“My quintessential question: How are low income communities of color and essential workers being impacted by this order? Why do I have to keep asking this question?” “This new executive order is surprising,” tweeted Lena Gonzalez, a California state senator. Others expressed dismay at how the order will affect low-income communities of color that have already been disproportionately affected by the pandemic because so many work as essential workers in service industry jobs. In Los Angeles county, home to 10 million people, the Republican district supervisor Kathryn Barger expressed support for opening outdoor dining, personal care services and other industries and said the state must balance public health with “devastating social, emotional and economic impacts of this virus”.Los Angeles county public health officials are expected to hold a briefing later on Monday. Orange county planned to lift some restrictions as well, said Jessica Good, a spokeswoman for the county health agency. “We will be moving forward with some limited reopenings, including outdoor dining and personal services,” said the San Francisco mayor, London Breed, in a tweet. Public officials in some of California’s major cities and counties indicated they could soon lift local restrictions. It also comes as more than 50 wine country-based restaurants and wineries have filed a lawsuit against Newsomover the state’s restrictions on outdoor dining. Monday’s announcement follows months of a relentless case surge that exhausted the healthcare system statewide and made California the first US state to record 3m Covid-19 infections. Newsom said on Monday that California averaged 23,283 new coronavirus cases a day over the past week, and its positivity rate was down to 8%, below that of Texas, Florida and Arizona. The decision came amid improving trends in the state’s rate of infections, hospitalizations and intensive care unit capacity as well as vaccinations. Local officials still could choose to impose stricter rules. It lifts an evening curfew and, in many areas, will allow restaurants and churches to resume outdoor operations and hair and nail salons to reopen. Monday’s change moves counties back to a tiered system of reopening, with most regions across the state expected to move into the most restrictive tier.
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