“Yes, I’m here,” she said. “I’m here.”
The council member was wearing a hospital gown and face mask. Her background – like her fellow council members – was a blue, digital backdrop emblazoned with the city of Carlsbad’s seal.
The council meeting ran for an hour and 19 minutes, through six items, including public comment. Bhat-Patel attended the entire meeting, showing up on video from time to time, calm – still in the hospital.
Kristina Ray, the communication and engagement director for the City of Carlsbad, said having a council member dial in from the hospital, getting ready to give birth, was a first for the city.
A council member in Carlsbad in San Diego’s North County attended a virtual council meeting this week while multitasking to the max: she was at the hospital,.
Carlsbad restaurateurs, others open in ‘peaceful protest,’ defying stay-at-home order (All over California)
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CARLSBAD, Calif. Dozens of Southern California businesses including many in San Diego County are vowing to remain open as a peaceful protest against the state’s regional stay-at-home order.
“It’s taking a lot of courage from these business owners because they have ABC to worry about, they potentially have law enforcement to worry about, so they have concerns and they are legitimate concerns,” attorney Michael Curran said. “But they’re saying we really have no choice. The alternative is we’re done, it’s over.”