By early December, the team had issued 157 written warnings and 86 violations and ordered the temporary closure of 27 businesses. Teams like this are the foot soldiers in the wars over coronavirus restrictions — the ones who do not make the rules but implement them. The city has ceased, however, to ask joggers on the popular Rose Bowl Loop to wear masks, said Israel Del Toro, a code compliance manager who coordinates the city’s coronavirus enforcement efforts. The result is that much of the burden of mask enforcement has fallen on people such as Preston, the manager of Lynora’s in West Palm Beach. But the business will.”The code enforcement team, which Rutter said has faced little hostility, tries to sympathize.

Source: Washington Post December 29, 2020 13:03 UTC