Today Contra Costa County amended its health order now requiring face coverings in social situations at all times. The county is also clamping down on some indoor activities. They are concerned about the spread of the virus. Greg . Reporter yeah, the county Health Department made the unexpected announcement just this afternoon. Now the county had been easing restrictions, even though covid cases were going on. But the county just hit a critical number prompting more stringent guidelines. Drinking and dining without a face coverings, even outdoors will no longer be allowed in Contra Costa County. Health officials report in a leslie, positive covid test have reached 80 , the number triggered officials to reconsider further openings and to begin rolling back. That is an alarming rate. Can you imagine, a lot of people are doing the testing. Most of the time it is positive. That is really alarming. Reporter Health Officials are concerned about the risk of transmission indoors and outdoors,
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We are placing people into hotel rooms on a daily basis. We have opened four hotel rooms for the noncovid Homeless Population in a very short period of time. There is another one opening today. And more opening over the course of the next week in rapid in a rapid approach. Reporter okay, thank you. That concludes all the questions for todays press conference. I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on L
Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comments to board. Gov. Supervisors sfgov. Org. Thank you, mr. President. Ok. Thank you. We have a we will be having supervisor fewer sharing an update from the Emergency Operations center. So we will come back to this after our 2 00 p. M. Special order. So madame clerk, before we get started, just a friendly re
I also want to thank john c. Who is troubleshooting our online meetings and ellen mccue from the board staff who are assisting with the Public Comment line. Madame clerk, are there any communications . Yes, mr. President. During the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members will participate through the Video Conference system to the same extent as if they were physically present in the meeting. Regarding the publics participation and to minimize any uncertainty around which items are accepting Public Comment, there are three public hearings on todays agenda. Two of which are expected to be continued. Item 10, the public hearing on Law Enforcement staffing and items 11 through 14, the appeal of determination of exemption from Environmental Review. Both items are expected to be continued to the near term. The public hearing that is expected to [inaudible]. Please utilize this information. We will also display it once those items are called. And please feel free to submit your written comme