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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update - June 30, 2020
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Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom visited a Project Roomkey motel in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County to highlight progress that the state and counties have made in providing safe isolation capacity to protect people experiencing homelessness from COVID-19 and to launch Homekey, the next phase in the state’s effort to protect vulnerable homeless Californians from the pandemic.
Homekey, backed by $1.3 billion in newly available and eligible funding through the budget the Governor signed yesterday, will allow for the largest expansion of housing for people experiencing homelessness in recent history, while addressing the continuing health and social service needs of this vulnerable population.
Under the Homekey program, counties will partner with the state to acquire and rehabilitate a variety of housing types: hotels, motels, vacant apartment buildings, residential care facilities, and other tiny homes. All these new placements will serve people experiencing homelessness.
Counties and cities across the state will identify which buildings they intend to purchase and apply to the state for $550 million in grant funding dedicated to this purpose. Once acquired, the local governments will plan for the long-term social services and subsidy needs of the Homekey buildings, with access to $50 million in dedicated Homekey support and an additional $300 million in general local homelessness support which can be used for Homekey, among other priorities.
In addition to these fund sources, counties and cities can access billions more in additional federal stimulus funding which, while available for a variety of purposes, is eligible to be used to provide safe shelter for homeless individuals during the pandemic.
The Governor also announced $45 million in philanthropic support – $25 million from Kaiser Permanente and $20 million from Blue Shield of California – for a new services subsidy fund directed at counties that are implementing Homekey. These contributions, originally announced in January as part of the Governor's proposed Access to Housing Fund, were redirected by the companies to support the Homekey effort.
Acquisitions and conversions undertaken as part of Homekey will benefit from new legislation that the Governor signed yesterday, providing a CEQA exemption and automatic zoning compliance to new homeless housing utilizing newly available state and federal funding.
Recorded June 30, 2020 in Pittsburg, California.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
B
For
the
opportunity
or
time,
thank
you
for
the
privilege
of
being
here
in
Pittsburg
California
Contra
Costa
County,
for
an
update
not
only
where
we
are
as
a
state
relationship
to
covin
19
and
dressing
the
pandemic,
but
also
addressing
some
other
challenges
that
before
the
pandemic
was
defined.
Were
crises
in
this
state,
particularly
the
issue
of
homelessness.
B
We
made
a
commitment
to
you
over
a
year
ago
that
we
were
going
to
engage
in
ways
we
hadn't
in
the
past
to
help
support
counties,
help
support
cities
large
and
small,
to
address
the
stresses
and
the
challenges
that
they
face
as
it
relates
to
addressing
the
issue
of
poverty
in
all
of
its
forms
and
manifestations,
but
primarily
as
it
relates
to
the
issue
of
homelessness.
Last
year,
we
put
out
a
record
amount
of
money
to
cities
and
counties
and
regions
to
help
support
their
efforts,
but
we
recognized
it
wasn't
just
about
money.
B
We
needed
a
more
resourceful
mindset
in
terms
of
addressing
the
issue
and
that
required
us
to
take
a
different
approach,
a
different
framework
of
collaboration.
Accordingly,
I
set
forth
the
beginning
of
this
year.
My
state
of
the
state
and
I
decided
to
take
the
entire
State
of
the
State
address
and
make
it
about
one
issue.
The
issue
of
homelessness
issues
related
to
homelessness
issues
related
to
brain
health,
mental
health
broadly
defined,
taking
a
look
back,
our
history,
our
past
present,
and
where
we
wanted
to
take
this
state
into
the
future.
B
We
made
some
bold
commitments
in
our
January
budget,
and
no
sooner
did
we
make
those
commitments
than
self-evidently
we
started
to
address
the
issues
of
this
pandemic.
It's
late
as
January,
early
February
repatriation
flights
into
the
state
of
California,
a
cruise
ship
off
the
coast
of
California
into
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
into
the
Oakland
port
and
obviously
a
pandemic
that
transcends
the
borders
here
in
this
state,
our
nation
and
the
rest
of
the
world.
