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Description
Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state's response to the wildfire season and the COVID-19 outbreak.
Recorded July 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
B
Thank
you
again
for
the
opportunity
to
update
you
on
some
of
the
work
we're
doing
here
in
the
state
of
california
to
keep
people
healthy
and
also
keep
people
safe.
We're
here
at
one
of
the
air
force
bases
here
in
northern
california.
Behind
me,
you'll
see
a
brand
new
blackhawk
helicopter
that
was
procured
recently
by
cal
fire.
B
We're
very
pleased
to
have
this
new
equipment,
not
only
here
today,
but
it
demonstrably
is
part
of
an
effort
to
upgrade
and
improve
our
delivery
system,
our
capacity
to
mitigate,
prevent
and
suppress
wildfires
here
in
the
state
of
california.
I
don't
need
to
remind
anybody
that
lives
in
the
state
of
california
of
the
wildfire
season
getting
extended
year
in
and
year
out.
B
We
refer
to
this
time
of
season
peak
wildfire
season.
We
have
had
to
date,
at
least
through
july
5th
of
this
year,
from
january
to
july
5th
some
4
112
wildfires-
that
represents
a
significant
increase
over
last
year.
Back
last
year,
there
were
five
hundred
and
eighty
wildfires
four
thousand
one
hundred
twelve
twenty
five
hundred-
and
eighty
excuse
me-
is
the
average
that
we
experience
on
an
annual
basis.
B
The
good
news,
despite
the
significant
increase
in
the
total
number
of
fires
that
we've
experienced
to
date,
is
that
the
size
of
the
fires
have
been
contained
substantively
so
in
fact,
average.
Now
these
wildfires
about
acres,
we
have
a
goal
to
get
to
95
suppression
under
10
acres
for
each
wildland
fire
we've
been
exceeding
that
goal
and
as
a
consequence,
even
though
we've
experienced
substantially
above
average
number
of
wildfires,
we
have
actually
experienced
a
reduction
in
the
average
number
of
acres
burned
compared
to
previous
year
and
compared
to
historic
averages,
and
so
that's
testament.
B
It's
a
long
way
of
saying
this.
That's
testament
to
the
talents
that
reside
here
today
behind
the
camera.
Those
you'll
hear
from
in
a
moment
chief
porter
and
others
that
are
responsible
for
keeping
us
safe
and
responsible
for
organizing
a
construct
with
cal
fire
that
is
second
to
none
in
this
country.
I
would
argue
anywhere
else
in
the
world.
B
B
Accordingly,
we
have
the
capacity
and
once
the
cohort
of
new
pilots
is
brought
online,
we'll
be
able
to
get
these
helicopters
to
provide
suppression
during
the
evening
hours,
which
is
also
a
significant
advancement
compared
to
the
old
helicopters,
the
hueys
from
sort
of
vietnam
era,
helicopters
that
we
had
in
the
past.
That
did
none
of
that
above
so
anyway.
I'm
just
encouraged
by
the
fact
that
we're
seeing
these
procurements
now
come
into
place
under
now.
The
banner
of
cal
fire
also
encouraged
that
we
were
able
to
successfully
pass
a
budget
this
year.
B
Despite
a
very
difficult
budget,
climate,
54.3
billion
dollar
budget
shortfall
that
we
had
to
balance,
we
were
still
able
to
make
investments,
not
just
the
285
million
dollars
for
the
blackhawks
that
I
referenced,
but
also
made
investments.
130
million
dollars
in
new
investments
from
communication
equipment
made
investments
on
new
cameras
over
5
million
dollars
for
108
wildfire
cameras,
which
are
incredibly
important
and
advantageous
in
terms
of
being
able
to
identify
early
some
of
the
sparks
as
it
relates
to
new
fires.
B
B
B
One
of
the
more
important,
though
investments
we
made
was
an
85.6
million
dollar
investment
to
provide
a
new
permanent
workforce
for
cal
fire,
we're
adding
an
additional
172
members,
full-time
equivalent
staff
to
our
team.
That
is
a
significant
increase.
Those
are
not
seasonal
workers.
That's
baseline
support
for
cal
fire
again
during
a
difficult
budget
season.
B
That
was
not
necessarily
something
many
people
anticipated
we
would
be
able
to
accomplish,
and
that
was
accomplished
because
of
the
leadership
of
the
legislature.
I
want
to
thank
both
the
senate
leaders
as
well
as
assembly
leaders
for
supporting
these
budgets
and
advancing
the
collective
cause
of
vigilance
to
keep
us
safe
and
prepare
for
our
wildfire
season
so
with
the
additional
permanent
staff.
Now
additional
resources,
you
see
behind
me
in
terms
of
equipment,
more
sophistication
in
terms
of
suppression
and
tactics
based
on
new
technologies
that
we
procured.
B
We
believe,
despite
the
fact,
we've
seen
an
increase
with
a
very
dry
winter,
an
increase.
The
total
number
of
fires
that
the
team
here,
chief
porter
leadership
entire
office
of
emergency
services,
is
up
to
the
task.
But
I
say
all
that
very
soberly
on
the
basis
of
the
fact
that,
just
in
the
last
10
years,
five
of
the
most
destructive
wildfire
seasons
we
have
incurred.
B
I
don't
need
to
remind
you
of
where
we
were
just
24
months
ago,
talking
about
paradise
and,
of
course,
last
year,
even
though
it
was
a
below
average
year
in
terms
of
wildfires,
didn't
feel
like
that
for
people
in
southern
california
or
in
northern
california,
or
certainly
those
directly
impacted
by
the
ravages
of
some
man-made
disasters,
but
also
mother,
nature.
And
I
am
not
going
to
be
sheepish,
I
won't
be
shy.
The
hots
are
getting
hotter.
The
dries
are
getting
drier,
the
wets
are
getting
wetter.
B
You
may
call
that
climate
change.
