CLOSE
CLOSE TO
CLOSE TO MOVING TO A MORE RESTRICTIVE TIER UNDER THE STATE'S RULES WHICH COULD
MEAN BUSINESSES CLOSE AGAIN.
BUT SOME OF OUR LOCAL LEADERS
ARE AT ODDS OVER THE RE-OPENING
AND THE ECONOMY. AMID THIS
PANDEMIC. COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM
DESMOND SAYS THERE DOESN'T NEED
TO BE A CHOICE BETWEEN PUBLIC
SAFETY AND A STRONG ECONOMY AND
THAT LOCAL NEEDS ARE MORE
IMPORTANT THAN CALIFORNIA'S
RULES RIGHT NOW. SUPERVISOR
DESMOND, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. WELL, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. SO YOUR MOTION YESTERDAY
TO DEFY THE STATE'S RULES AND
REOPEN BUSINESSES HERE IN
THE COUNTY WAS SHOT DOWN BY
THE COUNTY BOARD AND EARLIER WE
SPOKE TO SUPERVISOR NATHAN
FLETCHER ABOUT WHY IT DIDN'T
GET SUPPORT. AND HERE'S WHAT HE
TOLD US THEN WE WANT TO GET
YOUR RESPONSE. THANKFULLY NOT A
SINGLE ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT. IT'S
RECKLESS. IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE.
THE NOTION THAT SOMEHOW WE CAN
JUST WISH THIS AWAY AND DEFY
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS ARE
DESIGNED TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
THEY'RE DESIGNED TO OPEN OUR
BUSINESSES. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO
SAVE LIVES I THOUGHT WAS
IRRESPONSIBLE AND IT WASN'T
REALLY A PARTISAN ISSUE. I'M
GRATEFUL THAT MY COLLEAGUES IN
A BIPARTISAN FASHION REJECTED
THIS APPROACH. SO MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WASN'T
SECOND TO ALLOW A VOTE. SO CAN
YOU CLARIFY THAT AND EXPLAIN
WHY YOU DON'T THINK THE BOARD
WAS ON BOARD WITH YOUR
PROPOSAL? WELL, YOU KNOW, I
CAN'T REALLY TALK FOR THE REST
OF MY BOARD MEMBERS. YOU KNOW,
IN ONE THING THAT'S LEFT OUT
HERE IS I. I'M WILLING TO OPEN
AND HAVE BUSINESSES OPEN UP
SAFELY SO THEY CAN OPEN UP
SAFELY AND THEY CAN ABIDE BY
ALL THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
GUIDELINES THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW
THEM TO OPEN IN MY MOTION WAS
THAT WE ENFORCE ALL OF THIS
SAFETY GUIDELINES. WE LET
THE STATE ENFORCE THE CLOSURE
GUIDELINES. THAT WAS MY MOTION.
AND SO IT DIDN'T IT DIDN'T GO
OVER WELL, WHICH IT DID. WHICH
IS FINE. AND WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE DIFFERENCES ON THIS THING
AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE
DIFFERENCES SO MAYBE WE CAN
MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
YOU KNOW, AS AS WE MOVE CLOSER.
BUT THE GIST OF THIS IS THIS
COLOR CODED TIER SYSTEM THAT
THE GOVERNOR HAS IMPOSED UPON
US IS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
ACHIEVE TO THE YELLOW THE BEST
TIER, THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE
TIER. WE HAVE TO HAVE LESS THAN
ONE POSITIVE CASE OUT OF ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE PER DAY
WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE EVEN IF WE
HAD A FAX. VACCINES AREN'T EVEN
100 PERCENT ACCURATE. SO TO BE
ON ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PERCENT
ACCURATE OR YOU KNOW, BE ABLE
TO STOP THE VIRUS A HUNDRED
THOUSAND PERCENT OF THE TIME IS
IT IS CRAZY. SO I'M WE'RE
PUSHING BACK AND SAYING LOOK,
WE CAN OPEN UP SAFELY. MANY OF
THESE INDUSTRIES THAT CALLED IN
YESTERDAY THE WHOLE HOTEL
INDUSTRY CAN'T OPEN UP THEIR
MEETING ROOMS. CAN'T HAVE
EVENTS WEDDING INDUSTRY THAT
CAN'T HOLD WEDDINGS YET
WEDDINGS ARE BEING PUSHED INTO
PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS DONE
ILLEGALLY AND THAT'S WHERE
WE'VE HAD OUTBREAKS FROM
THE BOATING INDUSTRY THE ST.
CLAIRE INDUSTRY STREET FAIRS,
CAMP OPERATE BUT SWAP MEETS CAN
THIS LEGOLAND, THE ZOO,
THE SAFARI PARK AND SEAWORLD
ARE OPEN. LEGOLAND CAN'T BE.
