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Subject:FW: SYASL COVID-19 Update
Date:Thursday, November 12, 2020 7:29:12 AM
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Good morning Board –
FYI. Includes some updates on counties that are changing tiers in the Governor’s tiered/color
system…as well as news on cash receipts from the State controller’s office.
Brian Ring
Assistant Chief Administrative Officer
Administration
25 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965
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From: Paul J. Yoder and Karen Lange
Date: November 10, 2020
RE: SYASL COVID-19 Update
Please find attached our daily SYASL COVID-19 update.
-Paul and Karen
COVID-19 Updates
www.covid19.ca.gov
November 10, 2020
Newsom Administration - Resources / Mutual Aid / Executive Orders
Today, California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly provided an update on COVID-19 in California.
Due to recent uptick in covid cases, no counties moved forward in the Tier System this week. The following
announcements were made today:
o Moving from Red (substantial) to Purple (widespread)
Sacramento
San Diego
Stanislaus
o Moving from Orange (moderate) to Red (substantial)
Amador
Contra Costa
El Dorado
Placer
Santa Cruz
o Moving from Yellow (minimal) to Orange (moderate)
Modoc
Siskiyou
Trinity
here and SYASL staff notes here.
Please check the California Department of Public Health website here for the latest guidance documents.
Cash Receipts
The State Controller has released the most recent cash receipts. Cash receipts are positive - $10b over projectionsand
expenditures are $3b over estimates (which affects the net). You may view the full report here.
COVID-19 and Wildfire Related Hearings
Today, the Assembly held an oversight hearing: -19 Pandemic. You
may view the agenda here, and SYASL staff notes here.
Today, the Assembly held an informational hearing: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: Update
on COVID-19. You may view the hearing materials here, and SYASL staff notes here.
Yesterday, the Assembly held an informational hearing: Expanding the Use of Prescribed Fire Including Cultural
Burning to Reduce California's Wildfire Risk. You may view the hearing materials here, and SYASL staff notes here.
Legislative / Budget News
-19 here page for updates.
The LAO has been releasing a series of reports regarding Federal actions affecting California related to developments
around COVID-19. View here.
COVID-19 Response and Statewide CHHS Update, November 10, 2020
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Good afternoon, nice to be with you again
We have a lot of information to go over, given where we are with cases
COVID-19 Cases are increasing nationally
o Many states across the nation are facing a new wave of cases
o California is also seeing our cases increase
o We see that the Midwest is seeing significant increase, and states right next to us
o We are closely watching case increases
COVID-19 Case Numbers
November 10, 2020
o 5,367 cases
7-Day Average
o 6,078
Total Tests
o 176,162
Test Positivity Rate
o 3.7% 14-day Positivity
We also tracked 7-day test positivity
o 4.2%
o
14-Day Test Positivity
October 26th
o 2.9%
November 10
o 3.7%
COVID-19 hospitalizations have increased 31.6% over last 14 dayscurrently 3,083
COVID-19 ICU hospitalizations have increased 29.6% over last 14 dayscurrently 859
As we see hospital number creep up, increase in ICU
What is High-Risk?
o Activities where it is difficult to mask the whole time (i.e. eating and drinking)
o people outside of your
household)
o Activities where it is difficult to keep your distance (i.e. multiple people at a small table)
o Activities of a longer duration
o
Outdoors vs. indoors, when indoors fresh air circulation
Cases of COVID-19 by Estimated Date of Illness Onset, as of November 9, 2020
o Epidemiologic curve
o Each blue bar and its height show a certain number of cases that are attributed to a specific day
o This is the day we believe that person who tested positive had their first set of symptoms
o First line is statewide stay-at-home
o Second vertical line is our statewide mask order
o
sectors that were open indoors and required them to move outdoors
o
about, that is why we are watching things closely and that is why a number of counties are
moving towards a more restrictive tier this week
We have done a lot together over the last eight months as a state and as individuals to address this
disease:
o Wearing a face covering
o Limiting mixing and avoiding crowds
o Washing our hands
o Practicing physical distancing
o Staying home if we are sick
This is hard. Many of us feel exhausted, isolated or impatientCOVID fatigue
We must do more. The virus is not over just because we are tired of it
I will now invite Dr. Pan up
Dr. Erica Pan
o Criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities
Every county is assigned to a tier based on:
o Test positivity
o Adjusted case rate
o Health equity metric
Your county color determines what operations you can do in your county
This slide shows us how we have moved as a state and the changes in our transmission
November 10
o Purple: 13
o Red: 22
o Orange: 17
o Yellow: 6
Counties moving back to Purple (Widespread): Sacramento, San Diego, Stanislaus
Counties moving back to Red (Substantial): Amador, Contra Costa, El Dorado, Placer, Santa Cruz
Counties moving back to Orange (Moderate): Modoc, Siskiyou, Trinity
With these increases, no counties are moving forward this week
Simple acts can make a big difference for COVID-19 and the flu:
o Wear a mask
o Maintain six feet of distance
o Wash our hands
o Minimize mixing
o Get your flu shot!
Secretary Ghaly
Thank you, Dr. Pan, I will take questions
Questions
Would you consider CA being in a new surge? Are main drivers small social gatherings, and if so, how
will you convince Californians to not gather, and do you think we will have to go more stringent than
purple tier?
o I enjoy taking time to communicate to the broad public a clear and consistent and relatable
message
o I think a number of counties are experiencing high levels of cases, not necessarily the highest,
trajectory
o Clear we are seeing increased cases
o First week since we started moving counties forward, that we have this week no counties
moving forward
o We anticipate if things stay the way they are, over half will have moved into a more restrictive
tier
o We are
o Cases matter, we use that to identify where transmission is happening
o We constantly look and determine whether our tools and framework make sense
o We feel our blueprint is working, beginning to see counties move to a more restrictive tier
o We believe CA has a framework to get through the next several months but we evaluate it
constantly
o We take a look at data from counties constantly, we are quick to work with our counties and if
counties do need to go more restrictive, we do that in a timely way
o
Regarding youth sports, thousands are traveling out of state for competitions, we have been
overwhelmed, so when will we get some answers? Are you more concerned about them getting COVID
locally or about them bringing it back after traveling out of state? Regarding Perkin-Elmer lab,
surprisingly high number of inconclusive tests, have you identified a problem?
