HomeMy WebLinkAbout04.27.20 Email from Curtis Grima & Shari McCracken - FW_ PRESS RELEASE_ State_ Local Leaders Ask Governor to Lift Stay-At-Home Order in Rural Counties
From:McCracken, Shari
To:Alpert, Bruce;Bennett, Robin;Clerk of the Board;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Lambert, Steve;Lucero, Debra;McCracken, Shari;Pickett, Andy;Ring, Brian;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney,
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Subject:FW: PRESS RELEASE: State: Local Leaders Ask Governor to Lift Stay-At-Home Order in Rural Counties
Date:Monday, April 27, 2020 11:51:47 AM
Board Members,
I imagine all of you have seen this, but I’m sending it to the BOS e-mail group so that it will get added to our Board Correspondence files and be available to the public.
Shari
Shari McCracken
Chief Administrative Officer
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
T: 530.552.3305 M: 530.990.5029
***Please note this is a new phone number and update your records accordingly***
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From: Grima, Curtis <Curtis.Grima@asm.ca.gov>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 4:00 AM
To: Grima, Curtis <Curtis.Grima@asm.ca.gov>
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: State: Local Leaders Ask Governor to Lift Stay-At-Home Order in Rural Counties
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Curtis Grima (Gallagher)
April 27, 2020916.532.7772
Nghia Nguyen (Nielsen)
(916) 307-9955
State, Local Leaders Ask Governor to Lift Stay-At-Home Order in Rural Counties
Request ability to implement careful, phased re-openings locally
YUBA CITY – Today, a bi-partisan group of legislators, county officials and mayors sent a letter to the Governor asking him to allow six Northern
California counties to come out of the statewide stay-at-home order, in accordance with their respective local and regional plans. Signers of the letter
requested the ability to initiate a thoughtful and science-based reopening of local economies, that is also consistent with state and national guidelines. In
total 14 Mayors and 6 County Board of Supervisor Chairs made the request.
The letter notes that infection rates have remained low in these six counties (Yuba, Sutter, Butte, Glenn, Tehama, and Colusa), which have a combined
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population of more than 500,000 residents. As of Friday April 24, 69 individuals had tested positive for COVID-19 in these six counties, 50 of those who
tested positive are now fully recovered. There was only one confirmed COVID-19 patient in the ICU.
Senator Jim Nielsen (R-Tehama) said, “California is weathering this pandemic well. In the North State, we have even fewer infections than those in other
regions of the state. We must re-open our economy so Californians can get back to work. Families need to put food on the table and pay their rent and
mortgage. Put simply, Californians need to continue living their best lives.”
“We all appreciate the quick action taken to flatten the curve of this virus,” said Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City). “That effort has been
successfully implemented, but it has not been without great cost to our people and our future ability to provide for the health and prosperity of our
communities. It is time to begin a re-opening. Our cases are low, our healthcare capabilities have been beefed up, and we are ready to get our economy
moving again.”
A copy of the signed letter can be found here.
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