Posted on 07/16/2021 7:44:35 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Friday he will not use his department to enforce a mandatory indoor mask requirement set to take effect this weekend amid a spike in COVID-19 cases across the county since its reopening.
On Thursday, the county Department of Public Health revived a requirement that masks be worn indoors regardless of vaccination status, a month after California dropped its statewide mask mandate for vaccinated people.
"We’re not where we need to be for the millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late, given what we’re seeing," L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a virtual briefing with reporters.
In a statement, Villanueva said forcing those who are vaccinated or who have contracted COVID-19 to wears masks indoors "is not backed by science and contradicts the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines."
"The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has authority to enforce the order, but the underfunded/defunded Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will not expend our limited resources and instead ask for voluntary compliance," he said. "We encourage the DPH to work collaboratively with the Board of Supervisors and law enforcement to establish mandates that are both achievable and supported by science."
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Startin to like this guy. He’s all over the map on positions.
Masks are especially dangerous to children. They are deprived of more oxygen, and re-inhale more expelled carbon dioxide, than do adults.
But, adults are negatively impacted for the same reasons, if only slightly less.
I’ve walked past LAPD and Sheriffs deps here in L.A mask-less since April 2020 hundreds of times and havent said squat. They have better things to do.
It’s all falling apart. Prepare accordingly. It won’t happen all at once, or tomorrow, but it’s all falling apart. Get out of the cities.
Wow. Someone with reason and spine.
Ha a n=man with a brain that will fight back! Good on ya sheriff.
“It’s all falling apart. Prepare accordingly. It won’t happen all at once, or tomorrow, but it’s all falling apart. Get out of the cities.”
The cities are the areas where the citizens are compliant. Wall off the cities a d we would all get along just fine.
How does Georgia secede from Atlanta? How does Michigan separate from Detroit. These are the questions of our time. It’s not capital gains tax rates. It’s all falling apart. A soft landing is the challenge of the era.
it’s completely moot whether law enforcement acts or not as long at corporate fascist partners such as kroger, target, home depot, lowes, and all the rest act as enforcers for the fascists by denying goods and services to those who don’t comply with the illegal orders, and law enforcement knows that, which is why they can stand back and piously announce that they won’t get involved ...
There will be no soft landing so don’t even bother on that one. Prepare instead. Sounds like you already understand this. God bless.
A Voice of reason,,,
California no Less?
Shocked,
Shocked I say.
Truly.
Any idea if Larry Elder stands a chance?
Not backed by laws either
Ugh. There probably won’t be a soft landing. It could still happen, but we have NO representation in the system, and the system is rigged. It will get worse before it gets better.
It could be a trap,,,
Villanueva is hated by the LA board of Supervisors so at least he has that going for him.
Larry needs to get his campaign going. I think he will do well if he can get his game going.
We will see,,
Larry Elder for
Governor of California !
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