WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:03.920 - Level of government, including our FEMA representatives, 00:03.920 --> 00:07.130 Bob Fenton, who is here, the head of the office of emergency 00:07.130 --> 00:10.610 services who is here, and incredible leadership 00:10.610 --> 00:14.276 here at the port, and your mayor in Los Angeles, 00:14.276 --> 00:18.050 Mayor Eric Garcetti, who will be speaking in just a moment. 00:18.050 --> 00:22.580 I wanna just thank everybody throughout this region 00:22.580 --> 00:25.360 for supporting the remarkable asset 00:25.360 --> 00:29.430 that now is pre-positioned to help us with the surge 00:29.430 --> 00:34.430 of COVID-19 positive cases that are impacting Cali-state 00:34.840 --> 00:36.380 with the rest of our nation. 00:36.380 --> 00:41.380 A 26% increase yesterday in the number of new patients 00:42.450 --> 00:47.450 with COVID-19, we now are seeing a spike that we were 00:49.260 --> 00:52.310 anticipating, that we were modeling, but that we were 00:52.310 --> 00:53.860 substantively preparing for. 00:53.860 --> 00:57.090 Part of the preparation is exampled with the ship 00:57.090 --> 00:58.750 you see behind me. 00:58.750 --> 01:03.110 The capacity of up to 1,000 beds within that ship, 01:03.110 --> 01:08.100 at the peak consideration, about 550 at the lower end, 01:08.100 --> 01:11.110 and we can talk more about the operation in any questions 01:11.110 --> 01:12.470 that people may have. 01:12.470 --> 01:15.180 It's just one of many assets that we're already 01:15.180 --> 01:18.570 pre-positioning throughout the state of California. 01:18.570 --> 01:21.810 We now have identified four sites for the medical field 01:21.810 --> 01:25.410 stations, we are the beneficiary of eight of those sites, 01:25.410 --> 01:29.330 2,000 rooms because of the support of the administration. 01:29.330 --> 01:31.708 Those sites are going up, two of them will be operational 01:31.708 --> 01:34.480 within the next few days. 01:34.480 --> 01:37.270 We are pleased to have procured hundreds and hundreds 01:37.270 --> 01:39.930 of hospital beds throughout the state of California. 01:39.930 --> 01:43.670 Seton, in Northern California, now is operational. 01:43.670 --> 01:47.070 St Vincent down here in Southern California, 01:47.070 --> 01:50.086 we have procured the asset, now we're working 01:50.086 --> 01:54.040 to get the resources, the personal protective gear, 01:54.040 --> 01:58.130 and the staffing, to make that fully operational. 01:58.130 --> 02:01.950 We are in the process now of having secured roughly 02:01.950 --> 02:06.950 4,000 beds of some type to prepare for the surge 02:07.750 --> 02:10.900 which we believe will start taking shape in the next week 02:10.900 --> 02:13.690 or two, based upon our modeling. 02:13.690 --> 02:17.300 We have been waiting, we have been preparing, and I could 02:17.300 --> 02:20.340 not be more pleased and proud of our hospital system 02:20.340 --> 02:23.500 themselves, they begun to decompress the system 02:23.500 --> 02:27.140 throughout the state, that system has a capacity of 75,000 02:27.140 --> 02:30.900 beds, 416 hospitals in the state of California. 02:30.900 --> 02:35.900 They've been reducing the number of patients in that system 02:36.370 --> 02:39.526 by eliminating elective surgeries, and because of our stay 02:39.526 --> 02:42.910 at home order, and the incredible leadership at the local 02:42.910 --> 02:46.170 level, represented throughout the state of California, 02:46.170 --> 02:49.730 we've seen a reduction in trauma-related surgeries 02:49.730 --> 02:52.880 and emergency department numbers. 02:52.880 --> 02:55.420 As a consequence of that, we're not only surging 02:55.420 --> 02:58.310 our overall capacity in the state to meet the need 02:58.310 --> 03:02.137 going forward, but we've been able to reduce the current-- 03:47.080 --> 03:49.410 Overalls and gowns, but you get the picture, 03:49.410 --> 03:52.740 this state is asserting itself, taking responsibility 03:52.740 --> 03:56.070 to meet this moment, not pointing fingers, 03:56.070 --> 03:58.810 we're not clenching our fists, we have our hand 03:58.810 --> 04:03.320 out absolutely to the public sector and the private sector. 04:03.320 --> 04:06.960 And I just wanna reinforce the private sector, Elon Musk 04:06.960 --> 04:11.960 is a perfect example of that, procuring 1,225 ventilators 04:12.270 --> 04:14.650 and getting them out into our system. 04:14.650 --> 04:17.950 The ability and capacity for companies large and small, 04:17.950 --> 04:22.950 from Apple to Virgin to Facebook to Google and others 04:23.070 --> 04:24.825 that have stepped up to meet this moment, AirbnB 04:24.825 --> 04:29.825 are providing now a safe and clean assets so our first 04:30.710 --> 04:34.240 responders, and our medical care providers, will have 04:34.240 --> 04:37.130 a place to stay near, in or around their patients. 04:37.130 --> 04:40.290 Just examples, proof points, of people stepping up 04:40.290 --> 04:41.810 and stepping in. 04:41.810 --> 04:46.690 We have roughly 4,095 ventilators that we've identified 04:46.690 --> 04:49.370 or already have, in our possession. 04:49.370 --> 04:54.090 815 additional ventilators are being refurbished, 04:54.090 --> 04:55.410 so that's close to 5,000. 04:55.410 --> 04:58.340 Our goal is get to 10,000, and while we haven't received 04:58.340 --> 05:02.320 any directly from the federal government, LA County 05:02.320 --> 05:05.919 did receive 170 directly which certainly helps support 05:05.919 --> 05:09.160 our efforts, and we'll look forward to having more robust 05:09.160 --> 05:12.600 conversations to receive additional ventilators. 05:12.600 --> 05:17.520 We are running, currently, a hospital system, that has today 05:17.520 --> 05:22.520 in the census, earlier this morning, 746 individuals 05:22.780 --> 05:26.580 that are hospitalized, 200 in the ICU. 05:26.580 --> 05:31.580 However, we have over 4,180 individuals, 4,180 individuals 05:34.910 --> 05:39.070 that are what we call PUIs, which are Persons Under 05:39.070 --> 05:42.370 Investigation, they're in the hospital system, 05:42.370 --> 05:47.320 but they have not been formally diagnosed as positive 05:47.320 --> 05:52.320 with COVID-19, and so that hospitalization number 05:52.380 --> 05:56.050 does not include that number subset of those 05:56.050 --> 05:59.380 that are awaiting tests, and we continue to make this point. 05:59.380 --> 06:01.450 And while we've all struggled across this country 06:01.450 --> 06:05.980 to get these RNA extraction kits, the reagents, and deal 06:05.980 --> 06:10.150 with the diagnostic side, we're also struggling with swabs 06:10.150 --> 06:12.800 and the media related to those swabs, and the transfer 06:12.800 --> 06:15.900 of that media, and that remains an issue. 06:15.900 --> 06:17.770 But because of the leadership of Mayor Garcetti, 06:17.770 --> 06:21.350 the leaders and mayors across the state of California, 06:21.350 --> 06:25.490 our total testing numbers have increased significantly. 06:25.490 --> 06:30.490 Total tests in the state as of this morning, 88,400. 