Mono County and Southern California, San Joaquin regions prepare for stay-at-home orders

Mono County, home to Mammoth Mountain, Bridgeport, and Topaz Lake, is set to go on Stay-at-Home orders with the rest of the Southern California counties on Sunday. They will join the San Joaquin region as areas set to move to the stricter health orders due to a rapidly dwindling supply of ICU beds.

Besides Mono, the Southern California region consists of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, Imperial, Inyo, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. San Joaquin region consists of Calaveras, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Benito, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tulare, Tuolumne counties.

Earlier, all Bay Area counties moved to the new tier on their own without the 15 percent ICU bed availability trigger. A region has 24 hours to implement the order once triggered.

Yuba and Sutter Counties, which are part of the same Greater Sacramento region as El Dorado County, have implemented new four-point advisories: 1. Limit essential outings to once per week, 2. Schools return to distance learning (though this is up to each district), 3. Take out instead of in-person dining, 3. Government to reduce in-person interaction.

Yolo County also came out with their own new restrictions though much of them were already Purple Tier guidelines: Restaurant dining with household members only, retail reduced to 20 percent occupancy, no organized sports unless distance is possible, and everyone is encouraged to stay home. Yolo is also part of the Greater Sacramento Region.

As of Saturday, ICU capacity at hospitals in this region was 21.4 percent. Southern California is at 12.5 percent and San Joaquin at 8.6 percent. The Bay Area is at 21.7 percent, Northern California at 24.1 percent.

Regions will remain in the Regional Stay at Home Order status for at least three weeks once triggered. Counties are eligible to come off the Regional Stay at Home Order after three weeks if their hospital ICU capacity projected four weeks out reaches 15 percent. Counties will return to the Blueprint for a Safer Economy tier determined by their case rate and test positivity after they are eligible to exit the Regional Stay at Home Order, said Governor Newsom.

When a region is under the stay at home orders:

Schools with waivers can stay open, along with other critical infrastructure. Retail stores can operate at 20 percent capacity, while restaurants will be limited to takeout and delivery service only.

The state will also restrict non-essential travel during this new Stay-at-Home, Newsom said on Thursday when he announced the new protocols. The order also bars gatherings of people outside of immediate households, with some exceptions, and requires travelers arriving from outside the state to fill out an online form.

Except as otherwise required by law, no hotel or lodging entity in California shall accept or honor out of state reservations for non-essential travel, unless the reservation is for at least the minimum time period required for quarantine and the persons identified in the reservation will quarantine in the hotel or lodging entity until after that time period has expired.

In any region that triggers a Regional Stay at Home Order because it drops below 15 percent ICU capacity, all operations in the following sectors must be closed:

Indoor and Outdoor Playgrounds
Indoor Recreational Facilities
Hair Salons and Barbershops
Personal Care Services
Museums, Zoos, and Aquariums
Movie Theaters
Wineries
Bars, Breweries and Distilleries
Family Entertainment Centers
Cardrooms and Satellite Wagering
Limited Services
Live Audience Sports
Amusement Parks

Full order here - https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/12/03/california-health-officials-announce-a-regional-stay-at-home-order....