THERE'S SO MANY INCONSISTENCIES
IN NINETY NINE POINT NINE
PERCENT OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES
IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY WANT TO
OPEN UP SAFELY. I THINK
THE COUNTY SHOULD ENFORCE ALL
OF THE SAFETY REGULATIONS. IF
YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN YOU OPEN
UP SAFELY. LET THE STATE BE
THE HAMMER AND SHUT YOU DOWN.
WE NO LONGER WANT TO BE IN THAT
BUSINESS. THAT WAS MY PROPOSAL.
YOU THINGS WORK VERY SLOWLY IN
GOVERNMENT. I'M GOING TO KEEP
KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE RATIONAL COMMON
SENSE OPENING AND DO IT IN A
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. YOU
SAY YOU'VE TALKED TO MANY
BUSINESS OWNERS WHO SAY THEY
JUST CAN'T GO ON ANYMORE. WE
HAD WE HAD ALMOST 100 CALLERS
YESTERDAY, YOU KNOW, CALLING IN
THIS REGION. THE REASON WE ARE
MOVING TOWARDS PURPLE RIGHT NOW
IS BECAUSE OF THE 700 POSITIVE
OUTBREAK CASES AT SAN DIEGO
STATE WHICH HAS ZERO TO DO WITH
ANY BUSINESSES. WHY SHOULD
BUSINESS AND FALLBROOK NORTH
CAMPUS SAN MARCOS OCEANSIDE WHY
SHOULD THEY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE
THERE WAS A STUDENT OUTBREAK IN
AT SAN DIEGO STATE. I'M A SAN
DIEGO STATE ALUMNI. I'M NOT
KNOCKING THEM AT ALL. BUT THESE
THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN
AS LONG AS WE HAVE AND WE DO.
WE'RE IN SYNC. HAVE
THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND
THE TESTING CAPACITY IN
THE TREATMENT CAPACITY. WE ARE
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OF
PERCENTAGES OF HAVING PEOPLE
BEING IN IN THE HOSPITALS FOR
KOBE. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 7
PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL ARE THEREFORE
COVERED IN LESS THAN HALF OF
THOSE ARE IN THE ICU. SO WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TREAT
THE SPIKES. WE HAD THE COMPACT
THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. WE
HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT.
WE SHOULD BE ALLOWING MORE
BUSINESSES THAT CAN OPERATE
SAFELY TO OPEN UP. WE'VE GOT
OVER TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND
PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
STILL UNEMPLOYED WITHOUT A
CRYSTAL BALL HERE AT WHICH IT
WOULD BE NICE 20 20. BUT WHEN
WE LOOK BACK, DO YOU THINK
BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN AND
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL MEAN
MORE DETRIMENTAL THAN
THE NUMBER OF COVERED CASES OUR
COUNTY COULD EXPERIENCE? WELL,
IT'S KIND OF AN APPLES AND
ORANGES. YOU KNOW, THE ECONOMIC
AND THEN THE HEALTH IMPACTS,
YOU KNOW THAT THEY GO HAND IN
HAND AND THERE IS THERE IS A
FACTOR. NEGATIVE EFFECT. YOU
KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE
THOUGHT WHICH JACKSON WAS GOOD
NEWS WE HEARD YESTERDAY
THE SUICIDE RATE IS DOWN
ACTUALLY BUT THE DRUG OVERDOSE
DEATHS BY DRUG OVERDOSE IS LIKE
QUADRUPLE SINCE LAST YEAR. SO A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COPING WITH
THIS VIRUS AND WITH
THE UNCERTAINTY AND FRUSTRATION
WITH DRUGS AND THEY'RE DYING
BECAUSE OF IT. SO THERE'S
THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
KEEP DOING IS WE KEEP BLAMING
THE BUSINESSES AND THERE'S MANY
OTHER FACTORS INVOLVED LIKE
THIS CASE WITH SAN DIEGO STATE
CASE THAT THE FACT THAT WE'RE
OPENING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IN FACT
WE HAD DEMONSTRATED IN PROTEST
IN EARLY JULY. AT THE SAME TIME
WE OPEN UP THE BUSINESS SO TO
ALWAYS GO BACK AND BLAME
THE BUSINESSES IS NOT A FAIR
ASSESSMENT. WE CAN DO THIS
SAFELY. WE CAN HAVE OUR ECONOMY
AND WE CAN FIGHT THIS VIRUS AT
THE SAME TIME. SUPERVISOR JIM
DESMOND JOINING US THIS
MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
HAVING US CONVERSATION. WELL,