You
may
call
that
global
warming,
but
one
thing
we
know
is
our
approach
to
dealing
with
wildfires
has
to
change
and
adapt
with
a
climate
that
is
changing
very,
very
dramatically,
and
so
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
those
leaders
that
are
assembled
here
today
again,
some
you'll
hear
from
in
a
moment
for
their
attention,
their
stewardship,
their
faith
and
devotion
to
the
cause
of
of
wildfire
suppression
and
public
safety.
B
First,
though,
I
want
to
just
mention
a
couple
other
things
before
I
bring
up
tom
porter,
our
chief,
and
that
is
a
little
bit
update
on
pg
e,
because
pg
e
plays
a
role
in
our
efforts
here
to
prepare
and
suppress
wildfires.
It
goes
without
saying
we
were,
none
of
us
were
sheepish.
None
of
us
were
shy
in
our
condemnation
and
critique
about
the
nation's
largest
utility
pg
e
that
went
into
bankruptcy
with
everything
going
on.
Many
people
may
not
be
aware
that
pg
e
is
now
out
of
bankruptcy.
B
We're
able
to
accomplish
that
before
july,
1st,
but
they're
coming
out
a
new
company
they're
coming
out
with
new
expectations
and,
ultimately,
new
accountability
and
responsibility
and
a
new
criteria
that,
if
they
don't
perform,
the
state
of
california,
can
intervene
in
ways
we've
never
been
able
to
with
a
private
utility.
In
the
past,
it's
important
to
note
a
part
of
the
merchants
from
bankruptcy.
Pg
e
they're
required
to
do
things
in
the
past.
B
They've
never
been
required
to
do
on
vegetation
management
on
updating
and
modernizing
their
grid
on
hardening
their
infrastructure
on
sectionalizing
parts
of
the
grid.
So
they
could
be
more
precise
in
terms
of
when
they
turn
off
that
power
and
how
quickly
they
can
turn
on
that
power
on
weather
monitoring
stations
on
their
own
infrared
evening
capacity
to
get
lines
back
up
and
to
ultimately
procure
the
personnel
that
are
required
for
the
work
that
they
need
to
do
on
wildfire
safety.
There's
a
new
wildfire
safety
division.
B
There
is
a
new
wildfire
safety
advisory
group
made
up
of
experts.
The
state
of
california
has
its
own
monitor.
That's
currently
in
pg
e
monitoring,
their
progress
to
transition.
There's
a
5
billion
dollar
obligation
that
pg
e
has
to
invest
in
utilities
broadly
to
invest
in
hardening
their
infrastructure
undergrounding
wires,
and
that
is
a
requirement
that
does
not
come
with
a
profit
attachment,
meaning
those
of
you
watching
don't
have
to
pay
the
costs
associated
with
the
return
on
the
investment
of
that
size
that
they
have
in
the
past
typically
sought.
B
B
I
want
to
appreciate
senator
hill
in
particular,
though,
for
his
leadership
getting
to
me
just
a
week
or
so
ago,
a
bill
that
allows
us
to
take
pg
e
over
if
they
are
not
performing
on
the
expectations
and
the
mandates
that
we
have
set
forward.
We
have
graduated
sanctions,
graduated
oversight
and
the
capacity
to
break
glass.
What
we
refer
to
as
plan
b,
if
they
simply
are
not
doing
their
job.
So
we
are
about
safe,
reliable
and
affordable
service,
more
oversight,
more
accountability,
more
capacity
to
deliver,
I'm
not
going
to
over
promise.
B
However,
just
on
the
pg
e
front
that
everything
is
going
to
change
overnight,
it
took
us
decades
for
pge
to
create
the
mess
that
they
created,
where
they
ended
up
in
bankruptcy.
For
the
second
time
in
the
last
decade,
plus,
none
of
us
again
are
naive
about
what
they
need
to
accomplish
moving
forward,
but
we've
never
had
a
criteria.
B
Because
one
thing
we
recognize
is:
if
we're
going
to
count
on
our
front
line
employees
and
make
these
kind
of
investments
by
increasing
our
firefighting
workforce
and
we
got
to
keep
them
safe.
We
got
to
keep
these
environments
covet
free,
and
so
we
have
criteria
a
lot
of
changes
here
at
cal
fire
and
in
terms
of
our
fire
suppression
strategies.
B
To
make
sure
people
have
appropriate
protective
gear
to
make
sure
that
we're
socially
distancing,
even
as
fighting
fires,
to
make
sure
we're
getting
briefing
that
is
not
all
cohorted
together
to
make
sure
that
meals
are
served
in
a
way
where
we
can
isolate
any
considerations
of
concern,
as
it
relates
to
the
spread
of
covet
19..
A
lot
of
new
protocols,
not
approp
new
procedures
are
in
place.
B
So,
dr
gil,
our
director
digiladucci,
will
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
those
protocols
and
procedures.
They've
been
working
on
for
months,
new
guidelines
they
put
out
and
actually
have
already
utilized,
based
on
the
existing
wildfires
that
we've
been
experiencing
since
january,
and
talk
about
how
we
want
to
improve
upon
our
efforts
as
we
iterate
in
this
very
different
environment
that
we
are
in.
But
with
that,
let
me
now
ask
tom
porter
to
come
up.
B
Chief
porter
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
what
he's
been
doing
the
last
number
of
months
to
prepare
for
this
wildfire
season,
and
and
as
I
do
that,
and
as
I
walk
away,
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
his
work
on
those
35
high
priority
vegetation
management
projects
that
we
identified
that
impact
200
vulnerable
communities
in
the
state
of
california,
their
team
delivered
on
all
35.
They
got
those
projects
done.
These
are
fire
break
projects.
B
C
C
That
means
that
fires
aren't
going
to
just
go
out,
as
the
sun
goes
down,
they're
going
to
start
burning
through
the
night
they're
going
to
start
burning
into
the
chaparral
or
brush
covered
landscape,
they're,
going
to
start
burning
into
the
forest.
This
is
the
time
of
year
where
fires
start
to
get
bigger
and
more
difficult
to
control.
C
C
What
we
need
from
you,
the
public
is
a
continued
vigilance.
