Industry guidance to reduce risk
Last updated December 3, 2020 at 12:37 PM
New Regional Stay Home Order
COVID-19 continues to surge at alarming rates in California. The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, 2020, will prohibit gatherings of any size, close operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and require 100% masking and physical distancing. Read more about the Regional Stay Home Order.
California has a Blueprint for a Safer Economy in the state with revised criteria for loosening and tightening restrictions on activities.
Every county in California is assigned to a tier based on its rate of new cases and positivity. Check your county’s tier status to see how businesses and activities can open.
Reopen your business or facility safely
Use the Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening to help plan and prepare for reopening your business.
Review how to respond to COVID-19 cases in your workplace and prevent further spread.
Wearing a mask or face covering is required statewide in public or common spaces. Employers must provide face coverings to workers, or must reimburse workers for the reasonable cost of obtaining them. Find all requirements and exceptions to these rules in the guidance on this page below.
All businesses and facilities must follow the items listed here before reopening:
- Scroll down this page to find the guidance for your industry, business, event, or activity.
- Review it completely.
- Perform a detailed risk assessment and create a worksite-specific protection plan.
- Train employees on how to limit the spread of COVID-19. This includes how to screen themselves for symptoms and when to stay home.
- Set up individual control measures and screenings.
- Put disinfection protocols in place.
- Establish physical distancing guidelines.
- Establish universal face covering requirements (with allowed exceptions). See CDPH guidelines (PDF).
- Post your completed checklist so everyone can know the steps you’ve taken. Feel free to add more safety measures to the ones included in your industry’s guidance.
As it starts to get colder, restaurants and other businesses required to operate outdoors may wish to enclose outdoor temporary structures like tents and canopies to contain heat and avoid rain. Find out what qualifies as outdoor operations in the CDPH guidance for temporary structures.
Employer policies and resources
It’s important that employees with COVID-19 know they should stay home. Your sick leave policies need to support that. Workers also need safe and reliable childcare options during the COVID-19 response. See information on:
- Government programs supporting COVID-19 sick leave and workers’ compensation
- Family friendly practices for employers (PDF)
- Support for working families (PDF)
- Find childcare
- CDPH guidance for the use of face coverings (PDF)
Industry guidance
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Follow this guidance for the agriculture and livestock industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the agriculture and livestock industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Shared transportation in agriculture
Shared transportation is common in agriculture. Employers may provide shared transportation for workers. Workers may arrange a carpool to and from the worksite. Check the additional considerations for shared transportation in agriculture to support a safe, clean environment for passengers and drivers.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Closed
Substantial (red):
- Closed
Moderate (orange):
- Smaller parks can open with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25% or 500 people, whichever is less
- Outdoor attractions only can open
- Reservations or advanced ticket sales required
- Local attendees only (from the same county as the park’s location)
Minimal (yellow):
- Larger parks can open with modifications
- Park capacity must be limited to 25%
- Reservations or advanced ticket sales required
Follow this guidance for amusement parks and theme parks. Review the guidance and prepare a plan to support a safe, clean environment for workers and visitors.
This guidance includes additional considerations for:
- Admission, entry, and security
- All rides and attractions
- Dining and concessions
- Performances, interactive exhibits, and events
- Uniform, costume, and wardrobe protocols
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for amusement parks and theme parks in your workplace to show visitors and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the automobile dealerships and rental operators industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the automobile dealerships and rental operators industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Outdoor only with modifications
- Racetracks may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officers
Substantial (red):
- Outdoor only with modifications
- Racetracks may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officers
Moderate (orange)
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25%
- Racetracks may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officers
Minimal (yellow)
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
- Racetracks may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officers
Outdoor operations of cardrooms and satellite wagering facilities
- Follow this guidance for outdoor operations of cardrooms and satellite wagering facilities to support a safer environment for workers and patrons.
- Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for outdoor cardrooms and satellite wagering in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Cardrooms, satellite wagering facilities, and racetracks with onsite wagering
- Follow this guidance for cardrooms, racetracks, and satellite wagering to support a safer environment for workers and patrons.
- Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for cardrooms, racetracks, and satellite wagering in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow the guidance for the childcare industry to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for childcare in your facility to show employees and families that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for operation.
- Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.
- See the answers to frequently asked questions about cohorts and waivers for childcare providers.
- Follow the case and contact management guidance related to cohorts for childcare facilities.
