California is “FULLY REOPENED” - What's REALLY Changed?

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- Everything you need to know about California's reopening this summer. I'm Chris. This is Yellow Productions. I do travel guides that are fun, informative, entertaining and in this video, I'm gonna give you an update on reopenings at restaurants, what's happening with California's new masking policy, reopenings of theme parks and finally I'm gonna talk to you about some places that even though everything's being lifted on June 15th, masks are still gonna be required for everyone at these places. First, let's talk about what's going on at restaurants. On June 15th today, all of the limits on social distancing and amount of people in a restaurant have been lifted. Previously it was 50% across the State. So now every restaurant can have its original capacity of diners inside. Outside there haven't been any limits but inside it's business open again. Now with no social distancing, it means there won't have to be a six foot distance between tables so you can pack it in or restaurants can pack you in right next to people like they did before. Also no plexiglass required though I'd imagine some restaurants will still be keeping their plexiglass around because that stuff was expensive and who knows when the next pandemic is gonna be. Now an area of dining that I think is a bit of flux is all the extra outdoor dining that restaurants have set up and California cities and local governments were very liberal about allowing restaurants to open outdoor seating on sidewalks and on streets. But now that they can open 100% inside, many municipalities are telling restaurants either they should take their outdoor seating away or to charge them for their outdoor seating for the privilege of having it on city owned property. So enjoy that new outdoor seating while it lasts. Now these lifted restrictions also apply to nightclubs, to bars, to family entertainment centers. Basically there are no social distancing limits or no capacity limit on businesses in the state of California. Now that doesn't mean that you'll be able to go without your mask. Yes, masks are still going to be required in certain places in California. So where are you gonna have to wear your mask? Well, the state of California has aligning to The Center for Disease Controls Guidance which essentially says that if you've been vaccinated against COVID-19 you don't have to wear your mask in most places. If you are unvaccinated, then you still need to wear your mask indoors. How's that gonna work in practice? Well, the state of California is not requiring businesses to require to wear masks any longer. So most businesses in the state of California are going to post a sign in front of the business. Actually, this is a requirement for the state. They must post a sign so that patrons are aware of these rules that unvaccinated people still have to wear masks and the guests at businesses should self attest that they are in adherence to the policies. Now self attesting could mean that you read the sign and you self attest to yourself and then you go in. At other places you may find somebody actually asking you whether you understand these policies before you go in. Now just because the state is allowing 100% capacity I don't think we're gonna see it at a lot of restaurants and businesses right away because also many businesses are having problems hiring people with all the extra unemployment benefits going to people, people don't wanna come back to work and so I think we're gonna see a lot of restaurants still having not all of their tables open because they don't have enough people to actually work the tables. But the good news with all of this is you can go sing inside a church, you can cheer at a sporting event and you can eat your popcorn at a packed movie theater once again. And yes if you still wanna wear your mask 'cause it makes you feel more comfortable in certain places, you can absolutely do that. And retailers have the option to be more restrictive so I think we'll still see some stores maybe restaurants even enforcing mask requirements. Lots of restaurants are still only to go and lots of places that have single bathrooms still have their bathrooms close to the pandemic even though there was never a requirement for them to do that. The other thing you'll continue to see at restaurants and businesses in the state of California at least until June 28th is their employees will still be required to wear masks. The mask requirement for employees at businesses comes out of the California Occupational Health Department and they have not decided whether they will allow employees to remove their masks if they've been vaccinated. So now I wanna talk about what's happening in amusement parks and fairs. They will also not be limited in capacity. Previously they had 35% capacity limits, now they can go up to 100% capacity unless they reach five or 10,000 people. California is defining this special thing called a mega event. And indoor events that have more than 5,000 people are considered a mega event and outdoor events that have more than 10,000 people are considered a mega event. And a mega event has more restrictions than regular events or regular places of business. So let's first gonna hit what happens at indoor events. So this is things like conventions, concerts or indoor sporting events that have more than 5,000 people. In this case, the state of California is requiring venues that are indoor mega events to have all of the people that attend it either be vaccinated or have a proof of a COVID-19 negative test within 72 hours prior to that event. So don't expect the return of any in-person concerts real soon because the state is gonna be pretty restrictive about that. Now outdoor mega events... And by the way, theme parks are considered outdoor mega events because they're outside. The state of California is suggesting that outdoor mega events including theme parks highly encourage and recommend that people get vaccinated, that they wear their masks but they are not telling mega events that they have to. So what's that actually look like in practice at theme parks? Well, Disneyland announced just yesterday that masks will no longer be required at Disneyland if you're vaccinated. If you're not vaccinated, you'll still be required to wear a mask. Now, the some of the gotchas in here is that kids that are between the ages of two and 12 years old, can't get vaccinated right now, there's no vaccines for them. So they will still be required to wear masks when they are inside. If you're taking public transportation at Disneyland meaning you're riding the bus from the toy storey parking lot into Disneyland that's indoor public transportation, you will still be required to wear your mask on that bus. Now Disneyland will not be requiring proof of vaccination, they won't require people to upload their vaccination cards but when you enter the Disneyland theme park they will have somebody asking you, if you understand the state's requirements and you are inherence with their policies that if you're vaccinated you don't have to wear your mask and if you aren't vaccinated that you will wear your mask. Another bit of good news at Disneyland is the temperature checks at entry, those are a thing of the past. So hopefully we'll see shorter lines to get into Disneyland here in the near future. Disneyland is also opening up their hotels. The Grand California Hotel is currently open as is the Paradise Pier Hotel. The Disneyland Hotel is gonna be opening on July 1st. Now one thing that Disneyland is keeping in place is that in addition to having a ticket, you'll also require a reservation to enter the theme park. So make sure you buy a ticket and have a reservation for a certain day. This was a gotcha when we visited SeaWorld, we didn't realize that just because we bought a ticket for a specific day, didn't mean that that also wasn't a reservation. So you have to buy a ticket and make a reservation at Disneyland, at SeaWorld and at Legoland. The San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park on the other hand, they're just going back to, all you need is a ticket and all you need to do is show up. Okay now, what about the other mega events, concerts and conventions? Well, taking a look at San Diego which is one of California's most popular destinations right now, they're basically no big concerts scheduled until August or September. Taking a look at the San Diego Convention Center, the Convention Center is currently being used as an intake center for immigrants. The first convention at the San Diego Convention Center is coming up in August. So it's still gonna be a few months before things really get rolling again under these relaxed restrictions. And these new mega event restrictions, they're currently set to expire on October 1st but there'll be evaluated in September to determine whether they should expire on October 1st or whether that should continue on. Now, there's still a few places that everyone has to wear their mask. Where is that? Well, that's in K through 12 schools, that's in hospitals, that's in jails, that's in homeless centers and that's on public transportation, buses, subways and airplanes. So if you're gonna be going in any of those places taking any public trasit also make sure you bring your mask. So now, although this California reopening is being announced as 100% open and we're back to normal, it's definitely not normal. This is definitely not normal. If you are looking to come to California and experience normal, I'd say after October 1st when the mega event restrictions go away, you know, sometime in the winter timeframe that's when things are gonna look a bit more back to normal. Well, if you are coming to California, you might enjoy some of my other videos from the state. You can click here to watch a couple of them where you'll find links in the description below. As usually I won't say goodbye 'cause I'll see you in one of these videos.
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Length: 9min 23sec (563 seconds)
Published: Tue Jun 15 2021
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