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“It’s a great first step. We still have a lot to do,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), whose district will host one of the new federally run vaccination centers. “But in my conversations with the White House, they know it’s absolutely necessary to focus on equity and how vaccines get out there and how we get vaccines into the arms.”
Gomez said it has been a “night and day” difference from the Trump administration, and he said White House officials have been receptive to California leaders who urged them to send more resources to hard-hit communities.