The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released demographic data on the populations being served at the state/federal community vaccine clinics in Oakland and Los Angeles.
As of March 7, Cal OES and FEMA had a given a total of more than 250,000 vaccines across both sites, with nearly 34,000 of those vaccines administered at targeted mobile clinics within the community. Of these vaccines, over 67 percent were administered to targeted underserved communities and people of color.
The two locations chosen for these efforts are in some of the most diverse and socioeconomically challenged communities in the country. The goal of establishing these joint federal pilot sites in this manner was to expand the rate of vaccinations in California in an efficient, effective and equitable manner, with an explicit focus on making sure that communities that have been hit hardest by COVID-19 are not left behind.