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In a break from other Southern California theme parks, SeaWorld decided this week to open its gates to out-of-state visitors who are vaccinated, saying that it’s now allowed under newly revised state COVID-19 guidelines.
Meanwhile, Legoland is restricting visitation to California residents, as are Universal Studios Hollywood and Disneyland, whose representatives said Wednesday that they are only allowing in-state visitors, based on their current reading of the guidelines.
Theme parks were thrown into a state of confusion this week when California public health officials quietly updated their statewide reopening blueprint, inserting an addendum noting that “fully vaccinated persons from out of state may visit or attend activities or events that are restricted to in-state visitors.” Guidance in the color-coded chart, though, still says that for theme parks in the least restrictive orange and yellow tiers, “in-state visitors only.”
Morning Report: Real Estate Deals Dogged Faulconer’s Tenure
101 Ash St. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz
In the race to replace Mayor Kevin Faulconer, his disastrous handling of the city’s acquisition of a downtown high rise, which eventually had to be evacuated due to asbestos violations, nearly rose above all the other issues facing city residents as a campaign issue.
But the story of 101 Ash St. wasn’t the only troubled real estate transaction in the mayor’s tenure. He also fumbled the acquisition of an industrial property in Kearny Mesa to repair city fire trucks, and got wrapped in controversy over purchasing an indoor skydiving facility to turn it into a homeless services hub. In our ongoing look at Faulconer’s legacy as mayor, Lisa Halverstadt zeroed in on his handling of city real estate deals.