Understanding Tier 2 Guidance
Placer County moved back to Red (Tier 2) on Tuesday, Nov. 10. This directly impacts restaurants, retail stores, cinemas, gyms & salons (find all business tier guidance and operational modifications HERE).
Under Tier 2 guidelines, the following updates are in place:
- Restaurants can open indoors at 25% capacity
- Retail can open indoors at 50% capacity
- Cinemas can open indoors with 25% capacity
- Gyms & Fitness Centers can open indoors at 10% capacity
Linked HERE is Placer County’s COVID-19 monthly in-depth report, posted to their website on Nov. 6, 2020. There are four tiers based on a county’s risk level: Purple (widespread) Red (substantial), Orange (moderate), and Yellow (minimal). Purple is the highest tier/risk level with more than seven daily new cases (per 100K) of COVID-19.
Every county is assigned to a tier based on its rate of new cases and positivity. At a minimum, counties must remain in a tier for at least 3 weeks before moving forward. Data is reviewed weekly and tiers are updated on Tuesdays. To move forward, a county must meet the next tier’s criteria for two consecutive weeks. Then, 21 more days must pass before a county can move into the next tier. If a county’s metrics worsen for two consecutive weeks, it will be assigned a more restrictive tier.
How can we get in a lower tier? We can all do our part to help our counties reach a lower tier: wear a mask in public, wash hands regularly, keep at least six feet of physical distance when in public, and limit mixing with people you don’t live with. All members of the community are encouraged to consider how personal behavior can help move Placer County to the next tier ranking. Individual action will lead to collective mitigation that will shift the county’s tier status. Follow Placer County’s status HERE.
Resources:
- Blueprint for a Safer Economy: guidance on how counties will move through each tier
- California’s Tier System by County
- Reopen Placer website reflects where we stand as of today, which is red
- Framework by business type
Rules of the Framework:
- CDPH will assess indicators weekly.
- A county will remain in a tier for a minimum of three weeks before being able to advance to a lower tier.
- A county can only move forward one tier at a time, even if metrics qualify for a more advanced tier.
- If a county’s case rate and test positivity measure fall into two different tiers, the county will be assigned to the more restrictive tier.
For Your Business:
- Catering Service/Banquets: allowed as takeout but not to provide service to an event or gathering. In the case of catering with a physical location, they would follow guidance for restaurants, which will allow indoor dining at 25% capacity or 100 persons, whichever is less.
- Meetings: no gatherings or meetings over 10 persons are allowed at this time.
- No gatherings of any number of non-household members are permitted, other than places of worship and protests.