06:30.650 --> 06:33.500 So over 10,000 tests every single day, 06:33.500 --> 06:35.230 but here's the problem, and it goes specifically 06:35.230 --> 06:38.930 to the issue of those persons under investigation, 06:38.930 --> 06:41.480 those PUIs are waiting for test results, 06:41.480 --> 06:44.452 and in some cases these test results are coming back six, 06:44.452 --> 06:46.830 seven, eight days later. 06:46.830 --> 06:49.160 We've got to increase our through-put 06:49.160 --> 06:52.080 not only on the diagnostic side, on the testing, 06:52.080 --> 06:54.600 but ultimately getting those tests and that information back 06:54.600 --> 06:57.010 into the system, back into the hospitals, 06:57.010 --> 07:00.565 so that they can transport people, triage those individuals 07:00.565 --> 07:03.250 throughout the system, and back out to the extent 07:03.250 --> 07:07.390 they've tested negative, into community care. 07:07.390 --> 07:10.570 So, we are making progress on every front, 07:10.570 --> 07:12.990 we are not waiting around. 07:12.990 --> 07:16.280 We don't believe our fate is pre-determined. 07:16.280 --> 07:18.970 We don't think the future just happens, it's not something 07:18.970 --> 07:21.650 to experience, it's something to manifest 07:21.650 --> 07:24.820 and it's our capacity, individual capacity to continue 07:24.820 --> 07:28.570 to make good decisions on physical distancing, 07:28.570 --> 07:31.740 and continue to maintain our strict standards 07:31.740 --> 07:34.540 in the state of California as it relates to our stay at home 07:34.540 --> 07:38.070 orders that we must continue to advance. 07:38.070 --> 07:41.100 And if we do, we can bend that curve, we can meet 07:41.100 --> 07:44.010 that moment, continue hour by hour, minute by minute, 07:44.010 --> 07:46.910 to do more of what you see behind me in terms of laying 07:46.910 --> 07:50.240 the foundation of preparation as only this state 07:50.240 --> 07:55.240 can at this scale of responsibility and expectation 07:55.410 --> 07:58.560 so that we can save lives, and we ultimately 07:58.560 --> 08:01.352 can meet this moment working collaboratively 08:01.352 --> 08:03.010 and working together. 08:03.010 --> 08:06.603 I'll just close before I pass it over to Mayor Garcetti, 08:06.603 --> 08:09.540 by just saying this, the spirit of collaboration, 08:09.540 --> 08:13.590 the spirit of cooperation, is alive and well in this state. 08:13.590 --> 08:16.974 People, an unprecedented number of people, offering 08:16.974 --> 08:20.580 themselves to meet this moment in terms of procuring 08:20.580 --> 08:23.970 resources, but all with a deep resourceful mindset. 08:23.970 --> 08:28.947 And all of us, deeply anxious in recognition of the nature 08:28.947 --> 08:32.840 of the number of tests that remain outstanding, 08:32.840 --> 08:36.900 and the need to continue much more broad and detailed 08:36.900 --> 08:40.100 community surveillance, expanding our testing capacity, 08:40.100 --> 08:43.610 so that we can really model our ability to meet this moment 08:43.610 --> 08:45.360 in a much more dynamic way. 08:45.360 --> 08:49.270 Targeted testing, with spread testing, so that we can 08:49.270 --> 08:52.430 ultimately triage and move people throughout the system. 08:52.430 --> 08:55.567 That said, we have outstanding leadership 08:55.567 --> 08:59.560 and one of those that demonstrably has met this moment, 08:59.560 --> 09:01.060 and has been an incredible partner 09:01.060 --> 09:02.550 to the state of California, 09:02.550 --> 09:05.320 is Mayor Eric Garcetti here in Los Angeles. 09:05.320 --> 09:07.790 There hasn't been a day where he hasn't reached out 09:07.790 --> 09:10.960 and connected with the state, again offering a collaborative 09:10.960 --> 09:14.750 spirit, offering insight, advice and counsel, 09:14.750 --> 09:17.550 and providing that to our team in real time. 09:17.550 --> 09:21.650 And I cannot say enough about his leadership at this moment, 09:21.650 --> 09:25.110 and candidly, more broadly, and I'm pleased and privileged 09:25.110 --> 09:27.810 now to ask him to the mike and talk a little bit 09:27.810 --> 09:31.450 more about how he helped get this ship here, 09:31.450 --> 09:35.730 and how he is responsible for this port and its operations, 09:35.730 --> 09:39.176 and how proud I know he is of the team he has assembled. 09:39.176 --> 09:40.009 Mayor. 09:41.410 --> 09:45.500 - Usually we'd embrace and this governor 09:45.500 --> 09:47.020 is not just California's governor, 09:47.020 --> 09:49.400 but he's become America's governor. 09:49.400 --> 09:51.710 The first governor to take the move that we needed 09:51.710 --> 09:54.970 in this country, and to lead the way, and as you can hear 09:54.970 --> 09:56.320 with no notes and anything else, 09:56.320 --> 09:58.210 a man who is leading this state. 09:58.210 --> 10:00.760 And I just wanna say on behalf of my city governor, 10:00.760 --> 10:03.401 and I know the mayors that I speak to every single day, 10:03.401 --> 10:06.430 that we are so proud to have you leading this fight with us, 10:06.430 --> 10:07.883 and for you to be alongside. 10:09.450 --> 10:11.910 I also want to thank the governor for why this ship is here, 10:11.910 --> 10:14.900 and I'm gonna get to the ship in a moment, but I know 10:14.900 --> 10:17.460 the conversations he had directly with our president, 10:17.460 --> 10:21.010 and vice president, is why we have today a ship 10:21.010 --> 10:25.290 that now will be the largest hospital in Los Angeles. 10:25.290 --> 10:28.810 At its full capacity, and at its capacity today will add 10:28.810 --> 10:32.020 a third more available beds and, at full capacity, 10:32.020 --> 10:36.460 two thirds more beds to the fight here in Los Angeles. 10:36.460 --> 10:40.240 You know, we're used to having the navy here in this port, 10:40.240 --> 10:42.160 America's port. 10:42.160 --> 10:44.610 This port is responsible for 43% of the goods 10:44.610 --> 10:46.940 that come into America by sea. 10:46.940 --> 10:50.270 It's good, not just for California, but for this entire 10:50.270 --> 10:53.900 nation, and we know the navy because this was a great navy 10:53.900 --> 10:58.900 port, and each year we celebrate during our Fleet Week, 10:58.920 --> 11:03.670 amazing men and women of our navy, marines, our coast guard, 11:03.670 --> 11:06.040 who defend us every single day. 11:06.040 --> 11:09.440 In fact, just footsteps away from here is the USS Iowa, 11:09.440 --> 11:13.400 one of the most powerful symbols of this nation's might, 11:13.400 --> 11:17.440 a battleship that carried a president in World War Two, 11:17.440 --> 11:21.580 to meet with his allies, a place that today symbolizes 11:21.580 --> 11:22.993 our forward strength. 11:24.030 --> 11:26.500 But the strength of a nation isn't just the warships 11:26.500 --> 11:30.900 we have, it's also the strength and the capacity 11:30.900 --> 11:33.120 of the mercy that we give one another. 11:33.120 --> 11:35.170 And to have the United States naval ship, Mercy, 11:35.170 --> 11:38.680 here today, I wanna thank the president, I wanna thank 11:38.680 --> 11:42.750 our senators, I wanna thank everybody who had a role. 11:42.750 --> 11:45.670 Our supervisor, Janice Hahn, our local council member, 11:45.670 --> 11:49.230 Joe Buscaino, and everybody who made this happen. 