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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update (Central Valley Vaccination Effort) - February 10, 2021
Description
Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on California's efforts to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations in the Central Valley.
Recorded February 10, 2021 in Fresno, California.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
C
Good
afternoon
everyone,
joe
prado,
representing
fresno
county
department
of
public
health,
I'm
also
leading
the
vaccine
response
for
fresno
county.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
I
want
to
thank
congressman
costa,
governor
newsome,
senator
hortado
assembly
arambula,
also
supervisor
pacheco.
C
Thank
you
and
mayor
dyer
as
well.
I
appreciate
them
coming
here
today
and
really
what
a
great
time
for
us
to
talk
about
the
vaccine
response
here
in
fresno
county
and
during
this
time,
this
historic
time.
We
really
need
to
think
about.
How
can
our
nation,
our
our
state
and
our
county,
get
through
this
pandemic,
and
the
only
way
we
can
get
through
this
pandemic
is
through
bold
leadership.
C
Bold
leadership
at
all
levels
is
necessary
to
get
through
this
pandemic
together.
So
as
we
as
we
think
about
fresno
county
and
the
central
valley,
we
have
seen
significant
health
inequities
in
in
these
areas
here
what
we
have
appreciated
and
it
started
at
the
federal
level.
The
focus
on
equity
we've
seen
this
through
the
federal
policies
and
then
governor
newsom
definitely
has
put
an
exclamation
point
on
equity
throughout
this
entire
response,
and
that
is
something
that
the
central
valley
and
fresno
county
has
appreciated,
and
that
is
something
that
we
need
to
continue
to
push
forward.
C
C
The
partnership
and
collaboration
was
very
key
and
important,
and
this
was
done
through
our
cities,
our
community-based
organizations,
our
local
businesses,
our
schools,
our
medical
providers
and
our
media
partners.
We
could
not
be
here
today
with
94
000
doses,
without
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
moving
forward.
All
of
you
will
be
a
key
component
in
ensuring
that
we
can
continue
to
make
our
communities
safe
and
this
public
health
infrastructure
that
we
are
building
today,
everyone
that
I
just
mentioned
this
cannot
go
away.
C
We
cannot
forget
covid,
we
must
remember
it
and
continue
to
build
our
public
health
infrastructure
outside
of
government
walls
and
within
our
community.
So
I
want
to
just
thank
you,
and
I
really
appreciate
you
having
me
today
and
now-
I'm
going
to
pass
it
off
to
one
of
our
bold
leaders,
supervisor
pacheco.
D
Thank
you.
I'm
proud
to
welcome
the
honorable
governor,
gavin
newsom
to
fresno
county
and
the
big
fresno
fairgrounds
joining
me
today.
Are
my
colleagues,
supervisors,
nathan,
magsig
and
buddy
mendez.
This
is
a
home
of
fresno
county's
main
vaccination
center.
The
governor
is
here
to
witness
firsthand
the
success
of
fresno
county
rolling
out
its
vaccination
program,
and
hopefully
today
the
governor
will
bring
exciting
news
of
an
increase
in
fresno
county's
allocation
of
covid
19
vaccinations,
no
pressure
governor.
D
I
would
also
like
to
thank
the
governor
for
allowing
fresno
county
to
pilot
a
private,
a
pilot
program
for
essential
farm
workers.
I
am
pleased
to
report.
The
program
was
a
resounding
success,
with
85
to
90
percent
of
our
essential
farm
workers.
Accepting
the
vaccinations,
fresno
county
has
led
the
effort
in
vaccinating
our
most
essential
farm
workers,
more
than
any
other
county
in
the
state
of
california
and
governor
with
your
help,
we
can
do
even
more.
E
E
E
Unfortunately,
we
all
have
that,
and
there
is
a
unified
message
from
from
mayors
across
the
united
states,
asking
for
more
vaccines
to
be
disseminated
in
their
local
jurisdiction
and
and-
and
so
we
need
that
those
vaccines
are
the
lifeline,
the
lifeline
to
opening
up
schools,
the
lifeline
to
opening
up
our
economy,
and
so
we
all
agree.
We
need
more
vaccines
in
our
community.
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
the
message
that
the
governor
gives
us
today
in
terms
of
that
increase
here
in
fresno
county.
E
And
so
yes,
we
need
vaccines,
but
we
also
need
to
stand
together
as
americans
and
support
each
other
and
encourage
each
other
and
know
that
we're
doing
the
very
best
that
we
can
at
all
levels
to
get
these
vaccines
into
the
arms
of
as
many
people
as
we
possibly
can.
