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23 Nov, 7 tweets, 4 min read
This thread is stunning, and it checks out. You can read LA County's own data here. publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavi…
The County has identified 204 "outbreak" locations.
Restaurants only account for 3.1%, and almost all are chains. McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Jack in Box, Domino's etc
Almost all of these chains have drive throughs and masses of corporate money. They will easily survive this shutdown. Who is going to pay the price? LOCAL restaurants who have played by the rules and who are NOT fueling the spread, according to the county's own data. Unacceptable
While restaurants have accounted for 3.1% of the known "outbreak" locations in L.A. County, without indoor/outdoor being specified, you know what has doubled them at 7.27%? Government locations! Including several L.A. County entities. Again, this is LA County's own data.
.@lapublichealth You (or your highly paid PR firms) have a responsibility to explain the data/science you are using to destroy the livelihoods of so many who have done possible everything to follow your constantly shifting rules and guidelines. Your own data doesn't justify this
Also, way too many people keep tagging/blaming Mayor Garcetti for these decisions. He has nothing to do with it. This is a COUNTY decision made by the L.A. County Department of Public Health and the Board of Supervisors. Garcetti only impacts city of LA policy. This is county.
NEW: L.A. County Supervisor Board Chair @kathrynbarger has released a statement saying she OPPOSES the @lapublichealth decision to restrict outdoor dining. She says the decision will devastate local businesses and will cause more people to go indoors where true spread is. @FOXLA
L.A. County Supervisor @SupJaniceHahn also not thrilled with the way this all came together. Wishes there was discussion during their public Board meeting rather than a simple tweet coming from the health department. @FOXLA

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24 Nov
THREAD: A summary of what we just heard from the L.A. County Department of Public Health.
1) They have no data/numbers tying outdoor dining to surge in cases in LA.
2) They based decision off a national CDC study that didn't discern indoor/outdoor dining - "best info we have".
DPH was repeatedly pressed by Board members Barger & Hahn as to what science/data they have to justify this order. Dr. Ferrer deferred to Dr. Muntu Davis, who pointed to the CDC study. Neither were able to provide a shred of their own data, after 8 months of this pandemic.
These public health officials make hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. They are paying two PR firms millions of dollars to guide their messaging. It is unfathomable that once again, knowing they would be asked bout this, Dr. Ferrer deferred, and had no data to back her up.
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24 Nov
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
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24 Nov
NEW: Attorney @markgeragos, who owns a restaurant in downtown L.A., is suing L.A. County over order to close outdoor dining at restaurants, calling it an “irrational and unlawful overreach” of emergency powers, and saying that the science and data doesn’t back it up. @FOXLA ImageImage
THREAD: Just wrapped interview w/ @markgeragos, who is suing LA County over outdoor dining order.
"I'm as progressive as anybody, but this is regressive," he says. "There will be accountability, we're not going away, we've got the deep pockets to pursue this and we will" @FOXLA
Geragos says there is zero science, zero data to back up L.A. County's decision. He says @SheilaKuehl, @MRTempower, and @HildaSolis, who voted to uphold the order, have "outsourced" their governing to Dr. Ferrer, who he says is unelected, unqualified, and has no answers. @FOXLA
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17 Nov
NEW: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says "L.A. is in a very dangerous situation, the alarm bells are ringing" re: #COVID19. Says this is "game day", gives a Dodgers reference saying we're at the bottom of the 5th/6th inning. Urges that we need to turn the surge around. @FOXLA
NEW: Mayor Garcetti says city of LA is going to expand/ramp up enforcement efforts at businesses that aren't following #COVID19 rules and will revoke permits for businesses that are violating health orders. Also says anybody traveling must quarantine for a full14 days. @FOXLA
Mayor Garcetti says that you should assume that every single person you see outside your household is infectious. He said that LA has never been in a more dangerous position during this pandemic than where we are right now. He did not offer specifics, other than surge of cases.
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28 Oct
I’m on Aquamarine Ct. in Chino Hills at the #BlueRidgeFire where fire crews are set up for structure defense as a line of flames creeps towards homes. Burning in light fuels. Homes above as well. It’s a ghost town here. Looks like most people followed evac orders. @FOXLA
There are multiple engines here from the city of San Francisco @SFFDPIO helping provide structure defense. They routinely come down from up north to help us. I’ve seen them at local fires before. Mutual aid is an awesome thing. #BlueRidgeFire @FOXLA ImageImageImage
It’s not going to be a threat. Firefighters have it sandwiched from above and below. No wind here. They’re letting it burn out all the fuel. #BlueRidgeFire @FOXLA Image
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NEW: Multiple sources tell me a man somehow got inside the LAPD Harbor station and shot an officer. I’m hearing the officer is okay, but that’s *unconfirmed*. That’s all I have at the moment. I have nothing on a suspect. Working sources for more details.
Councilman Buscaino confirms an officer has been shot.
Update from LAPD.
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