11:49.230 --> 11:52.900 And it is docking here in a port led by Gene Seroka 11:52.900 --> 11:55.900 and Chief Gazsi, and our port police, that is making sure 11:55.900 --> 11:57.950 that the men and women who are in there can focus 11:57.950 --> 12:00.900 on our health, while we protect theirs. 12:00.900 --> 12:03.350 Here this will be a ship that will take patients 12:03.350 --> 12:06.890 in, as the admiral will say in a moment, I'm sure, 12:06.890 --> 12:11.890 this will be a COVID-19 free bubble, but by every person 12:12.020 --> 12:15.840 who comes in, whether transported from a direct accident 12:15.840 --> 12:20.040 or something like that, or from a hospital, every bed 12:20.040 --> 12:24.690 not taken in Los Angeles, by the great work of the men 12:24.690 --> 12:27.430 and women here, will mean one more bed for the surge 12:27.430 --> 12:29.640 that the governor spoke about. 12:29.640 --> 12:32.670 And so this truly is mercy on the water. 12:32.670 --> 12:35.620 This truly is mercy at the beds. 12:35.620 --> 12:37.930 This truly is mercy and the expression 12:37.930 --> 12:42.227 of who we are as Americans and as people at this moment. 12:42.227 --> 12:45.990 And I'm just so grateful that each one of us can step 12:45.990 --> 12:49.560 up at this moment and do something to help each other. 12:49.560 --> 12:51.330 I'll come back and say some words in Spanish 12:51.330 --> 12:52.880 and I'll do my usual evening briefing, 12:52.880 --> 12:55.600 but I wanted to be here to welcome those men and women 12:55.600 --> 12:57.780 and to thank them, and everybody who had a hand, 12:57.780 --> 13:02.660 but let me turn it over to Rear Admiral John Gumbleton 13:02.660 --> 13:05.903 who's the commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Three. 13:06.780 --> 13:09.370 I served 12 and a half years in the navy, 13:09.370 --> 13:12.270 and in the navy I once was able to get on board this ship. 13:13.160 --> 13:16.950 I saw what its amazing capacity is and make no mistake, 13:16.950 --> 13:21.010 as the governor said, when my fellow sailors got that notice 13:21.010 --> 13:23.580 that they needed to get their sea bags, 13:23.580 --> 13:26.800 leave their families, leave their loved ones, 13:26.800 --> 13:28.980 and come here to take care of our city, Admiral, 13:28.980 --> 13:31.590 let me say how grateful all of us are, 13:31.590 --> 13:34.510 and that this is a ship that is full of angels, 13:34.510 --> 13:36.420 in this City of Angels. 13:36.420 --> 13:38.900 The Admiral has been in charge of all the logistics 13:38.900 --> 13:41.050 on the navy side to make this happen, 13:41.050 --> 13:43.700 and let me turn the microphone over to him and say thank you 13:43.700 --> 13:45.090 on behalf of a grateful city. 13:45.090 --> 13:45.923 Admiral. 13:47.515 --> 13:51.423 - Thank you, Mayor Garcetti, and thank you Governor Newsom 13:51.423 --> 13:54.170 for having me here today. 13:54.170 --> 13:56.450 The men and women of the USNS Mercy 13:56.450 --> 13:58.130 in the United States Navy were honored 13:58.130 --> 14:01.350 to be here in Los Angeles supporting FEMA, 14:01.350 --> 14:02.637 the state of California, 14:02.637 --> 14:06.100 and this city in this ongoing COVID-19 crisis. 14:06.100 --> 14:08.390 You know, the Mercy behind me is uniquely outfitted 14:08.390 --> 14:12.260 for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. 14:12.260 --> 14:14.200 One of the navy's core missions these ships 14:14.200 --> 14:16.130 perform around the world. 14:16.130 --> 14:19.130 Our embarked medical professionals are highly skilled 14:19.130 --> 14:22.510 and trained, they're ready to support COVID-19 response 14:22.510 --> 14:26.350 efforts and, as said before, by providing care to patients 14:26.350 --> 14:29.223 in need of treatment not related to COVID-19, 14:30.299 --> 14:34.040 in that regard they will, in effect, serve as a relief valve 14:34.040 --> 14:37.400 allowing local hospitals to increase their focus 14:37.400 --> 14:39.533 on treating COVID-19 patients. 14:40.420 --> 14:42.300 We are extremely proud to be a part of this whole 14:42.300 --> 14:45.760 of government approach to respond and to serve the great 14:45.760 --> 14:47.750 people of our nation and the state of California. 14:47.750 --> 14:49.220 With that, I'll turn it over to the governor. 14:49.220 --> 14:50.629 Thank you. 14:50.629 --> 14:54.088 - Thank you, Admiral, and thank you to Captain Quinn as well 14:54.088 --> 14:56.610 for your extraordinary leadership. 14:56.610 --> 14:59.150 They'll be doing rehearsals, as they refer to them, 14:59.150 --> 15:02.010 this evening and essentially taking patients 15:02.010 --> 15:03.740 as early as tomorrow. 15:03.740 --> 15:06.540 So when we say this is operationalized, 15:06.540 --> 15:08.440 we mean that quite literally. 15:08.440 --> 15:12.020 Allowing us to decompress the rest of the LA county system 15:12.020 --> 15:14.820 which is beginning to see those increases 15:14.820 --> 15:16.670 that were projected in our modeling, 15:16.670 --> 15:21.100 and are disproportionate in some of hospitalizations 15:21.100 --> 15:23.440 that are occurring in this region in particular, 15:23.440 --> 15:27.580 make the Mercy so profoundly important to meet the moment 15:27.580 --> 15:30.530 and provide capacity for our entire 15:30.530 --> 15:32.360 healthcare delivery system. 15:32.360 --> 15:34.366 With that, we're happy to take any questions 15:34.366 --> 15:38.300 from all the reporters that are here, and those that we know 15:38.300 --> 15:41.413 that are online appropriately socially distanced. 15:42.568 --> 15:47.568 - [Reporter] (speaks quietly from a distance) evictions, 15:48.535 --> 15:53.535 does that supersede local anti-eviction orders 15:55.402 --> 16:00.336 from the (speaks quietly from a distance.) 16:00.336 --> 16:03.610 - So the 16th round evictions in the state of California, 16:03.610 --> 16:07.320 around renter protections, many know that a couple of days 16:07.320 --> 16:10.480 ago we announced a deal with four of the five largest 16:10.480 --> 16:13.760 national banks in America around mortgage relief, 16:13.760 --> 16:16.740 forbearance of payments for at least 90 days. 16:16.740 --> 16:20.040 A few weeks prior, we put out guidelines for cities 16:20.040 --> 16:23.550 large and small and creating legal framework, 16:23.550 --> 16:25.900 where they could put a moratorium together related 16:25.900 --> 16:29.540 to evictions for rentals, for tenants. 16:29.540 --> 16:32.701 Los Angeles has been a leader in this space, San Francisco, 16:32.701 --> 16:37.380 San Jose, 30 jurisdictions have moved already, or moved 16:37.380 --> 16:40.270 now more aggressively to establish the framework. 16:40.270 --> 16:43.190 But only 30, and as a consequence of that, 16:43.190 --> 16:46.590 today we just established a new overlay for the state 16:46.590 --> 16:51.450 of California, that denies the capacity for enforcement, 16:51.450 --> 16:55.580 court proceedings, for any evictions through May 31st. 16:55.580 --> 17:00.050 So for tenants through May 31st, there will be no eviction 17:00.050 --> 17:02.830 proceedings, there'll be no enforcement as it relates 17:02.830 --> 17:05.120 to inability to pay for COVID-19. 