More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Manteca sends its non-essential employees home due to COVID-19 The City of Manteca is suspending all “non-essential operations” in a bid to reduce the municipal workforce exposure to COVID-19. City Manager Miranda Lutzow said the move — similar to what was done at the start of the pandemic emergency in March — is designed to avoid a surge of municipal workforce COVID-19 cases that could cripple Manteca’s ability to provide essential services. It means a wide variety of services such as having someone answer the phone promptly when you call city hall to tree trimming will go to the wayside until coronavirus conditions improve.