We
have
finished
the
35
projects.
We
are
continuing
with
an
additional
list
of
projects
that
follow
that
and
we
are
not
going
to
forget
that
we
need
to
come
back
and
maintain
the
35
projects.
So
this
is
a
ongoing
commitment
to
you,
the
public,
that
we
will
maintain
and
look
to
further
that
effort.
That
was
that
was
undertaken
in
the
last
year.
C
Just
in
this
calendar
year,
just
2020
we
have
already
arrested.
This
is
only
cal
fire
law
enforcement
has
already
arrested,
45
arsonists
45,
just
in
the
seven
month
period
that
we're
currently
in
for
this
year.
That
is
because
of
tips
that
come
from
you,
the
public.
We
need
to
have
that
information
and
then,
as
we
start
to
respond
to
fires-
and
there
are
evacuations-
there's
already
been
evacuations
here
and
there
on
some
of
the
smaller
fires
that
we've
had
thus
far
public
is
starting
to
see
how
those
are
going
to
go
director.
C
Your
mask
is:
what's
going
to
keep
you
safe
from
infections
coming
into
your
community
as
well
as
keep
our
firefighters
and
emergency
responders
safe
from
taking
infection
out
into
their
population,
we
really
need
you
to
wear
the
masks
and
we're
all
wearing
masks
here
today.
That
is
my
expectation
that
my
firefighters
are
doing
the
same
and
that
you,
the
public,
are
helping
us
with
that
messaging.
C
So
we
we
will
continue
to
commit
to
aggressive
initial
attack.
That
is
the
point
in
time
when
we
can
reduce
the
impact
to
wildland
fire
the
greatest
to
the
greatest
extent.
If
we
can
keep
fire
small,
we
will
do
everything
in
our
power
to
do
so.
That
will
reduce
the
impact
on
the
population
on
health
and
everything
that
goes
along
with
it.
It'll
save
budget
as
well.
C
So
what
you'll
hear
is
me
calling
for
now
painting
small
fires?
We
need
to
put
as
much
retardant
on
the
ground
around
wildfires
as
possible
as
quickly
as
possible
in
order
to
keep
fire
small
retardant
keeps
fire
small
by
allowing
the
time
to
get
fire
crews
in
and
cut
line
around.
That
is
absolutely
important.
It
needs
to
happen
on
every
single
fire,
regardless
of
jurisdiction.
C
With
that,
I'm
going
to
circle
back,
our
mutual
aid
partnership
here
in
california
is
something
that
the
world
aspires
to.
There
isn't
any
place
on
earth
that
has
the
capabilities
that
are
brought
together
by
our
community
of
local
government
federal
government
and
state
government
working
together
seamlessly
to
keep
fire
small,
but
when
fires
get
big
to
wrap
around
and
make
sure
that
the
fire
is
taken
care
of
as
well
as
the
public.
D
In
the
event,
we
need
to
set
up
a
emergency
shelter,
but
that
mutual
aid
system
expands
to
beyond
just
the
firefighters.
It
includes
our
law
enforcement
and
sheriffs
and
highway
patrol.
It
includes
our
emergency
services
at
the
local
level,
the
american
red
cross,
the
salvation
army.
These
are
all
these
are
all.
They
are
all
entities
that
come
together
to
help
us
through
the
process
of
making
sure
that
all
of
you
are
kept
as
safe
as
possible.
D
During
these
events
this
year,
when,
when
we
have
a
wildfire,
you
want
to
be
very,
very
attuned
of
what's
happening
in
your
community,
pay
attention
to
local
authorities,
listen
to
alerts
and
warnings
if
you're
told
to
evacuate
evacuate,
do
not
wait.
This
is
very
important.
There
may
be
conditions
because
of
of
resource
limitations,
or
we
may
be
wanting
this
year
to
move
people
out
of
harm's
way
before
fire
gets
to
a
particular
area,
and
so
we
we
will
be
informing
you
of
what
those
fire
conditions
are
in
your
area.
D
So
when
you
see
a
red
flag
warning,
when
you
listen
to
local
authorities
about
what's
happening
in
your
community,
if
you're
told
to
evacuate
this
year,
we
are
doing
some
things
a
little
differently.
It
may
be
that
we
don't
put
you
in
a
congregate,
shelter
situation.
We
may
be
putting
you
into
hotels.
D
We've
been
working
throughout
the
state
with
the
hotel
industry
to
be
able
to
open
up
the
opportunity
of
making
hotels
available
for
families
and
individuals
to
keep
people
separated,
so
that
they're,
not
congregating
in
the
event
that
there
is
an
initial
shelter
where
you
need
to
go
into
a
what
would
be
a
traditional
shelter,
we
are
going
to
be
doing
some
requirements.
There
will
be
temperature
checks,
there
will
be
mandatory
mask
wearing.
We
will
set
up
shelters
that
are
separating
putting
appropriate
social
distancing,
as
the
governor
mentioned.
D
Feeding
will
be
different
this
year,
it
won't
be
sort
of
buffet
style,
feeding
will
be
individual
meals
or
what
we
call
meals
ready
to
eat
and
be
able
to
hand
those
out
on
an
individual
basis.
There
will
be
enhanced
nursing
staff
or
medical
staff
to
ensure
that
we
can
account
for
individuals
with
access
and
functional
needs
or,
if
there's
any
other
particular
problems,
and
we
may
be
doing
some
segregating
from
people
who
who
may
be
covet
positive
separating
from
people
who
are
not
covet
positive.
D
So
there's
a
number
of
things
that
we
have
built
into
this
system.
We
have
built
new
guidance
through
our
california
department
of
social
services
through
the
american
red
cross
and
through
the
office
of
emergency
services.
This
was
a
collaborative
effort
with
our
fire
and
law
enforcement
community,
and
we
also
built
around
that
new
new
evacuation
protocols
about
how
best
to
be
able
to
address
individuals
in
a
covet
environment.
D
So
this
year
be
aware,
listen
to
recommendations
and
also,
let
me
just
reassure
everybody-
we're
all
coming
together
on
this.