So
we
can
reopen
our
schools,
our
economy
and
ultimately
save
lives.
F
I
am
but
a
single
raindrop
in
this
process
of
advocating
for
our
communities,
our
communities
of
color,
our
poor,
our
immigrants
and
I'm
so
pleased
to
be
standing
here
today
with
so
many
other
raindrops
as
we
are
excited
for
what
is
to
come.
I
come
with
a
sense
of
responsibility
responsibility.
I
learned
from
working
in
an
emergency
room
where
you
take
care
of
every
single
person
who
walks,
through
your
doors,
a
similar
responsibility.
F
But
I
want
to
highlight,
if
I
can,
some
of
the
choices
that
our
governor
has
made,
that
have
put
us
on
solid
footing
and
pointed
us
in
the
right
direction
towards
equity.
We
were
the
first
state
in
the
nation
to
declare
a
state
of
emergency.
That
was
a
bold
decision
and
one
which
we
need
to
appreciate
and
be
thankful
for
our
governor.
F
Similarly,
he
issued
a
stay-at-home
order
during
our
holidays,
which
helped
to
save
thousands
of
people's
lives.
He
also
is
helping
to
bring
resources
here
with
equity
in
mind,
and
so
with
that
gratitude
with
appreciation
for
all
those
who
are
working
on
the
front
lines
right
now.
It
is
hope
that
I
want
to
share
the
most
with
you,
because
this
announcement
will
give
hope
to
our
people
that
progress
is
being
made
to
eradicate
this
brutal
virus.
F
It
will
give
hope
to
us
that
we
can
safely
reopen
our
economy,
and
it
will
give
hope
that
we
can
return
to
the
lives
that
we
knew.
I
am
so
pleased
to
play
a
small
role
here
today
and
so
grateful
that
so
many
are
helping
us
to
deliver
for
our
communities
with
that.
I
would
now
like
to
invite
senator
hurtado
to
the
microphone.
G
G
G
The
same
fears
that
I
had
back
when
I
was
a
child
are
even
greater
today
for
the
children
of
those
parents
and
it's
important
to
get
them
vaccinated
because
of
the
pathogens
that
they
come
across
in
the
nature
of
the
work
that
they
do.
So
we
got
to
start
really
thinking
about
addressing
covet
today,
but
also
preventing
the
covets
of
the
future,
because
the
covets
of
the
future
are
happening
and
occurring
as
we
speak
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
for
us
to
do,
and
unity
is
so
important.
G
As
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
need
to
be
united
because
there's
plenty
of
work
for
all
of
us
to
do,
but
we
can
only
do
it
if
we
are
united.
So
I
want
to
once
again
thank
the
governor
for
all
of
his
work
and
and
just
caring
for
the
central
valley
and
providing
the
resources
that
we
need.
And
you
know,
an
investment
in
the
central
valley
is
an
investment
in
california
and
an
investment
in
the
nation.
So
thank
you,
governor,
and
I
would
like
to
invite
congressman
cost
at
this
moment.
H
I
think
it's
important,
though,
that
we
thank
those
who
deserve
the
most
thanks
and
that's
our
health
care
workers,
whether
we're
talking
about
our
physicians,
our
nurses,
whether
we're
talking
about
our
efforts
with
regards
to
those
who
work
in
our
our
health
care,
centers,
our
hospitals,
our
clinics,
these
people
every
day
are
trying
to
protect
our
health
and
they
are
putting
themselves
at
risk
and
their
families
at
risk.
And
so,
let's
give
a
shout
out
for
all
those
healthcare
workers,
not
only
here
in
fresno
county,
but
throughout
the
state
of
california
and
throughout
our
nation.
H
H
But
I
tell
you,
I
am
confident
with
the
governor's
efforts
and
with
the
president's
efforts
that
it's
going
to
get
better
in
the
next
two
weeks,
it's
going
to
get
better
in
the
next
month
and
it's
going
to
get
better
in
the
next
two
months.
Why?
The
president
10
days
ago,
ordered
200
million
more
vaccine
doses
that
are
going
to
be
provided
between
now
and
this
summer
for
a
total
of
600
million
vaccine
doses.
H
Let
me
just
say
that
the
governor
has
been
at
the
forefront
as
mentioned
and
making
tough
decisions
that
are
unpopular.
Dr
vorha
and
others
have
have
stood
up.
When
you
know
it's
not
easy
to
shut
down
businesses
and
restaurants,
I
mean
we
want
to
go
out.
