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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update (Vaccination Eligibility for Ages 50 and Over) - April 1, 2021
Description
With all Californians aged 50 and over now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom today received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine at a vaccination site in South Los Angeles, encouraging Californians to get vaccinated when it is their turn.
The Governor was joined today by California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, community and local leaders who have supported vaccine equity efforts in the region and Government Operations Agency Secretary Yolanda Richardson, who has assisted the state’s vaccine operations planning since January and was also vaccinated today.
Recorded April 1, 2021
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
Good
morning
my
name
is
michael
lawson.
I
am
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
los
angeles
urban
league,
and
I
want
to
welcome
you
this
morning
to
this
wonderful
occasion.
We
had
to
we're
at
the
baldwin
hills,
crenshaw
mall,
where
we,
along
with
the
california
office
of
emergency
emergency
service,
fema,
the
california
state
fire
department
and
many
other
organizations,
not
the
least
of
which
is
the
brother
of
crusade,
which
is
our
comrade
in
arms.
C
As
far
as
servicing
the
community
that
we're
servicing
right
now,
I
want
to
welcome
governor
gavin
newsom
mayor
eric
garcetti
secretary
yolanda
richardson,
councilmember,
marquis,
harris-dawson
and
supervisor
holly
mitchell
for
this
great
occasion.
Today
we
are
here
to
celebrate
the
process.
The
progress
that
we've
made
in
this
community.
C
C
Thank
you
for
leading
the
charge
with
this,
and
I
cannot
say
enough
about
what
the
support
that
we're
getting
from
the
from
our
state
government:
the
support
that
we're
getting
from
our
county
supervisor
the
support
that
we're
getting
from
our
city
with
respect
to
this
and
other
many
other
aspects
of
making
this
work.
It
looks
like
it's
simple.
It
looks
like
it's
easy.
It
is
not,
and
I
want
to
say
a
shout
out
to
the
volunteers
from
the
urban
league
who
have
been
here
from
day
one.
C
C
We
are
so
proud
of
of
the
fact
that
he
took
the
time
to
do
this
here
in
our
community,
because
it's
important
that
he
see
our
community,
and
I
can't
say
enough
about
the
other
electives
that
I
mentioned
and
without
further
ado.
Let
me
introduce
the
next
speaker,
the
mayor
of
this
great
city,
mayor
eric
garcetti.
D
D
That's
what
leadership
is
about.
It's
not
about
trying
to
get
short-term
praise
or
being
worried
about
the
headlines
tomorrow
or
the
folks
that
are
upset
today.
It's
looking
back
10
years
from
now
and
saying
what
did
I
do
to
save
lives
and
to
do
right?
We're
now
looking
at
a
moment
in
which
things
are
opening
up
again?
In
fact,
it's
almost
surreal.
D
I
went
to
a
mall
for
the
first
time
two
days
ago
to
fix
my
wife's
iphone
because
I'm
tech
support
in
the
house.
It
was
amazing
to
see
people
out
eating,
to
see
people
feeling
what
makes
this
city
and
the
state
great
provide
families
and
businesses
the
relief
that
they
need
now,
but
thanks
to
the
bold
leadership
of
this
governor,
the
tireless
effort
of
this
county,
who
we've
never
worked
more
closely
or
more
harmoniously
together-
and
I
want
to
thank
holly
mitchell
for
her
extraordinary
leadership.
D
Los
angeles
is
the
only
large
metropolitan
area
in
in
this
country,
I
believe
in
which
african-american
deaths
which
used
to
be
across
the
country
double
the
represented
population.
Take
away
that
first
month
and
after
we
jumped
into
action,
african-american
deaths
are
less
than
the
represented
population
because
of
the
testing,
the
education,
the
surge.
And
now
we
see
vaccine
hesitancy
coming
down
too,
because
people
realize
this
is
killing
us.
D
We
need
to
protect
ourselves,
and
today
we
have
a
1.4
positivity
rate,
the
lowest
we
have
had
since
april
of
2020
the
lowest
we
have
had
since
april
of
2020..
So
governor
you've
come
to
the
right
place
to
get
your
vaccine
here.
In
los
angeles,
we've
shown
that
when
doses
arrive,
we
get
them
into
arms
each
week,
more
than
90
of
them
out
the
door.
D
It's
that
record
of
speed
of
safety
of
efficiency
and
equity
that
led
us
and
I'm
proud
to
be
able
to
co-announce
with
the
governor
today
that
we're
able
to
say
yes,
when
governor
newsom
asked
us
to
take
over
operations
at
the
cal
state,
la
mass
vaccination
site
in
east
l.a.
