01/12/2021 Stay At Home Order Lifted for the Greater Sacramento Region
Good news! The State has lifted the Stay at Home Order for the Greater Sacramento Region effectively immediately; and Yolo County has returned to the purple tier. Please see information from the County’s press release below.
The return to the purple tier allows many local businesses to either increase capacity or resume operations. Effective January 12, the following restrictions apply while Yolo County is in the purple tier:
- Bars and breweries: Outdoors only as long as food is provided. Those seated at a single table are limited to household members only. Tables must be a minimum of 6 feet apart.
- Cardroom and satellite wagering: Outdoors only with modifications
- Family entertainment centers: Outdoors only with modifications
- Gyms and fitness centers: Outdoors only with modifications
- Hair salons and barbershops: Indoors with modifications
- Hotels and lodging: Indoors with modifications
- Limited services: Indoors with modifications
- Movie theaters: Outdoors only with modifications
- Museums, zoos and aquariums: Outdoors only with modifications
- Personal care services: Indoors with modifications
- Places of worship: Outdoors only with modifications
- Professional sports: Open with modifications, no live audiences
- Retail: Indoors with a maximum of 25% occupancy; (grocery at 50% capacity)
- Restaurants: Takeout, delivery and outdoors only; for outdoor dining those seated at a single table are limited to household members only. Tables must be a minimum of 6 feet apart.
- Shopping centers: Indoors with a maximum of 25% occupancy
- Wineries: Outdoors only with modifications
Any schools that have already been allowed to reopen for in-person or hybrid learning previously may remain open. Schools that have not yet opened will need to receive a waiver to reopen under the purple tier or wait until Yolo County moves back into the red tier.
To see a complete list of which activities and businesses are open in the four tiers, visit the CDPH ‘Activity and Business Tier’ document. To see specific industry guidance, visit the State’s guidance page.
To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, residents are advised to follow these health practices:
- Gather less or not at all.
- Wear a face covering.
- Maintain at least six feet of physical distance from those not in your household.
- Stay home if you have symptoms of illness or are high-risk.
- Wash your hands with soap and water or use hand sanitizer regularly.
For more information on the vaccine, distribution and when you may be receiving it, please visit our COVID-19 Vaccine Page. The webpage will be updates as new information is made available. For additional information about the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, visit: https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy. For more information about Yolo County’s Roadmap to Recovery and see which businesses are currently open, visit: www.yolocounty.org/coronavirus-roadmap. Residents can call Yolo 2-1-1 for resource information. Follow Yolo County on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/YoloCounty or Twitter at: https://twitter.com/YoloCountyCA.
Kathleen Salguero Trepa