Reinstating mask mandate in LA 'not punishment, but prevention': Solis

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis said Sunday that restoring the mask mandate is "not punishment, but prevention" as the county responds to the alarming spike in COVID-19 cases and the highly transmissible delta variant.

"We're up to almost 1,900 cases and over 460 individuals that are now in our ICU unit. This is very disturbing," Solis told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz. "As responsible elected officials, we have to do something, and in this case, the county has the ability to do that through our health order, through...