(a) This chapter provides for enforcement proceedings that are supplemental to all other enforcement proceedings authorized by local, state or federal law, whether administrative, civil or criminal in nature. Any election to proceed under this chapter and shall be without prejudice to the County choosing to also proceed simultaneously or subsequently by pursuing different or additional means of enforcing the same violation. Election to issue a citation or take any other action authorized by this chapter shall be at the sole discretion of the Enforcement Officer, and nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to mandate that an Enforcement Officer take certain steps in response to potential violations of public health orders or to preclude an Enforcement Officer from engaging informal oral or written requests to gain compliance.
(b) Nothing in this chapter alters or diminishes the authority of the Sheriff, local police departments, the County Counsel, or the District Attorney to address any such violations. Further, nothing in this chapter or decisions made hereunder, including decisions not to take an enforcement action authorized in this chapter, shall create any liability for the County or the Enforcement Officer. (§ 7, Ord. 1523, eff. July 7, 2020)