Gov. Newsom's presser just started. California is moving into next phase of COVID-19 -- "an optimistic phase."

From containment and mitigation, "we begin to transition into suppression, ultimately on our way to herd immunity ... We do see light at the end of the tunnel."

Newsom said that this final phase will be the most challenging, which says a lot, given how difficult everything has been so far with COVID-19. "This too shall pass," he said.

Newsom lists 6 elements essential to this phase:
--expanded testing
--protecting vulnerable populations (elderly etc)
--supporting hospitals
--engaging academia
--helping business operate safely
--maintaining ability to toggle between stricter and looser interventions as needed

"This can't be a permanent state, and it's not. It won't be," Newsom said. However, he said that the return to life won't be like it was before. "Normal is anything but."

California public health officer Dr. Sonia Angell says the state has started to bend the curve with the stay-at-home orders. "But that doesn't mean we can just let open and send everybody back into the streets," she said.

Dr. Angell emphasizes that California isn't lifting the orders, but modifying them so that we don't see a big spike in COVID-19 patients.

California officials say that face coverings will likely become common in public. They will be even more important as stay-at-home orders lift and we spend more time in public, they say.

Restaurants will re-open, but each may have fewer tables, so people can stay farther apart from one another. These sorts of interventions will be needed until we have a vaccine and herd immunity, California officials say.

Gov. Newsom said it is likely that this is what going to a restaurant will soon be like for Californians: Temperatures taken at the door, half the number of usual tables, waiter wearing gloves and mask, menus are disposable.