PHONE,
PHONE, SKYPE, AND TELEPHONE AND OUR FIRST GUEST IS CONGRESSMAN AMI BERA REPRESENTING
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
WE WANT TO START WITH YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THE PRESIDENT
EXTENDING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
GUIDELINES INITIALLY LAST WEEK
HOPING TO REOPEN THE COUNTRY BY
EASTER AND NOW WE ARE LOOKING
AT THE END OF APRIL.
>> I THINK IT IS EXACTLY THE
RIGHT THING TO DO. THIS IS
HITTING EVERY PART OF OUR
COUNTRY NOT ALL AT THE SAME
TIME, BUT WE START TO SEE WHAT
IS HAPPENING IN NEW YORK IN NEW
ORLEANS AND DETROIT I WOULD
THINK THIS IS SPREADING TO THE
MIDWEST. DEFECTS OAKLAND COUNTY
ACTED FAIRLY EARLY HOPEFULLY
CREATED ENOUGH TIME FOR OUR
HOSPITALS TO CREATE CAPACITY.
SPEAKING WITH SOME OF OUR
HEALTHCARE LEADERS ARE COMMUNITY
MAKE IT HEADED TOWARD THE END
OF THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK AND
WE WILL START TO SEE NUMBERS OF
CASES CERTAINLY BY THE SECOND
WEEK IN APRIL. IT IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO. LET'S LET THE DATA
GUIDE WHEN IT IS SAFE FOR FOLKS
TO RETURN TO WORK.
>> YOU HAD MENTIONED SACRAMENTO
COUNTY. ARE YOU THINKING JUNE 1
WE WOULD GET TO SOME SEMBLANCE
OF NORMALCY? WHAT WOULD JUNE 1
LOOK LIKE FOR US?
>> MY HOPE IS THAT ONCE WE
START TO SEE THE CASES TAPERING
OFF AS WELL AS DROPPING THAT WE
HAVE THE TESTING CAPABILITIES
TO TEST THE LEVEL OF IMMUNITY
IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE CAN
MAKE DECISIONS AT THAT TIME.
I WOULD HOPE THAT BY THE END OF
APRIL WE CAN START TO THINK
ABOUT SOME SEGMENTS OF THE
COMMUNITY GOING BACK TO WORK.
THAT IS WHEN WE ARE REALLY
HAVING TO DO TESTING IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY TO FIGURE OUT
HOW MANY FOLKS ACTUALLY HAVE
SOME LEVEL OF IMMUNITY AND MAY
HAVE BEEN INFECTED, RECOVERED,
AND HAVE ANTIBODIES NOW AND
PROTECTION.
THE HOPE WOULD BE CERTAINLY IT
WILL BE MOST OF APRIL THAT WAS
STAY-AT-HOME BUT BY MAY BECAUSE
START UP WITH SEGMENTS OF THE
COMMUNITY.
HOPEFULLY BY JUNE WE COULD OPEN
UP A BROADER SECTION OF THE
COMMUNITY.
>> YOU DO NOT WANT TO GIVE THE
COAST CLEAR TO THE SYNTHESIS
EVERYONE CLOSE LIKE THE SPANISH
FLU.
THAT ONE AROUND THE WORLD FOUR
TIMES 17 PAGES BECAUSE IT IS
TAPERING DOWN DOESN'T MEAN IT
IS OVER WITH.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS THE COVID-
19 STIMULUS RECOVERY PACKAGE.
IS IT BASED ON THE 2019 TAXES
ALREADY FILED OR 2018 IN GENERAL
?
>> I THINK IT IS BASED ON THE
MOST RECENT. IF YOU ALREADY
FILED 2019 ON THOSE RETURNS,
THEN IT WILL BE BASED ON THAT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T FILED THIS YEAR,
IT WILL BE YOUR PRIOR-YEAR
RETURN.
>> OKAY.
THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE NEXT TEXT COMING IN, I'M
HEARING A LOT OF THIS.
IF YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT HERE FOR A
WHILE BASED ON COVID-19, YOU
ARE ACCUMULATING AND HAVING TO
PAY TAXES ON ALL OF THAT.
WHAT ABOUT THE STIMULUS MONEY
FOR NEXT YEAR'S TAXES?
>> I DO NOT BELIEVE THE
STIMULUS MONEY IS GOING TO BE
TAXED. THE INTENT WAS TO GET
THOSE RESOURCES OUT TO THE
PEOPLE QUICKLY.
THAT WILL BE TIERED BASED ON
YOUR INCOME IF YOU'RE A SINGLE
INDIVIDUAL RUNNING UNDER 75,000
YOU SHOULD GET A $1200 CHECK
FOR A COUPLE UNDER 150,000. I
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE INTENT
WAS TO TAX ANY OF THE STIMULUS
MONEY.
>> IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE LOST
YOUR JOB AND YOU REALLY MONEY.
HE WILL TAKE THE MONEY AND DEAL
WITH WHATEVER HE HAD TO DEAL
WITH DOWN THE ROAD. NEXT ONE
HERE IS AN ODD ONE AND GOOD FOR
THEM.
I PERSONALLY DO NOT NEED THE
EXTRA MONEY.
CAN I DONATE MY CHECK TO THOSE
IN NEED OR OPT OUT?
>> I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU CAN OPT
OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS WILL
BE DONE AUTOMATIC.
YOU HAVE STEPHANIE BRAY ON
LATER IN THE SHOW AND I THINK
SHE CAN SHARE WITH US HOW WE
CAN HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND
DONATE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
FOLKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND
DISABILITY.
WILL THEY RECEIVE A STIMULUS
CHECK ON TOP OF WHAT THEY ARE
ALREADY GETTING?
>> IT IS MY BELIEF IF THEIR
INCOME LEVEL IS BELOW THESE
THRESHOLDS THEY WILL ALSO BE
RECEIVING A STIMULUS CHECK.
>> THAT IS PROBABLY