Did Los Angeles tell local beachgoers to avoid "dry" sand?
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
By Eric Smith
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In May Los Angeles authorities reopened public beaches that had been closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The updated rules limited activities to exercise and active recreation. In order to encourage continued social distancing, the rules continued to ban sunbathing, lying or sitting on the beach, along with some other more leisurely activities
In a May 13 interview with CNN, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti illustrated the new limits by distinguishing between wet sand, good for running or walking, and dry sand, better for planting a beach chair and umbrella. There is no explicit prohibition regarding the type of sand people may have contact with. If people want to walk or run on dry sand, they are free to do so.
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