John Chiv: March 2020

Mar 31, 2020

While you and I follow the shelter in place order, a 290 registrant, addicts and others disregard your safety and health

(the 290 registrant is the guy on the right)

The 290 registrant is on Megan's Law and his being a convicted pedophile is common knowledge to the people hanging out with him as well as public information.

"While I'm a lawyer by trade, my wife and I also own a handful rental properties. A few days ago we were having dinner when an idea occurred to us both at the same time: "Our country is at war with an invisible enemy. America is in lockdown. We need to help our tenants who are now, or soon will be, facing real financial trouble."

Okay FAA Guidelines. We are in a situation that is a little out of our control. Airport for April is 2 flights in 2 out. SF. LA and Denver are not flying, flights coming in have had less than 10 passengers additional signage is going up and screening for at risk is taking place at the hubs again this isn’t meant for how you would handle just an FYI. Love Humboldt"- First District Supervisor Rex Bohn

Six new COVID cases confirmed today; 3 of total 27 cases "are believed to be community spread"

Six new COVID-19 cases were confirmed today, bringing the total number of cases to 27 since the first positive diagnosis of a Humboldt County resident in late February.

Three of the 27 cases are believed to be community spread. All other active cases are under investigation.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as head of the county's emergency operations.

Each media article you read, has some basic facts but their own spin.

While the updated order made it clear "until rescinded", some people had questions and I clarified with the County via HCSO PIO Samantha Karges that the April 9 date is no longer valid.

The California Department of Public Health today announced the most recent statistics on COVID-19. California now has 6,932 confirmed cases and 150 deaths. For more information on COVID-19 and California's response visit the California Department of Public Health website.

(Sgt. LaFrance)

(Officer Endsley)

Officers are busy investigating a call of armed robbery with pistol.

Sgt. Leonard LaFrance was leaving the scene when I got there. Officers Jon Omey and Andrew Endsley were still investigating. EPD Crime Analyst Brittany Powell will be releasing more information later today.

To expect people to be able to pay their rent right after the emergency orders are lifted is unrealistic, and it’s setting people up to be evicted.”

"Tenants Together, a housing nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, and other advocacy groups are calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to attach a rent freeze to the mortgage grace period he negotiated with major banks.

While this was brought up in yesterday's meeting, this is exactly what Kelly Erben of Gallaghers suggested in my March 19 post. Glad to see the City of Eureka listens to their tax paying base.

https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2020/03/we-are-all-living-paycheck-to-paycheck.html?m=1

The Eureka Police Department is suspending false alarm billing for the month of March and April in response to the ongoing COVID-19 Public Health Order.

Another lawsuit involving Rory Kalin, this time as a defendant

This was while he was actively working as a Humboldt Deputy Public Defender. A link to salaries from 2011-2018 for Transparent California show Carrie Ann Capolupo employed by the County as a Mental Health Worker.

On March 27, Abbot "received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), delivering positive results in as little as five minutes and negative results in 13 minutes.

Gavin Newsom and the State care more about criminals and drug addicts than law abiding citizens

Instead of statewide suspension of AB5, rent suspension and a rent freeze, Gavin Newsom holds meaningless press conferences with Mark Zuckerberg that do nothing to allievate people's financial concerns during this pandemic.

No intake of prisoners using COVID 19 as an excuse have resulted in local jails having to release criminals and change criteria about who they book into custody.

HACHR is considered essential by the State of California so drug addicts can shoot up but other businesses are non essential and lose their livelihood for an undetermined amount of time.

Local authorities didn't consider HACHR essential service but Dr. Frankovich and CDPH overruled them

The City of Eureka continues to receive questions, concerns and complaints regarding Shelter in Place Order compliance related to various business and organizations within our jurisdiction. HACHR (Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction), a CDPH certified syringe exchange program in Eureka, is one of the organizations we received inquiries/complaints about.

Upon being made aware of this issue on Friday morning (March 27th), I contacted Sheriff Honsal to receive an opinion from the county as to whether or not HACHR’s operation was considered “essential” services under the County Health Officer’s Shelter in Place Order (SIP). I received a response from the Sheriff that passing out harm reduction is not essential services.

