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Indoor Operations For Restaurants, Other Businesses Closed By Governor Newsom Amid Coronavirus Spikes

Indoor operations for restaurants, entertainment centers and other businesses are closed in California by Governor Gavin Newsom for at least three weeks amid coronavirus spikes, officials said.

Governor Gavin Newsom provides an update on the state’s response to #COVID19.

Posted by California Governor on Wednesday, July 1, 2020

 

On Wednesday, Newsom announced that all restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, movie theatres, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and cardrooms would have to cease indoor operations “effective immediately” in 19 different counties in California, including Los Angeles County.

“We have specifically targeted our efforts to close indoor operations, and I want to reinforce this,” Newsom said during a conference Wednesday.

These businesses listed by Newsom are still able to operate outdoors, according to the state.

Additionally, all bars within Los Angeles County are to cease all operations effective immediately, according to Newsom.

The governor said that these closures are expected to remain in place for at least three weeks.

These closures are set to be enforced by “Enforcement Strike Teams,” who are set to target non-compliant workplaces. The teams are set to be comprised of members from Alcoholic Beverage Control, California’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Business Oversight and the California Highway Patrol.

These 19 counties were selected after being put on the state’s “County Monitoring List,” with each county being on the list for at least three consecutive days.

The governor discussed what he calls the “dimmer switch” approach to reopening and closing, based on COVID-19 criteria. 

“When we talk about this dimmer switch, which we’ve been talking about for many, many months, it is not an on and off switch but a dimmer switch,” Newsom said. “It’s based upon local conditions… our ability to mitigate the spread of this virus.”

See Related: California Governor Gavin Newsom Can ‘Toggle Back’ Stay-At-Home Order If COVID-19 Rates Rise

Tuesday marked the third-consecutive day where over 2,100 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed within Los Angeles County by public health officials, with Monday representing the highest number of reported cases in a single day since March with 2,903 confirmed cases of coronavirus. 

L.A. County had previously been granted a variance by the state back in May, which allows for a phased reopening. However, Newsom said that he is able to slow down, or even reverse the reopening process if the county does not meet the state’s criteria.

“We have the capacity and ability to toggle back in terms of the stay-at-home order,” Newsom said during a press conference on Thursday of last week.

On Tuesday, Dr. Christina Ghaly, director of Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, warned as COVID-19 cases rise, there is an increased demand for hospital beds. 

“We’re meeting the demand right now for hospital beds, but if the predicted increase in new patients requiring hospitalizations materializes, the number of hospital beds could become inadequate in the next few weeks. In many cases, the people who will need these beds have already been exposed to COVID-19 because what’s happening in our hospitals are reflective of what happened a few weeks ago in our communities,” Ghaly said.

The total number of cases confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley stands at 3,143 as of Tuesday afternoon, while the L.A. County total of coronavirus cases stands at 103,529, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH).

Over 1,107,000 COVID-19 tests had been conducted within the county as of Tuesday, with nine percent of people testing positive, according to public health officials.

As of Tuesday afternoon, a total of 3,143 cumulative cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Santa Clarita Valley since testing began in March. These include:

  • 1,192 in the City of Santa Clarita*
  • 46 in the unincorporated areas of Canyon Country
  • 1,792 in Castaic*
  • Six in the unincorporated areas of Saugus
  • 61 in Stevenson Ranch
  • 13 in the unincorporated areas of Valencia
  • 29 in the unincorporated areas of Val Verde
  • Three in the unincorporated areas of Newhall
  • One in the unincorporated areas of Bouquet Canyon

An update on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases for both Los Angeles County and Santa Clarita is expected to be released Wednesday afternoon.

As of Monday, June 29, officials had recorded 1,314 cumulative cases among prisoners at the North County Correctional Facility, and 489 at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center. Those cases are counted in both the City of Santa Clarita and Castaic totals. 


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Indoor Operations For Restaurants, Other Businesses Closed By Governor Newsom Amid Coronavirus Spikes

45 comments

  1. So is the governor going to outlaw demonstrations as well?

    Where does everyone think a majority of the cases are coming from? What was going on 2-3 weeks ago?

    • Of course he won’t Tom because they are his ideology and only constituent group in CA. People keep tolerating these non-data driven orders and will still load up the State with progressive elected officials like him or worse. Simply amazing. Working on my exit plan like thousands of others.

