In huge step, California governor will lift stay-at-home orders across the state | TheHill - The Hill

Amid signs of improving COVID-19 conditions in California, Gov.

Gavin Newsom (D) lifted statewide stay-at-home orders Monday, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said. .

In August 2020, the advocacy organization California Restaurant Association (CFA) released a grim statistic: 30 percent of California restaurants will permanently shut their doors. .

“This is what we had repeatedly urged the Newsom administration to do – make state help available to restaurants so that, once the pandemic is behind us, the families who own these businesses could go back, open the doors and turn the lights on again.

Although state mandates surrounding business operations are relaxing, county officials could still impose stricter limits on business activity in a bid to prevent further COVID-19 transmission.

24, California has more than 3.1 million confirmed COVID-19 infections.

Simultaneously, the vast majority of California counties still have “widespread” COVID-19 transmission, indicating the pandemic is far from contained. .