The
result
of
this
governor's
advocacy
in
washington
one
of
two
of
the
first
in
the
country,
both
in
this
state
in
oakland
and
here
so
we
will
take
over
those
operations.
D
The
city
we
couldn't
be
more
proud
or
more
ready
to
get
the
job
done
together
with
the
county
will
get
the
doses
launched
by
fema
and
cal.
Oes
is
a
pilot
site.
It
will
have
administered
300,
000
doses
in
just
eight
weeks
and
now
as
they
prepare
to
hand
the
keys
over
to
us,
we're
getting
ready
to
seize
this
opportunity
to
integrate
the
site
into
our
larger
city-wide
efforts
and
to
get
more
vaccines
into
arms.
D
You
know
the
ears
tell
us
things
that
the
days
cannot
see
and
one
year
into
this,
we
can
begin
to
feel
and
understand
what
california
leadership
did
to
not
only
position
the
state
for
a
rebound
but
to
save
lives
of
people.
We
will
never
be
able
to
count.
We
can
only
tragically
count
those
who
are
lost,
but
there
are
many
people
in
this
city
alive
because
of
you
governor-
and
I
thank
you
briefly
in
spanish
and
my
apologies
since
there's
another
press
conference
at
city
hall.
E
I
didn't
get
the
sense
that
he
really
misses
me,
but
you
know
welcome,
as
I
always
tell
you
effectively
to
my
hood,
and
I
say
that
with
great
respect
and
affection
for
the
merk
park.
Crenshaw
community,
you
know
hood
is
an
abbreviation
for
neighborhood
and
this
is
a
neighborhood
rich
in
history
and
culture
and
diversity,
and
you
know
I'm
a
native
lamert
park.
E
I've
welcomed
you
here
a
couple
of
times
and
we've
had
breakfast
at
cj's
and
bought
books
at
epsilon
and
went
to
hot
and
cool
cafe
and
now
you're
here
at
the
historic
baldwin
hills,
crenshaw
mall,
which
was
the
first
contiguous
shopping
mall
built
in
the
country,
a
real
visionary
that
the
lemur
developers
had
many
many
years
ago.
So
I
welcome
you
to
the
balm
and
crenshaw
mall.
It's
a
pleasure
to
have
you
here.
E
I
want
to
congratulate
secretary
richardson
secretary.
Like
me,
you
got
blacksonated
black
women
who
got
vaccinated.
We
got
blaxinated
and
it's
important
that
we
talk
about
that,
because
the
reason
why
it's
so
valuable
to
have
the
vaccination
site
here
for
the
governor
and
the
secretary
to
come
here
is
us
for
us
to
talk
about
communities
of
color
who've
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
this
virus.
This
dual
pandemic,
this
public
health
pandemic
and
this
economic
pandemic,
and
you
can
see
it
in
along
the
crenshaw
corridor.
E
That's
why
we've
been
able
to
increase
significantly
the
numbers
of
black
and
latinx
community
residents,
who've
been
able
to
get
through
and
navigate
their
way
through
the
process
to
be
vaccinated,
and
that's
why
these
community
partnerships
will
and
must
continue
and
I'm
proud
to
know
that
they
will.
I've
been
saying
to
the
governor
and
his
people
for
the
last,
maybe
two
months,
hashtag,
where
the
vaccine
at
and
so
and,
to
my
utter
dismay
it
didn't
catch
on.
But
we
know
that
we
know
that
we
know
where
the
vaccine
is
right
here
right
today.
F
I
also
want
to
just
thank
abstentia
mayor
just
left,
because
I
wanted
to
brag
on
the
mayor
I'll
try
to
integrate
that
into
my
remarks
here
in
a
moment
because
of
his
incredible
partnership
and
by
the
way,
I
just
think
it's
notable
in
not
every
state.
Can
the
governor
lay
claim
to
those
partnerships
at
the
local
level.
F
We
are
blessed
to
have
extraordinary
leaders
at
the
county
and
city
levels,
the
vast
majority
of
them
that
have
been
hand
in
glove
working
with
the
state
of
california,
not
as
sparring
partners,
but
as
working
partners,
not
with
closed
fists
with
an
open
hand
humbled
by
this
entire
experience.
As
the
mayor
rightfully
referenced
this
last
year,
this
journey
that
we've
all
been
on
together
now
seeing
that
bright
light
not
just
light
bright
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel.
But
it's
been
an
extraordinarily
challenging
year.
F
F
These
variants
having
an
impact
on
transmission
in
states,
large
and
small
we've,
had
the
opportunity,
incredible
dialogue
with
governors
all
across
this
country,
governor
whitmer,
in
michigan
battling
these
variants.
