California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive order on Thursday that allows the state to take over hotels and motels in order to convert them into medical housing for coronavirus patients, according to the Palm Springs Desert Sun. 

According to the report, patients from the Grand Princess cruise ship have already been moved to such facilities, such as a 120-room hotel in San Carlos located near San Francisco. Officials are also looking for potential patient housing in "mothballed" facilities that could be cleaned up and repurposed.

"As you can imagine, under our pandemic planning, we're also looking to secure additional assets," said Newsom.