≫ SPECIFICALLY THE
257th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY, 
THIS IS THE WORK THAT THEY'RE 
TRAINED AND PREPARED TO DO.
THEY WERE THE WITNESSES THAT 
WERE ON SITE WITHIN A LITTLE 
LESS THAN THREE HOURS.
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN THE FIRST OF THE
151st FIELD ARTILLERY, ONE OF 
THE 151, THEY'RE
IN A ROTATION, THEY ARE FIELD 
ARTILLERY, THEY
ARE THE SISTER UNIT TO THE ONE I
SERVED IN AND THE 125.
ARTILLERY IS WHAT THEY'RE 
TRAINED IN.
BUT THEY'RE IN CYCLE ON CIVIL 
ORDER AND THE ABILITY
TO RESTORE ORDER.
SO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS 
PAST WEEKEND TO SPEND A LITTLE 
TIME WITH THEM
IN THEIR NORMAL TRAINING, UP 
SHOOTING ARTILLERY IN CAMP 
RIPLEY
AND A CHANCE TO THANK THEM 
BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN PART OF
THE PREVIOUS SUPPORT HERE IN MAY
AND THEY'RE THE GROUP THAT WAS 
DOWN HERE IN SUPPORT LAST 
EVENING.
AND, SO, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT 
ARE NEIGHBORS, IN FACT, TWO OF 
THEM, MAJOR WALLACE WAS A
PRIVATE IN NEW ULM WHEN I WAS 
THERE
AND I HAD NOW MAJOR RIGNEY, HE 
AND I SERVED TOGETHER IN St. 
JAMES MANY MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, SO, TO SEE THEM UP THERE, 
TO SEE THEM IN THEIR TRAINING, 
TO SEE THEM AND
KNOW THEM ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE, 
TO KNOW, THESE ARE YOUR 
NEIGHBORS THAT CAME
FROM ALL OVER, FROM MONTEVIDEO 
AND OTHER PLACES TO
SERVE HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND OUR STATE'S IN
THIS TOGETHER, THANK YOU FOR 
THAT.
I THINK YOU'LL HEAR SOME DETAILS
ON THIS A LITTLE
BIT LATER, SHOULD YOU NEED TO
FROM COMMISSIONER HARRINGTON AND
COLONEL LANGER ABOUT
THE SPECIFICS, WHAT WE SEE GOING
FORWARD, BUT I THINK IT BODES 
VERY
WELL IN TERMS OF, WE HAD AN 
INCIDENT, CERTAINLY
UNACCEPTABLE, WE HAD BEHAVIOR 
THAT WAS BOTH DANGEROUS AND 
AGAINST THE LAW.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE NOT 
ALLOWED TO CONTINUE
ON, AND I WOULD SAY THIS, I 
THINK IT IS OFFICIAL
NOW, THERE WILL NOT BE THE 
CURFEW TONIGHT, STHASKT, 
COMMISSIONER, TALKING WITH BOTH 
THE CITIES, I BELIEVE THEY MADE 
THAT DECISION.
IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY, 
IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL
EVENING, SOCIAL DISTANCE, USE 
THE OUTDOOR CALF YEAS, GET
BACK OUT THERE, GO BACK TO THE 
BUSINESSES WHO WE KNOW ARE
STRUGGLING BECAUSE OF COVID-19, 
STRUGGLING TO DO THINGS RIGHT, 
SPEND A LITTLE BUSINESS DOWN 
THERE AND ENJOY A SUMMER NIGHT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, COVID-19 
IS STILL ON US.
IT PERMEATES EVERYTHING IN A LOT
OF THESE
DECISIONS, BUT THERE'S ALSO 
THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT WE ALLEVIATE SOME OF 
THAT PAIN.
AND COMMISSIONER GROVE IS GOING 
TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
LOST WAGES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
AND WHAT THIS IS, WE KNOW THAT 
THERE WAS
THE FEDERAL ADD-ON TO 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WHEN WE 
ASKED FOLKS TO
STAY HOME, FOLKS WHO HAD TO STAY
HOME BECAUSE OF UNDERLYING 
HEALTH
CONDITIONS, EITHER WITH 
THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES, OR
THEY'RE A BUSINESS THAT WE
CAN'T PUT AS MANY PEOPLE INTO A 
RESTAURANT AND NOT AS MANY 
PEOPLE WERE WORKING.
THE IDEA WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT 
PEOPLE WERE MADE AS FINANCIALLY 
WHOLE AS THEY
COULD BE SO THEY COULD CONTINUE 
TO PAY THEIR RENT, DO THEIR 
BILLS, BUT ALSO SPEND INTO THE 
ECONOMY, IT WAS STIMULUS.
AND WE THANK THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT FOR THE WORK ON THAT.
THAT RAN OUT.
AND THIS NEW PROGRAM IS THE ONE 
THAT CAME ON BOARD.
MINNESOTA HAS APPLIED FOR THAT 
AND, SO, COMMISSIONER GROVE WILL
TALK ABOUT THE
DETAILS, BUT IT WILL BE AN 
ADDITIONAL $300 FOR THOSE FOLKS.
THE WAY I THINK RIGHT NOW, 
COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN CHECK ME 
IF
I'M WRONG, EXTENDING INTO THE 
MID SEPTEMBER IS WHAT WE LOOK 
LIKE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL RIGHT 
NOW.
AND THOSE WILL HELP MAKE SURE, 
AS WE CONTINUE TO TACKLE
COVID, AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE 
THE CASES, AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY
AND OPEN UP MORE BUSINESSES AND 
GET OUR SCHOOLS OPEN.
AND FOR ALL OF YOU OUT THERE, 
THE
WEIRD JUXTAPOSITION OF THE 
UNREST WE SAW THE OTHER NIGHT, 
THE RESPONSE
WE SAW SHOULD BE THE FIRST DAY 
OF THE STATE FAIR, IT'S NOT, 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS.
