Lockdown is ending in Sacramento region but not Bay Area: Here s why By Annie Vainshtein
California officials released the Greater Sacramento region from strict stay-at-home orders this week, even though the 13-county area falls far short of the state’s benchmark of at least 15% ICU availability.
While that key 15% mark is what sent four of the state’s five regions into lockdown in December, the criteria for lifting the strict health orders are a bit more complicated. State and county health officials say the decision is based not on the current moment, but on data forecasts of ICU availability.
Orders can be lifted when a region’s available ICU capacity is projected to meet or exceed 15% within four weeks. Counties in that region then return to one of the four tiers in the state’s color-coded reopening system, based on their individual coronavirus case rates and other key indicators.
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California’s District 4 Representative Tom McClintock opened the first annual Re-Open Cal Now Public Policy Conference with a dig at Governor Gavin Newsom.
“For those of you who can’t see it the mask, it says, ‘This mask is as useless as our governor’ ”.
The audience broke out into laughter and applause.
“It’s the only one I actually enjoy wearing!” McClintock interjected.
The Re-Open Cal Now Conference is being held from January 8-10 in Rancho Murieta, California at an Equestrian Center. Kind of appropriate, since our Governor and many of our elected officials have been making horse’s asses of themselves. However, the purpose of the Center was that the conference be as open air as possible in light of COVID restrictions. And speaking of that, because California is currently under another government-imposed lockdown, everyone who is attending the event (including yours truly) is in violation of said health department orders.
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