Orange County supervisors triggered widespread misunderstanding Tuesday adopting a set of voluntary guidelines for businesses that they were allowing businesses to re-open, when in fact they were not and acknowledge they have no power to do so.
Tag: Orange County Board of Supervisors
Orange County’s five supervisors run a $10.5 billion county government, from public health and jails to the unincorporated areas no city covers. We cover their votes, their budget and the decisions that reach every city.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Warner: An Open Letter to the Orange County Board of Supervisors
We believe it is possible to protect the health and safety of our communities without bankrupting them as well. If we act now and put together a plan to restart the OC economy as well as minimize health risks, then businesses can begin the process of contacting vendors, employees, customers and preparing to smoothly transition and reopen.
Posted inEmergencies & Disasters
OC Tinkers With Opening: Golf Courses & Beaches Open, Retail Employees Required to Wear Masks
Orange County health care officials announce an effort to step up mass testing for Coronavirus. Meanwhile, County Supervisors adopted a patchwork of policies that seek to reopen golf courses for recreation, keep beaches and parks open and require retail employees to wear masks, as the novel coronavirus slowly spreads throughout the county, killing 33 people out of 1,691 confirmed cases.
Posted inREGIONS
Without a Broader County Mandate, Mask Laws Vary By City
Tonight, Fullerton could join other cities in OC requiring face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Cities like Costa Mesa and Buena Park required everyone to cover up when out in public, while others like Santa Ana, Irvine, and Westminster only apply the mandate to employers and workers in essential businesses while residents in those cities are merely encouraged to cover up.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Clayton-Tarvin and Briscoe: Feckless OC Supervisors Expose Essential Workers to COVID19
Inaction by the Orange County Board of Supervisors could result in infection, sickness, and death from COVID-19 for many county residents including innocent children. The lack of action by the OC Supervisors is so serious, we believe, that cities like Irvine, Costa Mesa, Seal Beach, and Buena Park have had to take matters into their own hands, passing ordinances to mandate face coverings like masks for essential workers. While we wait like cattle for herd immunity to develop, we must have a strategy to re-emerge. Part of a safety plan should be, we believe, a requirement for face coverings.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Zinder: Enforceable Requirements Will Save Lives for Grocery Workers on the Frontlines
Essential workers and the customers they serve demand clear and consistent regulations that don’t vary from city to city or store to store. The particular guidelines that the Board of Supervisors established are thoughtful and reasonable. But the time for issuing guidelines is over. Too many people will get sick while we wait and hope that the industry will implement them. We need enforceable requirements, and we need them now.
Posted inCountywide
Kriz: Twenty More People Died Homeless in OC in February. And Now Comes the Coronavirus.
We’re all consumed now by the Coronavirus. We’ve given up freedom of assembly and even of worship and yet we leave an immune-deficient population of thousands abandoned on the streets or crammed in “coffin boat” like warehouses. Don’t we realize that if we continue to do nothing, the Coronavirus will now be with us forever?
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Fielder: OC Supervisors Spread Falsehoods About COVID-19 Risks
In his opening remarks at a CSUF symposium, Supervisor Doug Chaffee claimed COVID-19 was no more lethal than the flu. All available evidence indicates it is at least 20 times deadlier. The next day, Supervisor Andrew Do dismissed a peer-reviewed publication on COVID-19 death rates as anecdotal. OC leaders are lying to the public.
Posted inCountywide, Emergencies & Disasters, Government, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Coronavirus Seen as Low Risk in OC But Triggers Tense Debates Among Officials
Coronavirus is not known to be spreading in Orange County and health officials currently assess it is a low risk. They’re urging a series of preventative measures by the public yet the virus is triggering tense debates across schools and public agencies over how to best protect people.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
Contreras Widens Lead Over Pulido for Supervisor Runoff Against Do
Westminster Councilman Sergio Contreras widens lead ahead of other Democrat competitors in the race for the Board of Supervisors 1st District seat. If he holds his lead, he’ll face off against incumbent Andrew Do in November.
