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Dear Governor,

As more businesses and institutions begin to reopen, I urge you to take these steps to protect public health and require businesses to meet strong health and safety standards:

Step 1: Safe workplaces

• Expand COVID-19 testing and make it broadly available 
• Ensure sufficient equipment (including PPE) and capacity to health workers and hospitals
• Require businesses to follow CDC guidelines and best practices 

Step 2: Safe Commutes

• Allocate additional resource to public transit agencies to ensure transit workers have PPE 
• Support transit agencies in developing and implementing plans for safe workplace and service including safe distancing, sanitation and ventilation. 

Step 3: Safe Communities

• Strengthen environmental protections and enforcement 
• Invest in green infrastructure and job creation 

Step 4: Equitable Access to Healthcare 

• Increase funding for communities and facilities hit hardest.
• Release low-risk vulnerable individuals from prisons. 

Step 5: Fair Access to Relief and Recovery 

• End discrimination in relief programs. 
• Provide job placement and training to get people back to work. 
• Provide emergency support until the emergency is over.

This crisis has reinforced that we are all interconnected and we are only as strong as the most vulnerable among us. I urge you to ensure these pre-conditions are met before allowing businesses to re-open. We must protect those individuals and communities most vulnerable and at risk for COVID-19.