A cohort is a stable group of no more than 14 children or youth and no more than two supervising adults in a supervised environment. The group stays together for all activities, including meals and recreation. And this group avoids contact with anyone not in their group.
Kids and adults in supervised care environments must be in groups as small as possible. Kids and supervising adults in one group must not physically interact with:
- kids and supervising adults in other groups
- other facility staff
- parents of kids in other groups
Practicing a cohort structure:
- decreases opportunities for exposure to or transmission of the virus
- facilitates more efficient contact tracing in the event of a positive case
- allows for targeted testing, quarantine, and isolation of a single group instead of an entire population of kids and supervising adults
The guidance related to cohorts of children and youth sets minimum guidelines for providing specialized, targeted support services, necessary in-person child supervision and limited instruction, and facilitation of distance learning in small group environments in ways that maintain the focus on health and safety to minimize transmission. This guidance enables schools to provide specialized services for students with disabilities and English learners, and in-person support for at-risk and high-need students.
- See the answers to frequently asked questions about cohort guidance in K-12 school settings.
- See the answers to frequently asked questions about cohorts and waivers for childcare providers.
- Follow the case and contact management guidance related to cohorts for childcare facilities.
Local educational agencies, nonprofits, or other authorized providers must follow the guidance for cohorts of children and youth in controlled, supervised and indoor environments. These environments include, but are not limited to, the following:
- public and private schools
- licensed and license-exempt childcare settings
- organized and supervised care environments, like “distance learning hubs”
- recreation programs
- before and after school programs
- youth groups
- day camps
Guidance and directives related to schools, childcare, day camps, and youth sports are not superseded by this guidance for cohorts of children and youth and still apply to those specified settings.
Follow this guidance for the communications infrastructure industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the communications infrastructure industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the construction industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the construction industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for day camps to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for day camps in your facility to show employees, campers, and families that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for operation. Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.
Follow this guidance for the delivery services industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the delivery services industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the energy and utilities industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the energy and utilities industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for family friendly practices for employers to keep employees safe and be responsive to their needs in order to ensure continued productivity. As workplaces reopen, employees will require both child care supports and workplace flexibility. Work-life balance policies will become even more important and continued investment in family-friendly workplace policies by employers is critical.
Follow this guidance for facilities that process or pack meat, dairy, or produce to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for facilities that process or pack meat, dairy or produce in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Outdoor only with modifications
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close
- Drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors, are permitted in indoor and outdoor swimming pools in all tiers, as they are deemed essential
Substantial (red):
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 10%
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close
- Drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors, are permitted in indoor and outdoor swimming pools in all tiers, as they are deemed essential
- Climbing walls can open
Moderate (orange)
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25%
- Indoor pools can open
- Indoor hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close
- Climbing walls can open
Minimal (yellow)
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms can open
- Climbing walls can open
Follow this guidance for gyms and fitness centers, including yoga and dance studios, to support a safe, clean environment for workers, customers, and the public.
This guidance includes additional considerations for:
- Communal restrooms and shower facilities
- Swimming pools and aquatic venues
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for gyms and fitness centers in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for hair salons and barbershops to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for hair salons in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Closed for indoor lectures and student gatherings
- Some courses conducted in certain indoor settings, like labs and studio arts, may be open
Substantial (red):
- Capacity for indoor lectures and student gatherings must be limited to 25% or 100 people, whichever is less
- Some courses conducted in certain indoor settings, like labs and studio arts, may be open at regular capacity
- Conduct student activities virtually when possible
Moderate (orange):
- Capacity for indoor lectures and student gatherings must be limited to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less
- Some courses conducted in certain indoor settings, like labs and studio arts, may be open at regular capacity
- Conduct student activities virtually when possible
Minimal (yellow):
- Capacity for indoor lectures and student gatherings must be limited to 50%
- Some courses conducted in certain indoor settings, like labs and studio arts, may be open at regular capacity
- Conduct student activities virtually when possible
This interim guidance for institutions of higher education provides guidelines to help institutions and their communities plan and prepare to resume in-person instruction. It includes interim guidance for collegiate athletics to help plan for and prepare to resume training and competition. Review the guidance and prepare a plan to reduce the risk and support a safer environment for students, faculty, workers, and families.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Open with modifications
- Fitness centers can be open outdoors only with modifications
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas and steam rooms must close
- Drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors, are permitted in indoor and outdoor swimming pools in all tiers, as they are deemed essential
Substantial (red):
- Open with modifications
- Fitness centers can open to 10% capacity
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close
- Drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors, are permitted in indoor and outdoor swimming pools in all tiers, as they are deemed essential
Moderate (orange)
- Open with modifications
- Fitness centers can open to 25% capacity
- Indoor pools can open
- Indoor hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms must close
Minimal (yellow)
- Open with modifications
- Fitness centers can open to 50% capacity
- Indoor pools, hot tubs, saunas, and steam rooms can open
Follow this guidance for hotels and short-term lodging rentals for tourism and individual travel to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers.
