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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update - April 17, 2020
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Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Bringing together leaders across California’s diverse, innovative economic and social sectors to chart a path forward on recovery in the wake of COVID-19, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the formation of a state Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery. The Task Force will be co-chaired by Governor Newsom’s Chief of Staff Ann O’Leary and philanthropist, environmentalist and businessman Tom Steyer, who was also appointed Chief Advisor to the Governor on Business and Jobs Recovery. He will receive no compensation for his service.
Members of the Task Force include Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove, Assembly Minority Leader Marie Waldron, former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, Walt Disney Company Executive Chairman Bob Iger, former head of the Small Business Administration Aida Álvarez and dozens of prominent leaders in business, labor, health care, academia and philanthropy.
Recorded April 17, 2020 in Sacramento
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
(Due to technical difficulties in the original broadcast, a portion of the press conference was edited)
B
Well,
good
afternoon,
it's
been
said
that
there
are
decades
when
nothing
happens
and
there
are
weak
days
or
weeks
that
decades
happen.
It's
a
way
I.
Think
of
describing
what's
happened,
not
only
from
a
California
context,
but
a
global
and
national
context.
The
magnitude
of
what
has
happened
with
this
pandemic
and
impact
it's
had
on
individuals,
lives,
lost,
but
also
the
economic
consequences
of
this
virus
are
now
just
coming
into.
Sharper
focus
in
a
sharper
picture
is
being
painted
about
the
present
and
the
future.
B
Just
here
in
the
state
of
California,
just
since
March
12th,
some
3.1
million
Californians
have
filed
for
unemployment
insurance.
Just
since
March
12th
3.1
million
have
filed
for
unemployment
insurance.
A
few
weeks
back,
I
was
giving
a
State
of
the
State
talking
about
the
fact
that
we
had
just
entered
into
a
hundred
and
nineteen
month
of
consecutive
job
growth
in
the
state
of
California.
We
talked
about
the
fact
that
we
were
averaging
a
GDP
growth
over
a
five-year
period
of
3.8%,
substantially
outpacing
the
rest
of
the
nation.
B
We
were
enjoying
lowest
unemployment
in
modern,
recorded
history,
3.9
percent
today
I
stand
in
front
of
you.
Sobered
by
the
reality
of
the
last
few
weeks,
we
are
now
in
a
pandemic
induced
recession
here
in
the
state
of
California,
and
while
the
new
numbers
came
out
today,
5.3
percent
unemployment
that
masks
the
reality
of
where
the
real
unemployment
rate
is
here
today
and
ultimately
will
end
up
over
the
course
of
weeks
and
months
again,
3.1
million
have
just
applied
for
unemployment,
insurance,
they're,
not
all
represented
in
that
5.3
percent
unemployment
rate
number.
B
These
are
sober
and
challenging
times
and
we
believe
very
confident.
These
are
not
permanent
moments
in
terms
of
what
we
should
expect
in
the
future.
We
have
great
confidence
in
our
capacity
to
in
a
California
way
to
not
just
survive
working
our
way
through
this
pandemic,
but
to
thrive
over
the
course
of
the
next
year,
2
and
3,
as
we
turn
this
economy
around,
and
so
today
we
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
specifically
about
our
simultaneous
efforts
to
focus
not
only
on
the
crisis
at
hand.
B
B
985
human
beings,
their
stories,
their
lives,
their
families,
torn
asunder,
have
lost
their
lives
since
the
beginning
of
this
pandemic.
We
are
coming
close
to
that
thousand
mark
mark.
We
hoped
we
would
never
see
again.
It
puts
this
moment
in
perspective.
We
need
to
continue
practicing
physical
distancing.
We
need
to
apply
deeply
apply
the
stay
at
home
orders.
B
We
are
not
out
of
the
woods
yet
the
worst
mistake
we
can
make
after
so
much
progress
in
the
state
of
California
bending
the
curve
making
those
models
of
moot
because
of
your
actions,
and
your
extraordinary
cooperation
in
this
effort
is
to
pull
back
right
before
we're
at
a
point
where
we
can
start
toggling
back
and
begin
a
very
thoughtful,
phased
in
approach
to
reopening
the
state
of
California
and
ultimately,
reopening
our
economy.
