AGENDA REPORT
Meeting Date: February 15, 2022
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To: Honorable Mayor & City Council
From: Meena Janmohamed, Manager, Emergency Management
Subject: REQUEST FROM VICE MAYOR BOSSE TO DISCUSS GOVERNOR NEWSOM’S UPDATED COVID-19 GUIDELINES AND THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH’S
CURRENT COVID-19 GUIDELINES
Attachments: 1. Guidance for the Use of Face Masks (State of California)
2. Health Officer Order: Responding Together at Work and in the Community (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
3. Press Release: As the Omicron Surge Continues to Decline, Public Health Officials Detail Post-Surge Mitigation Strategies. (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council hear this report and provide direction.
INTRODUCTION
This report is a request from Vice Mayor Bosse to discuss the current COVID-19 guidelines from both the State of California as well as guidelines from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH). This report will provide background information that will allow the City Council to discuss the impacts of these updated guidelines to the City of Beverly Hills.
Throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Beverly Hills has maintained compliance with all local, state, and federal health and safety guidelines. The City is required to follow all mandates issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the California Department of Public Health, and the Centers for Disease Control as they relate to COVID-19 guidance. Additionally, the City is required to implement all workplace guidance issued by the California Division of Occupational Health and Safety.
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DISCUSSION
STATE GUIDELINES
COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining across the state. As a result, the universal indoor masking requirement that was reinstated throughout the State of California on December 15, 2021, to add a layer of mitigation as the Omicron variant, is being relaxed on February 15 (ATTACHMENT 1).
Universal indoor masking will continue to be required in certain high-risk settings, and will continue to be required for all unvaccinated individuals throughout the State of California. Masks are required for all individuals in the following indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status. Surgical masks or higher-level respirators (e.g., N95s, KN95s, KF94s) with good fit are highly recommended.
On public transit (examples: airplanes, ships, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, and ride-shares) and in transportation hubs (examples: airport, bus terminal, marina, train station, seaport or other port, subway station, or any other area that provides transportation)
Indoors in K-12 schools, childcare
Emergency shelters and cooling and heating centers
Healthcare settings
State and local correctional facilities and detention centers Homeless shelters
Long Term Care Settings & Adult and Senior Care Facilities
LOS ANGELES COUNTY GUIDELINES
While the Statewide mandate for universal indoor masking is being relaxed on February 15, the City of Beverly Hills must continue to maintain compliance with all COVID-19 guidelines issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. At the time which this report was written, universal indoor masking continues to be required by LACDPH (ATTACHMENT 2).
However, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health recently announced plans for the County’s anticipated post-surge phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (ATTACHMENT 3).
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will consider "post-surge" status achieved when COVID-19 daily hospitalizations drop below 2,500 for seven consecutive days. At the time of this writing, the daily COVID-19 hospitalization rate in Los Angeles County is 2,773.
Masking will continue to be required for indoor establishments, including indoor offices, worksites, and indoor events and in some high-risk settings until of the following are met:
Los Angeles County has two consecutive weeks at or below Moderate Transmission as defined by the CDC (Less than 50 new cases per 100k persons in the last 7 days.)
o At the time of this report, there are approximately 74 new cases per 100k persons in Los Angeles County.
There must be no emerging reports of newly circulating variants of concern that threaten vaccine effectiveness.
As a reminder, the City is unable to implement less restrictive policies than those currently issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Staff will provide an oral report on the latest State and County guidelines and will be available for further questions.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact at this time.
Nancy Hunt-Coffey
Approved By
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Attachment 2
Attachment 3