Shasta County Board of Supervisors sign off on letter to Governor Gavin Newsom

Shasta County supervisors signed off on a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, asking him to ease up on the stay at home order restrictions.

Supervisors signed off on the letter to governor gavin newsom asking him to ease up on the 'stay-at-home' order restrictions.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding..

Ana when do they want to open shasta county?

The board of supervisors wants to re-open the economy as early as next week.

Trt: 11 supervisor mary rickert shasta county district 3 supervisor this is simply a letter to the gov.

We have no ability to tell him what we want, he's going to have to make that decision for shasta county.

But this is what our ask is.

((butt to)) take so* trt:09 terry clausen lives in redding i feel like we can open.

Just like when you go to the grocery store you have to stay 10 feet away, you cant go into the store with a limited amount of customers.

The shasta county board of supervisors unanimously voted to send a letter to governor gavin newsom.

Asking him to ease up on stay at home order restrictions.

Take so* trt:09 tom schwardt lives in redding sooner or later its going to have to happen and if we're going to wait till the vaccine is done we might be waiting till 2021 and by that time our economy could tank take fsc* ((christina made a gfx for me here)) the letter outlines the measures that would be put in place.

Such as: keeping stay at home orders for people 65 years or older or those with underlying health conditions... maintaining social distancing at local businesses... allowing gatherings of up to*10 people just to name a few take so* trt:13 supervisor mary rickert shasta county district 3 supervisor i want you to know that all 5 of us up here are deeply concerned about the health and welfare of every resident in shasta county.

We want what's best for shasta county.

We're trying to take a measured and thoughtful approach several people, i spoke to tell me: as long the social distancing rules and guidelines are followed the stay at home order should be relaxed.

Take so* trt:05 terry clausen lives in redding i think because are numbers are so low that i believe that following the guidelines, we should be fine.

((butt to)) take so* trt: 09 danny leaverton owner of vintage public house to get past thru this whole thing, we have to start getting back out there and kind of getting back to normal but with certain precautions.

But several public comments read on the record were against sending the letter to governor.

Claiming that lifting the measures too soonould cause a surge in coronavirus cases.

Several other northern california counties: like butte and tehama county-- also sent letters asking the governor to ease up on those stay at home orders.

Reporting live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on.

The governor did announce today stages for lifting the stay at home orders.

First - continuing testing and keeping a safe environment.

Second-- opening lower risk businesses, like offices and other public places.

Third..

Would open high-risk places, such as hair salons and churches.

And finally..

The last stage: lifting the stay at home order.

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