o My kids are also desperate to find out when they might return
o I join the ranks of parents who are concerned, who want to see CA guided by science and data
but who also want our kids to have that
o We are close, these are not easy guidances to put together
o s our equity guidance
o I would say, I hope that we find a way to hold on a little longer, we understand that moving into
states other than ours is risky for that team and for our state
o We want to discourage people from traveling long distances
o We know these are difficult time, working to make sure we have solutions that are appropriate
for a state of our size and population
o I have heard from thousands of parents and coaches as well
o With regard to Perkin-Elmer, a new lab often goes through important evaluation periods
o There was a higher number of tests expected that came back inconclusive
o We are working with them to identify the reason and corrected it, we believe that we have but
only time will tell
One of the validation steps that confirms the necessary chemical reactions to run the
I would say, if you are one of those individuals from the Perkin-Elmer lab or any other
lab, if you were tested because of your concern for symptoms, please get re-tested
o Until you get that result, take appropriate precautions
For those special workers who are traveling for Thanksgiving holiday, what should they do if they cannot
find a testing site and cannot get tested?
o We agree that there should be prioritization of those with symptoms and at high-risk, but we
have worked hard across the state and in counties that we can continue to test people broadly
across our communities
o Gives us confidence in finding asymptomatic and presymptomatic cases and trace
o We talk about case finding, we are serious about that, not just the most obvious people, those
o My hope is all sites in CA can continue to allow all comers to get tested, we will work county-by-
county to make sure that does occur as we continue to support schools and other parts of our
communities
o ve talked about,
wearing your mask at all times, keeping physical distance, washing your hands, spending times
outdoors, minimizing interactions are all important
o o follow
the guidance to help keep ourselves and family safe
On youth sports, could you address high school sports who have been limited to conditioning, those
high school athletes are approaching their CFI competitions in this December, what would you say to
those athletes and will county tiers dictate what they are allowed to do?
o
assuring that young athletes can continue to practice
o We are working closely with CIF and other youth sports leaders to ensure we are aligned in
guidance
o In terms of being driven by current tiering, of course with lower degrees of transmission, there is
rates of
transmission in counties, they may not have as many higher risk sports return right away
o All of this will be returned soon
A lot of people have said economic health should be considered, have you considered this as a metric?
o From public health, we think about it not just as health, we do think about it broadly
o A number of us believe that working to control the transmission of COVID, making sure it
broad sense of public health which includes economic health
o I appreciate your question, when we look at the response early in the pandemic, the response
was stay-at-home, we know as the fatigue sets in people have resentment, we know our
messaging needs to shift
o We need to make connections in our personal lives, how those can guide the fate of our
businesses
o If we do those things well, many of the businesses who are at risk may have a chance to stay
open
o We want to continue to work with business-owners to ensure that together we do those simple
things to keep our economy going while ensuring transmission is over
All Bay Area counties are recommending two-week quarantine for those who travel outside the region,
and now a similar thing for those who come into the region, do you think that is a good idea and if so,
would you consider this as a guidance statewide?
o As we reflect, we work very closely with all public health officers
o None of these are surprising or of concern, we believe actions that help reduce transmission
especially as increased out of state and between counties movement occurs, that advisories to
do that lower risk and lower exposure is important
o To your point about requiring vs. advising, these are decisions that need to take a number of
factors into account
o Working together and delivering clear and relatable guidance and messages is very important
o At the state level, we take a number of factors into play to determine what we should do
statewide and we are considering the guidance and advice around travel especially right now
Can you paint a picture of what Thanksgiving would look like this year? People have a false sense of
o Stay tuned, later this week we will be coming together to talk about this issue
o
o Our actions on a day-to-day can change our risk profile of being infected by COVID
o
masks on at all times, that are long in duration, where air circulation is not great or good, all of
those conditions apply at Thanksgiving
o The concern for that is real and we do advise that people make plans and choices that reduce
those activities as much as possible
o We know we are entering a period where people are eager
o Thanksgiving this year will look different
o We have to make these hard choices and sacrifices and we hope to be your partners
xt Spring, even GGN discussed for distribution in Spring, aiming at first
responders and health care workers and then high risk people, looking at the numbers in the last two
o around the vaccine
o
will be available nationwide
o Our vaccine planning process is robust in CA, since April we have had workgroups
o Over past many weeks we have made public demonstrations around this
o Scientific Advisory Comte.
o We built a team of ethicists, geriatricians, individuals who understand challenges of
prioritization to create a plan so we have equity in our forefront and then when we have more
vaccine who the next priority will be, and then when we have wide vaccine how to get it
distributed all over
o We look forward to more engagement with Dr. Fauci, I have regular engagement with him and
we do look forward to vaccine response
o We are concerned about this high level of increase in cases, we are certainly working to ensure
announce county assignments we remind you that the blueprint is not just a strategy for
loosening, but also for the tightening
some restaurants or bars, but what are the drivers for the increase in cases and maybe some of the
guidelines can change?
o Very thoughtful question and as I mentioned yesterday, because of the contact tracing method
and our thoughtful engagement in getting tested, we do have information, it can always be
improved but it does point towards certain activities
o In some counties the leading area of transmission are indoor dining, some counties are places of
worship, household gatherings, many attributes of high-risk activities
o those sorts of
actions we know increase risk so we shine a bright light on those activities
o Our actions are personal responsibilities
o We continue to dig into the data, work with local partners, we continue to contact tracing so we
find out where transmission is occurring and we do when necessary limit occupancy and create
an environment where activities move outdoors
o We are going to work together through this during winter months
Are you talking to county officials, specifically SD, who are trying to see any way to avoid more stringent
restrictions, are you worried about unintended consequences of businesses staying open in spite of
guidance because of fatigue?
o On San Diego I talk to county leaders every day and express my level of concern, but it always
comes with a hand of support in trying to figure out what to do next
o I commend the leadership in San Diego who are going through tremendous efforts to keep
things open and pay attention to transmission who recognize that this is serious and deadly
o To your point about fatigue and patrons and businesses, I understand we have felt the need to
transition our communication so about partnership and figuring out what we can do to
reduce our own risk levels so those efforts can manifest in data and keep businesses open
o How much more can you keep your mask on, how can you plan events in a lower risk way, those
efforts make a difference and together we can make that difference
o Wh
If personal and close contacts are drivers, I wonder if the state is considering more changes, resources
for people to isolate, changing paid sick leave rules?
o We do, we think about all of those things and we agree that those are important aspects for
counties to prioritize
o The state has provided a lot of resources for that already
o
the household, and we are working county-by-county to identify those resources and
messaging so we can do better on reducing transmission
o
o In terms of sick leave, we are constantly watching the clock and always looking to federal
resources to gauge changes
o Trying to extend timelines
What is the array of vaccines that are reaching CA, will researchers take public data that is safe, now
that Kaiser has released some data, how is that review going in CA is there evidence that they can draw
conclusions?
o
assessment on the publicly available information, more on that later, we have built it so we
making that final determination
o They are skilled and experienced and they know what is strong evidence and data, we know this
is the first batch of data we are having a chance to review
o bout the efficacy of Pfizer vaccine, they still need to take the
appropriate steps
o Nothing is complete, the vaccine is not released but we are looking for info
o We will look for the info, endorse its safety, and distribute when importance
Dr. Ghaly (Close)
I look forward on seeing you potentially later this week with additional guidance for holidays and with
more numbers and data
Find ways to keep it outside, short, physically distanced, and wear our masks
Thank you
October2020
STATEMENT of GENERAL FUND
CASH RECEIPTS and DISBURSEMENTS
BETTY T. YEE
California State Controller
B ETTY T.Y EE
California State Controller
November 10, 2020
Enclosed is the Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the periodof
July 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020. This statement reflects the state’s General Fund cash
position and compares actual receipts and disbursements for the 2020-21 fiscal year to cash flow
estimates prepared by the Department of Finance (DOF).
