California thinks it can stop COVID by flooding poor areas with vaccine. Will it work? Luke Money, Soumya Karlamangla, Melissa Healy and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2021, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes questions from the media during a visit to a mobile vaccination site at Ramona Gardens Recreation Center in Los Angeles. The state's COVID vaccination strategy involves targeting lower-income communities that have been hit hardest by the pandemic as a priority for vaccines.Damian Dovarganes/AP Months into a vaccine rollout that has been stymied by shortages and marred by persistent inequities, California is now going all in on a new strategy: flooding those communities hardest hit by COVID-19 with doses.