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- Level of government, including
our FEMA representatives,

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Bob Fenton, who is here, the
head of the office of emergency

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services who is here,
and incredible leadership

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here at the port, and
your mayor in Los Angeles,

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Mayor Eric Garcetti, who will
be speaking in just a moment.

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I wanna just thank everybody
throughout this region

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for supporting the remarkable asset

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that now is pre-positioned
to help us with the surge

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of COVID-19 positive cases
that are impacting Cali-state

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with the rest of our nation.

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A 26% increase yesterday in
the number of new patients

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with COVID-19, we now are
seeing a spike that we were

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anticipating, that we were
modeling, but that we were

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substantively preparing for.

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Part of the preparation
is exampled with the ship

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you see behind me.

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The capacity of up to 1,000
beds within that ship,

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at the peak consideration,
about 550 at the lower end,

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and we can talk more about
the operation in any questions

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that people may have.

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It's just one of many
assets that we're already

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pre-positioning throughout
the state of California.

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We now have identified four
sites for the medical field

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stations, we are the beneficiary
of eight of those sites,

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2,000 rooms because of the
support of the administration.

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Those sites are going up, two
of them will be operational

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within the next few days.

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We are pleased to have
procured hundreds and hundreds

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of hospital beds throughout
the state of California.

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Seton, in Northern California,
now is operational.

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St Vincent down here
in Southern California,

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we have procured the
asset, now we're working

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to get the resources, the
personal protective gear,

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and the staffing, to make
that fully operational.

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We are in the process now
of having secured roughly

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4,000 beds of some type
to prepare for the surge

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which we believe will start
taking shape in the next week

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or two, based upon our modeling.

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We have been waiting, we have
been preparing, and I could

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not be more pleased and
proud of our hospital system

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themselves, they begun
to decompress the system

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throughout the state, that
system has a capacity of 75,000

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beds, 416 hospitals in
the state of California.

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They've been reducing the number
of patients in that system

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by eliminating elective
surgeries, and because of our stay

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at home order, and the incredible
leadership at the local

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level, represented throughout
the state of California,

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we've seen a reduction in
trauma-related surgeries

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and emergency department numbers.

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As a consequence of that,
we're not only surging

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our overall capacity in
the state to meet the need

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going forward, but we've been
able to reduce the current--

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Overalls and gowns, but
you get the picture,

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this state is asserting
itself, taking responsibility

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to meet this moment, not pointing fingers,

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we're not clenching our
fists, we have our hand

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out absolutely to the public
sector and the private sector.

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And I just wanna reinforce
the private sector, Elon Musk

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is a perfect example of that,
procuring 1,225 ventilators

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and getting them out into our system.

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The ability and capacity for
companies large and small,

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from Apple to Virgin to
Facebook to Google and others

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that have stepped up to
meet this moment, AirbnB

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are providing now a safe and
clean assets so our first

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responders, and our medical
care providers, will have

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a place to stay near, in
or around their patients.

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Just examples, proof points,
of people stepping up

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and stepping in.

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We have roughly 4,095
ventilators that we've identified

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or already have, in our possession.

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815 additional ventilators
are being refurbished,

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so that's close to 5,000.

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Our goal is get to 10,000,
and while we haven't received

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any directly from the
federal government, LA County

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did receive 170 directly
which certainly helps support

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our efforts, and we'll look
forward to having more robust

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conversations to receive
additional ventilators.

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We are running, currently, a
hospital system, that has today

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in the census, earlier this
morning, 746 individuals

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that are hospitalized, 200 in the ICU.

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However, we have over 4,180
individuals, 4,180 individuals

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that are what we call PUIs,
which are Persons Under

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Investigation, they're
in the hospital system,

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but they have not been
formally diagnosed as positive

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with COVID-19, and so that
hospitalization number

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does not include that
number subset of those

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that are awaiting tests, and
we continue to make this point.

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And while we've all
struggled across this country

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to get these RNA extraction
kits, the reagents, and deal

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with the diagnostic side, we're
also struggling with swabs

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and the media related to
those swabs, and the transfer

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of that media, and that remains an issue.

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But because of the
leadership of Mayor Garcetti,

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the leaders and mayors across
the state of California,

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our total testing numbers
have increased significantly.

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Total tests in the state
as of this morning, 88,400.

