California’s Outdoor Dining Ban Might Extend Into 2021
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom says that he expects regional stay-at-home orders to remain in place past their initial three week period, as availability of hospital beds across the state continues to drop. According to KPIX, Newsom said that ICU rates have shot up by 51 percent in the past two weeks, and the state only has 2.5 percent availability of hospital beds. Even in the Bay Area, only 13.7 percent of hospital beds are free, which means that activities like outdoor dining will remain off the table until that number improves. The Bay Area’s stay-at-home order is currently expected to lift on January 7, but Newsom says that “We are likely – I think it’s pretty self-evident – going to need to extend those original dates.”