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>>> WELCOME BACK. WE ARE SPEAKING WITH SACRAMENTO MAYOR DARRELL STEINBERG.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE
MAYOR, TEXT US AT (916) 321-
3310.
MAYOR, WE HAD A QUESTION FROM
ONE OF OUR FINE PRODUCERS THAT
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
SLEEP TRAIN ARENA POSSIBLY
BECOMING SOME TYPE OF A
HOSPITAL.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT?
>> SLEEP TRAIN IS ONE OF A
NUMBER OF POTENTIAL SITES THAT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S
LOOKING AT TO DEAL WITH THE
POTENTIAL OF THE HOSPITAL SURGE
THAT IS ANTICIPATED.
NO FINAL DECISION HAS BEEN MADE
YET, BUT CERTAINLY SLEEP TRAIN
ARENA IS AN OPTION HERE.
THERE ARE TWO REASONS WHY SLEEP
TRAIN ARENA IS EVEN BEING
CONSIDERED.
NUMBER ONE THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL OF A HOSPITAL
SURGERY IN THE AREA ITSELF.
WE ARE DOING PRETTY WELL IN
SACRAMENTO.
THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE
WILL AVOID THE SURGE, BUT IF WE
CONTINUE TO ELEVATE HER
PHYSICAL DISTANCE AND NOT
SOCIAL DISTANCING BECAUSE WE
WANT PEOPLE TO BE SOCIAL
VIRTUALLY.
EVEN IF WE DO THE REST OF
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MAY NEED
HELP AND WE ARE CALIFORNIANS SO
WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH THE
STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE
AVAILABLE AND ARE PRIVATE
OWNERS AVAILABLE.
OF COURSE SLEEP TRAIN ARENA IS
OWNED BY THE KINGS, BUT WE ARE
GOING TO WORK WITH OUR
COMMUNITY TO DO OUR PART FOR
THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
>>> NEXT QUESTION COMING IN FOR
MAYOR STEINBERG.
OUR CITY PARKS STILL OPEN?
I KNOW THE STOCKTON AREA HAS
SHUT DOWN.
WHAT ABOUT SACRAMENTO?
>> CITY PARKS ARE STILL OPEN .
WE ARE DISCOURAGING KIDS FROM
USING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO AVOID
THE SPREAD.
SO THE PARKS ARE OPEN AND WE
INSIST THAT PEOPLE KEEP THEIR
PHYSICAL DISTANCE, BUT THERE'S
NOTHING WRONG WITH GETTING
OUTSIDE AND GETTING A LITTLE
FRESH AIR AND TAKING A WALK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
THE NEXT QUESTION COMING IN FOR
THE MAYOR.
DO YOU KNOW IF GENERAL
ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS LOOK AT A
STIMULUS CHECK EVEN IF THEY
HAVEN'T FILED A TAX RETURN FOR
THE PAST TWO YEARS?
>> I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT
ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BUT I
DO KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T
FILED A TAX RETURN, WE HAVE TO
CONTACT THE IRS BECAUSE I
BELIEVE UNDER THE NEW FEDERAL
LAW THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THE STIMULUS BUT I THINK IT IS
INCUMBENT UPON PEOPLE WHO DO
NOT HAVE A RECENT RECORD WITH
THE IRS TO CONTACT THE LOCAL
IRS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SIGN
UP.
>> OKAY.
NEXT ONE. HOW CAN CALIFORNIA
CONTINUE TO REPORT COVID-19
CASES ACCURATELY WHEN PEOPLE
ARE NOT BEING TESTED WERE A LOT
OF PEOPLE BEING TESTED?
WE JUST TOLD TO STAY HOME AND
SELF MONITOR AND THIS PERSON
SAID COUNTIES ARE TWISTING THE
FACTS.
>> NOBODY IS TWISTING THE FACTS
HERE.
MAINLY NATIONALLY I THINK WE
HAVE FAILED TO GET AHEAD OF THIS
BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TESTING,
BUT WE ARE WELL BEYOND THAT
POINT NOW AND EVEN THOUGH THERE
IS SOME LIMITED TESTING, THE
WAY THAT WE HAVE TO GO HERE IS
TO MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL
DISTANCE FOR A LONG ENOUGH
PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE VIRUS
ABATES ON ITS OWN AND/OR
REDEVELOP SOME FORM OF ANTIBODY
OR IMMUNITY TO HELP REDUCE THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT GET
INFECTED.
WE HAVE NOT HAD MASS TESTING.
WE WILL KNOW OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS JUST HOW WELL
WE HAVE DONE BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT
INCUBATION PERIOD.
PEOPLE MAYBE INFECTED WHO DON'T
EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE
INFECTED.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO FLATTEN
THE CURVE HAS BECOME PART OF
THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE HERE. IN
SACRAMENTO WE ARE DOING