LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County has reinstated its own mask requirement for public transit and transportation sites such as airports, even though the federal mask mandate was struck down earlier this week by a Florida judge.
The Los Angeles Times reports the rule went into effect at 12:01 a.m. today (Friday, April 22), with county public health director Barbara Ferrer citing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s view that a mask requirement “remains necessary for the public health.” That determination has led the U.S. Justice Department to appeal Monday’s ruling by judge Kathyrn Kimball Mizelle, who called the mask requirement “unlawful.”
LA-area commuter rail operator Metrolink had dropped its mask requirement on Monday, while the LA Metro light rail and bus system did so on Tuesday.
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