{"id":2023843,"date":"2023-09-06T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-conservative-city-council-approves-ban-on-mask-and-covid-19-vaccine-mandates\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T22:40:49","slug":"california-conservative-city-council-approves-ban-on-mask-and-covid-19-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-conservative-city-council-approves-ban-on-mask-and-covid-19-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative city council in California approves ban on mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-conservative-city-council-approves-ban-on-mask-and-covid-19-vaccine-mandates%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023843&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Republican-led Huntington Beach City Council Votes\u200b to Ban \u200cCOVID-19 \u200cVaccine and\u2062 Mask Mandates<\/h2>\n<p>The Republican-led Huntington Beach City\u2062 Council made a bold move on Wednesday by voting to ban\u200d COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates in the California\u2064 city. This decision has sparked \u200ba heated debate among \u200dresidents and officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark Introduces Resolution<\/h3>\n<p>Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark took the lead in introducing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-pennsylvania-state-legislature-files-resolution-disputes-statewide-2020-election-results\/\" title=\"It's Happening: Pennsylvania State Legislature Files Resolution -- DISPUTES STATEWIDE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS\">resolution<\/a> on Tuesday. In her statement, she argued that the\u2063 mask\u2062 mandates implemented in 2020 and 2021\u200d had unnecessarily restricted the freedoms of the citizens of Huntington Beach. She emphasized that even those who had\u2064 no contact with COVID-19 positive \u2062individuals or any risk of exposure were affected by these mandates.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the ban on mandates \u200chas been put in place, it is important to note that individuals who test positive for COVID-19 will still be required to wear masks in certain settings. \u200dRecent data from the Orange County Health Care Agency indicates \u200ban increase in COVID-19 cases in\u2062 the area, although hospitalizations have not seen a significant rise.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Regina Chinsio-Kwong, the agency&#8217;s chief of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-quietly-changed-basis-of-essential-public-health-services-from-research-to-equity\/\" title=\"CDC Quietly Changed Basis Of Essential Public Health Services From \u2018Research\u2019 To \u2018Equity\u2019\">public health services<\/a> and county \u200bhealth officer, has \u2064urged people to wear\u2063 well-fitting masks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-officials-warn-against-hosting-holiday-gatherings-involving-multiple-households\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Officials Warn Against Hosting Holiday Gatherings Involving Multiple Households\">crowded indoor spaces<\/a> to prevent a potential surge in hospitalizations.<\/p>\n<p>The shift in power to Republicans within the city\u2064 council occurred in November, following the election of four \u2063conservatives. This change in leadership has brought about a shift in policies, as Orange County has transitioned from Republican to Democratic\u200d ideologies in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumors-amp-up-around-potential-pompeo-2024-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Rumors Amp Up Around Potential Pompeo 2024 White House Run\">recent election cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate Republicans have also taken action against mask mandates. Senators J.D. Vance, Mike Braun,\u2063 and Josh Hawley introduced the &#8220;Freedom\u200b to Breathe Act,&#8221; which aims to \u200bprevent certain industries from denying service to individuals who choose not to wear masks. Vance has called for bipartisan support \u2063in blocking mask mandates, emphasizing the need to hold \u200bDemocrats accountable\u2064 for their\u2063 promises.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This legislation will ensure that no federal bureaucracy, no commercial airline, and no \u200cpublic school can impose the misguided policies of the past,&#8221; Vance \u200bstated. &#8220;Democrats say they&#8217;re not going to bring\u2062 back mask mandates \u2014 we&#8217;re going to hold them to their word.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the debate surrounding COVID-19\u200d mandates continues, it remains to be seen how this\u2062 ban \u200dwill impact the city of Huntington Beach \u200band \u2064its residents.<\/p>\n<p><em>Click here to read more\u200c from The Washington Examiner.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huntington Beach City Council, led by Republicans, voted to prohibit COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates. Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark presented the resolution, stating that the mask mandates imposed in 2020 and 2021 unjustly restricted the freedoms of Huntington Beach residents, including those who were not affected by the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2023844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}