    • I agree those protestors caused alot of this problem and i resent it

  2. Everyone needs to start to care about people other than themselves.
    Wear your masks outside of your house. NO, don’t wear them in the car.
    That makes no sense.
    Wear the mask! Just do it! Or stay home.
    Everyone not wearing a mask or not wearing them properly is responsible
    for this. You are absolutely to blame. If we do not get to see our families
    this Holiday, it’s your fault. Be responsible.

    • Hey Linds,
      First off I agree with you a 100% on wearing masks. However, we have a problem. The masks that we are provided DONT Work!! I am a Microbiologist by education and from the basic knowledge I have the Cov-2 SARS particulates that cause “COVID 19” are way smaller than any mask filter would catch. Usually a fully intact N-95 face mask that has no manufacturing disabilities filters particulates as small as 0.3 Microns, 3/10 millionth of a meter, an that’s the best you can go with N-95. This assumes you will know how to use the mask properly. A Corona Virus particulate sizes around 0.12 Microns, 1.2/10 millionth of a meter, which is significantly smaller. Some argue that it doesn’t matter we should wear a mask to prevent large particulates from exiting to the environment and that the COVID particulate is carried with the larger droplets. Therefore, a mask is necessary they claim. This is false and deceiving information created by the public health department unfortunately and virally spread by the political media for reasons that I will not talk about. I advise everyone on this page to self educate themselves utilizing significant legitimate scientific research instead of articles from the Washington Post and other comparable sites. I can’t promise it will be easy to understand but I believe the truth is worth looking for. In addition, please be weary of manipulation in statistical data. Many studies seem legitimate when you look at the standard deviation. However, if you look at more accuracy and precision measures of the study, I.e. error bars, for instance, you will be able to distinguish whether it’s a usable source or not.
      Let’s take a breath and do the research and thereafter we can decide if a mask is helpful or perhaps harmful. Stay safe if you can, wash your hands, maintain a good diet and take necessary vitamins, and finally keep good hygiene. Good luck!

      Please note: there are special, really special masks out there that are designed to actually contain those infectious particulates. I will not mention the name brand so it won’t be considered an advertisement gimmick.
      Hint: N99.6

    • What’s really crazy is was at the Henry Mayo ER on Friday night 6/26 and there was ABSOLUTELY NO ONE IN THERE LITERALLY NO ONE . So higher effected but less deaths thank god so I see everyone doing there part so THANKS TO ALL IN SANTA CLARITA FOR DOING OUR PART

    • and it’s just a coincidence that tens of thousands were cramming the streets in every major city , every night for weeks, screaming and yelling shoulder to shoulder. Meanwhile the gates from Mexicali are open to thousands of migrant workers entering imperial County to make sure that you have fresh vegetables.
      THEIR COVID POSITIVE TEST RESULTS ARE 20% OF THOSE TESTED. THEY FILLED THE HOSPITALS TO OVERFLOWING AND ARE NOW SENDING MEXICAN CITIZENS INTO SAN DIEGO AND PALM SPRINGS, TO FILL OUR EMERGENCY HOSPITAL WINGS HERE. Wake up and go preach to yourself in the mirror.
      While you’re at it, stick a hose in your ear and try to wash away the liberal brain wash.

  3. The fact they didn’t put down state regulations to the peaceful / not so peaceful riots is 1000% the cause of spiking.

    But you are now going to shut down and restrict, again, the livelihood of people with absolutely no statistical numbers to back your decision. Is a impeachable / criminal offense.

    These business purchased stock because they were allowed to resume business. They brought employees back from unemployment because they were allowed to do business.

    This is absolute proof that we have a horrible power hungry jack ass as our mayor.

    Great voting CA. Great voting.

    • They should just stay open for business! They are truly going to kill these business by closing them again anyway!

      STAY OPEN AS A PEACEFUL PROTEST – Thats allowed right?

  4. Newsome will blame others and not the protester because he fears them!
    Elections are coming and he doesn’t want to be protested out of office like
    Several other Governors and mayors are dealing with.
    According to COVID19 CA.GOV Web site, updated June 29, 2020 at 4:44 PM

    In the Q & A Section of directives that are currently permitted.
    Q. CAN I ENGAGE IN POLITICAL PROTEST GATHERINGS
    A. YES

  5. Appease the angry mob. As long as our elected officials remain cowards, we will all suffer from the violence, looting, arson. This needs to end. Thug life will take over our city if this continues.

