Shasta County moves further into phase two despite rodeo jeopardizing county

The organizer of the Cottonwood Rodeo is facing some tough questions after thousands of people turned out for the event on Sunday.

Tonight - the organizer of the cottonwood rodeo is facing backlash from the public..

Some concerned the rodeo would jeopardize the county from moving through phase two of reopening..

But the governor today said butte, lassen, placer, nevada, el dorado, amador and shasta county can all move forward..

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in cottonwood... ana what is the public health department doing now?

I checked - public health is taking steps to investigate the cottonwood rodeo.

Sunday's cottonwood rodeo drew in hundreds of people.

But shasta county public health says: the rodeo jeopardized the county's ability to forward into phase 2 of the governor's plan to reopen.

Take so* trt:07 kari hess co-owner of norcal vape the state is recommending not to have large gatherings and to put on a large event seems irresponsible kari hess is the co-owner of nor- cal vape in redding.

She tells me the delay is frustrating take so* trt:10 kari hess co-owner of norcal vape it's really frustrating and it's really just scary times to be a small business owner and so every single day that we're not open is awful to lose so much revenue and try to stay afloat.

Take so* trt:05 kari hess co-owner of norcal vape we've been closed for 2 months and as a small business it's really hard to survive in this environment.

Take fsc* public health officer dr. karen ramstrom blasting the event: saying quote: "it was inappropriate and it put the community at risk of disease transmission among attendees and the people they are in contact with.

Which could include vulnerable people who did not attend".

And at a board of supervisors meeting today: shasta county sheriff eric magrini said: his department di* in fact reach out to event organizer jeff davis: take so* trt:07 sheriff eric magrini shasta county sheriff's office all those conversations are had, we do continue to work through enforcement through education like i've said from the very beginning of this.

I called davis several times today.

But all my calls were unanswered.

Take nat of my calls going to voicemai* one person, i did speak to but didn't want to go on camera and told me: they supported the rodeo being open because they believed it was time to get back to normal.

While others-- did not agree.

Take so* trt: 06 adam hoyer lives in redding people make bad decisions and there's repercussions// it can increase the spread of coronavirus possibly people tell me: the step backwards only hurts businesses more.

Take so* trt:10 adam hoyer lives in redding definitely hurts them because they can't open and the restaurants can't open for dine-in that's really going to hurt business too.

And hurts shasta county's ability to push forward.

I reached out to the shasta county sheriff's office: to see what their next steps will beãthey're not returning my calls.

But public health is urging that people who did go to the rodeo on sunday get tested and inform their employer.

Reporting live in cottonwood, ana torrea, action news now, coverage you can count on.

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