[1:19] A

[1:20] >> Chair Dela Cruz: I think

[1:22] we have someone from the

[1:22] governor's office.

[1:23] You can unmute.

[1:24] Good afternoon.

[1:25] >> thank you, would you like

[1:26] me to get started?

[1:27] >> Chair Dela Cruz: yes,

[1:28] please.

[1:31] Good afternoon.

[1:32] >> thanks.

[1:34] Do you want to turn off the

[1:35] music.

[1:36] I could sing it, I guess.

[1:39] >> Chair Dela Cruz: I'm not

[1:41] sure whose that is.

[1:46] Can everybody mute?

[2:05] Except for chief of staff.

[2:10] >> Chair Dela Cruz: I think

[2:11] there's a tv echoing.

[2:20] >> do you have a tv on, linda?

[2:23] >> oh, you know what?

[2:25] That might be me.

[2:27] [Laughter]

[2:29] >> Chair Dela Cruz: thank you

[2:30] for joining us.

[2:31] >> I will get started.

[2:34] >> Chair Dela Cruz: okay.

[2:36] >> chair dela cruz, vice

[2:38] chair agaran and members of

[2:39] the committee.

[2:48] My name is linda takayama.

[2:50] I'm here on behalf of

[2:54] governor ike.

[2:55] Providing executive

[2:56] direction, policy

[2:57] development, program

[2:58] coordination and planning and

[2:59] budgeting.

[3:01] the governor is the chief

[3:04] executive officer of the

[3:05] state of hawaii's executive

[3:09] branch and is the head of

[3:12] state, representing hawaii in

[3:14] national and international

[3:14] afars.

[3:15] -affairs.

[3:18] In addition to the oahu

[3:21] office there are four island

[3:22] offices to serve constituents

[3:24] across the state.

[3:25] The governor's senior staff

[3:29] includes myself as chief of

[3:32] staff, -- of operations and

[3:35] directors of communication,

[3:36] executive administrative

[3:37] services, inter-governmental

[3:40] relations and policy and a

[3:41] protocol officer.

[3:44] One of the functions of the

[3:47] governor's office includes

[3:48] developing and maintaining

[3:49] inter-governmental

[3:49] relationships.

[3:52] As such, the office includes

[3:55] developing and maintaining

[3:58] those relationships.

[3:59] We are requesting $13,000 in

[4:02] each of the next two fiscal

[4:06] years to support efforts to

[4:07] develop and maintain

[4:08] inter-governmental programs

[4:10] and relationships that

[4:14] advance the various interests

[4:15] of the state.

[4:19] In addition, the 157th

[4:20] anniversary of washington

[4:22] place will be occurring in

[4:23] 2021.

[4:25] Funding to support this has

[4:29] been requested for fiscal

[4:29] year 2022.

[4:31] We appreciate the

[4:32] consideration you have, and

[4:34] will be available to answer

[4:37] your questions.

[4:41] Thank you for your continued

[4:42] support of the governor's

[4:43] budget.

[4:44] in addition to our testimony

[4:47] there were some questions

[4:49] submitted by the committee.

[4:51] We are prepared to answer

[4:52] those questions if you would

[4:53] like me to do that now.

[4:55] >> Chair Dela Cruz: yes,

[4:56] please, go ahead.

[4:57] >> okay.

[5:00] It was noted that the

[5:02] governor's office identified

[5:02] seven vacancies.

[5:05] Two of which were expected to

[5:06] be filled by the end of the

[5:07] year.

[5:11] And the question on a was had

[5:13] those two positions been

[5:13] filled.

[5:14] The answer is yes, they have.

[5:17] For the five positions that

[5:19] remain vacant, are they

[5:23] included in the 550 de-funded

[5:24] positions the governor is

[5:25] proposing to eliminate.

[5:27] The answer is no they aren't

[5:29] included in the 550 because

[5:30] the positions are funded and

[5:33] we are intending to fill them.