The statement is prepared in compliance with Provision 5 of Budget Act item 0840-001-0001,
using records compiled by the State Controller. Prior-year actual amounts also are displayed for
comparative purposes. Attachment A compares actual receipts and disbursements for the
2020-21 fiscal year to cash flow estimates prepared by DOF based upon the 2020-21 Budget Act.
These monthly statements also are available online at www.sco.ca.gov on the Financial Reports,
Taxes, and Economy page.
Please direct any questions relating to this report to Coleen Morrow, Bureau Chief of the State
Accounting and Reporting Division, Bureau of Cash Management, at (916) 327-1751.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
BETTY T. YEE
Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements Betty T. Yee, California State Controller
STATEMENT OF GENERAL FUND CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
A Comparison of Actual to 2020-21 Budget Act
(Amounts in thousands)
July 1 through October 31
2020 2019
Actual Over or
Actual Estimate (a) (Under) Estimate Actual
Amount %
GENERAL FUND BEGINNING CASH BALANCE $ -$ -$ --$ 5,398,069
Add Receipts:
Revenues 63,587,374 53,635,197 9,952,177 18.6 39,969,283
Nonrevenues 11,931,139 11,488,895 442,244 3.8 (g) 232,504
Total Receipts 75,518,513 65,124,092 10,394,421 16.0 40,201,787
Less Disbursements (c):
State Operations (h) 14,508,217 15,771,075 (1,262,858) (8.0) 22,192,657
Local Assistance (h) 43,647,708 40,279,121 3,368,587 8.4 36,320,728
Capital Outlay (86,629) 54,108 (140,737) (260.1) 124,077
Nongovernmental 2,298,811 1,713,068 585,743 34.2 7,410,559
Total Disbursements 60,368,107 57,817,372 2,550,735 4.4 66,048,021
Receipts Over / (Under) Disbursements 15,150,406 7,306,720 7,843,686 107.3 (25,846,234)
Net Increase / (Decrease) in Temporary Loans (15,150,406) (7,306,720) (7,843,686) 107.3 20,448,165
GENERAL FUND ENDING CASH BALANCE ----
Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties -----
TOTAL CASH $ -$ -$ -$ -
BORROWABLE RESOURCES
Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties $ 253 $ -$ 253 -$ 2,061,461
Budget Stabilization Account 8,310,422 8,310,422 --16,516,422
Other Internal Sources (f) 46,748,729 44,662,000 2,086,729 4.7 44,630,980
Cash Balance from Borrowable Resources 55,059,404 52,972,422 2,086,982 3.9 63,208,863
Less:
PMIA Loans (AB 55, GC 16312 and 16313) 690,043 800,000 (109,957) (13.7) 790,143
SMIF Loans (SB 84, GC 20825) 5,040,410 5,041,000 (590) (0.0) 5,041,501
SMIF Loans (AB 1054, PUC 3285) 2,000,000 2,000,000 --2,000,000
Total Available Borrowable Resources (e) 47,328,951 45,131,422 2,197,529 4.9 55,377,219
Outstanding Loans to General Fund (b)/(h) 4,898,284 12,741,970 (7,843,686) (61.6) 20,448,165
Outstanding Loans to the SFEU Fund -----
Unused Borrowable Resources $ 42,430,667 $ 32,389,452 $ 10,041,215 31.0 $ 34,929,054
General Note:
This report is based upon funded cash. Funded cash is cash reported to and recorded in the records of the State Controller's Office. Amounts reported as
funded cash may differ from amounts in other reports to the extent there are timing differences in the recording of in-transit items.
Footnotes:
(a) A Statement of Estimated Cash Flow for the 2020-21 fiscal year was prepared by the Department of Finance for the 2020-21 Budget Act. Any projections
or estimates are set forth as such and not as representation of facts.
(b) Outstanding loan balance of $4.90 billion is comprised of $4.90 billion of internal borrowing. Current balance is comprised of $20.05 billion carried forward
from June 30, 2020, plus current year Net Increase/(Decrease) in Temporary Loans of ($15.15) billion.
(c) If shown, negative amounts are the result of repayments received that are greater than disbursements made.
(d) Debt Service amounts are net of offsets such as federal subsidies and reimbursements from other sources. To the extent that these offsets do not occur
when anticipated, there can be variances between actuals and estimates on a month-to-month basis.
Cash Balance from Borrowable Resources has been reduced by Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA) loans pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 55 (Chapter
(e)
6/1987, Government Code (GC) sections 16312 and 16313) and Surplus Money Investment Fund (SMIF) loans pursuant to Senate Bill (SB) 84 (Chapter
50/2017, GC section 20825) and AB 1054 (Chapter 79/2019, Public Utilities Codes (PUC) section 3285).
(f) Other Internal Sources balance includes $450.0 million for the Safety Net Reserve Fund pursuant to AB 1830 (Chapter 42/2018, Welfare and Institutions
Code (WIC) section 11011).
(g)
Includes transfers from Other Funds to General Fund per Executive Orders that occurred in July, August, and September 2020.
The General Cash Revolving Fund (GCRF) disbursements have been combined with the General Fund for reporting purposes because they represent
(h)
major General Fund type activities. Amounts that were paid by the GCRF in April, May, June, and July 2020 were reimbursed by the General Fund in July
2020.