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So over 10,000 tests every single day,

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but here's the problem,
and it goes specifically

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to the issue of those
persons under investigation,

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those PUIs are waiting for test results,

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and in some cases these test
results are coming back six,

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seven, eight days later.

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We've got to increase our through-put

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not only on the diagnostic
side, on the testing,

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but ultimately getting those
tests and that information back

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into the system, back into the hospitals,

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so that they can transport
people, triage those individuals

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throughout the system,
and back out to the extent

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they've tested negative,
into community care.

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So, we are making progress on every front,

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we are not waiting around.

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We don't believe our
fate is pre-determined.

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We don't think the future just
happens, it's not something

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to experience, it's something to manifest

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and it's our capacity,
individual capacity to continue

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to make good decisions
on physical distancing,

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and continue to maintain
our strict standards

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in the state of California as
it relates to our stay at home

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orders that we must continue to advance.

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And if we do, we can bend
that curve, we can meet

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that moment, continue hour
by hour, minute by minute,

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to do more of what you see
behind me in terms of laying

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the foundation of preparation
as only this state

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can at this scale of
responsibility and expectation

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so that we can save
lives, and we ultimately

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can meet this moment
working collaboratively

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and working together.

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I'll just close before I pass
it over to Mayor Garcetti,

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by just saying this, the
spirit of collaboration,

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the spirit of cooperation, is
alive and well in this state.

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People, an unprecedented
number of people, offering

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themselves to meet this
moment in terms of procuring

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resources, but all with a
deep resourceful mindset.

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And all of us, deeply anxious
in recognition of the nature

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of the number of tests
that remain outstanding,

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and the need to continue
much more broad and detailed

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community surveillance,
expanding our testing capacity,

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so that we can really model
our ability to meet this moment

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in a much more dynamic way.

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Targeted testing, with spread
testing, so that we can

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ultimately triage and move
people throughout the system.

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That said, we have outstanding leadership

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and one of those that
demonstrably has met this moment,

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and has been an incredible partner

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to the state of California,

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is Mayor Eric Garcetti
here in Los Angeles.

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There hasn't been a day
where he hasn't reached out

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and connected with the state,
again offering a collaborative

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spirit, offering insight,
advice and counsel,

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and providing that to
our team in real time.

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And I cannot say enough about
his leadership at this moment,

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and candidly, more broadly,
and I'm pleased and privileged

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now to ask him to the
mike and talk a little bit

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more about how he helped
get this ship here,

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and how he is responsible for
this port and its operations,

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and how proud I know he is
of the team he has assembled.

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Mayor.

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- Usually we'd embrace and this governor

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is not just California's governor,

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but he's become America's governor.

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The first governor to take
the move that we needed

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in this country, and to lead
the way, and as you can hear

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with no notes and anything else,

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a man who is leading this state.

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And I just wanna say on
behalf of my city governor,

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and I know the mayors that
I speak to every single day,

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that we are so proud to have
you leading this fight with us,

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and for you to be alongside.

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I also want to thank the governor
for why this ship is here,

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and I'm gonna get to the
ship in a moment, but I know

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the conversations he had
directly with our president,

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and vice president, is
why we have today a ship

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that now will be the largest
hospital in Los Angeles.

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At its full capacity, and at
its capacity today will add

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a third more available
beds and, at full capacity,

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two thirds more beds to the
fight here in Los Angeles.

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You know, we're used to having
the navy here in this port,

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America's port.

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This port is responsible
for 43% of the goods

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that come into America by sea.

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It's good, not just for
California, but for this entire

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nation, and we know the navy
because this was a great navy

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port, and each year we
celebrate during our Fleet Week,

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amazing men and women of our
navy, marines, our coast guard,

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who defend us every single day.

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In fact, just footsteps away
from here is the USS Iowa,

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one of the most powerful
symbols of this nation's might,

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a battleship that carried a
president in World War Two,

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to meet with his allies, a
place that today symbolizes

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our forward strength.

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But the strength of a nation
isn't just the warships

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we have, it's also the
strength and the capacity

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of the mercy that we give one another.

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And to have the United
States naval ship, Mercy,

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here today, I wanna thank
the president, I wanna thank

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our senators, I wanna thank
everybody who had a role.

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Our supervisor, Janice Hahn,
our local council member,

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Joe Buscaino, and everybody
who made this happen.