We
all
got
cabin
fever
right
and-
and
this
is
a
great
state,
but
we've
had
to
take
incredible
actions
to
knock
down
this
pandemic.
H
When
we
have
not
had
a
vaccine
available,
we
now
have
vaccines
available
and
it's
making
a
difference,
and
by
the
middle
of
this
summer
we
will
reach
the
president's
goal
to
have
over
70
percent
of
americans
vaccinated
along
with
other
efforts.
Now
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
say:
well,
what
can
you
do
to
help
out
I'll
tell
you
what
you
can
do
to
help
out
support
our
efforts
on
a
coveted
relief
package
that
we
hope
to
produce
before
the
middle
of
march.
H
It
will
provide
additional
support
for
state
for
local
government
for
more
testing
for
ramp
up
of
trying
to
provide
protection
for
our
schools
so
that
we
can
get
them
open
again,
because
we
must
get
our
schools
open
again
and
to
get
our
economy
open
again
to
get
our
restaurants
going.
But
this
is
all
part
of
a
plan
that
the
president
unveiled
almost
two
weeks
ago,
a
national
plan
with
cooperation
with
our
states
and
local
government,
and
that's
why?
H
If
you
want
to
be
helpful,
if
you
want
to
be
supportive,
we're
all
in
this
together
blaming
and
pointing
fingers
doesn't
solve
any
problems.
It
doesn't
produce
one
more
vaccine,
but
working
together
supporting
the
governor's
efforts
supporting
the
efforts
with
the
congress
in
this
very
important
legislation
that
we
hope
to
pass
by
march
14th.
H
We
will
provide
the
basis
of
support
that
our
country
needs.
We
know
people
are
hurting.
We
know,
there's
frustration
in
some
cases
that
frustration
turns
to
anger
and
there's
fear,
there's
fear
a
lot
of
people
pre-existing
conditions,
but
fresno
county
has
demonstrated
that
we
can
do
a
great
deal
if
we
have
the
support
for
our
farm
workers,
essential
workers,
we
had
to
treat
them
as
their
essential
workers
to
ensure
that
our
packing
sheds
and
to
ensure
that
our
food
processing
facilities,
like
the
effort,
fresno
county,
did
with
foster
farms.
H
Last
week,
1079
vaccines
in
four
days,
91
of
the
workforce.
We
want
to
replicate
that
throughout
the
valley.
So,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
let's
give
a
warm
welcome
to
a
dear
friend
of
mine,
a
person
in
the
first
week,
as
he
was
sworn
in
to
governor
as
governor
did
not
go
to
san
francisco
did
not
go
to
los
angeles
but
went
to
a
small
valley,
farm
community,
and
he
said
the
samuel
king
valley
is
a
critical
part
of
california's
character.
H
We're
going
to
get
through
this
americans
get
through
crises
when
we
work
together
and
governor
gavin
newsom
is
giving
us
the
leadership
and
the
direction
to
ensure
that
we
come
together
and
that
we
fight
this
pandemic
so
that
we
have
the
outcomes
that
we
want
by
the
middle
of
this
summer
and
into
this
fall,
give
a
warm
fresno
county.
Welcome
to
governor
gavin
newsom.
Thank
you
for
being
here
governor.
I
I
A
month
ago
today
we
had
13.9
percent
positivity
rate
here
in
the
state
of
california.
Today
we're
down
to
four
point:
eight
percent.
Thirteen
point:
nine
percent.
Thirty
days
later,
four
point:
eight
percent:
thirty
days
ago,
we
reported
just
shy
of
fifty
thousand
cases
of
covet
in
the
state
of
california.
Today,
8
400.
I
we're
seeing
progress
in
every
category,
including
hospitalizations
hospitalizations
in
the
last
two
weeks,
are
significantly
down
34
percent
decline
in
hospitalizations
over
the
last
14
days,
28
decline
in
the
number
of
people
in
our
icus
we're
seeing
testing
continue
across
the
state
and
that
testing
is
providing
us
a
sense
of
the
community
spread.
That's
also
led
us
to
a
deeper
and
greater
understanding
of
variance.
The
issue
of
mutations
is
top
of
mind,
not
only
here
in
the
state
of
california,
across
this
nation,
but
increasingly
around
the
globe,
important
to
update
you
on
what
we
know.
I
We
have
30
state
genomics
labs
that
are
doing
isolate
testing
over
12
000
isolates
have
been
sequenced
here
in
the
state
of
california.
We
currently,
as
I
speak
to
you,
we
have
a
hundred
and
fifty
nine
identifiable
cases
of
the
uk
variant
in
the
state.
