you'll
consider
releasing
four
national
inmates
in
state
prisons
to
their
home
countries,
for
safety
concerns
and
cost
concerns,
and
on
top
of
that,
there's
been
some
immigrant
rights
advocates
in
the
state
that
have
criticized
your
administration
for
releasing
inmates
in
the
prisons
for
covert
religions
and
other
religions
and
handing
them
over
to
ice.
C
Done
historically,
it's
been
past
precedent,
previous
administrations.
We
maintain
it
as
the
appropriate
course
for
our
administration.
We've
been
clear
on
that
for
over
now
18
19
months,
as
it
relates
to
the
specifics
around
individual
prisoners,
that's
done
on
a
case-by-case
basis.
It
goes
through
a
very
exhaustive
process
and
protocol.
C
We
have
formal
protocol
through
our
parole
board.
We
have
other
protocols
on
commutations
and
pardons
that
are
separate
above
from
that
that
go
through
a
process
within
the
executive
branch,
with
concurrence
from
other
advisors
that
the
administration
has
put
into
place.
We've
made
many
commutations
and
pardons
over
the
course
of
the
last
number
of
years,
consistent
with
the
previous
administration,
and
we
continue
to
work
to
address
the
issue
of
concerns
covet
in
our
cdcr
system.
1457.
C
Maybe
1459
individuals
currently
tested
positive
in
our
prison
system.
We
monitor
that
on
a
daily
basis.
Right
now,
folsom
and
avenol
prisons
remain
top
of
our
mind
in
terms
of
focus.
We're
down
to
11
cases
at
san
quentin
made
real
progress
in
that
space
and
again
trying
to
decompress
that
system
look
at
vulnerable
patients
or
rather
vulnerable
prisoners.
C
Many
that
are
patients
in
the
mental
health
facilities,
as
well
as
in
our
hospital
facilities
within
cdcr,
and
look
at
the
issue
of
this
virus
and
look
at
compassionate
releases
in
that
space
that
are
lower
risk,
and
so
all
of
that
is
part
and
parcel
of
our
approach
and
our
strategies
well
defined
well
established,
particularly
over
the
course.
Last
seven.
Eight
years
under
the
brown
administration,
extending
through
my
administration.
E
Kids
are
now
have
on
their
laptops
and
all
the
other
devices,
if
that's
gonna,
if
something
is
gonna,
have
to
be
done
later
on
to
address
all
that
and
some
of
the
impacts
it
had
on
them,
both
physically
and
mentally,
and
second
I'd
like
to
find
out
what
I
mean,
how
active
have
you
been
with
your
children,
who
are
also
doing
distance
learning?
I
mean
you
helping
them
every
day,
trying
to
navigate
that
do
homework
online.
I
know
you're,
obviously
the
governor
and
very
busy,
so
how?
How?
C
C
We
also
are
looking
at
the
issue
of
wellness
and
not
just
physical
but
mental
wellness.
Mental
health
as
it
relates
to
the
same
supports
and
providing
flexibility
with
those
dollars
to
provide
additional,
compelling
or
different
additional
capacity,
rather
for
those
districts
to
support
parents,
and
so
this
is
a
very
trying
and
challenging
moment
in
the
history
of
this
country.
For
that
matter,
the
history
of
the
world,
the
overwhelming
majority
of
countries,
are
expressing
similar
concerns
same
time.
Our
default
is
this:
we
must
make
our
schools
safe.
C
That
means
we
must
keep
people
healthy,
not
just
our
kids
but
paraprofessionals
our
teachers.
We
put
out
very
prescriptive
protocols
going
back
in
july
about
what
that
looks
like
worked
in
partnership
with
cde,
worked
in
partnership
with
the
superintendent
of
public
instruction,
worked
in
partnership
with
thousand
plus
districts
in
this
state
to
get
their
feedback
and
advice
and
counsel.
We
want
to
get
kids
back
in
school
for
the
social
emotional
part
of
learning
experience,
but
we
need
to
do
so
in
a
safe
manner.
C
I
have
a
daughter
in
particular
last
only
a
few
minutes
every
morning
before
she
gets
up
and
runs
away
from
that
screen.
Only
to
spend
the
next
20
30
minutes
to
coax
her
back
in
front
of
that
screen.
Older
kids
are
faring
a
little
bit
better
than
the
younger
kids,
and
so
that's
an
experience
I
imagine
replicated
by
millions
of
parents
across
the
board.
Certainly
the
case
in
my
household
and
it's
the
case.
Households
all
across
not
just
the
state,
and
so
the
most
important
thing
we
can
do
is
mitigate
the
spread
of
this
virus.
C
Continue
to
take
seriously
these
non-pharmaceutical
interventions
around
wearing
face
coverings
and
to
try
to
avoid
these
large
mixing
events,
which
are
just
simply
irresponsible,
where
people
are
not
following
the
rules
that
request
a
permit,
but
don't
abide
by
the
commitments
they
make
and
put
other
people's
lives
at
risk
and
increase
the
likelihood
that
not
only
that
we
see
a
spread
of
the
virus,
but
a
delay
in
getting
people
back
to
school
in
a
delay.
If
I
may,
and
getting
people
back
to
work,
there's
simply
nothing
more
important
in
this
state
and
in
this
nation.
E
C
I
came
out
formally
for
that
initiative.
Two
weeks
ago.
I've
long
been
an
advocate
for
reform.
In
this
space,
going
back
many
many
years
was
vocal
on
the
campaign
trail.
No
one
should
be
surprised
by
the
support
of
this
initiative.
I
was
very
heartened
that
the
legislature
was
able
to
move
this
forward
very
gratified
by
it
and.
E
C
Firsthand
not
only
through
my
personal
experiences,
as
relates
to
the
work
I've
done
public
service
over
the
course
of
decades,
but
the
work
that
I
had
the
privilege
of
doing
as
a
member
of
the
uc
board
of
regents
and
the
csu
board
of
trustees
to
see
the
impact
that
affirmative
action
coming
out
of
1995
is
done,
particularly
black
students
and
decline
in
the
total
number
of
black
students
enrolled.
I
think
this
is
a
significant
initiative
and
I
hope
and
encourage
others
to
support
this
cause
in
november.