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And it is docking here in
a port led by Gene Seroka

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and Chief Gazsi, and our port
police, that is making sure

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that the men and women
who are in there can focus

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on our health, while we protect theirs.

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Here this will be a ship
that will take patients

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in, as the admiral will
say in a moment, I'm sure,

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this will be a COVID-19 free
bubble, but by every person

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who comes in, whether transported
from a direct accident

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or something like that, or
from a hospital, every bed

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not taken in Los Angeles,
by the great work of the men

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and women here, will mean
one more bed for the surge

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that the governor spoke about.

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And so this truly is mercy on the water.

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This truly is mercy at the beds.

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This truly is mercy and the expression

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of who we are as Americans
and as people at this moment.

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And I'm just so grateful
that each one of us can step

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up at this moment and do
something to help each other.

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I'll come back and say
some words in Spanish

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and I'll do my usual evening briefing,

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but I wanted to be here to
welcome those men and women

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and to thank them, and
everybody who had a hand,

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but let me turn it over to
Rear Admiral John Gumbleton

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who's the commander of
Expeditionary Strike Group Three.

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I served 12 and a half years in the navy,

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and in the navy I once was
able to get on board this ship.

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I saw what its amazing capacity
is and make no mistake,

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as the governor said, when my
fellow sailors got that notice

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that they needed to get their sea bags,

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leave their families,
leave their loved ones,

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and come here to take
care of our city, Admiral,

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let me say how grateful all of us are,

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and that this is a ship
that is full of angels,

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in this City of Angels.

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The Admiral has been in
charge of all the logistics

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on the navy side to make this happen,

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and let me turn the microphone
over to him and say thank you

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on behalf of a grateful city.

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Admiral.

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- Thank you, Mayor Garcetti,
and thank you Governor Newsom

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for having me here today.

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The men and women of the USNS Mercy

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in the United States Navy were honored

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to be here in Los Angeles supporting FEMA,

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the state of California,

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and this city in this
ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

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You know, the Mercy behind
me is uniquely outfitted

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for humanitarian assistance
and disaster relief.

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One of the navy's core
missions these ships

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perform around the world.

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Our embarked medical
professionals are highly skilled

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and trained, they're ready
to support COVID-19 response

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efforts and, as said before,
by providing care to patients

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in need of treatment
not related to COVID-19,

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in that regard they will, in
effect, serve as a relief valve

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allowing local hospitals
to increase their focus

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on treating COVID-19 patients.

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We are extremely proud to
be a part of this whole

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of government approach to
respond and to serve the great

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people of our nation and
the state of California.

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With that, I'll turn it
over to the governor.

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Thank you.

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- Thank you, Admiral, and thank
you to Captain Quinn as well

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for your extraordinary leadership.

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They'll be doing rehearsals,
as they refer to them,

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this evening and
essentially taking patients

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as early as tomorrow.

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So when we say this is operationalized,

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we mean that quite literally.

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Allowing us to decompress the
rest of the LA county system

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which is beginning to see those increases

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that were projected in our modeling,

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and are disproportionate
in some of hospitalizations

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that are occurring in
this region in particular,

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make the Mercy so profoundly
important to meet the moment

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and provide capacity for our entire

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healthcare delivery system.

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With that, we're happy
to take any questions

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from all the reporters that are
here, and those that we know

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that are online appropriately
socially distanced.

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- [Reporter] (speaks quietly
from a distance) evictions,

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does that supersede local
anti-eviction orders

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from the (speaks quietly from a distance.)

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- So the 16th round evictions
in the state of California,

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around renter protections,
many know that a couple of days

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ago we announced a deal with
four of the five largest

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national banks in America
around mortgage relief,

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forbearance of payments
for at least 90 days.

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A few weeks prior, we put
out guidelines for cities

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large and small and
creating legal framework,

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where they could put a
moratorium together related

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to evictions for rentals, for tenants.

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Los Angeles has been a leader
in this space, San Francisco,

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San Jose, 30 jurisdictions
have moved already, or moved

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now more aggressively to
establish the framework.

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But only 30, and as a consequence of that,

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today we just established
a new overlay for the state

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of California, that denies
the capacity for enforcement,

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court proceedings, for any
evictions through May 31st.

