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Mark your calendars for June 15
A sign welcoming customers at Reformation in San Francisco on July 25, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
It’s really happening California is really reopening. After more than a year of wearing masks and waiting in extra-long grocery lines due to six-foot rules, almost everything will snap back to normal on June 15, state health officials said Friday. Business capacity limits? Gone. Physical distancing requirements? Gone. Mask mandates? Gone for fully vaccinated people in most situations, though restrictions will remain for unvaccinated people and workplace guidelines still have to be finalized. Dr. Mark Ghaly, the state’s health and human services secretary, also said California will not create a vaccine passport, though the state is working on privacy and equity guidelines for businesses who decide to use such a system. Californians who attend indoor events with more than 5
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Despite California’s high unemployment rate, many positions at restaurants, bars and retail stores are going unfilled causing some business owners to fear they won’t be able to fully reopen even when the state gives the green light on June 15.
The Golden State’s unemployment rate remained unchanged between March and April, holding steady at 8.3% even as employers added nearly 102,000 jobs, according to figures released Friday by the Employment Development Department. That accounts for 38% of all U.S. jobs gained last month a bright spot that dims when one takes into account that California still has the nation’s second-highest unemployment rate and has regained only 48% of jobs lost amid the pandemic. In some areas, the share of jobless residents is actually increasing: Los Angeles’ unemployment rate shot from 11.4% in March to 11.7% in April.
Bay Area restaurants want to reopen. A nationwide staffing crisis is halting plans
Many businesses are raising wages and adding benefits in hopes of luring employees
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Owner William Tsui works with new bartender Julie Kunz at Viridian in Oakland. Tsui said it was challenging hiring enough people to reopen for indoor dining.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Maly Sat began her first shift at Viridian on April 18. Bay Area restaurants are struggling to find new employees amid a nationwide staffing shortage.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The Bay Area restaurant industry is in the middle of its biggest staffing crisis yet.
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