California Govin Newsom plans to lift local home-series orders across the state on Monday – allowing restaurants to resume outdoor dining amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.
Sources informed about the governor’s plans told the Los Angeles Times that all counties will return to a colored level system that assigns local risk levels based on the number of cases and positivity rates.
Most provinces will use the ‘widespread’ level of risk, which allows hair salons to provide indoor services, but limits many other non-important indoor business activities.
Some elected officials and the restaurant industry have fought in and out of court, according to the newspaper, to reverse the extremely controversial ban on the dining room outside.
It was not immediately clear whether the action would lead to the relaxation of the home rules in Los Angeles County, which turned out to be the national hub of the outbreak, the newspaper reported.
In less than a month, more than 5,000 people died from the disease in the country, the outlet said.
As the number of numbers rose, Newsom announced local home orders on December 3 in an effort to reduce the burden on hospitals.
While state data shows that hospital systems in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley remain tense, the governor’s officer told officials Sunday that the models projecting ICU capacity into the areas will pass 15 percent next month – a threshold for lifting downtime.
