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Pictured in this screenshot of the meeting is moderator Caelan McGee, a senior facilitator of Zephyr Collaboration.
SAN DIEGO (CN) Local and state officials in California vowed Thursday to serve as a united front as they seek state funding to mitigate the anticipated devastating impacts of sea level rise on the Golden State’s coast in the years to come.
It is a consensus which has been historically stunted by the fight between environmentalists and coastal homeowners for coastal access and state and local government leaders for resources.
The Local Government Working Group, consisting of representatives from the California State Association of Counties, League of California Cities and California Coastal Commission met virtually to discuss their priorities for addressing sea level rise statewide in 2021.
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Coronavirus: Here’s each county’s tier assignment and where stay-at-home orders are in place on Dec. 15 [The Orange County Register]
Dec. 15 As of Tuesday, Dec. 15, California only has one of its 58 counties in the orange tier (considered moderate risk) and two counties in the red tier (substantial risk), according to the state’s four-tier coronavirus tracking system.
There are now 55 counties in the purple tier as of Tuesday’s updates. One more than the previous week.
The state is no longer doing a weekly update and tier assignments may occur any day of the week and may occur more than once a week, officials have said.
New Order Reinstates Restrictions on Business, Travel and Other Nonessential Activities
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in response to increases in rates of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the state. Governor Newsom reported during an afternoon press conference that the state is now seeing the highest sustained number of new cases at any time during the pandemic, with over 15,000 new cases reported daily. The Order was published Thursday evening and was issued by Acting State Health Officer Dr. Erica Pan. The Order will be implemented on a five-region basis (Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California). When a given region falls below 15% of its remaining ICU bed capacity, the Order’s restrictions shall go into effect 24 hours after that assessment. The state’s restrictions will remain in place for at least thre