So
I
I
want
to
frame
that
as
a
predicate,
because
I
recognize
the
exuberance
some
of
have
around
entering
the
conversation.
B
The
next
phase
conversation
about
economic
recovery
and
economic
growth
and
a
desired
attach
dates
and
deadlines
to
those
strategies.
I
course
never
tempered
by
dates
and
deadlines.
I
only
am
guided
by
Health
and
Science
real
data
in
a
granular
level.
Bottom
up,
not
top
down
I'll
remind
you,
40
million
californians.
B
We
are
the
most
diverse
and
we
are
the
largest
state
in
the
Union
and,
as
a
consequence,
we
need
to
be
very
prescriptive
in
our
strategies,
very
targeted
in
our
strategies
and
approaches,
as
we
begin
to
set
touring
and
regionally
focus
on
the
issue
of
economic
recovery
and
economic
growth.
That's
specifically
what
I
want
to
now
talk
about
today
is
what
that
looks
like
and
how
we
could
be
guided
and
aided
in
our
effort
to
fully
recover
as
a
California
economy
by
the
way,
not
just
as
the
California
economy
as
California
goes
so
goes.
B
The
nation
I
should
just
note,
since
the
Great
Recession
California
led
the
nation,
with
15%
of
all
the
American
jobs
were
created
since
the
Great
Recession
were
created
right
here
in
the
state
of
California
3.4
million
jobs,
since
that
recovery
began
only
to
be
confronted
by
this
new
reality.
We
ended
our
streak
of
120
consecutive
months
of
net
job
creation.
It
ended
officially
with
our
March
numbers.
B
Some
of
the
great
social
justice
warriors
reside
here
in
the
state
of
California
tribal
leaders,
healthcare
leaders,
small
business
leaders.
We
are
blessed
to
have
the
kind
of
human
resources
that
only
a
nation-state
could
be
afforded
and
we
have
tasked
80
of
them
to
begin
to
work
through
each
and
every
sector
of
our
economy,
to
put
together
tangible
actionable
ideas
for
short-term
medium
and
long-term
economic
recovery.
We
have
an
advisory
committee
that
represents
the
diversity
of
our
state
geographically
and
otherwise,
and
it's
an
advisory
council
that
also
includes
I'm,
proud
to
say
all
for
living.
B
The
state
of
California,
two
Republicans,
two
Democrats
I,
want
to
thank
Governor
Pete
Wilson
I
want
to
thank
Governor
Arnold
Schwarzenegger
I
want
to
thank
Governor,
Gray,
Davis
and
I
want
to
thank
Governor
Jerry
Brown
for
joining
this
effort
as
well.
We
can't
do
it
without
you.
This
is
not
a
partisan
endeavor.
This
is
about
California
and
a
California
first
mantra
to
do
everything
we
can
across
our
differences
and
across
the
spectrum
of
political
ideology
to
row
in
the
same
direction.
B
Accordingly,
it's
also
guided
and
aided
by
leadership
in
both
the
assembly
and
Senate
Republicans
and
Democrats
I
want
to
thank
all
of
them
for
their
willingness
to
participate
in
this
work
group
and
to
guide
our
recovery
through
the
creation
of
this
invite
advisory
group.
When
I
talk
about
California
California
Way
with
a
bit
of
pride,
that
strategy
is
not
just
about
growth
strategy
is
predicated
on
inclusion,
growth
and
inclusion.
B
Poverty
rates
homeless
rates
in
the
state,
despite
the
incredible
economic
growth
that
really
were
an
outrage
and
deserved
the
critique
and
criticism
that
we
were
well
aware
and
certainly
received
from
those
that
felt.
We
should
do
more
and
do
better,
and
so
I
say
that
to
make
this
point,
we
are
guided
in
our
recovery
with
those
considerations
at
heart,
deeply
at
heart
and
deeply
in
our
minds.