B
Nonetheless,
we
worked
very
collaboratively
over
the
course,
a
last
number
of
months
through
this
crisis,
to
again
focus
with
intention
on
the
needs
of
our
most
vulnerable
Californians
and,
despite
all
those
headwinds,
despite
all
those
changing
circumstances,
we
were
resolved
and
we
were
committed
to
figuring
out
a
different
strategy,
a
new
way
to
actually
produce
real
results.
I've
long
said
the
future
is
not
just
something
experienced,
it's
something
to
manifest.
It's
our
decisions,
not
conditions
that
determine
our
fate.
B
Our
future,
so
we
resolved
to
make
new
decisions
based
on
changing
conditions
and
we
adapt
rogram
first
of
its
kind.
First
in
the
nation,
we
refer
to
it
as
project
room
key.
It
was
a
simple
idea,
working
with
our
federal
partners,
working
with
FEMA,
primarily
to
address
our
approach
to
this
pandemic.
We
recognized
we
needed
to
do
much
more
to
address
our
most
vulnerable
Californians
that
were
out
in
these
congregate
facilities
out
on
the
streets
sidewalks
and
in
large
accounts
all
across
the
state.
B
The
prospect
of
the
spread
of
this
disease,
the
prospect
that
this
disease
would
spread
to
people
with
underlying
health
conditions,
self-evidently
itself
as
an
opportunity,
but
also
as
a
challenge
for
this
state.
Accordingly,
we
worked
with
FEMA
to
develop
a
partnership
under
project
room
key
that
allowed
us
to
move
forward
to
procure
hotel
rooms.
B
Project
room
key
was
born
just
a
few
months
ago.
Remarkably,
just
in
April.
Here
we
are
a
few
months
later
and
we've
reached
some
really
I
think
significant
milestones.
It
took
an
idea
pen
to
paper,
and
today
we
have
1,000
well,
excuse
me,
15
thousand
six
hundred
and
seventy
nine
rooms
that
we
brought
in
under
our
portfolio,
15
thousand
six
hundred
and
seventy
nine
rooms.
We
estimate.
One
thousand
excuse
me,
fourteen
thousand
two
hundred
individuals
again,
the
numbers
are
forgive
me
for
stumbling
over.
The
numbers.
B
I'm
couldn't
be
more
proud
of
an
effort
just
in
a
few
months
to
get
14,000
200
individuals
off
the
streets
out
of
encampments
in
into
units
like
this
85%
of
the
occupancy
for
the
units
that
we've
set
aside
for
asymptomatic,
high-risk,
homeless
individuals
are
now
occupied,
we're
here
at
a
facility
131
rooms,
almost
every
single
one
of
them
occupied
with
over
a
hundred
and
sixty-four
individuals.
Behind
these
doors,
getting
support
services
getting
three
meals
a
day.
B
But
at
the
end
of
the
day,
this
program
doesn't
work
without
outstanding
local
officials
doing
the
job,
and
she
has
done
a
magnificent
job
with
supervisor
Glover
and
others
that
have
been
out
there,
championing
her
efforts
supporting
them
and
demanding
more
and
demanding
people
and
positions
like
myself
to
do
better
to
be
even
more
supportive
to
the
counties,
including
Klaus
de
Costa
County.
So
we're
proud
of
the
progress
just
in
a
few
short
months,
14200
individuals.
B
We
estimate
now
out
of
the
conditions
that
were
there,
made
them
vulnerable
now
in
conditions
that
give
them
a
little
bit
more
security
and
give
us
a
little
more
more
confidence
that
we
can
make
a
difference,
and
we
can
make
real
progress
in
addressing
the
issue
of
homelessness
in
this
state.
That's
the
progress
to
date
on
room
key,
but
what
I
want
to
announce
today,
more
substantively
was
the
progress
we
made
just
yesterday,
I
signed
a
budget
to
address
a
54
point.
B
Three
billion
dollar
budget
shortfall
signed
it
yesterday
afternoon
through
intense
negotiations
over
the
course.
The
last
few
months,
the
legislature
myself,
we
came
together
around
a
framework
despite
an
unprecedented
shortfall
in
such
a
very
focused
or
short
period
of
time.
