The shooting also elicited criticism because some of the bullets fired at Tovar went into occupied apartments along a second-floor walkway of the Villa Fairlane apartments on La Pala Drive in the city’s east foothills. 21, 2021, prompted outcry from community activists and leaders after it was learned after the shooting that he was unarmed while running from the police officers seeking to arrest him in connection with a deadly shooting in Gilroy and at least one other shooting. who was unarmed and being sought in a homicide and other violent crimes - but experts criticized police tactics and suggested the death could have been avoided with better training.
“Our hope is people will go ahead and make every effort to come into compliance,” Ferrer said during a media briefing last week, adding that there will be no exemptions for businesses such as gyms or yoga studios.SAN JOSE - Three San Jose police officers have been cleared of criminal liability in the 2021 fatal shooting of David Tovar Jr. Ferrer said such efforts were already underway. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger last week urged Ferrer to conduct extensive outreach to businesses to discuss plans for the masking rule and the possible impacts of the regulation, particularly since surrounding counties will not be imposing a mandate. In a statement Thursday, BizFed expressed support for a voluntary rule - which is already in effect - but said forcing businesses to enforce a mandate will “stymie economic recovery, confuse COVID-weary residents and further erode public trust in governing bodies.” Some critics, however, have questioned the need for a mandate, suggesting instead that a voluntary call would raise awareness of virus spread and encourage people to make their own decisions without placing an enforcement burden on small businesses. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has repeatedly defended the move, calling it a simple yet effective way of slowing virus transmission and preventing hospitals from becoming overburdened. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.ĭozens of counties across the state have also moved into the “high” transmission category, but Los Angeles is the only county that has announced plans to reinstate a mask mandate. The county last week entered the “high” virus activity level as defined by the U.S. The county is on track to re-impose an indoor mask-wearing mandate on July 29, based on the current elevated transmission level of the virus and rising hospitalization numbers. We can do better than a heavy-handed mandate at this stage of pandemic recovery and endemic recalibration.” Tracy Hernandez, Founding CEO of BizFed (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) “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.
“This is not a debate about choosing between lives and livelihoods,” Tracy Hernandez, founding CEO of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, or BizFed, said in a statement. An alliance of Los Angeles County business groups on Thursday, July 21, called on health officials to abandon plans for a universal COVID-19 indoor mask mandate, saying the move would be “heavy-handed” and a burden on businesses that will be forced to enforce the rule.