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It was lifted in the spring when cases fell but more restrictions were imposed during a summertime spike. Get answers to your questions, the latest updates and easy access to the resources you need, delivered to your inbox. Residential viewings for rentals, leases and home sales are also now allowed under the new order when the occupant is still residing there. However, the visit must still be by appointment only with no more than two visitors at a time, who must reside in the same household, and one individual showing the unit. While California has experienced a dire surge since the Thanksgiving holiday, the state's Health and Human Services secretary said there were signs the pandemic was easing slightly. The counties impacted by the order being lifted include Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Sierra, Nevada, Butte, Plumas, Colusa, Yolo, Alpine, Amador, Yuba and Sutter.
Sacramento County Extends Stay-At-Home Order Through May 22
Airlines, taxis, rental car companies, rideshare services and other private transportation providers providing transportation services necessary for essential activities. Businesses that supply other essential businesses with the support or supplies necessary to operate, but only to support those businesses. Working at essential businesses, government entities and other nonprofit organizations. It's OK to do things for a go for a run or walk your dog as long you practice proper social distancing, meaning you stay at least six feet away from people not in your immediate household. But that means you shouldn't closely socialize with friends or others who don't live with you . That includes things like trips to hospitals, grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware stores, banks and gas stations.
The Sacramento region’s ICU capacity now sits at 9.4% but it is projected to rise above 15% in the next four weeks, prompting the state to lift the order. The region includes El Dorado County, home to Lake Tahoe, a tourism hot spot that even with the restrictions saw large crowds during the holidays. As five Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley announced last week they would voluntarily implement restrictions, officials in San Mateo County said they want more evidence transmission happens at certain businesses before they go under stay-at-home orders.
Sacramento region exits stay-at-home order, allowing many businesses to reopen
These directives urged those in the Sacramento region to stay home in pursuit of the ultimate goal – protecting those most at risk. Meanwhile, the state continued its drive to administer nearly 1.5 million vaccine doses by Friday, still a small portion of what's needed to achieve herd immunity in the state of nearly 40 million people. Health officials are warning that hospitalizations and deaths are likely to continue to increase as people who contracted the virus during the holidays get sicker. The businesses include establishments that sell multiple categories of products provided that they sell essential products, such as liquor stores that also sell food. But officials have said that without more testing it's difficult to know how many cases are in the community. They say that restricting contact between people is the only way to "flatten the curve" and reduce the number of people who get sick at the peak of an outbreak, which could overwhelm the health care system.
Obtaining or delivering necessary services for yourself or members of your family or household like canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, pet supplies, fresh meats, fish, and poultry, or cleaning products needed to maintain your home. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lifted a stay-at-home order in the 13-county Sacramento region on Tuesday as hospital conditions improved, a rare turn of good news as the state pushes through what Gov. Gavin Newsom called “its most intense surge” of the coronavirus. Retail stores and shopping centers are permitted to remain open indoors at 20% capacity. Outdoor recreation facilities can also stay open with modifications, and entertainment production, including professional sports, can operate without a live audience.
Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Stay at Home Order
Performing work to provide essential products and services at essential businesses and government entities as well as other nonprofit organizations. Engaging in activities or perform tasks essential to health and safety, or to the health and safety of their family or household members, such as, obtaining medical supplies or medication, visiting a health care professional, or obtaining supplies they need to work from home. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited purposes as expressly permitted. All bars, wineries and brew-pubs should be closed, all in-dining at restaurants should cease, with the exception of home delivery and takeout, and all gyms, bingo halls, and card rooms should close. Nothing in this Order prohibits the gathering of members of a household or living unit.
It divided the state into five broad regions, restricting a region when intensive care unit bed capacity falls below 15%. The order requires most businesses, except essential services and retail, to close. Residents in regions under the order are asked to stay at home except for work, shopping or other essential activities, such as going to the doctor's office.
New Stay-At-Home Order Now In Effect In Sacramento Region
A huge surge in late fall prompted the Newsom administration to divide the state into five regions in December and impose a new stay-at-home order in four of them when their ICU capacity dropped below 15%. To try to get the virus in check California, is moving more quickly to distribute vaccines. A state advisory board met Tuesday to discuss new federal guidelines that urge states to immediately start vaccinating a wider group of people.
Engaging in activities like walking, hiking, biking or running, so long as you comply with social distancing requirements. Contact sports or activities — including basketball, football and soccer — are prohibited outside of residences. Use of recreational facilities that encourage gathering — including outdoor gym equipment, rock parks, climbing walls, pools, spas and gyms — is prohibited outside of residences. Child care, day care and family day care facilities are allowed to open under Sacramento County’s updated order, so long as they put into place required precautionary social distancing, screening and cleaning measures. Activities or tasks essential to the health and safety of you or members of your family or household , like obtaining medical supplies or medication, or visiting a health care professional for medical or dental care for chronic conditions or preventive services. On March 17, Sacramento County first advised residents to stay in their homes unless absolutely necessary.
FILE - The dome and exterior of the State Capitol building is viewed on January 27, 2015, in Sacramento, California. The state is expected to lift the stay-at-home order for the Sacramento region on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. “The steps we have taken have brought us to the day where we must issue a legal Public Health Order in Sacramento County.
The state recently waived the one-week waiting period to apply for unemployment insurance. "December was extremely harsh on us, in seeing the numbers spike, they are easing up right now but they are still high," Brown explained. "The community can't let up just because they see this move from the stay-at-home order to the purple tier, because the purple tier is purposely still very restrictive."
Restaurants must meet certain requirements to reopen, such as reducing diner capacity, having servers and diners wear masks and spaced out tables. The original order followed similar orders in other California counties to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The state of California issued its own order for all residents to stay in their homes on March 19. According to the state's COVID-19 website on Tuesday, the Greater Sacramento region has only 9.4% ICU availability. Local officials say the decision to lift the stay-at-home order is based on ICU projections which put capacity at 19% in four weeks.
In the purple tier, many business sectors are allowed to reopen, including for outdoor dining. Childcare facilities providing services that enable owners, employees, volunteers and contractors for essential businesses or activities to work as permitted. Children of owners, employees, volunteers and contractors who are not exempt may not attend childcare facilities. Under Sacramento County’s order that was updated May 1, hospitals and health care providers are now allowed to reschedule appointments for care that was previously not considered urgent and was canceled. That includes elective procedures and preventative services like immunizations and other chronic conditions care. Previously, restaurants were only allowed to stay open for pickup or delivery, and bars, wineries, brewpubs and other non-essential businesses were asked to shut down.
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