Again.
Six
billion
dollar
projected
budget
surplus
100-plus
days
ago
to
a
fifty
four
point:
three
billion
dollar
budget
deficit
that
we
had
to
balance.
Unlike
the
federal
government,
we
have
to
balance
our
budgets.
B
We
were
able
to
sign
a
balanced
budget
yesterday,
but
it
did
the
following:
it
provided
an
additional
1.3
billion
dollars
to
cities
and
two
counties
to
support
programs
like
this
meaning
despite
the
deficit.
Despite
the
headwinds
of
stress
that
we
had
to
address
in
balancing
our
budget,
we
still
made
a
commitment
to
lean
forward
lean
in
the
future,
follow
through
on
our
commitment
to
do
more
and
do
better
for
homeless,
for
nians
900
million
of
that
comes
from
the
state
itself.
B
550
million
specifically
for
acquisition,
not
just
leasing
of
units
like
this,
but
acquiring
units
like
this
and
I
think
this
is
rather
significant
and
forgive
me
again
for
belaboring
this.
If
I
appear
to
be
enthusiastic,
it
is
because
I
am,
for
years
and
years
and
years
as
a
former
County
Supervisor
myself,
a
former
County
mayor,
I
long
to
have
the
resources
to
purchase
assets
like
this.
B
If
we're
gonna
solve
the
magnitude
of
this
crisis,
100
plus
thousand
people
in
the
state
we've
got
to
do
something
faster
with
more
intention.
We
got
to
do
something
much
more
aggressively
differently.
There
I
say,
and
so
this
acquisition
portfolio
this
this
pool
of
money.
This
five
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
provides
this
flexibility
for
the
supervisor
for
the
Health
and
Human
Service
teams
for
the
counties
and
cities
to
procure
assets
like
this
five
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars.
We
also
put
additional
resources
into
the
hands
of
the
county's
over
300
additional
million
dollars.
B
Moving
forward
so
1.3
billion
dollars,
900
million
dollars
from
the
state
money
coming
from
the
cares,
Act
in
additional
philanthropic
resources
and
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
thank
Blue,
Shield
and
Kaiser.
For
forty
five
million
dollars
in
funding
to
help
these
efforts
to
provide
supportive
services
for
programs
like
this
as
well,
so
we're
very
proud
to
make
this
announcement
today,
I'm
very
proud
of
the
leadership
here
at
the
local
level.
B
293
hotels
like
this
been
procured
in
our
portfolio
in
52
counties
in
the
state
of
California,
again,
fifteen
thousand
six
hundred
and
seventy
nine
rooms
over
fourteen
thousand
individuals.
Now
with
the
dignity
of
place
to
call
home
and
a
program
that
is
not
permanent
project
room
key,
but
continues
to
be
extended
on
a
month-to-month
basis
through
this
crisis,
and
we
have
no
expectation
that
FEMA
will
walk
away
from
their
commitments
anytime
soon.
B
I'd
be
very
missed
by
the
way,
if
I
didn't,
think
Bob
Fenton
of
FEMA
who's
just
been
an
extraordinary
leader
of
the
regional
director
of
FEMA,
whose
ingenuity
his
entrepreneurial
spirit.
You
talk
about
the
good
ones
in
government.
This
is
one
of
the
best
and
it
was
because
of
his
willingness
to
work
with
us
that
we
created
this
program
and
now,
interestingly,
I
pick
up
the
paper
the
other
day,
Connecticut's
trying
to
replicate
this
program.
Hawaii
is
trying
to
replicate
this
program
now.
B
Other
states
are
looking
to
replicate
this
same
program,
which
we're
very,
very
grateful
for,
and
very
very
proud
of,
so
I
wanted
us
to
share
that
with
you
at
the
top
of
my
presentation,
but
as
always,
the
purpose,
perhaps
for
you
tuning
into
this
presentation,
was
to
hear
updates
on
where
we
are,
as
a
state
related
to
Kovan
19,
total
number
of
positive
cases,
total
number
of
hospitalized
total
number
of
ICU
cases.