Governor
de
santos
in
florida
battling
these
variants.
We
need
to
be
mindful
that
now
is
not
the
time
to
spike
the
ball.
Now
is
not
the
time
to
announce
mission
accomplished.
We
have
enormous
opportunity
in
the
next
six
to
eight
weeks
to
run
the
100-yard
dash,
not
the
90-yard
dash.
F
Let
us
not
dream
of
regretting
we've
come
so
far
together
and
we're
this
close
18,
plus
million
vaccine
doses,
have
been
administered
in
the
state
of
california.
Only
six
other
nations
in
the
world
in
the
world
can
lay
claim
to
that
many
doses
being
administered
to
their
population.
6.6
million
more
doses
of
vaccine
have
been
administered
in
the
state
of
california
than
any
other
state
in
the
nation.
We're
also
mindful
and
the
reason
we're
here
that
it's
not
just
that
top
line
number
the
number.
That
really
matters
is
that
equity
commitment.
F
Last
few
weeks,
40
overlaid
with
an
equity
frame
and
equity
index
that
we're
utilizing
census
track,
neighborhood
by
neighborhood
zip
code
by
zip
code,
making
a
determination
that
we
need
to
do
more
and
do
better
and
by
the
way
I'll
say
that
still
we
need
to
do
more
and
we
need
to
do
better
to
advance
the
cause
of
equity.
It
continues
to
be
stubborn,
and
so
indeed
it
is
supervisor
reason
I
am
here
and
honored
to
be
here
in
the
community.
Michael,
thank
you
for
incredible
partnerships
that
you've
established
here
proving
the
paradigm.
F
This
can
be
done
if
we
commit
ourselves
to
it.
We
can
actually
deliver
on
that
promotion
on
that
promise.
But
we
have
to
build
more
partnership.
We
have
to
build
a
sense
of
community
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
trusted
messengers
with
all
due
respect,
they're,
not
in
washington,
dc
and
they're,
not
in
sacramento
they're
in
the
community.
F
I
was
just
sitting
down
that
15
minutes.
After
getting
my
vaccine
talking
to
members
of
the
community
and
they're
the
real
ambassadors,
the
people
that
were
sitting
next
to
me
after
getting
their
doses,
to
go
back
in
their
community,
go
back
home,
talk
to
friends
and
family
and
say
I
just
got
my
vaccine.
You
should
do
the
same
thing,
and
so
that's
the
power.
F
F
We
just
ordered
arriving
next
week,
single
dose,
one
as
they
say
out
there
as
we're
waiting
one
and
done
we're,
also
seeing
an
increase
in
supply
across
the
board
of
pfizer
and
moderna
2.4
million
we
anticipate
receiving
next
week,
but
then,
in
perspective
two
weeks
ago,
is
1.8
million,
2.4
million
we
anticipate
receiving
next
week.
That's
why
today
we're
allowing
everybody
15
over
to
have
access
to
the
vaccine,
starting
today,
anyone
50
and
over
in
the
state
of
california
is
eligible
to
receive
and
minister
a
dose
of
vaccine.
F
There's
iterations,
you
saw
that
highlighted
by
j
j
issues,
some
manufacturing
issues
that
are
not
impacting
our
572
000
order
or
the
215
000
that
we
anticipate
the
week
later,
but
we're
mindful
of
those
considerations
as
it
relates
to
our
ability
to
actually
deliver
on
what
we
all
are
promoting,
not
just
here
in
the
state,
but
as
the
president's
been
promoting
that
200
million
figure
that
he
has
announced
as
his
nationwide
goal.
I
want
to
just
say
a
couple
things
about
the
fema
site
and
I
appreciate
the
mayor's
leadership.
F
The
mayor
has
taken
the
baton
without
hesitation
to
have
a
seamless
transition
from
the
cal
state
la
site
and
to
now
take
over
that
effort
at
a
local
level.
That
includes,
by
the
way,
these
mobile
sites,
the
site
that
we
are
in
today.
This
is
currently
being
operated
in
partnership
with
fema
and
with
cal
oes
by
april
12th.
F
We
will
transition
the
site
at
cal
state
la
and
the
mobile
sites,
like
this
to
the
city
of
los
angeles,
we're
working
with
the
biden
administration
to
talk
about
allocations
because,
as
you
know,
the
current
doses
do
not
come
out
of
state
supply,
but,
let's
put
it
in
perspective.
California
is
administered
over
18
million
doses.
F
F
So
just
honored
to
be
here
happy
to
take
any
questions.