I JUST -- I SHARE THIS WITH YOU,
AS PARENTS
OF A 19 AND A 13-YEAR-OLD, AND 
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILL TALK
ABOUT A RISING SECOND GRADER, 
ANXIETY IS REAL.
AND WHAT WE SAW THE OTHER NIGHT 
RAISES THAT BACK AGAIN.
CAN'T LIVE IN CRISIS OR WITH 
ANXIETY ALL THE TIME.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, 
THERE'S A LARGE NUMBER OF
OUR NEIGHBORS THAT THAT'S WHAT 
THEY LIVE WITH PRIOR TO
COVID, AND SPECIFICALLY IN THE 
BLACK COMMUNITY, AND BLACK 
YOUTH,
AND THAT SENSE OF CRISIS, THAT 
SENSE OF ANXIETY THAT THEY LIVE 
WITH
IS THAT CONVERSATION WE'RE 
CONTINUING TO HAVE AND
CONTINUING TO ADDRESS AND 
CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE CAN FEEL A PART OF 
MINNESOTA, EVERYONE CAN FEEL 
SAFE AND SECURE, AND EVERYONE 
CAN LIVE THE LIFE THAT THEY WANT
TO LIVE.
SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, MINNESOTA.
WE WON'T LET OUR GUARD DOWN AS 
FAR AS THE SAFETY GOES, AND
WE ALSO CERTAINLY WILL NOT STOP 
THE CONVERSATION ON SOME
OF THOSE THINGS THAT LEAD TO 
THAT SENSE OF ANXIETY AND THAT 
SENSE OF ALIENATION THAT PEOPLE 
FEEL IN OUR SOCIETY.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE 
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAY A FEW 
WORDS.
≫ THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
AND I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE 
WITH ALL OF YOU HERE TODAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THE COVID-19 
PANDEMIC HAS HIT MINNESOTANS 
HARD.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS PANDEMIC, 
THOUSANDS OF MINNESOTANS
HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO WORK AND 
THEY'RE STRUGGLING TO
MAKE THE RENT, PUT FOOD ON THE 
TABLE AND TO AFFORD THE THINGS 
THAT THEY NEED.
THIS EXTRA $300 A WEEK WILL 
MATTER FOR MINNESOTANS AND THEIR
FAMILIES.
AND I'M GLAD THAT WE TOOK THE 
STEPS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR 
MINNESOTANS.
BUT, TO BE CLEAR, AN EXTRA $300 
PER
WEEK IS NOT A REFLECTION OF THE 
ENTIRETY OF THE BURDEN OF THIS 
PANDEMIC ON MINNESOTANS.
THE LOST WAGES ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND 
PROVIDES MUCH-NEEDED EMERGENCY
HELP, BUT IT IS NOT PART OF A
COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE TO HELP 
WORKERS AND, YOU KNOW, 
BUSINESSES STRUGGLING AS THIS 
PANDEMIC CONTINUES.
WHAT WE NEED IS OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS, AND WE HOPE THAT OUR 
FEDERAL PARTNERS WILL BE ABLE TO
COME
TOGETHER TO PROVIDE WELL-PLANNED
AND A THOROUGH RELIEF FOR 
MINNESOTANS AND OTHER AMERICANS 
IN NEED.
THIS CRISIS CONTINUES.
THE NEED CONTINUES.
AND WE NEED OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS
TO STEP UP.
AND HERE IN MINNESOTA, HOWEVER, 
WE WILL CONTINUE TO
DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT 
FAMILIES WHO ARE IN CRISIS AND 
NAVIGATING THROUGH THESE REALLY 
UNCERTAIN TIMES.
AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL FOR THE
LEADERSHIP OF COMMISSIONER 
GROVE, WHO HAS BEEN TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT EVERY WAY HE CAN HOW 
TO BRING SOME ECONOMIC STABILITY
TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES 
ACROSS THE STATE.
COMMISSIONER GROVE.
≫ GREAT.
THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 
GOVERNOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MINNESOTA.
THE THIS LOST WAGE ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM IS SOMETHING I'LL GO 
INTO DETAIL IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I WANTED TO OFFER SOME 
CONTEXT OF WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM 
IN THE STATE.
IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE LINCHPINS 
IN
OUR DEFENSE THAT THE VIRUS HAS
LAUNCHED UPON OUR STATE.
SINCE THAT
TIME, WE'VE PAID OUT OVER $7 
BILLION IN
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PAYMENTS 
TO MINNESOTANS ACROSS OUR STATE.
WE USED TO ISSUE PAPER CHECKS 
WHEN WE WOULD
SEND OUT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
PAYMENT.
IN IF YOU WOULD PUT THOSE CHECKS
END TO END IN OUR STATE, YOU'D 
GO FROM St. PAUL TO MEXICO CITY 
WITH THE NUMBER OF PAYMENTS THAT
WE'VE MADE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
IT'S REALLY STUNNING.
AND IT'S NECESSARY.
WE KNOW BUSINESSES AND WORKERS 
HAVE MADE SO MANY SARKRY 
IDENTIFIES -- SACRIFICES 
THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.
BUSINESSES HAVING TO CLOSE DOWN 
TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE
VIRUS, ADAPTED OPERATIONS, 
INVEST IN NEW PPE AND SAFETY 
EQUIPMENT TO KEEP CUSTOMERS AND 
WORKERS SAFE.
WORKERS HAVING TO ADAPT THEIR 
SCHEDULES AND THEIR WORK AND
OFTENTIMES BE SEPARATED FROM 
WORK DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC TO 
KEEP THEIR COLLEAGUES AND 
CUSTOMERS SAFE.
SO IT'S BEEN A REALLY DIFFICULT 
TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW, OVER 900,000 
MINNESOTANS HAVE APPLIED FOR 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SO FAR.