So
let
me
briefly
just
update
you
on
the
current
numbers
in
this
state.
B
In
the
last
24
hours
we
had
six
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty
seven
individuals,
six
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty
seven
individuals
that
tested
positive
for
Koba
19.
We
have
seen
an
increase
of
the
total
number
of
positive
cases
rather
consistently
over
the
course
of
the
last
two
weeks
here
in
the
state
of
California.
B
A
37
percent
increase
over
a
two-week
period
in
total
number
of
ICU
patients,
so
we're
seeing
an
increase,
a
steady
increase
in
not
only
a
total
number
of
positive
cases,
but
total
number
of
hospitalized
patients
and
total
a
number
of
patients
in
our
ICU.
So
accordingly,
we
showed
a
slide
yesterday
and
I
want
to
reinforce
it
again.
Here
today
we
had
a
four
point:
four
percent
positivity
rate
in
this
state
two
weeks
ago,
remember
positivity
rate
is
the
total
number
of
people
tested
and
the
total
number,
or
rather
percentage,
of
people
that
tested
positive.
B
Our
positivity
rate
two
weeks
ago
was
4.4
percent
over
a
14
day
period.
Today,
it's
five
point:
six
percent
over
a
14
day
period.
When
you
look
just
the
last
seven
days,
it's
increased
to
five
point:
nine
percent.
So
that's
a
point
of
caution,
point
of
consideration
and
obviously
a
point
of
concern
that
led
to
the
decisions
we
made
over
the
weekend
as
it
relates
to
shutting
down
bars
in
those
areas
of
the
state
where
we've
seen
an
increase
in
the
total
spread
of
the
virus,
particularly
community
spread.
B
We've
also
now
included
some
19
counties
on
our
watch
list
in
full
disclosure.
It's
likely
to
see
an
additional
four
counties
on
the
watch
list
in
the
next
24
hours.
I
want
to
make
this
clear
and
preview
tomorrow,
we'll
be
making
some
additional
announcements
on
efforts
to
use
that
dimmer
switch.
That
we've
referred
to
and
begin
to
toggle
back
on
our
stay
at
home
order
and
tighten
things
up.
B
But
we
also
have
to
recognize
that
the
spread
when
you're
not
at
home
in
indoor
facilities,
is
much
more
probable
than
in
outdoor
settings
and
so
we'll
be
looking
at
a
lot
of
the
current
stay
at
home
orders,
or
rather
we'll
start
looking
at
the
health
orders
and
health
directives
in
the
counties
in
a
relationship
to
indoor
versus
outdoor
activities,
as
I
said
that
will
come
tomorrow.
So
again,
please
be
vigilant.
Please
wear
face
coverings.
Please
practice
physical,
distancing,
I,
cannot
say
it
enough.
I
said
it.
B
Last
week,
I
said
it
yesterday,
I'll
say
it
again:
we've
got
fourth
of
July
weekend
coming
up.
One
of
the
areas
of
biggest
concern
as
it
relates
to
the
spread
of
Kovan
19
in
the
state
remains
family
gatherings,
not
just
bars,
not
just
out.
You
know
streets
where
people
are
protesting
and
the
like.
It's
specifically
family
gatherings
where
family
members
are
rather
households
extended
and
immediate
family
members
begin
to
mix
and
they
take
down
their
guard.
They
may
walk
into
that
barbecue
with
masks
on.
They
may
put
the
cooler
down
immediately.
B
The
mask
comes
off
and
you
have
a
glass
of
water
and
all
of
a
sudden,
nieces
and
nephews
start
congregating
around
and
then
they're
jumping
on
top
of
Uncle
Joe
and
then
Uncle
Joe's,
hope
of
putting
them
back
to
Aunt
Jane
and
all
of
a
sudden
here
comes
Uncle
Bob,
two
hours
late.
He
gives
everyone
a
hug
and
they're
all
hey,
Uncle,
Bob
where's,
the
mask
you
yeah
and
I'll,
go
by
I,
don't
believe
it
so
the
whole
thing
starts
to
take
shape
and
you
start
to
see
kind
of
spread.
