And finally, she said, as the world reopens, it’s imperative that public health departments continue to get support and funding to properly track outbreaks and monitor any new diseases.

“This is the job of public health officials to actually say we’re safe enough to open, and in the background we’re going to work to keep you safe.”.

Gavin Newsom did in March 2020 — is to give officials flexibility to move quickly, winding down all the temporary regulations solidified in many intertwined executive actions will be a longer process, officials said in a briefing on Friday.

For example, the state suspended some training and licensing requirements for certain health care workers, as hospitals scrambled to deal with the surge of Covid-19 cases, and officials said it’s important not to yank the regulatory rug out from under people who may still be working in their pandemic roles.

But officials did take a significant step on Friday: The state officially ended the order directing 40 million Californians to stay at home, which had been in place since last year.

Mark Ghaly, the state’s health and human services secretary, said on Friday.

There are, as we explained recently, some exceptions, such as on public transit, in health care settings and indoors at K-12 schools, where everyone must wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.

Unvaccinated people must continue to wear a mask indoors — although businesses have the option to enforce that regulation as strictly as they want, or essentially not at all.

Rules for masking up at workplaces fall under the purview of the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, which has reversed course multiple times, leading to some confusion.

The Sacramento Bee has more of the latest details on workplace mask rules.

Read more about the state’s new mask rules for when you’re not working.

The governor said on Friday that a state vaccine verification system was in the works, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Look back at what officials have said about vaccine passports in California.

Read about why the state is still, and will continue to be, in a state of emergency.

The state’s power grid operator warned the public to be prepared to conserve energy, Reuters reports?