- A1 -
Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements Betty T. Yee, California State Controller
SCHEDULE OF CASH RECEIPTS
(Amounts in thousands)
July 1 through October 31
Month of October 2020 2019
Actual Over or
2020 2019 Actual Estimate (a) (Under) Estimate Actual
Amount %
REVENUES
Alcoholic Beverage Excise Tax $ 37,078 $ 31,894 $ 145,220 $ 142,313 $ 2,907 2.0 $ 151,439
Corporation Tax 499,845 286,366 7,419,588 6,815,035 604,553 8.9 2,651,670
Cigarette Tax 5,205 4,470 20,739 21,198 (459) (2.2) 21,890
Estate, Inheritance, and Gift Tax -19 ----79
Insurance Companies Tax 42,685 33,199 831,132 725,492 105,640 14.6 741,604
Personal Income Tax 7,435,337 6,433,974 46,582,189 37,664,633 8,917,556 23.7 26,863,302
Retail Sales and Use Taxes 1,130,464 1,035,451 7,845,262 7,341,611 503,651 6.9 8,895,279
Vehicle License Fees 1 -1 -1 -1
Pooled Money Investment Interest 18,590 88,995 77,261 129,481 (52,220) (40.3) 275,824
Not Otherwise Classified 59,253 66,049 665,982 795,434 (129,452) (16.3) 368,195
Total Revenues 9,228,458 7,980,417 63,587,374 53,635,197 9,952,177 18.6 39,969,283
NONREVENUES
Transfers from Special Fund for
Economic Uncertainties 18,635 -321,332 -321,332 -1,993
Transfers from Other Funds 154,111 8,728 11,347,274 11,417,271 (69,997) (0.6) (g) 77,579
Miscellaneous 101,606 41,402 262,533 71,624 190,909 266.5 152,932
Total Nonrevenues 274,352 50,130 11,931,139 11,488,895 442,244 3.8 232,504
Total Receipts $ 9,502,810 $ 8,030,547 $ 75,518,513 $ 65,124,092 $ 10,394,421 16.0 $ 40,201,787
See notes on page A1.
- A2 -
Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements Betty T. Yee, California State Controller
SCHEDULE OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands)
July 1 through October 31
Month of October 2020 2019
Actual Over or
2020 2019 Actual Estimate (a) (Under) Estimate Actual
Amount %
STATE OPERATIONS (c)
Legislative/Judicial/Executive $ 166,339 $ 172,365 $ 891,634 $ 729,786 $ 161,848 22.2 $ 866,292
Business, Consumer Services and Housing 3,290 4,096 17,388 18,415 (1,027) (5.6) 15,827
Transportation 323 -10,810 5,432 5,378 99.0 -
Resources 175,669 247,973 757,497 866,452 (108,955) (12.6) 778,951
Environmental Protection Agency 41,373 268,756 137,741 651,057 (513,316) (78.8) 917,652
Health and Human Services:
Health Care Services and Public Health 139,660 90,522 416,765 238,366 178,399 74.8 262,396
Department of State Hospitals 145,261 126,273 594,844 580,380 14,464 2.5 569,352
Other Health and Human Services 74,608 44,326 361,144 353,868 7,276 2.1 322,728
Education:
University of California 253,272 301,221 1,020,929 1,157,642 (136,713) (11.8) 1,177,815
State Universities and Colleges 284,976 334,594 1,148,462 1,164,187 (15,725) (1.4) 1,341,405
Other Education 31,127 2,928 132,350 106,568 25,782 24.2 3,461,171
Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation 997,212 981,897 4,147,167 3,883,798 263,369 6.8 4,208,942
Governmental Operations 127,893 141,252 756,229 696,305 59,924 8.6 3,888,215
General Government 311,835 387,504 1,041,482 1,939,228 (897,746) (46.3) 1,067,813
Public Employees' Retirement
System 483,080 593,299 666,663 648,438 18,225 2.8 519,352
Debt Service (d) 1,139,943 1,516,451 2,407,111 2,730,153 (323,042) (11.8) 2,701,454
Interest on Loans 1 -1 1,000 (999) (99.9) 93,292
Total State Operations 4,375,862 5,213,457 14,508,217 15,771,075 (1,262,858) (8.0) 22,192,657
LOCAL ASSISTANCE (c)
Public Schools - K-12 3,149,599 3,777,618 17,843,207 18,051,348 (208,141) (1.2) 14,539,308
Community Colleges 894,896 414,436 2,775,849 1,716,232 1,059,617 61.7 2,097,777
Debt Service-School Building Bonds -------
State Teachers' Retirement System 1,050,560 1,018,268 2,010,609 2,010,609 --1,661,611
Other Education 504,454 474,558 2,774,764 1,868,651 906,113 48.5 1,664,907
School Facilities Aid -------
Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation 117,479 132,946 271,847 280,311 (8,464) (3.0) 273,885
Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Program -------
Health Care Services and Public Health:
Medical Assistance Program 2,273,947 2,048,780 8,669,683 8,912,122 (242,439) (2.7) 7,053,100
Other Health Care Services/Public Health 65,207 (13,215) 258,227 280,918 (22,691) (8.1) 107,242
Developmental Services - Regional Centers 1,318,544 954,298 2,229,069 1,602,304 626,765 39.1 2,446,977
Department of State Hospitals -------
Dept. of Social Services:
SSI/SSP/IHSS 691,063 965,044 3,223,497 2,570,495 653,002 25.4 3,567,993
CalWORKs 90,068 79,628 516,693 1,207,341 (690,648) (57.2) 277,923
Other Social Services 136,699 222,862 445,974 515,131 (69,157) (13.4) 508,230
Tax Relief -------
Other Local Assistance 428,779 689,557 2,628,289 1,263,659 1,364,630 108.0 2,121,775
Total Local Assistance 10,721,295 10,764,780 43,647,708 40,279,121 3,368,587 8.4 36,320,728
See notes on page A1.
(Continued)
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Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements Betty T. Yee, California State Controller
SCHEDULE OF CASH DISBURSEMENTS (Continued)
(Amounts in thousands)
July 1 through October 31
Month of October 2020 2019
Actual Over or
2020 2019 Actual Estimate (a) (Under) Estimate Actual
Amount %
CAPITAL OUTLAY (c) 3,416 3,401 (86,629) 54,108 (140,737) (260.1) 124,077
NONGOVERNMENTAL (c)
Transfer to Special Fund for
Economic Uncertainties 598,635 -1,601,332 -1,601,332 --
Transfer to Budget Stabilization Account ------2,748,000
Transfer to Other Funds 259,176 89,758 900,553 2,015,934 (1,115,381) (55.3) 4,449,046
Transfer to Revolving Fund (126) 3 6,601 -6,601 -14,933
Advance:
MediCal Provider Interim Payment -------
State-County Property Tax
Administration Program 38,048 17,441 95,547 -95,547 -46,974
Social Welfare Federal Fund 8,850 -(2,356) -(2,356) --
Local Governmental Entities ------230
Tax Relief and Refund Account -------
Counties for Social Welfare -151,376 (302,866) (302,866) --151,376
Total Nongovernmental 904,583 258,578 2,298,811 1,713,068 585,743 34.2 7,410,559
Total Disbursements $ 16,005,156 $ 16,240,216 $ 60,368,107 $ 57,817,372 $ 2,550,735 4.4 $ 66,048,021
TEMPORARY LOANS
Special Fund for Economic
Uncertainties $ 252 $ -$ -$ -$ --$ 2,061,461
Budget Stabilization Account 4,898,032 6,339,387 (11,618,390) (8,206,000) (3,412,390) 41.6 16,516,422
Outstanding Registered Warrants Account -------
Other Internal Sources -1,870,282 (3,532,016) 899,280 (4,431,296) (492.8) 1,870,282
Revenue Anticipation Notes -------
Net Increase / (Decrease) Loans $ 4,898,284 $ 8,209,669 $ (15,150,406) $ (7,306,720) $ (7,843,686) 107.3 $ 20,448,165
See notes on page A1.
