Supervisors taking aim at Gov. Newsom over new metric requirements

Kern County Board of Supervisors will vote on sending a letter to the governor over recent changes to the state monitoring system for Kern.

APPROVING A RESOLUTION -- ASKINGTHE GOVERNOR FORCLARITY WHEN IT COMES TO DEALINGWITH COVID-19.DURING LAST WEEK'S BOARD MEETING-- THE COUNTYADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER ANDSUPERVISORS EXPRESSEDFRUSTRATIONS WITH ADDITIONALREQUIREMENTS -- TO ALLOW THECOUNTY TO MOVE DOWN IN THESTATE'S TIER SYSTEM.KERN COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN THEHIGHEST TIER.TODAY -- SUPERVISORS WILL ASKFOR BETTER GUIDANCETO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE..

WHILEALLOWING FOR THEREOPENING OF BUSINESSES.SUPERVISORS ARE SCHEDULED TODISCUSS THIS IN THEIR 9 A-MMEETING.AND GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOMADDRESSING THE STATE - SPEAKINGON THE COVID-19 METRICS ANDTHOSE GUIDELINES THATHAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN SET.KERN COUNTY HAS MET THE STATE'SMETRICS IN ORDER TOMOVE TIERS - BUT THE STATECHANGED THE REQUIRED CASERATE NUMBER FOR THE COUNTYBECAUSE OUR TESTINGNUMBERS ARE BELOW STATE AVERAGE.ON MONDAY - NEWSOM STATED THATCALIFORNIA IS NOT RETREATINGFROM OUR TESTINGRESPONSIBILITIES."THE SOONER WE ARE ABLE TO MOVEFORWARD TO INCREASE THEAVAILABILITY AND THE TIMELINESSOF TESTS HERE IN THE STATE OFCALIFORNIA, WE WILLHAVE MORE CLARITY AND MOREASSURANCE IN OUR CAPACITY TOMOVEMORE SWIFTLY TO NOT ONLY REOPENDIFFERENT SECTORS OF OUR ECONOMYMORE FULLY, BUT ALSO REOPEN OURSCHOOLS IN A MORE SUSTAINABLEWAY."AT LAST CHECK -- THE STATE HASNOT UPDATED THE TIER SYSTEMSINCE LAST WEEK -- LEAVING KERNCOUNTY IN THE WIDESPREADPURPLE TIER.THE KERN HIGH SCHOOL D