Several posters in this reddit discussion [1] about that vaccination site corroborate dasickis' claims.
It's still not clear why they were not sticking to whatever the current phase California was in at the time. I've seen a couple claims on that, both of which are believable.
1. The site was participating in a Federal vaccination program, not a state vaccination program. The state rollout phases only applied to state programs.
2. They didn't get enough people making appointments to use up their vaccine allotment. When that happened (or when people made but didn't keep appointments) sites were allowed to give the leftover vaccine out first come first served to anyone who met the requirements of the FDA emergency authorization for the vaccine they were using.
It's still not clear why they were not sticking to whatever the current phase California was in at the time. I've seen a couple claims on that, both of which are believable.
1. The site was participating in a Federal vaccination program, not a state vaccination program. The state rollout phases only applied to state programs.
2. They didn't get enough people making appointments to use up their vaccine allotment. When that happened (or when people made but didn't keep appointments) sites were allowed to give the leftover vaccine out first come first served to anyone who met the requirements of the FDA emergency authorization for the vaccine they were using.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/oakland/comments/m4bqx9/a_west_oakl...