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Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements Betty T. Yee, California State Controller
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF REVENUES RECEIVED
All Governmental Cost Funds
(Amounts in thousands)
July 1 through October 31
General Fund Special Funds
2020 2019 2020 2019
MAJOR TAXES, LICENSES, AND
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Alcoholic Beverage Excise Taxes $ 145,220 $ 151,439 $ -$ -
Corporation Tax 7,419,588 2,651,670 --
Cigarette Tax 20,739 21,890 673,605 751,029
Cannabis Excise Taxes --224,242 113,425
Estate, Inheritance, and Gift Tax -79 --
Insurance Companies Tax 831,132 741,604 1,250 5,434
Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax:
Gasoline Tax --2,210,375 2,418,659
Diesel & Liquid Petroleum Gas --414,955 420,138
Jet Fuel Tax --1,024 1,286
Vehicle License Fees 1 1 1,075,559 1,040,952
Personal Income Tax 46,582,189 26,863,302 821,863 481,285
Retail Sales and Use Taxes 7,845,262 8,895,279 4,485,337 5,125,640
Pooled Money Investment Interest 77,261 275,824 388 771
Total Major Taxes, Licenses, and
Investment Income 62,921,392 39,601,088 9,908,598 10,358,619
NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED:
Alcoholic Beverage License Fees 499 258 24,850 20,526
Motor Vehicle Registration and
Other Fees (3) -2,552,495 2,439,307
Cannabis Licensing Fees --28,329 21,503
167,740
Electrical Energy Tax --149,248
Private Rail Car Tax 2 35 --
Penalties on Traffic Violations --3 104
Health Care Receipts 586 1,713 --
Revenues from State Lands 26,746 34,016 --
Abandoned Property 350,537 37,908 --
Trial Court Revenues 6,370 11,278 398,633 484,638
Horse Racing Fees 370 799 7,213 3,992
Cap and Trade --474,174 729,163
Miscellaneous Tax Revenue --1,031,357 640,547
Miscellaneous 280,875 282,188 4,942,097 4,848,331
Not Otherwise Classified 665,982 368,195 9,608,399 9,355,851
Total Revenues,
$ 39,969,283 $ 19,516,997 $ 19,714,470
All Governmental Cost Funds $ 63,587,374
-A5 -
-19 Pandemic
November 10, 2020
I. Introduction from Chair and Members
Gray
This morning we will focus on the states operation efforts to contain the pandemic
2020 challenging year, your hard work and efforts are appreciated
With COVID cases rising, and number of hospitalizations and take stock of emergency
operations to date
Ting
We are here because we are in the middle of a pandemic, we are talking about how we discuss
emergencies
Usually they only last a few weeks or months, we are not used to an emergency that touches
every part of our lives
We want to explore and operate in state of emergency and operate in Democratic fashion and
transparency from government
Overall, we want to make sure we have proper legislative oversight and ensure greater
communication with department of emergency services
o contain the pandemic
In this first panel you will hear overview of the response to the pandemic, I will provide
overview of emergency powers generally
First the state has extensive emergency authorities, including epidemic
Governor is given significant power to protect lives and people of the state
Powers provide flexibility to respond
Powers provided, issuing and enforcing emergency orders and regulations directing activities of
agencies, broad spending authorities
At end of emergency, the Governor proclaims end to emergency, the Legislature can also end
emergency by concurrent resolution
No provision for automatic expiration
During state emergency, OES responsible for coordinating
Other agencies can also take a role, CDPH is also heavily involved during pandemic
Mission task departments with emergency response activities to conduct
To fund it, DOF coordinates funds for emergency response, issued budget letters to report on
emergency expenditures ad they determine if can be absorbed or augment to overall budget
DOF funneled through Emergency Operations Account, state law assumes if emergency goes
through multiple years
Under existing law, would not be available next fiscal year in July 2021
State law requires little in reporting to the Legislature, but administration has said they would
provide reports monthly, we will note the reports have not been coming in monthly but have
been coming
Lots of flexibility to the Governor, responding to pandemics
Oversight questions we put together to ask the other panel
On the overall strategy the administration is taking, efforts to expand testing and the pace and
scale of PPE, what would OES roll be implementing plan
For OES how they are balancing the mission tasking and coordinating emergency response
Have response activities taken to date been affected, has there been gaps in the States
response
State has various emergency spending authorities, these spending decisions take place outside
normal budget process, not subject to as much scrutiny
On monthly update, the administration said they would provide monthly update, this
information is critical to the legislature, these updates only provided in May, August and
November, what challenges are they facing to providing these reports
Looking at augmentations and how is DOF determining when to provide augmentations or
absorb costs, are these being tracked
Likely that ongoing emergency was not contemplated when act was written, raises questions
on whether the law should be changed
Could change legislature could limit the emergency authority, may limit the states response to
Retain broad emergency powers, but add in checks and balances to increases transparency and
require reporting on emergency spending
by state and the federal government
Focus on authority and sources of authority for spending
The fund source, then talk about purpose and conclude with program area
The largest figure spent on CPOVID is for unemployment insurance and part of benefits
enhanced from CARES act executive action
For remainder the States has authority to how some funds are spent, particularly the legislature
A few examples, the CRF passed as part of CARES act, allocated through 2020-21 budget
process
Control in it for the administration to redirect funds
Another important authority at executive, the State funding piece, the state fund general
implication may be quarter of the funds, the State will be reimbursed nearly 75% from federal
government
This has been allocated through executive branch disaster and emergency authority
COVID spending by purpose, the largest two mask procurement and testing and facilitate
physical distancing (includes distance learning and beds for those experiencing homelessness)
Some of the larger amounts for money going to schools and purchasing PPE and other medical
supplies
Same sort of data, showing by program area, the largest program area for State and Federal is
public health obviously and second is education
Teresa Calvert, Department of Finance
Briefly summarize fiscal information
In effort to promote transparency, we released update in August and November fiscal update,
related to expenditures in various program categories
Finance estimates combined costs, around $9.8 billion, net general fund impact of $1.3 billion
Two years costs to increase by nearly $2.4 billion
Two expenditure categories, increase lead to state laboratory capacity
Includes over $60 million for outreach to communities and essential workers and families
Christina Curry, Chief Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Services
Provide you on update on Cal OES
We are managing something unprecedented and our vigilance to stay connected is something
that is top priority for the State
Beginning back to January and we played direct role in coordinating response
This has been done through system we are accustomed to, from state operations center to