17:05.120 --> 17:08.820 It does not preempt any local ordinances that go deeper 17:08.820 --> 17:10.620 or further, but it is an overlay 17:10.620 --> 17:12.370 for the entire state of California. 17:14.030 --> 17:16.642 - [Adam James] Adam James from the Associated Press. 17:16.642 --> 17:18.837 Can I ask now that the testing has increased, California's 17:18.837 --> 17:22.440 confirmed cases that are growing rapidly, is this surge 17:22.440 --> 17:26.627 that public officials have been warning about (speaks 17:26.627 --> 17:28.710 quietly in the distance)? 17:28.710 --> 17:32.010 - So this is regarding the numbers today, 26% increase, 17:32.010 --> 17:36.070 and I should note, there are different sets of numbers 17:36.070 --> 17:38.484 that come out, some people track numbers in real time 17:38.484 --> 17:40.320 and report them in real time. 17:40.320 --> 17:44.220 We've been very disciplined to put out numbers that meet 17:44.220 --> 17:47.260 an exact moment, on a daily basis 17:47.260 --> 17:49.010 so we can confirm those numbers. 17:49.010 --> 17:52.670 78 deaths, 26% increase, from the previous day. 17:52.670 --> 17:57.543 3801 individuals that have tested positive for COVID-19. 17:58.392 --> 18:03.300 88,400 tests, of which tens of thousands of tests 18:03.300 --> 18:06.970 are still waiting for results, and so I caution people, 18:06.970 --> 18:09.980 as it relates to the numbers, to consider the magnitude 18:09.980 --> 18:12.400 of the number of tests that have been conducted 18:12.400 --> 18:15.180 that haven't come back yet, so people have a better 18:15.180 --> 18:16.990 sense of what to anticipate. 18:16.990 --> 18:20.240 That goes to the question about are we seeing the surge 18:20.240 --> 18:21.520 that we anticipated? 18:21.520 --> 18:25.140 Our modeling is moving as we expected, 18:25.140 --> 18:28.153 and we're seeing in Los Angeles, and the mayor can talk 18:28.153 --> 18:30.250 a little bit more about this, in fact I'd like him to, 18:30.250 --> 18:32.890 because the unique characteristics of this region 18:32.890 --> 18:35.730 and this county, they're seeing surge numbers 18:35.730 --> 18:40.480 that put them on track within a week to be aligned 18:40.480 --> 18:44.260 with where New York City currently is if they see the kind 18:44.260 --> 18:46.040 of increases they experienced yesterday. 18:46.040 --> 18:48.790 Mayor, maybe you can talk more specifically about that. 18:49.890 --> 18:51.820 - Sure, and I think while we've been here, the county 18:51.820 --> 18:53.180 may have put out new numbers. 18:53.180 --> 18:56.120 I know Doctor Galley is here from the county. 18:56.120 --> 18:59.590 Yesterday's increase though of over 50% would, of course, 18:59.590 --> 19:02.450 have a doubling rate of less than two days. 19:02.450 --> 19:04.470 By that measure, we would be where New York City 19:04.470 --> 19:08.020 is in number of cases per capita in Los Angeles county 19:08.020 --> 19:11.030 six days from now, or five days from now, 19:11.030 --> 19:12.373 six days from yesterday. 19:13.440 --> 19:18.440 We would be in a slower rate of increase the day before 19:18.630 --> 19:20.830 in 12 days where New York City was. 19:20.830 --> 19:23.560 So whether it's one week, or two weeks, 19:23.560 --> 19:25.930 as I've been sharing, we will be where they are, 19:25.930 --> 19:28.790 we will have doctors making excruciating decisions, 19:28.790 --> 19:31.750 we'll be trying to figure out what we do with that surge, 19:31.750 --> 19:34.040 how to get ventilators, where to find beds, 19:34.040 --> 19:36.460 which is why it's such a great day, at least today, 19:36.460 --> 19:39.230 to know that the USNS Mercy is here. 19:39.230 --> 19:40.330 But that's the rate of increase 19:40.330 --> 19:42.593 that we're seeing right now in Los Angeles county. 19:43.492 --> 19:46.460 - And it just reinforces the point, every minute, 19:46.460 --> 19:49.330 is a minute lost unless we take advantage of the minute. 19:49.330 --> 19:52.030 Every hour is an hour lost, every day is a day lost. 19:52.030 --> 19:54.740 And that's why I'm so pleased and proud of what's happening 19:54.740 --> 19:56.170 all across the state of California. 19:56.170 --> 19:59.150 Thousands and thousands of beds are being procured, 19:59.150 --> 20:02.070 people coming back, those that have retired coming back 20:02.070 --> 20:05.270 into the workforce, fourth year medical students now saying, 20:05.270 --> 20:07.690 you know what, can you help license me temporarily 20:07.690 --> 20:09.710 and I'm gonna contribute to meet this moment? 20:09.710 --> 20:12.550 The PPE that we're trying to procure from every conceivable 20:12.550 --> 20:15.600 source, from every conceivable part of the globe, 20:15.600 --> 20:19.320 the 101,000,095 masks that we were able to write a check 20:19.320 --> 20:21.520 for already that are starting to come in. 20:21.520 --> 20:23.950 Getting these beds set up, getting the rehearsals 20:23.950 --> 20:26.370 done so they're operationalized. 20:26.370 --> 20:28.950 We are not waiting for the crisis to hit 20:28.950 --> 20:30.220 and then react to it. 20:30.220 --> 20:33.490 We're doing everything humanly possible to prepare, 20:33.490 --> 20:36.490 but our eyes are wide open in terms of the multiples 20:36.490 --> 20:39.720 and our capacity as a system to deal with a surge 20:39.720 --> 20:43.940 of what we anticipate may require 50,000 beds 20:43.940 --> 20:47.283 over the course of the next six to ten weeks. 20:48.920 --> 20:51.320 - [Reporter] Sophia Lowland from (speaks quietly 20:52.365 --> 20:53.940 from a distance) asks, how much does your office anticipate 20:53.940 --> 20:57.630 hospitals will have to spend treating uninsured patients 20:57.630 --> 21:00.460 with Coronavirus without reimbursements 21:00.460 --> 21:02.250 from insurance companies? 21:02.250 --> 21:06.370 And how much of a financial burden will it be to people 21:06.370 --> 21:08.900 who are insured, more uninsured, 21:08.900 --> 21:11.160 what are you planning to do to address this? 21:11.160 --> 21:15.025 - Look, the hospitals are bearing a disproportionate 21:15.025 --> 21:19.280 responsibility, and that is to prepare for this moment, 21:19.280 --> 21:22.530 and then to meet the surge, and as a consequence, 21:22.530 --> 21:25.090 their traditional payments that they receive 21:25.090 --> 21:28.220 through elective surgeries are down significantly, 21:28.220 --> 21:31.610 or no longer exist, so they're in deep financial distress. 21:31.610 --> 21:33.440 And that's why we've all been sober, 21:33.440 --> 21:36.330 and while we're very pleased with two-plus trillion dollar 21:36.330 --> 21:38.486 stimulus from the federal government, none of us are naive 21:38.486 --> 21:41.650 that we're going to need more support down the line, 21:41.650 --> 21:45.230 not only the states and cities, we have $15.3 billion 21:45.230 --> 21:49.700 that will come from the $2.2 trillion stimulus 21:49.700 --> 21:51.240 into the state of California, 21:51.240 --> 21:56.040 $6.9 billion for local jurisdictions like this. 21:56.040 --> 21:57.170 But it won't be enough. 