MOST OF THEM WHO HAVE NEVER 
APPLIED FOR THIS PROGRAM IN 
THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, NEVER 
EXPECTED THAT THEY WOULD.
SO IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR THE
STATE.
BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE AN 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
TEAM AT OUR DEPARTMENT OF 
EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT
THAT HAS BEEN WORKING DAY AND 
NIGHT TO GET THE BENEFITS OUT TO
PEOPLE, QUICKLY, EFFICIENTLY AND
IN A TIME WHEN THEY NEED IT THE 
MOST.
WE KNOW, AS THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR SAID, WE KNOW THIS 
PANDEMIC HAS NOT AFFECTED ALL 
GROUPS IN OUR STATE EQUALLY.
WHILE OUR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
-- OR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AS A 
STATE IS 7.
7%, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT WHEN 
YOU START TO LOOK AT THE VARIOUS
ETHNIC GROUPS IN OUR STATE.
FOR BLACK MINNESOTANS, SIX-MONTH
ROLLING AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT 
RATE IS ALMOST 24%.
FOR HISPANIC MINNESOTANS IT'S 
ALMOST 9%.
FOR WHITES, 6%.
YOU START TO HEAR CONVERSATIONS,
ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE RICH GET
RICHER, THE POOR GET POOFER?
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING
WE CAN IN MINNESOTA TO HELP MAKE
THAT NOT A REALITY HERE.
AND ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF
THAT BROADER STRATEGY IS TO MAKE
SURE THAT OUR UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE SYSTEM IS WORKING 
WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS MORNING, THE 
GOVERNOR APPLIED FOR LOST WAGES 
ASSISTANCE THROUGH
FEMA, AND I WANT TO OFFER A 
LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM.
THE BIG THING TO SHARE, IT'S NOT
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AT
ALL, REALLY, IT'S A DIFFERENT 
TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WILL BE 
ADMINISTERING THROUGH OUR 
SYSTEM.
IT COMES FROM A FINITE AMOUNT
OF MONEY, $44 BILLION, THAT THE 
PRESIDENT HAS SET ASIDE FROM 
WITHIN FEMA.
THE DEADLINE TO APPLY WAS 
SEPTEMBER 10th SO WE'RE AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE AND WE'LL GET EVERY 
PENNY THAT MINNESOTANS DESERVE 
THROUGH THE PROGRAM.
TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU HAVE TO BE 
MAKING OVER $100 A WEEK IN 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PAYMENTS 
RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU MAKE LESS THAN THAT, 
YOU'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS 
ADDITIONAL $300.
WE SUSPECT ABOUT 4 OR 5% OF 
THOSE IN OUR SYSTEM ARE MAKING 
LESS THAN $100 A WEEK ON THE 
PROGRAM.
AND THEN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM
THE $600 TOPOFF THAT WAS PART
OF THAT FEDERAL PROGRAM A WHILE 
BACK, WHERE THIS PROGRAM, YOU 
HAVE TO BE UNEMPLOYED DUE TO 
COVID-19.
SO, THAT ADDITIONAL STIMULUS 
APPLIED TO EVERYBODY IN THE 
SYSTEM.
THIS ONE IS JUST FOR THOSE 
AFFECTED BY COVID-19.
EVERY WEEK WHEN WE ASK PEOPLE TO
REQUEST THEIR BENEFITS IN OUR
SYSTEM, WE ASK THEM THE 
QUESTION, ARE YOU UNEMPLOYED 
BECAUSE OF COVID-19,
SO WE CAN VERY QUICKLY TELL THAT
AND WE WILL
GIVE OUT THE BENEFIT.
IT IS A $300 BENEFIT, IT 
REQUIRES A $100 MATCH FROM
STATES, BUT YOU CAN USE YOUR 
EXISTING PAYMENTS TO COUNT AS 
THAT MATCH.
SO IT IS A $300 ADDITIONAL 
PAYMENT.
AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, IT'S A 
FINITE
AMOUNT OF MONEY, MOST ESTIMATES 
HAVE THE AMOUNT LASTING THROUGH 
ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
SO IT'S A BRIEF PERIOD OF RELIEF
BUT AN IMPORTANT ONE AND ONE 
THAT WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF.
IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS 
PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE AN 
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR A GIG
WORKER, SO IF YOU'RE A PART OF 
THAT PUA PROGRAM, THAT'S 
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
THIS.
AND ALSO IF YOU'RE
AN SHARED WORK, SHARED WORK 
PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOMETHING 
THAT'S REALLY GREAT
PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYERS WHERE THEY
CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF HOURS 
THAT A WORKER
HAS WITHOUT LETTING THEM GO AND 
MAKE UP SOME OF THAT DIFFERENCE 
WITH UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
THOSE FOLKS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR 
THIS PROGRAM.
SO, LIKE I SAID, THE GOVERNOR 
SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION 
EARLIER THIS MORNING.
WE EXPECT A RESPONSE PRETTY 
QUICKLY.
FEMA'S BEEN MOVING QUICKLY ON 
THIS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW 
IMPORTANT THESE FUNDS ARE.
ONCE WE HAVE APPROVAL, THE FIRST
THREE WEEKS THAT WE'LL ABLE TO 
MAKE PAYMENTS FOR ARE JULY 26th 
THROUGH AUGUST 1st.
AUGUST 2nd THROUGH THE 8th.
AND AUGUST 9th THROUGH THE 14th.
SO IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED FOR 
THOSE THREE WEEKS, THEN YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO GET THOSE INITIAL 
PAYMENTS AS SOON AS WE ARE 
APPROVED.
AND OUR HOPE IS THAT BY THE END 
OF NEXT WEEK,
MAYBE EARLY THE FOLLOWING WEEK, 
IF ALL THINGS GO WELL WITH FEMA 
AND THE U.S.