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So for tenants through May
31st, there will be no eviction

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proceedings, there'll be no
enforcement as it relates

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to inability to pay for COVID-19.

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It does not preempt any local
ordinances that go deeper

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or further, but it is an overlay

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for the entire state of California.

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- [Adam James] Adam James
from the Associated Press.

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Can I ask now that the testing
has increased, California's

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confirmed cases that are
growing rapidly, is this surge

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that public officials have
been warning about (speaks

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quietly in the distance)?

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- So this is regarding the
numbers today, 26% increase,

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and I should note, there are
different sets of numbers

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that come out, some people
track numbers in real time

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and report them in real time.

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We've been very disciplined
to put out numbers that meet

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an exact moment, on a daily basis

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so we can confirm those numbers.

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78 deaths, 26% increase,
from the previous day.

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3801 individuals that have
tested positive for COVID-19.

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88,400 tests, of which
tens of thousands of tests

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are still waiting for results,
and so I caution people,

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as it relates to the numbers,
to consider the magnitude

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of the number of tests
that have been conducted

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that haven't come back yet,
so people have a better

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sense of what to anticipate.

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That goes to the question
about are we seeing the surge

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that we anticipated?

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Our modeling is moving as we expected,

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and we're seeing in Los
Angeles, and the mayor can talk

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a little bit more about this,
in fact I'd like him to,

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because the unique
characteristics of this region

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and this county, they're
seeing surge numbers

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that put them on track
within a week to be aligned

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with where New York City
currently is if they see the kind

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of increases they experienced yesterday.

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Mayor, maybe you can talk
more specifically about that.

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- Sure, and I think while
we've been here, the county

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may have put out new numbers.

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I know Doctor Galley is
here from the county.

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Yesterday's increase though
of over 50% would, of course,

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have a doubling rate
of less than two days.

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By that measure, we would
be where New York City

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is in number of cases per
capita in Los Angeles county

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six days from now, or five days from now,

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six days from yesterday.

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We would be in a slower rate
of increase the day before

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in 12 days where New York City was.

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So whether it's one week, or two weeks,

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as I've been sharing, we
will be where they are,

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we will have doctors making
excruciating decisions,

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we'll be trying to figure out
what we do with that surge,

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how to get ventilators,
where to find beds,

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which is why it's such a
great day, at least today,

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to know that the USNS Mercy is here.

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But that's the rate of increase

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that we're seeing right
now in Los Angeles county.

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- And it just reinforces
the point, every minute,

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is a minute lost unless we
take advantage of the minute.

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Every hour is an hour lost,
every day is a day lost.

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And that's why I'm so pleased
and proud of what's happening

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all across the state of California.

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Thousands and thousands of
beds are being procured,

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people coming back, those
that have retired coming back

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into the workforce, fourth year
medical students now saying,

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you know what, can you
help license me temporarily

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and I'm gonna contribute
to meet this moment?

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The PPE that we're trying to
procure from every conceivable

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source, from every
conceivable part of the globe,

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the 101,000,095 masks that
we were able to write a check

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for already that are starting to come in.

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Getting these beds set
up, getting the rehearsals

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done so they're operationalized.

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We are not waiting for the crisis to hit

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and then react to it.

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We're doing everything
humanly possible to prepare,

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but our eyes are wide open
in terms of the multiples

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and our capacity as a
system to deal with a surge

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of what we anticipate
may require 50,000 beds

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over the course of the
next six to ten weeks.

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- [Reporter] Sophia Lowland
from (speaks quietly

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from a distance) asks, how much
does your office anticipate

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hospitals will have to spend
treating uninsured patients

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with Coronavirus without reimbursements

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from insurance companies?

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And how much of a financial
burden will it be to people

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who are insured, more uninsured,

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what are you planning
to do to address this?

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- Look, the hospitals are
bearing a disproportionate

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responsibility, and that is
to prepare for this moment,

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and then to meet the surge,
and as a consequence,

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their traditional
payments that they receive

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through elective surgeries
are down significantly,

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or no longer exist, so they're
in deep financial distress.

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And that's why we've all been sober,

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and while we're very pleased
with two-plus trillion dollar

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stimulus from the federal
government, none of us are naive

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that we're going to need
more support down the line,

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not only the states and
cities, we have $15.3 billion

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that will come from the
$2.2 trillion stimulus

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into the state of California,

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$6.9 billion for local
jurisdictions like this.

