25 January 2022
CITY OF TRINIDAD and City Council
Attention: City Manager
Eli,
Sorry, but you then must also allow for self-attested exemptions per the same state guidance. As you say, “Our Insurer insists…”
I’d bet our Insurer and the City Council would appreciate a heads up about the possible legal trouble you are getting the City and yourself into by exceeding the state guidance — discrimination against us and excluding us from public government places is reprehensible and a violation of our Constitutional Rights.
You are on notice from myself and Tyler, which Tyler dropped off and I emailed today, “that masking of adults and children is wrong on legal, ethical, and common sense grounds. We conscientiously object for health, religious, legal, ethical, and personal reasons.”
We served official notice that Tyler and I do not consent to being forced to wear a mask. As residents, a business owner and as advocates, we will not fail to take the maximum action permissible under the law against the CITY OF TRINIDAD, and against individuals, like you, personally. Accordingly, I urge you, again, to comply with Federal and State law and advise everyone, they have a right to refuse to wear a mask as a measure to prevent or reduce infection from COVID-19. Any other course of action is contrary to the law.
Please confirm no further pressure will be exerted upon Tyler James Hubbard or myself to follow illegal CITY OF TRINIDAD mask mandates, and that we will not face any more continued, retaliatory action including, but not limited to, personal discrimination and being excluded access to (locked out of) public offices and spaces.
Sincerely, Mike Morgan
STATE/COUNTY MASK EXEMPTION SELF-ATTEST RESPONSES:
January 5, 2022
TO:
All Californians
SUBJECT:
Guidance for the Use of Face Masks
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx
Face Coverings Q&A as linked in this CDPH Guidance.
(Also linked here in the CDPH Face Coverings Fact Sheet (PDF) “Read our Q&A” and also linked here in the CDPH More Home & Community Guidance “When Do You Need Your Mask?”See the Q&A, and linked in State Public Health Officer Order of June 11, 2021 through to this January 5, 2022 Guidance.)
Face Coverings Q&A
12/15/2021
Updates as of December 15, 2021:
- To reflect places of worship and workplace settings.
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Face-Coverings-QA.aspx
Questions & Answers
How does a business verify if someone meets a masking exemption?
Businesses may deem a customer, guest or attendee to have self-attested that they have met an approved masking exemption, if the business has prominently displayed signage prior to entry explaining the masking requirements for all individuals to wear a mask and the individual enters the business premises without wearing a mask.
State Public Health Officer Order of June 11, 2021
“Current” COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT Mask Order:
ORDER OF THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE WEARING OF FACE COVERINGS IN WORKPLACES AND INDOOR PUBLIC SETTINGS
DATE OF ORDER: November 8, 2021
ORDER
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 101040, 101085, 120175, AND 120220, THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER OF THE COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT (“HEALTH OFFICER”) HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the July 28, 2021 Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings issued by the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”), as may be amended from time to time, continues to apply throughout the County.
