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As restaurants face Coronavirus outbreaks, OC Puts Health Inspectors on the sidelines

Voice of OC, July 13, 2020

July 13, 2020

As restaurants face Coronavirus outbreaks, OC Puts Health Inspectors on the sidelines

The United States has a long history of granting local governments authority to enforce health measures – dating back to before the nation was founded, said Michele Goodwin, a UC Irvine Law School professor specializing in constitutional and health law. “It was understood that protecting public health and safety was a duty of the local government, whether it was a state or colony,” Goodwin said.