I
want
to
just
acknowledge
the
incredible
leadership
of
dr
galley.
Throughout
this
entire
process,
yolanda
richardson
who's,
our
vaccines.
Are
she
hates
that
furas
and
term?
Forgive
me,
but
she's
been
running
our
vaccine
efforts.
It
was
wonderful
to
have
here
here
as
well.
She
waited
her
turn
as
we
did
as
I
did
as
well,
and
I
just
encourage
everyone
50
and
over
do
what
I
just
did,
and
I
would
encourage
you
when
you're
curious.
What's
the
best
vaccine
to
take
the
best
vaccine?
F
Yeah
she
is,
as
she
reminded
me
today,
she's
not
50,
and
happy
about
that
so
she's
still
waiting
her
turn,
so
she'll
she'll
get
it
when
her
eligibility
comes
up,
which
I
anticipate
in
two
weeks
on
april
15th.
But
look
let's
be
mindful
just
because
you
allow
the
access
doesn't
mean
everybody
can
rush
and
get
a
reservation
can
get
scheduled
to
get
the
administration
of
the
doses
and
remember
our
biggest
constraint
continues
to
be
manufactured
supply.
F
Let
me
put
in
perspective
that
2.4
million
that
we're
getting
next
week
we
administered
over
two
and
a
half
million
last
week,
so
constraint
again,
is
manufactured
supply.
We've
designed
a
system
through
this
tpa
of
which
now
we
have
81
of
the
population
in
the
state
of
california,
with
memorandums
of
understanding
as
part
of
our
third
party
agreement
with
the
state
and
with
our
third
party
partner.
F
We
have
the
capacity
to
do
five
million
doses
a
week.
That's
the
system,
we've
designed
again
just
2.4
million
coming
next
week,
so
it's
going
to
take
a
number
of
months
for
us
to
exhaust
that
demand.
So,
even
though
we're
lifting
the
eligibility
bringing
down
the
age
to
50
two
weeks
to
everybody,
16
and
over
that
doesn't
mean
april
16th,
everybody
who
wants
a
vaccine
will
have
been
vaccinated.
It
still
will
take
a
number
of
months
to
get
to
that
point.
G
Mike
blood
with
ap,
I
was
wondering
along
those
lines
you
mentioned
a
couple
of
months,
perhaps
to
exhaust
the
demands.
Do
you
have
any
more
precise
sense
of
that,
and
part
of
the
reason
I
ask
is:
I
did
a
random
scan
of
the
county
website
today.
Looking
for
appointments,
I
probably
went
to
about
two
dozen
different
websites
for
walgreens
and
other
other
places.
G
F
It
is
completely
determined
on
the
basis
of
manufactured
supply,
it's
what
we
have
available
and
by
the
way
and
it's
a
sophisticated
question
in
this
context.
The
supply
is
threefold:
you
have
supply
coming
into
the
state,
that's
the
2.4
million
your
supply,
going
directly
to
the
pharmacies,
and
you
may
have
seen
this
last
week.
F
That
said
again,
our
estimates
and
I
see
yolanda
you're
here
and
I
might
as
well
take
advantage.
I
love
that
you're
on
the
road
with
us.
You
know
when
we
say
the
next
couple
months.
I
mean
you
have
any
greater
insight
or
is
it
I
mean
it's
just
it's
illusory.
On
the
basis
of
what
actually
comes
in
to
your
point,
governor
yeah,
take
advantage,
you
mean.
J
Thank
you,
as
the
governor
said,
it's
definitely
based
on
the
the
manufacturing
supply.
I
think
all
of
us
are
anxiously
following
the
news
and
watching
the
federal
government
and
also
watching
some
of
the
new
products
that
might
be
available,
but
the
governor
does
a
great
week
every
week
of
telling
what's
coming
next
and
as
we
have
those
doses
available,
we're
getting
those
to
sites
such
as
this
and
sites
across
the
state
to
make
sure
that
whatever
we
have,
those
appointments
are
available
and
we'll
continue
to
do
so
as
the
hopefully.
G
I
F
On
that
I
mean
we're.
Looking
look
we're
at
18
million,
we
were.
We
were
17
million
just
a
few
days
ago.
I
mean
start,
you
start
doing
the
math
here
and
then
you
start
getting
to
the
point
where
there
are
going
to
be
people
that
are
just
naturally
resistant
and
there
are
all
those
people,
16
and
younger.
Now
that
will
change
as
well,
and
you
saw
obviously
the
authorization
that
is
likely
in
a
few
weeks
for
people
12
and
over
at
least
for
one
of
the
vaccines
pfizer.