This guidance includes additional considerations for:
- Short-term rental units
- Swimming pools and aquatic venues
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for hotels, lodging, and short-term lodging rentals in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the life sciences industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the life sciences industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for limited services to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. A limited service is one that generally does not require close contact. Examples include:
- Laundromats
- Dry cleaners
- Auto repair shops
- Car washes
- Landscapers
- Door-to-door services and sales
- Pet grooming
- Dog walking
This guidance also applies to:
- Residential and janitorial cleaning services
- HVAC services
- Appliance repair
- Electricians
- Plumbers
- Mechanical tradespersons
- Handypersons
- General contractors
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for limited services in your workplace to show clients and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
This guidance is not intended for:
- In-home healthcare, other in-home care, or assisted living
- Services that require close customer contact, including:
- Hair salons
- Barbershops
- Nail salons
- Massage parlors
- Estheticians
- Ear piercing
- Tattoo parlors
See guidance for hair salons and barbershops and guidance for personal care services.
Faith-based counseling can reopen within the following parameters:
- Counseling services are permissible in-person where the service cannot reasonably be practiced remotely;
- Counseling services should adopt state guidance on Limited Services, where applicable;
- This designation does not permit gatherings beyond counseling to members of a single household.
Follow this guidance for businesses operating in the logistics/warehousing industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the logistics/warehousing industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the manufacturing industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the manufacturing industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Follow this guidance for the mining and logging industries to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the mining and logging industries in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple)
- Movie theaters: Outdoor only with modifications
- Family entertainment centers: Outdoor only with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
- Playgrounds: Outdoor only with modifications
Substantial (red)
- Movie theaters:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25% or 100 people, whichever is less
- Family entertainment centers: Outdoor only with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
- Playgrounds: Outdoor only with modifications
Moderate (orange)
- Movie theaters:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less
- Family entertainment centers:
- Outdoor with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
- Indoor with modifications for naturally distanced activities, like bowling alleys, and escape rooms
- Capacity must be limited to 25%
- Playgrounds: Outdoor only with modifications
Minimal (yellow)
- Movie theaters:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
- Family entertainment centers:
- Outdoor with modifications for activities like kart racing, mini golf, batting cages
- Indoor with modifications for naturally distanced activities, like bowling alleys, and escape rooms
- Indoor with modifications for activities with increased risk of proximity and mixing, like arcade games, ice and roller skating, and indoor playgrounds
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
- Playgrounds: Outdoor only with modifications
Movie theaters
- Follow this guidance for movie theaters to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. This guidance includes additional considerations for indoor movie theaters and drive-in movie theaters. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for movie theaters in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Family entertainment centers
- Follow this guidance for family entertainment centers, like bowling alleys, miniature golf, batting cages, and arcades, to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for family entertainment centers in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Outdoor playgrounds
- Outdoor playgrounds can open with modifications in all tiers. See requirements for outdoor playgrounds to keep them safe and fun for everyone.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple): Outdoor only with modifications
Substantial (red)
- Indoor with modifications
- Indoor activities must be limited to 25% of capacity
Moderate (orange)
- Indoor with modifications
- Indoor activities must be limited to 50% of capacity
Minimal (yellow): Indoor with modifications
Follow this guidance for zoos, museums, galleries, botanical gardens, aquariums, and other similar spaces to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for zoos, museums, galleries, and aquariums in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
This industry can open with modifications. Music, TV, and film production may resume, subject to approval by county public health officers. To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, productions, cast, crew and other industry workers must abide by safety protocols agreed by labor and management, which may be further enhanced by county public health officers. Back office staff and management must follow the guidance for office workspaces.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple): Remote work
Substantial (red): Remote work
Moderate (orange): Indoor with modifications, encourage telework
Minimal (yellow): Indoor with modifications, encourage telework
Follow this guidance for office workspaces to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for office workspaces in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Faith-based office workspaces can reopen within the following parameters:
- Faith-based facilities are considered “offices” only for those employed by the organization and where the facility is their regular place of work.
