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Napa Valley Vintners Support Bolsters Local COVID-19 Recovery
4/8/2021 -
Saint Helena, CA – The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) remain dedicated to the health and well-being of the Napa Valley community. Most recently, NVV is providing support needed to run a number of clinics in which thousands of community members are receiving vaccinations.
“We are grateful to all those who have played a role in organizing and bringing vaccinations to our valley and we are honored to be able to support these efforts,” said Jack Bittner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Napa Valley Vintners.
Increased vaccinations are a significant component of Napa County s move to the orange COVID-19 tier, a resumption of business indoors and a broader return to a sense of stability, safety and normalcy in our community. A recent survey indicates that 98% of frontline agriculture workers have received at least one dose.
Amid a drought, Napa County is preparing to protect more than 2,000 city of Napa properties from the next flood.
The county learned earlier this year that the stalled Napa River flood control project will receive $48.3 million in federal funds. That has local flood control officials talking about the final round of projects.
Step one has been meeting with officials from the federal partner, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, by Zoom. Four flood control projects totaling about $94 million are to be done with a mixture of federal, local, developer and grant money.
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Napa County will begin disclosing the names of long-term congregate care facilities experiencing coronavirus outbreaks, County Public Health Officer Karen Relucio confirmed, following lobbying from county elder advocates to do so.
Until now, the countyâs policy has been to disclose only the number of active coronavirus outbreaks among its 50 or so long-term care facilities â a group that includes both skilled nursing and assisted living facilities as well as smaller board-and-care homes.
Napa County previously has not released the names of facilities experiencing outbreaks nor cited the number of cases in each outbreak, according to county spokesperson Janet Upton, who noted the county leaves it up to individual nursing homes whether to publicly identify themselves as having an outbreak.
Napa County is in no hurry to debate whether and under what conditions cannabis might someday be grown commercially in wine country.
County Supervisor Brad Wagenknecht brought up the issue last week to the Board of Supervisors. He expressed concern that, if the county doesnât act, supporters might pass a ballot measure.
âI believe ordinances are a better way of governing than initiatives and thatâs why I got into this at all,â he said.
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The county last year delayed exploring a possible commercial cannabis cultivation law because of the pandemic. Most supervisors on March 2 showed no interest in resuming the effort in the near future.