[5:36] Second question, in addition

[5:38] to cabinet, will senior staff

[5:40] in the governor's office be

[5:42] subject to proposed salary

[5:42] cuts.

[5:44] The answer is that the

[5:45] governor's office, including

[5:47] the governor himself and all

[5:49] of the cabinet members will

[5:52] follow the same cuts and

[5:54] furloughs that are imposed on

[5:57] any of the executive branch

[5:57] employees.

[6:02] So we will all be in the same

[6:02] boat together.

[6:03] Third question, somewhat

[6:04] related.

[6:06] Will the governor's proposed

[6:07] furloughs also affect staff

[6:09] and functions within the

[6:10] governor's office.

[6:12] And the answer to that is

[6:15] yes, of course, we will.

[6:17] Please provide details on the

[6:19] functions and roles of the

[6:21] constituents service office

[6:22] and protocol on community

[6:24] affairs office under the

[6:27] chief operating officer.

[6:29] The constituent services

[6:32] office is meant to respond to

[6:33] constituent concerns in a

[6:36] timely and accurate manner to

[6:38] ensure that the governor, the

[6:40] office and various state

[6:41] departments are responsive to

[6:44] the needs and concerns of the

[6:46] general public as well as

[6:49] broad range of private and

[6:52] public sector organizations.

[6:54] It interacts and develops

[6:55] relationships with

[6:58] constituents and community

[6:59] leaders and represents and/or

[7:01] staffs the governor at

[7:03] meetings or events in the

[7:04] community.

[7:06] Primarily, this is the role

[7:10] of the offices.

[7:12] Maintains and manages the

[7:13] governor's neighbor island

[7:16] offices state-wide and

[7:18] facilitates from state

[7:18] department to constituent

[7:20] concerns.

[7:28] This office receives about

[7:30] 600-1,000 emails and phone

[7:32] calls to the governor's

[7:33] ofoffice each week.

[7:34] We keep track and the number

[7:35] hasn't really gone down very

[7:36] much in all the time I've

[7:38] been here.

[7:42] The other is the protocol and

[7:43] community affairs office.

[7:45] The overall objective of this

[7:48] office is to manage and

[7:50] coordinate the coordination,

[7:51] preparation, execution and

[7:53] staffing activities to ensure

[7:55] events involving the governor

[7:57] or first lady are supported

[8:00] and executed.

[8:02] If the rec coordinates

[8:09] staffing, coordinating,

[8:11] public events and appearances.

[8:13] Talking points for all events.

[8:14] Provides on site support at

[8:16] the events.

[8:19] Understands and provides

[8:21] guidance including diplomatic

[8:22] etiquette, customs and

[8:28] background for v.

[8:30] Ip's at events.

[8:31] Protocols with regard to

[8:35] exchanging of gifts and other

[8:37] items for dignitaries.

[8:40] The unit is also responsible

[8:43] for overseeing and managing

[8:46] the commemorative messages by

[8:47] the governor's office.

[8:48] I think that was the extent

[8:50] of the questions directed to

[8:50] us.

[8:54] I'm happy to answer any

[8:55] questions you May have.

[8:56] >> Chair Dela Cruz: members,

[9:00] any other questions?

[9:05] Do you see anybody?

[9:07] Senator moriwaki.

[9:08] >> hi, linda.

[9:09] Happy new year.

[9:11] >> happy new year to you.

[9:14] >> the senate met with the

[9:15] governor.

[9:16] You mentioned the strike

[9:18] force meeting with government

[9:19] efficiency.

[9:21] I see that's effectiveness,

[9:23] one of the things the

[9:25] governor should be overseeing.

[9:26] I am wondering whatever or

[9:28] have you followed up with

[9:30] that, is there a strike force

[9:34] that is overseeing working

[9:35] with D.N.F. Or dags with

[9:38] either agencies.

[9:42] >> it ended up not being a

[9:43] formally-organized group.

[9:46] We did it kind of informally,

[9:48] given all of the things that

[9:49] have been occurring and

[9:52] coming at us at a pretty

[9:54] rapid pace with regard

[9:57] particularly to the pandemic

[9:58] and the issues related to

[9:59] safe travels.