21:57.170 --> 22:00.080 Hospitals will need that support, and the medical system, 22:00.080 --> 22:03.980 broadly defined as it relates to our Medicaid system, 22:03.980 --> 22:06.790 our Medical system in the state of California, 22:06.790 --> 22:10.550 people that need treatment will get that treatment 22:10.550 --> 22:12.000 and we will do everything in our power 22:12.000 --> 22:14.210 to make sure we're signing up people. 22:14.210 --> 22:16.100 We've extended our open enrollment. 22:16.100 --> 22:18.840 We believe regardless of your status 22:18.840 --> 22:21.110 that you have the right, and we have an obligation, 22:21.110 --> 22:23.290 to treat you and to take care of you. 22:23.290 --> 22:25.480 We'll assess those costs in real time, but our focus 22:25.480 --> 22:29.360 right now is less on economics in terms of those decision 22:29.360 --> 22:32.090 making, but on the health and safety 22:32.090 --> 22:33.853 of 40 million Californians. 22:35.144 --> 22:36.992 - [Reporter] A question from (speaks quietly 22:36.992 --> 22:38.409 from a distance). 22:39.310 --> 22:41.480 Has there been any thought including three to four year 22:41.480 --> 22:45.138 medical students, and student nurses, to take the pressure 22:45.138 --> 22:47.340 off overwhelmed hospitals? 22:47.340 --> 22:52.080 - Yeah, the question of being able to recalibrate 22:52.080 --> 22:54.370 people's current status as it relates to being third 22:54.370 --> 22:56.260 or fourth year medical student, we've already 22:56.260 --> 23:00.030 in that process to expand their licensing capacity 23:00.030 --> 23:01.400 to meet this moment. 23:01.400 --> 23:03.790 Looking at scope of practice broadly defined, 23:03.790 --> 23:08.280 which is a deeply controversial subject in any environment, 23:08.280 --> 23:10.860 including this environment, those conversations 23:10.860 --> 23:12.360 are well underway. 23:12.360 --> 23:15.240 We've done surveys of hundreds of thousands of state 23:15.240 --> 23:18.760 employees, we have EMTs, we have paramedics, we have fire 23:18.760 --> 23:21.520 fighters, first responders, we have people with expertise 23:21.520 --> 23:23.980 that we never even realized, that are now offering 23:23.980 --> 23:27.410 up those expertise to recategorize their current job 23:27.410 --> 23:29.870 descriptions and make themselves available, 23:29.870 --> 23:32.260 not only from a medical surge perspective, 23:32.260 --> 23:34.338 but a specific example, just to meet the needs 23:34.338 --> 23:37.500 of all the unemployment insurance claims in the state 23:37.500 --> 23:41.610 which have averaged, over the last week, 108,000 a day, 23:41.610 --> 23:45.580 over one million people accessing, or trying to access 23:45.580 --> 23:46.520 our unemployment system. 23:46.520 --> 23:49.940 We wanna get those checks out as quickly as possible 23:49.940 --> 23:52.630 and we're trying to meet that surge with the same sense 23:52.630 --> 23:57.340 of urgency, and that is reprioritizing, reconstituting 23:57.340 --> 24:01.480 our workforce, including all of those individuals 24:01.480 --> 24:04.750 that are currently preparing to enter into formally 24:04.750 --> 24:06.820 that may just find themselves in the middle 24:06.820 --> 24:09.012 of this much sooner than they expected. 24:09.012 --> 24:10.331 - Can I add one thing? 24:10.331 --> 24:11.164 - Yeah. 24:11.164 --> 24:12.230 - I just wanna add one thing to that very briefly. 24:12.230 --> 24:15.880 Since we asked for medical personnel, two nights ago, 24:15.880 --> 24:19.040 to sign online to a portal, doctors who are in offices 24:19.040 --> 24:21.880 that are closed, nurses that come back from retirement 24:21.880 --> 24:25.010 et cetera, I'm proud to report we have over 2,000 people 24:25.010 --> 24:27.450 just here in Los Angeles alone, that have offered 24:27.450 --> 24:30.040 their services who are trained medical professionals. 24:30.040 --> 24:30.873 And I wanna thank them. 24:30.873 --> 24:33.460 I know San Francisco has done something similar as well 24:33.460 --> 24:36.120 to enlist folks, and we've been working very closely 24:36.120 --> 24:37.270 with the governor's office on that. 24:37.270 --> 24:38.667 Thank you. 24:38.667 --> 24:40.668 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance) 24:40.668 --> 24:42.384 - Over 2000. 24:42.384 --> 24:44.239 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance) 24:44.239 --> 24:47.208 from Cal Matters asks, how exactly is the state staffing 24:47.208 --> 24:49.240 (voice drowned out by traffic and distance) hospital beds 24:49.240 --> 24:53.420 on the ship, but also in the hospitals in spacing, 24:53.420 --> 24:57.280 with buses to hotels, hotels, and on that note, of hospital 24:57.280 --> 25:02.280 beds, how many of the 50,000 beds (voice drowned 25:03.282 --> 25:04.290 out by traffic and distance) will be needed for ICU? 25:04.290 --> 25:07.440 - Yeah, so of the 50,000 bed surge, 25:07.440 --> 25:10.650 that's part of our planning, 30,000 of those beds 25:10.650 --> 25:13.060 will come from within the hospital system 25:13.060 --> 25:14.110 and their footprint. 25:14.110 --> 25:17.610 What I mean by that is extending their staffing capacity, 25:17.610 --> 25:21.710 repurposing their operating rooms to ICU rooms, 25:21.710 --> 25:24.920 putting tents up in parking lots, and providing a surge 25:24.920 --> 25:29.500 capacity that is equivalent to 40% of their licensed beds. 25:29.500 --> 25:33.629 Outside of that system, 20,000 rooms are being procured 25:33.629 --> 25:37.954 through the state, including the Mercy which is 100% staffed 25:37.954 --> 25:42.620 by contribution of the American tax payer and the incredible 25:42.620 --> 25:46.470 men and women in uniform, the navy primarily, some marines 25:46.470 --> 25:48.913 that are helping with logistics, and some civilians 25:48.913 --> 25:51.100 that are part of this operation. 25:51.100 --> 25:54.707 They're fully stocked, fully staffed with every conceivable 25:54.707 --> 25:58.860 need you can ever imagine that resides 25:58.860 --> 26:02.420 within or around this floating hospital. 26:02.420 --> 26:06.400 As it relates to other hospitals, Seton we were able to find 26:06.400 --> 26:09.446 staffing, St Vincent we're negotiating to create 26:09.446 --> 26:12.840 the framework to find staffing. 26:12.840 --> 26:16.269 All of these other individual skilled nursing facility 26:16.269 --> 26:19.300 units, all of these other hotels, 26:19.300 --> 26:21.510 motels have different staffing requirements. 26:21.510 --> 26:24.197 I'll be specific as it relates to the-- 26:30.010 --> 26:32.810 With the state and county, and that's how we'll staff 26:32.810 --> 26:35.990 those first two, and we're working with other counties 26:35.990 --> 26:38.540 and other jurisdictions on the other six 26:38.540 --> 26:41.190 in terms of how we staff, so it's a one-off, 26:41.190 --> 26:43.490 site-by-site determination, 26:43.490 --> 26:46.603 but the Mercy fully staffed, fully operational. 26:47.836 --> 26:52.836 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance) 26:56.050 --> 26:59.279 - So yeah, this is, as they refer to it, as the admiral 26:59.279 --> 27:01.320 refers to it, and he can speak more clearly, 27:01.320 --> 27:04.240 this is a COVID-free bubble. 