  6. It doesn’t matter what we all do or don’t do, this is going to continue until the election is over. If anyone can not see that I feel sorry for you. The are literally adding #’s to the count that are NOT even true. There is not going to be an inadequate amount of hospital beds. There never was last time either. Its all a scare tactic. At least we know Nov 4th it will all be over.

    • You sound incredibly foolish. This is a worldwide pandemic; EVERY continent with the exception of Antarctica has been affected by the Corona virus. As is, under this current White House, the US does not have a nationwide protocol to deal with this crisis, (despite former President OBAMA leaving a 69 page NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL guidebook titled “Playbook For Early Response To High Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.”) Yet, you postulate that the entire world is in on this viral hoax and has managed to coordinate global efforts in order to influence our presidential election in November 2020.

      But wait there’s more! To support your asinine “theory” this would mean worldwide 508,055 people have apparently VOLUNTEERED to DIE and 10,352,657 others have AGREED to be infected thus far. As for the United States, 50,000 new cases were confirmed OVERNIGHT; I guess they too must want to inflate the numbers just for fun, right?

      Seriously, this is a REAL health crisis and there has been far too many needless deaths and far too much suffering. The only frightening thing is how many foolish/ignorant people such as you, believe these baseless lies and purposely spread them wantonly. This and the fact Trump continues to insist the virus will simply “disappear,” politicizes/refuses to wear a mask and disregards medical/scientific evidence are the real scare tactics everyone should be concerned about. So yes, VOTE as if your life depends on it, it very might will.

      • Yes this is a worldwide pandemic but it also is an election year and the democrats will do whatever it takes to destroy the economy and take down Trump. They don’t care. And once the election is over and god forbid Biden wins this pandemic in the United States will mysteriously disappear.

        • Trump is inept. He proves it time and time again on his own with his tweets and horrible public speaking. No spin, just HIM in over his head with a dangerous ego.

          • Now you sound ignorant. Do your research. No, President Trump is not a good public speaker but he is doing more that the last inspire of all the hate. If he was truly “inept” the democrats wouldn’t be working so hard to get rid of him. You cannot continue to be spoon fed by the media.

        • Voter suppression in Wisconsin and Kentucky; look it up. Trying to end nail in voting efforts, look it up. Disenfranchising tens of thousands, look it up. These strong arm tactics are brought to you by the GOP, look it up. One term Donals, look it up.

      • STAR P.

        You mentioned former President OBAMA leaving in you comment, Good.
        ( It’s an old fake media tactic, notice, it works for both side)

        Anyway, you forgot to mention another one of OBAMA’S/Administration’s corrupt play’s/achievements,
        Spying while attempting to undermine an incoming President with the help of most of the liberal media for the past four years, he is as you know a member and CHIEF of a Coup,
        IF, I say if, this were flipped, there is no way in most folks minds that CHIEF of Coup OBAMA, could stand up to these disgraceful daily attacks, You know what he is?
        You know what he is………

        • There was NO spying as you asserted. Provide the proof from REAL news sources not Faux news, which is what you apparently confuse as news. I challenge you to provide any proof that Obama did what you falsely claim he did. Honestly, do you seriously believe if ANY spying occurred that one second would pass without Trump and the Republican controlled Senate holding an endless barrage of hearings to bring this to the American public’s attention. Instead the President and his enablers (Faux news, the GOP and his diminishing fan base) will trot out these pointless and publicly refuted rumors and innuendos to deflect and distract from the abysmal job Trump and Congress is doing. You, by attempting to spread these falsehoods are no better.
          As for daily attacks, the President needs to lead by example, stop tweeting, stop the divisive rhetoric and put our country’s interests before his own.

          And yes, I know what Obama is and was. He was a real leader of these United States, not just the “Red” states, or his fan base. You have conveniently forgotten how Mitch McConnell declared on his (Obama’s) inauguration that his job was “to make Obama a one term president.” Also of note, Obama’s two terms were scandal and corruption free. No one can say the same for Trump’s term. The fact is, Obama demonstrated continuous moral/ethical courage and conviction throughout his tenure despite having his origin of birth questioned, (Trump by the way was and still is a “birther”), his loyalty to our country doubted, his marriage, wife and children ridiculed and mocked and his religious beliefs questioned. So, yes I know what I expect from a real leader; leadership, integrity, honesty and transparency. All of which are nonexistent from this White House.

