December 29, 2020

COVID-19: California County Directives and Mandates - December 2020

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** On Thursday, December 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the release of a new regional Stay-at-Home Order in response to increases in rates of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths across the state. The Order will be implemented on a five-region basis (Northern California, Bay Area, Greater Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California). When a given region falls below 15% of its remaining ICU bed capacity, the Order’s restrictions are to go into effect 24 hours after that assessment. The state’s restrictions will remain in place for at least three weeks and will not be lifted until the California Department of Public Health’s four-week projection of the region’s total available adult ICU bed capacity is greater than or equal to 15%. As with prior statewide orders, counties may have more restrictive local regulations but may not be more permissive than the state. The Order went into effect on December 5, 2020 at 12:59pm PST. In addition, several counties have voluntarily put the new restrictions in place, although they have not yet met the 15% ICU capacity threshold. These counties are indicated below.**

On Friday, August 28, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a new and simpler four-tiered classification system, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy, to evaluate regional and business-sector health risk and to guide counties as they reopen businesses closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses across the state have largely been closed since the Governor issued the first Stay-at-Home Order on March 19, 2020, and additional restrictions were put in place in July. Prior to August 28, the state was tracking counties’ COVID-19 metrics via a Monitoring List, with counties on the list subject to additional restrictions. That list has now been replaced with the four-tiered Blueprint. Counties in California are now subject to a streamlined set of restrictions based on the tier into which they fall, which is determined by case counts per 100,000 residents and test positivity rates. More information on the Blueprint is available here.

Per the state’s Limited Stay At Home Order issued on Thursday, November 19, 2020, counties in Tier 1 are subject to a mandatory curfew between 10:00 pm and 5:00 am. This Order took effect on November 21, 2020, and will remain in effect until 5:00 am on Monday, December 21, 2020, unless extended or revised.

The chart below provides an overview of the major restrictions that apply to counties in each tier. The full chart from the state is available here. Note that counties can put in place additional restrictions on top of the state’s baseline. The table below lists the current tier for each county as well as any applicable additional restrictions, based on county Health Officer Orders.

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Blueprint for a Safer Economy
Sector	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4
Retail	Open indoors with modifications - 25% capacity	Open indoors with modifications - 50% capacity	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications
Hair Salons & Barbershops	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications
Personal Care Services	Outdoors only with modifications	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications
Offices	Remote	Remote	Open indoors with modifications, encourage remote working	Open indoors with modifications, encourage remote working
Hotels & Lodging	Open with modifications	Open with modifications - fitness centers 10% capacity	Open with modifications - fitness centers 25% capacity, indoor pools open	Open with modifications - fitness centers 50% capacity, spas open
Gyms & Fitness Centers	Outdoors only with modifications	Open indoors with modifications - 10% capacity	Open indoors with modifications - 25% capacity, indoor pools	Open indoors with modifications - 50% capacity, spas open
Restaurants	Outdoors only with modifications	Open indoors with modifications	Open indoors with modifications - 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less	Open indoors with modifications - 50% capacity
Bars	Closed	Closed	Outdoors only with modifications	Outdoors only with modifications - 50% capacity
Places of Worship	Outdoors only with modifications	Open indoors with modifications - 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less	Open indoors with modifications - 50% capacity or 200 people, whichever is less	Open indoors modifications - 50% capacity

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California County Stay-At-Home Orders and Reopening Plans

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COVID-19 Landing Page

Stay-at-Home Orders

County Reopening Plans

Current Tier

Additional Restrictions

Testing Guidance

Alameda County

COVID-19: California County Directives and Mandates - December 2020

Blueprint for a Safer Economy

California County Stay-At-Home Orders and Reopening Plans

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