News Update

Cal State LA and Oakland will host federal community vaccination sites

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden Administration announced Wednesday a new pilot project to open Covid-19 vaccination sites in Oakland and Los Angeles.

California State University, Los Angeles, will host the Southern California site and the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum will host the other. The project is part of a federal effort to establish 100 vaccination sites nationwide within the Biden Administration’s first 100 days. Both locations will be operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.

“Cal State LA is ready to work with President Joe Biden, Gov. Gavin Newsom and their administrations to provide badly needed vaccinations,” said Jose A. Gomez, Cal State LA’s executive vice president and provost. “Our students  and alumni live in communities with some of the highest Covid-19 infection rates per capita in Los Angeles County.”

Both locations are in some of the most diverse and socioeconomically challenged communities in the country. Registration for vaccine appointments at both sites will be available at the state’s MyTurn scheduling system in the coming days, according to the governor’s office.

“These new sites will help us get available supply to some of the California communities most in need,” Newsom said, in a statement.