This change moved Ventura County and Orange County from the red tier to the most restrictive purple tier setting forth rollbacks for a number of reopenings. It also prompted L.A. County officials to enact new COVID-19 restrictions on Tuesday including a business curfew.
Newsom announces 40 CA counties moving back to more restrictive tiers as COVID-19 cases rise
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With this announcement, now every single Southern California county is currently in the purple tier of Newsom's COVID reopening framework. But what does that mean? See below for a full list of what businesses are open and closed in this most restrictive tier.
Purple Tier Restrictions and Guidelines
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- Hair salons: open indoors with modifications
- Retail: open indoors at 25% capacity
- Malls: open indoors at 25% capacity and food courts closed
- Nail salons: open indoors with modifications
- Electrolysis: open indoors with modifications
- Personal care services (body waxing, etc.): open indoor with modifications
- Tattooing and piercing: open indoors with modifications
- Museums, zoos and aquariums: outdoor only
- Places of worship: outdoor only
- Movie theaters: outdoor only
- Hotels: open with modifications
- Gyms: outdoor only
- Restaurants: outdoor only
- Wineries: outdoor only
- Bars and breweries: closed
- Family entertainment centers: outdoor only, like mini golf, batting cages and go-kart racing
- Cardrooms: outdoor only
- Non-essential offices: remote work only
- Professional sports: no live audiences
- Schools: must stay closed
- Theme parks: must stay closed
To learn more about each tier in Newsom's reopening framework, watch the video featured at the top of this page.
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