Commentary
This week Angelenos got some good news when the county health director announced that, for now, she will not subject them to another indoor mask mandate. But the announcement begs the question: How is it that she continues to have the power to issue such mandates nearly two and a half years after the emergency was first declared?
The answer is the “emergency” order remains in place, and so does the director’s mandate that masks be worn in taxis, Ubers, airports, and healthcare settings.
The county first declared a state of emergency due to COVID-19 on March 4, 2020. It stated that the emergency is “in response to increased spread of coronavirus across the country and six additional cases in LA County.” Yes, you read that correctly. The county issued a state of emergency based upon the discovery of “six” new cases….