[10:03] So we did it kind of more an

[10:06] informal basis.

[10:08] The court room being

[10:11] basically the budget folks,

[10:13] which included myself, the

[10:16] governor, budget and finance

[10:17] folks.

[10:20] Dfr and others as we went

[10:23] through the review process of

[10:25] the departments separately.

[10:26] So we ended up, in the

[10:29] interest of time, not being

[10:34] able to do a formal kind of a

[10:34] review.

[10:36] But you will see evidence of

[10:38] that, I think, in the budget

[10:40] that's been prepared for the

[10:41] session.

[10:44] >> so has there been any

[10:48] follow-up in terms of looking

[10:51] at government efficiency and

[10:54] effectiveness, the support

[10:56] agencies like H.R.D., B.N.F.

[10:58] And dags as they support all

[10:59] the line departments so they

[11:02] can serve the public faster

[11:03] and better in

[11:05] >>

[11:06] >> like I mentioned before,

[11:10] we only did it in the course

[11:12] of the programmatic reviews.

[11:14] I think when things settled

[11:15] down a little bit more, it

[11:17] might be possible for us to

[11:19] get enough breathing room to

[11:24] actually do a good job of

[11:26] going through all those

[11:26] things.

[11:28] In the course of the last, I

[11:32] guess, six months or so, we

[11:34] just, we barely had enough

[11:36] time to address the issues

[11:38] that were flying at us from

[11:41] the pandemic side.

[11:43] And really did not have an

[11:44] opportunity to do it as well

[11:46] as we could have.

[11:48] >> but you know, during the

[11:51] pandemic, it sort of was an

[11:52] opportunity to also pause and

[11:54] see what we are not doing so

[11:54] well.

[11:57] We heard a lot from the covid

[11:59] committee, from the public,

[12:02] that hopefully your

[12:04] departments had heard a lot

[12:08] and maybe they are coming up

[12:09] with procedures, processes

[12:12] where it could be fast

[12:14] tracking federal funding.

[12:15] Ways in which they serve the

[12:16] public better.

[12:18] How they make decisions.

[12:20] Has any of that come up to

[12:22] you folks to look at how you

[12:25] can be more efficient in the

[12:27] way the agencies support the

[12:28] people who are really on the

[12:31] line.

[12:35] >> yeah, I suppose hindsight

[12:38] is a lot easier to deal with

[12:40] as opposed to when we are

[12:45] dealing with an issue that

[12:46] unprecedented in the whole

[12:47] world, essentially.

[12:48] We were making decisions on

[12:51] the fly, as best we could.

[12:53] It was very challenging at

[12:55] times.

[12:57] Because, as I said, decisions

[13:01] were being made on the fly.

[13:02] And unfortunately, there were

[13:06] a lot of folks out there in

[13:07] community and deservedly so.

[13:10] Everybody wanted to be at the

[13:10] table.

[13:11] Everybody wanted to know

[13:12] first.

[13:14] And it wasn't always possible

[13:17] to give them that opportunity.

[13:20] So we learned a lot of

[13:22] lessons as a result of that.

[13:24] And there were things maybe

[13:26] in retrospect we could have

[13:27] done better.

[13:28] particularly on the

[13:32] communication side.

[13:33] But ultimately, I think, you

[13:36] have to look at the results.

[13:44] It wasn't always pretty.

[13:46] But if you look at where we

[13:50] were in the last week, hawaii

[13:51] had the lowest infection rate

[13:54] of the country.

[13:56] Hawaii has the second lowest

[13:58] infection rate in the country.

[14:00] Only vermont has a lower

[14:01] infection rate.

[14:04] And for the last week, hawaii

[14:06] had the lowest death rate in

[14:07] the country.

[14:09] And for the entire pandemic

[14:11] period, we had the lowest

[14:16] death rate in the country, as

[14:16] a whole.

