County supervisors approve $20 million in business relief due to COVID-19 closures

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The Board of Supervisors has voted unanimously to approve $20 million in aid for businesses affected by San Diego County's slide into the most-restrictive purple tier of the state's four-tiered coronavirus monitoring system.

Supervisors Greg Cox and Nathan Fletcher, co-chairs of San Diego County's COVID-19 Subcommittee, proposed making $20 million in general funds available to provide relief to businesses negatively impacted by the indoor closures mandated by the purple tier.

``Due to the massive spike in COVID-19 cases and very concerning increases in hospitalizations, we ha...