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FIRST GUESS, WE WELCOME BACK
DARYL STEIN BURG.
WHEN YOU WERE GOING BACK TO
MAYOR SCHOOL WAS PANDEMIC ONE
OF THE SUBJECTS HAD YOU TO
TAKE?
>> PANDEMIC WAS NOT EVEN AN
ELECTIVE COURSE, WALT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I SAID THIS
TO YOU BEFORE, I DEALT WITH A
LOT OF CRISIS.
THE BUDGET CRISIS, WHAT
HAPPENED IN OUR COMMUNITY,
STEPHAN CLARK A COUPLE YEARS
AGO.
NOTHING LIKE THIS, NOTHING THAT
-- WHERE THERE AREN'T THE EASY
ANSWERS.
NOT THAT THERE WERE EASY
ANSWERS WITH THE OTHER CRISIS
AS WELL.
THIS IS A WORLD WIDE CRISIS.
WE ARE A CITY WITHIN THE STATE
WITHIN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE
WORLD, IT'S MY JOB AND OUR JOB
TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN TO KEEP SACRAMENTO SAFE
AND ALSO REASSURE PEOPLE AND
INTERVENE EVERY PLACE WE CAN TO
HELP PEOPLE WHO
ARE REALLY HURTING.
>> IF YOU ARE WONDERING, THE
MAYOR IS AT CITY HALL TODAY, HE
IS AT HIS DESK.
>> HE HAS BEEN WORKING REMOTELY
AND NOT MANY PEOPLE AT CITY
HALL, HE HAS A MEETING TONIGHT
AND DO IT VIRTUALLY.
MR.MAYOR, FIRST QUESTION FOR
YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY
NUMBERS, HAS SACRAMENTO YOU
SEEN PEAKED AND COMING DOWN
AND IN TERMS OF INFECTION?
>> IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE
PEAKED OR LEVELED OFF, BUT
REALLY WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT
QUESTION WITH 100% CERTAINTY.
BECAUSE WE KNOW FOR EXAMPLE
THAT IN LOS ANGELES, THEY JUST
CONDUCTED A RANDOM ANTIBODY
TEST, AND FOUND THAT IT IS
LIKELY THAT FIVE TIMES THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ACTUALLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
THE COVID VIRUS ACTUALLY
PROBABLY HAVE IT.
AND MANY MORE PEOPLE MAY HAVE
IT.
AND SO WHILE OUR NUMBERS HAVE
LEVELED, WHILE OUR
HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE LEVELED,
AND WE'RE DOING REALLY REALLY
WELL, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW,
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TESTING,
IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY ARE ACTUALLY WALKING
AROUND WITH WITH THE VIRUS
KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE IT.
>> I GUESS IT'S BEST FOR US
WALKING AROUND WITH MASKS,
BEING CAREFUL, SOCIALLY
DISTANCE, JUST ASSUME THAT
EVERYBODY HAS IT.
I MEAN, JUST KIND OF PLAY IT
THAT WAY.
GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS WHY THE CONVERSATION
NOW IS RIGHTFULLY BEGINNING
ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT REOPEN SOME
OF SOCIETY AND SOME OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE START
WITH SOME OF THE SMALL
BUSINESSES, THE RESTAURANTS,
THE RETAILERS.
BUT, THERE ARE STILL MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS.
AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT EVEN
AS WE GRADUALLY RETURN, THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RETURN IN
A WAY THAT IS
DIFFERENT THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE SHOULD ALL BE WEARING MASKS
WHEN WE ARE IN A PUBLIC
SETTING.
CERTAINLY DISTANCING PROTOCOLS
THAT WE'RE NOW USED TO ARE
GOING TO BECOME THE NORM, IT'S
GOING TO BE VERY VERY DIFFERENT
FOR A LONG LONG WHILE, EVEN AS
WE CONTEMPLATE THE POSSIBILITY
OVER THE WEEKS AHEAD, GRADUALLY
COMING BACK.
I HOPE WE DO.
BUT, IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY
FOLLOWS THE SCIENCE, EVEN WHEN
WE RETURN IN ANY WAY THAT WE DO
SO VERY CAREFULLY.
