Post by High Priestess on Mar 22, 2020 4:50:51 GMT
Just a heads up -- it may be considered illegal to operate a "vacation rental" in a shutdown, as was posted here:
www.facebook.com/groups/2142125466014818/permalink/2784238018470223/
The post by "Sonoma County Disaster Community Response" says this:
WEST COUNTY:
It has come to my attention that many vacation rentals are continuing to operate. Some vacation rentals are actively advertising to encourage out-of-county tourists to come stay in Sonoma County during the shelter-in-place order.
I recognize the economic impact of shutting down vacation rentals. But I have confirmed with our emergency operations center that operating a vacation rental for tourism is a violation of local and state shelter-in-place orders. I repeat: vacation rentals ARE NOT deemed an essential business. They ARE NOT exempt from local and state orders. They must close.
Please do not put our community at risk by continuing to operate vacation rentals. Please do not advertise and encourage out-of-area tourism, which increases our transmission risk as well as our population density, putting further strain on our local healthcare system. Out-of-area tourism is not consistent with sheltering in place. Vacationing in Sonoma County is not deemed an essential activity. (Visitors, we’d love to see you once this is over... but not right now.)
Finally, the lower Russian River and Coast were overwhelmed by visitors today, many from out of the area. (This screenshot was from a friend’s video taken as she drove by a sea of cars.) People were not observing social distancing. Remember that song about the Grinch that goes, “I wouldn’t touch you with a 39-and-a-half foot pole?” Think like that, but with a 6-foot-pole.
I am working with Regional Parks and the Health Department to address these issues of over-concentration. We want to be able to keep our Parks open, but we need to do better than what we experienced today. Take care, and please remember to practice social distancing when out in public.
www.facebook.com/groups/2142125466014818/permalink/2784238018470223/
The post by "Sonoma County Disaster Community Response" says this:
WEST COUNTY:
It has come to my attention that many vacation rentals are continuing to operate. Some vacation rentals are actively advertising to encourage out-of-county tourists to come stay in Sonoma County during the shelter-in-place order.
I recognize the economic impact of shutting down vacation rentals. But I have confirmed with our emergency operations center that operating a vacation rental for tourism is a violation of local and state shelter-in-place orders. I repeat: vacation rentals ARE NOT deemed an essential business. They ARE NOT exempt from local and state orders. They must close.
Please do not put our community at risk by continuing to operate vacation rentals. Please do not advertise and encourage out-of-area tourism, which increases our transmission risk as well as our population density, putting further strain on our local healthcare system. Out-of-area tourism is not consistent with sheltering in place. Vacationing in Sonoma County is not deemed an essential activity. (Visitors, we’d love to see you once this is over... but not right now.)
Finally, the lower Russian River and Coast were overwhelmed by visitors today, many from out of the area. (This screenshot was from a friend’s video taken as she drove by a sea of cars.) People were not observing social distancing. Remember that song about the Grinch that goes, “I wouldn’t touch you with a 39-and-a-half foot pole?” Think like that, but with a 6-foot-pole.
I am working with Regional Parks and the Health Department to address these issues of over-concentration. We want to be able to keep our Parks open, but we need to do better than what we experienced today. Take care, and please remember to practice social distancing when out in public.