B
That
is
the
top
concern
that
our
health
officers
have
when
we
surveyed
them
over
the
weekend
family
gatherings.
What
more
concern
then,
when
we
have
moving
into
a
weekend
where
family
gatherings
are
part
of
the
tradition
of
4th
of
July,
and
so
we're
gonna
need
to
do
more,
expressing
our
concern
about
that
messaging.
More
about
the
seriousness
of
face
coverings
and
physical,
distancing
and
really
being
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
as
it
relates
to
guidelines
on
4th
of
July,
so
anticipate
that
will
be
coming
tomorrow
as
well.
C
Governor
Scott
Shafer
from
KQED
I'll
try
to
speak
over
the
horns
here
and
the
protesters
first
question
from
Aaron
Baldessari
at
KQED.
What
funding
is
available
for
ongoing
long-term
project
Ruki
sites,
and
what
will
you
do
to
counties
that
refuse
to
buy
into
this
program?
How
are
you
going
to
hold
them
accountable?
Well,.
B
We
have
52
counties
that
have
participated
in
project
room
key
and
we're
very
grateful
to
those
52
counties
and
we're
rewarding
good
behavior.
This
is
not
a
requirement.
I'm,
not
the
mayor
of
California
I
can't
demand
that,
at
the
local
level
that
counties
participate
or
cities
participate
in
this
program,
but
those
counties,
those
cities
that
do
we're
very
grateful
and
they're
being
rewarded
with
funding.
Now
new
funding
in
this
budget
that
I
just
signed
five
hundred
and
fifty
million
dollars
specifically
for
acquisition
of
hotels
like
this.
C
Governor
Matt
Levin
from
Cal
matters
asks
experts
warn
of
a
looming
eviction
wave
that
could
make
thousands
more
Californians
homeless
once
the
state
of
emergency
ends.
No
state
law
currently
protects
renters
from
being
evicted
for
non-payment
of
rent
during
the
pandemic.
Do
you
support
prohibiting
evictions
for
non-payment
of
rent
during
the
pandemic?
Yeah.
B
Look,
we
extended
an
executive
order
in
this
space
that
executive
order
also
provided
clarification,
provided
clarity
for
counties
that
would
allow
them
to
go
further
than
even
the
state
moratorium
on
eviction
difficult
and
challenging
opportunity
to
express
more
comprehensive
response
with
some
of
the
activities
in
the
past.
Look
forward
to
following
more
fully
up
on
that
question
and.
B
B
We've
done
something
unprecedented
in
this
nation:
we're
providing
unprecedented
support
for
cities
and
counties
to
support
a
program
for
our
most
vulnerable
residents,
we're
making
a
real
impact,
and
we
have
14200
individuals
that
substantively
have
been
the
beneficiaries
of
this
program.
We're
putting
an
additional
1.3
million
dollars
to
extend
the
spirit
and
principle
of
this
program
and
we're
looking
forward
to
working
with
those
counties
that
haven't
participated
and
encouraged
them
to
participate,
and
obviously
we're
gonna
make
sure
that
those
that
are
participating
very
actively
and
successfully
that
they're
rewarded
in
that
process
as
well.
Governor.
C
C
Of
resources,
governor
San
Quentin,
has
over
a
thousand
inmates
and
more
than
a
hundred
staff
there
have
tested
positive.
The
new
state
budget
you
signed
holds
counties
responsible
for
not
containing
the
spread
of
the
virus.
Given
the
strategic,
an
avoidable
situation
at
the
prison.
How
would
you
characterize
the
handling
of
this
and
who's
being
held
accountable,
I'm.
C
B
I
spoke
to
this
question
in
detail
yesterday
and
forgive
me
because
of
the
noise.
Maybe
I
refer
you
to
the
comments
I
made
during
our
press
conference
yesterday.
I
know
that
today
it's
1082
inmates
now
have
tested
positive
in
San
Quentin
we're
bringing
in
tents.
We
brought
in
series
of
Tim's
teams
to
help
support
the
efforts
there.