TREASURY AND WE GET THAT MONEY 
TO DRAW DOWN FROM, WE'LL BE ABLE
TO GET THIS MONEY OUT QUICKLY.
SO, AGAIN, JUST AN IMPORTANT 
STEP IN OUR JOURNEY HERE, IN THE
ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO COVID.
SOMETHING WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR.
CERTAINLY WE WANT TO GET MOVING.
AND WE'RE ALL SET UP AND READY 
FOR THIS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
AS SOON AS THAT MONEY COMES IN, 
OUR SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO 
YOU.
≫ THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GROVE.
I WOULD NOTE THAT THE 
COMMISSIONER IS BRINGING A MEAN 
SOCK GAME TODAY.
HE'S WEARING THE CORN DOG SOCKS 
AND STOLE MY THUNDER FOR THE 
STATE FAIR OR PRONTO PUPS, 
ACCORDING TO THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR.
THAT'S A BIG DEBATE.
BUT WITH THAT, WE HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS.
AND I CERTAINLY HAVE MY EXPERTS 
ON PUBLIC SAFETY HERE TO HELP.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ BACK PAYMENTS WILL START FROM 
JULY 26th.
AND WHEN YOU JUST DO THE MATH ON
THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY, THAT'S IN THE OVERALL 
ACCOUNT.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ WE HOPE THAT IN A COUPLE OF 
DAYS WE'LL HEAR BACK.
WE'VE BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND FEMA
ON THIS.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO REALLY 
ANYTHING EXTRA.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ WHAT I'M
GUESSING THE CHALLENGE IS THAT 
FOR ANY NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO
COME
IN TO OUR SYSTEM, THERE'S AN 
ELIGIBILITY QUESTION THAT 
APPLIES TO ANY GIVEN APPLICANT.
AND IF YOU HAVE
A CASE THAT YOU'RE ADJUDICATING 
OR YOU DISAGREE WITH
OUR ASSESSMENT OF YOUR 
SITUATION, YOU HAVE A TON OF 
AVENUES TO COME BACK AND LET US 
KNOW WHERE WE'VE GONE WRONG.
AND THE IMPORTANT THING THAT AN 
APPLICANT NEEDS
TO KNOW IS,
THE $600 DOES NOT GO AWAY.
WITH THIS PROGRAM, THOUGH, IT'S 
A FINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
SO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS
AROUND ELIGIBILITY MAY BE 
DIFFICULT TO BACKDATE AND PAY 
BECAUSE THE FUNDING WILL BE 
GONE.
THAT $600, IF THERE'S A QUESTION
OR A PENDING ISSUE, IT WILL COME
IF YOU DESERVE IT, EVEN IF IT'S 
FAR INTO THE FUTURE.
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≫ I ASSUME THAT WHEN YOU ARE 
APPLYING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
AND YOU HAVE TO CHECK IN, THAT 
THERE'S FOLLOW-UP WITH THE 
EMPLOYER SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T 
WORK THE SYSTEM, IF YOU WILL?
≫ EXACTLY.
MOST EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES 
HAVE ACCOUNTS ON OUR SYSTEM.
AND, SO, FOR ISSUES SUCH AS I'M
UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 
OR UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE I HAVE TO 
STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE
OF MY KID, ONE OF THE THINGS THE
GOVERNOR DID IN THE FIRST 
EXECUTIVE
ORDER, YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME FOR
CHILD CARE, YOU'RE ALSO 
ELIGIBLE, THAT'S RELATED TO THE 
PANDEMIC.
WE CHECK BACK WITH THE EMPLOYER 
TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE CASE AND 
THEN PROCEED.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ YEAH.
IT'S EXPENSIVE.
I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY THE
REASON WHY, OF THE 35 STATES 
THAT HAVE DONE THIS SO
FAR, I THINK TWO ARE DOING THAT,
KENTUCKY AND OKLAHOMA, I HAVE TO
CHECK THAT FOR SURE.
EVERY OTHER STATE IS DOING WHAT 
WE ARE.
AND USING THE USUAL PAYMENT TO 
MAKE THE MATCH.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ NO, GOOD QUESTION, WE DID LOOK
INTO THAT.
WE COULD NOT HAVE USED THAT 
FUNDING.
MATCHING A FEDERAL BENEFIT.
≫ YEAH.
I WOULD JUST ECHO THAT.
PETER'S QUESTION, WANTING TO DO 
MORE, WE WANTED TO.
WE EXPLORED A LOT OF WAYS.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL 
THAT THIS WAS DONE.
I THINK MOST OF US KNOW, THIS 
WAS DONE THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH, THROUGH THE
PRESIDENT, NOT THROUGH THE 
NORMAL PROCESS.
AND INDIVIDUAL STATES HAD TO 
SIGN UP.
SOME ARE ACTUALLY NOT SIGNING 
UP.
BUT WE THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT 
WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.
I WOULD ALSO NOTE ON THE 
QUESTIONS THAT OUR
APPLICATION IS BIPARTISAN WITH 
THE LEGISLATURE'S.
I WANT TO THANK SPEAKER HORTMAN 
AND LEADER DAUDT,
LEADER KENT AND LEADER GAZELKA, 
THAT WE APPLIED JOINTLY 
TOGETHER.
FOR THIS PROGRAM.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS 
BUY-IN.
≫ FOLLOWING THAT.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ] ≫
YOU SENT A LETTER TO FEMA 
CONCERNED ABOUT
PAYMENTS ON PPE.
THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS 
PROGRAM
IS DRAWING DOWN THAT RELIEF 
WHICH IS WHY FEMA
IS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO DENY YOUR
APPLICATION.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ YEAH.
I CANNOT -- I CAN'T SPEAK 
DEFINITIVELY IF
THAT'S IT, BUT I HAVE TO JUST 
CANDIDLY TELL YOU, WE WERE JUST 
HAVING THIS DISCUSSION THAT IT 
CAME ELSEWHERE.
