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NEW: Dr. Barbara Ferrer just recommended to the LA County Board of Supervisors that all public or private gatherings outside of one's household be prohibited except for outdoor church services and protests, citing rising cases and a fear that hospitals will be overrun. @FOXLA
Dr. Ferrer points out that the homeless population is exempted from L.A. County's curfew of 10pm-5am. @FOXLA
Dr. Christina Ghaly says L.A. County has enough physical hospital beds/rooms for a potential surge in hospitalizations, but there are concerns about having enough staffing to handle such a surge. @FOXLA
NEW: L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn says she has never experienced the kind of public blowblack she's dealing with now after Dr. Ferrer's decision to restrict outdoor dining at restaurants. Says pubic is losing faith & trust in the decisions the county is making. @FOXLA
BREAKING: Supervisor Janice Hahn just asked Dr. Ferrer what evidence she has tying outdoor dining to surge in cases. She defers to Dr. Muntu Davis. He says they are operating off of a CDC study, and that's the "best information we have." They have no LA specific numbers. @FOXLA
NEW: Supervisor @JaniceHahn just pressed the Health Department very thoroughly on their numbers/science, and tells them she will oppose their decision to restrict outdoor dining, joining Supervisor Kathryn Barger in opposition. The Health Department had few answers. @FOXLA
NEW: L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis says she agrees with Dr. Ferrer and the Health Department regarding the rising cases and their decision to restrict outdoor dining. So far we have Barger & Hahn opposing, and Solis supporting. @FOXLA
NEW: L.A. County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl says she supports the decision to restrict outdoor dining at restaurants. Hahn & Barger opposing, Solis & Kuehl supporting. @FOXLA
NEW: L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger says she is now even more upset that the decision to restrict outdoor dining was made based off of a CDC study, and that L.A. County Public Health hasn't been tracking it own their own for 7 months. Says this is totally arbitrary @FOXLA
BREAKING: L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and Supervisor Janice Hahn put forward a motion to reconsider the Health Department's decision to restrict outdoor dining at restaurants. Supervisor Sheila Kuehl immediately says she will not support the motion. @FOXLA
Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas says that because the county is being sued over the restaurant order, he wants to move discussion about it into closed door session out of public eye so they can discuss it with county counsel, then make a decision afterwards. @FOXLA
Board is now in closed session.