specialized taskforces
Our state operations center been active for over 200 days, but it is still unprecedented
We have tactical operations at community level and up to strategic level to drive priorities and
ensure the response is effective
Our office has different role which we are accustomed to and we deploy to meet needs and is
consistent with the State emergency plan and the processes we use
We will balance vaccine planning and response to increase case rising with all things that ensue
Medical surge to make sure to provide care to people
Enforcement, over 1.4 million contacts made, to provide technical assistance and leverage
efforts
Housing and social services, many programs for homeless and healthcare workers and
agricultural workforce and deploy safety measures
Emergency feeding, food bank supports
Geographic based efforts, leaned in on places with specific needs to make sure communities
have full coordinated support
In addition to operation coordination, we are aligned around public education and so we have
one stop shop to see dashboards and data and case rates to ensure there is one place for all the
things that are important
Also responsible for financial assistance part, close with emergency management agency, OES
will continue to have strong role working with federal partners to leverage programs
We have done this with FEMA in ways we have never done before
In the midst of COVID we managed enormous fire season, millions of acres, 27 of 58 counties
under disaster declaration due to wildfire
We are helping communities to recovery and ensure they get back on their feet, to watershed
impacts, debris operations
We want to leverage and anticipate and responded to emergency needs
We will discuss vaccine planning which will be the newest effort
Every disaster presents opportunity to adjust and we will remain vigilant and make sure
California workers and communities
Gray
Begin with general question, does anyone disagree that during state and federal emergencies
that every Californian should absolute confidence that their government is not acting politically
but to needs to each Californian
I take silence as agreement
Want to dig into the equity of the federal CARES act funding and how that has been distributed
throughout the state
Can you tell across al the pots have been allocated to each county?
Hollingshead
For some of the figures we have numbers, but for other pieces it may be more time consuming
Gray
I would appreciate you tallying up the information you do have
How much money was allocated to cities and counties with populations above 500K
DOF
Received 5.8 billion totals
Gray
How much was directed to the state?
DOF
The State received 9.8 billion, passed through 1.8 billion for cities and counties below the
population threshold
Gray
22 jurisdictions received almost 6 billion, the state received almost 10 billion then passed
through nearly 2 billion to other smaller
DOF
We directed 750 million to cities and counties to address homelessness, passed 4.5 billion to
local education agencies, vast majority of state funds wen to jurisdictions at the local level
Gray
Fair to point out that smaller jurisdiction got federal funding while larger got the same benefit
from the state and got piece of pie from federal
Strikes this member that larger jurisdictions were able to move forward with their own funding
DOF
Included in the budget and we feel it is equitable distribution with COVID cases in largest
population centers
Gray
Are there any equity measures, to areas that have disproportionate levels of poverty?
DOF
Gray
Did we take into account workforce is considered essential, like in my district we have ag
workers and large numbers who had to continue to feed the State
PPE from San Diego or money
I feel strongly about this going forward that every Californian can have hope and have some
money to address serious issues at home
Obernolte
For DOF, frustration about lack of legislative involvement in the deciding of how funds are
distributed and participating in the state response
We were clear passing SB 89, the delegation of authority, some spending authority and other
What can we do to be more of a partner in making spending decisions?
Calvert
We have been reporting and providing letters, providing fiscal updates and been trying to
provide transparency for state expenditures and federal funding updates
We continue to provide information on categories
Obernolte
Your answer illustrates the problem, you are saying you are doing your best to tell us and what
we are saying we want to be involved, do you understand what I am saying?
Calvert
I hear and appreciate you r concern and we will make note and continue this discussion in the
spring and lend to resulting in those discussions on transparency and information
Obernolte
This will not be the last time we have this type of emergency that requires this type of
coordination
Outlined pretty stark paths as a legislature to engage more in the process
Is there a middle ground to end the declaration of the state of emergency goes beyond?
Changing state law would require concurrence from the executive branch
Peters
To be clear, we are not recommending the legislature use authority to end declaration, just
noting how the laws work
It would stop the state to being able to respond
Getting at oversight issues we raised, that is the middle ground for you to think about at this
point
This is report, but critical for you to understand what is happening on what is being done and
shows panned activities in the future
in the process
r
you to understand why they cant do this
In terms of section 36, and advanced notification, that is not how it is set up, something to
consider in the future
Obernolte
I urge everyone to think about the changes and we have to improves relationship with he
executive branch
I think we have role to fulfill here, with shared responsibility and we are the boots on the
ground and is our functions as local representatives
Ting
Calvert
We had August update, and November update, we are trying to provide on regular estimates
We are trying to improve, doing for specific purposes, looking at FEMA reimbursement and
funds related to federal funds
We continue to work on and refine
Provided August update, September on the Federal side and November update
Ting
Can you discuss how the administration response has improved; can you tell where the gaps
are?
Peters
Have provided reports, with direct funds reports that came in when listed
When you put all the reports together can give you better map
When these reports come the overall number can change by hundreds of millions of dollars
When things change so significantly from one update to the next, need for more timely
information
Important to understand how dollars have been spent from fiscal year to fiscal year and how it
ties to outcomes
Ting
Is it fair to say you want consistency with reports to compare month to month?
Peters
ned expenditures and
will be important to understand and having that information to
Ting
We are hearing it is difficult to dissect data
Calvert
We provide high level; we try to show comparison on side by side
In the interim there have been other updates provided, in late August there was report sent in
interim
Ting
We are saying that data is being dumped and as you mentioned it is too high level and difficult
to discern
We could give anyone millions of data points unless it is synthesized and comparing information
for example
We are saying, the information in the format presented may make you feel like meeting legal
obligation but not meeting obligation of transparency and digestion
Can you work with LAO to get report format that is a little lower level and something more
easily digestible?