B
We
recognize
that,
if
we're
going
to
learn
anything
from
the
past,
it's
not
to
repeat
the
mistakes
of
the
past
and
have
a
sustainable
mindset,
not
just
a
situational
mindset
again
in
terms
of
how
we
recover
it
is
in
the
how
we
recover
that
I
think.
Ultimately,
we
will
be
judged
and
judge
ourselves
and
I.
Think
that
is
the
spirit
of
the
group
of
people
and
advisors
we
put
together.
I
have
four
of
those
advisers
one
physically
here
who
will
be
co-chairing
our
efforts.
B
Tom
Styer
I
have
three
others
that
will
participate
on
a
video
in
just
a
moment
and
lay
out
and
present
their
reasons
for
why
they're
joining
this
Advisory
Council,
but,
more
importantly,
what
they
hope
we
can
achieve
through
these
efforts.
I'm
blessed
as
I,
introduce
our
chair,
Tom
Styer,
to
just
introduce
him.
B
The
focus
was
on
sustainability,
both
from
perspective
of
mother
nature,
but
also
the
markets
and
to
focus
on
low
income,
to
focus
on
small
businesses
throughout
the
state
of
California
that
Bank
grown
and
it's
become
truly
a
national
model.
Tom,
of
course,
made
his
career
understanding
the
economy
in
ways.
B
C
Thank
you,
Gavin
and
I
want
to
take
a
second
here
to
point
out
what
an
exceptional
job
governor
Newsom
has
done
guiding
the
state.
Through
this
pandemic,
he
has
been
a
steady
hand,
he's
been
decisive,
he's
been
forward-thinking
and
he
has
won
the
admiration
of
people
across
the
state
of
California
across
the
United
States
and
around
the
world.
He
has
really
done
an
exceptionally
good
job
and
I
think
he
deserves
all
of
our
support
and
admiration.
C
Health
and
safety
have
to
be
paramount
here
in
California,
but
everyone
is
also
hurting
economically
people
across
the
state
are
worried
about
their
jobs
and
they're,
worried
about
taking
care
of
their
families
and
I.
Think
it's
absolutely
critical
at
the
outset
to
point
out
that
resource
starved
communities
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
this
and
are
suffering
the
most
and
disproportionately
and
that
any
equitable
recovery
plan
is
going
to
have
to
put
those
communities
front
and
center.
C
This
is
an
unprecedented
situation,
but
the
idea
of
shared
prosperity
is
not
one.
That's
new
to
me
as
governor
Newsom
said.
I
did
start
my
own
business
in
California
35
years
ago
and
grew
it
over
27
years.
I
also
invested
in
businesses
across
the
state
and
around
the
world.
But,
as
Gavin
said,
my
great
partner,
cat,
Taylor
and
I
started
a
bank
in
2007
dedicated
to
the
ideas
of
economic
justice,
environmental
sustainability
and
supporting
businesses
owned
by
women
and
people
of
color.
C
In
addition,
I've
traveled
around
this
state
and
the
entire
country
meeting
people
across
the
board
to
get
a
sense
over
eight
years
of
the
varied
conditions
of
Americans
in
this
country.
So
at
this
point
let
me
just
read
the
mission
statement
of
what
it's
called
and
it's
a
mouthful
the
governor's
task
force
on
business
and
jobs,
recovery
to
develop
a
strategy
to
help
California
recover
as
fast
as
safely
possible
from
the
kovat
19
induced
recession
and
to
create
a
fair,
green
and
prosperous
future.
C
C
Let
me
say
we
will
have
brought
together
some
of
the
best
minds,
as
Gavin
said
in
this
state,
to
develop
a
recovery
plan,
but
we
will
also
be
reaching
out
to
people
across
the
state
whether
those
are
activists
or
experts,
labor
or
environment
community
groups,
our
filling
for
philanthropists.
This
will
be
a
broad-based
effort.
C
I
do
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
task
force
who
have
volunteered
their
time,
their
wisdom
and
their
energy
and
I
particularly
want
to
thank
my
co-chair
n
O'leary
who's,
the
governor's
chief
of
staff,
who
I
have
known
for
a
long
time
and
work
together
with
extremely
happy
and
successfully
I.
