teresa palmer is not reassured. >> the lives of nursing home patients are worth something, and they need to act like it. >> reporter: as for her mother, bernice? >> i'm angry! i'm helpless! i don't want my mom to die! >> and the state department of public health is not publicly revealing which nursing homes are opening covid wings. and families of nursing home residents can't even get in to see them. so this is a really stressful time for anyone with a relative or friend in a nursing home. liz? >>> well, governor newsom announce league leave for those struggling financially during this difficult time. california will give cash payments to undocumented immigrants who are impacted, and the state is also expanding hours for the edd call center for the millions of a cans looking to file for unemployment. it will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. 7 days a week. >> our goal is to chase down all of those people and to either help them if they are covid and get them into quarantine, or to basically give them the relief that they are not infected. launching a new contact tracing program. when s

. >> >> caller: hi, my name is teresa palmer, i'm a physician and a geri geriatrition. i feel like the lack of testing of asymptomatic contact at the nursing home is a form of rationing. it is a statement that nursing home patients' lives are not worthwhile, and the lives of the is staff are not worthwhile. i would like some answers as to why we're not ramping up testing at nursing homes, as we know we should in all congregate settings. we're setting ourselves up for a second wave, and we're going to have massive die-offs in nursing homes. thank you. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> all right. thank you. those who made public comment. i think we can go on to the next item, item 5, the coronavirus preparedness update. dr. cofax, i can't see you. can other folks see dr. cofax? i can hear him -- >> he seems to have disappeared off the scene here. >> you can hear me, right? >> i can hear you. my video is on, and i can see -- oh! oh, there we go. hi, everyone. >> we can see you now. >> hello. i had to share. >> okay. i'm sorry, i'm not able to see you. but just conti

. >> >> caller: hi, my name is teresa palmer, i'm a physician and a geri geriatrition. i feel like the lack of testing of asymptomatic contact at the nursing home is a form of rationing. it is a statement that nursing home patients' lives are not worthwhile, and the lives of the is staff are not worthwhile. i would like some answers as to why we're not ramping up testing at nursing homes, as we know we should in all congregate settings. we're setting ourselves up for a second wave, and we're going to have massive die-offs in nursing homes. thank you. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> all right. thank you. those who made public comment. i think we can go on to the next item, item 5, the coronavirus preparedness update. dr. cofax, i can't see you. can other folks see dr. cofax? i can hear him -- >> he seems to have disappeared off the scene here. >> you can hear me, right? >> i can hear you. my video is on, and i can see -- oh! oh, there we go. hi, everyone. >> we can see you now. >> hello. i had to share. >> okay. i'm sorry, i'm not able to see you. but just conti

. >> >> caller: hi, my name is teresa palmer, i'm a physician and a geri geriatrition. i feel like the lack of testing of asymptomatic contact at the nursing home is a form of rationing. it is a statement that nursing home patients' lives are not worthwhile, and the lives of the is staff are not worthwhile. i would like some answers as to why we're not ramping up testing at nursing homes, as we know we should in all congregate settings. we're setting ourselves up for a second wave, and we're going to have massive die-offs in nursing homes. thank you. >> you have zero questions remaining. >> all right. thank you. those who made public comment. i think we can go on to the next item, item 5, the coronavirus preparedness update. dr. cofax, i can't see you. can other folks see dr. cofax? i can hear him -- >> he seems to have disappeared off the scene here. >> you can hear me, right? >> i can hear you. my video is on, and i can see -- oh! oh, there we go. hi, everyone. >> we can see you now. >> hello. i had to share. >> okay. i'm sorry, i'm not able to see you. but just conti