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Los Angeles County Public Health officials on Wednesday confirmed 116 new deaths and 1,759 new cases of COVID-19 countywide, as Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia reported its 144th fatality since the pandemic began. The Santa Clarita Valley now counts 26,240 total cases — only 28 more than Tuesday — and 269 deaths due to COVID-19 since L.A. County marked its first confirmed case on January 26, 2020. To date, Public Health identified 1,195,913 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of L.A. County and a total of 21,669 deaths. The seven-day average number of daily deaths continue...

Update February 17, 2021: This post is in the process of being updated. In an effort to keep their employees, customers, clients, and others safe, businesses are considering whether to require their employees to submit to testing for COVID-19 or antibodies. Testing can play a crucial role in businesses' reopening plans, but there are numerous factors to consider when making this decision. The quick takeaway is that under federal law, employers may require COVID-19 testing of employees, but this is a gray area under California law. If employers do require COVID-19 testing, they must take steps...

Proposed Ordinance Would Require Employers to Pay an Additional $5 per Hour On January 5, 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion, proposed by new Board Chair Supervisor Hilda Solis and newly elected Supervisor Holly Mitchell, that takes steps toward requiring certain frontline grocery and retail food employers in the County to pay an additional “hero pay” wage during the COVID-19 pandemic. The motion, which was passed by a vote of 4-0 (with Supervisor Kathryn Barger abstaining), calls for the County Counsel to prepare an urgency ordinance for the board to cons...