The California Court of Appeal today set aside a lower court order that would have allowed indoor services to take place at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley.<\/p>\n
The Court of Appeal\u2019s decision temporarily upholds the County\u2019s Health Officer Orders prohibiting indoor worship services in order to protect congregants and the community as a whole from transmission of the highly contagious and potentially fatal COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n
A full hearing on the matter is scheduled for September 4.\u00a0A link to the court\u2019s ruling can be found here:\u00a0http:\/\/file.lacounty. Los Angeles County issued the following statement on today\u2019s decision:<\/p>\n Los Angeles County is pleased that the California Court of Appeal recognizes the vital importance of our Health Officer Orders in protecting the lives and health of our residents as we work to slow the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n We will continue to work closely with all religious institutions, including Grace Community Church, to make sure their congregants are protected and provided with accurate information about worshiping safely during this phase of the pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n Outdoor religious observances are permitted; participants must wear cloth face coverings and maintain six feet of distance from each other unless they live in the same household.<\/em><\/p>\n The County is grateful to all residents and institutions for coming together to take the actions that will continue to move us forward, as a community, through our recovery.<\/em><\/p>\n CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n Los Angeles County Joint Information Center – COVID-19 If you require special accommodations, please call (213) 952-9036.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n COVID-19 County websites:<\/strong><\/p>\n Media Accessibility for People with Disabilities & others with Access & Functional Needs 211 L.A. County The California Court of Appeal today...<\/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-27487","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\/27487","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=27487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27488,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27487\/revisions\/27488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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