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MoCo joins the Statewide Lock Down Order

And in other news…Lake Tahoe is closed to tourists starting Friday for at least three weeks.

MONTEREY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MARY L. ADAMS, SUPERVISOR – FIFTH DISTRICT

Greetings, Everyone~
Today, to preserve critical hospital bed capacity and to protect the health and safety of residents, the County of Monterey Health Officer announced that the County of Monterey will proactively implement the State Regional Stay At Home Order. This action was unanimously supported by the Board of Supervisors.
The Order will take effect at 10 p.m. on Sunday, December 13, 2020and continue until 6 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021.
The State Regional Stay At Home Order issued December 3, 2020 creates five regions in the state and requires additional restrictions if a region’s intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability drops below 15 percent. Monterey County is in the Bay Area Region, which has not yet reached the 15 percent threshold. However, local data indicate the healthcare system in our county is seeing a scarcity of both general acute bed and ICU bed capacity. In addition the ability of health care workers to attend to the sheer number of hospitalizations has suffered.
While the state provides daily metrics of the ICU capacity in each region, the regional metrics do not adequately reflect the current situation at our local hospitals nor the strain on health care workers caring for our most critically ill patients.
Information about what additional restrictions are in place for counties under the Regional Stay Home order is available on the California COVID-19 website https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
I know it is challenging to have to again limit our social interactions. I can not thank you enough for the sacrifices you will make to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Monterey County. It is critical we take this step to release some of the pressure on our health care system so they can continue to provide care to our communities.
Best,Mary.
Mary L. Adams, SupervisorFifth District, County of Monterey

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Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.