Monterey County to send letter to neighboring MCEs requesting vaccine share Share Updated: 7:14 PM PST Feb 23, 2021 Share Updated: 7:14 PM PST Feb 23, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript MONTEREY COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS NOT PLEASED TO HEAR ITS NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH.... SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HAS BEEN RECEIVING MORE COVID- 19 VACCINES DESPITE HAVING A SMALLER POPULATION. ACTION NEWS EIGHT REPORTER CAITLIN CONRAD IS LIVE FROM MONTEREY WITH MORE ON WHAT THE SUPERVISORS WANT TO HAPPEN NOW. DAN/ERIN AS WE REPORTED LAST NIGHT SANTA CRUZ HAS BEEN GETTING MORE DOSES THAN MONTEREY BECAUSE IT HAS THREE BIG HEALTHCARE NETWORKS THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN GIVING PREFERENCE TO.... TODAY MONTEREY COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ANNOUNCED THEY PLAN TO ASK THEIR NEIGHBORS TO SHARE MONTEREY COUNTY SUPERVISORS WERE NOT PLEASED TO DISCOVER SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HAS BEEN GETTING MORE COVID- 19 VACCINES DESPITE HAVING A SMALLER POPULATION. YOUTUBE 1:17 JOHN PHILLIPS CLEARLY WE HAVE BEEN DISADVANTAGED BY THIS WHEN YOU SEE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WITH 10,000 MORE VACCINES THEN WE'VE GOT THEN THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG SANTA CRUZ IS THE ONLY COUNTY IN OUR AREA THAT HAS MULTI- COUNTY ENTITIES KAISER... SUTTER... AND DIGNITY HEALTH... AND TO DATE THE STATE'S VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN HAS BEEN GIVING PREFERENCE TO THESE ENTITIES. NOW MONTEREY COUNTY IS ASKING ITS NEIGHBORING MCES TO SHARE. YOUTUBE 1:14 WENDY ROOT ASKEW WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SEND A LETTER TO REGIONAL MULTI COUNTY HEALTH ENTITIES -- SUCH AS DIGNITY OR SUTTER OR OTHERS THAT ARE RECEIVING DIRECT ALLOCATION FROM THE STATE AND ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO EITHER SHARE SOME OF THEIR ALLOCATION WITH US LOCALLY OR EVEN COME DOWN TO MONTEREY COUNTY TO PROVIDE VACCINATION CLINICS MONTEREY COUNTY IS NOT THE ONLY ONE UPSET STATE GIVING PREFERENCE TO MCES MULTIPLE BOARDS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE COMPLAINED AND OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER SAYS THE STATE IS CHANGING ITS ALLOCATION FORMULA. MORENO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, NOT LOOKING AT THE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, COMPARE THE COUNTIES WITH THE FORMULA AND MAKE THE ALLOCATION TO EACH COUNTY, IN THE MEANTIME WHETHER OR NOT SANTA CRUZ COUNTY'S M-C-ES WILL SHARE REMAINS TO BE SEEN. REPORTING LIVE IN MONTEREY CAITLIN CONRAD KSBW ACTION NEWS E