Can't
tell
you
what
a
pleasure
it
is
for
me
to
be
back
working
with
Anne.
C
C
We
have
the
biggest
state,
we've
led
in
so
many
ways
in
terms
of
information,
technology
and
entertainment
in
terms
of
defense,
electronics
and
agriculture.
We've
led
in
so
many
ways.
We
will
try
to
come
up
with
a
recovery
plan
that
is
worthy
of
California's
past
and
pushes
us
to
a
better
future
and
remedies.
Some
of
the
in
justices,
which
this
kovat
19
pandemic,
have
revealed
in
our
society
and
with
that
I
will
hand
it
back
over
to
governor
Newsom.
Thank
you
so
much
Gavin.
B
Thank
you
Tom,
and
thank
you
for
all
your
guidance,
your
leadership,
your
counsel
and
helping
organize
this
broader
Advisory,
Committee
I
think
what
Tom
said
needs
to
be
restated
and
that
is
a
safe
reset,
a
safe
restart
for
a
roadmap
for
recovery,
safe
predicated
on
health
predicated
on
data
predicated
on
science.
We're
not
going
to
get
ahead
of
ourselves.
We're
gonna,
do
this
thoughtfully
and
judiciously
again,
guided
by
values,
but,
more
importantly,
in
anything
else,
guided
from
a
health
conscious
frame.
B
We
clearly
recognize
the
imperative
of
continuing
to
meet
that
moment
as
our
first
and
foundational
principle
as
we
move
forward.
I
should
just
extend
and
we
have
now
80
people
that
are
part
of
this
advisory
panel,
not
only
people
like
Bob
Iger,
representing
some
of
the
largest
businesses
anywhere
in
the
world,
and
certainly
here
as
one
of
the
largest
employers
in
the
state
of
California,
but
we
have
representatives,
including
Ida
Alvarez,
who
ran
the
SBA
under
the
Clinton
administration.
We
have
Janet
Yellen,
who
joined
this
effort.
B
Former
Fed
chair
talking
to
us
about
community
QE
in
the
MLF
program.
We
have
people
with
unique
expertise
and
insight,
particularly
in
organized
labor,
Mary
Kay
Henry,
the
International
president
of
SEIU,
predominantly
a
healthcare
labor
organization,
Willie
Adams,
ILWU
international
president.
As
part
of
this
effort,
we
have
tribal
chairman
Ramirez,
who
joined
this
effort,
Healthcare
Lloyd
Dean
and
people
like
Greg
Adams,
the
largest
health
companies
in
the
world.
Kaiser
also
part
of
this
effort.
B
I
could
be
a
peril
going
through
the
list
of
everybody's
name,
leaving
people
off
like
Tim,
Cook
or
Marc
Benioff,
and
many
others
that
have
joined
all
of
them
eager
to
participate
and
I
should
just
say
all
of
them.
We
had
the
chance
to
reach
out
to
all
of
them
and
universally
people
said.
Let
me
know
how
I
can
help.
Let
me
know
how
I
can
be
supportive,
we'll
start
convening
a
meetings
very
shortly.
Obviously
we
will
break
down
the
work
of
this
large
group
into
subcategories
and
entertainment
hospitality.
B
We
have
a
CEO,
William,
Sonoma
retail,
obviously,
issues
related
to
manufacturing
needs
in
the
Central
Valley
Northern
California
in
the
Central
Coast,
not
just
Southern
California
and
some
of
our
coastal
economies.
It's
a
regional
sectoral
effort,
truly
bottom-up,
informed
by
the
expertise
of
these
advisers,
and
it's
supplemental
to
the
existing
workgroups
that
we
have.
We
have
an
Economic
Council
of
Advisors
that
continues
to
do
their
work
in
concert
in
a
collaborative
spirit.