Three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, bringing the total to 21 local cases since the outbreak in Humboldt County began. The method of transmission for these new cases is under investigation.

Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich issued an updated Health Order further clarifying and enhancing the Shelter in Place requirements for county residents.

Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal declared a Local Emergency this afternoon in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

Senator Mike McGuire just sent out this personalized email:

We’re working with all levels of government to ensure a unified approach to the coronavirus response here on the North Coast and that the needs of our communities are being met.

Jeffrey Blanck and Rory Kalin have the attorney and one similar allegation

Former County Counsel Jeffrey Blanck and former Deputy Public Defender Rory Kalin have the same attorney Cyndy Day-Wilson. The one allegation both lawsuits claim is discrimination based on Jewish heritage.

First they watch, then they hate, then they copy

Prior to my post about the lawsuit and parties involved, Times Standard had no idea why Public Defender Marek Reavis was on admin leave.

https://www.times-standard.com/2020/03/25/humboldt-county-public-defender-absent-supervisors-set-to-pick-interim/

On March 30, after my post they publish the complaint. Easy to do when the reason why he left was provided by someone else doing the work.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today accepted 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate donated by Sandoz, the Novartis generics and biosimilars division, and one million doses of chloroquine phosphate donated by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, for possible use in treating patients hospitalized with COVID-19 or for use in clinical trials.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) (the Company) today announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs it has been working on since January 2020; the significant expansion of the existing partnership between the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA); and the rapid scaling of the Company’s manufacturing capacity with the goal of providing global supply of more than one billion doses of a vaccine.

Marcus Briseno Soriano arrested for assault near 6th Street that occurred on 4th street, victim found on 5th street

Marcos Briseno Soriano arrested by Eureka Police Department on 3/28/20 for PC 245 (a) 1, assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm. He is still at the jail as of noon today. Bail is $35,000.

EPD Crime Analyst said, "I don’t know the reasoning, but there is not a booking photo available. He was arrested near the 1500 block of 6th Street after an assault that had occurred on the 1600 block of 4th Street. The victim was found near 1400 block of 5th Street. "

PG & E offers flexible pay plans, waives new service deposit requirements for hardships caused by COVID 19

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) offers additional support for customers experiencing hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company is implementing a series of billing and service modifications effective immediately to ensure the lights stay on and the gas continues to flow for customers experiencing financial challenges during this time.

“We need another week or two to really tell if California’s fairly quick shelter in place did make a difference. It has the potential to make a huge difference. I know that mathematically … But I don’t know that with any degree of certainty.”

(Photo: KQED)

"Two months after its first confirmed case of the deadly respiratory illness in California, the state is preparing to confront what public health authorities agree will be the cruelest month — an April that portends a peak in sickness and death.

Big brother tracking your movement during coronavirus via cell phone data?

According to a Wall Street Journal article, government officials across the U.S. are using location data from millions of cellphones to better understand the movements of Americans during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be affecting the spread of the disease. The data comes from the mobile advertising industry, not cellphone carriers.

At a press briefing today, President Donald Trump on announced he is extending federal social distancing guidelines until April 30. The White House task force will be sharing further data and finalized plans on Tuesday.

"It is the opinion of CPDA that the Chief Justice’s order cannot suspend this United States Supreme Court precedent"

In response to the temporary emergency measures by the California Judicial Council (published that post earlier and it is linked below), the California Public Defender's Association sent out the following email:

Four additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, bringing the total to 18 local cases since the outbreak began. Cases 11 through 18 are currently under investigation.

The Judicial Council today approved temporary emergency measures to continue essential court services such as protecting the rights and needs of the accused in a safe way while guarding the health and safety of the public, court employees, attorneys, litigants, judicial officers, law enforcement, and staff and inmates in detention facilities.

In the past week, the Humboldt County Office of Emergency Services (OES) has distributed 30,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to local health care facilities and first responders throughout the county.

"I just know people see Rex's posts & he gets stuff done. "

Eric Jackson posted this on First District Supervisor Rex Bohn's page.