We
have
one
thousand
two
hundred
and
three
identifiable
west
coast
variants
in
the
state.
There
are
two
types
of
west
coast
variants.
I
I
said
yesterday
that
we
had
not
identified
any
brazilian
variants
and
that's
true
yesterday
I
also
said
we
hadn't
identified
any
south
african
variants.
That's
no
longer
true.
As
of
a
few
hours
ago,
we
have
the
first
reported
cases
of
south
african
variants.
Two
cases
have
been
reported
through
stanford,
one
in
alameda
county
and
one
in
santa
clara
county,
so
two
variants
that
we
identify
as
south
african
variants
now
are
in
the
state
of
california.
I
Through
these
tears
yesterday,
we
announced
more
counties
moving
out
of
that
purple
tier
and
we
anticipate
within
a
week
or
two
even
more
counties
moving
as
that
will
force,
or
rather
allow
for
the
reinstitution
of
opportunities
for
businesses
to
open
with
more
capacity
and,
as
the
mayor
rightfully
said,
to
get
our
kids
back
in
school.
A
top
priority
for
all
of
us,
particularly
parents,
like
myself,
with
four
young
kids,
update
briefly
on
schools,
we're
working
with
the
legislature
on
a
6.6
billion
dollar
early
action
package.
Progress
is
being
made.
As
I
said
yesterday.
I
I
maintain
confidence
that
we
will
announce
a
deal
as
early
as
friday
with
the
legislature
that
will
allow
our
youngest
cohorts
to
return
safely
to
school,
starting
with
kindergarten
to
second
grade
and
ultimately
get
cohorts
up
to
sixth
grade,
at
least
in
that
first
phase.
We
continue
to
make
progress
in
terms
of
not
only
those
negotiations
on
school
reopening,
but
also
on
more
small
business
relief.
I
noted
just
yesterday
that
we
closed
the
door
on
the
second
round
of
applications
for
state
grants
that
were
providing
five
to
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
for
small
businesses.
I
We're
looking
to
triple
that
and
potentially
even
do
more
with
the
legislature
and
we're
hoping
as
early
as
next
week
to
move
early
action
in
that
space
and
that
will
provide
billions
of
dollars
in
direct
grants
and
aid
to
not
only
our
small
businesses,
but
also
provide
support
for
nonprofits
and
cultural
institutions
here
in
the
state.
So
a
lot
of
activity
working
with
the
legislature,
a
lot
of
energy
and
most
of
that
progress
will
manifest
with
early
votes
early.
We
hope
is
next
tuesday
and
later
into
the
week,
the
end
of
next
week.
I
Now
let
me
come
back
to
central
valley.
Let's
talk
specifically
about
where
we
are.
I
just
had
the
privilege
of
meeting
an
85
year
old,
former
farm
worker.
She
just
received
her
second
pfizer
shot
she's
here
with
her
husband
as
well.
She
represents
now
the
fifth
or
rather
5
millionth
person.
That's
now
been
vaccinated
here
in
the
state
of
california.
We
have
crossed
the
threshold
of
5
million
people
being
vaccinated.
I
I
want
to
put
that
in
perspective.
On
friday
of
last
week,
we
announced
225
000
vaccinations
over
24-hour
reporting
period
that
represented
4
million
mark.
In
less
than
a
week.
We've
now
reached
5
million.
It
took
us
about
7
days
to
go
from
three
to
four
million.
You
get
a
sense,
the
progress
that
is
being
made
this
flywheel
in
terms
of
the
distribution,
the
application,
the
administration
of
the
vaccine.
Real
progress
is
being
made.
We
announced
new
vaccination
sites
just
this
week
up
and
down
the
state
of
california.
I
Last
week,
a
partnership
with
fema
and
california
office,
emergency
service
and
the
biden
administration,
two
sites,
one
cal
state
la
one
site
in
northern
california,
oakland
coliseum
focused
exclusively
on
the
issue
of
equity
geofencing,
the
geographic
areas
in
and
around
those
sites,
to
make
sure
that
underserved
and
underrepresented
communities
are
getting
their
access,
fair
access
and
distribution
of
these
vaccines.
Our
commitment
to
equity
is
not
rhetorical.
I
We
are
falling
short
of
our
goals
of
making
sure
that
we
truly
are
being
equitable
in
the
distribution
administration
of
this
vaccine.