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But it won't be enough.

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Hospitals will need that
support, and the medical system,

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broadly defined as it relates
to our Medicaid system,

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our Medical system in
the state of California,

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people that need treatment
will get that treatment

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and we will do everything in our power

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to make sure we're signing up people.

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We've extended our open enrollment.

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We believe regardless of your status

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that you have the right,
and we have an obligation,

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to treat you and to take care of you.

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We'll assess those costs
in real time, but our focus

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right now is less on economics
in terms of those decision

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making, but on the health and safety

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of 40 million Californians.

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- [Reporter] A question
from (speaks quietly

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from a distance).

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Has there been any thought
including three to four year

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medical students, and student
nurses, to take the pressure

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off overwhelmed hospitals?

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- Yeah, the question of
being able to recalibrate

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people's current status as
it relates to being third

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or fourth year medical
student, we've already

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in that process to expand
their licensing capacity

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to meet this moment.

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Looking at scope of
practice broadly defined,

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which is a deeply controversial
subject in any environment,

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including this environment,
those conversations

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are well underway.

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We've done surveys of
hundreds of thousands of state

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employees, we have EMTs, we
have paramedics, we have fire

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fighters, first responders,
we have people with expertise

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that we never even realized,
that are now offering

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up those expertise to
recategorize their current job

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descriptions and make
themselves available,

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not only from a medical surge perspective,

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but a specific example,
just to meet the needs

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of all the unemployment
insurance claims in the state

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which have averaged, over
the last week, 108,000 a day,

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over one million people
accessing, or trying to access

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our unemployment system.

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We wanna get those checks
out as quickly as possible

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and we're trying to meet that
surge with the same sense

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of urgency, and that is
reprioritizing, reconstituting

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our workforce, including
all of those individuals

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that are currently preparing
to enter into formally

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that may just find
themselves in the middle

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of this much sooner than they expected.

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- Can I add one thing?

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- Yeah.

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- I just wanna add one
thing to that very briefly.

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Since we asked for medical
personnel, two nights ago,

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to sign online to a portal,
doctors who are in offices

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that are closed, nurses that
come back from retirement

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et cetera, I'm proud to report
we have over 2,000 people

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just here in Los Angeles
alone, that have offered

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their services who are
trained medical professionals.

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And I wanna thank them.

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I know San Francisco has done
something similar as well

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to enlist folks, and we've
been working very closely

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with the governor's office on that.

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Thank you.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance)

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- Over 2000.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance)

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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,

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with buses to hotels, hotels,
and on that note, of hospital

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beds, how many of the
50,000 beds (voice drowned

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out by traffic and distance)
will be needed for ICU?

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- Yeah, so of the 50,000 bed surge,

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that's part of our planning,
30,000 of those beds

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will come from within the hospital system

25:13.060 --> 25:14.110
and their footprint.

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What I mean by that is extending
their staffing capacity,

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repurposing their operating
rooms to ICU rooms,

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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.

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Outside of that system, 20,000
rooms are being procured

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through the state, including
the Mercy which is 100% staffed

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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.

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As it relates to other hospitals,
Seton we were able to find

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staffing, St Vincent we're
negotiating to create

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the framework to find staffing.

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All of these other individual
skilled nursing facility

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units, all of these other hotels,

26:19.300 --> 26:21.510
motels have different
staffing requirements.

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I'll be specific as it relates to the--

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With the state and county,
and that's how we'll staff

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those first two, and we're
working with other counties

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and other jurisdictions on the other six

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in terms of how we
staff, so it's a one-off,

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site-by-site determination,

26:43.490 --> 26:46.603
but the Mercy fully
staffed, fully operational.

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- [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,

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this is a COVID-free bubble.

27:04.240 --> 27:08.350
When we say bubble, it's the
entire area around this site.

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The men and women that are onboard

27:10.110 --> 27:12.650
are not gonna be recreating nearby,

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there's strict protocols and procedures.

27:14.906 --> 27:19.680
No one can just randomly
come in, come off this ship.

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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

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through our May 20th modeling.

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- [Reporter] (voice
drowned out by traffic).

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- 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

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that we have to ratchet up the enforcement

29:13.050 --> 29:16.250
or do even more to shut
down those facilities,

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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

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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.

