Napa County remains deep in the “purple” tier of the State's Blueprint for a Safer Economy (see below for details) and under the Regional Stay At Home (RSAH) Order (RSAH). The RSAH Order that began on December 17 lasts for a minimum of three weeks and until the region’s ICU capacity projected out four weeks is equal or greater than 15%. The Bay Area Region’s ICU capacity is currently at 3.5%. This plus current trends tell us that it is likely we will remain under the RSAH Order after the three-week mark which is today. We’ll be receiving regular updates from the State, so stay tuned. To check the daily ICU capacity by region, click here and scroll down to the interactive data map.  

As of January 7, Napa County has received approximately 6,300 vaccines of which 3,832 (60%) have been administered to health care workers on the frontline. As you can see in the image above, we are currently in Phase 1A, Tier 1 of the three-phase system. Napa County Public Health continues to distribute the remaining vaccines in storage and working with the State to increase vaccines allocations to complete Phase 1. Below is detailed information about Phase 1 (we are still waiting for guidance from the State on Phase 2 & 3). To learn more about the three phases, click here.

American Canyon Fire Protection District Captain, Jose Martin, receiving the Moderna vaccination.

Are you a nurse, pharmacist, paramedic, EMT, dentist or physician looking to serve your community? Napa County Public Health is seeking medical volunteers to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations once vaccine supplies are sufficient. To apply as a Medical Volunteer or find out more information about this program, please click here.

The State of California announced a $500 million grant fund to support small businesses. The program will provide micro grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 to eligible small businesses and nonprofits impacted by COVID-19 and the related health and safety restrictions.

This grant is not awarded by a first come, first served process. All applicants have until January 13, 2021 to complete and submit their application. For more information and to apply, click here.

Governor Newsom is proposing new state stimulus checks as part of his state budget proposal scheduled to be released today. If approved, the "Golden State Stimulus" would provide a $600 rapid cash support directly to roughly four million low-income Californians who, coupled with federal stimulus, could receive at least $1,200 of direct relief. The state’s stimulus will also reach low-income Californians who are excluded from the federal stimulus, like undocumented households, including parents with U.S. citizen children.

In September of 2019, the Board contracted with EndPoint EMS Consulting LCC to provide an assessment of the Napa County Emergency Services Medical (EMS) System. After a high-level system assessment and stakeholder input process, EndPoint reported the EMS system is working well overall, but there is room to make a good system even better. For example, EndPoint recommended improving ambulance coverage in the north end of the County. An opportunity for us to make this improvement is coming up as our contract with the current ambulance provider expires in January 1, 2022. The County will be releasing a request-for-proposals for an ambulance contract in February and we hope that it will generate a lot of interest from the state and national ambulance companies. If all goes well, we expect to award a contract during the summer. Stay tuned! To learn more about EndPoint's EMS system assessment report, click here.

There is a direct correlation between the number of animals that are released "live" from our animal shelter and our community's efforts to spay/neuter pets. Just last week, I took our 6-month-old kitten to Napa Humane to be spayed. It was an easy scheduling process. While she was there our kitten was microchipped. This is what Napa Humane does and they do it so well. To learn about the many benefits of getting your pet spayed or neutered, click here. To schedule an appointment with Napa Humane, visit NapaHumane.org.