California Businesses Reopening: What You Need to Know

Thanks to millions of vaccines, California's economy is open and businesses across Los Angeles County have been experiencing impacts associated with the coronavirus since it emerged. To conduct our daily lives safely, we must continue to take steps to prevent the spread. Many of the above locations can open indoors at a higher capacity, including restaurants, which may be open at half capacity. On the orange tier, bars can reopen outdoors and smaller amusement parks can also open at 25 percent capacity.

And at the yellow level, bars will be able to open indoors with 25 percent capacity or 100 people, whichever is less, starting Saturday. Coronavirus is affecting businesses in L. A., and the Small Business Office of the County Department of Consumer Affairs and Business can help you connect with local, state and federal resources, including aversion to layoffs and emergency loans. Safer at Work Los Angeles is a collaborative countywide campaign created to remind us that together we will restore our thriving local economy.

This website serves as a resource center for businesses, employees, and all Angelenos who want to use our campaign materials to promote safe reopening. The application link is now open for any California business wishing to apply for a disaster loan related to the economic damage of the COVID-19 health crisis. Are you facing the possibility of firing workers? Employers can apply for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Work Sharing Program if reduced production, services, or other conditions cause them to seek an alternative to layoffs. Specialty Service Representatives from LAC America Workplaces in Los Angeles County California Employment Centers of America (AJCCs) can help get your business back on track. Specialized business service representatives can work with you and your employees to minimize losses and can also help your company with strategic planning to ensure that your company does not face a similar situation in the future. Contact your local business services representative at a California United States Employment Center (AJCC) by calling (21) 810-1641 or by email.

Small Business Finance Center Loans for Small Businesses The California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz) offers iBank loans to businesses with one to 750 employees (small businesses). Los Angeles Small Business Development Center Resource Guide CDC Interim Guide for Businesses. After more than a year of restrictions, California is now fully reopening its economy. General rules state that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks in most enclosed environments (public transportation, schools and healthcare facilities are among the exceptions), while capacity limits and social distancing are no longer necessary. Some companies may choose to maintain restrictions and customers are expected to follow published rules. For the latest news on California's reopening and the latest rule changes, including where face coverings are still required, click here.

Under the new state reopening plan announced in August, purple counties with generalized risk (Tier) have the most restrictions, while yellow counties with minimal risk (Tier) have the lowest number of restrictions. The state will evaluate counties weekly to determine what level they are at. To receive money, schools in counties that fall into the state's most restrictive level of purple coronavirus would need to bring back students in transitional kindergarten through second grade, along with the most vulnerable students in all grades, including foster youth, English language students and those who are homeless. In counties that have reached at least the red level, schools would need to reopen for all elementary grades and at least one additional grade in high school or high school, as well as for students with special needs, to receive state money. Students would have the option to return or continue remote teaching. We can also help your company with strategic planning to ensure that your company does not face a similar situation in the future.