[14:18] Yeah, it wasn't always pretty

[14:20] and we regret that.

[14:21] We are trying our best to try

[14:24] to fix some of those things

[14:25] now that things have settled

[14:28] down a little bit.

[14:34] But I think the end result

[14:40] was that what decisions were

[14:42] made kept us safe.

[14:43] There are things people could

[14:44] grumble about.

[14:45] There are folks who would

[14:48] like to open the doors and

[14:50] let all the travelers come in.

[14:51] But there's a price to be

[14:55] paid for that.

[14:57] For very good reasons, our

[15:02] state and the public health

[15:05] officials made decisions that

[15:08] kept us from going that route.

[15:10] And I think the end result

[15:11] was we are safe.

[15:14] >> I think in terms of the

[15:16] covid and attacking the

[15:17] covid, is one thing.

[15:19] My question was, in terms of

[15:21] of your processes and

[15:23] procedures how you operate so

[15:25] that government can be more

[15:27] nimble, can be more

[15:28] responsive, more quickly

[15:30] respond to the needs of the

[15:32] public, whether it was

[15:34] unemployment or housing

[15:39] relief or as well as health

[15:41] and health information.

[15:47] What have you learned so we

[15:49] can take that forward a new

[15:50] way of operating for the

[15:52] government so we can be a

[15:53] better government operating

[15:54] for the people that expect

[15:55] that of us.

[15:57] If you have some of that, I

[15:58] think that's the kind of

[15:59] stuff we should be building

[16:01] on.

[16:04] Either one of the lowest in

[16:07] terms of covid and covid

[16:08] positivity and death.

[16:10] And that's a good thing.

[16:12] But we really need to learn

[16:14] how we provide those services

[16:17] that people are really crying

[16:19] for in a better way, a faster

[16:29] way, whether affordable

[16:29] housing, homeless, housing

[16:29] relief, all of that should be

[16:29] really looked at.

[16:30] And I hope the governor's

[16:30] office is really pushing the

[16:31] departments, encouraging the

[16:34] departments to think little

[16:40] bit more outside their

[16:42] restricted silos how we can

[16:42] better serve the public.

[16:44] >> absolutely.

[16:47] And I think to a large extent

[16:49] we will, we hope, we will be

[16:51] able to work with the

[16:52] legislature on making some of

[16:54] those changes.

[16:56] You will see that some of the

[16:57] legislation we will be

[16:59] sending to you this year.

[17:02] And we can't change the world

[17:04] overnight but we have

[17:05] identified some things that

[17:06] could work a little bit

[17:09] better.

[17:14] we have chosen some areas

[17:15] that don't cost a whole lot

[17:17] of money to do it.

[17:18] Like I said, you will see

[17:19] some of that in the

[17:22] legislation we will be

[17:22] sending to you.

[17:24] There are some things that

[17:32] are urgently needed.

[17:34] One of the things we hope you

[17:35] will consider early and

[17:39] quickly is a change in the

[17:46] way the rates are formulated

[17:47] for unemployment insurance.

[17:50] That's one of my biggest

[17:53] concerns right now because we

[17:56] had to take out a loan of

[17:58] more than a few dollars.

[18:01] And probably more to come to

[18:03] pay the unemployment benefits.

[18:04] That loan gets paid back by a

[18:08] tax on business.

[18:16] At the rate we will have to

[18:18] reimburse it, this is state

[18:20] and federal law, the

[18:21] reimbursement comes from a

[18:23] tax on business.

[18:27] At a billion dollars we will

[18:32] go from rating level c, to

[18:32] highest rating h.

[18:34] That essentially will be a

[18:35] tripling of the taxes on

[18:37] business.

[18:39] At a time when business has

[18:41] been taking some really big

[18:42] hits all along.

[18:44] Some of them are just on the

[18:46] edge, barely able to survive.

[18:48] We don't want to have to hit

[18:50] them with yet another

[18:51] gigantic tax burden.