"They were ready to roll whenever disaster struck California: three 200-bed mobile hospitals that could be deployed to the scene of a crisis on flatbed trucks and provide advanced medical care to the injured and sick within 72 hours."

"Each hospital would be the size of a football field, with a surgery ward, intensive care unit and X-ray equipment. Medical response teams would also have access to a massive stockpile of emergency supplies: 50 million N95 respirators, 2,400 portable ventilators and kits to set up 21,000 additional patient beds wherever they were needed."

Intervention was scheduled for voluntary manslaughter suspect Pamela Millsap on March 26. The preliminary hearing is still scheduled for April 2, as of yesterday.

14 local COVID cases, two more confirmed today

Two additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, bringing the total to 14 local cases since the outbreak began. Cases 11 through 14 are currently under investigation, with additional information expected next week.

Case number five, confirmed on March 24, has been found to be a contact of another case and is therefore not an example of community spread.

I was able to get some clarification from Humbolt County Sheriff William Honsal and Eureka Police Chief Steve Watson about the COVID tip line.

"Unfortunately, in this time we have to triage all the calls for service. We will do our best to serve your needs in the priority it warrants," said Sheriff Honsal.

Each jurisdiction is handling tips passed on to them.

City of Eureka has decided that Code Enforcement will take the lead instead of law enforcement.

After the special meeting on Monday, Code Enforcement will be empowered to follow up.on tips from this compliance tip line.

The first step will be education and information. If it continues, citations and warnings will be issued if warranted and "enforcement is the last resort," said Chief Watson.

Voluntary compliance is preferred. "We are all in this together," said Chief Watson.

Virtual town hall meeting on local response to COVID 19

Humboldt County residents are encouraged to participate in a virtual town hall meeting regarding the local response to COVID-19 on Monday, March 30, 2020 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order banning the enforcement of eviction orders for renters affected by COVID-19 through May 31, 2020. The order prohibits landlords from evicting tenants for nonpayment of rent and prohibits enforcement of evictions by law enforcement or courts. It also requires tenants to declare in writing, no more than seven days after the rent comes due, that the tenant cannot pay all or part of their rent due to COVID-19.

A partnership between the Rio Dell Community Resource Center, Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rio Dell has formed to organize volunteers and provide assistance to community members 65 years of age and older during the COVID‐19 Pandemic.

Demurrer to Count 1 and further arraignment for local attorney Michael Acosta and Sarah Carroll was scheduled for this morning. It was continued to June 5.

Is California statewide stay at home order legally "adequate" ?

This is an opinion published in the LA Times.

"There is little doubt about the overall wisdom of Governor Gavin Newsom’s response to the coronavirus pandemic: On March 19, he ordered Californians to stay home for everyone’s good."

At a press conference today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said his stay-at-home order for the entirety of New York State was “probably not the best public health strategy.”

The Eureka’ Police Department’s Community Safety Engagement Team (CSET), along with UPLIFT EUREKA staff, are on the front lines of this COVID-19 emergency in our community, protecting and serving our most vulnerable and risky population with courage, conviction and purpose every day.

Two additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, one by the Public Health Laboratory and the other by a commercial lab, bringing the number of known cases in Humboldt County to 12. Today also marked the first hospitalization of a COVID patient since the outbreak began locally.

On March 25, 2020, at about 10:00 p.m., Detectives with the Eureka Police Department’s Problem Oriented Policing Team (POP), with the assistance of an Agent with the Humboldt County Drug Task Force, served a warrant in a room at a hotel on the 4200 block of Broadway in Eureka.

Due to the conditions surrounding the local emergency related to COVID-19 the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors decided today to cancel the April 7 meeting. The next regularly scheduled Board meeting is April 14.

New social distancing guidelines and classification of each county's level of risk for coronavirus

Trial setting for murder suspect Ronald Loureiro was continued from on March 23 to this morning. Tomorrow, at Loureiro's request, there is a Marsden hearing.

On March 12, murder suspect Daniella Moore entered an additional plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

This morning, the special set for April 8 was vacated. Setting of preliminary hearing and appointment of doctors was continued to May 12.

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