THE ONLY REASON THIS IS ABLE AND
IT'S RUNNING THROUGH
FEMA, WHILE IT'S NOT 
UNEMPLOYMENT, IS BECAUSE THE 
PRESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE THE 
AUTHORITY TO APPROPRIATE MONEY.
AND WHEN THE NEGOTIATIONS BROKE 
DOWN
BETWEEN HOUSE, SENATE AND THE 
PRESIDENT, THIS WAS ONE OF THE 
MOVES
THE PRESIDENT MADE AND TO GET 
AROUND THE PROHIBITION
OF DOING APPROPRIATION DIRECTLY 
FOR WHAT THIS IS FOR.
THIS IS FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT MONEY.
SO THAT MONEY OVER THERE IS 
FUNGIBLE.
I DO THINK YOU COULD SAY THAT'S 
MONEY THAT COULD BE COMING OUT 
OF PPE OR COULD BE COMING OUT OF
HURRICANE RELIEF.
AND WE DON'T KNOW, THOUGH.
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY?
≫ IT IS, YEAH.
I MEAN, I THINK, MAYBE ONE 
DETAIL JUST TO
ADD, THEY HAVE SET -- FEMA SET A
CAP OF 25 MILLION FOR
THE WHOLE DISASTER RELIEF FUND, 
SO IF IT GETS TO THAT LEVEL, 
THIS PROGRAM WILL SHUT OFF.
70 BILLION IN THE DISASTER 
RELIEF FUND RIGHT NOW.
44 BILLION TO LOST WAGE 
ASSISTANCE.
IF THE OVERALL FUND GETS TO 25, 
THEY'LL HOLD THERE BECAUSE
THEY NEED TO USE THAT FOR OTHER 
DISASTERS AS THEY'VE TOLD US.
DETAILS OF THAT IS REALLY IN 
FEMA.
TRYING TO PRESERVE SOME OF THAT,
I THINK, FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ I'LL LET THE COMMISSIONER 
SPEAK TO THIS IN GENERAL.
AND THIS IS,
AGAIN -- THIS IS SOME ECONOMICS 
101, DISINCENTIVISING CERTAIN 
THINGS OR INCENTIVIZING OTHERS.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE -- THIS WAS 
QUITE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN THE 
COMMISSIONER SHARED THE
NUMBER WITH ME OF HOW MANY 
PEOPLE ALREADY
WENT BACK TO WORK, MAKING LESS 
THAN THEY WERE DOING IT WHEN THE
PROGRAM WAS RUNNING.
SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT 
OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE THAT A
WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE ARE 
STAYING HOME IN MINNESOTA 
BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT
TO WORK AND THEY'RE COLLECTING 
THE EXTRA 600.
BUT I'LL LET THE COMMISSIONER.
≫ I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON.
YEAH, THE SURVEY WE LOOKED AT, 
AND WE TALKED
A LOT ABOUT THIS, SEVEN IN TEN 
AMERICANS WHO WENT BACK TO
WORK IN JULY, WENT BACK TO JOBS 
THAT WERE PAYING THEM LESS THAN 
THEY MADE ON UNEMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE.
SO I THINK IT IS A BIT OF A 
FALSE NARRATIVE THAT PEOPLE 
DON'T WANT TO WORK AND WANT TO 
BE ON UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.
OUT OF THE MINNESOTANS
THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS 
PROGRAM, MANY OF THEM ARE 
MYSTIFIED THAT THEY'RE EVEN IN 
THIS POSITION AT ALL.
WE THINK THESE BENEFITS WILL 
HELP.
WE'RE MOST WORRIED ABOUT THOSE
LOWEST-WAGE JOBS FOR WHOM THE 
$600 DROP-OFF PUT THOSE FOLKS 
BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, THAT'S 
REALLY CONCERNING TO US.
THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR HAVE LED AN
EFFORT ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT TO 
LOOK AT NOT JUST WHAT OUR 
DEPARTMENT CAN DO, TO PROVIDE 
S.N.A.P.
, HOUSING BENEFITS, IT'S A 
PRETTY HOLISTIC CHALLENGE THAT 
WE'RE FACING.
THIS EXTRA MONEY WILL HELP A 
LITTLE BIT ON THE INCOME SIDE, 
BUT THERE'S
A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER THINGS 
THAT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR 
THOSE THAT
ARE TEETERING AT THAT POVERTY 
LEVEL AND FOR WHOM
THE $600 WAS A SAVER.
≫ THE
COMMISSIONER WAS TALKING ABOUT 
THE SMALL BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM,
BUT ALSO THIS MORNING WE HAD
A CONVERSATION TODAY IN A 
BRIEFING ABOUT ALL THE TRAINING 
PROGRAMS THAT
ARE BEING OFFERED, OF JOBS THAT 
WON'T COME BACK OR IT'S GOING TO
BE DIFFICULT
TO, MAKING SURE THAT THE STATE 
IS PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR FOLKS TO RESTRAIN AND -- 
RETRAIB AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT -- RETRAIN AND GO SOMEWHERE 
ELSE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE ARE PRETTY 
ROBUST, PEOPLE ARE USING THEM.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ WELL, IF THEY ARE, I WOULD ASK
THEM TO FUND
THEN THE STATE PATROL, FUND THE
ARMORIES THAT I HAD IN
MY -- AND THE LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR'S BONDING BILL AND FUND
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
IF THAT'S REALLY TRUE.
GOING OUT THERE AND JUST SAYING 
IT, AS FAR AS SPEAKING
INDIVIDUAL MAYORS, I'M SURE THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN WILL FIND SIX 
MAYORS THAT ARE VOTING FOR VICE 
PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
I DO THINK, AND IT WOULD BE 
NAIVE OF ME,
I RAN ON THIS IDEA OF ONE 
MINNESOTA BECAUSE I THINK 
THERE'S A CONCERTED EFFORT TO 
SPLIT US.