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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?

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She said, I work for the mayor.

30:10.350 --> 30:12.600
They said, oh great, good, okay, you go.

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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,

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or was sold for seven bucks.

30:59.640 --> 31:04.100
So, where we see that, we
are prepared, but 99.99%

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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).

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- 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

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all the different kinds
of commodities and assets

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to support the local government.

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There has not been a
specific need for an incident

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management team, but we
have those in the wings,

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and we're ready to actually
engage them when appropriate.

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We also actively, while this
is going on, strategically

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planning for, and preparing
for, what obviously happens

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in California, and that
is a wildfire season.

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And so those teams are
actively, as we sit here today,

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working on that integrated
approach to be able to deal

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with COVID-19 as well as protect

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our public in the event of a wildfire.

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So they're engaged but at a
different level at this time

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and we'll engage them
more as we need them.

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- Let's take a few more, thanks.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance)

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from Fox 7 News, there's
been a change of tone

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in the public relationship
between you and the president,

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President Trump, that may
have contributed to Mercy

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coming to California and not
another state, do you see

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this crisis as a turning
point in the complicated

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relationship between the
president and California?

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Could this be beneficial
for California residents

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in other issues as well?

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- This is time for
partnership, not partisanship.

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As I said, open hand not a clenched fist.

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He's our president and
every direct request

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that I've asked the President
of the United States,

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he has been responsive and
he has tried to accommodate.

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This is just one of many
examples, those eight field

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stations, 2000 units in
the state of California,

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two of that will be up
and running next week,

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the Mercy, are just examples specifically

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of that collaboration and
the cooperative spirit.

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When it comes to mercies,
wildfires, disasters,

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we've always maintained
those two-way conversations

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and that engagement, and
we'll rise above the politics

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and I'm grateful for that.

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And I'm candidly grateful for
his leadership for the state

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of California, and the issues and needs

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that we have requested, and desires

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that have been met so far.

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And I'll keep monitoring
that and keep prodding

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and keep encouraging for
us to continue to do more

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and see more support in the future.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance),

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city or state keeping track of
(voice drowned out by traffic

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and distance).

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- Yeah, the total number
of positives, 3801,

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I don't have the number of how
many do not have residences

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that have come in, and
clearly as this data

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presents itself, we're able to break down

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those numbers, we'll have a better sense.

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But let me just say on
the issue of homelessness,

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we have already procured, as
of this morning, 4666 hotel

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units that we are distributing
throughout the state

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of California for prioritization
at the county level,

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for homeless individuals.

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We have, just in Los
Angeles, the leadership

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of Major Garcetti and the
county, they have identified

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that they are prepared
to take 637 trailers

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that we were able to procure
because of the leadership

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of Bob Fenton, and Mark
Ghilarducchi, and they're prepping

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those sites and preparing the
resources that will be needed

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onsite to meet that demand.

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So all of that's dynamic.

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All of that's happening in
real time, and as you know,

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we distributed $100
million in emergency aid

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'cause of the leadership of
Tony Atkins and Anthony Rendon,

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and their colleagues in the
senate and the assembly,

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and we distributed those
dollars in emergency grants

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for homeless individuals to
prioritize getting people

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off the streets, particularly seniors

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and those in encampments and
those that are vulnerable

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disproportionately to COVID-19.

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So we have a lot of work
to do in that space.

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It continues to happen in real time.

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Certain parts of the state
will see more happening

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than other parts, and
I've got a full-time team

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doing nothing else but
prioritizing the needs

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of our homeless citizens as well.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance).

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Will federal aid be available
for schools (voice drowned

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out by traffic and distance)?

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- So, we'll make a determination.

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We're still making a
determination exactly how much.

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We've got $1.7 billion of
that stimulus for higher

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education, there's new assessment
coming for K through 14,

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as I said, it's $8.3 billion,
$6.9 billion for local

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jurisdictions, $8.3 to come
in directly in block grants

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to the state itself.

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We've got transit money, $3.75 billion.

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We've got homeless money, $320,
plus $1 million that's set

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aside for California
directly out of that stimulus

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for our homeless programs.

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So, we're assessing all
of that in real time.

