Gov. Gavin Newsom visited Cal State L.A. Monday - a new vaccination site that is up and running in Los Angeles.
The site is a joint venture between FEMA and the California OES. The one at Cal State L.A. is aimed at communities of color and those who may not have the same access to the vaccine as those in more affluent areas.
National Guard members arrived earlier on Monday to staff the site. Oakland is the other mass vaccination site in the Bay Area.
Newsom says "we recognize we have more work to do. The issue at the end of the day is supply." He says "the good news is parts of the state is already beginning to open up."
Newsom added it is a priority to get the children back to school. In LA County schools are on track to reopening shortly.
Newsom says "people are getting these doses out of the freezers and into peoples' arms...We clearly have more work to do."
Newsom says "we are looking for 1.28 million doses of the vaccine by the end of this week, 1.31 million of the doses of the vaccine by next week and we are administering, as of yesterday, averaging 201,000 doses a day. Do the math, supply is the issue. That is the constraint."
LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis said the site will mark the end of the pandemic.
Last week, Newsom visited Moscone Center, San Francisco's mass vaccination site.
Dave Stone of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services tells KNX he expects it to become very busy saying "We are expecting a minimum of 6,000 vaccinations per day and we will be set up seven days a week."
Vaccine registration appointments will be at https://myturn.ca.gov.
The site at Cal State will not only have a drive-through site but also be able to handle walk-ins and have a mobile option to go into the surrounding communities. Cal State L.A. official Jose Gomez says that will really be a critical feature for a lot of people who want vaccinations.
The Cal State L.A. site is one of the many joint federal-and-state vaccination sites the Biden administration plans to set up across the country.