San Diego City Council President Georgette Gomez discusses the critical value of providing accessible and factual information and resources to the city’s diverse constituents during this unprecedented public health crisis.
Prior to Governor Newsom's announcement of state assistance for California’s immigrant and undocumented workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, TPR spoke with San Diego City Council President Georgette Gómez on the critical value of providing accessible and factual information and resources to the city’s diverse constituents during this unprecedented public health crisis.
President Gomez stresses how the pandemic is magnifying systemic inequalities—including income, language, and digital barriers—and the need for additional federal support to serve the essential frontline workers and communities throughout San Diego as city revenues run dry:
"We entered this health crisis in an unbalanced way—with people already living paycheck-to-paycheck—and now, that paycheck they were depending on is no longer coming." —Georgette Gómez
For the full interview, visit us at The Planning Report.
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