B
B
In
this
light
and
participate
in
this
outstanding
effort-
and
so
that's
broad
strokes,
what
we
wanted
to
announce
today,
forgive
the
technical
difficulties
on
that
zoom
call,
but
we
are
looking
forward
to
giving
you
progress,
supports
on
the
work
of
this
group
again
led
by
Tom,
Steyer
and
I
appreciate
his
acknowledgment
of
my
outstanding
chief
of
staff
and
O'leary
his
co-chair
to
make
sure
that
we're
truly
integrated
into
the
governmental
apparatus.
We
have
a
supplementary
team
of
folks
from
the
EPA
folks
from
finance.
B
All
of
our
top
lieutenants
are
also
going
to
participate
and
help
guide
and
staff.
This
effort
so
with
Tom
and
Anne
in
that
cross
collaboration
across
pollenization
of
perspectives.
We
want
to
make
this
actionable.
We
want
to
make
this
meaningful.
This
is
not
something
we're
in
six
months,
I'm
looking
forward
to
giving
you
a
draft
or
putting
out
a
long,
thick
report.
We
want
in
real
time
to
demonstrate
meaningful
reforms,
meaningful
changes,
working
on
bonds,
working
on
all
kinds
of
financial
mechanisms
to
jumpstart
this
economy,
loans
and
grants.
B
How
we
use
the
I
I
mean
I
can
go
on
and
on,
except
to
say,
work
is
already
underway.
Progress
is
being
made
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
more
of
that
in
the
weeks
ahead,
not
just
months
ahead.
With
that
in
mind,
let
me
paint
a
picture
of
what's
ahead
in
terms
of
our
expectations,
as
we
not
only
talk
about
a
roadmap
for
recovery,
but
we
talk
about
a
strategy
to
begin
to
toggle,
back
and
forth
in
terms
of
our
efforts
to
begin
to
soften
up
on
our
stay-at-home
order.
B
We
are
not
ready
to
do
that
yet.
I
noted
the
outset.
985
families
torn
apart
because
of
loss
of
loved
ones,
95
the
worst
24-hour
period
since
this
virus
attacked
people
in
the
state
of
California,
the
worst
number
of
deaths
that
we
have
experienced
that's
humbling,
and
it
should
be
eye
opening
to
people
that
think
that
we're
out
of
the
woods
and
I
just
encourage
people
as
people
practice
their
civic
rights
and
responsibilities
and
share
their
voice
and
advocacy,
be
it
advocacy,
supporting
a
cause
or
advocacy
opposing
a
cause.
B
I
just
encourage
you
all
to
practice
physical
distancing
to
maintain
your
advocacy
mindset
in
a
way
that
keeps
you
healthy
and
keeps
your
loved
ones
healthy
and
I,
say
loved
ones,
including
our
seniors.
It's
not
lost
on
me.
Shouldn't
be
lost
on
you
what's
happening
in
our
skilled
nursing
facilities
and
our
senior
in
our
adult
daycare
facilities
over
3,500
people
we're
putting
out
the
numbers
in
detail
today.
B
Over
3,500
people
tested
positive
within
that
system,
we
have
roughly
400
facilities
where
we
have
either
a
staff,
or
we
have
someone
were
caring
for
that
has
tested
positive,
so
your
death
rates
now
the
highest
they've
been
and
the
number
of
people
in
the
most
vulnerable
settings.
Our
seniors
people
that
literally
raised
us
built
this
middle
class.
You
talk
about
vibrancy
in
the
California
economy,
the
American
economy.
These
are
the
folks
that
built
that
economy
are
still
most
at
risk.
B
Big
flare
up
in
Tulare,
County
157
people
in
a
facility
of
167
that
have
tested
positive
for
kovat,
19
I
just
cannot
impress
upon
folks
more.
This
knows
no
geography,
it
knows
certainly
no
party,
it
knows
no
region.
This
is
impacting
all
of
us
across
the
state
if
you
feel
you're,
young
and
healthy
and
you're
gonna.
B
Be
okay,
I
remind
you,
you
may
not
have
symptoms,
but
you
still
may
in
others
by
transmitting,
even
in
an
asymptomatic
setting,
you
may
transmit
that
disease
to
someone
you
love
dearly
and
so
I
cannot
encourage
you
more
to
maintain
our
social
distancing
and
continue
to
practice
the
physical
distancing
and
here's
why
hospital
numbers
went
up
slightly
again.
