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In another indicator of the worsening COVID-19 pandemic here in Humboldt County, the tourist-adored City of Trinidad might be closing its doors to outsiders this evening.
At a special meeting starting at 5:30, the Trinidad City Council will consider passing an urgency ordinance, which would reinstate a moratorium on short-term vacation rentals within city limits. As with the moratorium the city passed back March (and rescinded in June), visiting health care workers and other essential folks would be excluded from the ban.
The urgency ordinance, which cites “a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare” of the public, must be approved by four of the five council members to pass.