[18:53] So one of the most important

[18:54] pieces of legislation that

[18:56] will come before you this

[19:01] year is the request to change

[19:03] the rate of taxation, the way

[19:06] the formula is produced and

[19:09] asking for a staggering of

[19:10] how that formula, that rate

[19:13] is applied.

[19:17] so that it is less of a

[19:17] burden.

[19:19] It will still be a burden,

[19:20] any tax is.

[19:22] But it won't come all at once.

[19:24] There are tweaks like that

[19:26] that need to be made.

[19:29] As I said, there's a bunch of

[19:31] others that we have

[19:35] identified and will be

[19:36] sending down to you over the

[19:38] course of the next two years.

[19:40] We aren't going to send it

[19:41] all down at once.

[19:46] Some of it we are still

[19:52] trying to figure out the best

[19:53] way of handling.

[19:55] We look forward to working

[19:58] with you how to handle some

[19:58] of that stuff.

[19:59] >> looking forward as well as

[20:01] procedural changes you can do

[20:03] administratively as well.

[20:04] Not everything is legislative.

[20:06] But we would like to get

[20:12] reports what you are doing

[20:13] administratively as well.

[20:13] >> thanks.

[20:13] P

[20:14] >> Chair Dela Cruz: members,

[20:16] any questions for the

[20:17] governor's office.

[20:17] Okay, thank you.

[20:23] >> thank you.

[20:25] >> Chair Dela Cruz: next on

[20:27] the agenda we have office of

[20:30] the lieutenant governor.

[20:38] Good afternoon.

[20:39] >> chair, good to see you.

[20:41] >> Chair Dela Cruz: good to

[20:42] see you.

[20:45] >> I will just make a couple

[20:45] general comments.

[20:47] Is that what you would prefer?

[20:48] Good to see everybody.

[20:50] I think everyone is pretty

[20:51] aware that obviously the year

[20:53] has been very tough.

[20:58] We have been living within

[20:58] our means, obviously.

[20:59] we did not fill some

[21:02] positions that we have.

[21:05] And over the last 2-4 years

[21:06] there's been a steep

[21:09] reduction in resources for

[21:10] the lieutenant governor's

[21:12] office but we make due.

[21:14] We have seen about a 30%

[21:14] decrease.

[21:16] I will race through these

[21:17] questions that we received

[21:20] because I know you have had a

[21:20] long day.

[21:21] Happy to help in any way.

[21:25] A question about the proposed

[21:26] 10, 15, 20% reduction

[21:28] scenarios in the budget.

[21:30] We gave those scenarios over

[21:33] to the team.

[21:35] Difficult because we are

[21:39] small, we are exempted for

[21:41] being a tiny department.

[21:42] Under $4 million he didn't

[21:44] want those applied.

[21:46] But we faced those cuts down

[21:47] and didn't fill a couple

[21:49] positions we would have liked

[21:51] to have in capacity for us.

[21:53] The next question was given

[21:56] the fact that our staff has

[21:59] not been fully staffed, our

[22:00] department how we have been

[22:02] able to meet our demands.

[22:03] Basically we have been

[22:05] working harder in spreading

[22:05] out the work.

[22:06] But the decrease in staff

[22:09] with the loss of funding for

[22:10] the senior advisor position

[22:12] has been a challenge.

[22:16] Basically we do more with

[22:16] less.

[22:19] We have taken on a lot of

[22:20] large roles from covid just

[22:21] from circumstance.

[22:22] Does our office receive

[22:29] funding for any of our aux

[22:32] -- auxiliary roles.

[22:35] We don't have any we make due.

[22:37] Any status changes.

[22:38] there's been extensive talk

[22:41] about the safe travels

[22:43] program for sure.

[22:49] I think has been pretty well

[22:50] documented to succeed, to get

[22:53] our state open and restore

[22:55] some economic activity as we

[22:57] continue to wrestle with

[22:57] covid.

[23:00] We have had some successes

[23:05] with the smaller programs

[23:06] like kahalei.

[23:08] We haven't asked for any

[23:10] resources or we haven't

[23:10] received any resources.