Now that the State has some success managing the pandemic it would be helpful to take a look
back and look at what was spent and what we plan on spending moving forward
Calvert
We have evolved reporting; we have more specificity when we started and continue to be
transparent
Will continue conversations and refining format to communicate information
Ting
ule oversight hearings, but we
are all on the same team and we have the same goal
We are just trying to do our job like you are
Susan Fanelli, Chief Deputy Director of Public Health
On Vaccine distribution planning, data and science lead the way
The planning process for COVID vaccination, guided to ensure vaccine meets safety
requirements, distribution is equitable and bringing in members of the
Named scientific work group by Governor, other states joined efforts
Work group charges with staying abreast of trials and provide recommendations on vaccine
planning efforts and implementation efforts
Announced two key groups by governor, drafting guidelines workgroup charged with
developing specific guidance and community advisory committee provide feedback from broad
stakeholders
Implementing in several phases, limited, larger number of doses in second phase
Want to ensure each Californian can make decision on vaccine
Our communication efforts align with COVID vaccine timeline
Planning align with health equity metric also, counties ability to fight COVID
Vaccine communication planning includes input from experts and health equity work at state
and local levels
Subject matter experts work to create guidance
Number of unknowns on the vaccines, keeping on top of that and the requirements
We will leverage the immunization framework and partners will depend on vaccine supply and
demand
Work underway to ensure information technology is robust to meet data requirements of CDC
Leveraging current systems and updating hardware systems and a this time working on end to
end system as supply becomes more available
Supply driven by data decisions to protect vulnerable populations
The process for vaccine will include, feds make allocation to each state, then California will
allocate to each county, the county health departments allocate to health providers, the orders
sent to CDC for fulfillment
f the vaccine
Storage and handling require specific ultra-low cold handling
Safe and effective vaccine is the important to end the pandemic, we will be equitable and
transparent to vaccinate Californians
Cooper
Follow up, many members who represent Ag, the CARES act was not distributed equally
Looking at what was spent, you will see big discrepancy
Has there been collaboration with legislature in vaccine planning?
Fanelli
e, ut I will
have to check
Cooper
We should have to go to you r website
Talked about stakeholders, what groups and communities are you considering?
Fanelli
We want broad array but is still being decided, we will provide list of organizations and open to
suggestions and review those
Cooper
It would be great for you to reach out to members of the Assembly and would love to help you
When will the legislature be able to review the plan of the vaccine and will be there
involvement in the working groups?
Fanelli
We will plan to you as it now exists, we continue to make changes to the plan
Cooper
We feel you should reach out to us not the other way
Fanelli
We have communication plan and a legislative outreach group
Plan just submitted for timeline
Cooper
What are your thoughts about when the public will be advised on the plan?
Fanelli
We are in the early phases as we learn more, we know we need trust and have communication
with public and we are happy to share as we get further
Cooper
Fanelli
ill try to encourage through education
Cooper
We would like to get as many vaccinated as possible, we can help get that message out there
Fanelli
We understand we will count on you to help with getting message out on the safety
Arambula
The great depression proceeded about the Herbert Hoover, FDR that there is better life and
world beyond the horizon
I hope we are looking to the horizon
My question is what the plan looking is forward and looking toward our economy and focusing
on this
Want to ensure we are integrating safer economy in the plan?
Curry
Absolutely, that is focus of the organization to look ahead
Not trying to minimalize or marginalize the impact on many areas of our communities
We are looking ahead and hope to find ways to talk through this idea
Our job at OES is also to manage recovery from disaster, but certainly it also can come into play
here, even though not typical but want to keep in mind all the things that critical
To move forward is important to what we are doing in real time in terms of cases and
supporting communities to manage those
Fanelli
The blueprint we have in place is to understand the impacts and look at public health and
healthcare impacts
We are seeing increase in cases and planning for that and putting in perspective to put in place
all that
Arambula
I really believe FDR helped us through the depression and helped
How are we making sure to make sure we are doing all we can to the social determinant of
health?
Example with people receiving unemployment, have we talked about other needs or services
Fanelli
We have looked at housing and delivery of food and the hardest hit are the most vulnerable
communities
One of the catalysts was the health equity measure instituted for the social determinants of
health
Arambula
On the gaps that exist, want to give you a chance on the gaps and what is being done to meet
the gaps?
Fanelli
We have been trained to address gaps as we notice them
One is the disease transmission, nationally there are not enough staff in healthcare, how do we
look at opening sectors and keep people in our hospitals strong enough to deal with all those
coming in
Arambula
We have needed a federal partner to lead in this crisis and meet gaps that may exist
I think a lot about pandemic fatigue, how are we thinking and doing toward resiliency?
Fanelli
We are trained to support with staffing and technical expertise and understand gaps
We have dialogue for SNFs and hospitals and meeting with associations to understand any gaps
We issue guidance weekly, allowed staffing waivers
Opening dialogue to make sure aware of any gaps
Arambula
Many have felt like new day for America, but I want to compliment our Governor for taking the
bull by the horn in this crisis
As we are going forward want us to make plan to work with federal government to support our
communities
Gray
s and where essential workers are the norm
In peaks and valleys in testing, and the next week we move into purple tiers then next week we
look at closing centers
Has anyone looked at putting together rapid response team when employer has outbreak, then
we bring resources to epidemic to hotspot?
My experience, we simply telling private sector what they should do, then they say they cant
Fanelli
That is in line with new efforts for mobile testing, part of strike force going into counties
Brought together enforcement entities and education entities to address needs of employers
and AG communities and is on our mind on how to
We have contracts to bring on more mobile testing and working with employers, done more
with central valley and Imperial county and other Southern California counties
Gray
Ting
For Director Curry, OES used to working in particular fashion, as we are in state of emergency
that may be indefinite, what protocols have you changed? In operations in reference to this
pandemic?
Curry
System been around for many years and was designed to be flexible, but you are right this is
unprecedented and this one is effecting every part of society
In communicating responsiveness
the legislature and the counties and different stakeholders involved
We are adjusting response and bringing state family to anticipate and react to it
we know that managing multiple events is to centralize
change but that our understanding is evolving and are looking forward to
another component as being asset to improve us contending with it which is the vaccine
challenge to keep each entity to keep layers in front of communication
Gray
Regarding the adminsitration approach on the scientific safety review work group
Curios is the vaccine safety workgroup unique to California, are other states doing it and
blocking FDA approval of vaccine?
Fanelli
On the safety committee, we are working with people at the national level who have access to
FDA in real time, we want to make sure we have reviewed all the detail to build trust with out
own Californians and have experts to look at and build trust
Gray
Under what authority can California do that?
I would like to s
Fanelli
for
We will share as we resolve those issue
Gallagher
Want to agree with the remarks from the colleagues from my colleague from Merced
We have seen disparities to those monies made available to urban areas vs rural areas
Given to rural counties sparsely and in urban areas was given completely
To delay CARES act funding was wrong, not to mention disproportion between
Become clear to me there is no partnership to the Governor and the legislature right now
How much do we have to hear they have gone beyond the authority the legislature gave them?
No partnership but the reality is something far different and is time for us to leverage the
power of the purse and we can assert our powers to restrict his powers under the Emergency
Services Act
We continue to see abuse in the money without consultation with legislature
Want to express that the initial response saved lives
What does it mean when county goes back to purple, and everyone was talking about us seeing
more cases in the Fall?
Our healthcare system is ready to respond to the cases and when we see rises in cases the
sources are often private gatherings, the result of going back to purple is to not take mitigating
effects, it is the arbitrary work on shutting down small businesses and to shut down churches
Meanwhile every Lowes and Home Depot keep going on full blast and sometimes they are
wearing masks and sometimes they are not
seeing people not going to get care
The only people who get punished are small business, churches, nail salons, restaurants and
Heard many biases against rural areas
Why does your metric make sense, please respond to this?
Fanelli
The blueprint designed to limit mobility across the state, and we have only so many tools
We wish people would adhere to things we put in place, but they cause transmission, but there
are examples of outbreaks in retail and other things as well
We have tried to do risk analysis and progressing through the tiers and keep transmissions
down
We set up small county metric, looked at observation period to see if data is trending in right
direction
Committed to slow reopening of California we are doing our best to limiting mobility
Gallagher
Why just restaurants? There is movement in big box stores especially if you are trying to limit
mobility
How come no restriction to different counties and other sectors that rely on movement and
gathering
Small businesses are being destroyed and hurt
Fanelli
orange or yellow tier
We have to measure and balance with essential services to conduct daily life
There is no perfect answer and we are doing the best we can
dialogue and work across the administration about what they can put in place
to monitor guidance
Aguiar-Curry
One topic that comes up is the SNFs and residential homes that through off smaller community
numbers
What are we doing to those hotbeds and havin
Fanelli
We are working with residential facilities and care facilities
We look at facilities and work to mitigate outbreaks for staff and try to get on top of mitigating
staff and testing for staff and gets us early indicator to reduce transmission
We know small counties impacted in bigger ways
We have adjudication process, if impactful situation and we evaluate on case by case basis
protective equipment
Angela Shell, Deputy Director of the Procurement Division, Department of General Services
Question about procuring process, DGS put together special procurement team focused on PPE
procurement
We used portal to vet vendors and went through multistage process
Once forwarded vendors asked to provided payee data, buyers took information to evaluate
quotes and measure against other vendors
Buyers evaluated payee data, and verification of websites for suppliers and supply chain
Ensured manufacturers and products on the FDA listing
Reached out to counterparts on similar processes with similar manufacturers
To date terminated many purchase orders,
Mitch Medigovich, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Services
Want to elaborate on colleagues on the similar journey and how we account and support all of
our customers and work collaboratively
All of this has been challenging and difficult
But we have overcome and put us in great position going into next wave
Vendors and folks that wanted to come to us and sell goods or provide donations to the state
We now are distributing 833K items a day, moved over 893 million pieces of PPE throughout
the state
How we work scarce resou4rces, we have multistate coordination group
Regarding PPE, adminsitration has flexibility to procure supplies and do things such as suspend
contracting and procurement to provide maximum flexibility
Put some questions together
o Three and a half billion between last year and planned for this year for PPE, unclear how
much is for PPE vs other types of supplies
o How much has been spent vs how much is planned to be spent
o What are the hopes of achievement on supplies?
o Understanding request for PPE is evaluated and prioritized?
We are at time where the adminsitration has more time to plan
Not required by state law, will the administration notify on PPE purchases
Gray
Want to touch on the supply restraints have been relieved, does that apply to just PPE and
gloves etc. where are we on the discussions on ventilators and hospital capacity?
Peters
That might be good question to OES and DPH
Medigovich
We work hand in hand with the Department of Public Health and the total numbers of
commodities distributed
Give us planning target and we have been able to establish metric and put ourselves to push us
through the next wave
We have been experiencing challenges in gloves, not to maintain current distribution
We have procured ventilators and done so to meet targets and procured necessary supplies to
build surge capacity and establish in colocation to handle surge capacity
Shell
With the plan going forward, we are working on competitive procurement at this time
We are procuring N95 masks for two additional years and this year to respond to this event and
future events
We look at other areas recognizing that this was an emergency and we want to move back to
normal procurement operations
Gray
I want to understand how we are vetting, and discussion on procures, that begs a couple of
Talk about protocols and safety and supplies that come from China and walk over companies in
the US
that fair?
Shell
Who we contract with, the state contracts with a single vendor?
In this emergency the vendor may or may not have been a broker, we found that they were
responsible to all facets of the operation
If there are challenges to further supply chain, we work with prime vendors to ensure payments
are being made and they are being responsible
Our contract is with single vendor
Gray
You say we make efforts to work with suppliers, where California company says they contract,
Shell
If lower tiered supply, we work with vendor to ensure there is respect to payment or other
issues that come up
Gray
What is the process for vetting those brokers?
Shell
We have several steps we used on looking at established business, if submitted statement, did
it identify statement information, was there a ta idea, social security number, what type of
business entity
If out of state could we validate, if out of country we got documentation that they were
established business
Many companies may have been brokers, they may not have been in PPE business, but many
companies stepped up and we had to deal with a huge number of companies that we had to vet
The situation in the supply chain was unheard of, was people selling out goods from
underneath each other
What the state did to get out from relying on companies out of the country, we worked with
GOBIZ to see if we could get companies to step up
Oakley stepped up and a company in LA stepped up to make face masks
Cooper
What happens if demand exceeds supply of PPE? Is there plan for PPE distribution? Could the
legislature review the plan?
Medigovich
I think we have taken necessary steps
Requests may come in and reduce critical functions and needs, may get certain supplies to
handle other critical areas
IV. Public Comment
XXXX
We must have transparency; I was told the building was close today to the public
The COVID vaccine manufacturers are exempt from liability
Vaccine would violate bodily autonomy, when using law enforcement against to coerce
Seeking Master of Science degree through school of pharmacology, the public must be included
in these decisions
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Corona virus less lethal than the flu, are you enjoying this plandemic, no way we are staying six
feet apart and accepting gifts because of corona virus
You want to take our sovereign rights away and scare people
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This is an outbreak not a pandemic, we need to open businesses and schools, 8 months after
lockdown not much has changed, we are being played
Death numbers are manipulated, and our constitution is here to protect us, nowhere for
enforced vaccines
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364 babies killed every day in California, so far 18K people dead from COVID
When will we have pandemic for killing babies, lets multiple 364 by 10 months, the number is
way more than 18K
anything for them, you are all okay killing this many babies and then you tell
us there is a pandemic
You want to force vaccinate us and lock us down. Are you okay with all the suicides rising?
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about US code 1038, deals with hoaxes
like lock downs and mask guidance, you can be prosecuted and fined or imprisoned
Adjourn