Yesterday,
1.2
percent,
we
continued
to
have
slowed
down
the
rate
of
growth.
We
have
bent
the
curve
it
has
begun
to
flatten,
but
again
it's
not
moving
in
the
direction
that
we
are
ready
to.
B
Ultimately
celebrate,
including
I,
see,
use
a
number
of
people
and
Ric
use.
Good
news
yesterday
went
down
1.4
percent,
it's
beginning
to
flatten
in
the
IC
use,
but
again
not
enough
to
suggest
again
that
we
are
in
that
next
phase
that
I
talked
about
just
a
few
days
ago.
So
again,
please
please
continue
to
be
smart,
continue
to
do
what
you've
done
to
get
us
to
this
point
and
continue
it
to
give
us
the
opportunity
to
lay
out
the
criteria
that
we'll
do
on
a
weekly
basis.
B
Every
Wednesday,
starting
next
week,
as
we
lay
out
specific
strategies
and
update
you
on
those
six
areas
that
we
laid
out
in
terms
of
how
we'll
begin
not
to
turn
the
light
switch
on,
but
to
move
that
dimmer
back
and
forth
to
start
to
focus
on
loosening
up
and
a
very
specific,
targeted
and
regional
way
on
the
stay
at
home
order.
We
are
not
there
yet
so
broad
strokes.
That's
where
we
are
today
again
couldn't
be
more
pleased
by
the
incredible
collection
of
talent
that
we
assembled
with
this
advisory
committee.
B
D
Governor
there
are
several
groups
that
are
asking
you
to
and
say
that
you
have
the
authority
to
issue
a
moratorium
to
stop
immigration
transfers
they're
citing
concerns
over
Koba
19
outbreaks
and
substandard
conditions
about
these
detention
centers.
What
is
your
current
position
on
immigration
transfer?.
B
Well,
my
it's
a
legal
question:
it's
a
moral
and
ethical
question,
but
it's
also
a
legal
question
and
we
are
looking
at
our
authority.
As
you
know,
I
signed
legislation
to
make
these
for-profit
prisons
in
the
state
of
California
and
ice
detention,
centers
illegal,
they
sued
the
state
of
California
and
so
I'm,
guided
not
just
by
my
desires
but
by
the
Constitution
and
the
law,
and
so
I'll
happily
update
you
on
the
progress
of
that.
But
I
can
assure
you
I've
got
a
team
of
people
and
you
may
been
here
two
days
ago.
B
We
referenced
that
team,
very
specifically,
when
I
made
the
announcements
on
making
sure
that
we
are
providing
direct
disaster
relief
checks
to
people,
regardless
of
their
immigration
status
and
other
work,
we're
doing
to
help
support
all
of
our
diverse
communities
in
the
state.
We
hinted
at
their
work
specifically
in
this
space,
but
we
have
nothing
at
this
moment
to
announce.
E
Governor
questions
on
testing
what
the
specific
number
of
tests
you
and
the
testing
Task
Force
would
like
to
see
on
a
daily
basis,
as
it
relates
to
meeting
that
first
benchmark
in
the
reopening
roadmap
and
second
I'm
curious.
If
it's
possible
that
some
of
the
thousands
who
signed
up
for
that
health
for
might
be
enlisted
in
contact
tracing
the
summer.
Yeah.
B
B
Many
retirees
I
want
to
come
back
in
the
workforce,
many
with
the
kind
of
epidemiological
understanding
that
can
help
guide
and
support
any
volunteer
efforts
and
the
like
I'm
by
the
way
very
encouraged
by
the
progress
were
making,
but
not
ready
to
announce
the
magnitude
of
that
workforce,
but
based
on
the
size
and
scope
of
the
state
and
need
to
do
the
testing
and
the
tracking
slash
tracing
isolation
and
Quarantine.
It
is
going
to
be
a
substantially
large
number
of
individuals,
as
relates
to
testing
I
answered
this
yesterday
specific
question.
Marrying
your
question.