[23:12] We asked.

[23:14] But times were tough.

[23:16] For

[23:17] for appropriations.

[23:20] The last question how much

[23:22] strain do these assigned

[23:26] above function of the L.G.

[23:27] And staff have?

[23:28] Well, everyone is just doing

[23:30] their best.

[23:31] Do we feel strained?

[23:33] We kind of enjoy the work.

[23:35] It's no strain at all.

[23:36] Would we like more resources

[23:41] of course but we are in the

[23:42] throws of a deep, deep

[23:43] recession.

[23:46] If we had our way we would

[23:49] ask for additional positions

[23:51] or restoration of positions.

[23:54] We know that's not feasible.

[23:55] We would like resources for

[23:57] projects.

[23:59] There are minor things we

[24:01] haven't had resources for

[24:02] computer systems and

[24:02] carpeting and things like

[24:05] that to make the office

[24:07] appear, you know,

[24:08] quintessentially professional.

[24:10] But again, we are a working

[24:14] office and it's been a

[24:16] pleasure to do that.

[24:17] All things being equal we

[24:19] accept what we got.

[24:21] the last thing we are

[24:23] providing a ton of support

[24:25] for covid, the response and

[24:26] so on.

[24:27] If cares resources become

[24:28] available and you need to

[24:30] place them somewhere we could

[24:32] augment our staff and

[24:33] continue.

[24:34] We kick butt pretty well in

[24:37] our office and we can magnify

[24:39] the effects of what we do

[24:41] pretty much going from 4:00

[24:42] A.M. Until late, library

[24:45] everybody.

[24:48] But we magnify a lot of that

[24:50] because of the influence on

[24:51] emergency response and other

[24:53] pieces with the healthcare

[24:54] system is good.

[24:55] It's very effective.

[24:58] But we end up doing it just

[24:59] with me and my chief of staff

[25:00] and our small team.

[25:02] We just make it happen.

[25:03] So I thought I would just

[25:05] stop there and answer any

[25:05] questions.

[25:08] >> so you can't get cares act

[25:09] moneys to supplement your

[25:11] staffing at least to get

[25:12] through the pandemic and what

[25:13] you are doing with the

[25:13] network?

[25:15] >> we could.

[25:17] The very nature of being L.G.

[25:19] Is not ask outside of

[25:21] whatever is the pleasure of

[25:24] the governor and senate, and

[25:25] the house.

[25:26] If you decided though, we do

[25:28] have some space, right.

[25:30] We can do a lot more.

[25:32] Of course the pandemic

[25:34] created this new role.

[25:35] It didn't exist beforehand.

[25:44] So it's kind of a one-off.

[25:47] But if anyone need today

[25:49] place meaningful work

[25:50] alongside us, we will embrace

[25:51] it.

[25:53] >> Chair Dela Cruz: any

[25:54] questions from zoom?

[25:56] Go ahead.

[25:57] >> for a vaccine.

[26:02] A lot of people are asking

[26:06] how much more we will be

[26:06] needing.

[26:08] A lot of our seniors are

[26:10] getting sick and passing

[26:12] away, I'm hearing.

[26:14] What more can we do as a

[26:14] state?

[26:26] >> brilliant question.

[26:27] For the vaccine, we will be

[26:27] having a press conference

[26:27] tomorrow outlining a ton of

[26:27] this but I can tell you, the

[26:28] more resources to implement

[26:30] that program the faster we

[26:30] will get the vaccines out the

[26:33] door.

[26:35] We have 91,000 vaccines.

[26:37] We will be in partnership

[26:38] with the healthcare

[26:39] association and the hospitals

[26:40] to push out a lot of this

[26:41] vaccine.

[26:44] And some of the legislative

[26:45] leadership is helping us to

[26:48] use some big facilities here.

[26:53] We are already in one deeply,

[26:54] healthcare community and

[26:57] nursing homes are getting

[26:57] vaccinated right now.

