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The Regional Stay at Home Order would be in effect for 3 weeks after the trigger and instructs Californians to stay at home as much as possible to limit the mixing with other households that can lead to COVID-19 spread. It allows access to critical services and allows outdoor activities to preserve Californians’ physical and mental health. This limited closure will help stop the surge and prevent overwhelming regional ICU capacity. Licensed businesses may continue to sell alcoholic beverages and meals for off-premises consumption by way of pick-up or delivery during the specified hours, in the same manner as detailed in prior guidance and Industry Advisories. However, licensees should ensure that customers are not using these services to congregate on or adjacent to their licensed premises.
The state will reassess data continuously and move more counties back into a more restrictive tier, if necessary. California is also strengthening itsface covering guidanceto require individuals to wear a mask whenever outside their home, with limited exceptions. This limited Stay at Home Order is designed to reduce opportunities for disease transmission. For routine medical care, contact your health care provider to discuss rescheduling. On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom indicated the stay-at-home orders would likely remain in place in the Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions.
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The state makes the decisions based on four-week projections showing ICU capacity improving, but officials have not disclosed the data behind the forecasts. The change will allow businesses such as restaurants to resume outdoor operations in many areas, though local officials could choose to continue stricter rules. The order will take effect at 10 PM Saturday, November 21 and remain in effect until 5 AM December 21. This is the same as the March Stay at Home Order, but applied only between 10 PM and 5 AM and only in purple tier counties that are seeing the highest rates of positive cases and hospitalizations. End for a county in a region if the region’s ICU capacity projected out four weeks (from three weeks since the Stay-at-Home Order started) is above or equal to 15 percent. Each county in the region would be assigned to a tier based on the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
A subset of provisions that facilitate the ongoing recovery – such as the provision allowing pharmacy technicians to administer vaccinations as the state continues to vaccinate millions of eligible Californians every week – will remain in place. The administration of vaccines to health care workers has meant that fewer health care workers are falling ill to the virus, which helps keep staffing levels more stable. The Regional Stay at Home Order urged Californians to stay home except for essential activities, which helped lower disease transmission levels and reduce burden on the hospital system.
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You should ask for help from friends, family, neighbors, community health workers, etc. if you become sick. “It is also important that older adults and those at elevated risk of serious illness from COVID-19 take immediate steps to reduce their risk. This includes staying at home as much as possible and practicing social distancing,” said Governor Newsom.
The Sacramento Region exited the order on January 12 and the Northern California region never entered the order. As of the weekend, California has had more than 3.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 36,790 deaths, according to the state's public health website. "I support following the Governor's recommended guidelines for Southern California, and reopening outdoor dining, personal care services and other industries that were previously closed by these orders," she said. During the weekend, San Francisco Bay Area ICU capacity surged to 23% while the San Joaquin Valley increased to 1.3%, its first time above zero.
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One county supervisor in Los Angeles, home to 10 million people, expressed support for opening more businesses in the country. Republican Supervisor Kathryn Barger said the state must balance public health with "devastating social, emotional and economic impacts of this virus." On Monday, the state pulled an emergency brake in theBlueprint for a Safer Economyputting more than 94 percent of California’s population in the most restrictive tier.
Northern California is the only one of the five state hospital regions avoiding the order. SACRAMENTO -- California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly on Tuesday announced the stay-at-home order for most of the state would remain in place as ICU capacity is still at or near zero in the affected regions. SACRAMENTO – Officials with the California Department of Public Health today ended the Regional Stay at Home Order, lifting the order for all regions statewide, including the three regions that had still been under the order – San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area and Southern California. Four-week ICU capacity projections for these three regions are above 15%, the threshold that allows regions to exit the order.
"Seven weeks ago, our hospitals and front-line medical workers were stretched to their limits, but Californians heard the urgent message to stay home when possible and our surge after the December holidays did not overwhelm the health care system to the degree we had feared." The state, in collaboration with local health departments and health care facilities statewide, took a long list of actions to support California's hospitals and slow the surge in cases and hospitalizations. While there are positive signs that the virus is spreading at a slower rate across the state, the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. The restrictions on businesses, including licensed businesses, are detailed in the Blueprint based upon the county in which the business is located.
The Governor’s Office today established a timeline and process to continue winding down the various provisions of the 58 COVID-related executive orders, which suspended statutes and regulations to help the state and businesses continue operations during the pandemic. To ensure that impacted individuals and entities have time to prepare for the changes, the provisions will sunset in phases, beginning later this month, in July and in September. For example, the suspension of certain licensing requirements for manufacturers to produce hand sanitizer will end on June 30, as shortages are no longer a concern. By the end of September, nearly 90 percent of the executive actions taken since March 2020 will have been lifted.
This order focuses on preventing the spread of COVID-19 among the prison staff and inmate population by suspending intake for adult and juvenile detention facilities, and allowing videoconference to be used in-lieu of in-person parole hearings. It also builds upon N and makes further suspensions of Bagley-Keene Act and Brown. This Industry Advisory summarizes the impact of this Order on businesses holding alcoholic beverage licenses. Members of the same household are encouraged to maintain physical and mental health by safely going to a park, hike, walk or bike ride when safe to do so and socially distanced.
Ghaly said in his afternoon briefing that Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed health officials to meet Tuesday to evaluate the new federal guidance. Once a region emerges from the order, Ghaly said the counties contained in the region would fall under the previous colored tier system based on its test positivity and case rate. Most California counties, including all Bay Area counties, are currently under the Purple Tier indicating widespread infection rate, three counties are in the Red Tier, one county in the Orange Tier and no counties in the Yellow Tier.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today took action to lift pandemic executive orders as the state movesBeyond the Blueprintnext week to fully, safely reopen. That includes terminating the Stay-at-Home Order that was implemented early in the pandemic to protect Californians and retiring the Blueprint for a Safer Economy. Effective June 15, restrictions such as physical distancing, capacity limits and the county tier system will end. Nearly all the counties exiting the Regional Stay at Home Order today are in the Purple or widespread tier. Services and activities, such as outdoor dining and personal services, may resume immediately with required modifications, subject to any additional restrictions required by local jurisdictions.
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