B
We
are
scenes
sub-state
a
larger
number
of
people
tested
on
a
daily
basis
over
18,800
yesterday
than
over
12,500.
Today
we
are
seeing
those
numbers
increase
compared
to
where
they
were
even
a
week
ago.
We
want
to
get
to
25,000
tests
a
day
within
the
next
few
weeks
and
that's
then
the
baseline,
to
which
we
want
to
see
substantial
growth
in
two
main
doctor.
Galleys
comments
not
only
amplified
that
but
built
on
that.
B
He
mentioned
the
capacity
to
do
95,000
tests
on
a
daily
basis,
so
the
month
of
May
will
be
determinative
as
we
move
towards
those
more
audacious
goals.
It's
still
modest,
compared
to
where
we
need
to
be.
We
created
a
task
force
specifically
focused
on
this
issue.
We
have
been
guided
by
the
incredible
expertise:
Stanford
medicine,
Stanford,
University,
the
UCS
and
others.
We
have
a
team
that
is
truly
representative
of
those
institutions.
B
Academia,
as
well
as
you
know,
my
co-chair
of
that
effort,
one
of
the
largest
health
insurers
in
the
state
of
California
Blue,
Shield,
CEO,
Paul,
Markovic
who's,
also
Co
chairing
those
efforts
focused
not
just
on
PCR
tests.
Also,
these
serology
tests,
new
technologies
and
we'll
continue
to
update
you
on
those
numbers
as
they
come
in.
F
Governor
Bay,
Area
and
Southern
California
jurisdictions
and
counties
are
moving
toward
requiring
face
coverings
in
massed
outdoors
just
want
to
know
if
there's
any
consideration
for
a
statewide
mask
mandate
along
those
lines,
we've
seen
that
Los
Angeles
Mayor
Maryland,
governor,
wear,
masks
and
public
appearance
and
news
conferences.
Wanna
know
why
you're
not
wearing
one
and
whether
you
plant
you
well.
B
We're
here
at
the
state,
Operations
Center,
if
you
saw
the
protocols
to
get
in
this
room,
you
would
understand
how
secure
and
protected
this
room
is.
We
practice
physical,
distancing,
I,
haven't
been
in
public
we've
been
here
for
these
press
conferences,
but
I
would
encourage
people,
it's
not
a
substitute
to
physical
distancing.
It
is
absolutely
appropriate
to
wear
face
coverings,
particularly
when
you're
going
to
the
grocery
store
and
doing
other
essential
business.
If,
indeed,
you
cannot
practice
physical
distancing
its
additive,
and
we
certainly
believe
and
answer
your
question.
You
may
have
heard
two
days
ago.
B
I
was
very
prescriptive
in
terms
of
the
six
areas
of
focus,
as
we
begin
to
reopen
our
economy
that
one
of
those
areas
was
face
coverings.
So,
yes,
we
are
leaning
in
that
direction
and
we
are
very
encouraged
by
the
work
that's
being
done
at
the
local
level,
all
throughout
the
state
of
California
and
my
entire
household,
from
my
kids
to
my
wife
on
down
when
they
do
to
grocery
store
and
do
everything
else.
They
try
to
not
just
preach
as
a
family
they're
practicing
by
appropriately
wearing
face
coverings
as
well.
F
Thank
You
governor
has
a
broad
question
about
governor's
one.
What
kind
of
advice
are
you
getting
from
the
governor's
on
the
governor's,
Advisory,
Council
and
two
on
in
terms
of
red
state
governors
if
they
want
to
open
up
their
states
earlier
than
California?
Are
people
from
those
states
potentially
traveling
to
California
yeah.
B
I
think
we
all
have
to
be
concerned
about
this
again.
This
pandemic
guarana
virus,
the
Cova
19,
knows
no
walls,
no
jurisdictions,
no
boundaries,
it's
a
global
pandemic
and,
by
definition,
we're
worried
about
people
going
from
community
to
community
census
tract
by
census,
tract
not
just
state
by
state,
and
that
has
to
be
very
strategically
considered
as
it
relates
to
the
next
phase
and
will
be
very
aggressive.
