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California Resilience Roadmap
ocal businesses have slowly begun to reopen since the issuance of a statewide stay-at-home order by Governor Gavin Newsom on March 19 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Governor’s Office released a Resilience Roadmap with four stages of reopening the economy: — STAGE 1 allowed only essential businesses to be open. — STAGE 2 sees the reopening of “lower-risk” workplaces including retail, manufacturing, offices, outdoor museums and limited personal services. — STAGE 3 will allow for “higher-risk” workplaces to open such as personal care businesses and recreational venues. — STAGE 4 is the end of restrictions on what businesses can be open and allows for larger gatherings such as nightclubs, concert venues and live audience sports. California moved into Stage 2 of the roadmap on May 8, with county variances on
specific businesses allowed to reopen and industry guidelines mandated to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Before reopening, the state is mandating all businesses to: Perform a detailed risk assessment and implement a site-specific protection plan; Train employees on how to limit the spread of COVID-19, including how to screen themselves for symptoms and stay
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home if they have them; Implement individual control measures and screenings; Implement disinfecting protocols; and Implement physical distancing guidelines. Additional mandates apply that are specific to each industry. Those guidelines can be found at: https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/
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