COVID-19 Updates
COVID-19 UPDATE: Possible Return of The Legislature
Here is the latest update the legislative update from Sacramento from Edelstein Gilbert Robson & Sith, CAA’s lobbyist regarding activity in the Capitol. This week, Governor Newsom announced the opening of new testing facilities and the receipt of new testing supplies. The Governor has a goal of eventually being able to test 80,000 Californians per…
Read MoreA Message From the National Fire Sprinkler Association
Dear Board, Councils, Committees, and NFSA Staff, We have been very hopeful since our Board meeting last week that this would be isolated and not cause a total shutdown of our country. Well, I am afraid our governmental intel is telling us to prepare for two plus weeks of isolation and shutdown. It is highly…
Read MoreCalifornia State Fire Marshall Update: Essential Workers for Fire Alarm
Dear Stakeholder, Industry Associations, Local Government Partners and Cooperating Agencies: As the COVID-19 emergency continues to evolve, fire departments and fire protection contractors must ensure fire prevention and life safety systems and equipment are in working order. These systems and products are essential functions in safeguarding the public, businesses and institutions. The CAL FIRE –…
Read MoreDefining Essential Workers in California: An Update from the CAA Board
For the past two weeks we have been operating under conditions that no one would have imaged at the time of our Winter Meeting last December in San Francisco. Not since 1918/1919 has the world and the United States been under attack by a invisible operator. Over one-hundred years ago it was the Spanish Flu. …
Read MoreCAA Updated Coronavirus Information
Click on the city or county below to see the amended Orders regarding COVID-19. They are from the following cities and counties: Fresno, CA Long Beach, CA Long Beach Appendix A Los Angeles County Pasadena, CA These orders have three points in common: Extension of Shelter in Place until May 15th Requirement that a Social…
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