additions around reagents. now the bigger issue is swabs themselves, specimen samples and having the media to associate with the samples. is up for us to meet the moment and drawdown support for those specimen collections. as a consequence of that, and as a consequence on the scarcity and the testing that will become more a defendant in days and weeks to come, we need to have a different conversation around testing. that is smart testing. targeted testing. really, what is the purpose of testing? my team is no longer providing me just the number of people that are tested positive. they are equally waiting on a number of people that have tested negative. we are now looking at it from a community surveillance perspective. we are much broader in many respects, but also more targeted in other respects in terms of the way we are

approaching testing protocols. i think this is something that needs to be replicated, and i think it is in other parts of the country. the bottom line for us is, we want to know what the spread is. we want to know if we are bending the curve. we want to know if our state homeowners are affected. that is fundamentally the point of testing in terms of the broader sample. the more specific need for testing itself evident, to change medical protocols, to address the deep anxieties our seniors have, people with surmised immune systems. all of them should be prioritized. people who are in the hospitals that have symptoms, and most significantly, our health givers that need to remain healthy throughout this process. the father public, if you are going don't have any symptoms, i know you may have deep anxiety. just assume that you potentially are contagious and act accordingly. socially distance yourself from others. just use common sense. bit orgood citizen. those young people are still

out there on the beaches thinking this is a party. time to grow up. time to wake up. time to recognize it's not just about the old folks. it's about your impact on their lives. don't be selfish. you have the responsibility to meet this moment as well. i was talking to my kids the other day. my son said, why aren't you letting me outside? it has a framework of common sense. i said you can go outside and play basketball. just don't invite the neighbors and all your friends to come over. user common sense. i want to encourage people to think accordingly. what is essential and nonessential is what you think it is. we want to make sure that good in all of our distribution networks are secure. that clearly is essential. we want to make sure that you can get access to the pharmacy. go to the laundromat. make sure transportation systems and our entire apparatus

is well secured. if you need to go outside to get some exercise, do that. but don't do that in a group setting. if you see a busy street, don't run down the street. use common sense. you want to take a walk with her dog, take a walk with your dog. just don't do it with five or six neighbors. that there were people around, mind your space. socially distance yourself at least six feet. that becomes problematic, we will start to enforce that, but not with a hammer. a little bit of verbal communication. think about what you are doing. on the enforcement side, people are worried that we are going to have police -- no. social pressure has moved remarkably quickly. we have seen that and what is happening all over the states were we put out a erected where people are doing by and large the right thing.

that they are not, we have the licensing capacity to enforce. we can shut down businesses that are abusive of this moment. and clearly, we have other enforcement capacity. i don't think we are at a point in california, not all equally spread. we recognize areas where we still have work to do, socialize these new protocols, but i think it's going remarkably well under the circumstance. we put out very detailed guidelines yesterday, and we are making sure those are distributed all across the state of california. i want to thank the california chamber of commerce for their incredible support, and the guidelines to talk about what is essential and nonessential business. i want to thank the teamsters, not just the politicians pointing out a very proud and powerful labor union. all tell you why i am proud, the power and potency of the work of the teamsters. these guys are focusing on you more than their families. i was talking to some of the representatives on the teamsters. these are the truckers. these are the guys are out there doing logistics in the atf

california, from farm to fork, making sure you are fed, making sure you feel good and confident that the sucking of our shelves is going to be abundant, even though there's some items that are a little scarce now. we are in a transition. 72 plus hours a week, working hard, getting home late, not even having time to pick up their own groceries. i want to tip my hat to the grocery store workers. 300, 400 people that are coming in contact during the course of the shift. their own health concerns are in play. we have to be sensitive. have a smile. i know we are all stressed. thank you for being there. they could go on unemployment. they are not. they are stepping up. in fact, not only that, 10,000 open jobs today. you have lost your job in the state of california, and you have skills? call your local grocer. i assure you, thousands and

thousands, 10,000s of the vet yesterday, open jobs just in that space. it redefines when we talk about he rose, men and women in uniform, absolutely. it's also folks that frankly sometimes we take for granted. they are also heroes, essential workers doing essentially ordinary things. again, putting their families second, putting you first. i want to just make this point. we are looking forward to addressing additional anxieties head-on. that has to do with our corrections system. our prison system. we are working very aggressively to make sure that the folks within the system marketing appropriate support, those that are getting isolated. i bring it up because i have gotten a lot of calls on this, people express in concern for