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We put out new guidelines
for our state budget

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just 48-hours ago, and we
are looking at every single

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expenditure in our state,
and all I can say is,

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we will be making
adjustments in real time,

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not waiting for the obvious,
which is recognizing

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that there's a significant
economic impact,

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not only to the state, but individuals

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and we have to recognize
that we've got to be here

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for the long haul.

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And the answer to the second part

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of that question is, no, it's not enough.

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We're going to need more going forward.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance).

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- I know which one it's for, the mayor.

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- Okay.

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- [Reporter] Are there any
concerns in terms of supplies

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(voice drowned out by
traffic and distance)?

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- No, is the short answer.

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The number of personnel on
those sites is a small, small

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fraction of our medical
personnel in hospitals,

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and we have made sure through
the county, and if folks

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didn't catch that, 101
million masks this governor

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has helped to procure, there is enough.

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We're not worried about today,
we're worried about surges

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in the future, we all know that.

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The governor's said that we'll
need more, I think you told

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us a billion is what you're
looking at for gloves.

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We're looking at huge
numbers down the pipeline,

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but absolutely not, nor
would we take those masks

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and PPE away from those
who are doing testing.

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That is an absolutely critical role.

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That's stopping people

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before they get to the
hospital potentially.

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That's keeping them, if
they're okay, at home

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knowing that they don't
have COVID-19, but I'm proud

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that we've done about, I
think as of today, 8,000 tests

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through those drive-through
centers here in Los Angeles.

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That's about a tenth,
I think, of the state's

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overall tests, and then
we're gonna keep ramping

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that up and keep doing that.

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To the earlier question,
we don't have one single

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confirmed person yet who's
unhoused with COVID-19.

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I expect that there are people out there,

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but I want to pause on
that for two seconds

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because a lot of people keep saying,

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"Oh we don't wanna have
a shelter near us,"

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or "We don't wanna have
those people near us".

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Let's be clear, it's people
who are housed who are infected

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first who would be giving it to people

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who are on the streets, not
vice versa, so we need to break

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those barriers down and think
about each other as equals.

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All human lives matter equally,
and I wanna thank those city

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employees, those contractors
from the non-profits,

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and our county employees,
who are in our shelters,

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and who will be at those
motel and hotel beds

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that the state is helping us to get.

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- I will say that the PPE
issue is real, I mean,

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none of us are naive about
the magnitude of the need,

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not just in our healthcare
delivery system, but our grocers

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that are asking for more PPE support.

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Our police officers, our
frontline out on the streets,

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sidewalks, our sheriffs,
and we need to see more PPE

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and we're doing everything we
can for coveralls and shields,

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not just N95 masks, other
kinds of masks and gloves.

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So as soon as it comes in,
we're getting it right out

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and I recognize exactly
what the mayor is saying.

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We may have, for the moment,
a capacity within our hospital

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system, but boy, around the
corner, if these numbers

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continue, we're going to be searching

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far and wide for substantially more PPE.

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- [Reporter] (voice drowned
out by traffic and distance)?

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- We're getting close to 100,000 tests.

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I don't know how accurate
that question is.

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We are seeing a significant
increase every day

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in the number of tests.

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Our biggest issue has
been for the 22 labs,

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I've been crystal clear
for two weeks, lack of RNA

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extraction kits, lack of
reagents, and now, the big issue

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for us is swabs, specimen
collections, specimen samples.

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I was talking to Stanford
representatives, USC, Cedars,

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not just UC, medical staff yesterday,

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they're trying to
procure 3D printed swabs.

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We're doing everything
in our power to do more.

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We're also looking at antibody
tests, looking to blood-based

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tests, looking at different
serums that can help advance

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the next generation of protocols.

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No state, by the way, is
doing more in that respect

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in our labs, than the state of California.

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The advance trials of Gilead,
Genentech, and others,

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disproportionate number are happening

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in the state of California.

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So you're gonna see those numbers

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continue to rise significantly.

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And approvals are coming in
in real time on a daily basis.

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With that, let me just
thank you again, Admiral.

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This is one hell of a ship

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and you've got one hell of a team.

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To the men and women
that are here, thank you

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for your service, thank
you for your contribution,

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thank you for saving lives,

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thank you for meeting this moment.

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Thank you to the
leadership assembled here,

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in particular, Mayor Garcetti.

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Thank you all very, very much.

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I know you wanna say
some things in Spanish.

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- (in foreign language)