I SEE IT EVERY TIME.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ME UP HERE, I 
REFUSE TO BUY INTO THAT.
I REFUSE, AND I WILL MAKE THE 
CASE THAT IF
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE KNOW 
ARE HURTING BECAUSE OF THE
ECONOMY, THE IRON RANGE GOES 
THROUGH BOOM AND BUST CYCLES 
AROUND MINING AND AROUND OTHER 
ISSUES.
WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE 
ISSUES.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, MUCH 
LIKE IN
COAL COUNTRY, WE WERE PROMISED 
THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO THAT 
THERE WOULD BE MORE COAL JOBS.
THERE'S LESS COAL JOBS.
WE WERE PROMISED THAT THE STEEL 
INDUSTRY WOULD COME BACK BECAUSE
OF THE TARIFF THE PRESIDENT'S 
PUTTING ON AND WE'RE STILL 
WAITING TO SEE THAT.
THESE ARE COMPLEX ISSUES.
BUT I THINK MAKING THE IDEA AND,
AGAIN, TRYING TO DO THIS,
THAT THERE IS SOMETHING 
DIFFERENT ABOUT
OUR VALUES AND WHO WE ARE AND 
HOW WE CARE ABOUT
THIS STATE, BASED ON THE 
POPULATION DENSITY WHERE WE 
LIVE, IT'S JUST DESPICABLE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT MY ENTIRE 
TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN IN PUBLIC
OFFICE, I AM, AGAIN, YOU WOULD 
NOT HAVE PEOPLE
BELIEVE THIS, WHEN THEY TALK 
ABOUT IT, A GREATER
MINNESOTA GOVERNOR WHO GRADUATED
WITH 24 KIDS IN HIS CLASS, 12
OF WHOM ARE COUSINS, I CAN 
REPLACE THE
CLUTCH ON MY TRUCK, IF THERE'S 
SOME TYPE OF DEAL HERE WHERE
PEOPLE LIVE IT'S INDEPENDENT -- 
IT'S FENT ON THEIR VALUES -- 
IT'S DEPENDENT ON THEIR VALUES, 
THAT IS SIMPLY FALSE.
SO, YES, IN ANSWER TO YOUR 
QUESTION, PETER, YES, THEY ARE 
GOING TO TRY AND MAKE THAT CASE.
I WOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE THE 
CASE FOR MINNESOTANS, WE'RE 
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WE'RE STRONGER BELIEVING THIS.
AND I WOULD ASK THEM IF THEY'RE 
BETTER OFF IN CHISHOLM THAN THEY
WERE THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
IF THEY'RE BETTER OFF IN 
VIRGINIA THAN THEY WERE THREE 
AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO 
LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE YOU 
CAN'T EVEN GO TO THANKSGIVING 
DINNER WITH YOUR UNCLE
BECAUSE THE POLITICS MAKES IT SO
TOXIC, THAT IS SIMPLY 
UNACCEPTABLE TO ME.
≫ I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP -- [ AWAY 
FROM THE MIC ]
≫ THANK YOU.
JOHN HARRINGTON, COMMISSIONER OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
I SPENT THE MORNING TALKING TO
CHIEF ARRON DOE AND CHIEF AXTELL
AND
SHERIFF HUTCHINSON AND COLONEL 
LANGER AND OTHERS, KIND OF 
RECAPPING THE NIGHT.
WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE 
TWIN CITIES
RESPONDED TO OUR CALLS TO THE 
COMMUNITY TO SAY PLEASE STAY 
HOME.
THE CURFEW REALLY DID WORK.
IT HAS WORKED BEFORE.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE STILL HAD ABOUT 100 ARRESTS 
LAST NIGHT.
ABOUT 80 OF THEM FOR CURFEW, AS 
FAR AS WE CAN TELL.
SOME WEAPONS VIOLATIONS, SOME 
NARCOTICS STUFF AND A FEW OTHER 
THINGS.
BUT LOOKING AT THE CRIME STATS 
FROM LAST NIGHT.
IT'S LIKE A 75, 80% DROP IN
CRIME OVERNIGHT, AND I THINK 
THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO 
COMMUNITY DOING THE RIGHT THING.
WE TALKED TO MAD DOGS AND 
MOTHER'S LOVE AND THE
AMBASSADORS, A BUNCH OF OTHER 
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT 
WERE ALL HELPING US GET THE
MESSAGE OUT THAT RIOTING AND 
LOOTING AND BREAKING INTO
BUSINESSES AND SETTING THEM ON 
FIRE HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO 
DO WITH THE FIRST
AMENDMENT, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO 
WITH THE TRAUMA
THAT COMMUNITIES ARE FEELING, SO
I'M JUST VERY GRATEFUL TO THE 
COMMUNITY FOR STANDING UP WITH 
US AND I'M
VERY GRATEFUL TO THE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, WHICH 
PULLED TOGETHER IN ABOUT
24 HOURS, ALMOST 1,000 PEOPLE 
THAT
WERE ABLE TO -- THAT WERE ON TAP
TO
RESPOND IF THE VIOLENCE AND IF 
THE LOOTING AND IF THE FIRES HAD
CONTINUED.
WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY STEPPING 
THAT DOWN, FRANKLY.
THERE WILL STILL BE STATE PATROL
ON TAP FOR THIS WEEKEND.
THERE WILL STILL BE DNR AND 
OTHER STATE OFFICERS ON TAP TO 
PROVIDE SECURITY THIS WEEKEND.
MINNEAPOLIS AND St.
PAUL BOTH HAVE STOOD UP THEIR 
STRIKE FORCE TEAM SO THAT THEY 
ARE ABLE TO RESPOND RAPIDLY TO 
CRISES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS NOTE 
THIS MORNING,
THOUGH, WAS THE DIFFERENCE THAT
HAVING THESE VERY COLLEGIAL 
CONVERSATIONS ACROSS OUR 
JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES HAS 
REALLY LED TO.