We
actually
are
also
providing
more
support
with
their
medical
staff,
which
is
a
big
issue,
bringing
medical
staff
from
other
facilities.
B
But
again
yesterday,
I
answered
that
question
in
terms
of
the
framework
and
guidelines
we're
putting
out
tomorrow,
we'll
be
having
a
very
public
discussion
in
the
legislature
about
the
details
of
our
plan.
Know
that
we've
been
very
focused
on
this
and
we
are
working
very
very
closely
with
our
health
director.
C
Honey
want
you
to
enforcement
of
state
guidance
in
the
mask
order.
What
criteria
are
you
looking
at
to
determine
adequate
enforcement
and,
secondly,
la
put
a
mandatory
mask
order
in
place
weeks
before
the
state
did
yet
their
situation
is
getting
worse?
What
happened
there?
Is
it
due
to
a
lack
of
enforcement,
we're.
B
Focusing
we
have
a
mandate
statewide
to
wear
masks.
We
believe
where
he
may
face
coverings
can
mitigate
the
spread
and
the
transmission
of
this
virus.
We
think
it's
one
of
the
most
important
non-pharmaceutical
interventions
to
mitigate
the
spread
of
kovat
19
in
this
state,
as
I
said
just
a
moment
ago.
On
top
of
my
remarks
that
we'll
be
doing
more
to
focus
on
enforcement
in
this
state
enforcement
comes
in
many
different
shades,
many
primarily
its
local
enforcement,
but
also
we
have
and
I've
mentioned
this
yesterday
and
in
Prior
public
comments.
B
We
have
condition
two
and
half
billion
dollars
in
our
state
budget
on
applying
the
spirit
and
the
letter
of
the
law,
as
it
relates
to
health
directives
at
the
county
level.
If
local
officials
are
unwilling
to
enforce
and
are
being
dismissive,
we
will
condition
the
distribution
of
those
dollars
again,
two
and
a
half
billion
dollars.
So
there
are
financial
conditions,
there's
regulatory
oversight,
there's
code
oversight.
All
of
those
things
are
part
of
our
overall
efforts.
Osha
is
now
very
active
in
this
space.
B
B
So,
as
I
just
mentioned
in
the
top
of
my
remarks
tomorrow,
we
will
be
making
new
announcements
I
specifically
referenced.
The
concerns
around
4th
of
July
family
gatherings
related
to
fourth
of
July,
more
broadly,
even
beyond
just
fourth
of
July,
and
obviously
we
are
looking
at
issues
of
transmission
and
community
spread
throughout
sectors
in
our
economy,
not
least
of
which
issues
around
concerns
with
activities
coming
up
this
weekend.
B
Look
there
are
a
lot
of
activities
around
here,
which
is
good
and
I'm
grateful
for
the
energy
and
the
spirit
that
brings
people
out
to
events
like
this
I'm
grateful,
as
always,
for
those
that
raise
the
alarm
bells
of
concern
about
a
lot
of
causes
we
all
hold
dear.
But
again,
the
cause
that
brought
us
here
today
is
a
deep
commitment
to
address
the
needs
of
the
most
vulnerable.
B
Californians
are
homeless
and
I
could
not
be
more
proud
and
privileged
to
have
signed
a
budget
yesterday
that
fulfills
a
commitment
that
we
made
to
continue
to
make
historic
investments
despite
the
headwinds
of
budgetary
constraints
and
continue
to
process
programs
that
we
think
are
really
making
a
difference
in
people's
lives.
Project
home
key
is
one
of
them.
Our
room
key
now
her
to
his
project
home
key
moving
forward
with
a
sense
of
more
permanency.
B
As
always,
we
encourage
you
to
wear
face
coverings
practice
physical
distancing
and
continue
to
do
your
best
to
meet
this
moment
head-on.
I
want
to
just
close
by
saying
this.
We
bent
the
curve
in
the
state
of
California
once
we
will
bend
the
curve
again
mark
my
word:
we
will
crush
this
pandemic.
We
will
annihilate
it
we'll
get
past
this,
and
thanks
again
for
the
opportunity
to
share
those
thoughts
with.