San Francisco is expected to move from the red layer to the softer orange layer as early as March 24, and on Thursday, the Mayor of London Breed conducted a webinar on how the city will move forward as the launch of the COVID- vaccine 19 accelerates and infection rates decrease.
“I understand that the reopening that we have planned for the orange layer is more than we have ever reopened since the beginning of this one,” said Breed. “This is why this is great news and I hope we can keep it going. I am excited about the moment that we have around us and how much we will see reopening next week.”
With the move to orange, the city is starting its first efforts to bring festivals and entertainment back. The city could jump to the even less stringent level of yellow three weeks after the jump to orange. The race hinted that more openings would come this summer.
“I hope we will have more in this area soon, because I am dying to go to a show to see a show,” she said.
In the orange layer, California allows the reopening of new business sectors and the expansion of some internal activities such as restaurants, museums, cinemas and restricted fitness.
With some exceptions, the reopening of the city is in accordance with what is allowed by the state.
Here’s what the SF will allow to reopen if it moves to orange Wednesday. Get a full summary by watching the city webinar.
-Bars, breweries, wineries and distilleries can open for table service outdoors, without offering food. No more than six people per table. Two table reservations are allowed, but guests cannot mix between tables.
-All retailers, including supermarkets, can increase capacity by 50%. The internal food courts can also open at 50% capacity.
– Laundries, laundries, banks, car repairs and equipment rental can expand to 50% of capacity.
– The internal dinner can expand to 50% of the capacity or 200 people, whichever is less. Tables for up to six people from up to three families will be allowed, and establishments can stay open until 11 pm. The two-hour seat limit has been lifted.
– With outdoor dining, limits on the number of families at an outdoor dining table will be removed, but the tables will remain limited to a total of six people.
– Open-air arts and music festivals without designated seats will be allowed, but participation must be limited to 50 people and rules of social distance must be followed between individuals from different families.
– Indoor gyms can expand up to 25% of capacity, and showers and changing rooms can reopen. Cardio, group aerobics and hot yoga classes are allowed at 25% capacity. Indoor pools can operate with reduced capacity.
– Sports, dance and youth exercises can operate indoors with 25% capacity.
– Hotels can open facilities for meals and gym. Saunas, steam rooms and hot tubs must remain closed.
– Internal personal services, such as beauty salons, may expand to 50% of capacity.
– Internal cinemas can increase the capacity to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less. Customers of up to three families, up to six people, can buy tickets to sit together and eat or drink.
– Indoor museums, zoos and aquariums can expand capacity by 50%; internal food and beverage service allowed with capacity limits. The limits of the external capacity will be removed.
– Non-essential offices can reopen with 25% of capacity; capacity in conference rooms is limited to 25%.