The city of Costa Mesa is fighting the federal government's efforts to locate a coronavirus quarantine at the city's Fairview Developmental Center.
“While we have nothing but compassion for those who are suffering from this virus, the health and welfare of our community is our top priority,” Foley said Monday. “Bringing those infected into this densely populated area is simply the wrong approach.”Statements from the California Health and Human Services Agency over the weekend said Fairview is “one of the possible locations under consideration.
At the hearing Monday, Staton tried to drill into questions Costa Mesa and Orange County officials posed to their state and federal counterparts about the specifics of sending people to Fairview. The center, at 2501 Harbor Blvd., opened in 1959 and once housed 2,700 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It is now nearly empty.
Costa Mesa’s emergency services manager, Jason Dempsey, said in court documents that state and county officials told him Thursday evening that Fairview would be cleaned up by Sunday in order to place 30 to 50 infected people. The defendants pressed the judge for a hearing date before March 2, emphasizing that the longer the wait, the more likely people who have tested positive and are staying at hospitals in Northern California could strain the healthcare system there.Staton said she didn’t think a few extra days would cause “an untenable situation” in Solano County, around Travis Air Force Base.
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