>> YESTERDAY AT THE STATE
CAPITAL, IT WAS HIGHLY
ORGANIZED PROTEST.
DO YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO
SEE MORE OF THOSE?
DID YOU SEE IT?
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT?
>> I SAW THE NEWS AND OF COURSE
WAS TALKING TO THE POLICE CHIEF
ABOUT IT.
AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
LOOK IT, THE RIGHT TO PROTEST,
THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN IS
INHERENT IN THE AMERICAN WAY
AND THE AMERICAN IDEAL.
AND I OF COURSE RESPECT IT, I
HONOR IT.
HOWEVER, A PROTEST MUST BE DONE
IN A WAY THAT ARE SAFE FOR
OTHER PEOPLE.
IF THE PROTEST WAS ABOUT
DRIVING AROUND THE CAPITAL AND
HONKING HORNS WITH SIGNS, THAT
WOULD BE ONE THING.
BUT FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF
THEIR CARS AND GATHER ON THE
WEST STEPS, THE NUMBERS WERE
ESTIMATED ABOUT 400,
WAS JUST PLAIN WRONG.
NO RIGHT IS ABSOLUTE.
AND THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE BE IS
NOT ABSOLUTE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
CAN HAVE DRAMATIC HEALTH
IMPACTS ON THE PEOPLE WHO
WEREN'T PART OF THAT PROTEST
THE WAY THIS VIRUS IS SPREAD.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME BALANCE
HERE.
PROTEST BUT DON'T DO IT IN A
WAY THAT ENDANGERS OTHER
PEOPLE.
NO PUBLIC GATHERINGS, WHETHER
IT'S FOR PROTESTS, WHETHER IT'S
FOR SPORTS, WHETHER IT'S FOR
ANYTHING.
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS TO BE.
>> NEXT ONE FOR YOU, MAYOR
DARYL STEIN BURG, TESTING
UPDATES, WHEN ARE MORE PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO BE TESTED,
WHAT DO WE HAVE VERSUS WHAT WE
NEED?
CAL EXPO IS A TESTING LOCATION,
IS IT NOT?
THEY SAY WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE
OR TAKE MORE PEOPLE.
>> THEY COULD, THERE ARE SOME
DISCONNECTS IN THE SYSTEM,
LOOK, WE ARE TESTING BETWEEN
500 AND A THOUSAND
PEOPLE A DAY THROUGH A VARIETY
OF MEANS.
THROUGH HOSPITALS, CAL EXPO
WITH BARELY -- THERE ARE SOME
TESTING.
AND THE STATE IS WORKING TO TRY
TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF
SATURDAY WIDE TESTING.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MUCH
HELP FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
I TRIED AND CONTINUE TRY NOT TO
BE POLITICAL ABOUT THIS IN ANY
WAY.
WORLD WAR II OR ANY OTHER MAJOR
NATIONAL CRISIS, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE THE LEAD
WHEN IT COMES TO
THE SUPPLIES THAT ARE NECESSARY
IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE NATION.
THAT IS NOT HAPPENING NOW AND
SO THE STATE IS TRYING AND HERE
IN SACRAMENTO WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH COUNTER
AND THE DOCTORS, WE ARE GOING
TO TAKE TESTING INTO OUR OWN
HANDS, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY
WITH UC DAVIS.
THE POTENTIAL WORKING WITH A
PRIVATE COMPANY IN FOLSOM.
WE'RE EVEN WORKING WITH
UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE OF
SACRAMENTO TO PROCURE 25 TO
50,000 TESTS.
IF THEY HAVE THE SUPPLIES TO BE
ABLE TO TEST OUR VULNERABLE
SENIOR POPULATION AND ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITIES,
TEST OUR HOMELESS POPULATION
AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO
ARE AT RISK, WE KNOW WHO HAS IT
AND WHO DOESN'T.
WE ARE TAKING IT IN OUR OWN
HANDS.
UNTIL THERE IS A REAL NATIONAL
STRATEGY FOR HOW TO BRING EVERY
STATE THE MATERIALS AND
SUPPLIES THEY NEED OF
COMING