A scathing report from the
Sacramento County Grand Jury issued Monday afternoon accuses the County Board
of Supervisors of ignoring Public Health Officer Dr. Olivia Kasirye's request
for assistance in COVID pandemic response for five months.
The grand jury found that
"the Board’s apathy during the most significant public health emergency in
over a century, one that impacted every resident of Sacramento County, delayed
needed OPH program funding and undercut public health order enforcement."
The grand jury found that
the Officer of Public Health's COVID response activities should have been the
Board of Supervisors' top priority and recommends that the County Board of
Supervisors, the County Executive and the County Office of Public Health
jointly develop a public health emergency response plan.
Capradio
CapRadio Staff
April 4, 2022
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