27:04.240 --> 27:08.350 When we say bubble, it's the entire area around this site. 27:08.350 --> 27:10.110 The men and women that are onboard 27:10.110 --> 27:12.650 are not gonna be recreating nearby, 27:12.650 --> 27:14.906 there's strict protocols and procedures. 27:14.906 --> 27:19.680 No one can just randomly come in, come off this ship. 27:19.680 --> 27:23.300 Everybody's been tested and we have very strict protocols 27:23.300 --> 27:27.100 working with the county, Doctor Galley at the county level, 27:27.100 --> 27:29.770 in terms of managing those protocols within the county 27:29.770 --> 27:34.290 system to make sure no COVID positive patients are making 27:34.290 --> 27:35.830 their way into this ship. 27:35.830 --> 27:39.510 This is an innovative process, it's a dynamic process. 27:39.510 --> 27:43.720 We'll start with a lower number of beds, and the extreme 27:43.720 --> 27:45.460 case that could possibly go higher, 27:45.460 --> 27:48.150 including with ICU capacity. 27:48.150 --> 27:50.290 We're not looking for ICU capacity 27:50.290 --> 27:53.490 to begin with on the Mercy, and we are currently 27:53.490 --> 27:55.450 inventorying the ICU capacity 27:55.450 --> 27:58.030 throughout the entire state of California. 27:58.030 --> 28:03.030 But in the extreme we're modeling, I have 20,000 ICU beds 28:03.710 --> 28:06.643 through our May 20th modeling. 28:09.932 --> 28:14.932 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic). 28:29.490 --> 28:31.650 - I'm gonna ask the mayor to speak to that 'cause he's been 28:31.650 --> 28:35.070 leading with some novel strategies as it relates to, 28:35.070 --> 28:38.070 not just citations of individuals, but encouraging 28:38.070 --> 28:40.095 businesses to do the right thing through regulation 28:40.095 --> 28:42.162 and licensing, which is exactly 28:42.162 --> 28:44.250 the kind of leadership we need. 28:44.250 --> 28:47.180 As it relates to state parks, let me just speak to this, 28:47.180 --> 28:51.370 we shut down an additional 59 locations, 98 total, 28:51.370 --> 28:54.170 parking facilities now are shut down, primarily 28:54.170 --> 28:58.430 all along the coast, north and south, in order to reduce 28:58.430 --> 29:01.010 what we experienced last year in terms of the surge 29:01.010 --> 29:04.430 of individuals that were not practicing safe physical 29:04.430 --> 29:07.010 distancing last weekend. 29:07.010 --> 29:10.485 We'll see where things go this weekend and to the extent 29:10.485 --> 29:13.050 that we have to ratchet up the enforcement 29:13.050 --> 29:16.250 or do even more to shut down those facilities, 29:16.250 --> 29:18.470 we will do so in real time. 29:18.470 --> 29:21.310 Each city has different operations. 29:21.310 --> 29:23.380 Each city has different strategies 29:23.380 --> 29:26.860 to how they want to enforce and notify citizens, 29:26.860 --> 29:28.780 but LA's been leading on that, and I'll ask the mayor 29:28.780 --> 29:29.980 to talk more about that. 29:31.330 --> 29:32.480 - Thank you, governor. 29:32.480 --> 29:34.620 First and foremost, with the beaches, I was glad 29:34.620 --> 29:36.157 to see the guidance come out from the county today, 29:36.157 --> 29:39.210 and the order, it's something we will do on the one beach 29:39.210 --> 29:42.380 that we run in Venice Beach, and down here, actually two 29:42.380 --> 29:45.000 beaches, excuse me, in Cabrillo Beach. 29:45.000 --> 29:47.720 We will make sure that that is the law, 29:47.720 --> 29:49.470 and that that is enforced. 29:49.470 --> 29:52.490 When I'm asked this a lot, I say, look, we've got an A 29:52.490 --> 29:55.950 in terms of compliance if you look at the data, California, 29:55.950 --> 29:59.580 Los Angeles, in terms of the restriction of movement. 29:59.580 --> 30:03.100 Two, there's a lot of self-enforcement going on. 30:03.100 --> 30:06.470 My executive officer, an employee of mine, when she left 30:06.470 --> 30:08.450 her apartment today, had two people say, what are you doing? 30:08.450 --> 30:09.400 Why are you leaving? 30:09.400 --> 30:10.350 She said, I work for the mayor. 30:10.350 --> 30:12.600 They said, oh great, good, okay, you go. 30:12.600 --> 30:13.810 So there's a lot of that happening 30:13.810 --> 30:15.080 at the neighborhood level. 30:15.080 --> 30:17.900 Third, we use first and foremost, our city employees, 30:17.900 --> 30:20.740 including our officers, to try to get adherence 30:20.740 --> 30:23.770 in a voluntary way, and that's the best way to move forward. 30:23.770 --> 30:26.750 We had one restaurant that tried to stay open giving food 30:26.750 --> 30:29.330 to folks, the first day, we visited them with a police 30:29.330 --> 30:32.380 officer, that's over and it hasn't reopened 30:32.380 --> 30:35.050 in terms of food service inside since. 30:35.050 --> 30:36.890 In those rare cases where we need enforcement, 30:36.890 --> 30:38.030 we're absolutely prepared. 30:38.030 --> 30:40.500 Whether that's shutting somebody's power off at a business 30:40.500 --> 30:43.610 that shouldn't be open, or whether it's giving somebody 30:43.610 --> 30:46.100 a citation, in fact, we even found price gouging. 30:46.100 --> 30:50.070 Our LAPD officers found somebody selling hand sanitizer 30:50.070 --> 30:52.840 for $80, let them know that that was illegal, 30:52.840 --> 30:54.860 let them know that there's a criminal penalty, 30:54.860 --> 30:58.510 and that hand sanitizer is now being sold for seven bucks, 30:58.510 --> 30:59.640 or was sold for seven bucks. 30:59.640 --> 31:04.100 So, where we see that, we are prepared, but 99.99% 31:04.100 --> 31:07.030 of this can be done without any criminal penalty, 31:07.030 --> 31:09.520 but we're prepared if anybody is an outlier, 'cause one 31:09.520 --> 31:11.290 person can be a super-spreader. 31:11.290 --> 31:13.320 One person can kill someone. 31:13.320 --> 31:15.253 One person can kill themselves. 31:17.100 --> 31:22.100 - I know there's a constant drumbeat of inquiry 31:22.120 --> 31:23.840 as it relates to the national guard. 31:23.840 --> 31:26.190 We have 500 national guard men and women 31:26.190 --> 31:28.536 throughout the state of California, only doing humanitarian 31:28.536 --> 31:31.690 missions, supporting our food logistics, 31:31.690 --> 31:34.290 primarily at our food banks. 31:34.290 --> 31:36.889 We have significantly increased the search capacity 31:36.889 --> 31:40.880 through our state park system for state park patrol, 31:40.880 --> 31:44.030 and they'll be out in force this weekend with flyers, 31:44.030 --> 31:47.440 not citations at first, but again we will tier 31:47.440 --> 31:48.993 our enforcement as necessary. 31:50.286 --> 31:55.286 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance). 32:06.960 --> 32:08.160 - I'll ask the director. 32:10.370 --> 32:12.700 - Yeah, Mark Gillard (mumbles) Director of the Governor's 32:12.700 --> 32:14.710 Office of Emergency Services. 32:14.710 --> 32:16.590 The question had to do with how we are deploying 32:16.590 --> 32:18.960 our resources, specifically the Cal Fire 32:18.960 --> 32:20.430 Incident Management Teams. 