We've
thought
it
through,
but
this
is
a
partnership
that
also
includes
all
of
you.
It's
not
just
a
government
issue.
It
is
also
a
partnership.
So
please
have
a
plan
under
get
a
communications
plan.
Understand
your
evacuation
routes
where
you
live,
have
more
than
one
evacuation
route,
should
one
become
blocked
and
listen
to
authorities
as
they
give
you
their
their
guidelines?
B
B
B
conservation
corps
as
well
is
down
not
as
substantially
as
cdcr
but
they're
down
in
terms
of
the
total
number
of
crews.
As
a
consequence.
I
also
want
to
announce
today
that
we
are
directing
cal
fire
to
move
forward
with
a
temporary
cohort
of
support,
an
additional
858,
seasonal
firefighters
through
at
least
october,
and
we
want
additional
six
cohorts
or
crews
at
our
calif
california
conservation
corps
as
well.
To
help
supplement
and
augment
this
reality.
B
We
are
now
walking
right
into
the
thick
of
firefighting
season
wildfire
season.
Let
us
be
vigilant-
and
let
us
take
heed
to
what
director
giladucci
said-
that
there's
a
lot
we
can
do
individually
in
terms
of
our
own
preparedness
and
our
own
planning,
evacuation
planning
and
the
like,
but
also
remember,
defensible
spaces.
B
If
you
haven't
gotten
to
that,
please
do
so
this
weekend.
If
you
can,
to
the
extent
you've
been
thinking
about
doing
a
little
bit
of
home
hardening
and
you
haven't
done
it,
you
may
want
to
reconsider
about
the
opportunity
to
do
that,
because
this
is
the
time
to
do
this.
Don't
dream
of
regretting
let.
B
B
When
you
look
at
the
seven
day
average
and
increasingly,
I
hope
we
can
begin
to
focus
on
the
seven
day
average,
as
the
day-to-day
doesn't
always
give
you
a
real
sense
of
where
the
trend
lines
are
it's
a
more
episodic
number.
But
when
you
look
at
the
seven
day
average,
we
currently
have
8043
positives
that
we've
averaged
over
a
seven
day
period,
seven
thousand
and
thirty,
one
last
reporting
day,
eight
thousand
and
forty
three,
which
is
the
rolling
seven
day
average.
Speaking
of
seven
day
average.
B
We
have
a
14
day,
positivity
rate
that
we
share
with
you,
often
the
slides,
if
any
of
you
tuned
in
to
our
slide
presentations,
the
seven-day
average
as
well.
Both
the
14-day
positivity
rate
in
the
state
of
california
and
the
seven-day
positivity
rate
in
the
same
in
the
state
of
california
are
at
seven
point
three
percent
seven
point:
three
percent
positivity
rate,
both
14
and
seven
day,
average.
In
the
state
of
california,
we
have
lost
over
a
seven
day
period.
B
We've
averaged
73
lives
lost
in
the
state
of
california
73
a
day
we
saw.
We
talked
about
this.
On
monday,
we
saw
a
weekend
where
we
were
down
to
6
20
on
saturday
six
on
a
sunday
and
there's
a
little
bit
of
lag
in
some
respects.
On
reporting,
we
had
a
few
folks
come
in
from
san
bernardino
last
night
number,
rather
reports
coming
from
san
bernardino
as
an
example
where
they
were
at
zero
and
all
of
a
sudden
at
21.
B
There
may
be
some
reporting
questions
there.
That's
why
I
think
the
seven
day
average
is
really
where
I
want
to
focus
our
efforts
consequence
when
you
just
look
at
that
one
day
it
was
149
that
were
reported
yesterday,
but
I
want
folks
to
take
a
look
at
some
of
the
reports
that
came
in
from
some
of
these
counties.
I
I
think
it's
really
more
responsible
for
all
of
us
to
share
the
seven
day
average
and
not
focus
on
six
one
day
and
149
a
week
later
devastating
each
and
every
one.
B
What
more
reminder
do
you
need
not
only
in
terms
of
the
spread
transmission
of
this
virus,
the
ubiquity
of
this
virus,
not
only
throughout
the
state
of
california,
but
increasingly
all
across
this
country,
but
the
mortality
rates
are
still
front
and
center
and
should
be
in
your
consciousness
for
those
that
just
think
that
now
people
are
getting
it
no
one's
dying.
That
is
very
misleading.
In
fact,
it's
fundamentally
untrue
and
california's
numbers
that
were
reporting
over
a
seven
day
period
averaging
73
149
yesterday
are
testament
to
that
point.
B
How
deadly
and
devastating
this
disease
continues
to
be
in
the
state
of
california
and
how
incredibly
important
and
essential
it
is
that
you
wear
face
masks,
face
coverings,
practice,
physical,
distancing,
wash
your
hands
practice,
the
kind
of
hygiene
and
sanitation
that,
hopefully,
by
now,
we've
all
been
accustomed
to
since
the
beginning
of
this
pandemic.
So
that's
an
update
briefly.
I
I
want
to
just
update
you
stint.
We
had
slides
I'd,
be
presenting
hospitalization
numbers
and
icu
numbers
again,
proving
the
episodic
nature
day-to-day
nature.
Of
some
of
these
things.
B
Our
hospitalization
numbers
went
up
modestly.
Yesterday,
0.4
percent
and
our
icu
numbers
actually
went
down
yesterday,
0.1
percent.
That
doesn't
tell
me
anything
again.
I
look
at
those
rolling
14
day
averages.
That's
what
I
share
with
you
on
a
consistent
basis
and
remember.
Hospitalizations
yesterday,
over
a
14-day
period,
have
increased
44,
icus
and
increased
yesterday
by
34,
so
just
because
they
went
down
marginally
yesterday,
isn't
of
itself
a
trend
line
and
should,
in
and
of
itself
be
a
headline
either.
B
So
that's
the
hospitalizations
icu's
deaths,
total
number
of
new
positive
cases,
rolling
averages
we're
experiencing
over
seven
14-day
period.
