Are selfemployed who tried to file their claims under pua. In fact, state senator scott weiner from San Francisco says his Office Reached out. Is it fully fixed . What happened . I think whats happened is because of the Unprecedented Demand were seeing, sometimes the system can be a little intermittent. So it depends on how much load is coming in at one given time. Luckily our ui Online System has been a true work horse for us through this whole pandemic. Thats the only reason weve been able to process large volumes of claims automatically through that system and try to keep up with the workload. There are better times to try to get into the Online System. Thats usually between the hours in the morning up until, say, 10 00 a. M. And in the evening, after 5 00. Those are usually the best times to be able to get in and minimize the load that may be coming in at any oneg those prime hours you are less likely to encounter glitches and be cut off. Right. Sometimes what happens is the connec
Not intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple of things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. Way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of corrections. Issue in regard to an involving our Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program and the progress update on this. This is the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program that we are building a new system for. Secretary preston and his team h
Lochas joins us. How are you . Im great. Kristen, thank you, its great to be with you. Back in january you guys were looking at a 222 billion state budget with a 6 billion surplus and a 20 billion rainy fund. Now its not just raining, its pouring, so were looking at that 54 billion deficit that Governor Newsom has unveiled. Lets be honest here, who is going to not feel the pain . You know, kristen, i think if were going to be frank, and i dont think it will surprise anybody watching, but a massive event like this with potentially 18 unemployment, 4. 5 Million People in california have now filed for unemployment with stores being closed, restaurants being closed, nobody being able to work unless they can work at home. The impacts have already been felt, and they are going to continue to be felt. Is to in addition to that, on top of that, these pretty significant, really historic changes and cuts to the state budget from just a couple of weeks ago when we were realizing the benefits of a
Deaths due to the virus. Gov. Hutchinson katie, are you ready . Ok. Thanks for coming in on short notice. You found your tie ok. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us. As everyone is aware, i didnt intend to have a covid19 update today. But a couple things popped up that i thought it would be good to have the information out to the public in a transparent way. First, let me put on the screen city. Ure of the we have signed some extra testing resources. You have a drivein facility there. This was taken this morning. It is going on. Great response by the community that comes in. We expect a good number to have been tested there. So, thank you for your cooperation, your leadership, and for taking advantage of this enhanced testing opportunity in your community. Im joined today by dr. Nate smith, secretary of the department of health. Mike preston is here, secretary of commerce. Then, director dexter payne from the department of corrections. Issue in regard to an involving our Pa
Day. He said he expects the testing will increase to 25,000 per day very shortly. We have more on the covenants announcement today. Reporter today in an hour plus News Conference very much lacking in specifics, the governor laid out scenarios to reopen in california and vowed he will not be pressure into premature anything. Politics will not drive our decisionmaking, political pressure will not drive our decisionmaking. The science, the data, Public Health will drive our decision making. Reporter the governor says theres been a lot of progress on testing and tracking therapeutic medicines, vulnerable populations, homeless, healthcare surge capacity, appropriate personnel and personal protective gear. The state held officers showed a very encouraging sign. Smacked the total number of hospitalizations from covid19 and the total of number of admissions and icus from covid 19 have remained stable. Reporter a specific as newsom would get on anything was suggesting, not approving, reopening