32:20.430 --> 32:22.262 In reality, what we're doing is we've really been 32:22.262 --> 32:27.262 strategically planning for how best to utilize resources, 32:27.280 --> 32:30.785 and you know, right now, at this time, we've been providing 32:30.785 --> 32:33.470 all the different kinds of commodities and assets 32:33.470 --> 32:34.930 to support the local government. 32:34.930 --> 32:37.090 There has not been a specific need for an incident 32:37.090 --> 32:40.130 management team, but we have those in the wings, 32:40.130 --> 32:42.850 and we're ready to actually engage them when appropriate. 32:42.850 --> 32:46.940 We also actively, while this is going on, strategically 32:46.940 --> 32:50.350 planning for, and preparing for, what obviously happens 32:50.350 --> 32:52.940 in California, and that is a wildfire season. 32:52.940 --> 32:57.100 And so those teams are actively, as we sit here today, 32:57.100 --> 33:00.470 working on that integrated approach to be able to deal 33:00.470 --> 33:03.310 with COVID-19 as well as protect 33:03.310 --> 33:05.730 our public in the event of a wildfire. 33:05.730 --> 33:08.380 So they're engaged but at a different level at this time 33:08.380 --> 33:10.753 and we'll engage them more as we need them. 33:14.261 --> 33:16.586 - Let's take a few more, thanks. 33:16.586 --> 33:17.814 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance) 33:17.814 --> 33:19.790 from Fox 7 News, there's been a change of tone 33:19.790 --> 33:23.446 in the public relationship between you and the president, 33:23.446 --> 33:25.996 President Trump, that may have contributed to Mercy 33:27.822 --> 33:30.850 coming to California and not another state, do you see 33:30.850 --> 33:34.183 this crisis as a turning point in the complicated 33:35.204 --> 33:38.437 relationship between the president and California? 33:38.437 --> 33:40.964 Could this be beneficial for California residents 33:40.964 --> 33:42.964 in other issues as well? 33:44.443 --> 33:47.630 - This is time for partnership, not partisanship. 33:47.630 --> 33:51.000 As I said, open hand not a clenched fist. 33:51.000 --> 33:54.150 He's our president and every direct request 33:54.150 --> 33:56.330 that I've asked the President of the United States, 33:56.330 --> 33:59.449 he has been responsive and he has tried to accommodate. 33:59.449 --> 34:02.577 This is just one of many examples, those eight field 34:02.577 --> 34:06.550 stations, 2000 units in the state of California, 34:06.550 --> 34:08.970 two of that will be up and running next week, 34:08.970 --> 34:12.463 the Mercy, are just examples specifically 34:12.463 --> 34:14.640 of that collaboration and the cooperative spirit. 34:14.640 --> 34:17.940 When it comes to mercies, wildfires, disasters, 34:17.940 --> 34:21.697 we've always maintained those two-way conversations 34:21.697 --> 34:24.670 and that engagement, and we'll rise above the politics 34:24.670 --> 34:26.150 and I'm grateful for that. 34:26.150 --> 34:29.440 And I'm candidly grateful for his leadership for the state 34:29.440 --> 34:32.470 of California, and the issues and needs 34:32.470 --> 34:34.370 that we have requested, and desires 34:34.370 --> 34:35.900 that have been met so far. 34:35.900 --> 34:38.810 And I'll keep monitoring that and keep prodding 34:38.810 --> 34:41.980 and keep encouraging for us to continue to do more 34:41.980 --> 34:43.923 and see more support in the future. 34:45.551 --> 34:48.150 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance), 34:48.150 --> 34:52.630 city or state keeping track of (voice drowned out by traffic 34:52.630 --> 34:53.797 and distance). 34:59.250 --> 35:04.170 - Yeah, the total number of positives, 3801, 35:04.170 --> 35:07.840 I don't have the number of how many do not have residences 35:07.840 --> 35:10.620 that have come in, and clearly as this data 35:10.620 --> 35:12.340 presents itself, we're able to break down 35:12.340 --> 35:15.270 those numbers, we'll have a better sense. 35:15.270 --> 35:17.670 But let me just say on the issue of homelessness, 35:17.670 --> 35:22.220 we have already procured, as of this morning, 4666 hotel 35:23.300 --> 35:26.820 units that we are distributing throughout the state 35:26.820 --> 35:30.450 of California for prioritization at the county level, 35:30.450 --> 35:32.290 for homeless individuals. 35:32.290 --> 35:35.030 We have, just in Los Angeles, the leadership 35:35.030 --> 35:38.760 of Major Garcetti and the county, they have identified 35:38.760 --> 35:43.490 that they are prepared to take 637 trailers 35:43.490 --> 35:45.720 that we were able to procure because of the leadership 35:45.720 --> 35:50.272 of Bob Fenton, and Mark Ghilarducchi, and they're prepping 35:50.272 --> 35:54.450 those sites and preparing the resources that will be needed 35:54.450 --> 35:56.740 onsite to meet that demand. 35:56.740 --> 35:58.230 So all of that's dynamic. 35:58.230 --> 36:00.750 All of that's happening in real time, and as you know, 36:00.750 --> 36:03.600 we distributed $100 million in emergency aid 36:03.600 --> 36:06.700 'cause of the leadership of Tony Atkins and Anthony Rendon, 36:06.700 --> 36:10.490 and their colleagues in the senate and the assembly, 36:10.490 --> 36:12.660 and we distributed those dollars in emergency grants 36:12.660 --> 36:15.770 for homeless individuals to prioritize getting people 36:15.770 --> 36:17.750 off the streets, particularly seniors 36:17.750 --> 36:20.884 and those in encampments and those that are vulnerable 36:20.884 --> 36:23.640 disproportionately to COVID-19. 36:23.640 --> 36:26.740 So we have a lot of work to do in that space. 36:26.740 --> 36:30.250 It continues to happen in real time. 36:30.250 --> 36:32.873 Certain parts of the state will see more happening 36:32.873 --> 36:36.140 than other parts, and I've got a full-time team 36:36.140 --> 36:38.440 doing nothing else but prioritizing the needs 36:38.440 --> 36:40.090 of our homeless citizens as well. 36:41.424 --> 36:44.805 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance). 36:44.805 --> 36:49.154 Will federal aid be available for schools (voice drowned 36:49.154 --> 36:51.571 out by traffic and distance)? 36:57.520 --> 36:59.040 - So, we'll make a determination. 36:59.040 --> 37:01.810 We're still making a determination exactly how much. 37:01.810 --> 37:04.560 We've got $1.7 billion of that stimulus for higher 37:04.560 --> 37:09.363 education, there's new assessment coming for K through 14, 37:10.600 --> 37:15.540 as I said, it's $8.3 billion, $6.9 billion for local 37:15.540 --> 37:18.450 jurisdictions, $8.3 to come in directly in block grants 37:18.450 --> 37:20.450 to the state itself. 37:20.450 --> 37:22.850 We've got transit money, $3.75 billion. 37:22.850 --> 37:26.570 We've got homeless money, $320, plus $1 million that's set 37:26.570 --> 37:29.438 aside for California directly out of that stimulus 37:29.438 --> 37:31.620 for our homeless programs. 