Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer Archives

Is Gov. Newsom’s Latest Emergency Order an Emergency, or Another Opportunity ?

January 17, 2023 1:50 pmJanuary 17, 2023 1:00 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed another storm recovery and emergency Executive Order on Monday, continuing to add state support as storms continue to batter California all over the state, the Globe reported. The governor’s latest executive order declaring a state of...

Parent Lawsuit Gaining Steam Against LA Public Health Dept. Over Indoor Mask Mandate

September 6, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 7, 2022 4:37 pm

A new lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on behalf of a group of parents seeks to immediately halt any plans to bring back an indoor mask mandate on school children, claiming that the Los Angeles Department of Public Health “is...

LA County Feels Blowback on Statement by Docs Refuting Current COVID-19 Hospitalizations

July 18, 2022 3:09 pmJuly 18, 2022 5:13 pm

It appears there must have been some significant blowback against Los Angeles County over the information provided by the two surprisingly forthright LA County+USC physicians on Sunday, as the Globe reported Monday in LA County Chief Medical Officer Rejects COVID-19...

LA County Chief Medical Officer Rejects COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’

July 18, 2022 7:18 amJuly 20, 2022 6:24 am

“Two officials at one of the largest hospital systems in Los Angeles and Southern California dismissed government officials’ statements about another wave of COVID-19 hitting the region and the United States as ‘media hype,’” The Epoch Times reported Sunday. This...

Why are Public Bureaucrats Issuing Mask Mandates Again?

May 1, 2022 10:19 amMay 16, 2022 10:50 am

This story has been updated to add comment from BART Board member Debora Allen. Only 4 days after U.S. District Judge Kathryn Mizelle’s ruling that the Centers for Disease Control does not have the authority to issue a mask mandate...

Los Angeles County Mask Policy Giving Residents Freedom Whiplash

April 22, 2022 4:25 pmApril 24, 2022 9:33 am

A Florida federal judge ruled on Monday that the Center for Disease Control does not have the authority to issue a mask mandate for air travel, or on public transportation, only one week following the Biden administration extending the air...

California Parents Urge School Boards to Lift Masking of Kids in School

February 13, 2022 10:40 amFebruary 14, 2022 12:09 pm

With the Super Bowl in Los Angeles this weekend, taking place while California remains constricted under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s two-year old State of Emergency, parents are livid that their children are still being forced to wear masks in schools. 80,000...