By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor At Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s daily coronavirus briefing Tuesday, L.A. City Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas provided an update on his department’s COVID-related efforts.
He also offered praise for Sean Penn’s efforts to provide testing throughout the city. “We’ve focused in four primary areas,” said the chief, the first of which is standing up coronavirus testing sites throughout the city.
Terrazas said these sites were initially staffed by fire department personnel. “But with the arrival of the CORE organization, led by actor Sean Penn, we’ve been able to transition to a volunteer model.” Penn, in an interview with Deadline’s Mike Fleming last month, explained the strategy behind his efforts with CORE
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