Pandemic Update

Governor’s Office Announces Statewide Closures for Some Business Types Due to Spike in COVID-19 Infection Rates.

• California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a statewide order to close bars and transition six industry sectors to outdoor-only operations to limit spread of COVID-19. Local implementation will take full effect Friday.
• Outdoor service only–with safety precautions–is allowed for restaurants, bars and breweries, wineries & tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos and museums, and cardrooms. Bars that do not have a permit to serve food will have to close
• Carry out, curbside pickup, and delivery are also still allowed with physical distancing and other safety precautions in place.

**Read full State Public Health Order 7/13/2020 .

Visit the County specific business certification guidelines below:

HUMBOLDT COUNTY BUSINESSES REOPENING PLAN AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Reopening Safely 

Guidance by industry: (Link: https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/) 

Agriculture and Livestock | This document provides guidance for the agriculture and livestock industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the agriculture and livestock industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Auto Dealerships | This document provides guidance for automobile dealerships and rental operators to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the automobile dealerships and rental operators industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Child Care | PIN #20-06-CCP provides joint guidance and practices regarding social and physical distancing for providers to prevent exposure to COVID-19 while providing care for children.

Communications Infrastructure | This document provides guidance for the communications infrastructure industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the communications infrastructure industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Construction | This document provides guidance for the construction industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the construction industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Delivery Services | This document provides guidance for the delivery services industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the delivery services industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Energy and Utilities | This document provides guidance for the energy and utilities industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers.

• Post the checklist for the energy and utilities industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Food Packaging | This document provides guidance for facilities that process or pack meat, dairy, or produce to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for facilities that process or pack meat, dairy or produce in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Hair Salon and Barbershops | This document provides guidance for hair salons and barbershops to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers.

Hotels and lodging | This document provides guidance for the hotels and lodging industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. 

**Under the current statewide Stay-at-Home order, hotels should only open for COVID-19 mitigation and containment measures, treatment measures, providing accommodation for essential workers, or providing housing solutions, including measures to protect homeless populations.

• Post the checklist for Hotels and lodging in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Life Sciences | This document provides guidance for the life sciences industry to support a safe, clean environment for employees. 

• Post the checklist for the life sciences industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Limited Services | This document provides guidance for limited services which do not generally require close customer contact. **Faith-based counseling can reopen within the following parameters:

• Counselling services are permissible in-person where the service cannot reasonably be practiced remotely;
• Counselling services should adopt state guidance on Limited Services, where applicable;
• This designation does not permit gatherings beyond counselling to members of a single household.
  • Post the checklist for Limited Services in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
    

Logistics and Warehousing Facilities | This document provides guidance for businesses operating in the logistics/warehousing industry to support a safe, clean environment for employees.

• Post the checklist for the logistics/warehousing industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Manufacturing | This document provides guidance for the manufacturing industry to support a safe, clean environment for workers.

• Post the checklist for the manufacturing industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Mining and Lodging | This document provides guidance for the mining and logging industries to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the mining and logging industries in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Outdoor Museums | This document provides guidance for outdoor museums, open air galleries, botanical gardens, and other outdoor exhibition spaces to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for outdoor museums in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Offices Workspaces | This document provides guidance for businesses operating in office workspaces to support a safe, clean environment for employees.** Faith-based office workspaces can reopen within the following parameters:

• Faith-based facilities are considered “offices” only for those employed by the organization and where the facility is their regular place of work.
• The employer should implement state guidance relating to offices before reopening the facility for employees;
• This designation does not to permit gatherings of non-employees, such as the organization’s congregation.
  • Post the checklist for office workspaces in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
    

Places of Worship | This document provides guidance for places of worship and providers of religious services and cultural ceremonies (referred to collectively as “places of worship”) to support a safe, clean environment for employees, interns and trainees, volunteers, scholars, and all other types of workers (referred to collectively as “staff”) as well as congregants, worshippers, visitors, etc. (referred to collectively as “visitors” or “congregants”).

Ports | This document provides guidance for ports to support a safe, clean environment for employees. 

• Post the checklist for the port industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Public Transit and Intercity Passenger Rail | This document provides guidance for public transit agencies and California state supported intercity passenger rail operators (Capitol Corridor, San Joaquins, and Pacific Surfliner) to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. 

• Post the checklist for public transit agencies in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Real Estate Transactions | This document provides guidance for businesses operating in the real estate industry including sales and rentals of single-family, multi-family, apartment, commercial, and industrial properties to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Post the checklist for the real estate industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
  

Restaurants | This document provides guidance for dine-in restaurants, brewpubs, craft distilleries, breweries, bars, pubs, and wineries to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. 

Retail | This document provides guidance for retailers to support a safe, clean environment for workers. 

• Bookstores
• Jewelry stores
• Toy stores
• Clothing and shoe stores
• Home and furnishing stores
• Sporting goods stores
• Florists
  

Retail stores identified in the essential workforce list can open for in-store shopping. They include:

• Retail facilities specializing in medical goods and supplies
• Grocery stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, and other retail that sells food or beverage products, and animal/pet food
• Fuel centers such as gas stations and truck stops
• Hardware and building materials stores, consumer electronics, technology and appliances retail
  • Post the checklist for retail in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
    

Shopping Centers | This document provides guidance for shopping malls, destination shopping centers, strip and outlet malls, and swap meets (referred to collectively as “shopping center operators”) to support a safe, clean environment for workers, customers, and the public. 

• Post the checklist for shopping centers in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.