The Assembly is suspending its session until further notice following five confirmed COVID-19 cases among lawmakers and employees.
John Casey, a spokesman to Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, said the Assembly is “closed until further notice,” meaning it will not return for previously scheduled legislative hearings on Monday.
Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Inglewood, has tested positive for COVID-19 and will remain in quarantine with her daughter until a doctor instructs her otherwise, she wrote on Twitter on Monday.
Burke had “mask to mask” exposure to the virus on June 26, she said — the same day that an Assembly employee was last in the Capitol before testing positive. That employee wore a face covering at all times, according to an Assembly Rules Committee email.
The Assembly Human Resources Department told Burke on July 3 that she had been exposed. She tested positive the following day.
“Thank you to everyone who has reached out with well wishes,” Burke wrote on Monday. “We are fine, but it is of the utmost importance that everyone stay safe, be healthy & remain vigilant.”
The Assembly recorded its first COVID-19 case on June 22, when an employee tested positive after reporting to work in the Capitol the week prior, when lawmakers were debating the state budget.