News and updates from Cal OES
Governor Newsom Distributes $50 Million in Grants to Local Communities to Mitigate Public Safety Power Shutoffs
SACRAMENTO – Building on previous efforts to protect local communities and vulnerable Californians from the impacts of utility-initiated power shutoffs, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the distribution of an additional $50 million in Community Power Resiliency...
Demographic Data at Oakland and Los Angeles COVID-19 Vaccine Sites
Mobile Clinics Bolster State’s Equitable Vaccination Efforts SACRAMENTO – Today, 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...
COVID-19 Rent Relief Program Launches
The California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) announced the launch of the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. With as many as 1.5 million Californian renters behind on rent and at risk of eviction because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CA COVID-19 Rent...
Community Vaccine Centers Focus on the Second Shots of the Pfizer Vaccine Series, Implement One-Dose Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Last week the state-led, federally supported Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) in Oakland and Los Angeles started giving second Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations. The Pfizer vaccine is given in a series of two shots, and the CVCs have completed dispensing the first...
Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Made Available to Los Angeles Community, State Health Officials Tour Mobile Vaccination Clinic
To safely, effectively, and expeditiously vaccinate as many Californians as possible against COVID-19, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Thursday, March 11, 2021, began providing the...