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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update - April 18, 2020 (Campbell, CA)

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Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on Project Roomkey, the state's initiative to provide safe isolation capacity for Californians experiencing homelessness in order to protect them and the state from COVID-19. The Governor presents his daily press conference from a Motel 6 in Campbell, California.

The state’s effort, Project Roomkey, has directly led to 10,974 hotel and motel rooms statewide being made available for this extremely vulnerable group of Californians.

These Project Roomkey placements are spread across 42 counties and are already providing safe shelter to people experiencing homelessness, with 4,211 rooms occupied. The counties are responsible for identifying which individuals need a Project Roomkey placement, and then moving those individuals into the rooms.

In addition, Governor Newsom announces that the State of California has reached agreement with the Motel 6 chain to make available all of its corporate-owned locations to counties, effective immediately, with a master agreement template. Counties have the option to adopt the operating agreement for the locations within their jurisdiction, if they so choose. This master agreement, if all locations are adopted, includes an additional 5,025 rooms above and beyond the total number of rooms already under county control. This portfolio includes 47 different hotels in 19 counties around the state.

Recorded April 18, 2020 in Campbell, CA.

For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus