TO UNDERSCORE THAT BEFORE I OPEN IT UP OFFICIALLY NOW TO QUESTIONS.
WE ARE NOT ONLY DOING MORE TESTING, WE'RE NOT ONLY TRAINING THIS COHORT OF TRACERS AND ACTIVATED OUR TRACING CORE.
WE ARE ALSO NOT ONLY PROCURING MORE PPE, BUT WE'RE DISTRIBUTING AN UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 22,000,095 MASKS JUST IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
TENS OF MILLIONS MORE, 100-PLUS MILLION, N95 MASKS WILL BE COMING INTO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO HELP THE NEIGHBORING STATE OF ARIZONA WITH OVER 14 MUNICIPAL MASKS PREVIOUS ISN'TLY -- 14 MILLION MASKS PREISN'TLY.
WE WANT TO GET THE MASKS OUT AND BE SUPPORTIVE AS WE CAN BE TO MEET THE NEEDS THROUGHOUT OUR HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IN THE STATE, TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY THAT
ARE REOPENING, THAT NEED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR.
WE HAVE CONTINUE TO BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR FEMA FOR THEIR DEMONSTRABLE LEADERSHIP IN HELPING US SECURE THE PPE AND ALSO IDENTIFYING NEEDS FOR SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING STATES.
WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS LIKE A LASER ON THE DATA AND CONTINUE ALWAYS TO CONSIDER AS IS, I'M SURE LIKELY A QUESTION IN A MOMENT, TO CONSIDER THIS DATA IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE STAY-AT-HOME
ORDER ITSELF.
WE HAV GIVE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT O POWER AND CONTROL TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR NOW IS ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
I DID A BUDGET DEAL WITH CALIFORNIA LAKE-EFFECT, $2.5 BILLION IN THAT BUDGET, $2.5 BILLION IS CONDITIONED ON COUNTIES MEETING THEIR CRITERIA UNDER THE MERCY DECLARATION
RELATED TO COVID-19 AND I GUESS THIS IS A POINT OF EMPHASIS.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE BELIEVE I BELIEVE, THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP CERTAINLY CONCURRED, THAT WE CANNOT SUPPORT BAD BEHAVIOR, BUT WE REWARD GOOD BEHAVIOR.
AND IF COUNTIES ARE GOING TO FLAUNT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THAT THEY ATTESTED TO, INFORMATION THEY HAVE PUT ON LINE, SAYING WE AGREE WITH THIS CRY CRITERIA, WE'LL PROVIDE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE, DO WHAT WE CAN BE TO BE INFORMATIVE TESTIFY AND THE NUMBERS ARE GOING UP, WE'RE DONE, WE'VE GOT THIS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DISMISS THESE NEW RULES
AND REGULATIONS, WE'RE GOING TO ATTACH SOME CONSIDERATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES TO THAT.
$2.5 MILLION IN THIS BUDGET THAT SIMPLY WILL NOT FLOW TO THOSE COUNTIES THAT DO THAT.
NOW, HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.
I DON'T EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN.
THE VAST MAJORITY, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF COUNTY ELECTED OFFICIALS, HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARY, ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
IN FACT, SO MUCH SO, THAT SOME OF THE HEALTH DIRECTORS HAVE LITERALLY PUT THEMSELVES OUT WHERE THEY'RE GETTING ATTACKED, GETTING DEATH THREATS.
THEY'RE BEING DEMEANED AND DEMORALIZED AND LET ME JUST SAY THIS, CRYSTAL CLEAR, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE SOMEONE FEELS SIGNIFICANT WHEN THEY THREATEN OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S FOR
NOBLITY IN THAT.
YOU'RE NOT A BIGGER PERSON BECAUSE YOU THREATENED SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU'RE A WEAKER PERSON.
AND I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL THOSE HEALTH DIRECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTACKE, THAT ARE BEING ATTACKED, THAT ARE BEING THREATENED, MANY THAT HAVE HAD TO QUIT THEIR JOBS BECAUSE ALL
THEY WANT TO DO IS KEEP YOU HEALTHY AND SAFE, USING DATA, USING SCIENCE, NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT'S NOT -- I GET, -- IT'S NOT ABOUT -- THIS IS NOT SOME, YOU KNOW, IDEOLOGICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS ABOUT KEEPING YOU SAFE AND YOUR LOVED ONES SAFE, AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE HEALTH OFFICERS IN THE STATE FOR DOING THE BEST THEY CAN UNDER EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
AND I WANT THEM TO KNOW, WE HAVE THEIR B