{"id":512035,"date":"2021-05-15T18:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T22:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=512035"},"modified":"2021-05-15T18:05:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T22:05:57","slug":"top-l-a-republican-demands-gov-newsom-immediately-align-ca-with-cdc-mask-recs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-l-a-republican-demands-gov-newsom-immediately-align-ca-with-cdc-mask-recs\/","title":{"rendered":"Top L.A. Republican Demands Gov. Newsom \u2018Immediately Align\u2019 CA With CDC Mask Recs"},"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%2Ftop-l-a-republican-demands-gov-newsom-immediately-align-ca-with-cdc-mask-recs%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=512035&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Newsom-mask.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the most influential Republicans in Los Angeles County is urging California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to relax the state\u2019s mask mandate immediately to match updated federal guidelines announced at a White House briefing earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger made the request on Friday, issuing a statement and writing a letter to the governor calling on him to reconsider the state\u2019s face covering requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Barger is the only Republican on the powerful, five-member L.A. County Board of Supervisors. Each elected official represents approximately two million people residing in the nation\u2019s most populous county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles County has made tremendous progress vaccinating residents, including those in our hard-hit communities,\u201d Barger said in a statement. \u201cFurthermore, our positivity rate is less than 1% and our case rate remains low. While we still want to keep our communities safe, I am encouraged by the new guidance from the CDC (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and I believe that the state and Los Angeles County should immediately align with the new federal recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barger\u2019s request came a day after CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the agency had amended its guidance for fully-vaccinated Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,\u201d Walensky said on Thursday. \u201cAnyone who is fully-vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the new CDC recommendations include exceptions for buses, planes, hospitals, detention centers, and homeless shelters, Walensky added, \u201cWe have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/states-requiring-masks-cdcs-updated-guidance\/story?id=77688271\">According<\/a> to ABC News, \u201cCurrently, 22 state governments, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, require people to wear face coverings in public settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Newsom, who is facing a recall threat mainly based on how he handled the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/california\/newsom-new-mask-mandate-in-the-works\/\">reportedly<\/a> said on Friday that state officials were working on a new mask mandate, but must first sort through data. He has previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-05-12\/newsom-mask-mandate-end-june-15\">indicated<\/a> \u201csome mask guidelines and mandates\u201d would \u201clikely\u201d remain in effect for indoor activities when the state is set to reopen its economy on June 15. Those comments, however, were made on Wednesday, the day before the CDC amended its guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>In her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynbarger\/status\/1393322002551775232\/photo\/1\">letter<\/a> to Newsom, Barger points out: \u201c\u2026the State of California now boasts the lowest COVID-19 positivity rate in the nation. Yet, the State still maintains some of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions in the Country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles County cannot change our existing mandates until the State loosens its regulations,\u201d Barger continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8057142857143\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">L.A. County has made tremendous progress vaccinating residents, including those in hard-hit communities. Our positivity rate is less than 1% and our case rate remains low. I&#8217;m encouraged by new CDC guidance and believe we should align with Federal recommendations. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oHbDeiSXOT\">pic.twitter.com\/oHbDeiSXOT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Supervisor Kathryn Barger (@kathrynbarger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kathrynbarger\/status\/1393322002551775232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Los Angeles Daily News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/05\/14\/supervisor-barger-to-newsom-ease-state-mask-mandate-immediately\/\">reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p><em>L.A. County requirements allow fully vaccinated residents to shed masks while indoors with other fully vaccinated people. But mask mandates remain in place for everyone working at or patronizing businesses \u2014 such as grocery stores, restaurants or retail shops.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said the state and county were reviewing the new CDC guidance, but changes in local regulations were unlikely to occur for at least another week. She stressed that mask mandates remain in place largely to protect workers and customers at worksites, and state occupational health and safety regulators need to set policy for masking and social distancing in the workplace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ferrer said Cal-OSHA regulators are set to meet next Thursday to consider a set of recommended workplace requirements. And until that happens, people will still be required to wear masks in such indoor settings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI know people are going to be impatient now and they\u2019re going to say, \u2018No, time to get on this. Time to just eliminate all these requirements around masking,\u2019\u201d Ferrer said. \u201cBut that wasn\u2019t the intent, I don\u2019t think, of the CDC. I think CDC wrote in multiple places that people really do need to adhere to worker protections and state and local directives. It\u2019s important for us to remember that we do need to protect workers, particularly those workers that are in essential work environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-withdraws-dr-drews-nomination-to-los-angeles-homeless-commission-after-progressive-pushback\">Republican Withdraws Dr. Drew\u2019s Nomination To Los Angeles Homeless Commission After Progressive Pushback<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most influential Republicans in Los Angeles County is urging California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom to relax the state\u2019s mask mandate immediately to match updated federal guidelines announced &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278230,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Newsom-mask.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Top L.A. Republican Demands Gov. 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