Sacramento County Extends Stay-At-Home Order Through May 22

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• ‘Catastrophic staffing shortage’ hits California’s rural police first, and hardest
• Sacramento region exits stay-at-home order, allowing many businesses to reopen
• California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region
• Governor Gavin Newsom Issues Stay at Home Order
• Some Businesses Given More Freedom In Sacramento Region's 2nd Stay-At-Home Order
• California Coronavirus Updates: New Sacramento Health Order Allows More Outdoor Businesses

Three of the state’s five regions — the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California — remain under the stay-at-home order because their intensive care capacity at hospitals is severely limited. The state's top health official, Dr. Mark Ghaly, said in a press briefing Tuesday that the state was working on re-calculating four-week projections for ICU bed capacity and would release new information today or Wednesday. Obtaining necessary services or supplies for themselves and their family or household members, or to deliver those services or supplies to others, such as food and other grocery and cleaning products. The intent of this Order is to ensure that the maximum number of people self-isolate in their places of residence to the maximum extent feasible, while enabling essential services to continue, to slow the spread of COVID-19 to the maximum extent possible. On March 17, the Governor’s Office provided details that strengthened those directives even further, prohibiting all gatherings – including dining in restaurants – and directed closures of group settings such as gyms and card rooms. That same afternoon, the County announced its support of these State directives and issued strong directives specific to our county.

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.

‘Catastrophic staffing shortage’ hits California’s rural police first, and hardest

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.

California has seen an enormous surge of cases, hospitalizations and deaths since Thanksgiving. The state is averaging 42,000 new virus cases a day and recorded 3,500 virus deaths in the last week. Three of the state's five regions -- the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California -- remain under the stay-at-home order because their intensive care capacity at hospitals is severely limited. However, diners are only allowed to sit and eat with people within their household group.

Sacramento region exits stay-at-home order, allowing many businesses to reopen

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 California Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday the region’s ICU bed capacity fell below 15%, the threshold that triggers the stay-at-home order. The state of California lifted the stay-at-home order in the greater Sacramento region effective today, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday. On March 12, state and federal health agencies issued guidance that supported our efforts on mitigation. Sibrian said several of his fellow restaurant owners called him on Wednesday and called it quits completely, deciding to close their businesses. But a few hundred yards from his studio, the owner of Brannan Manor is back to no indoor or outdoor dining.

California lifts stay-home order for Sacramento region

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.

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.

But the effort to quickly ramp up vaccinations, including through new rules by the federal government, further led to confusion and varying approaches by county. California has been focused on vaccinating health care workers and nursing home residents first, with people over 75 and people at risk of getting the virus at work, like teachers or agriculture workers, in the next tier. UC Davis Medical Center on Tuesday began giving the vaccine to people over 75. The order imposed Dec. 10 banned gatherings outside a household and shuttered or restricted many businesses.

Containment strategies pinpoint the exposure and employ quarantine or isolation in places such as nursing homes, group homes and the justice system. ​​​​​Sacramento County has 45 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and three who have died from complications of COVID-19. It is also clear that Sacramento County has community transmission of this virus.

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. Sacramento County’s updated order now requires residents to wear face coverings while in public indoor spaces, and in certain other high risk situations as laid out in the state of California’s new guidance on face coverings. The updated order also now allows for nail salons, tattoo parlors, massage therapists, body artists, piercing shops and waxers to open for business with social distancing restrictions.

As of June 19, there have been at least ​1,976​ confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Sacramento County and 67 deaths related to the virus. "It shows we are moving in the right direction, although our own hospital still doesn't have any ICU beds as of today, so we are still struggling locally," said Yuba County Spokesperson, Russ Brown. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting.

​​​​Today, the State of California announced that the Greater Sacramento region has met the ICU availability criteria of 15 percent or less to trigger the State’s Regional Stay at Home Order. Once triggered, these orders will remain in effect for at least three weeks. After that period, they will be lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15 percent. The State will assess the region’s ICU capacity on a weekly basis after the initial three week period.

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."