- The employer should implement state guidance relating to offices before reopening the facility for employees.
- This designation does not permit gatherings of non-employees, such as the organization’s congregation.
Follow this guidance for campgrounds, RV parks, ski operations, and other outdoor recreation to create a safer environment for workers and patrons.
Review the guidance and prepare a plan for your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Outdoor playgrounds can open with modifications in all tiers. See requirements for outdoor playgrounds to keep them safe and fun for everyone.
Outdoor skateparks can open with modifications in all tiers. Attendees must adhere to physical distancing requirements and mask wearing as outlined in the outdoor playground guidance.
Drowning prevention classes, including swim lessons with certified instructors, are permitted in indoor and outdoor swimming pools in all tiers, as they are deemed essential.
Personal care services can open indoors with modifications in all tiers. Follow this guidance for personal care services like nail salons, tattoo parlors, and body waxing to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. This guidance applies to services that require touching a client’s face, like facials, electrolysis, and waxing. It also applies to esthetic services, skin care, and massage therapy. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for personal care services in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
This guidance and checklist include additional considerations for:
- Esthetic and skin care services
- Electrology services
- Nail services
- Body art professionals, tattoo parlors, and piercing shops
- Massage services (in non-healthcare settings)
Tier status:
Widespread (purple): Outdoor only with modifications
Substantial (red)
- Indoor with modifications
- Indoor activities must be limited to 25% of capacity or 100 people, whichever is less
Moderate (orange)
- Indoor with modifications
- Indoor activities must be limited to 50% of capacity or 200 people, whichever is less
Minimal (yellow)
- Indoor with modifications
- Indoor activities must be limited to 50% of capacity
Follow this guidance for places of worship and providers of religious services to support a safe, clean environment for congregants, visitors, workers, and volunteers. Places of worship include:
- Churches
- Mosques
- Synagogues
- Temples
This guidance also applies to cultural ceremonies like weddings and funerals.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for places of worship and cultural ceremonies to show everyone that you’ve reduced the risk.
Follow this guidance for the port industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the port industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Open with modifications
- No live audiences
Substantial (red):
- Open with modifications
- No live audiences
Moderate (orange):
- Open with modifications
- Permanent venues with live audiences outdoors only
- Capacity must be limited to 20%
- Reservations required
- Assigned seating only
- In-seat concessions only (no concourse sales)
- Regional attendees only (within 120 miles)
Minimal (yellow):
- Open with modifications
- Permanent venues with live audiences outdoors only
- Capacity must be limited to 25%
- Reservations required
- Assigned seating only
- In-seat concessions only (no concourse sales)
- Regional attendees only (within 120 miles)
Follow this guidance for professional sports outdoors with live audiences to support a safe, clean environment for workers and guests. This guidance applies to outdoor operations of sporting event venues like stadiums and racetracks.
This guidance includes additional considerations for:
- Entry and security
- Venue support operations, like sound and lighting
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for professional sports in your workplace to show players, coaches, spectators, and workers that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Athletes, coaching staff, medical staff, broadcasting staff and others at sporting facilities or events should refer to COVID-19 protocols agreed to by labor and management. Local health departments may further enhance these protocols. Back office staff and management should follow the guidance for office workspaces.
Professional sports may resume training and competition without live audiences, subject to approval by county public health officers. This guidance does not apply to semi-professional, amateur, or recreational sports.
Follow this guidance for public transit agencies to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. This guidance includes additional considerations for passenger carriers, like taxis, rideshare vehicles, shuttles, and limousines.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for public transit agencies in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Shared transportation in agriculture
Shared transportation is common in agriculture. Employers may provide shared transportation for workers. Workers may arrange a carpool to and from the worksite. Check the additional considerations for shared transportation in agriculture to support a safe, clean environment for passengers and drivers.
