Los Angeles County Ends COVID-19 Emergency After 3 Years

A County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health "Notice of Closure" sign hangs on the door of a restaurant closed due to violations including "failure to comply with health officer order" amid increased Covid-19 restrictions on businesses, in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Jan. 22, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

After three years of the COVID-19 emergency in place in the most populous county in the country, Los Angeles ended its emergency declaration March 31.

The county first declared a local emergency on March 4, 2020, which brought a wave of restrictions and closures of businesses in the weeks that followed as rigorous shelter-in-place orders were implemented to mitigate the spread of the virus.