[26:59] The next groups of people are

[27:00] critical infrastructure and

[27:03] 75 plus.

[27:04] So that's also happening now

[27:06] but it's going to be very

[27:10] vibrant as we can open up

[27:10] these additional pods.

[27:12] The more spaces we can offer,

[27:14] the more quickly we will get

[27:15] everybody vaccinated.

[27:18] If we have as many places as

[27:21] we can fund, then instead of

[27:23] ever having a 2-3 week delay

[27:25] we can probably the vaccines

[27:26] in people's arms the same

[27:27] week they arrive.

[27:30] We will get paid for pretty

[27:34] much by the partners at

[27:38] H.S.M.S. And vaccines.

[27:40] The vaccine is free otherwise.

[27:41] They aren't asking us for

[27:43] money, per se.

[27:44] Though you can imagine.

[27:46] If we were able to use the

[27:47] convention center.

[27:49] I'm hearing that May not be

[27:51] something they are willing to

[27:52] waive the cost on, even

[27:54] though we own it, there May

[27:55] be benefits.

[27:58] And dollars from the recent

[28:00] cares act moneys will be

[28:02] helpful to administer the

[28:02] vaccines.

[28:04] We should be able to do, all

[28:06] the high-risk individuals in

[28:09] the next 3-4 months.

[28:11] And then for communities that

[28:13] are less seriously impacted

[28:15] just healthy young people it

[28:16] will drift into the summer

[28:18] but all that is good for us.

[28:22] >> what is your projection

[28:24] for the vaccine getting out

[28:25] to the communities.

[28:27] 2-4 months?

[28:29] >> I think, I would say, by

[28:31] the end of February, we

[28:33] should get through all the

[28:35] highest-risk individuals.

[28:37] Particularly the 1-a category.

[28:40] The 1-b category, critical

[28:41] infrastructure, honestly

[28:43] keeping ports open, keeping

[28:44] government going, keeping

[28:46] food supply going.

[28:49] Keeping energy together and

[28:49] 75 plus.

[28:52] It's about 50,000 critical

[28:53] infrastructure workers and

[28:56] 109,000 who are 75 and older.

[29:00] 150,000 or so.

[29:02] 159,000 and then 1-c.

[29:05] We will get 75,000 people per

[29:07] month at our best clip.

[29:08] about two months.

[29:10] And then the next or last leg

[29:13] of people who are very

[29:14] vulnerable are 65 plus,

[29:16] people with chronic diseases

[29:17] and rest of infrastructure

[29:18] individuals who are not as

[29:20] high risk.

[29:22] I should mention teachers are

[29:24] in 1-b with critical

[29:24] infrastructure.

[29:25] That will take another couple

[29:25] months.

[29:27] Then we will be in the clear

[29:30] as far as risk goes but in

[29:33] the summertime, people like,

[29:35] you know, 42-year-old healthy

[29:37] person that's not in an

[29:38] infrastructure role, that's

[29:41] when they will be offered the

[29:41] vaccine.

[29:43] >> so are there different

[29:45] places of distribution.

[29:46] Or any doctor, you go to your

[29:48] doctor and get it?

[29:49] How is that?

[29:51] >> great question.

[29:59] Mostly for these first

[30:03] categories, 1-a, 1-b, 1-c.

[30:07] It will be hospitals.

[30:09] And medical centers.

[30:10] Then pharmacies will most

[30:13] likely do it and maybe some

[30:15] physician or nurse

[30:16] practitioner offices, it will

[30:17] be so easy by then.

[30:21] The first set of vaccines, I

[30:23] don't want to take up too

[30:27] much time but they are harder

[30:28] because they are

[30:31] temperature-sensive but the

[30:34] johnson and johnson and

[30:38] astrazeneca aren't as low.

[30:40] >> Chair Dela Cruz: any other

[30:41] questions?

[30:41] If not.

[30:42] Thank you.

[30:44] Happy new year.

[31:01] >> thank you, happy new year.

WAM Gov, Lt Gov 1/4/2021

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