I
am
proud
of
fresno
county,
I'm
proud
of
the
mayor,
I'm
proud
of
the
supervisors,
I'm
proud
of
the
assembly
member
senator
and
I'm
proud
of
your
congressman
for
their
commitment,
not
passing
interest
to
the
issue
of
equity.
It
was
noted
a
moment
ago,
a
pilot
project,
three
plus
thousand
farm
workers
that
have
had
vaccine
administered
in
a
pilot.
That's
now
just
concluded.
I
We
are
committed
to
working
with
the
biden
administration
to
land
on
a
date,
because
I
know
you
want
a
date
for
when
we
have
a
mass
vaccination
site
here
in
the
valley
and
a
location
when
we
have
that
information
I'll
provide
it.
When
you
ask
me
I'll
repeat
what
I
just
said,
when
we
have
that
information,
we
will
provide
it.
Our
commitment,
our
resolve,
to
provide
you
that
support
is
real.
We've
had
very
advanced
conversations
with
the
administration.
I
That's
why
we're
confident
in
socializing
that
effort
and
we
are
making
sure
that
we
do
it
in
a
timely
manner,
but
we're
not
waiting
today.
We're
also
announcing
an
effort
to
take
our
optum
serve
sites.
We
have
20
of
them
throughout
the
state
of
california.
They've
been
doing
a
lot
of
testing
on
the
basis
of
equity
and
the
first
optum
serve
site
now
for
vaccinations
will
be
at
your
city
college
in
the
next
few
days
and
again
focused
on
equity.
I
So
this
is
the
beginning
of
an
effort
to
streamline,
to
focus
to
re-energize
this
equity
lens
working,
the
farmworker
community,
working
with
small
business
large
business.
Thank
you
foster
farms
with
their
efforts
to
vaccinate
over
one
thousand
of
their
staff,
which
they
did
quite
efficiently
in
this
last
week,
but
we
have
to
do
more.
One
of
the
areas
where
we're
seeing
progress
is
two
we're
seeing
now
commitment
from
the
buying
administration,
not
only
on
these
larger
mass
vaccination
sites,
but
a
commitment
to
community
clinics
which
are
the
backbone
of
the
healthcare
delivery
system.
I
Here
in
the
valley,
the
administration
yesterday
announced
upwards
of
one
million
directly
allocated
vaccines
to
community
clinics.
That
will
also
help
the
valley
in
terms
of
access
and
distribution
in
a
culturally
competent
way
to
those
most
in
need.
They're
starting
around
half
a
million
next
week
and
they'll
get
up
to
a
million
of
which
california
will
receive
roughly
10
percent
of
that
allocation.
I
Accordingly,
we
are
about
to
receive
10
of
another
1
million
dose
allocation
and
that's
directly
to
pharmacies
here
in
the
state
of
california.
This
does
not
come
out
of
our
broader
allocation
and
supply
the
partnership
again,
the
body
administration,
with
some
of
our
largest
pharmacy
chains
here
in
the
state
of
california.
100
pharmacies
are
part
of
that
project
as
well
again:
focus
on
equity
focus
on
census,
tracts,
underserved
communities.
I
We
also
last
week
announced
110
community-based
organizations
receiving
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
in
grants
in
language.
Peer-To-Peer
trusted
messenger
strategies
to
help
deliver
the
message
of
the
efficacy
and
safety
of
these
vaccines.
Many
of
those
community-based
organizations
located
not
only
here
in
fresno
proper
but
in
the
entire
region
and
in
the
valley,
and
so
that
commitment
will
continue.
This
is
just
the
beginning.
This
is
not
the
end.
I
There
is
no
having
made
it
when
it
comes
to
vaccines,
but
I
will
make
this
note
because
it's
important
a
week
ago,
you
had
8
000
vaccines
into
this
county.
This
week
you
have
over
19
000
vaccines
into
this
county.
It's
not
enough!
No
one's
denying
that
and
I'll
close
by
making
the
point
that
congressman
just
made.
I
I
The
reality
is,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
only
receiving
a
little
over
one
million
a
week.
The
last
seven
days,
we've
averaged
181
000
doses
being
administered
every
day.
The
last
five
days
we've
administered
over
a
million
doses.
You
get
a
sense
of
what
I
mean
by
scarcity,
so
when
people
say
where's
the
state
sending
the
vaccines
we're
sending
them
everywhere.
I
They're
out
the
state
doesn't
hold
one
vaccine,
there's
not
a
vial
in
any
warehouse.
The
state
of
california
does
not
have
any
vaccine.