37:31.620 --> 37:33.500 So, we're assessing all of that in real time. 37:33.500 --> 37:36.160 We put out new guidelines for our state budget 37:36.160 --> 37:40.290 just 48-hours ago, and we are looking at every single 37:40.290 --> 37:44.430 expenditure in our state, and all I can say is, 37:44.430 --> 37:46.490 we will be making adjustments in real time, 37:46.490 --> 37:50.060 not waiting for the obvious, which is recognizing 37:50.060 --> 37:53.210 that there's a significant economic impact, 37:53.210 --> 37:55.771 not only to the state, but individuals 37:55.771 --> 37:58.810 and we have to recognize that we've got to be here 37:58.810 --> 37:59.800 for the long haul. 37:59.800 --> 38:01.030 And the answer to the second part 38:01.030 --> 38:03.580 of that question is, no, it's not enough. 38:03.580 --> 38:05.530 We're going to need more going forward. 38:07.207 --> 38:12.207 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance). 38:14.810 --> 38:17.155 - I know which one it's for, the mayor. 38:17.155 --> 38:19.023 - Okay. 38:20.090 --> 38:22.193 - [Reporter] Are there any concerns in terms of supplies 38:22.193 --> 38:27.193 (voice drowned out by traffic and distance)? 38:33.550 --> 38:35.350 - No, is the short answer. 38:35.350 --> 38:38.270 The number of personnel on those sites is a small, small 38:38.270 --> 38:40.880 fraction of our medical personnel in hospitals, 38:40.880 --> 38:43.640 and we have made sure through the county, and if folks 38:43.640 --> 38:46.890 didn't catch that, 101 million masks this governor 38:46.890 --> 38:49.270 has helped to procure, there is enough. 38:49.270 --> 38:52.350 We're not worried about today, we're worried about surges 38:52.350 --> 38:54.090 in the future, we all know that. 38:54.090 --> 38:56.120 The governor's said that we'll need more, I think you told 38:56.120 --> 39:00.250 us a billion is what you're looking at for gloves. 39:00.250 --> 39:02.620 We're looking at huge numbers down the pipeline, 39:02.620 --> 39:05.830 but absolutely not, nor would we take those masks 39:05.830 --> 39:09.290 and PPE away from those who are doing testing. 39:09.290 --> 39:11.360 That is an absolutely critical role. 39:11.360 --> 39:12.590 That's stopping people 39:12.590 --> 39:14.320 before they get to the hospital potentially. 39:14.320 --> 39:17.160 That's keeping them, if they're okay, at home 39:17.160 --> 39:20.480 knowing that they don't have COVID-19, but I'm proud 39:20.480 --> 39:24.050 that we've done about, I think as of today, 8,000 tests 39:24.050 --> 39:26.530 through those drive-through centers here in Los Angeles. 39:26.530 --> 39:28.470 That's about a tenth, I think, of the state's 39:28.470 --> 39:31.040 overall tests, and then we're gonna keep ramping 39:31.040 --> 39:32.300 that up and keep doing that. 39:32.300 --> 39:34.180 To the earlier question, we don't have one single 39:34.180 --> 39:38.430 confirmed person yet who's unhoused with COVID-19. 39:38.430 --> 39:40.380 I expect that there are people out there, 39:40.380 --> 39:42.150 but I want to pause on that for two seconds 39:42.150 --> 39:43.947 because a lot of people keep saying, 39:43.947 --> 39:45.970 "Oh we don't wanna have a shelter near us," 39:45.970 --> 39:47.960 or "We don't wanna have those people near us". 39:47.960 --> 39:50.840 Let's be clear, it's people who are housed who are infected 39:50.840 --> 39:52.850 first who would be giving it to people 39:52.850 --> 39:55.850 who are on the streets, not vice versa, so we need to break 39:55.850 --> 39:58.600 those barriers down and think about each other as equals. 39:58.600 --> 40:03.310 All human lives matter equally, and I wanna thank those city 40:03.310 --> 40:07.380 employees, those contractors from the non-profits, 40:07.380 --> 40:09.730 and our county employees, who are in our shelters, 40:09.730 --> 40:11.930 and who will be at those motel and hotel beds 40:11.930 --> 40:13.923 that the state is helping us to get. 40:15.110 --> 40:18.100 - I will say that the PPE issue is real, I mean, 40:18.100 --> 40:21.120 none of us are naive about the magnitude of the need, 40:21.120 --> 40:24.255 not just in our healthcare delivery system, but our grocers 40:24.255 --> 40:28.110 that are asking for more PPE support. 40:28.110 --> 40:31.070 Our police officers, our frontline out on the streets, 40:31.070 --> 40:34.640 sidewalks, our sheriffs, and we need to see more PPE 40:34.640 --> 40:37.840 and we're doing everything we can for coveralls and shields, 40:37.840 --> 40:41.440 not just N95 masks, other kinds of masks and gloves. 40:41.440 --> 40:43.571 So as soon as it comes in, we're getting it right out 40:43.571 --> 40:48.020 and I recognize exactly what the mayor is saying. 40:48.020 --> 40:51.750 We may have, for the moment, a capacity within our hospital 40:51.750 --> 40:54.494 system, but boy, around the corner, if these numbers 40:54.494 --> 40:57.990 continue, we're going to be searching 40:57.990 --> 41:00.933 far and wide for substantially more PPE. 41:02.994 --> 41:07.994 - [Reporter] (voice drowned out by traffic and distance)? 41:20.400 --> 41:22.060 - We're getting close to 100,000 tests. 41:22.060 --> 41:24.270 I don't know how accurate that question is. 41:24.270 --> 41:26.910 We are seeing a significant increase every day 41:26.910 --> 41:28.180 in the number of tests. 41:28.180 --> 41:30.680 Our biggest issue has been for the 22 labs, 41:30.680 --> 41:33.210 I've been crystal clear for two weeks, lack of RNA 41:33.210 --> 41:36.760 extraction kits, lack of reagents, and now, the big issue 41:36.760 --> 41:40.670 for us is swabs, specimen collections, specimen samples. 41:40.670 --> 41:45.660 I was talking to Stanford representatives, USC, Cedars, 41:45.660 --> 41:48.500 not just UC, medical staff yesterday, 41:48.500 --> 41:51.490 they're trying to procure 3D printed swabs. 41:51.490 --> 41:54.170 We're doing everything in our power to do more. 41:54.170 --> 41:56.970 We're also looking at antibody tests, looking to blood-based 41:56.970 --> 42:01.970 tests, looking at different serums that can help advance 42:02.495 --> 42:05.390 the next generation of protocols. 42:05.390 --> 42:08.450 No state, by the way, is doing more in that respect 42:08.450 --> 42:10.530 in our labs, than the state of California. 42:10.530 --> 42:14.210 The advance trials of Gilead, Genentech, and others, 42:14.210 --> 42:15.550 disproportionate number are happening 42:15.550 --> 42:17.000 in the state of California. 42:17.000 --> 42:18.480 So you're gonna see those numbers 42:18.480 --> 42:20.520 continue to rise significantly. 42:20.520 --> 42:23.803 And approvals are coming in in real time on a daily basis. 42:27.550 --> 42:30.950 With that, let me just thank you again, Admiral. 42:30.950 --> 42:32.920 This is one hell of a ship 42:32.920 --> 42:34.660 and you've got one hell of a team. 42:34.660 --> 42:36.610 To the men and women that are here, thank you 42:36.610 --> 42:38.420 for your service, thank you for your contribution, 42:38.420 --> 42:39.820 thank you for saving lives, 42:39.820 --> 42:41.360 thank you for meeting this moment. 42:41.360 --> 42:44.020 Thank you to the leadership assembled here, 42:44.020 --> 42:45.740 in particular, Mayor Garcetti. 42:45.740 --> 42:47.510 Thank you all very, very much. 42:47.510 --> 42:49.563 I know you wanna say some things in Spanish. 42:50.877 --> 42:54.210 - (in foreign language)