California lifts regional stay-at-home orders
California health officials ended the state’s regional stay-at-home order on Monday, saying the latest four-week projections of increasing intensive care unit capacity allowed the restrictions to be lifted.
The orders applied to the Southern California, San Joaquin Valley and Bay Area regions, which encompass more than 90% of the state’s population of 39 million people. The four-week ICU capacity projections for these regions are above the threshold that allows regions to exit the order, according to the California Department of Public Health.
All counties now can return the state’s tier-based system, which places each county into color-coded tiers that indicate which activities and businesses are open based on local case rates and test positivity.
$19 million price tag for guarding California Capitol from protests that didn t happen
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A member of the California National Guard keeps watch near California’s Capitol in the days before President Biden’s inauguration.Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press
SACRAMENTO Heightened security measures around the state Capitol this month over feared unrest related to the presidential transition cost at least $19 million, largely for additional staffing by the California Highway Patrol.
The state is winding down those operations after a peaceful two weeks that saw no mass demonstrations or violence.
Brian Ferguson, a spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said the state has released 1,000 California National Guard troops who were assigned to protect the Capitol and other state buildings in downtown Sacramento. Other state and local law enforcement “will maintain a heightened posture over the coming days,” Ferguson said.
California spent $19 million to shield state Capitol from protests
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A large metal fence now surrounds the Capitol building as many prepare for possible civil unrest by pro-Trump supporters ahead of President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration, January 15, 2021. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California spent nearly $19 million for a week’s worth of high security around the state Capitol and other locations because of fears of civil unrest surrounding the inauguration of President Joe Biden, officials said citing preliminary estimates Thursday.
National Guard troops began standing down Thursday, but state and local law enforcement will maintain a heightened posture over the coming days, said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Temporary fencing installed around the Capitol will stay up at least for the rest of the week.
Temporary fencing installed around the Capitol will stay up at least for the rest of the week. Author: DON THOMPSON Associated Press Published: 10:10 PM PST January 21, 2021 Updated: 11:08 PM PST January 21, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif California spent nearly $19 million for a week s worth of high security around the state Capitol and other locations because of fears of civil unrest surrounding the inauguration of President Joe Biden, officials said citing preliminary estimates Thursday.
National Guard troops began standing down Thursday, but “state and local law enforcement will maintain a heightened posture over the coming days,” said Brian Ferguson, a spokesman for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. Temporary fencing installed around the Capitol will stay up at least for the rest of the week.