City of Los Angeles will be taking over FEMA COVID-19 vaccination site at Cal State LA

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The City of Los Angeles will be taking over the big FEMA COVID-19 vaccination site at Cal State LA.

The site was scheduled to close on April 11, but Mayor Eric Garcetti made the announcement.

"We are able to say yes when Gov. Newsom asked us to take over operations of the Cal State LA mass vaccination site in East LA, the result of this governor's advocacy in Washing​ton," Garcetti said.

He said the city couldn’t be more proud and ready to get the job done. The news came shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom received the Johnson and Johnson one-shot vaccine Thursday.

"The Mayor has taken the baton without hesitation to have a seamless transition of the Cal State site and to now take over that effort at a local level and that includes, by the way, these mobile sites, the site we are in today," Newsom said.

While getting vaccinated, the governor said it was an opportunity to remind people age 50 and older – that they are now eligible – with access set to expand to everyone 16 and over in two weeks.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Members of the National Guard work as motorists sit at a new large scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Cal State Los Angeles on February 16, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. The vaccine center is focused on those from vulnerable communities and will have the capacity to inoculate 6,000 people per day. It is staffed by federal and state government workers including members of the National Guard and officials from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)