Representative Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) returned to Northern California after voting Friday on the House of Representatives' $3 trillion Coronavirus package that has aid to local governments, help for the November election, and a lifeline to the United States Postal Service. He spoke with news director Steve Mencher about that, and about what needs to be done to address inequities as it becomes apparent that people of color throughout the U.S., and locally in Sonoma County, have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.

 

We'll hear him on the Tuesday, May 19 edition of the Coronavirus Virtual Town Hall.

 

Below is the unedited version of their conversation: