As the
Journal went to press Jan. 12, the state moved Humboldt County into its most restrictive purple widespread risk category, as officials had predicted would happen for more than a week, and the county sat at the precipice of falling under a regional stay-at-home order.
The county s return to purple status means that, beginning Jan. 14, movie theaters, places of worship, gyms and restaurants will have to close all indoor operations, while the county is also placed under a nighttime stay-at-home order that requires people stay home except for essential outings. The county s return to purple has been expected since Humboldt s move from the purple tier to the lesser red or substantial risk tier surprised local officials Dec. 29 amid a record-setting month that saw 863 new cases confirmed locally.
Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 9:10 AM click to enlarge Shutterstock Make no mistake, the resolution being brought before the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors tomorrow by First District Supervisor Rex Bohn does nothing but further politicize Humboldt County’s COVID-19 response, undermining our local health officer and exerting undue pressure on local school districts in the process. Bohn has asked the board to consider approving the “Healthy Communities Resolution,” which arose last year out of a meeting of conservative “North state leaders” and has since been adopted by a handful of counties from Lassen to Orange. The resolution amounts to little more than a statement of opposition to the state’s tiered county-by-county approac
By Paula Peterson
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. - In a move initiated by the Republican-based North State Conference, a letter has been sent by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to Governor Newsom to ask for local control of the state s rules through the pandemic.
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley gathered leaders from 16 Northern California counties at this Fall s Conference of North State Leaders. No Democrat leaders were invited. The conference was held to obtain a joint response to counter Governor Newsom s approach and out of it came a Healthy Communities Resolution.
One of those attendees was the El Dorado County representative, Sheriff John D Agostini. Former El Dorado County Supervisor Chair Brian Veerkamp broke board protocol by invoking Emergency Powers to require the county to pay for sending the Sheriff to the political “conference” on October 29 in Red Bluff.