SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – New guidelines for breweries in San Diego County will give brewers the chance to reopen sooner without having to operate under restaurant management.
California on Thursday quietly changed the guidelines for breweries and distilleries, eliminating the requirement that breweries and distilleries can only reopen as an outdoor restaurant and serve meals with drinks. The fastest that breweries and distilleries could reopen in the open air would have been the orange level of California’s reopening system.
Meanwhile, wineries were allowed to work outdoors with adjustments, not related to the provision of food and restaurant management.
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From Saturday, March 13, breweries, distilleries and wineries will work under the same leadership in the state’s blueprint for a safe recovery and can reopen outdoors with changes in the press level. The guidance includes:
- Use a booking system,
- Allow customers to stay no longer than 90 minutes,
- Consumption on the premises must end by 20:00,
- Places must work outside for provinces in the purple and red levels, and
- Places can open on a limited indoor capacity in provinces in the orange level.
Nathan Fletcher, chairman of the county supervisor, said breweries operating as restaurants could do the same.
In a statement, Fletcher said he and the San Diego County Brewers Guild have been working for weeks to move breweries and distilleries under the same rules as wineries.
“I’ve been working with the San Diego Brewers Guild and the Governors’ Office for a few weeks to come up with a safe reopening plan, and I’m glad breweries can now open under the same guidelines as wineries,” Fletcher said. “It’s good for brewers, good for our economic recovery and good for San Diego County.”
The new guidelines come one day after Govin Newsom said he expected the state to meet its first vaccine target on Friday, which would allow provinces in the purple level to work below the red level with a case of 10 per 100,000 people. instead of seven.
Local officials expect San Diego County to be in the red next week thanks to the level change. Once in the red, it will facilitate restrictions on outdoor and indoor activities, including:
- Retail at 50% capacity
- Movie theaters, museums, zoos and aquariums with a capacity of 25% indoors (or 100 people for movie theaters)
- Gymnasiums and fitness centers with 10% indoor capacity
- Restaurants with a capacity of 25% or 100 people (whichever is less) indoors
- Shopping centers with 50% capacity indoors, but closed common areas and reduced capacity for food court
The recent level changes in California also favor theme parks and stadiums. Petco Park expects to welcome fans for the opening day on April 1 after the state issued guidelines so that the two industries can also start reopening in the press and red level:
- Theme and amusement parks: 15% capacity as soon as the province reaches the red level. Attendance is restricted to California residents. Groups must be a maximum of 10 people, or three households without mixing are allowed. Indoor capacity at 15% with time constraints and weekly testing of workers. Tickets can also only be purchased online.
- Stadiums and live events: From 1 April there is a maximum of 100 people in the press level and from 1 April 20% in the red provinces. These include suites with 25% occupancy per suite and suites with no more than three households. In-seat concessions.
The state’s reopened reopening measures come as California has administered nearly 11 million doses of COVID-19. San Diego County administered more than 1,160,000 doses of vaccine as of Thursday. In the province, 678 267 inhabitants (25.2% of the province) received one dose, while 385 938 (14.4% of the province) received two doses.