By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
March 10, 2021
| 2:33 p.m.
Thousands of people have filed complaints alleging COVID-19-related health order violations to Santa Barbara County, which has emphasized education over enforcement in its response.
Each complaint has to be substantiated by a county employee for a response, Emergency Management Director Kelly Hubbard said, and most health order violations have not prompted enforcement.
Environmental Health Services, a division of Public Health that oversees restaurants, bars and other food service, has investigated 764 complaints related to COVID-19 health order violations.
The county sent notice-to-comply letters to 22 businesses, and has had two hearings so far, Hubbard said.
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By Giana Magnoli, Noozhawk Managing Editor | @magnoli
March 6, 2021
| 6:30 p.m.
Santa Barbara County held the first COVID-19 vaccination clinics this past week for grocery store, foodbank and emergency services workers, and Public Health Department staff removed more than 100 people from the Santa Barbara clinic who were not eligible.
That happens to some extent for every vaccination clinic, and there are “more folks around the time eligibility expands,” spokeswoman Jackie Ruiz said.
The supply-and-demand imbalance for COVID-19 vaccine doses has caused a frustrating, confusing distribution system for Santa Barbara County residents.
The state and public health departments made priority groups based on risk of exposure to the novel coronavirus (based on occupation) and risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19 (mostly based on age or medical condition).
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