the staff, not just for the inmates themselves. we shut down the visitation process. oaks coming in and out for that is a point of consideration and concern. know that we are leaning into that and putting protocol and procedures in place as well. that constructs were we are i want to close by, and we will happily answer any questions. we need more support from the federal government. i am encouraged by the conversations we are having. the uss mercy, the conversations we've had with the president and vice president on the strategic stockpile in the work that we're doing not just with hss but dod on getting these mobile field hospitals out in the state of hospital as well. the state of california. anticipating where we will be in a week or two. in that spirit of collaboration and cooperation, the spirit

that finds this moment, i want to open up questions to the press. i thank you for your remarkable patience and understanding during this very challenging times. >> reporter: we are anticipating -- >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: hello? can you hear me all right? >> perfect. >> reporter: governor, you mentioned about the superintendent ignoring social distancing. we are getting reports from the state about that. people are following the rules. you are getting social pressure to do it. you don't want to use a hammer. what do you think you can do to

help the concern? >> we are a nationstate 40 million strong, fifth largest economy in the world. 27% of us are foreign-born. i say that you only make this point. mixed status families, people that speak many different languages, this directive was sent out less than 24 hours ago. it has been remarkably well received under the circumstances and socialized remarkably well. you are absolutely right. there are instances in parts of our state and communities that haven't securely gotten the message quite literally, not just figuratively. we have a whole media campaign working with our partners. facebook, twitter, others, new psa's. you are starting to see billboards throughout the state of california, telling people

to go to covid-19.ca.gov. and to the extent that we feel people remain stubborn over the next few days, we will increase our efforts, not only on outreach, encouragement, and to the extent we must, and appropriate enforcement. >> reporter: governor, thanks for giving us a moment this afternoon. i wanted to ask you a question to your point about needing a new approach to testing. i heard you correctly, are you saying the state needs to be testing not just people with symptoms but a broader range of symptoms so we can ascertain the direction of this pandemic? >> let me tell you what we have done. we are very pleased. there's been three community surveillance testing efforts that have taken place in the state. in orange county, los angeles,

and santa clara county. these were broad, random test that were done for people who were otherwise young and healthy and thought they were perfectly fine and didn't contract the virus. we got the percentage returns, positives in those cases. it has given us a sense of how many people are out there that are likely impacting and affecting other people that don't even know that they have the virus. that was very helpful, just those three spot tests on community surveillance because it allowed us to understand what's really happening at a granular level on the ground and allows us to resource accordingly. that is very helpful from the testing protocol's perspective. why we want test available to everybody on demand, we certainly do, until we have the abundance, do the testing on those that have mp are dealing with underlying health conditions. those that

are in the hospital already, and certainly our front-line employees. those in the logistic sector that deserve priority testing. in addition, smart testing. >> reporter: i am wondering if there's anything statewide, not just for doctors and nurses, they are planning to waive, such as current limitations on nurse practitioners can you talk about what you are

planning to do and that front? >> we have an executive order. we call it an omnibus executive order. too lengthy to go into details directly to screen. we will provide all of those details. staffing ratios, a variant on your question, goes to for its ability, which is direct to your question within a hospital setting so we can maximize our footprint, allow us to repurpose sections of our system. i say sections of our system broadly, not just hospital settings. the executive order in this case is not about ratios at hospital. i want to make that clear. this is around facilities, community clinics. we are socializing conversations in real time to go specifically to the issue of scope of practice. there are a series of steps we have taken today they go to your point and your question to assure you, there will be be any other steps in the next days and weeks.

>> reporter: governor, thank you for taking the questions. kind of a follow-up to a question asked earlier. you have asked a lot of people to stay home. we are getting a lot of mixed messages. you turn on the tv this morning, and there are images of people at the farmers market downtown, crowded, sitting next to each other. you see people standing in line, going to the grocery store. it does send a mixed message to people that they aren't, there's no social distancing going on. a lot of people i talked to say that's not fair. it doesn't seem to be working. we are just staying at our house is. i'm wondering what your messages to people when they see these things on tv? >> i don't know if it's mixed messaging because i'm not sure that's an intentional message. it's a mixed practice that is occurring throughout the country , not just here in california.

it has been less than 24 hours since our state home order went into effect. and many other states, it is the same. the reality is, people are going to have to change behavior. there will be social pressure to do that. you should have distance, at least six feet in lines. it is good that folks are being pushed up against one another to remind their neighbors in a loving way of those protocols and processes. i think you are also seeing images of people taking this quite seriously. you are seeing streets and cities large and small that are vacant and empty. you are seeing kids, no kids and playgrounds. this is part of the process. it will take a little time to see advanced. we are confident people are going to start changing behaviors in real time. it feels like 24 hours in california. it has been a couple of days in the states.