BECAUSE LAST NIGHT THE 
CONVERSATION WAS, WELL, IF IT 
PIVOTED FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO St. 
PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS WAS COMING TO 
HELP St. PAUL.
AND THE FIRST NIGHT WHEN WE HAD 
ALL THE UNREST IN DOWNTOWN, YOU 
SAW St. PAUL UNIFORMS IN 
MINNEAPOLIS HELPING OUT.
THE CONVERSATION AMONG POLICE 
AND PEACE OFFICERS AND THE 
NATIONAL GUARD IS THAT WE'RE ALL
IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE 
SURE THAT ALL OF
US ARE WELL PROTECTED, ALL OF 
OUR COMMUNITIES ARE WELL 
PROTECTED,
AND, FRANKLY, EVEN WITHIN THIS 
CONVERSATION, WE TALKED TO
THE OUTLYING COUNTIES, YOU KNOW,
ANOKA,
DAKOTA, WASHINGTON, RAMSEY IS 
OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED, AND THEY'RE 
ALL IN ALSO.
THEY ALL HAVE RESOURCES THAT 
THEY HAVE TEE'd UP SO IF 
SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE ARE WELL 
PREPARED.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A VERY
ROBUST BUT VERY FLEXIBLE PLAN TO
BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN A VERY
PROFESSIONAL WAY IF WE HAVE 
UNREST AND IF WE HAVE A 
CONTINUATION OF THE CRIMINAL 
BEHAVIOR.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE ALL SLEPT
BETTER LAST NIGHT ONCE MIDNIGHT 
CAME AND IT WAS QUIET LAST NIGHT
ASIDE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
THE RAIN.
≫ IS THERE ANY WORRY -- [ AWAY 
FROM THE MIC ]
≫ WE HAVE CONTINUED TO -- ALL OF
US ARE LISTENING VERY CAREFULLY 
TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY.
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN 
REACHING OUT TO THEM TO SAY,
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE --
IF WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING, IF
THEY'RE HEARING ANYTHING, AND WE
ARE RESPONDING VERY RAPIDLY TO 
THOSE CONCERNS.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, FOR 
EXAMPLE, MAD DOGS
AND MOTHER'S LOVE WILL BE OUT 
THIS WEEKEND WORKING
WITH KIDS IN DOWNTOWN 
MINNEAPOLIS AND THE AMBASSADORS 
WILL BE WORKING WITH KIDS IN St.
PAUL ON THE WEEKEND.
THEY TYPICALLY ARE A MONDAY 
THROUGH FRIDAY OPERATION, BUT 
BECAUSE THE COMMUNITIES
HAVE -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT OUR KIDS ARE GIVEN THE 
RIGHT DIRECTION, THAT WE'RE 
GIVING THEM THE RIGHT HELP.
SO M.E.T. TRANSIT AND 
MINNEAPOLIS AND St.
PAUL AND THE STATE ARE ALL 
WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY AND MAKE
SURE THAT
IF THERE IS AN ERUPTION, WE ARE 
READY AND PREPARED
TO HELP STOP THAT, BUT WE'RE 
ALSO PREPARED TO WORK
WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE
SURE -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 
THAT THE KIDS HAVE A PLACE TO GO
AND A PLACE THAT THEY CAN SAFELY
BE.
WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION 
ALSO.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REALLY VERY
WELL PREPARED.
WE'RE NOT HEARING ANY ISSUES 
RIGHT
NOW, WE'RE TRACKING A NUMBER OF 
PROTESTS, BUT WE TRACK A NUMBER 
OF PROTESTS DAILY.
THAT'S PART OF BEING THE STATE 
OF MINNESOTA AND HAVING THE TWIN
CITIES IN OUR BACKYARD.
BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING REALLY 
REALLY WELL.
KNOCK ON WOOD, I DON'T WANT TO 
JINX THIS.
≫ ONE MORE QUESTION.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT?
WE CAN BOTH ANSWER.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE IT WAS THE 
RIGHT DECISION.
I FELT HORRIBLE FOR THE FAMILY 
THAT HAD TO SEE THE END OF
THEIR LOVED ONE'S LIFE PLAYED
OUT IN A TWEET OR HOWEVER IT GOT
OUT.
BUT THERE'S A REASON THAT 
THERE'S A PROVISION IN THE
LAW FOR RELEASING VIDEO LIKE 
THAT IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC 
SAFETY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE
TALKED TO ARRON DOE AND TO TODD 
THIS MORNING ABOUT
IS THEY WERE ESPECIALLY 
GRATIFIED BY THE FACT THAT 
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, MANY
OF WHICH HAVE HAD CALLED AND 
CRITICIZED POLICING
IN GENERAL AND INDIVIDUAL POLICE
DEPARTMENTS WERE ACTIVELY
PUSHING THAT VIDEO OUT IN THEIR 
-- THROUGH THEIR
NETWORKS TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 
WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS 
YOUNG MAN'S DEATH.
AND WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT 
WHILE WE HAD AN
ERUPTION OF LOOTING AND VIOLENCE
IN DOWNTOWN THAT IT COULD HAVE
BEEN SO MUCH WORSE IF THE 
COMMUNITY HAD NOT SEEN
THAT VIDEO AND OUR COMMUNITY 
PARTNERS AND THE
ADVOCATES HAD NOT PUSHED IT OUT 
TO TRY AND DISABUSE PEOPLE OF A 
FALSE NARRATIVE.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK IT'S A LEGISLATIVE 
QUESTION AS MUCH AS IT IS A 
POLICY QUESTION.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE COURSE
OF THE LAST FEW YEARS CHIEFS OF
POLICE AND SHERIFFS RELEASING 
VIDEO MORE FREQUENTLY RIGHT 
AWAY.