Follow this guidance for businesses operating in the real estate industry to create a safer environment for workers.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for the real estate industry in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple)
- Restaurants: Outdoor only with modifications
- Wineries and tasting rooms: Outdoor only with modifications
- Bars, breweries, and distilleries: Closed
Substantial (red)
- Restaurants:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25% or 100 people, whichever is less
- Wineries and tasting rooms: Outdoor only with modifications
- Bars, breweries, and distilleries: Closed
Moderate (orange)
- Restaurants:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less
- Wineries and tasting rooms:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 25% or 100 people, whichever is less
- Bars, breweries, and distilleries: Outdoor only with modifications
Minimal (yellow)
- Restaurants:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
- Wineries and tasting rooms:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50% or 200 people, whichever is less
- Bars, breweries, and distilleries:
- Indoor with modifications
- Capacity must be limited to 50%
Restaurants
Follow this guidance for restaurants to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for restaurants in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Wineries and tasting rooms
Follow this guidance for wineries and tasting rooms that do not serve meals to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for wineries in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business. Establishments that serve meals must follow the guidance and checklist for restaurants.
Bars, breweries, and distilleries
Follow this guidance for bars, breweries, and distilleries that do not serve meals to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for bars in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business. Establishments that serve meals must follow the guidance and checklist for restaurants.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple)
- Open with modifications
- Retail capacity must be limited to 25%
- Grocery store capacity must be limited to 50%
Substantial (red)
- Open with modifications
- Retail capacity must be limited to 50%
Moderate (orange): Indoor with modifications
Minimal (yellow): Indoor with modifications
Follow this guidance for retailers to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for retail in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
Retailers and libraries can re-open, along with the manufacturing and logistics sectors that support retail.
Libraries should follow the guidance for retailers. The State Library has also released guidance for the re-opening of libraries for in-person services. See the State Library’s COVID-19 website for more information. Find resources for public libraries by the California Library Association and the State Library.
Drive-in and movie theaters can re-open with additional considerations. Check the guidance for movie theaters and family entertainment centers for details.
Retail doesn’t include personal services such as beauty salons, but does include the sale of goods such as:
- Bookstores
- Jewelry stores
- Toy stores
- Clothing and shoe stores
- Home and furnishing stores
- Sporting goods stores
- Florists
Retail stores identified in the essential workforce list can open for in-store shopping. They include:
- Retail facilities specializing in medical goods and supplies
- Grocery stores, pharmacies, convenience stores, and other retail that sells food or beverage products, and animal/pet food
- Fuel centers such as gas stations and truck stops
- Hardware and building materials stores, consumer electronics, technology and appliances retail
Find information for your school district.
Follow this guidance for schools and school-based programs to create a safer environment for your students, families, and staff. This guidance applies to in-person learning and distance learning.
- Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for schools in your facility to show students, families, and staff that you’ve taken steps to mitigate COVID-19 spread.
- Check the answers to frequently asked questions about guidance for schools.
- Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.
- See the California Interscholastic Federation statement for information about seasonal sports.
Some schools may have reopened based on the COVID-19 and Reopening In-Person Learning Framework for K-12 Schools. These schools should follow the guidance on school closure provided in that framework when determining whether to close due to COVID-19 spread.
Elementary education waiver:
- See the Waiver Process Overview for details.
- Local health officers will need to submit the Waiver Notice Form to CDPH.
- Schools seeking a waiver can use the template Waiver Letter and Cover Form.
Tier status:
Widespread (purple):
- Open with modifications
- Indoor capacity must be limited to 25% for shopping malls, destination shopping centers, and swap meets
- Closed common areas
- Closed food courts
Substantial (red):
- Open with modifications
- Indoor capacity must be limited to 50% for shopping malls, destination shopping centers, and swap meets
- Closed common areas
- Reduced capacity food courts (see restaurants)
Moderate (orange):
- Open with modifications
- Closed common areas
- Reduced capacity food courts (see restaurants)
Minimal (yellow):
- Open with modifications
- Reduced capacity food courts (see restaurants)
Follow this guidance for shopping malls, destination shopping centers, and swap meets to support a safe, clean environment for workers, customers, and the public.
Review the guidance, prepare a plan, and post the checklist for shopping centers in your workplace to show customers and employees that you’ve reduced the risk and are open for business.
The support for working families guidance provides information to help you locate child care, find assistance to pay for child care, and connect you to additional supports for your family. As stay-at-home orders are lifted for additional industries to promote California’s economic recovery, the need for child care and other supports for working families increases.
Follow this guidance for youth sports programs, including school-based, club, and recreational programs. Review the guidance and prepare a plan to support a safe environment for players, coaches and trainers, families, spectators, event/program/facility managers, workers, and volunteers.
- Check the questions and answers about youth sports.
- Follow the guidance related to cohorts of children and youth.