Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Friday he will not utilize his department to enforce a necessary indoor mask requirement set to work this weekend amidst a spike in COVID-19 cases throughout the county since its reopening.On Thursday, the county Department of Public Health revived a requirement that masks be worn indoors despite vaccination status, a month after California dropped its statewide mask required for vaccinated people.” Were not where we need to be for the millions at danger of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late, provided what were seeing,” L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis stated in a virtual rundown with reporters.
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Friday that he will not enforce an indoor mask requirement and will have deputies, instead, ask for voluntarily compliance. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File).
” The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has authority to enforce the order, but the underfunded/defunded Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department will not expend our minimal resources and rather ask for voluntary compliance,” he stated. “LA County ought to stay aligned with the State instead of producing confusion and disagreement at the local level. David said transmission of the coronavirus has actually gradually increased considering that the countys June 15 reopening.

” The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has authority to impose the order, but the underfunded/defunded Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department will not expend our minimal resources and rather ask for voluntary compliance,” he said. “LA County need to remain aligned with the State instead of creating confusion and disagreement at the local level. David stated transmission of the coronavirus has gradually increased since the countys June 15 resuming.