Politics & Government
Peninsula Lawmaker Urges Newsom To Enforce Mask Order With Fines
A San Mateo County Supervisor wrote to Gov. Gavin Newsom this week, urging him to make the statewide mask order enforceable with fines.
SAN MATEO (KPIX) – San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom Tuesday, urging him to enforce the mandatory health order requiring people to wear masks in public with fines.
“What we asked the governor to do on a statewide level – and maybe what he could do on a pilot basis with San Mateo County – is to give us the authority to have the ability to fine people,” Canepa said. Canepa proposes a warning for the first offense. The second offense would be a $100 fine, and the third offense would be a $500 fine.
Canepa suggested it would not be police, but community service officers who would enforce the fines. He said he is worried the economic recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown could relapse if enough people don’t wear masks.
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“I’m seeing too many people ignore this simple practice which is frankly putting the entire community at risk to this deadly disease,” Canepa said.
