New Stay-At-Home Order Now In Effect In Sacramento Region

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• What Does Sacramento's 'Stay At Home' Order Mean?
• Coronavirus Newsletter
• California Coronavirus Updates: New Sacramento Health Order Allows More Outdoor Businesses
• California firefighters get shorter workweeks — but not for 2 years
• Article Date: Thursday, December 31, 2020
• Article Date: Thursday, March 19, 2020

After complaints from parents and legislators, the state on Wednesday quietly updated its COVID-19 website reopening playgrounds in regions under the stay-at-home order. The change came with no public announcement from the governor or state health officials. The county is also now allowing non-contact recreational facilities to open for activities that include the use of shared equipment, so long as the equipment is disinfected appropriately and social distancing requirements are followed. This means that tennis courts and shooting and archery ranges will now be allowed to open, and residents will be allowed to participate in disc golf and boating. Sacramento County extended its order for residents to stay at home except for essential activities through May 22, health officials announced Wednesday.

People like Shepherd are pleading for the public to listen to health officials and follow protocols. Deaths, hospitalizations and COVID cases have climbed in California in recent weeks. Currently, ICUs in the Greater Sacramento region are 93% full, which forced the area to remain in lockdown. Also in effect is the California Department of Public Health issued a Curfew that was put into effect on Nov. 19, for all counties in Purple Tier 1.

What Does Sacramento's 'Stay At Home' Order Mean?

With virus cases and hospitalizations more stable now, the region can resume outdoor dining and worship services, reopen hair and nail salons and other businesses, and increase capacity at retailers Gatherings of up to three households are allowed. Multiple counties within the region issued press releases announcing ahead of the governor's Tuesday evening announcement, stating that four-week projections for intensive care unit bed capacity exceed 15%. Butte and Yuba counties said their jurisdictions have exited the order and are now in the purple tier.

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.

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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.

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.

California Coronavirus Updates: New Sacramento Health Order Allows More Outdoor Businesses

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.

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.

California firefighters get shorter workweeks — but not for 2 years

Moving services that facilitate residential or commercial moves that are allowed. Restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food, but only for delivery or carry out. More information on unemployment insurance and paid family leave available through the state is available here. Those who have missed work to care for a sick or quarantined family member may be eligible for paid family leave through the state. "Today, effectively immediately, we're pulling the Sacramento region out of the stay-at-home order," Newsom said. During a Sacramento County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, acting County Executive Ann Edwards said the order would be lifted immediately based on ICU projections.

As part of the Sacramento County Health Order, it continues to align the County face covering Order with the State mandate. Schools that had not reopened must wait until they are eligible again, either by acquiring a waiver from Sacramento County Public Health (grades TK-6 only) or by waiting until Sacramento County returns to Red Tier 2 for at least two weeks. But a meeting of the state’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee grew tense as representatives of different groups debated the merits of expanding the vaccine pool beyond the state’s guidelines.

The Greater Sacramento region had been under the stay-at-home order since Dec. 10, when ICU capacity dropped below 15%. The three-week order could have been lifted on the first of the year, but surging COVID-19 cases and dwindling ICU capacity made it impossible for the area to leave the stay-at-home order. COVID-19 cases continue to surge and ICU beds dwindle in the Greater Sacramento region. Data released by the state reflect the number of beds in the area made it impossible for the area to leave the stay-at-home order after three weeks. A judge in LA overturned a local restriction of outdoor dining on Tuesday, even as the state’s orders are still in place. In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, Fabian Rodriguez cleans a table in an outdoor tented dining area of Tequila Museo Mayahuel restaurant, in Sacramento, Calif.

Several counties, including Sacramento, have to adjust their own public health orders to reflect the change. Sacramento County said its updated health order will be effective on Wednesday. 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. Several counties announced they would open mass vaccination sites, including at Dodger Stadium, Disneyland and Cal Expo, an outdoor venue in Sacramento.

As testing capacity increases, the number of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases is expected to increase,” said Dr. Peter Beilenson. All travel, including, but not limited to, travel on foot, bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit, except Essential Travel and Essential Activities. In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, we have been taking significant steps, first focusing on containment strategies.

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.