We
continue
to
do
more
to
monitor
and
work,
providing
technical
assistance
with
the
26
counties
that
are
currently
on
the
monitoring
list
to
make
sure
that
their
needs
are
met,
and
I
will,
in
closing,
before
we
open
up
the
questions.
Just
highlight.
E
Hi
there
governor
this
is
colby
burmell
from
politico
california,
in
sacramento
cover
energy.
Thank
you
for
taking
the
time
along
with
directors
supporter
and
a
few
fire
questions
to
start.
This
is
for
either
governor
newsome
or
director.
Porter
will
regular
and
or
inmate
fire
crews
ever
be
at
full
strength
this
season
and
how
important
are
inmate
fire
crews
to
california's
overall
firefighting
effort
and
throughout
the
west,
yeah.
B
I'll
have
we've
had
a
partnership
since
the
late
1940s
with
cdcr
and
the
state
as
it
relates
to
these
hand.
Crews
goes
back
decades
and,
as
I
said,
some
of
the
toughest
work
that's
done
out
there
on
the
lines.
Some
of
the
most
important
work
is
done
by
these
hand.
Crews,
I
noted
a
moment
ago
and
I'll
reinforce
it.
B
Now
we
have
192
crews
in
the
state
of
california,
partnership
with
the
state
and
cdcr
we're
down
to
94
of
those
192
that
are
quote
unquote,
active
and
that's
why
we
have
some
urgency
to
provide
some
supplemental
support
in
terms
of
seasonal
firefighters
and
address
the
need
to
do
the
same
with
our
conservation
corps.
Members
as
well
as
it
relates
to
the
essential
nature
of
their
work.
C
I
don't
expect
this
season
to
to
make
it
to
full
capacity
with
with
inmate
crews.
I
think
we
do
have
the
the
possible
opportunity
toward
the
end
of
season
to
bolster
that
and
get
close
to
where
we
were
last
year,
which
which
essentially
was
at
about
75
percent.
We
were
around
150
155
crews
last
year
and
we
hope
to
get
to
that
number
or
close
to
it
as
well.
C
When
in
base
camp
at
large
fire
operations,
they
will
be,
they
will
be
considered
a
family
unit
because
they're
working
so
closely
together.
So
they
will
eat
together.
They
will
travel
together.
They
will
work
together,
but
they
will
be
working
traveling
and
eating
separate
from
the
rest
of
everybody.
So
there
will
be
these
family
units
that
you'll
see
at
base
camp
eating
together,
potentially
not
with
masks
on
while
eating.
C
D
B
Now
it
reinforces
the
new
directive
on
the
858
individuals.
Let
me
say
two
things,
though
briefly
just
to
give
people
a
full
sense
of
what's
happening.
It's
not
just
a
coveted
question.
We
have
decompressed
the
prison
system
cdcr
by
roughly
10
000
individual
inmates.
Since
march,
we
have
plans
to
continue
to
do
more,
as
it
relates
to
concerns
we
have
within
the
system
and
inmate
safety,
as
well
as
staff
safety.
B
As
consequence
of
that
and
some
of
the
camps
where
we've
had
to
quarantine,
we
have
38
camps
or
so
in
the
state,
and
we've
had
issues
in
some
of
those
camps
that
brought
down
total
number
of
available
personnel
inmates
to
help
support
these
efforts.
That
are
the
reason.
The
predicate
foundation
which
we
are
building,
this
new
cohort,
seasonal,
firefighters
through
october
858.
E
And
on
the
flip
side
of
this
fire
equation,
there
are
the
residents,
of
course,
on
evacuations
how
you
guarantee
the
health
and
safety
of
residents
on
the
shelters,
not
just
given
the
smoke
from
the
fires,
but
now
the
chronovirus
transmission
looking
close
quarters
and
a
follow-up
to
that.
If
I
may,
will
there
be
a
shortage
of
already
depleted
masks
and
will
hospitals
be
ready
to
handle
a
possible
surge?
This
fall.
B
Yeah
well,
as
relates
to
mass,
I
made
announcements
yesterday
about
the
success.
We've
had
189
million
mass
just
from
one
vendor
that
we've
been
up
bringing
in
the
last
60
plus
days,
79
million
and
95
masks.
Not
just
the
189
million
procedure
masks.
We
now
have
inventory
of
well
over
a
quarter
billion
masks,
it's
still
not
where
we
need
to
be
and
where
we
want
to
be,
and
so
we'll
continue
to
procure
more
masks,
we're
diversifying
the
portfolio
of
those
that
we're
securing
mass
from.
B
I
was
last
week
now,
with
the
head
of
the
california
manufacturing
association,
announcing
a
new
effort
to
get
manufacturing
going
in
the
state
of
california,
so
we
could
procure
more
masks
within
our
state
create
jobs
within
the
state
of
california.
We
announced
some
partnerships
there.
We
have
one
vendor,
that's
providing
over
500
000
masks
in
santa
clara,
california
and
95
masks
a
month
that
is
helping
that
cause
for
the
state
that
will
ultimately
help
the
cause
of
addressing
the
needs
of
our
our
firefighters
and
our
emergency
personnel
as
well.
B
But,
specifically,
your
question.
The
beginning
of
question
was
about
the
issue
that
director
gilladuchi
was
describing
and
advancing
he's
been
working
on,
providing
these
guidelines
for
evacuations
and
sheltering
strategies
with
covet
in
mind,
and
let
me
ask
him
back
up
to
answer
more
specifically
some
of
the
efforts
and
maybe
probably
more
granularity.
Your.
D
Look
all
of
the
shelters
through
the
new
protocols
and
procedures
that
we
put
in
place
are
we're
considering
the
coveted
protocols
for
sheltering
designed
to
ensure
that
that
again,
if
we're
going
to
be
doing
congregate
sheltering
those
shelters
are
going
to
be
made
sure
that
they
are
segregated
appropriately,
so
that
either
we're
separating
positive,
coveted
folks
from
negative
covert
folks
we're
going
to
cohort
families
keeping
family
units
together,
there
will
be
deep
cleaning
that
will
be
taking
place.
