SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced that California would loan 500 state-owned ventilators to other states like New York, which are experiencing immediate supply shortages as a result of COVID-19. “California is stepping up to help our fellow Americans in New York and across the country who are being impacted the hardest right now by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Newsom said. “We still have a long road ahead of us in the Golden State – and we’re aggressively preparing for a surge – but we can’t turn our back on Americans whose lives depend on having a ventilator now.
We’re meeting this moment with compassion." He added: "I know that if the tables were turned and we were experiencing a hospital surge, other