Special Update
San Mateo County – effective immediately – moves to the Tier 3 (orange) of the state’s four-tiered, color-coded reopening system.
"The state of California today announced the easing of certain restrictions on businesses, indoor and outdoor gatherings and other activities in San Mateo County. The changes take effect at 12:01 on Wednesday morning.

With the risk from coronavirus now officially declared 'moderate,' the county moves into the less-restrictive orange Tier 3 in the state’s four-tier, color-coded plan for reducing COVID-19 with criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities.

The move allows indoor family entertainment centers, bars and breweries not serving food, indoor climbing walls and certain other businesses and activities to open with capacity restrictions. Dine-in restaurants, movie theaters, places of worship and additional businesses can boost their indoor capacities as well.

To move forward, San Mateo County met key pandemic measures: rates of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall, as did the rates of tests returning positive overall and in disadvantaged areas."
Moving to Tier 3 (Orange) allows:

  • Hotels – Fitness Centers to 25% of capacity + indoor pools

  • Restaurants – 50% of capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer

  • Museums/Zoos/Aquariums – 50% indoor capacity

  • Shopping Centers – Food courts may follow restaurant capacity guidelines

Businesses can find guidelines that apply to their industry on the state’s COVID-19 website.

“We ask everyone to continue to work to limit the exposure of themselves and their families to COVID-19,” said San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow. “We are moving quickly towards Halloween and the holiday season. We can’t stress enough: wear your face covering, wash your hands, avoid close-contact with anyone not in your household. We have too much riding on our progress to go backwards now. Our comeback depends on all of us.”
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