forgive me. nonetheless, very early in this process. i think people are going to meet this moment. >> reporter: thanks for taking time to talk to us. can we talk a little bit about california's plan, independently of the federal government? and what might that look like? have you have those conversations or initiate steps to get there? >> we had a remarkable conversation just yesterday with the ceo of genentech, ceo of gilead. there is numbering those two up, not only home-based companies, but they are very top of mind as it relates to what president trump and vice president pence as well as other representative in the federal government and task force have been referring to, some of these treatments.

we are, in the state of calvary, in deep partnership with those companies. the uc system and their hospitals have been referenced publicly. we are already deeply advancing those protocols and partnerships. i was on the phone to ask what more they need to send california. what do they need from our research institutions and the like. i am very comfortable and confident that those are proceeding. i don't want to get ahead of myself and get into some of the details, where they think we are, as being discussed more properly from a national perspective. i know california is trying to amplify that research, amplify the focus on treatment, and really look to see, once the ostream is become available, that there may -- they are made

readily available in the statement can be produced to provide the needs of the american people. >> reporter: you mentioned at the beginning, a bunch of companies that are stepping up to help with supplies. i was wondering if you could tell us specifically some of those companies and how that happened. did you approach them? did they approach you? give us a sense of the backdrop. >> i know a lot of folks in this country are talking about, it's time to start imposing ourselves from a federal perspective. as it relates to the defense production act. i think that is in the conversation. let me say, that is already happening here in the state of california. there is a specific point. we reached out to kr who runs bloom industry. well-known in california, especially in the green energy

space. we said, what do you need? let me test this. you produce these remarkable fuel cells that are power fuel cells. you have all kinds of technical capacity. we have all of these old ventilators that we have been storing for years that have to be repurpose. the manufacturer said the following. to repurpose about 200 of them is going to take a month. we challenge you to do more and do better. kr send me a photo today, i am not making this up, 24 specific ventilators that he got done in a few hours. he said come down, certify these, inspected them. these things are certified and we are confident you are going to sign up, give us the rest. we are already repurpose thing in this country. we are already repurpose thing in the state of california. we reached out to elon musk. he said the same. i'm on this. not just tesla, but spacex. people are calling him all across the country.

he is looking not just on the ventilator side and the parts side, but the capacity in 3-d sitting -- printing and other things. you are already seeing this manifest in the state of california. i've got to imagine it is replicated on other parts of the country. i hope folks know that. those are just two very specific points. >> reporter: governor, thank you very much for taking questions. there are two concerns that we are hearing about. number one, the policy that's in place for protections, from foreclosures and evictions. i think it is through may 31 is what you have now. if people go back to work in the middle of may, they are not going to be able to catch up to really start making those payments from the weeks they have been out of work. wouldn't it be prudent to allow the policy to say, from the time you go back to work, you are protected for 60 days? that's the worst concern.

the second concern is the homeless situation. people that are housing in this assets you are procuring, which is great. by the way, no one is complaining about these policies. these are some concerns. what happens to this crisis is over with those people who were homeless and now are in this assets? if the plan is them for to remain house, what is the plan to facilitate that? >> thank you. >> i appreciate that. we are putting it together in real time. that is deeply part of our conversation. we are not just thinking situational be. we are thinking sustainably. every situation we are making it done pragmatically in a sequential way. we are breaking these things down, problem solving in real time. we are trying to address the acuity of the crisis in the moment. that is getting people off the streets, getting them into these units. then, anticipate the challenge in three, four, five, six months, we hope, as this current crisis begins to shift,

and then we have to deal with that issue. that's part of our protocols and processes. by the way, let me be straight with you and candid, it's one of the big challenges we have with the counties and cities right now because trust me, they are saying if we are going to absorb the social services, which as you know, i just put an emergency appropriation, an additional $150 million in the space this last week to help the counties with the cost. they want to know that those dollars will not just be temporary and they can absorb those longer-term. we are negotiating with not only the operators of these hotels. we are also negotiating with the owners to see if we can purchase out right some of these hotels, not just lease them temporarily, to begin to answer your long-term question. our deeper anxiety is always social services, the wraparound services that are required, not just the physical opera currency of the units, but to address

