Newsom is at a flower shop in Sacramento for his noon press conference. He's acknowledging that for the businesses opening in Phase 2, the progress doesn't mean customers will return or that revenue will jump back to pre-covid days.
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Newsom said the state's PPE inventory is growing, and there's now more than 31 million masks in the stock pile.
Newsom said the state's PPE inventory is growing, and there's now more than 31 million masks in the stock pile.
81 people died yesterday, Newsom said.
"This pandemic has not gone away," Newsom said,
For those who think "the emergency is gone," there were 1,898 new cases yesterday.
For those who think "the emergency is gone," there were 1,898 new cases yesterday.
Newsom said he signed an executive order about an hour ago for every registered voter to get a mail-in ballot for the November election.
.@AlexPadilla4CA said California is the first state to take this step
"There's no safer, physically distancing, healthier way" to vote than by doing so in your home.
"There's no safer, physically distancing, healthier way" to vote than by doing so in your home.
"It's great for public health, it's great for voting rights, it's great for voter turnout," Padilla said, continuing that this election will be the most consequential "of our lifetime."
There will still be physical locations to vote, Padilla said. But concerns remain that workers at voting centers fall into vulnerable populations, i.e. older people.
Both ICU and hospital rates are going down, Newsom said, though modestly.
Newsom said 33 salons shut down in a couple of counties in the last few days because authorities/associations called to say, do you really wanna do this?
"It's really important that we work together as business leaders and as a broader community," Newsom said.
"It's really important that we work together as business leaders and as a broader community," Newsom said.
Training for the "army" of tracers includes cultural competency and data-protection, Newsom said.
"We protect your data. This is not Big Brother. We do not share this data. I want people to feel safe and comfortable working with public health officials."
"We protect your data. This is not Big Brother. We do not share this data. I want people to feel safe and comfortable working with public health officials."
Newsom wishes a happy Mother's Day to all California moms, but especially the essential workers.
The governor also discourages going to the chain stores that can start to reopen. He said instead, go an extra block or two and find the small businesses that weren't advantaged by the big names.
"We will have to pull from our reserves," Newsom said, of dire budget projections.
He said he is working with the Legislature on the budget technicalities
He said he is working with the Legislature on the budget technicalities
4.3 million people have applied for unemployment insurance since March 12. Of the "jaw-dropping" unemployment numbers, Newsom said they're lagging and therefore probably higher than current projections.
"We're north of 20 percent right now," Newsom said.
"We're north of 20 percent right now," Newsom said.
Softening the blow, Newsom said, is dependent on federal assistance. Both the governor and members of the Legislature have repeated this request for weeks now.
Newsom said his administration is working with stakeholders/legislative leaders in the nursing home liability space. More information on that later this afternoon, he said.
