April 3, 2020 Media Brief
Coronavirus
Voice of OC: Barfield – Local public servants meeting the COVID-19 crisis head-on
Orange County public servants are meeting this crisis with a level of courage and professionalism that fills our community with pride. Lab technicians, public health nurses, biologists, and more are working overtime to halt the spread of the virus and save lives.
Voice of OC: OC residents hit by unemployment get help from county social services agency
The Orange County Social Services Agency has been slammed with calls and applications for financial relief since scores of people are out of work due to the state’s stay home order to fight the novel coronavirus.
Voice of OC: County now says financial hardship doesn’t qualify for late fee waivers
Orange County’s property tax collector now says she will not waive late penalties for taxpayers who are impacted financially by COVID-19 pandemic – a position at odds with the state legislature and other counties, which have urged a broad relaxing of property tax deadlines for people financially impacted by the crisis.
OC Register: Orange County has 56 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus with three more deaths
The rate of increase slowed for much of this week, with the number of cases doubling every six days or so. In previous weeks, the number of cases had doubled every three days. There was a spike on Wednesday.
Labor
CBS: Farmers struggle with coronavirus effect on labor
Farmers across the country are struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Some dairy farmers are being forced to dump their milk due to school and restaurant closures slashing demand, while others are struggling to harvest crops with a lack of workers.
California
KTLA: Gov. Newsom unveils financial assistance plan for small businesses
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a package of financial relief for small businesses in California, as well as a new resource to help jobseekers, as the state seeks to tackle some of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
KTLA: Coronavirus cases approach 10,000 as state braces for worsening conditions
California is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of 59,000 pending tests is growing, delaying some people from getting results for up to 12 days and leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread the outbreak is in the state.
Publication Date: April 3, 2020
