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President Biden's Announcement on Vaccines

Judy Whitehurst

Fri, Jul 30, 2021 7:29 PM

Thank you and we appreciate any help or information you may be able to share.

Judy Whitehurst
Senior Assistant County Counsel
Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel
500 West Temple Street, Rm. 605
Los Angeles, CA 90012
ph. 213-974-1921
fax 213-626-2105
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Hello Colleagues - Jason and I are attorneys for the County of Los Angeles in California. We hoping to gather your collective insight about the implications of the President's vaccine announcement on counties. (FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce New Actions to Get More Americans Vaccinated and Slow the Spread of the Delta Variant | The White House<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-new-actions-to-get-more-americans-vaccinated-and-slow-the-spread-of-the-delta-variant/>). The announcement states that "every federal government employee and onsite contractor" will now be asked to attest to their vaccination status or be subject to testing (similar to CA model), and that "similar standards" will soon be applied to "all federal contractors." Given that the counties gets significant federal money, have you heard anything on how these requirements may be applicable? Or have any thoughts on this issue? Thank you and we appreciate any help or information you may be able to share. Judy Whitehurst Senior Assistant County Counsel Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel 500 West Temple Street, Rm. 605 Los Angeles, CA 90012 ph. 213-974-1921 fax 213-626-2105 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, from the Office of the County Counsel is intended for the official and confidential use of the recipients to whom it is addressed. It contains information that may be confidential, privileged, attorney work product, or otherwise exempted from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, be advised that any review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message or its contents is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately by reply email that you have received this message in error, and destroy this message, including any attachments.

Mellon-Lacey, Diana

Fri, Jul 30, 2021 7:42 PM

Aloha Judy and Jason,

Just looking at that term "onsite" It would seem that any county contract involving onsite presence on federal property would fall under this requirement. But if not an onsite contract, perhaps not. Seems that more clarification is needed.

Diana M. Mellon-Lacey
Deputy Corporation Counsel
County of Hawai'i
Department of the Corporation Counsel
101 Aupuni Street Suite 325
Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-8251

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From: Judy Whitehurst jwhitehurst@counsel.lacounty.gov
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 9:30 AM
To: counties@lists.imla.org
Cc: Jason Gonzalez JGonzalez@counsel.lacounty.gov
Subject: [Counties] President Biden's Announcement on Vaccines

Thank you and we appreciate any help or information you may be able to share.

Aloha Judy and Jason, Just looking at that term "onsite" It would seem that any county contract involving onsite presence on federal property would fall under this requirement. But if not an onsite contract, perhaps not. Seems that more clarification is needed. Diana M. Mellon-Lacey Deputy Corporation Counsel County of Hawai'i Department of the Corporation Counsel 101 Aupuni Street Suite 325 Hilo, HI 96720 (808) 961-8251 Notice: The information contained in this email is confidential and may also be attorney-client privileged. This information is intended only for use by the individuals to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email, and delete this email, any attachments, and all copies.. From: Judy Whitehurst <jwhitehurst@counsel.lacounty.gov> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2021 9:30 AM To: counties@lists.imla.org Cc: Jason Gonzalez <JGonzalez@counsel.lacounty.gov> Subject: [Counties] President Biden's Announcement on Vaccines Hello Colleagues - Jason and I are attorneys for the County of Los Angeles in California. We hoping to gather your collective insight about the implications of the President's vaccine announcement on counties. (FACT SHEET: President Biden to Announce New Actions to Get More Americans Vaccinated and Slow the Spread of the Delta Variant | The White House<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/29/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-announce-new-actions-to-get-more-americans-vaccinated-and-slow-the-spread-of-the-delta-variant/>). The announcement states that "every federal government employee and onsite contractor" will now be asked to attest to their vaccination status or be subject to testing (similar to CA model), and that "similar standards" will soon be applied to "all federal contractors." Given that the counties gets significant federal money, have you heard anything on how these requirements may be applicable? Or have any thoughts on this issue? Thank you and we appreciate any help or information you may be able to share. Judy Whitehurst Senior Assistant County Counsel Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel 500 West Temple Street, Rm. 605 Los Angeles, CA 90012 ph. 213-974-1921 fax 213-626-2105 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, from the Office of the County Counsel is intended for the official and confidential use of the recipients to whom it is addressed. It contains information that may be confidential, privileged, attorney work product, or otherwise exempted from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, be advised that any review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message or its contents is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately by reply email that you have received this message in error, and destroy this message, including any attachments.