Temperature
checks
will
be
occurring
at
these
shelters.
D
As
you
come
in
and
get
registered,
there
will
be
a
thermometers
and
other
kinds
of
of
medical
procedures
that
are
in
place.
There
will
be
ensuring
that
feeding
is
done
in
a
much
more
safe
and
secure
manner
so
that
its
specific
meals
provided
for
each
individual
person.
Now,
that's
in
the
event
that
we
are
in
a
congregant
sheltering
situation.
D
The
other
piece
that
we
talked
about
earlier
is
utilizing
hotels
being
able
to
then
provide
support,
services,
wrap-around
services
at
those
hotels,
we've
been
working
with
the
cal
state
university
system,
the
community
college
system,
as
well
as
uc
in
the
event
that
we
need
to
use
dormitories,
expand
the
use
of
facilities,
and
we
have
our
fairgrounds
that
we
could
build
out
as
well.
So
there
are
a
number
of
things
that
we've
actually
put
in
place,
but
let
me
be
clear:
there
is
nothing
extremely
linear
about
this.
D
This
is
always
working
through
the
circumstances,
and
the
conditions
of
a
particular
fire
of
a
particular
community
will
dictate
a
lot
about
how
we're
responding
to
this.
But
these
are
the
protocols
that
we've
been
putting
in
place
and
we've
already
used
them
on
at
least
three
or
four
fires
that
we've
had
in
the
state
and
and
we've
tested
the
protocols,
and
we
found
that
the
protocols
are
working
very
well
thanks.
E
Governor
newsom,
you
just
discussed
that
you're
doing
some
more
work
on
the
continued
decompression
of
prisons.
Just
wanted
to
get
like
a
status
update
on
that
and
just
wanted
to
find
out
like
where
these
inmates
are
going
and
and
if
you
have
the
unlike
the
authority,
to
even
mandate
these
early
releases.
B
I
think
it's
important
people
that
are
not
familiar
with
the
state
of
california
and
cdcr,
our
california
department
of
corrections
and
rehabilitation
and
in
2006
the
health
needs
of
our
prisoners
were
not
being
met
and,
as
a
consequence,
a
federal
receiver
took
over
the
health
care
delivery
within
the
system.
That's
been
in
place
since
2006.,
most
of
the
main
major
decisions,
including
a
lot
of
budgetary
thrust
as
it
relates
to
health
care
delivery,
come
from
the
receiver's
office
appointed
authority
and
very
direct
and
pointed
capacity
to
deliver
in
that
respect.
B
So
we
are
working
with
the
receiver,
we're
working
with
plaintiffs
as
well
as
federal
judges
that
are
involved.
In
this
case,
I
visited
one
of
the
prisons
just
48
hours
or
so
ago,
with
the
federal
judge
to
have
first-hand
opportunity
to
engage
with
him,
dialogue
about
specific
conditions
and
one
of
our
other
prison
facilities.
B
What
we're
up
against
we've
had
flare-ups
and
many
prisons
from
chino
to
lancaster,
chuckawalla
other
avenue
prisons,
where
we
were
able
to
work
very
aggressively
and
collaboratively
with
the
receiver's
office,
with
plaintiff's
attorneys
and
with
our
partners,
both
department
of
public
health,
as
well
as
within
cdcr,
to
address
some
of
those
outbreaks
and
we're
making
some
progress
again.
One
case
is
too
many
in
corrections.
The
biggest
concern
remains
san
quentin,
prison,
1314
individuals,
at
least
as
of
noon
today
are
tested
positive
in
san
quentin.
B
We
are
working
collaborative
with
the
receiver
federal
judge,
many
others
to
decompress
that
system.
On
march
1st,
in
san
quentin,
we
had
4051
individuals
that
were
in
that
prison.
I
made
point
number
of
days
ago
well
over
a
week
ago
that
we
have
planned
within
the
next
few
weeks
to
bring
that
population
down
to
3076
that's
phase,
one
from
131
percent
capacity
down
below
100
capacity.
B
That
will
happen
in
addition
to
that,
we
are
looking
to
decompress
san
quentin,
even
more
we're
cohorting
individuals,
we're
testing
people,
we're
testing
staff,
we're
going
through
a
process
and
protocol
to
make
sure
the
test
results
come
back
in
a
much
more
expeditious
period
of
time.
We've
got
an
instant
command
center
working
collaboratively
with
the
county
marine
county
and
others
to
make
sure
that
all
of
us
are
on
the
same
page.
All
of
us
are
rowing
in
the
right
direction.
B
There
has
not
been
one
week
in
the
last
two
months
where
we
have
not
focused
with
laser
intensity
on,
what's
going
on
in
congregate
facilities,
including
corrections
homeless
facilities,
which
I
highlight
often
what's
happening
in
veterans
facilities
in
this
state,
what's
happening
in
residential
care
facilities
for
seniors,
what's
happening
in
skilled
nursing
facilities.
So
this
is
a
deep
responsibility,
deep
obligation
to
keep
people
protected
and
safe,
particularly
those
that
are
in
these
vulnerable
environments.
B
And
so
I
just
want
folks
to
know
the
seriousness
of
purpose.
It
is
stubborn
and
it's
been
incredibly
frustrating
that
we
had
someone
make
the
decision
to
transfer
a
few
patients
from
one
prison
chino
into
san
quentin,
and
that
decision
created
the
well
the
chain
of
events
that
we
are
now
addressing
and
dealing
with.
I'm
not
here
to
sugarcoat
that
I'm
not
here
to
scapegoat
that
all
of
us
are
now
accountable
to
addressing
this
issue
and
doing
so
forthright
matter.
That's
precisely
what
we're
doing.
B
I
mean
in
broad
strokes
term.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
work
of
ralph
diaz,
the
head
of
corrections.
I
want
to
thank
the
acting
the
acting
warden,
the
vacaville
prison.
