The Huntington Beach City Council narrowly voted Wednesday to ban universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city.
Those who've tested positive for COVID-19 would still be required to wear masks in certain settings. Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.In the declaration, Van Der Mark said mask mandates imposed at City Hall and other parts of the city in 2020 and 2021 ``unnecessarily limited the freedoms of the citizens of Huntington Beach -- even those who were not around anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 or at risk of any exposure.
COVID-19 cases have been on the rise again recently in Orange County and neighboring Los Angeles County, according to data from those county's health departments. The number of hospital patients statewide who test positive for COVID-19 is also on the upswing after several weeks of decline, with 1,668 COVID-positive patients reported by the state health department in the latest data.
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