Dear Constituent,

Good news: Vaccine availability is increasing here in the East Bay. Thanks to the Biden-Harris administration's partnership with Governor Newsom, a mass vaccination site opened this week at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Vaccine doses are being sent directly from the federal government, so this site will likely not experience the same shortages others have.

You do not have to be an Alameda County resident to get vaccinated at the Coliseum site. However, appointments are now limited to people who are 65 and older, as well as eligible essential workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and agriculture and food industries, along with healthcare workers who have not yet been vaccinated.

To make an appointment for the Coliseum site, go to California's vaccine appointment website: MyTurn.ca.gov, or call 833-422-4255. The Coliseum site will be open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and will operate for at least eight weeks, vaccinating up to 6,000 people a day.

Here are additional updates on vaccine distribution in our counties and by healthcare providers:

Contra Costa County

Contra Costa County residents 65 and older and essential workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and agriculture and food industries, along with healthcare workers who have not yet been vaccinated, can request a vaccine appointment by filling out this online form. You don't need to have health insurance. After submitting the form, you will be notified with an appointment date and time for one of the county-run sites, including one in Richmond.

Alameda County

Alameda County is now scheduling appointments at two county-run sites for county residents 65 and older and essential workers in education and childcare, emergency services, and agriculture and food industries, along with healthcare workers who have not yet been vaccinated. Sign up to get an appointment on the online registry system. And, no need for insurance to get a vaccine.

Berkeley

City of Berkeley's Health Department is operating a mass vaccination site at the foot of Buchanan Street in Albany near Golden Gate Fields. Appointments are for people 65 and older and those who live or work in Berkeley who are currently employed in grocery stores, convenience stores, or in-person education and childcare settings. Click here for updates on how to make an appointment.

Kaiser

• Vaccinating Kaiser members 75 and older, health care workers, and long-term care patients and staff
• Sign in online to check vaccine status or schedule an appointment

Sutter

• Sutter patients 65 and older can go online, log in to My Health Online, or call 844-987-6115 to schedule a vaccine appointment

John Muir Health

• John Muir Health will contact its patients via MyChart message, email, text message or phone call to schedule an appointment, currently vaccinating age 65 and older. Patients encouraged to sign up for a MyChart account by visiting the MyChart sign up information page.

Community Clinics

• Native American Health Center is vaccinating patients and community members 65 years old and older.
• Lifelong is reaching out to patients who are 1) over age 65 or 2) IHSS (In-Home Support Services) workers or 3) food and agricultural workers with instructions for making an appointment. If you are a registered patient of LifeLong and have not been contacted, please contact your health center.
• Asian Health Services is providing vaccine appointments to AHS patients 65 years and older or are IHSS workers. Patients can sign up for vaccine wait list here.
• La Clínica is vaccinating patients who are IHSS workers, caregivers of people with disabilities, or 65 and older. Eligible patients are being contacted by phone or can call their La Clínica provider to request an appointment.
• West Oakland Health Center is vaccinating patients 65 and older.

CVS and Rite Aid

Select CVS and Rite Aid pharmacy locations are also accepting appointments for vaccines. For CVS, go here, and for Rite Aid, click here.

Mobile Clinics

FEMA is also dispatching mobile vaccine clinics throughout the East Bay, particularly to communities that have been hit hardest by COVID and are under-served by our healthcare system. I'll send out more information about the mobile clinics when it becomes available.

Please continue to be safe - wear a mask and social distance - even after you've been vaccinated, because we don't know yet whether people who have been vaccinated can still spread the disease.

Sincerely,

Nancy Skinner
State Senator, District 9