SAFE
SAFE AND
SAFE AND WELCOME BACK EVERYONE IN SAN DIEGO JUST EXPERIENCED ITS HIGHEST ONE DAY INCREASE OF
CORONA VIRUS CASES. A REMINDER
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING
TO THESE STAY AT HOME ORDERS.
MANY OF YOU STILL HAVE
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE WE STAND,
WHAT'S NEXT HERE AND WHAT'S TO
REOPEN. SUPERVISOR NATHAN
FLETCHER JOINS US ON THE PHONE
HERE THIS MORNING. GOOD
MORNING. SUPERVISOR, APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME. GOOD MORNING. THEY
GRABBED ME. WE'VE SEEN A SPIKE
IN NUMBERS IN THE SOUTH BAY AND
WE HEARD FROM THE LEADERS THERE
YESTERDAY SAYING HEY, WE NEED
MORE TESTING HERE. WHAT'S BEING
DONE ABOUT TESTING IN
THE COUNTY DO YOU THINK? WE ARE
MEETING OUR TESTING GOALS.
WELL, THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE ARE
WE MEETING THE GOAL OF DOING AS
MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN? YES.
IS IT IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT
WE WOULD LIKE OR NEED OR WANT?
NO. THE REALITY IS THERE'S
PROBABLY NOWHERE PLAYING AND
HAS THE CAPACITY OF TESTING
THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE.
BUT WE ARE WORKING AS HARD AS
WE CAN TO GET THERE. THERE WAS
A REPORT OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO
SAN DIEGO WAS DOING MORE
TESTING PER CAPITA THAN ALMOST
ANY OTHER COUNTY. BUT IT'S NOT
AS MUCH AS WE WANT AS RELATES
TO THE OUTBACK COMMUNITIES IN
AREAS THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED
MORE. AND WE'RE MOVING MORE
WITH THE NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO WE
SHIFTED A NUMBER OF LARGE
QUANTITY TESTING CAPACITY DOWN
THERE WHICH WAS PART OF
THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEEING
THE SPIKE IN CASES BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET
INCREASED TESTING. BUT WE NEED
AND WE SHOULD DO MORE. WE'RE
MOVING A DRIVE FOR TESTING
LOCATION INTO CHULA VISTA IN
THE COMING DAYS AND WE'RE
LOOKING AT POINTS AND MOBILE
TESTING ASSETS DOWN IN
THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY AS
WELL TO TO BE ABLE TO MORE
QUICKLY IDENTIFY PROCESS. WE'RE
SEE SOME PARKS WHO SEE SOME
TRAILS OPENING UP AROUND SAN
DIEGO. WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS
WITH OPENING UP MORE PUBLIC
SPACES AND SOME OF
THE GUIDELINES THERE? WELL, IT
REALLY IS ABOUT BALANCE. WE
NEED FOLKS TO OUTSIDE OF THEIR
HOUSEHOLD UNIT ENSURE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING FROM OTHER FOLKS.
AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT AND STILL
GO TO A PARK ITSELF. IT'S JUST
ENSURING THAT IT'S STRUCTURED
RIGHT IN THE BALANCE. WE TRIED
TO STRIKE IT TO STOP THE SPREAD
OF CORONA VIRUS WHILE ALSO
ALLOWING FOLKS TO GO OUTSIDE
AND EXERCISE AND ENJOY NATURE.
AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIND
THAT BEING VERY MINDFUL THAT AT
EVERY STEP WE THINK INCREASES
THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION
SPREAD. I WOULD LOVE TO GET OUR
OCEANS OPEN. LET FOLKS GET IN
AND SURF AND SWIM. WE JUST HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEEN
DONE IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY. YOU
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE ENFORCEMENT WITH
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
THE FOLKS WILL FOLLOW
THE ORDERS. WELL, WE'LL BE
CAUTIOUS. WE'LL DO THE THINGS
THAT THEY KNOW NOT ONLY IN
THEIR INTERESTS BUT THAT
THE INTERESTS AND THOSE THAT
THEY LOVE. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO
ACCOUNT SOMETIMES FOR
UNFORTUNATELY A FEW BAD
ACCURACY. WALT, YOU KNOW, WE
SAW SOME OF THE CLEANER AIR IN
YEARS PAST HERE WITH US THAT
THE EARTH DAY THAT WE HAD THIS
THIS PAST YEAR WE SAW A NICE
CLEAN AIR THAT WE'VE HAD. YOU
MET WITH THE CALIFORNIA AIR
RESOURCES BOARD. CAN YOU
QUICKLY TELL US WHAT CAME FROM
THAT? WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS
CAME FROM THAT. ONE, WE ARE
SEEING SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN
AIR POLLUTION PRIMARILY BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING THIS MUCH
WHICH LOWERS VEHICLE MILES
TRAVELED, LOWERS GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND LOWERS IN
PARTICULAR OZONE OZONE
POLLUTION WHICH IS VERY, VERY
TOXIC AND VERY, VERY HARD ON
THE LUNGS. THE OTHER THING WE
TALKED ABOUT WAS WITH A RECENT
STUDY OUT OF HARVARD THAT SHOWS
THAT FOLKS WHO LIVE IN
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY
THOSE ARE THOSE ARE COMMUNITIES
THAT HAVE SOME OF THE DIRTIEST
AIR AND WE HAVE MANY OF US OUT
HERE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. WE
HAVE SOME OF THE DIRTIEST AIR
ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY IN
CERTAIN POCKETS AND AREAS.
INDIVIDUALS IN THOSE
NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 15 PERCENT
MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM CORONA
VIRUS. AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS
INEQUITY IN OUR SOCIETY.
THE AIR SHOULD BE THE AIR HERE
SHOULDN'T BE DIRTY OR IN ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD THEN ANOTHER AND
SOMEONE SHOULD BE MORE LIKELY
TO DIE FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE
THAN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN
ANOTHER. BUT WE HAVE A LOT IN
STORE INEQUITIES IN ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE AND AIR QUALITY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. AND SO I
THINK COMING OUT OF THIS AS A
SOCIETY WE NEED TO REALLY
RECONNECT OURSELF TO THOSE
ISSUES TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE
HAS CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER.
SUPERVISOR FLETCHER, THANKS SO
MUCH FOR JOINING