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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – After over a year of government shutdowns, the San Diego Events industry is excited to resume their normal operations.
As you know, Governor Gavin Newsom has selected June 15th as the special day to drop his restrictive color-coded reopening system, and all coronavirus restrictions.
The CDC has already updated their guidance to say fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks. But, Governor Gavin Newsom defied their guidance, and decided to keep the statewide mask mandate in place for Californians.
Newsom led the slowest and most restrictive reopening process in the country, and California’s strict restrictions caused thousands of businesses to permanently close, and led to the highest unemployment rate in the country. Not to mention, many large events were cancelled, or just held in states with less restrictions like Florida, Texas, Nevada, Arizona, and many more.
With this news, event coordinators all over the state are getting the gears grinding again.
Just one of those is Kevin Hellman of the San Diego Event Coalition and San Diego Music Awards, who joined KUSI’s Elizabeth Alvarez to discuss the fortunate future of San Diego events.
Two upcoming events are the LSU Alumni of San Diego Crawfish Boil, taking place on July 24 at Waterfront Park, and the San Diego Music awards on August 24 at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay.
Both events are hosted by non-profits.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved waiving fees for the events industry planners, venues and vendors as event restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic loosen, officials announced today.
During their Tuesday meeting, supervisors voted to waive permit fees for the 2021-22 fiscal year from the Department of Environmental Health and Quality, Department of Parks and Recreation, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and the San Diego County Fire Authority.
Helen Robbins-Meyer, the county’s chief administration officer, will return with a resolution within 30 days that includes the fee waiver as part of the board’s regularly scheduled COVID-19 update.