the mental health issues in the underlying reasons people are on the streets and sidewalks in the first place. that's number one. as it relates to the broader issues around depictions and broader issues related to mortgages, here is a preview. i have a team of people that have been working over the course of the last three days. one has to be very careful in the space when it comes to dealing with banks. we can make announcements that may not be true. i want to make an announcement that is substantive and real as it relates to mortgages and as it relates to payments. i expect to have my team, this is going to put them on the spot, by tuesday do have a substantive answer to you. it also goes to your specific question about timelines in previous executive orders that wewill look real- time. let ve yoan examp onwe already have issue oftax p before april 15, before our

july 15, we had already put our executive order. we now need to confirm to federal guidelines to move hours from june to july 15 so it lines up with the federal government. you will see more of that, forgive me for being long- winded, including the recognition that things are not delivered equally in the state of california. when i say we are a nationstate, we are 70 plus it is, 58 counties, different rules and regulations, different concerns, different points of view. localism is determinative in the state of california in many ways. as it relates to how they are dealing with evictions, not only for tenants of residences, but also tenants of commercial establishments. if they are not meeting the moment, we certainly can strengthen our provisions, not just strengthen deadlines, but

strengthen the provisions as well. we are monitoring that in real time. >> reporter: hello, governor. thanks for answering questions. i want to follow-up specifically on richer protection, eviction issue. since your executive order came out monday night, renters groups have criticized it pretty widely saying it doesn't go far enough, it doesn't say anything about evictions that were already underway. the riverside county sheriff is still performing lockouts as of friday. i was wondering if you are planning on revisiting the executive order. >> forgive me, literally, i don't mean to be flippant. that is exactly what i was just referring to in the answer to the last question. absolutely, unequivocally looking in real time to see how this is manifesting in different cities. you can contrast riverside to the incredible work they've done in los angeles and san jose and

in san francisco. those are points of contrast where they have taken it to a whole other level. there are parts of the states that haven't. the answer is absolutely, we are looking to make adjustments in real time. that's a perfect example of why it's appropriate that we have that mindset. we are moving, quite honestly, in 100 other cases and 100 other directions. we will move to address that based upon what is happening at the local level, based upon that legitimate anxiety. >> reporter: governor, thank you. a lot of reporters were not able to get questions together day. i hope you will stick around for them. i want to clarify the statewide order at some of the local orders. we have called around to a lot of folks, and their is confusion about which ones take effect where. what supersedes what? my question is, are californians supposed to abide by the most strict version of what they are

under, whether it is the local or state? because it's not always the same. sometimes the local is more state. sometimes estate is more strict. what are they supposed to do in terms of following which order? >> we have been working in real time, as you know well, 20 counties had a version of those orders. each one -- not each one. six counties went together. many of them have augmented their orders. others have joined some 21.3 million californians in the previous orders. we put out our overlay, that directive works for the entire state. we are quite honestly answering that question in real time, working with county health officials, local, when we are working through a myriad of those specific examples. they get very granular, those examples, for issues that range from hairdressers, nail salons,

two canvas suppliers and what type of licenses under licenses, is a medical or recreational? all of that, forgive me, is deeply complex and deeply being focused on, but there are 16 core constructs they go to essential services that are universal accepted. that is the architecture for the statewide overlay. and then we are working to address more these nuanced one off issues. we are not ideological about this order. when i submitted disorder, you will recall me saying specifically that we are open to argument, interested in evidence, and we will iterate and listen to changing applications, concerns related to it and work with our local partners. >> reporter: thank you, governor. you talked about surge capacity.

it's one thing to add 20,000 new beds. it's another to have the doctors, nurses, and support staff to support that. i'm just curious about where those medical personnel are going to come from. and on the military mobile medical units you are talking about, do they include doctors and nurses from the military? >> as it relates to the specifics around seton, seton comes with staff. st. vincent does not pick we are working to procure staff. the community hospital in long beach substantially comes with staff, and we are augmenting. the answer to that question is, it depends on the specific site, the specific facility. as it relates to the federal assets, there are two different sections of assets that are being provided, both the department of defense and a chase as. as it relates to hss, they are more physical, and there is

some human resource support. we are doing so in real time, making sure we are getting additional staff. let me tell you how bring people that are retired into the system. surveying with the largest union and all of the state employees. we have firefighters, paramedics, healthcare professionals that also are part of this large area to provide for that additional search. obviously working with hospital system and nurses and others. that is a good part of this conversation and trust me, front and center.