LA County Supes Hahn & Barger Agendize <nobr>May 26</nobr> Board Item Seeking Local/Regional Variances From Sac'to Rules To Let Some Parts Of County Reopen Sooner Than Others; LB City Hall Mum On This So Far

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LA County Will Ask Sac'to For Faster Reopenings As Unified County Request Not For Separate Regions Or Cities. So What About Long Beach (With Separate Health Dept)? LB Comment Pending

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(May 26, 2020) -- The LA County Board of Supervisors said today -- following a closed session with its County Counsel -- that the County will ask the CA Dept. of Public Health to allow faster reopenings for L.A. County in a unified manner 00 not for some separate geographic areas or separate cities.) The action comes following an item agendized May 22 for today's meeting by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Kathryn Barger seeking more rapid reopenings for some County areas with lower levels of COVID-19 spread. (LBREPORT.com coverage here.)

So what about Long Beach which has its own legally independent Health Dept.? Reaction from the City of Long Beach (requested by LBREPORT.com) is pending.

On May 22, LB Mayor Robert Garcia indicated the Cirty has asked the state public health agency (whose director is appointed by Governor Newsom) to use data from LB's Health Dept, not overall County data, in deciding on fruther reopenings applied to Long Beach, noting Long Beach's legally separate Public Health Department.

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