          • I dare say, It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own LIBERAL ignorance.
            however, I do look forward to the next thread, as all opinions matter, I guess will have to agree that we disagree.

      • Please do more research. This is NOT a natural virus it was made in a lab! To put the numbers in perspective you must finish the equation cases divided by population – what is the actual percentage? This will give you the real picture. If you do not do your own research you will not know what is real and what is fake. If you don’t see the damage being done to our country you are being naive.

    • Democrats will stop at nothing to win. Including manipulating the numbers and using scare tactics. The virus is real but it’s been politicized. Silent Majority will elect Trump in November. I have no doubts about it!??❤️

      #recallnewsom

  7. Anyone else tired of this clown? #recallnewsom

  8. Every restaurant I have been to since they were allowed to reopen has followed the rules with protection and safety measures in place. Every beach I viewed had substantial space between family groups. Every place I went I saw people taking precautions, wearing masks and practicing social distancing and this included out doors in public. None of these were NOT to blame for this uptick in cases. The cause is simple, the protests. Don’t get me wrong, I strongly supported their cause and a single peaceful organized protest with face coverings and social distancing would do the trick, however things rapidly got way out of hand and the Governor and our local and state leaders failed miserably in handling this matter and now these business, their poor owners, employees and vendors as well as the citizens will have to pay for this. It is time to tell the truth and put the blame where it belongs and not be terrorized by those responsible. People will loose their livelihoods, their homes and everything because of this mismanagement. If peaceful protests are permitted than I to will support any business who keeps their business open. I will do so with a mask and practice social distancing while doing so. About time the citizens of this state take back control and remind our leaders that they work for us and are responsible to protect us, all of us not a select politically chosen few. Have the courage to truly protect all your citizens from all injustice and violence. Find a way to put the state back to work safely and stop cowardly catering to terrorists.

  9. Can we recall this idiot already no one cares what he has to say!

  10. In the next 2 days I would hit your favorite restaurants, as many might not be in business if they are actually required to do dine out only.

    If you don’t know how to cook, start learning!

  11. To be fair, Bob, you also need to address the lack of federal leadership from the beginning. Our president said it was a hoax, then said it might be 5 or 6 cases. Trump doesn’t get it, thinks he knows better than the experts, and really doesn’t want to be briefed on any news unless it is good. Frightening! People like Roberta still don’t think this is real because she said the pandemic in the U.S.will suddenly disappear if Biden wins. Huh? Like it’s all some sort of political game. She must not know anyone who has COVID-19.

  12. Why isn’t your governor never seen wearing a mask, maybe he his part of the problem in California, no he is the problem
    don’t tell me if he aint doing it.. this guy is a big hypocrite.

  13. By deduction, if these protests spread the virus and BLM was doing the majority of the protesting and BLM is funded and Run by the Democrats. Could we say that the Democrats are spreading the virus?

    • ibk: The Liberals are spreading a lot more than the virus!! The overthrow & degeneration of the USA is much worse!! The decent Republicans stand for Juedeo/Christian values, where as the degenerate Demonocrats stand for Communist/Socialist/Marxist non values!!

  14. Texas JUST NOW has started requiring masks….ridiculous! We are months into this pandemic!
    Those “decent” Republicans in Texas have been selfishly infecting others.

    I want to know how you think, Jojo, that ALL Republicans are good and ALL Democrats are degenerates. Do you really think that it is true? If you are a “decent” Republican, then I’d like to see you write decent comments about other humans. If you are prejudging all Democrats you have never met, that is being PREJUDICED, which is hopefully NOT a Republican value.
    I don’t think you are the highly moral person you claim to be. You say horrible things about real, feeling, people.

  15. Central Valley wineries ordered to close, while Governor’s winery remains open, can we say what a cheese ball, close things down and let business owners suffer while your business stays open, wow what a great human and your governor, only looking after his own pocket.. this man does not care about you. Close your whinery you loser..

    • Well Flo, since you asked,

      Newsom founded The PlumpJack Group in 1992, which owns a hotel, four Napa Valley wineries, and bars, restaurants, and wine and liquor stores
      I just called several restaurants in Napa valley, they were all open for indoor dining, reservation were not required at most, huh,

      Mustards Grill, Newscom’s favorite place to go for a heaping plate of honest American fare with worldly sophistication, washed down with a glass of the valleys finest.