F
Modern
is
also
in
their
study
and
we're
hoping
to
see
that
number
even
drop,
lower,
they're,
doing
studies
on
11
year
olds
and
we
hope
to
get
it
down
to
six
months
and
over
and
that
will
then
expand
the
universe
of
availability,
but
to
in
terms
of
the
universe
of
those
that
are
eligible.
That
said,
you
know
we'll
be
at
20
million
next
week.
E
Thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
add
one
point,
because
you
talked
about
having
gone
to
the
county
website
this
morning
to
navigate
what
you
should
be
confident,
knowing
that
as
supply
increases,
we
have
the
infrastructure
here
in
la
county
to
administer
it,
so
we
have
between
our
hundreds
of
community-based
partners
and
the
mobile
sites
and
the
pop-up
sites
and
sites
like
this.
We
have
the
infrastructure
to
make
sure
that,
once
we
know
the
supply
vaccine,
we
have
the
capacity
to
add
to
those
appointments
and
get
shots
in
the
arm.
K
F
Well,
it's
our
commitment
to
equity.
It's
our
commitment
to
vaccinating
the
most
vulnerable.
Remember,
75
percent
of
the
people
that
have
died
from
this
disease
and
this
disease
continues
to
be
deadly
close
to
150
people
lost
their
lives,
families
torn
apart
because
of
the
deadliness
of
this
disease.
The
disease
is
not
taking
easter
weekend
off.
F
F
We
need
to
be
cautious,
and
in
that
respect
we
prioritize
the
most
vulnerable.
We've
been
deliberative
in
terms
of
age-based
and
exposure
based
looking
at
occupation.
I
was
just
in
the
central
valley
yesterday
with
the
first
lady
celebrating
cesar
chavez
day
at
40
acres
original
headquarters
of
ufw,
committing
to
the
cause
of
equity.
That
includes
doing
what
many
other
states
have
not
done
and
that's
prioritizing
their
farm
workers.
I
Governor
margaret
carrera
from
knx,
thank
you
for
taking
questions
a
couple
things
the
president
cdc.
You
know
warning
too
soon
for
the
loosening
of
restrictions
and
so
on
and
so
forth
and,
like
you
had
mentioned,
you
know
we're
seeing
the
variance
we're
seeing
the
cases
go
up
in
other
states.
Yet
we
are
opening
up
do
do
you
feel
that
this
is
the
right
move
for
california?
That's
number
one!
I
F
F
F
It's
a
dimmer
switch
on
and
off
up
down,
and
so
we
have
the
capacity
not
on
whim,
not
on
political
considerations
but
on
the
basis
of
serial
surveillance
transmission
rates
case
positivity
rates,
broadly
defined,
with
an
equity
component
to
be
able
to
move
in
whatever
direction
is
necessary
to
focus
and
and
and
resolve
to
finish,
this
entire
process
within
a
health
frame.
First,
as
it
relates
the
infrastructure
plan,
it's
a
game
changer,
it's
a
once.
I
didn't
think
I'd
live
to
see
something
that
my
grandparents
talked
about.
F
F
We
have
a
president
united
states
talking
about
the
care
economy
in
the
context
of
infrastructure
and
seniors.
That's
an
enlightened
leader.
I
didn't
think
I'd,
hear
those
things
from
a
president,
and
so
I
couldn't
be
more
proud.
I
was
telling
the
first
lady
yesterday
for
california,
it
completely
matches
our
values
and
the
progress
we're
making
as
a
state,
this
state's
running
close
to
a
25
billion
dollar
operating
surplus
and
we're
the
beneficiary
of
an
equivalent
amount
coming
from
the
federal
stimulus
in
so
much
of
the
investments
that
we
will.
F
L
F
That's
right,
and
so
before
I
answer
that
it's
also
contingent
on
increase
of
pfizer
and
modernist
supply,
which
has
not
been
infected
impacted.
So
we
we
are
anticipating
an
increase
in
supply
on
those
two
jokes
regimen,
regardless
of
what
seems
to
have
occurred
in
baltimore
at
the
manufacturing
facility.
F
F
Here's
what
we've
been
told
that
our
three-week
window
on
j
j
has
not
been
impacted
by
this
manufacturing
issue
in
baltimore,
which
means
let
me
be
specific,
that
we
anticipate
receiving
572
700
doses
next
week
of
j
j,
215
400
doses
the
week
later
and
215
400
doses
the
week
after
that.
That's
the
window
to
which
they
have
given
us
confidence
say
is
secured
beyond
that.
It's
an
open-ended
question.