An association representing Los Angeles County businesses called on officials in the health sector to repeal a second universal COVID-19 indoor face mask mandate.
The association says the mandate would be “heavy-handed” and a burden on businesses. If the mandate is reinstated, businesses will likely be forced to comply with it, even if they don’t want to.
Tracy Hernandez is the founding CEO and founder of Los Angeles County Business Federation.
“This is not a debate about choosing between lives and livelihoods … This is a discussion about educating and empowering Angelenos to make smart choices about protecting their health, our workers and the region’s collective ability to weather this latest wave of infections. We can do better than a heavy-handed mandate at this stage of pandemic recovery and endemic recalibration.”
“Doctor” Barbara Ferrer has been planning to reinstate Los Angeles County’s mask mandate for some time now, but it seems more than a bluff since business groups are calling on health officials to forget about it. They encourage voluntary mask-wearing.
It’s worth noting that neighboring counties — Orange and Riverside — will not reinstate their mask mandate. Ferrer, and the Board of Supervisors do not seem to be following science.
Only one Supervisor — Kathryn Barger — said she was against reinstating the mask mandate. Ferrer was asked by her to contact businesses in order to talk about the mandate. Ferrer said:
“Our hope is people will go ahead and make every effort to come into compliance … Spread is super high everywhere … We have lots and lots of outbreaks, so we are going to ask that everybody go ahead with indoor masking.”
Ferrer was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, but she isn’t a doctor.
RedState’s Jennifer Van Laar broke a massive story about Ferrer and her daughter, who is also not a doctor. It can be found here.
We reported that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is too powerful and has too many powers over citizens. This case is an example of this. Ferrer and her people are not following the medical science because the medical science did not change, as every other county in Southern California has not implemented a mandate — but for Ferrer and the Supervisors, the political science has changed.
Seventy-two per cent of Los Angeles County residents are fully immunized. Forty percent also have received at least one dose. The County should end the mandate to wear a mask. All who wish to be covered up should be allowed to do so. Those who don’t want to wear it should not be forced to.
The backbone of the economy are small businesses. Los Angeles boasts more minority- and women-owned businesses in America than any other city. Protecting small businesses is essential to ensure prosperity for all Angelenos. #CarusoCan pic.twitter.com/BXz17dp9qj
— Rick J. Caruso (@RickCarusoLA) April 26, 2022
40% of California’s small businesses were permanently closed down during the COVID-19 lockdown.
There are over 4.1 million small businesses within the state. They account for 99.8 per cent of the total state’s businesses and provide employment opportunities for 48.5 percent Californians.
Los Angeles County’s overwhelming majority of small businesses are small. A mask mandate is the last thing citizens of Los Angeles want, especially something that small business owners don’t want or need.
Instead of relying on unelected officials such as Ferrer to make decisions, perhaps they could listen to citizens and owners of small businesses.
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