{"id":22812,"date":"2020-03-19T18:56:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22812"},"modified":"2020-03-19T18:56:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T01:56:21","slug":"supervisor-barger-announces-safer-at-home-public-health-order-for-la-county-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=22812","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor Barger Announces &#8220;Safer at Home&#8221; Public Health Order for LA County Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">LOS ANGELES\u2014\u00a0To prevent further spread of COVID-19, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, held a press conference to announce the \u201cSafer at Home\u201d public health order, signed by L.A. County\u00a0Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis to take effect today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Barger was joined by L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, along with Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek, who both have health departments in their cities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Under the \u201cSafer at Home\u201d guidelines, L.A. County has directed residents to refrain from gathering in an enclosed space with more than 10 people. First responders and those in healthcare, government, food services, and other essential industries will still be on the job. The order directs businesses deemed nonessential, such as retail stores and malls, to close temporarily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThis is the next step in protecting our communities from the coronavirus and will have invaluable long-term effects,\u201d Supervisor Barger said. \u201cThis order will increase social distancing while still enabling residents to shop for essential items at the market, pharmacy, and hardware store, and still be able to visit the bank or gas station.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Barger encouraged L.A. County residents to find ways to give back, including supporting local businesses, checking in on their elderly neighbors, donating funds to local nonprofits, assembling hygiene kits for those in need, or giving blood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe know this will have an impact on the social fabric of L.A. County,\u201d Supervisor Barger said. \u201cWe still encourage people to stay connected to their community and their loved ones in creative ways and to spend much-needed time outdoors. Being Safer at Home doesn\u2019t mean being alone\u2014you are still an important part of your community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014\u00a0To prevent further spread of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22813,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22812\/revisions\/22813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}