We
are
part
of
a
distribution
strategy
that
comes
directly
from
pfizer
to
providers
and
comes
from
a
third
party
provider
mckesson
on
behalf
of
moderna
and
their
vaccine,
to
communities
all
up
and
down
the
state
of
california.
We
simply
do
not
have
the
allocation
that
we
need
to
get
to
the
levels
where
we
all
need
to
go.
I
1.08
million.
Last
week
we
receive
1.08
million,
we
anticipate
receiving
this
week
and
a
little
over
1.2
million.
Next
week.
We
have
more
work
to
do
to
get
more
supplies
up
and,
as
jim
said,
the
good
news
is
come
march
april.
May
we're
going
to
start
seeing
more
abundance,
we're
going
to
see
more
availability,
not
only
of
pfizer
and
moderna,
but
also,
as
the
congressman
said,
jnj
the
one
dose
regiment
and
the
emergency
youth
authorization.
I
Real
progress
across
the
spectrum,
a
commitment,
not
a
passing
interest
in
the
issues
of
equity,
a
resolve
to
make
sure
every
part
of
the
state
is
included
and
to
be
here
today-
is
indeed
an
honor,
particularly
with
all
these
extraordinary
elected
officials
that
have
one
commitment,
and
that
is
to
you,
your
public
health,
and
to
helping
us
revitalize
this
economy,
not
only
here
in
this
region,
but
in
this
state,
and
for
that,
I'm
here
with
gratitude
and
appreciation
to
each
and
every
one
of
them.
With
that,
we're
happy,
of
course,
to
answer
any
questions.
J
Hi,
this
is
jocelyn
with
cbs47.
You
mentioned
the
19
000
doses
of
week.
We
received
this
week.
Can
we
continue
to
expect
that
in
the
coming
weeks
and
what
about
other
counties
such
as
merced,
county,
madeira,
county
other
valley,
counties
and
there's
just
been
this
sense
of
the
central
valley
being
left
behind,
given
our
vulnerable
populations
ag
workers,
just
many
people
who
have
underlying
health
conditions
here?
How
much
of
a
priority
is
the
central
valley
top.
I
I
The
work
we're
doing
being
here
today
to
help
support
the
efforts
that
are
already
underway,
this
mass
vaccination
site,
the
announcement
as
it
relates
to
how
we're
going
to
begin
to
convert
these
optimum
serve
sites
in
a
strategic
way
is
another
example
that
our
commitment
to
you
to
provide
some
clarity
over
the
next
few
weeks,
but
again
with
the
reality
that
the
state
as
a
whole,
a
nation
as
a
whole,
is
dealing
with
scarcity
in
terms
of
total
number
of
available
vaccines.
We
have
a
three-week
window
of
visibility
on
vaccinations.
I
I
Next
week
we
are
going
to
formalize
our
partnership
with
blue
shield
and
kaiser
third-party
administrators
in
order
to
provide
more
clarity,
more
transparency,
transparency
and
more
accountability,
as
it
relates
to
the
distribution
of
vaccines,
and
that
will
allow
all
of
us
in
a
granular
way.
Not
only
look
county
by
county
here
in
the
valley,
but
more
granularly
within
those
counties
to
see
how
we're
performing
and
to
see
that
we're
getting
our
fair
share
of
these
vaccines.
K
K
I
We're
looking
forward
to
making
announcements,
I've
been
working
personally
directly
with
advocates
that
include
my
wife
and
myself
to
get
youth
sports
up
and
going
again
again,
I'm
a
father
of
four
young
children,
four
to
eleven,
so
forgive
the
personalization
of
this.
That
deeply
are
desirous
to
see
you
sports
competition
return.
Now
that
happened
a
few
weeks
ago
for
track
and
field,
and
a
number
of
other
sports
we're
looking
forward
to
updating
the
guidelines
as
conditions
approve
for
baseball.
And
yes,
I
am
not
naive.
I
I
know
where
I
am
know
your
audience
also.
I'm
part
of
that
fan
base
for
football,
which
is
more
challenging
more
complex,
and
we
are
in
deep
negotiations
with
advocates
across
the
spectrum,
including
the
let
them
play
coalition
that
have
been
outstanding
in
terms
of
not
only
providing
evidence
but
providing
support
to
update
our
guidelines
when
I
say
we're
working
overtime
on
that.
I
What
I
mean
by
that
is,
I'm
hoping
in
the
next
number
of
days
to
be
able
to
more
specifically
answer
that
question
because
of
our
commitment
to
let
these
kids
back
out
on
the
field
of
play.
That
said,
on
the
issue
of
backlogs,
we
went
through
backlog
through
a
strike
team
at
edd.
