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Committee backs amended ordinance to strengthen COVID protections for SRO residents
Summary
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee voted to amend and refer to the full Board an ordinance directing the Department of Public Health to expand isolation, notification, testing and data reporting for residents of single‑room‑occupancy hotels during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Feb. 18 voted to amend and forward to the full Board an ordinance that would add emergency pandemic protections for occupants of residential hotels (SROs). The measure directs the Department of Public Health to make isolation rooms available for residents who meet County Health Officer criteria, to post notice in common areas, notify operators when a resident tests positive, and to provide a hotline and daily aggregate data about cases and access to quarantine rooms.
Supporters said the protections are the product of long collaboration between SRO residents, advocacy…
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