NOW I THINK THERE CERTAINLY 
COULD BE A QUESTION AS TO WHAT 
THE CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE, BUT THE IDEA THAT WITH THE 
RELEASE OF
A VIDEO THAT YOU COULD QUELL 
PUBLIC UNREST, YOU COULD
STOP THE VIOLENCE, YOU COULD AT 
LEAST
PRECLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT 
BE COMING DOWN TO COMMIT ACTS OF
VIOLENCE BECAUSE
OF A VIDEO, I THINK IT'S 
IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO 
DO THAT.
I DO THINK -- THERE HAS ALWAYS 
BEEN
A QUESTION, WHEN YOU RELEASE THE
VIDEO RIGHT AWAY LIKE THAT, IS 
IT ONLY DONE WHEN IT ABSOLVES 
THE COPS?
I THINK YOU SHOULD ALWAYS 
RELEASE THE VIDEO WHEN IT IS IN 
THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE
BALANCING ACT THAT THEY HAVE TO 
MAKE WHEN THEY LOOK AT A VIDEO
AND DECIDE, THE TRAUMA THAT IT 
INFLICTS ON A FAMILY, ON A 
COMMUNITY TO SEE
A SUICIDE OR TO SEE A LOVED ONE 
DIE AT THE HANDS OF
A POLICE OFFICER VERSUS THE NEED
OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE SAFE.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE BALANCING
POINT
THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO MAKE THAT
DECISION AROUND AND I THINK
IN THIS CASE, I THINK CHIEF 
ARRADONDO'S DECISION WAS THE 
RIGHT DECISION.
[ AWAY FROM THE MIC ]
≫ YEAH, SURE.
THIS ISSUE ABOUT USING THE BEST 
DATA, THE BEST HEALTH
DATA, BUT BY ALSO KEEPING PEOPLE
SAFE AND KEEPING OUR BUSINESSES 
THRIVING.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A THANK YOU 
TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO 
WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND 
HELPED US GET THE WORD OUT ON 
THAT.
SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, AND 
IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF THEM, IF
THEY CHOOSE NOT TO FOLLOW THE 
BEST HEALTH GUIDANCE, PUT ALL 
THE BUSINESSES AT RISK.
THEY PUT ALL OF OUR HEALTH AT 
RISK, THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA, THE
WEARING THE MASK, AND I HEAR ALL
THAT, IS ABOUT PROTECTING 
OTHERS.
AND IT'S ABOUT STOPPING THE 
SPREAD AND REDUCING IT.
AND, SO, WHAT WE -- I CAN TELL 
YOU, AND THIS QUESTION'S COME UP
MANY TIMES.
WE'RE HOVERING.
I WOULD CALL IT A MESA NOT A 
PLATEAU IS WHAT I'VE BEEN 
SAYING.
WE'RE HOVERING BETWEEN 4.8 AND 
5% POSITIVITY.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE STABLE, 
ICUs ARE STABLE.
DEATH RATES ARE STILL 
UNACCEPTABLE IF IT'S ABOVE ZERO.
BUT STILL IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
BUT WE'RE STILL NOT OUT OF THIS.
SO THE PRECAUTIONS AND WE 
BELIEVE LOOKING AT STATES THAT 
DID NOT DO MASK MANDATES ARE 
CLOSER TO 10 OR 11%.
WE NEED TO KEEP THE LID ON THIS.
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT COURSE 
OF ACTIONS, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS
CLOSING BACK
OR DIALING BACK OBJECT BARS -- O
ON BARS AND RESTAURANTS.
AND WE HAVE COME TO THE DECISION
AT THIS POINT THAT THE MOST 
EFFECTIVE
WAY WOULD BE IS JUST FOLLOW THE 
GUIDANCE AND THE FOLKS WHO ARE 
DOING IT RIGHT,
THE DATA SEEMS TO SUPPORT THAT 
WE'RE NOT GETTING TRANSPORTATION
IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT 
THAT'S THE CASE.
SO I WANT TO THANK, THIS IS 
REALLY HELPFUL
IN BEING DRIVEN BY GOOD, 
THOUGHTFUL
BUSINESSES WHO SIMPLY WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE 
TO STAY OPEN AND EVENTUALLY TURN
THAT DIAL THE RIGHT DIRECTION 
FOR MORE OPENNESS.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THEM TO GET
OUT THERE.
AND I WOULD JUST ASK BUSINESSES,
JUST FOLLOW THE RULES, FOLLOW
ALONG, WE ARE COGNIZANT OF THAT 
-- OF THE
INCONVENIENCE IT'S BEEN, AND 
ESPECIALLY I THINK IT MATTERS IN
LISTENING
TO COMMISSIONER HARRINGTON TALK 
ABOUT THIS, SOME OF THE TOOLS, 
HOW THEY MIX
TOGETHER, USING A CURFEW AGAIN 
AT SOME POINT CAN ACTUALLY SPARK
MORE
UNREST BECAUSE WE GOT THE LAST 
WEEKEND IN AUGUST, WE DON'T HAVE
THE STATE FAIR BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO HAVE REALLY NICE WEATHER.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUTDOOR, IF
THERE
ARE BEER GARDENS THAT ARE DOING 
THINGS BY BEING SOCIALLY 
DISTANCED AND DOING THINGS 
RIGHT, WE WANT THOSE BUSINESSES 
TO THRIVE.
WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS IS A FEW 
TO SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE THING.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, IN A FEW 
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND 
WHERE WE HAVE COLLEGES COMING
BACK, A FEW OF THESE INCIDENTS 
CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON
THE SPREAD IN THE COMMUNITY THAT
PUTS OTHER BUSINESSES
AND OUR SCHOOLS AT RISK, AS WELL
AS STARTING TO OVERWHELM THAT 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S COMING 
FROM.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
≫ THANKS, EVERYBODY.