We
identified
1.65
million
backlogged
cases.
We
were
able
to
get
through
all
but
110
of
those
110
from
1.6
plus
million,
and
we've
been
able
to
close
that
backlog
and
we're
making
real
progress,
but
that
backlog
again
is
dynamic.
I
That
was
the
old
backlog
over
the
course
last
few
weeks.
We
have
cumulative
examples
and
I'm
sure
those
are
the
ones
you've
cited
as
it
relates
to
efficiently
getting
those
checks
out,
but
do
not
be
naive
that
we
have
to
do
so
in
a
way
that
addresses
this
rampant
fraud
we've
seen
all
across
the
united
states.
L
I
We're
starting
420
on
the
first
day
we're
building
up
from
that.
So
get
a
sense.
Thousands
a
week
want
to
do
more
than
that.
That's
what
we're
starting
we'll
get
you
the
exact
address
and
get
an
exact
date.
My
hope
is
to
get
it.
I
have
a
date.
That's
the
18th,
I'm
hoping
to
deliver
before
the
18th.
In
fact,
I'm
confident
we
will,
if
you
want
to
socialize
this
say
the
18th,
but
I
imagine
the
chances
are
substantially
high.
I
I
Yes,
we
can
anticipate
a
similar
amount
of
vaccines
based
upon
what
the
federal
government
has
told
us
in
terms
of
visibility
over
the
next
few
weeks,
as
it
relates
to
new
vaccines,
the
community
clinic
vaccines
will
be
additive.
The
site
we
will
announce
with
the
bite
administration
will
be
additive.
I
M
Governor
jim
jacobs
with
gvy,
I
wanted
to
talk
to
you
about
the
planning
aspect
of
this.
You
mentioned
we're
getting
19
000
vaccines
this
week
in
fresno
county
with
eight
thousand
the
prior
couple
weeks
before
that
the
difficulty
that
our
planning
or
our
kind
of
health
department
has
had
is
planning
ahead.
They
say
that
they
get
the
the
dump
thursday
morning
with
how
much
vaccine
we're
getting
the
next
week.
I
That's
exactly
that's
exactly
our
resolve,
that's
our
commitment
and
having
just
received
that
ourselves
as
a
state
we're
now
providing
that
window
the
local
level.
Now,
let
me
just
say
this:
the
purpose
of
the
third
party
administrator,
the
contract
by
the
way
will
be
made
public
this
week.
I
know
people
are
eager
to
see
the
contract
provisions
next
week.
I
It
goes
into
effect
on
the
15th
will
provide
much
more
transparency
and
much
more
accountability
to
these
numbers
and
allocations
in
a
stronger
and
more
clear
window
as
it
relates
to
that
three-week
visibility,
but
based
upon
what
we
know,
there
should
be
similar
allocations
based
upon
this
week's
allocations,
based
again
on
the
assurances
from
the
biden
administration.
But
this
is
dynamic
and,
as
you
know
well,
we've
had
fits
and
starts
over
the
course.
Last
few
months
there
was
a
moment
near
the
end
of
the
last
administration.
I
We
were
promoting
close
to
50
million
doses,
two
weeks,
two
days
later,
find
out,
they
didn't
exist
and
so,
on
the
basis
of
what
we're
told
we're
able
to
communicate
that
to
the
counties.
Third
party
administrator
will
provide
even
more
clarity
with
more
specificity
and
detail
than
we've
seen
in
the
past.
I
I
look
the
end
of
the
day.
I
think
you're
improving
every
single
day.
I'm
really
proud
of
the
work.
The
folks
behind
me
have
done
you're
close
to
getting
close
to
100
000
vaccines,
you're
getting
close
to
that
10
threshold
which,
where
we
are
as
a
state-
and
so
I
think
these
folks
have
done
really
admirable
job.
We
all
need
more
clarity.
We
all
need
more
vaccines,
they'll
provide
swifter,
more
efficient
administration
of
the
vaccines
sites,
like
this
they've
just
been
remarkably
well
managed.
L
I
Won't
skew
the
numbers
we're
not
going
to
do
an
investigation.
We
are
actively
investigating.
We
sent
a
team
down
there
a
number
of
days
ago,
its
partnership
with
perk
and
elmer.
By
the
way,
all
of
us
are
very
familiar
with
perkin
elmer.
Any
of
us
have
had
kids
very
familiar
with
perkin
elmer
because
they
provide
a
lot
of
the
genomics,
testing
and
testing
for
all
newborns
in
the
state
of
california
they're
world-class
company,
but
appears
that
they're
falling
short
in
terms
of
the
work
at
that
lab
we're
working
through
those
issues.