I
want
to
thank
the
federal
judge
for
his
sincerity,
his
deep
deep
commitment
to
protecting
inmates,
as
well
as
staff
in
our
prison
system.
I
want
to
thank
them
for
their
work,
particularly
at
that
prison
in
other
prisons.
B
So
we
want
to
have
an
opportunity
to
discuss
the
unique
characteristics
of
what's
working,
what's
not
throughout
the
system
and
use
that,
as
a
case
study,
I've
been
to
san
quentin
on
at
least
half
a
dozen
occasions.
I
have
a
deep
sense
of
the
conditions
and
criteria
of
a
prison
was
built
in
1851,
not
dissimilar
to
a
footprint
that
we
have
at
folsom
and
others
where
it's
more
challenging
environment
in
terms
of
mitigating
the
spread.
B
So
we
had
a
chance
to
dialogue
about
how
we
are
addressing
the
unique
conditions
that
reside
in
each
distinctive
institution
of
the
35
within
corrections
and
how
we
have
to
tailor
strategies
and
solutions
based
upon
the
open
dorm
and
how
things
are
cohorted
and
stacked
and
how
the
patient,
or
rather
respect
to
the
medical
facilities,
patient
population
inmate
population
within
corrections,
how
their
unique
status
will
impact
the
spread
of
this
virus
and
ultimate
impacts
on
hospitals
and
icus.
So
we're
working
through
all
of
that
in
real
time.
B
As
I
said,
there's
not
a
day-
that's
gone
by
last
week,
where
not
personally,
I'm
not
going
through
a
list
of
people
that
are
medically
vulnerable,
not
personally
going
through
a
list
of
people
that
we
are
providing
some
relief
and
providing
guidance
for
probation
parole
in
order
to
move
out
into
the
community.
But
I
want
to
make
this
point.
Forgive
the
long-windedness
in
this
response
deserves
more
specificity
of
response.
That
is
what
I
can't
do,
is
release
people
to
the
streets
and
sidewalks
and
the
parks
and
benches,
and
call
that
compassion
to
do
that.
B
If
you're,
a
medically
vulnerable
state
in
this
economy
with
no
family
to
leave,
people
on
the
streets
is
not
something
that
I
will
do.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
people
have
support
when
they
get
out,
and
this
may
seem
easy
for
some-
that
thousands
and
thousands
of
people
automatically
have
housing.
They
have
jobs,
they
have
full
family
support
and
abundant
lives.
B
The
minutes
they
release
from
prison,
even
if
they're
being
released
180
days
before
they
otherwise
were,
but
that's
not
always
the
case,
and
we
are
just
describing
how
we're
trying
to
procure
hotel
rooms
and
facilities
for
people
that
are
evacuating
for
a
myriad
of
different
reasons,
including
projecting
the
future
wildfire
season.
We
have
to
do
the
same
with
the
same
responsibility,
same
intentionality
for
a
cohort
of
individuals
that
are
being
afforded
the
opportunity
to
have
early
release,
and
so
that's
a
work
that
needs
to
be
done
individual
by
individual.
B
It's
not
perfect
and
that's
a
process
that
a
whole
team
of
people
has
been
underway.
For
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks
over
3
500
cohort
was
released
going
back
to
april.
We
have
thousands
more
that
are
in
the
queue
to
be
released
moving
into
the
next
weeks
and
months.
All
of
them
require
specific
strategy,
individualized
efforts
and
supports,
and
that's
what
the
entire
probation
parole
process
is
all
about.
B
Yeah
I've
been
been,
as
I
say,
saint
quinn
on
dozen
half
dozen
occasions,
the
extent
federal
judge
and
others.
We
can
make
our
way
happy
to
do
that.
But
again,
we've
been
visiting
prisons
consistently.
I
was
in
solano
a
number
of
weeks
back
as
well,
not
just
in
the
vacaville
prison.
I've
been
very
active
in
this
space
on
criminal
justice
reform,
active
participant
in
the
number
of
campaigns
prop
36
47
57,
prop
64,
which
I
led
the
effort
as
it
relates
decriminalization
of
cannabis
as
a
criminal
justice
reform
issue.
B
That's
not
someone,
that's
high
on
my
list
in
terms
of
release.
This
is
serious
stuff.
It
requires
a
seriousness
of
purpose
or
people
just
saying
just
release
thousands
and
thousands
of
people,
I
hope
they're
being
thoughtful
and
considerate
of
not
only
the
victims
but
the
prospects
of
people
reoffending,
and
so
we
have
to
be
very
deliberative
here
and
forgive
me
for
personalizing
this.
E
B
We
put
a
process
and
protocol
in
place
with
the
work
that
we
did
to
get
pg
e
out
of
bankruptcy.
Puc
has
new
protocols
and
process
with
what
we
refer
to
as
psps
these
power
shutoffs
those
four
letters
very
familiar
to
people
in
the
state
of
california,
the
blackouts
that
basically
de-energize
lines
in
anticipation
of
a
high
wind
event
or
high
fire
event
where
there
may
be
vulnerabilities
in
those
lines,
the
challenge
in
the
past.
It
was
an
imprecise
process.
They
did
not
have
the
sophistication.
B
Pg
e,
in
particular
other
use,
more
sophisticated,
pg
e,
less
sophisticated
in
terms
of
those
protocols
and
how
they
can
sectionalize
those
lines,
so
they
can
shut
off
a
smaller
cohort
of
homes
and
customers,
and
not
the
large
swathers
that
they
did
last
year.
So
we've
been
working
very
collaboratively
with
pg
e.
We
brought
in
a
monitor
to
oversee
the
psps
process.
We've
got
this
wildfire
safety
committee.
We
have
experts
in
this
space
that
are
on
the
advisory
committee
as
well
as
the
safety
division.
B
That's
now
been
set
up
the
puc
and
within
pg
e,
proper
specific
to
psps.
We
also
put
50
million
dollars
in
the
budget
to
make
available
to
counties
to
help
support
their
efforts
for
senior
centers
in
corrections
help
us
with
elections,
because
we
have
elections
coming
up
in
november
and
we
want
to
anticipate
the
needs
of
counties.