      Galpao Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse

      Rutherford Grill

      Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch

      Guess what county is NOT on the close indoor operations list, Yep, NAPA COUNTY.

      FYI,
      COVID-19 Napa County Update, July 3, 2020
      Napa County reported the number of cases has been increasing throughout June, with 40 new cases reported on Monday,
      2 days ago
      Napa County reported Tuesday that seven more residents had tested positive for COVID-19
      Updated 22 hrs ago
      Napa County reported Another 16 COVID-19 cases reported yesterday, Wednesday July 2, 2020

      I don’t know, it just seems so, you know,

      • To p s hiett,
        I’m still waiting for you to produce evidence that Obama spied; you made these spurious claims which as anyone who is well informed knows, are outright lies. I dare say, your IGNORANCE is only exceeded by your ARROGANCE. Don’t censure my comments coward.

        • Obama recently stated as well as his cronies (that may be you) that there wasn’t a smidgen of scandal during his time in office.
          Let me refresh your memory of Obama/Biden’s shameful way of “leading from behind” and there corrupt goings on, like Fast and Furious, Benghazi and cash payments to Iran. I guess I need to remind you of Barack and Solyndra, IRS targeting, spying on journalists, Hillary’s emails, unmasking of political rivals, the unlawful prosecution of Mike Flynn as Obama was leaving the Whitehouse, and the best one of all – the attempted coup of one President Trump.
          Otherwise, his time as president was clean as a whistle.
          All of which have been published/aired by the right as well as the left media for years, Look it up.
          All Facts Matter, not just the ones you care to remember or acknowledge.
          Like I said earlier, I do look forward to our next thread, and again,
          I guess will have to agree that we disagree.

          • As I stated earlier you still have not provided any evidence to your false claim that former President Obama engaged in spying. So, I remain constant in my belief in the facts that no such evidence exists.

            So glad you brought up Benghazi so let’s be clear on the facts: Benghazi was 4 years of investigations by the Republican controlled Congress; those costly and time wasted investigations resulted in ZERO indictments. The Clinton “e-mail” investigation lasted two years and resulted in ZERO indictments.

            Let’s talk Trump:
            Trump was IMPEACHED by the House of Representatives in December 2019, on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Making him the only the third president in our history to be IMPEACHED. Nixon resigned before he was impeached.

            The Mueller probe was 16 months resulting in 34 indictments, 7 convictions and/or guilty pleas. It included indictments of multiple Russian military intelligence officers and Russian Nationals. Umm…what would Russian interference or help with an American presidential election look like??

            Trump’s Executive Branch Scandals/Players: Scott Pruitt, Albert Kelly, Pasquale le Perrotta, Samantha Davis, George Papdopoulos, Michael Flynn, William Bradford, Tom Price, Brenda Fitzgerald, Taylor Weyeneth, David Sorensen, Vivieca Simpson, Rob Porter, Tony Tooke, Rick Gates, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Ryan Zinle, Roger Stone, Carter Page, Alex Acosta.

            Don’t forget the following: 19 women who accused Trump of sexual harassment. And the admitted infidelity with Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal, Stephanie Clifford and Marla Maples.

            Of course the Dept of Justice and William Barr, Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine, fraud by his Inaugural Committee, Gordon Sunland, John Bolton, Rex Tillerson, Jim Mattis, etc.

            Alas, his latest addition perhaps the most detestable: his silence/complicity in the Russian Bounties placed on American soldiers in Afghanistan. I could go on, but I’m weary just thinking of this disaster of a presidency.

  16. So you are suspicious of Santa Barbara County, Orange County, and San Diego County too, I suppose.

  17. Yes, 2 of them are, Santa Barbara and Orange County.You are right.
    I am not Gov. Newsom’s #1 fan but I think he did a good job of putting San Francisco on “stay at home” order in mid-March. Saved lives & people complied.
    Our president at that time had disbanded the WH committee for epidemics (shortly after becoming president). He controlled incoming flights from China. (Yes, we know some people complained, but he isn’t a snowflake so he got over it, right?)Otherwise he was in denial. He didn’t understand the science.He was in over his head and put it to the governors to figure out. That is what we’ve been watching all over the U.S. Thank God we are in California where at least our governor admits it is a real disease we’re working with.
    If you could do better in this situation unlike any other, hats off to you. Get involved in politics.
    I’m done with all of the nasty remarks & don’t plan to read articles or comments here anymore.

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