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30 gigabytes of usage. Data thresholds may vary. From KQED. This is Forum. I'm Michael

Krasny. Well, if you get caught without a mask in Berkeley, you could be fined $100.

That's after the city council passed an ordinance last night. Enforcement officers can hand out tickets to mask scofflaws.

And many cities and counties have similar ordinances, but Berkeley has a close eye on parks, restaurants, parties, and especially college students.

And there's been an uptick in coronavirus cases as Cal students return to campus.

If you have some thoughts about this, we certainly welcome you to join us, and you can do that now

by going to forum at kQED.org and emailing us there. That's forum at kkwed.org or calling us

on our toll-free number.

866-736-786. And there are similar ordinances in more than 20 cities or counties throughout

California, but specifically here in northern California, Contra Costa County, Napa, and Sonoma

have all placed past similar ordinances. Joining us first is Kate Harrison. She's a Berkeley City Council Member.

Council Member, welcome to the program. Good to have you.

Thank you, Michael. Good to be here.

Well, thank you for being here. And I guess the place to begin is what this ordinance is going to be.

It's civil. It's not criminal. It allows officials, I guess, to hand over an administrative

citations, basically like a parking ticket or a traffic ticket or leaving your trash bins out

too long. Yes, that's right. We're adding civil fines, the list of strategies. Our community

has been using to combat COVID, including those strategies you're handing out free masks. The city has handed

out 2000 free masks and has done a lot in the education sphere. What we need, though, is an

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