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STATE’S EMERGENCY ACTIONS. LET’S ASSUME IN RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY FO WE’RE INDULGENCE AS WE’RE HERE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA TO MAKE A NUMBER OF ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONTINUE OUR DAILY BRIEFINGS. THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. THAT IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR NOT ONLY TO ME, BUT MAYOR STEINBERG WHO’S HERE, KAREN LARSEN WHO’S FROM THE COUNTY. IT’S AROUND THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS. WE ARE AT A FACILITY HERE IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA THAT CURRENT HE HAS 30 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE OUT ON THE STREETS AND ENCAMPMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS HOTEL / MOTEL JUST RECENTLY TO GET THEM OFF THE STREET TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BASICALLY D. WELL D LET ME BACK UP TO BASICALLY DECOMPRESS BUT MOREOVER TO ADDRESS THE REAL VULNERABILITIES OF HOMELESSNESS IN THIS STATE. ISSUES OF COVID 19 AS IT RELATES TO THE IMPACT ON THE HOMELESS POPULATION THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS HAS BEEN A POINT OF REAL CONCERN FOR ALL OF US FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS THE TOP PRIORITY SINCE THE COVID CRISIS BEGAN TO MANIFEST AND WE’RE VERY PLEASED TODAY WITH THE OWNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH FEMA THE PARTNERSHIP’S WE HAVE WITH COUNTIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT WE’VE IDENTIFIED ROUGHLY 7,000 HOTEL ROOMS THAT ARE NOW IN OUR POSSESSION WHERE WE HAVE OCCUPANCY AGREEMENTS AND WE ARE NOW BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BEGIN TO GET FOLKS IN TO THESE SITES SOME SIX TH

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday laid out details of the state’s plans to house the homeless amid the coronavirus outbreak. Newsom said that officials have identified about 7,000 hotel and motel rooms for those who are unsheltered. So far, more than 850 people have been placed in rooms across the state. “What we want to do is relieve the stress in our shelter system so we can separate individuals, and, ultimately again, relieve the impact to our medical care delivery system,” Newsom said during his daily COVID-19 briefing. >> Hear more from the governor in the video above.California counties are identifying the sites that will be used. Newsom said FEMA will provide 75% reimbursements for the project. "We have the first-in-the-nation framework of support to have FEMA reimburse 75% of the costs as long as we do what we're required to do: and that's focus on a subset of the homeless population, that are COVID-19 positive, have been exposed or are high risk," Newsom said.The homeless population is particularly vulnerable to contracting and spreading COVID-19. There are an estimated 150,000 homeless people in California, and it's unknown how many have gotten the virus. “This was the crisis that predated the current crisis in the state of California," Newsom said of homelessness in the state. The Trump administration announced $3 billion Thursday for homelessness pandemic efforts. Newsom earlier pledged $150 million in homeless aid, which includes money for the hotel rooms. Millions in emergency grants are also being used. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, more than 11,000 people in California had contracted the virus as of Friday. At least 249 Californians have died from coronavirus-related complications. Newsom said that based on the model the state is using, the virus is expected to peak in California sometime in May. "We're in a very different place than, for example, New York, we're in a very different place than other parts of the country," Newsom said. -- The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.