Look
if
you
come
into
the
state
of
California
right
now
for
essential
business.
We
assume
you're
just
coming
in
for
essential
business.
B
You
are
under
the
same
guidelines
and
orders
that
all
40
million
Californians
are
under
as
it
relates
to
stay
at
home
orders
and
requirement
to
practice
physical
distancing.
They
are
supplemental
orders,
as
you
know,
in
communities,
counties
large
and
small,
so
everybody
has
to
abide
by
them,
but
as
we
begin
to
open
up
the
economy,
that's
a
point
of
obvious
consideration
and
yes
concern
and
it's
very
much
part
of
the
deliberation.
We're
having
I
wanna
remind
you
again,
every
Wednesday.
B
We
have
six
subcommittees
in
these
six
categories
and
we
will
be
updating
you
on
the
progress
and
that
is
included
in
that
subcommittee
work
group,
including
face
coverings
testings
all
these
things,
so
we
will
have
the
capacity
and
bandwidth
because
of
their
good
work,
to
continue
to
keep
you
apprised
as
it
relates
to
the
governor's.
The
advice
is:
do
the
right
thing
don't
play
politics?
Don't
do
the
expedient
think
about
not
just
the
short
term,
but
the
long
term
and
more
important
than
anything
else.
Just
remember
we're
all
in
this
together.
B
None
of
us
are
Democrats.
None
of
us
are
Republicans
and
I
say
that
I
didn't
make
that
up.
I
say
that,
because
that's
what
they've
told
me
I
had
a
call.
Just
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
made
that
public.
It
was
one
of
those
zoom
calls
that
Governor
Davis,
prompted
with
governor
Wilson
and
Schwarzenegger
governor
of
brown
and
I,
have
been
texting
back
and
forth
consistently
and
I.
B
Just
I
love
the
spirit
of
these
ex
governors
because
they
get
it
because
they've
been
in
these
positions
and
they
want
to
see
something
good
happen
for
the
state
of
California
and
it
transcends
individuals
and
I
think
as
a
former
ex
or
as
a
current
ex
mayor
and
a
future
ex
governor
myself,
I
understand
these
moments.
People
like
us,
we
come
and
go,
but
our
state
is
what
we
Revere
beyond
anything
else
and
keeping
this
state
healthy.
Keeping
the
state
vibrant
is
our
most
important
responsibility
and
that's
the
spirit
of
their
counsel
and
their
advice.
G
Governor
today,
you
mentioned
nursing
homes
and
you've
already
outlined
steps
to
protect
the
most
vulnerable
at
nursing
homes
and
residential
care
facilities.
I
have
a
question
for
you
about
transparency.
Could
you
please
explain
for
those
who
are
growing
frustrated?
Why
don't?
The
sylheti
than
county
health
departments
have
to
release
specific
updates
related
to
kovat
outbreaks,
for
example
identifying
the
facility,
especially
at
a
time
when
information
is
so
vital,
check.
B
Your
inbox
that
will
be
resolved,
I
mention
it
about
ten
minutes
ago.
That
information
is
out
there
I'm
with
you,
and
you
will
be
receiving
by
sight
that
information
and
we
will
continue
to
try
to
update
it,
make
it
more
granular.
We
have
a
HIPAA
and
patient
privacy
concerns,
so
it
may
not
be
everything
everybody
wants,
but
it
is
substantial
leap
forward
in
providing
you
that
information
that
you
correctly
deserve
again.
Let
me
thank
everybody
for
everything
they've
done
to
meet
this
moment
and
to
continue
to
practice.
B
Physical
distancing
continue
to
abide
by
the
stay
at
home.
Orders:
courage.
Folks,
again,
if
you
choose
to
help
support
our
food
banks,
help
support
our
efforts
to
reach
out
to
loved
ones
and
seniors
that
are
home,
isolated,
deliver,
meals,
just
volunteer,
give
blood
go
to
our
serve
dot.
Ca.Gov
website
serve
dot,
CA
gov
website.
Again
everybody
stay
home,
stay
safe
and
connect
to
those
in
need.
Take
care.