West Sacramento mayor asks Yolo County to slow down reopening plans due to lack of testing

Rowena Shaddox reports

PEOPLE A DAY SHOULD BE TESTEDRIGHT HERE IN WEST SACRAMENTO,BEFORE THE COUNTY COULD MOVEFORWARD TO FACE TOO.TIME FOR WEST SACRAMENTO,START OPENING UP.NOT QUITE YET BUT WE'VE GOTTO DO WE'VE GOT TO DO IT.I THAT.IF GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOMEAND THE STATE'S PUBLIC HEALTHOFFICIALS GIVE THE GREEN LIGHTFOR YOLO COUNTY TO STARTREOPENING IT COULD HAPPEN BYNEXT TUESDAY WHEN THE BOARD OFSUPERVISORS MEET WE ALSO WANTTO REOPEN AS MUCH AS SOON ASPOSSIBLE.

BUT WEST SACRAMENTO,MAYOR CHRIS COBALT IN ASKEDTHE COUNTY'S BOARD OFSUPERVISORS JUST LOVE THE PLANTO LOOSEN THE STAY AT HOMERESTRICTIONS SAYING THE PLANIN ADEQUATELY PROTECTS THECITY'S RESIDENTS BECAUSE OFTHE LACK OF TESTING WERESTRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF MOVINGUP TOWARDS RAPID REOPENING.

ASQUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN ANDTHE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TOENSURE THAT WE HAVE.THE POLL TESTINGINFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE NOW SOTHAT IF WE IF SOMETHING GOESWRONG.

THAT WILL BE ABLE TOCATCH THE STATE'S CURRENTTESTING CENTER IN THE COUNTYIS IN WOODLAND, BUT IT WOULDMOVE THE ROUGHLY 20 MILES TOTHE WEST SACRAMENTO AND STARTTESTING BY JUNE 2ND.GARY SANDY THE CHAIR OF THEBOARD OF SUPERVISORS SAID YOLOCOUNTIES INITIAL REQUEST TOREOPEN WAS DENIED BECAUSE OFTHE NUMBER OF DEATHS AT THENURSING HOME IN WOODLAND WITHAN APPEAL OF THE GOVERNOR ONTHE GROUNDS THAT THAT WASUNFAIR AND FOR THE LARGESTCOMMUNITIES WITH LONG-TERMCARE FACILITIES THEY AGREEDTHAT THEY ASK US TO RECEIVETHAT LETTER WHICH WE DIDTODAY.HE SAYS HE UNDERSTANDSWHERE THE MAYOR'S CONCERNS ARECOMING FROM WE'RE CONCERNEDBUT WE'RE ALSO CONFIDENT THATWE HAVE TAKEN.SUFFICIENT STEPS TO ENSURETHAT PEOPLE IN WESTSACRAMENTO, ARE WELL SERVEDUPON TESTING ALREADY AND SOWE'RE CONFIDENT MOVING FOR ARTWE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE.THAT ARE TESTING PLAN ISGOING MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLEARE SAFE SUPERVISOR OSCARVEGAS REPRESENTS YELLOWCOUNTY'S DISTRICT WON THEMAJORITY BEING IN WESTSACRAMENTO.

HE SAYS HE METYESTERDAY WITH THE WEST SECCHAMBER OF COMMERCE THESE AREFOLKS WHO RUN RESTAURANTS ANDOUR INTEREST TO GET GOING THATTHEY TOO ARE VERY NERVOUSABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF OPENINGUP BECAUSE IT'S GOING TOREQUIRE THEM TO.I HEAR 2 VERY DIFFERENTBUSINESS MODEL EVEN WHEN WEGIVE THE GREEN LIGHT, IT'S NOTAS THOUGH EVERYBODY IS GOINGTO BE OFF TO THE RACES THERETHEY ARE GOING TO MOVE VERYSLOWLY BECAUSE IT'S THEIRBUSINESS IT'S THEIR LIVELIHOODIT'S THEIR INCOME SO THEY WANTTO DO IT RIGHT.SUPERVISOR SANDY SAID THEYCOULD HEAR FROM THE STATE BACKFROM THE STATE AS EARLY AS