So
we
provided
resources
in
that
space
as
well,
and
it
is
our
expectation.
B
Yeah,
I
don't
have
the
benefit
of
of
reading
the
proceedings.
I've
been,
fortunately
not
a
position
to
answer
that
kind
of
specificity.
That's
warranted,
as
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
read
the
briefs
as
it
relates
to
that
particular
settlement.
I
will
have
a
veil
that
a
lot
of
priorities
right
now
in
front
of
us,
including
getting
pg
out
of
bankruptcy,
preparing
for
wildfire
season,
making
sure
we're
doing
more
doing
justice
to
those
that
are
incarcerated
that
are
vulnerable,
high
medical
risks
to
coven
19
and
addressing
the
spread
of
pandemic.
E
Okay,
thank
you
and
but
several
journalists
have
asked
me
to
ask
you
that
the
cta
california
teachers
association
yesterday
said
that
the
state
schools
are
not
ready
to
safely
reopen
just
as
president
trump
pressures
reopening
online
the
face
of
the
pandemic.
The
state
budget
deal
said
that
schools
like,
should
we
open
like
to
the
greatest
extent
possible?
What
do
you
say
to
those
teachers
that
have
concerns
about
ppe,
like
in
other
safety
elements,
and
has
your
administration
provided
enough
safety
for
teacher
staff,
students.
B
Yeah
I'd
say
the
same
thing
I
said
yesterday
that
we
need
to
it's
non-negotiable
need
to
keep
people
safe
and
healthy.
We
won't
go
back
into
institutions
that
we
can't
promote
the
kind
of
safety
and
healthy
and
hygiene
that's
required,
not
only
to
protect
our
kids
but
staff.
I
made
this
crystal
clear
yesterday.
That
includes
not
just.
Teachers
includes
cohort
of
support
staff
from
bus
drivers
to
janitors
and
the
like.
So
it's
non-negotiable
safety.
B
I
appreciated
the
letter
from
california
teachers
association,
it's
a
spirit
to
which
we
are
entering
into
the
next
phase
of
engagement
with
superintendents
and
with
district
leaders
all
up
and
down
the
state
to
safely
reopen
our
schools.
If
we
can't
do
that,
then
we
will
have
to
modify
how
we
advance
learning
and
that
other
thing
that's
non-negotiable
is
we
need
to
teach
our
kids?
It
is
a
default
in
the
budget.
You
reference
the
budget
in
statute
that
we
prefer
in
person,
education
for
social,
emotional
reasons,
not
just
academic
and
intellectual
reasons.
E
B
I
have
put
language
in
my
budget
advanced
language
to
consider
the
fact
that
we
have
many
schools
in
the
state
of
california
that
are
increasing
their
own
police
departments
within
the
schools,
decreasing
the
number
of
available
counselors
to
deal
with
adolescent,
not
just
physical
health,
but
adolescent
mental
health.
I
find
that
rather
curious
and,
as
a
consequence,
put
language
in
the
budget.
B
That
we've
created
a
work
group
that
we
have
created
in
partnership
with
the
superintendent
of
public
education.
Tony
thurman
and
I
look
forward
to
advancing
that
as
we
advanced
it
in
the
language
in
the
budget
budget
that
I
signed
last
monday
and
will
be
advanced
in
discussions
and
dialogue
over
the
course.
The
next
number
of
months.
E
I
appreciate
your
time,
you're,
always
very
helpful.
I
had
a
question
from
christine
mike
lazar
at
cbs2,
los
angeles.
She
wrote
in
that
her
inbox
is
always
being
flooded,
like
with
emails
from
a
lot
from
readers
and
viewers
who
haven't
like
received
like
their
unemployment
benefits
and
like
they
haven't,
been
able
to
get
on
the
phone
with
folks
like
edd.
E
B
Few
thousand
people
have
been
retrained.
A
few
thousand
people
have
been
moved
over
temporary
assignments
edd
to
deal
with
historic
backlog,
historic
number
of
applications.
Some
6.3
million
people
have
filed
for
unemployment
and
received
it
since
just
march
12th.
Since
march
15th,
we
now
have
distributed
over
44.3
billion
dollars,
44.3
billion
dollars,
including
just
last
week.
3.5
billion
dollars
was
distributed
through
edd
it's
3.5
billion,
but
it's
not
enough.
We
got
to
do
more.
We
got
to
do
better.
B
A
B
It
wasn't
filled
out
appropriately
may
have
been
some
paperwork
that
still
hadn't
been
presented.
All
those
cases
require
individual
case
managers
and
those
can
be
very
time
consuming.
No
excuse
we'll
have
to
do
more
and
do
better,
and
I
can
assure
you
talking
to
my
colleagues
other
governors
across
the
country
with
one
or
two
exceptions,
and
there
may
honestly
just
be
one
or
two
exceptions.
B
Everybody
is
struggling
with
this
unprecedented
moment
in
history,
with
the
unprecedented
historic
number
of
claims
that
came
in
overnight
and
all
of
us
at
least
those
that
I've
talked
to
are
resolved
to
work
together,
share
best
practices
to
finally
address
this,
so
the
next
governor
governors
to
come
are
never
sitting
here,
answering
a
question
around
edd
three
letters
that
have
become
almost
synonymous
like
three
four
letters.
Last
year,
psps.
E
B
Well,
thank
you
all
for
the
time
and
attention.
Thank
you
for
vigilance
and
diligence
in
terms
of
your
own
work
to
mitigate
the
spread
of
this
virus
to
wear
face
coverings,
practice,
physical,
distancing,
the
deep
sanitation
in
your
business,
deep
realization
of
our
personal
responsibility
to
wash
our
hands
and
and
to
be
thoughtful
about
not
only
ourselves
but
others,
health
as
well.
I
want
to
just
thank
chief
porter
director
guladucci
and
their
entire
team,
the
men
and
women
in
uniform
the
cal
fire
firefighters.