Los Angeles County Public Health Department Archives

LA County Department of Public Health Pushing Indoor Masking With Increase in COVID Cases

November 22, 2022 2:30 amNovember 22, 2022 6:42 am

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reaffirmed their stance on recommending masking inside public indoor places on Monday amid a jump of COVID-19 in the past few weeks. Since the repeal of state and local indoor mask mandates in...

LA County Businesses Cheer, Remain Apprehensive of New Mask Mandate Plans Being Dropped

July 29, 2022 2:30 amJuly 28, 2022 9:11 pm

Following the surprise dropping of the planned Los Angeles County mask mandate by the LA County Department of Public Health on Thursday, many local businesses cheered the decision, with many now not having to go through extreme cost cutting plans...

Pasadena, Long Beach Public Health Departments Announce NO Indoor Mask Mandates

July 27, 2022 12:28 pmJuly 27, 2022 12:28 pm

In separate statements Tuesday night, the public health departments of both Pasadena and Long Beach, who operate away from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department, noted that they would not be instituting an indoor public mask mandate. For the...

Beverly Hills City Council Votes Unanimously to Not Enforce County Mask Mandate

July 26, 2022 12:35 pmJuly 27, 2022 8:18 am

The Beverly Hills City Council voted to not enforce an all but certain return of the Los Angeles County indoor mask mandate on Monday night. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is only a few days away from...

LA County Restaurants, Bars Prepare for Indoor Mask Mandate Return

July 26, 2022 6:00 amJuly 25, 2022 9:13 pm

Los Angeles County restaurants continue to prepare for the likely return of public indoor mask mandates by the end of the month, with many looking for possible ways around the ban. For the last several months, the rise in cases of...

LA County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer Faces Conflict of Interest Allegations

July 22, 2022 6:10 amJuly 21, 2022 10:19 pm

One week before an indoor mask mandate is likely to be reinstated in LA County due to reports of rising new cases and hospitalizations of COVID-19, new allegations that Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer used a study...

LA County Reached CDC ‘High’ COVID-19 Level, Will Likely Reinstate Indoor Masking Mandate

July 15, 2022 12:50 pmJuly 15, 2022 12:51 pm

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced on Thursday that Los Angeles County has officially reached the “High” level of new COVID-19 cases and County hospitalization rates, giving the County two weeks to fall back below or else...