In a 3-2 decision, Butte County Supervisors voted to send Gov.
Gavin Newsom a letter requesting for local power in decisions on business rollbacks.
-- butte county supervisors sent a letter to the governor -- pleading to keep businesses open.
Action news now's brandon benitez shows us why local leaders say another shutdown -- is not the solution.
Butte county supervisor chair steve lambert:we surely don't want to endanger any at risk folks.
We definitely don't.
We've done everything we could to protect and do that.
We want to be partners with the state.
It'd just be nice for the state to listen to us a little bit... it's a letter asking for butte county to have control over potential rollbacks within its businesses... shutting down is harder on our economy and on our people than some of the exposure.
Yet butte county is climbing in positive coronavirus cases.
Leaving county supervisor debra lucero worried about the area's resources... butte county supervisor debra lucero: the state has far more resources and scientists and public health workers working on this issue than butte county dies and so at some point we have to recognize that we don't have the necessary resources to keep people safe.
Lucero mentioned concerns with contact tracing, p-p-e, and testing delays... the letter suggests the rise in positive coronavirus cases is caused by large gatherings as opposed to businesses... which bodes well for kelly leser, owner of urban couture in downtown chico.
It's her first day of reopening since march it's been kind of a roller coaster emotionally likeso many peopkle have experienced.
You have you good days then you go through that panic.
For leser, positivity is key in these dark times... i feel good i feel like it's going to be okay and we're going to get back on our feet.
Ultimately, the letter was approved 3-2.
If granted by the governor, leser's chances at staying open are alive... now while the letter did pass butte county is expected to be on the watchlist making governor gavin newsom's decision even tougher.
In butte county brandon benitez action news now coverage you can count on... > the letter also asks the governor to release funding from the 'cares act' immediately.
The certification was processed and accepted july 2nd but the county hasn't received it yet...## still
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