On Monday, July 13, 2020, Governor Newsom imposed strict limitations on Californians. Effective immediately, all indoor operations for the following sectors must close throughout the entire state:
· Dine-in restaurants;
· Wineries and tasting rooms;
· Movie theaters;
· Family entertainment centers such as bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages and arcades;
· Zoos and museums; and
· Cardrooms.
The following businesses must close all operations, whether inside or outside: Bars, brewpubs, breweries and pubs.
Counties on the Monitoring List (80 percent of California’s population lives in the 30 Counties currently on the list) must shut down the following industries unless operations can be modified to operate outside or by pick-up:
· Fitness centers;
· Worship services;
· Protests;
· Offices for non-essential sectors;
· Personal care services such as nail salons, body waxing and tattoo parlors;
· Hair salons and barbershops’ and malls.
What does this mean for businesses in Counties on the Monitoring list? Obviously, the specified industries must modify for outside services or close. That may not be a reasonable option for those living in the hot inland areas of California without expensive equipment to cool the air.
Those who work in offices must determine whether or not they are in an essential sector. Presumably, even if not an essential sector, businesses whose employees can work at home and whose clients and customers can be serviced through technology should be able to continue work.
The Essential Critical Infrastructure Sectors can be found here: https://www.cisa.gov/critical-infrastructure-sectors
This is not an easy time to run a business. But don’t worry, if you happen to survive the many governmental closures, you’ll be taxed for it later when government doesn’t have enough money to continue to fund its operations at the current level. (Can you sense my sense of cynicism?)
You can reach Doug Larsen at 559.256.5000 or [email protected]