O
O
He
was
upset
because
he
said
he
closed
his
business
when
other
businesses
were
open,
and
he
thinks
that
your
appearance
here
today
and
the
increase
in
vaccines
are
because
you're
facing
a
recall
so
learning
what
would
you
say
to
people
like
mr
garcia
and
maybe
to
the
protesters
that
are
outside
who
are
upset
with
you
and
there
may
be
a
recall
pending.
What's
your
reaction
to
that,
what
would
you
say
to
them.
I
Every
single
day
I'm
focused
on
supporting
small
business,
I'm
a
small
business
person,
myself
started
right
out
of
college
and
grew
up
in
politics.
I
had
the
privilege
of
a
lifetime
taking
pen
to
paper
getting
13
investors
7
500
each
to
open
my
first
business
with
a
part-time
employee.
Pat
kelly
grew
that
business
to
over
20
businesses
up
and
down
the
state
of
california
hundreds
of
employees.
I
don't
say
that
to
impress
you
or
anybody
but
to
impress
upon
you
my
passion,
my
respect,
my
reverence
for
small
businesses.
I
I
was
very
proud
to
be
part
of
a
package
in
november
emergency
appropriation
with
senator
support
and
the
assembly
members
support
to
get
half
a
billion
dollars
of
grants
for
businesses
just
like
his
to
provide
a
pathway.
We
provided
in
january
in
a
new
budget
to
waive
fees.
Annual
fees
for
business,
just
like
his
to
provide
a
framework
where
we're
just
working
with
the
legislature
will
more
than
triple
the
allocation
of
grants
to
businesses.
Just
like
his.
This
pandemic
has
put
pressure
on
all
of
us.
The
state
is
weathering.
I
This
pandemic,
as
well,
are
better
than
most
other
states
in
this
nation.
Look
at
a
per
capita
basis
where
we
compare
to
other
large
states
across
this
country.
It's
been
challenging
and
it's
been
trying,
particularly
for
small
businesses
like
his
so
empathy,
deep,
reverence,
respect
for
the
struggles
and
challenges
he
faces,
but
I
want
him
to
know
that
we're
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
get
this
economy
moving
again
safely.
The
fastest
way
to
open
businesses
permanently
is
to
eliminate
and
end
this
pandemic.
I
This
deadly
disease,
and
as
we
make
progress,
not
only
vaccinations
but
through
non-pharmaceutical
interventions
like
mask
wearing
and
physical
distancing,
we'll
get
there
sooner
than
later
and
will
provide
supports
for
people
like
him
and
hundreds
of
thousands
of
other
businesses
throughout
the
state.
And,
what's
your
argument
against
the
recall,
I'm
focused
every
single
day
on
getting
businesses
open.
Our
schools
reopen
increasing
the
rate
of
vaccinations
more
than
tripled
the
daily
vaccination
rate,
we're
committed
and
resolved
to
doing
that
in
every
part
of
this
state.
I
don't
care
if
you're
a
democrat,
a
republican.
I
P
Hi
governor,
this
is
maria
verrell
from
telemundo.
They
telling
me
this
is
the
last
question,
so
this
is
in
regards
to
foreign
workers
every
press
conference.
They
have
been
said
that
farm
workers
are
very
important
for
the
state
and
the
whole
country,
but
why
is
it
that
they
are
not
considered
essential
workers,
like
other
from
line
workers
in
the
country?
Well,.
I
I
I
was
very
proud
to
support
those
workers
and
will
continue
to
focus
and
resolve
to
help
workers
across
the
spectrum
that
have
been
there
from
day
one
they
never
took
a
day
off
and
fed
and
took
care
of
each
and
every
one
of
us
from
the
beginning
of
this
pandemic
to
where
we
are
today.
So
I
value
and
respect
those
workers.
I
value
and
respect
all
of
you,
I'm
honored
to
be
here
again
today
and
thank
you
again
to
assembly
member
ramallah.
Thank
you
to
senator
hurtada.
I
Thank
you
to
mayor
dreyer,
thank
you
to
congressman
jim
costa,
thank
you
to
the
county
supervisors,
and
this
and
the
city
council
member
really
grateful
to
their
incredible
leadership.
The
county
health
team
here
job
well
done.
We
look
forward
to
being
back
and
I
can
assure
you
we
will
be
back
often
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
weeks
and
months.
Thank
you
very,
very
much.